HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
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Jaya Prakash Reddy is performing a 100 minute solo. He plays a retired army officer who wants to help people with their problems by starting a helpline. It is scripted by writer Pusala. The event is on January 6 at Ravindra Bharathi from 7pm to 9pm.
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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES conducting a photo competition. The theme is Professions of the world. The winning entries will be sent to Paris. Where: http://hyderabad.afindia.org When: December 3 to January 6
DINING Christmas Eve buffet Traditional turkey buffet and unlimited beverages will be served at Deccan Pavilion. There will also be live entertainment. Where: Deccan Pavilion, Begumpet When: December 10-16 Contact: (040) 2340 0132
Transpersonal session Art & Science of Self-Actualization is a foundation course in transpersonal counselling, by clinical psychologist Sujata Potay. Life skills, self awareness skills will be imparted, among others. Where: Center for Organization Development, Madhapur When: January 19 to April 27 Contact: 98494 53045
Christmas brunch There is a Christmas Day Turkey Brunch at Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. European inspired Ginger Bread House will start from December 15. Where: Okra, Hyderabad Marriott Hotel and Convention Center When: December 25, 12.30pm to 4pm
THEATRE Pièce Montée Alliance Française is screening a French film directed by Denys Granier-Deferre, starring Jérémie Renier, Jean-Pierre Marielle and Clémence Poésy. Where: Plot no 4, Road no 3, Banjara Hills, Aurora colony, Road adjacent to Q-Mart When: December 18 Contact: (040) 2355 4485/86 Christmas carols Christmas carols will be sung by Global Edge school till the end of December at The Lobby. Where: Novotel & HICC Complex,
PO Bag No 1101, Cyberabad Post Office, Near Hitech City When: December 3-31 Contact: (040) 6682 4422
ART Myriad Hues Artist Dhiren Sasmal’s paintings will be on display at Alankritha Art Gallery. The exhibition is titles Myriad Hues. Where: Alankritha Art Gallery Residence Inn, Amar Co-Operative Society Plot No 72, Residence Inn Lane , Jubilee Hills When: Upto December 19 from 9am Contact: (040) 2311 3709
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LONG WAIT: GHMC Workers form a huge queue outside State Bank of Hyderabad at the GHMC head office on N SHIVA KUMAR December 15.
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Eclectic iridescence An exhibition of Dhiren Shasmal’s art work, based on various themes and styles of painting. Where: Residence Inn, Amar Coop Soc.,Lane Opp. Madhapur PS, Kavuri Hills When: Upto December 19, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2311 3709
at this exhibition at Taj Deccan. Where: Taj Deccan, Road No 1 , Banjara Hills When: Ongoing, 11am to 10pm Contact: (040) 6652 3939
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Inertia Photography Photography exhibition on India by Lona Lohan till December 31. Where: Rajiv Gandhi Airport, Shamshabad When: Upto December 31 11am to 7pm Contact: (040) 6625 0000
Chai-Pakora Run To spread the word about India Bike Week being held in Goa on 2-3 February 2013, a chai-pakora run will be organised in Hyderabad. Where: Secunderabad Parade Ground, War Memorial on Lamba Theatre Road When: December 23 Contact: indiabikeweek.in/calendar
Delineation Haris Srinivas's art will be on display
Photo competition Alliance Francaise, Hyderabad, is
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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
MAJID, MIM AND THE GHMC PUPPET SHOW
Problems of 80 lakh denizens? Big deal! At least that’s the impression from the whimsical shifting of the general body meeting.
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OPPA HONEY BUNNY STYLE
Viral videos and pictures are like oxygen and water for social network addicts and there were plenty to keep us alive this year. Here are the top 10 things that went viral in 2012.
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OSCAR RACE BEGINS
Two hundred and eighty-two feature films which are eligible for the 2012 Academy Awards were announced on Friday. Delhi Safari, Akashathinte Niram and a few Marathi movies made it to the list. The nominations will be announced on January 10.
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CONGRESS QAZI ARRESTED FOR CONVENTION CONTRACT MARRIAGES SHOOS AAM They continue to violate and teachings and yet AADMI tenets escape unscathed. The arrest
The State-level convention of Congress held on Sunday failed to achieve its prime objective. The objective was to provide an opportunity to grassrootlevel leaders and party workers to express their opinions in order to strengthen the party. But, nothing of this sort happened, as top leaders seemed in no mood to lend an ear to cadres.
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of a vice-qazi, Syed Azmathulla Jaffri and his accomplice Mohd Ashfaq for holding contract marriages for profit highlights the exploitation of poor girls who are used and thrown away.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
City
YESTERDAY’S QUESTION
HAS THE STATE’S CREDIBILITY AS AN EDUCATIONAL HUB TAKEN A BEATING FOLLOWING THE JNTU SCAM? 81%
Congress cabinet minister See page 4
THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.
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Want to topple the govt? Just give them a hard time. Or so the MIM seems to believe. The ruling party’s partner in the Corporation recently called off the general body meeting for the third time without any valid reason.
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Beware of qazis. Not all of them are honourable. The police recently arrested a qazi for forcing girls into contract marriages, sexually exploiting them and then discarding them.
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Congress does not really care about its cadres. The Congress convention was meant to bridge the gap between the top brass and grass roots workers. But it did no such thing with the latter being sidelined.
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Despite online shopping sites, book fairs rule. Book fairs still have their charm as the City flocks to the ongoing one at People’s Plaza. It’s a great place to find rare works of literature.
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Despite initial hiccups, the Table Tennis tourney is a hit. International players are full of praise for the sports authority’s efforts to organise the games.
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Wayward ways of civic politics
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The convention was held to listen to the problems of party workers. The very objective was not achieved as no ordinary worker was given the chance to speak.
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LAST YEAR... HERE ast year we had reported how the GHMC sanitation workers risked their lives to keep City streets clean. Despite the fact that most motorists are negligent and drive rashly during the night, the GHMC sanitation workers went about their work sweeping the City streets in the dead of the night, so we could wake up to a cleaner Hyderabad. Most of the workers did not even have the fluoroscent jackets to warn speeding motorists. There have even been incidents when sweepers were hit by speeding vehicles that conveniently sped away to escape blame. But the workers carry on relentlessly, after all the job earns them their bread and butter.
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TODAY’S QUESTION
DO YOU THINK THE CONGRESS CONVENTION WAS A FARCE?
According to sources, the MIM seems bent on making things difficult for the Congress, as it cancelled the general body meeting for the third time. al body meeting, it appears the meeting will not be conducted this year. “It needs at least 20 days for conducting the meeting,” said Ale Jeetendra, standing committee member. The YSRC also has a plan to take a short route to raise its influence in the City by winning over as many corporators as possible, it is pointed out. An informal pre-poll alliance may be possible between MIM and YSRC, given the rhetoric of MIM chief, Asaduddin Owaisi.
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ould a mayor run a large city corporation as per his whims? Could a partnering party refuse to give a reason for calling off general body meeting for a third time? Yes and yes, if the mayor happens to be Mohd Majid Hussain and the ruling party, the AIMIM. With no official explanation or a valid reason the general body meeting of the GHMC was postponed for the third time on December 15. The general body meeting has scores of issues to be discussed that concern a population of 80 lakh. But neither the mayor nor his party, the MIM, gave any reason even to its partner in power, the Congress. The Congress leadership in corporation also are groping in the dark as Postnoon found out. With no official explanation, several theories are floating. One concerns the BJP corporator of Langer House who was declared by court winner of the ward instead of the MIM corporator, who was disqualified. “The mayor does not want to swear in our party member, Uday Kumar. He is trying his best to keep it off and get a stay,” said BJP leaders in the corporation. Many others subscribe to this view. If this be true, it is unheard of in the annals of civic
With no official explanation or a valid reason, the general body meeting of the GHMC was postponed for the third time.
politics, veterans say. But a more compelling reason, civic observers put forth concerns a game the MIM and YSRC seem to be playing to weaken the Congress which is No 1 with 52 seats in the civic body. The sudden resignation of Congress floor leader Kaleru Venkatesh to join YSRC and his subsequent meeting with YS
Jagan in the jail has triggered a buzz about another 5-6 Congress corporators getting ready to switch. As each renegade ought to get a solid offer from Jagan, they are all waiting to facilitate this the general body meeting is being delayed, sources say. The mayor being the sole authority who decides on gener-
Former deputy mayor Jaffer Hussain Meeraj pleads he is not in the know of things. “As the appeal against the High Court decision on disqualification was accepted by Supreme Court, the reason for postponement of the meeting on account of the BJP too sounds thin.” Meanwhile, the BJP feels cheated. The party leaders call the whole conduct of civic body unfair. “We were given assurances by the Commissioner that the meeting can be held under deputy mayor,” said Bangari Prakash.
NEWS BRIEFS Sharmila to undergo CM kickstarts Indira surgery, yatra suspended baata today
Mecca Masjit blast accused held
Man shoots three dead during clashes
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SRC campaigner Sharmila who suffered a leg injury during her padayatra will undergo surgery at Apollo hospital on Wednesday. Doctors said that as the injury had aggravated surgery was required. The padayatra remains suspended till she is fit to resume her work which may take a couple of weeks, sources said.
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hief Minister N Kiran Kumar will kick start Indiramma Baata in Visakhapatnam district today. As part of the programme, he will address public meetings and interact with beneficiaries of various welfare schemes of the State. The three-day long programme will take stock of all government initiatives taken recently.
leuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) made a breakthrough in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case when they arrested one Rajender Chowdary in Ujjain. Chowdary is one of the accused in the case. According to highly placed sources, the accused is being deported to Hyderabad for further investigation.
hree people were killed and six injured when a man opened fire during a clash between two groups in Kurnool district, police said Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday night in Jillela village as a row between two groups over a piece of land abutting a place of worship escalated. The situation was tense but under control, police said.
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CRIME
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Qazi held for fraud
A vice-qazi and his accomplice were held for conducting contract marriages, where girls are duped, sexually exploited and abandoned. Mohd SUBHAN mohd.s@postnoon.com
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hey continue to violate tenets and teachings and yet escape unscathed. The arrest of a vice-qazi, Syed Azmathulla Jaffri and his accomplice Mohd Ashfaq for holding contract marriages for profit highlights the exploitation of poor girls who are used and then discarded. They usually end up saddled with a kid and disease. Begumpet police inspector K Naarasimha Reddy said how some qazis arrange contract marriages under Islamic law with poor nubile girls and after sexually exploiting them, leave them with little money. The trick they do, said the police, is obtaining a divorce form signed from the girl along with a nikhahnama (marriage paper). After exploiting the girl for a couple of weeks or months, the man leaves, unafraid, because the divorce paper is already signed.
Jaffri, 42, and Ashfaq, 44, are natives of Nizamabad. It was after a news channel detailed how this qazi had duped scores of girls and their parents that police commissioner Anurag Sharma asked for a probe. The allegations turned out to be true and the vice-qazi and his friend were arrested. “What these poor girls get at the end is disease, a child and a messed up
life,” said a policeman who once probed a similar case in Hafizpet. Police regret that community leaders do nothing to prevent suchincidents or feign ignorance. But proving to be an exception, the chairman of Wakf board Moulana Khusroo Pasha Biyabani has ordered an inquiry into Jaffri’s activities and has asked to examine all marriages conducted by this person in Sultan Bazaar area.
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he RGI police have arrested two people, including a homeopathy doctor, for lodging a fake complaint against the staff of SpiceJet airways. Doctor Shaik Khaja Mohiuddin, 47, is a resident of Yousufguda and his friend G Prabhakar Rao, 42, is said to be a suspended constable of armed reserve police. According to the RGI police, Khaja , a native of Kareem Nagar district runs hospitals in different areas of Kareem Nagar. He came in contact with Prabhakar in the City, who is said to have conned many people posing as a producer of films related to Telangana. On December 11, Khaja came to the RGI airport to board a Delhi flight around 8pm. He is alleged to have consumed liquor and quarrelled with the SpiceJet staff. The staff lodged a complaint with the airport police, which led to the cancellation of his ticket. He was sent back. On reaching home, he told the incident to his friend Prabhakar. The next day, Prabhakar is alleged to have reached the RGI police station and introduced himself as a bodyguard of a senior police officer. He wanted to lodge a complaint against the SpiceJet staff. The complaint he wanted to lodge said `50 lakh and ornaments were stolen from his friend Khaja’s bag the previous day. On enquiry, the police found it all to be a false story. SpiceJet staff described what happened with Khaja. The doctor and his friend are now cooling their heels in jail.
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POLITICS
Cong convention shoos aam aadmi The aim of the convention was to bridge the gap between the party’s top brass and party workers. However, no such thing was achieved as leaders were only busy giving speeches. INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com
dominance. “The meeting was organised to bridge the gap between the top brass and grass root level leaders of the party. Many of the top leaders too agreed that there was lack of coorindation among the party leaders and stressed on working together. But the convention came out as a great example of lack of coordination,” he said. The MP further added that the party would face a lot of problems if it ignored party workers.
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he State level convention of Congress Party held on Sunday failed to achieve its prime objective. The objective was to provide an opportunity to grassroot level leaders and party workers to express their opinions in order to strengthen the party. But, nothing of this sort happened. The top brass of the party, AP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad, CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana, state Cabinet and Union Cabinet ministers and scores of other leaders had no time to listen to the cadres. The day-long meeting revolved only around speeches by the top leaders. Despite the CM and Union minister K Chiranjeevi acknowledging that the party was in power due to the untiring efforts of the grassroot workers, there was no effort to listen to them. Commenting on this a State cabinet minister on the condition anonymity told Postnoon that the convention could not achieve its desired aim. “The motto of the convention was to gear up party
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cadres for the next General Election. It was held to listen to the problems of ordinary party workers, the lifeline of the party. Surprisingly, the very objective was not achieved as no ordinary
worker was given the opportunity to speak,” he said. The minister said that many of the party workers, who came here from across the State to attend the meeting were angry at
ALL-PARTY MEET
PCC to decide on delegation
not being given a chance to say a word. A party MP from the Andhra region termed the entire convention as a farce as it helped a section of leaders to prove their
The torch bearer of the party in 2004 and 2009 general elections, former CM YS Rajasekhar Reddy, who ensured the party’s victory for two consecutive terms, was a forgotten man during the daylong convention. The Congress party ensured that not only the image of YSR was not present at the venue but nobody allowed raising slogan or hailing the late leader. Despite the request of party MP Ponnam Prabhakar that it is the duty of the party to pay tributes to departed leaders and Telangana martyrs, the party leadership cold-shouldered the issue. The party convention paid tributes only to the victims of Neelam Cyclone.
UP IN ARMS
Efforts of T-Congress leaders, worried about the T-tangle, succeeded with PCC scheduling a meeting for December 22. POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com
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he continuous efforts of Telangana Congress leaders seem to have fructified. The Pradesh Congress Committee has decided to hold a meeting of party leaders on Andhra and Rayalaseema region on December 22 and 23 to discuss the issue of sending a delegation to the all-party meet, which has become a bone of contention among the party leaders. The Centre has invited only a two-member delegation from each party in AP. More will not be entertained. The proTelangana leaders are demanding that the two-member delegation should explicitly express single opinion supporting the separate T state formation during the all-party meet. But the Andhra leaders are saying that
they would stick to their stand of united AP. Keeping these things in mind, the T leaders met with party AP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad in the last two days and requested him to solve the Telangana problem. Following the request of the T-leaders, Azad not only assured them that
he would bring the feelings of TCongress leaders to the notice of home minister Sushilkumar Shinde but also reportedly asked the PCC top brass to hold meetings with leaders of both regions. The Telangana Congress leaders are expecting that the proposed meetings would end this deadlock. “Yes, we think that the meeting being held by the party will help us in addressing the issue and reaching out to a consensus before the all party meet,” minister for BC welfare Baswaraju Saraiah told Postnoon. He felt that it was the right time for the party to take advantage of the all-party meet by extending its support to separate T-state. The meeting held by the party is likely to be a stormy affair with leaders of both the regions are preparing themselves to put forth their views.
Litigant public suffered great inconvenience as police tightened security at the High Court today following Telangana laywers JAC’s call for ‘Chalo High Court’ stir demanding withdrawal of cases booked against advocates in the 2008 T-agitation. N SHIVA KUMAR
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BOOK FAIR
Print reigns despite E-assault Who goes to book fairs when you have online sites that deliver to your doorstep? Lakhs and lakhs of people, say stall owners at the ongoing Hyderabad Book Fair. PADMINI C padmini.c@postnoon.com
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ook fairs today are not so much about rare tomes or great deals as they are about nostalgia. They are about reliving and re-creating for your kids the childhood experience that you so enjoyed with your parents. Flitting around from stall to stall, tugging at your dad’s sleeve and your mom’s sari, pointing longingly at this Tinkle, that Famous Five or that Encyclopaedia promising to be on your best behaviour for a whole day in return. And for them to gratefully cave in and have you lug your purchases proudly for everyone to see. Those days have long since passed, cynics would say. Not so, we contend. Look no further than the annual Hyderabad Book Fair at People’s Plaza, Necklace Road if you need proof. “Last year, we had a footfall of around three to four lakh. This year, we
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Navodaya From Marxist literature to classic poetry, for all things Telugu head here. n Publications Division A wing of the government's I&B ministry, this is a small treasure trove of old coffee table books, biographies and eclectic Indian reads. All at a 50 per cent off. Oh, and a must-visit for civil service/APPSC aspirants. n Vandemataram Foundation If you have any old books to spare, take them to the Vandemataram Foundation stall. The good folks from this NGO will use them to build small libraries for underprivileged children in government schools. n Loksatta The only stall by a political party, it houses a number of small volumes relating to current affairs and governance among. Available is a collection of Jayprakash Narayan's speeches in the assembly, which might be worth a read, considering he is arguably one of the most eloquent orators in Indian politics today. n Unnamed stall next to Architecture & Fashion. If you are looking to take your children or aiming to get a load of children's fiction, go straight here. On the stands are everything from Reader's Digest Condensed classics to great illustrated classics, Tinkles, Amar Chitra Katha, Jataka Tales and more!
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What: The 27th Hyderabad Book Fair When: December 14 to December 25 Where: People's Plaza, Necklace Road
are hoping to cross the five lakh mark,” says a smiling Vibha Bharati from Milind Prakashan, one of the organisers of the fair. “I have a collection of over a 1,000 books. If you flip the covers, you’ll realise that the inscriptions of half of those will read the Hyderabad Book Fair or some other bookfair. I’ve loved coming to fairs since I was a child. Now I’m here with my children. They should appreciate the beauty of discovery, of chancing upon a rare book, a hard-to-find classic, an old forgotten edition of fairy tales or a brand new best-seller. For that alone, I’ll keep coming, year after year,” says self-confessed bibliophile and bank manager at KV Prasad. The 280 odd stalls lining the
Even with the mandatory 10 per cent discount, stall owners are confident they’ll make a tidy profit in the next eight days. grounds, here from varied States of the country, are also indicative of a subversive trend that defies all standing notions in the industry. Popular online shopping sites and major book retailers have had no lasting impact on the sales of these small-time bookstall owners. Even with the mandatory 10 per cent that’s required of all stalls to offer their customers (in addition to any that they might offer of their own will), they are confident they’ll make a tidy profit in the next eight days. S Sridhar, an executive at the Bookpoint stall, for instance, keeps great faith in the fair. He remarks, “We have had a stall for nearly all the 27 years that the Hyderabad Book fair has been around. Except for an odd year here or there, it’s been a great experience. Customers keep coming in larger numbers, there are better sales with every passing year. Our profits may vary but our return on investment is always assured. Last year we made around `5 lakh in profit. If
this year is better, we’ll take home `6-7 lakh but let’s see.” Even publishers seem to have taken notice. Harper Collins have for the first time this year set up a stall at the book fair. “The experience of buying online is very different from that of coming to a fair, browsing through the shelves and picking up books as you go. It’s more instinctive and memorable. Besides, there are some books here that you wouldn’t get anywhere else. We’re hoping to make a mark, if it works well, we’ll return next year,” promises a sales executive of Harper Collins, D Sainath. While the ‘rarity’ factor might have been true of previous years, there are few books here that you could really tag as hard to find. Especially of the English variety. A few gems lay ignored between stacks of pulp in each stall ranging from Fifty Shades and Hunger Games to Chanakya's Chant and Immortals of Meluha, which might go to explain the consistent sales figures. Also be warned, there's a lot of riff-raff to wade through to get somewhere nice. Still, if you are up for some serious searching and willing to brave the sweltering heat and the crowd, go. You might be rewarded with the finds of your life and or if nothing else, the latest edition of Tinkle. But rest assured, you won't return empty-handed.
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FOODIE CORNER
Flavours to
SAVOUR From snacks to desserts, participants from the Steel and Mines apartment complex in Kamalapuri Colony sure knew how to put on a good show. However, yesterday’s competition – ‘Who is the best cook?’ – was more an excuse to spend time with neighbours and had little to do with fighting for the winning spot, Postnoon reports. SRINIVAS SETTY
Brahamaramba’s recipe: Peas on Toast
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hree down, two to go. Yes, Who is the best cook? organised by www.studentmug.com completed its third week of short listing yesterday. The day, as usual, started with chopping, washing, boiling and readying ingredients to prepare a whole lot of scrumptious dishes. Like the first week of the competition, the mood yesterday too, was more festive than competitive. Residents of the Steel and Mines apartment complex in Kamalapuri Colony got together in the building’s recreational
Ingredients: One onion, dash of ginger garlic paste, two fresh tomatoes, a pinch of kastoori methi, a little jeera powder, bread slices and 250gms of peas.
area to show off their cooking talents. While women stood behind the stoves, dressed in their aprons, their husbands and children stood by them to support them and cheer on. While all those present knew that there was going to be only one among the 11 who would go to the finals to battle it out for a hamper worth `25,000, they greeted each other with warmth and encouragement. “We are thrilled to participate in the event,” said most of the participants. While women chose to spent their Sunday churning out some delicious meals, their husbands chatted with each other, discussing life. Their
children too, made full use of the opportunity to spend time with their neighbours. “I’m participating with my son. I think the competition is a platform for us to try new things and go beyond our usual routine lives,”said Nutan, who won the 1st Runner up title for her fish fry and rice. Yesterday’s event had an even mix of almost everything in a kitchen – sweets, spicy treats and short eats. While Brahamaramba won the winning spot with her desi version of beans on toast called Peas on Toast, K Saritha came a close 2nd runner up with her sweet corn rice. “I chose Peas on Toast as the peas one gets in winter is very good. Moreover, the dish is healthy and very easy to cook,” said Brahamaramba. When asked what she plans to cook in the finals alongside first week’s winners Fatima, Haritha and last week’s winners Hima Bindu, Samriti Agarwal, Brahamaramba said: “I haven’t planned anything yet. I will start a week before the finals.” Though the Sunday was supposed to be split into two parts as usual – lunch and dinner – the latter half was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Hence, Brahamaramba is the only winner from yesterday – her finals seat is definitely booked.
Method: Boil the peas. Make a paste out of the onion. Heat the paste in a pan, add ginger garlic paste, the other spices and the boiled green peas. Deep fry slices of bread and cut the fried slices into four cubes. Top the quarter of the toast with a little grated cheese and the mixture of peas.
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1 inch ginger piece 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 small onion
Other n Salt to taste n 1/2 tsp turmeric powder n 1/2 tsp black paper powder n 1 lemon
Ingredients n 1 medium fish – cut from one side and cleaned well inside and outside n 100ml refined oil for deep frying or 30 ml oil for shallow frying For paste: n 1 tsp Coriander seeds n 5-6 red chillies n 2 tsp cumin seeds n 1 tsp black pepper n 10-12 garlic flacks
Method Grind all the ingredients with water to make a paste. Add salt and turmeric powder according to taste and mix well. Heat two tsp oil in a kadai and fry two tsp masala paste for 3-4 minutes. Take raw, cleaned fish in a plate and rub salt, turmeric powder and black pepper on the fish. Put fried masala inside the fish. Heat four tbsp oil in non-stick pan. Fry the fish till it turns golden brown on medium flame. Put a thick coating of the masala all over the fish and fry till it turns golden brown from both sides.
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SPORTS
City wiser and hungrier! We list five observations from the 10th World Junior Table Tennis Championships held in the City from December 9 to 16 at the world-class Gachibowli Indoor Stadium. SYED SHOAIB shoaib.s@postnoon.com
old Belgian player seconded what Sulfaro said. “I am comfortable in the hotel and like the food even if it is a little bit spicy. I like the chicken nuggets and tomato soup. The stadium is also very good.”
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he stadium is so big! I got scared when I first walked in. It took time for me to get used to it. The ambience is good and the flooring in the play area perfect,” said a player about the stadium. This coming from an Australian player is certainly a compliment, and describes the sports complex in the City quite aptly. That the compliments are coming from players of countries advanced in sports augurs well for sports in Hyderabad and India in general. India, which was originally scheduled to host the 11th chapter of the games next year, was offered the opportunity this year itself when South Africa backed out. In six months, all arrangements were made by the Sports Authority of India, Andhra Pradesh chapter with support from the Table Tennis Federation of India, to the satisfaction of the International Table Tennis Federation. With the conclusion of the games that went on without a hitch, and with everyone involved returning satisfied, Hyderabad can hope to host more such events.
from 27 countries made for a great gathering. Hyderabad did itself and India proud by capably organising an event of this size. All aspects of the programme were meticulously planned and executed to the T. The young players had an opportunity to rub shoulders with the best in the world, enriching their experience and preparing them for greater exploits at international meets in the future.
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We need to improve our training if we aspire to make it to the podium of an international table tennis championship. Chinese coach Han Hua said there is no secret to the dominant force that China proved to be. “We spot talent in a youngster early and get him or her to concentrate on the game when in middle school. From then on, it is more time spent in the tennis court than in the classroom. You people concentrate on cricket. That is why you do well in cricket. Our TT foundation is very strong,” he said.
The “teething” hiccup of power
failure on the first day apart, facilities at the stadium and the hotel where players were put up received a thumbs-up. Ivan Sulfaro of Australia couldn’t stop heaping praises on the facilities provided to the foreign delegates, the stadium, the food and most of all the treatment meted out to them. The 10 minute drive to and back from the hotel is a pleasure and the buses are comfortable, he said. “India is taking very good care of us. The people here are very warm. At the hotel that we
are staying, we are being treated very well,” he said. When asked to elaborate on the food being served to them, he said, “We are being served authentic food, which I am loving. I eat Indian food back in Australia as well so I am used to it.” He could not get the name of his favourite dish he ate, but described it clearly. “It is this saffron rice with chicken in it.” Hyderabadi biryani is sure going places! Lambiet Florent, a 16-year-
EMPTY STANDS AN EYESORE
Hyderabad doesn’t care about table tennis — empty stands do not bring out the best in players. Crowd support does wonders to local players, motivating them to perform at levels much higher than their ranking may suggest.
STRENGTHENING SECURITY Security vigilance at the venue of an international event is a matter of grave concern. Arrangements at the stadium left a lot to be desired.
ENERGY
vGenco boycotts solar power bidding It is a bureaucratic fudge that solar power price was capped at `7.50 per unit when power tariff is shooting skywards, Genco officials say. RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA rahul.r@postnoon.com
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hen nodal agency AP Transco invited power generation units on Wednesday for a pre-bid meeting on solar power generation, there was no representation from AP Genco. According to officials from the power generating unit, it has pulled out of the solar power generation race in AP after the State government had capped the price of solar power at `6.50 to 7.50 per unit, the lowest in the country. According to senior officials from APGenco, the capped unit
price of solar power will hit the businesses of the generating unit that has already to its credit two solar power plants in the State. “In simple terms, it is not a lucrative business offer and will affect the revenue generation of this power unit. So the departmental heads decided to opt out of the race.”
WHAT NEXT?
The move to pull out of the race to set up more solar power plants in the State will mean that the power department will currently look into the projects at hand. APGenco’s maiden entry into the solar power production scene
began in July 2012 with a massive 1MW photo voltaic cell solar power plant at the Priyadarshini Jurala Hydel Power project in Mahboobnagar. This plant, after being commissioned and integrated into the State grid,
promised to provide 1MW power to the State, especially to the districts of Hyderabad and YSR, after being incorporated into the grid through the local DISCOM - CPDCL. “When we have at hand Krishnapatnam and Jurala power projects, generating funds worth `8,000 crore for new solar power plants will only burden us. The decision may be rolled back if the solar power tariff rate is hiked but this is not likely to happen in the near future,” said a chief engineer from APGenco. The decision was taken by the APGenco Board, which comprises of the chairman, directors and
managing director. The decision to pull out comes at a time when the State continues to reel under a severe power shortage, in spite of an energy conservation mission set up to deal with it. While the State Energy Conservation Mission emphasised on giving importance to renewable sources of energy, it comes as a surprise that the power generating unit has decided to pull out despite the hype and importance being shown on paper. It must be noted that APGenco thermal power stations have achieved highest annual generation of 35,970 MU during 2011-12.
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Business
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES TO GROW 1.6% IN 2013
IMF chief Christine Lagarde upwardly revised the Fund’s estimate of economic growth among developed nations, which she said would increase by 1.6 per cent next year, up from an earlier estimated 1.5 per cent.
E-learning to power strides in IT growth
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Chevron to pay $155 million for Brazil oil spill US oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay 310 million reales ($155 million) to Brazil for an oil spill last year that fouled beaches in Rio de Janeiro, officials said Saturday. Government news service Agencia Brasil said 90 million reales would be used exclusively for environmental cleanup and 220 million reales would serve for measures to prevent future spills. Federal prosecutor Gisele Porto said that the fine should send a message to all oil producers that “it is better to invest in preventive measures than to pay a fine for polluting."
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dvancement of technologies is bringing a paradigm shift in the computer training. Premium institutes like Jetking are not only digitising their content to support their classroom teaching but also facilitating the students with these digital and interactive modules to study at home. Suresh G Bharwani, chairman and MD of Jetking, said, “Online training is taking the market share of offline vocational training. Instructor-led training is decreasing with the evident of e-learning technologies. In this scenario, the training institutes have to digitise their content and push interactivity in the training. For instance, we have digitised our content and the instructor uses this content
while teaching in the classrooms and is later supported by modules at home. “The technology has not only made learning interactive but also affordable. For instance, a course supported by e-learning, which has two classroom sessions in a week, is reducing the tuition fee costs for the students by around 60 per cent. Students can effectively use these e-learning modules at home, which will be complimented by the instructor. The emerging 4G Internet will enable faster and uninterrupted connectivity making learning possibility irrespective of the location. Talking about the industry, he said, “Vocational-training institutes business is reduced by 30-40 per cent compared to last year and there is a need of shift in adopting digitised training.”
Opportunities Number of jobs that were created in the IT industry in 2011: 15 lakh Manpower required by cloud computing by 2015: 20 lakh Manpower required in hardware by 2020: 75 lakh Manpower required in networking by 2020: 11 lakh
He further added, “The IT industry will also see a gradual growth in the next four years. There are humongous opportunities being created in the IT industry with the advancement of technology. Around 30 crore smartphones will be sold in the next four years. The connectivity in the country will be increased with the growth of this smartphone market, which will give lot of opportunities for employment and businesses. “Customers will not only
use the applications for various purposes, but these applications will also be increasingly used by businesses for decreasing costs. “For instance, a farmer with apple orchards in some corner of the country can upload the images of his crop (apples) describing factors like quality and price with his smartphone and can be easily accessed by the retailer. This will exclude the middleman and create a winwin situation for both the farmer and retailer.” “The IT industry will emerge as a business by itself rather than merely supporting various businesses. The government is also spending hugely to create skilled manpower through NSDC. However, there is still a need to bridge the gap between academia, industry and government, which results in quality manpower for the industry,” he said.
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THUS SPAKE It is time for Asia to turn its attention to matching its economic success with social progress. It has that margin open to it and now is the time to take those steps. GUY RYDERS DIRECTOR-GENERAL, ILO
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nation
HOUSE STALLED OVER QUOTA, SACHAR REPORT
Both houses of Parliament were disrupted on Monday as Samajwadi Party members voiced their protest over the bill on reservations in government job promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and implementation of the Sachar Committee report on minorities.
GUJARAT POLLS
CHILLING OUT
Modi confident of hat-trick
State enters final round of polling; 10,126 stations have been declared 'critical'.
T Tourists enjoy after heavy snowfall in Manali on Sunday.
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housands voted in Gujarat Monday as the second and final phase of the assembly elections that sees BJP's Narendra Modi aiming for a hat-trick got under way in 95 of the state's 182 constituencies. "The people of Gujarat will once again vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party," Modi told reporters as the electorate voted to decide if Modi and the BJP get another five-year term or whether the Congress can dislodge it. An electorate of 19.8 million is expected to exercise their franchise across 23,318 polling sta-
tions. The regions going to the polls include Kutch, north Gujarat and central Gujarat. As many as 10,126 stations have been declared 'critical', official euphemism to mean they could witness disturbances or violence. Of an estimated 19.8 million voters, 10.3 million are male and 9.5 million female. There are a total of 820 candidates in the fray, including 49 women. The BJP is contesting all 95 seats, the Congress 92 and the Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) of former BJP chief minister Keshubhai Patel 84. IANS
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The girl has been shifted to AIIMS, her condition is critical. NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old para-medical student from Uttarakand, who was travelling in a bus with her male friend, was allegedly gang-raped inside the vehicle and then thrown out of it, police said today. The male friend, who is an engineer and currently working in a firm, was also attacked and thrown off the bus near Mahipalpur in south Delhi late last night. The girl was allegedly gang-raped in the bus and her friend brutally assaulted when they were going to Dwarka from
Munirka here last night.They were then thrown out of the bus near Mahipalpur flyover, police said. After they raised an alarm, both were taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre from where the girl was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital. Her condition is stated to be critical. A case has been registered at the Vasant Vihar Police Station. The girl, who studies in a college in Dehra Dun, is in the capital for her internship. PTI
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NEWS BRIEFS UP cop found murdered
Poacher arrested
LUCKNOW: The body of a subinspector was recovered from a field in Sitapur, 88 km from here, late Sunday evening. Police said the man's service revolver was missing, though four cartridges were recovered from the holster. The 52-year-old policeman was in uniform, but the name tag, cap, identification card and mobile phone were missing. Police fear that the sub-inspector may have fallen prey to robbers.
ERODE: One person with a country made gun in his possession has been arrested from the Burgur forest area,police said today. Special Task Force Personnel patrolling Siluvaipallam area on Karnataka-Tamil Nadu forest border yesterday noticed three persons moving about suspiciously. When they surrounded the, two persons managed to escape while Murugan of Kollehal area was secured, police said.
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World CRISIS WORSENS
Syrian jets attack refugee camp BEIRUT: Warplanes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in south Damascus on Sunday for the first time since the start of Syria’s more than 21-month conflict, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The air strike killed at least eight civilians in the Yarmuk camp, which has been rocked by intermittent violence over the past few months, the Britain-based watchdog said, addding that others were in critical condition. The raid came hours after the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) made significant advances in Yarmuk, a camp resident told AFP by Internet.
SAUDI PRINCE BUYS $485 MN ‘FLYING PALACE’ Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal will soon take delivery of the world’s first customised A380 superjumbo, dubbed “the flying palace” for its luxury. Alwaleed, estimated to be worth around $21.3 billion, has reportedly paid $485 million for the world’s biggest private jet expected for delivery next year.
SCHOOL SHOOTING
TEARS FOR A TYRANT
‘These tragedies must end’ Obama’s remarks, though impassioned, did not propose specific solutions to gun violence We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end, and to end them we must change
This screen grab taken from North Korean TV on December 17, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) attending a special memorial ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-Il outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, which houses embalmed bodies of Jong-Il and his late father and founding president Kim Il-Sung, in Pyongyang. Hundreds of thousands of people, civilian and military observed a moment’s silence.
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The raid came hours after the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) made significant advances in Yarmuk, a source told AFP. “There is a state of real war in the camp now,” Abu Mohammed said. “There are intense battles between the Free Syrian Army and the Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineGeneral Command,” a hardline Palestine militant group that has long been a Damascus ally. “The air strike happened because of the FSA’s advances in the camp,” he said. “The two are obviously linked.” PFLP-GC fighters were locked in fierce clashes with rebel units, some of them Palestinian, the Observatory said. AFP
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people have been affected by the the deadly norovirus, commonly known as the “winter vomiting bug”.This season, 2,630 cases have been recorded, while last year, there were just 1,533 cases.
NEWTOWN: President Barack Obama vowed Sunday to use all his power to stop gun massacres like the slaughter of 20 little children at a Connecticut school, saying “these tragedies must end.” Obama vented passion and anger as he told the griefstricken community of Newtown, reeling from the unspeakable horror of Friday’s rampage, that he was consoling victims of the fourth mass shooting of his presidency. “Can we say that we’re truly doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose?” he said, as 26
Call to ban guns WASHINGTON: Dianne Feinstein, a leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3. candles burned by his podium to remember the victims. “I’ve been reflecting on this the last few days, and if we’re honest with ourselves, the answer is no. We are not doing enough, and we will have to change.”
Obama’s remarks, though impassioned and appearing to set a new mission for his presidency of curtailing rampant gun violence, did not propose specific solutions, in keeping with the somber tone of the apolitical vigil service. Heartrending sobs broke the silence as Obama slowly read the names of six heroic adults who died trying to protect their innocent charges as gunman Adam Lanza, 20, unleashed terror with a military-style assault rifle. Later, in an incredibly poignant moment, the president read the names of the children, all aged six or seven, whose lives were taken.
NEWS BRIEFS ISS orbit adjusted for Russian spaceship
Pakistani politician’s wife shot dead
Thousands flee Cyclone Evan in Fiji
Chavez’s top rival reelected
MOSCOW: The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been elevated for the upcoming docking of a Russian manned spaceship. The ISS orbit was elevated by 2.5 km for the docking of Soyuz spaceship, the Russian Mission Control Center (MCC) said Sunday. The operation was completed successfully.
ISLAMABAD: The wife of a Pakistani politician was killed when unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire at their house in Sindh province, Geo News reported Sunday. Two gunmen attacked the house of Nisar Ahmed Chandio of (PML-N) and his wife Bilqees Chandio was killed on the spot when hit by a bullet in the head.
SUVA: Thousands of people fled to evacuation centres in Fiji Monday as authorities warned to “prepare for the worst” from a powerful category four cyclone bearing down on the Pacific nation. Power outages and flooding were reported on the main island of Viti Levu as Tropical Cyclone Evan approached.
CARACAS: President Hugo Chavez’s top rival survived a tough test Sunday, winning re-election as governor, but he allowed that losses in other state-level races were a “tough moment” for Venezuela’s opposition. Henrique Capriles won re-election as Miranda state governor. But Chavez’s party gained four other governorships.
THE BOEHNER OFFER House Speaker John Boehner has offered to take the US federal debt limit off the table for a year in a bid to revive talks to solve a fiscal crisis that could cause a recession, The Washington Post said Sunday. Citing Democrats and Republicans familiar with the talks, The Post said the offer came on Friday. If confirmed, it would mark a major concession in negotiations to strike an 11th-hour deal to avert painful tax increases and budget cuts. Boehner’s office however would not confirm the deal.
Targeting civilians or carrying out military operations in populated areas, in an indiscriminate or disproportionate fashion that harms civilians is a war crime. Ban Ki-moon UN Chief on Syria
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Technology F‘L’IGHT PLAN
Angry Birds to take on Star Wars Franchise wars
Angry Birds fact-file
1 billion copies of Angry Birds have been downloaded till now There is an Angry Birds themepark at the Särkänniemi adventure park in Finland. Angry Birds developer Rovio is the secondmost popular company from Finland, next only to Nokia National Geographic published a paperback book titled Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight Into The Final Frontier
The rise of Angry Birds is set to create a franchise war between Angry Birds and Star Wars. Disney recently bought the right for Star Wars from Lucas films and the studio is set to release more movies under the banner. Rovio, the developers of Angry Birds had tied up with Lucas Arts to create an Angry Birds game, but it needs to be seen if there will be similar tie-ups between the franchises in the future.
A TV series based on the game is expected to make its debut soon One of the 2012 New Models for Hot Wheels cars from Mattel is based on the Red Bird from Angry Birds.
GOOGLE GOES CLEAN Days after they tweaked the image searched interface, Google pushed out another update which hides all NSFW (Not Safe For Work) images, unless you explicitly search for them. In short, a search for Sunny Leone, will reveal fully clothed pics of the porn star much to the frustration of teenagers worldover. Google had pushed out a similar to Indian users a couple of years back, by which safe search was on by default. The new update however is a little more strict about letting pornography through its gates. Competing search engines like Bing had a similar feature in place for Indian users.
CONSOLING PRESENCE
Looks like gamers can’t wait for the next Xbox to come out. The number of Google searches for Xbox 720 — rumoured to be the name of the next console — are increasing every day and according to Google Trends more people are interested in it than the next version of PlayStation. However, most of these people might be disappointed as the console might be out only in early 2014. According to rumours, the delay is because of shortage of an AMD GPU that is used in the console.
No we didn’t HELSINKI: Finnish mobile gaming company Rovio said that a movie based on its hit game Angry Birds could result in the group establishing an animation studio rivalling global giant Walt Disney. Rovio chief executive Mikael Hed said that the animated 3D film, which will not reach cinemas until the summer of 2016, could lead to the company setting up an animated movie studio that would compete with California-based Walt Disney Animation Studios. "If this goes very well, that is what is going to happen. Certainly we are structuring this in a way so that it's possible for us to continue to produce
more movies after this one," he said. "In March, we are going to start rolling out our worldwide series of short animations, which will be available through digital and traditional channels." Rovio is aiming high with the film version of the smartphone game, hiring John Cohen, producer of computer-animated comedy Despicable Me to produce it, and David Maisel, former chairman of Marvel
Studios, as an executive producer. The 3D film is financed mostly by the company itself to ensure it has complete control over the end product. "It's about creative control and about the financial upside as well," said Hed. "We have a strong balance sheet ourselves and therefore partly paying it from our own cash balance and partly through regular movie financing instruments."
The company, which like Nokia, is based in Espoo outside Helsinki, is not worried that interest in Angry Birds will have cooled off by the time of its release, almost four years from now. "We are doing so much around the Angry Birds as a franchise that I am sure that we will not disappear from the public eye until then," he said. Rovio said in October it would open its first theme park in Asia next year at a site near Shanghai as it builds on the brand of the hugely popular game. "Angry Birds Land" will be the firm's third theme park after one in Finland and another in Britain.
Samsung has denied buying parts form a dealer that employs children. Apple has been under fire for the past couple of years for manufacturing phones at companies that employ children and treat employees poorly. Now it’s time for Samsung, which has become the leading smartphone manufacturer globally, to face the ire of human right activists. The controversy started off last week with a report that claimed that the Korean giant was sourcing parts from a company in China that employed underage labourers. There have been talks of most tech giants sourcing parts from such dubious companies, but only Apple had come under scanner.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
Comment We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. Stephen Hawking Physicist CAMILLE BAS-WOHLERT feedback@postnoon.com
Europe’s gateway to space
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weden’s small Arctic town of Kiruna has a surprisingly international airport with regular flights to London and Tokyo, but it has even bigger plans: to offer commercial space flights. Spaceport Sweden, a company founded in 2007, hopes to be able to provide the first flights within a decade from Kiruna’s airport. “We’re working on establishing commercial flights from Sweden to space for tourism and research, and to create a launching pad at the airport,” explained the company’s enthusiastic director, Karin Nilsdotter, seated in her office at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF). The idea is that space tourists would take off for a maximum two-hour trip into space aboard futuristic spacecraft currently undergoing testing, which resemble a cross between an airplane and a space shuttle and which can carry between one and six passengers. The sub-orbital flights will send passengers 100 kilometres (60 miles) above Earth and allow them to experience five minutes of weightlessness. Kiruna’s location in the far north of Sweden, and Europe, makes it a prime location for space flights, Nilsdotter said. The space flights would not be disturbed by heavy air traffic, nor is the region a densely populated area. The wide-open spaces within Sweden’s borders also mean no bureaucratic red-tape to be resolved with other countries. Kiruna also has 60 years experience of space research to its credit. IRF was founded in 1957 and the Swedish space research and rocket centre Esrange, located in the town, was founded in 1966. AFP
HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS
Indian media has ripped apart Pakistan’s interior minister Rehman Malik for his oulandish remarks. He seemed completely unaware that his statements were false or were completely senseless. This is what becomes of hiring lackeys of former rulers for responsible positions in a government.
DEATH PENALTY: YES OR NO?
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oon after Kasab was hanged for his crime in Mumbai, the UN Secretary General BanKi-moon renewed his plea for abolition of death penalty. Ban welcomes a record vote by a General Assembly committee calling for a moratorium on death penalty. India, US and China were among 39 nations voting against the resolution. The non-binding draft resolution got 110 votes in favour of the abolition and there were 36 abstentions. Amnesty International vociferously argues in favour of the abolition of death penalty. It says more countries are now in favour of abolition because deliberately taking one’s life is immoral and ineffective. Many worthies have argued against death penalty. I am just one ordinary citizen who everyday sees life in the raw; so my stance is born of reality, not pedantic thoughts. Those arguing against death penalty are the influential people — who belong to the elite, ruling class. They have not experienced the pain of injury. Asking for a blanket ban or moratorium on death penalty is, at best, an elitist populist view. First, I’d keep the political killings separate from other crimes like murder, rape, terrorism. Political killing, like that of Socrates, is naked vendetta of
the ignorant and the arrogant that held power. As the one in power sees the rival differently, and when the situation reversed, the views too get reversed, and it become clear that it would be utterly unjust to kill political prisoners. This is one category the UN and Amnesty could canvas for a moratorium. While it is true that flaws in justice system lead to innocents getting hanged, it is also true that there are crimes that by no stretch of imagination could be condoned or merit pardon. It’s not the high-profile death one should remember when one thinks of capital punishment, but the cruel killing of the hapless. I would ask those arguing against death penalty the following questions. If they answer to the satisfaction of the collective conscious of the society, I will admit defeat and accept their line. n What do you do with men and their parents who kill innocent women for not bringing more dowry? Before voting, think for a moment these women are someone’s children. n What would you do with men who, to facilitate debauchery, torture their wives to death? n What would you do to surgeons who agree to kill female foetus for money? n What would you do when well-armed terrorists deliberately slaughter defenceless people for no fault of theirs (like the Mumbai carnage or Bharuch train fire)? n What would you do when a young man, supposed to be a
support to his parents in old age, kill them for property or for any other reason? n What would you do to those who gang up and rape a helpless woman? n What would you do when a so-called upper caste or village villain kill a poor man as if he were a fly? Or set fire to their homes in the dead of night? n What would you do when a serial killer jumps parole and
kill more? Let me not hear the arguments that life term is enough. Lifer is not enough if a person was convicted at the age of 20, He will be free by 35 and he may revert to his old ways. No, my friend, if anything, we should not do away with death penalty even if it does not deter more crimes. To be sure, it never does, as long as man remains what he is: half devil and half divine.
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ongress convention which the leaders boldly called it ‘brainstorming’ on Sunday is a lesson on mismanaging a gala event. Everything was wrong with the event as all sorts of people came up lashing out at the triumvirate—Botsa, Kiran, Azad. As the Congress has a responsibility to take care of all segments of the society, it should have carefully planned the meeting, giving a bit of space to all. At the end what all happened was a mass meeting which only provided a platform to senior leaders to hone their oratory and support the governmental liberalisation initiatives recently taken. What was the outcome? The meeting proved the Opposition true: the Congress is an unruly crowd of people representing varied interests. Representations of women, T-Congress, BCs were non-existent and the Chiranjeevi faction was thoroughly disappointed. The meeting also lacked glamour figures from the Centre and it all comes to one word: window dressing.
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arack Obama has spoken and though he said it teary-eyed, his words reflect conviction and solid belief that change must happen if tragedies like school shooting are to end. The gun lobby, which hold considerable clout in the running of American politics won’t be happy and may have started pulling strings to torpedo any action in the direction of amendments to the gun laws. But now Obama has spoken and he should not go back: this is his moment, his chance to do something like his great inspiration Abe Lincoln.
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Clash of the titans
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ivalries on the sporting field are not an unusual sight. Be it a clash between India and Pakistan or on similar lines, a match between England and Australia; all these ties have near similar stories to narrate where the adrenal levels are very high. Such encounters, not only have players getting involved in a tussle but many a times sees an active participation from the spectators too. On December 9, Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand was struck by a projectile thrown at him from the crowd during his side’s match against Manchester City. The incident which saw the player bleed, occurred after a late goal by Robin van Persie sealed the match’s fate in United’s favour. While this episode did draw flak from various quarters, it is not the first time something on these lines has occurred. This kind of rivalry not only exists at the international level but is predominant on a much smaller platform, like in our very own Hyderabad. One can witness this even at the collegelevel. A perfect example of this situation is the rivalry which is present between Vignan Jyothi Institute of Technology (VJIT) and Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology (MRCET). While there are many colleges in the city which do maintain a "healthy competition" with the other educational institutions, the tussle which exists among the followers of VJIT and MRCET is something most engineering-going-college-students are aware of. The physical director of VJIT, Ramesh does not mince his words when talking about this rivalry. “In August 2005, VJIT and Malla Reddy College reached the finals of the BSIT (Bandari Srinivas Institute of Technology) cricket tournament. MRCET took the first strike and were dismissed for a paltry score. But
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“Students from MRCET camp circled around VJIT boys in a car. They hooted and made some comments. ”
or Birla Institute of Technology & Science is a deemed university with its first campus in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. The university consists of 15 academic departments with a focus on education in engineering and sciences. BITS Pilani has campuses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (BITS, Pilani-Dubai), Goa, India (BITS-Pilani Goa), Hyderabad, India (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus) and an extension center in Bangalore, India. It is the first Indian institution to set up a campus outside the country.
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Ramesh Physical Director, VJIT
Manchester United’s English defender Rio Ferdinand picks up a coin after being struck by an object thrown from the crowd during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Manchester United. AFP
when our boys went to bat, they crumbled under pressure and we ended up losing the match,” Ramesh said. “While everything went on smoothly, it was after the completion of the match that trouble brewed. Some spectators from
the MRCET camp brought a car onto the field and circled around the VJIT boys. They hooted and supposedly made some comments which did not go down well with the VJIT students and this resulted in a clash between the two colleges,”
the physical director added. “I believe that it was since then that the enmity between these two sides grew further.” Since this incident, there has always a strain in the air when these two sides meet, no matter at which level they clash; it could be the group stage or the final of any tournament, irrespective of the sport. Though there are tense moments when these two sides take on each other, yet both the sides have not accused the other of playing in an unfair manner. They respect each other’s presence. “There is certainly a small amount of rivalry but then all the players play like professional sportsmen,” says Rajgopal, physical director of MRCET.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
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A ROLLICKING DO
Put on your dancing shoes and head to 10 Downing Street to let go and have a blast.
GLITZY AND GLAMOROUS
A NEW BEGINNING
The engagement ceremony of Kashif and Irfana held at Kohinoor Hall, Taj Deccan turned out to be a gala affair with DGP Anwarul Huda, Director of Police Control Services Ahsan Raza, DCP Akun Sabharwal and the Secunderabad MP, Anjan Kumar Yadav joining the celebrations.
International jewellery brand ENTICE made its entry into Hyderabad with an exhibition that was organised at Taj Krishna. Shilpa Reddy and Sherry Zaveri were present at the do.
A NIGHT OF JAZZ
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health
ENERGY DRINKS NO MORE EFFECTIVE THAN COFFEE?
In a new study published in the Nutrition Reviews journal, researchers suggested the main benefit of energy drinks is probably down to a generous dose of caffeine. Earlier this year, a study found that energy drinks have up to 14 times more caffeine than other soft drinks.
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How much dirt do you eat? Eating dirt can become an addiction for quite a few. Such people have an irresistible craving for clay, chalk, cement, bricks or soil and are relieved only after they’ve eaten it, doctors say. DEEPASHRI V
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hen I was browsing the internet randomly, I came across a series of posts called My strange addiction on a TLC site. What immediately caught my eye, partly because I couldn’t believe it, was an addiction to eating dirt. As someone who has always associated addictions with alcohol and drugs, I was curious to know more about this. How can someone eat dirt and get addicted to it? And why? Pica is an eating disorder where people get addicted to eating foods that have no nutritional value. It could range from eating chalk and paint to detergent powder. Geophagy, an addiction to eating dirt, falls under pica disorders. “It is an impulsive control disorder,” said Dr K Siva Prasad, consultant psychiatrist at Vivekananda hospital, Begumpet, and professor of psychiatry at Osmania Medical College. “They have a strong affinity and intense craving (for dirt). When they see it, they can’t control themselves. And they experience relief once they finish.” It is believed that pregnant women in rural Africa deliberately eat clay. The clay there is
said to be rich in nutrients and minerals. There are conflicting reports about the ill effects and benefits of soil nutrients. While some research papers published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information show pregnant women who eat soil regularly had low haemoglobin levels, researches mentioned in the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention indicate that eating soil can build immunity. CDC also mentioned that with the increasing rate of soil pollution, the risk of acquiring infectious diseases is also high.
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Dr Prasad has treated quite a few patients, and said that the most common are the cravings for clay, chalk and slate pencil. “It also affects physical health, not just mental. Most patients will end up with anaemia. It is also stigmatising for them.” He said it could be an isolated disorder, or could be accompanied by other compulsive disorders. Some people have irresistible craving for even cement, bricks and pieces of the wall. “When they realise there is
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something wrong, they try and cover it up. They usually eat it when everyone’s asleep or when they’re alone at home,” said Dr Savita Date Menon, clinical psychologist practicing at Apollo hospital. Dr Savita said the main treatment involves behavioural therapy. Not only in pregnant women, it can even be seen in some children and teenagers. She said it is hard to ascertain the cause. Treatment takes a long period of time and it cannot be done within a few sessions or a month.
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n Geophagy is an addiction to eating dirt.
n People have cravings for soil, clay, chalk, slate pencil and even detergent powder. n In sub-Saharan Africa, it is said to be a common practice for pregnant women to eat clay or soil. n Doctors say geophagy could lead to anaemia in the long run. n Doctors use a combination of medications and behavioural therapy to treat patients who are addicted to eating dirt.
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Leukaemia is a cancer of blood and bone marrow. When a person has leukaemia, the body makes too many white blood cells (leukocytes). There are many kinds of leukaemia. Leukaemias are part of a bigger group of diseases, the blood cancers (hematological neoplasms). Untreated, leukaemia may lead to death within weeks to months. About 90 per cent of all leukaemias are diagnosed in adults.
The colour of your eyes depends on the genes you get from your parents, but at birth most babies appear to have blue eyes due to the pigment melanin. The melanin in a newborn’s eyes often needs time after birth to be fully deposited or to be darkened by exposure to ultraviolet light, later revealing the baby’s true eye colour.
Tarun Mullick is credited with having developed capsule endoscopy. It is a way to record images of the digestive tract for use in medicine. The capsule is the size and shape of a pill and contains a tiny camera. After a patient swallows the capsule, it takes pictures of the inside of the gastrointestinal tract. Its primary use is to examine areas of the small intestine that cannot be seen by other types of endoscopy.
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DISCOVERY
RESEARCH
Congenital heart defects during early pregnancy Researchers from the University of East Anglia found that the beginnings of important parts of the heart can be traced to very early stages of embryo development. They are currently investigating chicken eggs. LONDON: The origins of congenital heart defects could be traced back to the first stages of embryonic development, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that the beginnings of important parts of the heart can be traced to very early stages of embryo development. Biologists investigated chicken eggs at the gastrulation stage — between 12 and 14 hours after fertilisation. They found that some cells would go on to create the anterior and secondary heart fields — after the initial forma-
tion of a primitive linear heart tube. This method of understanding the correlation between the embryonic origin of cells and later stages of development is called ‘fate mapping’. The addition of these early cells to the growing heart is crucial as it allows the heart to develop and form other important structures including the outflow tract. The research is the first to ‘fate map’ the origin of the cells which contribute to the outflow tract in early stage embryos. Many cardiac malformations present in newborns are
“The next step in our research will be to identify the factors, which guide these early cardiac progenitor cells.” associated with the outflow tract and it is hoped that understanding some of the underlying causes may be helpful to affected families. “We were researching chick embryos, but the process of development in humans is very similar. However while the gas-
trulation stage takes place within just a few hours in chicks, it takes a little longer in humans and happens in the third week of pregnancy,” Professor Andrea Munsterberg, from the school of Biological Sciences at UEA, said. “It is likely that what we learn in chick embryos can be applied to human development. The next step in our research will be to identify the factors, which guide these early cardiac progenitor cells to the right place at the correct time,” Munsterberg said in a statement. The study was published in the journal PLOS ONE. PTI
Aerobic exercise makes brain smarter AUCKLAND: The physical benefits of regular exercise are well documented. Now researchers in a New Zealand university say that people who routinely perform aerobic exercises are also smarter than those who do not. Hayley Guiney and Liana Machado from the University of Otago, New Zealand unearthed evidence that highlights the importance of physical activity and its role in improving cognitive function throughout life. A certain amount of mental deterioration is expected with advancing age. But aerobic exercise benefits cognitive function such as switching between tasks, and selective attention and working memory, the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review reports. Review of studies by researchers consistently found that fitter individuals scored better in mental tests than their unfit peers. Scores in mental tests also improved among those who were assigned to an aerobic exercise regimen, compared to those told to do stretch and tone classes, according to an Otago statement. Both the updating of working memory and the volume of information which could be held was better in fitter individuals or those who followed an aerobic exercise regime. IANS
EXERCISE
Climb serially, burn more calories
LONDON: Climbing one step at a time burns more calories than leaping up several stairs, according to scientists from the University of Roehampton. They found climbing five flights of stairs five times a week — an ascent of around 15 metres — burnt an average of 302 calories if the stairs were taken one at a time.
But taking two steps with every stride will only burn 260 calories, they say. Lewis Halsey, senior lecturer in comparative and environmental physiology at the university, said: “We were really interested to find out what expended more energy overall — attacking the stairs two at a time and climbing them quick-
ly, or taking them more sedately one step at a time and reaching the top more slowly,” the Daily Mail reports. “Our study reported the calories burned ascending stairs, the potential weight loss value of climbing stairs if done regularly and frequently during the week, and also the different energy costs of ascending stairs
one step at a time versus two steps at a time. “And our conclusion: it is better to take the stairs one at a time, if you want to burn the most calories.” He added that the greater total energy expenditure of onestep ascents must be partly explained by the fact it takes longer.
But there might be a biomechanical explanation too. Taking the stairs one at a time may result in faster rates of muscle shortening, which increases energy turnover. Previous research from the University of Ulster found office workers who began regularly climbing stairs quickly improved their fitness. IANS
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Entertainment FINISHING TOUCHES
ONGOLE GITHA pushed to January
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am, Kriti Kharbanda-starrer Ongole Githa has been postponed to January. Bhaskar has directed the film and BVSN Prasad has produced it. The film’s shooting has already been completed and the makers were earlier planning to release the film in the last week of December. However, both Bhaskar and BVSN Prasad have decided to spend more time on the post production of the film. “As for #Ongolegitha its been pushed to Jan...our perfectionist Director and Producer together are “Chekkifying” the film.. ;) (sic),” Ram posted on Twitter. Talking about the film, BVSN Prasad said, “The film is a mass entertainer and at the same time, Bhaskar has brought in a lot of family drama. It’ll be in sync with Ram’s onscreen image.” GV Prakash has composed the music and the audio will be launched in the last week of December. Considering that there are quite a few big films lined up for release in early January, Ongole Githa is likely to release in the third week of January.
CINE BYTES Golimaar remix in Rey
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ne of Chiranjeevi’s evergreen hit songs Golimaar from the film Donga is going to be remixed for Sai Dharam Tej’s debut film Rey. Golimaar was inspired by Michael Jackson’s Thriller and is a hit on the internet. The remix version is currently being shot on Sai Dharam Tej and Shraddha Das. Saiyami Kher is playing the lead role and YVS Chowdhary is directing this musical love story.
Ko Antey Koti to release on December 28?
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harvanand, Priya Anand starrer Ko Antey Koti is likely to hit the screens on December 28, if the latest buzz is to be believed. Anish Kuruvilla has directed this crime comedy and Sharvanand has produced it under Sarvaa Arts banner.
In quest of truth
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ilm critic-turned-director Mahesh Kumar Kathi is directing his first feature film titled Reporter. The film, starring Ramki and Chaitra, is about a stringer who’s on the quest for truth. The second schedule of the film was recently wrapped up. G Ramakrishna is producing the film and Dr Joshyabhatla is composing the music.
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SONAM, THE FASHIONISTA
SONAM KAPOOR'S clothes on auction for CHARITY A
ctress Sonam Kapoor, known for her stylish and uber cool dressing, announced on Saturday that she will auction some of her clothes online for charity this Christmas. She will auction her clothes on her friend, stylist Pernia Qureshi's online fashion boutique, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop. The proceeds will go towards Smile Foundation, an NGO which works to support poor children. "Pernia and I wanted to do something for children this season. So we thought it would be great if I give like 50 pieces from my wardrobe and the proceeds go to Smile Foundation," Sonam said. The actress wants this money to be used to provide education to children. "Pernia wanted to associate this with charity and I wanted to do something for education. This will go towards Smile Foundation to educate kids," she said. Sonam has been involved in charitable acts earlier as well. But this is the first time she has announced to give away some of her clothes. "Pernia and me really believe in this. It is a great idea for people to go and check it out. We are waiting for the traffic for all the social networking sites to come there," she said.
Pernia and I wanted to do something for children this season. So we thought it would be great if I give like 50 pieces from my wardrobe and the proceeds go to Smile Foundation. Sonam Kapoor, Actress
CINE BYTES
Neil out of Tamil version of 'David'
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ilmmaker Bejoy Nambiar's bilingual film David was to feature Neil Nitin Mukesh in both Hindi and Tamil versions, but the actor would now be seen only in Hindi. "There are three stories in David, one set in London in 1975 in black-and-white featuring Neil as a gangster. The second story features the Speedy Singhs actor Vinay Virmani in Hindi and Jeeva in Tamil as the respective protagonist," said a source.
Pandit Ravi Shankar was always young at heart: Gulzar
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riter-lyricist Gulzar, who worked with Pandit Ravi Shankar for 1979 movie Meera, remembers the late sitar maestro as an honest person who was young at heart. "I volunteered to travel with him, so we could get the music for Meera ready. Panditji was young at heart and had boundless energy,” he says.
Shah Rukh given brand laureate award in Malaysia
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uperstar Shah Rukh Khan attended Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad's birthday where he was awarded the prestigious Brand Laureate Legendary Award. The 47-year-old actor was given this honour by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation for his contributions to the Bollywood film industry.
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Bieber to release acoustic album
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op sensation Justin Bieber has revealed he will release an acoustic album next month, which will include unplugged versions of some of his hits. The 18-yearold can’t wait for his fans to hear unplugged versions of some of his hits, including Boyfriend and As Long As You Love Me, which will be included on the record, because they sound much more ''intimate''.
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wo hundred eightytwo feature films which are eligible for the 2012 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, were announced on Friday. As opposed to 265 feature films that were in contention in 2011, this year saw an increase. Delhi Safari, Akashathinte Niram and a few Marathi movies made it to the list. Front-runners for the Oscars include Silver Linings Playbook, Argo and Lincoln. Up to 10 of the films meeting the category’s criteria will be nominated for the Academy Awards’ top prize. Nominations will be announced on January 10.
OSCAR RACE BEGINS
Simpson ‘beyond happy’ about pregnancy
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inger Jessica Simpson is thrilled to have another baby on the way. “Jessica wasn’t planning the pregnancy but she’s beyond happy about it. She adores being a mother and she’s always wanted to have a big family so she feels blessed to have another baby on the way,” contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying.
Jamie Foxx gets surprise birthday treat
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ctor Jamie Foxx was treated to a birthday surprise by his relatives and friends earlier this week. The actor went to a restaurant with a friend, but no one was there. The friend then told him he needed to pick someone up at a bowling alley, and Foxx went along. Instead they wound up at a Lower East Side restaurant where, 25 of his friends and relatives were waiting, reports nypost.com.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
Chai Time
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KAKURO How to play kakuro Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column refer-
QUICK CROSSWORD enced by the number. Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so
on... So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run. Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.
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1 Descended on the mother’s side 6 It’s celebrated on the 14th of Adar 11 Make illegal 14 Batman sidekick 15 Deal in stocks 16 Words that end bachelorhood 17 Extremely unsafe thing to be in 19 Prime meridian std 20 ___ de Janeiro 21 Swimmer’s ___ (medical ailment) 22 Dracula portrayer Christopher 23 Gandhi’s title 27 Periodic payment 29 Aussie big bird 30 Word with ‘bug’ or ‘finger’ 32 ‘The First Lady of Song’ Fitzgerald 33 Harbor boat 34 Down off a duck 36 Boston airport 39 On an ocean liner, eg 41 Listed in a complaint 43 Deceive 44 Sponger 46 Small three-masted vessel 48 Boise-to-Bismarck dir 49 Yuletide abbr 51 Congenial
52 Debtor’s ink colour, traditionally 53 Turns away from sin 56 Venture an opinion 58 Potent pub pint 59 Jan’s preceder 60 Ryan of ‘Prelude to a Kiss’ 61 ATM input 62 Spoiler of a child’s child 68 ‘___ about time!’ 69 Subordinate to 70 Place for Don McLean’s Chevy 71 Actor Billy ___ Williams 72 Offensively curious (Var) 73 Washington, but not Washington, DC
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11 Orioles and Cardinals 12 Some Madison Avenue workers 13 Legendary 18 Ruler’s territory 23 Gold or lead 24 Tickle 25 Thing that can destroy one’s budget 26 Saharan antelope 28 Trudge 31 The ‘heel’ of the Arabian Peninsula 35 Change an auction offer 37 Temporary absence of breathing 38 In want 40 High point 42 Take down the tents 45 Pistol, eg 47 Kix and Trix 50 Portable heat source 53 Word with ‘transit’ or ‘fire’ 54 Privileged group 55 A lot 57 Wading bird found in Florida 63 Alumni news word 64 Liquor-free 65 Gabor of ‘Green Acres’ 66 It may be thrown overboard 67 Links prop
Chai Time MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 Thiruvaikumar
STAR POWER for 18-12-2012
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ARIES
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CANCER
LEO
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LIBRA
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You need to adopt a slow-andsteady policy as time is not favourable. Avoid arguments and commitments to anyone. You might raise a loan for an important and essential need. Spouse will be upset due to large influx of visitors.
STRIP TEASE AGNES
Govt-related work will end favourably. Held-up construction work will resume and progress well. Mother's health will improve. Chances of misunderstanding with spouse; exercise patience. Businessmen will introduce special schemes.
You will benefit through foreign contacts. You will purchase new household items, which will make your spouse happy. You will take care of needs of your children. Financial position will improve with increased inflow of money. You will be active.
Some will undertake pilgrimage and happy trips with family. Employees trying to change their job will be successful. Misunderstanding likely between couples and problems arise. Avoid such a situation by maintaining a cordial relationship.
Avoid controversial stand and arguments with anyone. Never disclose your work secrets to a third person as you might land in trouble. Accept an unexpected transfer as it will benefit you in future. A happy atmosphere will prevail at home.
Financial situation will improve gradually for the best. Journey proves beneficial. Newlyweds can expect news of arrival of their offspring. Transfer on cards for govt officials. Good turning point certain for realtors. Self-confidence goes up.
Children will do well in their line of involvement, which will cheer you. Controlling anger and criticising family members will keep the atmosphere at home happy. Businessmen will see profits grow gradually. Respect suggestions of spouse.
You will be active and cheerful. Good news through spouse likely. Some have chances to buy a new vehicle. Your stock is set to pile up. Politicians will be respected by their party men. Women will have long-term wishes fulfilled. Avoid commitments.
Your social status is set to increase and you will gain importance. Plenty of opportunities come your way, which if utilised properly, will result in enormous gain. Good news await you. Business journey undertaken will prove beneficial.
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ARIES:
GEMINI:
The Magician – Intuition is heightened. Romance is in the air and you feel a special connection with someone. You hesitate to open your heart because of fear.
LEO:
The Moon – Your mother’s health needs attention. Do how much you can and don’t get into a guilt trap. You are your own best judge.
LIBRA:
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Ten of Wands – You’re reached the end of a phase of life. Though it has been fruitful, you’re feeling exhausted and need a break before the next project.
SAGITTARIUS:
Page of Wands – You’re in the beginning stages of a fruitful career path. Inquisitiveness and creativity will put you on the right road. Ask lots of questions.
TAURUS:
Eight of Wands – This is a lucky phase when all your plans work out beautifully. You feel wonderful about your current status, personal and professional.
CANCER:
Nine of Swords – Dreams are a window to the subconscious and these days, your dreams are showing you lots of things you might have otherwise not known.
VIRGO:
Seven of Swords – There’s conspiracy, secrecy and lots of difficulty in negotiating large teams. You may not be able to see the big picture and make a wrong move.
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The World – The world is at your feet, and it may be quite literally, too. You may take a long distance trip overseas and it all goes well.
CAPRICORN:
Four of Wands – A job offer or a promotion will take you to the next step in your job. But think about the long term and start planning for the future.
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PISCES:
Five of Pentacles – This is the right time to start planning your finances so you can secure your future and take care of that part of your life.
NUMBER GAME
est – Trust your intuition. It’s giving you right messages and all you need is have the faith that you need to put your feelings above logic this time.
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AQUARIUS: The High Pri-
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You will achieve in all undertaken work. New property purchase likely by selling an existing one. You will be cheerful with the influx of close friends. Your stock is set to pile up. Differences with VIP friends likely. You will get your visas in time.
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Six of Cups – You meet someone from your past and that person will have an important role to play in dictating how your future plans pan out.
NON SEQUITUR
Employees feel happy as their superiors will support them. Some will be happy to get their expected transfer and pay hike. Businessmen will be successful in purchasing machinery and equipments that they wanted to buy to improve business.
SUDUKO
One of your major plans will materialise without a hitch. Your charisma will improve. Marriage talks will end favourably. Bank loan will get sanctioned. Those trying for a job will get favourable news. You will buy jewels and other articles.
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Bradley Cooper’s hair troubles
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Drew to launch beauty collection
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rew Barrymore is set to release a new beauty collection. The actress is launching Flower, an affordable cosmetic brand she co-owns, reports WWD. Barrymore said: “I think, if you really care about things, then you just naturally get involved. I don’t want to sit there and hope it works out. I want to be in the middle, in the mix, making sure it works out.”
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awrence will have her first stint as SNL host on the January 19 episode. She is currently seen in Silver Linings Playbook in a role that has earned her Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. She was nominated for Oscars for her performance in Winter's Bone and had starred in the blockbuster The Hunger
Games. Lawrence will be paired with The Lumineers on the January 19 episode. Also making their first SNL appearance, The Lumineers' self-titled debut album dropped in April. They were just nominated for Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Americana Album. Their single "Ho Hey" has been used in the trailer for Silver Linings Playbook.
ooks like Kat Von D is giving marriage another shot. This time with fiancé Deadmau5. The deejay took to Twitter to ask his inked girlfriend the big question, tweeting: “I can’t wait for Christmas so.... Katherine Von Drachenberg, will you marry me?” and posted a picture of the potential ring, adding in graphics: “Changing the diamond to a black diamond FYI.”
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Entertainment MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 Donald Faison Marries Cacee Cobb fter six years together, A Donald Faison and Cacee Cobb were married Saturday night at the Los Angeles home of his Scrubs co-star Zach Braff. “What a happy day,” tweeted groomsman Joshua Radin, a singer, who posted a photo of himself with Faison and Braff in their tuxedos.
Heigl’s ‘fight’ with Iron Man director
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ctress Katherine Heigl and Iron Man director Jon Favreau knocked off a glass while fighting over a bill. Both insisted on paying the bill, but in their eagerness to pay, accidentally knocked over a glass.
Hudson not fussy about make-up ctress Kate Hudson says A she is a no-fuss woman when it comes to make-up and reveals she does not spend too much time in front of the mirror. She says she is similar to her mother, veteran actress Goldie Hawn. “I just remember seeing her put on makeup fast, and without a mirror, in a car.”
SINGING A NEW TUNE I wanted y'all to know!! Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever. Kelly Clarkson
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elly Clarkson’s wait for a ring is over. “I'M ENGAGED!!!!!” she announced Saturday on Twitter. “I wanted y’all to know!! Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever.” The Grammy-nominated pop star, 30, and freshly minted fiancé Brandon Blackstock, a Nashvillebased talent manager, began dating a year ago. Blackstock is the son of Clarkson’s manager, Narvel Blackstock, who is married to Reba McEntire. Earlier this year, Clarkson joked that she was so happy it was “ruining my creativity” and that she was now “writing all this happy” stuff. The only thing that had been missing, she said in November, was the wedding bling, and even then she was sure it would be arriving. As for her ceremony plans, she told Ellen DeGeneres: “We will totally, probably elope.”
KELLY CLARKSON IS ENGAGED
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WORLD SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Lochte confirms status as short course giant
Calderon sparks Raptors’ win
Ryan Lochte won his fifth and sixth golds at the world short course championships, taking his toll to eight in all for the week and 30 in his career. ISTANBUL: Ryan Lochte (right) won the 100m individual title in 51.21sec ahead of Australia’s Kenneth To with George Bovell of Trinidad in third at the 2012 world short course championships on Sunday. The 28-year-old New Yorker then anchored Matthew Grevers, Kevin Cordes and Thomas Shields to 4x100m medley relay gold in 3min 21.03sec, ahead of Russia and Australia. Lochte had already won the 200m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay and 200m individual medley titles, adding silver in the 200m backstroke and bronze in the 100m butterfly for good measure. He was also the only swimmer to set world records in Istanbul -- in the semi-finals of the 100m medley and final of the 200m medley. Lochte, a five-time Olympic champion, and the heir to the now-retired Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of all time, is the only swimmer in history to win eight medals at the same world short course championships. His career total now stands at 30 medals of which 20 are gold.
Great Lochte giveaway sparked by childhood snub ISTANBUL: Ryan Lochte completed a six-gold dominance of the world short course championships on Sunday before revealing that a childhood snub by a sporting legend inspires him to give away all of his medals. The 28-year-old New Yorker clinched his fifth and sixth gold medals of the week in Istanbul when he won the 100m medley
and anchored the USA’s 4x100m medley relay team to victory. His career short course total stands at 30 medals, including 20 gold. The American’s prowess in the pool in Turkey was matched by his generosity out of the water after he revealed he gives all of his medals away. “I looked up to this Olympian and asked him for an autograph and he said no,” he said.
“I swim in a bunch of races but that’s what I train for. I like change and that’s why I want to do everything,” said Lochte. “For me, this is fun in the sport of swimming. I train for everything. I push my body to limits other athletes are afraid of. That’s why I am able to swim two races in 30 minutes.” The United States ended the five-day championships with 27 medals, 11 of which were gold, ahead of China with 11 medals including three gold. Hungary were third in the table with a 10-medal tally of which three were gold. Russia’s Vladimir Morozov gave notice of the danger he will pose at the Rio Olympics in 2016 when the 20-year-old, Los Angeles-based Siberian won the 50m and 100m freestyle. Morozov defeated France’s Olympic champion in the 50m freestyle in a time of 20.55sec against 20.88sec. In the 100m, his winning time was 45.65sec to finish ahead of Australia’s Tommaso d’Orsogna in 46.80sec. Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh, a multi-medallist in the Olympics and world championships, is still waiting for his first short course title. AFP
TORONTO: Spanish guard Jose Calderon (above in red) scored 18 points, passed off 14 assists and grabbed 10 rebounds to power the struggling Toronto Raptors over the visiting Houston Rockets 10396 in an NBA game Sunday. The Canadian club improved to 6-19 with its second triumph in a row after having lost six games in a row while the Rockets lost for the fourth time in their past six starts, falling to 11-12. Reserve Alan Anderson led Toronto with 24 points while DeMar DeRozan scored 19 points and added seven rebounds for the Raptors. James Harden scored a game-high 28 points for Houston while Marcus Morris added 19 points and Chandler Parson scored 12 points. Omer Asik grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds for the Rockets. AFP
WORLD JUNIOR TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
China make clean sweep of titles
SYED SHOAIB shoaib.s@postnoon.com
HYDERABAD: China yet again completed a sweep of all titles on offer here at the 10th World Junior Table Tennis Championships at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Sunday. Earlier in the week they had won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles. Fan Zhendong overcame a two-game deficit to beat Lin Gaoyuan 4-2 (10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 116, 11-8, 11-4) to claim the boys singles title. Earlier, he had claimed the mixed doubles title too. Second-seeded pair of Fan Zhendong and Liu Gaoyang made a surprising recovery to beat their top-seeded compatriots Lin Gaoyuan and Gu Ruochen 43 (11-6, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8) to take
gold in the boys doubles. Gu Yuting and Zhu Yuling downed Gu Ruochen and Liu Gaoyang 4-3 for the girls’ double gold and the mixed doubles gold went to Fan Zhendong and Liu Gaoyang who beat the Lin Gaoyuan and Gu Ruochen combine 4-3.
RESULTS Junior Boys Final: Fan Zhendong (Chn) bt Lin Gaoyuan (Chn) 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4;Semifinals: Fan Zhendong (Chn) bt Fan Shengpeng (Chn) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 4-11, 11-4, Lin Gaoyuan (Chn) bt Xu Chenhao (Chn) 11-4, 14-12, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 5-11, 11-6. Doubles Final: Lin Gaoyuan/Xu Chenhao (Chn) bt Fan Shengpeng/Fan Zhendong (Chn) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6; Semi-
China’s Yuting Gu and Ruochem Gu battle it out in the girls’ semi-final match in the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Sunday. SRINIVAS SETTY
finals: Fan Shengpeng/Fan Zhendong (Chn) bt Hung TzuHsiang/Lee Chia-Sheng (Tpe) 11-7, 13-11, 13-11, 11-8, Lin Gaoyuan/Xu Chenhao bt Yuto Muramatsu/Asuka Sakai (Jpn)
11-7, 15-13, 11-13, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5. Junior Girls Final: Zhu Yuling (Chn) bt Gu Yuting (Chn) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8;Semifinals: Zhu Yuling (Chn) bt Petrissa Solja (Ger) 12-10, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7, Gu
Yuting (Chn) bt Gu Ruochen 119, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5. Doubles Final: Gu Yuting/Zhu Yuling (Chn) bt Gu Ruochen/Liu Gaoyang (Chn) 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 711, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4; Semifinals: Gu Yuting/Zhu Yuling (Chn) bt Miyu Maeda/Ayuka Tanioka (Jpn) 11-7, 12-10, 11-4, 11-3, Gu Ruochen/Liu Gaoyang bt Irina Ciobanu/Bernadett (Rou) 11-7, 2-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-2. Mixed Doubles Final: Fan Zhendong/Liu Gaoyang (Chn) bt Lin Gaoyuan/Gu Ruochen (Chn) 4-11, 4-11, 12-10, 4-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9; Semifinals: Lin Gaoyuan/Gu Ruochen (Chn) bt Xu Chenhao/Zhu Yuling (Chn) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, Fan Zhendong/Li Gaoyang (Chn) bt Frederick Jost/Petrissa Solja (Ger) 6-11, 13-10, 5-111, 11-1, 8-11, 11-3, 12-6.
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ENGLAND IN INDIA
Eng win series as Test fizzles NAGPUR: England were 240 for three as IJL Trott (left) scored a century in their second innings at lunch on the fifth day of the fourth and final cricket Test against India here today. England are in a good position to seal the first Test series victory in India in 28 years but their paceman James Anderson said earlier they are not taking things for granted and want to negotiate the first session of the final day carefully. England are leading the series 2-1 and a draw result tomorrow will get them a historic series victory. England
will resume their second innings at 161 for three. “There’s still a long way to go in the game. It’s really important start for us tomorrow. The first hour will be crucial. If we can get through that then hopefully we can build a couple of good partnerships throughout the day and make sure the game is safe,” said Anderson Anderson also said that scoring runs on the slow VCA Stadium track in Jamtha won’t be easy tomorrow. “Kohli and Dhoni played extremely well yesterday, but I think we’re in a pretty good position in the game. It’s a
pretty flat pitch and as a seam bowler you have really got to run in and give it everything to try and get anything out of it. I tried to do that yesterday. “Maybe I was feeling a bit tired towards the end of the day, but as soon as we saw an opening to get amongst their batsmen we all tried to pounce on that,” he said. Anderson was asked the incident which the Indians felt it was unsporting on the part of Jonathan Trott, who smacked a ball, which slipped out of Ravindra Jadeja’s hands while bowling, to the boundary ropes. PTI
SRI LANKA IN AUSTRALIA
Australia 1st innings 450 for 5 dec Sri Lanka 1st innings 336 Australia 2nd innings (overnight 27-0) E Cowan b Welegedara 56 Warner c P Jayawardene b Herath 68 P Hughes b Eranga 16 Watson st P Jayawardene b Herath 5 M Wade c Kulasekara b Herath 11 M Clarke retired hurt 57 M Hussey not out 31 Siddle c P Jayawardene b Welegedara 4 M Starc lbw b Welegedara 5 N Lyon b Herath 11 B Hilfenhaus lbw b Herath 0 Extras (lb 10, nb 4) 14 Total (9 wkts) 278 Bowling: Kulasekara 12-3-24-0, Welegedara 22-3-89-3, Dilshan 2-0-2-0, Eranga 11-0-53-1, Mathews 5-2-5-0, Herath 215-2-95-5
HOBART, AUSTRALIA: Sri Lanka will chase 393 runs to win the first Hobart Test after bowling Australia out for 278 on the fourth day on Monday. The Australians finished nine wickets down after captain Michael Clarke retired hurt with an injured hamstring after smashing 57 off 46 balls and injured bowler Ben Hilfenhaus batted despite a side strain. Australia collapsed, losing their last eight wickets for 146, after openers David Warner (68) and Ed Cowan (56) put on 132 for the first wicket. Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath captured five for 95 to lead the Sri Lanka counterattack.
The highest successful run chase in 10 previous Tests at Bellerive was Australia’s 369 for six against Pakistan in 1999. The home side looked to be travelling along nicely going to lunch at 146 for two before it all unravelled in the middle session as they went after quick runs for an apparent innings declaration. Shane Watson went three overs after lunch, going after a referral went against him for a stumping off Herath for five and he was soon followed by Phil Hughes. Hughes, who scored 86 in the first innings, chopped Shaminda Eranga on to his stumps for 16. Matthew Wade, sent in
ahead of Clarke to accelerate the scoring, hit 11 off 14 balls before he holed out to Nuwan Kulasekara at long on off Herath. Clarke went after the runs and reached a whirlwind halfcentury off 43 balls, but he called for the team physio for a right hamstring injury and retired hurt on 57. The wickets kept tumbling and Peter Siddle was brilliantly snapped up by a diving Prasanna Jayawardene off Welegedara for four. The afternoon clatter of wickets was in sharp contrast to the extended morning session when Warner and Cowan were largely untroubled. AFP
BBC AWARDS
Wiggins named Personality of Year LONDON: Tour de France winner and Olympic time-trial champion Bradley Wiggins (right) was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year at a star-studded live ceremony in London on Sunday. The 32-year-old cyclist won ahead of Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, while tennis player Andy Murray, who triumphed at the Olympics and the US Open, came third in the annual public poll, which received 1.5 million votes. “I’m just going to say thank you very much for everyone who picked the phone up and voted,” said Wiggins, who became the first British winner of the Tour de France and took his tally of Olympic gold medals to four at the London Games. What a year.” AFP
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS 330 INDIA 1ST INNINGS 326/9dec ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS (OVERNIGHT SCORE 161/3) AN Cook* c †Dhoni b Ashwin 13 Compton lbw b Ojha 34 IJL Trott not out 106 KP Pietersen b Jadeja 6 IR Bell not out 61 Extras: (b 8, lb 6, nb 6) 20 Total: (3 wickets) 240 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-81 , 3-94 Bowling O M R W I Sharma 15 3 42 0 PP Ojha 31 12 53 1 R Ashwin 28 10 61 1 PP Chawla 14 4 34 0 RA Jadeja 22 12 36 1
DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP
Clarke hurt as Oz bowled out SCOREBOARD
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Schwartzel wins by 12 shots MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel won the Alfred Dunhill Championship by 12 strokes Sunday at the 6,671metre Leopard Creek Estate after shooting a three-under-par 69 on the final day. The 28-year-old ended the tournament with a 24-under-par total of 264, adding to his 11stroke victory at the Thai Championship last week. Schwartzel’s 10-stroke lead from the morning fell to eight when thunder and heavy rain forced a two-hour break until the afternoon at the pristine course on the southern border of the world-famous Kruger National Park.
RANJI TROPHY ROUND-UP Hyderabad 115 and 172 for 7 (Akshath Reddy 49, Ashish Reddy 42, Shami 4-68) lead Bengal 116 (A Das 73, Anwar 544, Ashish Reddy 5-51) by 171 runs Andhra 132 for 4 (Muzumdar 41*) trail Jharkhand 257 (Tiwary 119, Nadeem 51, Sahabuddin 4-39, Vijaykumar 455) by 125 runs Punjab 148 (Rajan 4-29, Pandey 3-63) and 11 for 0 (f/o) trail Madhya Pradesh 323 (Bundela 108, Saxena 84, Sandeep 5-92) by 164 runs Saurashtra 42 for 2 trail Mumbai 606 for 5 dec (Tare 222, Rohit 166, Jaffer 79, Nayar 69*) by 564 runs Rajasthan 56 for 3 (Anureet 218) trail Railways 405 (Shukla 109, Madkaikar 86, Rawat 52) by 349 runs Haryana 271 for 8 (Dewan 93, Joginder 65, Rajpoot 4-66) lead Uttar Pradesh 227 by 44 runs
Tamil Nadu 166 for 6 (Aparajith 62, Prasanna 60*, Vahora 3-23) trail Baroda 208 (Rayudu 54, Vahora 47, Mahesh 5-26) by 42 runs Vidarbha 48 for 0 trail Karnataka 619 for 8 dec (Gautam 257, Rahul 157, Binny 85, Pandey 53) by 571 runs Maharashtra 3 for 0 and 196 (Bawne 58, Narwal 3-35) lead Delhi 193 (Rawal 65, Fallah 567, Dhumal 3-32) Goa 118 for 1 (Asnodkar 64) trail Himachal Pradesh 338 (A Kumar 86, M Sharma 73, Rahul 47, Karanveer 39, Gawas 4-109, Jakati-78) by 220 runs Jammu and Kashmir 85 and 136 for 6 (Ian Dev 52, Yadav 439), Services 221 (Paliwal 120, Sarabjit 40, Dayal 5-71) - scores level Maharashtra 3 for 0 and 196 (Bawne 58, Narwal 3-35) lead Delhi 193 (Rawal 65, Fallah 567, Dhumal 3-32) by six runs
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WELLINGTON STRIKER ALLEGES RACIST FAN ABUSE Wellington Phoenix striker Paul Ifill has accused Adelaide United fans of racially abusing him during his side’s 3-1 loss in the Australian A-League on Sunday. The British-born former Barbados international tweeted his displeasure after the match, saying he was subjected to racial abuse.
PREMIER LEAGUE
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Spurs edge past Swansea The 1-0 win re-launched the challenge for the top-four slots in the tourney. TOM WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur rekindled their push for Champions League qualification by overcoming Swansea City 1-0 on Sunday to return to the Premier League’s top four. Jan Vertonghen (right) claimed the game’s only goal with 15 minutes remain-
Woodwork wins out as West Ham hold West Brom WEST BROMWICH, UK: West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United both failed to reverse disappointing sequences of results after a 0-0 draw between the teams in the Premier League on Sunday. West Brom midfielder James Morrison came closest to breaking the deadlock at The Hawthorns, twice striking the crossbar in the second half, as his side ended a run of three consecutive defeats. The draw left Steve Clarke’s men in sixth place, two points below the top four, while visitors West Ham lie 11th following a run of matches that has seen them pick up just five points from a possible 18.
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ing at White Hart Lane, crisply dispatching a free-kick from Kyle Walker to register his first goal in the English top flight. Walker had come closest to breaking the deadlock in the first half, only for his rasping 25-yard drive to be parried by visiting goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel. Tremmel also denied Jermain Defoe in the closing stages, while injury time saw England midfielder Scott Parker make his first Spurs appearance of the season after a spell on the sidelines with an Achilles problem. Spurs had slipped out of the top four after shipping two late goals in a 2-1 loss at Everton last weekend, and Vertonghen said he was relieved that his side had held firm in the closing stages on this occasion. “(The goal) was at the perfect time,” the Belgian centre-back told Sky Sports. “Swansea play good football, but I think we made lots of chances today. We were strong to the end, because we know what’s happened in six or seven other games.” There were worrying scenes for Swansea in stoppage time when top scorer Michu was pole-axed in a collision with Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
Juve extend lead, Bologna stun Napoli JUSTIN DAVIS Agence France-Presse MILAN: Juventus extended their lead over title challengers Inter Milan to seven points thanks to a 3-0 rout of Atalanta on Sunday as AC Milan continued their Serie A resurgence with a 4-1 defeat of Pescara. Champions Juve held a fourpoint lead going into their 17th match of the campaign but took full advantage of Inter’s 1-0 defeat away to Lazio on Saturday to pull clear of the pack. In Sunday’s late match Napoli spurned the chance to leapfrog Inter into second place
Mourinho surrenders title
TIM HANLON Agence France-Presse
MADRID: With Real Madrid trailing La Liga leaders Barcelona by 13 points, Jose Mourinho (left) admitted Sunday that the title race is over. While Barcelona kept up their prolific form with their 15th win in 16 games by beating second-place Atletico Madrid 41, Mourinho’s stuttering Real could only draw 2-2 against lowly Espanyol.
“The league is now impossible,” said Mourinho. “It is the first time that I have been in a situation like this where my team are a long way off their objectives. “Thirteen points is too big a gap to overcome but what we have to do is go out and play each game. We shouldn’t be thinking about who is first, second or third. We have to be stronger. I don’t want to make a drama out of it, I will treat it as another stage of my life,” he adde.
Results on Sunday
Real Zaragoza 0 Levante 1 (Santos 19) Valencia 0 Rayo Vallecano 1 (Dominguez 83-pen) Real Madrid 2 (Cristiano Ronaldo 45+1, Coentrao 48) Espanyol 2 (Sergio Garcia 31, Albin 88) Barcelona 4 (Adriano 36, Busquets 45, Messi 57, 88) Atletico Madrid 1 (Falcao 31)
BRIEFS Corinthians clinch Club World Cup title
Wilshere prepared to extend Arsenal contract
PSG eye silverware to match financial might
Stevens replaced as Schalke coach
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: Brazilian giants Corinthians won the Club World Cup in Japan on Sunday, overcoming European champions Chelsea 1-0 in a closely-fought encounter. Striker Guerrero got the goal as the Sao Paulo club secured their second intercontinental title — they won the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000.
LONDON: Jack Wilshere has given Arsenal a timely boost by revealing that he is in talks about signing a new contract with the club. The London side were eliminated from the League Cup by fourth-tier Bradford City on Tuesday and have fallen well off the pace in the Premier League ahead of Monday’s trip to Reading.
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s quest for a first Ligue 1 title in 19 years continues after Montpellier upstaged the newly-rich capital club to claim a surprise maiden championship in 2012. Backed by the considerable wealth of Qatar Sports Investments, last season was supposed to represent a changing of the guard.
BERLIN: Schalke 04 have sacked coach Huub Stevens after their 3-1 defeat to Freiburg left them with two points in their last six Bundesliga games, the club announced on Sunday. In a statement, the club said Stevens has been ‘sent on leave with immediate effect’ and there will be a press conference in Gelsenkirchen.
Champions Juve held a four-point lead going into their 17th match but took full advantage of Inter’s 10 defeat away to Lazio. after two late goals gave Bologna a shock 3-2 away win. Montenegrin striker Mirko Vucinic (top) opened the scoring for Juve with barely 90 seconds on the clock, and midfield veteran Andrea Pirlo doubled the hosts’ lead on the quarter-hour with a sublime, curling freekick. Claudio Marchisio made it three for Juve with a low drive from the edge of the area after latching on to Sebastian Giovinco’s squared pass. Atalanta’s Thomas Manfredini was red carded for a second bookable offence just before the half hour after a rash challenge on defender Giorgio Chiellini, and although they battled there was no way back for the Bergamo side. Despite the growing gap, Juve coach Antonio Conte remained cautious: “It was a good result for us against a difficult team, but the season is far from over.