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POLICE VISIT MYANMAR REFUGEE CAMPS Following our report on July 30 on the exodus of refugees from Burma to the City, the police on Monday visited Quadri Colony and Royal Colony in Balapur where some 300 Burmese (Myanmar) refugees are staying. Till yesterday, the police were not aware of the development.

HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

Good news for animal lovers! A clinic in Jubilee Hills conducts cataract surgeries on dogs and administers dialysis to ailing pets — a first in South India.

PET LOVERS DIG

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TEEN MEILUTYTE WINS GOLD FOR LITHUANIA

Fifteen-year-old Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte edged out American world champion Rebecca Soni for the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke final on Monday. Meilutyte led all the way to post a brilliant win over Soni in 1:05.47.

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CHITRANGADA TURNS PLAYBACK SINGER

Chitrangada Singh, who will be seen performing an item number in Shirish Kunder’s upcoming film Joker, will lend her voice to the remix version of the song I Want Just You. The original has been sung by Sunidhi Chauhan.

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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

city events

JAZZ CONCERT

If you love Jazz then this is for you. Internationally renowned musicians Adrian D'Souza and Sharik Hasan will perform at Bhaskara Auditorium at the Birla Centre, near the Birla Mandir, Adarsh Nagar on Tuesday, August 7 at 7.30 pm.

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AROUND THE CITY YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES ART

Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad When: August 16 onwards 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2323 1245

The dancing coffee An exhibition titled Dancing Coffee by Koeli Mukherjee Ghose is being held at Truffles Cafe. The exhibition is on till August 4. Where: Trufﬂes Cafe, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 10 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2355 0105

Interactive workshops Oakridge International School launches Weekend Voyager. This is an exciting weekend activity. Where: Oakridge International School, Gachibowli and Bachupally When: July 28 onwards 9am-12pm Contact: 1800-200-8171

Scaffold to infinity An exhibition of constructivist wooden sculptures by senior sculptor and artist Aekka Yadagiri Rao are being displayed. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing, 11.30 am onwards Contact: 98499 6879

SHOWS Play competition SKITS- Keep it short, a 12 minute short play competition for college students, corporates, theatre groups will be held from August 3 to 5. Where: Nift Campus, Madhapur When: August 16 onwards 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2323 1245

Monsoon mania Ramoji Film City celebrates the onset of monsoon with eight weeks of funfilled activities and entertainment with magic of cinema starting from July 1 to August 31. The event offers fun activities for the entire family. .Where: Ramoji Film City, Hayathnagar When: Ongoing, 9am onwards Contact: (040) 2341 2262

HIGH-RISK ACTION: Every year many deaths due to electrocution have been reported. Seen here is a man trying to connect two wires as he balances himself against the electrical pole without any protection. SRINIVAS SETTY

Soul cages A unique presentation of imagery and narrative told through Bharathanatyam is on August 4. Where: Bhaskara Auditorium, Birla Science Centre, Adarsh Nagar When: August 4, 7pm onwards Contact: (040)2324 1067

Contact: (040) 6767 6838 Festival of pasta TGIF is offering its new festival of pasta menu which includes a new selection of pastas. Where: TGIF, Banjara Hills, Rd No 2 When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 4015 1925 Smooth operators Tease Lounge at Vivanta by Taj presents Smooth Operators Night every Friday with DJ Mohit. Where: Vivanta by Taj, Begumpet When: Every Friday, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 6725 2626 Parantha festival Haldi at Novotel Airport is hosting a parantha festival titled Parantha Overload. The parantha festival that will be on till August 15, promises to offer a variety of paranthas in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian combinations. Where: Novotel Airport, Shamshabad When: Ongoing, 6.30pm Contact: (040) 6625 0000

DINING Kebab fest This fest is something that will surely appeal to the kebab lovers in town. Kangan at Westin Mindspace, Madhapur is hosting a Kebab fest. Where: Kangan, Westin Mindspace, Madhapur When: Ongoing, 7pm-11pm (weekdays) 7pm-12pm (weekends)

Theatre festival The seventh edition of the multi-lingual theatre festival — Abhinaya National Theatre Festival will be held from August 16 to August 19. Commissioner & Spl Officer

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Lift your spirits TGI Friday brings to India the tallest high spirits glass (22 inches) called Tall Boy. Where: TGIF, Banjara Hills, Rd No 2 When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 4015 1925

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City

BOTSA CONDOLES TRAIN DEATHS

APCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana has expressed shock over the Chennai-bound 12622 TN Express fire accident in which 35 people died in Nellore district. He conveyed his condolences to the members of the bereaved families. He also directed officials to plunge into relief and rescue operations.

CRIME

The shocking psychopath and police denials Escape of psycho Samba of Guntur, who had emerged as AP’s Charles Shobraj, within hours of his capture despite being escorted by 2 SIs, 2 CIs and 10 constables on July 12 raises a serious question on the credibility of our police force.

Although the police deny it, psycho Samba is suspected to be responsible for the vicious murder of three unsuspecting APSRTC passengers near Nellore last week.

INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com

hief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has directed the police chief to take special steps to nab the psycho who stabbed to death three RTC bus passengers and inflicted grievous wounds on another in Nellore on Saturday. Initially, the dreaded psycho killer R Sambasiva Rao alias Psycho Samba, was suspected to be the culprit but the police were quick to deny it saying that the passengers could not confirm it was Samba after his photograph was shown to them. But so far the suspicion is focussed on Samba. The outrageous attack on innocent passengers throws light on an equally outrageous escape of the criminal within hours of his capture in Guntur on July 11 this year. He was caught after a massive man-

hunt similar to that launched against Veerappan in his initial days. But he soon managed to escape. Here is the news of his capture and escape in quick succession that appeared on TeluguOne on July 12.

SAMBA CAUGHT

Mangalagiri police had finally nabbed a man, who has been attacking lonely women for the past two years. A man named R Sambasiva Rao alias ‘Psycho Samba’ and also known as ‘Guntur Psycho’, was arrested by the police on July 11. Samba, who mainly targeted women, was chased by locals when he attacked a woman on the outskirts of the town. They alerted the police who caught him and shifted him to the police station. The Mangalagiri police, who had launched a serious hunt for Samba after three successive attacks against women about six

Who’s Samba Samba is a school dropout from Prattipadu town of Guntur district. He was a hyperactive child and had made attempted to sexually harass teachers, neighbourhood girls and cousins. Though Sambasiva had committed several crimes across 10 districts, including murder, over a period of one year, the police say they don’t have full information about his crime career. He remains elusive.

months ago, confirmed the identity of the criminal. The psycho was caught on CCTV cameras set outside a house, which he had been attempting to break-in since few days. The video footage shows clearly that the psycho used to first conduct a recce during the day and select houses for breaking-in at night. The police also recovered a cellphone belonging to him. It is said that he used this phone to stealthily film women. Sources said the police was grilling him as to why he was targetting women. Police have also summoned Samba’s parents to identify him.

SAMBA ESCAPED

This appeared in TeluguOne online on July 12: Guntur Psycho alias R Sambasiva Rao, who was arrested by Mangalagiri police, escaped from custody. He jumped from the jeep, in which he was being shifted from Guntur to Vijayawada.

Psycho Samba, as he is also called, has been creating sensation for the past two years by attacking lone women and robbing them. He was caught yesterday by the police while trying to attack a woman. Guntur CCS men have been interrogating him since yesterday. According to sources, police have recovered some stolen jewellery in Guntur based on his confession and were taking him to Kondapalli to recover some more. Two SIs, two CIs and 10 constables were with van. Near Kondapalli, he suddenly jumped out of the van and fled. The police alerted the surrounding police stations and launched a manhunt. Senior police officials in Hyderabad whom Postnoon contacted for their stance said the psycho’s photograph should have been well flashed in media soon after his capture. Keeping it away from public glare was a grave mistake, they said.

city TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 LAST YEAR... HERE Techie rides to death

runken driving and subsequent deaths and injuries continue to trouble the City. Last year, the City was witness to a horrific incident in which a drunk techie, Venkatesh (22) was killed after he lost control over his bike while travelling on the Punjagutta flyover and hit the safety wall. The impact flung him and his bike into the air and fell 30 feet below on the road.

JULY 31, 2011

NUMEROLOGY

`15,000 is the cost for each cataract operation which includes the procedure and four days of hospital stay.

They left the drainage pipes right in front of my shop. Now my customers can’t come. They promise to do something but there has been no progress. Harazi Lal, shopkeeper See page 8

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

Who will save the City from the mounting civic woes? Marredpally, which is considered one of the best residential areas in the City, is suffering from lack of civic maintenance. This is the tale of many popular areas too.

Keeping your area clean is just a phone call away. Worried about the uncleared garbage? A phone call can do the trick. You can now directly contact the sanitary supervisor.

Is the police scared of psycho Samba? The dilly-dallying about Psycho Samba’s escape and involvement in the RTC killing has raised many questions.

Investing time and money is not a problem for pet owners Dog owners in the City are ready to spend money and time for the health of their pets. This is one area where price doesn’t matter.

RTC gets into action, vows to end fake pass rackets Dubious agents for years have ﬂeeced people in the name of quick services. The RTC action should help solve this issue.

‘SPECIAL DRIVE’

RTC takes up the issue of fake passes

Irked by the menace, which is eating up part of the profit, the APSRTC management has recently taken up the issue of ‘fake student bus passes’ seriously. Md NIZAMUDDIN nizammudin.a@postnoon.com

ith the academic year just started, the officials believe that the ‘special drive’ recently launched would help control fraudulent behaviour amongst youngsters. According to officials, the special vigilance teams were able to nab 60 people, including ticketless travellers on the City roads in these three days. According to officials, the regular squads who caught some of the big fish in their nets drew accolades for their achievement in this endeavor. Traffic inspectors 3 of Secunderabad enforcement squad, led by BS Reddy and the TTIs (travelling ticket inspectors) Rajender Reddy and S Janardhan were able collect the highest ETF (extra fair collected) of `1,07,380 in June. According to them, this was a record in the history of RTC. They were also able to make four police cases against the offenders by July.

MAKING EASY MONEY

The modus operandi of most of these offenders is the usage of technology to make easy money by fleecing non-students. For instance, a BA student who graduated in 2009 who was caught with 850 ID cards. After generating a fake bonafide copy of his college, he was able run this business. “This youngster was being helped by one of the outsourcing managers, who used to collect `200 on each pass,” points out a TTI. According to officials, as

Jt director V&S T Venkat Rao inspects the passenger tickets and passes in an RTC Bus at the Shankermatt Bus N SHIVA KUMAR Stop during the special drive on Monday, July 30.

there is huge difference of cost between student pass (`85) and non-student pass (`550), youngsters are being lured by these tricksters, who collect between `1,000 and `1,500. In this case, Prasad, was selling each pass at `1,200. A resident of Bibinagar, he was charged under IPC sections – 464, 468, 420, 473, 120B, 34.

GRADUATES IN THE LOOP

Another case which came to light was that of an MCA graduate, who duplicated the bonafide of not one but three different private colleges. Besides this, he had stamps and ID cards of the colleges. “Sometimes technology has a dark side,” laments an official.

The modus operandi is the usage of technology to make easy money by fleecing money from non-students. According to the accused, he sold each pass for `600. The accused Shiva Naresh was a resident of L B Nagar. He was charged under IPC-468, 471. A startling case cropped up on the same day. Working for Hayathnagar Bus Pass Section, M Beerappa was caught by the team during the inspection. While these were the cases from July, during May an eye-

opening case revealed how a stranger could also be involved. Narsimha, who worked as private security guard managed to make stamps of the picket depot manager, hospital superintendent (Tarnaka) and additional SP vigilance. An outsourcing home guard was also suspended over this incident.

DRIVE TO CONTINUE

“As most of the cases are under investigation, we cannot say if there were any others involved,” T Venkat Rao, joint director (V&S) said. According to him the drive shall continue until the department is convinced that there are no more fake passes onboard the RTC buses.

NEWS BRIEFS Youth jumps to death after police chides him

Woman found with her throat slashed

Snatchers rob two women of ornaments

Probe into TN Express fire ordered

overdhan aka Govind, a 28-yearold labourer, jumped to death from atop the Mangalghat police station this morning after the police allegedly berated him for pressing to register his complaint of a robbery. Police maintained that he was in an intoxicated condition. DCP Stephen Raveendra is currently at the spot seeking a full report.

n a highly suspicious case, Radha Ramani, a 38-year-old woman of Ashok Nagar, Ramachandrapuram, was found at her home with her throat slashed yesterday. She has been admitted to a hospital. She had ﬁled a criminal complaint with police and HRC against her husband who had allegedly shot a blue ﬁlm of them in their bedroom.

wo women lost their gold ornaments in different incidents under the Nacharam and Uppal station limits. Manjula of Mallapur was going to pick up her son when a biker snatched her gold chain. In the second incident Yellamma, 55, of Nalgonda lost her 5 tola gold chain when bikers snatched it while she was crossing the road.

he South Central Railway (SCR) has ordered a high-level inquiry by the commissioner of railway safety, south central circle into the cause of the tragic ﬁre accident onboard the TN Express yesterday. The probe will look at the possibility of sabotage. Thirty-two people were burned alive and several others were injured in the incident.

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POLITICS

TDP for separate Telangana, say leaders TDP charged the Congress with spreading canards about its opposition to a T-state. Congress rule is a disaster, they say. PK SURENDRAN surendran.pk@postnoon.com

aking a defensive posture on the vexed T, the TDP leaders have sought to dispel the notion that the party was against creation of Telangana. This and the party’s pledge to BCs about safeguarding their interests will form the main plank to rejuvenate the party ahead of the general elections, party spokespersons have said. The stunning defeat of the party in the bypolls and its dismal performance in Telangana have made the party leadership recast its stance on T. Rejecting the notion that TDP was against Telangana, the TDP leadership is surprised at the ‘Goebbelian” propaganda of the Congress that the TDP was set to defeat the T-state. Party leaders T Devendar Goud and MLA Krishna Murthy said the party had no objection to the creation of a separate State. The party’s seemingly hostile stance to T-state was the

T Devendar Goud

creation of the Congress and other parties, they said. Goud said that only the Congress was preventing the delivery of state-

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hood to Telangana and it had been colluding with the YSR Congress on this issue. He accused the State and the Centre of betraying the Telangana people with their selfish politics. Alleging that some Seemandhra persons and corporates were plundering mineral resources in Telangana, Goud said his party would launch a massive campaign in all villages on the issue of Telangana. “The TDP will also launch projects ‘baata’ to explain to the people how the ruling party leaders looted the State exchequer in the name of Jalayagnam.” Goud said that so far an amount of `73,000 crore was spent on project constructions, but not even a single additional acre of land was brought under irrigation. “Some Seemandhra persons and corporates are plundering mineral resources in Telangana,” he charged. MLA and TDP politburo member KE Krishna Murthy has said the Telugu Desam Party would send a letter to the Centre on the Telangana issue.

‘Kiran trying to help Jagan’ Jagan’s vote for Pranab is the reason why the CM is going soft on him, says Raghavulu. POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com

PI-M politburo member and Andhra Pradesh secretary BV Raghavulu on Monday saw a diabolic move to placate the jailed YSRC chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy as quid pro quo for his voting for the UPA presidential candidate. He believes Kiran is acting on the behest of the central leaders to get Jagan off the hook. This, he said, comes from the realisation that befriending the YSRC is essential for Congress survival. The leftist leader said that the government decision to extend legal aid to ministers too was questionable. “On what basis was the State government extending legal aid to five tainted ministers who were under the CBI scanner for issuing 26 controversial GOs during the YS Rajasekhara Reddy regime,” Raghavulu wants to know. “The (disproportionate assets) case against Jagan is based on the GOs. If there is nothing amiss in the GOs, then where is the case against Jagan?” he wondered. “Was the government trying to save Jagan or its own ministers who were facing charges of corruption?” Raghavulu questioned.

POLITICS Ponguleti slams Gade for his T remarks A

ICC secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy today condemned controversial remarks made by senior Congress leader Gade Venkat Reddy on the Telangana issue.

He said that it was not appropriate for senior leaders to make such statements. Ponguleti said that the Centre was working on the T issue and may take a decision after the vice-president’s

election. Taking a dig at TRS senior leader T Harish Rao for making provocative statements, Ponguleti said that leaders from both the regions should maintain restraint. NSS

DEMOLITION DRIVE

Mohd SUBHAN mohd.s@postnoon.com

winging into action, the City police on Monday visited Quadri Colony and Royal Colony in Balapur where some 300 Burmese (Myanmar) refugees have set up camp. This followed the Postnoon report on them dated July 30. The police had not been aware of the refugees pouring in from Burma. Under the directive of DCP Akun Sabharwal, ACP S Sai-

krishna visited the Burmese families and took an inventory. It was found that only a few of them are officially acknowledged as refugees and allotted refugee cards from Delhi. Others are illegally landing in the City. The ongoing ethnic war in Burma has been ejecting thousands of minorities to neighbouring countries. While Bangladesh refuses to accept more and China is trying to send them back, India continues to keep silence over the issue.

GHMC officials demolished illegal hutments near Sanjivaiah Park on Tuesday morning.

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CIVIC FILE PICS

Dumpsters shifted for a clean look The GHMC plans to shift all garbage containers from main roads to bylanes to give the City a cleaner look. However, residents in some localities are not happy with the move. Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

he GHMC has some good news for denizens who wish to maintain their localities in hygienic conditions. People can now directly contact a sanitary supervisor and driver for clearing the garbage, if delayed, by calling their mobile numbers, inscribed on a label glued near the site of the garbage container. In a move to give City roads a cleaner look, the GHMC has been making efforts to relocate most garbage containers from main roads to bylanes. Despite some opposition from locals, most of

the garbage containers have been relocated. “Between 70 and 80 per cent of containers have been relocated into colonies. The remaining will be relocated within a month,” said Vandana Kumar, additional commissioner (health and sanitation). To ensure that containers are cleared regularly and as per schedule, residents now have the option to contact the person responsible directly. Within the next two months, the GHMC will be pasting labels with details at every dumping site. According to officials, this will provide locals an opportunity to directly deal with the people responsible for picking up the garbage. It will also reduce

delay generally observed in various localities. “Whenever garbage accumulates, they can

The GHMC will be pasting labels with details at all dumping sites. Locals will be able to deal directly with the people responsible for picking up the garbage directly contact these people,” said an official. Apart from this, one ragpicker will be engaged per colony and one safai karam-

chari will take care of three such localities. They will have to make sure that waste is disposed off from the locality. The decision to shift garbage containers was taken well before preparations for COP-11 started. Officials believe that this is a permanent situation to beautify the roads. As most residents live in lanes and bylanes, the authorities thought it fit to place garbage containers inside localities. “Now all the City roads will look more beautiful, some of which were once perceived as ugly,” added an official. Densely populated zones like Central zone will now engage rickshaws to carry the waste to far-off locations.

Some garbage containers are being places in open government grounds, to counter any opposition from locals. “Recently, around five garbage containers located near Government Printing Press in Khairatabad were shifted and placed near the parking lot opposite People’s Plaza,” said Md Asifuddin, sanitary field assistant. However, some residents are complaining about the unhygienic conditions caused by the relocation. “There will be no issues if the GHMC picks up the garbage regularly. But what if it is delayed by several days, as is the usual situation,”asked a businessman Santhosh Singh, who had resisted a garbage container being shifted to near his house. Similar opposition from residents in many localities has proved to be a hindrance for the GHMC while shifting all the garbage bins within the stipulated time. In addition, some lanes in the City are very narrow, and there is no space to keep garbage containers. Some major roads, which are wide and do not have residential colonies nearby, like the road at DRDL near Chadrayangutta, will continue to have garbage containers on the roads.

NEWS BRIEFS Shankar asks Congress to install Rahul as PM

Focus on research, consultancy, ‘Scrap all SEZs and return the advices GITAM varsity V-C land to farmers’

Online certificate course in Islamic banking started

Lauding AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for accepting Sonia Gandhi’s offer of the key post in the party and the government, senior Congress leader Dr P Shanker Rao appealed to all Congress men to pass a resolution asking the Congress high command to call together a special AICC session and install Rahul as prime minister. Speaking to the media at the CLP ofﬁce on Monday, Rao said he addressed letters to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, Digvijay Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mukul Wasnik, Janardhan Dwivedi, Motilal Vohra and Oscar Fernandez with regard to his appeal in this matter. NSS

The vice-chancellor of GITAM University, Prof G. Subrahmanyam, has asked faculty members to concentrate more on research and consultancy activity in addition to teaching. Addressing new faculty members at the Hyderabad campus, he said that the City was the centre of attraction to conduct research as it abounds in good research labs and industries. He added that the university’s name would be more prestigious by having more patents. Hyderabad campus director Dr Ch. Sanjay said SS Prasada Rao, director, Hyderabad Business School, Dr Basavaraja, vice-principal, GITAM Hyderabad School of Technology and other HODs were present. NSS

Keeping the growing demand for Islamic banking in mind, the Institute of Islamic Banking Finance and Insurance (IIBFI), Chennai, has started a first-of-its-kind online certificate course in Islamic banking. At the function held at the office of Siyasat, an Urdu daily, on Monday, Siyasat chairman Zahed Ali Khan said those interested could join the six-month course on the Internet or on a full-time basis. IIFBI representatives said the course will be useful to candidates who are in or planning to join the financial services. The course fee is `12,000, and 50 per cent concession will be given to Ulemas and poor students. NSS

The Hindu Mazdoor Kisan Panchayath has demanded that the State government scrap all Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and give back the lands to the farmers who lost them in the name of SEZs in Telangana region. Speaking to mediapersons on Monday, association state convener Kankanala Venkata Subbaiah demanded that the Union government provide `2,000 pension to unorganised sector workers and weavers. He also urged the State government to scrap VANPIC and return the lands to the farmers. The Central committee had appointed Kankanala Venkata Subbaiah as state convener recently. NSS

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he Progressive Organisation of Women (POW) staged a dharna at Indira Park on Monday demanding that the State government appoint a chairperson for the Women Commission in the State. Speaking on the occasion, POW State president V Sandhya demanded that the government effectively end attacks on women. She also threatened to intensify the agitation if the government failed to act. NSS

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The State was unaffected by North grid collapse due to better efforts.

ll out and coordinated efforts by AP power utilities, which have adopted four major factors such as effective fault analysis, 24x7 monitoring of grid, Automatic disturbance control mechanism and Island mode grid mechanism have fully insulated in AP which is the main part of the Southern grid (AP, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry), against the Northern grid collapse that occurred on Monday and fully protected the State from a possible blackout.

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The normal frequency at which electricity is transmitted through the Northern grid ranges from 49.5 to 50.2 Hz (cycles/second), at the time of the collapse the grid frequency was 50.46 Hz, a few notches above normal. According to energy experts, overloading could be one of the probable reasons for the grid collapse. Power supply across nine states of north India including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan has been hit. The northern grid, which caters to about 28 per cent of the country’s population, covers nine states — Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Chandigarh.

TRANSCO STEPPED IN In view of the collapse/disturbances, AP Transco CMD Hiralal Samaria, who held

an emergency meeting along with P Sri Rama Rao, director (Grid)/ AP Transco and senior engineers reviewed the latest power supply position and precautions to be taken for maintaining better grid stability in the State. The grid officials informed the meeting that there has been no power blackout in the Southern grid since the September 11, 2001 and it was mainly possible due to enhanced grid discipline along with advanced planning, adequate investments in strengthening the Transmission and Distribution Network and upgrading of the sub stations. The CMD emphasised the need to maintain the grid frequency between 49.5 Hz to 50.2 Hz, as per Indian Electricity Grid Code. NSS

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CIVIC DEEPAK DESHPANDE

Caution: Bumpy road ahead Dug-up roads, heaps of garbage and malaria. Residents of West Marredpally, one of the oldest areas of the City, are fuming at the apathy of the government, which has left their well-planned locality in a mess.

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vain. “They left the drainage pipes right in front of my shop. Now, my customers can’t come to my shop. We have complained and they promised to do something, but since one month, there has been no progress,” said Harazi Lal, shopkeeper. Two to three malaria cases have been recorded in the area this monsoon. Residents complain that the place has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes and other insects. The area has

f there is one area in the City which has truly progressed in the last two decades, it is West Marredpally. This area, which was once populated mainly by Tamilians, is now considered a cultural melting pot. Over the years, West Marredpally has seen a sea change. The demography and geography of the area has changed in leaps and bounds. But today, citizens dread living in this area, which was once considered one of the best areas to live in. The roads are used more for dumping garbage than to commute. The main road is in a bad shape, but the bylanes are worse. The lanes connecting West Marredpally to Picket and Jubilee bus station had been dug up to lay a bigger drainage pipe earlier this year. However, the roads were not leveled and are now covered with mud and slush. “Last year, we had drainage problems. To solve that, they replaced the drainage pipe with new, wide ones. However, they left the roads dug up and this is causing problems. It’s all slushy and even walking is difficult, forget about driving,” complains Andrew P, an IT professional. Every day, more than four minor accidents are recorded in the area. Since last month, Sushi Jain, an ice-cream shop owner has been keeping a first-aid box in his shop. He said, “We see more than four or five accidents Roads in West Marredpally are covered with mud and slush after new drainage pipes were laid. Every day, four to five minor accidents are recorded in the bylanes.

Other civic problems n Contaminated water: Residents of Picket complain of contaminated water. Cases of jaundice were registered recently. n Garbage: The Secunderabad cantonment board not having enough garbage trucks is causing pile-up of garbage on the roads. n Traffic woes: During peak hours, there are frequent traffic jams in the bylanes.

every day. They get hurt badly, hence I keep antiseptic and other first-aid material handy.” West Marredpally is populated with mostly middle-class, educated citizens, but they say they are helpless. AD Mohan

Singh, a retired engineer, said, “With my hard-earned money, I pay taxes and this is what the government has done with my money. After repair work, the roads are not leveled and pipes are left on the streets. This is

nothing new about our government, but it hurts to see how there is no accountability.” The citizens and shopkeepers have complained to the Secunderabad cantonment board and the local corporator, but in

been sprayed with insecticides. “We are paying to breathe in chemicals,” fumes Lal. Division of areas in West Marredpally has been the reason for unattended civic problems. When contacted, corporator Saritha Yadav said it comes under Secunderabad Cantonment Board and this was not her concern. Officials at the Secunderabad Cantonment Board were not available for comment. West Marredpally, one of the oldest areas, is home to several politicians and MLAs. Minister for major industries J Geeta Reddy, TDP leader TA Srinivas Yadav, MP Sarve Satya Narayana, and MP Venkat Swami live here. Despite this, the area lacks civic maintenance with accountability.

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PET CLINIC BLAZES A TRAIL

Symptoms and causes of cataract Symptoms: Banging walls and sofas

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or the first time ever in South India, a multi-speciality hospital for cats and dogs has been established in Hyderabad. “No dog should die for want of medical help. That is why I opened this hospital,” said Dr Muralidhar, founder of the clinic. This multi-speciality hospital has facilities like ECG, ultra sound, X-Ray, dog dialysis, ICU, 2d eco and a well equipped operation theater. In the last six months, canine patients have only been increasing. Now on an average the clinic gets 30 animals each day. However, the hospital achieved another milestone when it successfully conducted a cataract operation on a cocker spaniel on Sunday. “It is doing well,” the doctor says. “Like most other hospitals we also conducted health camps for dogs and cats. Last month we conducted an eye camp; there we came across a dog that had cataract. We successfully operated on him. Often people tend to ignore cataract. They do

Causes n Common after 15 years n Injury n Infection n Constant rubbing n Hereditary

With many firsts to its credit, Dr Dog clinic in Jubilee Hills conducts cataract surgery on dogs and administered dialysis to ailing pets.

Surgery details Fees: `1,500 Number of days required to stay in hospital: 4 days

Other common health problems n Gastroenteritis n Skin problems n Neurological n Arthrological

Doctor’s Tip After the dog reaches four years of age their eye check up should be done on a regular basis. If detected early, it can be treated.

not diagnose it in the early stage and hence complications take place,” said Dr Muralidhar. Cataract operations are of two types, one in which the damaged lense is removed. This is commonly practiced all over the globe. The second one is implantation of intraocular

lenses (IOL). In IOL, the natural lens is replaced with another lens which will give the dog a better vision. Dr Dog is the first clinic in South India to conduct IOL operations. The whole operation costs `15,000 and post operation the dog will have to stay for four days in the hospital. Doctors say that these days owners are ready to spend both time and money on pets. “No one is thinking twice. All they want is to save the dog or cat like they care for a family member. Time and money is not an issue. I have seen autorickshaw drivers also spending thousands on their pets,” informs Dr Muralidhar. Another reason why most pet owners in the City prefer this hospital is because it’s open round the clock. “Blue Cross is open only till 5pm, but here we can get our dogs diagnosed at any time. The kind of work they are doing is amazing. I take my

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A cataract surgery being conducted on a dog at the clinic

pet and also our rescued dogs to this hospital. It is very convenient and well maintained,”said Nihar Parulekar. The doctor has also imported equipment from the US. Some of the high-end equipment includes ECG, ultrasound, X-ray, dental scaler, dialysis unit, a fully equipped OT and four ICUs with monitors and semi-ventilators, a laboratory with semi-auto anal-

at the

etting another first, Dr Dog clinic has tied up with Animal Rehabilitation and Protection Force (ARPF) which works for the rescue, rehabilitation and treatment of animals. “They (clinic) have agreed to do free service for the poor animals we rescue and need medical help. We have saved scores of animals, not just dogs, with the clinic’s helps. Their 24x7 service is the real blessing,” said ARPF founder Nihar Parulekar.

yser for biochemical tests, selfcounter for complete blood profiling and microscopes. Apart from all this, dialysis for animals is also done here. This is the first hospital in the South India where dialysis is conducted. Not just pet owners but animal rescue teams in the City also choose this as a first option. This is not just an outpatient clinic, patients can also stay here.

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Business

CARACAS NOW FULL MEMBER OF MERCOSUR

After a six-year wait, Venezuela formally joins the Mercosur regional trading bloc as a full member on Tuesday at a Brasilia ceremony to be attended by its mercurial President Hugo Chavez.

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want to go unknown restaurant simply because there is huge discount offer. He wants reasonable and standard offers at high quality restaurants where he goes regularly. If we see established food brands, they don’t have a problem in getting the visitors for the first time. There may be a problem in getting repeated customers. As we are not offering huge discounts, the customers they get are the target ones and these customers also help them to fill the left out inventory they have,” he says. The restaurants also find it difficult to track the ROI on their huge marketing expenditure. However, with discounted strategy, the restaurant can know number of customers visiting it because of the discounts. The marketing of the restaurant happens by offering discount on the money spent by the customer. “The customer can buy coupons or subscriptions in advance based on how frequently he visit restaurants. The customer can get the discount

imrandeep S Parmar, an experienced software engineer, left his job to do a Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) at ISB. He took the path of entrepreneurship and founded Employee Street in May 2011 after the completion of the course. The company offers discount coupons for 100 restaurant outlets in the City. Taking about entrepreneurship, Simrandeep said, “I wanted to do something on my own and take bigger challenges to create value to customers and restaurants. E-commerce is a growing industry and there is a lot of untapped potential. It is also not capital intensive and one doesnt need to invest heavily upfront to start the business. Once there is traction in the business, there are a lot of venture capitalists and angel investors to take it forward. Even, the experience that I

TOUGH CALL Miffed at being passed over, Yahoo! No 2 quits SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! on Monday announced the departure of Ross Levinsohn, who served as interim chief executive and was seen as a favorite for the top job before the firm named Marissa Meyer to the post. Regulatory documents indicated Levinsohn would leave with an “equity award” including 67,000 restricted stock units and 250,000 stock options. He will also get severance benefits for termination “without cause.” Levinsohn took the helm at Yahoo! in May after Scott Thompson was ousted as CEO over an inflated resume. Levinsohn had been reported to be in line for the job. AFP

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gained in the technology sector is also quite close to the business idea.” The business idea is about creating a link between the finest restaurants in the City and their customers. “The customer does not

coupon just by sending an SMS. For instance, we charge `75 for monthly subscription. A customer who spends a minimum of `500 may get around `75 discount (based on 15 per cent Number of registered users: 10,000 Number of targetted users in less than a year: 1 lakh Expected operational breakeven: 6-9 months Discount Range: 10-25% average discount) and all the spending he does more than `500 will be savings for him. Any more visits to restaurants that month will be also be savings. We also offer individual coupons at `25 and also at `12.5 (in bulk purchase),” he said. The five-employee company has invested around `10-15 lakh in the business and has plans to expand to other cities.

FORBES RANKING

Gazprom world’s most profitable firm in 2011 MOSCOW: Russian energy giant Gazprom overtook US-based energy major ExxonMobil in 2011 to become the world’s most profitable company, according to the latest edition of Forbes magazine. Gazprom netted $44.46 billion in profits last year, compared to $41.6 billion generated by ExxonMobil, which was the world’s most profitable company in 2010. The Industrial and Commercial

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Popular British football (soccer) team Manchester United announced Monday that it hopes to earn over $300 million in its proposed IPO on Wall Street. The team will put $16.7 million on market, $8.3 million in public shares and $8.3 million belonging to the club owner, American businessman Malcolm Glazer. The shares will be sold at $16 and $20, raising a target amount of around $300.6 million. Taking into account the 2.5 million additional shares that may be offered through overallotment options and the maximum price per share, the team could stand to raise up to $383 million. The opening date for the public offering, initially announced in July, has not yet been set.

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4 LABOURERS INJURED IN RAMDEV TENT COLLAPSE A portion of a tent being erected for yoga guru Ramdev’s protest at the Ramlila Maidan here collapsed this morning due to rains, leaving four labourers injured. Ramdev is scheduled to sit on an indefinite fast from August 9.

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Kudos for tolerance

However, according to the US report, the lack of trained policemen and due to corruption, the law was not always enforced effectively. WASHINGTON: India has been lauded by an official US report for “generally respecting” religious freedom, but said prosecution was often weak for perpetrators of “religiously oriented violence”. The national “government generally respected religious freedom; however, some statelevel laws and policies restricted this freedom”, the US state department said Monday in its annual report on religious freedom around the world. “Despite the national government’s continued rejection of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism), a few state and local governments continue to be influenced by Hindutva,” the report said.

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Most Indians pessimistic about job market Europeans were the most pessimistic. WASHINGTON: Most of the world, including India, was pessimistic about the job market last year with 57 per cent of adults saying it was a bad time to find a job, according to a new Gallup survey. Only one-third of the people said it was a good time, the leading US opinion poll organisation said Monday releasing the results of Gallup surveys conducted in 146 countries. Indians were only a little more optimistic than the average adult worldwide with 52 per cent saying it was a bad time and only 36 per cent saying it was a good time. Europeans were the most pessimistic, with 72 per cent saying it was a bad time. Optimism was highest in the Americas, where a still dismal 38 per cent said it was a good time. All of the top 10 countries where residents were most positive about the job market were developing countries. IANS

Citing laws against cow slaughter in Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir, the report criticised some states for passing

laws “based on Hindu religious beliefs that restrict the religious freedom of minority groups”. Among “other federal and state laws that affect religious practice”, the report cited the

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA) and active “anti-conversion” laws in five states: Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh. The UPA government “continued to implement an inclusive and secular platform that included respect for the right to religious freedom,” the report said. “However, due to a lack of sufficiently trained police and elements of corruption, the law was not always enforced rigorously or effectively in some cases pertaining to religiously oriented violence, and prosecution continued to be weak,” it said. IANS

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has reportedly been forced to cancel his two days tour of Ajmer following security concerns, informed sources said. Gehlot’s ofﬁce however said the trip was cancelled due to his illhealth. Sources close to state intelligence bureau told IANS that the security concerns were raised following a recent campaign in which posters equating him with Gujarat CM Narendra Modi surfaced in some minority-dominated areas in Ajmer. The chief minister was to attend Roza Iftar parties being organised by some minority organisations Monday and Tuesday in the town, which is home to the world famous shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

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a leopard in Bhiwandi town of Thane district, police said today. 14-year-old shepherd, Akshay Rose, was attacked by a leopard at Umarkhand in Bhiwandi near the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday when he had gone to the forest with his herd, Shahapur police said. Hearing the screams, his cousins, who were plucking vegetables in a nearby farm, ran to his rescue. The victim, who suffered multiple injuries on his face and neck, was admitted to JJ Hospital, police said. This is the third case of leopard attack in 15 days. Five days back, a 40-year-old woman was killed by a leopard in the same area. On July 16, Sanjana Thorat (7) was killed by a leopard when she stepped out of her Mulund home, police said.

Physically challenged teen raped by neighbour BADAUN: A physically challenged teenaged girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Ughaini village in the district, police said today. The 14-year-old was allegedly raped by her neighbour Nanhe with the help of three others, her family members said in their complaint. Superintendent of Police Manjil Saini said that an inquiry was underway in the case and the guilty would be brought to book.

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Five-year-old girl raped, abandoned near rail tracks LUCKNOW: A ﬁve-year-old girl was raped in Gomti Nagar locality here, police said today. The girl was found abandoned near a railway line in Gomti Nagar, they said, adding she was sent for medical examination, which conﬁrmed sexual assault. The police has lodged a case in the matter and a probe was on.

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Saudi sees new India keen to study tech used by Israel to secure borders ally in India What tipped Riyadh in New Delhi's favour? Was it American pressure or an incrementally improving relation with New Delhi? NEW DELHI: Building upon the positive momentum generated by the handover of 26/11 handler Abu Jundal by Riyadh last month, India and Saudi Arabia are set to intensify their security and economic cooperation as India cuts down on Iranian oil and hikes its oil supply from the most powerful economy in the Middle East. Amid the languishing pace of justice in Pakistan for the 26/11 victims, the decision of Saudi Arabia to extradite Abu Jundal came as a shot in the arm for New Delhi and has set the stage for an all-round acceleration of strategic and economic ties between India and Saudi Arabia, home to over two million expatriate Indians. "Security is the cornerstone of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy and it is looking to India as a major emerging power," said Ishrat Aziz, a former ambassador of India to KSA (1987-1994) and an expert on the region.

Saudi is beginning to lose faith in the Pakistan model of using Islamist extremism to promote external causes. This policy has caused a tremendous backlash. Ajai Sahni counter-terror expert

Security cooperation has acquired a prominent focus in the bilateral relationship since the historic visit of King Abdullah, the first visit by a Saudi monarch to New Delhi in half a century, in 2006. The strategic ties were reinforced when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Saudi Arabia in 2010, a landmark trip that saw the signing of an extradition treaty and culminated in the Riyadh Declaration that singled out security cooperation as an important driver of the relationship. Intelligence sharing and the training of Saudi defence personnel in India have become features of bilateral partnership and are expected to grow stronger. Another good news for Riyadh, which regards Tehran as a major regional nuisance, is that India has cut down its import of Iranian oil in the face of Western sanctions and has raised purchases from Saudi Arabia. Bilateral trade has shot up to $25 billion in 2010-11 and Riyadh has emerged as India's top oil supplier. What has taken experts and Saudi-watchers by surprise is that Saudi Arabia, despite its close ties with Pakistan, handed over to India the prize catch that ended up exposing Islamabad and has infused a new momentum in New Delhi's quest for 26/11 justice. What tipped Riyadh in New Delhi's favour? Was it American pressure or an incrementally improving relations with New Delhi? Ajai Sahni, a counter-terror expert, says Riyadh's decision was influenced by both factors but also reflected the Arab world's most powerful nation's attitude towards a changing world order. "Saudi Arabia is beginning to lose faith in the Pakistan model of using Islamist extremism to promote external causes. This policy has caused a tremendous backlash in the larger Muslim world," Ajai Sahni said. The relationship with Pakistan, said Sahni, is being reevaluated in Saudi Arabia, but it does not amount to abandoning Pakistan. IANS

The system detects individuals at ranges from 300 metres up to 20 km and vehicles at up to 40 km.

JERUSALEM: India, which wants to beef up its border security to prevent recurrence of Mumbai-type attacks, has evinced interest in studying various technologies deployed by Israel to secure its frontiers. A delegation from India is expected in Israel next month to have a firsthand assessment of the technologies used by the Israel Defence Forces to secure the Jewish state's borders, The Jerusalem Post reported. The experience gathered from Israel could be utilised by Indian experts while building fence with Pakistan and Bangladesh at the borders, the report said. India is interested in beefing up its border security to prevent in future incidents like the Mumbai attacks of 2008. Israel has been pushing ahead with the construction of

its fence along the Egyptian border to prevent terror attacks and also to deter illegal immigrants from infiltrating into Israel. The fence is 5 metres in height and layered with barbed wire. It is supported by dozens of radars that are deployed

The experience gathered from Israel could be utilised by Indian experts while building fence with Pakistan and Bangladesh. along the border to issue alerts about possible crossings while the potential infiltrators are still kilometres away. US Department of Homeland Security is, mean-

while, also testing the ELM-2112 family of persistent ground Israeli surveillance radars, developed by Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, and used by the IDF to detect intruders before they reach the border. Five different versions of the system detect individuals at ranges from 300 metres up to 20 km and vehicles at up to 40 km. The radars feature four stationary antennas, each covering a 90-degree sector enabling persistent surveillance and tracking over a wide area. Several radars can be integrated into a single network to provide an integrated picture of a border area. The command and control interface features icons resembling an animal, vehicle or person based on the target detected by the radar. PTI

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Farmers participate in a bull race at a paddy field in Canning village around 105 km south of Kolkata. They parAFP ticipate in the race before ploughing their fields in the belief that it will bring good rain.

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World

WRITER FOR NEW YORKER RESIGNS OVER FAKE QUOTES Writer Jonah Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker on Monday after admitting that he had fabricated quotes from Bob Dylan in his nonfiction book “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” The book has been recalled by publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Rebels hold out in Aleppo Assad attack enters Day 4 The US and Turkey have agreed to step up efforts to achieve “political transition” in Syria. DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels have held out for another night in the city of Aleppo as a government offensive enters its fourth day, reported the BBC. With battles raging in several areas, hospitals and clinics in the city are said to be filling up with casualties. Thousands of people are continuing to flee the city, adding to a growing humanitarian crisis in the region. Meanwhile, the US and Turkey have agreed to step up efforts to achieve “political transition” in Syria. This would include the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the White House said. In a phone call on Monday, US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also agreed to help the growing numbers of refugees — both inside Syria and in neighbouring countries. Turkey has been a staunch critic of President Assad and has given refuge to large numbers of army defectors. Thousands of Syrian refugees are also living in refugee camps on the Turkish side of the countries’ long border. As the crisis deepened, Iran a close ally of Damascus warned Turkey not to intervene militarily, the Syrian state-controlled al-Watan newspaper said.

At least three men wearing Batman masks raided two cinemas in northern Mexico Monday at showings of “The Dark Knight Rises,” wounding one man. The three armed men, dressed in black, “stole (240 thousand pesos/$17,910) in two theaters Monday, leaving the manager of one cinema with serious injuries to the face,” public security ofﬁcials from the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua told reporters.

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is the worth of cystal methamphetamine and heroin were seized by Australian police, busting a Hong Kong-linked international drugs syndicate, sources said. A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network on Monday shows Syrian opposition fighters waving the national flag adopted by the rebel movement against the regime at a checkpoint outside Rastan in the central Homs province.

al-Qaeda turns tide

Syria envoy to UK quits

DAMASCUS: Al-Qaeda seems to playing a big role in helping rebels in Syria in their efforts to recapture Eastern Syria. A Guardian exclusive quotes Abu Khuder, leader of a small unit which pledges allegiance to Al-Qaeda, as saying that he and his men were working closely with the military council that commands the Free Syrian Army brigades in the region. “We have instructions from our [alQaeda] leaders that if the FSA need our help we should give it.”

LONDON: The Syrian charge d’affaires in UK has resigned over his government’s ‘violence and oppressive acts’ on a day when the United Nations said that over 200,000 people had fled intense fighting in the conflicttorn country’s city of Aleppo. Charge d’Affaires Khaled alAyoubi last night informed the Foreign Office of his decision to resign. Reacting to the resignation, Prime Minister David Cameron said al-Ayoubi was “basically defecting from the Syrian regime.”

China to land first moon probe: State media

Bill to give nomination address for Barry

Four Iranians get death for $2.3 bn bank fraud

Testosterone may speed up prostate cancer

BEIJING: China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the ﬁrst time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country’s ambitious space programme. China’s third lunar probe will blast off in the second half of 2013, the state Xinhua news agency reported late Monday.

WASHINGTON: Bill Clinton will sprinkle his political stardust on President Barack Obama’s re-election bid by giving the nominating address at the Democratic Party convention, the campaign announced Monday. The 65-yearold former president will outline the economic arguments for giving Obama a second term.

TEHRAN: Four Iranian citizens charged with defrauding Iranian banks of $2.3 billion have been sentenced to death, the Mehr news agency reported. “The convicts will be informed in the nearest future about the court’s decision to sentence the four of them to capital punishment,” Prosecutor General Gholamhossein Mohseni E’jei said.

SYDNEY: Higher levels of testosterone in elderly men might make an existing prostate cancer tumour grow faster, warn researchers. They say men in their 70s and 80s with higher levels of testosterone, including those who undergo hormone replacement therapy (HRT), are at an increased risk of prostate cancer.

“Any attack on Syrian territory will meet with a harsh response, and the IranianSyrian mutual defence agreement will be activated,” it reported on Monday. The newspaper said Turkey and the US were planning to create “a safe haven guarded by the armed gangs” in the north of Syria. “Turkey has received very strong warnings in the past few hours and the following message: beware changing the rules of the game,” al-Watan said. Turkey has said it will use troops if necessary to prevent another Halabja — a reference to a notorious massacre in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.

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BITTER BETRAYAL Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson Tuesday accused Japan of hunting him down in revenge for his attacks on its whaling ops, in his first comments since jumping bail and fleeing Germany. Watson said Germany betrayed him — he had been under house arrest for 70 days there — as it had negotiated with Japan to extradite him to Tokyo. Watson, who for years has harassed Japan’s annual whale hunt off Antarctica, was arrested in Germany in May for extradition to Costa Rica on charges involving a high-seas confrontation over shark finning in 2002.

I am now in the middle of my political life, I work a lot and will keep doing the same in the future. Dmitry Medvedev The Russian Prime Minister has hinted that he may run for president again.

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Comment The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

GREEN TALK

years old, but he already knows what the euro crisis means. He lives with his single mother, an English teacher named Nena, in an apartment in the poor, waterfront neighborhood of Kallithea, where a growing number of immigrants jostle with far-right gang members affiliated with neo-fascist party Golden Dawn. Incomes here have plummeted since the start of the financial crisis in 2008, especially after international lenders imposed debt repayments on the country two years ago. “My family still pays taxes but very soon we won’t be able to buy what we need,” said Marcos, who plays guitar and appears older than his age. “That’s why we’re careful with what we spend — we have very few possessions.” Nena works 11 hours a day, six days a week to support her son. But although she often runs out of money by the end of each month, she considers herself lucky because her parents send fruit and vegetables from their rural garden. Marcos rarely begs for new purchases. “He’s learned to ask if we have money for something he wants,” Nena explained. “We have a new slogan: ‘Fewer needs, fewer worries.’” Despite his straitened circumstances, Marcos is doing well for a Greek child. Many others are growing up hungry, a stark result of austerity measures such as wage cuts and tax increases that were prompted by the country’s three-year drive to repay its debts, and are affecting almost every part of the population. GLOBAL POST

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Growing up hungry in Greece arcos Efcarpos is only 10

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS Good writing comes from absolute honesty. Every one who has done anything original knows this. It’s strange that many honest good writers take years to land a deal to publish their work, while those like Jonah Lehrer, just 31, had only to close their heart and eyes to do things shameful for hogging the limelight and a fast buck.

f Ferdinand Magellan revealed the true dimensions of our Earth by circumnavigating it, its true limitations have been revealed to us in the 20th century, said Magellan’s compatriot, the Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso. In our time, air and water have become dangerously polluted, and many life forms have disappeared. Ozone layer depletion, the green house effect, melting of the arctic ice, rising sea levels and erratic monsoons have been most worrying. In 1992, the United Nations held its Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit, at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. This watershed event resulted in the famous Rio Declaration on Environment and Development - endorsed by all the nations of the world. A voluntary agreement called the Forest Principles dealing with how forests should be managed and conserved, and another non-binding blueprint for sustainable development in the 21st century called Agenda 21 were released at the Earth Summit.

The Earth Summit at Rio also issued two important Conventions: formal agreements between sovereign states are called Treaties or Conventions. A Convention is drafted under the aegis of an international body like the UN, and is updated through additional Protocols which are the result of further rounds of negotiations. The Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) aims to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and has been ratified by 195 countries. There have been further negotiations at meetings of State Parties at Kyoto, Copenhagen, Doha etc. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims at conservation of biological diversity, its sustainable use and a fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources. It has been ratified by 193 countries and is governed by a Conference of Parties i.e. all the countries which have ratified the Convention. Its secretariat is in Montreal in Canada. There have been additional Protocols to the CBD: at Cartagena in Colombia where countries agreed on safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology. At Nagoya in Japan, in 2010, another Protocol has been

agreed upon, dealing with a transparent legal framework for ‘Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS)’. The next Conference of Parties is now scheduled to be held in Hyderabad in October 2012 and its primary objective is to review the status of the Nagoya protocol and to understand where each country stands in that regard. A Hyderabad Declaration on Biodiversity is likely to be issued. But are Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh ready for such an important event? Preparing for the Conference of Parties which will bring some 10,000 diplomats to Hyderabad is not the work of the Tourism department alone! And it will not be enough to

improve signages on roads and to handle traffic efficiently which seems to be the main focus of the preparations! What should Hyderabad do to deserve a permanent place in the historic efforts to save our planet? The state which has many environmental issues first needs a modern, scientific, people oriented policy on Biological Diversity and Sustainable Development. It is time for the Bureaucrats and Ministers to wake up to this important responsibility and they could declare it ahead of the Conference of Parties in October. Enlightened citizens should help our policy makers and stakeholders understand that the Earth does not belong to us we belong to the Earth.

EDITORIALS Hope al-Qaeda does not steal the show Blame not media for doing its duty

Guardian report says there is increasing presence of al-Qaeda in Syria’s civil war. The report says the terror group is on the side of the rebels and helping them with providing assistance in making car bombs and IEDs. One is perplexed about the consequences of the development. The report also says that rebels are gaining in Eastern Syria, thanks to al-Qaeda. But the predominant feeling is one of wariness: if Basher al-Assad falls, what role will the “Strangers”, as they call themselves, play? Will they try to usurp the rebels and take over the reins of Syria, which is a secular state, that shows tolerance for all religions? Christians have been in the government and many of the commanders of the Syrian Army are Christians. Could the terrorists have seen this as the right moment to sneak in and steal the show and bring darkness to Syria? If that be the case, it’s one scourge after another: out goes Assad and in comes Dark Ages. Let’s hope to God that it does not happen.

READERS’ VIEWS

nna Hazare has apologised after crowds at his protest camp got aggressive with media crew covering the 75-year-old’s hunger strike. "If there is any more misbehaviour, I will end my andolan (movement) right here," Anna said this morning. Anna knows well that strike, it was the media that helped his strike gain vigour, taking it to the people. Anna’s team will gain if they realise that there’s no point in blaming the media for reporting actions that make them unworthy of being Anna’s aides. It’s just duty, you see.

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

workplace

NEW FACEBOOK EMAIL ADDRESS

Facebook has replaced personal email addresses of users on their profiles with a new @facebook.com e-mail address. The users who had made vanity Facebook addresses now have their username in the email address while those who did not make any account have been allotted an email address with a random numeric value at the rate of Facebook.

APPRAISALS IN THE CREATIVE FIELD

As compared to other industries, the appraisal process in creative fields is not a very formalised one, but is with a difference. Shilpi Sahay Choudhury tells us more.

managers’ rating comes. However, it is interesting to know how the appraisal process is structured and executed in advertising agencies. As other industries, here the appraisal process is not so formalised as the objective of setting up key result areas for all employees. Since the majority of the employees are the creative ones, the parameters of rating are slightly different. For the senior level employees a

CRITERIA FOR REVIEWS

Creativity

reativity has been expressed as a fundamental part of innovation. Judging creativity can be summarised as a process of thought with a beneficial, yet undiscovered outcome. Creativity, again, depends on the view of the beholder, which is influenced by two variables, the benefit and the novelty.

KNOW YOUR COMPANY

Can creativity be measured ?

he way the HR department handles its Performance Management Process determines a lot about the organisation and the performance culture within. From the employees’ perspective, there is lot of expectations that rests upon this process as this is directly linked to the money they take home. There are many lopsided impressions about this process. Most of the employees have a perception that this process is not handled well in his/her organisation. However the view may be, one must understand that the success of this process depends on the fruitful participation of the employees involved. This process is a shared responsi bility and is not only the onus of the HR. The basic element of the appraisal process is almost the same in all organisations. Terminologies may differ and the method of conducting the appraisal may slightly differ. However some organisations firmly insist that it should begin with self-appraisal, so that the individual also gets to rate himself/herself, before the

Innovation

nnovation necessarily means crafting creative solutions to problems, thinking out of the box and encouraging others in the team to do so. Not relying on common solutions or methods but coming up with newer and fresher ideas. Most companies have incentives and rewards for employees who regularly do this.

very important criteria is the number of new clients added. This aspect determines the rating and the percentage hike one gets. However, for the employees who are into the creative side, what essentially matters is that how many industry awards they have got. For the employees who are on the operation side, client feedback is important. The rating scale can be 1-100 or 1-5, one being the lowest on 100/5

Behaviour

ating employees according to job behaviour is based on the assumption that there are effective and ineffective behaviour and that these have been identiﬁed for each job or type of job. For example, a customer service representative could be judged on the amount of patience shown to irate customers.

being the highest. Based on the rating, the variable/fixed compensation is decided on. Some advertising agencies have no variable and no bonus policy. Whatever comes by virtue of rating is all fixed. However, some advertising agencies have its percentage linked to the rating. The variable component can go up to 50% increase or just a minimum of 10% hike. Measuring creativity on a rating scale is very difficult or next to impossible. However, one can have indicators which can help the HR department to get close to measuring and assessing more objectively. That is why the number of awards a creative employee gets, has a direct impact on the appraisal of that employee. The fact that he/she wins an award determines that the employee is high on creativity. There should be a dialogue between the manager and the employee. The feedback process is very essential to close the loop of the performance appraisal process. Through this feedback process the individual development areas are drawn out and the training needs are set to be worked upon the next year. The performance management process is the symbol of fairness and objectivity in the organisation. Not only does it establish employee trust towards the system, but it also helps driving a performance culture. The writer is an HR professional

Job result

esults indexes are often used for appraisal purposes if an employee's job has measurable results. When quantitative resu-lts are not available, evaluators tend to use appraisal forms based on employee behaviour and/or personal characteristics. Results indexes such as turnover, absenteeism, proﬁtability, and production rates can be used.

Infosys Infosys Limited is an Indian provider of business consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services. It is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Today, Infosys is a global leader in the “next generation” of IT and consulting with revenues of billion. Infosys ranked among the most innovative companies in a Forbes survey, as a leading technology company in a report by The Boston Consulting Group and also featured as one of the top ten green companies in Newsweek’s Green Rankings.

DID YOU KNOW...

33,000

is the number of Subway stores around the world. There are 79 stores in Singapore, a nation with less than 300 square miles. The most exclusive opened in June solely for New York City’s Ground Zero construction workers.

WORK CULTURE

I think Accenture must be the only company that goes that extra mile to ensure that employees are comfortable at their job. “Making Accenture a great place to work” is the latest initiative taken up by the company. Fun activities are arranged every week as part of this initiative. We have had games like online tambola game and football with balloons. Vikrant Shekhar Accenture

There are many things that I like about the company. One of the things being that the company calls in guest speakers to motivate and boost our conﬁdence. The last person we met was Mark Inglis who is an accomplished cyclist and, as a double leg amputee, won a silver medal at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. Shajo P Dell

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

spotlight 1

DRINK UP

Head to the European fine-dining eatery, Sweet Nirvana and make most of their new fest. Order an ice cool mocktail and an appetizer at a special combo price of `130 or a mocktail with a sandwich for `200.

SRINIVAS SETTY

WITH REVERENCE

1 Raghavendra Rao

The grand

Launch

The Brahmakumari auditorium was packed with people who had come to attend the audio launch of Nagarjuna starrer Shirdi Sai on Monday. 15

2 SS Rajamouli 3 Shweta Pandit 4 Venkateswara Rao and

Paruchuri Gopala Krishna 5 SP Balasubramaniam(R) 6 Sayaji Shinde 7 Saikumar 8 Sarath Babu 9 Ali 10 Nadendla Manohar and Srikanth 11 Naga Chaitanya & Akhil 12 Kamalini Mukherjee 13 Poonam 14 Amala Akkineni and Nagarjuna 15 Akkineni Nageshwara Rao

GLAMOUR GIRLS

Neeruâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elite Banjara Hills celebrated their sixth anniversary and the launch of their Eid collection on Monday. Actors Lakshmi Manchu, Supriya, Tashu Kaushik, and Deeksha Seth displayed the collection.

SRINIVAS SETTY

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

health

INDIA HAD 56% NEW LEPROSY INFECTIONS IN 2010 India accounted for 56 per cent of the world's new leprosy infections in 2010 despite declaring itself free of the nerve-destroying disease five years earlier, a report said. Of the 228,474 new leprosy cases in the world in 2010, India accounted for 126,800.

PROCEDURES

SHOULD YOU REMOVE IT? Every time there’s an inflamed tonsil, experts suggest a tonsillectomy. But is it really required? We check with experts.

out bacteria and germs. However, a bacterial or viral infection can cause tonsillitis. “Cases of tonsillitis are most often seen between the ages of 2 and 8 and in some cases even in adults,” says Dr Rambabu K, consultant ENT surgeon, Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.

ranjani rajendra ranjani.r@postnoon.com

emember that sore feeling in your throat and the trouble you faced each time you tried to swallow? Often a symptom of tonsillitis, inflamed tonsils, the condition can cause a patient quite a bit of discomfort and pain, with even swallowing saliva becoming a challenge, let alone food and water. A few years ago, doctors would have suggested removing the tonsils, in a surgical procedure called tonsillectomy. However, these days, treating the inflammation with medication and avoiding a tonsillectomy, unless it is absolutely necessary, is being advocated.

SYMPTOMS OF TONSILLITIS Some of the most common symptoms of tonsillitis are difficulty swallowing, ear pain, sore throat and headache, tenderness in the jaw and throat etc. A physical exam may reveal that the lymph nodes at the back of the throat are tender to touch or the tonsils are red with white spots on them.

TREATMENT

WHAT IS A TONSIL? The tonsils are lymph nodes that are located at the back of the mouth and just above the throat. They normally function as the body’s protection system when it comes to filtering

Why are the tonsils removed? n Blockage of the throat if they are too big. The tonsils can be large enough to impede breathing, swallowing, or clear speech production. n Chronic and recurrent tonsillitis that cause sore throats. n White debris in the tonsils called ‘chronic cryptic tonsillitis’. The tonsils contain many pits and pockets called crypts. These, in some patients tend to become impacted with white foul-smelling debris that is composed of bacteria and dead cells. n Unusual enlargement or appearance. Like any other tissue, the tonsils can be the site of benign or malignant tumours. An unusual or markedly enlarged tonsil is sometimes seen in this situation.

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“While earlier doctors did advise removing the tonsils, these days it is managed with medication. Unless the tonsillitis is so severe that it obstructs the airways, there are repeated attacks and pus formation there is no need for a tonsillectomy,” explains Dr Rambabu. He goes on to add, “In some cases the tonsils may be removed as a treatment for snoring in both adults and children. However, tonsillitis usually gets cured with medication. It may pose some trouble when it comes to breathing or swallowing, but it is only temporary. There is no need to remove it, if it is not causing any other serious problem.”

TIPS TO FEEL BETTER

n Drink cold liquids or try popsicles. n Drink fluids, especially lukewarm and bland fluids. n Gargle with warm salt water. n Suck on lozenges. However, avoid giving these to children due to choking hazards. n Antibiotics prescribed by a doctor can also help ease the inflammation.

HOUSECALL Cushings syndrome Cushing's syndrome occurs when the body is exposed to an excess of glucocorticoid hormones over a long period of time. Glucocorticoids are involved in the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and proteins, control of inﬂammation as well as in assisting the body in its recovery from stress. Taking oral steroids for treatments of other ailments is said to be the most common cause of cushings syndrome.

DID YOU KNOW? Vending machine products cause health ailments Most products that are available in vending machines cause health problems such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as well as behavioural issues such as hyperactivity and fatigue.

PIONEERS Zhang Zhongjing Zhang Zhongjing was a Chinese physician during the Han Dynasty. He was one of the most eminent Chinese physicians during the Dynasty. He is known to have established medication principles thus contributing to the development of traditional Chinese medicine. His research was available in Shanghan Za bing Lun which is considered a medical masterpiece. He also founded the Cold Disease School of Chinese Medicine.

health TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

PATHBREAKING

BREAKTHROUGH

Down’s syndrome test gets Swiss go-ahead Switzerland has approved a test that involves screening pregnant women’s blood samples to either rule out or confirm the presence of foetal Down’s syndrome. GENEVA: Switzerland has given the green light for prenatal testing for Down’s syndrome, Swiss media reported on Sunday. The controversial test will be available in the country from mid-August following the decision by Swissmedic, the national agency for therapeutic products, Neue Zuercher Zeitung Sonntag reported. The test, developed by life science specialists LifeCodexx, involves screening pregnant women’s blood samples to either rule out or confirm the presence of foetal Down’s syndrome, which is also known as trisomy 21. The German-based firm describes the procedure, marketed as PrenaTest, as a “risk-free alternative to common invasive examination methods such as amniocentesis”. Demand is high in Switzerland from doctors and expectant mothers, the company said. The test will also be marketed in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, according to the firm’s website. The development follows an attempt by the international federation of Down’s syndrome organisations to convince the European Court of Human Rights that it should not recognise people’s right to such tests. The federation, grouping 30 associations in 16 countries, said in June that the Strasbourg court must “recognise the human condition and protect the right to life of people with Down’s syndrome and those handicapped”. AFP

Whats is Down syndrome?

own’s syndrome, is the name given to a chromosomal condition that is caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. Down syndrome gets its name from John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome.Dr Jérôme Lejeune in 1959 identified Down’s Syndrome as a chromosome 21 trisomy . Down syndrome can be identified in a baby at birth, or even before birth by prenatal screening. Down’s syndrome is said to affect five in 10,000 children around the well. This new test is said to help expectant mothers conduct tests in the foetal stage itself.

HAPPY IS HEALTHY

Forgiving is good for the heart: Study Researchers have found that forgiving others can actually be beneficial for our health.

orgiving others, no matter how badly they may have hurt us, could actually prove to be beneficial for our health, a US study has found. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, found those people who let go of their anger were less

likely to see spikes in blood pressure, Daily Mail reported. The research has been published in the Journal of Biobehavioural Medicines. During the study, over 200 volunteers were asked to think about the time when a friend offended them. Half of the

group was told to think about how it angered them while the other half was advised to consider it in a more forgiving manner. Both the groups were then distracted for five minutes and then told to rethink about the event in any way they wish to

while the group members were wired up to monitors, observing blood pressure and heart rate. The team, led by Britta Larsen, found the angry group saw the highest increase in BP compared to the forgiving group after the first session. IANS

New strain of E.coli decoded WASHINGTON: Researchers have decoded the deadly 2011 E.coli outbreak in Germany, which killed 54 people and sickened more than 3,800, tracing it to a particularly virulent strain. A team led by Shannon Manning, molecular biologist and epidemiologist at the Michigan State University, suggests a way to potentially tame the killer bug, named as E coli O104:H4, shares some characteristics as other deadly E.coli bacteria, but its combination is novel. They haven’t yet figured out the mechanism it uses, although Manning and her team were able to find the strain’s Achilles heel — its bio-film, the journal Public Library of Science ONE reported. By focusing on the bug’s biofilm, the grouping of many E.coli bacteria that stick to a cell’s surface and grow encased in a selfproduced protective coat, Manning and colleagues were able to determine why it was so deadly. When the bacterium found in Germany forms a biofilm, it begins to make more toxic genes like the Shiga toxin. Increased production of the Shiga toxin is the probable culprit that contributed to so many incidents of kidney damage and death during the 2011 outbreak, Manning said, according to a university statement. “What made the German outbreak so different is that many victims suffering from kidney failure were adults,” she said. “Rather than attacking adults, other types of E.coli that produce Shiga toxins typically damage kidneys of children under 10.” Besides, the incubation period was considerably longer among individuals infected with the German outbreak strain compared to individuals infected with E.coli O157. Manning believes this is because the German strain needs a longer period of time to form a bio-film. IANS

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

Entertainment

MAKARAMANJU IN TELUGU Santosh Sivan, Karthika and Nithya Menon starrer Makaramanju is being dubbed in Telugu as Ravi Varma. This Malayalam film was directed by Lenin Rajendran and narrates the life of Raja Ravi Varma.

RISKY SHOTS FOR THE ACTOR

Taapsee goes on a thrilling ride in Ladakh

CINE BYTES

Tammareddy Bharadwaj is the new APFCC President

ammareddy Bharadwaj has been elected as the new president of the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce. This year, Tammareddy had the support of Dasari Narayana Rao and after winning the election, Tammareddy promised that he’ll go all out to save small ﬁlms.

Rana to do a cameo in Ajith’s film?

aapsee is having the adventure of a lifetime in Ladakh. She had recently gone there to shoot for Chandrasekhar Yeleti’s upcoming film starring Gopichand in lead role. Right from battling against low oxygen level to the harsh weather in the arid regions of Ladakh, the crew had been shooting under some harsh conditions. “I am having time of my life here. I shot for a Buzkashi sequence with plenty of horses and I am the bait for the horse riders instead of a goat which is the traditional way of playing this sport. I have never done such risky stuff ever before and I don’t think I’ll get to do this in future. It’s absolutely thrilling,” Taapsee said. She took a small break from the shooting and went to Delhi and she’ll join the crew soon in Ladakh to complete the rest of the schedule. Apart from this film, she’s also thrilled looking at the compliments and the response she has got from Gundello Godaari’s first teaser.

ana is all set to do a cameo in Ajith’s upcoming film in Vishnuvardhan’s direction, if the rumours are to be believed. Buzz is that Rana will take part in this film’s shooting later this week. Apart from this film, his upcoming film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum is also being releasing in Tamil.

Sunny Leone’s Jism 2 to be dubbed in Telugu

andeep Hooda, Sunny Leone starrer Jism 2 is being dubbed in Telugu. K Chandu Reddy bought the dubbing rights in Telugu. Thanks to the buzz surrounding the film ever since Pooja Bhatt, the director of the film, cast Sunny Leone, Jism 2 is expected to have a big release in Andhra Pradesh. The film will hit the screens on August 3.

Entertainment TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

A NEW SINGER ON THE BLOCK

CINE BYTES

Chitrangada turns

PLAYBACK SINGER with 'I Want Just You'

I need better written roles, says Asin

outh import Asin, who has carved a place for herself in Bollywood, still craves for better roles that are written well. She feels more is yet to come. "It is rare for an artiste to get acceptance by the north as well as the south audiences. I feel I am capable of much more and for that I need better written roles," she said. PTI

New generation will take us higher: Irrfan

rrfan Khan says the new generation of ﬁlmmakers will put Bollywood on par with Hollywood. “The new generation will do that and they will become more ambitious to capture other markets, the way Hollywood is doing,” Irrfan said, when asked what will put Bollywood on the same pedestal as Hollywood. IANS

‘Gen next in India is ready to see me on screen’

ctress Chitrangada Singh, who will be seen performing an item number in Shirish Kunder’s upcoming film Joker, will lend her voice to the remix version of the song I Want Just You. The original has been sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and it has became viral online, which made the filmmakers think about taking a step further to cash on its popularity. “Yes... she (Chitrangada) will be singing the song for the item number she has done in the film,” Kunder said. Joker is about a village called Paglapur that does not have basic facilities like water and electricity. No one is ready to solve the problem and in order to attract attention, Akshay Kumar creates some drama involving aliens. The film is set to release on August 31. PTI

dult movie star Sunny Leone, who makes her debut in Bollywood with Pooja Bhatt’s Jism 2, says, she is overwhelmed with the reception she has got in India and feels that the audience is ready to see her on the silver screen. "I did not think that people will like me because of my background. But I am very much happy with the response I have got here," Sunny said. PTI

Entertainment TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

QUEEN OF POP CLARIFIES

Madonna’s explanation for Paris show

CINE BYTES

Pattinson was weeks away from proposing

ate last week, Mado nna got booed and called a slut in French after cutting off a fan-club-only show in Paris after 45 minutes. Here, without further ado, is Madonna’s rep’s amazing explanation: The show wasn’t billed as a full MDNA Tour concert, prices were “reasonable” at $100, and “she has done a handful of club dates in the past and they were never more than 45 minutes. And by the way, she put on a fabulous show which was streamed for millions of fans around the world.”

ctor Robert Pattinson was due to ask for girlfriend Kristen Stewart’s hand in marriage and he had even bought a ﬁve-millionpound mansion before being told about her affair. "Robert hoped to marry Kristen and was making preparations to spring a proposal before she admitted cheating,” femaleﬁrst.co.uk quoted a source as saying. IANS

Shirley MacLaine hates her ‘Downton Abbey’ looks

eteran actress Shirley MacLaine says she hated wearing the extravagant twenties costumes in the series of Downton Abbey. “I hated to put that stuff on. I’m not one for wardrobe,” she said. Most of her outﬁts were sourced from American originals kept in the San Fernando Valley in California. PTI

Bruce Willis angry with his three daughters

ctor Bruce Willis is said to be furious that his three daughters — Rumer, 23, Scout, 21, and Tallulah, 18 — have distanced themselves from their mum Demi Moore to get away from her emotional meltdowns. “Willis is very disappointed in them, and he’s been calling them spoiled and selﬁsh,” showbizspy.com quoted a source as saying. IANS

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. — Henry David Thoreau

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 Love antithesis 5 Light-refracting crystal 10 Baseball club's clubs 14 ‘Bummer,’ more formally 15 ‘… and ___ to rise …’ 16 Arabian Sea gulf 17 Menu option 18 It has a negative charge 19 Rudolph's pride 20 Balance sheet item 23 One reason for boots 24 ‘Keep ___ to the ground’ 25 ‘60 Minutes’ producer featured in ‘The Insider’ 28 Role in ‘CSI’ reruns 30 Access for a collier 31 Silk fabric with a wavy pattern 33 Mrs Morgenstern of ‘Rhoda’ 36 Common financing method 40 67.5 deg on a compass 41 Adjective for some cereals 42 It's not stereo 43 Opening bet, in poker 44 The maple leaf, to Canada 46 Plant used to make tequila 49 Beauty pageant headpiece 51 Part of a mall 57 ‘Climactic’ intro 58 Equine animal 59 Dance contest blunder 60 ‘___ Flanders’ 61 Baltimore's ___ Harbor 62 ‘How unfair and outrageous,’ to a teen 63 Recites, as prayers 64 Down-and-dirty 65 ‘... or ___!’

DOWN

1 ‘Aren't we the comedian?!’ 2 ‘30 Rock’ co-star Baldwin

3 After-bath sprinkle 4 Hockey legend Phil 5 Kind of gallery 6 Raves' partner 7 ‘My Wild ___ Rose’ 8 A four-star meal it's not 9 Aping avian 10 Daiquiri flavoring 11 Acrobat and Illustrator company 12 Rival of Edison 13 Expression of contempt 21 Absolute (Abbr) 22 More maneuverable at sea 25 Aesop title character 26 Plot in the Bible? 27 Take for a bride 28 Make words by hand 29 Boomerang's path 31 Dust-dwelling critter 32 Atomic number of hydrogen 33 Person on a pedestal 34 Chow down with class 35 Molecular building block 37 Solitary man 38 Brewery container 39 Prepare for combat 43 Serves the purpose 44 Casual restaurant 45 Part of a new bride's name 46 White House's first occupant 47 City on the Italian Riviera 48 As is fitting 49 Aquatic birds 50 Blown-up area on a map 52 Companion of thick 53 Title in a da Vinci masterpiece 54 Administered with a spoon 55 Eyeglass frames 56 ‘En garde’ weapon

Chai Time TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 1-8-2012

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

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Health needs to be given proper attention. Money will come by from all the expected sources. However increased expenses will make you upset. Misunderstanding within the family likely. Legal issues also might go against you.

Transfer on the cards for employees. Important turning point likely in Govt. related works. Be careful with blood relatives and close friends as there are chances of misunderstanding. Some are planning to start new ventures.

Ancestral property through mother will come by. Improvement will be seen in all the directions of your life. Keeping the future in view, plan to save as income will increase steadily. Comforts are likely to increase.

QUICK CROSSWORD FRED BASSET

Minor tensions likely to make you upset. Employees need to concentrate and complete the works in time, else there are chances of getting a bad name. Businessmen need to struggle hard to achieve their planned targets.

Undertaken works will get completed as desired. Chances of getting trouble through women. Avoid any new friends to avoid trouble. Problems through Govt. officials too likely if necessary formalities are not completed.

Businessmen might face unexpected problems and hence advised to be alert in all the transactions undertaken. Employees might face the ire from superiors and hence need to act carefully. Artists will get unexpected promising.

Enemies will be more active and hurdles will be created by them. Need to be alert and deal with the situation carefully. Don't give up and keep fighting non stop alone can give you success. Avoid unwanted arguments.

Before taking any important decision, think properly and consult family members and wellwishers. Financial situation will be more than satisfactory. Some will be happy to hear the news about settlement of their marriage.

Employees need to put in their best efforts to complete the works entrusted to them. Health problems likely. Need to be careful in food habits and avoid outside foods. Businessmen might take extra care before taking any decision.

TAROT READ

Sumaa Tekur

tarotreadhyd@gmail.com

ARIES:

GEMINI:

Ten of Pentacles – There may be some problem with your salary this time. Sort this out by going to the right channels and putting across your problem.

LEO:

The Lovers – You may come across as too formal in your demeanor. Loosen up a little and be more casual in your approach. This will make you more believable.

LIBRA:

STONE SOUP

Eight of Cups – This is a good time to do some charity work. Pick a social issue that truly stirs you and make a plan to give back in a consistent manner, actively.

SAGITTARIUS:

Ace of Swords – There are some gaps in your life that need filling. Singles must actively try and look for companionship.

TAURUS:

Seven of Wands – You’re in the mood to be impulsive today. You get the opportunity to fulfil some teenage fantasies. Go on, indulge, but within limits.

CANCER:

Nine of Swords – Do not take sides in a fight. Stay as neutral as you possibly can, even if it upsets both parties. They will eventually see light.

VIRGO:

Page of Pentacles – You’re missing the good humour in your life. Laugh a lot, be around people who remind you of the simpler joys of life. Everything will look up.

SCORPIO:

Queen of Pentacles – Everything you do today will have some difficult consequences. Be prepared to face these, or just don’t do anything drastic today.

CAPRICORN:

King of Swords – You have stopped working on a very important project. It’s time you picked up the pieces and started work on it in earnest.

SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Four of Cups - Take a breather. You may not be enjoying your current job. Something else will come up pretty quickly. Bide your time and wait for the tide.

NUMBER GAME

You’re very bothered about the welfare of those around you. While this is a great quality that attracts people, it can also make you seem restless.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS: Strength –

INK PEN

Employees and businessmen both need to be careful as the time is not favourable. However with your will power and calibre you will be able to handle the situation well. Couple will be cordial. Children will do well in their career.

for 1-8-2012

Page of Wands – You may have to stick your neck out and insist on something that you really want. In office, you have to stick your ground.

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

A very cheerful atmosphere to prevail at home. Property related issues with blood relatives to take place. Deal with the situation tactfully to avoid any major rifts. Businessmen will take bold and important decision.

SUDUKO

Hurdles existed all along wilL disappear and good effects will take place. Unexpected financial fortune likely.Happy events to take place at home. Businessmen will reach unexpected heights by doing brisk transactions.

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SHOOTING

A proud moment

MEDAL TALLY

CHINA

G 9

USA

FRANCE

N KOREA

ITALY

S KOREA RUSSIA KAZ’STAN

S 5

MOMENT OF JOY

B 3

T 17

JAPAN

AUS

ROMANIA

HUNGARY

BRAZIL

NET’LANDS 1

UKRAINE

LITHUANIA

GEORGIA

S AFRICA

COLOMBIA

G BRITAIN

CUBA

POLAND

THAILAND

TAIPEI

GERMANY

MEXICO

MONGOLIA 0

MOLDOVA

INDIA

AZE’JAN

BELGIUM

NORWAY

SERBIA

SLOVAKIA

UZB’STAN

CANADA

INDONESIA 0

HYDERABAD: Gagan Narang’s father B S Narang expected his son to strike gold but nevertheless is pleased after the ace marksman clinched bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event at the London Olympics. “It’s a good achievement, although we expected a gold. But this is also very good. It will certainly boost his morale for the remaining two events,” an elated Narang senior told mediapersons, here today. When someone asked what will he tell his son once he gets a call from London, the proud father replied,”If he calls me, I will congratulate him and tell him to do well in the next two events. He still has two more events left on August 3 and 6 (50m Rifle 3-Position & 50m Rifle prone). He should concentrate on those two events.” Narang did admit that they had expected Gagan to bring laurels for the country after he had a disappointing result in Beijing in 2008 where he failed to qualify for the final. He admitted that there is always pressure to perform in big-ticket events but it is something that comes as a package for professionals. “In any sphere,

Bronze medalist India’s Gagan Narang celebrates after the 10m Air Rifle Men shooting final in London on Sunday. The markman was the first Indian to win a medal at the 2012 Games. AFP/MARWAN NAAMANI

Abhinav put up a good fight: father Abhinav Bindra may have crashed out of the 10m air riﬂe event with a dismal display but his father Dr A S Bindra is not dejected, saying his son fought like a brave sportsman. “I am satisﬁed with the fact that he fought like a brave sportsman, which matters more than winning.”

JUDO

Isaev claims 73kg gold

there is pressure and one needs to live with it. Even parents put pressure on their children.” The shooter’s mom said that they never put any pressure on their son. “When he left for London, we just wished him ‘All the best’ and told him to give his best shot. We have never interfered in his training.” PTI

CM, Sachin congratulate Gagan HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today congratulated ace marksman Gagan Narang for winning a bronze medal at the London Olympics. “Well done, keept it up, I join the people of Andhra Pradesh on congratulating you in winning the bronze medal in the London Olympics,” a release from the Chief Minister’s Office quoted Kiran as saying in a message. Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar also congratulated Gagan for winning the bronze medal. "Gagan Narang, you make us proud by winning the first medal in Olympics 2012. Let's hope & pray that we follow it up by achieving many more," Tendulkar wrote on his Twitter account. Narang shot 103.1 in a gripping 10-shot finals for an aggregate of 701.1 after scoring 598 in the qualifying round in which he also stood third. The gold was won by Romania's Moldoveanu Alin George who tallied 702.1 to upset world number 1 Niccolo Campriani of Italy who stood second with 701.5.

TOUCHE!

BARNABY CHESTERMAN Agence France-Presse LONDON: Mansur Isaev beat Japan’s Riki Nakaya in the men’s under-73kg final on Monday to claim Russia’s second gold medal in the Olympic judo competition and pile on the misery for the Asian giants. Isaev survived a Nakaya pickup attempt to counter with a winding throw for the minimum yuko score with about a minute left in the final here on Monday and that proved enough. He was understandably delighted and dedicated his medal to his whole country.

Germany’s Britta Heidemann (L) clashes with Ukraine’s Yana Shemyakina during their Women’s Epee gold medal bout as part of the fencing event on Sunday at the Excel centre in AFP/ TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA London. Yana Shemyakina won the gold.

28-29 GYMNATICS

Confusion rules the day TOM WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse LONDON: Kohei Uchimura expressed a measure of sympathy for Great Britain and Ukraine after a judging inquiry into his pommel horse routine gave Japan the silver medal in the men’s Olympic gymnastics team final. The Japanese superstar badly miscued his dismount from the pommel in the final rotation of Monday’s event at the North Greenwich Arena and was awarded a score of 13.466 points that left Japan in fourth place. As Britain celebrated a shock silver medal and Ukraine toasted an apparent third-place finish, Japan submitted an appeal to the judges that brought proceedings to a confused and confusing standstill. The judges ultimately decided that Uchimura had not been given sufficient credit for his dismount and amended his score to 14.166, taking Japan up to second, dropping Britain to third, and leaving Ukraine empty-handed, something unexpected. Loath to celebrate after finishing behind China in the team competition

NEWS BRIEFS Netherlands down India India produced a valiant ﬁghtback in the second-half before losing 2-3 to Netherlands in their opening Group B match of the men's hockey competition. In the other matches, South Korea defeated New Zealand 2-0, Australia hammered South Africa 6-0, Great Britain beat Argentina 4-1 while Germany won 2-1 against Belgium. Pakistan drew with Spain 1-1.

Seats checked after fault Olympics organisers said on Monday they were forced to check the welding on 200,000 temporary seats across venues after fans complained that seats at the rowing and archery collapsed under them. Many of the London 2012 competition venues use temporary stands, including those for the hockey, basketball, swimming, water polo, equestrian, beach volleyball, shooting and triathlon.

Japan’s gymnast Kohei Uchimura competes on the pommel horse during the men’s team final of the artistic gymnastics event of the London Olympic Games on Sunday at the 02 North Greenwich Arena in London. AFP/BEN STANSALL

for the second Olympics in succession, Uchimura conceded he felt for the British and Ukrainian gymnasts. “For the British people, it’s not just them. It’s about Ukraine too, who

thought they had a bronze. I feel sorry,” he said, before back-tracking. “It’s strange to say that, though. This is just the way the scoring system works, so I shouldn’t feel sorry for them.”

WEIGHTLIFTING

ON A ROLL

Ki, Li tumble records BY LUKE PHILLIPS Agence France-Presse

India progress in badminton, tennis

LONDON: Charismatic North Korean Kim Un-Guk and China’s Li Xueying broke a raft of records as they handed out two masterclasses in weightlifting at the London Olympics here on Monday. Kim set a world record in the total thanks to equalling another in the snatch that was the basis for an emphatic victory in the men’s -62kg class. Li broke two new Olympic records as she crushed her rivals on the way to claiming gold in the women’s -58kg class in a third day of enthralling action at a packed ExCel arena. While Li was understated in her performance, Kim was anything but as he whipped the 6,000-capacity

LONDON: India’s top shuttler Saina Nehwal romped into the knockout stage of women’s singles competition, while Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also kept their hopes alive in the women’s doubles event after recording contrasting victories in their respective groups here on Sunday. Saina, brushed aside the challenge of Belgium’s Lianne Tan with a straight 21-4, 21-14 in just 27 minutes. Later Jwala and Ashwini stunned world number 10 Yu Chin Chien and Wen Hsing Cheng of Chinese Taipei 25-23 16-21 21-18. Meanwhile, India had a relatively fruitful day on the tennis courts with the warring duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi advancing to the second round of the men’’s doubles event of the Olympic Games with their respective partners on Sunday. PTI

Chinese’s Li Xueying competes during the weightlifting women’s 58kg group A event at The Excel Centre in London on AFP/ YURI CORTEZ Sunday.

stadium into a frenzy with his flamboyant showmanship at the barbell. Kim snatched 153kg, also a new Olympic record, to match Chinese lifter Shi Zhiyong’s world record, and then went on to clean and jerk 174kg for a combined total of 327kg, beating the previous record held by China’s Zhang Jie by 1kg. Colombian Oscar Figueroa claimed a shock

silver with a total of 317kg (140, 177), his clean and jerk a new Olympic record, while Indonesia’s Irawan Eko Yuli took bronze with 317kg (145, 172) on the bodyweight rule. Each time he set foot on the podium, Kim grinned at the cheering crowd. There was a roar as he approached the barbell eliciting similar grunts in reply from the delighted spectators.

S Korea win archery gold South Korea won a seventh successive Olympic Games women's team archery gold on Sunday with a 210-209 win over China. Japan claimed bronze with a 209-207 win against Russia. Victory on Sunday meant South Korea are the only country to have won the women's title since the event was introduced at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

Federer in cruise mode Roger Federer took the express route into the third round of the Olympics with a 6-2 6-2 victory over France's Julien Benneteau in just 58 minutes on Centre Court today. Federer admitted he had struggled with the extra pressure of representing Switzerland at the Games after a scrappy three-set win against Alejandro Falla in the ﬁrst round on Saturday.

Sumit loses bout India’s Sumit Sangwan went down ﬁghting to Brazil’s Yamaguchi Florentino (1415) in their Light Weight (81 kg) boxing match in London on Sunday. Meanwhile, Ihab Almatbouli, Meng Fanlong, Yahia Elmekachari, Damien Hooper, Carlos Mercado, Ehsan Rouzbahani, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Osmar Bravo Amador won their respective matches.

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

GAMES BRIEFS Seeds tumble in TT Former world number one Timo Boll was dumped out of the Olympic table tennis tournament here Monday, suffering an upset loss to Adrian Crisan of Romania.The fourthseeded Boll went down 11-9, 8-11, 1513, 12-10, 11-6 to Crisan, the world number 27, who played above himself while saving two game points in the pivotal third game.

Handball for Cameron British Prime Minister David Cameron counted on a little help from French President Francois Hollande to tell him the rules of handball as the pair took in a match at the Olympics on Monday. Cameron admitted he had little idea about the sport. So the prime minister turned to Hollande during the women's match between France and Spain. France had crushed GB's men 44-15.

Scola powers Argentina Luis Scola scored 32 points and Manu Ginobili added 21 as Argentina defeated Lithuania 102-79 on Sunday in their opening game of the Olympic men's basketball tournament. Carlos Delﬁno contributed 20 points to boost the South American squad in the Group A round-robin matchup. Ginobili, also grabbed 10 rebounds.

Wiggins... the man to beat For world time trial champion Tony Martin, bidding for Olympic gold risks being a painful experience — especially with the prospect of a Bradley Wiggins triumph lurking in the background. Martin succeeded four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland in Copenhagen last year to claim a ﬁrst, coveted rainbow jersey in the race against the clock.

SWIMMING

Top coach calls China’s Ye ‘suspicious’ John Leonard compares her to East Germany’s drug-addled athletes. TALEK HARRIS Agence France-Presse LONDON: A top US coach Monday called China’s Ye Shiwen “suspicious” and compared her to East Germany’s drug-addled athletes after her super-fast times were questioned at the London Olympics. John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, told The Guardian that the 16year-old’s lightning freestyle leg in her world-record 400m individual medley swim was simply “impossible”. The schoolgirl timed 58.68sec in the last 100 metres, a whisker off US winner Ryan

Phelps in comfort zone as history beckons Michael Phelps, already the most successful Olympian in history with 14 gold medals, returned to his swimming roots on Monday to set up a shot at more Games history. He notched the fourthfastest time in the semi-ﬁnals of the 200m butterﬂy to defend the title he won at the last 2 Games.

Teenager Meilutyte wins gold for Lithuania, beats world champion Soni LONDON: Fifteen-year-old Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte edged out American world champion Rebecca Soni for the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke final on Monday. Meilutyte led all the way to post a brilliant win over Soni in one minute 05.47 seconds, prevailing by just eight-hundredths of a second. The youngster became the first to win a swimming gold medal for Lithuania, which was once part of the Soviet Union. Meilutyte, who used her early speed off the blocks, held onto her lead despite Soni’s desperate finishing lunge at the wall. Japan’s Satomi Suzuki was third. Australia’s triple Olympic gold medallist and defending champion Leisel Jones could not go the pace and finished fifth. Lochte’s time in the men’s competition. Astonishingly, her final lap was quicker than the American champion. “The one thing I will say is that history in our sport will tell you that every time we see something, and I will put quotation marks around this, ‘unbelievable’, history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved,” Leonard told the newspaper. “That last 100m was reminiscent of some old East German swimmers, for people who have been around a while. It was reminiscent of the 400m individual medley by a

young Irish woman in Atlanta.” Leonard was referring to Michelle de Bruin, who emerged as a triple goldmedallist at the 1996 Games but was banned for four years in 1998 for tampering with a urine sample. “Any time someone has looked like superwoman in the history of our sport they have later been found guilty of doping,” he said, adding, “I have been around swimming for four-and-a-half decades. If you have been around swimming you know when something has been done that just isn’t right.

DIVING China divers cash in on British error

RYLAND JAMES Agence France-Presse LONDON: China’s Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan won 10m platform diving gold on Monday after Britain’s Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield fell from the top

spot and out of the medals following a botched fourth dive. The Chinese teenagers tallied 486.78 points from their six dives to win the event from Mexio’s Ivan Navarro and German Sanchez, who took silver, and American bronze medallists David Boudia and Nicholas McCrory.

30-31 BADMINTON

Lee flirts with shock exit ‘But in my mind I am very very strong and this is the Olympics so I just decided I had to make a push.’ RICHARD EATON Agence France-Presse LONDON: Injuryhit badminton top seed Lee Chong Wei flirted with a shock firstround defeat on Monday before rallying to keep his Olympic dream alive. Lee has not competed since suffering an ankle injury in May, and seemed to be

wandering towards the exit at 11-11 in the final game against Ville Lang, the world number 45 from Finland. But then the former world number one from Malaysia, exploded into his real self, taking 10 points in a row with some high-paced attacks to win 21-8, 14-21, 21-11. There had been no question of Lee toying with an opponent he might normally have beaten far more easily.

Instead he had looked fragile, care-worn and shackled, and unlike a potential Olympic champion. “I’ve only just come back from injury,” he said. “I just tried my best. I was quite slow. I have not played for two-and-a-half months. It was not the real Lee Chong Wei. From 11-11 in the decider Lee seemed more prepared to risk his limbs in jump smashes and front-court lunges.

HOCKEY

Dwyer inspires Australian rampage The captain scores three goals as the world champions launched their men’s hockey campaign with a thumping 6-0 victory over South Africa. PAT ROWLEY Agence France-Presse LONDON: Dwyer’s three strikes helped him equal the Australian record of 179 international goals held by Mark Hager, who is now the coach New Zealand. Dwyer was instrumental in earning both penalty strokes that he went on to convert and later also scored on a penalty corner as Australia outplayed South Africa in Pool A. Defending champions Germany rallied after conceding an early goal to overcome Belgium 2-1 in a close contest in Pool B, which also saw The Netherlands clinch a 3-2 triumph against India and Asian champions South Korea hold off a late New Zealand charge to prevail 2-0.

Falklands no factor in British hockey win LONDON: Players and coaches insisted Great Britain’s 4-1 Olympic men’s ﬁeld hockey win over Argentina here on Monday owed nothing to the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands war. The game was given added spice by an Argentine television commercial showing former hockey captain F Zylberberg training on a war memorial.

Dwyer opened the Australian scoring in the 16th minute with a penalty stroke after he was brought down by a defender inside the circle. Dwyer then set up the second Australian goal two minutes before half time with a pass that Matthew Butturini deflected in. Christopher Ciriello con-

verted a penalty corner in the 46th minute before Dwyer got back into goal-scoring action, firing in during a penalty corner in the 48th and then forcing another penalty stroke that he converted in the 58th. Glenn Turner rounded off the Australian scoring with a field goal in the 62nd.

‘Indians didn’t play natural game initially’ LONDON: India’s chief coach Micheal Nobbs today said that his wards did not play their natural game, especially in the ﬁrst half against the mighty Netherlands in their opening Group B match of the men’s hockey competition in the Olympics here today after returning to the Olympics after eight years.

NEWS BRIEFS British target rowing gold Four days of Olympic rowing ﬁnals action start on Wednesday with Britain's Heather Stanning and Helen Glover hoping to kick off a home gold rush in the women's pair. It is one of 13 gold rowing medals on offer, with Britain's expectations distinctly buoyant. Sir Steve Redgrave has set a target for the host nation of four gold medals.

Sumit exit: India protest India's protest against the controversial opening-round loss of boxer Sumit Sangwan (81kg) has been rejected by the jury that reviewed his bout against Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino here. "The reasons were not given to us but in cases like these, it is extremely rare that a protest is accepted and the decision overturned," coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu said.

Footballer gets sympathy Netizens from South Korea have expressed sympathy for Swiss footballer Michel Morganella, after he was sent home from the London Olympic Games for having racially abusing South Korea's players on the microbloggin site, Twitter. Morganella had directed an offensive jibe at the players after Switzerland's 2-1 defeat to the Asian side on Sunday.

Artist aims at Games An javelin thrower stands poised to make his throw. The image, stencilled in black onto a dirty wall recently unveiled on the website of British street artist Banksy to coincide with the London Olympics. The other shows a pole-vaulter. The location of the two stencils, however, has been kept under wraps prompting speculation that Banksy feared they could be removed as part of the clean grafﬁti from London's walls for the Games.

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sports

SOMNATH GOSH DOWNS P VIGHNEY REDDY IN FINAL

Somnath Gosh (SCR) bt P Vighney Reddy (SPSTTA) 11-3, 7-11, 13-11, 1113, 11-9, 12-10 - 4-2 in the St Paul's School Table Tennis Tournament in the city. The chief guest gave away the awards to the winner and runner.

WASHINGTON OPEN

Scheepers loses in 1st round

Chanelle Scheepers, whose victory last year in Guangzhou was the first WTA win for a South African in eight years, lost her opener 6-2, 6-1 to Magdelena Rybarikova.

WASHINGTON: Scheepers, ranked 42nd in the world, has seen her summer hardcourt form dip after playing a Stanford quarter-final three weeks ago against Serena Williams. After losing 6-4, 6-0 to Williams, the 28-year-old Scheepers won a round the next week in Carlsbad before losing to USA Olympian Varvara Lepchenko. The second seed never really got started in the heat and humidity of the US capital as she

The London Olympic mens and ladies tournament has drained the talent pool, with the highest seeded woman being world number 28 Anastasia. lost serve five times in 65 minutes to Rybarikova, who won despite making the long haul from the WTA event in Baku, central Asia at the Washington Open on Monday. Romanian Edina GallovitsHall upstaged Czech fifth seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5,

4-6, 6-3. Scheepers' and Zahlavova's losses were counter-balanced by two wins by seeded players. Eighth seed Olga Govortsova of Belarus beat Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 and American seventh seed Coco Vandeweghe defeated Japan's

Erika Sema 6-4, 6-1. Vandeweghe reached the Stanford final as a qualifier, losing to Williams in the title match, but running her WTA ranking up to its current 70th. The Washington tournament is being played as a joint event for the first time under the wing

of a new sponsor. But the London Olympic mens and ladies tournament has drained the talent pool, with the highest seed on the women's side being Russian world number 28 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. On the men's side, there are just two players ranked in the top 30 in

the world. The men's draw is headed by American Mardy Fish, who decided months ago — even before an accelerated heartbeat gave him a now-cured health scare — to skip the Games. The world number 13 who has played a limited schedule this season and missed two months with his medical condition. He starts play on Tuesday against German Bjorn Phau. That pair have played three times, always in the USA, with the 30-year-old Fish standing 2-1 in the series. Fish, whose best showings here were a pair of quarter-finals in 2003 and 2006 from six previous appearances. Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov is making his tournament debut as second seed, ahead of South African Kevin Anderson. In the men's first round, 2002 winner James Blake beat Spanish fifth seed Pablo Andujar 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 while Los Angeles quarterfinalist Leonardo Mayer of Argentina put out Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (10/8). Frenchman Florent Serra stopped American Brian Baker 46, 6-3, 6-4. AFP

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Mulgrew desperate Mancini confident Says demise of rivals Rangers makes it important that the club qualify for the Champions League.

Roberto Mancini expressed confidence his squad will be able to retain the Premier League trophy.

GLASGOW: The Hoops player and his teammates are preparing for a crunch tie against HJK Helsinki in the third qualifying round at Parkhead on Wednesday as they bid to make the money-spinning group stages of the competition for the first time since 2008. Twice in recent years the Parkhead club have crashed out of the Champions League at the qualifying stage after coming unstuck against Arsenal and Braga while also losing out on a spot in the Europa League to Utrecht and Sion. The Swiss outfit’s rule-breaking did hand them a Europa League reprieve last year but failure so early in Europe is costly to the club. And Mulgrew knows that the price of failure against Finnish cham-

KUALA LUMPUR: The Manchester City manager expressed confidence after his team beating Malaysia in style. Playing in humid conditions in Malaysia as part of City’s Far East tour, Mancini’s boys wrapped up their visit with an impressive 3-1 victory Monday over the Southeast Asian team. The star of the game was Argentine striker Sergio Aguero who looked fresh and full of energy after a brief sum-

Charlie Mulgrew (C) of Celtic duels with Kolbeinn Sigthorsson of Ajax in a friendly. AFP

pions HJK would be even more severe this year — because there will be no Old Firm money to fall back on.

Roberto Mancini trains with his players at Kuala Lumpur AFP/ M RASFAN on Sunday.

mer rest. Aguero, who scored the goal that won City their Premier League

trophy in May, opened the scoring on 17th minutes and created the other two goals for Carlos Tevez and Adam Johnson. Aguero had the chance to put City one up in the ninth minute when he rounded the Malaysian defence only to see his shot hit the crossbar. But he was not to be denied eight minutes later when he burst past three defenders before chipping the ball over Malaysian goalkeeper Mohamad Farizal Marlias.