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This ton of luck is something to crow about Bird-lovers attribute this belief to a calculated commercial move to cash in on the gullible here for a price ranging between liked by people and cannot be for my new home in Jubliee Hills. `80 and `150. These birds are tamed. However, from the last one After coming here I came to know What’s true? FAITH caught with the help of nets and decade I have started keeping that if you set a crow free it will
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ired of using horseshoes, amulets, rings or Feng Shui? Hyderabadis now have a somewhat fresh but odd remedy for those running out of luck — setting a raven free from captivity! It’s one of the many crowded lanes in the Old City, obscurely called Murgi Chowk where you can get this ravens. “On an average we get a couple of dozen people from the City and neigbhouring districts seeking this short-cut to luck and wellbeing. People come here and buy crows and set them free. It is believed this action
t’s not written in any of the Vedas or Holy Book that setting a bird free can bring good luck and wealth to you. It’s just a matter of faith and followed only by Hyderabadis. But people do believe in this. Any problems related to health, marital discord or conflicts, whatever be the difficulty, setting a crow free helps in tough times,” claims Ravi Prasad, a priest at Kanaka Durga Temple, Mangalhat. brings good luck to the person and wealth to home,” says Md Mansoor, a bird seller in Murgi Chowk. Crows are sold in many shops
are kept in cages. However, bird lovers in the City are flabbergasted at the way the birds are kept. “The birds are kept in cages for days together and they end up very weak. When they are finally released they can barely fly. Many of them die when they are released. The ones that survive are invariably captured by the traders and caged again and the whole cycle repeats,” said, Mahesh Agarwal, general secretarty, Sahyog Organisation. But crow-traders are making money and would not buy this argument. “Earlier, I used to sell sparrows and parrots. I never sold crows as they are not generally
hundreds of crows for sale at the shop and fortunately the response is good,” says Mansoor. “I came here with the aim of buying some exotic birds
bring good luck and wealth to you and I could not resist from buying one myself,” said Vimal Rathi, a businessman. It is a trade that has been going on for nearly a century in Hyderabad and it continues to flourish. And authorities claim they are handicapped. Birds are caught by the dozen while they are still chicks and are transported over long distances in pathetic conditions. For every 10 birds that reach the market, eight die. Unfortunately, neither the government nor the NGOs can say who feed them to the market.
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Collaborators My Theatre Cafe and Shabadakaar present Collaborators, it is a play that looks at the vapid lives that unfold in the drawing rooms of the privileged. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills When: February 10, 7:30pm Contact: (040) 9642731329
Urban Decay An International photography exhibition titled Urban Decay is being held at Ravi Art Studio. It portrays the negative influence of urbanisation on nature. Where: Ravi Studios, Somajiguda When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 23392471
International Pizza Festival. Where: News Cafe, Inorbit Mall, Hitech City When: Ongoing, 12.30pm Contact: (040) 64603341
A suitable lunch Syn presents three lunch offers to suit your needs. There is a lunch for those in a hurry, a lunch for the calorie conscious and a lunch for those who are planning a reunion with pals. Where: Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills When: Everyday, 12pm onwards Contact: (040) 66663939
Numaish A childhood favourite of every Hyderabadi, The All India Industrial Exhibition is on. Where: Exhibition Grounds, Nampally When: Ongoing
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A pictoral essay depicting the city of Hyderabad between the years of 1975 and 2011 is on display at Salarjung Museum. Where: Ravi Studios, Somajiguda When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 23392471
Where: Iconart, Banjara Hills When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: 9849968797
Anniversary celebrations B&C is celebrating it’s 9th Anniversary. The celebrations are on from Feb 9 to Feb 14. Where: B&C, Begumpet When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 27766464
Cognac and Cigar The Seasons Bar opens up again as a Cigar and Cognac lounge with a wide selection of cognac, rare whiskies, single malts and cigars. Where: Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills When: Ongoing, 7pm Contact: (040) 66662323
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Enjoy winter evenings with martinis and crooner Kelly. Where: Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills When: Every Evening Contact: (040) 66662323
For those looking for great food but don’t have the time for a leisurely meal head to Prego at the Westin for a quick 45-min Where: Prego, Westin , Madhapur When: Ongoing, 7pm onwards Contact: (040) 64566692
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This is a fusion concertcomprising of John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, U. Srinivas , Shankar Mahadevan and V. Selvaganesh. Where: Chowmahalla Palace, Charminar When: February 10, 8pm Contact: (040) 24522032
Nautanki Galli offers its expansive lunch buffet. Where: Nautanki Galli, Madhapur When: Everyday, 12:30 pm onwards Contact: 7893010000
It’s a musical journey featuring various forms such as Folk, Smooth Jazz, the blues, reggae, soft rock & more. Dine leisurely, savour the spirit of your choice or come and just fall in love! Where: Synn Grill & Bar,
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Failure to deliver Conmen ‘polish’ off 14 tolas of gold male heir costs T woman her life Postnoon News
wo men managed to sweat talk women to part with their ornaments for polishing and escaped with the booty. In all in three separate incidents, households lost 14 tolas of gold, police said. The duo approached Pushpita Som in Nallakunta area with a
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n a crime most heinous that exposes crass ignorance in masses about basic facts of life, a man burnt his wife alive for delivering only girls. He has been arrested. Shahana was barely 19 when she was given in marriage to Qamaruddin, 25, a carpenter. He lived with his mother at Ziaguda under the Kulsumpura police station limits. In 10 years the couple had six children. The woman was not only made to deliver almost every year she was also mentally and physically tortured by Qamaruddin and his mother for delivering only girls. Describing the cruelty meted out on a hapless woman, Inspector Kiran Kumar of Kulsumpura police station said she was accused of being wicked, and lately, Qamaruddin used to come drunk at night and start abusing and beating his wife in front of the kids and mother. Qamaruddin’s mother was hand in glove with her son in blaming Shahana, police said. Two weeks ago Qamaruddin came drunk and as usual picked up a quarrel with Shahana and after a while, he dragged her
to the room and in front of the wailing daughter Zoha, 9, he poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze. The horrified kid ran out shrieking for help. When neighbours came out and enquired what was going on, Qamaruddin coolly said, “Mein usko mar ja bolke darwaja bandh kar diya” (I told her to die and locked the door). It was the neighbours who broke open the door and conveyed her to hospital but the woman had been burnt so badly that she could not be saved. More tragic, she suffered hell for one week before dying on Tuesday. Fearing arrests, Qamaruddin’s mother who accompanied her daughterin-law fled. Syed Ali, father of Shahana, was inconsolable. When Postnoon met the man, he was still unable to speak coherently, saying he will die soon of his sin of not saving his daughter. Shahan’s brother Syed Wajid told this reporter that she was being tortured for the past three years. “But what can we do? They already have six children and we have been feeding the kids though we are poor. We were praying for good sense in that man.” Meanwhile people in Ziaguda are so enraged that they are demanding capital punishment for the man and his mother.
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ristotle claimed that the male principle was the driver behind sex determination, such that if the male principle was insufficiently expressed during reproduction, the foetus would develop as a female. In contrast, modern genetics has developed a view on sex determination in which no one single factor is responsible for determining sex; a number of pro-male, antimale and pro-female genes being responsible, though the largest factor is whether the male's gamete carries an x or y chromosome.
claim that they are famed gold polishers now doing door-to-door service. The gold box was given to them and after polishing they ‘properly’ closed the box and returned. Within a few minutes the two were gone and she found half the ornaments missing. Another two incidents took place at Vayu Nagar New Bowenpally where two men posing
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as ‘great polishers’ cheated Kalyani and Ratnamala. By the description given by the victims of cheating, the offenders seem to be the same gang, police said. They talked in Hindi and are well-built, police were told. But, nobody has noted down the license number of the bike. The police have registered the complaints and have begun investigations.
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Transco admits results folly
Fundraiser premiere runs Ten special counters to be assigned for students to get their marks checked and reviewed. houseful shows pointed. I will definitely get my Postnoon News marks rechecked,” exclaimed EDUCATION Naresh. he act of giving charity holds Osama Salman salman.o@postnoon.com
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tudents were in a fix when the recruitment examination results of Transmission Corpo ration of Andhra Pradesh (AP Transco) were declared online on Wednesday night. There was an error of marks while sorting the results due to which students questioned the correction process of the exam and pointed fingers at AP Transco. Conducted by Osmania University on January 29, the Assistant Engineering (AE) recruitment exam proposed to fill 225 AE Electrical and 25 AE Telecom vacancies in the company, the results of 40,285 students went haywire due to “technical errors”. Ajay Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of AP Transco, addressing media on Thursday, said that the responsibility of declaring the results was given to Centre for Good
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Governance (CGG). “As the results file was too big to be uploaded on the website as a single file, we divided the file into two. When the second file was being uploaded, that is when the goof-up happened. The marks got jumbled up. We uploaded the corrected results soon after,” said Jain. Naresh Maddineni (Roll no
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udheer Babu, Regina starrer SMS is a quirky love story about two people who can’t stand each other. Directed by Tatineni Satya, the film is a remake of a Tamil movie of the same name. Sudheer stars as Shiva, a courier delivery boy, who meets Shruti (Regina) during a train journey. He tries to impress her and in turn Shruti misleads him saying that she is an air hostess. When both of them realise the truth, it becomes difficult for them to stand each other. A series of encounters follow and they end up falling in and out of love. Sudheer Babu makes a confident debut. His mannerisms are
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120110), a candidate who appeared for the examination, recalls his ordeal. “When the results were declared online, I was ecstatic to know that I scored 78 in the exam. However, my happiness was short lived. When I went online again in the morning, my marks had reduced to just 25. I was shocked and disap-
On the other hand, AP Transco said that in case students are in doubt about the authenticity of their results, they will display the original marks sheet from February 15 to 25 at their office in Vidyut Saudha. Every day, 4,000 students can come and get their marks checked and reviewed from 10 special counters that will be set up here. “We don’t want the candidates to have an iota of doubt as we want to maintain transparency. All the 40,000 candidates can come and get their marks checked over the course of 10 days. We will extend the dates if required. We want to prove that we are right and that we have nothing to hide,” said Ajay Jain. “We will take strict disciplinary action, if found that the mistake is deliberate. We will only start recruitment once an enquiry is done,” he assured.
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different meaning for different people. While some believe it may grant them redemption of some sort, others view it as their responsibility. To cash in on the benevolent, Krpaa Foundation decided to raise funds for their next project ‘Educate and Liberate’ by hosting the premiere of Ek Main Aur EkkTu at Inox, GVK Mall at Banjara Hills. The tickets were priced at `1000. The event proved to be a grand success with two houseful shows. Karpov Foundation’s new venture, Educate and Liberate, adopts schools and helps them with new and accessible learning opportunities for the underprivileged children who study there. “I think it was a good way to raise funds. People love going to the movies and spend at least `400-500 on popcorn and drinks. You may as well spend some more and help out for a good cause,” opined Nakul Gupta, who was there to watch the premiere.
SMS is good fun! Movie: SMS Cast: Sudheer Babu, Regina Music Director: Selva Ganesh Director: Tatineni Satya Rating: good in his mass role and his dance and fight sequences are quite impressive. However, his dubbing could have been a lot better. On the other hand, Regina brightens up the screen with her energy. She’s completely at ease in her role as Shruti. There are plenty of scenes in the film where both of them are at each other’s throats.
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he budget for legal fee in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has gone up by over 150 per cent in the last two years. This is a phenomenal increase by any measure. The amount which stood at `43.42 lakh during 2010-11 fiscal have now reached to `1.15 crore in the budget estimates of upcoming fiscal for 2012-13. The reason for this is the increase and accumulation of number cases against the corporation in recent times. The corporation currently has a total of 400 cases pending in various courts of Hyderabad including High Court. According to officials of the corporation, most of these cases pertain to building permissions and building constructions. The town planning department of the corporation deals with the responsibilities of supervision, permission and rejection of application related to building constructions. Additional commissioner (Administration and Legal) P Sai Kumar told Postnoon that most of these cases involved litigation on status of buildings viz-a-viz irregularities and deviations. Apart from these cases, the corporation also received notices from various courts viz. civil and criminal courts and statutory bodies like Lokayukta on various issues on a regular basis. The officials of the corporation are saying that increase in the number of cases forced the corporation to spend an increased amount towards payment of legal fee in the budget estimates. In the coming days, the number of cases are likely to go up as the corporation is planning to crack the whip on property tax defaulters by undertaking proper assessment of under assessed and unassessed properties to increase its income and reach its target.
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Liquor scam to rock the budget session POLITICS U Srinivas srinivas.u@postnoon.com
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he Telugu Desam Party is gearing up to grill the Congress government in the upcoming budget session of the Assembly with a slew of issues including liquor scam, scrapping of Polavaram tenders, sand quarrying scam and the ongoing CBI cases. The alleged involvement of the minister for Excise Mopidevi Venkatramana and his son in the liquor syndicates scam, the intraparty dissidence is also likely to put Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in a tight spot. Senior TDP leader Erabelli Dayakar Rao said that TDP would not allow the government to shirk responsibility. The scams of liquor, mining, villas and land allotments would rock the House in the session, he
said. The budget session will commence on February 13 with the customary address of the joint session of the Assembly and the Council by the Governor. BJP legislator E Lakshminarayna said that they would not spare the government on issues. Corruption will be highlighted. His party would press for a resolution on separate Telangana. The Kiran Kumar Reddy government is presenting the budget when the State is passing through a severe financial crisis owing to agitations. TRS leader Harish Rao said that the government would have to face the ire of their MLAs and they would press for a resolution. The government will have to explain various scams. Meanwhile speaker N Manohar is yet to take a decision on axing the 17 MLAs who defied the ruling party’s whip during the no-confidence motion. He may take a decision before the commencement of House.
IN OTHER NEWS CBI raids Aurobindo Pharma premises CBI sleuths are conducting a search on the premises of Aurobindo Pharma, at some of its factories and other facilities. The teams are conducting the searches at Polepally SEZ, and in Jeedimetla and Bachupalli. It may be recalled that the company representatives were questioned in cases against YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Incidentally, the company’s board is slated to meet on Friday for its third quarter results.
CM hosts breakfast for government whips CM Kiran Kumar Reddy hosted a breakfast for the newly appointed government chief whip and whips at his residence on Friday. Chief whip Gandra Venkataramana Reddy and whips; Anil, T Jayaprakash Reddy, Dronamraju Srinivas, Arepalli Mohan, Perni Nani and Rudraraju Padma Raju, are perceived to be his ‘own team’ of legislators.
Ambedkar statue defiled In yet another incident, miscreants desecrated the Ambedkar statue at Katrenikona village in Amalapuram. Dalit organisations and local leaders launched a dharna at Mavullamma temple in protest against the series of incidents in which Ambedkar statues were defiled. The police deployed forces as precaution.
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t is a classic case of how our elected representatives treat the platform — Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation — to debate on public grievances and address them. The Thursday’s ninth special general body meeting to approve the budget of the corporation stood as a classic example of this. Barring six Majlis MLAs, one nominated MLA of Anglo-Indian community and two MLCs, most of the MPs, MLAs and MLCs belonging to various political parties were conspicuous by their absence. The list also include two cabinet ministers from Hyderabad — Labour minister D Nagender and Marketing and Warehousing minister M Mukesh Goud — among the absentees. Apart from 155 corporators including five members, GHMC consists of a total of 63 ex-officio members bringing the total number of members to 218 in the council. TDP floor leader Singireddy Srinivas Reddy, while criticising the absence of Cabinet ministers and MPs, asked the Mayor to postpone the meeting and reconvene in their presence. Speaking to Postnoon the TDP floor leader alleged that the leaders had scant regard for the residents of GHMC and it was evident from their attitude. “The Ministers, MPs and MLAs should have attended the meeting. If they had come, they would have known the problems being faced by their own residents,” he said. Senior Congress MLC MS Prabhakar, who was present, said that since the agenda was confined to budget approval and not public problems, many of the MLAs and MPs could not attend the meeting.
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he AP High Court SC, ST and BC Advocates Welfare Association wants ‘social balance’ in judiciary. The Association’s President Bojja Tharakam said that the AP High Court presently has 32 judges. and 17 posts are still vacant. In a memorandum to the High Court, Chief Justice Madan Bimarao Lokur said that they demanded the recommendation of 3 BC, 3 SC and 2 ST candidates for appointment as judges. They also plan to meet the President and Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
ignana Jyothi Institute, a premier management institution of Hyderabad organized a two- day intercollege national annual debate competition on Thursday. Some 30odd colleges from Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Chennai and various parts of Andhra Pradesh participated in the event. Students from across the streams such as management, engineering, and law participated in the event. Ravi V and Sowmya J from Bhavan’s College were awarded the first prize and a cash prize of `20,000. Raghunandan Gunnala and Jaspreet Singh from Pendekanti Law College were the first runnersup and won a cash prize of `15,000. The Institute has been organising the event since the last two years in the memory of Peter F Drucker, a management guru. “We want to cultivate the habit of debating. The culture of public speaking is vanishing,” says Ramesh A, senior assistant professor. Professors in the college are of the opinion that communication today has changed from verbal to keyboard. Everything has become virtual. “Today, face-to-face communication is very important. Management is all about communicating and making the others agree with our ideas and we want to inculcate this in our students. Management is also about organis
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ing thought, presenting them in such a way that you convince people and the moment you convince, you’re successful. Events like these go a long way to improve one’s communication,” says Kali Charan, assistant professor.
Massive efforts Students of the institute have been working hard for the gala event since November. It took two-and-ahalf months of hard work. “It’s a complete student-based event. Everything from designing posters to reaching out to other colleges was done by them. It was a great platform to gain first-hand experi-
Management is also about organising thought and presenting them in such a way that you convince people. The moment you convince, you will be successful.
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henever we see him we do an automatic rewind to check if we have our drivers license and RC on us. Well, he is after all the traffic constable and has all the rights to pull you up and check if you are equipped to drive. Pandari has been a traffic constable since the past four years. He agrees that he has one of the most challenging jobs, what with controlling the City’s horrible traffic and being constantly exposed to pollution. He also needs to carry out checks on
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vehicles and drivers at least thrice a day and it’s not a pretty job to deal with the City’s rude citizens. So why exactly did he take up this job? He says the pull of being a government employee attracted him to become a traffic police and he never had childhood ambitions of becoming one. The best part is that in one year’s time he will be shuffled to the Law and Order department. Pandari says that his family is proud that he’s a policeman but unhappy he’s with the traffic department.
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alentine’s Day is around the corner and every couple looks forward to go to someplace special where they can enjoy the time together. They might want to go to a good restaurant where they can share a romantic meal together or bar to enjoy some drinks. But many couples are clueless when it comes to deciding where to go on this special day. Postnoon suggests some interesting places to go to. The City restaurants are all geared up for the Valentine’s day and have created special menus and offers for the day of ‘love’. There is nothing sweeter than having a candle-lit dinner under the stars and savouring a sumptuous buffet along with mocktails and the best desserts are available at Sweet Nirvana (`650+taxes per person). If you fancy a dinner by the poolside, enjoying the breezy night accompanied by guitar melodies then Taj Deccan is the place to head (`10000, inclusive of bottle of wine). If your partner
Kali Charan, assistant professor, Vignana Jyothi ence with an event of this magnitude,” said Kali. The event had various topics for debate. The final topic was on whether youth should join politics or not. The finalist believed that “The society needs a bigger revolution and it is time youths became part of the revolution. Even with the Anna Hazare protests, it was the youth that lent energy to the movement,” says Jaspreet Singh, a law student.
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4 DAYS TO GO and you are in the mood to dig into a proper American fare then TGIF has a huge spread planned. Those going for the Valentine menu can also get their photographs clicked and presented in a frame! (`799+ taxes). Syn Asian Grill and Bar is also an excellent choice as they can relax with their pearl martinis with DJ Knittin’s retro music playing in the background ( `5000 for couple, inclusive of bottle of a wine). If your looking for something less expensive you can go to Urban Asia for their delectable Chinese cuisine or Via Milano for their lip smacking Italian spread. To dance the night away, Kismet is the place to be as they have DJ Jay playing the most romantic songs to celebrate love. Not every couple would want spend Valentine’s Day in a restaurant. For adventurous duos the perfect option would be trekking together or going for speed boat rides on Tank Bund from Lumbini Park. Go Karting at Runway 9 or at Shamshabad Airport is also a good idea. Spending the weekend at resorts like Alankrita and Pragathi is quite ideal. So all you couples out there, don’t spend this Valentine’s Day cooped up at home. Go out and make most of your time together.
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NEW DELHI: In an embarrassment to the Congress during the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission on Thursday censured law minister Salman Khurshid for his 9 per cent job quota promise to minorities and said that as a minister he had the responsibility of ensuring the model code of conduct in “letter and spirit”.
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In its 15-page order, the commission said that Khurshid had violated the code of conduct by making a promise of 9 per cent quota from within the 27 per cent quota for OBCs and rejected his argument that there was no appeal or intent to secure votes on the basis of religion, caste or creed. “The Commission, therefore, expresses its deep anguish and disappointment... the commission has come to the conclusion that the respondent made a promise to a targeted group of the electorate. In its indictment of Khurshid, the commission also rejected his party’s contention that the promise was made by Khurshid not as a minister but as a Congress leader. IANS
UP polls semi-finals: Bedi VARANASI: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Thursday said the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are the “semi-final” for Jan Lokpal Bill, whose “final” will the general elections of 2014. India Against Corruption and Team Anna members began their state tour on February 2, asking people to vote for “honest candidates and responsible candidates.” “People need to decide
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whether they want a strong Jan Lokpal Bill or a government that encourages corruption. The UP elections are semi-final for the Bill and the final would follow after one and a half years,” Bedi told a gathering here. Manoj Sisodiya said none of the political parties were worried about corruption. “Congress yuvraj Rahul Gandhi is not concerned about the state being looted,” Sisodiya claimed. PTI
Team Anna members during their rally at Beniabegh in Varanasi on Thursday. PTI
Gadkari rules out poll alliance in UP
Arms, cash seized from BSP leader
BHOPAL: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said his party would not enter into a post-poll alliance with BSP or SP in Uttar Pradesh if it does not get majority on its own. “There is no question of any alliance taking place with either of these two parties,” he said. Meanwhile, Gadkari, said that Uma Bharti was doing “good work” in Uttar Pradesh. Responding to queries on farmers’ suicides, he said it was due to “wrong” policies being pursued by the Centre. PTI
BASTI: Cash totalling `20.75 lakh and weapons were recovered by the police from the house of BSP leader Kitabullah in Gayghat locality under Kalwan police station on Tuesday. Superintendent of police BK Singh said that two pistols, four country-made revolvers, one single barrel gun, one air rifle and some cartridges had been recovered. Kitabullah, his son and four women have been arrested. PTI
Japanese residents of India rehearse ‘Chado’, a traditional tea ceremony practiced in Japanese culture, in preparation for the forthcoming Japanese Festival in Bangalore on Thursday. PTI
Boy dies imitating TV suicide scene NEW DELHI: A 12-year-old boy died here when he reportedly tried to imitate a suicide scene police said on Thursday. The Class V student of a Sarvodaya school, Suhail, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his Jafrabad home in East Delhi on Tuesday. The incident took place when the boy’s parents had gone out. The boy was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where he was declared dead. He was the only child. “A few days ago Suhail had watched a suicide scene in a movie on TV. Curious, he had asked his mother questions about suicide. However, she scolded him,” said a police officer. “After that, Suhail started remaining quiet and upset. In my wildest dreams, I cannot imagine that he would commit suicide,” said a police official quoting Salim. “She scolded him. It is possible that while imitating the act , he accidentally hung himself,” said a police officer. IANS
Mum flings newborn from moving vehicle DUNGARPUR: Upset over the birth of a girl, a woman flung the baby out of an ambulance in Rajasthan when she was being taken to her house from a health centre after delivery, police said on Thursday. The baby survived and is stable. The woman, identified as Madhu, delivered a baby girl Wednesday at a primary health centre in Aspur village of Dungarpur district, some 550km from Jaipur. “An ambulance was taking her and the new-born child to her house in Talera village on Wednesday evening when she threw the baby out of the window at a turn when the vehicle slowed down. The baby landed in some bushes but survived,” said a police officer. Some villagers spotted the child and informed the health centre. “The information was forwarded to the same ambulance,” said the officer.
The ambulance staff picked up the baby and brought her to the primary health centre, where doctors realised that she could be Madhu’s daughter. “Madhu’s husband was contacted on Thursday morning and he confirmed that the baby was his daughter,” said the officer. The police said they are yet to file a case against the mother. “Statements of the couple, health centre, ambulance staff and villagers who spotted the baby are being taken,” the officer said. IANS
Vigilance raids DMK minister’s houses CHENNAI: Vigilance officials today conducted raids at premises belonging to former DMK minister KR Periyakaruppan across Tamil Nadu in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The raids by Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption were in progress in Chennai and Sivaganga districts, DVAC sources said. A Sivaganga report said vigi-
lance officials raided the houses and office premises of the former minister and his close relatives there. Periyakaruppan, former Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister, is the latest among several DMK leaders and former ministers besides MLAs to face police and DVAC action either on land grab charges or allegations of disproportionate assets after the
AIADMK government came to power in April last year. After coming to power Jayalalithaa has been actively pursuing land grabbing allegations against the former ministers and their relatives. DVAC had earlier conducted raids at the houses of nine former DMK Ministers, J Anbazhagan, MLA and former legislator B Ranganathan. PTI
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Used in personal vendettas or business disputes, acid attacks have become an increasingly common way over the past decade of settling scores in Uganda
THE SCARS OF LIFE Max Delaney
KAMPALA: Outside the burns ward of Kampala’s Mulago hospital, Darlison Kobusingye gingerly adjusts the headscarf she uses to cover the worst of the scars patterning the right side of her face. She’s one of the latest victims of a spike in acid attacks in Uganda, where criminals have turned to the cheap liquid as a cruel means of attack for punishment or for revenge. Her husband Joseph, a local councillor, lies inside the packed ward, swathed in bandages and barely able to move for the pain, as he struggles to recover after being attacked along with his wife last month. “We were sitting outside the small shop we own in our village when an attacker threw acid
over us and then disappeared,” says Kobusingye, 24. Used in personal vendettas or business disputes, acid attacks have become an increasingly common way over the past decade of settling scores in Uganda. Doctors at Mulago said the number of cases more than doubled in the December holiday period, and local media reported over 40 attack victims had been admitted to hospitals in Kampala. “Every festive season we see an increase in the number of victims we receive,” says Robert Ssentongo, a senior plastic surgeon at Mulago hospital, where some victims require extensive surgery, placing additional burdens on already-stretched medical resources. Although police are yet to arrest anyone, Kobusingye said she suspects her husband’s ex-wife was behind the attack. “We had read about these sort of attacks before in the newspapers but we had never experienced anything like it in our village,” said Kobusingye, a mother of one. Sociologists suggest the growth in such attacks could be due to a collapse of trust in the police or legal system to handle disputes, along with a wider breakdown of traditional family structures as people flock to the cities.
“The shift away from traditional values and the inadequacies in the country’s institutions is affecting the way people respond to the problems and disputes,” said Peter Atekyezera, a sociology professor at Kampala’s Makerere University. The acid used in attacks is often readily available at places like petrol stations, including that used in car batteries. The impact of an attack on the victims’ lives is immense, said Prudence Komujinya, a co-founder of the Acid Survivors Foundation Uganda. “It is really, really challenging physically, socially, economically and psychologically, as survivors with disfigurements are often stigmatised by society,” said Komujinya, herself a survivor of an acid attack. While police and the judiciary had grown better at dealing with acid attack cases, calls for new laws to restrict access to potentially harmful chemicals have not produced results, she said. As for the victims now battling for survival in the burns ward of Mulago hospital, Komujinya said that even with the support of families and friends they will face a long struggle to rebuild their lives. “It is a long journey to try and recover,” she said. “A lifetime journey.”
Gay Africa heads underground for safety Juliette Michel
NAIROBI: Until a new antihomosexuality bill caused a wave of homophobia in Uganda, John and Paul could hold hands in the streets of the capital Kampala and kiss in night clubs. Then the nightmare started — people began insulting and then assaulting them, and then they had to run away to Kenya. The couple have been in Nairobi since May of last year. Like other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, they came to this urban jungle seeking anonymity, explained the official running a programme that looks after these refugees. His organisation, which last year alone looked after 67 LGBT cases in Kenya, did not want to be
named for fear of endangering its refugees. Some have fled a strict application of Islamic law in Somalia, others are running from general sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and yet others have fled a climate of growing hostility elsewhere in east Africa. But worse was to come. A screaming tabloid headline encouraged its readers to “hang” homosexuals and in October 2010 published the names, photos and addresses of more than 20 gays, including those of the couple. “People started disappearing,” said John, who was beaten up several times. Then Paul was attacked. “I was watching a film when I
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heard a lot of noise,” said the well-built 24-year-old. “People had broken into my place, armed with stones, sticks and machetes.” Paul owes his life to the intervention of the police, who however immediately jailed him. “I was physically abused, beaten, bleeding from everywhere,” he recounted with difficulty. LGBT refugees are in a particularly difficult position, said the official from the programme that helps them. They cannot return home where their lives are in danger. Nor can they settle in Kenya, where refugees are not allowed to work and where homosexuality is also illegal. The only solution is often to head to a third country.
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Beyond Borders
Forces launch new attacks
GLOBE AT A GLANCE 14 dead in Peru floods due to torrential rains
DAMASCUS: Regime forces launched a new blitz on the Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, killing more than 50 people, activists said, as the UN weighed a joint mission with the Arab League to end the violence. Shelling erupted at daybreak, killing 53 civilians in the besieged central city and burning several bodies beyond recognition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Troops trying to crush opponents of President Bashar alAssad have killed at least 400 people in a relentless six-day onslaught on Homs, opposition activists say. “The shells are raining down on us and regime forces are using heavy artillery,” said Ali Hazuri, a doctor in the Baba Amr district reached by telephone from Beirut. Omar Shaker, an activist in Baba Amr also reached by phone, added that residents were hiding on ground floors as there were no underground shelters.
LIMA: At least 14 people died in floods triggered by torrential rains in Peru, authorities said. Heavy rains battered the country for the past two days. Thousands of people were left homeless, officials said Thursday. The San Martin province has been the hardest hit. Rains have caused rivers to overflow. Transportation links to many towns in the country’s 22 provinces were cut off.
A house which is damaged after alleged shelling by government forces in Homs, Syria. “When you venture outside, you can see craters every 10 metres,” he said. US President Barack Obama decried the “outrageous bloodshed,” while British Prime Minister David Cameron said Assad’s regime appeared “hell-
In comments after White House talks with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Obama also reiterated calls for Assad to leave power. “We both have a great interest in ending the outrageous bloodshed that we’ve seen and see a transition from the current government that has been assaulting its people,” Obama said. At least 83 people were killed across the country on Thursday. Eleven died when a shell slammed into their house in the Homs neighbourhood of Inshaat, while six others were killed in Rastan in the same province. AFP
bent” on killing its own people. “It’s quite clear that this is a regime that is hell-bent on killing, murdering, and maiming its own citizens,” Cameron told reporters.He called for “transition and change in Syria.”
Russia must see ‘reality’ in Syria”
Ousted prez seeks global intervention
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday refuted media reports suggesting a meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Afghan Taliban representatives had been planned in Qatar during his visit a day ago. According to Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman, the visit only focused on bilateral relations between Pakistan and the Gulf. “A misconception was created that he had a plan to hold a meeting with Taliban,” Xinhua quoted the spokesman. Some media reports quoted unnamed Pakistani officials as saying that Gilani would discuss the Taliban in Qatar and their talks with the US. IANS
ousted President Mohamed Nasheed appealed on Thursday to the world community to help restore democracy in his country, claiming that he was toppled by a small group of police officers and police and the military were brutally suppressing people. Nasheed resigned on Tuesday amid protests over detention of a judge and was replaced by Mohamed Waheed. Talking to a news channel from an undisclosed location, Nasheed said he now feared for his life and safety of his family. “They want to arrest me and the situation is turning worse,” he said. Nasheed also said that
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed gestures during a party meeting in the capital , Male. AFP police have so far arrested around 250 supporters of his Maldivian Democratic Party and appealed to his supporters to remain calm. “A small group of policemen, some officials in league
and some of the officers in the military conducted a coup,” he said. “They changed the government and now they want to arrest me... I don’t think it’s going to help the process in the Maldives. It is going to lead everything to deteriorate and I hope the international community will take note of it. We would like to save Maldives.” Nasheed said he wanted the international community to impose restraint on the present illegal government in his country. “We would like them to have conversation with those in power. Hopefully, we would like them to have some people on the ground to maintain peace here.” AFP
FBI file questions Steve Jobs’ honesty
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he FBI files of Steve Jobs have been released, showing a man who commanded respect as an innovator but was questioned on his honesty and morality. The file was prepared on the Apple founder as he was considered for a presidential appointment in 1991 during George HW Bush’s time in office. Documents also revealed that Jobs had been the victim of an extortive bomb threat in 1985. Jobs’ files note, too, his conversion to Buddhism and admissions of drug use. The documents were made public on Thursday through freedom of information laws, and posted to the FBI’s website. “Several individuals questioned Mr
Jobs’ honesty stating that Mr Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,” said a summary of the FBI background check. A former business associate who blamed Jobs because he had not received
LONDON: A British court on Thursday sentenced nine people, including one of Pakistani origin, for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terror training camp in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Three of the men, who were all members of an Al Qaeda-inspired terror group, received indeterminate sentences.
Russia needs to confront “the reality” of this deadly crackdown in Syria, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday, after Moscow vetoed a UN resolution condemning the violence. AFP
‘Gilani did not meet Taliban’
NEW DELHI: The Maldives’
Britain jails nine for bomb plot, POK camps
lucrative stock he thought was due to him characterised the Apple founder as an “honest and trustworthy individual; however, his moral character is questionable”. Others told the interviewer that Jobs was difficult to work with, no surprise given details of his volatile temperament that emerged in his biography last year. The unfavourable comments gleaned during the background check did not prevent Jobs being appointed to an unpaid post advising the president on export policy. Jobs died in October after a years-long struggle with cancer. The interviewees’ names have been redacted by the FBI, with the exception of Jobs himself. BBC
The French President awards French chef Eric Guerin, Knight of the Legion d’honneur during a ceremony at the Elysee. AFP
Murdoch son is the new Chairman of Network10 SYDNEY: Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son Lachlan was on Friday appointed chairman of commercial broadcaster Network10 as it looks to make inroads on its key rivals. Ten is Australia’s third-ranked commercial network and Murdoch has been promoted from an interim chief executive role having overseen a cost-cutting exercise at the company since his appointment.
Putin wants to shift New Year holidays MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Putin has proposed to reduce the New Year and Christmas and holidays and also shifting them to May. Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7 while New Year holidays are usually from January 1 through January 10. He proposed limiting all these holidays to January 7, Christmas, with all other public days off to be moved.
Lava flows during an eruption of Mt. Etna volcano, near Catania, Sicily in the early hours of Thursday. PTI
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MSat begins shopping Postnoon News
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Mahindra Satyam is going to acquire around 15 per cent stake in Dion Global Solution, a capital markets software provider, for an undisclosed amount, sources privy to the development told Postnoon. This is the first ever acquisition of strategic stake by Satyam Computer Services after Mahindra & Mahindra acquired it and salvaged the embattled IT bellwether from red. The company posted a net profit of `308 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal. The acquisition of stake in a new company strengthens the claim of the management that it is back in black and paves the way for the company’s inorganic growth strategy. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) so as to enable MSat to acquire the stake. “We are extremely impressed by Dion’s ability to truly partner
CP Gurnani, CEO, MSat with its clients and top class management team. We are convinced that the Dion will become one of the foremost software solutions providers to capital markets and are keen on participating in it,” said CP Gurnani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam. Mahindra Satyam will
acquire the stake by way of fresh issue of equity shares, subject to regulatory and board approvals and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Dion’s solutions capabilities and geographic reach will be enhanced by this partnership. “Combining the unique skills from both the companies will allow us to cooperate on developing new innovative business focused solutions for all tiers of the financial services industry, including common clients,” said Raiph J Horne, managing director and Global CEO, Dion. Dion has a portfolio of solutions and services for capital markets covering portfolio management, trading, settlement, risk management, analytics, and treasury and research services. It currently services over 660 clients in 62 countries. The proceeds from the investment under consideration will be utilised by Dion to further enhance its offerings and its geographic reach.
iPad 3 in March SAN FRANCISCO: Apple will introduce its latest iPad 3 here next month, media reports said on Thursday. The next generation iPad will have faster chips and better graphics, Xinhua reported quoting the technology news site AllThingsD. It did not say when it will hit stores. The new tablet, which will probably be named iPad 3, will feature a Retina Display or something close to it. The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have Retina
Display. As the human eye can only see around 300 pixels per inch, the screen of these smartphones have 326 pixels per inch, making texts and images look more similar to a high quality printed version. It expected the device to follow the same schedule as that of the iPad 2, which was available for purchase about a week after the event. Apple has declined to comment on the timing of the event. IANS
Tata Steel posts `600 cr Q3 net loss
Sensex fluctuates
KOLKATA: India’s biggest steel maker Tata Steel on Thursday reported a consolidated net loss of `603 crore for the quarter ended December 2011, against a net profit of `1,000 crore in the same period a year ago. The loss was mainly due to soaring raw material costs and cut in demand in Europe following the debt crisis. However, the Mumbaibased company, the world’s number seven steel maker, registered a 15.23 per cent jump in
its consolidated net sales at
MUMBAI: The BSE bench-
`32,964 crore during the third
mark Sensex on Friday extended gains for the third straight session by adding another 44 points in early trade, on sustained buying by funds and retail investors. The 30-share index, which had gained over 208 points in the past two sessions, added another 44.30 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 17,875.05. The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty moved up by 11.80 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 5,424.15. Brokers said
quarter of the current fiscal, from `28,606 crore during the same period last fiscal, according to a release here. The firm’s managing director H.M. Nerurkar said: “Our Indian operations delivered steady performance during the last quarter, with flat product volumes increasing 3 per cent year-onyear. Long product volumes dropped marginally due to planned shutdowns.”
sustained buying by funds in shares of auto, oil and gas and consumer durable sectors supported the rise in the Sensex. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.09 per cent in morning trade today. The rupee today fell by 17 paise to 49.67 against the US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, following increased demand for the American currency from importers However, a higher opening in the equity market capped the rupee’s losses.
Quality of vaccines cause of concern HYDERABAD: The research for Malaria vaccine is in the process and the product may come out very soon. The vaccines will also be available for HIV, TB and Dengue in distant future. The quality of Indian manufacturing is crucial for the world. Vaccines are the most profitable products in the pharmaceutical industry, said Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Alliance, Geneva. Though Indian companies produce vaccines in large quantities and at affordable prices, the quality of vaccines made by some manufacturers was becoming a cause of worry, GAVI Alliance CEO Dr Seth Berkley
said here on Thursday. “India companies are coming out on their own and they are making more and more of the global market. Though, we have seen some issues over quality in some companies in India and some companies have been delisted by the WHO. Making sure of quality is absolutely critical for vaccines,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the ninth edition of three-day BioAsia, the annual global bio business forum, that began here this evening. GAVI or Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation is engaged in funding vaccines for children in the world’s 70 poorest
countries. Stating that India’s strong vaccine manufacturing capacity and quality was essential to the world and to the GAVI Alliance, he further said “It’s clear that Indian manufacturers can produce vaccines that need high quality standards, appropriate to specific countries standards and at sustainable prices through reliable supplies.” The exports of India in pharmaceuticals have reached `50,000 crore. Andhra Pradesh is contributing 28 per cent to the total pharmaceuticals export for the year 2009-2010.The bulk drugs exports are 34 per cent in the sector. The growth rate was
slow last year because of tough competition with China. Bio pharmaceuticals will contribute to over 80 per cent of the total pharmaceutical market in 2012, said NR Munjal, Chairman, Pharmexcil. India biotech industry recorded revenues worth $3.6 billion, recorded growth of 20 per cent over 2010. The industry is expected to grow significantly to 41.6 billion by 2017. The threeday event started at HICC in the city. The event is being attended by around 250 companies and delegates from 35 countries. The Chief Minister has presented the Genome valley excellence award to Seth Berkley.
Seth Berkley, CEO, GAVI Alliance
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Fair, free and forthright
Editorials SYRIA IS A BATTLE we need to fight
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n Homs a massacre is afoot, and it’s beginning to verge on genocide. The US, still nursing wounds from an ill-fated engagement in Iraq and smarting from the blows inflicted in Afghanistan is adamant that Syrian soil will not bear the brunt of American tank tracks. Nato continues to fear a big chill from Russia and China while the UK’s sabre-rattling is nothing more than a lot of noise. The UN, as usual, has proved yet again that it is impotent to stop mass killings, and is swiftly approaching the nadir it reached after the Rwandan genocide. Arming Syrian rebels is an option, but Assad is no Gaddafi, and he still has a lot of support in the country, and like it or not, from a large part of the armed forces. Arming the opposition may only scale-up the carnage. Military intervention from the West is increasingly becoming the only option available. And while Israel has been muttering (a fallout of its US-held leash on Iran) it must stay out of this fight. While Iraq was an unnecessary war, Syria may well become the one battle the world needs to fight.
WHY WE LOVE The Cup of Nations
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he Cup of Nations has cast the spotlight on what is arguably the most talented footballing continent in the world. With the likes of Didier Drogba showcasing their supreme skill, it proves that Africa can come together under the flag of sport. All the continent needs to do now is to invest in this unity, and the next decade may truly belong to the place from whence man sprung.
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A positive approach resurrects paper tigers Twelfth Man Babu Kalyanpur
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he Paper Tigers finally roared Down Under to register their first away win in 16 games. Though it was a T20 game, the manner of the victory was impressive and thoroughly professional. And surprisingly, it was the fielding, which won India the game. This is indeed refreshing to watch after the pathetic performance in the Test series. Things changed dramatically. Gone were the drooping shoulders, general lethargy and the lack of initiative. This was a new India on the field. There was positive approach everywhere from chasing the ball around to taking sharp singles. Undoubtedly, the infusion of younger players went a long way in ensuring that. Even skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a changed man. All those inventiveness was back, the field placements and bowling changes were excellent. The first T20 match was a repetition of what had gone by earlier. The Australians, with a completely new team and captain, just sped away to victory. India’s reputation was becoming derisive and Australians began to mock once more. It prompted Brett Lee to say that India had lost their mental edge. That would have worked with the old boys who may be back home now licking their wounds. But the new generation took the defeat in their stride and improved by leaps and bounds. Three key factors in the change of attitude were the return of Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Praveen Kumar. Raina may not have clicked with the bat but his livewire fielding was a treat to watch. Jadeja is a key player in the shorter version because of his all-round abilities. He is the ideal number seven, willing to give it a whack or stay steady according to the requirements. His left-arm spin looks innocuous but he has the habit of keeping down the runs and taking wickets as well. He was rightfully the man of the match and it was his fielding and throwing, which won
Rogue in uniform
Murder plot story
Yesterday at the Safilguda railway crossing an Army truck jumped the queue and overtook about 10 vehicles and in the process blocked the entire traffic. When I questioned him, the driver verbally abused me and would have manhandled me if it was not for the intervention of passersby. This kind of behaviour of members of our armed forces, who are supposed to protect us from external threats, is not acceptable. Men in defence services should not become a threat to common citizens of our great nation.
I read your crime story about how the woman and her lover were caught trying to kill her husband. I felt more sad than angry because it clearly isn't anyone's fault. The family became a victim of circumstances. The husband did not get the help he needed and so he resorted to violence and alcohol and the wife fed up because of this, left him. I hope the trial isn't long and enduring as it may further affect the children. The story did not mention anything about the kids. Are they ok?
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him the honour. Praveen Kumar missed the Tests due to injury. That was a big blow because Praveen is a wicket-taker. Though he lacks pace, he makes it up with his accuracy and ability to swing the ball on length both ways. With both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli already dynamic in the field, India’s 20-yard circle looked menacing. The big test is whether India will be able to carry forward this positive development. The timing of the victory was just right. With the One-day tri-series now under way and India doing well, they need to just
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build on the confidence and believe in themselves. Much will depend on how Dhoni leads the team. In the earlier part of the tour, he was totally helpless and did nothing to motivate or change the situation. The robot-like captaincy set the general tone for the defeats. But Dhoni was charged up after the victory. He also admitted that he had not read the newspapers during the tour to learn about the criticism heaped upon him. It would be in India’s interest if room service continues not to keep papers outside Dhoni’s door.
Passport office woes
Budget Valentine
I am a regular reader of your paper. I particularly appreciate the fact that Postnoon has been able to carve a niche for itself and has been able to distinguish itself from the regular dailies. I wanted to bring to your notice that the passport office in the city is rife with corruption, red-tapism, inefficiency and insolence. In my personal experience is any indication, I can tell you that no citizen here can go to the PO and get their work done in a single trip, even if you have all the documents required. I request your team to please do an article on this. Shakuntala Devi Khairatabad
This is in regard to your ongoing reports about the Valentine’s Day. I was ignoring the previous reports but yesterday when I had a glance over it, I was captivated. The voice of my education said, I should condemn it, because we have falsely adopted the Western culture of celebrating the V-Day and practice as if it is our own. The report suggests how to manage budget on a date, while I was reading it, I was wondering how a poor daily wage earner tries to manage a hundred rupee note for his livelihood. Mohammad Ansari Hyderabad
H‑Factor
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Holistic view of mind, body and soul
Tired of the wide gaps between your teeth or of having to hide those ugly stains? Smile correction is probably the best way to get that dazzling smile you’ve always wanted
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FLASH YOUR PEARLIES Ranjani Rajendra ranjani.r@postnoon.com
“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” — in PS I Love You, compiled by H Jackson Brown Jr
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ut what if that smile is frag toothed, crooked or flaunts ugly yellowstained teeth? How often have you made fun of a friend’s gap-toothed smile or probably turned away in disgust on seeing someone flash stained teeth? A perfect smile is on everyone’s wishlist. After all it is the smile that most people are drawn to. Think of all the celebs with those dazzling smiles that people lust after — be it a Jessica Alba, Hugh Jackman, Madhuri Dixit or Abhay Deol. A dazzling smile can light up anyone’s face and of course, it’s contagious. While most of us are blessed with a set of perfect teeth, lifestyle habits and sometimes the set of our jaw
can play party poopers and ruin that otherwise flawless smile. “For instance, people who have the habit of pushing against their teeth with their tongues or suck their thumbs risk having their teeth jutting out. The alignment of teeth could also be ruined due to hereditary factors or bonerelated issues,” says Dr Hajera Sultana, dental surgeon at Salahuddin’s Dental Clinic. “Discolouration of the teeth could occur due to habits like smoking, chewing on tobacco or in a lot of cases fluorosis (a common occurrence in India since water here has a higher fluoride content). These can cause the teeth to either yellow or have spots over them,” says Dr MP Singh, prosthodontist and implantologist at Pearly Teeth Super Speciality Dental Hospital. Dentists across the City receive several requests for smile corrections. “I usually see a lot of young adults, socialites and people who are in the public eye approach me for smile correction procedures. Laser bleaching is a very popular procedure people are now opting for to get rid of stained teeth,”
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Note: All figures are approximate says Dr Singh. He adds that laser bleaching scores over regular bleaching as there is no erosion of teeth or sensitivity in this and the results are better.
But for those who want to flash their pearlies while keeping a watch on their budgets, home bleaching is a good option. “We give the patient trays that have the bleaching agent and they can wear this on alternate nights for around one or two weeks for whiter teeth. But for quicker and more permanent results bleaching in office is a better option,” says Dr Hajera. While in the case of fluorosis the staining cannot be removed permanently it can be effectively camouflaged by bleaching, crowns or veneers. However, it is alignment of the teeth that continues to bother several youngsters. “Orthodontic treatments like fitting braces for a prescribed period of time is advised in these cases. While metal braces may not be everyone’s cup of tea there are ceramic braces available in the market today that are virtually invisible, with only a thin metal wire showing. Aligners, another type of orthodontic treatment, are not visible at all and are a good bet for those who may be embarrassed by braces,” explains Dr Hajera.
My son has been passing blood in his stools for the last 2-3 months. Sometimes he also complains of pain in the anal region. He does not have any loose motions nor is he constipated. He used to pass hard stools more than 3-4 months back but was treated. A common cause of blood in the stools is fissure caused by constipation. Your child’s earlier history of constipation could have caused this to happen, we cannot rule that out. Usually in the case of fissure the stools are streaked with blood and there is a lot of pain during and after the passage of stools. A simple examination of his anus will give you the answer. Rectal polyps can also cause passage of fresh blood in the stools. Typically, there are few drops of fresh blood soon after the baby has passed a motion. Treating a rectal polyp is not difficult at all. You have to have your baby examined by a paediatric surgeon. (The writer is a paediatrician practising at Andromeda Centre. You can write in to her at kiran_krishnamurti@hotmail.com)
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en wishing to acquire a higher sex drive can benefit by exposing their body to the sun's rays, as a study by Austrian scientists has found sunshine increases level of male sex hormone testosterone. According to the study at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, men with high blood vitamin D levels have significantly higher testosterone levels than men with less vitamin D, the Daily Express reported. Ninety per cent of the body's vitamin D is produced by the action of sunlight on the skin, say researchers, adding that sufficiently high levels of the vitamin have a “positive influence” on testosterone. Ad Brand, of the Sunlight Research Forum, in Holland, said, “Men who ensure that their body is at least sufficiently supplied with vitamin D are doing good for their testosterone levels and their libido.” IANS
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Want to lose weight? Eat cake for breakfast, says study TEL AVIV: Those with a weakness for sweets can now include cookies and cake in a 600 calorie breakfast menu with some proteins and carbs to shed weight in a pleasurable way and also stay slim. Attempting to avoid sweets entirely can create a psychological addiction to these same foods in the long-term, explains Daniela Jakubowicz, professor at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, who led the study. Over the course of a 32week-long study, participants who added dessert to their breakfast such as cookies, cake, or chocolate lost an average of 40 pounds more than a group that
avoided such foods, the journal Steroids reports. What’s more, they kept off the pounds longer. A meal in the morning provides energy for the day’s tasks, aids in brain functioning, and kick-starts the body’s metabolism, making it crucial for weight loss and maintenance, according to a Tel Aviv statement. And breakfast is the meal that most successfully regulates ghrelin, the hormone that increases hunger, explains Jakubowicz. While the level of ghrelin rises before every meal, it is suppressed most effectively at breakfast time.
These findings were based on 193 clinically obese, non-diabetic adults, who were randomly assigned to one of two diet groups with identical caloric intake, the men consumed 1,600 calories daily and the women 1,400. However, the first group was given a low carbohydrate diet including a small 300 calorie breakfast, and the second was given a 600 calorie breakfast high in protein and carbohydrates, always including a dessert item such as chocolate. Halfway through the study, participants in both groups had lost an average of 33 pounds per
person. But in the second half of the study, results differed drastically. The participants in the lowcarb group regained an average of 22 pounds each, but participants in the group with a larger breakfast lost another 15 pounds each. At the end of the 32 weeks, those who had consumed a 600 calorie breakfast had lost an average of 40 pounds more per person than their peers. Jakubowicz conducted the study with Julio Wainstein and Mona Boaz from Tel Aviv and Oren Froy of Hebrew University Jerusalem. IANS
Zinc-antibiotic saves kids with pneumonia CAPE TOWN: Respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the biggest killers of children who are under the age of five. But standard antibiotic therapy, given to children with zinc, improved their chances of surviving the infection and was more pronounced in case of HIV-infected children, a study reveals. In a trial, 350 children, aged six months to fiveyears-old, were treated with
standard antibiotics at Mulago Hospital, Uganda. Half of them were given zinc and the other half a placebo, the journal BMC Medicine reported. Uganda’s Makerere University researchers found that while there was no difference between zinc and placebo in the time to recover, the risk of death between the groups was very different, a university statement said. 4 per cent of the children
taking zinc died compared to 12 per cent without zinc. This means that an extra 8 out of 100 children could have been saved by zinc. James Tumwine, explains: “Zinc bolsters the immune system and zinc deficiency is rife in the developed and developing world.” IANS
My child is 6-months-old. There are various infant food products in the market, but if I want to give some home-made food, what type of food is advised? After six months it is essential to start additional foods apart from breast feeding, the growing child needs additional nutrients to meet his/her growth development The staple cereal of the family should be used to make the first food for an infant. Cereals like rice/wheat/ ragi etc can be used, it is always safe to start with rice, if your stable diet is rice. Porridge can be made with suji (semolina), broken wheat, atta (wheat flour) ground rice, ragi, millet etc, by using a little water or milk, Roasted flour of any cereal can be mixed with boiled water, sugar and a little fat to make the first complementary food for the baby. Adding sugar or jaggery and ghee or oil is important as it increases the energy value of the food. In the beginning the porridge could be made a little thinner but as the child grows older the consistency has to be thicker. A thick porridge is more nutritious than a thin one. In case a family cannot prepare the porridge for the infant separately, pieces of half chapatti could be soaked in half a cup of milk or boiled water, mashed properly and fed to the baby after adding sugar and fat. Soaked and mashed chapatti could be passed through a sieve so as to get a soft semi-solid food for the infant. Fruits like banana, papaya, chikoo, mango etc. could be given at this age in a mashed form. Slowly cooked rice/wheat, dal and vegetable can be introduced in soft cooked form and fed in semi-solid form, preparations like khichdi, dalia, suji kheer, upma, idli etc can be given, include protective foods like milk, curd, lassi, egg, fish and fruits and vegetables, they are also important to help in the healthy growth of infants. Green leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin and seasonal fruits like papaya, mango, chikoo and banana, are important to ensure that the child gets a good amount of vitamin A and iron. The writer is the director of Akkshaya Foundation and a consultant nutritionist at LV Prasad Eye Institute.
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e forms one of the trio of the ShankarEhsaan-Loy group and has an array of songs and compositions to his credit. His foray into the world of music was not decided, but destined. Playing the veena at a very young age, Shankar Mahadevan’s musical successes were but natural. And it is this genius, which made him a part of the coveted Remember Shakti group — a group that boasts of none but the best musicians. And his forthcoming visit to Hyderabad as part of the group is being much talked about in the city. He relives his experiences with the band in an interview with Postnoon. “It’s an unforgettable dream. Imagine playing with maestros like Johnji, Zakirji, Mandolin Srinivasji and Selvaji. It’s like playing in heaven with the gods, and I feel truly blessed to be part of
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this.” He believes his association with Remember Shakti is more than just his love for music. The musicians, according to him are ‘individuals par excellence and incomparable’. We ask him what he thinks of the music scene in the city and the musical inclination of the people here. “Hyderabad is one of my favorite cities. I am an absolute foodie and talking about Hyderabad reminds me of the Hyderabadi biryani. It is very tempting to think of the food here. On a serious note, Hyderabad is a city known for some great musicians. The culture and tradition of music is so rich here, and I think that the audience here understands and appreciates music. Naturally, it is a pleasure for me to perform in the city.” On whether he would compose music for a south-Indian film, Shankar gives us an interesting take. “I believe that music is an art form that is abstract in nature. It doesn’t
matter whether it comes from the north or the south. The basics are the same.” He adds, “What is a melody? Think about it. Technically, you are just putting a few frequencies and a few words together. And when you play it, and when one listens, it has to have an appealing effect.” On the philosophical aspect of music, Shankar says pensively, “If you want me to describe music in one word, it would be ‘friend’. And when you have music in your life you can never be lonely. It is like a companion whom you can talk to, interact with, think about, and create. And the last thing that matters to me is whether the friend is from the south or north. Shankar believes that there is a gamut of young musicians whose works are impressive. He believes that the country has and will produce great talents.
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Shankar Mahadevan’s musical repertoire is on an ever-expanding mode. And the singer’s association with Remember Shakti is yet another testimony to his love for music
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ew York Fashion Week started off yesterday and kicks off the Fall-Winter 2013 season. For the designers, it is a stressful time. Not only do they have to ensure their collections are ready, they have to afford to rent a place, hire show producers, cast models, etc; this is part and parcel of every season’s trials. The biggest challenge after all this hard work and expense is will the right people show up to see it. An almost overwhelming number of participating designers forces editors to cull the number of shows they can physically attend. As do the buyers, agents, etc. Last season two new initiatives saw the dawn of a fashion-technology integration, KCD’s Digial Fashion Week and Style.com’s Video Fashion Week. Fashion and digital technology is not new. Prada has created fabulous season-specific teasers employing animation. Gareth Pugh’s religious iconography and dark philosophy has found a striking collaboration in filmmaker Ruth Hogben’s vision. Several fashion icons have live-streamed their shows on their websites. The digital fashion week concepts however, differ in one respect. They have not been created as a platform to reach a mass customer base. Instead their focus is to reach the fashion industry drivers namely, editors, buyers and other influencers. Given the frantic schedules of these decision makers, with over 300 shows on their itinerary, it is virtually impossible for a newbie designer to attract any of them to his shows. What this allows is the ease to access the shows online, at their leisure without the pressure. In fact KCD’s Digital Fashion Week attempts to retain almost all the elements of a live runway show, from exclusivity via invitations to
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There is no denying the reach of a digital platform. It can be a great launch vehicle as well. However, fashion has to be felt. A live showcase is a tool to communicate the ethos of a collection. It provides a connect with the audience and allows for an 'interaction', which is simply not possible on a digital platform. Anand Kabra
the online show, details of the garments that even a look-book may not cover and behind-thescenes content. Some of the more well-known designers who employed this platform include Prabal Gurung (his collection for Onward Kashiyama), MM6 Maison Martin Margiela, Joseph, Opening Ceremony. With the world going digital, there is no escaping what the Internet has done for fashion. From the huge burst of online retail stores, to social network communication, a thriving blogging industry and live streaming; fashion and designers have never been as ‘reachable’ as they are today. The platform is brilliant for young, fresh talent who have no other way or even the financial means for a large
showcase or the wherewithal to attract the right fashion industry bigwigs. But can it make up for the lack of physical ‘touch and feel’ quality, the collaboration between a showcase and showmanship — the sound, the lighting and the mood that contribute to the story of a collection? Can a digital show ever replace a runway show? Sujata Assoumul, editor Harpers Bazaar India believes so, “I think digital fashion weeks are great. They are a brilliant option for those who may not be able to travel or are strapped for time. “They are an option for young designers who need less expensive platforms. However, it will always be an option. A second option. It can never replace the impact of a live show. Part of the experience of watching a collection, is the palpability of audience reaction, the vibe in the environment. A collection showcase isn’t about clothes, it is about an experience.”
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Smokin’ nine years Bottles and Chimney, on Thursday, celebrated nine years of bringing together some party animals in the city, night after night, year after year. B&C has always been regarded as a platform to encourage young and fresh talent to come and perform be it local or otherwise.
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Southern beauty Kajal Aggarwal inaugurated a new store of the Chennai Shopping Mall in Mehdipatnam on Thursday.
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Students of Nift promoted their college fest, Spectrum 2012, at the City Centre mall on Thursday.
Silken elegance The cast of Rushi, Supriya Sailaja and Arvind Krishna inaugurated the Shubam collections silk saris festival on Thursday. PICS:SRINIVAS SETTY
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@sneha_ullal Parrot’s name changed to Birdy num num in short Birdy... coz not sure if male or female yet...goodnight you all..
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ana Daggubati, Genelia starrer Naa Ishtam is all set to release on March 23. Prakash Tholeti is making his debut as a director with this film and Parachuri Kireeti is producing the film. Talking about the film Rana said, “For the first time in my career, I am doing a commercial entertainer and I thoroughly enjoyed acting in the film. You will see me in a very energetic and positive role.” He’s sporting a new look for the film, which has got people talking. “Gani, the character that I play in the film, is the most selfish person in the world. The detailing of this character is superb and that is what attracted me when I first heard the script,” Rana said. Naa Ishtam will be Genelia’s first Telugu film after her marriage and Rana is quite confident about the film’s success.
@richyricha Just attended the Eerojullo audio launch at Rock heights (hyd), really enjoyed the songs & performances :).
@devakatta Just saw the lion king...another beautiful adaptation of hamlet...or u can call it Maha Bharatha, these epics r so common across cultures.
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Never underestimate the power of conviction! Note of caution — go ahead and live by a sword, so long as it’s a sword you’d proudly die by!
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onam Kapoor has never acted in a South Indian film, but that hasn’t become a hindrance to her ever growing list of fans. We hear that she has a new fan in the Telugu
film industry and it’s Nithin. Recently, when he was asked whether he’s in love, the actor confessed that he’s still single but also stated that he has a huge crush on Sonam Kapoor. “I think she’s cute and also hot,” he said. Nithin’s upcoming film Ishq is slated for release later this month. Nithya Menen is his co-star in the film and Vikram K Kumar has directed it. PC Sreeram’s cinematography has been making waves ever since the film’s first teaser was unveiled.
fter Kolaveri made him popular throughout the country, Dhanush is once again in the news for singing a song in honour of Sachin Tendulkar. He had sung the song for Boost’s new music video. Titled as Dhanush’s Sachin Anthem, the song went on air a couple of days ago and has already gone viral on You Tube. In less than a day, the video got more than 4.3 lakh hits. “The song was not made for any other purpose than my love for Sachin. And I did whatever I know and that’s not much. And d song is in English because I wanted all parts of India to understand it since it’s about Sachin,” Dhanush tweeted.
@prakashraaj Very warm n wonderful feedback from the Media n friends after seeing DHONI. I’m sure you will love it too. In cinemas tom 10th February. Cheers!!!
@taapsee I kept avoiding going to Delhi since Dec just to run away from d cold her, nly to realize dat d day I enter Delhi d temp is 4 degrees! Aargghh.
@actor_nithiin It’s surprising how people forget 90% of a person’s +points n jst remember 10% of their minus pnts n judge tht perso.n
@RGVzoomin There are so many people that we wish were never born but yet everybody is supposed to be wished a happy birthday.
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I enjoyed directing Dhoni: Prakash Raj
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rakash Raj is making his debut as a director in Telugu with Dhoni. He has also played the lead role and produced the film. The film’s early screenings in Hyderabad and Chennai got tremendous response and Prakash Raj has been getting rave reviews for his performance. Talking to the media, Prakash Raj said, “Acting isn’t a big deal for me; however, I really enjoyed directing the film and it was quite a
fulfilling experience. A few years ago, someone asked me why Telugu films never win any awards at the national level and I felt bad about it. So when I wanted to direct a film, I chose a sensible story, which all of us can relate to. We all must have gone through a lot of hurdles regarding our studies when we were young and I have tried to bring alive some of those moments in Dhoni.” When asked about whether
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rakash Raj comes up with yet another remarkable performance in his latest film Dhoni, which is a remake of the Marathi film Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho. He plays the role of an anguished father who moves heaven and earth to run his family. The film questions the morality of the education system, which is governed by competition and narrates the story of a middle-class family that is shattered after a horrifying incident. Prakash Raj stars as Subramanyam, a middleclass guy who struggles to provide good education to his children. His son Karthik (Aakash) aspires to become a cricketer like Dhoni and soon Subramanyam is told that if Karthik doesn’t pass in his exams, he will not be promoted to the 10th class. Subramanyam wants his son to study well and forces him to give up cricket for a few months. This leads to a freak incident that makes Subramanyam question the education system. The film is a slice of life drama and focuses on the difficulties, which middleclass families have to go through. Right from providing good education to his children to managing the finances, Subramanyam is under intense pressure most of the times and Prakash Raj is perfect in
this role. There’s a scene where he vents out all his frustration on his son and it is conceived so well that you begin to wonder if Prakash Raj was hallucinating. He’s completely in control of how the story unfolds in the first half and there are moments where the difference between reel and real life blurs. After a gripping first half, the moment Prakash Raj shifts his attention to the flaws in the education system, it gets a tad too preachy. The film points out some of the basic reasons why students undergo a lot of pressure at school and why it’s more important to realise their true potential than to be in a rat race. Aakash, Radhika Apte and Nasser are fantastic in their roles. Thanks to a great cast and a good script, the film never gets boring. Ilayaraja’s background score is a big asset to the film and KV Guhan’s cinematography deserves special mention. Films like Dhoni don’t come often and Prakash Raj deserves a pat on the back for making such a heart-warming film. It isn’t entirely flawless, but touches the right chords so many times that it reminds us of our own lives. Go watch it.
the film would run at the box-office or not, he shot back saying, “I believe that any film, which is sensible and honest will strike a chord with people.” Dhoni also stars Aakash, Radhika Apte, Gollapudi, Brahmanandam and Nasser. Ilayaraja has composed the music and KV Guhan is its cinematographer. The film opened in screens across Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu today.
Movie: Dhoni Cast: Prakash Raj, Aakash, Radhika Apte Music Director: Ilayaraja Director: Prakash Raj Rating:
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Prahlad Kakkar makes acting debut
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d guru Prahlad Kakkar has found a new vocation — he has turned into an actor and is playing a priest in his first film.
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He joined the cast and crew of Bejoy Nambiar's David in Mangalore and showed no signs of nervousness while facing the camera. Nambiar said, "We have a very interesting debutant actor with us today. Prahlad Kakkar plays a priest in my film. I cast him because I thought he looked like a Catholic priest. I was right. Prahlad just slipped into the role like a priest in a gown." Nambiar began shooting last week with Tamil superstar Vikram playing the title role. The director is so impressed with the ad guru's acting prowess that he has decided to cast him in cameos in all his films. IANS
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@rampalarjun Go to Delhi tom to Lap it up a bit, also can’t wait to see Alive at the Parcos stores at the airports.
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egastar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed that he will undergo abdominal surgery on Saturday. "There were some medical procedures today as well for — and this is being disclosed to the Ef (extended family) at this point of time — a surgery that I shall be undergoing on the 11th morning. I do not wish to talk much on my medical condition, but trust and faith in my FmXt (extended family) allows me to do so," Amitabh wrote on his blog bigb.bigadda.com. "The surgery they say is not too complicated, but then all doctors say the same as you end up on the operating table, and before long the details and the subsequent anxieties begin to rise,” he added. The 69-year-old has been battling with health issues for long. IANS
Malaika to come up with fitness DVD
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odel-turned-actress Malaika Arora Khan is often complimented on her perfect figure. She plans to share her fitness mantra with her fans and has decided to come up with a DVD soon. "Hopefully, that will be soon enough. I am very much into yoga. I hope to come out with something, which will also have diet plans in my DVD," Malaika said. The 38-year-old's fashion sense is also appreciated and she is open to starting her fashion line, but only when her younger sister will join her. "Maybe I will. I love fashion, I love clothes, and I love everything about fashion. I do have a flair for it but there is a lot of hard work that goes into it. Someday, I would love to explore it, but I will not do it myself. I would like to go ahead if my sister Amrita also gets involved in it," Malaika said. IANS
Ok so one hell of a day. Insane action sequence. Tiring as hell. Just packed up. Now have a wakeup call time of 4 am. Action continues.
@imarshadwarsi I am so enjoying this lovely cool weather, feels so good not to be sweating all the time...
@iamsrk Feeling a wee bit better...maybe another day of bed rest...glee...& seeing my lil girls smiling face...will cure me. Insha Allah...
@juniorbachchan “If the bad does not stop being bad, then why... should the good stop being good?”
@priyankachopra Last shoot day of this schedule for Krrish 3!! Will miss the film... but be back soon... for now... bye bye hot Hyderabad... hello freezing Berlin!
@AnupamPkher At the International Book Fair in Cochin this Artiste presented me a Caricature of mine. I love it and it is funny. :)
@deespeak A truly memorable evening... So many greats all under one roof paying tribute to the great Jagjit Singhji...goose bumps, tears, cheers #GIMA
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Intriguing yet flawed In his fourth directorial venture New York-bornand-trained Israeli writer-director Cedar tackles what feels like a deeply felt personal issue
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ospeh Cedar is in the race for an Oscar with his family-themed drama Footnote. It deals with an academic rivalry between a father and son. Jewish and academically inclined audiences worldwide will respond to numerous aspects of this unusual drama, although it is paradoxically both too broad and too esoteric for the general art house public. On the esoteric side, the picture is steeped in the world of Talmudic scholarship, a highly specialised field pursued in the film by the cranky, uncommunicative Eliezer Shkolnik (Shlomo Bar Aba, a big television and theatre comedy star in Israel) and his driven, expansive son Uriel (leading man type Lior Ashkenazi). In the subjectively shot opening scene, Eliezer stews uncomfortably while Uriel is officially installed in the academic Academy, with which the older man has an adversarial relationship. Amit Poznansky’s pounding, insistent scoring guarantees that Footnote will not be a subtle affair, but it’s worse than that, as it demands attention for its own sake and seriously distracts from whatever is going on at the moment. Cedar’s use of digressions, often detailing the key points in the lives and careers of both these radically different scholars, who have devoted their lives to analysing the historical, linguistic and literary fine
points of Judaism’s sacred texts is sort of heavy-handed. Eliezer learns he has won the greatest possible honour, one that has eluded him for two decades, the Israel Prize. As the stunned Uriel observes, his perennially bitter father will “have to reboot his whole personality” in the wake of this accolade. But that’s not the half of it, as startling subsequent events unfold. There is an exceptionally intense and well-written long scene involving partisan, grudge-holding scholars in a tiny office, torrents of bitterness, jealousy, second thoughts as ill-will drench the proceedings all around. Even when all is said and done, however, the character of the father has not been nearly as well developed as that of the son, leaving a serious imbalance where it feels there should have been equality. While Uriel confides about his innermost feelings to his wife, Eliezer, his own wife’s presence notwithstanding, has no comparable confidant. Despite the potency of the issues and emotions stirred up, matters remain rather out of wack at the conclusion, which is marred by Cedar’s jarring decision to cut away to a dance performance. Top performances comes from Ashkenazi, who lends presence and persistent energy to the role of the dynamic, often anguished son.
Tom Felton in Therese Raquin T
hough best known for starring in all eight Harry Potter films as mischievous Potter antagonist Draco Malfoy, British actor Tom Felton also had a major role in last year’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Now the actor can add to his list of postPotter projects with Therese Raquin, the adaptation of the 19th century novel/play by French writer Emile Zola that’s set to star Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) in the title role. Therese is forced to marry Camille (Tom Felton) against her wishes. After Therese falls in love with another man, the two plot to murder Camille — only to be tormented with visions of his ghost.
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aty Perry had to sing I Kissed a Girl a lot of times to get where she is today. Russell Brand had to tell a lot of racy jokes and fit into some very tight pants to achieve his current level of success. And now, the estranged couple have figured out where their gotten gains are going to go once they’ve split for good. “The parties have entered into a comprehensive written settlement of all issues, including, without limitation, with respect to the property to be confirmed or assigned to each party,” it says in big block letters on Perry’s response to Brand’s divorce filing.
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KAKURO
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.
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QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Scouting bunch 6 Fortune's frequent companion 10 Doctrines, informally 14 Lend ___ (pay close attention) 15 "___ and the Detectives" (1964 flick) 16 "Beep!" on the river 17 Airplane stunt 19 Sax type 20 Wagnalls' partner 21 Foreign 22 Dash naked 26 In a bashful manner 28 Haydn genre 31 Picture puzzle 32 Some English nobles 33 Relative of "Pow!" 36 "Exodus" author Leon 37 It holds a ballerina's leg 38 Hayloft block 39 Breakfast companion 40 Shoplifter's giveaway, perhaps 41 Cancun coins 42 Some speedy Japanese transports 44 With enthusiasm 47 Weapon-toting Annie 48 Say four-letter words 49 "Circle" or "final" start 51 Fell prey to quicksand 52 Kind of shark 58 "Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal" 59 Grad 60 Feet in some meters (Var.) 61 One looking into the future, supposedly 62 Sounds from baby 63 Chief city of the Ruhr valley DOWN 1 What a sport picks up? 2 "Messenger" compound 3 "Star-Spangled Banner" preposition 4 Viking ship item 5 Ready-made houses
6 Flowerless plant 7 Out of control 8 "Cool" sum 9 Building wing 10 Like slanted type 11 Neither liquid nor gas 12 "Vacancy" sign site 13 Displaying no emotion 18 Hero Skywalker 21 "Jake's Thing" author Kingsley 22 Clean with elbow grease 23 Expression of sympathy, when doubled 24 Fanatical 25 Earthbound Aussies 26 Revolving gun mount 27 "... here on Gilligan's ___" 29 "I mean it!" 30 "The Simpsons" mom
33 Pesto base 34 Isolated 35 Rancorous, as a divorce 37 Cow's mate 38 Falcon feature 40 Hamilton's opponent 41 Treeless plain 42 Chemistry-lab container 43 Hefty volume 44 Massachusetts quartet? 45 Far from oblivious 46 "Aladdin" apparition 49 Self-satisfied 50 Jane Austen title 52 Old witch 53 ___ carte 54 Experiences,
SUDOKU
as doubts 55 They're worth three points in Scrabble 56 "Honest ____" (president Lincoln) 57 Loud noise PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
THOUGHT OF THE DAY As I gaze upon your beauty, I think to myself, never have I seen an angel fly so low... – Anonymous
Chai Time STAR POWER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Your tomorrow today̶Star Power and Tarot
Date 11-2-2012
THIRUVAIKUMAR
As per Hindu panchang
thiruvaikumar@yahoo.co.in 040-27177230 / 9177596118
TAURUS
GEMINI
Your clear cut vision and well‑chalked‑ out plan, bring you success in all work undertaken. Financially a good posi‑ tion likely. Family will be in good har‑ mony as good events to take place.
You will have lots of creative ideas and plans to implement them. You will work with involvement and cheer; complete them without any delay or hurdles. You will be happy attending get‑togethers.
Though there will be burden and pressure you will perform well and complete work satisfactorily. Court verdicts will go in your favour. Your self‑confidence level will be at a high. New job applicants will get placement.
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO
Your plans, which will benefit you in future will take shape. Your efforts will take you to new heights in your life and earn a good na‑ me for you. Govt officials will be appreciat‑ ed by superiors and also get good support.
Many good turning points likely. You will win over enemies. Misunderstanding amo‑ ng friends and relatives will go. You will be in a happy atmosphere and feel comfort‑ able. Legal issues will turn in your favour.
Businessmen will prosper well. All hurdles and competitions faced will disappear and a good growth is seen. Self‑confidence will increase and speed will pick up in all efforts. Shrewd action will bring success.
LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
Health needs to be taken care. Business‑ men might not be able to concentrate due to health problems. Chances of get‑ ting cheated by blindly believing others and also losses. Be wise and careful.
You have to spend for happy events that are to be performed at home. Some have bright chances to buy a house or vehicle. Those who want to start a new venture can initiate necessary efforts.
Some will face hardship due to old debts; actions they take to clear the same will yield good results. Some will undertake pilgrimage. Employees will be comfortable and recognised.
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
Businessmen will see good profits. Tho‑ ugh financially a strong position is seen, expenses too will frighten you. Govt of‑ ficials can be sure of promotion and pay hike. Couples will be more affectionate.
Friends and relatives will extend full co‑ operation to you. Though there may be differences in opinions at home, harmo‑ ny will not be affected. Businessmen will earn good profit but travel will increase.
Women will be faced with minor health problems; take enough care and get treat‑ ed. Employees will be transferred with promotion and their responsibilities will increase. Artists wil have a boom time.
SUMAA TEKUR
tarotreadhyd@gmail.com
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
The Hermit – You need to be alone, and will perhaps also be forced to be alone no matter how you like it. Itʼs an important time to search for the truth.
King of Wands – You have creative ideas, and also the resour‑ ces to put them to action. Donʼt think in a linear fashion only. Open up your senses and think different.
The Lovers – This is an important deci‑ sion‑making time. It has to do with part‑ nerships, and partic‑ ularly about the path you will be choosing at the crossroads.
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO
Two of Wands – Youʼre frustrated at the thought that not much action is taking place and youʼre just sitting around waiting for things to happen. Be patient.
Queen of Wands – T‑ his represents female intuition and also the ability to create som‑ ething new. Youʼre in control of your envi‑ ronment. How you use it is up to you.
Ace of Swords – Yo‑ uʼre only thinking ex‑ tremes. For you, itʼs your way or the hig‑ hway. Life is never that simple. Open up your mind and think of a middle path.
LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
Knight of Cups – Yo‑ uʼre feeling extremely emotional about som‑ ething. But you donʼt know how to express yourself. Maintain a diary or jot down your thoughts.
Knight of Pentacles – Focus and determina‑ tion are the hall‑ marks of your per‑ sonality. They are heightened now with the need to meet a deadline.
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
Six of Swords – Pay attention to all over‑ seas connections. There may be some‑ thing new in the off‑ ing. A trip abroad will open up opportuni‑ ties for you.
The Magician – Intuition is heightened. You feel something and you go with it; not how you have anal‑ ysed it. This can be a good thing with the Magician for support.
Page of Swords – Youʼre analysing problems too much from the head. The‑ re is a youthfulness, some would call it carelessness, which is holding you back.
For Better or for Worse Stone soup
The Sun – Youʼre chirpy, cheerful and on the road to posi‑ tive thinking. This cheer rubs off on those around you. Your health is very good. Maintain it.
SOLUTIONS
Boggle NIMBUS CIRRUS STRATUS CUMULUS
Number game
Suduko
Scrabble
Ink pen
COMICS
Fred Basset
ARIES
TAROT READ
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Playing Field
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
The games people play
BANGALORE RACE SELECTIONS 1stRace The February Plate (Div-II) about 1200 Metres Terms for 3-year-old only 1-30 pm 1. Loly King 55 2. Next Move 55 3. Truman 55 4. Volcano 55 5. Allure 53.5 6. Auburn Beauty 53.5 7. Ice Stone 53.5 8. Jeyems Pride 53.5 9. One From A Billion 53.5 10. Showin Off 53.5 11. Wandering Ways 53.5 12. White Mischief 53.5 Selections: 1. Truman 2. Allure 3. Showin Off 2nd Race The Round Table Cup (Div-II) about 1400 Metres A handicap for horses rated 00/25. 2pm 1. Little Lion 2. Wonder Lash 3. Magnetic Power 4. Quick Silver 5. Born To Perform
61 60 59 59 58
6. Special 58 7. Brigade’s Supreme 56.5 8. Molly Malone 56.5 9. Powergrid 55.5 10. Sanfrancisco Girl 55.5 Selections: 1. Special 2. Magnetic Power 3. Little Lion 3rd Race The February Plate (Div-I) about 1200 Metres Terms for horses 3-year-old only. 2.30pm 1. Buzzword 55 2. Entertainer 55 3. Magic Money 55 4. Raphire 55 5. Sams Pride 55 6. Windstrem 53.5 7. Afternoon Delight 53.5 8. Assurance 53.5 9. Dance with Me 53.5 10. La Jawaab 53.5 11. Speedy Girl 53.5 12. Sussex Downs 53.5 Selections: 1. Sussex Downs 2. Speedy Girl 3. Sams Pride
4th Race The Round Table Cup (div-I) about 1400 Metres A handicap for horses rated 00/25 3pm 1. Divine Castle 62.5 2. Make Way 62.5 3. Mountain Train 62.5 4. Spark Of Passion 62.5 5. Gorgeous Gold 62 6. Independance Day 62 7. Fire Star 60 8. Royal Taurian 60 9. Southern Pearl 57.5 Selections: 1. Independance Day 2. Royal Taurian 3. Mountain Train 5th Race The Gumbaz Trophy (Div-I) about 1200 Metres A handicap for horses rated 20 to 45. 3.30pm 1. Abracadabra 2. Living legend 3. Scenic Blast 4. Signiffies 5. The Situation 6. Emphatic Victory
62.5 62.5 61.5 57 57 56.5
7. Tern Me On 56.5 8. Yawar 56.5 9. Fruit King 56 Selections: 1. The Situation 2. Yawar 3. Abracadabra 6th Race The Narasimharaja Cup about 1400 Metres A handicap for horses rated 80 and Above. 4pm 1. Firezone 63 2. Tomsk 62 3. Tanzanite 57.5 4. Spark of Silver 56 5. Sovetskaya 55 6. What A Friend 55 7. Accurate 54.5 8. Gazaki 54.5 9. Gluteus Maximus 53.5 10. One For The Money 53 11. Mighty Heart 51 12. Ice Mint 50 Selections: 1. Sovetskaya 2. Gluteus Maximus 3. Tomsk. 7th Race The Gumbaz Trophy (Div-II) about 1200 Metres
1st Race The Red FM Cup about 1400 Metres A handicap for horses races 00 to 25 (5-years-old and over) 1.15pm 1. Chesrish The Moment 62 2. Moment Of Love 61.5 3. Chinatown 60.5 4. Ijlal 60.5 5. Tigana 58.5 6. Krptonite 58 7. Blue Mountian 57.5 8. Requite 57.5 9. Roxy 57.5 10. Agnation 56 11. Badal 55.5 12. Oceanelement 55.5 13. Ab Ist Omen 54 14. Arisen Star 52 Selections: 1. Blue Mountain 2. Ocean Element 3. Chesrish The Moment 2nd Race The Thailand Trophy about 2000 Metres A handicap for horses rated 20 to 45. 1.45pm 1. Artemisia 62.5
2. Avon Creek 61 3. King Arthur 60 4. Adiynara 56.5 5. Temtation 53 6. Classical Romance 52 Selections: 1. Artemisia 2. Classicalromance 3. Adiynara 3rd Race The HH Maharaja Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur Of Cooch Behar Memorial Cup about 1400 Metres A handicap for horses rated 60 to 85. 2.15pm 1. Mission Chief 62.5 2. Sangoma 62.5 3. Silver Sands 60.5 4. Awesome Indian 58.5 5. Oakdale 58 6. Poles Apart 58 7. Social Network 51 8. Queen Vic 50.5 Selections: 1. Oakdale 2. Social Network 3. Mission Chief 4th Race The Portugal Trophy about 1100 Metres A handicap for horses rated 20 to 45 2.45pm
1. Blazing Spectacle 2. Apstrophe 3. Fairy Girl 4. Sarabhi 5. Flightning 6. Headliner 7. Fankaar 8. Manege 9. Benjamin 10. Exxin 11. Elusive Thought 12. Patrenaire Selections: 1. Sarabhi 2. Headliner 3. Exxin 5th Race The Metropolitan about 1200 Metres A handicap for horses rated 80 and above 3.15pm 1. Romantic Impact 2. Ares 3. Cape Ferrat 4. Born To Fly 5. Zillionaire 6. Cayenne 7. River Star 8. Crown Rule
61 58.5 58 58 57.5 57 55 55 54.5 54.5 53.5 52.5
62 59.5 57 56.5 56.5 56 56 55.5
Pearce to manage England vs the Dutch LONDON: Stuart Pearce will manage England in their friendly international against the Netherlands on February 29, Football Association (FA) chairman David Bernstein said on Thursday. Pearce, the England Under21 manager, was given temporary control of the senior side for the match against the Dutch at Wembley following Fabio Capello’s resignation as England manager on Wednesday. Capello quit just four months before the start of Euro 2012 following the FA’s decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy ahead of the Chelsea defender’s trial on charges of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand, which is due to take place after the tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Former England full-back Pearce, who was Capello’s assis-
tant, will take charge of the Great Britain’s men’s Olympic team at the 2012 Games in London. “I can announce that Stuart Pearce will manage the England team against Holland,” said Bernstein at a Wembley news conference on Thursday. “He has huge experience outside and inside the organisation. He has been working with the under-21 team and has been working with Fabio for some time. I have got great confidence in Stuart, we will be in good hands. “Our priority then will be to appoint a new England manager.” Bernstein added, “I want to commend Stuart Pearce. I spoke to him a little earlier and, as you might expect from Stuart, his first thought was for his country and for managing his country without any conditions at all. “He just said, ‘If you would
I can announce that Stuart Pearce will manage the England team against Holland FA Chairman David Bernstein like me to do it, I want to do it’. “And, I must say, I was really impressed with his attitude. I would expect nothing less from him.” Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, cleared of tax evasion charges, remains the overwhelming favourite to succeed Capello on a long-term basis.AFP
22nd Day, Saturday, Febraury 11
A handicap for horses rated 20 to 45. 4.30pm 1. Waltz Away 60 2. Shades O Scarlet 59.5 3. Free Styler 58.5 4. Diamond Flame 57.5 5. Folklore 57 6. IndianPride 57 7. Will Still 57 8. Biscotti 56.5 9. Gur Kripa 56.5 10. Stud Muffin 55.5 Selections: 1. Folklore 2. Waltz Away 3. Indian Pride 8th Race The Dashmesh Stud Plate about 1400 Metres A handicap for horses rated 60 to 85 (5-yearsold and over) 5pm 1. Dramatic Dancer 61 2. Lads Gladiator 59 3. YOure Wonderful 58.5 4. Scarlette 57.5 5. Camelot 56.5 6. Sun Storm 56 7. Balas Glory 55.5 8. On A Roll 55
KOLK ATA R ACE SELECTIONS 9. Must Be Magic 53.5 10. Highland Music 52.5 Selections: 1. Cayenne 2. CrownRule 3. Romantic Impact 6th Race The Sweden Cup about 1200 Metres Terms for horses 3-years-old only. 3.45pm 1. Atwater 57 2. Cider With Rosie 55.5 3. Jailhouse Rock 53 4. Namurdee 53 5. Raise Your Hands 53 6. Royal Scots 53 7. Kuan Yin 51.5 8. Mistletoe 51.5 9. Moonlight Lady 51.5 Selections: 1. RoyalScots 2. Moonlight Lady 3. Atwater 7th Race The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Grade III) about 2800 Metres Terms for horses 4-years-old and over 4.15pm 1. Unleashed 60 2. Camorra 59 3. Cambiasso 58 4. Razmaden 56.5 5. Matts 55
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9. Aztec Gold 54.5 10. Nessie 54 11. Mr.Ambassador 53.5 12. Hard To Pin Down 50 Selections: 1. Aztec Gold 2. Scarlette 3. Sunstorm 9th Race The Amazing Grey Plate about 1400 Metres A handicap for horses rated 20 to 45 (5-yearsold and over) 5.30pm 1. Price To Fame 62.5 2. Beautiful Life 61 3. Redshift 60 4. Hamsafar 59.5 5. Yamaguchi 59 6. Another Voice 58.5 7. Sun Gold 56.5 8. Voddo Moon 56 9. War Artist 54 10. Table Mountain 53.5 11. Savvy Concept 53 12. I Fancy You 52 Selections: 1. War Artist 2. Hamsafar 3. Yamaguchi Days Best: Sovetskaya. To be run on Saturday, February 11
6. Raznandan 51.5 7. Royal Blue Star 51.5 Selections: 1. Camorra 2. Razmaden 3 .Cambiasso 8th Race The Germany Trophy about 1600 Metres A handicap for horses rated 40 to 65. 4.45pm 1. Sea Shower 61.5 2. The Giant 61.5 3. Schwarznegger 59 4. Whistling Strait 59 5. Catchphrase 56 6. Manhattan Rain 56 7. Sea Of Kisses 55 8. Star Success 53.5 9. Combined Operation 53 10. Credit Swap 52.5 11. Happy Princess 51 Selections: 1. Catchphrase 2. Whistling Strait 3.Sea Of Kisses Days Best: Camorra Jackpot: 4,5,6,7, & 8 1st Treble: 1, 2 & 3 2nd Treble: 3, 4 & 5 3rd Treble: 6, 7, 8
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The games people play
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Scotland want closed stadium
Ross Ford
EDINBURGH: Scotland are so confident of playing Wales at their own game in a Six Nations clash in Cardiff on Sunday, they’ve asked for the Millennium Stadium’s roof to be closed in a bid to ensure ideal conditions. Many pundits believe Scotland’s best chance of winning in the Welsh capital for the first time in a decade is for them to play in the forecast rain, weather which has provided the backdrop to some of their most notable recent triumphs including a 2010 win over then world champions South Africa. And they could, if they wanted, insist on this weekend’s match being played in the open air as the standard protocol for Tests at the Millennium is that both sides must agree to the retractable roof being closed. Wales, 23-21 winners away to Ireland in their tournament opener last weekend, are unlikely to have any qualms about playing ‘indoors’. But nor are Scotland, according to captain Ross Ford, even though their handling game let them down badly in decent con-
ditions at Murrayfield during last Saturday’s 13-6 loss at home to England. “We’ve asked for the roof to be closed, so that guarantees us a nice dry ball to go out and play the way we want to,” Ford said. “We believe we’ve got the ability there to put pressure on Wales with the way we want to play and we’d prefer it if the roof was closed,” the hooker added. “We have had victories in the worst weather conditions, but I think you would be hard pressed to find a rugby player who enjoys the wet and the cold. “We’re going down there with the intention of closing the roof and playing.” In Gregor Laidlaw, nephew of Scotland great Roy, the visitors will have a ‘running’ fly-half in contrast to Dan Parks, who retired from international duty after the England defeat and was renowned for his ability to direct operations with the boot in the wet. But Laidlaw will be looking to the forwards and scrum-half Chris Cusiter to provide him with quick ball in a bid to spark a
Scotland back division that, for all the talent of the Lamont brothers and Max Evans in particular, has now gone four games without a try. “Greg for Edinburgh in the Heineken (European) Cup this year, everything that’s been asked of him he’s gone out and done it,” Ford said. “That’s the type of man he is. “I’m sure he will carry on in the same vein down in Wales on Sunday.” World Cup semi-finalists Wales will be firm favourites to win this weekend but the 27year-old Ford added: “It is a big challenge, going down to Wales always is. “Wales are coming off a good win in Ireland, but we believe we’ve seen enough from how Ireland played them and that we’ve got the ability in our squad to go down there and win. “We’ve had a look at the video from Saturday and believe we’ve found areas we can sharpen up on and that will give us an edge in the way we’re trying to play and to put Wales under pressure.” AFP
South Korea’s Wi flirts with 59 at Pebble Greg Heakes
PEBBLE BEACH: Charlie Wi flirted with a 59 for much of his round before finishing nine-under 61 to seize a share of the firstround lead at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Thursday. South Korea’s Wi, who played the easier of the three courses, said he didn’t realize how close he was to magic 59 number because he thought organizers had set the Monterey Peninsula course as a par-72 instead of its actual par70. “I was looking at the scorecard like what’s the par here?” said Wi. “I thought it was par-72. That 59 never crossed my mind, not once.” On the 13th hole, Wi tappedin for birdie to get to eight under.
Charlie Wi of South Korea reacts to a missed putt.
That left him needing three birdies on the final five holes to reach 59. He made one more birdie for nine-under. Wi shares the first-round lead with two others, New Zealander Danny Lee and former two-time champ Dustin Johnson, of the US, who both shot 63 on the Pebble Beach course, which did play at par-72. Wi did manage to set a course record, beating the old mark of 62 which was shot by Jeff Maggert last year on the same Monterey course. “Any time you’re shooting nine-under, you’re making putts,” Wi said. “It was really nice to see the ball go in today.” “Yeah, 59 is a special number, but I wasn’t trying to stay at nine (under). I was trying to make more birdies.”
Woods opens with round of 68 PEBBLE BEACH: Tiger Woods got his 2012 PGA Tour season off to a solid start Thursday, firing a four-under 68 at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am to sit five strokes back of a trio of leaders. Woods took advantage of some perfect weather in Thursday’s first round at the Spyglass Hill golf course — considered the tougher of the three courses the field will tackle this week. “I drilled it great today,” Woods said. “I feel much more confident with my game.” The 14-time major winner was five strokes back of a threesome at the top of the
Tiger Woods hits an approach shot on the 17th hole in Pebble leaderboard, New Zealand’s Danny Lee, Charlie Wi of South Korea and American Dustin Johnson who all reached nine-under. Woods, who is now ranked 18th in the world, made the turn at twounder on a bright sunny day.
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Sri Lanka win toss and more
Nuwan Kulasekara catches out Australian batsman Mike Hussey (unseen) during the third tri-series One-day international at Perth’s WACA ground today (Friday). AFP/ TONY ASHBY
PERTH: Sri Lankan were rolling on fine having kept Australia down to 121 for 4 from 26 overs after captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to field against Australia in the third tri-series One-day international at Perth’s WACA ground on Friday. The home side named an unchanged side after beating India in the rainshortened series opener in Melbourne on Sunday. Sri Lanka made one change from the side beaten by four wickets by India in Perth on Wednesday, promoting spinner Sachithra Senanayake. Australia named Peter Forrest as 12th man, while
Thisara Perera will carry the drinks for Sri Lanka. Teams: Australia — David Warner, Matthew Wade, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (capt), Mike Hussey, David Hussey, Dan Christian, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Starc, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty. Peter Forrest (12th man) Sri Lanka — Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dhammika Prasad, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sachithra Senanayake. Thisara Perera (12th man) AFP
Evra-Suarez reunion adds fuel to rivalry Neil Johnston
MANCHESTER: All eyes at Old Trafford on Saturday will be on Manchester United’s Patrice Evra and Liverpool’s Luis Suarez should the two players meet for the first time since a race row. Uruguay forward Suarez was banned for eight games after being found guilty of racially abusing the United defender in a 1-1 draw at Anfield in October. The incident stoked the bitter rivalry between the north-west giants, with Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish — who has continued to insist Suarez should never have been banned at all — steadfast in support of the striker. However, the clubs have met since October’s clash, with Liverpool knocking United out of the FA Cup at Anfield last month, and Dalglish, who along with opposing manager Sir Alex Ferguson has called for calm, believes that tie has helped defuse tensions between the sides. “Everyone involved, including the media, the supporters and both teams have a responsibility to ensure this weekend is remembered as a cracking game of football between two very good sides, rather than for anything else,” Dalglish told Liverpool’s website.
Patrice Evra
Luis Suarez “I thought everyone involved in the FA Cup tie at Anfield played their part in making sure that the match was played in the right way, so let’s make sure that happens again this weekend. “I’m sure people will want to talk about Luis Suarez but he accepted his ban, served his suspension and returned against Spurs on Monday.
“It’s time for all of us to draw a line under what happened and move forward. “People are already speculating on the pre-match ceremony, but from Luis’s point of view we have spoken to him and I know he will shake the hand of Patrice Evra and the other Manchester United players before the game.” The Suarez-Evra clash came
in the same month as the incident that led to Chelsea captain John Terry facing criminal charges of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand, brother of United’s Rio. A concerned Ferguson told CNN: “This is a moment where we have to take stock and we should do something about it if it’s surfacing again, and be really
hard and firm on any form or shape of racism. “There have been a couple of examples recently which is not good. In 2012, you can’t believe it.” Reigning Premier League champions United go into the match two points behind leaders Manchester City and 16 ahead of Liverpool. But for League Cup finalists Liverpool their Premier League goal this term is a top four finish that will guarantee Champions League football next season. And given they are just four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, that aim remains within their sights. Last season United’s record 19th English title took them one above Liverpool and Old Trafford veteran Ryan Giggs said even though the Anfield club were last crowned champions of England in 1990, they remained a key litmus test for Ferguson’s side. “We’re the two most successful teams in the country, so we know we’ve got to perform and play well to get anything from any game against them. “It’s the club we tried to catch for so long and now we’ve caught them, the challenge is to stay ahead.”
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Zambia set for glory Keyvan Naraghi
LIBREVILLE: A stunning start to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations set up Zambia to defy the odds and qualify for the final against Ivory Coast at Stade de l’Amitie on Sunday. The Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) ran Group A favourites Senegal ragged in the first half at the Estadio de Bata and could have led at half-time by more than the two goals Emmanuel Mayuka and Rainford Kalaba scored. Senegal, widely touted as third favourites behind Ivory Coast and Ghana for the biggest African football prize, pulled one goal back but an equaliser eluded
them in a tense climax. The result was a sign of things to come for each country with Zambia topping the final table and avoiding the Ivorians in the last eight while Senegal came last after three losses and coach Amara Traore was fired this week. France-born Zambia coach Herve Renard, who returned to the post only three months before the biennial tournament kicked off, later explained how he sank the Senegalese. “I knew their defenders were tall and slow so we played the ball behind them, forcing them to turn. Our first half performance was close to perfection,” boasted the 43-year-old who took Zambia
to the quarter-finals two years ago. Zambia came from behind twice to draw 2-2 against bogey team Libya in the second series of group games with Mayuka on target again and captain Christopher Katongo snatching the second equaliser. The mudbath conditions after torrential pre-match rain in Bata prevented the slick, quick Chipolopolo punishing the slower Libyans and Renard slammed the officials for allowing the fixture to go ahead. Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea won their first two matches, meaning Zambia needed maximum points when they clashed to overtake them on the table and they
New Ivory approach pays off LIBREVILLE: A narrower than expected is good enough for me. I have a mission first-round victory over Sudan set the trend which is to lead this team to the final,” for the progress of star-studded Ivory Coast stressed the 49-year-old ex-professional to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations final who played in Italy and France. The message was clagainst Zambia at Stade ear to a nation waiting de l’Amitie on Sunday. with increased desperaCaptain Didier Drogtion since 1992 for a secba nodded the only goal ond Cup of Nations title of the Group B game off — the Elephants were a Salomon Kalou cross not interested in style, shortly before half-time, just success. And after with the second-half avfive victories on the trot alanche never materialIvory Coast are in their ising. Tired of pretty third final — they lost a football that won noth2006 shootout against ing, the Ivorians no hosts Egypt — and longer cared how they appear capable of won as long as they won Didier Drogba greets supporters. defeating sentimental and coach Francois Zahoui made no excuses for his pragmatic favourites Zambia. The last time Ivory Coast approach. “If we win with a header from a won the tournament they did not concede corner in the final minute of extra time that a goal in five matches.
did just that thanks to an opportunist Katongo goal in Malabo. An early header from centreback Stoppila Sunzu off a Kalaba free kick set up the southern Africa nation for a 3-0 quarter-final cruise against Sudan with Katongo and substitute James Chamanga on target after half-time. Zambia had fulfilled the pretournament demand of Renard that his team make the semifinals and after riding their luck they went one step further with a late Mayuka goal seeing off Ghana in Bata. After four wins and a draw Chipolopolo have moved from Equatorial Guinea to neighbouring Gabon, off whose coast a military
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Imagine if we could lift the trophy — it would be a fantastic way to honour the memories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving the land they loved. Renard plane carrying the 1993 Zambian national squad plunged into the Atlantic killing all 30 on board. “Imagine if we could lift the trophy — it would be a fantastic way to honour the memories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving the land they loved,” said an emotional Renard.