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OPERATION CLEAN-UP CCS BEGINS

ducationist Anjum Babukhan believes that learning and knowledge-sharing are keys to a progressive future. “When you share something you’re good at, it empowers you,” she says.

iffed by repeated ACB raids on the Central Crime Station (CCS) that led to the arrest of many for corruption, the City additional commissioner of police Ahsan Raza has begun an image makeover exercise that involves reducing the women staff and launching a determined campaign against corrupt police personnel.

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Usain Bolt cemented his place in Olympic folklore by claiming a second three-gold medal haul in successive Games.

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Over 250 dead as quake rocks Iran

t least 250 people died and more than 2,000 were injured by twin earthquakes that hit the Tabriz region in northwest Iran on Saturday, an official said. Khalil Saie, the head of the regional natural disasters centre, was quoted by ISNA giving that toll. The quakes, which struck on Saturday within 11 minutes of each other, measured 6.2 and 6.0, according to Tehran University's Seismological Centre. Their epicentres were close to the towns of Ahar and Varzeghan, about 60km from Tabriz. PG 6

CITY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

IN CHARACTER

Film screening

Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: Ongoing, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 6666 3939

The Bangladeshi movie Ontarjatra which is a story of discovering the invisible bond of a Bangladeshi teenager to his country of origin will be screened as a part of the Bangladeshi film festival. Where: Annapurna Studios Preview Theatre, Banjara Hills, Rd No 2 When: August 12, 7.15pm

The lotus pond An exhibition of paintings by artist Uday Shankar will be held . The exhibition will be on till August 15. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: 98499 6879

Eclectic reflections Alankritha Art Gallery presents Eclectic Reflections, an exhibition of paintings by eight talented artists. The exhibition will be on from August 11. Where: Alankritha Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Kavuri hills When: August 11 onwards, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2311 3709

Interactive workshops Oakridge International School launches Weekend Voyager. This is an exciting weekend activity for children. It includes workshops on a variety of topics such as film making, theater, photography, robotics. Where: Oakridge International School, Gachibowli and Bachupally When: Every Sunday, 9am-12pm Contact:1800 200 8171

Jash-E-Eid-Ul Fitr Break your fast with ITC Kakatiya’s special Iftar buffet which includes flavoured sherbets, rich haleem, malai paya, dum biryani and an assortment of Kebabs. Where: Deccan Pavilion, ITC Kakatiya, Begumpet When: August 10-20, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2340 0132

Monsoon mania Ramoji Film City celebrates the onset of monsoon with eight weeks of activities and entertainment from July 1 to August 31. Where: Ramoji Film City, Hayathnagar When: Ongoing, 9am onwards Contact: (040) 2341 2262

Mongolian food festival Take a trip to Mongolia as you are introduced to their food and culture at Syn-Asian Bar and Grill, Taj Deccan. Where: Syn, Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: Ongoing, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 6666 3939

An artist near GHMC liberty road.

Peau d’Anne

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Jacques Demy’s musical fairy tale Peau d’Anne (1970) (Donkey skin) will be shown at Alliance Francaise on August 17. Where: Alliance Francaise Banjara Hills, Rd No 3 When: August 17, 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2355 4485

Grizzly man A heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard in Alaska titled Grizzly Man will be shown at Lamakaan. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills When: August 17, 7.30pm Contact: 9642731329

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Head to Truffle’s Cafe with it’s weekend special menu including eggs benedict, spanish omelette blueberry pancakes and more. Where: Truffles Cafe, Jubilee Hills When: August 11 and 12 Contact: (040) 23550105

Embarking routes A group exhibition of various kinds of art by the final year students of MFA program 2012 is being held at Shrishti Art Gallery. The exhibition is being held by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, Alliance Francaise, University of Hyderabad and Shrishti Art Gallery. Where: Shrishti Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 15

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Theatre festival The seventh edition of the multi-lingual theatre festival — Abhinaya National Theatre Festival will be held from August 16 to August 19. Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad When: August 16 onwards 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2323 1245

Punjabi food festival Sample the essence of Punjab with a Punjabi Food Festival being held at Arena, Taj Deccan. This food festival will be held till August 12. Where: Arena, Taj Deccan,

Tease Lounge at Vivanta by Taj presents Smooth Operators Night every Friday with DJ Mohit. Where: Tease Bar, Vivanta by Taj, Begumpet When: Every Friday, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 6725 2626

Elegance Artist Snehlatha Prasad, is presenting her interpretation of the Radha and Krishna myth through her canvas at a painting exhibition. Where: Muse Art Gallery, Tank Bund When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Eyena A painting exhibition by artist Priyanka Aeley is being held at Kalakrithi art Gallery. Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery, Banjara Hills When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 6656 4466

Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 44767777, Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 8800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973

CITY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

Principal arrested

Fake note gang busted

he Chandanagar police have arrested Shankaraiah, principal of Nagarjuna school located in Chandanagar on receiving a complaint from the parents of a teenage student. The parents have charged the principal for allegedly beating up their child. They said that he brutally thrashed the student for not doing some academic work.

he City police busted a fake note racket and arrested a gang of three. After getting a tip-off about the gang that is engaged in converting fake notes, a police decoy was deployed who successfully trapped the trio and seized fake notes worth `90,000. Two of the three gang members are said to be engineering students.

Youth killed in accident

rishna Kumar Mishra, a native of Bihar, was killed when his bike collided with an RTC bus at Bolarum. A resident of Mallepally, Krishnakumar was working as a security guard at a private firm. On Saturday, a bus coming from the Hakimpet Depot collided with his vehicle and he died on the spot. Another passerby was also seriously injured.

Operation clean-up CCS begins After repeated ACB raids on the CCS which resulted in many arrests, the additional police commissioner has decided to take definitive steps to give the department an image makeover. N SHIVA KUMAR

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Giving cell phone numbers of the top police officers is a bold move. It will definitely prove to be a deterrent for those who take bribes.

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iffed by the repeated ACB raids on Central Crime Station (CCS) that led to the arrest of many for corruption (Postnoon August 8), the City additional commissioner of police Ahsan Raza has begun an image makeover exercise that involves reducing the women staff and a determined campaign against corrupt police personnel. As Postnoon reported, what led to a spurt in corruption at CCS was mainly the dowry case counseling that involved summoning the respondents and browbeating them. Being accused men in the tough antidowry law, they allegedly fall in line and pay up, primary inquiry by top officials revealed. It is because these cases involve marital issues that the City police top brass, in its wis-

A complainant at the CCS

dom, had assigned more women police to CCS than necessary. The CCS has now 42 women — one inspector, three sub-inspectors, 10 head constables and 28 constables. But many of them under the covert promptings by the men allegedly indulge in corruption, it is said. Besides the four CCS police officers caught

by the ACB while accepting bribes from dowry-accused people, one more woman SI is in the firing line. Action is underway, it is learnt. Raza, mandated to probe the rot in the CCS has, besides disciplinary action, resorted to a series of efforts that are aimed at improving the image of the

CCS. He has ordered several changes like putting up a board “Appeal to Public” that says that any official demanding bribe should be notified to the CP, additional CP, DCP or ACP on mobile phone numbers. Raza has also got made posters that ridicules corruption and warns the staff to keep the

CCS clean as it is a vital body that can make or mar the image of the City police. “Giving cell phone numbers of the top police officers is a bold move. It will prove a deterrent,” said a complainant jubilantly. He said that after the notice was put up the police officers dare not mention the world bribe.

Ravi to fight intra-party fire

Union minister Vylavar Ravi’s City visit is officially put as being for a family function, but meetings with Kiran Kumar Reddy and Botsa Satyanarayana are also being planned. Md Inkeshaf Ahmed

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inally, a central Congress leader is visiting the State. Union minister for overseas indian affairs Vayalar Ravi, who was functioning like the in-charge AP affair of the party visits the City tonight. Though his official reason for the trip is to attend a family function of P Govardhan Reddy, MP, Ravi is learnt to be scheduled to meet the CM Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana and some other leaders during his one-day stay. This is the first time after

Ravi is scheduled to meet the CM and PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana the bypoll debacle that a senior Central party leader visits the State. Ravi was last seen in the State before the by-elections and campaigned for the party candidates for their victory. He tried to inspire the party to strive for an impressive victory. But the Congress managed a miserable two of the 18 Assembly seats and no Lok Sabha seat.

The main objective of Ravi’s visit now is to quell differences between the warring leaders. Intra-party fracas has reached a crescendo in the recent past on gas allocation issue where everybody was out to run down the Union petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy. While a section of leaders supporting the CM had said that Jaipal Reddy was responsible for gas controversy, the other section opposed to the CM had alleged that the CM was making deliberate attempts by dragging the name of Reddy, one of the senior leaders from Telangana region, to defame him.

These attacks and counter attacks forced Jaipal Reddy to abstain from a felicitation function held by party senior leader and Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao in his honour. Ravi is also likely to broach the long pending issue of reconstitution of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee with party leaders. Even after completion of taking charge by present incumbent Botsa Satyanarayana. Botsa, after the bypoll armed with the list of his loyalists, met party high command leaders in Delhi and requested them to approve the list.

CITY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

City’s road woes continue

one side of the work has already been restored and the other side of the works are being taken up on priority basis, would be completed in a day or two. He directed the engineering officials and the concerned contractor to be vigil to complete the restoration works immediately and the work should be restored so that the road can be allowed for the free flow of traffic. Mahesh Yadav, the area corporator, requested the commissioner to conduct a joint meeting with all connected departments like HMWW&SB, APCPDCL to have a proper coordination to solve this problem permanently. R Dhan Singh, engineer-inchief said that this is the old drain where most of the sewer lines have been merged and are not in a position to cope up with the existing flow of sewage and storm water causing this incident. He ensured to identify the problem and restore the works.

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he repercussions of the road damage near Model House, Punjagutta became obvious as it started to affect the traffic of the entire City. Traffic police virtually engaged half of their personnel on the alternative routes, including several inspectors, subinspectors and men from various divisions. Walkie talkies in the North District were busy, where the higher officials coping with the situation regularly asked their cadre ‘not to panic’.

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About 300 personnel from across traffic police stations of the North District were on the alternative routes and by-lanes between National Highway and Raj Bhavan road. The Raj Bhavan Road, suddenly became a arterial route for road users, providing an alternative between Khairtabad and Punjagutta. Commuters everywhere had to face a tough task while moving ahead. The narrow lanes which were supposed to be short cuts connecting major roads were packed. Frustrated people resorted to continuous honking, making the task more tough for the traffic cops. “It took more than an hour for me to travel from Khairtabad to Nagarjuna Circle,” says N

WORKING Srikanth, a resident of Srinagar Colony. Medical services were also badly hit on this stretch, as the road consists of one of the important hospitals, the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, besides NIMS. Being one of the important routes for City buses, taking a diversion was no less than a tedious job. Traffic cops feel this is the biggest problem which cropped up in the recent years. Unlike the Fever Hospital incident which occurred two years ago,

Most of the commercial complexes, shops in the area are directly letting their sewage into the storm water drains. they feel this too will open up several interrelated problems. According to officials, if the road is not opened to general public till Monday morning

matters may become worse. While on inspection, GHMC Commissioner M T Krishna Babu said that the over flowing sewage water into the storm water drains was a source of the problem. He stated that most of the sewage is entering the storm water drain due to the absence of a sewage network. It has also been noticed that most of the commercial complexes, shops in the area are directly letting their sewage in the storm water drains. The commissioner said that

ON A SOLUTION

While speaking to Postnoon, PVS Ramakrishna, deputy commissioner of police said that inspectors were engaged in almost all major junctions. He said the situation could have improved but the rain played spoil sport, causing vehicles to come on roads simultaneously after rainfall recedes. According to him, a separate contingent would take care of the problem in the night to guide lorries. He also said that the personnel were doubled in two days at choking points on Rajbhavan Road. He expected the situation to improve on Sunday.

The City’s agent of change

The head of State administration, Minnie Mathew, has brought about a semblance of order in the usually Secretariat. But many know that the situation will be back to square one once her tenure is over. Inkeshaf Ahmed

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he took over the mantle of the State administration just 40 days ago. But within the short span she is trying to leave her mark when it comes to work culture. Chief secretary of Andhra Pradesh Minnie Mathew, the second woman chief secretary of the State after Sati Nayar, has done something unprecedented: Soon after she took over she administered an oath to the employees not to resort to gender bias. She took this up from her rich and vast experience in the State administration, and it was, in a way, admitting that there did exist a gender bias loaded against women employees. Another ‘Minnie factor’ was introducing punctuality in the

Secretariat works, which was sadly lacking in all these time. Most employees languished in the canteen and compound while the air conditioners and fans and lights were all working in their rooms. She has set a deadline for work, say the staff. This calls for working beyond 5 pm, and employees don’t mind, as a visit to the corridors of power in the after hours reveals. Employees associations say some minor irking issues were sorted out by her quickly. “The secretaries have asked us to process the files within the given deadlines and without any undue delay. This was being done after she took over,” one section officer of the State secretariat told Postnoon. The secretariat employees union leaders too say there is a change in the work style now. “She is known

prestigious International Biodiversity Meet (COP-11) scheduled to be held in October this year by reviewing the status of various arrangements. Minnie personally took stock of the preparations being made for the mega event by visiting the main venue of the event HICC recently. Apart from this, the CS, who would superannuate in February next month, is also shifting her focus on tackling farmers’ problems in the wake of drought in the State. for her strict adherence to rules and regulations. It is getting reflected in administration. There is a lot of change in terms of solving employees problems. The CS had promptly solved many of the problems raised by us,” AP Secretariat Employees Union president M Hanumantha

Reddy said. After taking charge, Minnie has not only held a series of review meetings with the heads and officials of various departments but also set up targets for prompt implementation of many welfare programmes. She has also put her focus on the ensuing

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One thing she did which is not to the liking of many secretaries is showing respect to the people’s representatives. “They now get up when we go to meet them. Earlier, most of the IAS officers did not care a damn about us,” observed AngloIndian MLA Christine Lazarus.

NATION SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

2 dead in Mumbai protest

Singh welcomes Rahul

Raj Bhavan’s solar panels gone

MUMBAI: Two people were killed and

NEW DELHI: Bringing back into focus

over 50, including 41 policemen, injured as a protest by several Muslim organisations to condemn the alleged attacks on Muslims in Myanmar and the Assam riots turned violent, officials said. An alert has been sounded in the city. “Two people are reported dead in St George Hospital and the over 50 injured are being treated,” an official said.

Rahul Gandhi’s statement that he was ready to play a larger political role, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said he would welcome the Congress general secretary into the UPA government. “I have always said that I will welcome Rahul’s entry (in the government),” Manmohan Singh told reporters.

SHILLONG: A number of solar panels

Ramdev to reveal ‘what’s next’ NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is likely to announce the future strategy of his agitation against black money on Sunday. The Yoga guru yesterday deferred by a day a “big” announcement on the next course of his agitation on blackmoney and Lokpal Bill as former Army chief Gen V K Singh will join him in the protest today. Ramdev was to come up with his plans for the next phase of his agitation last evening on the third day of his fast. “Tomorrow there will be an announcement on the big revolution to be staged in the country. We are waiting (for government response) till this evening. Many things will happen tomorrow not only in Ramlila Maidan here but across the country,” he told his supporters on Saturday. He said the agitation will move in a “new direction” tomorrow with youth joining his movement.

installed in the Meghalaya Raj Bhavan were stolen Saturday, police said. The 43 solar panels, installed in the kitchen garden, were meant to provide additional electricity to the Raj Bhavan here. “The solar plates must have been stolen in the early hours of Saturday,” said East Khasi Hills police chief Mariahom Kharkrang.

‘Malicious plot to split Anna from team’ NEW DELHI:New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal, a member of the now disbanded Team Anna, has claimed that the decision to turn the anti-corruption movement political was Anna Hazare’s. He also alleges that a “malicious” campaign has been working overtime to drive a wedge between the team and the 75-year-old social activist. Breaking his silence over claims by a section of his aides that Mr Hazare was against forming a political party, activist Mr Kejriwal alleged that a “propaganda machinery” was working overtime to “drive wedge” between Mr Hazare and other activists. “A malicious campaign is being run that Anna is against political party and that Team thrust it on Anna. Truth is it was Anna’s decision,” Mr Kejriwal tweeted this morning. His remarks came a day after reports quoting Team Anna members mentioned that Mr Hazare was against the formation of a party. On August 3, while calling off his fast, Mr Hazare had announced the formation of a

Team Anna likely to make electoral debut in Delhi polls NEW DELHI: Before taking the plunge in 2014 general elections, Team Anna is likely to test political waters first in next year’s Delhi Assembly polls while giving a miss to elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Sources in India Against Corruption (IAC) said a large number of volunteers

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in a meeting yesterday pitched in for fighting the Delhi Assembly elections first. This could mean the activists, who decided to turn their anti-graft movement into a political one, will give a miss to assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

political alternative though he had said he would not be a member of the party. “Anna clearly directed us to start forming political party. If he says even once that he doesn’t want us to do that, we will immediately withdraw. Let Anna say once that he is against pol(itical) party formation, we will immediately withdraw,” Mr Kejriwal wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter. He claimed that Hazare heeded to public demand and is convinced that there was no road left other than providing political alternative. “Anna has been fighting corrupt for last 30 years. He is extremely sharp politically n (sic) fiercely independent. Those projecting Anna as a gullible man may try getting Anna to say a single line against his wishes. “For last one year, Anna (was) being projected as a simpleton, an infant who could be influenced by anyone,” he said. Yesterday, erstwhile Team Anna member Sunita Godara claimed Mr Hazare did not pressurise anyone but said that they were free to choose their own path.

Man gets 5 yrs for trying to rape minor NEW DELHI: Man gets five-year jail for trying to rape minor New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) A Delhi court has sentenced a man to five years in jail for attempting to rape a minor girl here in 2010. Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta also imposed a fine of `1,000 upon Delhi resident Joginder alias Virender Sharma, relying upon the eight-year-old victim’s deposition that the accused had tried to rape her when she had gone to buy vegetables. “The prosecution has proved its case beyond the reasonable doubt against accused (Joginder),” the PTI court said.

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Court drops case against FB

MANILA: Emergency relief officials and doctors

BRASILIA: A court Saturday reversed an order that

deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines Sunday to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll jumped to 85. While floods have gone down significantly around the capital Manila, many areas in nearby provinces remained inundated as overflowing dams continued to release water, the national disaster coordinating agency said.

would have blocked access to Facebook in Brazil for a day after the popular US social media site allegedly refused to pull a page including illegal political material. An electoral court in Florianopolis voided the ruling which also included a fine of about $25,000. Facebook was accused of refusing to take down a page deemed offensive to local councilman.

250 dead, 2,000 injured in Iran quake

DAMASCUS: At least 250

people died and more than 2,000 were injured by twin earthquakes that hit the Tabriz region in northwest Iran on Saturday, an official said. Khalil Saie, the head of the regional natural disasters centre, was quoted by the ISNA news agency giving that toll. The quakes, which struck Saturday within 11 minutes of each other, measured 6.2 and 6.0, according to Tehran University’s Seismological Centre. Their epicentres were close to the twons of Ahar and Varzeghan, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Tabriz. With telephone communications disrupted in the disaster zone, northeast of the city of Tabriz, emergency teams were relying on radios and travelling in person to hard-hit villages to rescue and assess the destruction. The US Geological Survey, which monitors seismic activity worldwide, ranked them as more powerful, at 6.4 and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale, respectively. Khalil Saie, the head of the regional natural disasters centre, told state television that at least 200 people had perished and more than 1,500 had been injured. He warned that the toll could go up. Earlier he urged residents in the zone not to panic, reassuring them that “help is arriving and rescuers are already at the scene.” “Up to now, there are no

The Bam tragedy Iran has been hit by around 10 earthquakes since 2000 alone. The Bam earthquake was the most devastating: 26,271 people were killed and 30,000 people were injured. n Before the earthquake, Bam had a population of roughly 97,000. More than half the population was affected by the earthquake n

Iranian residents rescue a woman in the rubble of a house in Sourmah village, near the town of Varzaqan, after twin earthquakes hit northwestern Iran on Saturday. The woman had pulse when she was rescued and taken into an ambulance. AFP/ISNA/FARSHID TIGHEHSAZ deaths reported in the cities and all the victims come from rural areas,” he said. Iran’s Red Crescent took over a sports stadium to shelter the 16,000 people left homeless or too afraid to return indoors, the Fars news agency reported. It also provided 3,000 tents, blankets and tonnes of food — all a sign of years of preparedness in a nation prone to sometimes catastrophic seismic activity. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s office posted a statement on its website expressing condolences to

those in the disaster zone and calling on authorities to “mobilise all efforts to help the affected populations.” According to the official IRNA news agency, 66 rescue teams were at work, using 40 devices and seven dog squads to detect buried survivors. Some 185 ambulances were sent to the area. Those hurt were taken to hospitals in Tabriz and Ardebil, the two biggest nearby cities, both of which escaped relatively unscathed from the quakes. In contrast, villages outlying the towns of Ahar and

Varzaqan, 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Tabriz, were decimated, being closest to the epicentres of the two quakes. Dwellings close to Heris, another town close by, were also badly shaken. Residents in the region were terrified as their homes shook around them when the quakes hit, and they fled into the streets for safety, according to reports. Tehran University’s Seismological Centre said the first earthquake occurred at 4:53 pm (1223 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres.

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ing imposing no-fly zones and other steps on Syria to help rebel forces, Hillary Clinton has announced. The US secretary of state said she and the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, agreed to examine the possibility of imposing a flying ban, while Turkish media reported that they were also considering creating safe havens within Syria. “It is one thing to talk about all kinds of potential actions, but you cannot make reasoned decisions without doing intense analysis and operational planning,” Clinton said.

was sent to a labour camp after she campaigned for harsher sentences for the seven men convicted of abducting, raping and prostituting her 11-year-old daughter, reported the Guardian. Tang Hui was ordered by police in Hunan province’s Yongzhou city last week to serve 18 months in a labour camp for “disturbing social order and exerting a negative impact on society” for protesting in front of government buildings. Her case outraged the public and revived debate over China’s controversial use of re-education through labour, a system that allows detention without trial.

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propos the report about city roads, Danger lurks on city roads. There are several roads in and around the city in pitiable conditions. Instead of wasting money on digging up well-laid lawns on dividers, they could use that money to fix the roads. Suraj Kumar Vijayanagar Colony

EDITORIALS THANKS Yogeshwar For every trough, there’s a crest. Though it’s astounding that India finished last in Hockey in Olympics, Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze in wrestling came as some salve to our wounded pride. It was fantastic to watch the man who could hardly see with his right eye due to the big swelling from an injury near it, beaming and acknowledging the cheers of the crowd while he held up his precious bronze. The 29-year-old’s feat is nothing short of historic, for he is only the third Indian to win medals in wrestling, after KD Jadhav (1952) and Sushil Kumar (2008), who could not rise up to the expectations this time. No matter, Dutt’s bronze is good enough. The man’s determination and grit is admirable. Fighting three opponents in less than an hour to win a medal is no little feat. And that he ignored the injury to his right eye suffered in the prequarters is proof of his mettle. Yogeshwar’s achievement is the culmination of 21 years of hard work. He says he felt very tired at several instances, but desire for a medal kept him going. Thanks, Yogeshwar, for not giving up. You have made us proud.

WHY WE LOVE... Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee is a strong, assertive woman. She brookes no dissent and promptly acts when she spots it. Didi was absolutely right in having a man arrested for questioning her about the policies she has formulated for farmers. Farmers may die in hundreds, but how could he doubt Didi’s wisdom and intent? Agreed this is a democracy, and by virtue of that Didi is answerable to the people, but there are exceptions. People should know better: Didi knows best!

erely apologising won’t do to find the rot that’s destroying our national sport. Hockey India secretary general Narender Batra’s ordering an inquiry into the our shameful show at the Olympics is not enough. There must be serious instropection about what happened. Shoaib Khan Malapally

EDITORIALS Readers’ views We invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to feedback@postnoon.com or #1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 040-4067 2222.

It’s not Mamata, but ‘Mum’ta

t’s the basic right of a citizen in a democratic system that he may raise question about the policies of the government. But the poor man who was arrested for questioning Mamata Banerjee about her policies did not know that Didi entertains no such regard for democratic principles. Suma Reddy Banjara Hills

The burgeoning youth power of India From the hip

SYED SHOAIB

oday is the 13th annual International Youth Day (IYD). It is an awareness day designated by the United Nations for governments and all agencies to draw attention to youth issues worldwide. It was in 2000 that the first IYD was honoured through various events. For statistical purposes, the United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of 18 and 24. According to the Indian government 13 and 35 are the defining ages. With the population of India crossing the staggering one billion mark, 65 per cent of this total population is below the age of 35 years and 47 per cent under 20, making India the biggest celebrator of IYD. As Olympics 2012 draws to a close, the promising youth brigade of India is evident in Vijay Kumar, Saina Nehwal, Mary Kom, Gagan Narang, Devendro Singh, Tintu Luka and such others. Former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam, when in office, had told students of Wharton Business School, Philadelphia at a breakfast meeting, “The great challenge of transforming India can be achieved through youth, which has got the power of ideas, ambition and ability.” India celebrates its National Youth Day on January 12, to commemorate the birthday of social philosopher, Swami Vivekananda. According to Indian Tribune, a weekly journal, “The National Youth Policy framed in the Seventh Plan and a plan of action formulated in 1992 seeks to provide youth with new opportunities to participate in nationbuilding.” The Economic Survey of 2010-11 pointed out that by the end of the Eleventh Plan in 2012,

12 per cent of India’s population in the age group of 18-24 years would require jobs and pointed how the private sector has ensured that the job markets do not shrink. Pointers from DB Research indicate that between 2010-2030 India will add 241 million people in the working-age population, Brazil will add 18 million and China will add a meagre 10 million people during the same time! According to United Nations Population Fund executive director Babatunde Osotimehin, “There are an estimated 1.8 billion youth in the world today, accounting for nearly a third of the world’s population with 90 per cent of them living in developing countries. Consider the demographic dividend: By 2020, an average Indian is expected to be only 29 years of age against 37 years in

China and US, 45 years in West Europe and 48 years in Japan. Statistics apart, youth power despite being a double-edged sword needs to be wielded in the field of politics through the tool of voting power. A field in which Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Sachin Pilot, Jyotir Aditya Scindia and Agatha K Sangma are shining examples in India today. To many, especially in far flung villages of India, Rajiv Gandhi was truly the last revered youth icon. Bollywood, however, has a contradictory trend of projecting motivating youth-oriented films and corrupting the youth with global trends and local crass. Popular author Chetan Bhagat trying his hand at non-fiction for the first time with “What Young India Wants,” had this to say to a private television channel recently: “Youth power is the biggest myth going around India

right now. Of course the youth has spending power — we can buy enough SIM cards, sneakers and fizzy drinks to keep many MNCs in business. But we do not have the power to change things. Can the youth get a new college setup? Can the youth ask the government to provide tax incentives to MNCs to relocate jobs to smaller towns? No way. We are wooed, used, but seldom heard.” Subsequent national surveys have only pointed to economic indicators of youth development like gender ratio, education, unemployment and geographical segregation. Challenges faced by youth and created by them grow with their promising age in a country like India, which is at the crossroads of attitude formation. Yet, the topic of the role of youth in modern India gets addressed adequately only in high school essay competitions!

BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

Court drops Facebook case

Qatar aids Egypt with $2bn

DLF seeks nod on GM

BRASILIA: A court on Saturday

CAIRO: Qatar has decided to give

NEW DELHI: Country's largest realty

reversed an order that would have blocked access to Facebook in Brazil for a day after the popular US social media site allegedly refused to pull a page including illegal political material. An electoral court in Florianopolis, capital of the southern state of Santa Catarina, voided the ruling which also included a fine of about $25,000.

two billion dollars in financial support to Egypt, which is plagued by serious economic challenges, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported on Saturday. The announcement came after a Cairo meeting between President Mohamed Morsi and Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.

group DLF will next month seek shareholders' nod for elevating Rahul Talwar, grandson of Chairman KP Singh, to the position of General Manager (Marketing) with nearly three-fold pay hike. Rahul, son of K P Singh's elder daughter Renuka Talwar, joined DLF India Ltd (DIL) as a 'senior management trainee' last year.

ONGC reports Q1 net profit Public sector oil and gas producer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited reported a net profit growth of 48.4 per cent at `6,078 crore for the quarter ending June 30, 2012.

NEW DELHI: The net profit for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal stood at `4,095 crore, as reported by the ONGC on Saturday. For the preceeding three months ending March 2012, the company recorded a net profit of `5,645 crore. The company declared a net profit of `25,123 crore for the year 2011-12.

The D1 field oil production is expected to go up to 60,000 barrels of oil per day. ONGC’s sales revenue in the first quarter of the current fiscal grew 23.9 per cent and stood at `20,149 crore, over the 16,268 crore earned in the corresponding quarter of 2011-12. The oil producing giant also

Reliance Cap quarterly net profit is `45cr

announced that in terms of the government’s decision, the company shared under-recoveries of the oil marketing companies (OMC) for the quarter ending on

June 30 by allowing discount in prices of crude oil, public distribution system (PDS) kerosene and domestic LPG. The impact of the gross dis-

PM in denial on economy: BJP

MUMBAI: Reliance Capital Saturday said it has posted a consolidated net profit of `45 crore for the quarter ended June 30. The net profit stood at `35 crore for the like period of the previous financial year, the company said in a regulatory filing. The results for the current quarter are not comparable with previous corresponding quarter as Viscount Management Services (Alpha) Limited, amalgamated with the company with effect from Oct 1, 2011, it added. Total Income stood at `1,676 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 whereas the same was at `1,492 crore during the year ago period. As on June 30, 2012 the total assets of the company stood at `37,555 crore ($6.7 billion). IANS

count of `12,346 crore on profit came to `7,149 crore for the quarter ending June 30, 2012. The impact of under-recoveries on profit was `6,878 crore for

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of living in denial over the country’s economic situation. Talking to reporters after the prime minister’s comment that the “fundamentals of economy” were strong, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said it

was time for the government to wake up. “Government is trying to hide away from the downgrade of India’s growth forecast. This report is a wake up call,” he said. “It is not too late to see what the reality is and to respond to the situation,” he said. Commenting on the global rating agencies which recently cut India’s growth forecast for 2012-13, citing lack of policy reforms and slowdown in manufacturing and exports and a below average monsoon, the prime minister said: “The fundamentals of the economy are strong. We have the highest savings and investments rate in the world.” Unwarranted conclusions should not be drawn on the economy’s growth prospects, he stressed. Moody’s said on Aug 8 that the slowdown has been sharper and more broad-based than anticipated and is now deeply entrenched across all sectors of the economy as it cut the growth rate to 5.5 per IANS cent.

the corresponding period of fiscal 2011-12. The impact on profit for 201112 from under-recoveries discount of `44,466 crore was `25,535 crore. ONGC also announced the discovery of a new pool of oil reserves in their D1 field in the western offshore basin, which according to the company may make D1 the third largest field in the area after Mumbai High and Heera. The total initial-oil in-place (IOIP) of the new discovery is expected to be in excess of one billion barrels. The D1 oil producing field is situated 200 km of Mumbai in deep continental shelf at a water depth of 85-90 metres. According to ONGC, on complete development of the D1 field oil production is expected to go up to 60,000 bopd (barrels of oil per day), and the additional development programme will start yielding results from IANS January 2014.

INTERVIEW SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

Motivated by the love of learning Noted educationist Anjum Babukhan believes that lifelong learning and knowledgesharing is the key to a progressive future.

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ou’re well known for pioneering multiple intelligence and brain-compatible learning strategies for children. What motivated you to get into the field of education? After completing my Honours in psychology from Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, I moved to India in the mid ‘90s. I had initially planned on pursuing a PhD in counselling psychology before deciding on education. By then, I realised the scope and opportunities in the field of education in India were far greater than counselling. Also, at that time, my father-in-law, Bashiruddin Babukhan, had a school, Springfields, and I felt I could work and apply my skills there. While counselling involves one-to-one interaction, in education you’re working with people, but in bigger groups. It’s still people-related.

As the director of education at Glendale Academy, what were some of the challenges you faced in setting up the school in 2003? That could fill a whole book! Everything was important all at

once! I was in charge of recruitment, resource planning, curriculum development, procurement of school materials, uniforms, advertising and interiors all at the same time. I had a staff of two to help me. I think at that time my western upbringing really helped me in terms of having gained an early exposure to great schools with excellent facilities and infrastructure. I tried to replicate those standards as best as I could. We’ve grown into a secular truly international school with a global, pluralistic and cosmopolitan outlook. From just over 40 students in the first year, our current strength lies in nurturing 1,300 impressionable minds and talents.

We’re living in the knowledge age. When you share something you’re good at, it empowers you to be even stronger.

Why the need to launch the Edvantage Teacher Leadership Institute last year? Teacher training has always been one of my key focus areas. I believe the best and only way to develop a good school is to develop its teachers. The institute trains educators on education pedagogy and methodology and offers a six-month Global Teacher Certification programme for Indian teachers. In India, I’ve noticed people don’t like to share what they do; they’re a little possessive. I feel that you’re living in the knowledge age and anything you need to know is available at the click of a button. It

other. My father-in-law had the vision to build a world-class institution and I helped materialise that. My husband Salman’s domain was his involvement in the school’s physical infrastructure. I think I breathed soul and spirit into it. My father-inlaw likes to joke and say, “I’m the founder but (pointing to me) I found her”. And Salman adds, “He didn’t find you, I did”. I take that as a compliment. My in-laws are very supportive and progressive in their outlook. They believe that women need to be useful in society and make a difference. They’ve always appreciated my ideas and the personal touch that I bring into the things I do. They’ve provided me the fertile ground to blossom; it's a big blessing.

How do you keep abreast of new developments in the field of education? only makes you and your school stronger when you share because that's something you’re good at, and sharing that empowers you for your own good.

What are some of the life lessons you’ve learnt from your husband and in-laws, and vice versa? It’s been a wonderful synergistic relationship where each of us has our strengths that support each

I absolutely love learning. I’m intrinsically motivated by new learning and exploring the world. When I feel good about what I’ve learnt, I share that with my staff, my students and other people within my circle of influence. I’ve attended the Learning Brain Expo in San Francisco. In April this year, I visited the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a three-day learning lab on Systemic Change for Student Success. It taught me ways

to improve teaching and learning environments. Next month, I am off to Cambridge, UK. Whenever I visit my family in Chicago, I enrol myself in different workshops and visit institutions to take a leaf out of their book and better my learning as well as teaching experiences.

What inspires you? Any and everyone who has some differentiating quality. I get inspired by a multitude of people, ideas, and experiences. Howard Gardner talks about the five minds for the future in his latest book. I think I have a bit of each in me...especially the "Synthesizing Mind". I love and appreciate the many different aspects of different people. I’m like a busy bee that collects pollen from various flowers and synthesises all that to create sweetness and spread it around.

According to you, what’s vital for a progressive intellectual community? Unity in diversity and communal harmony. It’s imperative to uphold secular values in a pluralistic society. We need to recognise that our similarities are far greater than the differences that divide us. That's something very important for the future of India. And human values are of utmost importance. Only then will we be global citizens.

GOLDEN YEARS SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

N SHIVA KUMAR

No country for old men Soon, India will rank among the world’s youngest populations. But does it care for its elderly? PADMINI C

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he Giri Committee report on National Policy on Senior Citizens (2011) estimates that in the years 2000-2050, while the overall population of the country grows by 55 percent, the numbers of those over the age of 60 and above will increase by 326 percent and those above 80 years by 700%. These are staggering estimates when put into numbers. It means that there are currently over eight million senior citizens in India. And in the next fifty years, we will have about close to 350 million senior citizens. The sheer numbers alone are a reason to sit up and take notice. Still, an alarming number of elderly in our country are not covered by any social welfare nets and live a life of poverty, neglect and abuse, report NGOs. “It’s ironic. The members of our Parliament, the leaders of our political parties, bureaucrats, policy-makers, a majority of them are all above 50. Still, they are apathetic to the needs of their own kind who can’t even manage two full meals a day,” rues Bhaghyalakshmi Ramana, a senior citizen who retired after forty years of service in a bank. RN Mittal (in pic) is president of the All India Senior Citizen’s Confederation (AISCCON) and has been working extensively towards the cause of senior citizen welfare in the country. He is quick to point out that 70% percent of the ten crore senior citizens in India are under the poverty line. Lack of legal reforms,

for instance, is a classic indicator of how apathetic the government is towards the cause, he says. “Countries smaller and poorer than us like Nepal, Kenya, Namibia and others spend more on healthcare and welfare of its citizens than us. Even our legal framework is flawed. Acts like the National Policy on Older People (1999) and The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act (2007) have been put into force, but have not been implemented by any State properly.” he says. The general sentiment that the old and elderly are a burden on the society has long since disappeared in the West. But has remained unchanged even after all these years say other senior citizens. The 67-year-old Krishna Rao, barrister on retirement now runs his own legal consulting business from home. “Unlike what many think, we want to be financially independent and not reliant on anyone else. Especially not on our children. For that, either our pensions have to be increased or there should be an some initiatives to hire senior citizens in the workforce so there’s a value addition from us and we don’t become a burden on the society. A lot many of us are still capable of working.” Mittal agrees. “Retirement ages across the world are changing. We need to change too. Create a situation where are useful. Also the universal old-age pension scheme needs to come into force. It is the only way to create independence for crores of senior citizens. That will drastically reduce elder abuse which is a fast increasing problem in the country.” We are now a nation that prides itself on being among the world’s youngest populations, but perhaps its high time we spare its elders, a serious thought.

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ART AND CULTURE SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

1873 dime sells for $1.6mn

Indian art archives on sale

UK museum to keep Manet

CARSON CITY: A dime minted in

NEW DELHI: Sotheby’s has brought out

1873 has fetched $1.6 million at an auction during an American Numismatic Association convention. The rare coin was minted in Carson City, Nevada, during a one-day run of dimes. The 1873-CC "No Arrows" Liberty Seated dime, which is part of the Battle Born Collection, was bought by an anonymous bidder.

selected art from four important collections of South Asian modern and contemporary art including a cache of wooden toys crafted by the late MF Husain for its Sept 10 auction in New York. The collection, comprising art works between 1950s and 1980s, is estimated between $3.1 million and $4.5 million, Sotheby’s said.

LONDON: Britain's Ashmolean Museum says it has raised almost 8 million pounds to buy an Manet masterpiece and keep it on public display."Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus" was sold to a private buyer last year, but the government blocked the sale under rules that allow public institutions the chance to buy works "of outstanding cultural importance" at knock-down prices.

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Talkin’ all that jazz The night was about music and nothing else, and the small but appreciative crowd would have had it no other way. Jazz musicians Sharik Hasan and Adrian D’Souza gave what you call a memorable performance.

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azz fans were just about trickling into the auditorium at BM Birla Science Centre when Sharik Hasan popped out from the green room and proceeded to walk up the aisle. Apart from a few turned heads, some polite murmuring and my quickly suppressed desire to yell ‘Sharik!’ as he walked past, the pianist strode unnoticed through the crowd that had come to watch him perform. A short while later though, when Hasan (organ, piano) and Adrian D’Souza (drums) took the stage, the audience was captivated. As the rain pattered on out-

side, a small group of Hyderabadis luxuriated in the smooth sounds of jazz and blues. Hasan and D’Souza sat facing each other on stage, picking up cues and matching their tempos. The arrangement gave the concert an intimate feel, as if we had stumbled upon a private jam session of two brilliant musicians. Alternating between the organ and the piano, Hasan thrilled with his compositions and the duo’s renditions of classics like Back At The Chicken Shack and Georgia had the audience calling for more. Even a power cut could not faze the musicians, who were performing a formal concert in Hyderabad for the first time. When the lights went out, D’Souza dazzled the audience with a scintillating ‘solo in the dark’. At his final booming drum stroke, the lights came back on, almost as if it were pre-arranged.

Even if one person comes up and says, ‘I don’t know much about jazz, but I really liked that song you played’, then I’ve done my part But D’Souza and Hasan aren’t the type of musicians who indulge in stage tricks to impress their audience. The night was about music and nothing else, and the small but appreciative crowd would have had it no other way. Speaking to Postnoon after the concert, D’Souza said, “This was easily one of the best concerts I had in six months. No one to tell me what to play, an audience who loved the music; what more

The black gang In the beginning of the 20th century, a group of New York realists replaced the dictum of “art for art’s sake” with a new philosophy

he Ashcan school is a revolutionary group of young American artists who, at the beginning of the 20th century in New York City, rebelled against academic art with their individualism and defiantly urban art. Conservative in style, the Ashcan paintings were revolutionary in content. The Ashcan group sought to capture the feel

of turn-of-the-century New York city through realistic and unglamorised portraits of real life in gritty cities crowded with immigrants and the struggling poor. With such unpleasing titles as The Wrestlers, The Shoppers, Hairdressers’ Window, and Sixth Avenue, their paintings captured spontaneous moments in everyday events. They were known as the New York Realists,

could anyone want?” By coincidence, both Hasan and D’Souza picked up their respective instruments when they were five. D’Souza, a Mumbai boy, played in a rock band in college and went to the US to train with renowned jazz singer Roseanna Vitro. Hasan, who is from Bangalore but has his roots in Hyderabad, played classical music and went to the US to study math and English literature. It is only in the US that both of them really got interested in the style. Both went on to play at several international venues and festivals, apart from touring together in India. The duo acknowledges that the jazz scene is non-existent in India. “When I have to think of jazz musicians in India, it is literally a handful; there are just five or so playing at this level,” said D’Souza. Hasan, however, says that jazz is niche almost

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anywhere in the world. “There might just be a few people listening. But even if one person comes up and says, ‘I don’t know much about jazz, but I really liked that song you played’, then I’ve done my part.” Jazz, which was once the ‘pop’ music of the fifties, seems to have gone out of style. Even Bollywood tunes, which once used to be heavily influenced by big band and blues, steer clear of the genre. “It all depends upon what is promoted. If they played jazz all the time, it would be popular. By promoting mostly pop and rock music, those become the mainstream music,” said D’Souza, who occasionally composes for movies and commercials. Of this work, he says, “That’s just for the money; that’s not jazz. This kind of concert, where I play this kind of music for people who are interested, is what it is all about.”

called by critics as the “revolutionary black gang” and the “apostles of ugliness.” A critic, referring to their depictions also conferred them the pejorative label Ashcan School which became the standard term for this first important American art movement of the 20th century. The primary members of the movement included “the Eight”: Robert Henri, Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, William Glackens, Everett Shinn, John Sloan, and George Luks. It was a diverse group of painters but opposed to academic art. Another central figure, George Bellows, joined the movement later.

ENVIRONMENT SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

UK firms disclose emissions

Opera House lights recycled

LONDON: More than 1,100 public com-

SYDNEY: The Sydney Opera House

panies listed on the London Stock Exchange will have to report their greenhouse gas emissions from next April under plans announced at the Rio+20 Summit. The UK is the first country to make it mandatory for companies to include emissions data for their entire organization in their annual reports.

Trust has been recognised by the Australian Government for committing to recycle fluorescent lights. Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, presented certificates to the Trust and major NSW-based companies, in recognition of them joining the national FluoroCycle recycling scheme.

Pellets on Tokyo beaches TOKYO: Containers full of plastic pel-

lets swept from a ship during Typhoon Vicente last month have broken open, scattering the pellets at sea and on at least 10 Hong Kong beaches. Four government departments have tracked the locations of the pellets, assessed the risk to food safety and marine ecology, and conducted clean up and salvage work.

POTTERING AROUND

Gardens aren’t only for those with large balconies and extensive backyards. If you want to bring the outdoors home, here’s an apartment-dweller’s guide to plants. Jyotsna Nambiar

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pace is not something you can find easily in the City. Most apartments are small, with windows that let in little sunlight. However, if you want a splash of green in your home, space is not really an issue. There are several varieties that thrive in limited area and minimal sunlight. While picking plants for your window garden, there are some factors to consider. First is the amount of time you can dedicate to your plants. If you’re a working professional working five-six days a week, pick plants that are hardy and don’t require too much attention. These include succulents like aloe vera and some species of cacti. Another important criterion is sunlight. In apartments, unless you have a balcony or a terrace, chances are that your plants will receive little sunlight. This rules out most flowering plants. However, there are plenty of shade-loving plants that will thrive in such conditions. These include Dieffenbachia (dumb cane), some species of Ficus and asparagus. In cooler temperatures, anthurium plants and some species of fern will also grow well. If there is absolutely no sunlight, pick plants that grow well in full shade. These include Zamia (sometimes called the cardboard plant), Sansevieria (mother-in-law’s tongue), and Zebrina pendula (also called wandering jew). If you have a balcony or a terrace which gets plenty of sunlight, you can grow a lot more plants, including flowering plants. Grow begonias, Euphorbia milii, and Nerium for a lovely burst of colour. Sriram Aravamudan, a partner at My Sunny Balcony, a landscaping company based in Bangalore, says that a basic home garden doesn’t take up too much time. “Depending on what plants you’re growing, water them daily or once in two days. Spend some time, around an hour or so, over the weekend fussing over your plants. Prune them, check for insect infestation, loosen the soil and reposition your plants if you find that

they’re getting too much or too little sunlight. Once a year, if the plants have grown too large, consider repotting them into larger containers.” The daily care will take just about 10-15 minutes, he adds. Spraying the plants with insecticide, either organic or inorganic, will help protect them from infestation. Fertilizers can be used, but consider using organic, homemade ones rather than inorganic fertilizers, as they are better for the environment and the plants. Neem oil and chilli-garlic spray are effective insecticides, and animal manure and vermicompost are good organic fertilizers. People are also opting for traditional Ayurvedic preparations like panchagavya, which is an excellent pest repellent. Panchagavya is available commercially at nurseries and agricultural stores. With a little time, effort and getting your hands dirty, you can soon have a secret garden in your home.

Food for the soul Apart from being a therapeutic hobby, gardening can also help supplement your food supply and reduce your carbon footprint. Manikandan Pattabiraman, author of the gardening blog, Geek Gardener, shares his tips on setting up a kitchen garden. n Start with plants that are quick yielders, like spinach, beans, mint, coriander and chilli. n If possible, use plants directly, instead of seeds. This will save time and ensure a faster yield. n Starters can use a mix of sand, compost and soil to grow plants. An easier base to work with is a mix of cocopeat and compost, also called a soilless mix. n Leafy vegetables should be grown in a container that is shallow and wide, so that more can be grown. For other vegetables, a pot with a volume of at least 10 litres will be needed. n Tomato, cabbage, capsicum, brinjal, okra and beans grow easily in kitchen gardens.

FOOD SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

Price of bread shoots up The price of bread — the common man’s staple food — has risen roughly by 8-10 per cent across the country because of a hike in the price of wheat, grown predominantly in North India. Consequently, atta is now being procured at about 20 per cent more than the price bakers paid for the raw material earlier.

PepsiCo in Myanmar PEPSICO has reached a deal with distributor Diamond Star to sell some of its brands in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It last sold products in Myanmar in 1997. The agreement gives Diamond Star, one of the largest consumer packaged goods distributors in the country, exclusive rights to import, sell and distribute PepsiCo's Pepsi-Cola, 7-Up and Mirinda drinks.

Chocolate good for health Barry Callebaut could give chocolate lovers everywhere another reason to celebrate. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently issued a “positive opinion” on the Zurichbased manufacturer’s health claim that cocoa products with high amounts of flavanols can improve blood circulation. In other words, it’s likely that dark chocolate really is good for you.

Aish takes you to a time when kings reigned. Dining at this exclusive Hyderabadi and Andhra restaurant at The Park is a truly royal experience.

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f you want a truly royal experience then I’d suggest dining at Aish, an exclusive Hyderabadi and Andhra restaurant at The Park. As I stepped into Aish I felt like I’d been transported to another time altogether — a time where the royals reigned and I felt like one of them. The large ornate silver door beckoned as I walked towards a royal experience. The play of beige and silver in the restaurant’s décor (it was designed by Tarun Tahiliani) works perfectly well for the theme and the restaurant’s Swarovski lights give it just the right ambience. The courteous staff seated us as we were offered a choice of dishes from their À la carte menu or the newly introduced Royal Thali in a choice of vegetarian and non vegetarian. Intrigued by the menu that is aimed at the corporate crowd that prefers a quick lunch, my friend and I decided to settle for the Royal Thali. We started our meal with a refreshing welcome

drink – a concoction of orange juice and mint, followed by the soups. For the non-veg thali we were served some wholesome Gosht ka Marag (lamb broth with freshly ground spices) while in the vegetarian thali it was the flavourful and spicy Kaddu ka sherwa (curried butternut squash soup). Chef Mandaar, who designed the menu, sure believes in giving traditional dishes his own little twist. For instance, he gave the usual tikki a green twist with the delicious Hari Gobhi ki Tikki made of broccoli and dill. Crunchy on the outside and soft inside, it was the perfect starter for a monsoon lunch. The Gongura Paneer Tikka, a tangy offering was the highlight of the meal. In the non veg thali we were served Sunheri murgh kebab, succulent morsels of roasted chicken, and some Shikampur kebab. For me, the Shikampur took the cake.

The minced meat cutlets were seasoned perfectly and melted in my mouth. Delicious! The main course was the thali itself with a naan, lachcha paratha, papad, anaari raita and palakura pappu. For the non vegetarians the thali offers Safed Qorma, Methi Kaju Murg and Chatpata Paneer. What made the choice of dishes interesting was the fact that the chefs at Aish have trained with some of the royal families of Hyderabad. The

Safed Qorma, succulent pieces of lamb simmered in a cinnamon and dry fruit infused milk, is a recipe that they got from the Jung family. I’ve usually eaten mutton in a range of spicy and heavy gravies. But this one came as quite a surprise to me, with its subtle yet delicious flavouring. It didn’t leave me with a greasy feeling. The Methi Kaju Murg though, was a tad too bland for my palate, but the Chatpata Paneer more than made up for this with its tangy tomato and onion gravy. For the vegetarians there Dum ki Bhindi, Dhuyen ki Paneer Kakhina and Dosakaya Tamato Curry. My friend who tried the vegetarian thali was mighty pleased with the smokey paneer and the dosakaya, although she felt a bit let down by the Bhindi. We were served the Subzi Biryani along with the main course, which I didn’t particularly enjoy. It could have done with a bit more of spices and I don’t mean the tonguenumbing kind, but the more flavourful ones. The dessert, was by far the

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Aish, The Park When: Lunch (till 3pm) Meal for two: Rs 1,500 plus taxes (with a glass of house wine) Rs 2,400 plus taxes highlight of the meal. We were served some Maple and Walnut Kulfi, which might sound very strange to many conventional kulfi lovers. But don’t judge this dessert without first trying it. Right from my first bite to the last I relished every bit of this creamy ricotta cheese concoction infused with some maple syrup and crunchy walnuts. It is every dessert lover’s delight and a wonderful twist to the traditional kulfi. So if you want to sample some authentic Hyderabadi and Andhra cuisine, with a twist of course, do try out the Aish thali. It is definitely one you’d want to sample.

FOOD SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012 SYED SHOAIB shoaib.s@postnoon.com

Ingredients

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1. Rice 500g 2. Moong dal 100g 3. Oil 100g 4. Water 500ml 5. Medium size onion 1 6. Cardamom 6-8 7. Cloves 6-8 8. Shahi jeera ½ tsp 9. Ginger-garlic paste 1tbsp 10. Turmeric ¼ teaspoon 11. Salt to taste

Kheema 1kg Onions 200g Potatoes 200g Ground coconut and cashews 100g 5. Oil 100g 6. Zeera powder 10g 7. Dhania powder 10g 8. Malwadi methi 2g 9. Chilli powder 10g 10. Salt to taste 11. Turmeric powder 1g 12. Cloves 10 pieces 13. Green cardamom 5g 14. Cinnamon 2g

3. Marinate kheema with

Procedure 1. Make a fine paste by

grinding the coconut and cashews. 2. Add ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric powder, jeera powder and dhania powder to it.

7. 8.

the above mixture for half an hour Fry the finely sliced onions until golden brown Add the marinated kheema to this and cook it for 10 minutes Roast chopped potatoes and malwadi methi in a teaspoon of oil and add this to the kheema Allow it to simmer for 2-3 minutes Garnish it with fresh coriander leaves and green chillies Serve hot with parathas and butter

Dum ke kebab

KHICHDI

Procedure 1. Wash and soak rice and

moong dal for 15 minutes 2. Warm the oil and add cloves and cardamom and then fry the finely sliced onion in it until it turns pinkish 3. Add the ginger-garlic paste and turmeric powder to it 4. Fry it until it turns golden

Noor’s Kitchen NOOR JAFRI

brown 5. Add the soaked rice and

Kebabs made with minced mutton and grilled over charcoal or cooked in a nonstick pan.

moong dal and roast for 2 minutes 6. Pour water and add salt and shahi jeera while stirring 7. Close the lid and allow it to cook on low flame for 10 minutes 8. Serve hot with papad, achar, keema or/ and chutney

Ingredients 1. Boneless mutton minced - 1/2 kg 2. Raw papaya paste - 1/2 tsp 3. Kebab chini - 1/2 tsp

Chef’s note Add ghee to taste while serving; Khichdi and Kheema combine well.

Fast forward and feast

4. Garam masala - 1 tsp 5. Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp 6. khush-khush powder - 2 tsp 7. medium sized onions (finely sliced and fried crisply) - 2 pieces 8. A bunch of pudina and kotmeer and green chillies - pounded together. 9. Hung curd - 2 tsp N SHIVA KUMAR

KHEEMA

10. Salt to taste 11. Coriander and mint leaves, lemon wedges and onion slices - for garnishing 12. Ghee or oil - for basting

Procedure 1. Wash, drain and grind the kheema.

2. Add the all the ingredients and fried crushed onions, along with pounded green masala. 3. Spread it in a greased pan, spread some ghee on it. Cover the pan. 4. Grill it on a charcoal or can be done in a non-stick frying pan;

Since food is the subject of both fasting and what follows, feasting, we thought to bring you recipes of some delicacies popular during this month-long fast. Our hunt threw up a host of restaurants in the city, of which we zeroed in on Shadab for its promise of authenticity. To broaden the spectrum, we added a couple from the kitchen of a regular home in Hyderabad — that of Sumaira’s. And guess what, we came up with... yum yum!

1. Paya (trotters) 8 pieces Zaban (tongue) 8 pieces 2. Lamb shanks 1/2kg 3. Flour mixed in curd 3tbsp 4. Oil 2 cups 5. Onion 2-3 medium size ones 6. Chilli powder 2tsp 7. Turmeric powder 1/2tsp 8. Salt 1tsp 9. Fresh ginger-garlic paste 2tsp 10. Cardamom 6-8 11. Cloves 6-8 12. Coriander leaves and chillies to garnish 13. Ingredients for potli ka masala 14. Tej patta (bay leaves) 15. Patthar ke phool 16. Khas ki kadi

onion for garnishing 9. To this, add the flour

1. Finely-sliced fried onions 2. Coriander leaves (finely 4.

Procedure 1. Wash the paya, zaban and

lamb shanks and drain well 2. Pressure cook the paya, zaban and lamb shanks along with garam masala,

It's Simple tasty dish, with rich protein content and low fat. Can also be stuffed into rolls.

8. Keep aside some of this

For the garnish chopped) 3. Mint leaves (chopped)

brown

17. Pan ki jad 18. Gulab ke phool ki pattiyan 19. Cardamom 20. Special garam masala 21. Sandal powder 22. Coriander seeds 23. Black pepper 24. Kebab chini 25. Kapoor kajili

6. Serve hot with coriander and pudina garnishing onion slices and lemon wedges.

Chef’s note

NAHARI Ingredients for Nahari

5. Occasionally basting with ghee, till it is golden color on all the sides.

5. 6. 7.

a little ginger-garlic paste, salt and black pepper Let it pressure cook for 10min or until the paya is tender Meanwhile In a big vessel add 2 cups of oil Add the finely-sliced onion and fry until it turns golden

mixed in curd, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, ginger-garlic paste and potli ka masala 10. Fry this for 3-4 minutes 11. Add the pressure-cooked paya zaban and lamb shanks to this 12. Stir well and pour 1 litre of water 13. Allow to cook for 1-2 hours on a low flame until a thin layer of oil appears on the surface 14. Garnish with fried onions, coriander and mint leaves 15. Serve hot with ghee ka parathas or naan

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HISTORY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

August 13

1878 — Kate Bionda, a restaurant owner, dies of yellow fever in Memphis,Tennessee, after a man who escaped a quarantined steamboat visited her restaurant. The resulting epidemic emptied the city.

August 14

1945 — An official announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allies is made public to the Japanese people.

August 14

1917 — as World War I enters its fourth year, China abandons its neutrality and declares war on Germany.

August 15

1961 — Two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin, East German authorities begin building a wall — the Berlin Wall — to permanently close off access to the West.

August 15

1979 — Apocalypse Now, the acclaimed Vietnam War film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, opens in theaters around the United States.

August 15 August 17

August 16

1999 — Just after 3am, an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale strikes northwestern Turkey, home to one-third of the population. More than 17,000 people were killed and damages totaled $6.5 billion.

1948 — Baseball legend George Herman "Babe" Ruth dies of cancer in New York City. For two days following, his body lay in state at the main entrance to Yankee Stadium, and thousands stood in line to pay their respects.

August 16

1977 — Popular music icon Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42.

August 18

1958 — Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the US. The novel, about a man's obsession with a 12-year-old girl, had been rejected by four publishers before GP Putnam's Sons accepted it.

1947 — The Indian Independence Bill, which carves the independent nations of India and Pakistan out of the former Mughal Empire, comes into force at the stroke of midnight.

August 19

1934 — Adolf Hitler, already chancellor, is also elected president of Germany in an unprecedented consolidation of power in the short history of the republic.

SPOTLIGHT SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

FASHIONISTAS UNITE

Taj Banjara on Saturday was abuzz with the city’s who’s who at Khwaaish’s Satyamave Jayate event. Spotted among guests were Aameer Javed, Anjum Babukhan and Vinita Pittie. 1 Rekha, Rachana 2 Koyal, Pooja 3 Rummy

Vinita Pittie

Azad 4 Usha, Arti Badruka 5 Gurmeet 6 Vinetha, Minisha

7 Chaya, Shail, Anju 8 Anjum Babukhan, 9 Rachana 10 Divya

13 Shazia 14 Pooja khaitan 15 Sarita Lohiya 16 Bina Mehta 17 Kavitha

11 Ayushi 12 Sami Alam Khan

18 Sonal 19 Trushna

4 14

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

A fresh start Actor Balakrishna inaugurates the new Pure O’ Natural’ store at Jubilee Hills.

Clean & Green Facilitators of Campaign Clean India undertake work at Golconda fort.

CINEMA SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

aiyami Kher is having a blast on the sets of YVS Chowdhary’s Rey. Sai Dharam Tej, Saiyami Kher and Shraddha Das are playing the lead roles in this musical love story. The film unit has been shooting in New York and San Fransisco for the past few weeks. “We have been shooting in the US for almost a month now and I am really excited because I have got the opportunity to shoot at some of the most beautiful locations in US. The entire crew has been quite patient and helpful to me

which had made things so much easier,” Saiyami says. Apparently, everyone in the team has been pulling pranks on each other and most of the times the scapegoat is the makeup man. “Having shot in Bangkok earlier and now the US, everyone’s always imitating the different accents. We have been troubling our makeup man a lot. We keep hiding his stuff till he gets really mad and this happens everyday. And I slapped Sai Dharam Tej 11 times for a shot,” she laughs. 11 times? What happened? “ The other day we were

shooting near the Golden Gate bridge and we had to do a scene where I had to slap Sai. It was freezing cold and my director wanted me to make it look as real as possible. When he was seriously explaining the scene, Sai interrupted and said, ‘Sir! She’s more than happy to slap me!’. I have never slapped a boy, so i was secretly excited. We did 11 takes for that shot and after we were done, I told Sai that the first 4-5 takes were only because I was enjoying it so much. It’s been a thrilling experience so far,” Saiyami signs off.

It's all fun and frolic EXCLUSIVE : SAIYAMI KHER ON THE SETS OF REY

Julayi takes a flying start at BO A

llu Arjun, Ileana starrer Julayi is off to a flying start at box office. Sources say that the film collected a share of more than `6.5 crore on the first day of its release. In Nizam alone, the film collected a share of close to `3 crore in two days which is a new record in Allu Arjun's career. Trivikram Srinivas had directed the film and N Radhakrishna produced it. Talking about the film's success, Allu Arjun said, “This is probably the first time in my career that my film opened to overwhelming positive buzz. The sole credit for the film goes to Trivikram Srinivas. It’s because of him that I have been getting great response for my action and dances from the audience.” The film has been dubbed as Gaja Pokkiri in Malayalam and it's slated for release against six other big Malayalam films on August 17; however, Kadhal Haasan, who has been distributing all Allu Arjun's films in Kerala is confident that this film will hit a jackpot.

Sir Osthara's team heads to Germany T

he principal shooting of Ravi Teja, Kajal Aggarwal and Richa Gangopadhyay starrer Sir Osthara is currently going on in Germany. The film was recently shot in Italy for twelve days. Parasuram is directing the film and Ashwini Dutt is producing it. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music. Meanwhile, Ravi Teja's upcoming film Devudu Chesina Manushulu is gearing up for its big release on August 15.

CINEMA SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

Deepika to star opposite SRK in Chennai Express A ctress Deepika Padukone will be seen opposite Shahrukh Khan in Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express. “Deepika is part of Chennai Express. She has been finalised,” sources close to the project told. It was opposite SRK in Om Shanti Om that the model-turned actress made her debut in Bollywood. Lot of names like Kareena

Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra were floating around for the leading lady of this film, which will go on floors from the end of September and would release mid-next year. Chennai Express tells the story of a man (Shahrukh) who travels from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens during the journey forms the movie. PTI

Kat was scared of SRK

ctress Katrina Kaif, who will be seen opposite Shahrukh Khan for the first time in Yash Chopra’s next film, says she was intimidated by the superstar but later found him to be very dedicated and helpful. “With regards to Shahrukh, I did not know him

that well at all. I would have said five words to him in my entire life. I have worked with SRK this year, after being in the industry for nine years,” Katrina told. Both are paired opposite each other in the untitled film directed Yash Chopra. PTI

Prachi to romance Sanjay Dutt in Saamy remake

ctress Prachi Desai will be seen romancing Sanjay Dutt in the Hindi remake of South hit film Saamy. The Hindi version will be directed by renowned South director KS Ravikumar, which will mark his debut in Bollywood. The 2003 Tamil film remake

will see the 53-year-old Dutt paired up with the much younger Prachi, 23, in the lead. “We have finalised Prachi for the film. She is apt for the role of a girl next door. We always had Prachi in mind for this film,” coproducer P G Srikant said. Saamy a masala film, which tells the story of a tough cop was

directed by Hari and starred Vikram and Trisha Krishnan in key roles. The film was a huge hit down South and was remade in Telugu. Ravikumar is famous for his work with Rajinikanth in Muttu and Padayappa and a couple of films with Kamal Hassan. “Sanjay’s role of a cop is very

different from what we have seen in Dabangg. Prachi is a software engineer. She falls in love with him and marries him,” Srikant said. The co-producer is confident about the fate of the film even before it releases. “This film is a remake of a superhit Tamil film. And in the

past we have seen that remake films like Wanted, Rowdy Rathore are doing quite well at the Bollywood box office. We are sure this film will also do well,” Srikant said. The shooting will commence from August 22 and it will release in first week of May next year. PTI

CINEMA SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

Stacy Keibler to host reality show S tacy Keibler has signed up to host Supermarket Superstars. The new reality competition invites aspiring food product investors to compete for

a chance to have their creation launched in a major grocery chain throughout the US. The contestants will pitch their ideas to a panel of three industry experts, who will also

serve as mentors. The winner of each episode will be given an investment for their product. Last month, Keibler and her boyfriend George Clooney suf-

fered food poisoning after sharing a meal with friends during a trip to Italy. Keibler, who has been linked with the vacant X Factor USA hosting role, is a former WWE

wrestler and competed on the second season of Dancing with the Stars. Keibler has been in the news since she started dating Clooney in July 2011.

Keira snags female lead in Jack Ryan Beckham reunites with Spice Girls for Olympics closing ceremony rehersal

he Olympics closing ceremony is going to be spicy. And girl-powered. Get ready, world, because as E! News exclusively reported, the Spice Girls — Posh, Sporty, Baby, Scary and Ginger — were caught in rehearsal mode in London as they prepare to take the stage for Sunday night’s British extravaganza. Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell were spotted wearing all black and riding atop lit-up black cabs. The girls were rehearsing an as-yet-unknown number in East London. The Beckhams have the distinction of bookending these games, as David Beckham was responsible for chauffeuring the Olympic torch into the stadium.

eira Knightley kicked off her career in the giant Pirates of the Caribbean movies before moving on to more highbrow fare, but she’s going to be getting back to action soon, taking the female lead role in Jack Ryan. She'll star opposite Chris Pine as the title character in the reboot of the franchise that brought us Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger back in the day. Knightley will play Ryan’s wife, who is in danger after Ryan discovers a terrorist plot to collapse the United States economy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Knightley was the first actress the studio approached for the part, and they had auditioned the likes of Evangeline Lilly and Felicity Jones before returning to Knightley. She’s the first person besides Pine to be confirmed in the cast, though Kevin Costner was recently rumored for a “colead” role as a CIA agent somehow responsible for Ryan’s work.

Johnny Depp catches break in concert battery lawsuit

ohnny Depp is used to playing outlaws on the big screen, but in real life, the law is on his side. On Thursday, Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed many of the claims made against the heartthrob by an anonymous woman stemming from an alleged incident at an Iggy and the Stooges concert at the Hollywood Palladium back in December. The plaintiff, identified only as “Jane Doe”, sued the actor and promoter Live Nation in April, accusing his entourage and bodyguards of roughing her up as she returned to her VIP seat in Depp's vicinity to the point where her clothes were “disheveled” and her shoes came off. On another occasion, she alleges the Lone Ranger star’s security detail dragged her on the floor of the venue, causing her pants to fall off her torso and “exposing her buttocks” to other concertgoers.

CINEMA SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

Lindsay Lohan crashes Francesca’s bash

he oft-troubled-butcomebacking-as-oflate actress seems to have hit yet another bump in the road — and this time she’s crashed with E! star Francesca Eastwood and her photographer boyfriend Tyler Shields (who’s previously worked with Linds). Not only has E! News confirmed that there was indeed a public snafu involving Lindsay at the Francesca and Company star’s birthday bash in Los Angeles, but Francesca and Tyler also exclusively share their thoughts on Lindsay’s outburst. Us Weekly reports that Lindsay Lohan caused a massive scene at Hollywood hot spot Bootsy Bellows where Francesca was celebrating her birthday with a small circle of friends. According to the report, Francesca and her guests were seated in a private area when Lindsay came over and started screaming that Francesca should leave, shouting, “I’m a star, she’s a nobody, get her out of here!” Lindsay’s rep simply responded with a “no com-

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie wedding rumours flare up — cool down fast

ment” when questioned about the alleged antics, but Francesa and Tyler exclusively gave E! News the LiLo lowdown: “There was a burst of chaos, and as quickly as it started, it was over. After the fact, we were all a bit confused about what just happened.” “I'm not sure what exactly sparked Lindsay’s outburst,” Francesca adds. “Regardless, I still had an amazing birthday and Parent Trap is still my favourite movie.” And although the E! star and her BF clearly made the best of the incident, there may be a much greater cause for concern on Lindsay's end. A source reveals to E! News that Lindsay has a real problem with alcohol and her “life is a mess.” The insider continued, adding that when Lindsay drinks she stays out all night, loses control and becomes impossible to get through to.

orget garden-variety buzz. The possibility that Brad Pitt is marrying Angelina Jolie this weekend in France is getting "real buzz." So says an excited but unnamed source, based on rumours that the couple are hosting some kind of event at their château with guests including Pitt's parents and Jolie’s engagement-ring jeweler.

But multiple sources tell PEOPLE there is no wedding this weekend. (Reps did not respond for comment.) “Under French law couples have to get married at the town hall,” Patrick Mareschi, deputy culture secretary of the nearby village of Correns, tells Reuters. “Unlike with a religious wedding, there’s no way a couple can hold a civil ceremony at their own home.” Which is pretty much what the photo agency X17 found out. "We sent an X17 photographer all the way down to the south of France — it’s pretty much in the middle of nowhere — to check out Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s chateau Miraval to see just what's going on and... drumroll, please ... there's nothing going on!” the site says. Not only did its photographer not find any signs the couple — no security guards, no party planners — it didn’t even see evidence of other rumours that Pitt was hosting a wedding anniversary party for his parents.

Keanu and Alex in Bill & Ted 3

alk about some excellent news. Not only does it seem like Bill & Ted 3 is actually happening, but stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are attached to reprise their roles and according to a new Vulture report, Dean Parisot is attached to direct. But that means Parisot won’t be able to start filming until after Red 2 wraps, but there could be worse news. At least this movie is actually happening! Bill & Ted creators Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson already wrote a script for the project that will share with audiences where Bill and Ted are in today’s world instead of having the new movie be either a sequel or a prequel.

Both Reeves and Winter have been interested in returning to the material for a while, so it seems like whatever script Solomon and Matheson created was good enough for them.

CHAI TIME SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

SUNDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tenet 6 Set — — example 11 Racing vessel 16 During 21 Pungent 22 Prefix for media 23 Open-air lobbies 24 Fossil resin 25 Sweater letter 26 Mediterranean island 27 Big-time operator 28 Sling mud at 29 Want-ad letters 30 New Zealander 32 Wilder and Hackman 34 Milwaukee hrs 36 Hail, to Caesar 37 Wynter or Carvey 39 Out at the dentist's 41 Bean or horse 43 — in (surrounded) 45 ‘Final answer?’ asker 47 Parsons' expletives 49 Moon position 51 Chinese taxi (var) 54 ‘Lyric Pieces’ composer 55 Single Earth orbit 56 Vasco da — 60 ‘Me’ devotee 61 Gets nosy 62 Threw barbs at 64 — Mahal 65 Frock shape (hyph) 66 Blows a horn 67 Rubs dry 68 Bowie's last stand 70 Solar wind component 71 Weird 73 His name is Mudd 74 ‘Slavonic Dances’ composer 75 Sub — (secretly) 77 Candied items 78 Synthesisers 79 Exact 80 Wards off 82 ‘Free’ whale of film 83 Mrs Gorbachev 84 Travesty 87 Dinner beverages 88 Long-winded one 89 Lantern-jawed Jay 93 Dracula portrayer 94 Carpenters' jaws 95 Greasy spoon 97 ‘— -Tiki’ 98 Crop up 99 Ebb and neap 100 Neophytes 101 Prevents errata 103 Rank above Maj 104 More roomy 106 Nearly perpendicular, as a cliff 107 Quick look 108 — -jerk reaction 110 '60s event (hyph) 111 Bursts of laughter 112 Rapture 113 Sticker 115 Thin pancakes 116 Cranky 117 Deep blue 120 Beauty parlour 122 Posed a challenge 124 Hindu discipline 128 Mother rabbit

129 British inc 131 Web surfer's need 133 West Pointer 135 Rock's — Fighters 136 Chicago airport 138 Not in a whisper 140 For — — (cheap) 142 Hand-dye with wax 144 Darnell or Hunt 145 Audience 146 Thick soup 147 Booster rocket 148 Geyser output 149 Emulated a siren 150 Dispatches 151 Tall and lanky DOWN 1 Old-fashioned 2 Sorenstam rival 3 Traffic signal 4 Cambridge univ 5 ‘Bonanza’ brother 6 Pungent cleaner 7 Museum employees 8 Kukla's friend 9 Hall-of-Famer Mel — 10 Oblique line (abbr) 11 Like a chasm 12 Parthenon site 13 Hilltop 14 Step on it

15 Face-powder base 16 Squanders 17 Muser's mumbling 18 Steel girder (hyph) 19 Bug off 20 Dropped the ball 31 Zero 33 Fencing swords 35 Percentage 38 ‘Chicago Hope’ actor 40 Blue moon, eg 42 Kitchen gadget 44 Alcott girl 46 Hairpin curves 48 — van der Rohe 50 ‘Macbeth’ trio 51 Hang outdoors again 52 Domed residence 53 Loose change 54 Flourishes 55 Cry of dismay 57 Video game pioneer 58 Half the parents 59 Can't you take — —? 61 Haiku and doggerel 62 Bald comic-strip character 63 Letterman, et al 66 Gridiron deal 67 Cashmere and merino 69 Union branch 72 Ms Lauper

73 Audition rewards 74 Paint additive 76 1960s hairdos 78 Back to the salt — 79 Cuts back 81 Palette adjunct 82 More sensible 83 Helicopter blade 84 Metallic sound 85 A Great Lake 86 Sprightly 87 Improve the highway 88 Divulges 90 Scraping by 91 Gunslinger's tally 92 Early stages 94 Night watches 95 Kohl target 96 Raises one's voice 99 It has rings 100 Easier said — done 102 Common wildflower 105 Prior's superior 106 Left Bank river 107 Crystal-filled rock 109 Actor — Wallach 111 Trudged 112 Coats with flour 114 Shining brightly 115 Women's garment 116 Stretched to see

117 Dreamboats 118 Like a pitcher's dream game (hyph) 119 Colonial diplomat Silas — 121 Romance in France 123 Variety of squash 125 In many cases 126 Auctioneer's word 127 NASA affirmative

(hyph) 130 Kids' writer Roald — 132 Atlas contents 134 Ski lift (hyph) 137 Vitamin amt 139 Reed or Gehrig 141 Prefer charges 143 Ottoman title PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

CHAI TIME SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

STAR POWER Date 13-8-2012

As per Hindu panchang

THIRUVAIKUMAR

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TAURUS

GEMINI

Expected promotion and pay hike on the cards. Transfer might also materialise as expected. You will realise that it was delayed by a superior. Activities of enemies will be revealed.

Debt problems might haunt you and upset you. Also money from expected source will not, which will add to your woes. Children will co-operate with you and make you happy.

Some will undertake pilgrimage and happy trips with family. Employees trying to change their job will be successful in their efforts. Misunderstanding likely between couple; take care.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Court case that kept dragging for quite sometime will come to a favourable end soon. Debt problems troubling you all these days will get cleared gradually and make you feel relaxed.

Problems will come to an end. Tension faced because of children will reduce and you will feel happy. Marriage of son or daughter will be fixed. Friends and wellwishers will help you.

Unexpected expenses will scare you. Repair of vehicle and renovation of ancestral property will be the reason. Court case will keep on postponing and put you under depression.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Hand loans given to friends will be returned with which your debts get cleared and relax you. Legal case with regard to property will end in favour. Employees will get co-operation.

Though delayed marriage talks resume, a final decision may not be arrived at. Court case may not end in your favour. Journey should be avoided as there are chances of some untoward incident.

Problems created by relatives will end. Delayed marriage talks will resume and end favourably. Happy events to take place at home. Tensions at work place will come to an end for employees.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Businessmen will see a boom. After a long delay, marriage of your son or daughter will be finalised. Court verdict will go in your favour. Employees will get co-operation from colleagues.

All planned work will get completed. Written-off old dues will get collected and cheer you. Bank loan will get sanctioned which will help in expansion of the business. Health will be fine.

Recently added friends will prove beneficial to you. Court verdict will end in your favour, which will make you financially comfortable. Problems faced by employees at work will reduce.

SUMAA TEKUR

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ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

The Wheel of Fortune – You are seeming a little lost at the moment and need to bring your focus back to the job at hand. Meditate more regularly.

Temperance – You need to shove someone’s comments aside and not let them affect the way you work. Be more confident about your choices in life.

Knight of Pentacles – This time is signaling the entry into a very profitable phase. You will enjoy a lot of luck and your hard work pays off.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Page of Pentacles – You must keep an open mind to exhcngae of ideas. By sharing and collaborating, you increase chances of success.

Knight of Wands – Cut down on excessive and often unnecessary expenses. You need to watch the wallet and increase your savings.

Eight of Cups – You will be called upon to guide someone. In doing so, you will also learn and grow. This is a great opportunity to see life differently.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Four of Wands – Before you jump to any conclusions, diagnose the problem first and then think of the options at hand. Move ahead with the best option carefully.

Queen of Pentacles – Your helping nature will be much appreciated by everyone. But make sure you’re not going so much out of your way that it hurts your time.

King of Pentacles – Those who are into writing will have to focus on honing their skills. A lot of rewriting will be required on a current project.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Two of Pentacles – You enjoy the company of a person from the opposite sex. Maintain balance, ensure that you’re not putting all your eggs in one basket.

Five of Wands – You get a strong desire to do something different. This sweeping emotion may have been triggered by something you read or saw.

Ten of Pentacles – Do not take anything for granted. If you’re unsure of something, put it on paper and get the consent from all parties involved.

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COMICS

Fred Basset

ARIES

TAROT READ Date 13-8-2012

For laughs and giggles

went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

A jump-lead walks into a bar. The barman says ''I'll serve you, but don't start anything''

When Susan's boyfriend proposed marriage to her she said: ''I love the simple things in life, but I don't want one of them for my husband''.

A priest, a rabbi and a vicar walk into a bar. The barman says, ''Is this some kind of joke?''

''My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that.'' I rang up India Telecom and said, ''I want to report a nuisance caller'', he said ''Not you again''.

A sandwich walks into a bar. The barman says ''Sorry we don't serve food in here.'' I cleaned the attic with the wife the other day. Now I can't get the cobwebs out of her hair. Went to the paper shop — it had blown away.

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Gold after 48yrs Ryota Murata won Japan’s first Olympic boxing gold after 48 years on Saturday with a 4-13 victory over Esquiva Falcao from Brazil.

Dutt brings home bronze

Ryland James

LONDON: Yogeshwar

Agence France-Presse

Dutt provided a late boost to India’s medal collection in the 30th Olympic Games by claiming a memorable bronze in the men’s freestyle 60 kg category, thus becoming the third Indian grappler to achieve the feat in the country’s Games history. The 29-year-old Yogeshwar produced a heroic show on the wrestling mat as he worked his way through three rounds of repechage to snatch the bronze medal and take India’s tally to a record five medals — one silver and four bronze — at the Excel Arena. Meanwhile, Sushil Kumar who has already carried India’s flag at the London Games will now have to wrestler his way as he carries India’s hopes of an elusive gold medal. AGENCIES

LONDON: Middleweight Ryota Murata won Japan’s first Olympic boxing gold for 48 years on Saturday, while bantamweight Luke Campbell claimed Britain’s second gold in the ring at the London Games. Meanwhile, Oleksandr Usyk secured the men’s heavyweight (91kgs) gold winning the final with an impressive 14-11 win over Italy’s Cl-emente Russo. China’s defe-nding world and Olympic champion Zou Shiming won the men’s light flyweight (46-49kg) title. Murata’s 14-13 victory over Brazil’s Esquiva Falcao saw Japan win their first boxing gold since Takao Sakurai won bantamweight gold on home soil at the at

Esquiva Falcao Florentino of Brazil (in red) defends against Ryota Murata of Japan (in blue) during the Middleweight (75kg) boxing final at the ExCel Arena on Saturday in London. Murata won gold on a close 14-13 points decision. AFP/JACK GUEZ the 1964 Tokyo Games. “I’m really happy, but the result was really out of my control,” said the 26year-old Murata. “I work at a university and all my focus was on the boxing, so now I can concentrate on paying back all the

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teachers, students and families.” His win capped a fine night for Japanese boxing moments after bantamweight Saioshi Shimizu had stood on the dais to receive a bronze — Japan’s first boxing medal since the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

Mandic, Anthony win taekwondo titles

Barnaby Chesterman Agence France-Presse

LONDON: Milica Mandic

Russia’s Evgeniya Kanaeva, who won the gold medal, performs her clubs program during the individual allaround final of the rythmic gymnastics event of the London Olympic Games on Saturday at Wembley arena in London. AFP/THOMAS COEX

won Serbia’s debut gold of the London Games Saturday as Anthony Obame made history with Gabon’s first ever Olympic medal in the women’s and men’s heavyweight taekwondo. Obame lost to Carlo Molfetta of Italy on a judges decision in the men’s final, but he was still able to celebrate a huge achievement for his west African country — recognised by a phone call from his President Ali Bongo. “I think it’s a good start for us. We have to try to get more medals in the future,” said the silver-medallist, who missed out on gold by a matter of seconds. “For now it’s just me, but I hope that other people from Gabon will win medals at other Olympic Games and have the same success as me,”

Milica Mandic he added. “I tried to go for the gold, but he was more experienced than me. He is the 2010 European champion. I hope to come back in the future and do better.” Obame led the final 9-6 with less than 30 seconds left, but Molfetta caught him with a three-point head-kick to level the scores. The Italian was the more aggressive in the sudden death period of golden point and although neither fighter scored, he did enough to take the judges decision.

28-29 Germany won the Olympic hockey title for the second successive time when they triumphed 2-1 in a thriller against the Netherlands, the former champions, in a blood and thunder final on Saturday.

Germany retain crown

Richard Eaton Agence France-Presse

LONDON: Germany won the Olympic title for the second successive time when they triumphed 2-1 in a thriller against Netherlands, the former champions, in a blood and thunder final on Saturday. Both goals were scored by Jan Philipp Rabente, who thus denied the Dutch their dream of becoming the first nation to win both hockey golds at the same Games. It was also frustrating for the Dutch as they had beaten the Germans in their pool match earlier in these Games. But this is a very resilient German team, which they proved by scoring three late goals to defeat world champions Australia in the semi-finals. Sure enough it produced another surge, and but for three fine saves by Dutch ‘keeper Jaap Stockmann in

Ed wins kayak sprint Great Britain’s Ed McKeever seized gold in the men’s single kayak 200m sprint on Saturday with a dominant victory in the final. McKeever, 28, led from the start as he powered over the K1 line ahead of Spain’s Saul Craviotto and bronze medallist Mark de Jonge of Canada.

Bresset storms to victory France’s Julie Bresset capped an extraordinary year by storming to victory in the women’s mountain bike cross country to claim her maiden Olympic title on Saturday. Germany’s Sabine Spitz claimed the silver with Georgia Gould of the United States winning the bronze.

Spain seize gold

Germany’s players react after the men’s field hockey gold medal match Germany vs the Netherlands at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Saturday. AFP/SAEED KHAN the later stages might eventually have won by more. Though Netherlands had reached the final with a 9-2 hammering of Great Britain,

they found far fewer openings this time, especially in the first half. Players with the skill of Florian Fuchs and

Christopher Zeller for Germany, and Billy Bakker and Rogier Hofman threatened to break the defensive AFP walls.

USA thrash France

Spain’s Tamara Echegoyen, Sofia Toro and Angela Pumariega gave Spain a third gold medal of the ‘12 Games on Saturday with a victory in the Elliott match-race sailing class. The Spanish crew triumphed 3-2 over the Australia’s Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty.

Norway beat Montenegro In a high voltage encounter, Norway defeated Montenegro to win the women’s handball gold medal on Saturday. Norway sealed the match in their favour winning 26-23. Meanwhile, in another close-match, Spain beat South Korea 31-29 to win the bronze medal.

Jim Slater Agence France-Presse

LONDON: Extending their Olympic dynasty run to a fifth gold medal in a row, the United States women’s basketball team overpowered France 86-50 in Saturday’s final. Candace Parker produced game highs of 21 points and 11 rebounds to power the US Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) stars to their 41st Olympic victory in a row and their seventh crown in the past eight Olympics. “For USA basketball to do it five times in a row, that’s really special,” Parker said. “We’re never going to take anything for granted. That’s the key. You never want to be the team that ends the streak. It’s great for us to be the team that keeps the tradition going.”

The ‘Phelps effect’ Brazil’s players dance before receiving their gold medals for winning the women’s volleyball gold medal match of the London 2012 Olympics Games, in London on Saturday. AFP/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

Brazil stun US, claim gold LONDON: Brazil rallied to beat the world number oneranked United States 3-1 Saturday and win the London Olympics women’s volleyball gold medal. In a rematch of the Beijing Olympic final, Brazil shrugged off their shaky start and again proved too strong for the Americans, winning by scores of 11-25,

25-17, 25-20, 25-17. The Americans had looked poised to turn the tables this time, reaching the final without losing a match. Indeed the Americans had not lost a match in 2012. Brazil, meanwhile, struggled in the group stage, losing twice in their pool but scraping into the quarter-finals in fourth place.

Once into the knockout phase they delivered two dominant performances with Sheilla Castro, Thaisa Menezes and Fabiana Claudino rounding into form. US started strongly and capitalized on a plethora of Brazil’s errors. But the Brazilians regrouped for the second set and after going ahead with a narrow third-set win were AFP full of confidence.

Michael Phelps put the finishing touches on an epic Olympic career, where a raft of young swimmers he inspired made their mark and promised to carry swimming through Rio 2016. US’ Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, helped propel the US to its familiar spot atop the swimming table.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

Farah clinches distance double Luke Phillips

LONDON: Britain’s Mo Farah clinched an Olympic long distance double here on Saturday, storming to a pulsating victory in the 5,000m just one week after his triumph in the 10,000m. The Somalia-born runner timed his kick to perfection to cross in 13min 41.66, fighting off Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebreskel, who took silver in 13:41.98, and Kenya’s Thomas Longosiwa, who claimed bronze (13:42.36). Farah is only the seventh man to achieve the 5,000m10,000m double, adding his

name to an illustrious list of runners which includes Czech Emil Zatopek, Finland’s Lasse Viren, Ethiopian Miruts Yifter and Kenenisa Bekele.

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt storms past the finish line ahead of US’ Ryan Bailey (below) in the men’s 4x100 relay at the Olympic AFP/ JOHANNES EISELE Games on Saturday in London.

“I’m just amazed - two gold medals, who would have thought that?” said the 29-year-old, who moved to Britain at the age of eight after being born in Somalia and spending some years in Djibouti. “I got great support from the crowd. It means a lot to me and those two medals are obviously for my two girls who are coming,” he said of the twins his wife is expecting. Moroccan Abdalaati Iguider led through the first lap in a pedestrian 1min 11sec, with Farah seemingly soaking up the atmosphere two metres off the tailender.

Chicherova takes high jump gold LONDON: Russian world champion Anna Chicherova won the women’s Olympic high jump on Saturday. Chicherova managed a best of 2.05 metres, American Brigetta Barrett winning silver with 2.03m ahead of Russian Svetlana Shkolina, who took AFP bronze.

More gold as Jamaica Luke Phillips

LONDON: Usain Bolt

Savinova holds off Semenya’s late charge Pirate Irwin

LONDON: Russian world champion Mariya Savinova held off a fast-finishing Caster Semenya of South Africa on Saturday to win the 800 metres Olympic title. Savinova, who was winning a fifth successive major, made the decisive break coming round the bend and while the young South African came

from fifth to second she had given herself too much to do. Savinova timed 1min 56.19sec to Semenya’s 1:57.23 while another Russian, Ekaterina Poistogova, took bronze. “It’s just amazing. Right now I can’t feel anything, but I’m amazed,” said the 26-yearold champion. Semenya accepted that she had not run the greatest tactical race of her life.

cemented his place in Olympic folklore by claiming a second threegold medal haul in successive Games as Jamaica stormed to a world record-breaking 4x100m relay victory on Saturday. It was the perfect send-off to a track and field programme at the Olympic Stadium dominated by Bolt, who became the first athlete in history to successfully defend his Olympic 100 and 200m titles earlier this week. His part in the podium-topping relay team means he has now replicated his treble gold showing in the Beijing Games in 2008.

The quartet of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, double Olympic sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake and Bolt scorched to 36.84sec, beating their previous record of 37.04sec set in the 2011 worlds in Daegu. The United States claimed silver in a national record of 37.04sec, with Trinidad and Tobago taking bronze in 38.12sec after Canada were disqualified. “It’s always a beautiful thing to end on this note,” said Bolt. “Last year we did it at the world championships, this year we did it again so for me it’s wonderful feeling to end on a high note. “It was a great championship, I’m happy. The team came out and gave it their all,” he added.

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US women win 4x400m LONDON: The United States scorched to their fifth straight women’s Olympic 4x400m title on Saturday by a gap of more than three seconds — just a day after breaking a 27-yearold record in the 4x100m. The US team, including individual 400m champion Sanya Richards-Ross and 200m winner Allyson Felix, won in 3min 16.87sec, with the compe-

(From L) Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards-Ross, Deedee Trotter and Francena Mccorory celebrate win.

Russia’s Kirdyapkin wins 50km walk

Yelena walks up to record

LONDON: Russia’s Sergey Kirdyapkin

for Usain break record

won the 50km race walk on Saturday in record time after one of the London Olympics’ most punishing events which left several athletes collapsed in exhaustion at the finish. Under hot sun in the British capital, the two-time world champion, 32, timed an Olympic record of 3hrs 35min 59sec to beat Australia’s Jared Tallent, who took silver, by 54sec. Si Tianfeng of China took the bronze, 1min 17sec adrift. AFP

tition trailing. Russia took silver in 3:20.23 and Jamaica (3:20.95) got bronze. Just a day after the electric 4x100m, the Americans seized the longer relay by the scruff from the start and, barring mistakes, looked uncatchable. Felix, running the second leg, opened up a gaping lead and by the time Richards-Ross took the baton on the anchor leg, they were virtually home AFP and dry.

LONDON: Russia’s Yelena Lashmanova won the women’s 20km walk Olympic title on Saturday in a new world record of 1hr 25min 02sec. The 20-year-old’s late surge saw her pass longtime leader and defending champion Olga Kaniskina of Russia (1hr 25min 09sec) while China’s Qieyang Shenjie set an Asian record in taking bronze (1hr 25min 16sec). It was the first time Russia have taken AFP gold and silver in the event.

This could be as good as it gets, says Bolt John Weaver

LONDON: Usain Bolt pledged to keep pushing the barriers after the Jamaican team’s astonishing relay triumph on Saturday but admitted he may have reached his peak at the London Olympics. The sprint superstar anchored the 4x100m relay team to a world record of 36.84sec and matched his triple gold showing in Beijing in 2008, in a typically showman-like finale to his Olympic campaign. “For me it’s just great that we closed the show on a bang, that is what it meant to me,”

said Bolt, who took the baton from Yohan Blake, the man he beat to retain both his 100m and 200m titles.

Walcott wins javelin gold LONDON:

Games chief hails Bolt London Games chief organiser Sebastian Coe hailed Bolt as “fantastic” for the sport of athletics. “He’s a powerful influence. Is he over the top? It’s fine, it’s him. It’s like telling Daley Thompson to behave in the decathlon,” he said. “Athletics is not a sport of automatons. He’s fantastic... part of the beauty of our sport.”

Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott won the men’s Olympic javelin title on Saturday to become, at 19, the youngest winner of the gold medal. Walcott threw a national record of 84.58 metres while Oleksandr Pyatnytsya of Ukraine took silver (84.51) and Finland’s Antti Ruuskanen the bronze (84.12). Walcott gave his country

their first athletics Olympic medal outside the sprints. It is also only their second gold medallist — Hasely Crawford’s victory in the 1976 men’s 100m being the first. “I started javelin in 2009,” said Walcott. “It wasn’t the most popular event in Trinidad and Tobago so hopefully it will be known now more and field events will be done. “I am more than stunned. I am surprised by my perforAFP mance,” he added.

SPORTS SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

McIlroy, Singh lead suspended PGA Greg Heakes

WOODS, WHO SHARED THE SECOND-ROUND LEAD WITH PETTERSSON, TUMBLED DOWN THE LEADER-BOARD ON SATURDAY AS HE HAD THREE BOGEYS.

KIAWAH ISLAND: Rory McIlroy’s climb up the leaderboard was cut short on Saturday after play in the third round of the 94th PGA Championship was suspended because of thunderstorms. McIlroy (right) had an entertaining third-round charge at the season’s final major championship as he opened his round with two consecutive birdies then had his tee shot on No 3 get stuck in a tree on the soggy Kiawah Island Ocean Course. McIlroy, the 2011 US Open champ, was four under through nine holes on the day and tied for the lead with Vijay Singh at six-under overall when the horn sounded in

the late afternoon to call the players off the course. “It was a great start, the start I was looking to get off to,” McIlroy said. “I saw that a few guys early in the day got off to good starts and I wanted to do that to.” Former two-time PGA champion Singh was twounder through seven holes in his round while playing

Gasquet downs Isner to reach Toronto final

TORONTO: Frenchman Richard Gasquet nullified the huge serve of John Isner to reach a second career final at the Toronto Masters with a 7-6 (7/3), 63 win on Saturday. The 14th-seeded winner, who lost the title match here in 2006 to Roger Federer, will play for the trophy on Sunday against either top seeded Novak Djokovic or Janko Tipsarevic. The London Olympics doubles bronze medallist Gasquet is hoping to become the first French winner of the tournament in the post-1968 Open era. The 26-year-old advance in 80 minutes in a match played during a dry spell in what has been a miserable three days of rain in the area. Gasquet was playing in his sixth Masters 1000 semi-final, reaching title

Wozniak ends home soil drought MONTREAL: Canadian Alexsandra Wozniak (above) snapped a 20year drought by reaching the quarter-finals of the rain-plagued WTA Tour’s Rogers Cup with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 win over American Christina McHale on Saturday.

matches in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto a year later. He has six career titles. The Frenchman, whose one-handed backhand is rated as one of the most flawless in the men’s game, never let Isner into the match, running the big man around the court and forcing errors from the American eighth seed. Gasquet took the first set into a tiebreaker, earning a 4-2 lead off a passing shot before taking the 42minute opener on the first of three set points with an overhead winner. In the second, Gasquet broke for 4-2 with another pass past Isner and profited three games later from two consecutive forehand errors from his opponent to earn the victory. “It’s great to be in another final this season,” AFP he said.

Pietersen commits future to Eng LONDON: England star Kevin Pietersen (right) on Saturday unreservedly committed his future to England, just days after dropping a bombshell by suggesting that the third Test against South Africa might be his last. In an interview posted on YouTube Pietersen insisted: “I want to commit to all forms of cricket for England, because I love playing cricket for

England. “I’m not going anywhere — I want to commit to all forms of cricket for England because I love playing for England,” added Pietersen, who explained he wanted to provide “confirmation and clarity” regarding his situation. “I love being part of a successful England team — we are a successful team,” said Pietersen. AFP

alongside world number two Tiger Woods. After one of the toughest rounds in PGA Championship history on Friday, Mother Nature bared her teeth again on Saturday as the storm clouds that had threatened all day finally arrived. Organisers suspended play at 6.30pm (2330 GMT) with the remainder of the third round scheduled to resume at 7.45am Sunday. Once the third round is complete, the final round will go off in groups of three beginning at 11.44am. PGA of America spokesman Kerry Haigh said he doesn’t think there will be a problem getting all the rounds completed by Sunday evening.

Brilliant chess tourney results S

ix players shared the lead in the open category on the first day of the 75th Brilliant chess tournament being held at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar. They are J Ramakrishna (Andhra Bank), P Ramakrishna (Nalgonda), V Varun (Hyd), Hinduja Reddy (Hyd) and A Kumar (above; Karimnagar). They have scored three points each from the first three rounds they have played.

A Division league results

Division league championship: Andhra Bank 303 for 7 (Abhinav Kumar 121, DB Ravi Teja 67, Chandan Sahani 3 for 55) Vs Evergreen. A 2 & 3 Divisions league championship: Sultanshahi 282 lost to MCC 285 for 5 (N Bhargav Rayudu 153 no, E Mahesh Kumar Goud 3 for 71); Osmania 188 (Santosh Reddy 85, Vivek Mohan 6 for 61) lost to Gemini Friends 189 for 3.