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BABU SET TO BEGIN 2,300KM PADAYATRA Having failed to raise various public issues during the recently held Assembly session, the Telugu Desam Party has now shifted its focus to the proposed 2,300km-long padayatra by party president N Chandrababu Naidu which begins on October 2.

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

‘GHMC WOOS FOREIGNERS WHILE

CITIZENS SUFFER’

So say TDP corporators who believe that the GHMC is spending too much time on the CoP while allowing government hospitals to descend into a pathetic state, putting the lives of patients at risk. But as this picture shows, even CoP visitors will not be safe, thanks to the shoddy job being done at venues like the Paryatak Bhavan tourism department in Begumpet.

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EFRON SCARED OF KIDMAN Filming intimate scenes on the set of his new movie The Paperboy with co-star Nicole Kidman terrified Zach Efron.

P28 LAWSUIT AGAINST JLo DISMISSED

Jennifer Lopez can rest easy now that a $10 million lawsuit filed against her has been dismissed. The lawsuit came about two years ago when her attorneys sent cease-anddesist letters to her former hubby Ojani Noa.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

city events

STORY TIME

Oxford Bookstore and The British Council will be organising an innovative session on The Art of Storytelling with internationally acclaimed storyteller Jo Blake Cave on September 27 at 6pm at Oxford Bookstore, The Park. The session is open to all age groups.

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES pasta, bruschetta and antipasto at Truffles cafe. Where: Trufﬂes Cafe, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 10 When: Ongoing, 8am onwards Contact: (040) 2355 0105

ART Ikebana exhibition An exhibition of Ikebana and Painting where you can witness a fusion of metal, petal and paint. It’s a journey of scrap in the arms of petals and paint by Sharmila Agarwal. Where: Rainbow Art Gallery, Balyogi Paryatak Bhavan, Begumpet When: Ongoing, 11am to 7pm

SHOWS Play time Lamakaan will be hosting Manch Theatre’s A Plateful of Plays on October 6. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: October 6, 7.30pm onwards Contact: 96427 31329

Calligraphy art On the occasion of Vinayaka Chathurthi, Sri Parameshwar Raju presents a series of calligraphic artworks based on Lord Ganesha. The exhibition will be held at Truffles Cafe, Jubilee Hills. Where: Trufﬂes Cafe, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 10 When: Ongoing, 11 am onwards Contact: (040) 2355 0105 Life together Iconart Gallery is hosting Life Together, a group show featuring sculptures, paintings and prints by 22 artistes. A preview will be held on September 28. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: September 28 onwards, 11.30am to 7pm Contact: 98499 68797

Film workshop A film making workshop and a film appreciation workshop is being held by Yavanika films. The workshops will be held on weekends. When: 29 September onwards, 11am onwards Contact: 94904 40986 ARTISTIC TOUCHES: An artist paints a wall for the upcoming CoP-11 conference. Various wall paintings can be seen N SHIVA KUMAR around the City dealing with topics such as historical monuments and flora and fauna. Photo exhibition An exhibition titled Imagine is being held at Alliance Francaise De Hyderabad. The exhibition features work by Manohar Chiluveru, Srinath Vadapalli, Satya Sai Mothadaka and Shivaprasad Chiluveru. Where: Alliance Francaise, Marredpally, Secunderabad When: Ongoing, 9am to 6pm Contact: (040) 2770 0734 Mudra in style An exhibition of paintings featuring various forms of Lord Ganesha will be held at Iconart Gallery. A preview

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Art works Eminent artist Vijit Pillai’s solo art exhibition will be held. The exhibition titled Blu Nirvana — a unique illustration of tranquility and colour, will be open till September 28. Where:Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Banjara Hill, Rd No 6 When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 6733 1133

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The refund A play titled The Refund will be presented at Lamakaan . The play takes a dig at the state of education system in the country. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: September 30, 7.30pm onwards Contact: 96427 31329

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CRIME

Death of widow: Paramour held Killers disfigured the woman with acid but in the process, suffered acid burns themselves and that gave them away.

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he murder mystery involving a 45-year-old woman last week, which the Shamshabad police worked out, tells a story of lust, love and money. P Suguna, the widow of one P Rangaiah, was given the job of a cleaner in the railway hospital after her husband’s death in 2003. She developed a relationship with 55-year-old K Kumaraiah, a security guard at the same hospital. Kumaraiah

has a family in Kothur village of Mahbubnagar. Shamshabad ACP Ch Srinivas said that on interrogating the suspects, Kumaraiah and his accomplice Narsimha, it was revealed that Kumaraiah and Suguna had been living as man and wife and he was financially supporting her. He often gave her money and recently, bought a new bike for her son. Suguna recently demanded `50,000, which Kumaraiah said he did not have. An argument ensued and Suguna allegedly threatened to make their rela-

Shamshabad police with the two accused, K Kumaraiah and Narsimha Swamy

tionship public and tell his family. Scared, Kumaraiah decided to do away with her. On September 18, Kumaraiah hatched a plan with a friend,

Narsimha Swamy, to kill Suguna. Accordingly, the two suggested a picnic and a party in Tondpally village. Suguna agreed to the plan. The three had drinks and

dinner and she was cajoled to consume a lot of liquor. As she lay dozing, the duo allegedly throttled her to death. To prevent identification, they poured acid on her face, and left the body there. The body, when found by the police, was left unidentified. Meanwhile, Suguna’s son lodged a missing complaint with the Shamshabad police. The police made inquiries at the hospital, where employees told them about the illicit relationship she had with the guard. Police picked up Kumaraiah and found his hands had acid burns. He then broke down during questioning and related the entire incident. The Shamshabad police also seized from him a gold chain, gold earrings and mobile phone, all of which were taken off the dead woman.

city WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 LAST YEAR... HERE Beyond exhaustion

ast year we had reported how the City police was reaching the end of its tether. Immediately after heavy bandobast duty for Ganesh immersion, cops were forced to remain on their toes and put in long hours because the Telangana activists had launched the general strike. The long period of agitations and festivals had taken a toll on the cops.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

NUMEROLOGY

MPs from the Telangana region are outweighed by 30 from other regions in the State if the Parliament takes up the issue of a separate T state.

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THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.

Don’t ask your partner for money. You may be killed. When P Suguna, a widow, decided to live with her paramour Krishnaiah, little did she know that her asking for money would tick him off. So much, that he’d murder her with the help of a friend.

GHMC is too busy with CoP to focus on anything else. Agreed that the CoP is a prestigious event and involves a lot of work. But does the Corporation really have to ignore other civic issues?

Police checkposts have everyone complaining. They might be doing it to ensure that nothing disrupts peace but their checks are receiving ﬂak.

It pays to turn your passion into your career. IT professionals in the City are chucking their jobs to take up what they truly enjoy doing.

If you’re a gaming fanatic then this is your chance. The upcoming Flipkart gaming tournament will give City gamers a chance to pit their skills against others for a shot at winning.

POLITICS

GHMC high on CoP: TDP TDP corporators accuse GHMC of neglecting suffering people in hospitals. Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

“T

he GHMC should unshackle itself from the intoxication generated by CoP and focus on pressing issues of health,” demanded TDP corporators. The party corporators who recently made visits to several hospitals in the City found the services to be inefficient and insufficient. According to Singi Reddy Srinivas Reddy, one of the reasons for the outbreak of contagious diseases was the pathetic condition of the government hospitals. A substantial number of cases pertaining to malaria, chikungunya, swine flu and other highly contagious diseases were reported recently because of negligence of offi-

cials. Essential drugs are not available and that has led to many deaths. In his letter addressed to the chief minister on Tuesday,

Reddy pointed out that the government departments and the GHMC have utterly failed to curtail the spread of dreadful diseases. The State government

POLITICS Kiran allays fears of Krishna Delta farmers

SECURITY

Police effort to contain T fever begins INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com

hief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy here on Tuesday assured the farmers that he would spare no efforts to ensure that not a single acre of land under Krishna Delta was starved of water. Stating that his government was compelled to impose power cuts following scant flow of rain water into the Krishna river, the CM asked farmers not to worry as there was enough water for power generation. He pointed out that his government has granted `5,500crore subsidy on power this year. The CM reached Vijayawada on Tuesday as part of his three-day Indiramma Baata tour in the district. Addressing a public meeting at Gannavaram, Kiran

ven as the day to hold Telangana march in Hyderabad is approaching fast, the police department have started massive inspecting operations at checkposts on the national and State highways leading to the City. These inspecting operations are not only inconveniencing commuters but also lead to traffic jams on highways. On Tuesday night, the police launched a massive vehicle checking operation at Chowtuppal police checkpost and checked every vehicle, including RTC buses with metal detectors.

and various other organisations are clueless. Speaking to Postnoon, Reddy pointed out that two ministers, Danam Nagender and Mukesh Goud, are chiefly responsible for taking care of the City’s healthcare facility, but they are nowhere to be found. He demanded the government to include dengue and malaria in Arogyashri so that poor people can afford treatment and also work towards controlling the number of deaths in the City. “GHMC and other medical departments should supply timely immunisation medicine from homeopathy, allopathic, ayurvedic and unani for curing ailments and deadly ailments through designated centers inside Corporation limits,” demanded Reddy, floor leader (TDP).

Police received information from various sources that Telangana activists might enter Hyderabad well in advance to make the Telangana march a grand success. Apart from this, the intelligence department has also sprung into action to keep an eye on the Telangana Joint Action Committee leaders across 10 districts of the Telangana region.

Interacting with the beneficiaries of Rajiv Kiranalu programme, he said that 35,000 teacher posts would be filled by Octoner. Kumar said sand has also become an essential commodity and warned that those who violated the Sand Policy will be dealt with severely. Interacting with the beneficiaries of Rajiv Kiranalu programme, he announced that a notification will be issued shortly for filling of 35,000 teacher posts and the process would be completed by October 30. NSS

NEWS BRIEFS Zoo to allow children free entry during CBD

Engineering colleges under scanner

Kiran will permit FDI in retail in State

Builder awarded one year jail term

n view of the upcoming Conference of biodiversity Hyderabad zoo (NZP) will allow free entry for children up to the age of 12 from Oct 1 to Oct 19, the same period when the CoP will be held. This step is being taken to create awareness among the people, particularly children, towards conserving the State’s rich biodiversity.

fﬁcial task force will conduct inspection of private and unaided engineering colleges in the State from the ﬁrst week of October. Infrastructure and other facilities will be examined to ensure they have standard facilities. The decision was taken in a meeting convened under chairmanship of deputy chief minister Damodar Rajanarasimha.

hief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has said his government will allow foreign players to set up shops in the State in tune with the Centre's decision allowing foreign FDI in multi-brand retail. "The multi-national companies will invest `500 crore on infrastructure activity like cold storages under the FDI norms," he said.

builder was slapped with a one year jail term and `10,000 penalty by the III MM court for producing fake NOC documents for house construction. The Uppal builder and a resident of RTC cross roads connived to produce fake certiﬁcates granting them permission for construction of a house in Boduppal.

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POLITICS

‘Handle T with care’ The formation of Telangana is on the back burner yet again as the UPA leaders believe the issue is fraught with many obstacles. PK SURENDRAN surendran.pk@postnoon.com

H Ravi met KCR twice and is learnt to have advised the TRS to take a breather and persuade TJAC to postpone the march. solution was expected this month. But the number game is said to be against the T. As against 10 MPs Telangana sends to Parliament, the other two regions send 30 MPs. The Congress, therefore, can't put at risk such a sizeable number by granting T in a flourish, it is

TELANGANA

‘Send T letter to Center before Oct 2’ K

The 2,300km padayatra will end on January 26, 2013. Md INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com

ope was rekindled on Monday when the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi heard senior leaders assigned with the task of fire-fighting the festering issue of T. Party sources say that the leaders had made it clear that the Telangana issue is fraught with many obstacles and needs to be handled with care. Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, finance minister P Chidambaram, in-charge of AP political affairs, Ghulam Nabi Azad,Vayalar Ravi and other officials attended the meeting. Vayalar Ravi met KCR twice and is learnt to have advised the TRS to take a breather for a while and persuade TJAC to postpone, if not cancel, the ‘Chalo Hyderabad’ call on Sunday. The world biodiversity meet begins on Monday. Any fracas or violence on the eve of the world conference would bring a bad name for AP and also India, it was reasoned. The Congress is indeed caught up in a monkey-wrench on T. So is KCR who claimed a

Babu set to begin padayatra on Oct 1

arimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar has demanded the TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu send a letter to the Centre on the Telangana issue, before launching his proposed ‘Vasthunna Meekosam’ Padayatra on October 2. Ponnam said that the Telangana TDP Forum leaders have to announce their stand on Telangana immediately. He warned that Babu could tour Telangana only after announcing his stand on the Telangana issue. Ponnam has also urged the CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy and ministers from Telangana region to appraise the Centre on the importance and need for creation of separate Telangana state before the march to be held on September 30. Making it clear that the Telangana activists would not act in a manner to damage the brand image of Hyderabad, at a time of the CoP, Ponnam said that the march was being organising only to protect the image of Hyderabad. NSS

pointed out. Hyderabad is unwilling to join the new state if it is proposed. MIM, is dead against joining Telangana. This factor has also gone against KCR and now the difficulty of convincing TJAC to call of the march rests with TRS leaders. Leaders say a word of assurance is all that is required to keep the Telangana leaders and cadres off for a while. But even that is unlikely in the present scenario. OU-JAC, T-JAC employees and other T fronts are making a sparring motion to mess up the world meet so that Telangana will become a global issue.

aving failed to raise various public issues during the recently held assembly session, the Telugu Desam Party has now shifted its focus on the proposed padayatra by party president N Chandrababu Naidu from October 2. According to the preliminary plan, the 2,300-km long padayatra will conclude on January 26, next year. “We have already made all the arrangements for the padayatra. We are now planning to figure out the most important region-based public problems. For instance, farmers of one region are suffering from drought and farmers of some other regions do not have electricity to water their crops. We will highlight all these problems during the padayatra and compel the State government to solve these problems,” TDP MLA Jaipal Yadav told Postnoon. Commenting on mobilisa-

tion of people for the padayatra, another party MLA A Revanth Reddy said that they don't have to mobilise people for the programme. “Our party president will be going from one place to another and meet people of that particular area. There will not be any mobilisation of people during the programme,” he said. The padayatra being undertaken by Naidu will cover all the three regions (Telangana, Andhra and Rayalaseema region) of the State.

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Countdown to Co P Hyderabad 2012

Parallel meet to focus on sustainability

FREUDIAN SLIP?

The Cities for Life conference, to be held alongside the CoP-11, will focus on urban and sub-urban biodiversity. RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA rahul.r@postnoon.com

his October, along with the CoP-11 on biodiversity, a parallel biodiversity summit will be conducted by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) along with the Government of India, the AP State government and the GHMC. This summit, named as Cities for life: Cities and Subnational biodiversity summit, will be held on October 15 and 16. The focus of this summit, which will be held at HICC, will be to feature a interactive dialogue by bringing local and sub-national governments across the globe to implement the Decision X/ 22 on the Plan of Action on sub-national governments, cities and local authorities for biodiversity.

Over 200 delegates have registered, representing 40 cities and 16 sub-national governments from 36 countries. The purpose of the meet is to take stock of progress since the City Biodiversity Summit at CoP10 at Nagoya; to outline the latest relevant tools and initiatives; to reiterate the importance of ecosystem services and understanding their value; and to present a response to the Plan of Action. This will be the third of its kind to be organised parallel to CoP, but the first to take place adjacent to the CoP negotiations. Over 300 participants, ranging from city and sub-national lead-

ers, national governments, international organisations, UN agencies and specialists from across the world, are expected to come to Hyderabad. Over 200 delegates have registered, representing 40 cities and 16 sub-national governments from 36 countries. ICLEI, the world’s leading association of over 1,200 cities and local governments dedicated to sustainable development, was one of the key partners who organized the City Biodiversity Summit at Nagoya, Japan in 2010. R Hampaiah, chairman of the AP State Biodiversity board, said, “This is going to be one of the many side events scheduled for the CoP-11. The focus of this meet will be exclusively on implementation of Nagoya protocol’s many decisions and also environmental awareness on biodiversity in cities and urban areas.”

On a CBD poster where a deer is expressing its fear of humans, the only humans in the vicinity appear to be senior politicians. Unintentional gaffe or Freudian slip? SRINIVAS SETTY

An X-ray of CoP: 5 Ws and 1 H

Postnoon takes a look at some stark realities of CoP ahead of the much written-about conference. PK SURENDRAN surendran.pk@postnoon.com

hat is CoP and what is it trying to achieve? The common man, the main stakeholder, is not told what the discussion is all about. Here, Postnoon turns the light on some stark realities of CoP. A lot has been written about CoP-11 in Hyderabad but even the elite and core decision-makers in the government have only a vague idea about its importance and the need for India to capture the initiative in preserving its biological diversity. Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) is a global treaty with three main objectives: Conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components, and equitable use of benefits from its genetic sources. It was generated at the World Earth Summit at Rio in 1992 and came into force the next year. Each country was to develop a strategy to preserve its biodiver-

sity and share the benefits. This is because preservation of biological diversity is essential for the balanced and healthy socio-economic growth of the whole human race. The CBD today has 193 signatories, including India.

The legally binding nature of the CBD is often bypassed by powerful nations and also by the ambitious emerging nations.

CoP, A TOWER OF BABEL?

Conference of Parties (CoP) is the CBD’s highest decision-making body. It is convened every two years. Till now, the CoP has not achieved much, as it proves a Tower of Babel, with cacophony emerging from it. Except for the pomp and show, no ground breaking work has been done, though the CBD is a legally binding agreement and the world is bound to observe the provisions.

S Faizi, member of the CBD expert group, says the legally binding nature of the CBD is bypassed by powerful nations and also by the ambitious emerging nations. This suits the pirates and the robbers. The culpability of the Indian government is no less. He points out how 2,000 patents based on Indian genetic resources were taken abroad last year without the consent of the government. The loss of Ongole bull to Brazil is the prime sad saga of this country’s neglect of its genetic sources. This is despite India enacting Biological Diversity (BD) Act in 2002.

WHAT BLOCKS CBD?

Undue importance to GDP, economic development and forgetting the basic fact that man cannot live on money. This is the simplest explanation why the world is pushing the implementation of CBD around. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, executive secretary of the CBD secretariat, admits as much. He has set an agenda that include streamlining

the work of CoP; mainstreaming of biodiversity into development agendas; promoting biodiversity concerns across society and government departments.

INDIA’S CASE

India’s overdependence on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is no reflection of the wealth distribution and popular well-being, is blamed for

B for business, not biodiversity

he government, in a period of one year, allowed the following with no meaningful EIA study: n Coal mines: 181 n Thermal power plants: 267 n Steel plants: 188 n Cement units: 106 In this scenario, any substantial gain in the legally binding framework for conserving biodiversity of India and the world seems a distant dream.

overindulging industry and commerce at the cost of biological diversity and agrarian sector. India had three heavy doses of economic liberalisation that leads to preference to industry over environment. The fundamental fact that all wealths are the bounty of nature and protecting it is in man’s interests is forgotten by the rulers. So, the biodiversity act remains a toothless tiger. More and more people are displaced and more and more lands are being appropriated, ignoring the concerns of the local people and economic impact assessment. Making special economic zones is the sterling example. The Central government, over the last 10 years, created 587 SEZs, displacing lakhs of people. Such actions prove that even though India has accepted the CBD, those in power still prefer the exclusionary and conventional top-down models of conservation rather than participatory systems that link sustainable livelihoods with conservation.

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elangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof Kodandaram has made it clear that Telangana march will be held at any cost on September 30 in the City. Speaking at a media meet organised by the Telangana Coordination Committee, he said that they were determined to organise the march even if the government tries to obstruct it. He appealed to the people of Telangana not to resort to any kind of violence; but to participate in the March in a peaceful manner. He said that they would organise the march taking inspiration from Sammakka and Saramma, and fight for liberation of ‘Telangana Thalli’. He said that they would not have come out, had the Central government announced a separate Telangana.

SUPPORT TO ‘MARCH’

Coordination Committee chairman Prof A Gopala Kishan, has appealed to the government to give permission to organise the peaceful march, respecting the democratic rights of the people.

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He said that the Constitution provided a right to the people to confront the government when it failed. He said that the Constitution has provided a right to the people to confront the government when it failed to honour the promises given to the people. He said that all of them would take part in the Telangana March on September 30. Capt Panduranga Reddy of Telangana ex-servicemen Association, said that ex-servicemen would participate in the ‘march’ exhibiting the awards they had won in the defence services. Telangana Settlers Forum President and former MLA Katragadda Prasoon has stated in a press note that they would participate in the March, supporting the bifurcation of the State. Senior Citizens Forum has also extended its support to the march. NSS

TECHNOLOGY

Plant Bio-Technology meet from October 1

ssociation of BioTechnology Led Enterprises Agriculture Group executive director Dr Seetharama Nadhur has said that ‘Cartezena Protocol’ Meeting of Practice, which will decide how important

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CAREERS

Techies turn shutterbugs Their passion for photography and the lure of a better career, both financially and creatively, has several IT professionals chucking their jobs to befriend the camera. SUDESHNA KOKA sudeshna.k@postnoon.com

eady, lights, camera, shoot! Clicking pictures is no longer just confined to the official photography certificate holder and studio photographers. Today, the field of photography has grown by leaps and bounds. One would be surprised to see IT professionals quitting their jobs and taking up photography as a full time career. “When I was working with Google I would go on office trips. That is why my interest in photography took seed. I began with a small digital point and shoot camera and now I have a high end camera. I have now taken up photography as a full time job and I find it much more satisfying both professionally and financially,” said Deepika Puri, a wedding photographer. For most IT professionals, their interest in photography starts as a way to destress. “People’s spending power has gone up of late. Everyone has the money to buy a high end camera and people don’t hesitate to click pictures. Earlier, Bangalore was the only hub for photographers because it is surrounded by many scenic places. Although that is not the case with Hyderabad, people now focus on

clicking street photographs and candid shots,” said Kishor Nagari, an employee with Broadridge. Kishor along with a few others started a club called Hyderabad weekend shoot in 2006. Today more than 24,000

photographers from the City are a part of this group and 90 per cent of them are IT professionals. The group conducts photo walks almost every week and is an open group, so anybody interested can join. They also hold dis-

cussions about the various equipments and help each other hone their photography skills. “I was working with Dell for the last eight years. On weekends I would click photographs and that is how I got hooked to

photography. Friends and acquaintances began liking my pictures and that was encouraging. Today, I am a full time wedding photographer,” said Peddu Eshwar, destination wedding photographer. He goes on to add, “We Indians believe that only engineering can sustain us, but I wanted to prove that notion wrong. After working in the IT industry for eight years I decided to quit and turn my hobby into a career. And it paid.” Financially too, photography has a great scope. On an average photographers charge nearly `50,000 per shoot, which excludes travel and stay. In a month they take up 5 to 6 such shoots. “I earn more that what I used to in Google. I am getting paid for my passion and it gives me an immense sense of fulfilment,” said Deepika. However, there is a large group of IT professionals who only take it up as a part time profession. They freelance for various stock picture companies and international magazines. “Photography started as a stress buster for me, but now I take up freelance work. I believe that if I take it up as a career I will be chasing big bucks and lose my freedom and creativity in the bargain. Hence, I do it on weekends,” said Maheshwar Rao.

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lipkart is bringing their gaming tournament to the City this weekend and the organisers are expecting around 400 gamers to participate. The two-day event includes games such as Counter Strike 1.6, Fifa 12, DoTA, Super Street Fighter IV (XBox 360) and Sony Street Cricket (PS3). Interested gamers can register online or at the venue. All registrations will be on the first day from 9am to 12.30pm. Gnanashekhar Reddy, one of the organisers says that on the first day the organisers want to complete DoTA competition and start Fifa matches. “Fifa will be

organised across two days as it’s an individual event and will have more players. The other games, Street Cricket being an exception, are team games so there’ll be fewer matches,” he says. Counter Strike contests and Fifa finals will be organised on the second day. Hyderabad gamers are traditionally stronger in Counter Strike compared to DoTA and Fifa. Most of the winners at national level in DoTA have been from Bangalore and Mumbai, while Fifa winners are from Delhi, Mumbai or Bangalore. A few gamers who spoke to Postnoon were concerned that there were no racing games at the event. According to Reddy

Gaming enthusiasts across the City are set to take on the first stage of the Flipkart gaming tournament this weekend with games like Counter Strike 1.6 and Fifa 12.

Gamers at the tournament in Chennai.

this is because they only picked one game per platform, except for PC which has two. In the second stage, the

organisers are planning to include newer games such as Counter Strike:GO apart from having demos of newer games.

“We also plan to organise the next stage in a bigger venue like malls,” Reddy says. The event was earlier organised in Chennai and Bangalore; after completing the Hyderabad event the company plans to launch the second stage in November where the winners of the first stage in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad will get wild card entries. According to the organisers, the current stage is primarily targeted at gamers who are new to pro gaming. This is so that new gamers get a taste of gaming competitively before facing tougher established gamers. Location: Diginet Gaming Cafe Dates: September: 29, 30 Timing: 9am - 8:30pm

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

AFGHANISTAN

Mission Kabul: it’s over

Almost three years after US President Barack Obama vowed to "seize the initiative" with a surge of forces to Afghanistan, his great gamble has come to an end. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: The final remnants of those extra American troops departed last week, leaving behind a country still wracked by violence and bitterly divided, and still unsure of what has been achieved. For each triumph on the battlefield there was, people here say, often a loss elsewhere. Now with time running out and Washington having played its strongest card, optimism is hard to find. Even when lawmaker Abdul Jabar Qahraman is taking the short trip from his house in Kabul to the Ministry of Defense across town, he has his bodyguards well prepared and a plan for the journey carefully laid out. Like anyone else who openly opposes the Taliban, his world is shrinking fast and he knows it. "All over Afghanistan security does not exist," he said. A huge figure who swears profusely, Qahraman was a general in the army during the Communist era of the 1980s. He now serves as a Member of Parliament for Helmand, a southern province that absorbed many of the 33,000 extra troops deployed in the surge. US Marines suffered heavy casualties there as they fought for control of some of the country’s most hostile territory. NATO is adamant the situation has improved. Whether any success can last, however, is another matter. The Taliban have always demonstrated an ability to adapt to changing conditions and the feeling persists that they are confident enough of ultimate victory to accept temporary defeats and setbacks. Qahraman is skeptical the surge had any positive impact. He claims assassinations are still a serious problem in his province and believes the central government will collapse if all conventional foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan as scheduled in two years. “Every single day our people are dying at the hands of the insurgents. Anyone can kill anyone else at any time without any fear and without being arrested,” he said. The increasingly tense and paranoid atmosphere developing in much of the country was only heightened in the week leading up to the end of the surge, when a series of alarming events hit the headlines. First a Taliban assault inside the largest military base in

A lot of blood was spilled, Afghans were massacred and a lot of them went outside as refugees. Rana Tarin Senator, Khandahar Helmand left a pair of US Marines dead. The attack is estimated to have caused around $200 million worth of damage. Next the rebel faction that had previously shown the most interest in peace talks conducted a suicide attack in Kabul that killed 12 people. The group, Hizb-e-Islami, said the bomber was a young woman named Fatima. Then it was revealed that NATO would be suspending the majority of joint operations with Afghan forces because of the

The martyrs

ince the beginning of the the Afghan War in 2001 up to the current day, there have been 2,000 U.S. servicemen and women who have lost their lives. That number includes both combat deaths as well as military suicides that occurred in Afghanistan.

growing number of foreign troops being gunned down by their local colleagues. In his 2009 speech announcing the surge, Obama declared “a more effective civilian strategy” would accompany the additional military personnel, telling the Afghan government, “we expect those who are ineffective or corrupt to be held accountable”. But Abdul Satar Saadat, a Kabul-based analyst, criticized the US for not following through on this. He said the Afghan parliament had shown some signs of

growing strength, but claimed warlords continued to dominate the political scene. “Besides the invasion and the occupation this was another excuse used by the Taliban to receive the support of the people,” he said. There are still roughly 68,000 American troops in Afghanistan, compared to the 32,000 that were here when Obama first took office. Since 2001, more than 2,000 US troops have died in the war. Although there is an acknowledgement among officials in Washington that some kind of insurgency is likely to continue for years to come, they insist the government here will be capable of defending itself and rule out any chance of the rebels seizing power. Many Afghans see the situation differently and are terrified about what the future could hold. Rana Tarin is a senator for Kandahar province where, she told GlobalPost, the surge has improved security. Now she fears those gains will soon be lost

as the Taliban seek to reassert themselves in their traditional heartland. “Before there was killing every single day: assassinations, attacks on police stations, suicide attacks. Right now there has been a large decrease but that does not mean we have solved our problems 100 percent,” she said. “Because they are very tired of fighting, the Kandahari people think that any day they do not lose a member of their family or hear an explosion in the city is good.” In some form or other the defeat of the Soviet Union haunts everyone here. The US and its NATO allies are desperate to avoid a similar debacle and the citizens of this country remember all too well what fate awaited them the last time they were left to fend for themselves. “A lot of blood was spilled, Afghans were massacred and a lot of them went outside as refugees,” Tarin said. “Again there is a worry the same things will happen.” GLOBAL POST

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Business

WB DEMANDS PROBE INTO BRIDGE GRAFT

The World Bank reiterated on Tuesday that Bangladesh will not get new funding for its Padma bridge project until a credible probe into corruption around the project is undertaken.

REAL ESTATE

Staring at stark realty

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Though the market has been on the path to recovery in the last one year, there are many unresolved issues that are worrying developers. PRUDHVI RAJU K prudhvi.k@postnoon.com

eal estate market is growing in the City with increase in sales in all the regions. However, the recent power crisis in the State, sand issues and doubts over political stability and peacefulness are still hindering the growth of the market. The real-estate market is gradually picking for last one year and is doing very well especially for last three months. Although, there is growth is different regions, but it is substantial in West (Madhapur and Gachibowli) and North West regions of the City (Kukatpally and Miyapur) because of the employment provided by IT and ITES companies even in during this tough times, said PV Ravindra Kumar, CEO, Vasathi Housing. The IT industry is driving real estate industry in recent times. Although, the City is very much known for Pharma and equipment manufacturing, the power crisis hit them badly raising doubts not only in their growth but also their sustenance. However, IT industry continues to grow and manage

LIG. The fee will be utilised by the government for the purpose of developing housing for weaker sections. This will be additional burden on builders. Hyderabad market is customer friendly market in terms of prices. The developers work at thin margins and survive only

the crisis with gensets. Hence forth, the sales are specially happening in the west side of the City, he explained. On recent changes for the GO 45, he said, “The developer has to pay `70-80 per sft and get himself exempted from developing housing for EWS and

on volumes. This new rule will increase the construction costs for the developers,” “The power crisis is affecting small-scale industries and many of them are getting closed. The power and cement equipment manufacturing industries are inherent strengths of the City. With the power crisis affecting these small-scale industries, will have negative impact on the economy of the city including real estate. It is high time that government should understand power crisis would have huge repercussions and hinders the growth of the city in all aspects,” Kumar said There is huge variance in the sand prices. Still, the developers have to pay high price for the sand, which is `40,000 for a truck. Unfortunately, government did not do much on this issue. Even the workforce (labour), who are not getting continuous work because of all this issues may move to other cities. This could even create human resource problem in the city. The government should able to give better administration with security and peacefulness and uninterrupted power for the growth of City and industry, he added.

GLOBAL WARMING

TRANSITION

Economies feeling the heat

Rometty named IBM chairman

5.2 mn die a year due to carbon-intensive activities. NEW YORK: Climate change caused by global warming is slowing down world economic output by 1.6 percent a year and will lead to a doubling of costs in the next two decades, a major new report said Tuesday. The DARA and Climate Vulnerable Forum report, which was commissioned by 20 governments and due to be presented on Wednesday, paints a grim picture of the economic fallout. The “Climate Vulnerability Monitor” report finds

NEW YORK: IBM said Tuesday its board elected as its new chairman Virginia Rometty, who will succeed Samuel Palmisano when he steps down October 1. Rometty, 55, is currently IBM’s president and chief executive officer, and will add the title of chairman at the US computing giant. Palmisano, who began his career with IBM in 1973 and became chairman in 2003, will remain a senior advisor to the company until he retires on December 1. AFP

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Yahoo! on Tuesday named Ken Goldman as chief financial officer as the struggling Internet giant extended its shakeup under new chief executive Marissa Mayer. Goldman will start his job October 22 and will replace Tim Morse, who has been with the company since June 2009. The new finance chief “will be responsible for Yahoo!’s global finance functions including financial planning and analysis, controllership, tax, treasury, and investor relations,” a company statement said. He will report directly to Mayer. Goldman held a similar job at Fortinet, a provider of threat management technologies.

NUMEROLOGY

$100

is what The New York Times would get from selling its stake in the jobs-listing website Indeed.com.

BBA TO EXIT LIBOR ROLE? The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) on Tuesday said that it was willing to give up its role of setting the Libor interest rate in the wake of a rigging scandal that rocked Barclays. The announcement by the bank lobby group followed reports that a review of Libor by Martin Wheatley, managing director of Britain’s ﬁnancial regulator, will on Friday call for the BBA to lose the pivotal rate-setting role. “The BBA seeks to work with the Wheatley review team as they complete their consultation on the future of Libor,” said a short statement Tuesday.

THUS SPAKE

I would like to tell the IMF managing director: this is not a football match. This is an economic and political crisis, and the worst one in memory since the (Depression era) 1930s. CRISTINA KIRCHNER ARGENTINA’S PRESIDENT

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BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR PM ON BIRTHDAY Prime Minister Manmohan Singh celebrates his 80th birthday today amid bouquets and brickbats for his bold policy decisions. Sources close to the PM said he will spend time with family and at work.

CRIMINAL WASTE

Rotting grain could have fed 8 cr The maximum wastage is accounted for in Punjab, where 19,290 tonnes have rotted. West Bengal is next with 4,545 tonnes, and Gujarat follows with 4,290 tonnes. NEW DELHI: An estimated 36,000 tonnes of grain has gone bad at the various storage facilities of the state-run Food Corp of India since 2008, enough to feed 80 million people at a per capita consumption of 440 grams, fresh data reveals. Ironically, the maximum wastage is accounted for in Punjab, otherwise known as India’s bread basket, where 19,290 tonnes have rotted during the period, as per the replies to an application filed under the Right to Information Act. West Bengal is next with 4,545 tonnes, and Gujarat follows with 4,290 tonnes, according to information available on the application filed by activist

Shocking statistics n Between 1997 and 2007, some 183,000 tonnes of wheat, 633,000 tonnes of rice and 111,000 tonnes of maize were damaged at FCI warehouses. n FCI capacity for covered storage — 63.82 million tonnes n Estimated grain production this year — 117.18 million tonnes. n Out of 18.1 million tonnes of storage capacity approved, just 2.9 million tonnes has been constructed.

Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. But the state-run firm has no data on how much of the loss is due to lack of storage space.

The state-run agency said the damage was due to reasons such as pest attack, leakages, poor quality stocks, spillages during

transportation, floods, human negligence and exposure to rain in case of unscientific storage due to lack of storage space.

Another application filed earlier by activist Dev Ashish Bhattacharya had revealed that between 1997 and 2007, some 183,000 tonnes of wheat, 633,000 tonnes of rice and 111,000 tonnes of maize were damaged at different FCI warehouses. Minister of state for food and public distribution KV Thomas had told Parliament in June that more than 6.6 million tonnes of wheat, meant for sale through state-run fair-price shops, was lying in the open. Official data showed that the agency had a capacity for 63.82 million tonnes of covered storage as on April 1. Against this, grain production this year is expected to be 117.18 million tonnes. IANS

NEWS BRIEFS

POLITICS

Pawar exit: NCP legislators’ meeting today MUMBAI: A crucial meeting of the NCP Legislature Party will be held here today to discuss the political situation in the aftermath of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s resignation from the Cong-NCP alliance government in Maharashtra. Party sources said several legislators owing allegiance to 53-year-old Ajit Pawar are firm that the party should quit the government and extend outside support to the ministry. The simmering tensions in the 13-year-old coalition came to the fore yesterday with the resignation of Ajit, 53-year-old nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, following reports of scam to the tune of thousands of crores of rupees in irrigation projects during his tenure as water resources minister between 1999 and 2009. Senior NCP leaders, including party chief Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule, have said the resignations tendered by all party ministers, submitted to state unit chief Madhukar Pichad yesterday, were a result of being “swayed by emotions” in support of Ajit Pawar. PTI

Seven killed in mishap VADODARA: At least seven persons, including six women, were killed and 12 others injured when their tempo collided with a tractor. The victims were returning to Koyali village, on the outskirts of Vadodara city, after taking part in a programme at Bhardaran town during the ongoing Ganesh festival, when a sandladen tractor hit their vehicle late last night, police said.

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Militant killed in Manipur IMPHAL: A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Manipur’s Imphal west district, officials said today. Security personnel patrolling Toubungkhok area asked a suspect to stop for frisking late last night. As the security men approached him, the militant hurled a grenade which failed to explode and in the ensuing encounter, the militant was killed, they said.

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Man arrested for killing partner PANAJI: A 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his live-in partner at Anjuna beach village near here, police said today. Anjuna police arrested Ubaldo Fernandes last night for allegedly shooting his partner Rita Almeida, 35. The postmortem conducted on the victim’s body found a bullet in her chest, police said. Rita was found dead at her residence on Monday and police had initially ruled out any foul play, claiming that the death was due to an asthma attack. But the locals, including Rita’s brother, raised suspicion about her death. The body was later taken to conduct the postmortem.

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SMART THINKING

SONG OF HOPE

Bihar to use FB to boost cattle fair PATNA: Bihar plans to use socialnetworking sites to popularize Asia’s largest cattle fair held annually at Sonepur in the state, a police official said Tuesday. Saran district Superintendent of Police Sujeet Kumar said the tourism department, along with

the district administration, will use social-networking sites, including Facebook, to popularise the Sonepur cattle fair from this year. “The Sonepur cattle fair will find a place on social networking sites like Facebook to attract domestic and foreign tourists,” he said. Kumar said it will be the first such move to use Facebook to popularise the Sonepur cattle fair worldwide. In a bid to attract tourists, the government has decided to hire event managers for the fair this time. The fair, beginning Nov 27, is spread across 500 acres near the confluence of two rivers - the Ganga and the Gandak - and has been held every year for centuries. The event, which begins on Kartik Purnima, is reportedly the only one of its kind in the sub-continent. Animals like horses, cows, oxen, goats, buffaloes, donkeys, ponies, monkeys, rabbits, bears, cats and guinea pigs are traded at the fair.

Tibetans dressed in religious attire play musical instuments as they lead a procession with the portrait of Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama (centre) during the ceremonial start of the Second Special General meeting of Tibetans in Dharamshala on Tuesday. The four-day second Special General meeting of Tibetans which begins September 25 will be discussing the critical issues of recent self immolations by Tibetans in Tibet, and taking up the Tibet issue with new Chinese leadership. AFP/MANJUNATH KIRAN

GLOBAL IN LOCAL

CHARITY

‘Made in China’ coffins enter Kerala market

Shortage of wood and lack of trained manpower to make coffins have led to its scarcity in the state, paving way for the entry of the Chinese products.

variety of products have flooded Indian market after the liberalisation process was initiated two decades ago and the latest one to make its entry is ‘made in China’ coffins. A consignment containing 170 coffins have arrived in Kerala with a Alappuzha district-based company entering into a tie-up with a firm in Shanghai. “We have entered into a tieup with a firm in Shanghai for the manufacture of coffins,” said Sateesh Thomas, proprietor of a company who is importing the coffins. The coffins, named ‘Sworgapetty (Heaven box), is made from the Paulownia tree wood, available in plenty in China. “The wood is environment friendly, strong and degradable in a week’s time,

Thomas said here. “This is the first time that coffins made in China is coming to Indian market,” he said. The price ranges between `20,000 to `2 lakh. “We plan to bring in more

boxes at a stretch and also planning to import the materials and assemble it here, to reduce the prices, to make it affordable to the common man.” Shortage of wood and lack of trained manpower to make

coffins have led to its scarcity in the state, he said and cited it as reasons behind the firm, now engaged in furniture business, to diverse its operations to coffin import. “Coffin making is a family owned business. The new generation is not coming forward to take up the business, mainly due to some kind of negative image associated with the trade,” he said. In China, coffins made of cardboards were available. But, they were not suitable to Indian beliefs and culture, he said. “We have asked the agency in Shanghai to re-design the coffins in tune with the cultural conditions of the country.” The price of cardboard coffins would be very less compared to the ones made of Paulownia tree wood, he said. PTI

Sulabh care for widows of Vrindavan

o promote self-esteem among the 2,000-odd widows in various ashrams in Vrindavan, Sulabh International has invited 250 of them to New Delhi where they will be felicitated Thursday. Five ambulances will also be presented to them to cater to any health emergency. Sulabh has also promised to ensure adequate medical care for the widows. “We have invited them to New Delhi to attend a function. We are also going to release a book, “New Life”, compiled especially on them,” said Sulabh Founder Bindeshwar Pathak. “We have started giving Rs.1,000 per month to each widow in five government-run shelters in Vrindavan. We have also opened a healthcare centre for them and to provide for their last rites,” Pathak said. He added: “Our first task would be to motivate orphans and physically fit widows to enlist in vocational training programmes so that they don’t become a burden on society and are able to earn their livelihood.” PTI

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World UNITED NATIONS

‘Stop slur on Islam’

BROOKS TO ENTER HER PLEA Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks is to enter her plea in a London court Wednesday on charges of trying to cover up phone hacking that led to the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid’s closure.

PUTIN TO THE RESCUE

UP IN THE AIR

Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended the image of “Russian girl” which was recently criticised by a senior priest in the Russian Orthodox Church. Archimandrite Tikhon, a member of the presidential council for culture and art, said that Russia previously was associated with modest girls who wore their hair in plaits. But that this image has been transformed into “a girl who drinks beer at a bus stop” and curses in public, the priest said.

Muslim kings: Western nations must clamp down on ‘Islamophobia’ UNITED NATIONS, Muslim leaders demanded international action to stop religious insults in a challenge to US President Barack Obama's defense of freedom of expression at the UN General Assembly. Obama made a strong condemnation of "violence and intolerance" in his speech at the UN headquarters on Tuesday. He said world leaders had a duty to speak out against the deadly attacks on Americans in the past two weeks caused by an anti-Islam film made in the United States. But Muslim kings and presidents and other heads of state said Western nations must clamp down on "Islamophobia" following the storm over the

film which mocks the Prophet Mohammed. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, said the film was another "ugly face" of religious defamation.

Tit for tat CAIRO: An Egyptian newspaper has launched a campaign against the obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, reported the BBC. Al-Watan, a secular daily, published 13 cartoons on Monday under the slogan “Fight cartoons with cartoons”.

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100

More than 100 people have died across Syria on Tuesday as Basher al-Assad’s men upped the ante in their attempt to take Aleppo.

Dean O’Malley flies using a JetLev, a water-powered jetpack flying machine in the Newport Beach harbor on Tuesday in Newport Beach, California. O’Malley will attempt to establish a new world record for flight of the JeLev by making a 26 mile open ocean crossing from Newport Beach to Avalon, Catalina Island on September, 29, 2012. KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAGES/AFP

TECHNOLOGY

Now, go virtual scuba diving with Google SAN FRANCISCO: Google late Tuesday began letting users of its online mapping service take virtual scuba dives to explore precious living reefs being surveyed by scientists. The first underwater panoramic images were added to Google Maps with the help of Catlin Seaview Survey scientific

expedition, which hoped that the up-close view of underwater wonders would inspire people to protect them. “This is a critical decade for coral reefs,” Catlin project director Richard Vevers told AFP while providing a preview of the Google reef mapping project. “We need to be recording them as fast as we can and

involving people to halt the decline, which is alarming at the moment.” A small team of Catlin divers used a special camera to capture panoramic imagery woven together at Google Maps and in a special Street View online gallery to let people swim along without getting wet. AFP

NEWS BRIEFS Earthquake rocks Mexican peninsula

American who killed immigrant executed

Abortion to be legalised in Uruguay

Twin blasts hit near Damascus army HQ

LA PAZ: A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico’s Baja California peninsula Tuesday, forcing more than 1,000 tourists to ﬂee their hotels and take refuge on beaches and in gardens. No damage or victims were immediately reported after the earthquake and an aftershock struck the west coast region.

WASHINGTON: An American man convicted of killing a Sudanese immigrant was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday in Texas after the Supreme Court rejected his fourth appeal for a stay of execution. Cleve Foster, a 48-year-old former Army recruiter, had spent eight years on death row as he repeatedly proclaimed his innocence.

MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay took a step toward legalizing abortion on Tuesday as lawmakers in the lower chamber of parliament narrowly passed a bill allowing the procedure under certain conditions. The vote was 50-49 and came as proponents and critics of the bill yelled out from the gallery in the chamber.

DAMASCUS: Twin blasts hit near the headquarters of the army general staff in Damascus early on Wednesday, state television said, without giving any immediate word on any casualties. The early morning explosions sparked a ﬁre in the Syrian capital's closely guarded Umayyad Square administrative district, the television said.

CAUGHT! An illegal immigrant was busted trying to enter Spain despite his best efforts at pretending to be a car seat, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. Vigilant police caught the 20-yearold man from Guinea attempting to sneak into the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco over the Beni-Enzar crossing Friday. He was hidden inside a Renault 7’s passenger seat, with the co-driver sitting on top of him. The insides of the seat had been discarded, leaving only the frame which he slid into.

If the Syrians want to break that (no-fly zone), that’s another subject. We need somebody to have the teeth to tell them ‘don’t do that’, because that will not be allowed. Qatari Emir Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani

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adonna has come out for Barack Obama... we think. At a concert in Washington, DC, Monday night, the Material Girl issued an endorsement for the president that began unambiguously enough: "You all better vote for f***ing Obama, ok?" But then she continued: "For better or for worse, we have a black Muslim in the White House. Now, that's some amazing s**t. [...] It means there is hope in this country." As Obama might have said: Um... thanks? There are two possibilities here: either Madonna is one of the 17 per cent of American voters who still (still?) believe that Obama is a Muslim, or she's engaging in some sarcasm at their expense. If so, that's some—marginally—more nuanced political punditry than we've come to expect from Madonna. She got in hot water with French far-right leader Marine Le Pen earlier this year when she projected an image of the National Front president alongside a Nazi swastika at concerts this summer; while in New York earlier this month, according to The Hill, she stripped off to reveal Obama's name painted across her torso. She'd brought out the body paint again Monday night, The Hill says, and this time the president's name was in capitals. Pulling off her shirt and pants to reveal the slogan, Madonna announced: "When Obama is in the White House for a second term I'll take it all off." Again: Um... thanks? GLOBAL POST

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Richard P. Feynman American Scientist

The Girl Material stands by Obama

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS

We can’t have enough of Mitt ‘Gaffy’ Romney. The latest is his asking why can’t we open windows on planes. And this is the man who hopes to pip Barack Obama, who is leading by leaps and bounds in opinion polls, thanks to Mitt, of course. Silence is golden: never heard that, have you, Mitt?

he number of social networking sites are increasing by the day and most technology literate people, especially the youngsters, are hooked on to one platform or the other. These websites came as a boon to people who are away from their family and friends due to work, studies and other unavoidable commitments. They provide free means of communication, entertainment and networking facilities for professional and personal purposes. One can keep track of developments in the lives of people connected to them with the least of efforts. However, in course of time, the tools that were aids became a necessity and eventually an addiction. Mere websites became benchmarks for determining friends and foes, for gauging one’s own acceptability, to judge loyalties, and of course, social standing. The obsession with impressing others, already fuelled by a culture driven by consumerism, takes uncontrollable proportions. People are devoting time, energy and money into ‘perfect-

ing’ their virtual lives and in the end, lose out in real life. Though a direct comparison will be an exaggeration, the film Matrix kind of portrays the situation of those who are totally dependent on social networking sites. In the movie, all are plugged into a virtual reality that caters to all needs. People go about their lives full of happiness and all seem perfect. However, the reality is that all are nothing but masses of flesh and bone cocooned in containers, with no connection to real life. For example, a bodybuilding champion in the matrix is in reality as weak as a newborn. There have been reports of relationships breaking off due to disagreements over what should be its influence on the partners’ online profiles. Wives and husbands dumping partners because they are ‘single’ online!!! Many confess to using photo editing tools to make themselves look better in their display pictures and admit that one of their biggest worries is about friends tagging them in photographs that would provide a reality contrast to the carefully managed online profiles. It was barely a year ago when an East Asian couple, obsessed with an online virtual farming game on a top social networking site, kept forgetting to feed their child. Though the

farms plants and animals thrived due to constant monitoring, the real child succumbed to a malnutrition-induced ailment. These networking platforms have also emerged as hot spots of e-bullying where people gang up to insult, blackmail and defame others. The number of suicides and violent crimes that is in some way or the other connected to social networking sites are rising at an alarming rate. However, blaming social networking sites would be akin to blaming liquor for alcoholism. It is our uncontrolled pursuit of limelight that is enabling these platforms to act

as force-multipliers for vices and abuse. Virtual world bonding stops at virtual levels and cannot help with real life issues. If we spend a fraction of our online time in making real friends and socialising, we will be much better off. And you won’t have some friend’s friend’s friend making comments on your looks. Come on, these are just websites and nothing more. Let us not give them the importance they don’t deserve and allow them to dictate our social life. The writer works for Postnoon.

EDITORIALS

Act before it’s too late

here’s always a hullabaloo whenever anything grim about and global warming and climate change emerges. It could be report, a study, or a general consensus to do something about it. The leaders of the mighty and weak nations gather, they say hi and then won’t do a thing about doing the necessary to arrest a phenomenon that we all know is going to cause a catastrophe. Islands are starting to vanish, courtesy the rising sea water level due to the melting of ice in the poles; when rain is expected, droughts happen, when it’s supposed to be the time of blazing sun, we get thunderous downpour. Yet we refuse to take cue and act. The DARA and Climate Vulnerable Forum report due to be presented on Wednesday in New York talks about the economic fallout of climate change. The "Climate Vulnerability Monitor" report ﬁnds "unprecedented harm to human society and

READERS’ VIEWS

current economic development that will increasingly hold back growth, on the basis of an important updating and revision of previous estimates of losses linked to climate change". However, here’s the silver lining: “Tackling climate change's causes would instead bring "significant economic benefits for world, major economies and poor nations alike." Now, is that not something? If the world’s leaders can’t take measures to arrest climate change for the sake of earth and the people and other beings that inhabit it, how about doing something for economic benefits? And there’s real bad news for China, the US and India. “In less than 20 years China will incur the greatest share of all losses at over $1.2 trillion. The US economy will be held back by more two percent of GDP; India, over five percent of its GDP”. So are we gonna do something about it?

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Cinema

REGIONAL CINEMA IGNORED Acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh is not sure if Bollywood film Barfi!, India's official entry for the Oscars this year, is the right choice. But he laments how regional cinema, including his own, is ignored for such honours.

IN SPOOKSVILLE

MOVIE OF THE WEEK Drakula Halala (1921) Portrayed by Paul Askonas

Hungarian film version of Dracula, The Death of Dracula (Drakula Halala) was the first adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. Widely searched for by horror fanatics, Drakula Halala is a silent film. A girl has frightening visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the inmates claims to be Drakula and she cannot be sure whether they were nightmares or real.

Nosferatu (1922) Portrayed by Max Schreck

or its time, this was just very chilling. Nobody was expecting a Dracula adaption this soon. The film kept the key characters and the plot, but Max Schreck’s portrayal gave such a different style to Dracula, as he became more demonic than humanistic. Overall, this particular film became a classic for being truly scary in the 1920s, and yet, is still creepy to a modern-day audience.

Count Dracula (1970) Portrayed by Christopher Lee

nother take on Dracula by an older Christopher Lee. Dracula’s play with age is revealed in this version, with Christopher Lee looking older in the beginning, but changing into a younger form once arriving in Jonathan Harker’s home town. This was perhaps the most creepy Dracula of all time, especially with Klaus Kinski’s silent role as Renfield.

The House of Dracula Now with animation film Hotel Transylvania releasing, Count Dracula is back in focus. Dracula has been featured in more than 161 films and is the second most popular horror movie character. Here’s some proof of his popularity. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) Portrayed by Gary Oldman

hat made this version so good was that it went all out with the Dracula book. The scenes were realistically disturbing, as there was plenty of nudity and gore, which captured the novel’s spirit. Gary Oldman was perfect as Dracula — scary, disturbing, sexually seductive, an age switcher and most of all, unpredictable.

Dracula: Dead and Loving it (1995 ) Portrayed by Leslie Nielsen

Looper In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self. This movie marks the third collaboration between director Rian Johnson and lead actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the ﬁrst being Brick, and the second being a quick cameo in The Brothers Bloom as a bar patron with a guitar.

DID YOU KNOW...

1,500

is the number of reels director David Fincher shot for his film Fight Club (1999). It was more than three times the usual amount for a 120-minute film. Fight Club stars Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter among others. The film was rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behaviour, sexuality and language.

TRENDING...

nother spoof from Mel Brooks. Basically, he took Bram Stoker's Dracula, gave it a new script and made a big joke out of it. The usual, rich English are attacked by Dracula and Dr. Van Helsing is brought in to save the day. Much of the dialogue from the original Dracula is repeated here and spoofed, as well as Leslie Nielsen doing a spoof-impersonation of the famed Bela Lugosi.

Hotel Transylvania (2012) Voiced by Adam Sadler

racula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter. Also invited to join the resort are Frankenstein's monster and his wife Eunice, Murray the Mummy, Wayne and Wanda Werewolf, Griffin the Invisible Man, Bigfoot, The Blob among others.

Amitabh Bachchan feels lack of education is responsible for lack of good quality scripts in the Indian ﬁlm industry. "Lack of education. The level of education is not equal or universal. That's one of the tragedies of the country," he told reporters when asked about the reason for lack of good quality scripts.

Actor John Travolta was conferred with a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sunday. He was also awarded the same at the Zurich Film Festival,Thursday. He was presented with the prestigious Donostia Award by Benicio del Toro, his Savages co-star.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

spotlight

LADIES NIGHT

The party at Rain Club tonight ladies. Enjoy the night with DJs Murthovic, Sowmya & Umar spinning hiphop & house. Head to Shangrila Towers at 8pm.

SRINIVAS SETTY

ON A DIFFERENT PLANET

Tuesday high Kismet on Tuesday saw a lot of fun and dancing. The party lovers made sure that there was not a single empty seat and the organisers made sure that no one’s glass was empty. 1

Beauty in waste

Sharmila Agarwal, on Tuesday, held an exhibition at the Rainbow Art Gallery. Titled ‘Pause for Passion’ the exhibition was a fusion of metal, petal and paint. 2

1 Aarthi, Nikitha

6 Faizn, Shaheen 7 Aayanta

2 Hitesh, Jothi 3 Cindy, Steffi

8 Nikitha

4 Priyanka 5 DJ Kanna

9 Aisha 10 Sweety

7 1 Sharmila Agarwal with

Chandana Khan 2 Arvind Changi 3 Chandana Khan

6 10 8

DOUBLE DHAMAAL Actor Suneel performed the aarthi for 92.7 BIG FM’s and Bharathi Cements big Green Ganesha. He also cut a cake to celebrate the sixth birthday of the radio station.

MORE THAN JUST READY Actor Vishnu Manchu was at the Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM station on Tuesday to promote his movie Denikaina Ready. The music of the ﬁlm was launched at the station and Mirchi listeners were treated to the songs of the movie for the ﬁrst time.

4 Divagnya Sharma 5 Neeta 6 Beena, Khuisha 7 Rekha Reddy 8 Anisha, Rachna

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

health

FAST-FOOD LOGOS LIGHT UP CHILD'S BRAINS The appetite centres of children's brains light up when shown advertising images, a study reveals. It suggests that fast-food firms are tapping into the reward areas of the brain, and that these develop before the regions that provide self-control, leading to unhealthy choices.

MATTERS OF THE HEART

Heart care and the youth Lifestyle has a lot to contribute for the early onset of heart ailments among the youth. ANISHAA KUMAR

anishaa.k@postnoon.com

eart ailments? I am too young to be worried about that thought 32-year-old Sameer till the day he was rushed to the hospital. Like Sameer, many of us may express surprise about the onset of heart disease so early but the reality is that today, a sizeable chunk of patients undergoing treatment for heart disease are younger people.

in instances. Dr Shiv Kumar says, “The most common factor I have seen is smoking. Many cases where young people have been admitted due to myocardial infarction (heart attack), a history of smoking is noticed. Apart from this the other possible causes could be obesity and lack of physical exercise as well as some cases in which heart ailments occur due to genetic causes.” Another growing cause is believed to be out fast paced

lives where improper diet and stressful jobs take priority over our health. These factors too have started to contribute to heart disease in the youth. Earlier instances of heart disease are more common among males. Dr Shiv Kumar says, “We see more cases of heart disease among men. Seeing the lifestyle changes nowadays (smoking) even women soon will see an increase. Once a person has crossed 40 cases of heart disease are common among both.”

TESTING AND PREVENTION According to Dr Shiv Kumar, a stress test and lipids test can be conducted to keep a watch on possible heart disease. Apart from testing it is important that precautions are taken to prevent the onset of the ailment. Dr Shivkumar says, “One should indulge in physical activity and avoid the intake of junk and fatty food.” Cutting down smoking and a healthy routine (diet and exercise) is also advised.

Risk factors n n n n n n n n

High cholesterol High blood pressure Diabetes Smoking Overweight and obesity Poor diet Physical inactivity Alcohol Source: http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_ statistics/fact_sheets/fs_heart_ disease.htm

WHAT IS HEART DISEASE Heart disease refers to a variety of heart ailments such as CAD, congenital heart disease, heart attacks etc. It is one of the growing causes of death among people, including the youth. According to latest studies, signs of heart disease are being seen among the youth itself. This is in terms of blocked arteries due to the deposition of cholesterol. The cholesterol builds up in the arteries and slowly blocks the blood flow to the heart. According to Dr J Shiv Kumar, chief cardiologist, Apollo Hospital, Secunderabad, “It is becoming very common even in India to see heart disease among younger people. We do see people in the age groups of 20-30 and 30-40 suffering from these problems.”

CAUSES Lifestyle factors are said to contribute to a large extent when it comes to the reason for the rise

ANEWS PP-LYBRIEFS YOURSELF

HOUSECALL

DID YOU KNOW?

PIONEERS

Skinnyo

HIV

Hair is indestructible

Fidel Pagés Miravé

Skinnyo helps the user ﬁnd weight loss motivation in a way that is fun and engaging. The application enables users to track their weight changes and challenge friends to weight loss contests. It also awards users with badges and points that are displayed on their proﬁle.

Human immunodeficiency virus is a type of virus called a retrovirus, which infects the human immune system. HIV may cause AIDS (a collection of diseases and symptoms, or problems in the body) by eventually killing the white blood cells, which a healthy body uses to fight off disease. It is usually transmitted by transfer of infected body fluids like during blood transfusion, sexual contact, sharing of needles etc.

Human hair is virtually indestructible. Aside from it’s ﬂammability, human hair decays at such a slow rate that it is practically non-disintegrative. If you’ve ever wondered how it clogs your pipes consider this: hair cannot be destroyed by weather, water and resistant to many acids.

Fidel Pagés Miravé was a Spanish military surgeon, known for developing the technique of epidural anaesthesia. He practised a wide range of traumatological and surgical techniques, both for war and civil purposes. Due to his early accidental death, his work in epidural anaesthesia went unnoticed for many years until he was ﬁnally given full credit by the medical community in the 1930s and 40s.

health WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

RESEARCH

BREAKTHROUGH

Psychopaths have poor sense of smell: Scientists

Headset zaps epilepsy, depression

norms. It also appears to be important in processing olfactory signals, although the precise function is unclear, according to previous research. Odour molecules bind to specific nerve cells in the base of the nose, which then send signals via the lateral olfactory tract to the primary olfactory cortex. From there, the signals go to OFC via a brain organ called the mediodorsal nucleus, located in the thalamus. The study makes clear that a poor sense of smell does not by itself mean that someone is a psychopath. Olfactory dysfunction can also occur in schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, it notes.

LONDON: A small headset created by scientists can zap depression or epilepsy when you are asleep. It comprises two square, sticky pads, attached to either side of the forehead, just above a major nerve in the brain. These pads are wired with a mobile phone-sized box that sits at the waist. The box generates a small electrical pulse that lasts 30 seconds and is followed 30 seconds later by another pulse. The pulses stimulate the trigeminal nerve and can reduce the number and severity of epileptic seizures as lowering depression. The procedure, called Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation, was created by University of California neurologists. Studies have shown that a small number of severely epileptic patients who used the gadget for a year saw their number of seizures drop by an average of 60 per cent, the Daily Mail reports. Tests on people with major depression saw their scores on the Beck Depression Inventory, a scale used to rank depression, improve significantly. The device, known as Monarch, was further developed by the medical devices firm Neurosigma and has now been approved for use in Europe after pilot studies showed it could provide an additional treatment for patients with depression and epilepsy.

AFP

IANS

According to a recent study, people with psychopathy, a severe personality disorder, have trouble correctly identifying smells or differentiating one from the other. PARIS: Psychopaths have a remarkably poor sense of smell, according to a study published on Thursday. Researchers in Australia tested a theory that psychopathy — a severe personality disorder characterised by lack of empathy, antisocial behaviour and callousness — may be linked to impaired smell ability. Both phenomena have been independently traced to dysfunction in part of the brain called the orbito-frontal complex (OFC). Mehmet Mahmut and Richard Stevenson of the Department of Psychology at Sydney’s Macquarie University trialled the olfactory skills of 79 individuals, aged 19 to 21, who had been diagnosed as non-

criminal psychopaths and lived in the community. Using “Sniffin’ Sticks” — 16 pens that contain different scents, such as orange, coffee and leather — they found the participants had problems in correctly identifying the smell, and then discriminating it against a different odour. Those who scored highest on a standard scorecard of psychopathic traits did worst on both counts, even though they knew that they were smelling something. The finding could be useful for identifying psychopaths, who are famously manipulative in the face of questioning, says the paper, published in the journal Chemosensory Perception.

Using “Sniffin’ Sticks” they found the participants had problems in correctly identifying the smell presented to them. “Olfactory measures represent a potentially interesting marker for psychopathic traits, because performance expectancies are unclear in odour tests and may therefore be less susceptible to attempts to fake ‘good’ or ‘bad’ responses.” The OFC is a front part of the brain responsible for controlling impulses, planning and behaving in line with social

VACCINE

Cuba tests prostate cancer vaccine HAVANA: Cuban scientists said they have concluded the second round of the clinical trial of a potential vaccine against prostate cancer. Urologist Ranfis Rodriguez Monday said 56 patients, who were vaccinated in two hospitals, showed a remarkable improvement in their condition.

A decrease in specific prostate tumour antigens was observed with little or no production of testosterone, said Rodriguez, who leads a research team at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) in Camaguey, a city 530 km east of Havana.

The Heber Provac vaccine is applied in advanced stages of prostate cancer but before the patient receives X-ray or chemotherapy treatment, in order to make hormonal suppression possible, he said. Another expert, Jesus Junco, said the vaccine designed to combat stage 3

and 4 malignant tumours should be as effective as or more effective than standard treatments in the future. Researchers will study the vaccine’s interaction with other drugs and make comparison with standard drugs and treatments used to fight the disease, he said. IANS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Entertainment

CMGR’S TEASER GOES VIRAL

The first teaser of a song titled Extraordinary from Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu got a thumping response on the internet. The teaser got more than 3 lakh hits within 15 hours of its launch.

TROUBLED WATERS AHEAD

Rebel P

rabhas’ upcoming film Rebel, which is going to release on September 28, is turning out to be a huge gamble. Directed by Raghava Lawrence, the film has been reportedly made on a budget of more than `40 crore, the highest in Prabhas’ career so far. Despite the humongous budget, producers J Bhagawan and J Pulla Rao are a happy lot. The film’s distribution rights have been sold in almost all areas for a record price for a Prabhas’ film, thanks to the success of Mr.Perfect and Darling. Buzz in the industry is that Rebel has been sold for almost `9 crore in Nizam to Dil Raju, a leading producer and distributor and in Ceded region, the film’s distribution rights have fetched more than `6 crore. Despite the phenomenal business which the film has done so far, the real challenge for the film would be to live upto the expectations. “Prabhas’ biggest hit so far is Mr.Perfect which collected a share of close to `32 crore. Rebel does have the advantage of getting a solo release on September 28 but it’ll be extremely difficult to recover the budget if the film doesn’t do well in the opening weekend,” the source said. There are other concerns which might hamper Rebel’s run at box office. With Ganesh immersion scheduled on September 29 and Telangana march on September 30, Rebel will be facing a tricky situation, at least in Hyderabad and its suburbs. It’s been a great year for most of the big star-studded, big budget films this year, but the real question is will Rebel manage to continue the success streak?

CINE BYTES

treads shaky ground

There’s a lot at stake for Raghava Lawrence’s Rebel. Despite its star-studded cast including Prabhas, Tamannaah among many others, the real challenge of the film will be to set the cash registers ringing.

Kanchana in 3D

aghava Lawrence’s Kanchana is going to be converted and re released in 3D format. Producer Bellamkonda Suresh has announced that the new version will feature a special song which has already been picturised on Lawrence. The ﬁlm starring Lawrence, Lakshmi Rai and Sarath Kumar was a huge hit last year. Now, the ﬁlm is being remade in Kannada with Upendra in the lead role.

Shiva Thandavam runs into trouble

ikram, Anushka starrer Shiva Thandavam ran into trouble after two producers alleged that the film cannot be considered as a straight Telugu film, since it was primarily shot in Tamil. As a result, the film is going to be re-censored and it might release on October 5. AL Vijay has directed it.

Shadow’s first look on October 1

he first teaser of Venkatesh’s upcoming film Shadow is going to be launched on October 1. Directed by Meher Ramesh, the film also stars Taapsee, Srikanth and Madhurima Banerjee. Parachuri Kireeti is producing the film under the United Movies banner. Kona Venkat and Gopimohan have written the script. Thaman has composed the music.

Entertainment WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

YASH CHOPRA NOT RETIRING

THE LEGACY LIVES ON

CINE BYTES

ANYTIME SOON My daughter looks like Twinkle: Akshay

ollywood star Akshay Kumar, who became a father for the second time, says his newborn daughter resembles his wife Twinkle. "We are blessed with a lovely baby girl, who looks just like her mother and grandmother (Dimple Kapadia)," the 45-yearold said. Twinkle delivered the baby at the Breach Candy Hospital on Tuesday morning. IANS

Language no barrier for Dutch director, Jackie

utch ﬁlmmaker Laurens Postma is making his Bollywood debut with Cover Story: The Ultimate Interview but language was never a problem even though he doesn't know Hindi, says Jackie Shroff. "I asked him, 'You don't know Hindi, how will you manage?'. He said, 'No problem, language is not a problem'.” IANS

Mall promotion of films is not needed, says Paresh

aran Johar had reportedly stated that Jab Tak Hai Jaan is going to be the most special film of the year as it might be Yash Chopra's last film. He mentioned

that while his own film Student Of The Year is releasing this year, Chopra's Jab Tak Hai Jaan will be the most special experience of 2012 for him, as the legend may not direct films after this. However, when contact-

ed a YRF spokesperson responded saying, "No, he is not retiring after this film.” Karan was quick to clarify on Twitter ‘I think my statement has been misunderstood...Jab tak hai jaan is definitely NOT

yash uncles last film....his legendary legacy will go on..’(sic). More good news for the YRF team — in less than 96 hours of uploading, the trailer of the film crossed two million YouTube views.

easoned actor Paresh Rawal, whose Oh My God releases this week, says that just going to malls and "raising hands like a stupid guy" is no guarantee of box-ofﬁce success. "Promotion is necessary and it has to be done," Paresh said. “I am not shying away from promotion, but going to malls and raising your hands like a stupid guy is not required. The crowd over there does not necessarily translate into a boxofﬁce sale. Rather go and bombard TV or the print media (with interviews),” he added. IANS

Entertainment WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

EX-HUBBY’S REVENGE

JUDGE DISMISSES LAWSUIT AGAINST

ENNIFER LOPEZ

ennifer Lopez can rest easy now that a $10 million lawsuit filed against her has been dismissed. The lawsuit came about two years ago when Lopez’s attorneys sent cease-and-desist letters to her former hubby Ojani Noa, his business partner Ed Meyer and producer Claudia Vazquez while they were working on a film for Telemundo called I Owe JLo. The film was set to tell details about Lopez’s failed marriage to Noa, but when the Dance Again singer allegedly interfered with the flick’s production, causing it to be “unmarketable,” according to Vazquez, the producer sued her for $10 million for tortious interference.

CINE BYTES

Another baby for Beyonce?

oes Beyoncé have another bun in the oven?! Rumours that the singer is expecting yet another child, just eights months after the birth of Blue Ivy, were running rampant on Monday after the singer stepped out in a ﬁgure-hugging leopard print dress. But the PR company that sent out the pic attributed the so-called bump look to the way the dress appeared in the image, nothing more.

Gaga embraces her curves

ady Gaga isn’t trying to hide her recent weight gain under dark, loose-ﬁtting clothes. Instead, she turned up on Friday in Paris in a super-tight, leopardprint outﬁt that accentuated all her new curves. “She has no intention of going on a diet or hiding under baggy clothes until she loses some weight,” a friend of Gaga’s says. “That just isn’t her style. She tells her fans to love themselves and that is something that she doesn’t just preach.”

Tom Hardy to play Everest climber?

om Hardy is considering the role of George Mallory in a movie about the climber’s expeditions to Mount Everest during the 1920s. Lawless actor Hardy is in early talks to play Mallory in Doug Liman’s new movie Everest, according to Deadline. Mallory is believed by some to have been the ﬁrst man to have successfully climbed Mount Everest, three decades ahead of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin

KAKURO

QUICK CROSSWORD

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

ACROSS

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

SCRIBBLING PAD

1 Prison exercise area 5 Desert plants 10 Garbage hauler 14 51 is one 15 Not concealed 16 Concluding passage, in music 17 Shows anxiety, in a way 20 State of not existing 21 Global financial org 22 Object of a Biblical trade 23 Inflate, as expenses 24 Not present 27 Extinct flightless bird 29 Fat-nosed antelope 32 Kind of bag for leaves? 33 Sweet-smelling necklace 36 Item checked by shoppers 38 Display extreme grief, in a way 41 Riffraff or rabble 42 ___ for tat 43 Samaritan's offer 44 Chest wood 46 Tell partner? 50 Brief summary 52 Swiss mount 55 Hearth residue 56 Sewer rodent 57 Policy subject 60 Keeps quiet 63 Drought-scourged 64 Of use 65 Snitch 66 Jane or Zane 67 Actor's resume items 68 Ominous date for Caesar

DOWN

1 Displayed boredom 2 Water-carved gully

3 Restrained (with ‘in’) 4 Copenhagen citizen 5 ___ Rica 6 Takes a detour 7 Gumball cost, once 8 Beater of a deuce 9 ‘___ a done deal’ 10 Fleecing activities 11 New Year's Eve shower 12 Like every other number 13 Past word 18 Econ figure 19 Small charcoal grill 24 Feed livestock for a fee 25 Within striking distance 26 Playground game 28 Spanish jar 30 Nighttime breathing disorder 31 Angry feeling 34 Draws out 35 Archipelago components 37 Truck-stop sign 38 Ark set 39 Serve as the basis for 40 Definitely not new 41 Graduating student's headwear 45 Fight, hillbilly-style 47 Sent to the gallows 48 Small mouthlike aperture 49 Roulette and steering are two 51 Golfer's helper 53 Mandolin relatives 54 Amateur's opposite 57 Passionate about 58 Buzz's capsule mate 59 Dead against 60 Witchy woman 61 Legendary Bruin Bobby 62 Sharing word

Chai Time WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 27-9-2012

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

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Profits may decline for businessmen. Employees advised to be cordial with colleagues and superiors. Avoid getting into unproductive arguments with family as misunderstanding likely. Keep an eye on habits of children and on their studies.

Comforts are likely to improve and you will enjoy a luxurious life. Avoid unwanted talk and expressing your opinion in a haste as you might be misunderstood. Enough analysis needs to be done before making important decision.

Be careful in food habits and also during travel. Misunderstanding likely with blood relatives; avoid this. Good luck through women likely and a happy situation will prevail at home. Businessmen will have a steady inflow of profit.

QUICK CROSSWORD FRED BASSET

Though there will be minor hurdles, you will be able to complete work successfully at last. Deficit financial situation likely. Continue to work with confidence and willpower as success is certainly yours. Businessmen will see a boom period.

Important decisions that have financial implications need to be taken with consultation of family and experienced professionals. Health problem likely; take care. Hurdles for businessmen will disappear. Couples will be more affectionate.

Health needs to be taken care of. Avoid adding new friends at present and unwanted arguments. Some employees are likely to get transfer of their choice. Old and forgotten problems might surface again, which might upset you.

Politicians advised to be cautious in their talk and commitments. Avoid friendship with characterless persons as they might land you in trouble. Mother's health may be affected; take care. Politicians will gain importance and position.

Be careful during discussion as your suggestion might boomerang on you. Property issue, court case and dues might get delayed. Parents' health will be cause for concern; take care. Businessmen advised to be careful with decision-making.

Businessmen need to struggle hard to get desired results. New efforts may not give immediate results but will come. Couples might face minor misunderstanding. Govt officials might face a setback at workplace; be cautious.

TAROT READ

Sumaa Tekur

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

Ten of Cups – You may be a good bathroom singer but don’t take these skills seriously outside. Be practical about your abilities and know how much you can do.

LEO:

Seven of Wands – You may be feeling burdened by the long list of tasks to complete. Organise yourself and spend more time working and less time complaining.

LIBRA:

STONE SOUP

The Emperor – It’s tempting to be lazy. It’s fine to indulge once in a while. But even as you do that, ensure that your laziness is not inconveniencing someone else.

SAGITTARIUS:

Nine of Pentacles – The choices you make now will pave the way for the next year. Do not get your hopes up too high. Prepare to spend time alone.

TAURUS:

Knight of Cups – Hold your tongue and resist from making comments that project you as a racist. Best to keep mum when you get too emotional.

CANCER:

King of Pentacles – Steer clear of anyone who puts you down or gives you the impression that you just aren’t good enough. You know what’s true.

VIRGO:

Six of Swords – This is going to be a tough time. But you must not give up hope. Soldier on with full faith in your abilities. You will come out successful.

SCORPIO:

Three of Cups – You may have to do some paperwork and interact with government officials. Understand the system and rules before you set expectations.

CAPRICORN:

The Hanged Man – You will gain a lot of new knowledge from a novice. You will appreciate his/her understanding and openness to learning the new.

SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

The Star – There is a huge gap between the way you think and the way someone 10 years younger thinks. Do not try to bridge that gap. It’s just foolish.

NUMBER GAME

Wands – You are concerned about the state of mankind. Today, you tend to think about world issues and fret about it. A philosophical day!

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS: Three of

INK PEN

Children might face health problem or disinterest in studies. Employees might get a forced transfer to unwanted destination. Blood relatives might face a difficult situation. Avoid unwanted arguments with anyone.

for 27-9-2012

Queen of Wands – You may come across as being too rigid and not at all open to new ideas. Change your viewpoint and be more accepting of others’ ideas.

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

Employees might face unexpected problem at workplace, which will frustrate them and make them think of quitting. But don't take any hasty decision without making an alternate arrangement. Travel likely to increase.

SUDUKO

Tension and tiredness will disappear. Your opponents will face failure and disappointments. Delayed hand-loans given to others will come, which will make you financially comfortable. Hurdles in realestate deals will be over.

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Entertainment WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

FELT LIKE MOULIN ROUGE

CINE BYTES

Filming intimate scenes with

KIDMAN

terrified Efron

Chris tests positive for marijuana

hris Brown tested positive for marijuana use while in his home state of Virginia, a judge has told a Los Angeles court. Judge Patricia Schnegg disclosed results of the random drug test during Brown’s latest probation review hearing on Monday and reminded the singer to be conscious of his public proﬁle during the sitting.

Firth in ‘The King’s Speech’ sequel?

ctor Colin Firth has reportedly agreed to appear in The King’s Speech sequel. “The sequel is going to be about the experience of families during the Blitz. It will focus on how the privileged royal family was hit by the crisis, compared to the more ordinary family of George VI’s speech therapist,” thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying. IANS

Anne Hathaway may join Robopocalypse

ctor Zac Efron was left terrified on the set of his new movie The Paperboy by co-star Nicole Kidman’s sex appeal. The actor admits he enjoyed being seduced by the 45year-old actress. Efron has previously said that how spending so much time in his underpants during filming took him out of his comfort zone but added that it was worth it. “The love scenes with Nicole Kidman were the highlight of my life. Every scene felt like I was in Moulin Rouge,” thesun.co.uk quoted Efron, 24, as saying. The film is an adaptation of Pete Dexter’s novel of the same name. Actor Matthew McConaughey and songbird Macy Gray are also a part of it.

hor and Catwoman may be teaming up for Steven Spielberg’s latest film. Anne Hathaway is reportedly in talks to join Chris Hemsworth in Robopocalypse, the director’s forthcoming adaptation of Daniel H Wilson’s bestselling sci-fi novel of the same name. The story is set in a near-future world that comes under the control of a malignant artificial intelligence known as Archos.

sports

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

ONE FOR THE CHAMP

SUBROTO CUP

Verdasco’s sympathy for Nadal Verdasco said everyone was behind Nadal, 11-time Grand Slam winner who revealed he had no idea when his injury will allow him to return to tennis.

BANGKOK: Fernando Verd asco offered words of sympathy for injured fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal Tuesday after surviving a scare to reach the ATP Thailand Open second round. The fifth seed and former semi-finalist had to figure out a way to win as he rallied past Japanese surprise package Tatsuma Ito 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, eventually advancing at a canter. Afterwards, Verdasco said everyone was behind Nadal, the 11-time Grand Slam winner who has revealed he has no idea when his left knee injury will

allow him to return to tennis. “He is the best player in history from Spain and everyone cares for him. But only he knows his feelings,” Verdasco said. “He is the only one who can decide when he comes back to play. I don’t know what more to say really.” Ito went off the boil after a torrid start, allowing the courtwise Spaniard to get the job done in the end. “He really surprised me, I had never seen him play,” said world number 23 Verdasco. “He played an unbelievable first set and I knew after that if I

wanted to come back I would have to give 100 percent. I didn’t expect that he would have played so well. “But in the second set he let his level go a bit and by the third I was playing better than him. It was a very difficult match and one I’m glad I got through.” Elsewhere, Australia’s Bernard Tomic ousted former champion Guillermo GarciaLopez 6-0, 6-2 in a rousing start to his campaign. The eighth seed, who is the only teenager in the top 50 but turns 20 in a matter of weeks,

may have benefited from a foot injury troubling his Spanish opponent, who needed treatment after losing the first set. “He’s a good player and won this tournament before,” Tomic said of Garcia-Lopez, who beat Nadal in the semi-finals on his way to victory in 2010. “But I’m playing really well. I’ve trained in the heat here and I’m ready to play.” Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, 21, took more than two-and-aquarter hours to get past Yang Tsung-hua of Taiwan 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9/7). Three former finalists, Viktor Troicki of Serbia, Finn Jarkko Nieminen and 2011 runner-up Donald Young of the United States all advanced into the second round as rain hammered down on the indoor arena. Sixth seed Troicki had the tougher first round match, coming back from a set down to defeat Sergiy Stakhovsky of the Ukraine 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 6-3. The win broke a losing streak for world number 31 Troicki, who was knocked out in his opening matches at his previous two tournaments. “I’m happy with this firstround performance,” said the Serb, who will play either Frenchman Gael Monfils or South African qualifier Kevin Anderson in the next round. “No matter whom I play in the next round, it will be a tough match again for sure. I hope I can keep playing as well as I did today,” he added. AFP

The Sports Hostel in quarters NEW DELHI: Prathap scored two goals in two minutes to help The Sports Hostel, Tamil Nadu beat Krida Prabodhini, Maharashtra 2-1 and book a quarterfinal berth in the Under-17 Subroto Cup Football tournament here on Tuesday. The Tamil Nadu team we in a comfortable position. They went into the Group VI encounter knowing well that a victory would mean that the other results in the group would have no bearing on their chances to qualify for the last eight stage. Prathap heroics had ensured that the Tamil Nadu team was comfortably placed with twin strikes in 45thand 46th minute. In the other group game, Air Force Bal Bharti held Cardinal Heenan Catholic Sports College, UK to 1-1 draw. Menawhile, in the day’s other matches, Steqlal High School, Afghanistan hammered Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh 8-0 to stay in hunt for a quarterfinal berth from Group VII, while Ukraine’s FC Dynamo Kyiv continued their dominance in Group VIII with a 5-0 thrashing of Modern School, New Delhi. Meanwhile, The Little Angel Paradise English School, Manipur would take on MSP Higher Secondary School, Kerala in the first semifinal. PTI

HYDERABAD TRACK WORK

Elzaam, Golden Queen impressed HYDERABAD: Elzaam, Golden Queen, Odalis,Golden Rule, Golden Palace and Aphrodisiac Impressed when the horses were excericsed here this morning. Sand Track800 Metres: Odalis (rb) 54.5, 600/40 Impressed. Elegant Approach (Laxamn) Fine Racer (N.Rawal) 56, 600/42 Former easily finished in front. Anacostia (rb) 12, 600/45 Easy. El Paso (rb) Ocean Side (Ravinder Singh) San Ramon (Kuldeep Singh) 11.5, 600/45 They moved freely. Desert Bloom (P.Venkat) 1-2, 600/46.5 Easy. Symbol Of

Beauty (Nitin Singh) 53.5, 600/41 Caught the eye. Marquise (Laxman) 1-3, 60/46 Easy. Sand Track 1000 Metres: Hidden Power (Sai Vamshi) Ace Star (rb) 1-14.5, 800/57.5, 600/42 Former finished in front. Sugar Deal (rb) Sushen (rb) 1-15.5, 800/1-0, 600/45 They moved together. Kohinoor Angel (Ajit Kumar) 1600/600 in 1-13 Easy. Sand Track 1`200 Metres: Drum Beat (P.Venkat) 1-28, 1200/600 in 39.5 Pleased. Ring Of Fire (Joshi) 1-34, 1000/1-18,

800/1-3, 600/48 Easy. Sand Track 1600 Metres: Golden Palace (rb) Golden Rule (rb) 1-58.5, 1400/1-41.5, 1200/1-26, 1000/1-11.5, 800/57.5, 600/44 They moved well and finished together. Sand Track 1800 Metres: Speedtosucceed (Nitin Singh) 2-17, 1600/-2-1, 1400/1-45, 1200/1-29, 1000/1-13, 800/58, 600/45 Moved well. Monsoon Race Grass 1000 Metrres: Robust (chary) Star Experience (rb) 1-12, 800/56, 600/40 Former finished in front.

Racing Tycoon (Culhane) Vijay;s Best (Trainer) 1-5, 800/51.5, 600/38 They moved together. MonsoonRace Grass 1200 Metres: Vijays Conquesr (Deep Shanker) Vijaysdhara (Culhane) 1-18.5,1000/1-5, 800/52, 600/39 Former finished well in front. Hawkspring (Laxman) Strides Of glory (N.Rawal) 1-21, 1000/1-6, 800/51, 600/37.5 Former finished in front. Monsson Race Grass 1400 Metres: Rocking Racer (Culhane) Killer

Instinct (Deep Shanker) 1-37.5, 1200/1-22, 1000/1-8.5, 800/55, 600/41 They moved together. Elazaam (Harinder Singh) Golden Queen (Deep Shanker) 1-31, 1200/1-18, 1000/1-5, 800/52, 600/39 They impressed. Al Sarraah (Imran Khan) Blazing Asian (Chary) 137, 1200/1-21, 1000/1-6, 800/52, 600/40 Former superior. Aphrodisiac (rb) 1-37, 1200-1-15.5, 1000/1-2, 800/50, 600/38 Caught the eye. Our Mascot (Imran Khan) Tico Tico (Chary) 1-36.5, 1200/1-20.5, 1000/1-5, 800/52.5, 600/40 They impressed.

sports

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

RYDER CUP, 2012 (SEPTEMBER 28-30)

Chicago gets its first taste

The Ryder Cup came to Chicago for the first time as US and Europe teams got their first taste of the remodelled Medinah Country Club No.3 course. ALLAN KELLY Agence France-Presse CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: The Ryder Cup came to Chicago for the first time on Tuesday as the US and European teams got their first taste of the largelyremodelled Medinah Country Club No.3 course. The early consensus was that when the 39th edition of golf’s most spectacular event gets going on Friday, there will be birdies galore, even some eagles and that chip-ins from the scarce rough around the greens will be a common occurrence. The event, in short, will be much more in keeping with the 2008 competition at Valhalla in Kentucky when the United States won for the only time in the last 13 years. The weather forecast for benign, near-perfect playing conditions for the rest of the week, in stark contrast to the wild weather that nearly wrecked the event at Celtic Manor, Wales two years ago, was further cause for US optimism. Davis Love has exercised his rights as skipper of the hosts to have the final say in the layout of the course and he has opted for less rough and wider fair-

Bradley all geared up ALLAN KELLY Agence France-Presse CHICAGO: Keegan Bradley has won a major championship, but he’s never felt more pleased to be on a golf course than he did on the first hole of Tuesday’s practice round at the 2012 Ryder Cup.

Bradley earned the rookie of the year honours last year after a brilliant debut season on the PGA Tour with a victory in Atlanta.

USA Team captain Davis Love III (L) chats with Matt Kuchar during a practice round during the second preview day of The 39th Ryder Cup on Tuesday in Medinah, Illinois. ANDY LYONS/GETTY IMAGES/AFP

ways - especially around the 280- 290-yards mark to encourage the long-hitters. “It’s more my personal preference for the style of golf I like to watch and I like to play,” he said. “I’ve just never been a fan

of driving it in the rough and chipping it out and playing a wedge game. Match play, the Ryder Cup, is a whole different animal (to the majors), and we want it to be fun for the players and we want it to be fun for the

fans.” There was no shortage of big-time support for the US as they went about their first practice session with showbiz celebrities like Bill Murray and Justin Timberlake joining up.

“I was walking to the first tee and it was the proudest moment of my career and it happened on a Tuesday at the Ryder Cup,” Bradley said. Bradley earned the rookie of the year honours last year after a brilliant debut season on the PGA Tour which featured a victory at the PGA Championship in Atlanta. He also had two tournament wins. The 26-year-old is one of four rookies on the USA team which will square off against the European team, beginning Friday at the Medinah Country Club. Bradley comes from a golfing family. At a very young age he remembers his aunt Pat Bradley playing for Solheim Cup teams.

Hard work pays off Furyk to help anchor team CHICAGO: Martin Kaymer has been tagged in some quarters as being the weak link in the European team, but while admitting his form has been off, he says that hard work has brought him back to his best. The German was world number one for eight weeks last year before tinkering with his swing at the Masters to favour a draw which resulted in a loss of form. He did win the HSBC Championship in Hong Kong late in the year, but is winless this year and his world ranking has slumped to 32nd, which makes him 23rd out of the 24 players at

Medinah ahead of only European wild card Nicolas Colsaerts. He only squeezed into Jose Maria Olazabal’s side as the 10th and last automatic qualifier, but is doubly determined to show that he deserves to win his second cap. Kaymer said that with the Ryder Cup spotlight about to fall on him he took to the driving range, hitting shot after shot until his hands ached. “I was not happy the way I hit the ball, and I spent even more time on the range with my coach (German Gunther Kessler). AFP

CHICAGO: With 21 caps between them, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are being counted on to not only hit some great shots but also help calm the nerves of the four rookies on the US Ryder Cup team. The 42-year-old Furyk has played 27 Ryder Cup matches dating back to 1997 and will be making his eighth consecutive appearance. With that kind of Ryder Cup resume it’s no wonder that teammate Bubba Watson likes to refer to him as the “quarterback” of the USA team.

The USA team pose for an official team photograph during the preview of DAVID CANNON/GETTY IMAGES/AFP The 39th Ryder Cup on Tuesday.

“Bubba called me the quarterback last week which makes me a little nervous,” Furyk said.

“I am not sure what the plays are and I am going to have to call them.” AFP

sports

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

T20 WORLD CUP

Pak coast to safety

Imran Nazir's brilliant 72 and skipper Mohammad Hafeez's 45 helped take Pakistan past Bangladesh's challenging 175-6 in Pallekele. Super Eights Groups

SHAHID HASHMI Agence France-Presse

Group A England, West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand Group B India, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan Super Eights Fixtures Sept 27 Sri Lanka v New Zealand England v West Indies. Sept 28 Pakistan v South Africa. Australia v India. Sept 29 England v New Zealand. Sri Lanka v West Indies. Sept 30 Australia v South Africa. Pakistan v India. Oct 1 West Indies v New Zealand. England v Sri Lanka. Oct 2 Australia v Pakistan. India v South Africa.

PALLEKELE, SRI LANKA: Pakistan bludgeoned Bangladesh out of the World Twenty20 and successfully reached the Super Eights round with a ruthless batting display on Tuesday. Imran Nazir's brilliant 72 and skipper Mohammad Hafeez's 45 helped take Pakistan past Bangladesh's challenging 175-6 in Pallekele, after already overhauling the target needed to go through on net run-rate. Shakib Al Hasan had smashed a record 84 for Bangladesh, who needed to win by 36 runs to go through, raising the prospect of a shock upset against the former champions. But those hopes were quickly dashed by opener Nazir's career-best knock, including nine boundaries and three sixes in 36 balls, which made up the bulk of Pakistan's 124 for the opening wicket with Hafeez.

A DIVISION THREE-DAYS DAY 2 BDL 265 vs Hyd Bottling 189/5 ( Rohan Yadav 66 n.o., Nishant

A2 & 3 DIVISION TWO-DAY Day 2 SBI 218 lost to Vijay Hanuman 220/4 (Zakir Hussain 104 n.o.). Crown 195 bt MCC 196/4 (Akshit 56, Anuraag Haridas 103, Anuraag Vittal 3/62). CCOB 287/9 bt Sporting XI 158

Tamim Iqbal run out (Hafeez)

Mohammad Ashraful b Tanvir

Shakib Al Hasan c Akmal b Arafat 84 M Rahim c Nazir b Arafat

Mahmudullah c U Akmal b Afridi Nasir Hossain b Arafat

0 16 1

Extras: (LB-2, W-8, NB-1)

Total: (for 6 wickets in 20 overs)

175

Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-61, 3-129, 4-133, 5-170, 6-175 Bowling: Hafeez

3-0-28-0

Tanvir

3-0-25-1

Gul

3-0-43-0

Afridi

4-0-20-1

Ajmal

4-0-32-0

Arafat

3-0-25-3.

Pakistan Innings: M Hafeez c Rahim b Hasan

Imran Nazir c sub(Reza) b Hasan72

Bangladesh’s Mashrafe Mortaza (C) reacts as Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez (L) congratulates Imran Nazir after he hit a boundary during their T20 World Cup match on Tuesday. AFP/PRAKASH SINGH

Nasir Jamshed not out

Kamran Akmal not out

Extras: (B-1, LB-2, W-7)

Total: (for 2 wickets in 18.4 overs) 178 Fall of wickets: 1-124, 2-126 Bowling: Mortaza

Even when both fell in one Abul Hasan over, Nasir Jamshed (29 not out) and Kamran Akmal (22 not out) ensured the win was achieved with eight balls to spare as

Akshat, Akash slam tons Yadav 42). MP Colts 186 (SC Mohanty 71, Mehdi Hasan 5/59) and 76 for no loss (Danny Derek Prince 53 n.o.) vs Ensconse 296 (Tanmay Agarwal 110, Azmath Khan 55). Day 1 Deccan Chronicle 378/4 (Akash Bhandari 104, P. Akshath Reddy 145, Praneeth Kumar 58 n.o., B. Sandeep 59 n.o.) vs Falakhanuma

Bangladesh innings:

Ziaur Rahman not out

LEAGUE CRICKET HYDERABAD: P. Akshat Reddy and Akash Bhandari slammed a ton each to help Deccan Chronicle post a formidable 378 for four against Falakhnuma in their A divison three-day league cricket match on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Tanmay Agarwal (110), Zakir Hussain (104 n.o.), Anuraag Haridas (103), M.A.R. Arshad (5 for 64), Javeed (5/80), Srinivas Rao (5 for 56) and Karthik (5 for 20) were the other top performers in the A division threedays and A2 and 3 division twodays matches.

Scorecard

(Shankar 63, M.A.R. Arshad 5/64, Syed Muzzamil 3/50). Visaka 270 bt P&T Colony 221 (Akshay 74, Rohit 4/75, C. Satish 4/80) Day 1 New Blues 216 (D. Ashrith 65, Shadaab Tumbi 44, M.A. Javeed 5/80, Srinivas Rao 5/56) vs Syndicate Bank 90 for no loss (G. Arvind Kumar 62 n.o.) Khalsa 200 (Nitish Reddy 34, Riaz Sheik 60, Santosh 4/43, Phanindra 3/24) vs Osmania 105/9 (Karthik 5/20).

A4-A11 ONE-DAY Kakatiya 193/8 (Ramu 30, Prashant 36, Preetham 43, Karthik 5/48) bt SN Group 130 (Narender 42, Umadhar 7/36).

Pakistan wrapped it up with 178-2, joining New Zealand in the next round. "It's a great team effort, the boys have shown the right attitude so far in this tournament," said Hafeez.

Islam

3-0-30-0 2.4-0-35-0

Razzak

4-0-30-0

Shakib Al Hasan

4-0-23-0

Hasan

3-0-33-2

Mahmudullah

2-0-24-0

WOMEN’S T20 Eves gear up for World Cup challenge in SL GALLE: Away from the hype surrounding the men's tournament, the Women's World Twenty20 will start here tomorrow but India's campaign will kick off a day later when they take on Australia on Thursday. The tournament will kicks off with hosts Sri Lanka taking on South Africa in the opening match at Galle International Cricket Stadium. This Group B fixture will be followed by what is expected to be a cracker of a match between the previous event's losing finalist New Zealand and pre-tournament favourite the West Indies. Eight women's teams will be competing in the tournament

and they have been split into two groups. Group A includes defending champion Australia, 2009 winner England, and traditional rivals India and Pakistan, who go head to head a day after the equivalent men's Super Eight stage fixture on 1 October. Group B comprises home team Sri Lanka as well as twotime runner-up New Zealand, South Africa, and the West Indies, the team that won the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2011 in Dhaka. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals, which will be played on the same day and at the same venue as the men's semi-finals. PTI

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

sports

TERRY RETURN INSPIRES WOLVES DEMOLITION John Terry showed no signs of being affected by his battle to clear his name over allegations he racially abused Anton Ferdinand as the Chelsea captain led his side to a 6-0 demolition of Wolves in the League Cup third round on Tuesday.

LEAGUE CUP

SERIE A

Villa dump City out of Cup City manager Roberto Mancini made 11 changes from the side held to a 1-1 draw by Arsenal and the Premier League champions weren’t able to win with their stand-ins.

Mancini a victim?

STEVE GRIFFITHS LONDON: Manchester City suffered a surprise exit from the League Cup on Tuesday as Aston Villa clinched a 4-2 third round win at Eastlands, while Chelsea welcomed back controversial captain John Terry with a 6-0 rout of Wolves. City manager Roberto Mancini made 11 changes from the side held to a 1-1 draw by Arsenal on Sunday and the Premier League champions weren’t able to win with their stand-ins. Italian striker Mario Balotelli fired City ahead in the 27th minute, but Villa equalised in the 59th minute when their

English League Cup results 3RD RD Bradford 3 Burton 2 Chelsea 6 Wolves 0 Crawley 2 Swansea 3 Leeds 2 Everton 1 Manchester City 2 Aston Villa 4 Milton Keynes Dons 0 Sunderland 2 Preston 1 Middlesbrough 3 Southampton 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0 Swindon 3 Burnley 1 West Ham 1 Wigan 4

former midfielder Gareth Barry deflected the ball into his own net. City regained the lead when Aleksandar Kolarov clipped a free-kick past Shay Given in the 64th minute, but Gabriel Agbonlahor restored parity six minutes later. And in the sixth minute of extra-time, Agbonlahor fired in a shot that City goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon couldn’t hold and Charles N’Zogbia was on hand to slot home before Agbonalahor completed the upset with seven minutes remaining. Leeds caused the biggest upset of the night as the Championship club defeated Everton 2-1 at Elland Road. Toffees boss David Moyes made six changes to the side that beat Swansea 3-0, but his reserves weren’t up to the task. Aidan White rocked Everton in the fourth minute as the Republic of Ireland Under21 international weaved his way past several challenges before curling a shot past Jan Mucha. Everton squandered several chances to equalise before Rodolph Austin poked home Danny Pugh’s pass in the 70th minute and Sylvain Distin’s 81st minute goal was too late to spark a comeback.

MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes he is being treated unfairly by his Premier League counterparts. Mancini had a touchline row with Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert during City’s 4-2 League Cup third round defeat at Eastlands on Tuesday in the latest of a long line of managerial disagreements involving the City chief. The Italian has rowed with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Everton’s David Moyes, Stoke manager Tony Pulis and QPR boss Mark Hughes. “I am tired of this manager because I didn’t say anything to him,” Mancini said. “I asked the fourth official if it was a yellow card without moving my hands. “Some managers go to bigger stadiums and they don’t say anything. I am tired of this, very tired. I am tired of their behaviour.”

Juve drop points The Old Lady of Turin could be joined on 13 points should Napoli beat third-placed Lazio. ROME: Italian champions Juventus extended their unbeaten Serie A run to 44 games on Tuesday but dropped points for the first time this season as they drew 0-0 away at Fiorentina. ‘The Old Lady of Turin’ — who went through the whole of last season unbeaten — could be joined on 13 points should closest challengers Napoli beat thirdplaced Lazio on Wednesday. Juventus legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said that both sides had been tired after playing at the weekend.

“Fiorentina were good, they have a good coach and a playing system they believe in,” he said. “I would say that it is a good point we have got here, it is a good sign, as we clearly suffered. We allowed them three or four chances like all the teams who come here but we didn’t concede a goal.” Vincenzo Montella, the coach of Fiorentina, said that he was frustrated at not taking all three points but was happy because it showed the team was making progress.

NFL Obama weighs in on NFL Workplaces were buzzing over the ruling which gave a last gasp victory to the Seattle Seahawks. WASHINGTON: Workplaces and school yards were buzzing over the ruling which gave a touchdown and a last gasp 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers to the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League (NFL). “Terrible,” Obama said, when asked by reporters for his reaction to the controversy. “I’ve been saying for months we’ve

got to get our refs back.” Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, a Packers fan from Wisconsin also tackled the drama, and used it to take a jab at Obama ahead of the November 6 election. “Do you know what, it reminds me of President Obama and the economy. If you can’t get it right, it’s time to get out,” said Ryan.