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STATIONS OF WOE Secunderabad, Nampally and Kachiguda, are the three main railways stations in the city, from where thousands board trains everyday. But the seating arrangements provided at these stations only cater to a couple of hundred people.

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ON SUNDAY Kiran Kumar Reddy’s Seemandhra colleagues and leaders assure him that state bifurcation, bypassing the Assembly will be unconstitutional and undemocratic and will not stand scrutiny of the law.

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CITY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

JEWELLERY EXTRAVAGANZA

Fleaffair They are back with ultimate taste in food with live music and art work.

Head to Sawa Cafe for joy and arty air.

Where: Sawa cafe and Restaurant, Banjara Hills Road No.9 When: October 20 11am to 7.30pm Contact: 8886016603 7702561293

a science.

Where: Fortune Select Manohar Hotel,Begumpet Airport Exit Road, Begumpet When: Until October 25 9am to 6pm Contact: (040) 39884422

Chill Out Sunday After a long tiring week, it's time to party hard with your gang. The night brings to you two of the talented DJs performing live.

Where: 10 Lounge & Night Club 92 A, Basement, Surya Kiran Complex, Cellar City, SD Road, Secunderabad When: October 20 8pm onwards Contact: (040) 40041010

World Burger Festival Feel like digging into a gigantic burger with cheese melting right inside your mouth? Encounters, Taj Krishna is all set to satisfy your ultimate craving Where: Encounters Taj Krishna Hotel Road No. 1 Banjara Hills When: Until October 27 12noon to 3pm 7pm to 11:30 pm Contact: (040) 23392323

Little Blue Planet Commissioned by Jindal Steel Works foundation, this show titled 'The Little Blue Planet' aims at presenting the occurrence of rapid climate change that the world is experiencing today.

Where: Shilpakala Vedika Jubilee Enclave, Hitech City Road, Madhapur When: October 26 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 23112704

Comedy Show Fashion yatra Renowned fashion designers, best artisans across the country are presenting their designer sarees, dress materials, gold jewellery, imitation jewellery,hand bags a lifestyle accessories in the exposition Where: Shop No. 8-6-949/1/B , Kamma Sangam, Ameerpet When: Until October 27 10am to 8:30pm Contact:(040) 23456789

Cine actress Shamili launches gems and jewellery exhibition at Hitech.

When: Until October 31 7pm to 8pm Contact:: (040) 23456789

Drenched In Color Ladies, it’s time to fall head over heals in love with Metro shoes’ new collection, available in spectacularly vibrant hues.

Where: Metro shoes outlet When: Until October 31 Contact: 9391099710

Pinktober

A suitable dinner Looking for an awesome midnight meal? Head to Viva at Vivanta by Taj and relish the best of culinary indulgences served at the midnight buffet.

Where: Viva,Vivanta By Taj Hotel, Lobby Level, Mayuri Marg, Begumpet When: Until October 26 11.30pm to 2.30am Contact: (040) 67252626

CINEMAS

Zumba In The Circuit 60 Degree Fitness presents Zumba In The Circuit workshop for those who love to combine a bit of dance with their regular health regime.

Where: 360 Degree Fitness Croma Building, 2nd Floor, Road No. 36, Jubilee Hills

Go pink this October! The hot spot of music lovers, Hard Rock Cafe lends its support to the subject of breast cancer this month Where: Hard Rock Cafe GVK One Mall, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills When: Until October 31 12pm to 1.30am Contact: 7569016340

Imagery Vs Photography The workshop will teach the participants how they can become thinking photographers, how imagery and photographs can be treated as

Join in to be a part of comedy filled evening at Ravindra Bharathi.

The venue brings to you the talented duo of comedians - Hamid Kamal and Subhani, performing live Where: Ravindra Bharathi Plot No. H - 1 Public Gardens Saifabad When: October 20 6pm onwards Contact:(040) 23006612

Scrumptious brunch Sundays are a time to relax and rejuvenate. Head to N Grill to feast on a scrumptious Sunday brunch serving some exceptional preparations.

Where: N Grill Plot No. 788, Road No. 36 Jubilee Hills When: October 20 12pm to 3pm Contact: 7569099444

Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 447677770, Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 08800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973

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Ministers to be boycotted

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ok Satta Party has taken a decision to boycott Group of Ministers on separate Telangana issue. He informed about this decision in a press conference held yesterday in Hyderabad. He further added that the party will support a solution for Telangana which is acceptable to all the parties but the Congress Party has dealt with this issue at State level.

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amaikyandhra crusader and Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal said Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy would tour all the villages in the Seemandhra region in support of Samaikyandhra. Speaking to the media here on Saturday, Lagadapati said Art. 371-D is a protective shied for Samaikyandhra and they would launch a legal battle.

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he fight over a petty matter at Al Karim colony in Toli Chowki turned violent where five persons got injured.It is said that the fight broke out over the parking issue. A man was passing from the road where he found the car parked in the middle and asked the owner to move the car.

The conversation turned into an argument.

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Gang busted for betting

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he Task Force of the City Police Commissioner West Zone have busted a racket of betting on the ongoing India vs Australia one day international match series and arrested three persons from Laxmi Nivas appartment which is located at Shalivahana Nagar in Banjara Hills area.

Police have seized a telephone line box with 12 connections, one LED TV,Two laptops,20 Cell Phones,six notebooks, two pan cards and Rs 76,000 from their possession , Additional Deputy Commissioner P Rameshaih said.

The accused Suresh Kumar Gamapala and K.Ch.Venkat Rao are natives of Nellore district, and the accused Y. Suresh Kumar is native of West Godavari District. Previously Suresh Kumar Gampala had organised cricket betting at Nellore and was arrested by Nellore police. Later he shifted his activity to Hyderabad.

They took flat at Shalivana Nagar, Banjara Hills on rent for four months.

For the betting purpose they procured Line Box,LED TV, Two laptops, 20 cell phones, etc to carry out their illegal betting they contacted punters over their cell phone in Hyderabad and running cricket betting in an organized manner at their rented premises.

Five people injured

Kiran Kumar Reddy’s Seemandhra colleagues and leaders assure him that bypassing the Assembly in bifurcation of the State is unconstitutional and undemocratic and will not stand the scrutiny of law. It is unlikely to pass as easily in the Parliament as the Congress believes.

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HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh integrationists’ team told their skipper Kiran Kumar Reddy to evoke the Constitutional provisions and practices laid on the matter of dividing a state.

The Sakaikhayandra delegation led by convenor and primary education Minister Sailajanath was consisted of MLCs and MLAs Paladugu Venkat Rao, Rudraraju Padmaraju, K Kanna Babu, G. Srinivasulu Naidu, Vijay and others. They called on the Chief Minister yesterday and submitted a memorandum to this effect.

The memorandum stated, “We are expecting that both the resolution and the Bill on division of the State will be referred to the State Legislature for views, as required under Constitutional provisions.

In the event of bypassing the Assembly on resolution and Bill on State bifurcation, it would be undemocratic, unconstitutional and against the spirit of Federal Constitution and the democracy would face many challenges.”

“In spite of strong opposi-

tion and not paying heed to the sentiments of the people of Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions of the State, the Centre took a unilateral decision to divide the State of Andhra Pradesh and carve out Telangana State from the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh.

We are very much upset with the way of decisions taking by Govt. of India. It is our strong belief that Govt. of India is not taking the leaders from Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions into confidence.”

The Forum further stated, “It is pertinent to mention that under Proviso to Article 3 of the Constitution of India, “no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except on the recommendation of the President and unless, where the proposal contained in the Bill affects the area, boundaries or name of any of the States, the Bill has been referred by the President to the Legislature of that State for expressing its views there on within such period as may be specified in the reference or within such further period as the President may allow and the

period so specified or allowed has expired Explanation I.” “In democratic India, practices and conventions shall be treated as same value of Articles and provisions written in the great Indian Constitution and other legislative references.

In recently formed 3 States, the erstwhile States have given their consent in the form of resolutions. No State in India was

THE ANDHRA PRADESH INTEGRATIONISTS’ TEAM TOLD THEIR SKIPPER KIRAN KUMAR REDDY TO EVOKE THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND PRACTICES LAID ON THE MATTER OF DIVIDING A STATE. formed against the resolution of State Legislature.

In this connection, it is to submit that in his Statement on 9th December, 2009, the then Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram also had stated

that, “The process of forming the state of Telangana will be initiated. An appropriate resolution will be moved in the State Assembly.

“As you are aware, there was strong opposition to the decision in the Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions and all walks of society agitated to withdraw this decision. Conceding to this uprising of the people, P. Chidambaram, the then Union Home Minister made another statement on December 23, 2009, that there is a need to hold wide-ranging consultations with all political parties and groups in the State. GOI will take steps to involve all concerned in the process.”

The Forum stated, “While referring to Justice Srikrishna Committee report, P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance, made a statement on the Floor of Rajya Sabha that “the Government will take on board all views, including concerns on status of Hyderabad, before taking a decision on how to take forward the process. He also stated that the Government will forward in accordance with the Constitution and past practices.”

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CITY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

STATIONS OF WOE

Secunderabad, Nampally and Kachiguda, are the three main railways stations in the city, from where thousands of people board trains everyday. But the seating arrangements provided at these stations only cater to a couple of hundred.

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acilities that were provided years ago at the city railway stations still remain the same though the number of rail passengers has increased several fold.

Secunderabad, Nampally and Kachiguda, are the three main railways stations in the city, from where everyday tens of thousands of people board the trains. But the seating arrangements provided at these stations are only for a couple of hundreds of people.

The worst sufferers are the seniors and young mothers carrying their babies. The plight of passengers during the festive season when the stations are jam packed is to be seen to be believed.

In spite of knowing the difficulties faced by passengers the railway authorities have not taken up any renovation that would benefit the passengers.

For trains to main cities, at one time nearly 1000-2000 passengers use the platforms, but with no seating facilities passengers have to either stand or sit on their luggage packets.

Every day 83 passenger

trains, 127 express trains and 251 MMTS trains leave the city railway stations, on an average every day around 1lakh 50 thousand passengers travel by these trains. But waiting at the station for these trains is no less than a torture with no place to sit.

Secunderabad railway station which is the biggest station in the twin cities sees nearly 90,000 passengers travelling. The sta-

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tion has 10 platforms but has seating capacity for only 2,208 passengers. Nampally railway station has 6 platforms and a seating capacity for only 13,00 passengers. While kachiguda has 4 platforms and seating capacity for only 1100 passengers.

Ironically very recently both Nampally and Kachiguda railway stations have been renovated.

Not only is the seating

arrangements bad, but there is no proper drinking water facilities on most of the platforms.

Passengers travelling in the nights complain of how beggars occupy the chairs on the platforms and even the railway security does nothing about it.

“Boarding a train from Secunderabad railway station in the night seems risky as more than passengers one can only find drunkards and beggars.

Some of them occupy the chairs on the platform and though the RPF personnel notice this, they do nothing about it,” says Mr. Joseph Mathew a resident of Marredpally.

The railway authorities however state that more seating arrangements have been provided in the recent years and problems only occurs during festive season. The spokesperson for central railways K. Sambasiva Rao said, “ We have kept the needs of passengers in mind and made necessary seating arrangements and provided facilities. It is only during festival seasons that the rush increases and passengers find it difficult. But even for that there are plans to provide better facilities, and very soon we will be implementing it.”

Lives snuffed out on the tracks Increasing congestion at railways stations is forcing a growing number of commuters to cross the tracks, leading to a rise in the number of fatalities.

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he illegal crossing of railway tracks by people at many stations is alarming in Hyderabad and surrounding, but it seems to have no effect on anyone, be it the authorities or the people. A dozen deaths or serious injuries are recorded every month in the city and outskirts.

Railway stations are a life-

line for the country. Huge part of the population use the trains to travel for the ease of access and affordability, but it also has a lot of drawbacks.

India being such a densely populated country seems to give safety the last-row ticket.

People visiting stations like Khairatabad, Fateh Nagar, Borabanda, Hafeezpet, and Sitaphalmandi, are one of the worst offenders of rail safety norms and they defy all sense of logic and common sense.

Visitors at these stations cross the railway tracks despite having a foot over bridge which they can easily use it to cross the platform.

Most of these people do not know that they are liable to get a fine of Rs.1000 or imprisonment for six months under the Section 147 of the Railways Act. Since these stations have only two tracks, it is primarily used for MMTS locals. There are 17 stations on the route from Falaknuma to Nampally, and 13 stations from Lingampally to Nampally, on these routes, Khairatabad is the second to last before Nampally, due to which as an

average two or three accidents take place every month at most of these stations.

These stations are filled with commuters traveling through the heart of the city and to its outskirts. In peak hours of rush, the compartments of the trains are filled with people, with little breathing space.

This is the time the very same people forget all about safety and cross the tracks, despite knowing that it is an immense risk to do so, all this

happens despite the fact that there is a foot over bridge that is in perfect condition for usage.

On the other side commuters have many excuses in this regard, when asked about his reason to cross the railway track directly, Rambabu, an electrician said, “Who has the time to use the bridge? I live in Yakutpura and if I miss this train, I have to take a bus. I am a grown up. I can handle myself and be careful when crossing the track.” The fact

that Rambabu is a young man and can probably run when needed, gives some sense of comfort, but the alarming fact is that even old people prefer crossing the tracks directly, rather than using the foot over bridge. Rajyalaksmi, a senior citizen says, “I don’t have good knees so you can’t expect me to climb all those stairs. I can simply walk over to the end of the platform and cross over to the other side simply by walking”.

Khairatabad station Incharge, Venkatesham says it happens regularly and there is no real solution to the issue.

He says that the cops provide a constable for patrolling of the tracks at all times of the day but they are not quite equipped to deter people from crossing the tracks carelessly, let alone reprimand them”.

“No one even bothers that a policeman is around. In fact I have seen various constables cross the track like that myself.

Now what can one expect from someone like that? Our only hope is that the Railway Protection Force takes action and hand out challans to offenders”, he added.

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FOCUS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

The distinctive performance hall is one of Oz’s best-known landmarks and centrepiece of Sydney’s cultural scene, attracting 8.2 million visitors each year.

SYDNEY: The Sydney Opera House, world heritage-listed as “one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity”, celebrated its 40th birthday Sunday with a flotilla of lifesavers, Aboriginal dancers and a gigantic cupcake.

Huge crowds packed the steps for a distinctively Australian performance on the glittering harbourfront, where three generations of Danish architect Jorn Utzon’s family were the guests of honour.

It was a postcard-perfect day beneath the same cloudless blue skies that inspired Utzon’s winning design to build Sydney an opera house back in 1956 -- the white sails drawn from his childhood in the Aalborg shipyards.

“A building like this happens once in a lifetime,” Utzon’s son Jan told revellers on Sunday.

Sydney Opera House celebrates 40 years “It is a unique Australian expression of will and enthusiasm and ‘let’s go do it’ kind of spirit.”

A crew of surf lifesavers wearing their famous yellowand-red caps and costumes arrived at the Opera House’s Man O’ War steps on one of Sydney’s distinctive ferries, flanked by six of the association’s dinghies and two tugboats.

They were met and led up the red-carpeted steps by Aboriginal dancers where a traditional smoking ceremony was held to spiritually cleanse the site accompanied by an indigenous dance ritual and didgeridoo.

A giant cupcake topped with a model of the Opera House made from icing was carried onto the stage by the lifesavers, and Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes -- frontman of Cold Chisel -- led a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday accompanied by a navy brass band and school choir.

An Etihad A340 made a low pass over the site to cap celebrations.

The distinctive perfor-

mance hall is one of Australia’s best-known landmarks and centrepiece of Sydney’s cultural scene, hosting some 2,000 shows every year and attracting 8.2 million visitors.

“As the most internationally recognisable symbol of both Sydney and Australia, it has become our calling card to the world,” said Governor of New South Wales, Marie Bashir,

whose husband Nicholas Shehadie was the mayor of Sydney when Queen Elizabeth II opened the Opera House on October 20 1973.

“We will never forget the universal joy and pride, heralding a glorious new chapter in the performing arts,” she said of that occasion.

Utzon won an international design contest to build the harbour city an opera house in

HUGE CROWDS PACKED THE STEPS ON THE HARBOURFRONT, WHERE THREE GENERATIONS OF DANISH ARCHITECT JORN UTZON’S FAMILY WERE THE GUESTS OF HONOUR. 1956 that attracted 233 entries from 28 countries, despite being relatively unknown in the architecture world.

His ambitious blueprint, drafted from photos and maps without ever having visited the harbour site, took 14 years and Aus$102 million to complete, funded by a state lottery.

It was one of the most difficult engineering feats ever attempted at the time, with Utzon envisaging a chamber with vaulted roofs unsupported by pillars or columns.

The Opera House was listed a world heritage site by UNESCO in 2007.

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Jammu villagers migrate

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helling from Pakistan has triggered civilian migration since Saturday night from a Jammu and Kashmir village located near the border.People of the Suchetgarh Kullian village, situated 400 metres from the international border in Samba district, left their homes Saturday night and took shelter in a community hall.

Peace seems be withering in the area.

Lata gets Yash Chopra award

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n a tribute to the legendary filmmaker Yash Chopra on the eve of his first death anniversary, melody queen Lata Mangeshkar was conferred the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award at a glittering function here. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari presented the award late Saturday to the legendary singer. She is "blessed with a beautiful voice,”he said.

CBI gets notice from Spl Court

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Mumbai Special Court has issued notices to the state Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), CBI, and the home ministry, in a plea filed by an accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case. It challenged the investigations done by National Investigation Agency (NIA), a lawyer said. A powerful blast shook Malegaon, killing 37 and injuring over 160.

Dengue plagues Delhi hospitals ANNIE BANERJI

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NEW DELHI: Factory worker Mohammad Awwal is gripped by fever, sweats and the sort of agonising aches that mean his condition is sometimes called “breakbone disease”. It’s an annual plague in India and a hidden epidemic, say experts.

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease with no known cure or vaccination that strikes fear into the citizens of New Delhi when it arrives with the monsoon rains — just as the scorching heat of the summer is subsiding.

Hospital wards are overwhelmed and tales abound of deaths and cases while New Delhi public authorities insist that only 3,500 have fallen sick so far this year — with only five fatalities.

“I took him first to a government hospital. I was shocked to see that it was packed with dengue patients. There was not even a single bed available,” said Awwal’s mother, Mehrunissa, sitting in her one-room shack in east Delhi.

She is now treating him at their home, giving him multi-vitamins, paracetamol and water as he lies on the floor with two pillows and a bedsheet but no mattress.

In a sign that this year’s outbreak could be as bad as record-breaking 2010, the city’s largest public hospital, Hindu Rao, announced earlier this month that it had suspended all routine surgeries to make room for more dengue patients.

The Delhi government has blamed prolonged monsoons for the hike in infections, but says it has added beds at hospitals and increased resources for spraying insecticides to tackle the mosquito menace.

“It’s nothing to worry about, there is

no crisis,” Charan Singh, additional director of Delhi health services, told AFP, dismissing allegations that the city of 17 million under-reports the problem.

“It is a lot of hype going on... The government is in action and we report all cases according to international guidelines,” he added.

FEAR

OF A PANIC ?

The virus — first detected in the 1950s in the Philippines and Thailand — affects two million people across the globe annually, with the number of cases up 30 times in the last 50 years, according to the World Health Organisation.

Transmitted to humans by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, it causes high fever, headaches, itching and joint pains that last about a week. There are four strains, one of which can cause fatal internal bleeding.

In India, cases have increased sharply over the last five years — there have been 38,000 so far in 2013 — but doctors say these numbers only capture part of the problem.

At the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India’s most prestigious public hospital, doctors are overwhelmed by patients whose beds are squeezed together like Tetris tiles in the emergency ward with saline drips nailed to the walls.

Medics, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that they were seeing 60 new dengue patients a day — an influx they suspected was not reflected in the official figures.

“There is gross under-reporting of these cases every year. I believe the real numbers are always three times higher than those projected by the MCD,” V.K. Monga, former health chief at the MCD said.

China, Russia visit to create strategic opportunities: PM NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday his visits to Russia and China would help strengthen India’s relations with two of its most important partners and create strategic opportunities for India’s growth, prosperity and development in a stable external environment.

In his departure statement prior to embarking on a five-day visit to Moscow and Beijing, the prime minister said the annual summit he would be holding with Russian President Vladimir Putin Oct 21 is an "important feature of our special and privileged strategic partnership". The

prime minister said he would be exchanging views with President Putin on international developments, including West Asia and Afghanistan.

In Beijing, he said the visit would give him the opportunity to continue talks with the new Chinese leadership.

He said together with the Chinese leadership in the last nine years in office as prime minister, both sides have put together a strategic and cooperative partnership and mechanisms for cooperation and dialogue to address bilateral issues between the two countries. IANS

Hospital wards are overwhelmed and tales abound of deaths and cases while New Delhi public authorities insist that only 3,500 have fallen sick so far this year.

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WORLD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Guardian wins top gongs ATLANTA: Britain’s The Guardian

scooped up two awards for online journalism for its coverage of the National Security Agency (NSA) leaks from former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. The Guardian’s exposure of the electronic surveillance by the US spy agency was honored in the categories of innovative investigative journalism and watchdog journalism.

Minister visits war shrine

Escaped convicts arrested

TOKYO: A second Japanese cabinet

MIAMI: Authorities in Florida arrested

minister visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo but said he had no intention of provoking neighbouring countries, which see it as a painful reminder of Japan’s imperialist past. Keiji Furuya, who is minister in charge of issues related to North Korea’s abduction of Japanese nationals visited during the autumn festival.

two convicted murderers who used forged documents to escape from life prison terms. Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker were arrested at a motel, said a spokeswoman with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The men, both 34, had been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Oz bushfires could pose ‘unparalleled’ danger SYDNEY: Australian fire crews stepped up containment efforts around several major wildfires Sunday with the weather forecast to deteriorate and officials warning of “unparalleled” danger from the worst conditions in 40 years.

More than 200 homes have already been destroyed and another 120 damaged by the wildfires which broke out across New South Wales state in unseasonably warm and dry weather earlier this week, fanned by extremely high winds.

The worst of the fires, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, plunged the city into an eerie midday darkness as plumes of smoke and ash filled the sky.

One man has died so far trying to protect his property.

Firefighters had a reprieve on Friday and Saturday with an easing in the weather, but containment and property protection efforts were ramped up on Sunday ahead of a forecast deterioration in conditions set to include warmer temperatures and 100kph winds.

NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said there would be several extremely difficult days ahead for fire crews, with conditions unprecedented in their danger to property and life.

“We’ve got what would be unparalleled in terms of risk and exposure for the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury communities throughout this week,” Fitzsimmons told reporters.

A couple look at a house burnt out by bushfires in Winmalee in Sydney’s Blue Mountains. AFP/GREG WOOD “If you are to draw a parallel, and it’s always dangerous to draw a parallel, at best you’d be going back to time periods in the late 60s.”

“The reality is, however, these conditions that we’re looking at are a whole new ball-game and in a league of their own.

An emergency warning was issued for the Blue Mountains village of Bell on Sunday morning, with residents urged to evac-

uate if they were able or “take shelter in a solid structure when the fire front arrives”.

A total fire ban was in place in the Greater Sydney and three other regions across the state until further notice.

Assistant police commissioner Alan Clarke said mandatory evacuation orders would be enforced in some areas, describing the risk as “far more extreme” than in past fires.

“Police will be doing forced evacuations if the risk is necessary,” Clarke told reporters.

“At the end of the day we hope we have buildings standing, but if we don’t have buildings standing we don’t want bodies in them.” “It’s important to understand that the single tragedy that we’ve had in these fires so far has been the tragic circumstances where an individual chose to remain and fight a fire.”

Bomb rocks Syria peace talks DAMASCUS: UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday kept up his regional push for peace talks on Syria, where a suicide car bombing and assault on a key Damascus checkpoint killed 16 Syrian soldiers.

Brahimi met with Egypt’s foreign minister Saturday, saying “intense efforts” were under way to convene a Syrian peace conference in Geneva next month.

Syrian state media blamed “terrorists” for a bombing at the entrance to the mixed ChristianDruze Damascus suburb of Jaramana.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a suicide bomber from the Al-Qaedalinked Al-Nusra Front detonated an explosives-packed car at the checkpoint between Jaramana and rebel-held Mleha.

Fighting raged for much of Saturday, with rebel mortar fire hitting Jaramana and regime aircraft striking back, according to the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on activists and medics on the ground.

At least 16 soldiers and 15 jihadists were killed, it said.

One resident said the fighting was “unprecedented” since Syria’s conflict erupted in March 2011, telling AFP by telephone: “It is very violent. We can hear automatic weapons fire, mortar rounds, bombardments.” The conflict is believed to have killed more than 115,000 people. Millions have been forced to flee and hundreds of thousands are trapped.

Hostages, pilots back at home

Banksy graffiti I’m innocent, insists brother in Alps murder upsets NYC

BEIRUT: Nine Lebanese pilgrims held hostage in

LONDON: The brother of a British-Iraqi businessman

NEW YORK: Guards were on close watch Saturday as

Syria for 17 months arrived in Beirut late Saturday after being freed in an exchange that also released two Turkish Airlines pilots seized in Lebanon.

The Shiite pilgrims were greeted by cabinet ministers and other senior officials from across the political spectrum in Lebanon, where their seizure had sparked angry protests by family members.

Relatives broke into tears and cries of joy for the return of the nine Lebanese, who appeared in good health. The two Turkish pilots were freed earlier Saturday as part of an exchange deal for the nine former hostages of Syrian rebels, the official Lebanese news agency NNA said.

who was gunned down with his family in the French Alps last year protested his innocence on Sunday in his first media interviews. Zaid al-Hilli, whose brother Saad was mysteriously killed along with his wife and her mother in their car in September 2012, admitted to the BBC and the Sunday Times newspaper that the brothers were engaged in a bitter inheritance dispute — but insisted he did not orchestrate the murders.

The 54-year-old, who was arrested in June on suspicion of masterminding the killings, also accused French police of failing to properly investigate the possibility that the real target was Sylvain Mollier, a Frenchman who was shot dead near the family’s car.

British street artist Banksy brought his in-your-face creations to New York City, where some unhappy property owners defaced his work.

The Briton, whose identity is a secret, has sent hipsters and art fans scrambling to get a peek at his “Better Out Than In” month-long residency in New York. He has received offers of big money for some of his creations. But most of the works have so enraged property owners that they have been rapidly defaced.

“Graffiti does ruin people’s property, and it’s a sign of decay and loss of control,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week. “Some places are for arts, and some aren’t.”

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COMMENT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Rest in peace, Aarushi Talwar!

THE SIDE COLUMN POLARISED US has world worried STEPHEN COLLINSON

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he world got a close-up look at US democracy during Washington's debt default showdown, and was traumatised by what it saw.

The bad news for America's worried friends is that new stalemates over budgets and borrowing are looming early next year. Foreign angst over the spectacle is understandable.

The globalized economy has world powers chained to America's fate: a US debt default could have caused mayhem across the planet.

Obama warned the showdown diminished US standing and "encouraged our enemies, it's emboldened our competitors and depressed our friends”.

The two week impasse was sparked when House Republicans tried to make a hike in US borrowing authority conditional on Obama gutting his signature healthcare law.

Foreigners struggled to understand how an insurgent minority was able to hold US democracy hostage.

Outsiders have often grumbled that a political system of checks and balances designed 230 years ago is too lumbering for an age where billions of dollars can flee a nation in a second and nimble developing nations challenge US primacy.

Unlike foreign leaders with hefty parliamentary majorities, Obama cannot simply drive his agenda into law and since Congress retains the power of the purse, he must coerce and cajole.

That can be tough even when his party controls Congress, but when the rival party has power — in this case Republicans in the House — it can be impossible.

While the US system prevents a majority from becoming too powerful, well organized minorities can gum up progress — a factor exploited expertly by Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz.

Some analysts accuse the parties of deliberately sharpening divides. Republicans are now profiting from the tactic of redrawing congressional districts to ensure safe seats in elections.

The result is that lawmakers are more concerned about appeasing the grassroots activists who participate in party nominating contests.

Foreigners might also note that while the partisan fury tested the system, it did not break it in the debt ceiling debacle, as Congress did raise borrowing authority at the 11th hour.

From the hip SYED SHOAIB

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It’s a cold case. Can anything more be written about the Aarushi Talwar murder you may wonder. I write this ode to her more out of confusion than as a clarification to any of the case details that the investigating agency could have ignored.

Even this week, senior journalist Nalini Singh claimed the CBI has not paid attention to a crucial piece of evidence given by her in the sensational murder case that has intrigued India for over five years.

As I read through several articles and watch innumerable videos, to make my own assessment of the case, it seems bizarre. My innate ability as a journalist to nail the truth looks lost. The job of the CBI, which rarely gives media interviews, appears difficult. The police and the courts stand out like oddly placed interlocks in this intrigu-

ing jigsaw puzzle. The versions of both the defence and the prosecution are convincing!

An unsolved murder or crime case is not new in the history of mysterious occurrences in the world.

Sweden's Prime Minister Olof Palme (1982–1986) was shot while he was walking home with his wife after a visit to a cinema hall in Stockholm.

Imagine, till today, the motive and identity of the killer still remain a mystery.

JonBenet Ramsays was a six-year-old girl known for her participation in beauty pageants in the United States.

She was found murdered in the basement of her parents’ home in Boulder, Colorado, nearly eight hours after she was reported missing in 1996. The case is notable in both its longevity and the media interest it has generated in the United States. After several grand jury hearings the case is still unsolved.

The Zodiac Killer is one of the great unsolved serial killer mysteries of all time, taking only second place to Jack the Ripper. Even though police investigated over 2,500 potential

suspects, the case was never officially solved. There were a few suspects that stood out, but the forensic technology of the times was not advanced enough to nail any one of them conclusively. The Zodiac murdered five known victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969.

In July 2013, a skeleton found walled-up in a basement full of junk has been identified as a first-grade teacher reported missing by her husband more than 27 years ago. JoAnn Nichols disappeared in December 1985. Her husband James Nichols died of natural causes in December 2012, aged 82. Authorities say a contractor cleaning hoarded items and debris out of the Nichols' home in upstate New York found the bones in a sealed container behind a false basement wall.

The case has been reopened with the husband as the suspect!

A classic unsolved case was the Shakereh Khaleeli murder in which the former wife of Akbar A Khaleeli, then the Indian high commissioner to

Australia, was sedated by Swami Shraddhananda and buried alive in her lust for a son and his, for her property in the early 1990s in Bangalore.

While the coffin, in which she woke up after the effect of sedation had scratches on the fresh coat of varnish showing her attempt to come out, the bones of one of her hands was curled around the mattress when they dug her up.

Three years after there were no clues emerging, a persistent constable Mahadeva of the crime branch took a manservant of the Swami out for a drink. In his drunken stupor, the servant boasted about having blackmailed the Swami successfully for three years for helping him to eliminate his rich wife, uncovering what looked like a dead-end case.

I hope one smart move like this can help solve the Aarushi murder case finally and fully.

My best wishes to the judge who is adjudicating India’s most sensitive case, which has reached its final stage. While charges and counter charges might continue after the likely last verdict in December also, RIP Aarushi!

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BUSINESS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Brazil defends auction

Protests in Portugal, Italy

Nissan under pressure

BRASILIA: Brazil’s energy minister

ROME: Tens of thousands of people

DETROIT: The United Auto Workers

defended an auction of concessions in a vast offshore oil field, saying it did not mean the country’s oil reserves were being privatized. He spoke as workers from state-owned oil giant Petrobras struck for a third day to protest the auction of the coveted Libra oil field, which opens Monday amid heavy security.

took to the streets in Italy and Portugal for mostly peaceful protests against austerity on Saturday, but there were clashes in Rome outside the finance ministry. Fifteen people were detained during the protest in Rome and some 100 militants were seen throwing rocks at police guarding the finance ministry, who charged them.

is ratcheting up pressure on Nissan in the hopes it may finally succeed at organizing the Japanese automaker’s plant in the typically anti-union southern US state of Mississippi. It has taken its campaign to the world stage in a bid to pressure Nissan to cease what the UAW has called union-busting tactics.

THE END OF SIESTA

A typical Spaniard’s working day? Start at 9am, stop at 2pm to eat until four or five, then start again and work until about 8pm.

KATELL ABIVEN

MADRID: Spanish lawmakers want to shift the country back a time zone and impose more healthy, family-friendly working hours: a tricky job in a land known for siestas and late-night partying.

A typical Spaniard’s working day? “Start at 9:00 am, stop at 2:00 pm to eat until four or five, then start again and work until about 8:00 pm,” says Nuria Chinchilla, a specialist in work and family life at Spain’s IESE Business School.

“No one expects you home before 9:00 pm.”

Some warn this lifestyle — which dates from around the 1940s when poor Spaniards would work two jobs to make ends meet — is harming their personal lives now.

It leads to a lower quality of life, less time spent with the family and lower birth rates, more accidents at work and more school drop-outs because children go to bed too late, the economist says.

Her words echo warnings in a report recently approved by parliament, which called for Spain to turn back its clocks, jumping west an hour to the same time zone as Britain and Portugal.

Despite lying far to the west of Europe in a line with those countries, mainland Spain has been in the same time zone as central Europe since 1942, when Francisco Franco’s fascist government adopted it in line with Nazi Germany.

Ignacio Buqueras, chairman of the commission that drew up the report, said Spain needs a “rational timetable... eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for other activities”.

“The fact that Spain for more than 71 years has not been in the correct time zone causes us to get up too early and sleep on average one hour less than the time recommended by the World Health Organisation,” said his report.

“Our timetable is determined more by the sun than by the clock. We eat at one o’clock

in the afternoon and dine at eight, according to the sun, but the clock says it is three o’clock and 10 o’clock,” the text said.

Shifting the time zone would give Spain “more time for the family, for training, for personal life and leisure and would avoid wasted time during the workday,” the report said.

“The results would bring us into line with Europe in many respects in which we currently differ, particularly in productivity and competitiveness, in having a balanced family life and in sharing family duties.”

The report proposes that the government promote a more regular working day, “with a

maximum one-hour break for lunch, preferably from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, which would also make the mid-morning coffee break unnecessary”.

Old habits are hard to break These old habits will be hard to break, however.

Buqueras says that most public offices ignore existing regulations that require them to finish the working day at 6:00 pm — though some are starting to change.

Madrid town hall has imposed a 5:00 pm finish since 2010 — reining it in from 7:00 pm previously. This has led to “savings of about 30 percent in the electricity bill for the lights

and computers”, says spokesman Nacho Garcia Salgado.

In the private sector, the big energy company Iberdrola has imposed working hours of 7:15 am to 3:30 pm, where the day used to last until 6:30 pm.

That leaves workers “the afternoon free to attend to their personal life”, says Angeles Alcazar, the company’s social projects manager.

Since then, “accidents at work have decreased by 10 percent” and productivity has risen, with 500,000 work-hours estimated to have been saved.

“There is still much left to do,” Alcazar said.

“We are one of the countries that works the most hours but comes out the least productive.”

Proponents of a change say prime time broadcasts should be brought forward, particularly films and football matches which sometimes kick off as late as 11:00 pm.

The shake-up would be particularly difficult in the current economic crisis, when “for economic reasons, salaries are being cut and workdays are getting longer,” says Angels Valls, a researcher in labour relations at the business school ESADE. “It is a cultural matter, and the historical roots are hard to AFP change.”

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FOCUS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

US generals are facing tough punishment for cases ranging from adultery to illegal gambling, in an online era that has placed the top brass under unprecedented scrutiny.

US generals under scrutiny

WASHINGTON: Misbehavior could be quietly hushed up in the past without disrupting careers. But generals are now disciplined in the public spotlight, military officers and analysts said Friday. “The bar has gotten higher,” said one senior officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “And the margin for error has gotten smaller.

They are under the microscope.”

Last week, the number-two ranking officer overseeing the country’s nuclear forces, Vice Admiral Tim Giardina, was fired over allegations he used counterfeit chips at a casino in Iowa.

Two days later, Major General Michael Carey, who was in charge of hundreds of land-based nuclear missiles as head of the 20th Air Force, was removed from his post due to “a loss of confidence and trust.”

Carey is under investigation for personal “misbehavior,” which officials said allegedly involved alcohol.

Last year, the four-star officer running Africa Command, General Kip Ward, was repri-

manded after a probe found he misused funds for lavish travel.

Ward was stripped of a star and retired at a lower rank.

In January, US Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair will face a court martial over alleged forcible sodomy and other charges, in a case rife with sordid allegations.

The military’s most promnent general, David Petraeus, was never disciplined while in uniform but was forced to retire last year as head of the CIA after admitting to an affair with his biographer.

The legal rules that apply to generals have not changed but recent high-profile cases have shined a brighter light on the enforcement of those standards, said David Barno, a retired army general.

“What in the past might have been handled by quiet retirement today inevitably goes right to newspaper headlines. And it’s not a bad thing,” Barno said.

“It’s definitely a more transparent world than I think maybe 10, 15, 20 years ago, where these things probably

occurred but were handled more quietly out of the public view.”

Dismayed over the scandals, the military’s top officer, General Martin Dempsey, is overseeing a sweeping review of training and education for generals that aims to place a greater emphasis on ethics and personal character.

Dempsey has said the military needs leaders with both competence and character, and that a decade of war and big budgets had made for “some bad habits.”

“I think on a larger scale, we are seeing a tightening of standards in the military coming out of the two wars we’ve been in,” said Barno, now a fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

When generals are exposed for blunders or worse, there is a degree of “voyeuristic interest by people in the military,” said Eugene Fiddell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School. “It’s what I call khaki shadenfreude.”

A frequent theme running through the cases is that senior officers, having worked their

IN JANUARY, US ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL JEFFREY SINCLAIR WILL FACE A COURT MARTIAL OVER ALLEGED FORCIBLE SODOMY AND OTHER CHARGES. way up a rigorous system, seem to lose their bearings when they make it to the top.

“It has long fascinated me that people who reach a certain pay grade may conclude that they are bullet proof,” he said.

“And it’s always a surprise when you see this.”

Although held to account for personal misconduct, generals and admirals are rarely if ever fired over their professional performance.

But last month, the Marine Corps sacked two generals for failing to prevent a disastrous attack on a major NATO base in southern Afghanistan — a decision that sent shockwaves through the military.

It was the first time since Vietnam that generals had

been relieved of command over their battlefield performance.

“For some years now there has been a trend toward reduced tolerance for personal misbehavior in senior officers, but this hasn’t generally extended to accountability for their professional military performance,” said Stephen Biddle, professor of political science at George Washington University.

“Perhaps the Marine Corps action signals a new trend on this score. After 12 years of warfare this would seem overdue,” he said.

But other analysts said the military holds top officers accountable at every step of their career, declining to promote them if they fail to make the grade.

“It is true that most of these cases involve personal conduct rather than professional malpractice, but what the critics forget is that the military’s ‘up or out’ promotion system involves regularly holding people accountable, just in the form of not getting promoted,” said Peter Feaver, a profesAFP sor at Duke University.

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INTERVIEW SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Writer Hosseini condemns Western ‘fortress mentality’

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riter Khaled Hosseini called for more tolerance for the plight of refugees, as the author of the bestselling The Kite Runner talked about his latest book And The Mountains Echoed.

“There is a kind of fortress mentality in the West,” said the Afghan-born American novelist, whose new novel has a complex plot spanning from Kabul to Paris, a Greek island to California.

“I think it’s important for us to remember the humanity of these people,” he said during a visit to Milan after twin shipwreck tragedies off Italy in which over 500 asylum seekers are feared dead.

“Nobody says you have to open your door and the whole world can come and settle in your country. Refugees have not chosen their fate, their fate has been forced upon them,” Hosseini said.

The author regularly travels

to his war-torn homeland as an ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) but said he wanted his new book to be “less Afghan-centric”.

The book begins with a disturbing folk take about a devil kidnapping children in Afghan villages.

The first setting is an Afghan village in the 1950s and the conclusion is in California where Hosseini, a trained physician, now lives.

It revolves around the story of two children from a poor family who are forced into a heartrending separation that will forever mark their lives.

The writer said the book had a “non-linear, un-traditional” plot with lots of characters.

“The war in Afghanistan is not such a looming presence in the book. The impact on a lot of characters is less pressing, less urgent.

“It’s more a personal story having more to do with human

Author of bestselling book The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini calls for more tolerance for the plight of refugees and about his latest book And The Mountains Echoed.

struggles,” he said, adding that the characters he wanted to create were “morally ambiguous” and “not quite so black and white”.

IT REVOLVES AROUND THE STORY OF TWO CHILDREN FROM A POOR FAMILY WHO ARE FORCED INTO A HEART-RENDING SEPARATION THAT WILL FOREVER MARK THEIR LIVES. The award-winning novelist is a literary phenomenon whose star shows no sign of fading. His first two books, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, sold 38 million copies worldwide.

His latest book has already sold three million copies since first coming out in the United

States in May and is due to be translated into 40 languages including Malaysian and Icelandic.

While the writer said the book had less of a focus on Afghanistan and its future, he is certainly not forgetting his homeland and chief inspiration.

“I feel I have a debt to Afghanistan because of my success. I think it obligates me to be socially conscious but the books are written for very personal reasons,” Hosseini said.

“Books are always about some kind of human enigma, some truth I’m trying to get out,” said the writer, who pointed out that he has not lived in Afghanistan for 33 years although he travels there.

“It’s neither my intention nor my ambition to alter thought in Afghanistan. I want to be very respectful of the fact that if any significant change comes in Afghanistan it will not be spurred by an Afghan in AFP exile,” he said.

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ART AND CULTURE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Wild Matisse shocked

John Kander youthful at 86

NEW YORK: “Nude Descending a

NEW YORK: 86-year-old composer,

Staircase (No.2)” (1912) is one of the most overrated paintings in the history of art.

Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude” - a pastiche of Cubism - is a monochromatic, robotic depiction of a walking figure layered and repeated as if seen through stop motion photography. The work caused a scandal in the US when it appeared as part of the Armory Show in 1913.

John Kander says that he is healthy and would continue working. “Unless something happens to you, why would you stop?” he says. As his new musical, The Scottsboro Boys, opens in London, the legendary composer of Cabaret and Chicago, Kander says that he’s still got it and feels as creative as ever.

Pianist Kuerti in the ICU MIAMI: A highly anticipated Friends of Chamber Music Concert by acclaimed Beethoven interpreter Anton Kuerti was abruptly cut short when the pianist was stricken by a medical emergency a few minutes into the event Thursday evening at Coral Gables Congregational Church. Kuerti, 75, was taken by ambulance to a South Miami Hospital.

Jodhpur’s ‘crazy’ spirit comes alive at RIFF Audience at the ongoing Rajasthan International Folk Festival was intoxicated

by Paris-born Manu Chao’s captivating performance at Jodhpur.

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ndless energy and an audience intoxicated by the infectious beats and French and Spanish numbers — Paris-born Manu Chao thumped his chest with a mike and screamed, You crazy Jodhpur, in response to the adulation and applause that he won upon his maiden visit and performance in India.

The audience roared with encores for the five-foot-something man, who, along with his band, justified all the hype surrounding his visit to the ongoing Jodhpur Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF).

He uplifted the joie de vivre of the audience way past midnight by belting out popular numbers like Me Gustas Tu, Bongo Bongo and Mala Vida.

He can sing in languages like French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician and Arabic.

What he served to music aficianados here was a mixed bag — difficult to comprehend, but easy to sway to.

Such was the magnetism of his performance that young or old, everyone joined in the celebration of life even though, for most of the audience what he was singing was obscure. Thus the thought, “music transcends language” literally came true at the open air, Old Zenana courtyard of Mehrangarh Fort here.

Before the performance began, Chao was introduced as someone whose linguistic abilities have drawn a larger circle of fan base. Even though his songs are happy and breezy, the lyrics are often “thought provoking” and issue-based, highlighting discrimination and immigration troubles.

For many, he is a political commentator, lending a voice to his opinions through music.

Given the fact that he began

his performance with shukriya Jodhpur (thank you Jodhpur), he had to incorporate “you crazy Jodhpur” post “une fois de plus” (once more in French) requests from the audience.

There were many foreigners who were well-versed with his popular numbers and they sang along with him too. For many Indians, this “unknown” artiste turned out to be a “class” performer, about whom they would try to find out more.

Hemant Chauhan, a visitor to RIFF from Delhi, said: “I hadn’t heard him before this performance. But he was just awesome.

I will look for him in Google and get to know more about him.”

His performance wasn’t a one-man show. He was accompanied by two guitarists, and a drum player from the Netherlands-based La Ventura band. Together, the four of them played for around two hours, and obliged the audience thrice

with equal gusto and enthusiasm. Not understanding the language wasn’t a bane, as many catchy phrases from his songs had become an anthem for the audience members, who didn’t shy away from giving chorus and singing along with him.

Drenched in sweat and yet not showing any sign of fatigue, Chao concluded the concert with “Shukriya India”. And all that we could say was, “You crazy IANS Manu”.

HE CAN SING IN LANGUAGES LIKE FRENCH, SPANISH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN, GALICIAN AND ARABIC. WHAT HE SERVED TO MUSIC AFICIANADOS HERE WAS A MIXED BAG — DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND, BUT EASY TO SWAY TO.

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ENVIRONMENT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Sainj hydropower ready in 2015

Infosys manages waste

SHIMLA: The 100 MW Sainj hydroelec-

BANGALORE: IT bellwether Infosys Ltd

NEW DELHI: It was a pleasant Saturday

tric project being constructed by the state-run Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) in Kullu district is likely to be commissioned by August 2015, an offical said here Saturday. The hydro project is Rs.800 crore. The run-of-the-river project is located on the Sainj river, a tributary of the Beas.

Friday announced it has won the ‘Corporate Sustainability Stewardship’ award for efficient management of energy, waste and water resources in its production processes and operations. The event also showcased efforts of organisations in conservation, innovation and leadership in sustainability.

morning in the national capital. The minimum temperature was recorded a notch above the season’s average at 19.5 degrees Celsius. Friday’s maximum temperature was recorded a notch above the season’s average at 33.2 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature settled three notches above average at 21.8 degrees.

Pleasant weather in Delhi

Climate change to cause ‘massive’ ocean damage by 2100 Come 2100, 98 percent of the oceans will be affected by acidification, warming temperatures, low oxygen, or lack of biological productivity.

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y the year 2100, about 98 percent of the oceans will be affected by acidification, warming temperatures, low oxygen, or lack of biological productivity, and most areas will be hit by a multitude of these stressors, finds a new study of the impacts of climate change on the world’s ocean systems.

These biogeochemical changes triggered by human-generated greenhouse gas emissions will not only affect marine habitats and organisms, but will often also occur in areas that are heavily used by humans, concludes the international team of 28 scientists.

“When you look at the world ocean, there are few places that will be free of changes; most will suffer the simultaneous effects of warming, acidification, and reductions in oxygen and productivity,” said lead author Camilo Mora, an assistant professor at the Department of Geography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

“The consequences of these co-occurring changes are massive — everything from species survival, to abundance, to range size, to body size, to species richness, to ecosystem functioning are affected by changes in ocean biogeochemistry,” said Mora.

Mora and Craig Smith with UH Manoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology worked with a 28-person international collaboration of climate modelers, biogeochemists, oceanographers, and social scientists to develop the study, which is published in the scientific journal

PLOS Biology.

The human ramifications of these changes are likely to be massive and disruptive, the scientists predict. Food chains, fishing, and tourism could all be impacted.

The study shows that some 470 to 870 million of the world’s poorest people rely on the ocean for food, jobs, and revenues, and live in countries where ocean goods and services could be compromised by multiple ocean biogeochemical changes.

The researchers used the most recent and robust models of projected climate change developed for the Fifth Assessment Report of

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swirling mass of jack mackerel draws feeding seabirds and marine mammals. (Photo courtesy Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, California)

THE STUDY SHOWS THAT SOME 470 TO 870 MILLION OF THE WORLD’S POOREST PEOPLE RELY ON THE OCEAN FOR FOOD, JOBS, AND REVENUES. the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to inform their analysis.

They quantified the extent of co-occurrence of changes in temperature, pH, oxygen, and primary productivity based on two sce-

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leached fire coral colony at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico (Photo by Joyce & Frank Burek courtesy NOAA)

narios — a business-as-usual scenario wherein atmospheric carbon dioxide, CO2, concentrations could reach 900 ppm by 2100, and an alternative scenario under which concentrations only reach 550 ppm by 2100.

The scientists said this second scenario would only result from a concerted, rapid CO2 mitigation effort, beginning today.

Only a very small fraction of the oceans, mostly in polar regions, will face the opposing effects of increases in oxygen or productivity, and nowhere will there be cooling or pH increase.

“Even the seemingly positive changes at high latitudes are not

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mpback whales are among the many whales that feed on krill, which will be subject to multiple climate stressors. (Photo courtesy International Whaling Commission)

necessary beneficial. Invasive species have been immigrating to these areas due to changing ocean conditions and will threaten the local species and the humans who depend on them,” said co-author Chih-Lin Wei, a postdoctoral fellow at Ocean Science Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

Co-author Lisa Levin, a professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, warns, “Because many deep-sea ecosystems are so stable, even small changes in temperature, oxygen, and pH may lower the resilience of deep-sea communities. This is a growing concern as humans extract more resources and create more disturbances in the deep ocean.”

The researchers assembled global distribution maps of 32 marine habitats and biodiversity hotspots to assess their potential vulnerability to the changes.

As a final step, they used available data on human dependency on ocean goods and services and social adaptability to estimate the vulnerability of coastal populations to the projected ocean biogeochemical changes.

“Other studies have looked at small-scale impacts, but this is the first time that we’ve been able to look the entire world ocean and how co-occurring stressors will differentially impact the Earth’s diverse habitats and people,” said co-author Andrew Thurber, a Scripps alumnus and now a postdoctoral fellow at Oregon State University. “The impacts of climate change will be felt from the ocean surface to the seafloor. It is truly scary to consider how vast these impacts will be,” said coauthor Andrew Sweetman, who helped to convene the original team of investigators and now leads the deep-sea ecosystem research group at the International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway. “This is one legacy that we as humans should not be allowed to ignore.” Results of the study are published in the current issue of the journal “PLoS Biology.” It was funded by SeaGrant Hawaii, the Norwegian Research Council and the International Network for Scientific Investigation of Deepsea Ecosystems.

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FOOD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

To feed in the future

Olive oil tops EU food fraud list

Broccoli fights cancer

MANCHESTER: An innovative “living

BRUSSELS: An EU draft report says olive

WASHINGTON: Spraying a plant hor-

lab” has been set up in a former warehouse in the heart of Greater Manchester to research the best ways for people in urban areas to feed themselves in the future. Vincent Walsh, founder and director of the Biospheric Foundation, explains how the project is hoping to develop a sustainable urban food production system.

oil, fish, and organic food, are subjected to fraud more than any other foods.

In fact, the report says beef is less risky, despite the scandal early this year over beef tainted with horse meat.Behind olive oil, fish, and organic food, the other top 10 foods are milk, grains, honey and maple syrup, coffee and tea , spices, wine, and certain fruit juices.

mone on broccoli - already one of the planet’s most nutritious foods - boosts its cancer-fighting potential, and researchers say they have new insights on how that works. They published their findings, which could help scientists build an even better, more healthful broccoli in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry.

Chef Kailash Anand’s experience from the royal kitchens reflects in the traditional spread as part of Jeemne Padharo Sa ARUN YELLAMATY

arunyellamaty@postnoon.com

A ROYAL APPETITE

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f one were to understand the techniques involved in Rajasthani cooking, it was influenced by both the war-like lifestyles of its inhabitants and the availability of ingredients in this arid region. Food that could last for several days and could be eaten without heating was preferred. Scarcity of water and fresh green vegetables has had a major effect on the cooking.

If you manage to catch hold of the enthusiastic Chef while at the buffet, you might want to get a tour of the buffet with a touch of history behind each dish, and we got a

chance to try out everything that was on the menu.

Snacks like Bikaneri Bhujia, Mirchi Bada and Pyaaj Kachori are most popular amongst patrons. Other famous dishes include Bajre ki roti (millet bread) and Lashun ki chutney (hot garlic paste), Mawa Kachori from Jodhpur, Alwar ka mawa, Mal pauas from Pushkar and Rassgollas from Bikaner. Originating for the Marwar region of the state is the concept Marwari Bhojnalaya, or vegetarian restaurants, today found in many parts of India, offer eclectic vegan delicacies savoured

by food-connoisseurs around the world.

Apart from the authentic vegetarian food, the arid regions of Rajasthan are also famous for its slow cooked meat delicacies such as Laal Maas, Safed Maas, Murgh Jodhpuri, Methi Maas and Murgh Shekawat.

One would imagine that Rajasthan could never have a seafood influence, but the abundance of dams around the vicinity gives the Chefs an opportunity to experiment with sea food as well.

Macchi Angadi is one such delicacy enjoyed by the people of Rajasthan.

Ghewar, Misri Marwa and Raj Bhog are

desserts specially prepared for the Royalty of Rajasthan, and are a part of every festivity in most house-holds and will only leave you asking for a second helping.

Chef Kailash Anand, speaking on the festival says that, “It’s a unique festival and people will enjoy themselves here. If you get a chance, you should try out every dish on the menu. The Laal Maas is a must try from the buffet which includes other delicious dishes as well.”

The buffet is on till the 27th of October, for lunch and dinner and is priced at `1290 per head exclusive of taxes.

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FOOD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

If you are a seafood lover, Prego at Westin is the place to be for the restaurant is celebrating Italian-style seafood cooking.

Arun Daniel Yellamaty

arunyellamaty@postnoon.com

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ave you had that feeling… that feeling of being cheated when you get a raw deal when you have been promised the real deal?

When it comes to gourmets in India, they have it all the time, for they expect authentic stuff from some famed eatery, go there, dig in and get fool’s gold: the ‘densification’ of the authentic cuisine.

For instance, take the shawarma. Those who have been to any Middle Eastern country will know how a shawarma is supposed to taste.

Low in spice, mildly hot, and succulent. Here you go to a shawarma joint and grab one.

Two bites later, you shall feel

THE REAL DEAL the sting of chilli and what not: our man’s attempts at making it palatable for those who don’t know shawarmas.

So, if we were to tell you gourmets that there is an Italian seafood festival happening at Presto, Westin, and it is good, trust us it is. Allow me to explain.

The man who is at the helm for the event is Chef Kaushik Mishra. Now Mishra learnt the Italiano way of doing things not for India, but from Italy. And he was there for three years learning the nuances of Italian cooking, the chief of which is not an explosion of spices or condiments, but bringing out the flavour of the ingredients and the materials used for each dish. To cut it short, it’s the KISS rule, you see.

The menu, needless to say, is vast. Lobsters, crayfish, tuna, cod, mussels, scallops… and many things I don’t know

the names of and can’t remember. All done in the way it is in the places that line the southern coast of Italy: Sardinia, Calabria, Umbria and Marche, assures Mishra.

As per the chef ’s suggestion we pick the prawn and tuna. Of the two, we thought prawns won hands down (my friend later said, “It was yummy.” I quote her: “It was buttery, soft, spongy with a dash of sweetness.” How it’s done? With garlic, white wine, fresh chilly, parsley, basil served with salad).

Next was the pan-seared yellow fin tuna served over roasted garlic balsamic vinaigrette, fennel orange and mixed leaves.

The gnocchi with pesto sauce with Atlantic salmon: that was something special.

My friend found it a tad oily, but she and I agreed that that was a very well-done dish.

The toast of the night was basil prosciutto wrapped sea bass, caponata polenta and caper anchovy reduction. So it is this soft fish encapsulated in a thin crust of ham. The ham’s slightly salty and the fish a flood of flavour. Can you imagine the effect?

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HISTORY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Oct 21

Oct 27

1998 — The New York Yankees set a major league baseball record of 125 victories for the regular and postseason combined.

2010 -— Twenty-five global premieres of Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT took place around the world.

Oct 22

Oct 26

2010 — The International Space Station set the record (3641 days) for the longest continuous human occupation of space. It had been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000.

Oct 21

1992 — The erotic photograph book, Sex, was released by Madonna. The first run of 500,000 copies sold out.

1984 — “Baby Fae” was given the heart of a baboon after being born with a severe heart defect. She lived for 21 days with the animal heart.

Oct 23

Oct 22

2008 — The iTunes music store reached 200 million applications downloaded

Oct 23

1915 — Around 25,000 women demanded the right to vote with a march in New York City, NY.

2000 — Universal Studios Consumer Products Group (USCPG) and Amblin Entertainment announced an unprecedented and exclusive three-year worldwide merchandising program with Toys “R” Us, Inc. The deal was for the rights to exclusive E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial merchandise starting in fall 2001. The film was scheduled for rerelease in the spring of 2002.

Oct 25

1955 — The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by the Tappan Company.

Oct 24

2002 — Microsoft Corp. and Walt Disney Co. announced the release of an upgraded MSN Internet service with Disney content.

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Sufi singer Imran Khan performed at the Eid milaap get-together party held at the residence of former MP Mohd Khaleelur Rahman.

Spotted at the do were Dr Sameena, Maheem, Mustaba and others.

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1 Nawab Iqubal 2 Hasan, Khaliqur Rahman 3 Mustaba 4 Khaleel 5 Dr Sameena, Khaja Anwar 6 Maheem 7 Mohib Beig 8 Saba 9 Abbas with Khalil 10 Shafeeq

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Producer AM Ratnam in trouble!

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M Ratnam is a very well known producer in the South Indian Film Industry. He has delivered several super hits in the past, especially in the direction of Shankar.

However, some of his films have bombed at the box office lately and this star producer now seems to be in trouble.

Chennai based film financier Krishnan has moved the Madras High court, alleging that AM Ratnam has failed to return his money. According to Krishnan, his mother lent `1.50 Crore to Ratnam, for producing the film Kallan. He was to repay the amount before the release of the movie in January 2006 with an interest of 18 percent per annum.

However, Ratnam payed neither the principal mount nor the interest.

The duo entered into another agreement for a different film and Ratnam reportedly agreed to pay an interest of 36 percent annually post the due date.

Krishnan alleges that Ratnam now owes a total of `4.60 crore, including interest as of October. We will have to wait and see how this goes.

Harish Shankar and NTR to team

up again!

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Naga Chaitanya’s film rolls from Dec

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resh from the success of Tadakha, Naga Chaitanya is now busy with the shoot of Manam and Auto Nagar Surya.

He was supposed to remake Hello Brother with Sreenivas Reddy but the project later got shelved.

Now the latest buzz is that Naga Chaitanya and Nagarjuna got so impressed with writer Akula Shiva's story that they have agreed to work on the movie together. This movie is expected to go on floors from the 21st of December. Hansika is expected to play the leading lady in the movie and C Kalyan will be producing it.

arish Shankar and NTR have recently worked together in their movie Ramayya Vasthavayya. The movie has been getting divide talk, but the production team is still confident that the movie would run successfully.

Harish Shankar was quite frank in expressing his opinions on the movie. In his words he said “I am very open about the criticism I am getting for the movie. I do agree that people were expecting a lot of entertainment from the movie, which was missing. The scenes involving Sruthi Haasan have come out really well and the dialogues written in support of women are very well appreciated. With all the feedback I got for this film, I am going to start a new film with NTR which will have ample amount of comedy and I will reveal more details on the project soon”.

Samantha was the female lead in the movie and Sruthi has played a guest role. SS Thaman has scored the music and Dil Raju has produced the movie.

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Padmini, Zarina to be felicitated in Lucknow

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ollywood's veteran actors Padmini Kolhapure, Zarina Wahab and Rati Agnihotri will be honoured Saturday for their "active roles" in the film world.

The actresses will be recognised for highlighting the strengths of women, an organiser of the event said.

Other than the trio, among other actors who would be felicitated are Nimmi, Anita Raj and Rameshwari.

They will be presented with an award at an event, organised by Friends India, a social organisation. The organisers said these actors had not only taken on the male-dominated film world in the 1980s, but they had also created a special place for themselves. IANS

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n a career spanning just about one-and-half years, Parineeti Chopra has done three films, all of which have been with new heroes: Ranveer Singh (Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl), Arjun Kapoor (Ishaqzaade) and Sushant Singh Rajput (Shuddh Desi Romance).

When asked if she has aspirations of working with senior superstars like Salman Khan or Akshay Kumar any time soon she says, "Of course I do want to work with them but only when I get the right script.

There have been many scripts that were offered to me but I felt I didn't have much to do in those films."

Parineeti feels there is a certain way she is perceived given the awards she has fetched for her strong roles in films.

"That is why I don't want to be in a film just for the songs or where I don't have much to do. I don't want to do such roles at the moment."

So, no ornamental parts for her at this juncture of her career? "I have been offered a lot of those in the past and I politely declined them because I feel I don't want to be embarrassed by a film on a Friday. When I do a film I should be able to go there and say I did that scene. I want to be proud of the films I do. The scripts offered to me with big stars were not such.

But when I need a break and want to have some fun on the set then those films are also great films to do. So I will do them one day."

ABHISHEK BACHCHAN

starts shooting for Mere Apne

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ollywood star Abhishek Bachchan felt "first day jitters" when he began shooting for Umesh Shukla's Mere Apne. "Today starts yet another journey. First day jitters always get to me. New dawn, new day, new film," Abhishek posted on his Twitter page.

Several of his friends from the Hindi film industry responded to him with loads of wishes for the project. Punit Malhotra, Sonu Sood, Neha Dhupia, Ruslaan Mumtaz and Divya Dutta were among those who wished the junior Bachchan.

The movie is a family drama. IANS

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Indian fashion industry is booming: Neeta Lulla

Designer Neeta Lulla says Indian fashion industry is growing thanks to the fashion awareness of the people and their fondness to dress up.

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n her 26 years of styling and designing, Neeta Lulla has seen multifarious changes in the industry and says business is booming thanks to the fashion awareness of the people and their fondness to dress up.

“The Indian fashion industry is headed to become a very serious business due to the immense fashion awareness in our country and demands of trendy garments pan all strata of our society. The biggest change has been branded garments and ready to wear clothing,” Lulla said.

She also feels that one of the most beautiful things about Indian culture is the “sola shringar” of the bride so “I think dressing is here to stay.”

Lulla is amongst the most awarded fashion designers in the country with four National Film Awards in her kitty. She won the prestigious awards for her work in Lamhe, Devdas, Baalgandharva and Jodhaa Akbar.

During her career, she has styled the look for some of the finest Indian films and biggest stars and worked with many prominent directors.

She has worked in over 300 films in more than seven languages in Indian and international projects and has now added another feather to her cap by designing for period drama Kochadaiiyaan - The Legend, the country’s first Photorealistic Performance Capture Film.

Starring southern matinee idol Rajinikanth, the film has been directed by his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth Ashwin. The cast also has names like R Sarath Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff, Shobana and Aadi Pinisetty.

“Being a part of Kochadaiiyaan is definitely a

milestone in my career. I have crafted and conceptualised the entire look for each of the characters in the movie,” Lulla said.

“This project is different from my previous Bollywood projects because Kochadaiiyaan - The Legend is India’s first Photorealistic Performance Capture Film.

The highlight, however, remains designing the look of Rajinikanth, who stars as a legendary mythological character in the film,” she added.

Crafting the perfect look required a lot of research.

Around 150 costumes per character were designed on paper and 20 to 25 of these were

There were many changes in films between 1980s and 1990s. Silhouettes developed a mature definition and there was a sense of elegance Neeta Lulla selected and detailed.

The designer also created a range of 20 to 30 looks, especially for Rajinikanth’s

armour suit, as well as for the supporting cast of Kochadaiiyaan.

“The costumes were created on a sketch format first in colour then a croqui created by CG technicians for Rajini sir.

Detailing was added to it. The process took almost six-eight months of sketching and resketching details.

“A lot of research was conducted to achieve the right looks, especially to create it in apt colours with the right fabric; its dull luster and embroidery details,” she said.

Even jewellery required a lot of research.

“It required sketches and eventually mounted in form.

The armour had a lot of detailing that was achieved through careful understanding of its movement and appeal in keeping with the era,” she said.

What changes has she noticed in costume designing in Bollywood in over two decades?

“There were lots of changes in Bollywood between the 1980s and 1990s. The silhouettes developed a mature definition and there was a sense of elegance,” said the designer, who considers Sridevi and Hema Malini as the most stylish Indian celebrities. Internationally, she choose Sienna Miller and Helen Miren. IANS

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When

RIHANNA left HUNTINGTON WHITELEY

No plastic surgery,

KANYE tells

upset

KIM

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odel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley once waited nervously to meet Rihanna, but the pop star left her disappointed as she failed to turn up. Huntington-Whiteley eagerly waited for three hours and then gave up, reports contactmusic.com. “I was standing there going, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to meet Rihanna’. I stood there and 20 minutes went by, and as more time went by the more nervous I got,” HuntingtonWhiteley said on a radio show.

“Then, after about three hours of waiting, I was like, ‘I’ve had enough’,” she added. IANS

R USHER

to co-produce documentary

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inger Usher will co-produce a documentary titled Undroppable, which will explore the US education system. The singer with co-produce the film with his business partner Scooter Braun along with Adam MCKay, Sharon Chang, Alex Soros and John Powers Middleton.

“I knew Usher was very passionate about the issue of education, so I felt this was a great project to bring him into.

His expertise will be invaluable as we continue this film and movement,” Billboard magazine quoted Braun as saying.

A social media campaign, which will allow students to speak in video form about issues they face in school, will also be launched to coincide with the documentary.

The film, directed and written by Jason Pollock, is due to release in 2014. IANS

apper Kanye West has reportedly told girlfriend Kim Kardashian to avoid cosmetic surgery for removal of her post-pregnancy fat. Kim gave birth to their daughter North West in June. She wanted to undergo plastic surgery for a tummy tuck.

However, since Kanye lost his mother Donda in 2012 due to side effects of a plastic surgery, he does not want Kim to face any complications.

“Kim was certain that she wanted to have surgery after giving birth because she wanted a head start on losing her baby weight. But when West got wind of her plans, he really flipped out,” radaronline.com quoted a source as saying.

Kanye wants Kim to focus on her life and their daughter for now.

“Kanye told Kim in no uncertain terms that she needed to put her baby and her life first,” said a source.

“He got pretty emotional because he really didn’t want her going through that kind of major surgery. He’s still traumatised from his mom’s death,” the source added. IANS

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SUNDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hairstyle 5 Formation fliers 10 Comstock Lode state 16 Glide 21 Part of aka 22 Impressive display 23 Out of bed 24 Ancient Rome’s port 25 Posterior 26 Ben, of “Bonanza” 27 Quarterback Dan — 28 Mr. Spock’s father 29 Inferior (hyph.)

31 Rapper Dr. — 33 “Who’s on —?”

35 Temper 36 Exclaimed over 37 Bought at a yard sale 40 — tai cocktail 41 Franc’s replacer 42 Apprehend a suspect 45 — -relief 46 “2001” computer 48 Sinbad’s transport 50 “The Odd Couple” actor 52 Joined by treaty 54 Took a taxi 55 Dollop 57 Ex-Bruin Bobby — 58 Zen riddles 59 Baking ingredient 60 Go up in smoke 62 Himalayan country 66 They may be split 67 — Mama (tropical rum drink) 69 Unnumbered 71 R&B’s — Braxton 72 Like donuts and crullers (hyph.)

74 Peace gesture 76 Vamoose 78 Not sm. or med.

79 Countess’ husband 80 Turntable part 83 Plymouth Rock, e.g.

85 Demolish 88 Math figure 89 Dashboard features 90 Daddy’s sisters 93 Sniffs out 95 Proofread 97 Mdse.

98 TV weatherman Al — 100 A feast — — famine 101 Game birds 106 Cabinet dept.

108 This or that 110 Making a bet 112 Gossip, slangily 113 Batik workers 115 Tweety or Sylvester 116 Bell-shaped flower 117 Las Vegas show 118 German physicist 120 Exploding star 122 Iced-tea garnish 123 Strike out 124 Mississippi port 128 Down for the count 129 Limb 130 — alai 131 Calgary Flames’ org.

132 Somber evergreens 133 DDE’s party 135 Caterwaul 137 Uncovered

139 Hosp. scan 140 Fought with (2 wds.)

142 Underwater shocker 144 Loses control (2 wds.)

148 Ship of 1492 150 Eaves hanger 153 “— you coming?”

155 Clamp 156 Helga’s husband 157 Virgil epic 158 Sibling’s daughter 159 Castaway’s refuge 160 Doze off 161 Weird and unsettling 162 Explained further 163 Any minute DOWN 1 Jung or Sagan 2 Tub in the fridge 3 Witness’ words 4 Skip 5 Round Table knight 6 Forms a gully 7 Blew it 8 — Fernando Valley 9 Watched 10 Reputations 11 Epoch 12 Caesar’s man 13 “Oh, sure!” (2 wds.)

14 Tough fabric 15 Hooded pullover 16 Break-even amount 17 She-bear, in Mexico 18 Skylighted lobby 19 Mountain chain 20 Hire (2 wds.)

30 Chenille items 32 Wear the crown 34 Fodder storage 38 Unit of energy 39 Sound-system name 41 Majestic wader 42 Ready to streak 43 Solitary 44 Propeller arm 46 Rookie surfers 47 Not know from — 49 Golf links 51 Coffee dispenser 53 Examine 54 Architect Mies van der — 56 — -a-brac 59 Leave the dock 61 DEA operative 63 Oktoberfest tune 64 Tree topper 65 Claims on property 67 Wintry cry 68 Crop duster 69 Part of AMA

70 Lah-di- — 73 Hindu rope-climber 75 Gain admission 77 Calf-length skirts 81 Opposite of “post-” 82 King’s “Salem’s —” 84 Fortress 85 Engaged in war 86 Not pale 87 Follow upon 91 Fair-hiring abbr.

92 Short play 93 “Only Sixteen” group 94 007’s forte 95 Counting-rhyme start 96 Mr. Hammarskjold 99 Thames school 102 Knife handle 103 Phileas Fogg portrayer 104 Accuracy 105 Type of guitar 107 Gator cousins 109 Diplomat 111 “I cannot tell — —!”

114 “Keep it down!”

117 Harness parts 119 MHz part 121 Commotion 122 Marseilles Ms. 123 Intimidated

124 Dryads 125 Kind of survey 126 Pang 127 Astrology chart 130 Bump along 134 Indiana cager 136 Overgrown 137 Let loose 138 Geena or Bette 140 Lamp-shade support

141 Fork prong 143 Superboy’s girlfriend 145 Japanese soup 146 Fjord port 147 Razor-sharp 149 — kwon do 151 Fair grade 152 Gloss target 154 Disencumber PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

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CHAI TIME SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

STAR POWER Date 21-10-2013

As per Hindu panchang

THIRUVAIKUMAR

thiruvaikumar@yahoo. co. in 040-27177230 / 9949870449

TAURUS

GEMINI

Your thoughts will be innovative and different and you will implement new ideas successfully. Watch out for activities of your son as there are chances that he might take a bad route.

You have to spend more for the good events that are to take place at home.

Debt problems will be under control.

Persons of high esteem with powerful position will become your friends.

You will try and control the unwanted expenditure and will start saving in small way. You will pay advance for the immovable asset which you are planning to purchase.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Some are planning to construct their own house and will be successful in their goal. Sudden expenses might put you under a fix but you will manage wisely.

You will plan a important task for your children’s future which will get completed to your satisfaction. Employees need to work with a focus. Your long pending plans will get fulfilled.

Sudden and frequent travels likely to make you upset. You will be in the limelight in the functions or get together you attend. Held up works will resume and get completed.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Deficit financial situation is likely to improve for better. VVIP’s friendship is likely which will bring good benefits in future. Be careful while driving as minor accident is likely.

Pregnant women need to avoid travelling and be prompt in regular medical checkups. Those who are trying for a job will be successful. Blood relatives will support for your growth.

Your stock is set to pile up. Good turning points will give you a prosperous situation with the help of friends staying in abroad. The deprived, will be blessed with an offspring soon.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Confusions existed in the family will be over and harmony will prevail between members. Businessmen will be able to collect the dues which were almost written off.

Minor tensions with regard to ancestral property are likely to depress you, but need not worry as the situation will change soon. As good financial flow is seen, bright chance to buy jewels.

You will perform sister’s marriage in a grand manner and get all round appreciation. Property for which you have paid advance already, balance payment will be completed.

SUMAA TEKUR

tarotreadhyd@gmail. com

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

The Tower – Delays cause frustration but there’s little in your control. Go with the flow and do things as they’re supposed to be done.

Eight of Cups – A personal motive may be behind someone asking you to sign up for something.

Do it only if you’re completely convinced.

Seven of Swords – Be prepared to get back into the game with a bang. You will be able to utilize your skills in a profitable way to make a good.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Ten of Wands – You need to perform your best under testing times to breach the limits of your potential and reach the next level.Bosses are not surprised.

Page of Wands – Austerity steps are needed now to see yourself and your family through these tough financial times. Don’t take any chances.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Judgement – You discover the joy in the simple pleasures of life. It could be in a scoop of ice cream or in getting wet in the rain. It won’t hurt.

Ten of Pentacles – You have become more aspirational and desire to indulge in the pleasures that were previously restricted to the super-rich.

Death – Take steps to stabilize your relationships and career.

Changes are on the way and it may threaten to throw everything off gear.

Keep a cool head.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Nine of Wands – Eating too much to deal with stress? You sure have a problem and need to deal with it in the correct manner. Consult a therapist.

The Moon – Beware of getting into a financial scheme with help from someone.

You need to check the documents carefully before signing, and thorougly.

Ace of Wands – You may get caught in the middle of a fight without being really involved in it: your only crime being that you’re at the wrong place.

Nine of Swords – These are difficult times for you with things not really going your way no matter how much you plan. Your consolation is a friend.

NON SEQUITUR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE POOCH CAFE

STRIP TEASE

AGNES

ARIES

TAROT READ Date 21-10-2013

Laugh out Loud MBA Student Vs. BE Student: A MBA and a BE Student go on a camping trip, set up their tent, snd fell asleep.

Some hours later, The BE wakes his MBA friend and says: “Look up at the sky and tell me what you see” The MBA replies: “I see millions of stars” The BE asks: “What does that tell you?”

The MBA ponders for a minute.

“Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.

Astrologically, It tells me that

Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three.

Theologically, It’s evident the lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.

Meteorological, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.

What does it tell you?”

The BE is silent for a moment, Then Speaks: “Practically, someone has stolen our tent” “Engineering = 100% Common Sense.“

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inger Kerry Katona says she does not miss taking drugs at all - so much so that she can’t deal with even a hangover anymore.

“I do not miss the drugs at all. I’ve done it, 100 lifetimes worth, I can’t even handle a hangover anymore,” dailystar.co.uk quoted Katona as saying.

Engaged to George Kay, the 33-year-old, who has four children and is expecting her fifth child, does not wish to change anything about the way she leads her life.

“I’m not going to sit here with regret, I definitely would not change anything,” said Katona.

“If I was to change something, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. I wouldn’t have the four amazing children I have. I wouldn’t have met George,” she added.

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upermodel Miranda Kerr is reportedly planning to venture into acting. She is said to have been in talks with acting agents.

The 30-year-old model, who runs her own beauty brand KORA Organics, was overheard talking about her acting plans at the 20th anniversary party of Stuart Weitzman’s famed 5050 Boot, reports nypost.com.

“I am talking to acting agents,” Kerr was heard as saying.

She reached the heights of fame in the modelling world after walking the ramp for fashion label Victoria’s Secret. She is married to Orlando Bloom.

IANS

IANS

S

inger-actress Selena Gomez says she misses working with Disney channel, and she wishes she could work with the children’s entertainment channel again.

The 21-year-old became famous as a child actor with Disney Channel’s show “Wizards of Waverly Place”, in which she played young female wizard Alex Russo.

She feels things were perfect for her then, reports contactmusic.com.

“I miss it. I wish I was still a part of it. I think it was the perfect thing for me at the time I was 14,” said Gomez.

She made her acting debut this year with the movie Spring Breakers. IANS

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SPORTS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013

Golf tourney from today

Lorenzo wins Australian event

Prerna, Mohit win titles

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ndian Golf Union will be conducting the inaugural edition of the Toyota IGU NHS National Club Challenge, today, which will involve around 5000 golfers from 25 key clubs across the country. The tournament will kick off in October and conclude in April with the National Finals will be conducted in three stages. In Stage one, each of the clubs will conduct an 18 hole qualifying tournament with the club members competing in five different handicaps.

paniard Jorge Lorenzo kept alive the race for the world championship with victory in a controversial Australian Moto GP at Phillip Island which took place on Sunday.

The Yamaha rider pulled to within 18 points of Marc Marquez at the top of the championship with two races left after Marquez was sensationally black-flagged for ignoring a mandatory pit stop in the middle stages of the race.

ohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Prerna Bhambri won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships on Saturday. Top seed Mohit lived up to his top billing by beating last year’s runner-up Arjun Khade 6-3, 6-1 in one hour and seven minutes while defending champion Prerna Bhambri upset top seed Shweta Rana 7-5, 6-2 in two hours and five minutes in an allDelhi clash at the DLTA Complex.

Thapa, Nanao in last 16 ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN): Reigning Asian Champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) and reigning National Champion Thokchom Nanao Singh (49kg) marched into the pre-quarter finals of the AIBA World Boxing Championship here Saturday while Beijing Olympics bronze medallists Vijender Singh lost out in the round of 32.

Olympian and recently crowned Asian Champion Thapa produced a superb performance in his first bout of the championship.

He started slow against Mario Fernandez of the Philippines, but picked up pace in the second round.

Thapa went on to cement his place in the last 16 of the bantamweight division by virtue of a unanimous decision.

The Assamese boxer, who is seeded fourth in the tournament, will now take on Alberto Milan of Argentina in the next round. Nanao, the first Indian boxer on the canvases in Almaty

SHIVA THAPA AND THOKCHOM NANAO SINGH MARCHED INTO THE PRE-QUARTER FINALS OF THE WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP WHILE VIJENDER SINGH WAS OUSTED.

Saturday, was up against Aqeel Ahmed of Scotland. The Scottish boxer was taken by surprise with the aggressive approach adopted by Nanao.

The 22-year-old services boxer did not waste any time taking the attack to Ahmed. His lightening combinations coupled

with his swift movement helped him gain a clear advantage.

He eased off the pedal in the last two rounds, but did enough to win the bout on a unanimous decision by the judges.

In the pre-quarter finals Monday, Nanao will lock horns with Anthony Rivera Chacon of

Puerto Rico who is seeded eighth in the tournament.

But the Indian camp suffered a setback in the middleweight division. Vijender Singh, the 2009 World Cup bronze medal winner, was engaged in a close encounter with reigning European champion and fifth seed Jason Quigley of Ireland.

He landed some good punches on the Irish boxer, but in the end came up short — a low blow warning in the final round did not help Vijender’s cause. In the end he lost on a split decision.

Vasishta tennis tourney results Results: Boys under-12: Final: Rahul Chandana bt K Shashidhar 7-2 Boys under-14: Semifinal: Uddhav Thakore bt Rahul Chandana 6-3, N.Yashodhan bt T.Abhishek 6-4 Final: Uddhav Thakore bt N.Yashodhan 7-4 Girls under-12: Final: Amulya bt Nikitha Simhambatla 7-3 Boys doubles: Boys under-12: Semifinal: Lokaditya/Krishna Reddy bt Aniketh /Yash Rayasam 6-1, Koushik/Yashwanth bt Shiva Shankar /Naveen 6-2 Final: Lokaditya/Krishna Reddy bt Koushik/Yashwanth 6-5(6) Boys under-14: Semifinal: Aditya/Sai Krishna bt Yashodhan/Krishna Vamsi 6-4, Lokaditya/Nihal bt Nikhil/ Khasim Ali 6-2 Final: Aditya /Sai Krishna bt Lokaditya/Nihal 6-1 Girls under-12 doubles: Final: Sanjana/Srujana bt Amanda Xavier /Sahvitha Raj 6-2

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Dixon captures third crown FONTANA: New Zealand’s Scott Dixon finished fifth in the season-ending race at the Auto Club Speedway to claim his third IndyCar Series championship on Saturday.

Dixon, who competes for Chip Ganassi racing, ended the season with a 27-point margin over points runner-up Helio Castroneves. The Brazilian finished one spot behind Dixon in sixth in Saturday’s event.

“I did not think we had a chance at doing this, sitting in victory lane,” said Dixon, of Auckland. “For all the ups and downs we had this year, I got to thank everybody on the team for sticking in there and making a comeback that I never thought was possible.”

Castroneves suffered a broken front wing with 30 laps remaining.

Australia’s Will Power finished first Saturday to post his third win of the season in a race that saw just nine drivers complete the 500 mile distance.

Dixon dealt with an overheating engine late in the race. He was the last driver to finish on the lead lap.

DIXON ENDED THE SEASON WITH A 27-POINT MARGIN OVER HELIO CASTRONEVES.

Scott Dixon of New Zealand and driver of the #9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda, celebrates winning the IZOD IndyCar Series Championship during the IndyCar Series MAVTV 500 World Championship at Auto Club Speedway AFP/ROBERT LABERGE on Saturday in Fontana, California.

The 33-year-old Dixon’s previous Indy Car overall titles came in 2003 and 2008.

Power claimed his 20th career IndyCar win, but just his second on an oval course. His first oval win was in 2011 at Texas. He also won the second race in Houston earlier this month. Last year in Fontana, Power lost the series title by just three points to Ryan Hunter-Reay when the Aussie placed 24th because of a early race crash.

Ed Carpenter, the 2012 race winner at this track, finished second, while Tony Kanaan took the third spot in his final race with KV Racing Technology.

Kanaan, who won the Indy 500 in May, is moving to Ganassi for the 2014 season. James Hinchcliffe placed fourth.

Power’s win help give Chevrolet its second straight manuAFP facturers’ championship.

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McIlroy falls off pace SEOUL: (AFP) - Former world number one Rory McIlroy shot himself out of contention in the third round on Saturday at the Kolon Korea Open.

The two-time major champion struck a four-over 75 at the par-71 Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, south of Seoul.

The Northern Irish star, the marquee attraction at the $1 million OneAsia event, had three bogeys and one double bogey along with a lone birdie, falling to one-over 214 for the tournament.

He began the day tied for fifth, but ended it tied for 13th, 10 strokes behind the leader Kim Hyung-Tae of South Korea.

Kim poured in five birdies against no bogey for his second straight round of five-under 66.

“I had a good feeling about this week,” Kim said. “I am playing with confidence.”

At 204, he holds a four-stroke lead over compatriot Hong SoonSang, the second-round leader who shot an even 71 on Saturday.

South Korean Mo Joongkyung is another shot behind at four-under 209.

Defending champion Kim Dae-Sub reached three-under thanks to a bogey-free 68 on Saturday.

Five other South Koreans were tied at two-under on a leader board dominated by the

This handout photo provided by One Asia on October 20, 2013 shows Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland eyeing up a putt during the final round of the Kolon Korea Open golf tournament at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club near Cheonan, south of Seoul.

AFP/ONE ASIA/PAUL LAKATOS locals.

McIlroy, who had a monthlong break before kicking off his Asian swing here, had been hoping to pick up his first win of 2013 at the South Korean national championship.

He went out in an even 36

after trading in a birdie with a bogey and then the bottom fell out on the back nine.

He had a double bogey on the par-4 10th, and a bogey on the par-4 11th. Another bogey on the par-4 15th was his final undoing.

“I wanted to come here and

play. It’s nothing about trying to build confidence or anything like that,” McIlroy said. “I guess more than anything else I wanted to shake the rust off this week and try and get into contention — and obviously try to AFP win.”

Simpson maintains lead LAS VEGAS: Former US Open champ Webb Simpson maintained a solid four-shot lead at the PGA Tour’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open after shooting a third round four-under 67 Saturday.

Simpson completed 54 holes at Summerlin course at 19-under-par 194. On Sunday, he will be aiming for his fourth career win on the PGA Tour and first since the 2012 US Open.

Simpson said he made some slight changes to his swing Saturday after receiving some advice from his caddie.

“On the back nine I got some birdies going,” said Simpson. “My caddie gave me a pointer and I starting swinging good down the stretch. Thanks to him I got it going on back nine. The better I play the harder it is going to be for them to catch me.”

Chesson Hadley also shot 67 during his third round and is in second place at 15-under, while Jeff Overton (68) sits in third at minus-14 and Jason Bohn (69) has sole possession of fourth at 13AFP under.

Federer back in spotlight Roger Federer, who has been struggling with his form, has regained the spotlight at the Swiss Indoors following the late pullout of Rafael Nadal.

BASEL: Roger Federer (above) has regained the spotlight at his home Swiss Indoors starting on Monday following the late pullout of Rafael Nadal (right), who said that the strain of winning ten titles this season had sapped him of all energy.

Federer, who got his start in the game as a ballboy at the event, owns five Basel titles and has played nine finals at the St Jakobshalle, his second spiritual home in the sport after Wimbledon.

This edition will have even more significance than usual for the 32-year-old who needs a solid showing in Basel and the week following at the Paris Masters if he is to earn one of four spots remaining

for the eight-man World Tour Finals starting in just over a fortnight in London.

Nadal’s voluntary exit caught organisers on the hop, with feelers going out immediately to world number two Novak Djokovic asking him to reconsider and join the field. But with the Serb declining — as he did for the week’s other ATP event in Valencia — tournament boss Roger Brennwald may have begun making his commercial peace with Federer after harsh business negotiations apparently went sour months ago in the planning of this autumn’s edition.

Federer has long been the backbone of the prestige local event, but Brennwald

had reportedly been dismayed by financial demands from the Federer camp and signed Nadal last February by way of insurance.

Now the flanking action has blown up in Brennwald’s face, leaving the high road to the wildly popular Federer, who said months ago that he would play without a guarantee payment after all of that budget likely went to Nadal and holder Juan Martin Del Potro.

The Swiss will lead a local one-two punch along with US Open semi-finalist Stanislas Wawrinka, who stands provisional seventh in the race to London — one spot ahead of Federer.

Del Potro, who won Tokyo and played the Shanghai final a week again against Djokovic, will open against Finnish-Swiss wild card Henri Laaksonen while Czech second seed Tomas Berdych plays Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic.

Federer takes the third seeding and starts against Adrian Mannarino of France, whom he beat in the US Open third round.

Wawrinka, seeded fourth, plays another French opponent in Edouard RogerVasselin. Canadian Milos Raonic, also in the running for London, withdrew from the event due to personal reasons, a blow AFP to his qualifying chances.

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Faulkner’s whirlwind innings stuns hosts Ishant Sharma will not forget Faulkner for quite a while as it his over (48th) which put the match in Australia’s pot as the latter hammered 30 runs, including four sixes and one boundary, to put the match in his side’s kitty.

MOHALI: A sensational knock of 64 from 29 balls by James Faulkner towards the end of the innings helped Australia to a four-wicket win over India in the third of the seven-match OneDay International (ODI) series at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here Saturday.

India pacer Ishant Sharma will not forget Faulkner for quite a while as it his over (48th) which put the match in Australia’s pot as the latter hammered 30 runs, including four sixes and one boundary, to put the match in Australia’s kitty.

Chasing 304, the visitors managed to achieve the target with three balls to spare, taking a 2-1 lead in the series.

Earlier, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni took his side out from the depths with a swashbuckling unbeaten 139 off 121 balls. The home side, reeling at 76/4 and then at 154/6, managed to reach 303/9 because of Dhoni’s master class innings.

Akmal, Peterson fined ABU DHABI: Pakistan’s wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal and Robin Peterson of South Africa have been fined 50 percent of their match fees after a run-in, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Friday.

Akmal and Peterson were involved in an altercation in South Africa’s second innings on Thursday in the first Test which Pakistan won by seven wickets to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.

“The two players were fined after pleading guilty to a Level two breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the fourth day’s play,” said the ICC in a release.

The two players were found to have breached Article 2.2.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for players and player support personnel, which relates to “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players in the course of play during an International match”, the ICC said.

Peterson made 47 not out in South Africa’s second innings of 232 all out, giving Pakistan a 40AFP run target to win.

Australia’s James Faulkner celebrates after his side won the third ODI against India, in Mohali on Saturday.

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Australia kept their run rate steady while chasing.

Their top order got starts but could not convert them into big ones as they regularly lost wickets. Skipper George Bailey (43) and Adam Voges (76 not out) however struck an important 83run fourth wicket partnership to guide them towards their target.

Three quick wickets saw

Australia reeling at 213/6. In came the 23-year-old Faulkner, who along with Voges put together an unbeaten partnership of 91 off 50 balls.

Faulkner’s fantastic innings included six sixes, four of which came in Ishant Sharma’s over, and two boundaries.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/50) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/31) were

the pick of the bowlers as they managed to keep the run rate down when needed.

After put in to bat, India recovered from a top order failure to post a 300-par total. No one, apart from in-form batsman Virat Kohli (68) clicked in the top five. Thereon, it was an all Dhoni-show, who launched himself on the Australian bowlers towards the end of the Indian innings.

Dhoni played a breath-taking knock and in the process reached 5,000 runs as an ODI captain, the third Indian to do so after Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly. His innings included 12 boundaries and five huge sixes. He was also given good support by Ravichandran Ashwin, who chipped in with 28.

Pacer Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the Australian bowlers, notching up four wickets from 10 overs.

The fourth ODI will be IANS played in Ranchi.

ICC to review Aamer’s ban LONDON: Pakistan seamer Mohammad Aamer’s (right) five-year match-fixing ban will be “reviewed” after a “revised” anti-corruption code has been adopted by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body said on Saturday.

Officials plan to discuss, and possibly adopt, the new code in January, a statement issued after a two-day ICC board meeting in London concluded Saturday said.

“The ICC board was informed that a revised version of a more robust and strengthened ICC anti-corruption code will be submitted for discussion/approval at the January 2014 meeting,” said the statement.

“During the discussion, the matter of Mohammad Aamer’s five-year ban also came up for discussion.

“The ICC board decided to review the matter in due course after the revised ICC anti-corruption code has been finalised and adopted.”

Prior to this weekend’s meeting the PCB, who have taken up Aamer’s case, had set great store by the opinion of a senior British lawyer or QC that the bowler’s “unjust and perverse” ban should be relaxed to at least allow him to play first-class cricket, given his admission of guilt and appearance in ICC anti-corruption videos.

The PCB, responding to Saturday’s announcement, said they’d been encouraged by their talks with England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke, who

is heading up an ICC anticorruption laws review committee.

“Mr Giles Clarke, head of the ICC’s anti-corruption laws review committee working group, assured PCB chairman Najam Sethi that he would work with him to find ways and means of positively reviewing the young fast bowler’s (Aamer’s) case,” a PCB statement said. “Earlier, Mr Sethi made a passionate pitch before the ICC board to review Aamer’s case and enable him to play first-class cricket as soon as possible.

“The British QC engaged by the PCB has argued that, keeping in view the acceptance of guilt by Mohammad Aamer, the ban has become unjust and perverse.”

The PCB statement said Sethi, since becoming PCB chairman, had “tirelessly argued for Mohammad Aamer at all forums of the ICC” and would be pressing his case again at the next AFP board meeting.

Score Board India innings RG Sharma c Finch b Watson 11 S Dhawan c Haddin b McKay 8 V Kohli c Haddin b Maxwell 68 SK Raina c Watson b Johnson 17 Yuvraj Singh c †Haddin b Johnson 0 MS Dhoni* not out 139 RA Jadeja c Haddin b Johnson 2 R Ashwin c Haddin b Johnson 28 B Kumar c Bailey b Faulkner 10 R Vinay Kumar run out 0 I Sharma not out 0 Extras (lb 13, w 7) 20 Total (9 wickets; 50 overs;) Bowling O MG Johnson 10 CJ McKay 10 SR Watson 8 JP Faulkner 10 XJ Doherty 10 AC Voges 1 GJ Maxwell 1

M 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

303 R 46 49 74 65 45 3 8

Australia innings PJ Hughes c Dhoni b Vinay Kumar AJ Finch lbw b I Sharma SR Watson lbw b Jadeja GJ Bailey lbw b Vinay Kumar AC Voges not out GJ Maxwell run out (Dhawan) BJ Haddin c Jadeja b Kumar JP Faulkner not out Extras (lb 14, w 9) Total (6 wickets; 49.3 overs) Bowling O B Kumar 10 Vinay Kumar 8.3 I Sharma 8 RA Jadeja 10 Yuvraj Singh 3 R Ashwin 9 V Kohli 1

M 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

R 50 50 63 31 20 58 18

W 4 1 1 1 0 0 1

22 38 11 43 76 3 24 64 23 304 W 1 2 1 1 0 0 0

BCCI slaps 18-month doping ban on Sangwan NEW DELHI: The BCCI has banned Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pradeep Sangwan for 18 months after he was found violating the board’s anti-doping regulations in IPL 2013.

“The anti-doping case initiated against Sangwan by the BCCI Anti-Doping Tribunal was concluded on Oct 1, and the written decision issued by the Tribunal was received on Oct 18,” said the BCCI in a statement Friday.

“The Tribunal has found that the player has committed an Anti-Doping Violation under Article 2.1 of the Code for the presence of the Prohibited Substance Stanozolol, an Anabolic Steroid,” it added.

Sangwan’s ban commenced from May 6 and it lasts till Nov 5, 2014, keeping him away from any BCCI-run competition, including the ones conducted by its affiliates. He featured in a couple of matches for Knight Riders in 2013. He has played 38 First Class matches for Delhi IANS besides 35 List A games.

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Wonder goal pleases Wenger LONDON: Arsene Wenger hailed Arsenal’s opener in the 41 win over Norwich City as one of the best goals he has ever seen at the Emirates Stadium.

England midfielder Jack Wilshere finished a fluid passing move as the Gunners swept across the half-way line and put the Canaries on the back foot in the 18th minute on Saturday.

Wilshere started and then ended the attack that involved Spaniard Santi Cazorla and a sublime one-two with France striker Olivier Giroud to lift the ball over the back four into the path of Wilshere who ghosted in and tucked home.

“It was certainly one of the best and one I enjoyed the most,” said Wenger, whose side cruised to victory after Wilshere’s strike thanks to Mesut Ozil’s double and an Aaron Ramsey goal.

“It was the combination and speed I like to play. It was a mix of technical quality, speedy thinking and quick reaction. It was a great goal.

“I think we have scored some good goals already this season, but the first was exceptional.

“I think their keeper played well and they played well. We had a period where we struggled to keep out game going too.”

The introduction of Ozil has energised Arsenal and the

Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil (3rd R) vies with Norwich City’s Swedish defender Martin Olsson (2nd R) and Norwegian midfielder Alexander Tettey (L) during their English Premier League football match at the Emirates AFP/GLYN KIRK Stadium in London, on Saturday.

Germany midfielder is bringing the best out of his team-mates, especially Ramsey and Wilshere.

Ozil cost a club record £42.4 million ($66 million, 50 million euros) to lure from Real Madrid, but it already looks like money well spent.

Any trophy will do: Fergie MANCHESTER: Alex Ferguson told successor David Moyes that winning a trophy in his first season as Manchester United manager would be “fantastic” after a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton dented their Premier League title hopes.

Saturday’s result at Old Trafford left reigning champions United an unusually lowly eighth in the table, five points adrift of the Champions League places and only four above the relegation zone.

They’ve now won just three of their opening eight Premier League games under Moyes, handpicked

by Ferguson as the veteran manager called time on a 26-and-half-year reign at Old Trafford that yielded 13 English League titles and two Champions League triumphs among a horde of trophies at the end of last season. But should former Everton manager Moyes lift a trophy this term he would do something not even his illustrious fellow Scot managed in all his time with United.

It took Ferguson nearly four years following his arrival at Old Trafford from Aberdeen to win his first silverware, with the 1990 FA Cup success giving

The Gunners have managed to move to the top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool, without a number of key players such as Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski

“Everybody will play,” added Wenger who could be without Mathieu Flamini against Borussia Dortmund for their Champions League tie on Tuesday after he got came off with concussion.

“We have a good attitude and

Pellegrini thrilled

by Serigo Aguero LONDON: Manchester City

him the breathing space he needed to set the club on the path to greater glories.

“For David, winning a trophy would be a fantastic achievement,” Ferguson said. “No matter what it is — the League Cup, FA Cup, European Cup or Premier League.

“It is not easy winning a trophy in our league because you could say there are six teams fighting for the league,” added Ferguson, who brought the FA Cup back to Old Trafford on five occasions and oversaw four League Cup wins.

Saturday’s match saw United take a 26th minute lead through Robin van Persie only for the Saints to equalise a minute from time when Adam Lallana turned in Dejan Lovren’s goal-bound shot from a corner.

are hungry. We have a good solidarity level and quality. We have belief and that is strengthened by every win.”

Jonny Howson gave Norwich a life-line at 2-1, but it only went on to inspire the Gunners to hit more.

With just two wins from eight games to their name, the Canaries are in the midst of an early season relegation battle, with the pressure increasing on boss Chris Hughton.

“Arsenal certainly have got the squad to sustain this. They are a side that can score goals,” said the Norwich boss.

“There are a lot of positives in our last two games though and our level of performance have been good.”

Even Hughton was willing to pay tribute to Arsenal’s formidable opener.

“I think on the first one there aren’t many teams that can score that type of goal,” he said.

“It got a bit of fortune off Alex Tettey in the way. If I looked at that goal it was from a ball we gave away high up the pitch.

“We had to be better at that.

But overall, the biggest disappointment for me is that I don’t think 4-1 is a true reflection of AFP the balance of play.”

manager Manuel Pellegrini praised Sergio Aguero (in pic) after the Argentine helped his side finally pick up their first away win of the season in the Premier League.

Aguero scored twice either side of half-time and then set up David Silva for a late goal as City moved up to fourth place in the table with a 3-1 win at West Ham United on Saturday.

They had come into this game looking to throw off their ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ image so far this season after three previous away matches had yielded just one point.

And after Aguero’s heroics ended their away hoodoo, Pellegrini is hopeful they can now build on that success.

“One point from nine is not a good average and before we started the game, Chelsea and Arsenal had both won their matches, so it was important not to lose any more points,” he said.

“I’m very pleased. The most important thing was to win, but we continued to play the same way as we have been. I told the players to have patience and keep moving the ball. I think we did it very well and deserved our

victory.”

Pellegrini added: “Sergio is a top player who makes an important difference. He didn’t play the second game with Argentina in mid-week, so he was fresh.”

Pellegrini took a gamble by naming a completely new back

four with Javi Garcia partnering Matija Nastasic in central defence, but in truth, they were never really tested by a West Ham side who once again lined up in a free-form 4-5-1 formation with Mohamed Diame as a ‘false nine’.

Aguero had already put the visitors 2-0 ahead with two excellent finishes by the time Sam Allardyce’s side came alive when Ricardo Vaz Te pulled a goal back with a spectacular overhead kick in the 57th minute.

Yet the lack of a striker to lead the line meant that all too often their pressure down the flanks ended with no-one on the end of crosses.

City continued to look dangerous throughout and only a string of superb saves from Jussi Jaaskelainen prevented them from wrapping up the points earlier.

Their third goal eventually came 10 minutes from time when Aguero unselfishly backheeled the ball into Silva’s path and he curled home.

Now, with a trip to face CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday night to come, Pellegrini is confident he has a big enough squad to chalAFP lenge on all fronts.