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The loneliness of a state A cerebral game that originated in India, chess can enhance brainpower in the young. And yet, this brilliant game is treated shabbily by the AP government and academia. Several prospective Viswanathan Anands in the City wilt unsung due to crass apathy to the game.

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GAUTAM KUMAR HITS BACK Principal secretary of home department (police), P Gautam Kumar, has told Postnoon that he did not expect the State government to follow the CAT orders. P6

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SCHOOLS SHUT AS RTE PROTESTS HIT Most schools and colleges in the City remained shut today following the State-wide bandh call given by the ABVP and AISF. The bandh is to protest the non-availability of textbooks, delay in the implementation of 25 per cent reservation under RTE, hike in tuition fees by private schools and Vande Mataram page being deleted from textbooks. P5

Thirty-seven years ago on this day, Jaws, the film, was released. It was a film that signalled the advent of the age of the summer blockbuster. It is also infamous for giving the Great White shark its nasty reputation. So don your scuba gear and take a dive with us as we swim with nature’s most fearsome predators.

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FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT! SRINIVAS SETTY

Hyderabad Library services Library and librarian services offered to members and groups (institutions) at `3,650 per year (per member). It covers study, career, competition, business of research. Welcome to APSET enrolled. Where: Hyderabad library services, Sagar View Complex When: June 9 to July 8, Contact: (040) 2322 2247, 94412 37751

One world On the occasion of World Music Day, AP Tourism presents One World Fusion Extravaganza featuring a number of artistes. Where: Shilpakala Vedika, Madhapur When: June 21, 6.30pm onwards

Buy art Iconart Art Gallery as a part of its Buy Art initiative is hosting an exhibition featuring abstract art, sculptures and paintings. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing, 11.30am onwards Contact: 98499 68797

Japanese food fest Take a trip to Tokyo as you relish authentic Japanese cuisine. This Japanese food festival is on till June 24. Where: Ohriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Far East, Banjara Hills When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 2330 2200

Sommer Vorm Balkon Sommer Vorm Balkon, a movie, which focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin will be shown on June 22. Where: Goethe-Zentrum. Nampally When: June 22, 6pm onwards Contact: (040) 2335 0443

Classical dance Mitra- a solo Bharata Natyam dance-hymn to friendship featuring Ramaa Bharadvaj will be presented at Ravindra Bharati. Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad When: June 21, 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2323 1245

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Fete de la musique, a musical event is being held on the occasion of World Music Day. Where: Alliance Francaise, Banjara Hills When: June 21, 6pm onwards Contact: (040) 2335 0443

on display at Iconart Gallery. The exhibition will be on display till June 20. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: 98499 68797

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Madhubani workshop

The play is a story of a woman who is confined to her house by her husband. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: June 22, 7.30pm onwards Contact: 964273 1329

Movie time A fantasy film based on an old Chinese legend about an herbalist who falls in love with a 1,000-yearold white snake, disguised as a woman, titled The sorcerer and the white snake will be shown on June 20 Where: Sri Sarathi Studio, Ameerpet When: June 20, 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2373 2050

Abstract landscapes A painting exhibition by artist Bhaskar Rao B titled A leaflet and a drop will be

The YMCA Secunderabad is hosting a madhubani painting workshop. The workshop is being felicitated by an artist from Madhubani. A part of the fees earned will be used to train underprivileged women. Where: YMCA Secunderabad, West Marredpally When: June 18-June 29 Contact: 98490 07736, 99595 57183

Chai pakoda Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monsoon. How we love to sit by the window sill, with a plate of hot pakodas and some chai. Arena at Taj Deccan brings that feeling to you every evening 3pm-7pm. Where: Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: Ongoing, 3pm to7pm Contact: (040) 6666 393

Vision of blue gold Vision of blue gold, an exhibition of

paintings by Pranay will be on display at Muse Art Gallery. Where: Muse Art Gallery, Lower Tank Bund When: Ongoing, 11.30am onwards Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Tradition and innovation An interesting display of works which are a combination of tradition and innovation is being held. Where: Salarjung Museum, Afzal Gunj When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 24521 152

Friends with bird Friends with bird, a patining exhibition by artist Pallavi Wallunj is being held. Where: Colours Art Gallery, Chikoti Gardens, Begumpet When: Ongoing, 10am-7pm Contact: 93470 01275

No Jazz No Jazz, a funky, rocking Parisian electro-jazz five-piece dance band. The band mixes the original celebratory spirit of jazz with hypnotic rhythms and contemporary sounds. Where: Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: June 25, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 6652 3939

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NEWS BRIEFS Foetus found in bin

he Humayun Nagar police found a foetus discarded in a dustbin in Kailashnagar on Tuesday. It was wrapped in clothes and appears to be female. The incident came to light when the municipal sanitation employees detected it and informed the police. The police moved the foetus to the OMC mortuary.

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Amils feel the heat of public ire CRIME Mohd Subhan mohd.s@postnoon.com

nder pressure from locals, the South Zone police chief Akun Sabharwal, has resorted to an unconventional method to tame the growing nuisance of black magicians in the City. Sabharwal, deputy commissioner of South Zone has drawn up a list of the most ossified

among the sorcerers to tell them to relocate to the outskirts as people are agitated against the magicians’ continuance. The reason for his ‘social action’ is the recent dharna staged by local people before the Moghalpura police station, asking the police to evict the witch Nagin. Elsewhere in the City, police are being requested to shift residences of black magicians for their dark deeds and exploiting the naïve. The police believe some 250300 sorcerers (Amils) live and

practise in the Old City. Of them, a dozen or a little more, are the whales that earn big and have influence. Samah Chaush of Moghalpura, Krishna Devi aka Nagin of Sultanshahi, and Jahangir of Talabkatta are some of them. They earn a good sum and indulge in quackery and witchcraft, it’s alleged. Many complaints of duping the unwary have been lodged against them in different police stations, Sabharwal said. “We arrest them but they come out on bail and restart

their activities,” explained the DCP. He said officers at the senior level too feel that some strong measures like relocating them to outskirts is necessary to curb the cheating of the credulous. Wherever they choose to go, they must however report periodically to the nearest police station, he said. Nagin’s case is turning out to be curious, said the DCP. She has two passports, one on her original name and another in the name of Tahera Begum. It has been sent for verification.

house was found burgled and valuables stolen in Teachers’ colony of Bowenpally area on Tuesday. The police said the house belonging to Mohan Reddy was broken into during the day while the couple had gone to work. Burglars evidently used a master key to unlock the house, police said. Six tolas of gold and some cash were stolen.

Man attacks brother

rishna attacked his step-brother Venkatesh, his wife Vimla and their children on Monday night at Addagutta under Tukaram gate police station limits. Both brothers were living in one house, but Krishna wanted the house for himself and frequent quarrels ensued. On Monday a drunk Krishna allegedly attacked the family.

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There are laws in place, but the implementation is lax and all know the reason: massive corruption that goes on. Life is cheap for the corrupt, so say the cognoscenti

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There are laws in place, but the implementation is lax and all know the reason: massive corruption that goes on. Life is cheap for the corrupt, so say the cognoscenti. “Many of the private buses are operated under the patronage of the bigwigs in either bureaucracy or politics or business. They influence the department officials and get the operators off the hook. In most instances drivers are not even well trained or experienced to handle a heavy vehicle like luxury bus. When an accident takes place, the first report is prepared by the RTA officials and then it goes to the police department. Unfortunately, more often than not, RTA reports are doctored to save the private operators. In some cases, even if the facts are presented well, no action is taken by the police or traffic department against the operators and the drivers get away with small fines,” said a retired

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Dalit body demands that DK Aruna be ousted

ondemning the attack on Nagarkurnool MP Manda Jagannatham, Jai Bheem Youth Association (JBYA) has demanded that the chief minister remove the information and public relations minister DK Aruna from his Cabinet immediately. JBYA founder president M Srihari Madiga has dubbed Aruna as anti-Dalit and said that it was shameful on her part to resort an attack on Dalit MP who was continuously fighting for the sake of separate Telangana. He said that Jagannatham had faced heart problem while reacting harshly on the statement of finance minister Pranab Mukherji on the Telangana issue. Dubbing Aruna as antiTelangana, he demanded that the CM remove her from his Cabinet to protect the self respect of the Dalits and values of the Constitution. He demanded that Aruna should tender an apology immediately, and added that otherwise the JBYA will take up a State-level agitation against her to make her tender apologies to Jagannatham. He said that even CPI State secretary K Narayana tendered an apology after making indecent comments against Dalit minister Dr J Geetha Reddy. NSS

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Tackle T-pot, Jagan mania, splutters Cong PK Surendran surendran.pk@postnoon.com

he Congress can no longer sweep the problems of the party in Andhra Pradesh under the carpet. It has to tackle the Telangana issue and Jaganmohan Reddy before it is too late, senior Congress leaders have begun to think. Or else, the desertion from the Congress camp to YSRC and TRS would begin and the tide would turn to a flood soon. The shocking debacle of the party in the 18 Assembly seats and 1 Lok Sabha seat of the justconcluded by-elections has jerked many from somnolence. Minor irrigation minister TG Venkatesh, who is in Delhi to represent problems of Rayalaseema people, has been clear and vocal in his stance that the time had come for the party to take a stand. He agrees that the situation was complicated by the union minister P Chidambaram who, jumping the gun last year, declared formation of Telangana. The Party in-charge of AP

affairs took a diametrically opposite view soon after stating that a consensus was needed for it and played the Muslim card at the end. All these, like the proverbial too many cooks spoiling the broth, messed up the issue beyond recognition. “The time has come for the Centre to take a final decision on the statehood issue,” said Venkatesh. And he hinted that his view is representative among many Congress leaders and ministers. Some are articulating it but some keep counsel to themselves. However, the feel-

ing is strong. Similarly, former minister and a staunch critic of the CM, Shanker Rao is vocal in his demand that the high command must go in for an overhaul in the state leadership as it is unable to untangle many knots including the T-pot and Jagan mania. “What really bothers is the question of Hyderabad,” said a senior minister sincerely but off the record. “Neither Andhra nor Telangana would be complete without Hyderabad. And T-state would starve if it does not get Hyderabad. But the City is unlikely to go for Telangana as it yearns for a global status where its identity would be on par with the best metros of the world. It would rather demand statehood.” Somewhat similar is the sentiments the Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen (MIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi too has expressed when he says people’s consent has to be obtained about the future of Hyderabad. All, however, agree that time is running out. This was not the situation a year ago when negation ruled the Congress politics.

Where is the seized cash for vote? While electoral officers vow they follow rules, the experienced in the game have a different story to tell Rahul Ramakrishna rahul.r@postnoon.com

he fate of cash, liquor and other valuable assets seized during the recent by-elections is shrouded in mystery and doubt. Over `40 crores in cash and 1.74 lakh litres of liquor were seized by the election commission’s surveillance teams while they were allegedly being distributed to voters. Additional chief electoral officer, Venkateshwar Rao explains, “We deploy surveillance teams comprising of police, revenue and excise personnel. When a person is caught with cash or liquor and cannot produce a proof, an FIR is filed against him. The money is handed over to the Income Tax department, which is accounted to the government during the assessment year (a financial period occurring every six months) after the case is finalised,” he said. “The same with the liquor or jewellery or other domestic gifts like TV sets, cycles etc that are seized by the excise department.

ACCORDING TO AN RTI QUERY, IT WAS REVEALED THAT OF THE 78 INSTANCES OF CASH SEIZURE DURING THE MAHBUBNAGAR BY-ELECTIONS IN MARCH THIS YEAR, ONLY ONE CASE WAS BOOKED.

They are preserved during the case hearing in courts as material objects of proof. If a person were to provide the proof of money, liquor etc it is remitted to them after a formal record is made,” he added. While the stipulated procedure may sound fair enough, many veterans in this game say it’s not always so. Senior BJP leader, K Lakshman, for instance, said, “While the procedure sounds fair, there is no record on what happens when money is kept in custody for court judgement. For the entire amount to be intact is improbable, therefore it cannot be

denied that some losses occur generally down the many levels of bureaucracy.” Another leader, seeking anonymity, says it is much like transmission loss of electricity department. While the legitimate loss is miniscule it balloons in the process when many under the patronage of the electricity department spirit it away. An RTI query on the money seized during the campaign during the Mahbubnagar by-election in March says that out of 78 instances of cash seizure, only one case was booked. And, of the total amount of `2 crore seized, `1.7 crore was returned. The electoral officers say it is done after verification of the documents on the source of money. What’s the truth? Public ask.

Schools remain shut due to ABVP bandh Sudeshna Koka sudeshna.k@postnoon.com

ost schools and colleges in the City remained shut today following the Statewide bandh call given by the ABVP and AISF. The bandh is to protest against the non availability of text books, delay in the implementation of 25 per cent reservation under right to education, hike in tuition fees by private schools and college and the Vande Mataram page being deleted from the class III, VI and VII text books. Rama Krishna, national executive member ABVP told Postnoon, “Private schools and colleges have hiked the tuition fees and we are against it. They are charging enormous amounts of money and that needs to be curbed. All schools and colleges should have a common fee slab. Also, the new academic year began a week back, but the text books have not been distributed yet. Another important reason for the protest is the deletion of Vande Mataram from textbooks.” Most schools and colleges in

the City sent a text message to parents informing them about today’s bandh. A few schools however, continued to function as usual. “It’s been a week and we are teaching students without text books. Five students are sharing one textbook. Also deleting Vande Mataram is very unethical. This is the age when we nurture students with values. As much as we support the cause of the bandh, we cannot shut down the schools,” said Sowmya, principal, Daffodil Public School. Over 3 lakh students are appearing for their SSC supplementary examination today, which started as per schedule. However, it may get disrupted later in the day. “We have sent out men and will forcefully shut down all the institutions that are functioning. Also we will protest outside each district education office and a dharna will be staged outside the school education department,” Rama Krishna. Parents are worried the bandhs will affect their child’s education. “Looks like it’s a challenge to get our children educated in Andhra Pradesh. Last year T agitation and this year something else. It’s barely been a week and the bandhs have stared,” fumes K Shailaja , a parent.

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Mis’guided’ students dump texts Sudeshna Koka sudeshna.k @postnoon.com

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BEEN CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE STATE ASKING STUDENTS TO NOT RELY ON GUIDE BOOKS BUT TO STUDY FROM TEXT BOOKS INSTEAD. THEY HAVE ALSO SENT CIRCULARS TO COLLEGES URGING THEM TO NOT DEPEND ON STUDY MATERIAL

overnment college students put up a good show in the examinations, while many of those who failed were students from private colleges. Those who failed must have gone by the study material prepared by the college, without reading the text book,” minister for education, K Parthasarathi, had said after the results of this year’s second year intermediate physics examination had been released. Incidentally, a shocking 3 lakh students had failed the examination. This is the harsh reality of Andhra Pradesh. In fact, so high is the dependency on study material that the sales of text books has been dipping in the last few years. Colleges too are busy producing their own study material, guide books and all-in-ones. At the beginning of each academic year, students are expected to buy text books. But in our State where most students choose to study in corporate colleges, students are supplied with study material, that act as alternatives to

text books. “We were asked to buy the study material published by our college. This book has all the information in a question and answer format. Hence, we don’t find the need to buy text books. In fact, both in my first and second year, I did not buy textbooks except for mathematics,” said Vikyath A, a corporate college student. These study materials have all the information and students directly prepare from these as it reduces half their work of writing

and preparing answers. A few months before the exams they buy all-in-one books. Studying from text books is no longer a criterion for corporate colleges. “Corporate colleges have their own books and there is absolutely no need for text books. The study material has everything that the text books do along with questions and answers. For parents to buy both the study material and textbooks is a burden, so they just buy the study material,” said a chemistry teacher who works with a

‘Govt may not follow CAT’s orders about Dinesh Reddy’ Inkeshaf Ahmed ahmed.m@postnoon.com

rincipal secretary of Home Department (Police), P Gautam Kumar, whose contention against the appointment of Dinesh Reddy as DGP led to the CAT setting aside Reddy’s appointment yesterday, told Postnoon that he did not expect the State government to follow the CAT orders. A visibly moved senior officer countered, “Do you expect the State government to follow the CAT orders? It will never do that. When it had violated the orders of Supreme Court of India, Union government and constitutional agencies in recruitment of present DGP,

how can we expect it?” Gautam Kumar said. When asked what would be his next course of action in the wake of CAT’s directions, Gautam Kumar shot back, “What would I do? When the government itself is meting out injustice.” Earlier, Kumar had also challenged the appointment of K Aravinda Rao as DGP before the CAT the appointment and got an order in his favour in May last year. However, the government secured a stay order on CAT’s directions from AP High Court allowing Aravinda Rao to continue as DGP. This time, the State government is expected to take a similar action.

corporate college, on conditions of anonymity. Incidentally, this college sends several students to prestigious institutions like IIT each year. Ironically, most of the students from this college failed their physics exam this year. This dip in sales of text books has book shop owners complaining. “These days the sales of first hand text books have come down. Students prefer second hand textbooks. Unlike before, these days children are buying text books only towards the end of the year before the Eamcet exams,” says Kashif Mohammed, owner, Book

Paradise. Padma Shrivastav, faculty at Gowtham Junior College, blames the recent bandhs as the main reason for more demand of these books over text books. “Last year, we did not have enough time to finish the syllabus. The standard of these books are good plus they are easy to study, especially for students who are below the average grade. However, this method of studying is bad, especially for students who would be attempting competitive exams.” The Telugu academy, which publishes the intermediate text books, also strongly believes that this method of studying will do more harm than good. “For the last few months, we have been campaigning across the State and are requesting students not to depend on guides but text books instead. We are spreading the word even amongst colleges and parents and have even sent out circulars for the same,” said K Yadagiri, director, Telugu Academy. This is the fate of most students whose results depend on study material and spoon feeding, than understanding and reproducing subject knowledge.

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Top cop Umesh Kumar suspended

he government has issued orders suspending senior IPS officer Umesh Kumar. The officer against whom a local court has issued a non bailable warrant has been absconding. When the police went to his house, they were told that his whereabouts were not known. Meanwhile, on a petition moved by him, the High Court has stayed the NBW issued and directed him to appear before the trial court by June 25. However, as the officer has been absconding from

his duties, the government has suspended him on disciplinary grounds. Umesh Kumar is facing charges of forging the signature of MP MA Khan to make some serious allegations against DGP Dinesh Kumar. The letter written to the union home department was purported to have been written by the MP. However, when the officials of the department referred the matter to the MP, it became known that it was a forged letter. NSS

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Leaning towards danger The City has many dangers lurking around when it comes to the monsoons. In many areas, electricity poles can be seen leaning at dangerous angles that could prove fatal to passersby SRINIVAS SETTY

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s rains continue to lash the City, a sense of relief can be felt among the citizens. But besides the contentment of finally being able to smell the wet mud in the air, the City has to jostle with other problems which effect it like a plague. From problems regularly associated with monsoon such as water clogged roads and constant interruptions in power supply, the residents also have to tackle a far more dangerous problem — that of dangling electrical poles which can prove to be fatal. That the electrical wires are dangling, is not new. Now, even the electrical poles aren’t at a 90 degrees angle, it’s as though someone has pulled them out of the ground and reinstalled them. This can be seen at several places including main roads. With heavy winds and rain, many a hoarding have been pulled down, and the electrical poles aren't strong enough to withstand the wind. One of the prominent places where the electrical poles represent the Leaning Tower of Pisa, is Jubilee Hills. On Road number 13, Jubilee Hills, beside Indus Early Learning Centre, there is an electrical pole that is leaning onto a wall. It seems as if it is going to fall at any moment and has been in the same position even before the monsoons set in. In the same area, on Road number 36, in front of Gautier showroom, there is a leaning electrical pole, with even lower dangling wires. In fact, here there is even a tea stall beside it and hundreds of people come

Women oppose new liquor policy Several HYDERABAD: women’s organisations including AIYF activists organised a rally opposing the new excise policy announced by the State Government. The organisations conducted a rally from Himayathnagar Chourastha to Narayanaguda Chourastha on Tuesday and burnt an effigy of the State government. Speaking on this occasion, the leaders alleged that the government, which assured to ban the liquor in a phased manner, was increasing the liquor shops indiscriminately. They said that the new excise policy will help to increase the number of belt shops. They warned the State government that they will intensify the agitation if it failed to withdraw the GO issued on new excise policy immediately. NSS

through during the day, escalating the danger further. Sadly, nothing has been done to rectify the problem. If these electrical poles fall, they can be hazardous, and the level of casualty can be huge. Not just Jubilee Hills, but this problem can be seen in several other areas. Many areas have recorded people suffering from

shocks due to contact with dangling wires from leaning poles. When we contacted the Jubilee Hills corporator, M Laxmi Bai, she refused to speak to us stating that she was out of town. The apathy to such an issue only shows how much the GHMC cares for it’s citizens.

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City checkmates chess enthusiasts A cerebral game that originated in India, chess can enhance brain power in the young. And yet, this brilliant game is treated shabbily by the AP government and academia. Several prospective Viswanathan Anands in the City wilt unsung due to crass apathy to the game

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hess players in the City suffer a shameful neglect. It is not that the game is not given its rightful place. It's not even being encouraged while it costs virtually nothing to do so. Look at the tell-tale signs of this apathy towards the game. A flyer released in the wake of a forthcoming chess tournament in the City requested the participants to bring their own chess sets and timer clocks! Chess academies continue to mint money in the name of tournaments that are devoid of all amenities, including the basic gear for the game. This is not a fresh case of bureaucratic and academic indifference to the game. Chess has not been allocated a single penny in the State’s sports budget for the last five years! The reason being that it is not an Olympic game as it does not involve any physical activity. Prashant Narayan, a chess player, says, “Most of these tournaments do not follow a systematic game sequence. Classical

Chess promotes the skill of streamlining one’s thought processes that is required for business modelling and strategics. It is a practical mechanism that aids in this skill. Why chess is not promoted in the State is because parents choose IIT training and tuition over chess coaching. They do not recognise its importance in the long run. Praveen B Vudoagiri, educationalist at Creya Learning Centre

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games are not given importance anymore as the tournament is decided based on blitz and bullet games.” Players and chess coaches in AP look at neighbouring states wistfully. While the state governments of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have made chess a compulsory subject in their school curricu-

Chess has been proven to increase dendrite formation in nerve cells. Studies claim that chess players have significant amount of brain activity that stimulates both halves of the brain, leading to increased dexterity and mental performance. Memory retention is one of chess’ advantages, both on the board and off. Recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine, indicate that chess players are less prone to Alzheimers’ disease and dementia. Playing chess also improves IQ significantly thereby enhancing brain power and an increase in problem-solving, reading, and concentration skills.

lum, AP has done nothing of the sort. Tulasi Ram Kumar, a rated chess player says, “We are amazed at the kind of amenities provided to us at tournaments in other states. Andhra Pradesh lags

far behind in doing so. As if this was not enough, there is too much importance being given for half-hour and 15-minute games to wrap up the tournament early. Players too find this as an option to bag cash prizes easily. This is

perhaps one reason why players from other states are not interested in participating here.” SAAP’s indifference towards the game has left players high and dry. Even as the nation celebrates Vishwanathan Anand's consistent hold over the world championship, Andhra Pradesh is yet to give importance to this game. The fact that not a single penny has been allocated for chess speaks volumes about the authorities’ attitude towards games. Many representations and even private meetings made with the sports minister, Vatti Vasanth Kumar have given our players a taste of ministerial checkmate.

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tating that the recent byelection results seem to be in favour of separate Telangana, the minor irrigation minister TG Venkatesh has opined that the issue of division has come to a final stage now. The minister said that the Seemandhra leaders have no enmity with the TRS, Telangana Congress and Telangana TDP leaders. “It is not a war to have enmity”, he said. He opined that the leaders were fighting, following their own party lines, and there was no question of enmity. He said that Rayalaseema

Hakkula Porata Samithi has been fighting for development of Rayalaseema, Samaikyandhra and to see that all people lead honourable life. He said that the issue of division of the State was in the final stage. Rayalaseema region had been deceived two

times already and the people of the region were not ready to get deceived for the third time. He said that the Congress high command has to reveal its stand first to the Rayalaseema leaders on division of the state to explain to their people. All political parties except the Congress have taken a decision with regard to division of the State, He hoped that the Congress will take a decision soon. He said that he had a doubt on the party high command that it may take a decision in favour of separate Telangana. He requested the high command to convey the decision to the Rayalaseema leaders first. NSS

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he review meeting organised by the ministers to discuss the preparatory measures to be taken for the Bonalu festival was marred by uproarious scenes. The minister for major industries J Geetha Reddy, the minister for marketing Mukesh Goud and the minister for endowments Ramachandraiah attended the meeting which was arranged in Jubilee Hall. The committee members of the local temples created a ruckus saying that proper sanitation was not being maintained at the temples. They

demanded the government take all the required steps to avoid any inconvenience to the devotees. They expressed strong displeasure over the arrangements made for the festival last year. With this, tension prevailed at the meeting for some time. They charged the government with showing discrimination towards temples. The ministers assured them that all facilities would be provided. Golkonda bonalu festival will be held on June 21. It marks the starting of the festival in the City. Secunderabad Mahankali Ujjaini bonalu would be on July 7 and 8. Laldarwaja Simha Vahini Ammavari Bonalu will be held on July 17 and 18. NSS

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K Sandhya Reddy, president and women entrepreneurs on EM1, EM2, sales tax registration, power connection, pollution control, bank loans and PAN cards. The service is offered for free to women and for men there is a fee of `1,000,” said Sandhya Reddy. The organisation has a tie-up with SBH and SBI to offer loans for prospective entrepreneurs. “The banker should get convinced with the business plan. If the entrepreneur can invest 10-15 per cent for the small businesses, the rest can be availed as a bank loan without collateral security up to `10 lakhs. There is also CGTMSE scheme where in the prospective entrepreneur can avail a loan up to `1 crore without a collateral security,” she said. COWE has built an engineering park at Medchal and is providing infrastructure facilities like ATMs, common test and design centre for its 22 members. It also has plans to build a food cluster.

G20 agrees with India on key to growth LOS CABOS (MEXICO): G20 nations, comprising the world’s leading and emerging economies, concluded a muchwatched meeting at this Mexican resort with an endorsement of the Indian stand that investment in infrastructure was critical for sustained growth, global economic recovery, poverty reduction and job creation. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been pushing for long-term access to funds for infrastructure for developing countries. India has said it needs at least $1 trillion in the next five years in infrastructure funding. He also has maintained that fiscal prudence and austerity in debt-laden countries must be matched by measured fiscal

expansion by surplus nations. This was endorsed by the leaders, that included US President Barack Obama, German President Angela Merkel, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Russian President

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LOS CABOS, MEXICO: France’s President Francois Hollande suffered a sense of humour failure at the G20 summit in Mexico on Tuesday after a cheeky British attack on his tax policies turned into a political row back home. Prime Minister David Cameron triggered the spat on Monday, when he boasted Britain was preparing to welcome an exodus of French high-earners fleeing Hollande’s plan to impose a 75 per cent tax rate on top salaries. Downing Street said the offhand comment, delivered to business leaders at an address before the start of the G20 talks in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos was meant “partly in jest,” but it caused a storm in France. Both nations have a history of sparring at global events, and Cameron also had some encounters with Hollande’s predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy over eurozone financial policy.

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re you a prospective woman entrepreneur? Do you want to seek information about building a business? Here is an organisation to hold your hand and walk with you in the process. Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) started in November 2004 for social and economic upliftment of women through entrepreneurship. The organisation conducts training programmes, helps in getting licences and loans for the businesses and also provides infrastructure and support in marketing the product. “We conduct five week EDP programme, where we discuss about project ideas, statutory requirements. This is also a platform for a prospective entrepreneur to interact with the banker about loan options. “We also conduct a 2-3 week skill development programme wherein the entrepreneur can gain skills like jute bags manufacturing, chocolate making, flower arrangement and printing. The organisation will also conduct a food entrepreneurship development programme annually for food-related sectors with collaboration with the central government,” said K Sandhya Reddy, president, COWE. The organisation helps with marketing of the business by providing information about various national and international exhibitions. It conducts trade carnival exhibition annually where in members of the organisation can

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Vladimir Putin, in a document that is formally called the G20 leaders’ declaration. “Investment in infrastructure is critical for sustained economic growth, poverty reduction and job creation,” the declaration said, adding the recommendations made by multilateral development banks in this regard must be implemented. “The Los Cabos Declaration fully reflects our initiative that investment on infrastructure in developing countries can play a major role in strengthening development and in stimulating global recovery,” Manmohan Singh said, reacting to the document. “The declaration indicates that multilateral development

banks should be strengthened for this purpose. We would work with G-20 countries to transform their commitment to specific action.” In his address during the plenary, Manmohan Singh said with developing countries such as India already facing serious problems due to the negative impact of the global economic crisis, funds for growth was getting scarce. “Infrastructure investment in developing countries assumes special importance in this context. It lays the foundation for rapid growth in the longer term, while providing immediate stimulus for their economies and also for the global economy, by providing a robust source of demand,” he said.

“India’s contribution reflects our recognition that as a responsible player in the global community, we must play our part. The amount we contribute is entirely liquid, in the sense that the Fund assures contributors that it will be available whenever needed. It will, therefore, continue to form part of our reserves,” Manmohan Singh Prime Minister

CLUELESS Traders in the JPMorgan unit behind a $2 billion loss had no understanding of the risks they took, CEO Jamie Dimon said when US lawmakers on Tuesday grilled regulators who said there were supervisory flaws but no threat of “contagion” to other banks.

BIG BID Low-cost airline Ryanair plans to make a 694-millioneuro ($881 million) bid for its rival airline Aer Lingus in what it said Tuesday was an opportunity to form one strong Irish airline. Ryanair said in a statement to the Irish Stock Exchange that it intended to make an all-cash offer through a wholly owned subsidiary, Coinside, of 1.30 euros per share. It said the offer was a 38.3 percent premium over Tuesday’s Aer Lingus share price and a 46.7 percent premium over the average price for the last six months.

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Youth into poetry today: Bond NEW YORK: Today’s youngsters are writing a lot of poetry to put their emotions into words unlike in the past when they liked to read and think, says iconic Indian storyteller of British origin Ruskin Bond. “Children all want to burst into verse you might say. But they would write better poetry if they read more of it. I watch a lot of television; but I think more than television,” Ruskin

Bond told IANS in an interview. Children nowadays have their heads in the laptop and “can’t really do without it,” the storyteller added, pointing to the changing reading habits of children. Bond’s new anthology of poetry, “Hip Hop Boys and Other Poems (Penguin-India)”, which was released last week, resurrects the vintage spirit of

Shimla’s Town Hall to get facelift SHIMLA: If all goes well, the historic Town Hall here could be restored to its Gothic glory and people will be able to saunter on cobblestones on the famous Mall Road. The Town Hall, one of the 91 British-era buildings in this Himachal Pradesh capital, and the Mall Road are to get a facelift, thanks to a `19 crore ($3.3 million) loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Of this, `14 crore will be spent on the Town Hall and `5 crore on beautifying the Mall Road and creating leisure plazas, an official said. Built in 1908 with stone and timber, the Town Hall currently houses the Shimla Municipal Corporation. “The entire building will be restored and conserved aesthetically, keeping in mind its original Gothic style architecture, within two years. For this, a loan of `14 crore to the department of tourism has already been approved by the ADB,” Arun Sharma, its director, told IANS. He said the

exteriors and interiors of the building, built in the half-timbered Tudor style — all wooden frames and shingled eaves — would undergo massive restoration work. “The process has begun to move the municipal corporation out of the Town Hall building and start the restoration work as early as possible,” Sharma said. Officials involved in its restoration said the use of slate for roofing, glazing work inside the complex and ornamental stonework on the outer walls would be done as per the original pattern. “Its revival is really a herculean task. Before starting its renovation, we have to carry out research to ascertain that the restoration will gel with the original architecture and style,” an official added. As for the Mall Road, it is set for a facelift with the asphalt road surface being replaced with European-style cobblestone patterns. Welcoming the decision to restore the

Raj-style structure, Intach (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) Himachal chapter co-convener Raja Bhasin said: “We welcome it. The restoration should be done carefully and aesthetically like the Gaiety Theatre.” The conservation project of the Gaiety Theatre was completed in 2009 after six years. Tracing the Town Hall’s history, Bhasin said it has been the centre of municipal activities in Shimla right from the day it was opened in 1908. The municipal committee of Shimla passed a resolution Oct 21, 1880, for setting up a public building to serve as town’s civic offices as well as for public meetings, banquets and concerts, tourism department archives say. “Any other town in the world of the same size or importance as Simla and a seat of the government would not be absolutely without a public hall as Simla now is. There is no room in any building in Simla where His Excellency the Viceroy or the Lieutenant Governor can hold even a small durbar, or where public meetings or gatherings can take place with safety or without overcrowding or inconvenience,” the resolution reads. IANS

the poet’s lyrical snapshots from his home in Mussoorie and the neighbouring hills of Uttarakhand - for children. The soul of the illustrated anthology, as the name hints, is about the “hip-hop children who dance to the rhythm of the mountain rain” and explore nature as a learning room. “Love is a law unto itself/Love gained is often

lost/And that is lost is found again”, the 78-year-old Bond read from his anthology at the launch. “This new anthology is based on poems that are suitable for children. Some of the poems are old, some are new and some have been specifically written for the collection (with the hip-hop dancing boys in mind),” he said. IANS

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Actor Sayali Bhagat poses during the photo shoot for designer AFP Manish Ranjan and his new collection in Mumbai.

Working of BSF gets smooth, courtesy intranet NEW DELHI: Piles of official files and unnecessary bundles of paperwork are a thing of the past for the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) which, courtesy a government initiative, is now using intranet to not only keep a record of salaries, allowances and tax deductions but also monitor the movement and deployment of its 222,000 troopers. The BSF commissioned the Rs.229 crore Intranet Prahari Project(IPP) on January 5 under the government’s e-governance initiative. “The IPP was sanctioned by the home ministry in February 25, 2010, and is a major benefit as efficient office management is

helping in quick decision-making,” BSF Public Relations Officer Tirtha Acharya told IANS. Implemented by NIIT Technologies Ltd, all major processes such as finance, inventory management, operations and personal information have been automated and integrated to act as a robust and quick decision support system and for consolidated view of data by higher echelons and for various analysis, said Acharya. “The state-of-the-art security apparatus includes the main data centre, a disaster recovery data centre (in a different seismic zone) and mini data centres at frontier headquarters for data storage,” said Acharya.

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US raps India on trafficking social strata, including the lowest castes, are most vulnerable, the report said. Some Indians who migrate willingly every year for work as domestic servants and lowskilled labourers find themselves in forced labour in the Middle East and, to a lesser extent, Southeast Asia, the United States, Europe, Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and other countries, it said. Noting that the India was making significant efforts to fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the report recommended that India develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law or amend anti-trafficking legislation to be in line with the 2000 United Nations Trafficking in Persons Protocol. It also asked India to increase prosecutions and convictions on all forms of trafficking, including bonded labour and encourage states to establish special antitrafficking courts. NGOs and social activists in India are vociferous in their demands on the same lines. IANS

Goods train derails in UP, no injuries HARDOI (UP): Six bogies of a coalladen goods train derailed near Hardoi Railway Station today. The incident took place when the train from Dhanbad to Roza was leaving the railways station, officials said, adding no one was injured in the incident. Railway traffic was not affected as the train was not on the main line, they said.

Asks India to increase prosecutions and convictions on all forms of trafficking, including bonded labour WASHINGTON: A US report accusing India of being a source, destination, and transit country for forced labour and sex trafficking, has asked New Delhi to develop a comprehensive antitrafficking law. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday places India for the second year among Tier 2 countries whose governments do not fully comply with minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance. The forced labour of millions of India’s citizens constitutes India’s largest trafficking problem, the report said noting men, women, and children in debt bondage are forced to work in industries such as brick kilns, rice mills, agriculture, and embroidery factories. A common characteristic of bonded labour is the use of physical and sexual violence as coercive tools, it said. Ninety percent of trafficking in India is internal, and those from India’s most disadvantaged

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Businessman shot dead in Ghazipur LUCKNOW:A businessman was

Hillary Clinton watches karate performance of Poonam Khatoon, during her visit to Kolkata on May 6. PTI

Clinton still in awe of Bihar’s karate girl WASHINGTON: Highly impressed by the karate girl from Bihar whom she met during her trip to Kolkata in May, the US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, for the second time in less than a month, has shared her story with the audience here as to how confident and inspiring she was. “One young girl, full of life, came up and asked me if I wanted to see her perform some karate moves, and I said of

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course. And the way she stood up, so straight and confident, the pride and accomplishment in her eyes, was so inspiring. This was a child who’d been born in a brothel to a young mother who had been forced and sold into prostitution. But when her mother finally escaped and took her daughter with her, they were out of harm’s way and finally able to make choices for themselves,” Clinton said while referring to her shortinteraction with Poonam. PTI

NDA defers prez polls meeting NEW DELHI: With uncertainty over

A woman shifts her kids and belongings to safety by a banana raft from their flooded village PTI at Ketkuchi under Barpeta district on Tuesday.

PA Sangma’s candidature for the Presidential poll in the wake of NCP’s threat to sack him, BJP decided to adopt a wait and watch attitude and deferred the NDA meeting. Party sources said the NDA meeting, which was earlier planned for today, has been deferred as there is no fresh development since APJ Abdul Kalam withdrew from the race. “We have decided to adopt a wait and watch attitude... the NDA could meet within a week to take a call,” a party leader said. BJP leaders said that there appears to be a consensus within the BJP on backing Sangma for the highest constitutional post. However, with NCP still trying to persuade the former Speaker to withdraw from the contest, the party does not want to declare its support and face embarrassment in case he decides to pull out. The BJP also wants to use this time to persuade the JD(U)for a contest instead of a consensus on UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee. The NDA will also keenly watch the meeting of Left parties to be held tomorrow on presidential poll. PTI

shot dead by unidentified assailants in Ghazipur area, the police said. 37-yearold Hemendra Pratap Singh was shot dead at the polytechnic overbridge while he was returning to his Indira Nagar residence in the evening. Hemendra operated a mobile eatery.

Artists from Africa perform during the Africa festival in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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Kashi Vishwanath temple to get facelift LUCKNOW: Varanasi’s famous Kashi Vishwanath temple will be given a major facelift and the salaries of the priests will be increased, the UP government announced. After a meeting of the temple trust, religious endowments minister Anand Singh said that other than making provisions for booking online ‘darshan’ of the deity, fibre glass roofs will also be installed at places where devotees stand in long queues to have darshan of Lord Shiva. The management also approved a 35 per cent hike in the salary of all priests employed by the shrine board.

Police cane-charge a farmer during a clash at Charason village near Patiala on Tuesday. They were protesting against the government’s move to acquire some farmlands. PTI

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Sharing waters with sharks AFP/ RODGER BOSCH

CAPE TOWN: Undetected on the mountain slope, Tino Simmerie sweeps his binoculars over the South African bay where bathers happily splash about in turquoise waters. “They don’t have a clue what’s going on basically,” he said, staring out at the popular Fish Hoek beach where he once saw a shark come up to the shore. “We never know for sure when a shark is going to come into this bay — that’s why we’re every day up here to just keep an eye out.” Armed with a walkie-talkie, binoculars and polarised sunglasses to protect against the harsh ocean glare, the 22-yearold is part of Cape Town’s frontline against the Great Whites sharing its seas. The pioneering programme, Shark Spotters, started in 2004 after a spate of bites and sightings by placing human look-outs at busy beaches to give the alert for the sea to be cleared if fins are seen moving in. South Africa records fewer attacks than other shark hotspots such as Australia and the United States. But the fatality rate is high: South Africa accounts for onethird of the 24 deaths worldwide on the International Shark Attack File for the past three years, despite local bites making up less than 10 per cent of all attacks. The latest victim was a young Cape Town bodyboarder who died on April 19 after his leg was bitten off at a remote surfing spot, which followed a near-fatal mauling in September across the bay at top swimming site Fish Hoek. Attacks in the age of Twitter

Shark spotter, Tino Simmerie sweeps his binoculars over the popular Fish Hoek beach, about 30 kms from Cape Town. have sparked alerts of “dinosaur huge” killers — as tweeted by a witness to a 2010 death on Fish Hoek — and fierce debate over theories of why bites are on the increase. “You can understand, it’s a very emotional issue especially for the people who have witnessed shark attacks,” said Sarah Titley, Shark Spotters project manager. “Being eaten by a very large fish is a very scary unknown that makes people react in a completely disproportionate way to what the actual sense of risk is. You’ve got a one in 253 million chance of being killed by a shark.” To counter some of the fears, an exclusion net is on the cards for Fish Hoek, to add another layer to the city’s prevention

buffers after the attack seven months ago deepened its deadly reputation on the back of two deaths since 2004. “It’s a series of fixed nets which are very small diameter mesh so that nothing can swim through it,” said Cape Town alderman Felicity Purchase. “We needed to find something that would be practical, that would not cause damage — we don’t want to kill the sharks, we don’t want to damage the other marine life that comes through.” Shark nets are controversial and were ruled out years ago, but officials say they need to tackle the damaging economic fall-out and that the square-inch sized mesh technology is successfully used in Hong Kong and the Seychelles.

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“This will provide a safe area for parents who are worried about their children particularly, and for the elderly who are not so fast getting out of the water,” said Purchase, saying two nets will cost 750,000 rand ($93,000). “This will certainly prevent shark attacks in an area which allows considerable swimming space for our bathers. So I believe it could actually be the end of shark attacks.” Reaching up to six metres (20 feet) in length and two tonnes in weight, Great Whites are protected in South Africa and listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They regularly prowl inshore during summer while tracking game fish and have a key winter feeding site of Seal Island in the giant False Bay which is a global Great White hotspot. The city therefore accepts that attacks are inevitable with a population of 3.5 million people sharing its 307 kilometres of beautiful coastline. Spotters are on permanent watch at four beaches, and at six during summer, using a simple but effective system of flags and sirens between the look-out and a beach-based controller that beach-goers depend on — even if unknowingly. Not everyone listens to the spotters. A British man lost part of his legs last year after ignoring the Fish Hoek beach’s closure. Despite the increased sightings and attacks, the experts say no rogue man-eater with a taste for human flesh is lurking about Cape Town’s seas, where more nutritious prey swim. AFP

WWII bomb found in HK residential area

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Tuesday evacuated scores of people from homes and offices after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was discovered at a construction site. Workers found the British artillery shell near a busy road in the Fortress Hill neighbourhood, and a police bomb disposal squad was called to the scene. The motorway was closed and around 200 people were evacuated from nearby buildings before the bomb was safely detonated, sending debris, shell fragments and smoke into the air. “I believe that if it actually did explode (accidentally), people nearby would have been injured,” Hong Kong police chief inspector Peter Ip said. “Because the bomb had been fired before, it was very unstable.” Hong Kong was the scene of fierce fighting between Japanese and British allied forces in 1941. AFP

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didas is facing enormous backlash after it announced the release of the new JS Roundhouse Mids on its Facebook page on June 14. The sneaker sports what Adidas calls “bracelets,” but consumers are equating them more to shackles. Adidas released the shoe’s tagline, which reads, “Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles.” The Facebook post had over 36,000 likes, and 2,200 com-

Contestants in Israel’s “Miss Large” beauty pageant put the final touches on their make-up backstage, in the southern Israeli town of Beersheva. Sixteen women with a minimum weight of 80 kilograms from across Israel participated in the pageant for the winning title. AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA

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ments. One comment read, “I daresay that marketing & selling a shoe with a ‘chain & shackle’ accessory is a very bad idea. The ‘chain & shackle’ image has a bad connotation, that of slavery, in the African American community. I think it’s inappropriate. The idea of being chained to Adidas or any object is repulsive.” Adidas is not the first company to get into hot water for an offensive design. In March, Nike was forced to apologize for its “Black And Tan” shoe that it said was an homage to the beverage made from mixing stout and pale ale. However, Nike soon realized the saying was deeply offensive to the Irish population. The Irish use the term to refer to a brutal British paramilitary unit sent to suppress Irish revolutionaries in the early 1920s. GLOBALPOST

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PPP nominates Makhdoom Shahbuddin as new PM

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ISLAMABAD:

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has nominated Makhdoom Shahbuddin for the office of the prime minister, Geo News reported Wednesday. Sources told the TV channel that the decision was taken at a meeting of senior leaders of the PPP held late on Tuesday under the chairmanship of President Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting also decided that a session of the National Assembly would be summoned Thursday for electing the leader of the house. However, former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed reservations over the name of Shahbuddin during the meeting of coalition partners, who entrusted Zardari to nominate the new

prime minister. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Gilani stood disqualified as prime minister as well as MP since the apex court’s April 26 verdict holding him in contempt of court for refusing to write to the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against Zardari. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry heard a set of constitutional petitions challenging National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza’s ruling over Gilani’s qualification as prime minister. A seven-member bench of the apex court had convicted Gilani April 26 of contempt of court. AFP

Mubarak in coma CAIRO: Former Egypt president Hosni Mubarak, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing protesters, has gone into coma and put on life support, but was not “clinically

dead”, hospital officials said. The 84-year-old Mubarak was put on a respirator in an intensive care unit at a military hospital in Cairo since being transferred from Tora Prison on Tuesday evening after he suffered a stroke,. Prison officials said Mubarak was suffering from “severe depression” since he was given a life sentence June 2. IANS

Cristina Kirchner and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron clashed publicly at the G20 summit over the future of the disputed Falkland Islands. Argentinian officials branded the British leader a “colonialist” in dismissing Kirchner’s call for talks on the sovereignty of the islands, while Cameron said he had been attempting to counter Argentina’s “propaganda”.

WASHINGTON: The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, elected its first black leader on Tuesday. Reverend Fred Luter, 55, of New Orlenas, was elected to lead the church which has about 16 million members, according to Baptist Press on sbc.net.

Pakistani police are deployed outside the Supreme Court in Islambad following the verdict against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday.

PIOs lead all in income WASHINGTON: Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastestgrowing racial group in the US with Indian Americans leading them all in their levels of income and education, according to a new survey. Seven in 10 IndianAmerican adults ages 25 and older have a college degree, compared with about half of Americans of Korean, Chinese, Filipino and Japanese ancestry, and about a quarter of Vietnamese Americans, according to the Pew Research

LOS ANGELES: Long-time

File photo of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. In January, Paradis flatly denied a split, telling French Canal+ television station “The rumor is false, of course it is false... It’s a rumor that could

LOS CABOS: Argentina’s President

US Southern Baptists elect first black leader

Centre report. Indians also have the highest median household income of $88,000 among the largest Asian-American groups. Asians as a whole have a median household income of $66,000 compared with the US median of $49,800. On the other side of the socio-economic ledger, Americans with Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese and “other US Asian” origins have a higher poverty rate than does the US general public. IANS

Depp, Paradis officially split Hollywood couple Johnny Depp and French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis have agreed to separate “amicably,” a publicist for the US star said on Tuesday. The Pirates of the Caribbean star and Gallic star have been together for 14 years, but rumors of trouble have circulated for more than a year, leading to Paradis denying a split in January. “Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have amicably separated. Please respect their privacy and, more importantly, the privacy of their children,” Depp’s publicist told TV show Entertainment Tonight, and confirmed to AFP. The couple, who divide their time between France and the United States, have two children aged 10 and 13 but have never married.

GLOBE AT A GLANCE leaders clash over Falklands at summit

really damage my family,” she added. One day earlier she had joked about the rumors, saying:”I separate in the winter, in

the summer I get married. “As soon as I eat three peas, I’m pregnant... As soon as I visit a town, I’m buying a house..... I’ve been getting married every year for 15 years!” the French star told Europe 1 radio. Depp and Paradis met in Paris and began dating in 1998, and she gave birth to Lily-Rose Melody in 1999 and Christopher — known as Jack — in 2002. No details were released about arrangements for or custody of the children. Paradis, 39, is more famous in France than abroad. She began as a model and singer before branching into movies. She and Depp divided their time between a home in the Hollywood Hills and a farm in the south of France, while they have also owned apartments in Paris, Manhattan and in the Bahamas. AFP

A Palestinian man inspects destroyed cars following an Israeli air strike in Gaza city on Tuesday . AFP

Julian Assange seeks Ecuador asylum LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday walked into Ecuador’s embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. Assange, who last week exhausted all his legal options in Britain to fight extradition, was holed up at the embassy in central London while Quito examined the request.

Picasso painting vandalised in US WASHINGTON: A priceless 1929 painting “Woman in a Red Armchair” by Pablo Picasso was vandalised by a man who spray-painted on it at an art museum in Houston, US. The man was seen on a surveillance camera at the Menil Collection. The act was also captured by a bystander with a smartphone camera and later posted on YouTube.

A Brazilian indigenous Xavante chief walks in Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday. AFP

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

Fair, free and forthright

Talk back Forgive Iron Mike He was called the baddest man on the planet, but there’s no denying what a champion Iron Mike was when it comes to boxing. There are not many who can still match the power and speed of Tyson despite his being short in comparison to the other great heavyweights. It must have been hard for him when he was growing up and his story is a classic example of the pitfalls that fame and success brings. Tyson never had proper guidance and care when he was growing up and needed it more than ever when he started to become Iron Mike. All his antics were those of a manchild. The world must give him a chance of redemption. All his wrongs as a man must be forgotten and we must applaud his achievements as a sportsman Varun Shastri Ameerpet

Well done, Rono The press and fans should learn to be moderate in its criticism of players over their form. They had been after Christiano Ronaldo for his lackluster show in the first two games of Portugal. You never know what’s going through in a player’s mind when he is performing. They are humans too. They stand apart from us by performing magic but only robots can do it consistently. The beauty of being human is unpredictability. And the beauty of Ronaldo’s performance against Netherlands was just that. It’s regretful that he should be compared to Messi every time he fails. Rahul Verma Banjara Hills

Syrian crisis Once again the world’s two powerful leaders have agreed upon one thing: Bloodshed in Syria must end. Vladmir Putin and Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 meet have discussed the Syrian crisis. More than 3,000 Syrians have died since midApril when the Kofi Annan plan was put in place in an attempt to end the conflict, which began in March 2011 as a peaceful antigovernment protest. What’s ironical is that both nations are arming the conflicting groups in Syria: Obama the rebels and Putin the government. Yet they have agreed upon ending the bloodshed in Syria. That’s diplomacy for you! Pinky Shetty Secunderabad

Let’s pitch in to keep the City of Pearls shining Fusillade Arun Koshy Philip

he saying ‘All good things must come to an end’ appears to be proving true in the case of Hyderabad. The capital of a resource-rich state has become the hub for the dark side of human nature. The economy is in doldrums; the government in paralysis; and the judiciary — the last hope for the public — has fallen prey to corruption: dark clouds of despair cover our skies. The latest wave of Telangana agitation — that began in 2009 yet inconclusive in realising its objective — has resulted in scaring away investors from the state. The beating that the infrastructure took and the crores spent in maintaining law and order have added to the State’s woes. Last year’s 45-day general strike (Sakala Janula Samme) caused losses of thousands of crores, disrupted academic calendar and dampened the spirit of the people. Maintenance of infrastructure is not rocket science but basic planning with common sense. Considering the chaos the City is going through since the start of the monsoons, one realises little headway has been made there. While civic agencies contend all is well, waterlogged roads and traffic gridlocks that last for hours tell a different story. Under attack on different fronts, the Kiran Kumar Reddy government has been spending all its energy on the bypolls to demonstrate to the powers that be in Delhi that the CM is on top of the affairs of the state. He definitely is on top, but has little ground under his feet. If there is anything that is in plenty in the State it is scams. There is not a single sphere of administration that is free from corruption at the highest levels and in massive scale. The recent multi-crore cash-for-bail incident has thrown light on how legal ‘technicalities’ emerge that allow the rich and connected to stay out of jail. The otherwise lengthy court proceedings, that condemn people as under-trials for periods several times the maximum possible sentence, are tweaked to suit the convenience of these VIPs. Not only is our tax money looted, but we end up financing financing the looters’ ‘special class’ facilities in

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jail also! With a minister in jail and several others on the verge of joining him, one can’t help but remember a headline this paper carried a few months back — ‘Next Cabinet meeting in Chanchalguda’. The agency that ensures the safety of lives and property of the public, the police, is in total disarray. With the DGP’s appointment set aside by the Central Administrative Tribunal and another top official on the run, the idea of going to the cops sounds like a joke. However, one can’t blame all the woes of Hyderabad on men in khadar, khaki, and black and white. The blatant violation of every rule, disregard for fellow denizens that one sees in every sphere of life is the cement that holds the bricks laid by the big boys. When caste and community loyalties, and irrational sentiments handout massive victories to parties that are neck-deep in corrup-

tion and disruptive activities, one can’t just blame the system. We are responsible in creating the monsters that exploit, humiliate and terrorise us. The first step to solving a problem is admitting that one exists. Whether it is for a day or a five-year term, the government must carry out its primary duty — governance. The CM must quell crippling dissidence and take his colleagues on board to ensure that the numerous welfare schemes reach the beneficiaries. The State capital, which is set to hold an international conclave on biodiversity in a few months, is in need of a facelift. The work of civic agencies should be coordinated better to avoid hassles to public and wastage of money. The denizens too should pitch in by following rules and procedures so that the City of Pearls doesn’t lose its sheen. The writer works for Postnoon

HE’S JUST 11, BUT HE IS OLD enough to stand trial in Bahrain

hen it comes to vengeance, the Bahraini ruling family knows no bounds. What else could make the Khalifa dynasty allow the trail of an 11-year-old Ali Hasan accusing him of aiding protesters against it? His detention was based on Ali’s confession that was extracted without a lawyer being present and on the testimony of a cop. Ali has already spent weeks in jail before getting bail and says he was merely playing with his friends when he saw cops approaching “firing with big guns”. He said his friends fled, but he was too scared to move. Ali says there are three more boys like him at the detention centre on similar charges. There has been already been a huge hue and cry over how the Bahraini ruling family had handled the 15-month long protests, the worst case being opening fire at a crowd of protesters that were camping at the Pearl roundabout. It was night and they were sleeping. The case of Ali — believed to be the youngest Bahraini to stand trial over the uprising — once again brings to focus human rights issues in Bahrain.

THE RUN HAS begun for Assange

ulian Assange has approached the Ecuadorean embassy in London seeking asylum. This comes days after the supreme court rejected his plea against extradition to Sweden where he faces charges of rape. Ecaudor’s record of supporting free speech is questionable. Let’s wait and watch.

Cinema Paradiso Staying to its Anurag true Kashyap’s real life influences, upcoming film the filmofexplores Gangs Wasseypur hasrevenge begun making this saga waves even through the before socioits release. We takein political dynamic a look at his erstwhile Bihar filmography so far (North India), in to understand his the coal and influence on scrap trade movie-goersmafia of Wasseypur,

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

The Dark Knight rises Hemanth Kumar hemanth.k@postnoon.com

he story of Anurag Kashyap’s rise to prominence, as the torchbearer of new wave of Indian cinema, reads more like a Martin Scorcese’s thriller. Born in Gorakhpur, UP, Anurag Kashyap was introduced to cinema at the age of five but his found interest in Hindi classics didn’t last long since he kept moving from one place to another for most part of his life. In the early 90s, he joined Hansraj College in New Delhi to study Zoology. If there was a moment in his life which one could pin point and say ‘it all began there’, it’s definitely the time when he saw Vittorio de Sica’s cult classic, Bicycle Thieves at a film festival in 1993. He had found his true calling and soon he moved to Mumbai like so many other aspiring actors, writers and directors to try his luck in Bollywood. The struggle to make ends meet had a big impact in the early stages of his career. Having spent most of his time writing plays and discussing about cinema and literature with the likes of Govind Nihalani and Makrand Deshpande. The major turning point of his writing career was collaborating with RGV in mid 90s. He wrote the script for Satya, which is still one of the best films ever made on Mumbai’s underworld and then films like Kaun and Shool cemented his place as a screenwriter. But he had other plans. After making a short film Last Train to Mahankali, Anurag Kashyap made his directorial debut with Paanch in 2000. The

film’s content shocked the censor board and the film hasn’t seen the light of day till date, although it’s widely regarded as a cult classic. His major breakthrough came in 2004 with Black Friday. The film was based on the actual events which occurred post the bomb blasts in 1993 in Bombay. Five years later, during which he directed No Smoking and Return of Hanuman, he came up with yet another path breaking film Dev D and followed it up with another brilliant film Gulaal. His rise to fame coincided with the downfall of RGV. Anurag Kashyap began doing what RGV had done in Bollywood back in the late 90s and early 2000s. Apart from directing, he also began producing niche films like Udaan, Shaitaan and That Girl in Yellow Boots. His upcoming film Gangs of Wasseypur has already begun making waves ahead of its release. The film has been screened at film festivals in Cannes, London, New York and Sydney. The response so far is unani-

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

The President’s story

hen Lincoln is eleven years old, he learns from his father Thomas Lincoln that vampires are, in fact, real. Thomas explains to his son that a vampire killed Abraham’s grandfather in 1786. Young Abraham is also shocked to learn that his beloved

mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln succumbed not to milk sickness but rather to being given a “fool’s dose” of vampire blood, the result of Thomas’s failure to repay a debt. Lincoln vows in his diary to kill as many vampires as he can. It’s a Tim Burton production that claims to

be the “untold story” of America’s 16th president. The movie is based on the book written by Seth GrameSmith.

Movie: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Director: Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell and Dominic Cooper

mous. Gangs of Wasseypur is being hailed as a classic. Last year, Anurag had stated that Tamil cinema inspired him to go back to his roots, which explains why, for the first time in his career, he has set a film deep in the hinterlands of Jharkhand. The film spans six decades and narrates a story of revenge set in the backdrop of the coal mafia in Dhanbad. He’s the antithesis of every cliche which Bollywood is known for including ‘Karan Joharisation’ of Hindi cinema. The sheer intensity and rawness of most of the characters in his films leaves a deep impact and with Manoj Bajpai playing the lead role in Gangs of Wasseypur, the audience can look forward to some real fireworks on screen. Watching an Anurag Kashyap’s film, especially when he’s on top of his game, is like taking a shot of LSD which is as close to reaching a cinematic orgasm. Only a few can be like him because he really is the Dark Knight of Indian cinema.

H‑Factor

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

Holistic view of mind, body and soul

Ranjani Rajendra

Do you T really need that pill? An antibiotic is the first drug a person reaches out for to deal with that viral fever. We check with doctors if it’s really needed or should the fever just be allowed to run its course

ranjani.r@postnoon.com

here just has to be a change in weather and out come the sniffles, runny nose, fever and body pains. Commonly diagnosed as viral fever, doctors report a rise in the cases with the change in weather — especially now that the rains have begun in all earnest. In fact, according to most experts of the total fever cases they see, 20 to 30 per cent are due to virus infections in the last week or so. “Any fever caused by virus is classified as viral fever. Symptoms normally include, body pains, runny nose, cough, diarrhoea, nausea etc. However, it is usually confirmed after conducting a blood test 48 hours after the fever has started. Viral fever is typically contagious, specially by droplet transmission or by contact too,” says Dr Pramati Reddy, consultant physician at Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills. The most common viral fever is the seasonal flu that people suffer from with changes in weather. Children are more susceptible to viral fever, although adults can also suffer from it. Children younger than the age of two are most at risk of developing complica-

tions from viral fever. Complications can include pneumonia which can be very serious. Hence it is important to treat it at the earliest. The virus is spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It can also be spread by physical contact through hands infected with the virus for example.So covering your mouth when you sneeze or cough and washing your hands is advised. When viral infections are very common, such as during seasonal changes, they can be carried through air ventilation systems. Viral fever usually has an incubation period before it manifests itself. While viral fever usually runs its course, what most people commonly do is pop antibiotics. “An antibiotic has nothing to do with curing a viral fever. All a person needs it for is to curb bacterial infections. We often have patients who walk in after a few days of the fever saying they’ve been self-medicating with antibiotics. We usually prescribe an antiviral medication like Tamiflu to reduce the duration and severity of the symptoms. So there is no need for any antibiotics in viral fever,” says Dr Pramati. So the next time you have a viral fever, avoid self-medicating and popping unnecessary antibiotics.

Angry? Get a scan to see how your brain looks WASHINGTON: A new brain scan shows what it looks like when a person runs out of patience or loses selfcontrol. It would explain why someone who works very hard not to take a second helping of lasagna at dinner winds up taking two pieces of cake at desert. The study could also modify previous thinking that considered selfcontrol to be like a muscle. University of Iowa neuroscientist William Hedgcock confirms previous studies that show self-control is a finite commodity that is depleted by use. Once the pool has dried up, we’re less likely to keep our cool the next time we’re faced with a situation that requires self-control. But Hedgcock’s study is the first to actually show it happening in the brain, using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) images that scan people as they perform self-control tasks, the Journal of Consumer Psychology reports. The images show the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) fires with equal intensity throughout the task. ACC is the part of the brain that recognises a situation in which selfcontrol is needed and says: “Heads up, there are multiple responses to this situation and some might not be good.” However, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) fires with less intensity after prior exertion of selfcontrol. DLPFC is the part of the brain that manages self-control and says: “I really want to do the dumb thing, but I should overcome that impulse and do the smart thing”. Hedgcock said that loss of activity in the DLPFC might be the person’s self-control draining away. The stable activity in the ACC suggests people have no problem recognising a temptation. Although they keep fighting, they have a harder and harder time not giving in. Researchers gathered their images by placing subjects in an MRI scanner and then had them perform two self-control tasks-the first involved ignoring words that flashed on a computer screen, while the second involved choosing preferred options. Hedgcock says the study is an important step in trying to determine a clearer definition of self-control and to figure out why people do things they know aren’t good for them. One possible implication is crafting better programs to help people who are trying to break addictions to things like food, shopping, drugs, or alcohol. IANS

H‑Factor

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

Holistic view of mind, body and soul

Weight-loss surgery

increases risk of alcoholism

new report suggests that patients who undergo weight loss surgery may become susceptible to alcoholism. Reuters Health noted that although the rate of alcohol abuse only climbed 2 per cent after the procedures,

MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS HAD GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY. TWO YEARS AFTER THE SURGERY, ALMOST 11 PER CENT HAD DRINKING PROBLEMS, REPRESENTING A 50 PERCENT INCREASE.

undergo procedures like gastric bypass become more sensitive to alcohol. She told Reuters Health, it is because the acid in the stomach usually makes some of the alcohol molecules less potent before they are absorbed. “When you have a gastric bypass you disconnect most of the acid. We really don’t believe they should be using alcohol at all after the procedure,” she said. The study, released online Monday in the Journal of the American Medical

Association, asked nearly 2,000 women and men who had various kinds of obesity surgery about their drinking habits one year before their operations, versus one and two years afterward. According to AP, most of the research participants didn’t drink excessively before or after surgery, and increases in drinking didn’t occur until two years post-surgery. More than two-thirds of

the participants had gastric bypass surgery. Two years after the surgery, almost 11 per cent had drinking problems, representing a 50 percent increase from before surgery. Blackstone told the AP that patients should undergo a psychological evaluation prior to their surgery to ensure they are stable to endure the changes postsurgery. GLOBAL POST

researchers said this translates into more than 2,000 new cases of abuse every year in the US. Dr. Robin Blackstone, president of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, explained that the findings are not surprising as patients who

HOUSECALL

APP-LY YOURSELF

Candida and Thrush

Children’s Panadol app

andida is a fungal yeast that can cause a skin infection commonly known as thrush, though many people have candida on their skin without it causing any infections at all. These infections although not very serious may uncomfortable infections and allergies. It is said that women may already have candida in their vaginal area. This yeast may multiply incase of certain hormonal changes and thus cause an infection. Men too can suffer from candida skin infections. These symptoms are noticed in the groin area. Symptoms of vaginal thrush that occurs in women include itching, soreness and a vaginal discharge (white/yellow discharge). When it comes to men, the symptoms include discomfort and redness. The treatment for Candida infections are quite simple. It includes anti-fungal creams and anti-fungal tablets.

or every mother, their child is the apple of their apps. Children’s Panadol app is one such application that helps mothers when it comes to caring for their babies. It helps mothers keep track of all feeding sessions with just one tap, which at 3am. The app also allows you to record the feeding history of your child. By feeding history they imply date and time. The app also has a baby soother which is of great help in acting as a comforter to both the mother and the child. The app can be downloaded from iTunes.

‘Children without one kidney can still play’ Alexander Besant

Patients who undergo weight-loss surgery may be prone to alcoholism Stacey Leasca

new study found that it is safe for kids with just one kidney to play sports. There are an estimated 1500 children born with only one kidney and health officials have previously warned against contact sports for fear of damaging the organ. The study from the University of Utah found that sports-related kidney injuries to young people are so rare that it is unnecessary to refrain from sports. ABC News reported that the researchers found that even among the 23,000 injuries they investigated, only 18 were mild kidney injuries. "Even in the highest-risk group, kidney injury is a very rare condition," study author Matthew Grinsell of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City told Reuters. "Especially with today's obesity epidemic, I am very, very reluctant to counsel somebody against physical activity." Other injuries far outpaced those involved kidney's the authors found. The study's press release said that among the most common injuries there were 3,450 knee injuries, 2,069 injuries to the head, neck, or spine, 1,219 mild traumatic brain injuries, 148 eye injuries, and 17 testicular injuries.The study was published in the journal Pediatrics. GLOBAL POST

DID YOU KNOW? Chocolate prevents tooth decay

hocolate lovers rejoice. A lot has been said about how chocolate is not good for your teeth and your health. The sugar in processed chocolate is known to increase rates of tooth decay but on the other hand, the main ingredient in chocolate (in it’s pure form) can actually prevent tooth decay. During processing usually the husks of cocoa are stripped but according to studies, in spite of that, processed chocolate can still deliver enough benefit to help counteract the damage caused by sugars. So chocolate lovers — Binge on!

Spotlight

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

IN THE MOOD TO DANCE

Choreographer Terence Lewis had the ladies eating out of his palm as he taught them a few dance steps. Terence conducted a workshop organised by the Rachanoustav Events Academy at ITC Kakatiya on Tuesday.

1. Sujata & Savita 2. Reena & Smriti 3. Deepa Gupta & friend 4. Vibha(L) 5. Veena & Pratibha 6. Ruchi & Verthika 7. Shalini & Sonal 8. Tamanna 9. Terence Lewis 10. Afreen 8

INSPIRING BEAUTY Naturals Family Salon & Spa launched its 151st salon at Surya Laxmi Complex, at SR Nagar in Hyderabad. The salon was inaugurated by actor Richa Gangopadhaya.

Magic Screen

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

The glamour behind the glitz

Krishnudu in Dasvidaniya remake

T-TOWN TWEETIES

@Actor_Siddharth After much procrastination, finally saw Banksy’s Exit through the gift shop! Like all things Banksy it is sensationalist, fun & smart :)

@snehaullalheart

PRAKASH RAJ

finally joins SVSC’s cast P rakash Raj has finally begun shooting for Srikanth Addala’s upcoming film Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Although he had agreed to act in the film, he hadn’t joined the film’s earlier schedules which were held in Kutralam and Hyderabad. Buzz is that all was not well between Prakash Raj and the film’s producer Dil Raju. During this time, Srikanth Addala and Dil Raju were in talks with actors like Sathyaraj and Anupam Kher, to step into Prakash Raj’s shoes; however, talks failed to materalise. Finally, Prakash Raj and Dil Raju arrived at a compromise and the two decided to

set their differences aside. Prakash Raj joined the cast of the film couple of days ago in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad and already he has some good things to say about the film. “On the sets of SVSC @ramoji film city. Mahesh. Venkysrikanth guhan dilraju. Loving every moment of this film. Wonderful film in the making (sic),” Prakash Raj posted on Twitter. The film stars Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Samantha and Anjali in lead roles. K VGuhan is the cinematographer and Mickey J Meyer has scored the music.The film is expected to hit the screens in the last week of September.

Celebrities throng to Dubai for SIIMA Awards

fter CineMAA awards, some of the top actors and actresses from Telugu film industry are all set to grace the first ever South Indian International Movie Awards, which will be held in Dubai on June 21-22. We hear that most of the celebrities including Shruti Haasan, Shriya Saran, Sameera Reddy, Deeksha Seth, Hansika, Amala Paul, Priyamani, Charmi, Rana, Devi Sri Prasad, Lakshmi Manchu, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Richa, Parul Yadav, Nidhi Subbaiah, Chinmayi, Andrea, Anirudh and Sharwanand have landed in Dubai to take part in the event. On June 21, Parvathy Omanakuttan is going to host the SIIMA Nex Gen Awards which will be followed by a fashion show and the next day, Lakshmi Manchu and Madhavan are going to host the SIIMA 2011 Awards. Since this is the first time, an event of this scale is being held for South Indian film industry, the organisers are leaving no stone unturned to make it one of the most talked about events of the year. If the buzz is anything to go by, Mahesh Babu starrer Dookudu is expected to bag most of the awards at SIIMA like it did at CineMAA Awards.

rishnudu will soon be seen in Sathyanarayana Dwarapudi’s upcoming film Chandrudu. It’s the official remake of Shashant Shah’s Dasvidaniya and Krishnudu is reprising the role of Vinay Pathak. The film narrates the story of a man who comes to know that he is going to die in less than three months. Abhinaya is pairing up with Krishnudu is this family drama which also stars Jayasudha and Siva Balaji in important roles. “Sofar we have completed 70 per cent of the film’s shooting and the final schedule will begin from June 23 onwards. We are planning to aunch the audio in the first week of July,” Sathyanarayan said. Parthu is composing the music.

Never change for anyone, don’t bend don’t break don’t back down. Don’t stay broken hearted for a long time. Love yourself. Choose yourself.

@_Hansika What I hate the most i do that the most! TRAVELING (no choice tho) *yawn* yawn* landed in bbay now n off to Dubai tom 4 SIIMA (excited)!

@actor_Nikhil In my movie office... With the whole team... Rearing to go... Script and tunes almost ready...

@tashu_02 Amazing drive to Lonavala with family and frnds... perfect combination of people in perfect weather... :-)

@taapsee Wonder when will it rain here in Delhi??? I suppose rain god is waiting fr me to head back to Hyd fr wrk n then it will pour here.

@shrutihaasan Someone just asked me why all “south films” are only Action and dance: / the disconnect and ignorance is truly appalling sometimes.

@lakshmiManchu “@paulocoelho: There are 3 ages in life: childhood, maturity and “you look great”“ hahahaaa.

Magic Screen

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

The glamour behind the glitz

B-TOWN TWEETIES

@deespeak Good Morning! Woke up to the most gorgeous burst of rain! Yay Monsoon is finally here :) :)

@singer_shaan

oday filmmakers are not only experimenting with content but are also bringing unusual couple pairings on screen. From Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha to Vidya Balan-Farhan Akhtar, filmmakers are trying various permutations and combinations to bring freshness to the silver screen. According to trade analyst Vinod Mirani, an unusual pairing will definitely become a hit formula but cautions that such experiments need a convincing script. “An unusual pairing works only when it is needed. When the story demands it, then it looks authentic. Or else one can’t just force unusual pairs in a film to make it look different,” Mirani said. So far, one of the most successful unusual pairs has been of Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat. They teamed up for Pyaar Ke Side Effects and were instant hit at the box office as the people adored their romantic escapades in the rom-com. When Amitabh Bachchan was paired opposite much younger Tabu and Jiah Khan in Cheeni Kum and Nishabd respectively, critics were sceptical about viewers’ reaction. But much to their surprise, audiences enjoyed watching Big B romancing Tabu and they also appreciated his pairing with Jiah. It was so because it fitted into the scheme of the story. A typical paring that saw high popularity was when heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor and Konkana Sen Sharma came together in Wake Up Sid. Not only did audiences enjoy their onscreen chemistry, the film too turned out to be one of the biggest successes of 2009. Vidya Balan was seen romancing Naseeruddin Shah in Ishqiya and later in The Dirty Picture and in both the films, they scorched the screen with

Fresh jodis in Bollywood

There was a time when films used to ride on popular screen couples. But not any more!

their passionate romance. “At times it works at times it doesn’t. The story has to be conniving like The Dirty Picture or Kahaani, where it should be justified,” said Mirani. The 44-year-old Akshay, who teamed up with 25year-old Sonakshi Sinha in recent hit Rowdy Rathore, says age doesn’t matter while finalising the cast. “Age is just a number. Even today I can run better than a person who is half my age. Also, if these young girls look great with us, then what to do?” said Akshay, who will again be seen with Sonakshi in Joker. Sonakshi, who started her career with much older Salman Khan in Dabangg, says chemistry is more important than anything else. “There is nothing like that, one should not think about it (unusual pairings) so much! After all, the chemistry looks awesome on screen and we saw that in Rowdy Rathore, isn’t it?” she added. Upcoming love triangle I, Me Aur Main starring John Abraham, Chitrangda Singh and Prachi Desai; Shaadi Ke Side Effects, for which producer Pritish Nandy has roped in Vidya and Farhan as the lead pair; and Farah Khan-Boman Irani starrer Shirin Farhad Ki Nikal Padi are expected to take the trend forward. Shaadi Ke Side Effects is a sequel to Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Nandy said that it needed a fresh pair. “This film demanded fresh faces. We always had Vidya in our mind for Shaadi Ke Side Effects. I believe she really liked the script,” he said. Not only Bollywood, even the southern film industry is trying out the formula and the most recent example is upcoming Tamil period film Kochadaiyaan, where Deepika Padukone will be seen romancing southern superstar Rajinikanth. IANS

Got back from Thailand, dropped kids home. Then headed to Mika’s Party!!! Thought we’ll wish him and leave but ended up there till 3.30am...

@SrBachchan T 779 — Can someone explain to me what this terminology “recaptcha” means ... see it being used so often...

@iamsrk Hate putting work msgs from alien fones but no other go... Join me on my radio show this wed 6-9pm live on @bbcasiannetwork with@tommysandhu.

@bipsluvurself Fr all those who think I have put on weight am glad as that was the intention! I am tired of ppl telling me I am too thin or too fit always!

@NeilNMukesh @sonalchauhan7 and I are having a competition on our ipad and iPhone over a super fun game... Rope & fly ! I’m leading ;) ;)

@sonamakapoor Just did an amazing shoot with a talented new photographer and@jayatibose and @soninamrata !!

@Riteishd @kumartaurani after Wanted & ROWDY Prabhu Deva’s successful hattrick is going to be Tip's next with Girish Taurani — good luck.

Magic Screen

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

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The glamour behind the glitz

Brand buys a gun B

ritish comedian Russell Brand has bought a gun for himself after shifting to Los Angeles. "I've been learning to fire guns. My mother said, 'Don't learn to fire guns, Russell'. Well, I've learnt and now I've got one. I mean, me, own a gun? I shouldn't really have access to hair gel but I can fire a gun if I need to," thesun.co.uk quoted Brand, 37, as saying. "To be honest, guns are fun. When I was learning I was firing all over the place, obviously not at people but I was hitting all these targets. I felt like John Wayne," he added. IANS

Hangover wins against Vuitton

angover Part II producers have won a lawsuit launched against them by luxury brand Louis Vuitton. The fashion brand sued Warner Bros over a joke made by Zach Galifianakis's character Alan in the comedy sequel. Louis Vuitton claimed that the film infringed upon its trademark with the use of fake Louis Vuitton luggage in a scene where Alan warns another character to be careful with his bag because it is a "Lewis Vuitton". The company also stated that the mispronuncia-

tion and fake luggage was confusing to consumers and damaging to the brand. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a judge has thrown out the case, saying that the joke is protected underneath the US First Amendment. The judge explained: "Alan's terse remark to Teddy to 'be careful' because his bag 'is a Lewis Vuitton' comes across as snobbish only because the public signifies Louis Vuitton... with luxury and a high society lifestyle. "His remark also comes across as

funny because he mispronounces the French 'Louis' like the English 'Lewis', and ironic because he cannot correctly pronounce the brand name of one of his expensive possessions, adding to the image of Alan as a socially inept and comically misinformed character. "

Hilary Duff

hit with a lawsuit W

e bet Hilary Duff could speed through this. The new mommy was hit with a lawsuit on Monday accusing Duff of crashing her Range Rover into another car in 2010 and causing serious injuries to the other driver. According to court documents obtained by E! News, Rachel Owens alleges that the incident, which occurred on December 12, 2010, resulted in Owens get-

ting “hurt and injured in her health, strength and activity, sustaining injury to her nervous system.” Owens also claims that the injuries stop her from completing her job requirements (she didn’t specify what she does), saying it “prevented from attending her usual occupation for a period of time in the future.” And that wasn’t the

end of Duff's bad news. The actor was recently snapped with a cigarette in hand, but took to Twitter to clear up the situation. “Yikes me holding a cigarette for my friend might have been a bad idea! pretty bummed about the photo.. Sorry guys, looks worst than it is!”

Chai Time

KAKURO

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

SCRIBBLING PAD

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

Take a shot at the brain game while sipping your cuppa

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 15 percent of a bill, perhaps 4 What tithers pay to the church 10 Antelopes on the Serengeti 14 IOU verb 15 Mexican border state 16 Kolkata queen 17 The United States, notably 19 Emerald Isle 20 Escapes through pores 21 "Bald" birds 23 Bagpipe sounds 25 Improvise at the jazz club 27 "To the max" indicator 28 ___ 500 (Stock index) 29 Bro's bro 30 Biggest artery 32 ___ whim (spontaneously) 33 "Battlefield Earth" author 35 Harlem b-ballers 40 Describe the action 41 Harvard student's rival 43 Aquarium contents 46 "High Hopes" insect 47 Ship's petty officer 49 "And now, without further ___" 50 Basic idea 52 Piglike relatives of rhinos and horses 53 Drive forward 55 All filled up 56 Greek vowel 57 It can be indecent 62 Cash register drawer 63 Loosen, as a bra 64 A puppy's bite 65 Agenda component 66 Nearsighted people 67 Word of encouragement DOWN 1 Auto Club service 2 "Letters From ___ Jima" 3 Confidential 4 "___ ___ as the ocean"

5 Baseball card brand 6 "The Dukes of Hazzard" deputy sheriff 7 Without further delay 8 Uno plus due 9 Odalisque's place 10 Actor Kinnear 11 A carpenter, at times 12 Feeling during an upheaval 13 Afternoon rest 18 Give a hand, say 22 Away from each other 23 Award for a Brit. officer 24 Telephoned 25 Full of life 26 Costello's crony 29 Hindu teachings 31 Lyric tribute 33 That woman 34 Consumed 36 The loneliest number

37 Flat-bottomed freight boat 38 Junk mail addressee 39 Speak after downing a bottle of rum 42 Walk-___ (clients sans appointments) 43 Large deer 44 Good in awkward spots 45 Fiddle around on a flute 47 Hand-dyed fabrics 48 "___, sesame!" 51 End of the small intestine 52 California

SUDOKU

border lake 54 Conceal in one's hand 55 "Enough already!" 58 "... by ___ other name ..." 59 Sorority letter 60 "Dear" one in a business letter 61 "The ___ Who Loved Me" PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

THOUGHT OF THE DAY A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. – GB Shaw

Chai Time STAR POWER

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

Your tomorrow today̶Star Power and Tarot THIRUVAIKUMAR

As per Hindu panchang

FOR 21-6-2012

thiruvaikumar@yahoo.co.in 040-27177230 / 9177596118

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

Ego clashes faced with the spouse will disappear. Happy events to take place at family. Some have bright cha‑ nces to buy a house or land. Avoid wasteful expenditure.

Enemies will be very active against you. Be alert and counter them with‑ out any let up from your side. Never entrust your important works to oth‑ ers as they will not be done well.

Family members will look cheerful due to the inﬂux of visitors. Transfers and additional reposnsibilities to emplo‑ yees likely. Just accept them without any hesitation.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

All the toughest problems faced at ofﬁce will start reducing hereafter. There will be happiest momnets at family. Govt. ofﬁcials will be honoured with additional and powerful posts.

Held up good events will resume and end without any hastles further. Good growth is assured for the business‑ men. If proper efforts are put in, all bank loans applied will get sanctioned.

Works which are very important should be handled by you directly. Slow and steady approach is advised for the time being. Cheerful atmo‑ sphere will prevail at home.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Employees need not hesitate to accept if they are given any transfers and promotions. Good news from close circle or from abroad on the cards. Avoid unwanted arguments.

Expenses need to be monitored and kept under control. Businessmen will see a steady growth. They need to involve directly in signing the con‑ tracts to avoid any loss.

Your non stop and sincere efforts will yield desired results. Keep away the anger and laziness in youwhich alone will spoil your prospects. Employees need to work with involvement.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Unwanted blame likely and hence be careful in expressing your opinions as well in helping others voluntarily. Children will make you proud and happy.

If you are asked to go abroad on ofﬁ‑ cial reasons, blindly accept and don't refuse. It will give you good scope for your bright future. Hurdles in the way of doing good deed will disappear.

Avoid friends who boast about you in front of you and talk bad about you in your back. Take care of your spouse health. Avoid calling a third person to mediate for you in petty clashes.

TAROT READ

SUMAA TEKUR

FOR 21-6-2012

tarotreadhyd@gmail.com

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

Ace of Swords – There is someone in the way of your growth. This may irk you but you realize that slowing down actually gives you a better perspective.

The World – You will get the opportu‑ nity to head a pro‑ ject. This is amazing news for you. Learn to balance the other areas of life while you take this on.

Knight of Cups – You are in a good mood to hand over your resignation and walk out. There will be times when you real‑ ly feel enough is enough.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Ten of Cups – Someone close to you is being compet‑ itive with you. He/she is actually comparing your work and trying to be superior.

King of Pentacles – Donʼt be vague while explaining work issues to a subordi‑ nate or colleague. it may hurt them, it is necessary to admin‑ ister the bitter pill.

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

The High Priestess – A new job appoint‑ ment may come your way. You will be excited about the new role and want to do your best using your creativity.

The Star – You are scared to step out of your comfort zone. You want to stay safe with the known devil instead of wrestle with an unknown god.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

King of Wands – You may need to bargain for a better deal. While shopping or while negotiating a job offer, be aware that youʼre worth much more.

The Sun – You need to find quick mainte‑ nance solutions. You cannot afford to waste time in the mundane tasks when more important jobs await your attention.

For Better or for Worse Stone soup

Nine of Cups – Fitness should be your focus now. Health needs atten‑ tion and by taking care of your ﬁtness and diet, you solve half your worries.

Four of Swords – Partnerships may work well at this time. Donʼt rule out the possibility of an entrepreneurship project in an unfa‑ miliar area of work.

SOLUTIONS

Boggle HITCH HUNCH HARSH HATCH HUTCH

Number game

Suduko

Scrabble

Ink pen

COMICS

Fred Basset

LIBRA

Queen of Cups – Being ambitious is not a problem. Itʼs the inability to han‑ dle failure that becomes an issue. You end up being over‑conﬁdent.

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DAYS TO GO

DID YOU KNOW...? n Judo rules require judoka to bow when entering and leaving the mat, as well as at the beginning and ending of a contest. n Striking was banned as a judo technique in the mid-20th century, due to the sport’s original background as a method of self-defence.

LEGENDS OF THE SPORT David Douillet (born February 17, 1969) amazing natural physique combined with his competitive nature translated into a glittering Olympic career in the Heavyweight event. He won his first medal, a bronze, at the 1992 Games aged 23. Four years later he had an even more successful time, taking home the gold. Despite serious injury setbacks over the years, he bounced back to take another gold in 2000

Ryoko Tani (born September 6, 1975) was only 16 years old when she won a silver medal in the 48kg event in 1992. Tani went into Atlanta 1996 with an 84-match winning streak, but again won a silver medal. She then went on another incredible run, winning all of her matches in the four years before 2000. This time Tani would not miss out on glory, and finally claimed a gold medal.

LIFE ON THE TATAMI

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n Jujitsu, the sport on which judo is based, was the only samurai martial art that did not involve a weapon.

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MEDAL EVENTS July 28 Men’s -60kg Women’s -48kg July 29 Men’s -66kg Women’s -52kg July 30 Men’s -73kg Women’s -57kg July 31 Men’s -81kg Women’s -63kg August 1 Men’s -90kg Women’s -70kg August 2 Men’s -100kg Women’s -78kg August 3 Men’s +100kg Women’s +78kg

The history of Judo The early history of judo is inseparable from its founder, Japanese polymath and educator Jigoro Kano (1860–1938). Kano was born into a relatively affluent family. His father, Jirosaku, was the second son of the head priest of the Shinto Hiyoshi shrine in Shiga Prefecture. He married Sadako Kano and was adopted by the family, changing his name to Kano, and ultimately became an official in the Bakufu government. Jigoro Kano had an academic upbringing and, from the age of seven, he studied English, Japanese calligraphy and the Four Confucian Texts under a number of tutors.

JUDO: Judo contests are a five-minute whirlwind combat, with athletes attempting a combination of throws and holds in a bid to defeat their opponents. Developed from jujitsu and established as a sport in the late 19th century, athletes use an intricate mix of attack and defence. The sport’s one-onone battles can be tough, tense and explosive, as competitors grapple for command against equally determined opponents.

Field of play Judo contests are fought on a mat, or tatami. The mat is 14m x 14m, with a smaller contest area of 10m x 10m marked inside it.

THE LINGO Judoka A practitioner of Judo is known as a Judoka. Tatami The mat on which the contest takes place Kuzushi The initial balance break Tsukuri The act of turning in and fitting into the throw Kake The execution and completion of the throw

Judo at Games Judo made its first appearance as a medal sport at the Tokyo 1964 Games. The women’s competition was

added to the programme at the Barcelona 1992 Games.

The basics Much of the terminology of Judo is Japanese. Two athletes (judokas) gain points for throws and holds in a bid to beat their opponent. A contest lasts a maximum of five minutes, and the athlete with the highest score is the winner. The best score is ippon, which can be achieved for a throw, a hold, a strangle or an armlock. Other scores are waza-ari and yuko. These depend on the type of throw or how long a judoka can immobilise his/her opponent. The athletes stand 4m apart, facing each other on the tatami. The referee gets the contest underway by shouting ‘Hajime!’ and stops it by shouting ‘Matte!’

Competition format Athletes are divided into two groups. Competition is on a knockout system that eventually determines the two finalists. In each event, the four defeated quarter-finalists compete in two repechage contests. The winners then compete against the two defeated semi-finalists to determine the winners for the bronze. In the event of a tie, the match enters a golden score period of three minutes, when the first score wins.

Officials A referee stays in the contest area, while two line judges sit just outside it to confirm refereeing decisions. The Venue: ExCel

TECHNIQUES IN JUDO

ata are pre-arranged patterns of techniques and in judo, with the exception of the Seiryoku-Zen’yō KokuminTaiiku, they are all practised with a partner. There are ten kata that are recognized by the Kodokan. Randori-no-kata com-

prises of two kata: Nageno-kata and Katame-nokata Kime-no-kata (Forms of decisiveness). Kōdōkan goshinjutsu (skills of self-defence). Jū-no-kata (Forms of gentleness & flexibility). Gō-no-kata (Forms of

force). Itsutsu-no-kata (The five forms).

Koshiki-no-kata (The antique forms). Seiryoku Zen’yō Kokumin Taiiku (Maximum-efficiency national physical education). Joshi-goshinhō (Methods of self-defence for women).

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

DAYS TO GO

PHELPS, LOCHTE TO CLASH

OMAHA: M i c h a e l Phelps’s bid to maintain O l y m p i c swimming supremacy begins in earnest next week, when he renews his rivalry with Ryan Lochte at the US Olympic swimming trials. Both are entered in the 400m individual medley on the opening day of the trials on Monday. The demanding event was among Phelps’s unprecedented eight victories in one Games at Beijing four years ago — after which he said he would never swim it again in competition. However, Phelps is still the world record-holder, and has waffled on that stance this season.

Lochte, who put his name down for 11 events, is entered in all seven that Phelps has entered. It’s more than likely, however, that neither will swim all the events he has entered during the eight-day trials. Phelps and Lochte are also both entered in the 100m and 200m freestyle, the 100m and 200m butterfly, the 200m backstroke and the 200m medley. Lochte set the 200m medley world record at the world championships in Shanghai last year, the first men’s long course world mark since high-tech bodysuits were banned. He’s seeded number one, ahead of Phelps, in both medleys. Phelps goes into the 100m and 200m butterfly as the top seed.

In Beijing, Phelps won the 100m and 200m butterfly, the 200m and 400m medley, the 200m freestyle and three relay golds. In the Olympic trials that year he was originally entered in nine events but eventually completed — and won — five. In Beijing, Phelps won the 100m and 200m butterfly, the 200m and 400m medley, the 200m freestyle and three

relay golds. In the Olympic trials that year, which were also held in a temporary pool at Omaha’s Qwest Center arena, he was originally entered nine events but eventually completed — and won — five. Phelps has been cagey about his plans for the London Olympics, which he says will be his last. However, he and longtime coach Bob Bowman have indicated he won’t try to emulate his eight-gold feat of Beijing. Phelps owns a total of 16 Olympic medals, 14 of them gold. With a multiple medal performance in London, he could surpass Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina as the winner of most career Olympic medals. She won 18 medals, including nine golds, from 1956-64.

Italian cyclist Pozzato awaits his fate ROME: Italian rider Filippo Pozzato, who is preparing to compete in the London Olympics, said he was “calm” on Tuesday after appearing before the anti-doping prosecutor of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), reports said. CONI said in a statement on Monday that they had summonsed Pozzato to the hearing in Rome to explain “news which has appeared in the press concerning him”. “We spoke, they asked

me a whole load of questions. It’s not up to me to pass judgement, let’s see what they tell me,” Pozzato said, before playing down suggestions that he might be dropped from Italy’s Olympic team. On Saturday, the daily La Repubblica claimed Pozzato had links with Dr Michele Ferrari, who this week had doping charges brought against him by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) at the same time as seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and four other people.

Merlene Ottey, 52, set to race in Helsinki LJUBLJANA: Former Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey, 52, will race next week for her adopted country Slovenia at the European Athletics Championship in Helsinki, Slovenia’s athletics federation said Tuesday. Ottey, who claimed her first Olympic medal at the Moscow Games in 1980 in a distinguished career at 100m and 200m, will be one of six athletes going to Finland for possible inclusion in the 4x100m women’s relay team. It is however seen as unlikely that the former Yugoslav Republic’s team will be fast enough to be able to compete in London this summer for what would be Ottey’s eighth Olympic Games. Her many achievements include having attended seven Olympics and winning nine medals although she never managed the dream of gold. Her closest was in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when she was just beaten by Gail Devers. Controversy at the 2000 Sydney Olympics over claims she was only included in the Jamaican team because of her name led her to quit and she began competing for Slovenia.

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Australian team wins morning appeal SYDNEY:

The Australian men’s field hockey team has won an appeal over the three early morning starts in their group matches at the Olympics. Coach Ric Charlesworth was furious when the draw gave his team three 8.30am games in a major disruption to their daily tournament routine. The Federation of International Hockey said it has re-scheduled Australia v Pakistan on August 7 from 8.30am to 10.45am.

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BEAUTY

Angry Blokhin challenges reporter to a one-on-one A furious Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin offered to “step outside” with a journalist in an extraordinary post-match bust-up following his team’s defeat to England here on Tuesday. When questioned by the journalist about the physical condition of the Ukrainian team, the burly former Ballon d’Or winning international striker snapped, “Respect my job. Lets’ go this one-on-one.”

THE BEST

Croatia fined $100,000 for racist chanting UEFA on Tuesday said it had fined the Croatian Football Federation $100,000 after its supporters racially abused Italy’s Mario Balotelli. European football’s governing body said the fine was imposed “for the setting-off and throwing of fireworks and the improper conduct of supporters (racist chants, racist symbols)” at last Thursday’s match in Poznan, Poland.

Shevchenko calls time on career

ndrei Shevchenko bade an emotional farewell to international football on Tuesday, stepping out of the limelight after Ukraine’s elimination from Euro 2012 at the hands of England. Ukraine had needed a victory in their final Group D encounter to reach the last eight at a European Championship for the first time ever, but a 1-0 loss saw them meet the same fate as fellow co-hosts Poland. A knee injury sustained in the 2-0 defeat by France kept Shevchenko out of the starting line-up, but with Ukraine chasing an equaliser, the familiar chant of ‘Sheva! Sheva!’ began to

echo around Donetsk’s Donbass Arena. He made his entrance in the 70th minute as a replacement for Marko Devic and his every touch brought roars of encouragement tumbling down from the tribunes. He teed up Sergei Nazarenko for a 20-yard shot that flew over the bar but his most telling contribution was a mistimed sliding tackle on England winger Ashley Young that earned him a booking from referee Viktor Kassai. At the final whistle he embraced John Terry, his former Chelsea team-mate, before heading down the tunnel with the adulation of the fans ringing in his ears. “It was my last official game for Ukraine,” he confirmed afterwards. A bit later on I will arrange a farewell game to say goodbye to the supporters. What are my plans now? I simply want to go home and put my arms around my kids and kiss my wife.” At 35, the icon bows out of competitive international football with a record of 111 caps and 48 goals, making him his country’s leading all-time goalscorer. He has played a role in some of Ukraine’s most famous successes, notably spearheading the team that reached the last eight at the 2006 World Cup before falling to eventual champions Italy. Six years ago, Shevchenko was in his pomp. After seven prolific years at AC Milan, he was in the twilight of his career, and yet his match-winning headed double in the opening 2-1 win over Sweden proved that the goalscoring instincts were intact. AFP

The most beautiful people were not necessarily out on the field; there were quite a few in the stands too attracting the shutterbugs.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

Rooney heads lucky English into quarters

Rob Woollard

DONETSK, UKRAINE: England scraped into the quarterfinals of Euro 2012 here Tuesday after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine which sent the co-hosts crashing out. A 48th-minute header from returning talisman Wayne Rooney was enough to see England finish top of Group D and send them into a quarter-final in Kiev on Sunday against Italy.

Euro 2012 Standings Group D P England 3 France 3 Ukraine 3 Sweden 3

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England and France qualify for quarter-finals

TOP GOAL SCORERS 3 goals: Dzagoev (RUS, in pic), Gomez (GER), Mandzukic (CRO) 2 goals: Bendtner (DEN), Fabregas (ESP), Ibrahimovic (SWE), Jiracek (CZE), Krohn-Dehli (DEN), Pilar (CZE), Ronaldo (POR) Shevchenko (UKR), Torres (ESP)

However Ukraine — missing injured captain Andrei Shevchenko — were desperately unlucky not to have earned at least a draw after Marko Devic had a clear goal wrongly disallowed on 62 minutes. Devic had powered into the box and his looping shot had flown over keeper Joe Hart towards goal. John Terry launched himself into an acrobatic clearance to hook the ball away but despite furious Ukrainian appeals no

goal was given. Television replays, however, showed the ball had crossed the line by several inches but had incredibly been missed by the additional assistant referee stationed behind the goal. It was a goal-line controversy that echoed Frank Lampard’s disallowed effort for England against Germany at the 2010 World Cup and is almost certain to hasten the introduction of goal-line technology. FIFA is expected to approve

the introduction of two systems which are currently being tested at a meeting after the European Championships. England will head to their quarter-final meeting with Italy chastened by the knowledge that on another night they could have been heading home after being outplayed for much of the match. England coach Roy Hodgson was proud of the way his players had battled to preserve their advantage and make it five games unbeaten since he took over. “It was a very good defensive and disciplined performance,” he said. “We could have shown some more composure on the ball but we are a fledgling team and we can work on that part.” England captain Steven Gerrard was satisfied that they had achieved their target of topping the group. “It was a difficult group and our aim was to win it. It’s fantastic that we have done,” he said.

PM jokes about disallowed ‘goal’ LOS CABOS: British Prime Minister David Cameron joked on Tuesday he may drop his support for goalmouth technology after England benefited from referee error in the match. Asked about the game at a news conference at the G20 summit in Mexico, Cameron referred back to a previous international match in which England was the team on the wrong end of a bad refereeing decision. “Goal-line technology?” he pondered. “I remember thinking it was a thoroughly good idea when Frank Lampard was disappointed in that previous EnglandGermany game. I’ll have to reflect a little bit further but don’t expect an immediate Uturn,” he joked. AFP

Sweden go in style KIEV: France qualified for the knockout stages of a major finals for the first time in six years here on Tuesday despite losing their final Euro 2012 Group D match 20 to already eliminated Sweden. A brilliant bicycle kick by Sweden’s inspirational captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 54th minute gave them the lead with the outstanding Sebastian Larsson adding a second in the final minute of normal time. It handed the Swedes not only their first points of the group stage but also their first win over France in almost 43 years dating back to October 1969. The French, who also saw their 23-match unbeaten run ended, progress in second place

in the group after England beat co-hosts Ukraine 1-0 in the other game to finish top. France — who last reached the knockout stages of a major finals in the 2006 World Cup — will play champions Spain in the last eight. France coach Laurent Blanc was seething at the performance. “Sweden played this match with its heart. Physically, they were better prepared and they had a player in the team who made the difference, which makes a hell of a difference. “We are really disappointed by this result but we were in trouble throughout the match. When you lose a match, it is because you have not got the right team

out there. “Therefore, if I was to start it all over, we would not start with the same team.” France defensive midfielder

Yann M’Vila said he and the rest of the squad had to turn up in a different frame of mind for the Spanish game. AFP

Playing Field

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

The games people play

Heat one win away from title in Miami. With James on the bench suffering from bad leg cramps in the fourth, Chalmers helped secure the victory with a layup with 44 seconds left that made it 101-96.

Greg Heakes

MIAMI: A hobbled LeBron James (in pic) hit the go-ahead threepointer with 2:51 to play on Tuesday as the Miami Heat rallied to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-98 to move within one victory of the NBA title. James had 26 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, while Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers each scored 25 points for the Heat — who took a 3-1 stranglehold on the best-of-seven championship series. “Four or five plays, that’s what this series is coming down to,” said Miami coach Erik Spoelstra. “That is what this game came down to. “This is competition at its fiercest.” The Heat, who won the title in 2006, can win their second championship in franchise history with a victory in game five on Thursday

Riley awarded Chuck Daly Lifetime Award

iami Heat president Pat Riley, who won five NBA titles as a head coach, was named the winner of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced on Tuesday. Riley is recognised as one of the most influential coaches in the history of the NBA. His NBA career has spanned 43 years as a player, assistant coach, head coach, broadcaster and now team president.

India to tour Sri Lanka July-August COLOMBO: India will play five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 game against Sri Lanka during a three-week tour starting next month, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Wednesday.

Tour schedule July 22 July24 July 28 July 31 Aug 5 Aug 7

: First one-dayer, Hambantota : Second one-dayer, Hambantota : Third one-dayer, Colombo : Fourth one-dayer, Colombo : Fifth one-dayer, Pallekele : Twenty20 international, Pallekele AFP

Indian players ticked off over doubles spat

NEW DELHI: Indian tennis officials on Tuesday criticised two players for refusing to team up with Leander Paes, the country’s top doubles seed, at the Olympics. Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi have both turned down the offer to play with Paes, with the All India Tennis Association (AITA) facing a deadline to name its final pairings by Thursday. Paes and Bhupathi have represented India at four previous Olympics, but fell out in a public row.

Bopanna and Bhupathi want to play together but the AITA said in a statement that it was wrong for them to reject the chance to play with the higher ranked Paes. “Two players cannot make a pact with each other to keep the number one player out,” it said in response to criticism from the sports ministry over the selection dispute. “It would be meaningless to send Leander with a junior player... Leander being the best player must be paired with either Rohan Bopanna or Mahesh Bhupathi.” Paes’ number seven doubles world ranking gives him direct entry to the London Games and allows him to play with any ranked player. Bhupathi and Bopanna also make the cut as a team, but if AITA insists on pairing Bhupathi with Paes, then Bopanna cannot make it to the Games with any other Indian player. If Bhupathi and Bopanna combine as a team, Paes would have to play with a lowerranked and inexperienced player. AFP

The victory spoiled a brilliant offensive performance by Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, who finished with a game-high 43 points. Kevin Durant had 28 points for the Thunder, who got off to their best start of the series in the first quarter but couldn’t execute as well as the Heat down the stretch. “They made a few extra plays down the stretch,” said Thunder coach Scott Brooks. “Experience has nothing to do with it. We never use that as an excuse. “LeBron came back in after his injury and made a great play, made a tough three, and they made some plays at the end.” James nailed a three-point shot to break a 94-94 tie late in the fourth. The basket came about a minute after he had re-entered the game, having injured his left thigh earlier in the quarter when he slipped on a drive to the basket.