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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 HYDERABAD

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

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DEVASTATED!

REPORT ON P4, 5 & 8

As the City woke up to the start of the CoP, it was also able to see the scars of yesterday’s violence that brought it to a standstill. Burnt-out vehicles and carnage’s footprints were all too evident.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

city events

PETALS EXHIBITION

Petals exhibition will display the ethnic and contemporary clothing lines of new designers along with a collection of jewellery and various lifestyle accessories. The exhibition will be held at Taj Krishna on October 12.

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES Madhapur When: October 7 3pm onwards Contact: (040) 2311 4537

ART Life together Iconart Gallery is hosting Life Together, a group show featuring sculptures, paintings and prints by 22 artistes. A preview was held at the gallery on September 28. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing 11.30am to 7pm Contact: 98499 68797

DINING Mid Autumn fest Head to the Golden Dragon at Taj Krishna for the Mid Autumn Festival. Sample a variety of traditional delicacies as you celebrate the Chinese harvest festival. Where: Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills, Rd No 2 When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 6666 1313

Recent and retrospective A painting exhibition by artist Sudip Roy is being held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery. Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 6656 4466 Folk Art An exhibition of folk paintings by artist Krishna Prasad will be held from September 29-October 15 at Earth Art Gallery. Where:Earth Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: 98480 22011 Unspoken harmony A painting exhibition by artist Jaya

FESTIVE REVELRY: Boys in costumes are seen returning home after the Ganesh Immersion Baheti titled Unspoken Harmony — a show of art and antiquity is on display at Taj Deccan. Where:Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 66663 939 Painting workshop A Warli painting workshop is being held at Best Hands India on October 1 and 2. Where:Best Hands India, Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda When: October 1 and 2, 2pm to 3pm Contact: 98490 73563

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SHOWS Play time Lamakaan will be hosting Manch Theatre’s A Plateful of Plays on October 6. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: October 6, 7.30pm onwards Contact: 96427 31329 Photo talk My photographic journey in Asia — a talk by well known French photographer Thierry Girard with a slideshow of his works in China, Japan and India will be held. Where: Alliance Francaise,

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Banjara Hills, Rd No 3 When: October 3, 7pm onwards Contact: (040) 2770 0734 Film workshop A film making workshop and a film appreciation workshop is being held by Yavanika films. The workshops will be held on weekends. When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: 94904 40986

Oktoberfest Taj Krishna is hosting the annual Oktoberfest at its coffee shop, Encounters. The festival offers an array of German delicacies . Where: Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills When: Ongoing, 6pm onwards Contact: (040) 6666 2323

Kidinyaap Kidinyaap is an improvised children’s play in Hyderabadi Hindi. The play to be staged at Nift deals with a girl who is kidnapped.. Where: Nift,

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Arabic food fest The Great Kabab Factory is organising an Arabic Food Festival. Sample a different menu everyday. The food fest offers options for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. Where: Great Kebab factory, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 2330 2244

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CRIME

A murder over just `300! A petty quarrel between friends ended in the death of one at the hands of the other.

MOHD SUBHAN mohd.s@postnoon.com quarrel over `300 led to the murder of a man at Budhwel colony in Rajendranagar on Friday. The incident came to light after the arrest of the accused. T Anjaiah, 35, an employee at a private firm, belongs to Mannapur village in Mahbubnagar. He lived at Budhwel colony. Anjaiah was married but his wife left him and he was living alone, said Kachiguda railway station inspector T Venkateshwarulu. Anjaiah befriended A Nagaraju, 20, who too hails from Mahbubnagar and lives in the

When T Anjaiah came to collect the money, Nagaraju whipped out a knife and stabbed him several times, killing him instantly. same colony. Nagaraju was working as a welder in the area. Anjaiah gave Nagaraju his mobile phone to sell. After selling it, Nagaraju gave part of the money to Anjaiah, saying he would keep `300 for a while. After a few days, Anjaiah demanded the sum, but Nagaraju refused, saying he had

no intention of returning it, as he was the one who sold the set. On Friday, a furious Anjaiah went to Nagaraju’s house. Nagaraju’s mother said he was not at home, at which point Anjaiah told her that her son was a cheat. When Nagaraju came home, his mother scolded him for not returning the money. Nagaraju summoned Anjaiah to a spot near the railway tracks, saying he would hand over the money. When Anjaiah came, Nagaraju whipped out a knife and stabbed him several times, killing him instantly. Nagaraju fled the scene but was caught. He confessed to the crime. He was arrested for murder and is behind bars.

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EYEWITNESS

Hyderabad burns A

fter the thunderstorms, water cannons, tear gas and stonethrowing yesterday, the T protest left scores of policemen and participants hurt and some in danger of being permanently maimed. According to police commissioner Anurag Sharma, 19 policemen, including one IPS officer, sustained injuries in the violence. Also, 25 police vehicles bore the brunt of agitators, as they set some of them on fire, he said. In the stone-pelting incidents on Necklace road an IPS officer, Rajasekhar, who is working as SP Intelligence, and police inspector Gopal Rao sustained injuries. The commissioner alleged that left wing extremist joined the march that led to trouble breaking out. Police Vehicles attacked 25 Protesters injured 35 Police injured 19 OB Vans attacked 2 Restaurants attacked 3 PHOTOGRAPHS BY N SHIVA KUMAR, M ANIL KUMAR, DEEPAK DESHPANDE AND SRINIVAS SETTY

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as world watches

A day that should have seen the City band together to herald the start of the CoP, turned into one fraught with fear and rocked by violence as T-protestors clashed with police.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

Co P

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Meet off to a colourful start India calls for brisk solutions and risk assessment on Day 1 of the world conference. SRINIVAS SETTY

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t the prestigious world CoP conference that began in the City today, the first citizen and head of the city, the mayor, was missing. In any city in the world, convention demands that the mayor plays host and welcomes guests; apparently not in Hyderabad though. Mayor Mohd Majid Hussain was conspicuous by his absence at the inaugural ceremony of CoP-11. His aides said he was at home. The mayor, according to world mayors’ council, “is the highest-ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city”. In any big city,

fter months of wait, the Convention on Biological Diversity finally took off in the City today, with over 1,500 delegates from all over the world convening at HICC for the sixth meeting of the CoP MoP. The plenary meeting commenced with the representative of Japan and president of CoP MoP Masamichi Saigo declaring open the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and invited the host country, India, to chair the current meeting. Representing India, Union minister for environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan, welcomed the delegates to this “historic first meeting in the UN decade of Biodiversity”. In her welcome message, Natarajan highlighted significant accom-

Where is the mayor?

plishments and challenges of the global community in tackling issues of biosafety, biotechnology and biodiversity. Citing the lack of resources and capacity building as reasons for slow progress,

she emphasised the need for parties to conduct scientifically enabled risk-assessment by each country suitable to their contexts. We are fortunate to have with us several personalities

the mayor holds the key to the city and when the President comes calling, it is the mayor, not the chief minister, who receives the constitutional head. BJP floor leader Bangari Prakash said, “I understand the mayor was not officially invited. I don’t know more.” Former mayor T Krishna Reddy told Postnoon, “I am shocked to know this. How can the first citizen not get an invitation to such a big event? As per protocol, the mayor comes after the governor and chief minister. All other VIPs come after the mayor. It’s a shame for the City.” Postnoon News

today who are specialised in various aspects of biosafety who have graciously accepted our invitation to share their wisdom and knowledge. Over the next five days, I believe that the deliberations will

provide an opportunity for the global biodiversity community to review the progress made in the implementation of the decisions made at the last CoP MoP in Japan. The momentum built at the CoP will address significant issues such as management, safety and

Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan welcomed the delegates to the “historic first meeting in the UN decade on biodiversity” transboundary movements of LMOs,” she added. At the five-day meeting, delegates are expected to discuss and adopt further decisions to advance the implementation of the 10-year strategic plan adopted in 2010 and bring into force the Nagoya-Kuala Lampur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress.

HICCups plague CoP on Day 1 Clueless policemen and stranded mediapersons marked the beginning of the world biodiversity meet. SRINIVAS SETTY

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n the first day of CoP-11, mediapersons accredited to cover the world event were made to stand around the reception area in HICC. Neither the organisers nor the police made any effort to guide the press. Too many policemen, untrained to handle as varied an audience as at a world CBD event, were overreactive, checking and frisking and asking questions. But they had no idea how to guide the delegates and mediapersons to the scores of venues of meetings. As the Conference of Parties on Biodiversity began, it was clear that neither the police security force nor the PR management agency had coordinated with each other. The first sign of trouble began at the parking lot, where the media vehicles and other visitors were asked to park in a muddy ground adjacent to the Security Command Point at

the entrance of HITEX, and not at Shilparamam or Shikpakalavedika. Journalists and other visitors were forced to park their vehicles in the mud and were put

through security checks overseen by police from the AP State Police and the Cyberabad division, both of whom lacked the basic courtesy to greet people

and address their problems. On the other hand, managers were seen putting up wall coverings, heating up food, and generally being busy with a hundred

things, which spoke volumes about the ‘preparedness’. There was no guidance or route maps indicating the way to the Media Centre. The drivers of the shuttle services meant for the use of the media were not informed of the route plans and dropped the visitors off at random points, causing a lot of confusion. There was no presence of scouts or guides as promised by the Cyberabad police division. Most of the police posted along the roads leading up to the venue themselves were not aware of where to guide the people and the visitors to. K Govardhan Reddy, a senior police officer from the APSP, said, “We cannot be blamed for the shuttle services or the route maps as the UN security has been in charge of all the planning.” Furthermore, the confusion over possessing two kinds of media cards — one, the media permit and two, the HICC main venue permit — further caused more problems.

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trongly protesting against the illegal arrest of Telangana MPs and other activists at various places within the City and elsewhere in the region, the deputy chief minister Damodar Rajanarasimha and the minister for panchayatraj, K Jana Reddy, threatened to resign, if the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy fails to restrain the police from preventing Telangana marchers from reaching the Necklace Road to which the government granted permission. Police arrested T-Congress and TRS MPs, including Sukhender Reddy, Oinnam Prabhakar, K Keshava Rao, G Vivek and others, when they tried to lead the agitators from the Secretariat-end, but were later released. They were yet again arrested and moved to Shamshabad police station. Violence erupted at the Osmania University after proTelangana students clashed with the police when they were pre-

vented from taking out a rally. Scores of slogan-shouting students broke the barricades on the campus and pelted stones at the police who retaliated by firing tear-gas shells while some students were also taken into preventive custody. “The police are overreacting and preventing people from the region to join the march at the permitted Necklace Road. Why should they lob more than 100 teargas shells and cane-charge peaceful agitators at Osmania

POLITICS Beware of Seemandhra conspirators: Kodandaram

rof Kodandaram, convenor of the TJAC made light of the State police chief Dinesh Reddy making aerial survey to oversee the Telangana march. “Let him make as many rounds he wanted to and let him know how peaceful and disciplined soldiers were fighting for separate Telangana statehood. None of us wanted to indulge in any kind of violence, in spite of hurdles being put up by the

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police to prevent thousands of people from joining the Telangana march,” he said and cautioned “Beware of Seemandhra conspirators, who have already infiltrated and trying to create violence.” He appealed to agitators not to destroy public properties, attack or manhandle media-persons. “If any of you find media representatives hostile, I shall take them to task,” he said. PTI

POLITICS Centre to find T-solution

he UPA government at the Centre would soon find a permanent solution to the Telangana issue after taking into confidence people of all the regions in the State, PCC president B Satyanarayana said. The PCC President said that the UPA government was actively involved in the matter and trying to build a consensus by holding consultations with political

parties in all the regions. He also alleged that the main Opposition TDP was taking different stands on the Telangana issue and creating confusion among the people. Meanwhile, he denied the charge that the government gave permission for Sunday’s Telanagana march due to pressure mounted by the Telangana ministers. PTI

University campus”, Jana Reddy questioned. He along with Damodar Rajanarasimha also accused the State police with high-handedness against the students at OU where the police not only made lathi-charge, but also lobbed several rounds of tear-gas shells. They claimed, this was in spite of students making fervent appeal to the police with folded hands to permit them to march towards the official venue. Contrary to this, City police chief Anurag Sharma, who was personally overseeing the security arrangements, made it clear that they might have given permission for T-March near the Necklace Road, but no permission was granted for rallies or dharnas in any parts of Hyderabad. He said, only three entry points were earmarked for those who wanted to join the TMarch at Necklace Road. He reiterated that there is no question of giving permission to people coming in rallies. NSS

‘Concede to separate Telangana’

he Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today asked the government to agree to the demand for the creation of a separate Telangana state. “I demand that the Union government immediately concede to the demand for separate state of Telangana instead of idling away time like Roman emperor Nero,” he said. He said since the situation is now grim, the prime minister must “defuse it” by conceding the “just overdue demand of a separate state with Hyderabad as the capital.” PTI

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TELANGANA

POLITICS

A hero falls?

Even before yesterday’s protest march, T-JAC had a rift with TRS during the Mahbubnagar bypoll. Md INKESHAF AHMED Ahmed.m@postnoon.com

public criticism of TRS president KCR by T-JAC leader Vimala while delivering the T-March speech. “Our party MLAs have played a crucial role in mobilising the people for the Telangana March from all the districts of the region,”they said. In her sarcastic speech, she referred to the endless talks held by KCR with central leaders. This gave enough hints that KCR is not a hero today.

NO EFFECT ON AGITATORS

Despite the TRS leaders leaving the venue, there was no let up in

SERVICES City cold-shoulders T-bandh However, the MMTS services in the City stand suspended for the next 24 hours. SUDESHNA KOKA sudeshna.k@postnoon.com

the enthusiasm of the agitators. More than 2.50 lakh people (according to commissioner of police Anurag Sarma) who converged at Necklace Road were glued to the speech of T-JAC chairman Prof Kodandaram. When the Professor wanted to know from the protestors whether they were prepared to sit at the venue even after facing problems, the huge crowd roared in approval. The presence of former minister and Congress MLA K Venkat Reddy and Telangana Nagara Samithi leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy cheered the crowd.

Congress MP G Vivek attacked the State for trying to ensure that the march was a failure and condemned the highhandedness of the police in trying to prevent Telangana supporters from attending the march. “The march was a grand success despite the attempts of the State government to ensure its failure. The police attacked T-supporters and fired at them. But all their attempts went in

KODANDARAM CRITICISED

Differences between TJAC and the Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) came to a fore over the organisation of the march. TRS leader V Prakash faulted the decision of Prof Kodandaram to extend the meeting after the permitted time of 7pm. “He should not have taken the decision of extending the meeting. It was a wrong decision, especially if you take the ugly surroundings of Hussain Sagar into consideration. Anybody who visits Sagar and spends some time there would catch a cold immediately,” he said.

City braces for CoP meet Post the Telangana march, the City takes stock of losses and damages as it gets set for the CoP that began today.

A The APSRTC is functioning as per schedule, not just in Hyderabad but the whole of Andhra Pradesh. Only some diversions are made. “We have diverted buses on the Tarnaka and OU campus because of the violence,” said spokes person of APSRTC. The police said arrangements are in place to ensure security.

Differences between T-JAC and the Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) came to a fore over the organisation of the march.

vain as lakhs of people dared to face the lathis and made the meeting a historic success,” Vivek said. Another Congress MP, Ponnam Prabhakar, heaped praises on TJAC leaders for making untiring efforts to ensure the success of the meeting. “The people of Telangana once again made it clear their strong aspirations to see a separate Telangana state. Now, no anti-Telangana force can stop this surge of Telangana wave anymore. Telangana will be a reality soon,”he said.

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bandh-weary Telangana today cold-shouldered the 48-hour bandh call given by the T-JAC yesterday. All districts reported normal life and works. Hyderabad City, hosting the world biodiversity meet totally ignored the bandh call today. However, most incoming trains to Hyderabad from T districts were diverted to Secunderabad, Moulali and Sanath Nagar as the incoming signals at Hussain Sagar was damaged during the T agitation. The MMTS services have been cancelled for the day. “All trains (general) are functioning as per schedule. Even in the Telangana districts all trains running and today there would be no cancellation,” said Shakeel Ahmed, south central PRO.

POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com he successful Telangana March, held by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC), has received a mixed response from politicians. While TJAC and Congress leaders termed it a “historic success”, a section of TRS leaders faulted the decision of TJAC chairman Prof Kodandaram to extend the timing of the march.

he Centre, not known for political sagacity, has however succeeded in thrusting a wedge between the TRS patriarch KCR and T-JAC leader Kodandaram, events prove. The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee (T-JAC)’s protest march yesterday saw a total absence of top TRS leaders like Rao, his nephew and MLA Harish Rao, daughter and woman leader of TRS Kavitha Rao, his son and MLA T Rama Rao. Only two known faces of TRS — Etela Rajender and party MLA J Krishna Rao — made a brief speech at the protest spot. All the TRS MLAs left the venue even before the government deadline of 7pm got over. This development has led to wide speculations that the Tmovement is slowly slipping from the hands of TRS president KCR and careening towards the T-JAC. According to many TRS activists who were present at the venue of agitation, the most important reason for the party MLAs to leave the venue was the

Politicians differ on impact of T-march

midst several barricades and barbed wires the City was on its verge, disrupting free movement of people and vehicles from most of the roads connecting Necklace road. Citizens taking that route had to face a tough time answering questions and sometimes arguing with the security personnel. The APSRTC alone suffered an estimated loss of `2 crore yesterday with most of its services cancelled on this routes, apart from district buses. Post the immersion, civic works were also affected as the police took positions several hours before the Telangana march. The much hyped beautification as part of the Biodiversity

The APSRTC alone suffered an estimated loss of `2 crore yesterday with most of its services cancelled on this routes. Conference took a beating on two days as the pots and plants were trampled. “I had to fight my way out from the Tank Bund. It was nothing but a war like situation, I could only return after arguing at several check points”, recounts a GHMC worker. According to the officials of APSRTC, ever since several of buses were damaged in earlier protests they took no chance this time and cancelled several of them passing through this

part of the City. “The loss will be in crores. Somewhere between `1 and `2 crore”, said a senior official The GHMC has informed lifting of around 4,000 metric tons of garbage, around 700 metric tons of additional garbage on Sunday, en-route of the Ganesh immersion. It deployed an additional 50 vehicles and 31 sweeping machines on the stretch. However, some workers were vary of restoring of biodiversity elements at Tank Bund. According to a supervisor, the footpath, medians and newly installed pots were damaged on Tank Bund, may take time for restoration. While the roads connecting to Necklace road affected the movement of traffic, parts of Old city mostly remained normal.

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BLIND AND DEAF TO THEIR PAIN

The head of the State Population and Family Planning Commission Li Bin told Xinhua last year that China intended to "maintain and improve" existing measures, while understanding the need to address its ageing population.

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An estimated one million families in China have lost their sole descendant since the one-child policy took effect in 1980, and another four to seven million are expected to do so in the next 20 to 30 years.

Old and ‘orphaned’

CAROL HUANG Agence France-Presse BEIJING: When Wu Rui's 12year-old daughter died she lost not just the only child she would ever have but also her source of security and support in old age. Today the 55-year-old takes care of herself and her own elderly parents on a paltry pension in a ramshackle two-room home, living in fear of medical emergencies she has no way to pay for. China's one-child policy normally leaves four grandparents and two parents relying on a single caretaker for old age — and bereaved families with none. An estimated one million families nationwide have lost their sole descendant since the measure took effect in 1980, and another four to seven million are expected to do so in the next 20 to 30 years. Many, like Wu, will have no one to help them through the frailties or medical costs of old age. "If I have a big illness then I probably won't have enough," she says quietly. "For sure there will be difficulties." Wu divorced in 1994 and lost her daughter Zhang Weina one year later after a long struggle with epilepsy. She now spends much of her time at home, knitting sweaters and preparing food in a cramped

Wu Rui (left) and her father during an interview at her home in Beijing. When Wu Rui's 12-year-old daughter died she lost not just the only child she would ever have but also her source of security and support in old age. AFP/WANG ZHAO

kitchen — which doubles as her 76-year-old mother's bedroom. Her 80-year-old father, his hearing failing, sits one bed over in the narrow room they share. Two light bulbs dangle from a rope and cracked paint covers the walls. Aside from ill health, Wu's biggest fear is that their dingy but inexpensive home will soon be demolished, as many old Beijing residences have been. The other half of their centrally located neighbourhood has already been replaced by modern towers, and if their alleyway is next they may be moved to an

Many, like Wu, will have no one to help them through the frailties or medical costs of old age. apartment that costs more than her monthly pension of 2,000 yuan ($310).

ONE-CHILD LIMIT CREATING OLD-AGE BUBBLE Since 2001 national law has required local governments to

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provide "the necessary help" to families who lose their only child, but does not define what that entails. Regulations vary by area, with Sichuan province allowing families to apply to have another child while Shanghai stipulates a one-time payment of an unspecified amount. Some local governments provide small stipends, according to state news agency Xinhua, while a Beijing official told local media the capital offers 200 yuan a month and "spiritual" support in the form of visits from young people.

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"The rule has always been there but I don't think it's very meaningful," says Yi Fuxian, a US-based academic and author of "Big Country in an Empty Nest", which criticises China's familyplanning policy. Some 4.63 percent of China's 218 million-plus single-child families are expected to lose their son or daughter by the time they reach the age of 25, he says, citing official statistics. That would mean more than 10 million couples outliving their only child in the next two to three decades, minus a fraction who give birth again. AFP

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CHINA MANUFACTURING CONTRACTS

China's manufacturing activity contracted again in September, but the rate of deterioration eased slightly. The purchasing managers' index rebounded to 49.8 per cent in September from 49.2 percent in August, but was still below the 50-percent level.

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Rather than giving all the information in a brochure, the QR codes can be used to get more relevant information online. PRUDHVI RAJU K prudhvi.k@postnoon.com

ith the increase in smartphone penetration in the country, the businesses are trying to exploit the smartness of the devices for a range of promotional activities. The QR codes are increasingly used by businesses in various marketing activities. “They provide a convenient one-step process for directing users to a website, phone number, directions, promotions video or other information. The marketer can set goals for his campaign and design their codes to achieve them,” says Bhaskar Anand, MD and CEO, MavenClickZ “There are humongous benefits that QR code creates to businesses across the segments. For instance, a consultant’s business card contains a QR code that links to a landing page with enthusiastic client testimonials. This creates confidence among the potential clients about the authenticity of the business or he can have a QR code for VCard to download contact information of the business,” he explains. “It is also a branding tool for businesses and can be immensely exploited in retail platform. For instance, a company can have an advertisement with QR code in supermarkets. The new product samples can be distributed to the people, who scan QR codes. This helps businesses to reach its target customers rather than spending heavily on various media platforms during their product launch,” says Y Ravindranath, CEO, myvirtualplaza.com “QR codes are eco-friendly. Businesses can make more efficient use of printed materials and reduce waste. Rather than giving all the information in the brochure by printing more number of pages, the QR codes can be used as extension of brochure to online for more relevant information, thereby reducing the

Iran has exported 15 million tonnes of iron ore worth over $600 million, despite Western sanctions against the country, a media report said Sunday. China is a major buyer of Iran's iron ore. Other countries include Pakistan, Austria, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India and Vietnam. Iran has produced 23,218,093 tonnes of iron ore in the ﬁrst 10 months of 2011, the ISNA news agency reported. Iran has been subjected to a series of economic sanctions after it refused to stop its nuclear programme, which Western nations believe is meant to produce atomic weapons.Tehran has rejected that view and said its nuclear programme is to produce electricity.

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is the projected revenue of Abu Dhabi's carrier Etihad Airways for 2012, up from $4.1 billion last year.

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Uses

n View a mobile website or landing page

Link to donations for charity organisations

n Dial telephone number

Link to menu, reservations and directions for restaurants

n Send text message n Send email n View a message or special offer n Download contact details (VCARD) n View a Google maps Location n View a social media Profile n Demo video

Product manual links to a how-to video with installation and maintenance instructions A political candidate posts a QR code that links to an audio ﬁle with a message from the candidate Attendees can conveniently scan and save the vendor’s information as they pass by at various stalls in exhibitions

usage of paper,” says Bhaskar It doesn’t cost anything to generate QR codes. There are many sites online, which produce codes freely. “The QR codes are device independent and one code can be used in range of smart devices. QR codes, as well as the landing pages they link to can be viewed on all smartphones and do not require any customised development for each of the platform.

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QR codes applications can be downloaded from the application store for a range of smart phone operating systems that include iOS and Google Play store,” he says. Businesses can also find out the market trends for their products and services with analytics. “Actions triggered via QR Codes can be traced with web analytics or other tools for marketing campaign measurement. The businesses can get information on usage patterns like total number of scans, unique scans, date and time of each scan. Geo-location information of the user can be found for each scan and the devices used in finding the information can also be known to the businesses,” he says. “It also differentiates businesses from its competitors. Integrating QR Codes is still relatively new in the market, those who are among the first to employ them in their outreach campaigns will set themselves apart as leaders in strategic marketing,” he adds.

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Aviation regulator DGCA will today review Kingfisher Airline's operations in the wake of mass cancellation of its flights, even as a section of the airlines Mumbai-based pilots joined in the strike by its engineers. "We will review the situation of Kingfisher Airline," Director General of Civil Aviation Arun Mishra told PTI. Mishra also said that airline's situation will also be discussed with the civil aviation ministry.

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2 CRPF JAWANS SHOT AT BY MAOISTS IN MIDNAPORE

Two CRPF jawans were today seriously injured after being shot at by Maoists during a combing operation in the forests of West Midnapore district. The two jawans have been rushed to the district hospital in a critical condition, he said. Police suspect that some Maoists have also been injured.

Naveen’s rival launches outfit

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He was suspended from the party after he allegedly plotted a coup to unseat Patnaik.

A flood affected victim moves on a banana raft in Nagaon district of Kaziranga , Assam on Sunday. PTI

Man whose voice shatters glass

BHUBANESWAR: Dissident BJD leader Pyari Mohan Mohapatra has launched the Odisha Jana Morcha, a political forum to establish internal democracy in the state’s ruling party, a forum leader said Monday. “The forum will work to establish internal democracy and protect the rights of the workers in the party,” Morcha spokesperson Jagneswar Babu told IANS. Mohapatra, who is a Rajya Sabha member, has been Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s nonofficial advisor for over a decade. He was suspended from the party after he allegedly plotted a political coup to unseat Patnaik from power. The move had forced Patnaik to return from

Britain where he had gone on an official tour. Mohapatra will announce more details about the new forum on October 19, said Babu, adding that the new outfit is a forum inside the BJD and will work for greater democracy within. While opposition parties see the development as an outcome of the infighting in ruling BJD, a senior BJD leader said the forum will not have any impact on the popularity of the BJD. “If he (Mohapatra) has launched the forum to help the people of the state, it is welcome,” state Congress president Niranjan Patnaik said. “The formation of a morcha within the BJD demonstrates that not all is well in the ruling party.” IANS

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Jaime has now become a professional vocal coach and has been training rockers.

aime Vendera can break wine glasses with his raw voice, but the US-based vocal coach doesn’t consider himself special and gives credit to years of hard work for achieving the unique skill. “I don’t feel special. I have been taught to do this. One of my friends, Jim Gillette of rock band Nitro, used to break wine glasses with the help of the amplifier and he was the one who taught me to do this,” Vendera, 42, said. He has been playing professionally since the age of 16. Vendera is today a world-famous glass-shattering and voice-strengthening expert, who has an unusual approach to vocal training. His training allows a singer to unlock his or her voice by creating a variety of primal sounds and unleash the power of vocal resonance and projection.

“About 8-10 years ago, he (Gillette) called me and asked: ‘Do you want to be on TV?’ I asked him: ‘What do you want me to do’? He said: ‘I want you to break wine glasses’,” recalled Vendera. “I was scared out of my mind because I wasn’t special. But he taught me and I did the show. It was Mythbusters (2005) for the Discovery Channel. I performed there with other professionals and when the showmakers measured my voice, it was much louder than other competitors. “They said they wanted to see me try and break the wine glass without the amplifier. So I practiced and I did it. I set the world record. I have been practicing through a lot of vocal exercises,” said Vendera, a former construction worker. He said he used to take glasses to his job site and practice there by screaming at them. Jaime has now become a professional vocal coach and has been training rockers Kevin Rudolf, Dream Theater band’s James LaBrie, Matt Devine of band Kill Hannah, Clayton Stroope of band Thriving Ivory among others. “I’m also a vocal coach. But glass breaking is fun. I love doing it. I have done dozens of TV shows. It helps me travel all over the world,” he said. IANS

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India car sales soar but where are the roads? More cars pose big problems for India, which lacks a modern road and highway network and where air pollution in some cities is already sky-high. PENNY MACRAE feedback@postnoon.com

ven with its economy cooling, India’s car sales are forecast to go into overdrive, creating a huge challenge for the government to modernise the country’s antiquated road network. The shift toward vehicle ownership in the country of 1.2 billion people has reached a tipping point, driven by increasingly urban, affluent and aspirational first-time buyers, according to global research firm LMC Automotive. Many millions “are crossing the wealth threshold to the stage they can afford cars”, said Pete Kelly, managing director of LMC Automotive UK, adding “shortterm variations in economic growth aren’t likely to get in the way”. LMC projected light vehicle sales — cars, sport utility vehi-

THE SHIFT TOWARD VEHICLE OWNERSHIP IN THE COUNTRY OF 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE HAS REACHED A TIPPING POINT, DRIVEN BY INCREASINGLY URBAN, AFFLUENT AND ASPIRATIONAL FIRST-TIME BUYERS. cles and light trucks — will quadruple to 11 million units by 2020 from 2.7 million in 2010, in a paper presented at an automotive conference in New Delhi in September. The forecast surge comes as global automakers have been betting big on Asia’s thirdlargest economy, spending billions of dollars on plant investments, as they aim to offset saturated Western markets. “The fundamentals are here, the potential is here — we have to be here,” John Chacko, chief

India representative of Germany’s Volkswagen Group, told AFP on the sidelines of the conference. Right now, just 11 Indians per 1,000 own cars compared with more than 500 per 1,000 in the United States, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. “Buying a car is not just transport but a status symbol — it shows your neighbours you’ve entered car-driving society. It’s a sign you’ve arrived,” Buvneesh Bedi, a sales executive at a Japanese showroom, told AFP. But more cars pose big problems for India, which lacks a modern road and highway network and where air pollution in some cities is already sky-high. Bullock carts, cows, bicycles and rickshaws frequently compete for space with hulking SUVs, cars and trucks on India’s potholed streets and highways. The traffic mayhem has given India the unenviable claim

to having among the world’s most dangerous roads. Some 135,500 people died in 2010 in road accidents and 527,500 were injured, according to latest government figure. “Our cities were never built for a large number of cars,” Sarbojit Pal, a fellow at India’s Energy and Resources Institute, told AFP. “What’s required is a lot more planning, a lot more investment from government and private players.” But India’s abilities to meet the challenges are in doubt. The government set a target in 2009 of building 20 kilometres of highways a day, but a parliamentary panel in March called the goal a “distant dream” with the pace of construction being just 10 kilometres. “The National Highways Authority is not in a position to complete any project... within the scheduled period, although financing has not been an issue. It is adding project after project without achieving the targets,” the panel said. India last month opened a new six-lane, 165-kilometre highway halving travel time between New Delhi and Agra, home to the Taj Mahal — the nation’s famed monument to love. The project, however, took nine years to finish. The government aims to spend nearly $1 trillion to upgrade India’s shabby roads, airports and ports and other infrastructure over the next five years.

UNENVIABLE RECORD The traffic mayhem has given India the unenviable claim to having among the world’s most dangerous roads. Some 135,500 people died in 2010 in road accidents and 527,500 were injured, according to latest government figure. A top priority should be creating more public transport, said Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director of India’s Centre for Science and Environment. “Even if people buy cars, they need other options to using them,” she told AFP. “Otherwise, car growth will be unsustainable from a health, pollution level, traffic fumes and liveability aspect. Road congestion will be unbearable.” Even with worries mounting about India’s “infrastructure deficit”, car buyers are unlikely to be fazed by the bumpy road ahead, said Roychowdhury. “We’re at the take-off stage,” she said. Sunil Kumar, 24, is a typical first-time buyer. Now a bank customer relations manager and about to marry, Kumar said he can finally afford to trade in his motorcycle for a small car — India’s hottestselling segment that makes up 70 per cent of the market. “It’s a great feeling to be able to buy a car,” he said as he gripped the steering wheel of a shiny new hatchback in a Delhi auto showroom. AFP

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World

US DRONE STRIKE KILLS THREE MILITANTS IN PAKISTAN A US drone strike targeting a vehicle killed at least three militants Monday in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. The strike took place in the Khaider Khel area of Mir Ali district, 30 km east of Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan tribal region, known as a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

WILL TABLES TURN?

It’s do or die for Mitt

Experts believe that Wednesday’s debate will be the acid test for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, as his campaign lies in tatters. STEPHEN COLLINSON LAS VEGAS: US President Barack Obama Sunday set the table for his first debate with Mitt Romney (right), billing the clash as about security for hard working Americans, not who could fire off the best “zingers.” Obama heaped pressure on his foe, who is angling for a dramatic turnaround for his ailing campaign in Wednesday’s showdown, before bunkering down in a resort in Nevada’s rocky desert to shake off his mothballed debating skills. “The media is speculating already on who is going to have

the best zingers ... who’s going to put the most points on the board,” Obama told a floodlit rally of 11,000 people at dusk in a Hispanic suburb of Las Vegas. Romney’s vice presidential pick Paul Ryan admitted to “some missteps” after Romney’s nightmare month in the White House race, and sought to moderate expectations, saying no debate would “make or break” the campaign. Obama is “a very gifted speaker,” Ryan said. “The man’s been on the national stage for many years. He’s an experienced debater.”

The great debaters 1960 Democrat John Kennedy vs Republican Richard Nixon n Nixon, pale and badly shaven, had only been out of hospital for two weeks after being treated for a knee injury. He had lost weight due to flu, and he refused to wear make-up under the studio lights. Kennedy, tanned after campaigning in California, meanwhile looked rested and relaxed. And when Kennedy answered the questions he looked directly into the camera and not at the journalist, like Nixon. Result: Kennedy was elected. He was assassinated in 1963. n

1976 n n

Ford debate when Ford, the sitting president, made an irreparable gaffe when asked about the Soviet Union’s influence on Europe. “There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe,” he affirmed. Result: Carter was elected.

turned this apparent handicap into an asset. “I will not make age an issue of this campaign,” he said. “I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent’s youth and inexperience.” Result: Reagan was re-elected.

1980

1992

Carter vs Republican Ronald Reagan n Speaking directly to the cameras, Reagan asked voters that when they were about to cast their ballot: “It might be well if you would ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago?” Result: Reagan was elected.

1984 n

Democrat Jimmy Carter vs Republican Gerald Ford The decisive moment came during the second Carter-

Reagan vs Democrat Walter Mondale Reagan was 73, but in his second debate with Mondale, on October 21, he

Bush v. Democrat Bill Clinton n “Experience? Clinton replied when Bush asked him about his White House candidacy. “I don’t have any experience in running up a $4 trillion debt. I don’t have any experience in gridlock government where nobody takes responsibility for anything and everybody blames everybody else... but I do have a lot of experience in getting things done.” Result: Clinton was elected.

2004 Bush v. Democrat John Kerry n “The president didn’t find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, so he’s really turned his campaign into a weapon of mass deception,” Kerry said at one point. Result: Bush was re-elected. n

2008 Republican John McCain v. Democrat Barack Obama n “Senator Obama, I am not President George Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago,” McCain snapped in the third debate. n But Obama remained confident and composed, even when McCain awkwardly referred to him as “that one”. Result: Obama was elected. n

NEWS BRIEFS Japan PM reshuffles cabinet; new finmin in

Five Germans die in China bus crash

Facebook refuses to remove murder page

Seven brutally murdered in northern Mexico

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, naming Koriki Jojima, a senior member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), as new finance minister. Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba was among heavyweight names keeping their posts in the reshuffle.

BEIJING: Five Germans were among six people who died when a tourist bus slammed into a container truck near the Chinese capital and caught ﬁre, state media reported Monday. The ofﬁcial Xinhua news agency cited police in the port city of Tianjin, southeast of Beijing, as saying the accident occurred on an expressway linking the capital.

SYDNEY: Police said Facebook had refused to take down a page containing offensive material about the man accused of murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher. The search for Meagher, 29, who vanished earlier this month, sparked a huge social media campaign, with more than 122,000 people “liking” a Facebook page dedicated to the case.

NUEVO LAREDO: Police on Sunday found the remains of seven people whose bodies were chopped up and dumped in cars in northern Mexico, near the US border. Police in Nuevo Laredo received a phone tip Sunday reporting bodies found in two cars that had been abandoned in a shopping center, state prosecutors said in a statement.

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Georgia voted on Monday in parliamentary polls with the ruling party facing a billionaire-led opposition in a tense contest seen as a test of the ex-Soviet state’s democracy after a torture scandal. President Mikheil Saakashvili’s ruling party is facing its biggest challenge since coming to power from an opposition coalition led by billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili in a struggle that became increasingly bitter after jail torture revelations sparked nationwide protest.

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killed and a third critically when a firefight broke out at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Florida, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday.

GROWING GREY GRACEFULLY Governments around the world must work out how to cope with ageing, a UN report said on Monday, warning that developing nations with lots of young workers may one day ﬁnd their elderly populations a burden. The study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and HelpAge International also urged countries to improve medical provision to extend the years of health that older people can enjoy. The report, which coincided with the International Day of Older Persons, estimates one in nine people around the world are older than 60.

Andersen’s stories stimulated my curiosity, nourished my fantasy and taught me things about loyalty, love, greatness, the pains and losses of life. Isabel Allende Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

Comment All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

IRAN

Confederacy of dunces THE HUMAN CONDITION Dean Williams

nd so it begins. The grand ol’ CoP is finally here, and after the rubber pullets have been swept up off the streets, it will be business as usual. The CoP in itself is a thinlyveiled façade. Most of the major decisions, or lack thereof, have been taken long before the delegates landed at RGIA. These conferences are all about backroom powwows, the seminars are merely to give a platform to those the world tends to ignore the rest of the time. Hyderabad had nearly 18 months to prepare for the event, and we were still pulling up our trousers when the guests arrived. Even the beautification of the city has been haphazard. What I would like to know is how many of these lovely plants will remain post-CoP? How many will die just so that a few environmentalists and politicos could feel good about themselves? What I want to know is what’s been the carbon footprint of the event with its jet-setting guest-list? But it’s a near certainty that we never will. While most major events are used by a country’s citizenry to protest causes it wants in the limelight, the CoP has thus far only been used by the Telangana agitators. Where are the social activists pounding the pavements demanding change? Where are the homegrown environmentalists demanding more green space in the City? Where indeed. Behind closed doors the CoP might succeed to some extent. But on the streets around the venue a social battle still rages, and no one’s sticking up for the victims.

AHMADINEJAD IS ‘A LAME DUCK’ THE INSIDE STORY

William Faulkner American Writer

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS

The UK needs to increase by as much as 50% the number of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) graduates it is creating, a report says. The BBC reported that the study estimates 830,000 graduate-level Stem experts and 450,000 technicians will be needed by 2020. Is this a chance for the thousands who graduate from the tech colleges here?

Marvin Zonis

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he current abysmal situation of the world and the bitter incidents of history are due mainly to the wrong management of the world and the selfproclaimed centers of power who have entrusted themselves to the devil...an arms race and intimidation by nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction by the hegemonic powers have become prevalent...Continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality.” What’s with this guy? Bluster. Piety. Braggadocio. That’s how Ahmadinejad got elected in Iran – for two terms as president. A man of the people. Speaking their values. Making Iranians feel better about the misery he and the ruling clerics have brought to them. The sanctions have bitten and bitten deep. Iran’s oil exports have plunged from 2+ million barrels per day to slightly less than 1 million. The rial has plunged in value. It now takes 26,500 rials to buy a dollar.

A year ago, it was half that amount. Domestic inflation and hardship have followed. Of course, Ahmadinejad is not the figure he once was. He is still president, but the so-called “supreme leader” has “clipped his wings.” Ahmadinejad has been relegated to being in charge of the domestic economy – a challenge in which he has failed. But it’s his boss who is responsible for the nuclear portfolio and foreign relations. More to the point, Ahmadinejad is a lame duck. His second and final term ends in June 2013. No doubt the forces that be will insure the election of another hardliner. But this time it will be a hardliner with some “class” – a hardliner you can talk to, probably one who was educated in the United States. With the now expected reelection of President Obama and Iran’s new president, meaningful negotiations are likely to follow. That is, if Israel doesn’t bomb before then. The good news here is that Israeli public opinion has shifted against Netanyahu-Barak’s ‘bomb now’ campaign. Israelis have been asking what the most important relationship is to insure the future of Israel’s security – Israel-Iran or Israel-U.S. It’s the latter they know is the most important. With Obama’s reelection

more likely than ever, Israel will have to deal with him for another four years. Better not to cross him now – certainly not before the election. An Israel driven “October surprise” has become ever more remote. So in the end, relations with Iran and with Israel hinge on the outcome of the US election. David Axelrod, chief campaign strategist for Obama, says that polls show that Obama is now ahead in the 9 key swing states that will bring the President the 270 electoral votes he needs to be reelected. Nate Silvers’ FiveThirtyEight New York Times blog, the most accurate of the pundits in 2008, predicts Obama winning with 312 electoral votes.

Both the Iranians and the Israelis have seen these polls. They follow them as closely as they follow their own politics. Their conclusion – Obama here today and here tomorrow. They are going to have to deal with him. With a clear mandate for another four years, they expect him to be tougher than ever. They know they need to accommodate to that. And they probably will. Marvin Zonis is a global political economist and expert on Middle Eastern politics and history. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. His website is www.marvinzonis.com.

EDITORIALS The million-rupee question Why we love comeback stories

“H

ow will members of a new party be selected, where the money will come from and how will candidates for elections be selected among others?”Anna Hazare has a point here when he asked the above mentioned question to the pro-party group led by Arvind Kejriwal. The answer to the first one: the usual practice of parties that hold any traction is to let any citizen become a member, but if you need to rise up the ranks quick or be in the ranks from the moment you become a party member is to be “special”, special defined as being kin of the party chief or a businessman who has lots to spare for the welfare of the party. The money? That’s one of the greatest puzzles of modern politics. Only God knows where our leaders get the means to go about in flashy AC cars and SUVs. Only He knows the source of the money that flows during election time. And who gets to contest? The special ones, of course.

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t’s an overwhelming sight when someone going through a rough patch strikes gold. Because in some point in our lives we all have really bad times. India’s victory against Pakistan on Sunday will be remembered for a long time to come. Of course, the Pakistan factor is there; but more than that it will be remembered for the spirit shown by a man who recovered from a grave health condition to do what he loves best: to play cricket and win. Wonder what the pundit who said Yuvraj Singh looked a bit rusty and slow. Well, howzat, pundit!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

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GUIDE TO BE AN INTERNET GURU A one day workshop on how to become an Internet entrepreneur will be organised on October 2 from 9 am to 6 pm.

A COSTLY AFFAIR

COLLEGE FEST School bus:

` 20,100

Books:

` 3,000

(` 6,700 per semester)

School trips &night outs:

` 1,500 (per night)

Food

` 12,000

Pragnya

(` 4,000 per semester)

Uniform:

` 1,250 (` 250 per set

Fees

` 1,26,000

COLLEGE OF THE WEEK

(` 42,000 per semester)

Shoes:

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THE PRICE OF

LOVE

Sending a child to a private school is like living with a hole in your pocket. We bring you an approximate figure that parents have to pay for putting their kid through a private school.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL

Students of Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology are all set for the national level annual technical symposium Pragnya to be held on October 9 and 10. Robotics, Project Expo and paper presentation, Beg Borrow Buy, Retro Gaming, Brando-thon, Pictionary, Anti Chess and Making of a hero are some of the events that will be organised.

Books: Free Fees: Free Food: ` 4 per day (primary students) `4.60 per day (higher secondary students) Total: `2000 (primary students) `2500 (higher secondary students)

Lady Shri Ram This is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It is recognised as one of the premier women's institutions for liberal arts education. Located in a 15-acre campus in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi, the college has approximately 2000 students, over 150 faculty, administrative and support staff and 16 courses of study.

TRENDING...

With a wide variety of funky, colourful options to choose from, collegians are no longer fretting over prescription glasses they have to wear. Adding a bit of fun and glamour to their daily look, they are going for glasses with funky frames and sometimes colourful glasses too.

Move over owls, flowers inspired long necklaces are in. They were once a passe and everyone were going for the owl inspired accessories. But, not so long ago, flowers have made their way in back again. Youngsters are pairing them up with dresses and even casual tops.

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ART FROM THE PAST

Artist Sudip Roy will be exhibting his collection of paintings titled Recent and Retrospective at the Kalakriti Art Gallery today. The exhibition will be on till 7pm, so all you art lovers can take a good look.

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SHOP TILL YOU DROP

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It’s time to pick up the shopping bags again. Since the wedding season is upon us Prayaas Events and exhibition organisers is holding a Wedding Fair, displaying over 1,50,000 designs. The exhibition will start on October 2 and will be on till October 4 at the Kamma Sangham Hall, Ameerpet, from 10am to 9pm. Jewellery and fashion designers from Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkatta, Delhi, Jaipur, Gujarat, South Africa, Dubai will be participating in this fair.

GREEN

REWARDS

The 22nd Annual Environment Media Awards was held on Saturday at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California. 5

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1 Jessica Alba 2 Actress Torrey

Devitto 3 Paula Abdul 4 Actress Cody

Horn 5 Actors Jesse

Metcalfe and Cara Santana 6 Actor Danny DeVito 7 Actor Zach McGowan

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DOUBLE THE JOY

The Shibany family had two reasons to celebrate on Saturday as 21-year-old Rina Shibany was crowned the winner of the Miss Lebanon 2012 competition in Sahel Alma, north of Beirut. Her twin sister Romy came ﬁrst runner up. The winner was crowned by Miss Lebanon 2011 Yara Khoury Mikhael.

BRAZILIAN BEAUTY

Rio Grande do Sul contestant Gabriela Markus(R and below) was declared winner of the Miss Brazil 2012 pageant that was held on Saturday in Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

health

BRAIN FREES YOU TO FOCUS ON COMPLEX TASKS The brain frees you to focus on daily tasks such as driving or solving equations, by handling a set of complex decisions by itself. It may involve drinking your morning coffee — how you grasp its handle and raise it to your mouth, without spilling a drop anywhere.

INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS

The pain of being alive

Interstitial fibrosis is a disease so debilitating, even breathing and performing basic chores is a task. Experts point out that it could be due to various factors like pollution and smoking. RANJANI RAJENDRA

ranjani.r@postnoon.com

hen 34-year-old Archana was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, the family was at a loss. The mother of two, could now barely perform even basic tasks like eat. What had started as an episode of incessant coughing, now required her to use external oxygen supply. Life for Archana, had come to an impasse of sorts, with few treatments available.

PULMONARY FIBROSIS “The lungs are made up of soft, spongy tissues. When these tissues are irritated by factors like infections or long standing tuberculosis, too many blood cells start getting deposited here. These begin to react with the lung tissue which then begin to harden. The lung loses its elasticity and cannot participate in normal respiration. This condition is called pulmonary fibrosis,” explains Dr Gopi Krishna, consultant pulmonologist, Breathe Easy Lung Care.

CAUSES “Pulmonary fibrosis could be due to a viral infection, autoimmune disease or could be idiopathic. In some cases, it could also be due to smoking and occupational hazards,” explains Dr AGK Gokhale, consultant cardiothoracic, transplant and minimal access surgeon at Yashoda Hospital,

Secunderabad. He adds that pulmonary fibrosis typically affects around six to eight per cent of Indians, although not advanced in everyone. It affects people in the age group of 35 to 45.

TREATMENT “Pulmonary fibrosis leaves the lung tissue scarred. While there is no 100 per cent treatment, treatment is usually symptomatic. Medication is prescribed to alleviate symptoms troubling a patient. One other alternative is a lung transplant, where the dis-

Symptoms n n n n n

Shortness of breath A dry cough Fatigue Unexplained weight loss Aching muscles and joints

eased lung is removed and a healthy lung from either a human or a pig is transplanted into the patient. Very few such procedures are performed in our country,” says Dr Gopi Krishna, adding that it is only possible to know if such a procedure has been successful a year after it has taken place. “A lung transplant is a high risk surgery. The window period is less, with the healthy lung having to be transplanted within six to seven hours of being harvested. Apart from matching the donor’s gender and blood group, one must note if the donor is around the same age as the patient,” says Dr Gokhale.

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HOUSECALL

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Ichthyosis is a general term which covers a group of different skin conditions in which the skin is dry, thickened and scaly. These conditions are usually inherited, although there are non-hereditary causes, such as reactions to medication, hormone problems, underlying cancer and nutritional deﬁciency. These nonhereditary causes are more common when adults develop scaly skin.

DID YOU KNOW? Soles of the feet contain more sweat glands The soles are that part of the body we wouldn’t pay much attention to, but did you know that the soles of your feet actually contain more sweat glands and also have more pressure-sensitive nerve endings per square inch than any other part of your body.

PIONEERS Gerhard Johannes Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He has been credited for his discovery of the Sulfonamidochrysoidine (KI-730). It is for this discovery that he received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1939. He was named as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1959. His short biography was published by the Royal Society in the year 1964.

health MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

FOOD FOR HEALTH

ADVISORY

Cherries lower gout attacks by a third

New virus strains expected in flu season

Findings from this research also suggest that the risk of gout flare-ups was 75 per cent lower when cherry intake was combined with allopurinol. WASHINGTON: Patients with gout who consumed cherries over a two-day period showed a 35 per cent lower risk of gout attacks, as compared to those who did not eat the fruit. Findings from this research project also suggest that the risk of gout flare-ups was 75 per cent lower when cherry intake was combined with the uricacid reducing drug, allopurinol. Previous research reports that 8.3 million adults in the US suffer from gout, an inflammatory arthritis triggered by a crystallization of uric acid within the joints that causes excruciating pain and swelling, the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism reports. While there are many treatment options available, gout patients continue to be bur-

What is gout

he first symptom of gout ( gouty arthritis) is the sudden onset of a hot, red, swollen joint. The joint at the base of the big toe is the most common joint where it may occur. Here the swelling can be associated with severe tenderness. Apart from this any other of the joints can also be involved such as the knee, ankle, and small joints of the hands. In some people, the acute pain is so intense that even a bed sheet on the toe causes severe pain. Source: Emedicinehealth.com

dened by recurrent gout attacks, prompting patients and investigators to seek other preventive options such as cherries. For this particular study, Yuqing Zhang, professor of medicine and public health at Boston University and colleagues recruited 633 gout patients who were followed online for one year. Participants were asked

Growing pains My son is extremely scared of water. Even bath times are a challenge. How can I help him? He is 7. There was no past incident that could've put him off water. Fear of water is not very common and is often seen as a refusal to bathe or get into the swimming pool among young children. However, even that is not a fear of water and is more to do with disliking or being uncomfortable with it.

Research says that 8.3 million suffer from gout, an inflammatory arthritis triggered by a crystallisation of uric acid. about the date of gout onset, symptoms, medications and risk factors, including cherry

and cherry extract intake in the two days prior to the gout attack. A cherry serving was one half cup or 10 to 12 cherries, according to a statement. "Our findings indicate that consuming cherries or cherry extract lowers the risk of gout attack," said Zhang. "The gout flare risk continued to decrease with increasing cherry consumption, up to three servings over two days." IANS

ast year's flu season was the mildest on record, with record-low hospitalisations and a short season overall, USA Today reported. But that was largely because the flu strains in circulation last year were similar to those in 2010. That's not the case this year. Experts say two new strains of influenza have begun circling the globe, and one of them is much harsher than other flu strains, Fox News reported. "People cannot become complacent this year," Dr Howard Koh, assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, told Fox News. The flu season typically begins as early as October and can last through May, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the 2009-10 season, thousands of people were hospitalized and many died in one of the biggest flu pandemics in recent history. Vaccine shortages were also reported in some areas. But health officials told CBS News there are more than enough flu shots to go around this year and urged everyone to get vaccinated. GLOBAL POST

Dr Diana Monteiro

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MY CHILD IS EXTREMELY SCARED OF WATERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; It is unusual for a child to suffer from a fear of water without a history of a bad experience with water. The fear of water is called aquaphobia which is almost always acquired due to a bad experience. It is a persistent and abnormal fear of water, where the person does not feel in control of the fear and it often inter-

feres with daily life. This fear is experienced in spite of knowing that there is no imminent threat and often all activities related to water are avoided or endured with distress. A child might avoid water in the form of bathing, swimming, or being near a lake or ocean, and often appears fearful and anxious when faced with water. As a result, person-

al hygiene suffers because of the aversion to bathing. Unfortunately, talking to the child about this does not help as this fear involves anxiety that needs to be treated. Anxiety disorders are treatable. A child counsellor or therapist will be able to assess exactly what is going on and will be able to help. Using play therapy and helping the child under-

stand the fear, while teaching the parents and the ways to overcome the fear will be the focus. Assignments might involve things like playing with water, getting a child involved in water oriented games etc. The writer is a counselling psychologist at the Hyderabad Academy of Psychology. You can write to her at askdrdiana@gmail.com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

Entertainment

DOOKUDU BAGS TOP HONOURS Mahesh Babu, Samantha starrer Dookudu won the top honours at Ritz Icon Awards, which was recently held in Chennai. Dookudu was given the Iconic Movie of the year award in Telugu.

LEGACY OF A PATHBREAKING FILM

The film that shook the industry

It's been two years since Rajinikanth’s Robo released. And the film still holds the record for being the biggest grossing South Indian film. It doesn’t stop here. The film’s legacy goes beyond the realm of numbers. HEMANTH KUMAR hemanth.k@postnoon.com

hey say that rules of physics don’t apply to a Rajinikanth’s film and the adrenaline rush of watching his films is beyond description. Two years ago when his film Robo, the Telugu version of Endhiran, released, there were plenty of questions over its potential to recover the humongous budget which touched nearly `130 crores. Moreover, sci-fi is one of the least explored genres in Indian cinema. According to Sun Pictures, which produced the film, the film managed to make a profit of nearly `40 crores. However, the film’s legacy goes beyond the realm of numbers at box office. For the first time in Indian cinema history, Legacy Effects, one of the most prominent special effects studios in the world, worked on Robo. Till then, Indian filmmakers working closely with studios based in Hollywood was a rarity. Later, the same studio worked on A R Murugadoss’ Seventh Sense and now Soundarya Rajinikanth announced that Stereo D, a US based company which specialises in conversion from 2D to 3D, is going to work on Rajinikanth’s

Kochadaiyaan. There was absolutely no dearth of resources to promote Robo, especially in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and rest of India. SUN TV, owned by Kalanidhi Maran, launched a publicity blitzkrieg at an unprecedented scale in Tamil Nadu. Perhaps, it was the first time that theatre owners in Tamil Nadu sold tickets to let people watch the film’s trailer on the big screen! The film’s audio was launched in a grand ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which later became a trend in Kollywood. The film later went on to win the National Award for special effects and art direction in 2010. The film’s climax, in particular, became a topic of hot discussion on the Internet. Films like Robo, which boast of best of the actors, technicians and budgets, come once in a decade. There’s still a section of audience that would say that it’s more of a Shankar’s film than that of Rajinikanth. Whatever the case maybe, the film is a mash up of almost everything one can expect from a team like this. It has set the bar high for South Indian films, both in terms of technology and the dazzling heights of fame it has achieved. Now, that’s a record that might be just too hard to break for most stars.

CINE BYTES Karthi dubs for Suriya

uriya and his brother Karthi have teamed up for the first time for a film. Although they haven’t acted together, Karthi revealed that he has dubbed for one of the conjoined twins in Suriya’s upcoming film Brothers. Suriya has dubbed for himself for the other character. KV Anand has directed the film and Kajal is the lead actress.

The romance begins from Oct 25

Rebel takes a huge opening

rabhas, Tamannaah starrer Rebel gets a big opening at the box office, despite mixed reviews. The film reportedly collected a share of close to `7 crores in AP alone on the first day and it’s poised to be the biggest hit in Prabhas’ career if it can sustain the momentum.

he principal shooting of Allu Arjun’s upcoming film Iddaru Ammayilatho is going to begin from October 25. Puri Jagannadh is going to direct the film and they are teaming up after a long gap of five years. Bandla Ganesh is producing the film and Amala Paul is one of the lead actresses.

Entertainment MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

SOUTHERN SPICE

‘I want to work with Bollywood biggies’

CINE BYTES

Arjun sports beard for RAW agent look

rjun Rampal is sporting a new, chic look complete with a beard. "It's all for a ﬁlm," he says. "This new look is for Nikhil Advani's D-Day, that's the tentative title for it. I play a RAW agent in it," Arjun told. The actor will start shooting for the movie on October 1 in Mumbai, and says the movie will have some high-octane, Hollywood-inspired action sequences. IANS

outhern superstar Prithviraj, who makes his Bollywood debut with Anurag Kashyap's Aiyyaa, is keen to work with the big names of Hindi cinema. "I want to work with all the Bollywood biggies. In that sense I am selfish as an actor," he told. The actor is a popular name down south and has successful films like Stop Violence, Thirakkatha, Mozhi and Chocolate to his credit. However, it seems his Hindi film career is already on roll, even before the release of Aiyyaa. He is currently busy shooting for Yash Raj Films' Aurangzeb and is in talks for his third film. "I just got back from Delhi after shooting a few scenes for the film (Aurangzeb). We shot a couple of scenes in Mumbai and the rest will be in Delhi," he said. Prithviraj says this is a special film for him as he had got it on the basis of his talent and not because who he is. "It's a big privilege for me to be part of Yash Raj Films. Personally it is a great feeling, because in my entire career, Aurangzeb is a film, which I auditioned for. I got Aurangzeb not because of who I am or what I have done, but because of that audition," he said. As far as his third Hindi film is concerned, Prithviraj refuses to divulge any details. "I am in talks for the third film, but nothing has been confirmed yet. Once I give the go ahead, we will make the official announcement," he said. Aiyyaa is directed by Sachin Kundalkar and stars Rani Mukerji and Prithviraj in the lead. It releases on Oct 12. IANS

Auditioned 400 girls before signing Alia Bhatt: Karan Johar

irector-producer Karan Johar, who is launching Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia in his upcoming film Student Of The Year, says the newcomer wasn't the first choice for the movie. "We screen tested over 400 girls. I did Alia’s test and was convinced that she had this X factor that could work for the film," Johar. PTI

Hrithik all set to romance Katrina in a Hollywood remake

ctor Hrithik Roshan will be seen romancing Katrina Kaif once again in the Hindi remake of the Hollywood film Knight and Day. Fox Star Studios is looking forward to make the desi remake of the the film. It is reported that the Hindi version of the film will have new twists and a different storyline. PTI

Entertainment MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

Entertainment MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Noel Gallaghar enjoys reading bad reviews

inger Noel Gallaghar says he likes reading bad reviews of other people’s bands.The High Flying Birds frontman says he enjoys the British music press when they are at their most brutal, especially when it’s not one of his own projects they are writing about, reports contactmusic.com.

Sanders takes couples’ therapy

irector Rupert Sanders and his wife Liberty Ross are trying every bit to save their marriage. They are going for counselling, following his reported fling with actress Kristen Stewart.

Jared Followill is married!

ared Followill is officially off the market. The 25-year-old Kings of Leon bassist married aspiring model Martha Patterson on Saturday in Charlotte. The casual affair took place in front of select family and friends, including his bandmates, who stayed to celebrate after the ceremony.

NEW INNINGS

Bieber loves Disneyland dates

inger Selena Gomez says singer boyfriend Justin Bieber loves to go to Disneyland with her. Gomez, 20, says although Bieber likes visiting the fun-filled place with her, she prefers some place scarier, reports contactmusic.com. “We go to Disneyland a lot, he likes it, but we go to Knott’s Scary

Farm (event at Knott’s Berry Farm in California) because that’s my favourite,” Gomez said during The Ellen Degeneres Show. “I’m the kind of person that likes to get scared — but I’m covering my eyes and ears the entire time,” she added. The couple have been dating each other since past 18 months. IANS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Steve Jobs

KAKURO

QUICK CROSSWORD

SUDOKU How to play kakuro Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once. Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on... So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run. Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

ACROSS

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

SCRIBBLING PAD

1 Incision aftermath 5 Funds for the less fortunate 9 Sends by UPS, say 14 Hip-shaking dance 15 Roller coaster feature 16 Greek-column style 17 Coloured part of the eye 18 Song sung singly 19 Basic tenet 20 Precisely punctual 23 Scrap of cloth 24 Get Mad all over again, say 25 Windward Island St ___ 27 CD-___ (Computer discs) 30 Catherine the Great, eg 33 Young socialites 36 ‘So there you ___!’ 38 Poetic ‘until this time’ 39 From __ Z (completely) 40 Gym gear hidden in this puzzle’s theme entries 42 Reckon wrongly 43 Ceremonial staff carriers 45 Nosebag tidbit 46 Time of reckoning 47 Celestial revolvers 49 Landmass with steep cliffs 51 Give it another go 52 Home of the Taj Mahal 56 ‘Caught you!’ 58 Method of figuring bank interest 62 Come out of one’s shell? 64 Dinner table faux pas 65 Vein 66 Leave for the hitching post? 67 Stick in the supermarket 68 Biblical utopia 69 Single-celled organism 70 Ex-boxer Spinks 71 Canonical hour

DOWN

1 Bake, in a way 2 Radium co-discoverer Marie or Pierre 3 Adjust wheels precisely 4 Big bacon orders 5 To boot 6 Crazy-sounding bird 7 Birds and snakes do it 8 Ruined, as foodstuff 9 Motorcycle attachments 10 ‘Boo’ or ‘yoo’ follower 11 Deep-rooted 12 Fine cotton 13 A morphine derivative, slangily 21 Jefferson’s bill 22 Hiker’s bag 26 Angry man’s emotion 28 Title for an orchestra conductor 29 ___ Lanka 31 Director Ephron 32 Out of kilter 33 Not quite dry 34 ‘Too many more to mention’ abbr 35 City up the coast from Fort Lauderdale 37 Kind of trip that doesn’t require packing 40 Miserable 41 Swiss accompaniment 44 Opposite of WSW 46 Bounces on one’s knee 48 Prince’s name was once one 50 Let one’s god down? 53 The ‘D’ in LED 54 Back-of-book feature 55 Hollywood figure 56 ‘Pardon me ...’ 57 Saintly circle 59 Whine and whimper 60 Cookie many take apart 61 ‘When You Wish ___ a Star’ 63 One doing checks and balances?

Chai Time MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 2-10-2012

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

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Dull trend in business will disappear. Children will do well in their studies and make you happy. Artists will get promising opportunities, perform well and earn appreciation. Good events to take place at home and bring cheer to the family.

STRIP TEASE AGNES

Good news on the cards from the north direction. Students might be faced with memoryloss problem and hence are advised to take necessary steps to tackle this. Minor tension possible in the family but your spouse will manage it.

Those in a rented house might face trouble from the house owner and are forced to search for another house. Employees need to wait with patience before getting a hike and promotion. Speculative investments will bring decent gain.

Your long-pending wishes will get fulfilled. Good turning point, from which you benefit in undertaken work, likely. Employees need to keep their cool as their promotion or transfer might get delayed due to unexpected reasons.

Unexpected financial fortune likely. Friendship circle will expand. Employees will see progress in all undertaken work. Artists might find it difficult to get new opportunities but their lifestyle will not be effected due to this situation.

Those involved in social activities will earn all-round appreciation and their services will be recognised in the society. Your stock is set to pile up. Children will be focussed in studies and cheer you. Businessmen will do brisk business smartly.

Minor confusion and tension in the family likely; however, you will mange them well and march ahead. Artists will get few good opportunities and they will perform well and receive appreciation and award too. Influx of visitors brings cheer.

Employees need to work hard and with focus to get a name for their superiors. Artists will get promising opportunities and shine, which will bring them cheer. You will manage problems that arise in the family and keep situation under control.

Written-off dues will come if efforts are put in a right way. Children will do well and make you happy. Minor misunderstanding likely within the family members but will soon get resolved. Spouse will be cooperative and affectionate.

TAROT READ

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

Eight of Swords – You need time to relax and chill out a bit. You’ve been in a very tight spot more recently when decisions and time management have been critical.

LEO:

The Moon – You’re feeling moody and this may be because you’re stressed out about something and not finding an outlet to express your concerns.

LIBRA:

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

Eight of Wands – Good luck comes your way. A project you’ve been hoping to bag falls on your lap and all goes as per your plan. Good show! Keep up the faith.

SAGITTARIUS:

Ace of Cups – This is the cup of life and the good news is that it’s overflowing. You’re reaching a creativity crescendo from where you see life differently.

TAURUS:

The Sun – You’re cheerful and charging ahead with plans with gay abandon. You think: why can’t every day be this way. If it were, would this day be so happy?

CANCER:

Two of Wands – You’re waiting for the results of an important test. It could be a job interview or a relationship matter. The wait is making you restless. Be patient.

VIRGO:

Ten of Swords – Plans may not be working out as per your expectation. You need to be patient and let this time pass. New opportunities will come your way.

SCORPIO:

Ace of Wands – You’re brimming over with creative ideas and you take pleasure in tasks that make you feel happy. It could be cooking, gardening, pottery, etc.

CAPRICORN:

Two of Cups – Partnerships are in focus. At work, they bring good ideas together and at home, they inspire you and bring out the best in you.

SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Five of Cups – Some form of loss is indicated. You feel emotionally empty and cannot invest in a relationship anymore. Give yourself time and let it pan out.

NUMBER GAME

nds – You hit the right balance between being practical and emotional. Your peers look up to you for intelligence and charm in social gatherings.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS: Knight of Wa-

POOCH CAFE

Avoid involving in unwanted arguments and disputes. Be cautious while undertaking financial transactions. Govt sops likely for businessmen. Some have a bright chance to undertake a joyful trip with the family. Couple will overcome ego.

for 2-10-2012

The Lovers – Romance is on your mind. Plus, you need to make some decisions real quick. Being a fence-sitter means you’re missing important opportunities.

NON SEQUITUR

Financial situation will improve considerably. A gain expected since long will come now and make you happy. Employees will be cheerful as promotion and pay hike is on the cards. Businessmen will see a drastic increase in volume of orders.

SUDUKO

Transfer and promotion on cards for employees. Colleagues and superiors will be very co-operative and a comfortable atmosphere will prevail at workplace. Businessmen will see a growth and profits will improve. Artists will get offers.

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Entertainment MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

PRESSURES OF FAME

Nelly Furtado didn’t want celeb’s life

inger Nelly Furtado says she never yearned for a celebrity’s life, but tasted the pressures that came with fame just after the release of her first single I’m like a bird. The 33-year-old, whose debut single came out in 2000, admits she felt pressure to succeed in the ‘’very crazy’’ showbiz world following the success of the track, reports contactmusic.com. ‘’I never wanted to be a celebrity. I was completely aware that when my first single went crazy, this was my big opportunity,” said Furtado. “I was a 21-year-old child who’d come from nothing and I was in this very fast, very crazy world. I was like, ‘Okay, what happens now?’ And there was a sense of, ‘Am I going to do something different with my life? What am I going to do?’,” she added. Furtado took a selfimposed six-year hiatus in 2006 after getting ‘’burnt out’’, but last year, she got her ‘’life energy’’ back after helping a four-year-old girl, who had been adopted, get an education during a visit to Kenya.

CINE BYTES

Gosling not frontrunner to play Christian Grey

t looks like Ryan Gosling isn’t the number one choice to play Christian Grey after all. Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James shot down those casting rumors, saying stories about the Drive star being the frontrunner were simply not true. The story started brewing after James’ hubby Niall Leonard told a magazine that Gosling was the No. 1 choice to star in the film.

Andrew Garfield signs up for The Amazing Spider-Man sequel

ctor Andrew Garfield is set to reunite with director Marc Webb for the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. Columbia Pictures bosses announced Friday that lead star Garfield will slip back into his red and blue bodysuit to reprise his role as Spider-Man, reports contactmusic.com.

Tom Cruise not ready to date as yet

om Cruise, who has split from Katie Holmes and is now living in London, has no new romance in his life yet and neither is he looking out for love. Cruise only enjoys going out with his friends. “When he’s in London, he’s going to be seeing his friends,” people.com quoted a source as saying. “(But) there is no mystery woman,” the source added.

sports

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

DERBY DAY

Borsalino the one to beat

S Padmanabhan’s ward Borsalino and LVR Deshmukh-trained Machiavellianism may fight for honours in The Vijay Textiles Deccan Derby, the main attraction of Tuesday’s races at Malakpet. Here’s the card with our selections. 1st Race: The SN Reddy Memorial Cup (about) ( 400 Metres, Cat-II Terms for horses 3-year-olds and upward. 12-40pm 1 Golden Palace 62 (L D’Silva) Suraj Narredu 2 Al Sarraah 61.5 (Shezad Abbas) Ch K Chary 3 Toli Toli toil 60 (RH Sequeria) P Trevor 4 Ashwa Shakti 58.5 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan 5 Kuchipudi 58.5 (Anupam Sharma) Laxmikant 6 Vijays Dhara 57.5 (Laxman Singh) PA Culhane 7 Strides Of Glory 57 (Prasad Raju) A ImranKhan 8 Suchiman 56 (Anupam Sharma) Ajit Kumar 9 Golden Rule 54.5 (L D’Silva) A Sandesh 10 Star Saloni 53 (D Netto) Deep Shanker Selections:1. Ashwa Shakti 2. GoldenRule 3. Kuchipudi

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2nd Race: The Raja Saheb Challapalli Memorial Cup (about) 1600 Metres, Cat-II A handicap for horses, 3-year-olds and upward, rated up to 75 1-15pm 1 Westminister 60 (A Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (6) 2 Price Warrior 58 (Satheesh) B Sreekant (4) 3 Always Bullish 55.5 (D Netto) Suraj Narredu (2) 4 Nano Pride 51.5 (A Vatsalya) N Rawal (3) 5 Dazzling Prince 51 (SSF Hassan) AA Asbar (1) 6 Ponte Verdi 50.5 (L D’Silva) A Sandesh (5) 7 Ring of Fire 50.5 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (7) Selections: 1. Ring of Fire 2. Always Bullish 3. Westminister 3rd Race: The Turf Authorities Cup (about) 1600 Metres, Cat-III A handicap for horses, 3-year-olds and upward, rated up to 50. 1-55pm 1 Onti Onti Onti 61.5 (RH Sequeria) Laxman 2 Speedtosucceed 61.5 (Anupam Sharma) S John 3 Nano Desire 61 (A Vatsalya) N Rawal 4 Lake King 60.6 (L D’Silva) AK Pawar 5 Major Luck 60 (Satyanarayana) S Nayak 6 Azaiba 58 (ShezadAabbas) P Trevor 7 Betty Prior 58 (Satyanaryana) Khurshad Alam 8 Great Warrior 56 (LaxmanSing) PA Culhane 9 Allendale 54.5 (L D’Silva) Kuldeep Singh 10 Vijay’s Winner 53.5 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan 11 Killer Instinct 53 53 (Laxman Singh) Deep Shanker 12 AceStar 51.5 (L D’Silva) G Sai Vamshi 13 Enrapture 49.5 (Shehzad Abbas) Ch K Chary Selections: 1. Azaiba 2. Speedtosucceed 3. Killer Instinct

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4th Race: The Nawab Sultan Ali Khan Memorial Cup (about) 1400 Metres, Cat-III A handicap for horses, 3-year-olds and upward, rated up to 50. 2-35pm 1 Audacious 61.5 (D Netto) S John (7) 2 Fighting Fit 60 (Fayaz Shaikh) Kuldeep Singh (12) 3 Custodian 59 (Satheesh) B Sreekant (15) 4 Our Mascot 59 (Shehzad Abbas) A Imran Khan (1) 5 Big Boss 58 (L D’Silva) A Sandesh (10) 6 True Scholar 58 (Sk Kassam) Ch K Chary (4) 7 CrimsonLook 57.5 (Satyanarayana) AA Asbar (2) 8 Golden Dash 57.5 (A Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (3) 9 Winjoy 57.5 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (9) 10 Prince of Arabia 56 (L D’Silva) Suraj Narredu (5) 11 Rise Of Emerald 56 (Shashuddin) N Rawal (8) 12 Hidden Power 54.5 (Narayan Rao) G Sai Vamshi (14) 13 Emerald Reef 54 (Satyanarayana) Khurshad Alam (6) 14 Rocking Racer 54 (LaxmanSingh) Deep Shanker (13) 15 Kianoosh 53 (Laxman Singh) Harinder Singh (11) Selections: 1. Audiacious 2. Rise Of Emerald 3. Our Mascot 5th Race: The Jatprole Cup (about) 1100 Metres, Cat-II A handicap for horses, 3-year-olds and upward, rated up to 75. 3-20pm 1 Rio Grande 60 (L D’Silva) AK Pawar (Narayan Rao) S Johan 2 Molecule (ex-Grand Connection) 59 3 Odalis 58 (Silvester) G Sai Vamshi 4 Confidential 56 (SK Kassam) Ch K Chary 5 Snow Bird 55.5 (Satheesh) B Sreekant

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6 Rustic Gal 54.5 (D Netto) 7 Shatakshi 54 (Silvester) 8 Elegant Approach 53.5 (Prasad Raju) 9 Marquise 52.5 (Fayaz Shaikh) 10 Win and Enjoy 52.5 (Deshmukh) 11 Metaforce 51.5 (Shehzadabbas) 12 Power Planet 51 (Satyanarayana) Selections: 1. Win and Enjoy 2. Odalis 3. Snow Bird

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6th Race: The Major General Nawab Khusu Jung Bahadur Memorial Cup (about) 1200 Metres, Cat-I A handicap for horses 3-year-olds and upward. 3-55pm 1 Guiding Light 60 (Narayan Rao) G Sai Vamshi (11) 2 Vijays Conquer 58 (Laxmansingh) PA Culhane (12) 3 Arrow in Auto Mode 57.5 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (6) 4 Proof 57 (R.H.Sequeria) P Trevor (14) 5 Days of Thunder 56 (Prasad Raju) Suraj Narredu (3) 6 Walnut Creek 55.5 (L D’Silva) Kuldeep Singh (5) 7 Aphrodisiac 54 (Shehzadabbas) Ch K Chary (9) 8 Genius Empress 53 (Fayaz Shaikh) AK Pawar (1) 9 Celtic Rose 52 (Prasad Raju) Nitin Singh (2) 10 Yakshagana 52 (Anupam Sharma) Laxmikant (4) 11 Chal Bhai chal 50.5 (D Netto) Harinder Singh (13) 12 Da Xia 50 (A Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar (7) 13 Alberton Star 49.5 (Prasad Raju) P Sai Kumar (8) 14 Anacostia 49 (L D’Silva) A Sandesh (10) Selections: 1. Proof 2. Arrow in Auto Mode 3. Aphrodisiac 7th Race: The Vijay Textiles Deccan Derby 9 Grade I 2012 (about) 2000 Metres. Terms for Indian horses, 3-year-olds only (Foaled in 2009). 4-35pm 1 Borsalino 56 (Padmanabhan) David Allan (7) 2 Flying Spur 56 (Shehzad Abbas) A ImranKhan (2) 3 Machiavelianism 56 (Deshmukh) PS Chouhan (8) 4 Oceanside 56 (L D’Silva) A Sandesh (6) 5 Plenipotent 56 (Deshmukh Ravinder Singh (4) 6 Racing Tycoon 56 (Laxman Singh) PA Culhane (1) 7 San Ramon 56 (L D’Silva)) Suraj Narredu 3) 8 Hawkspring 54.5 (Prasad Raju) N Rawal (5) 9 Winning Tactics 54.5 (Deshmukh) Withdrawn (-) Selections: 1. Borsalino 2. Machiavellianism 3. Plenipotent 8th Race: The PVG Raju Memorial Cup (about) 1200 Metres, cat-III A handicap for horses, 5-year-olds and upward, rated up to 50. 5-15pm 1 Flowers of Music 61.5 (KV Srinivasd) A Ramana 2 SunBird 61.5 (D Netto) S John 3 Victorious Sally 61.5 (SK Kassam) K Anil 4 Winning Strides 61.5 (RH Sequeria) P Trevor 5 Star Experience 61 (SK Kassam) S Nayak 6 Queen Of Court 58.5 (Narayan Rao) Kuldeep Singh 7 Rose Queen 57.5 (Laxman Singh) PA Culhane 8 Smrithiman 57.5 (Anupam Sharma) Nitin Singh 9 Tillcowscomehome 57.5 (Silvester) Laxman 10 Palace Affairs 56.5 (A Vatsalya) Ajit Kumar 11 Seno Rita 56.5 (Satyanarayana) AA Asbar 12 Royal Sword 55 (K V Srinivas) G Sai Vamshi 13 Aneres 54 (Srinivas Reddy) PS Chouhan 14 Zulu Punch 54 (A Vatsalya) N Rawal 15 Romantic Champ 52.5 (Fayaz Shaikh) AK Pawar 16 Vijetha 52 (Shehzadabbas) Ravinder singh 17 Juliet 49 (Satheesh) P Sai Kumar Selections: 1. Flowers of Music 2. Sun Bird 3. Winning Strides

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usa 131/2 Vs Europe 141/2

THE MIRACLE AT MEDINAH

Rampant Europe produced the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup history to reel in the United States and retain the trophy at Medinah Country Club on Sunday.

ALLAN KELLY Agencie France-Presse CHICAGO: Trailing by 10-6 going into the closing 12 singles, Jose Maria Olazabal's men from Europe thrillingly won the first five matches out and went on to make sure of victory when Martin Kaymer downed Steve Stricker 1 up in the penultimate match. He clinched it with a six-foot putt at the last, 21 years after his fellow German Bernard Langer missed from a similar distance to hand victory to the United States at Kiawah Island. That gave the Europeans the 14 points they needed to make sure of keeping the small, golden trophy for another two years, and then minutes later Tiger Woods missed a four-footer at 18 against Francesco Molinari to hand overall victory to Europe 14 1/2 to 13 1/2. "This is indescribable," Kaymer said. "I was so nervous in the last two or three holes. Olazabal came up to me on the 16th and told me we needed my point to win the Ryder Cup. I loved that feeling. Loved it.â&#x20AC;? Jose Maria Olazabal's outgunned team were left with the mammoth task of winning eight out of the 12 singles to put the overall match score at 14-14, thus ensuring Europe retained the cup as holders. No European side had

We're all kind of stunned. Everybody was playing so well, we just figured it didn't matter how we sent them out there. Davis Love III, US captain

Collated final scores after Sunday's singles in the 39th Ryder Cup between the United States and Europe at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago Overall Score: United States 13 1/2 Europe 14 1/2 Singles Bubba Watson (USA) lost to Luke Donald (Europe) 2 and 1 Brandt Snedeker (USA) lost to Paul Lawrie (Europe) 5 and 3 Keegan Bradley (USA) lost to Rory McIlroy (Europe) 2 and 1 Webb Simpson (USA) lost to Ian Poulter (Europe) 2-up Dustin Johnson (USA) bt Nicolas Colsaerts (Europe) 3 and 2 Phil Mickelson (USA) lost to Justin Rose (Europe) 1-up Zach Johnson (USA) bt Graeme McDowell (Europe) 2 and 1 Matt Kuchar (USA) lost to Lee Westwood (Europe) 3 and 2

ever managed to comeback from 6-10 down in the Ryder Cup and no US team had ever lost more than a two-point advantage on the final day since the competition began in 1927. By the time Woods flopped at the last, Europe had taken the singles by an unthinkable 8 1/2

All men die, but not all men leave. You made me feel alive again this week. I'm pretty sure Seve [Ballesteros] is very happy where he is. Jose Maria Olazabal, Europe captain

to 3 1/2. An emotional Olazabal paid tribute to the late Severiano Ballesteros, his great friend and Ryder Cup playing partner, who died from a brain tumour last year. "Seve will always be present with this team," he said. "He was a big factor for this event, for the European side, and

For some reason, everyone was calm. Everyone was cracking jokes. And do you know what, the boys have proved today, and made history. Ian Poulter, Team Europe

last night when we were having that meeting, I think the boys understood that believing was the most important thing, and I think they did." US skipper Davis Love said that he would not have done anything different in his tactics or selections.

I have no doubt in my mind that he [Seve] was with me today all day, because there's no chance I would have won my match if he wasn't there. Sergio Garcia, Team Europe

Jim Furyk (USA) lost to Sergio Garcia (Europe) 1-up Jason Dufner (USA) bt Peter Hanson (Europe) 2-up Steve Stricker (USA) lost to Martin Kaymer (Europe) 1-up Tiger Woods (USA) v Francesco Molinari (Europe) halved

But we believed in our hearts we could do this. Fortunately I played great today and the other guys just followed. Luke Donald, Team Europe

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TWENTY20 WORLD CUP

India, Australia win as semis race hots up

Having got the better of arch rivals Pakistan, India will also have to beat South Africa in Tuesday’s second match to remain in the hunt. KULDIP LAL Agencie France-Presse COLOMBO: India crushed arch-rivals Pakistan and Australia put on another Shane Watson show as the race to the World Twenty20 semi-finals heated up on Sunday. Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 78 off 61 balls as India, who would have been knocked out had they lost, bowled out Pakistan for 128 and then surpassed the modest target in 17 overs with eight wickets in hand. Australia also defeated South Africa by the same margin in the first match of the double-header, after Watson claimed 2-29 and smashed 70 off 47 balls to win his fourth successive man-of-the match award.

Brief scores (Ind vs Pak) Pakistan innings 128/10 (Mohammad Hafeez* 15, Shoaib Malik 28, Umar Akmal 21, IK Pathan 1/30 L Balaji 3/22, R Ashwin 2/16 Yuvraj Singh 2/16, V Kohli 1/21) India innings 129/2 (V Sehwag 29, V Kohli not out 78, Yuvraj Singh not out 19, Raza Hasan 1/22, Shahid Afridi 1/34)

Brief scores (Oz vs SA) South Africa innings 146/5 (JP Duminy 30, AB de Villiers*† 21, F Behardien 31, RJ Peterson not out 32, XJ Doherty 3/20, SR Watson 2/29) Australia innings 147/2 (SR Watson 70, MEK Hussey not out 45, CL White not out 21, M Morkel 1/23, RJ Peterson 1/41)

Virender Sehwag executes a shot in the match at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.

Australia restricted the Proteas to 146-5 and won by the 18th over to record their second win in a row in group two, but will still need to beat Pakistan on Tuesday to make the semi-finals. Australia lead the group with four points, India and Pakistan have two each, while South Africa have lost both matches so far. A sell-out crowd of 35,000 at the Premadasa stadium, including Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, saw India continue their stranglehold on Pakistan in major world meets.

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Pakistan have never beaten India in either the 50-over World Cup or the World Twenty20, in which they contested a thrilling final in 2007. India lost Gautam Gambhir off the second ball of the innings, offering a tame return catch to 20-year-old left-arm spinner Raza Hasan, but Kohli and Virender Sehwag denied Pakistan another immediate break. Kohli put on 74 for the second wicket with Sehwag and 54 for the unbroken third with cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh, who

followed his two wickets and a run out in Pakistan’s innings with 19 not out. The impressive win was set up by the bowlers as seamer Lakshmipathy Balaji claimed three wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took two to leave Pakistan in tatters after they elected to bat. Shoaib Malik top-scored with 28, but only one other batsman managed to touch 20 in the face of steady bowling by the Indians. “We did not think too far ahead,” said Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. “I always felt that if you are desperate for a win you put more pressure on yourself.” Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez praised Kohli’s matchwinning innings on what he said was a difficult pitch to bat on. “Kohli was excellent,” said Hafeez.

Kohli taking responsibilities: Dhoni COLOMBO: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni lauded Virat Kohli (right) for leading the team to a eight-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in a crucial Super Eights match of the World Tweny20 at the Premedasa Stadium here on Sunday. Kohli struck 78 off 61 balls as India achieved the target of 129 losing two wickets and 18 balls to spare. The win helped India maintain an all-win record over their neighbours in a World Cup.

Dhoni said the team was relaxed ahead of the high-voltage clash. “The players looked relaxed, we knew there was something in store. It’s good that Kohli is taking the responsibility, Viru batted well, though we lost Gambhir early. I always felt that if you are desperate for a win you put more pressure on yourself. We didn’t think too far ahead of ourselves. Thanks to the crowd for showing up,” he said. Man of the Match Kohli said the

idea was to stay calm. “The key is to stay as calm as possible. In the last game I thought a bit too much. The idea it to play 10-15 overs and the team benefits from it. It’s a slow wicket but better under lights. God has been kind,” he said. Pakistan captain Mohammed Hafeez said lack of partnerships did the team in. “We just didn’t get the partnerships. It was a difficult pitch,” he said. IANS

Briton arrested over ticket theft COLOMBO: A British man was arrested in Colombo on Sunday on a charge of stealing 100 tickets for the World Twenty20 match between hosts Sri Lanka and defending champions England, police said. The 54-year-old man identified as Caesar Antonio Buller from Manchester was taken into custody at a ticket booth in the capital after sales staff alerted the police, an official said. “He had gone up in the queue for tickets and somehow pocketed the ticket books that were on a counter,” police spokesman Ajith Rohana told AFP. “We found four ticket books in his possession.” He said each book had 25 tickets for Monday’s game. Some were priced at `250 ($1.9) and the others were `750 ($5.7) each. Rohana said the British national had also in his possession three other tickets which he may have purchased at the same ticket sales unit. “We will take him before a magistrate tomorrow and take further legal action,” Rohana said. It was the first case of ticket theft for the Twenty20 tournament. AFP

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RONALDO HAT-TRICK KEEPS REAL IN THE HUNT Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid kept on the trail of leaders Barcelona with a 5-1 rout of Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday. The visitors took a shock lead after 15 minutes through Riki but Madrid quickly bounced back.

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Barça keep eye on Europe Coach Tito Vilanova feels the European game is at least as important as the El Clasico. LISBON: Barcelona prepare for their Champions League clash away to Benfica on Tuesday with one eye on the El Clasico next weekend but coach Tito Vilanova feels the European game is at least as important. When Vilanova took over the helm from Pep Guardiola in the summer his target was not just to bring La Liga title back to Camp Nou but also the European crown which they have won twice in the last four years. Barcelona could not have started better in La Liga with six straight wins while they also made a victorious start to their European campaign with a tight 3-2 win over Spartak Moscow in their Group G

Evra wants the killer instinct back Evra warns Man United stars to turn up in ‘vampire country’. CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA: Patrice Evra has warned Manchester United’s stars to rediscover their killer instinct or risk humiliation in Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Romanian minnows CFR Cluj. United travel to Transylvania, the supposedly vampire-filled setting of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, for their second Group H fixture on the back of a disappointing 3-2 home defeat against Tottenham on Saturday that left them four points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea. “The game is 90 minutes long and we deserved to lose because we only played for 45. To concede three goals at Old Trafford is not good enough,” Evra said. “I hope it was just an accident and we can get back the winning mentality.” United were knocked out at the group stage of the Champions League last season after underestimating supposedly inferior opponents. Cluj shocked Braga with a 2-0 win in their opening group fixture.

Tuesday’s Champions League fixtures Group E Nordsjaelland (DEN) v Chelsea (ENG) Juventus (ITA) v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) Group F Valencia (ESP) v Lille (FRA) BATE Borisov (BLR) v Bayern Munich (GER) Group G Spartak Moscow (RUS) v Celtic (SCO) (1600) Benfica (POR) v Barcelona (ESP) Group H Cluj (ROM) v Manchester United (ENG) Galatasaray (TUR) v Braga (POR)

Torres needs no rest

The Chelsea striker says there is no need for him to be rested for the trip to FC Nordsjaelland on Tuesday. TOM WILLIAMS Agencie France-Presse COPENHAGEN: Chelsea striker Fernando Torres says there is no need for him to be rested for the European champions’ trip to Champions League newcomers FC Nordsjaelland on Tuesday. The Spain international scored the opening goal as Chelsea won 2-1 at London rivals Arsenal on Saturday to galvanise their grip on top spot in the Premier League. With injuries having restricted Daniel Sturridge to just four substitute appearances this season and Didier Drogba having left the club in the summer, Torres has had to shoulder the goalscoring burden alone. The former Liverpool man is the only player to have started every one of the club’s games this season, but he told Chelsea TV that he has enough gas for the trip to Denmark. “I’ve been resting last season too many games, so I’m fresh now,” said the 28-year-old, who has scored five goals in 10 appearances this season. “I’m feeling good and now we have a very important game against a great team. It’s an important game for us in the Champions League because we didn’t start with the three points.” Chelsea began their Group E

campaign with a 2-2 draw at home to Italian champions Juventus, a game in which Brazilian starlet Oscar announced his arrival at Stamford Bridge with a brace of goals. The London club, who are bidding to become the first side to successfully defend a Champions League title, will expect to take all three points from Tuesday’s game. However, they failed to win any of their away games in the group phase last season and coach Roberto Di Matteo knows that their opponents will be extremely motivated. “It is their first home game in the Champions League and any away game is difficult,” the Italian said. “Ideally now, we need to win.” Sturridge has missed Chelsea’s last four games with a hamstring problem but if judged fit, he could come into the starting XI at the expense of Torres.

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