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WEATHER: A MIX OF CLOUDY AND CLEAR SKIES; 26°C

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

CITY STANDS BY

FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS

Hundreds of senior citizens took to the streets on Thursday to protest inadequate pensions, poor facilities and the State’s indifference to their problems.

ITS BROTHERS M ANIL KUMAR

PREGNANT? WATCH YOUR WEIGHT

Pregnancy brings joy and happiness for the expectant mother and her family. During this time managing her weight is also equally important. We tell you why...

P19 MORE THAN MUSIC

Years after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan captured the world's attention with his qawwalis, the art form still flourishes in India, both in its traditional and filmy avatars.

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REPORT ON P3 All student unions in Hyderabad have jointly decided to protect every student from the Northeast and deal firmly with any hoodlum that tries to reach them and hurls threats.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

city events

COLOURS OF CHANGE

A painting exhibition of abstract art by artist Jayanthmanda will be held at Iconart Gallery. A preview for the exhibition will be held on August 18 at 6.30pm. The exhibition will be displayed till August 30 from 11.30am onwards, everyday.

Weather for Hyderabad

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New Delhi Mumbai Max 38 Max 30 Min 30 Min 26 Scattered thunderstorms

Chennai Max 34 Min 26

Bangalore Max 36 Min 19

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Cloudy with chances of thunderstorms.

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AROUND THE CITY YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES DINING

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

Middle Eastern food fest Head to the Dining Room at Park Hyatt for the Middle Eastern Food Festival. It is open for both lunch and dinner. The food festival will be on till August 20. Where: Park Hyatt, Banjara Hills, Rd No 2 When: Ongoing, 12pm onwards and 6pm onwards Contact: (040) 4949 1200 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 Pavillion, ITC Kakatiya, Begumpet When: August 10-20, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2340 0132

ART OLYMPIC PRIDE: A collection of sketches by artist Sankara Narayana depicting the six Olympic medal winners. Clockwise ( from top left) Mary Kom, Gagan Narang, Saina Nehwal,Yogeshwar Dutt, Sushil Kumar & Vijay Kumar

Smooth operators 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 World class cocktails Select from a list of unusual concotions like Frozen Gold.. Buy two and

get a world class cocktail book and experiment with a wide range of drinks yourself. Where: Marco Polo, ITC Kakatiya, Begumpet When: All through August Contact: (040) 2340 0132

SHOWS Ethical hacking Oakridge International School is organising a 2-day ‘Workshop on ethical hacking and online security’ by ethical hacker and computer security expert, Ankit Fadia. The workshop is open for students and people interested in technology Where: Oakridge International School, Gachibowli When: August 25 and 26, 7.30pm onwards

Commissioner & Spl Officer

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

Photography workshop A photography workshop will be held at Iconart Gallery on weekends. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: August 12 onwards Contact: 98499 68797

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Contact: 1800 200 8171 Shreya Ghoshal Live Popular playback singer Shreya Ghoshal will perform live at Shilpa Kala Vedika on August 18. Where: Shilpa Kala Vedika, Hitec City When: August 18, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2311 2704 Taj Khazana Sale For six days, there will be a special offer on magnificent collection of sarees, western ensembles, pashminas, hand-picked costume jewellery, men’s garments and much more. Where: Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills Taj Falaknuma, Falaknuma When: August 20-29, 10am – 9pm

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

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

Contact: Taj Krishna (040) 6629 3248 Faluknama (040) 6629 8600 Grizzly man Head to Lamakaan to witness a heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard in Alaska in 2003. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: August 17, 7.30pm onwards Contact: 96427 31329

Elegance Artist Snehlatha Prasad presents her interpretation of the Radha and Krishna myth through her canvas. Where: Shrshti Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 15 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Play time The play Birjees Qadar ka Kunbaa will be held at Nift Auditorium on August 24. The play is in Urdu. Where: Nift Campus, Madhapur When: August 24, 7.30pm Contact: (040) 2311 4537

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

Invisible lands An exhibition of paintings by Madhuchanda Majumder is being held. Where: Alankritha Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Kavuri hills When: 11am onwards Contact: (040)2354 0023

Airport Director 27903785, 27906001 For Air India Flight Information Toll free (from any network) for IC Flights 18001801407 And for All Flights: 1800227722 Air India has revised its flight timings. For more information call (Toll free) 18001801407, 1800227722 from BSNL/MTNL 04023430334 from other lines and mobile Website; www.airindia.in TOURISM OFFICES AP Tourism, Hyd 23262152/53/54 Sec-bad 27893100 Dept of Tourism 23453110 India Tourism 23261360 AP Tourism information Centre (24x7) 23450444, 23455999 UK VISA OFFICE VFS India Pvt Ltd Building, 8-2-542/A, Sunil Chamber, Road No. 7

Beside Meridian School, Banjara Hills34. Working hours are from 8 AM to 1 PM And 2 PM to 3PM. MUSEUMS Salar Jung Museum AP State Museum Nizams Museum

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City

YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

ARE PEOPLE FROM THE N-E BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST? 76% 24%

YES (A) NO (B)

TODAY’S QUESTION

HAS THE STATE DONE ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE NORTH-EAST STUDENTS? A)

YES

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EXODUS

Students form a ring of protection around N-E natives SRINIVAS SETTY

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Exodus continues while students are safe

n a show of solidarity, all student unions in Hyderabad have jointly decided to protect every student from the North East and deal firmly with any hoodlum that tries to reach them and hurls threats at the students, as they did to the civilians working in the City two days ago. Krishank Manne, national media spokesperson at the Osmania University (OU) said, a joint meeting of all student organisations, rights activists, University officials and police is being planned today to work out a scheme to provide protection to the students from the North-East region. The move comes in the wake of some unidentified people issuing threats to some NE students in OU on Thursday. ABVP, which led a support rally to the OU on Thursday has blamed both the City police and the government for their indifference to students from NE. ABVP leader Ramakrishna said the police and political failure to detect and deport illegal immigrants from Bangladesh is the main reason for such trouble. He

said he had information that hundreds of these Bangladeshis, posing as natives of West Bengal are being protected by a party in the City, which is the reason why police are unable to act. “It is not local Muslims. It’s the Bangladeshis.” However, the City does not seem as secure for these students. “Looking at the present situation it is best that these students leave the City. At the same time, the youth need to stand up

against atrocities. At the end, we are Indians,” Lakshmi S, second year PG student. According to the City police commissioner Anurag Sharma the trouble was being caused due to mischief mongers. The police have posted 10 pickets in the areas which have a concentration of N-E natives, he said. Sarvey Satyanarayana, MP (Malkajgiri), said he will take up this issue with the government. Leaders of English and Foreign

EXTENDING ASSURANCE

Members of the North Eastern community met the commissioner of police, Anurag Sharma, on August 16 to highlight their apprehensions in the City due to the incidents of violence in Assam. The commissioner has clarified that only a few people from the region have left the City and reports of mass exodus are not true. He assured the members of the community that the police was monitoring the situation. He added that the people could contact the police control room (040-23261166) in case they receive any threats.

Languages University who have 50 students from North East pledged to protect students at all costs. “We will not allow any outsider to threaten our students, whether they are from Africa or Assam,” remarked a student leader. There are over 500 students from North East in the eight universities in the City. (Reports by Rahul Ramakrishna, Inkeshaf Ahmed, Mohd Subhan and Sudeshna Koka)

iving a lie to the police and political claims of providing security and assurances of safety, the exodus of the natives from the North-East continued on the third day today. This morning 267 NE natives had left by Howra Expresss, railway sources conﬁrmed. They say more are coming by evening or tomorrow. “We have no idea what security they (police) are giving,” said Debasish Dutta, who works with a retail chain in Hitec City. “We are all leaving because the police have not identiﬁed who is threatening us and why?” Another from Assam, Jatindranath, said there was a rumour that some hired killers were coming to Hyderabad to attack those who do not leave, he said. “How does the rumour spread? Some have seen hand written bills. Others got calls on the landline of the establishments where they work.” Meanwhile, the railway police turned their ire on the media that had gone to meet the people leaving at Secunderabad. They barred the media from entering the station and threatened arrest. “If you don’t leave we will arrest you,” said a sub-inspector to the Postnoon photographer Anil Kumar and some other lensmen nearby.

city FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012 LAST YEAR... HERE Anna fever in City

ast year, we had reported how scores of citizens thronged Dharna Chowk near Indira Park to express their support for Anna Hazare’s anticorruption movement. Youngsters also protested against the participation of politicians in the protest. Now, the movement has lost steam, Anna continues his fasts and ‘Team Anna’ is not the symbol of hope it was a year ago.

AUGUST 17, 2011

NUMEROLOGY

`1000cr The amount the corporation would be spending on the housing project to rehabilitate people displaced during the work of improving nallahs in the City.

We are on the roads shouting slogans and wearing bands so that the government takes us seriously. So what if we are old? We will all fight and get justice. IVLN Chary, protester See page 4

THINGS WE LEARNED TODAY

The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.

Mayor's ofﬁce sleeps while citizens are harassed. When natives of the north-east were being harassed in the City, the mayor and deputy mayor's ofﬁce seemed completely clueless about the unrest.

A politician and a gentleman in real life. Textile minister G Prasad Kumar has endeared himself to citizens by attending to their problems without trying to win their vote.

Displaced encroachers to be rehabilitated soon? The GHMC has almost completed groundwork on a housing project to accomodate displaced encroachers.

Iftar parties, the new playground for political parties? The pious are questioning the trend of political parties hosting iftar parties to curry favour with the minority community.

Students make a stand against discrimination. All student unions in the City have decided to protect every student from the north-east and deal with hoodlums who threaten them.

SENIOR CITIZENS

Fighting for their rights Hundreds of senior citizens took to the streets on Thursday to protest inadequate pensions, poor facilities and the State’s indifference to their problems.

SRINIVAS SETTY

SUDESHNA KOKA sudeshna.k@postnoon.com

ife was back to square one after denizens enjoyed a holiday on India’s 65th Independence Day. However, for thousands of senior citizens, it was not just another day. On Thursday, hundreds of senior citizens took out a rally and held a protest to fight for their rights. “We also went the legitimate way. We gave letters and did everything, but all in vain. Now we are on the roads shouting slogans and wearing bands so that the government takes us seriously. So what if we are old? We will all fight and make sure we get justice,” said IVLN Chary, one of the protesters. Several senior citizens gathered under the banner of joint action committees of senior citizens’ welfare associations of Greater Hyderabad and led rallies at eight different places in the City. Around 300 to 400 senior citizens were present at each junction, wearing a black ribbon and shouting slogans. There are several reasons for their protest, one of which is inadequate old age funds. The central government, under the Indira Gandhi national pension scheme, advised the State government to contribute an amount equal in the `200 per individual being released by them. However, the State continues to pay `200 only for a family of two. “With just `100 per head per month, how does the State government imagine we will survive? There is an immediate need to increase old age pension to `200 per head, which the central and State governments should meet half and half,” said Krishna M Raju, a senior citizen. States like Karnataka and Maharashtra are already paying

`1,000 per head to BPL senior citizens. But in this State, this is the situation, he added. The other reasons for the protest on Thursday are delay in granting concessions in RTC bus fares and extending Arogya Sree Healthcare to above poverty line senior citizens. “At present, Arogya Sree Healthcare covers only white card holders. These days, medicines have become expensive. Hence, we want the government to extend Arogya Sree Healthcare to middle class senior citizens. Also, several senior citizens travel by APSTRC buses and since years we have only seen the ministers promising to give us 50 per cent concession but in reality, nothing like that has happened,” laments Sita Rama Swamy. Andhra Pradesh has a senior citizen population of more than 70 lakh. The central government

List of demands n Creation of a separate department, ministry and commissionerate for the welfare of senior citizens. n Reducing the age of eligibility as senior citizen. n Provision for budget allotment for welfare of senior citizens. n Effective implementation of the Parent Maintenance Act, 2007. n Extending Arogya Sree Healthcare scheme to above poverty line senior citizens. n Concessions in RTC bus fares. n Revision of old age pension.

has fixed 60 years as the criteria for considering a person as a senior citizen, but in this State, the age limit continues to be 65 years. Another demand put forth by the protesters is to

reduce the age for eligibility as senior citizens. In the Andhra Pradesh State budget, there is no section allotted for senior citizens. There is no separate department, ministry or commissioner for the welfare of senior citizens. “Currently, the subject of welfare of senior citizens is joined with the ministry of welfare of women, children and disabled portfolio. Due to this, there is neither a budget allotment nor staff or resources to look into our problems. The government does nothing for us and this is unfair,” said Nageshwara Rao, secretary of the Joint Action Committee. The senior citizens who participated in the rallies have given a memorandum to the chief minister and are hoping that their problems will be solved and that they would get better facilities.

NEWS BRIEFS India-New Zealand match to be held in City

Traffic restrictions for Jummatula Vida

Bodies of US car crash victims brought to City

23 hurt as RTC bus hits tree in Adilabad

he Kiwi cricket will arrive in Hyderabad today to play the ﬁrst test with Indian cricket team. The test is scheduled to begin from August 23 of this month. Both teams will participate in net practice for three days before clashing with each other. HCA has announced that the tickets will be available on www.kyazoonga.com from today.

ity police have imposed trafﬁc restrictions in various parts of the City on the occasion of Jummatula Vida (last friday of Ramzan). The trafﬁc in restricted areas will be diverted to other routes. The restrictions will be in force from 9am to 3pm. The roads leading to the Mecca Masjid from various locations will be closed.

he bodies of four NRIs from Andhra Pradesh, who died in a road accident in Oklahoma, US on August 10, were brought to the City early on Friday. All were in their mid-twenties, hailing from middle and upper middle class families. The ﬁve victims of the crash were identiﬁed as Anurag, R Srinivas, Phanindra, Bhaskar and Jaswanth Reddy.

t least 23 people received grievous injuries when a bus in which they were travelling hit a roadside tree at Samat village under Indravelli mandal in the district on Thursday morning. The driver of the APSRTC bus lost control and rammed the tree. The condition of six persons among the injured was stated to be serious.

city FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

POLITICS

TDP demands arrest ‘CBI acting against Congress interests’ of tainted ministers F Senior party leaders allege that tainted ministers were being spared while other petty employees were being penalised.

he TDP has demanded that all the six tainted ministers, who were served with notices by the Supreme Court, be arrested. Party senior leaders questioned why minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, whose name was included in the CBI charge-sheet and minister K Parthasarathy, who was convicted in the FERA violation case, had not been arrested so far. Demanding that Geeta Reddy, Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, Sabita Indra Reddy and Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who have received notices from the Supreme Court, should be removed from the Cabinet. The leaders questioned how there could be a different law for the ministers. They pointed out that

a petty employee was being arrested for taking a small bribe of `500 and jailed. They questioned how ministers, who swore by the Constitution were being tolerated even when they were looting public money to the tune of several thousands of crores of rupees. The leaders questioned why

Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy, who as industries minister, had directed the now suspended IAS officer Srilakshmi to remove the word ‘captive’ from the mining lease order given to Gali Janardana Reddy was not yet arrested, while the IAS officer was had been sent to jail. NSS

ormer minister and senior Congress leader T Jeevan Reddy has alleged that the CBI was exhibiting vengeance towards the Congress and defaming it. Speaking to the media on the Assembly premises here on Thursday, Jeevan Reddy said that decisions taken during late Chief Minister YSR’s regime were not personal, but collective decisions of the entire Cabinet. He said that individuals cannot be held responsible for the decisions taken by the Cabinet. The 26 controversial GOs were issued following the decision of late YSR’s Cabinet, he said, adding that it was not appropriate for the CBI to file charge-sheets against the ministers. Jeevan Reddy said that a separate Telangana State will become a reality if the Congress MLAs abstained from attending the forthcoming Assembly session. He also said that there

Jeevan said that individuals cannot be held responsible for the decisions taken by the Cabinet. The 26 controversial GOs were issued following the Cabinet decision and it was inappropriate for CBI to chargesheet ministers.

was no need for the MLAs to tender resignations for the sake of Telangana, but it would be enough if they stay away from the Assembly session. If the Telangana MLAs abstain from attending the Assembly, the Centre would be compelled to announce separate Telangana State, he added. NSS

CIVIC

GHMC’s housing scheme gets a boost

With the municipal corporation working towards widening nallahs in the City, several families are being displaced. In a bid to rehabilitate them, the civic body is now arranging for accomodation for them under various schemes like JNNURM. Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

he ground work for constructing houses to accommodate displaced encroachers is nearing completion. The GHMC, which is providing this housing for the displaced, plans to take up the remainder of the work after Eid. “We shall be taking up this work immediately after the month of Ramzan ends,” said R Dhan Singh, engineer-in-chief. The move to construct these houses came in light of the GHMC’s decision to widen nallahs in the City, a plan that was approved by the minister for urban development. In the process, several families that live by the nallahs are being displaced. The GHMC is providing these displaced families accommodation under various government schemes like JNNURM. According to estimates the GHMC will be spending `1,000 crore on this project.

STEPS TO SAFE GUARD

In light of properties being misused by the beneficiaries the GHMC commissioner, in a

recently held review meeting on housing, directed the engineerin-chief to put up the boards, (white letter on blue background) displaying the names of the original allottees, along with a public caution notice. The said notice will highlight, “The facility is limited to the original allottee. Buying and selling of these houses is a crime. The government will take over the houses from the allottees, if any discrep-

ancy is found.” This plan is to soon be implemented in about 120 sites under various schemes.

BANKS TO HELP

Financial help is also being extended to the beneficiaries who were displaced due to the widening of the nallahs. The housing cost is being shared between the Central government (50 per cent), State government (20 per cent) and beneficiary (30

per cent). The GHMC has asked the SBH to designate certain banks such as JNNURM banks in order to sanction loans for housing colonies. GHMC will be providing a map consisting of locations of housing colonies to the banks in order to designate the banks of that locality as JNNURM banks. The GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu, in the recently held review meeting has directed

all the officials concerned to ensure that all the beneficiaries, who paid 10 per cent of the beneficiary contribution out of the 1 lakh unit cost are able to avail the bank loan. Reportedly, out of 21,594 beneficiaries, 19,191 have paid their beneficiary contribution. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by banks and Andhra Pradesh urban finance and infrastructure development corporation ltd (APUFIDC) for sanctioning a loan amount up to `80,000 for housing colonies. He also informed that the government has released `102 crore through a government order, which in turn has settled the problem of drinking water in housing colonies that are outside the GHMC limits.

NOTICES TO DEFAULTERS

The collectors will be issuing notices for the beneficiaries, who have paid part of their beneficiary contribution, to pay the remaining before the end of September 2012 or else their part payment will be returned and the allotted house will be taken back by the authorities.

city FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

REPORTER’S DIARY

CLASSIFIEDS

‘Paparazzi’ serve only their masters

he GHMC perhaps has one of the best photographers. In times of crisis like heavy rainfall leading to a caving in of a road or a flash flood, the GHMC photo team is right there clicking pictures of the mayor or the GHMC commissioner. Not just clicking pictures they have an amazing uploading team who email these pictures to all the publications. But, alas! It stops there. Photographs of repair or relief work are never shared. Lack of directions or perhaps they have too many to share? SK

A TIGRESS IN UNIFORM

Women IPS officers have a tougher job compared to their male counterparts. It’s because they have to prove themselves which is not always the case with male IPS officers who draw obeisance automatically. But there are instances where women IPS officers outdo the male officers in wit, wisdom and daredevilry. Tejdeep Kaur Menon, the additional commissioner of police, training, is one such person. She is feared and also respected for she has proved to be a no nonsense officer who speaks her mind and does what she thinks is right under the law. Many subordinates have complaints about her being rude but admit she is a daring officer who did not think twice before barging into the then chief secretary’s office and enquiring why her name was deleted from the police medals.

Assamese at a railway station as they board trains to return home after the threat of violence against them. N SHIVA KUMAR

I’ll never forget her witticism in an incident that revealed her forceful personality. For some work she wanted to know where the traffic inspector KM Madhu was. On wireless he replied that he was near the Hussain Sagar Lake. “How fast you can come to office?” she enquired to which the inspector said he will be there as early as possible. She told him to jump into the lake and swim across as that will save a lot of time and trouble. Said it in lighter vein, her suggestion brought a guffaw from the officers present in the room. She, however, is known to be kind-hearted where kindness is needed and curt where

bluntness is called for.

A SOMNOLENT MAYORALTY

Any institution decays with the passage of time. The mayoral office is no exception. The mayor is supposed to be the first citizen of the City and a citizens’ man. He is the patriarch, or in the case of women mayors, the matriarch of the City. But how many remember this? It was indeed sad that when natives from the North-East, who help run the City’s economy, were being troubled by hoodlums and anti-social elements, the mayor and deputy mayor were unaware. Thousands were running away

HEALTH / CLINIC

leaving their belongings because some thugs (alleged to be under the patronage of a political party) served them an ultimatum to leave the City by August 20 or face guillotine. When our reporters tried to get through to the mayor or deputy mayor they were always told that they were either away or in a meeting. After 12 hours, we got through to deputy mayor who said he too ‘heard something like that’ but has no information. But when the GHMC pockets their professional tax, don’t they have a modicum of responsibility to the tax payers? Or a mayor will listen only to the vote bank? Irrespective of the party loyalty or caste or creed. He should be the first to know whatever happens to his City. Pity some do not understand this. Mayorality belongs to the whole City. PK

IFTAR PARTY LOSING SOLEMNITY?

Iftar parties have lost their solemnity, thanks to the overdose of politics. It has become fashionable for all political parties to organise Iftar and lever it to strengthen their position with the minorities. On Monday, the CM organised an Iftar party. Former minister Shabir Ali kicked up a row by behaving like a gang leader, abusing everybody. Many who received his lashing complained to higher-ups. It subsided only when the CM arrived. (Contributed by Sudeshna Koka, Inkeshaf Ahmed, Mohd Subhan, and PK Surendran)

ELECTRONICS

KNOW YOUR LEADER

Humble min helps solve problems Unlike other politicians, textile minister G Prasad Rao is known to never let any visitor leave his office without providing a solution. Md INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com

olitics, they say, is not for gentlemen. This is not always true, at least in the instance of textile minister G Prasad Kumar. Suave and young, Kumar draws the biggest crowd of people in his office. His office, during the public visiting hours, is always packed to the roof and he attends to each and everyone, which no other minister can claim to do. Right from morning to dusk, Kumar is seen attending to people’s problems without asking them if they are his voters or not. People who know his nature say that he has been like this even before he became a MLA or a minister. How does he manage time?

Constituency: Vikarabad (SC) Education: Graduate Marital status: Married, two children Office:

Room No 119, D Block

Phone Numbers: (040) 2345 3217, 23452631

Simple but instructive. He listens to their problem and looks for a solution. He looks at the issue, not at the face. “Well, my visitors find instant solutions to their problems because I don’t expect anything in return from them. When many others look for returns the solution is delayed,” he says. He says that he was inspired by the former Union minister G Venkata Swamy who kept his public image clean and followed a mass leader pattern. Swamy is his relative too. From the age of 10 he observed Swamy’s style of working and imbibed his values. “I learnt a lot from him and a lot about handling people, attending to their problems and how to be a mass leader without indulging in gimmicks.”

Hailing from Vikarabad, which is his constituency, Kumar has kept away from all clichés. Coming up from a humble beginning (he used to peddle milk in his young days) he has gone through fire in life. Married with two kids, Kumar is one minister who is untouched by groupism. Though he belongs to the SC community, he does not bear that on his forehead. Anyone who seeks his helps gets a nod, a solution. Is it not great in these days of selfish politics? If he had not been drawn into politics and became a minister what would he have done for a living? “Sell milk, of course,” says Kumar with a smile that shows a tinge of humility and honesty. His wife Shylaja who overhears it smiles coyly and withdraws.

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Something for everyone RAJESH RAVINDRAN rajesh.r@postnoon.com

here is something of everything in Indian Ocean’s music, which would mean something for everyone; a little western, a little from the east, a little Indian classical, a touch of bhajans, blues, jazz and tribal. When Susmit Sen, founder and lead guitarist of Indian Ocean, performed with his ensemble, Susmit Sen Chronicles, at Hard Rock Café, none who had come for the show was left out. The space near the stage was

not teeming with people, but almost every table was taken. Perhaps people preferred to sit and enjoy the numbers — with a sip and a bite in between. However, the few who occupied the well of the house more than made up for the numbers. At the end of each piece, they enthusiastically cheered and applauded the band. Susmit, who was accompanied by Anirban Ghosh on bass, Nikhil Vasudevan on drums, Gyan Singh on the tabla, Rajeev Raja on the flute, and Amit Sharma and Anupama Bose

(vocals) started the show with what he called Rejuvenation. Then followed Intimacy, a number the team dedicated to Clarence Gonsalvez, their bassist who died on April 13 this year. City Lights perhaps was the most soulful — in range, moods, and riffs. Susmit said he composed this at his friend’s apartment in a New York building called City Lights. All the numbers performed except one were from his solo album, Depths of the Ocean — which marks the beginning of a new journey for the seasoned Susmit.

Susmit Sen of Indian Ocean pleased the crowd with his new venture. DEEPAK DESHPANDE

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Business

IBM BUYS FLASH MEMORY FIRM

IBM on Thursday announced a deal to buy a firm specialising in high-performance solid state memory, which is fast replacing spinning disks used to store data in hard drives. IBM did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Texas Memory Systems.

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The price or the market value of the bond may be different depending on the attractiveness and demand for the bond. MONEY MATTERS Nupur Pavan Bang

rikanth was already waiting in the cafeteria when Prof. Nicky walked in for her morning cup of cof-

fee.

Prof. Nicky: Good Morning Srikanth. What pulls you out of your bed at this time? Srikanth: (Offended), well I am generally awake by this time. But today I am here to show you an sms and ask you about what it means. Srikanth: Here it is: "Shriram Transport Finance Corporation launches the first public issue of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) this financial year from July 26th. The issue closes on August 10, 2012. The bonds offer an annual coupon rate of 10.25 per cent and 10.50 per cent for a period of 36 months and 60 months respectively". Prof I know that a bond is an instrument which allows one to invest in a company (corporate bond) or with the government (government bond), for a fixed period of time and with a fixed return. In the case of this sms, a corporate bond is being offered for a fixed period of either 3 years or 5 years and will give a return of 10.25 and 10.5 percent respectively. But I have a few

The price or the market value of the bond may be different depending on the attractiveness and demand for the bond. Let me explain. If the prevailing price of a similar bond, with same coupon rates, in the market is say `97. Nobody will be willing to pay more than `97 for another bond. Hence the company will have to sell their bond at a discount of 3 per cent

more questions. Nicky: Let me make a correction in your previous statement, related to your question. 10.25% and 10.5% are not returns. They are coupon rates. Coupon rate is the interest that the bond issuer pays on the face value of a bond. Nicky: Face Value of the bond is the amount which is returned to the investors by the issuer when the Bond matures.

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Oracle fined $2 mn Was charged for its Indian subsidiary keeping a multi-million dollar slush fund. WASHINGTON: Software and systems giant Oracle was fined $2 million on Thursday to resolve charges that its India subsidiary kept a multi-million dollar off-books slush fund. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it had filed charges in San Francisco District Court accusing Oracle of violating the US Foreign Corrupt

Practices Act by not preventing the subsidiary from setting up the $2.2 million fund. The money, which came out of the receipts from sales to Indian government agencies over 2005-2007, "was eventually used to make unauthorised payments to phony vendors in India", the SEC said in a statement.

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on the face value. On the other hand, if the other similar bonds in the market are being sold at `105, the company will not be willing to sell their bond at the face value of `100. So, they will sell their bond at a premium of 5% on the face value. Now, if the bond is bought at the face value, and held till maturity, it will give us a return which is equal to the coupon rate. But, if it is bought at a price less than or more than the face value, we will incur a capital loss or gain on maturity. This results in our return from bonds being different from the coupon rate. In finance parlance, the return on a bond is known as yield. Srikanth: But why will a bond price be `97 or `105? Nicky: That's because, a bond need not be held till maturity. It can be traded in the market. It’s transferrable. So a bond which is more in demand due to its higher coupon rate, its price increases. Whereas a bond which has a lower coupon rate, its price decreases. Srikanth: Ah... Demand and Supply at work here too! Economics everywhere! Nicky: Absolutely. No wonder it is known as the mother of all subjects! The author is Senior Researcher at Centre for Investment, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Shares in legendary football club Manchester United closed below their IPO price for the first time on Thursday, as apparent price support efforts gave out after five days of trade. The shares had hovered barely above the $14 issue price since last Friday's initial public offering, before dropping five per cent to $13.29 in Thursday morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange. They bounced back slightly to close at $13.77, for a loss of 1.99 per cent. The heavily indebted club went public in the United States last week following aborted efforts to do so in Hong Kong and Singapore.

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SHARP TO SELL BIZ Japan's embattled Sharp Corp is considering selling off part of its main operations as it looks to plug a gaping hole in its balance sheet, a report said Friday. The consumer electronics giant, bracing for a huge net loss this ﬁscal year, is set to pull out of copiers and ACs, to focus on its more competitive LCD division, the Nikkei said, without citing sources. Sharp suffered a bloodletting earlier this month with its shares diving to 40-year lows after it reported enormous quarterly losses and warned of more.

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Samsung App Store, LG Store, all other Android-supporting app stores and distributor networks in due course. The touch screen-genre game, priced at $0.99, can be downloaded either through Web or mobile. The online game has seen over 15 million game players so far.

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HARYANA WOMAN, DAUGHTER COMMIT SUICIDE Unable to find her husband who went missing mysteriously five years ago, a woman and her teenaged daughter committed suicide in a village in Haryana’s Jhajjar district, police said on Friday. The bodies were found hanging from a tree at their farm near Guda village by villagers.

NORTHEAST CRISIS

Exodus on despite PM vow Curfew in Rangiya sub-division of Kamrup Rural district was relaxed today even as no incident of fresh violence was reported from any part of Assam. BANGALORE: All parties would together ensure that citizens from the northeast are safe in all parts of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday. “I assure we will do our utmost to ensure our friends and citizens and children from northeast feel secure in any part of the country,” the prime minister said in the Rajya Sabha. He said everyone must work together to “create an atmosphere” to end the rumour mongering and ensure that “people of northeast feel at home in all parts of the country”. Meanwhile, appeals and assurances of safety by the Karnataka

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Gall bladder removed instead of appendix Angry relatives of the woman took on the doctors of the hospital. SRINAGAR: In yet another case of alleged negligence, doctors in a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir removed the gall bladder of a woman instead of her swollen appendix. The incident took place at the sub-district hospital in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. The doctors became targets of public anger late Thursday when it was discovered that they had removed the gall bladder of a woman who was diagnosed as a patient of appendicitis, hospital sources said. The block medical officer of the hospital later tried to pacify the agitated husband and relatives of the patient by ordering an inquiry into the incident. Earlier this month, a pregnant woman delivered a baby in a vehicle on way back home after doctors at the same hospital sent her back saying her delivery was still not due. ----

Students hold placards in support of people of northeastern states at the Bangalore railway station on Thursday. PTI

government notwithstanding, people from North East continued to flee the state in hordes for the third consecutive day today,

driven by rumours of impending attacks. The exodus so far confined to Bangalore has now spread to

some other parts with people of the North Eastern region living in Mysore, Mangalore and Kodagu arriving here in trains and buses and rushing to railway counters to buy tickets. More than 15,000 people have fled the city in the past two days following the rumours, official sources said today. The government continued to reach out to the community urging them to stay on and assured them that it is committed to safeguarding their lives. The government said no violent incidents have been reported. “We thereby urge not to heed to rumours and rest assured that stringent security measures have

been deployed to prevent any untoward incidents”. Strict action would be taken against anyone spreading rumours. “We also request the north-eastern media not to go by unconfirmed reports which can create further fear and confusion,” Shettar and Ashoka said. “The exodus of Northeast people from the city is not due to threat factor, but due to anxiety to be with their parents at a time when Assam has been gripped by violence,” Law and Parliamentary Minister S Suresh Kumar said. The government has launched a search to find the website from where these rumours originated. AGENCY

NEWS BRIEFS Embraer delivers airborne radar planes to India SAO PAULO: Brazil’s top plane maker Embraer said it delivered the first of several EMB 145 airborne radar aircrafts to India at a ceremony held at its headquarters northeast of Sao Paulo. The company said in a statement that the delivery followed the successful completion of ground and flight tests of the Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft which met operational targets.

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Man dies after robbers throw him off second floor NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old man was thrown off the second floor of his house and killed for standing up to robbers in his house here, police said on Thursday. One of the robbers was arrested. The incident took place Wednesday night when the victim, Karan, was asleep in his house in Shahadra, East Delhi. An orphan, he lived with his maternal grandmother.

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BSF trooper killed in cross-border firing in Jammu JAMMU: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed when Pakistan resorted to “heavy unprovoked firing” on a border post in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The firing by Pakistan Rangers took place on Thursday night, spreading panic, and continued on Friday morning. Violating a ceasefire, the Rangers opened fire at Abdullian post on the international border, with small and heavy arms and also fired mortars killing a soldier.

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Palanquins for patients Himachal Pradesh government will deploy palanquins to help patients in over 500 small villages scattered over rugged, cold and inhospitable terrain. SHIMLA: Once the mode of transport for royalty and women in purdah nearly a century ago, the palanquin will be resurrected to ferry patients from remote and inaccessible mountain villages in Himachal Pradesh that don’t have road access to ambulances and hospitals. The state health and family welfare department plans to deploy palanquins, or palkis as they are called, to help patients in over 500 small villages scattered over rugged, cold and inhospitable terrain. The department will provide one palki to each village not connected by road under the ‘108’ Atal Swasthya Sewa, an ambulance service launched by the state government in December 2010, to carry patients. Most of the villages are located in the interiors of Chamba, Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti, Shimla and Kangra districts. “The process to identify the villages (not connected by road) is still on. We

are also looking into the financial implications. But within three months, we will be in a position to provide palkis to some of the remotest villages,” health and family wlfare secretary Ali Raza Rizvi told IANS. The department would initially provide aluminiummade open palkis to 150 village health and sanitation committees. Later, all the identified villages would be covered. In case of an

emergency, the palki could be hired from the committee for four people to physically carry the patient to the nearest road head from where the stationed ambulance will carry the patient to a hospital. Each palki, which will cost `7,000, will have a flexible stretcher that can be stretched or folded as chair depending on the patient’s need. At present, patients ride piggyback to reach a nearby road. “Often the condition of the

patients suffering from grievous injuries and multiple fractures deteriorates during physi-

cal lifting,” Rizvi said. Officials of the GVK-EMRI (Emergency Management Research Institute), a Hyderabad-based company hired by the government to run the ambulance service, said locals in some villages have to trudge 40-50 km to reach the road head.

Each palki will have a flexible stretcher that can be stretched or folded as chair depending on the patient’s need. Bara Bhangal village in Kangra district will be provided a palki in the first phase, an official said. With a population of over 400, Bara Bhangal, part of the Dhauladhar Wildlife Sanctuary, is amongst the remotest villages in the hill state. Sheep and cattle rearing is the main occupation of the people who are nomads. It is 65 km from the last village that is connected by road. IANS

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Social activists perform a street play on the eve of Independence Day in Bhubaneswar.

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IT to rescue Goa from illegal mining PANAJI: Plagued with rampant illegal mining,the Goa government has decided to implement an informationtechnology-based system to prevent its valuable resource being exported illegally and evading royalty. The draft mining policy, tabled on the floor of the House during the recently concluded state Assembly session, has said a ‘Mines Management System’ will be put in place to arrest the illegal iron ore exports. Goa Mines and Geology department has decided to implement this Information Communication and Technology (ICT) based system, keeping in view the magnitude of the scale of operations involved in mining of iron ore and its exports.

Under the new policy, the existing system of administration and regulating mining in the state would be replaced by the ICP-based ‘Mines Management System’. The system is expected to track iron ore consignment from its source — the mining lease or stockyard — to the destination which can be either ports, stockyards or domestic consumers like steel or sponge iron plants. It will also monitor delivery of each consignment or iron ore at the destination through a mechanism of acknowledgement through electronic information exchange between origin and destination, the Mines and Geology department said. The system will ensure that the end user, which is exporter or steel plant, is aware about source of iron ore and genuineness of the permits by creation of a central database that is updated in real time, online and available to other controlling departments like forest, customs, police, revenue and ports, the department said. The Centre had earlier authorised Justice MB Shah Commission to probe illegal mining in the state, which pointed out several irregularities in the trade. PTI

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World

UN ENDS SYRIA OBSERVER MISSION The UN has called an end to its observer mission in Syria, as activists reported more bloodletting in an attack on civilians in Aleppo. The UN decision was announced as the international community piled the pressure on Assad regime to end the fighting.

WIKILEAKS FALLOUT

RELIEF FOR ZAKARIA

No safe passage for Assange, asserts UK Britain has said it is not a party to any legal instruments that require it to recognise the grant of diplomatic asylum by a foreign embassy on its soil. LONDON: Britain will not allow Julian Assange safe passage out of the country, foreign secretary William Hague said after Ecuador granted the Wikileaks founder political asylum. British authorities will continue to seek Assange’s extradition to Sweden, Hague said. “Assange having exhausted all options of appeal, the British authorities are under a binding obligation to extradite him, Xinhua quoted the foreign secretary as saying. “We must carry out that obligation and, of course, we fully intend to do so,” Hague said. “We will not allow Assange safe passage out of the UK, nor is there any legal basis for us to do so,” Hague added. He argued that Britain is not a party to any legal instruments that require it to recognise the grant of diplomatic asylum by a foreign embassy in the country. The British Foreign Office expressed disappointment after Ecuador announced its decision to grant Assange political asylum on Thursday. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said the country believed Assange’s fears of receiving unfair trial and eventually being extradited to the US are legitimate. Hague said Britain does not accept the principle of diplomatic asylum and has “painstakingly explained the extensive human rights safe-

Fareed Zakaria, who was suspended by Time and CNN last week after he apologised for plagiarising a paragraph from the New Yorker for his Time column, will keep both his jobs. Time magazine and CNN announced Thursday that after a review of his work they were revoking the temporary suspensions of Zakaria. Time said that his column would resume with its September 7 issue. CNN said that Zakaria’s weekly GPS would be back on the air on August 26.

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people were killed in clashes between strikers and police at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, northwest South Africa, the provincial health ministry said on Friday.

NODA CLEARS DEPORTATION Syrians go about their daily life after hard clashes at Atareb near Aleppo on Thursday.

UNASUR meet called BRASILIA: Ecuador has called for a ministerial session of the South American regional bloc UNASUR in Guayaquil on Sunday after its move to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Brazil said Thursday. A foreign ministry source said Brazil has been asked to attend the meeting of UNASUR foreign ministers.

guards built into our law. It is important to understand that this is not about Assange’s activities at Wikileaks or the attitude of USA. He is wanted in Sweden to answer allegations of serious sexual offences,” Hague said. Britain’s Supreme Court dismissed Assange’s appeal May 30, paving the way for his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. Assange took refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy since June 19 to avoid

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extradition. In London, police beefed up their presence outside the embassy, with around 30 officers and nine vans stationed around the building. Washington meanwhile denied it was lobbying Britain to take Assange into custody. “With regard to the charge that the US was intent on persecuting him, I reject that completely,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. AFP

NEWS BRIEFS Norway police chief resigns over Breivik

Wisconsin gurdwara member shot dead

5 Peru soldiers killed in clash with rebels

Four dead in fire at Thai tourist nightclub

MOSCOW: Norway’s head of police Oeystein Maeland has resigned following a recent independent inquiry which established that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik could have been stopped, BBC reported. Maeland was appointed as police chief shortly before the anti-Muslim extremist murdered 77 people.

Less than two weeks after a gunman killed six worshippers at a gurdwara here, a member of the same gurdwara was shot and killed at a neighbourhood market in an apparent robbery attempt. The shooting occurred shortly after the Harmony Foods store at W Locust Street closed, local media reported.

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LIMA: Five soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a clash with suspected Shining Path Maoist guerrillas, Peru’s military said on Thursday. The attack occurred in a mountainous jungle region rife with coca production, where guerillas operate in alliance with drug-trafﬁcking groups. Peru considers the rebels “narcoterrorists.”

BANGKOK: A ﬁre ripped through a nightclub popular with foreign tourists in Thailand early today, leaving at least four people dead and more than 20 injured, ofﬁcials said. Hospital workers said foreigners were among the casualties in the blaze at the Tiger disco in Phuket, where rescue workers pulled the charred bodies of victims out.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda approved the deportation of 14 pro-China activists who sailed to disputed islands, a government spokesman said Friday. “The prime minister has received detailed reports on the illegal landing,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura. “He yesterday decided to approve of the related agencies’ ﬁnal conclusion to deport” the activists. Local media reported the deportations could happen as soon as Friday afternoon as Japan moves swiftly to end a potentially destablising row with China.

But I did go back and look at my taxes, and over the past 10 years I never paid less than 13 per cent. I think the most recent year is 13.6 or something like that. Mitt Romney US president candidate

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Comment Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist

El Nino looms over world food security

ith global food prices spiking thanks to the US drought, El Nino was the last thing the world needed. But now meteorologists are warning that the phenomenon, which sees unusually warm waters in the Pacific cause freak weather from California to Australia, is under way. In the last 10 days, the national weather agencies of the US, Japan, Australia, India and Peru, among others, have confirmed the first effects of El Nino in the eastern Pacific. In the past, El Nino has caused massive disruption to agriculture around the Pacific Rim. In a statement, the Climate Prediction Centre, a US agency of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said it now expected the early signs to develop into a fullblown El Nino during August or September as higher water temperatures translate into warmer air currents. That is expected to inject new levels of uncertainty into global food markets as heat waves and drought grip the eastern Pacific while increased rains, and some flooding, could hit the Americas. “It is a mild El Nino but that doesn’t imply that its effects will not be felt,” Concepcion Calpe, chief economist at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said. “Stocks are at very low levels of certain crops and any bad weather or other shocks in the next few months could lead to price volatility.” Although global rice stocks are relatively healthy at the moment, corn, soy, sugar and wheat production have dropped. GLOBALPOST

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS One can’t help but wonder where some people’s loyalties lie. Indian citizens are fleeing, fearing for their safety, because some elements have taken up the cause of illegal immigrants as their own. So much for our patriotism.

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How long will you live? THE HUMAN ANGLE

Babu Gogineni

he Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad is a hospital of considerable repute. Founded in 1961 as an Orthopaedic Hospital by the Nizam’s Charitable Trust, the hospital was handed over to the AP government for 99 years on a one-rupee-a-year lease in 1976. In 1986, the hospital was transformed into the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, and since 1989, NIMS has been a university recognised by the UGC and the Medical Council of India. NIMS has had some bad press in recent times: some employees have been demanding redressal of grievances, and the media has exposed corruption. The hospital’s authorities have also been widely pilloried for giving preferential treatment to celebrities. But the stunning news relating to Ramabrahmam that was revealed last week was of a wholly different order: Mr Ramabrahmam is a Senior Secretarial Assistant at NIMS. In 1999, he had cancer of the larynx and subsequently underwent a complete laryngectomy operation. Healthy since then, in the past 13 years he did not take any related medical leave. Now, Mr Ramabrahmam has an ongoing employment dispute with NIMS the merits of

which need not detain us. Suffice it to say that he approached the AP High Court which directed NIMS to establish a promotion list. Mr. Ramabrahmam claims that the 2002 court orders were not implemented and that he recently filed an application under the RTI Act. This is when NIMS finally got into action. You had cancer 13 years ago, submit a health certificate to establish that you are in good health, it ordered. Mr Ramabrahmam submitted certificates issued by three Doctors working at NIMS: Dr Lanka Krishna of the Cardiology Department, Dr YS Raju of the General Medicine Department and Dr Raghunatha Rao of the Medical Oncology Department. But these certificates from his own hospital were not enough for executive registrar Prof T Ramesh Kumar Rao. He called for another certificate from Dr Umanath Nayak of Apollo Hospitals who had performed the laryngectomy. Dr Nayak issued a certificate, and added that Ramabrahmam was a social activist, and a role model and an inspiration for other laryngectomees. This may have satisfied most ordinary persons, but not so Prof Kumar in whose mind “a question has arisen on his longterm survival chances”. He therefore asked Ramabrahmam to produce a medical certificate ‘on his long term surivival chances’. The brutal insensitivity of this order is clear — how can

such a question be asked of any human being? And how is the survival chance of an employee linked to a pending promotion? If he really was ill would it not amount to discrimination on the grounds of disability, since there was no issue with his workplace efficiency? Ramabrahmam approached the HC for protection from this unreasonable demand. In March 2012, Justice Chandra Kumar responded by suspending Prof Kumar’s memo and issued notices to the director of NIMS, its executive registrar as well as to the MCI. While the Court notices appear not to have been responded to, Ramabrahmam has reportedly been taunted as to when he would submit his ‘long-term survival chances’ certificate. Prof Dharma Rakshak, the chief executive and chief academic officer of NIMS, and Prof Kumar, the executive registrar

who signed the insane demand, ought to issue a clarification now that this disgraceful episode is exposed in the media. As doctors they could clarify how their demand is medically justified, and as employers they could clarify why their behaviour should not be construed as workplace bullying. Doctors in India are bound by the MCI’s Code of Ethics. Medical institutions should act to ensure the highest ethical standards and managerial competence in their functioning. The CM who is the president of the Governing Council of NIMS, the health minister who is its vicepresident and the MCI should urgently consider if the doctors have acted in a manner that enhances the prestige of their institution or their profession. Then some ‘long term survival’ certificates could be issued to the administrators at NIMS. Or not.

EDITORIALS Ignore Didi’s rants; that’s the best punishment

everal PILs have been filed against Mamata Banerjee over her alleged remarks about corruption in judiciary. If it was up to Mamata, all critics would have been locked up or detained after being branded Maoists. If cases are filed against the West Bengal CM, it would only reinforce the culture of intolerance and narrow-mindedness shown by her and criticised by civil society. We have a disgusting culture of getting offended for every minute incident that happens around us. The very fact that someone is jittery over wild remarks aimed at them means they are standing on very shaky ground. The firebrand Trinamool supremo is known to use situations ranging from train accidents to local law and order problems to whip up fear of ‘Marxist conspiracy’ and turn the tables. The biggest punishment for someone like Mamata is to ignore her completely. Any legal action would only add to her ability to gather more support by portraying herself as the victim.

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Why we love Twenty20

ll said and done Lalit Modi was smart to recognise the potential of Twenty20 in India. With Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake making a beeline to Australia to play it; Yuvraj Singh braving cancer and making a comeback to this form of the sport in the upcoming T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and Australian cricketer Mathew Hayden vouching for it as the best form of cricket that most cricketers enjoy, whether they admit it openly or not, looks like T20 is all set to rule the gentleman’s game.

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THE DAY MUSIC DIED, AND WAS BORN

August 16 marks the day when the King of Rock and Roll died and Madonna, the Queen of Pop was born. Happy 54th birthday Madge.

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Years after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan captured the world's attention with his qawwalis, the art form still flourishes in India, both in its traditional and filmy avatars. JYOTSNA NAMBIAR jyotsna.n@postnoon.com

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qawwali is not sung,” declares Adil Hussain Khan in his resonant voice. Laughing at our amazement, he elaborates, “Qawwali padha jata hai, ya pesh kiya jata hai. Yeh gana nahi hota (A qawwali is recited, or presented. It isn't a song).” We're sitting at his home in Old Malakpet, having a meandering conversation about qawwali in India with Adil and his more reticent father, Ahsan Hussain Khan, both noted qawwals. Based in Hyderabad, the duo has performed all over the world as well as in India. A lot of people, including youngsters, attend the shows, Adil says. “When we performed at a college in Hyderabad about two years ago, we started out unsure about how the crowd would receive us. We were worried that being youngsters, they might only be interested in entertainment. But after our first piece, a lot of people cheered for us. That gave me courage. We went on to do a qawwali in Persian, and I explained the meaning of the words after that. The students were very appreciative,” he said. August 16 marks the 15th death anniversary of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who is best known for popularising qawwalis. He is credited with introducing western influences into the ancient Sufi art and collaborating with a slew of musicians for 'fusion' qawwali.

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“People who listened mostly to pop music started listening to qawwalis because of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,” said Adil. His influence can still be seen today, with Bollywood churning out 'quasi-qawwali' numbers by the dozen. Though youngsters may be lapping it up, traditional practitioners are not entirely happy about this trend. Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi of the gifted Warsi brothers from Hyderabad says, “What comes in Hindi movies is not qawwali. The lyrics don't suit Sufi thought. Sufiana qawwali is a tradition that has been around for over 850 years.” That said, all is not lost for the traditional qawwali. “We teach our children, and other kids who want to learn as well. A lot of people get trained in

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What comes in Hindi movies is not qawwali. The lyrics don't suit Sufi thought. Sufiana qawwali is a tradition that has been around for over 850 years. Hindustani classical music and then learn Sufi music. However, there are a lot of people who just want to sing qawwalis, without any classical training,” says Warsi. “While there aren't any places to learn Sufi music as such in Hyderabad, there are plenty of centres teaching Hindustani classical music. A lot of people have approached

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us during our performances, asking whether we could teach them. It becomes difficult when the teacher and the student are in different cities, though,” said Adil. Traditional qawwali music is still well received all over the world. The Warsi brothers are off to do concerts in Goa, Delhi and Bangalore in the near future. Ahsan and Adil Hussain Khan have performed in South Africa, Myanmar and will be performing in Hyderabad in September. The government does encourage the art form, but not enough, they say. Adil adds, “The government forgets that qawwali, like Urdu, is from India itself. They should promote Sufiana qawwali just as they do the other art forms of the country.”

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3. TUM HI HO BANDHU 8. KEH KE LUNGA Cocktail Gangs of Wasseypur

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His rhythm-guitar playing is extremely exciting and aggressive — he's a savage player, in a way. He has a wonderful, fluid physicality with the guitar that you don't see often, and his playing is very much a reflection of who he is. He's like the original punk, the first one to destroy a guitar onstage – a breathtaking statement at that point in time.

TRENDING...

Country-pop singer Taylor Swift has shot to the top of iTunes in 25 countries with her new single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," and is poised for a record digital sales debut on next week's Billboard chart.The song went to the top of iTunes in the United States just an hour after it was released on Monday, and has since reached No. 1 in Australia, Canada, Brazil, Finland and 20 other nations.

The Grammy Museum unveiled a tribute to Whitney Houston on Wednesday, put together by family members to celebrate the late pop star's career.The exhibit, titled Whitney! Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Whitney Houston, features items such as the singer's iconic gowns, some of her Grammy awards, ﬁlm scripts, modeling shots and personal memorabilia.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

spotlight

BOLLYWOOD NIGHTS

Spin with DJ AI Asif Iqbal at Firangi Pani tonight. Get on your dancing shoes, gather your friends and soak in a night of fun.

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

SPINNING AT THE BOTTLE

Night people The night was young, the music was groovy and the crowd all excited. Thursday nights at Bottles & Chimney are always happening events. 1

All dance and song

Singing, dancing and a lot of laughter. The mood at 10D on a Thursday night is simply fun with karaoke being the highlight.

1 Tina

5 Cindy

2 DJ Kanna 3 Priyanka

6 Bindu 7 Sabreena

4 Sakshi

8 Sonia

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IGNITING PASSION

Hero MotoCorp Ltd on Thursday launched its new motorcycle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hero Ignitor. It is attractively priced at `56,996 and `59,093. The bike comes with a new gen 125 cc AFT engine too.

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ROCKING THE NIGHT

Indian Ocean band member Susmit Sen performed songs from his new album Depths of the Ocean at Hark Rock Cafe on Thursday night. The crowd there was seen grooving to the earthy notes and having a great time.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

health

OLIVE OIL-ENRICHED DIET PROTECTS BONE A Mediterranean style diet, one rich in fruits and vegetables, supplemented with olive oil for two years, may have a protective effect on your bones. Age-related bone mass loss and decreased bone strength affects women and men alike, and are important determinants of the risk of osteoporosis.

PREGNANCY WEIGHT

Pregnant? Watch your weight Pregnancy brings joy and happiness for the expectant mother and her family. During this time managing her weight is also equally important. We tell you why... ANISHAA KUMAR

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ou are pregnant! This news filled the room with joy and happiness. Friends and relatives express their happiness in the form of cooking delicacies for the to-be mother as they believe that the woman must eat for two when she is pregnant. This is a popular belief especially in India. But while eating a wholesome diet is important, it is equally important that one must be careful to manage their weight as both being overweight and underweight can affect the expectant mother and her unborn child.

BEING OVERWEIGHT Nutritionists and dieticians have stressed on how obesity is a cause of many health problems. Even during pregnancy, being overweight is considered to be harmful for the baby and the expectant mother. Dr Anuradha Panda, consultant gynaecologist, Apollo Health City, says, “Being overweight during pregnancy can cause various problems such as gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, premature labour, blood clotting and many a times the woman will have to opt for a caesarean delivery.” It is said that when it comes to women before they get pregnant, obesity may result in infertility. On the other hand it may also affect the baby in terms of cases of still births, newborn deaths, large babies, birth

Essential food advised during pregnancy n Starchy food : Starchy foods are an important source of vitamins and fibre. They include bread, potatoes. It is advised that women should eat multi-grain varieties of the bread and other foods containing starch. n Poultry: Poultry products such as chicken, eggs, fish should be eaten. n Fruits and vegetables: Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables help provide the expectant mothers with vitamins and minerals. n Dairy: One should include dairy products such as milk and yogurt into their diet. On the other hand, pregnant women should avoid food with excess sugar and processed food.

defects, childhood obesity and various other ailments in the future. A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Iowa and the University of Minnesota came to the conclusion that children of obese mothers showed various development delays in terms of weight and height.

UNDERWEIGHT While being overweight is an issue, being underweight can also cause various problems. According to Dr Anuradha, “Being underweight is not as much a problem as being overweight. The problem arises only when the woman does not put

ANEWS PP-LYBRIEFS YOURSELF

on enough weight during the pregnancy. It is said that during the first two months the woman need not put on weight but after the third month the woman should gain around two kilos per month. During pregnancy the normal weight gain should be around 10-12 kgs. In certain cases when the woman does not gain enough weight it may result in smaller babies and the child may suffer from mental retardation.” Children born to underweight mothers are said to be at risk of suffering from problems such as hypothermia, low bloodsugar, feeding difficulties and viral infections in the future. Anaemia is also seen as a common problem. Dr Anuradha adds that women who are underweight during pregnancy are advised a diet according to their requirements.

It in turn causes more damage. It is advised that women should have a good and balanced diet.

WEIGHT GAIN BEFORE Having a normal weight before pregnancy (neither underweight nor overweight) is advised. Dr Anuradha says that it is advised that before planning a pregnancy women should gain weight if they are underweight or lose weight if they are overweight. The ideal weight is calculated according to the woman’s height and age in terms of BMI. By gaining weight, Dr Anuradha mentions that women should understand that eating food with calories and junk food does not help.

HOUSECALL

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Epilepsy is a chronic condition of the brain. It is characterised by seizures that do not seem to have an obvious cause. There are many different forms of seizures, and there are also many different forms of epilepsy. Most forms of epilepsy cannot be cured. In most cases, drugs can make life easier for those suffering from it. In very few cases, (which are difﬁcult treat), surgery may help. The Ketogenic diet is also said to help.

Scientists say the higher your IQ the more you dream. While this may be true, don’t take it as a sign you’re mentally lacking if you can’t recall your dreams. Most of us don’t remember many of our dreams and the average length of most dreams is only 2-3 seconds – barely long enough to register.

Amato Lusitano was a Portuguese Jewish physician of the 16th century. He is credited with making a discovery in the circulation of the blood. He is said to have discovered the function of the valves in the circulation of the blood. He studied medicine at the University of Salamanca, Spain. He was for a time the physician to the Pope Julius III, in Rome. With the persecutions of the Jews in Italy began Lusitano ﬂed ﬁrst to Greece.

health FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

BREAKTHROUGH

VACCINE

Hepatitis C vaccine undergoing trials

New device to replace the heart’s aortic valve Doctors at the University of California, Los Angeles Health System have performed their first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), using a new device to replace an aortic valve in a patient.

LOS ANGELES: Scientists have created a new device that can replace one of the heart valves offering hope to patients who can not have open-heart surgery. Doctors at University of California, Los Angeles Health System have performed their first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), using a new device to replace an aortic valve in a patient who was not a candidate for open-heart surgery. The device has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Aortic valve may be damaged by aortic stenosis, a condition which causes narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve caused by calcium deposits,

which impedes blood flow, causing the heart to work harder to pump blood to the body and placing patients at higher risk of heart failure or death. Many patients are not good candidates for conventional valve replacement because they suffer from a number of other health issues, and it is estimated that 40 per cent of patients do not undergo aortic valve replacement because they are considered inoperable. The TAVR allows doctors for the first time to replace the aortic valve without either of these components of conventional surgery. The aortic valve’s leaflets act as sentries to help blood flow from the heart into the aorta

while preventing blood from leaking backward into the heart. When the leaflets aren’t doing their job properly due to aortic stenosis, the heart needs to generate higher pressure to push the blood through the valve into the aorta. The new device is deployed through a catheter- a long tube that is advanced through an artery in the groin up to the heart. Once in place, a balloon at the end of the catheter is inflated, opening the new valve, which starts working instantly. “The new valve procedure offers hope to patients who previously had few options,” Dr Jonathan Tobis, a clinical professor of cardiology at UCLA said.

“The initial roll-out will include patients who are not candidates for open surgery. The FDA is considering this procedure for high-risk patients who are also surgical candidates, so we look forward to offering TAVR to even more patients in the near future,” Tobis said in a statement. A recent randomised clinical study showed a significantly higher one-year survival rate among patients treated with the new valve, compared with those who received medical therapy. “We expect to see substantial quality-of-life gains from this new procedure,” said Dr Richard J Shemin, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at UCLA Health System. PTI

SYDNEY: Australian scientists have developed a vaccine for deadly Hepatitis C, which is undergoing trials. The disease affects 200 million people worldwide. Hepatitis C is an infectious disease primarily of the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The infection is often asymptomatic, but can lead to scarring of the liver and ultimately to cirrhosis, which is apparent after many years. In some cases, those with cirrhosis will go on to develop liver failure, liver cancer. Currently undergoing formal pre-clinical studies, the vaccine is the result of a breakthrough work done by Heidi Drummer, associate professor from Burnet Institute with her team from its virology centre. Drummer and her team have overcome a major hurdle in HCV vaccine research, developing a vaccine candidate that protects against a number of different HCV strains, according to a Burnet statement. “Hepatitis C has a great ability to change its structure and evade the immune response. This makes vaccine development challenging,” Drummer said. “Our vaccine is unique as it contains only the most essential, conserved parts of the major viral surface protein, eliciting antibodies that prevent both closely and distantly related hepatitis C viruses from entering cells, thereby preventing infection,” Drummer said. Drummer presented these findings at the prestigious Immunotherapeutics and Vaccine Summit (ImVacS) in Cambridge, Massachussets, US, on August 13. IANS

GENETICS

Two gene clues for resistance to malaria PARIS: Scientists in Germany and Africa on Wednesday said they had found two variants of genes that help to explain why some lucky individuals do not develop severe malaria. The two variants were netted in a comparison of 1,325 people in the West African state of Ghana who had fallen ill with severe falciparum malaria and of

828 counterparts who were otherwise healthy. One variant is found in a gene called ATP2B4, they reported in the journal Nature. The gene’s function is to help the passage of calcium through the membrane of red blood cells, which are targeted for infection by the malaria parasite. The other variant is located

near a gene called MARVELD3, controlling a protein on the lining of blood vessels. The gene could play a part in reducing damage that occurs when colonised blood cells stick to tiny blood vessels, according to the research. The results of the study, led by Christian Timmann of the Bernhard Nocht Institute for

Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, were compared with a survey among children in Gambia. A fast-growing tool in basic research, genomic comparison entails sifting through the human genetic code and looking for tiny changes that signify why some people are likelier to fall sick from disease. The goals are to provide

diagnostic tools, helping to identify people who are at greater risk, and develop new drugs. People with sickle-cell disorder, in which blood cells with an abnormal sickle shape can trigger anaemia, have also been found to be resistant to malaria. In 2010, malaria infected about 216 million people and claimed 6,55,000 lives. AFP

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

Entertainment THE GOAN PARADISE BECKONS

Jenda Pai Kapiraju’s team heads to Goa T

he film unit of Nani, Amala Paul starrer Jenda Pai Kapiraju has moved from Chalakudy to Goa. Samuthirakani is directing this bilingual film. Incidentally, Nani flew to Goa along with his fiancé Anjana, immediately after his engagement few days ago to join the shoot.

CINE BYTES

Balakrishna for Sri Krishnadevaraya’s role, again?

uzz is that he’s going to team up with K Raghavendra Rao, with whom he had earlier worked in Pandurangadu, for a period ﬁlm based on the life of Sri Krishnadevaraya. If the project indeed goes on ﬂoors, this will be the second time that Balakrishna will be playing this character.

Sairam Shankar under Teja’s direction

airam Shankar is going to team up with director Teja for the first time in his career. Teja’s recent film Neeku Naaku failed to click at the box office. The film is likely to go on floors in October. Sairam Shankar will soon be seen in Yamaho Yama and Mr Romeo, both of which will be seen later this year.

Adda shifts shooting to Ramoji Film City

ushanth, Shanvi starrer Adda has completed its first schedule and the film is currently being shot in Ramoji Film City. G Sai Karthik is directing this film and he says that Adda is a pure love story. Naga Susheela and Chintalapudi Srinivasa Rao are producing the film. Anup Rubens is composing the music.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

fashion

WILL.I.AM, COCA-COLA TO LAUNCH CLOTHING LINE

BLACK EYED Peas member Will.i.am is teaming up with The Coca-Cola Company to launch a brand of eco-friendly clothing and accessories in a bid to promote recycling, reports FashionMag.com.

TRYST

WITH

essica Simpson started her career as a singer turning to reality television actress and then a fashion mogul. An unexpected star of the fashion world, Jessica in 2010 had a massive $750 million in retail sales as per Business Insider. Her easy daily wear as well as eveningwear options at affordable prices gained her the commercial popularity. Shoes, handbags, apparel, jewelery, sunglasses, and perfume is a growing line of options for women world over (she retails online from www.jessicasimpson.com as well). Since the birth of her baby Maxwell Drew, Jessica has launched a maternity line and a perfume inspired by her child.

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osh Spice’ from the famed Spice Girls music band started her own fashion line some years ago, and much to the skepticism earned glorified reviews from fashion critiques. Winning the ‘Designer of the year’ award at the British Fashion Awards 2011, Victoria Beckham established herself as more than just a footballer’s wife. She is a great model herself for

JAY-Z

ounded in 1999 by Sean Carter aka Jay-Z, leading American rapper and producer was the fashion line Rocawear. Jay-Z proved his business acumen when he converted his music career popularity into a burgeoning fashion empire with net sales of $700 million. Jay-Z never gave up his music career to work on the fashion line and it can be argued if he has anything to do with the designs himself, but the popularity of the brand definitely piggybacks on the popularity of the musician. In March 2007, Jay-Z sold the rights to the Rocawear brand to Iconix Brand Group for $204 million. JayZ will retain his stake in the company and will continue to oversee the marketing, licensing, and product development.Rocawear offers a wide range of menswear, womenswear, plus sizes, kids, footwear, accessories and fragrance.

ALL HAIL MINNIE

MINNIE MOUSE is set to become a true fashion icon during London Fashion Week in September, as designers — from Richard Nicoll and Katie Hillier to Giles Deacon and Terry de Havilland — get ready to create one-off garments inspired by her unique style.

Many a fashionista of the silver screen are trying their hands at design. For these celebrities, fashion runways and design boards are more appealing than the silver screen. Here are some actors and musicians who turned designers. attempts to bridge the gap between creator and consumer. As a fashion writer,

she hopes to promote Indian fashion among Indians and on a global level too.

the line, as she continues to be in the best-dressed list of women in Britain. Business Insider reports that in 2011, Victoria’s clothing line made an impressive $95 million in sales. The collection retails at $600-$6000. Showing her line at the biannual New York Fashion Week, Victoria Beckham collection is said to be flying off the racks in American shops where her fame as a celebrity is lesser known.

SEAN ‘P-DIDDY’ COMBS

nother successful musician turned business mogul, P Diddy launched his label ‘Sean John’ in 1998. In 2004, P Diddy won the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America ‘Men’s Wear Designer of the Year’. In partnership with Estée Lauder Companies, Sean John launched two signature men’s fragrance, Unforgivable and I AM KING, as well as Unforgivable Women’s. Both men’s fragrances won the FiFi awards (annual event sponsored by The Fragrance Foundation which honor the fragrance industry’s creative achievements) in the ‘Best men’s fragrance’ category. In May of 2010, Sean John signed a deal with American retail giant Macy’s to be the exclusive U.S. department store retailer for the Sean John men’s sportswear collection. The Sean John product is available online at macys.com and in over 400 Macy’s stores this year.

22&23 ASHLEY & MARY KATE OLSEN

ho knew ‘Michelle Tanner’— the cute adorable child actors from the show Full House, will be ruling a mini fashion empire in their young adulthood? Twin sisters and actors Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have three very successful fashion lines under their belt currently — Olsenboye, a kids fashion line; Elizabeth and James, targeted towards a midmarket; and The Row, a high-end line. The great thing about celebrity-designers is that they are their own free models and publicists. The girls are often seen in Elizabeth and James casuals walking around in Manhattan and on the red carpet wear The Row. They have starred in numerous magazines and have been looked up by young girls spanning from their pre-teen years to the 20s. The latest accolade for the twins was winning the prestigious CFDA award for ‘Womenswear designer of the year’ for their line The Row. According to Business Insider, the Olsen twins business is now worth a whooping $1 billion dollars. The 26-years-old sisters live in New York City.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. George Bernard Shaw

KAKURO

QUICK CROSSWORD

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

ACROSS

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

SCRIBBLING PAD

1 Outpouring, as of words 6 Celt or Highlander 10 Blimp-shaped 14 Bengal beast 15 Country bumpkin 16 ‘Little Caesar’ gangster 17 Vegas attractions or distractions 20 An eccentric 21 Yet to be decided 22 90-degree-angle creator 23 ‘Beat it, kitty!’ 24 Informational unit 28 Diet successfully 30 Simian 32 Pardoned 35 After dusk, poetically 36 Features of police interrogation rooms 40 ‘I know what you’re up to!’ 41 Of very little importance 42 He didn’t finish his sentence 45 Admit to the clergy 49 Court reporter 50 Expressed, as a farewell 52 Term of endearment, to a frat boy 53 African language 56 Gambler’s card game 57 Large-scale entertainment 61 Event for a foxhound 62 Small advantage 63 Brownish-gray color 64 ‘For’ votes 65 Ending for ‘sight’ or ‘over’ 66 Banishes

DOWN

1 ‘Dracula’ author Bram 2 Corn flour 3 From time immemorial 4 Wood used in shipbuilding 5 Make a faux pas

6 ‘Mata Hari’ star Garbo 7 Accounting inspection 8 Abates 9 Sheepherding areas 10 Difficult experience 11 7, on a sundial 12 Pretend to be someone you’re not 13 ‘Alamos’ opener 18 Waste away 19 Not decent, say 23 A tug may tow it 25 Bleachers level 26 Island instruments, for short 27 They’re all created equal 29 Sci-fi sighting 30 Tel ___ 31 Table for chemists? 33 ‘Did ___ and gimble in the wabe’ (‘Jabberwocky’) 34 Words ending many riddles 36 The thing over there 37 Had on 38 Highly collectible 39 ___-school (traditional) 40 Black ___ (covert missions) 43 First phases 44 ‘The Outsiders’ actor Rob 46 Adding device 47 Burst in suddenly 48 Hangman’s loops 50 Act of gluttony 51 Rags-to-riches author Horatio 54 Olympian war god 55 Be intentionally hard to find 56 German woman’s title 57 ‘Honor ___ Father’ (Talese novel) 58 Color property 59 ‘Messenger’ compound 60 ‘How was ___ know?’

Chai Time FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 18-8-2012

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

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Financial position likely to be strong. Work undertaken will move in the desired direction and keep you happy. Journey undertaken for business promotion will be successful. Expenses will increase, which will upset you.

Your enemies look active but your alertness will not let them harm to you. But be careful in dealing with a court case involving you. Your social status is set to improve. Journey undertaken might not yield expected result.

You will benefit through foreign contacts. You will purchase new household items, which will keep your spouse happy. You will take care of the needs of your children. Financial position will improve with the inflow of money.

QUICK CROSSWORD FRED BASSET

Promotion and pay hike on cards for employees. Your hard work might go unnoticed, which will upset you. Your stock is set to pile up and as you involve in social activities. You will adjust well with family members and respect their feelings.

Businessmen are advised to avoid any controversial stand so as to avoid losses or a major setback. Your social status is set to go up; so is your name and fame. Money will come from all the expected sources. VIPs will add to your list of friends.

Held-up work will resume and get completed fast, which will cheer you. Professionals and businessmen will be cheerful as they are going through a time that whatever they touch succeeds. Politicians will be in limelight and please all.

New and promising opportunities will be in front of you and it’s up to you to utilise them fully. Held-up work will resume and progress well to get completed successfully. Peaceful atmosphere will prevail at home. You have to work hard.

Mistakes you committed in work will cost you dear. Good news on the cards. Express opinions only after analysing pros and cons; else you might get a bad name. Court verdicts will end in your favour. You may invest in new ventures.

Avoid eating outside foods. Businessmen will adopt new techniques to improve their business and succeed. Avoid luxurious spending as you are tempted and wanted to boast. If expenses are not controlled a financial crisis is inevitable.

TAROT READ

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

Death – Wake up with the sunrise and go through the day as per the sun’s cycle. This will make you energetic. Major lifestyle changes are needed to maintain health.

LEO:

Justice – Man’s needs are never-ending. It does not mean that you have to sulk and sit in the corner when you do not get one thing. Chin up, things will fall in place.

LIBRA:

STONE SOUP

Eight of Pentacles – Take up a study course that will enhance your chances of a raise or a better position in your chosen career. Education should be a lifelong process.

SAGITTARIUS:

Ace of Cups – You have been waiting too long to make a move, especially in romantic matters. Time will not wait for you. Shed your inhibitions and make a move.

TAURUS:

Four of Swords – Take a day at a time; do not generalise. Take everything by the case; avoid drawing conclusions about someone based on a day you saw him/ her.

CANCER:

Five of Cups – Cut down on unnecessary consumption. Focus on savings so that you have enough for tomorrow to spend on things you really want.

VIRGO:

Seven of Cups – Pay closer attention to the fine print, especially if you are dealing with some legal matters. It will become very difficult to make changes later.

SCORPIO:

Three of Swords – You may be suffering isolation. Do not ignore feelings of loneliness and depression. Talk to someone; share your feelings as soon as possible.

CAPRICORN:

Ace of Pentacles – Finances are in great shape. This is mostly thanks to your excellent planning and organisation. The tough part is sticking to a budget.

SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Page of Cups – Take time to get involved in voluntary activities. Pick a cause that matters to you – education, conservation, etc. Stay committed to the cause.

NUMBER GAME

Man – You end up spending too much time alone, even when in a crowd. You must make the effort to meet and interact with people who think like you.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS: The Hanged

INK PEN

Enemies will be active and hatch a conspiracy against you but you will manage well and come out without problems. You will be aggressive and shrewd to achieve targets. Employees might be upset as they are not rewarded suitably.

for 18-8-2012

Five of Swords – You will come across some random mind blogging coincidences and synchronicities. You will need to go with the flow and not think too much.

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

Patience and perfect action in work will pay rich dividends. Full co-operation from friends and colleagues will ensure success in all challenges. Family members will give you importance and you will be respected by family members.

SUDUKO

You might be upset as the hard work you have done did not yield expected results. Avoid unwanted arguments and emotional approach. Health needs care. Friends and relatives will extend support in completing your held up works.

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BREAKUP TUNES

CINE BYTES

Robert Downey Jr injures his ankle

obert Downey Jr injured his ankle on the set of Iron Man 3 which will force a brief delay in production, Marvel Studios announced. The company released a statement saying that the 47-year-old actor hurt himself while performing a stunt.The ﬁlm has been in production since late May, and the accident occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Jake Gyllenhaal to star as a gambler

TAYLOR H SWIFT’S latest song not about me, says

JOE JONAS

er ode to John Mayer behind her, was Taylor Swift due for a musical Joe Jonas rant? “I can say it’s not about me, because I don’t think we’ve ever tried another time,” Jonas said when asked on 94.7 Fresh FM if he thought Swift’s latest single, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, was about him or Mayer. Jonas insisted again, laughing, “I can tell you it’s not about me.” And then the interview just became a veritable Taylor Swift lovefest. “I like the song,” he quickly added. “That said, I think the song is great... Taylor does pop music really well and I’m happy for her.” The exes keep in touch “as much as we can,” Jonas said. “I haven’t really spoken to her recently, but I was able to go to her concert last year, and her show live is so phenomenal... I would say anybody should go see it if they have a chance,” he added. But the two did go through one of those scrutinised public breakups that can leave very song-worthy scars.

ndie darlings Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden are delving into the world of gambling for their next ﬁlm and have enlisted Jake Gyllenhaal for a lead.The multihyphenate duo, who directed Ryan Gosling to a best actor Oscar nomination, will helm Mississippi Grind. The story centers on a down-on-his-luck gambler facing crushing debt who teams up with a younger gambling addict (Gyllenhaal) in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what has been lost.

Elle Fanning to play a troubled teenager

lle Fanning is jumping into the deep end. The Super 8 heroine will soon join the ranks of actresses who've appeared in adaptations of Young Adult novels as she’s set to star in Olive's Ocean. The movie follows a teenager (Fanning) who goes on a summer of soul searching after discovering that a classmate who recently died in a tragic accident had secretly hoped to become her friend.

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sports

SUMANTH SCORES CENTURY BDL’s K Sumanth scored a superb 119 from a mere 111 balls in the A Division three-day league match against Ensconse. He raced to his century by slamming 18 fours and three sixes. His century helped his team go on to win the match.

SOUTH AFRICA IN ENGLAND

SA rally after early collapse

P Duminy and Vernon Philander led South Africa's recovery from 54 for four to 262 for seven at stumps on the first day of the third Test against England at the Lord’s in London. JULIAN GUYER Agence France-Presse LONDON: JP Duminy and Vernon Philander led South Africa's recovery from 54 for four to 262 for seven at stumps on the first day of the third Test against England at Lord's on Thursday. While the score, particularly the number of wickets lost, would have been uncomfortable for South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who won the toss and batted, the situation could have been so much worse. Fast bowler Steven Finn (three for 68) rocked the tourists with a pre-lunch burst of three for three in seven legitimate deliveries on his Middlesex home ground while James Anderson took three for 57.

South Africa's JP Duminy hits a four during the first day of the third Test match against England in London on Thursday. AFP/GLYN KIRK

SNIPPET

Onions makes selectors cry LONDON: Durham fast bowler Graham Onions showed England's selectors what they were missing as he recorded career-best figures of 9-67 after a motorway dash to play in his county's Championship First Division match at Nottinghamshire on Thursday. Onions had been on England duty at Lord's in London until Thursday morning when he learned he wouldn't be part of Andrew Strauss's starting eleven for the third and final Test against South Africa. The 29-year-old was released to join up with Durham and drove to Trent Bridge in time to feature after lunch on the second day's play. Allowed to take the field for Durham as a replacement for Mitch Claydon even though the match had already started, Onions took the opportunity to underline his England credentials with a devastating 16.3-over effort that gave him the best figures in county cricket this season. Even the only wicket not credited to Onions was all his own work as he swooped to run out Luke Fletcher with a direct hit when the Nottinghamshire player tried to pinch a quick single. AFP

But come the close Philander was 46 not out, having shared a seventh-wicket stand of 72 with Duminy, who gave it away on 61. South Africa, 1-0 up in this three-match series and needing only to avoid defeat to replace England as the world's number one Test side, saw their powerful top order all out before lunch. "England are more on top than we are, but the fighting spirit we showed, we are happy with," Duminy said. "We'd like to get to 300 -- anything above that is a bonus." Meanwhile Finn said: "We made use of the conditions and bowled beautifully in the morning session. We are a little bit ahead of the game with them seven down." Opener Smith had made scores of 259 and 107 in his two previous Lord's Tests. But a third

century eluded him when Anderson, with his first ball from around the wicket, had the lefthander caught behind for 14 by wicket-keeper Matt Prior although England had to review Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena's initial not out decision. It was the first time in four innings this series that Smith, who on Thursday broke Australia great Allan Border's record for most Tests as captain by leading the Proteas for the 94th match, had failed to make a fifty. First change Finn, who retained his place at the expense of Tim Bresnan after England recalled off-spinner Graeme Swann having opted for an all seam attack during the drawn second Test at Headingley, then took over.

NEW ZEALAND’S TOUR OF INDIA

City gears up for first Test match POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: The city is gearing up to host the first test match between India and New Zealand on the August 23. With regards to this the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has announced the sale of the tickets for the five day event which is set to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (RGICS), Uppal. Addressing the media at a press conference on Thursday, M.V Sridhar, HCA Secretary said that, “as many as 34,000 tickets would be made available for the match.” These tickets would be made available from Sunday at e-seva centres as well as can be booked online on the website www.kyazoonga.com. Box office sale would be made available at the Gymkhana grounds in Secunderabad as well the match venue, RGICS. Bulk tickets booking (for schools, corporate institutions) are also available but

Moin-ud-Dowlah Cup

City gears up for NZ Test

The Moin-ud-Dowlah cup is set to start from September 6 to 16. The tournament will have eight teams participating.

Description South Pavilion Terrace (East &West)

2,750

300

The Teams Hyderabad XI Hyderabad President XI Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Kerala Cricket Association Goa Cricket Association Delhi and District Cricket Association All India Services Cricket Board

South Pavilion 1st Floor (East & West)

1,405

500

926

750

5,000

with no concession in the rates. There would be no seasonal tickets available for the match because of the poor response the previous time. While the original capacity of the stadium is about 39,000, the strength has been reduced as the roof of the south and north stands is still under construction. While the work has been stalled at the moment due to the match, it would soon be resumed and based on the final product, the deci-

Capacity

Price/Day

18,770

100

East and West Stand Chairs

South Pavilion Ground Floor (East) Special Enclosure (South-East) Complementaries

8,673

Grand Total

32,604

Total including corporate box

34,000

sion for construction of the roof on the west and east stands would be decided. In order to make the experience enjoyable to the spectators, the HCA has decided “to see that the vendors sell their products at MRP. Drinking water facilties would also be made available,” said Sridhar. On being questioned about the trouble expected from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), considering that a match was earlier dis-

rupted at the very same venue, Sridhar said, “the match surpasses regional boundaries. The match is an international event which would see international players participating. It would see Hyderabad featuring on the world map.” The HCA intends to carry on with the originally decided security and not increase the capacity of the police personel even in wake of a possible uproar by the TRS.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP

SNIPPETS

Pettersson in lead

Carl Pettersson fired an eight-under 62 to seize a one-shot lead after the first round of the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship. GREENSBORO: Carl Pettersson, coming off his best finish in a major, fired an eightunder 62 on Thursday to seize a one-shot lead after the first round of the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship. Pettersson, a Swede who became an American citizen in the offseason, tied for third at the 94th PGA Championship on Sunday and did not skip a beat in his opening round at the Sedgefield Country Club. “I started off the round well with two birdies in the first three holes and it got me kind of straight back into the score mode from last week,” said Pettersson. “Sometimes after a great week, you feel a little bit flat the next week, but I think it helped getting off to such a good start.” Pettersson played in a group with US Open winner and defending champ Webb Simpson, who shot a four-under

66. “Great start today. You know, only one bogey on my second hole. Other than that I played really solid, and it was fun to watch somebody shoot 62,” Simpson said. Pettersson has a win and

Pettersson tied for third at the 94th PGA Championship and did not skip a beat in his opening round at the Sedgefield Club. two runner-up finishes this season. He has finished in the top five at this event three times in the last five years, including a victory four years ago. South Africa’s Tim Clark, who is rounding back into form after having surgery on his wrist, and David Mathis were one stroke off the lead at minus-seven.

Carl Pettersson putts for birdie on the first hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Thursday in North Carolina. MARTIN/GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Tom Gillis, Troy Matteson and Scott Stallings were tied for fourth at six-under 64. Matt Every had sole possession of seventh at five-under 65. “I think this game is very streaky,” Pettersson said. “We get on a good run, you got to keep going and it seems like when you’re playing well you never think you’re going to play bad. “When you’re playing bad, you never think you’re going to play well. (...) Once you get on a streak, you’ve got to take advantage of it and, you know, put the pedal down and go for it.” Simpson heads a group of a dozen tied for eighth at fourunder 66. Simpson started his round with a bogey on the 11th. He went on to card three birdies on his opening nine to make the turn at minus-two. On the front nine, Simpson posted two more birdies before finishing the day on the ninth green. AFP

NEW PLAYER IN TEAM

Liverpool sign on Assaidi Liverpool have beaten Ajax and Fulham to the £2.4m signing of Oussama Assaidi.

iverpool have beaten Ajax and Fulham to the £2.4m signing of the Morocco winger Oussama Assaidi, reported The Guardain. The 24-year-old, who has entered the final year of his contract with Heerenveen, had been expected to join Ajax but rejected a move to Amsterdam over personal terms. Martin Jol then sought to use his Dutch contacts to bring Assaidi to Craven Cottage only for Liverpool to agree a deal that will see the winger become Brendan Rodgers’s third summer signing. He is due on Merseyside on Thursday night and should he pass a medical and be regis-

tered before noon on Friday, he can go straight into the squad for the Premier League opener at West Bromwich Albion on

Saturday. Rodgers does not view Assaidi as an immediate firstteam starter but someone who

will improve his options on both flanks and strengthen the Liverpool squad. The winger has spent his entire professional career in the Dutch leagues and had the choice of playing at international level with Holland or Morocco. He chose the latter, making 22 appearances for his country so far, and was also wanted by Spartak Moscow and Galatasaray before Liverpool made their approach. Rodgers is also pursuing loan deals for Nuri Sahin of Real Madrid and Barcelona’s Cristian Tello and said on Thursday that he hopes “to get one or two in within the next 48 hours”.

More Paralympic Games tickets on sale

he majority of the tickets put on sale are for Athletics. 25,000 of these have been made available, as well as smaller numbers of Wheelchair Basketball, Track Cycling, Equestrian and Rowing tickets. Athletics ticket prices at the Paralympic Games range from £10, or just £5 for young people and seniors, to a top price £45. The tickets are on sale alongside the 20,000 tickets currently available for the Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies. To date, a record 2.2 million tickets have been sold, with 2.5 million expected to be made available in total. Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair said: ‘We are working ﬂat out to stage a memorable Paralympic Games and I’m delighted that the enthusiasm and support for our Games from the UK shows no sign of wavering.’ Remaining Paralympic tickets will become available over the coming days as the venue seating plans are ﬁnalised. In some cases, seats are available on a day by day basis.

Record number of women participation in Paralympics

total of 1,513 female athletes will compete across 18 sports, which is more than double the 700 female athletes who took part in the Barcelona 1992 Games two decades ago. At the Atlanta 1996 Games, 790 female athletes took part, followed by 990 at Sydney 2000, 1,165 at Athens 2004 and 1,383 at Beijing 2008. Sir Philip Craven, IPC President, said: ‘The Paralympic Movement has made great strides in recent years in regards to the inclusion of female athletes. This has allowed for greater gender equity and a fair chance for anyone to compete in Paralympic sport at the most elite level.’ A record 4,200 athletes from 166 countries will compete at London 2012 Paralympic Games.

N Korea Olympic squad get heroes' welcome

orth Korea’s Olympics squad has returned home to a heroes’ welcome, with cheering crowds lining the streets and the cabinet hosting a celebration banquet, according to the official news agency. The North won four gold medals and two bronze at the London Games, finishing 20th in the table in the country’s best result since Barcelona in 1992, and its athletes have credited the ruling dynasty for their strong performance. After an enthusiastic welcome at the airport Thursday, the squad took a bus tour of the capital and “were warmly welcomed by Pyongyangites from all walks of life”, the news agency said late Thursday. Prime Minister Choe Yong-Rim and other top officials later presided over a banquet for the sports stars. The gold medallists had glorified “the great era of Kim Jong-Un”, Vice-Premier Kim Yong-Jin said in a speech.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

QUICK FIX

CINCINNATI MASTERS

Murray ousted, while Federer cruises along Coach: Nadal should be fit for Davis Cup semi-final MADRID: Rafael Nadal, who pulled out of the US Open due to injury, should be ready for the Davis Cup semifinal between Spain and the United States next month, the tennis ace’s coach and uncle said on Thursday. The Spaniard withdrew on Wednesday from the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season, which starts in New York on August 27, because of his continuing battle with knee tendinitis. “It was the right decision. This pause will further prolong his career and, possibly, he will have no more problems in the future,” Toni Nadal told Spanish radio, adding the goal is to work for a “full recovery”. Nadal, the world number three, won a record seventh French Open title in June but crashed out in the second round at Wimbledon against Czech Lukas Rosol. Shortly after the 26-yearold pulled out of the London Olympics because of the longstanding problem with his knees and subsequently withdrew from ATP Tour events in Toronto and Cincinnati. But Toni Nadal said he was confident that his nephew would be ready to take part in the September 1416 Davis Cup semi-final between Spain and the United States in the northern Spanish city of Gijon. “There is a month to go and we hope that he will be fine,” he said. AFP

Andy Murray won a match in Toronto last week before quitting with a knee injury but had looked impressive in his opener here against Sam Querrey. SCOTT WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse CINCINNATI: Olympic champion Andy Murray was sent crashing out of the Cincinnati Masters on Thursday, falling 6-4, 6-4 to French lucky loser Jeremy Chardy. The 25-year-old was distinctly under-cooked against Chardy and his 16th unforced error of the second set sent the Frenchman into the last eight. Four-time champion and top seed Roger Federer turned in another flawless performance, schooling Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-2, 6-4 with 27 winners. "Overall I'm happy. But it's hard to judge my game in these quick conditions," said Federer, the Olympic silver medallist. Second seed Novak Djokovic barely broke a sweat against Nikolay Davydenko, who was nursing a shoulder injury and only lasted 30 minutes before quitting after Djokovic took the first set, 6-0. Tenth seed Mardy Fish continued to perform well on his home cement courts, beating Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3

Men — 3rd round Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 Mardy Fish (USA x10) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-3, 6-3 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x6) bt V Troicki (SRB) 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 6-1 Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Andy Murray (GBR x3) 6-4, 6-4 Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-2, 6-4 Marin Cilic (CRO x12) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt N Davydenko (RUS) 6-0, retired

Women — 3rd round Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt S Stephens (USA) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-2, 6-2 Serena Williams serves against Urszula Radwanska of Poland at Lindner Family Tennis Centre on Thursday in Mason, Ohio. AFP/ GETTY/ NICK LAHAM

with seven aces and 23 winners. Fish will next play Federer. Recent exertions in winning Wimbledon and Olympic gold caught up with Serena Williams (above), but the fatigued second

seed nevertheless stumbled through into the WTA quarters. The 30-year-old defeated Urszula Radwanska 6-4, 6-3. "I was tired out there," admitted Williams.

Angelique Kerber (GER x5) bt A Hlavackova (CZE) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) Serena Williams (USA x2) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-4, 6-3 Samantha Stosur (AUS x3) bt Elena Makarova (RUS) 6-1, 6-3 Venus Williams (USA) bt Sara Errani (ITA x7) 6-3, 6-0

MotoGP

Rossi ready to ride with Lorenzo INDIANAPOLIS: Nine-time world MotoGP champ Valentino Rossi (right) says he and Jorge Lorenzo can put their past differences aside and will have no problems coexisting as teammates with Yamaha. “It will be interesting,” said Rossi, who is in Indianapolis for Sunday’s race at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 33-year-old Italian rider

revealed last week he would rejoin Yamaha at the end of the season after an unsuccessful spell at Italian manufacturer Ducati. The move to Yamaha will reunite Rossi with Spain’s Lorenzo, who currently leads the MotoGP championships by 23 points after five wins in the first 10 races of the 18-race series. “Now the situation has

changed a lot compared to the past and compared to 2008 when Jorge arrived at Yamaha,” Rossi said. “Now he’s the No 1 on the team, and our relationship is good. I have respect for him, and he has respect for me. So I think we can stay together.” Rossi said his break with Ducati was “a great pity for me and Ducati and all our fans,” AFP

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW

Purist values to guide Reds A traditional approach is the Liverpool manager’s mantra.

Last 10 Premier League champions LONDON: The 2012-13 Premier League season kicks off on Saturday. Here is a list of the last 10 winners of the English title: 2011-12 – Manchester City 2010-11 – Manchester United 2009-10 – Chelsea 2008-09 – Manchester United 2007-08 – Manchester United 2006-07 – Manchester United 2005-06 – Chelsea 2004-05 – Chelsea 2003-04 – Arsenal 2002-03 – Manchester United

GRAHAM CHASE BIRMINGHAM: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers (above) is adamant his playing philosophy can help the Reds close the gap to the top four as he prepares for his first Premier League match in charge at West Brom on Saturday. Rodgers was hired after establishing Swansea in the Premier League with an impressive debut season and Liverpool’s American owners expect him to deliver the eye-catching play that earned so many plaudits for the Welsh club last term. AFP

Van Persie loss is big blow: Wenger Emirates Stadium just days after van Persie sealed his £22 million transfer to Old Trafford. The departure of the Holland international, Arsenal’s captain and leading goalscorer last season, is clearly a significant loss for Wenger. AFP LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits losing striker Robin van Persie to Manchester United has dented his side’s Premier League title ambitions before the season has even started. Wenger leads his side into their opening Premier League game of the season against Sunderland at the

Robin can be key to title race: Ferdinand Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has warned champions Manchester City that his side’s swoop of Arsenal striker Robin van Persie could tilt the balance of power in the Premier League back to Old Trafford.

Venky’s wants quick Blackburn return LONDON: Blackburn midfielder David Dunn admits Rovers boss Steve Kean and his players are under intense pressure from the club’s Indian owners Venky’s to secure an immediate return to the Premier League. Rovers will play their first

match in English football’s second tier since 1999 when they travel to Ipswich on Saturday and long-serving star Dunn knows Venky’s won’t tolerate a repeat of the chaotic campaign that ended with relegation from the top flight in May.

Kean spent most of last season engaged in a fruitless battle to inspire a team whose confidence was badly affected by the poisonous atmosphere that pervaded Ewood Park once the fans turned against the manager and then Venky’s. AFP