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Srinagar, November 17: One person died and five others were injured in different road accidents across the valley.

A Scooty bearing registration number JK01U/3374 meet with an accident near SKICC, in the jurisdiction of police station Nishat, resulting in critical injuries to the scooterist Abid Rafeeq Sodagar son of Mohammad Rafiq and Amir Sajad son of Sajad Ahmad Sodagar residents of Dhobighat Hazratbal.

Both the injured were shifted to SMHS, Srinagar where Abid Rafiq succumbed to his injuries. Nishat Police has registered a case in this regard.

Meanwhile, a Tavera bearing registration number JK01F/6915 turned turtle at Saasyar, in the jurisdiction of police station Chadoora, resulting in injuries to driver of the vehicle Irshad Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Rashid Bhat resident of Surasyar Chadoora and a passenger Abdul Gani son of Ghulam Mohammad resident of Surasyar Chadoora.

Both the injured were shifted to SKIMS Soura Srinagar.

Chadoora police has registered a case in this regard.

See Mishaps on Pg. 7

HCBA teams visit Jammu jails Srinagar, November 17: Nine member team of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) Srinagar today visited various jails of Jammu province including Rajouri and Poonch .

The statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS) mentioned that the team comprised of Aijaz Bedar, Vice President, Mohammad Ashraf Bhat General Secretary, Anwar-ul-Islam Shaheen, Joint Secretary, Bilal Ahmad Wani, Treasurer, Rafiq Ahmad Joo, Advocate, Arshad Andrabi, Advocate, Tufail Qadri, Advocate Shabir Ahmad Bhat, Advocate and Mudasir Gulzar Advocate interacted with the inmates of Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua, Hira Nagar Amphalla, Kotebalwal and Udhampur.

According to the issued handout , the team is going to publish the report of jails See HCBA on Pg. 7

Santro stolen in broad day light Srinagar, November 17: Belying tall claims of police to have enforced writ against the car-lifters in the City, a vehicle of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Manager was stolen in Sanat Nagar area of Srinagar.

A Sentro car bearing registration no JKOIK/6036 belonging to Muhammad Muzaffar Khan son of Ghulam Muhammad resident of Gulshan Nagar Nowgam Bypass was stolen outside Sanatnagar ATM. “I had parked my vehicle outside ATM. As I came out from the ATM, my vehicle was nowhere,” Khan told CNS. An FIR 217/2013 has been registered in Police Station Saddar. People of the area See Santro on Pg. 7

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Sensational disclosures of alleged Mufti-Modi nexus by Omar Reiterates resolve to address K-issue politically Shopian, November 17: Disclosing hidden contact between PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Narendra Modi to seek power in J&K, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Sunday said that hunting with hound and running with hare and deceiving people by duplicity has been the trait of PDP. “Hidden meetings of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed with the close associates of Lal Krishna Advani and his close contact with Narendra Modi has come to fore exposing the ideology of PDP”, Omar said adding that PDP wants to sail in two boats to seek power but their boat will sink due to the weight of its own falsehood. He said National Conference association with UPA is firm and will continue in future.

The Chief Minister said that the hidden league between BJP, PDP and Panthers Party was also exposed earlier when they forged alliance during various elections of MLCs in the state.

Addressing a mammoth public

gathering at Kellar after inaugurating Rs. 5.50 crore Sub-District Hospital, the Chief Minister said that PDP since its inception has been power hungry and astraying people on one or the other issue to realize their target of grabbing power.

“I have no personal enmity with the leadership of this party nor I am against their persons but my difference with this party leadership is on principals and on political issues”, Omar said maintaining that he would not ask the people to give him 40 assembly seats like Mufti Sayeed said, to resolve Kashmir issue within one year. He said during 2008 assembly elections he

fought the election on development issues and categorically told the people that wining of elections by his party has nothing to do with the resolution of vexed Kashmir issue which is of political nature and requires composite and sustained dialogue between India and Pakistan to get addressed in a peaceful and amicable atmosphere.

“I am time and again advocating for resolution of all political issues confronting Jammu and Kashmir in a process of dialogue so that peace and tranquillity rules the roost in the state and in the sub-continent”, the Chief Minister said and added that the youth of Jammu and

Multi crore JKCA scam case

BCCI blocked over 60 crore to JKCA Srinagar, November 17: In a major blow to the cricketing activities in the state, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has blocked over Rs 60 crore due to the Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) as no accounts have been submitted to the BCCI for the past many years. The BCCI is also reportedly miffed with the JKCA as no headway has been made in the multi crore JKCA scam.

Reliable Sources told KNS that BCCI used to provide over 25-crore annually to the JKCA. Every year, there would be an increment of couple of crores to cover for inflation. The money is given by BCCI to all state associations for building quality infrastructure to

support the game.

However, several major cricket activities of the state according to sources have been halted due to blockade of funds by BCCI to the JKCA. Sources said the BCCI stopped the funds in the backdrop of a major scam that unearthed in JKCA last year. They said the JKCA has failed to give audit to BCCI about the spending of funds over these years.

“The BCCI was unhappy over the pending inquiry of JKCA over the multi-crore scam of 2012.

Even though two years have passed, but nobody knows the fate of the inquiry,” sources said.

He said no charge sheet has been filed yet, this despite the fact the FIR in the scam was registered last year. Officials said

many sports activities have been suspended since last year due to paucity of funds.

In the early 2012, a multi-crore scam was unearthed in JKCA, in which two senior officials of the Association were sacked for “swindling” crores of rupees of JKCA, which were meant for development of cricket in the state.

Both these senior officials were considered close confidantes of JKCA President and Union Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah. After the scam came to fore, the PDP had also demanded Dr Farooq’s resignation.

In March 2012, former Chairman JKCA Mohammad Aslam Goni was accused by the 62 JKCA working See BCCI on Pg. 7

Talking peace Geelani must desist from disrupting law and without settling Kashmir is day order: Sagar Srinagar, Nov 7: Expressing serious concern over some recent statements of the senior separatist Syed Ali Geelani, National Conference senior leader Ali Mohammad Sagar said that Geelani must desist from issuing any statements that could disrupt law and order in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Either he w a n t s himself to remain u n d e r house arrest and that is why he issues bizarre statements which could endanger peace or there is something else in his mind,”

said Sagar, adding that was unfortunate that some statements were issued from Geelani’s desk that have disrupted the law and order.

Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Sagar said that the in the present times everyone in the state is asking for the restoration of peace and during this time, the statements that are ‘antagonistic’ to peace must be avoided.

“Separatists as well as the mainstream parties here strive so that peace could prevail in valley and no one See Sagar on Pg. 7

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Srinagar, November 17: “Talking peace, stability, progress and prosperity of subcontinent without solving Jammu Kashmir is like daydreaming. Jammu Kashmir is a human problem and issue related to millions of humans and should be resolved in accordance with the human and civilized attitude,” this was stated by the chairman of JKLF Mohammad Yasin Malik while addressing a mammoth gathering at Watergam Rafiabad today.

For attending the public meeting, Malik and other JKLF leaders reached Behrampora where they were greeted and welcomed by thousands of men, women, children, youth and elders. women folk welcomed See Malik on Pg. 7

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Kashmir had not taken up the guns in their hands for seeking construction of roads, bridges, hospitals and other works but they did it for political reasons aimed at political purposes. He said Kashmir issue is the political one and requires addressing politically in a non-violent and peaceful process.

The Chief Minister asked the Separatists to be involved in the dialogue process for amicable resolution of political issues.

“When you have observed and witnessed that gun has only brought destruction, miseries and economic disaster to the state without any results as such See Omar on Pg. 7

NC can change partners like people change cloths: PDP Srinagar, November 17: Coming down heavily on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over his statement that the hidden meetings of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed with the close associates of L K Advani and his close contact with Narendra Modi has come to fore exposing the ideology of PDP, the party today termed Omar’s statement the old story of ‘the pot calling the kettle black’.

PDP chief spokesman Naeem Akhtar while reacting to Omar’s statement, termed it is ‘ironical’ that National Conference (NC) is accusing PDP of aligning with BJP when NC has aligned with everybody in Delhi during the past. “They have aligned with Congress, Third front, BJP and for them (NC) supporting Modi is no big

deal.” He further stated that NC can change partners like people change their clothes.

Akhtar further stated that Omar Abdullah has been grown in the lap of RSS and has served as its ‘poster boy’ in the past.

“Omar served as a Minster in NDA. The NC got 60 assembly seats in the state in 1996 on the promise of restoration of autonomy, Farroq Abdullah took 60 assembly members and 4 parliament members and put them into the lap of BJP just for getting his son a junior minister’s job.”

Akhtar while talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), said that the intentions of PDP would be known only when BJP in Delhi comes to power and that Omar can accuse us. “The principles of BJP and PDP are opposite to each other, as BJP wants to abrogate See PDP on Pg. 7

One day Panchayat Sameelan cum Orientation programme regarding Flagship programmes held at Dak Bungalow, Anantnag

• Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati raj, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar, Minister of State for Technical Education, Power and Rural Development, Mr. Vikar Rasool attended and addressed the massive gathering of Panches, sarpanches and other participants.

• While referring to the empowerment of the people at the Grass root level, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar said that by putting in place a vibrant Panchayati Raj system, the participation of the Panchs and Sarpanchs has been ensured in implementation and formulation of various welfare schemes undertaken for the people. The minster also stressed for enhancing the financial accountability and disciplinein implementation of various flagship programmes • Mr. Sagar said several schemes like MGNERGA, IAY, IWMP, NBA, UDAAN, UMEED etc have also been introduced, which have resulted in elevating the socio-economic profile of the people living in rural and far flung areas, besides ensuring the much needed employment to the people at their doorsteps • The Minister of State for RDD, Mr. Vikar Rasool while speaking on the occasion termed the holding of Panchayati Raj elections as watershed in the history of the State and termed it as a remarkable achievement of the coalition government. He said that Panchs and sarpanches have been adequately empowered and are involved in Planning, Implementation and Monitoring process of the various developmental programmes thereby involving them in day to day governance.

• Member Parliament Anantnag, Dr. Mehboob Beig, MLCs Mr. Abdul Majid Bhat, Dr. Bashir Ahmad Veeri, Director Rural Development Kashmir, Mir Altaf Ahmad, District Development Commissioner, Anantnag, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone, Ex-legislator Mr. Altaf Ahmad Kaloo, Additional District Development Commissioner, Anantnag, Mr. Bashir Ahmad Khan and other senior officers of the district were present on the occasion

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there is only one option to you to get engaged in dialogue process and address the issue across the table”, he said and added that during the Chief ministership of Dr. Farooq Abdullah the process of dialogue was started which could not move forward. He said that he would facilitate the dialogue process telling the Separatists that no prior conditions have been fixed for their dialogue with the Centre as such they could come open heartedly to put forth their point of view regarding the resolution of political issues of Jammu and Kashmir.

Omar criticized the PDP for sounding different tones on same issues as per its convenience. He referred to the lifting of restrictions on the public rallies of Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani when the administration was confident that it would not hamper the peace and law and order situation.

He said that when restrictions were on Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani, opposition party was making hue and cry for lifting of restrictions but when these have been lifted the leadership of opposition is relating it with a conspiracy of National Conference.

On development, the Chief Minister said that the focus of his government on upgrading basic amenities and empowering people to ask questions to the government for its all actions and omissions besides ensuring delivery of public services in the time bound manner speak loud and clear for the good intentions and better performance of his government. He said thousands of big and small development works have been launched, implemented and completed during the last five years of present dispensation and the current year would witness further fillip to these activities.

The Chief Minister said that historic initiatives of Right to Information Act, Public Service Guarantee Act, Accountability Commission and Vigilance Commission have been initiated and implemented to give powers to common people through legislations to scan the functioning of government and helping in giving good governance.

Omar said that earlier, the legislators could only ask questions to the government on its performance and that too during the Assembly Sessions but his government has authorised people to ask questions to the government throughout the year on its performance. This, he said has revolutionized the system bringing government before the public scan. Similarly, he said that 80 public services have been brought under the ambit of Public Service Guarantee Act so that service delivery of these services would be time bound and the officials responsible for delay in delivering the services would be fined and the affected consumers compensated out of the fined imposed on the officials.

The public meeting was also addressed by Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Legislator and Provincial President, National Conference, Kashmir, Nasir Aslam Wani and MLC, Showkat Ahmad.

Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated Rs.5.50 crore SubDistrict Hospital at Kellar with the facilities of X-ray, USG, Boyle’s Apparatus, Microscope, ILR, Refrigerator, ECG, theatre and Lab. The services available will be OPD, IPD, general surgeries, gynaecology, anaesthesia, dental surgeries etc.

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the special status of the state, PDP wants further empowerment of Jammu and Kashmir.”

“One wonders that one hand NC accuses us of beinf the recipients of Jamat-e-Islami votes and that we are being soft on separatists but now they are telling us that are friends of BJP.” Akhtar said that Mustafa Kamal recently stated that NC will support Modi if he becomes the Prime Minister and that he was later forced to retract from that statement.

PDP chief spokesman said that Omar is making ‘irresponsible’ statements only to divert attention from his ‘disastrous misrule’ and the ‘rampant’ corruption that is prevailing in the state.

Pertinently, Chief Minster Omar Abdullah accused that there is hidden contact between PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Narendra Modi to seek power in J&K.

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committee members for his “involvement” in the scam and demanded his resignation.

JKCA insiders claim game of cricket and its infrastructure growth in the region has been hit hard since last year due to "embezzlement" of Association funds.“We don’t understand why BCCI is not taking action against people who are at the helm of affairs of JKCA. The cricket activities have been affected since last year due to wrong doings committed by JKCA authorities,” sources said.

However senior official denied that cricket activities have been affected since last year, saying they had organized 100 percent cricket matches.

But, he confirmed that JKCA has not received any funds from BCCI since last year.

“How can BCCI release funds unless the investigation in last year scam is completed? Audit of accounts has not been completed yet. Now, we hope BCCI would release money very soon,” he added.

Sagar.........

should be allowed to disrupt the tranquility of the state.”

Sagar further stated that no restrictions have been imposed on Geelani and that he is a free man, free to put forward his point and free to move wherever he wishes. “The government has not imposed any sort of restrictions on him but in some particular cases where administration has inputs, he is being only stopped to visit that particular place, rest he is free to go anywhere.”

Pertinently, after being released from the house confinement on October 29, Huriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani was again put under house arrest on November 16.

Malik.........

Yasin with traditional kashmiris folk songs’ while as young enthusiastic boys raised Passionate slogans in favor of Azadi, resistance, martyrs and leaders. “Yasin sahib offered Zuhar Nimaz at Berhrampora after which he was taken to watergam that is some kilometers from Behrampora in company of an enthusiastic rally. At

Watergam people in large numbers greeted this freedom rally and turned into a public Jalsa .After the recitation of holy Quran, the Jalsa was addressed by many JKLF leaders.”

While speaking to the people JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik thanked them for the welcome and gesture. Yasin Malik said that the women, youth, elders and children in large numbers and with unprecedented enthusiasm show their love for freedom movement. Yasin said that anybody who thinks that kashmiri’s have given up or are not with freedom cause should come here and see the Enthusiasm and passion of people here. Yasin Malik said that these people are not here for any benefits, temptations, Incentives or financial advantages but only for the just cause of freedom and world sooner or later will have to respect this passion of the people of Jammu Kashmir .Yasin Malik said that the people of Jammu Kashmir are striving peacefully for their birth right. These people are the Heirs of the sacred blood of their martyrs. These people have sacrificed and are still sacrificing their lives and wealth etc for this just cause. He said that this peaceful struggle is being reciprocated by state violence by India. Yasin Malik said that at the behest and persistence of the international community kashmiris made a historical transition from violence to non violence. “We continued walking on this path despite brutal force, torture, oppression and suppression from India. What is more agonizing is the criminal silence of the international community who are watching this oppression on peaceful struggle of kashmiris, added Yasin. He said that kashmiris after the historical transition were thinking of world supporting their positive steps but instead of being support ed and welcomed kashmiris found themselves being left alone to bear the inhuman and violent attitude of Indian forces.”

Yasin said that on one side is the plight of non violent struggle of kashmiri’s, their youth being pushed to wall and they being humiliated and on the other side id the Withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan.

We are today witnessing USA and NATO talking to Talibaan. Yasin said that this attitude of respecting violent movement and humiliating non violent one is surely an act of glamorizing violence and when peaceful political space will be kept choked in Jammu Kashmir, this glamour can push youth to new Revolution.

“Yasin Malik said that the people who dream of peace, prosperity, welfare and stability without resolution of Jammu Kashmir are living in fool’s paradise. Kashmir remains a threat to all these good things and as long as it is kept unresolved the peace and stability of subcontinent and the whole world will remain in jeopardy.”

Yasin said that for resolving this long pending dispute India, Pakistan and the international community must accept the owner and prime party status of people of Jammu Kashmir and take positive and constructive steps to resolve this dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the people of Jammu Kashmir.

“Yasin Malik said that this assembly and its members are actually the worst enemies of Kashmir and Kashmiri’s. It is this assembly and its members who safeguard the interests of India and its forces in Kashmir. This is the assembly and its members who pass laws that are against kashmiris. This is the assembly and its members who are hell bent to malign the peaceful struggle of kashmiris.”

Yasin Malik said that the Hypocritical behavior of assembly members be it independent candidates or those who belong to pro Indian parties is evident from the fact that they all cry against AFSPA but do nothing to eradicate the black law. Yasin Malik said that Tamil Nadu and Punjab assemblies saved the lives of convicts who were declared killers of Rajiv Ghandhi and Baint Singh but it was Jammu Kashmir assembly and its members who paved way for hanging martyr Mohammad Afzal Guru and father of kashmiri nation Mohammad Maqbool Bhat. Yasin said that a nation that has sacrificed its Lakh,s in a struggle have to safeguard their sacrifices and should keep away from these pro election parties and leaders. He said that the history of the world bears a witness to the fact that no movement for freedom has ever been defeated. Kashmiri’s have a just and truthful cause and we all should keep Inconvertible Belief in the fact that Kashmiri’s will surely succeed and Jammu Kashmir will emerge and stand up as an independent free nation among the nations of the

world.

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In another accident, a Maruti car bearing registration number JK03A/2294 hit and injured a pedestrian, Mohammad Anwar Bhat son of Aziz resident of Sheeripora near Khyar-Kadipora, in the jurisdiction of police station Bijbehara. The injured was shifted to SKIMS Soura for treatment. Bijbehara police has registered a case in this regard.

In another accident, a Wagon-R bearing registration number PB02B/DL888 hit and injured 65 years old Ghulam Mohammad Bhat son of Lassa Bhat resident of Akingam, Anantnag at Akingam, in the jurisdiction of police station Achabal. The injured was shifted to hospital for treatment. Achabal Police has registered a case in this regard.

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conditions and the difficulties faced by the inmates of the jail.

Pertinently, the Division Bench of J&K High Court had earlier this month permitted the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association to inspect various jails across the state in order to see the living conditions of the jail inmates. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking implementation of the jail manual is at disposal before the court at Srinagar bench.

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have expressed concern over frequent theft incidents in the area and urged the police to take immediate measures to nab the accused and restore sense of security among them.

Delhi is a city of migrants: Rahul Gandhi New Delhi, November 17: Reaching out to the migrant population ahead of December 4 assembly polls, Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi on Sunday described Delhi as a "city of migrants". "Delhi is a city of migrants. It is like mini India," said Rahul Gandhi at a Congress election rally at Ambedkar Nagar in the city. "My family migrated from Kashmir to Uttar Pradesh, and (then from) Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. Sheila's family also migrated from Uttar Pradesh."

"For us, everyone is the same in Delhi, let it be H indu o r Muslim...

People go from Uttar Pradesh to Maharashtra and Shiv Sena chases them out," he said.

Wooing the migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar has been in focus of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well, which has promised special perks for them.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit, however, has in past blamed the huge influx of migrant population for civic amenity problems as well as for the rise in crimes like rape. Rahul Gandhi said the D i k s h i t - l e d g o v e r nment in the capital has changed the face of the city. "Sheila government has changed

Delhi, even the opposition accepts this," he said. "More than 20 lakh people travel by metro every day...130 flyovers have been built. We have a modern airport, new hospitals...," he recounted.

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Music food for soul: G. A. Mir

“Shashrang” Season-3 held at SKICC Srinagar, November 17: Calling music food for soul, Minister for Tourism, G.A.Mir Sunday said that to heal stress and hypertension, MUSIC is the best medicine and treatment, whatsoever the sufferings may be.

The Minister was addressing Shashrang Musical Fest-2013, celebrated with traditional fervor an enthusiasm at SKICC ths evening, organized by the Kashmir Music Club Cooperative Ltd. The Fest include Grand Cultural Show presented by renowned artists, which include Mir Munir and o t h e r s a n d Aw a r d Ceremony.

Appreciating the organizers of the Shashrang Musical Fest, Mr. Mir said hat Government is committed to promote music, poetry and culture an every effort is being made to support such organizations, engaged in providing a platform to local artists t present their p e r f o r m a n c e s .

Various genres of Kashmiri Sufiyana, folk music and Kashmiri Light Music were the attractions of the Fest.

Earlier, Chairman, Kashmir Music Club Waheed Jeelani

in his welcome address urged for strengthening the bonds of brotherhood by organizing joint ventures of music and literature. He expressed satisfaction over the support of all stakeholders in promoting art and music in the State and also for providing necessary faclites for organizing music programmers.

Later, renowned artist of the State Padamshree Awardee, Shameema Azad was honored for her outstanding contribution in the field of music.

A Kashmiri CD containing a song written by Bashir Dada and translated in five languages composed by Wa h e e d J e e l a n i w a s released by the dignitaries on the occasion. Waheed said that ths CD will be released in London in July this year, aimed at promoting Kashmir Tourism and Kashmiri Music in the foreign countries.

Earlier, Tourism Minister addressed a Press Conference, regarding ‘ Ek Sham, Kashmir Ke Naam’ Kulhind Mushaira being held at SKICC on 19th Nov.2013. An officers meeting was also held to review the arrangements.

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Sharp fall in “Golden Zest”

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ince Independence, nation has made striking strides in every field, be it, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture or science and technology with the help of various farmer and fruit-grower friendly schemes. Today, we are self-sufficient in food production, instead of importing, now exporting grains, earning a good chunk of foreign exchange which is helpful in the development of the nation. The Green Revolution introduced various new techniques for increasing the production of grains. Now the next thrust of the central government is on horticulture and floriculture for which various Technology Missions have been given a kick start which is showing a good result. In Kashmir Valley, the month of October brings prosperity and happiness in the families of the farmers. The year’s toil bear fruit and everybody busy in plucking those fruits. The most scenic, astonishing, refreshing is look on the saffron fields which is blooming with purple flowers. The visitors coming to Kashmir valley during this month are stunned to see the beauty of this saffron field in Pampore and adjoining areas while travelling on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Saffron known as Zafran, Kesar, Kung, famous for freshness and purity is grown mostly on a vast stretch field in Pampore, 11 Kms away from Srinagar, used to produce over 2000 Kgs of Saffron every year. It is also grown in some areas of Kishtwar. The quality Saffron grown in Pampore is world famous. Saffron in Kashmir is grown on an area of 4496 hectares. The tradition of growing Saffron goes back to 3rd century.

Earlier it used to be grown in Arabia and Spain.

But the instinct of greed in human being is taking toll of production of this golden spice along with other reasons also. One is shocked to see the way the vast stretch of Saffron field in Pampore being converted into commercial field.

Being on the National Highway, the prices of land are touching sky. The Saffron growers tempted to earn quick buck are selling land to property tycoons which in turn convert it into commercial complexes and earn a lot of money.

Consequently the land meant for Saffron growing is shrinking which is a matter of concern for everyone as we are loosing our trade identity. The other reasons for the fall in production are various including spreading of disease which is difficult to diagnose, lack of irrigation facilities, non availability of good quality high yielding seeds etc.. There are certain steps, if taken, can prove helpful in increasing the production. The first and utmost need is the availability of financial assistance to the Saffron growers so that they are able to arrange good irrigation facilities, besides buying good apparatus for drying the Saffron.

Today in the world of showbiz, the attractive packing is the first priority in which our growers lag behind and need expert guidance. Govt. has failed to take any step in this direction. The growers sell their yield on their own efforts which fail to give them the right price for right commodity. An idea of forming a marketing federation can be mooted which will save the growers from exploitation by middlemen who prosper at the cost of growers’ hard labour and toil. Lack of standardized norms is also a prime reason for this commodity to perish like this.

The adulteration, massive import from Iran do not allow prices to appreciate and the adulterated Saffron being sold in the market in the name of original Kashmiri Saffron has given a bad repute to the Kashmiri Saffron in the National and International markets. It is painful to know that during 1990 the production of Saffron used to be forty tones and within twenty years it has come down to twelve tones per year.

The political leadership must concentrate on these baffling questions and think of concrete and practical steps like checking of fake Saffron, creation of Saffron Board, Expert guidance, Marketing support, Good high yielding seeds etc. to help in reviving this dying sector, instead of creating uproarious scenes in the Legislature.

This is the right time to click before the original Kashmiri Saffron vanish from our traditions and culture.

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Emphasis on Experimental Science Helps India Reap Medals in International Maths and Science Olympiads

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t all started exactly 25 years ago. In last quarter of 1988, the National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM) ini tiated process to identify the first ever Indian team to participate in an International Olympiad.

Although the Olympiad movement at the international level was much older, India had not ventured in that direction till then.

From 1998 onwards, Indian participation in other Olympiads began in a phased manner. Physics (1998), Astronomy (1999), Chemistry (1999), Biology (2000), and Junior Science (2007) followed. The International Olympiads (IOs) present academic challenges of high difficulty level to young minds and thus represent celebration of the best in senior secondary and higher secondary levels.

For every Olympiad, each country sends a contingent of fixed number of students as its representatives. These students individually participate in various tests set by the host country and they are awarded medals based on their performance.

Different Olympiads have slightly different formats for rounds and criteria for medals. However, basic tenets of the competition are same in all. Maximum number of students by each country also varies from four in Chemistry and Biolgy to six in Mathematics and Junior Science.

The Olympiad Movement The Olympiad movement started in the year 1958 in Romania by a group of mathematicians in the form of International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO). A total of seven countries participated in the first IMO. Chemistry and Physics Olympiads began in late 60s while Biology Olympiad started in 1990. Rest of the Olympiads are much younger. Today, the Mathematics Olympiad is the biggest Olympiad with more than 100 countries participating in it every year. In other Olympiads the number of participating countries ranges from 40 to 80.

India in the Olympiads In the Indian context, the focus of Olympiad activities has been on promoting excellence at the higher secondary stage.

Emphasis on nurturing motivated sections of students is consistent with the basic tenet of the National Education Policy, that is, promotion of excellence in higher education for ensuring professional human resources for the country. Good performance of the Indian teams right from the beginning has acted as a catalyst and led to the consolidation of the national Olympiad programme. Availability of country-wide

network of Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) helped in smooth launching of the Science Olympiad programme in the country. Involvement of teacher associations and various decisive funding departments such as the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and Department of Space (DoS) on a consensual basis is the key factor that triggered the inception and growth of the programme.

The cu rrent national Olympiad programme involves three stages. The procedure is identical for all the science subjects and is slightly different for mathematics. The academic responsibility of the first stage in the science subjects lies with respective teacher organizations (namely, Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT), Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT) and Association of Teachers in Biological Sciences (ATBS)). The first level examination -called the National Standard Examinations - NSEs), conducted at around 900 centres across India in November is taken by students of both Class XI and XII level. The Junior Science Olympiad and the junior level of the Astronomy Olympiad are taken by students between classes VIII and X. The second stage -called Indian National Examinations: INOs is conducted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) at around 16 different centres in late January or early February. It consists of problems of high difficulty level designed on the lines of those appearing at the International Olympiads.

While the participation in the first test runs into tens of thousands ,for example, the enrollment in the year 2012-13 was about 41000 in Physics, 35000 in Chemistry, 14000 in Biology, 12000 in Astronomy and 25000 in Junior science, the second level is limited to the top 300 students in each subject.

For the mathematics Olympiad programme, the first stage consists of the Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) and is taken by a large number of students, around 30000 in 2012-13. This test is organised in a decentralised manner in 36 different regions in the country. The second stage, called the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO), is organized by HBCSE and is limited to the top 750 students from RMO. In the final selection, about 35 students in

each subject are selected from the Indian National Olympiad examinations and are invited for Orientation-cum-Selection Camps (OCSCs) held at HBCSE. During these camps, which last between two weeks and a month, students appear for several theoretical and experimental tests, leading to the selection of Indian teams for the final International Olympiads. Over 200 of the best students from across the nation are exposed to a high level experimental and theoretical training every year at the OCSCs. The teams, consisting of 4 to 6 students, depending on the stream are selected at the end of the OCSCs and are trained for about two weeks just prior to their participation at the international events at the Pre-Departure Training camps at HBCSE .

The special Olympiad laboratories in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Junior Science and Physics at HBCSE design, develop and standardize new experiments on continual basis and these experiments are valuable inputs for the higher secondary and undergraduate science laboratories in the country.

Every year, the Olympiad programme sends 30 students to represent India in the International Olympiads in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Astronomy and Junior Science. It is worth mentioning that till date almost all participants have won medals including numerous gold medals. For the year 2012, 29 out of 30 won medals and this included 11 coveted gold medals. Based on aggregate scores, India is generally among the top ten nations in the Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Junior Science, and Physics Olympiads. In Astronomy as well as in Junior science it has managed to top medal tally in several years.

Emphasis on Experimental Science One of the unique aspects of the Olympiad programme is its significant emphasis on experimental science. Most talent nurture programmes or competitive examinations in the country focus purely on theoretical aspects of a subject, thereby creating a learning environment in which the student is hardly encouraged to hone his/her experimental skills. By exposing students to innovative and novel experiments and training them in the methods of experimental science, the Olympiad programme strives to address the problem of acute need of motivated bright students in research laboratories across the country. The Olympiad laboratories at HBCSE are

equipped to the level of international standards, much beyond the typical facilities found in Indian schools and colleges. Several experimental kits developed at HBCSE have been distributed to a number of schools across India and also through the IAPT network.

The success of the Olympiad programme can in some measure be estimated by the long-term effect it has on students participating in it. It has been observed that a large fraction of the students who go through the Olympiad experience continue their academic pursuits in the future. Many of these students take up professional courses immediately beyond the higher secondary stage, but more often than not they continue their careers through doctoral research in respective domains.

Some of them even return to the pursuit of basic sciences and mathematics. Many of these students credit their career choice to the exposure of research they got in the Olympiad programme. For example, Prof.

Amol Dighe of TIFR who was awarded Shantiswarup Bhatnagar award in Physics this year, was member of first ever Indian te am to International Mathematics Olympiad (1989).

Apart from the above mentioned Olympiads, Government of India also recognizes and sends teams to few more IOs, namely International Earth Science Olympiad, International Astronomy Olympiad, International Olympiad in Informatics and Asian Physics Olympiad.

These Olympiads are organized by separate government recognized agencies but most of them are also monitored by the National Steering Committee chaired by Centre Director of HBCSE. Each participating country is obliged to host IOs sometime or the other. India has hosted several IOs in the past e.g. Mathematics (1996), Chemistry (2001), Astronomy (2006) and Biology (2008). All these Olympiads were organized in the city of Mumbai. Now, India will hosting the 10th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in Pune in December 2013. Around 45 countries are expected to participate in the IJSO 2013. Each country will be represented by 6 students and about 3 team leaders. Thus we expect close to 250 students and 150 leaders participating in IJSO 2013. Olympiads are a good opportunity for the students of this age group, to interact with their international counterparts to understand the cultural and scientific environment of the different nations.

Behavioural Change Towards Healthy Life Styles is the Key to Check Diabetes Under NPCDCS

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iabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a metabolic disorder in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the pancreas gland does not produce enough insulin, or body cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. Resulting high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger).

There are three main types of diabetes mellitus (DM): · Type 1 DM results from the body's failure to produce insulin and was previously called to as "insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" (IDDM) or "juvenile diabetes". · Type 2 DM results from insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to use insulin properly. This was previously referred to as non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or "adult-onset diabetes". · The third main form, gestational diabetes, occurs when pregnant women develops suddenly a high blood glucose level.

However, noninsulin-dependent diabetes is much more common. This form of diabetes occurs principally in adults and results from the body's inability to respond properly to the action of insulin. Malnutrition-related diabetes has also been described from some developing countries, like India.

As diabetes is a chronic disease and need lifelong treatment becomes an economic burden on patients and family. The most important aspect of diabetes is occurrence of complications that increases the cost of management. Heart disease in diabetes is 21.4%, neuropathy 17.5%, peripheral vascular disease leading to ulcers 6.3%30%, Retinopathy (eye) 19.0%, and Micro albumina (kidney)26.3%. National Diabetes

Month, observed each year in November, is a time for communities across the country – and the world – to renew and reinforce their fight against diabetes and encourage action to change the life style to reduce its impact.

November 14th which marks the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, discovered insulin, is celebrated as World Diabetic Day. Diabetes is part of a larger global epidemic of non- communicable diseases. This disease affects 6.6% (285 million people) of the world's population in the 20-79 years age group. According to the International Diabetic Federation (IDF), this number is expected to grow to 380 million by 2025.

The IDF findings reveal that in 2007, countries with the largest numbers of people with diabetes are India (40.9 million), followed by China (39.8 million), the United States (19.2 million), Russia (9.6 million) and Germany (7.4 million). India is home to 40.9 million people with diabetes – nearly 15% of the global diabetes burden and is projected to increase to 70 million by 2025.

Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is also a serious problem in India. It has been noticed that with every diagnosed case of diabetes there is at least one undiagnosed case of glucose intolerance. So the actual population at risk would be much greater than our current estimate. Type-2 diabetes is far more common than type-1 and results from a genetic predisposition and from lifestyle factors characterised by a high calorie intake and little exercise. The age of onset in India has been shifting towards younger people.

Among Indians in their late teens, ‘adultonset’ diabetes already manifests itself more often than ‘juvenile onset’ diabetes does.

The reasons are the same as those behind the diabetes epidemic worldwide. One set of

factors is urbanisation, a rise in living standards and the spread of calorie-rich, fatty, fast foods cheaply available in cities to rich and poor alike. Another is the increased sedentariness that has resulted from the replacement of manual labour by service jobs, and from the advent of video games, television and computers that keep people seated lethargically watching screens for hours every day. Although poor Indians are currently at lower risk than affluent Indians, the rapid spread of fast food exposes even urban Indian slum dwellers to the risk of diabetes. In India, diabetes is no longer a disease of the affluent or a rich man's disease.

It is becoming a problem even among the middle income and poorer sections of the society. Indians have biological susceptibilities to diabetes because of a lower body mass index (BMI); Higher percentage of body fat that is concentrated in the abdominal area; Programmed during pregnancy as Low-birth weight infants are more susceptible than those of normal birth weight to obesity and diabetes and Insulin resistance; Excessive insulin resistance has been observed in Asian Indians as a predominant mechanism leading to Type 2 diabetes. This alarming scenario led the Government to start the National Diabetes Control Programme on pilot basis during the seventh five year plan in 1987 in some districts of Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir and Karnataka, but due to paucity of funds in subsequent years this programme could not be expanded further in remaining states.

However to contain the increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, launched the National Programme on Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke (NPDCS) on 8th January 2008 with the following objectives:

• Prevention and control of NCDs. •Awareness generation on lifestyle changes.

• Early detection of NCDs. • Capacity building of health systems to tackle NCDs.A pilot project was launched in ten districts in ten states focused on health promotion and health education advocacy at various settings. In July, 2010,the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) for implementation of its various components during the remaining period of 11th Five year plan (i.e. 2010-11 & 2011-12) at an estimated outlay of Rs. 1230.90 crore (Rs.499.38 crore for interventions on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases & stroke and Rs.731.52 crore for cancer control) on a cost sharing basis between the Centre and the States at the rate of 80:20. The programme is for implementation in 20,000 Sub-Centres and 700 Community Health Centres (CHCs) in 100 Districts across 15 States/UTs by promoting healthy lifestyle through massive health education and mass media efforts at country level, opportunistic screening of persons above the age of 30 years, establishment of Non Communicable Disease (NCD) clinics at CHC and district level, development of trained manpower and strengthening of tertiary level health facilities.

It is expected to screen 30 years and above for diabetes and hypertension, early diagnosis of NCDs and treatment at early stages. With the successful implementation of the programme, it is expected to achieve behaviour change in the community to adopt healthy life styles including dietary patterns, enhanced physical activity and reduced intake of tobacco and alcohol resulting in overall reduction in the risk factors of common NCDs in the community.

Disclaimer : The contents and comments appearing in any article published in this paper are purely the personal opinion of the writer.

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Lie on your back with your knees bent, and your hands behind your head. Lift your shoulders off the floor and curl your legs towards your ribcage: simultaneously. Slowly, return to starting position. Do 2 sets of 12 reps.

Reverse curl Despite differences in rituLie on your back and lift and bend your knees at 90-degrees. Contract your abs to stabilise your torso, and bring als and beliefs among your hips and knees towards your chest.

Slowly returnthe to the starting position. Do 2 sets of 12 reps. world's major religions, Oblique scissors spirituality oftenbehind enhances Lie on your back with legs extended and arms your head to support your neck. Contract abs and lift shoulindividuals' health, ac- to bring the left shoulder towards the right knee and the ders off the floor. Use your oblique muscles by attempting University of accounts for one rep. Do 2 sets of 12 reps. right shoulder toward the left cording knee. Thetoright and left leg Missouri researchers.

The MU researchers believe that health care providers could take advantage of this correlation between health - particularly mental health - and spirituality by tailoring treatments and rehabilitation programs to accom- religion and health," Co- as cancer, stroke, spinal modate an individual's hen added. cord injury and traumatic spiritual inclinations.

The MU study used the brain injury, appears to "In many ways, the re- results of three surveys to be related significantly to sults of our study support determine if correlations positive spiritual beliefs and the idea that spirituality existed among partici- especially congregational functions as a personality pants' self-reported men- support and spiritual inand feel connected to evtrait," said Dan Cohen, as- tal and physical health, terventions," said Cohen. erything that exists in this sistant teaching professor personality factors, and "Spiritual beliefs may be a world. of religious studies at MU spirituality in Buddhists, coping device to help inand one of the co-authors Muslims, Jews, Catholics dividuals deal emotionally of the study. "With in- and Protestants. Across all with stress," he added. creased spirituality people five faiths, a greater degree Cohen believes spirituality reduce their sense of self of spirituality was related may help people's mental Love yourself and love and feel a greater sense of to better mental health, health by reducing their your body! Your physioneness and connected- specifically lower levels of self-centeredness and decal condition has a direct ness with the rest of the neuroticism and greater veloping their sense of beconnection with your universe. What was inter- extraversion. Forgiveness longing to a larger whole. well-being. A fit body and esting was that frequency was the only spiritual trait As the authors note, spirihealthy mind is reflective of participation in reli- predictive of mental health tual interventions such as of happiness. Start workgious activities or the per- after personality variables religious-based counseling, ing towards the health ceived degree of congre- were considered. "Our meditation, and forgiveness of your men-food gational rich in was antioxidants which help into this chocolate will help burn Here are physical, a few natural items support not prior research shows that protocols may enhance tal emotional en-young the skin. help fat and improve your skin and that and can help you remain and to protect found be significant in Avocados the cells mentalwhich health ofhair. people spiritually-based beliefs, ergy

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Joe Root keen to face new Test batting challenge Agencies SYDNEY: Joe Root insists he has no problems dropping down England’s batting order for this week’s Ashes series opener against Australia to accommodate in-form Michael Carberry as opener.

The young Yorkshireman is expected to be named at number six for England in Thursday’s first Test at Brisbane’s Gabba after Carberry’s fine start to their Australian tour.

Carberry cemented his claims for a second Test cap by reaching half-centuries in all three warm-up matches, including an unbeaten 153 against Australia A in Hobart.

Carberry’s latest knock of 50 off 71 balls Saturday helped steer the tourists to a seven-wicket win over a Cricket Australia Invitational XI in Sydney.

The batting shift does not appear to have hurt Root, who scored 75 in England’s first innings total of 418 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and he said he had no problem dropping down the order.

“I’m not that egotistical,” the 22-year-old said after Saturday’s win.

“I just want to represent England.

“To get an opportunity to bat down the order is a different chal-

lenge, but one I’m really looking forward to. Playing for England is the main thing for me.”

Root was exposed by the Australian bowling attack when opening the batting in the last Ashes series.

Although he scored 180 in the second innings at Lord’s he made only one more half-century in his other nine knocks in the July-August series when opening with skipper Alastair Cook.

“I definitely learnt a lot from it and I’ve got a lot of things out of it,”

he said.

“There are parts of my game I’ve worked hard on from last (English) summer... hopefully I can become a better player for it.”

Root was all praise for what Hampshire opener Carberry has achieved so far in Australia. “If you look at Michael Carberry’s tour so far, he has played exceptionally well and scored a huge amount of runs and been in very good form,” he said.

“It’s hard to ignore that. As far as the team is concerned it’s very excit-

Czechs lead Serbia after Davis Cup final doubles Agencies BELGRADE: The Czech Republic got within a point of defending the Davis Cup title as Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek beat Serbia’s Ilija Bozoljac and Nenad Zimonjic in Saturday’s doubles in Belgrade.

Berdych and Stepanek won the fourteenth of their 15 Davis Cup doubles rubbers together as they swept the hosts 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) in two hours and 12 minutes to give the Czechs a 2-1 lead over 2010 champions Serbia.

In Sunday’s reverse singles, world number two Novak Djokovic will first take on Berdych and Stepanek will then face Dusan Lajovic, world number 117 who has replaced the injured 36th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic.

On Friday, Djokovic, the recently-crowned ATP World Tour Finals champion, beat Stepanek, world number 44 in the opening sin-

gles, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4.

Seventh-ranked Berdych then put the Czechs level, sweeping Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 on the hardcourt of the sold-out Belgrade Arena sitting more than 15,000 people.

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ing.”

Root, who had an X-ray after being hit on the finger in his firstinnings 75 but was cleared of any break, is confident he can make a good fist of batting down the order.

“The basics are pretty similar,” he said. “There is still a guy 22 yards away throwing a ball at you. The second new ball is another challenge -and if that opportunity comes I hope I can manage it well and do a job for the team.” Opener Ed Cowan, who has been passed over by Australia for this week’s Test, believes Root’s ability and the experience gained at the top of the order have him primed to dominate at six, like the retired Mike Hussey did for Australia.

“Like we saw with Mike Hussey’s career I think it’s a nice spot to bat at number six if you have had experience against a new ball before,” Cowan said.

“I like the look of Joe Root. Opening is a good place to learn about Test cricket. There’s nowhere to hide and it was a bit of a baptism for him against some high class fast bowling in England. “It’s certainly an easier place to bat at number six than opening the batting so I think that will give him some confidence and he’s playing nicely.”

Agencies Down on the Mississippi River, on the eastern border of Iowa, they don’t follow the time-honoured Anglo-Australian cricket rivalry too closely. It’s black bears, deer, pheasants and fish that are in their sights, not Englishmen.

For the past year or so, on and off, though, there has been at least one person in those parts with a big interest in both activities. Mike Young, the former American baseballer and coach who became Australia’s fielding guru during the team’s halcyon days last decade, was living out of a friend’s cabin for much of the time since a job with South Africa fell through in July of last year. ‘’I’ve been hunting bears and deer,’’ he said. ‘’I was coaching in the IPL [with Kings XI Punjab] as well but when I wasn’t doing that I was living in a cabin and in a motel room, doing some writing and hunting. I’ve got a boat on the Mississippi River and I went fishing and hunting out there. I got into the backwoods and it was real good for me.’’

The 57-year-old had been left out in the

games to go, it is a healthy lead.”

Anand, who at 43 is 21 years older than his rival, conceded it may need a miraculous turnaround to keep his chances alive.

“Losing the sixth game was a heavy blow, I won’t pretend otherwise,” the Indian wizard said. “I have just got to carry on. He has taken his chances, I have also got to do that.”

NEW DELHI: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar spoke his heart out post retirement at press conference in Mumbai on Sunday, saying that it has not struck him yet that he has retired and his 24-year career has been like a dream journey.

“I asked BCCI to hold the last Test in Mumbai so that my mother could watch me play for the first time,” Tendulkar added.

Tendulkar also has some plans in kitty as he would like to share his insights with the upcoming lot of young cricketers.

Sachin said it was the right to call it quits as his body was unable to take the load. Sa-

When asked what will be his next step after bringing down the curtains, Sachin replied 24 hours after 24 years of cricket, I need a break of atleast 24 days now.

On being conferred with Bharat Ratna, Sachin said he has dedicated the highest civilian honour to his mother.

chin also heaped praise on childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar, saying his blessings made him achieve what he has achieved today. On his family, the little master said the beauty about them is that they never lost balance, irrespective of whether he scored 100 or 20.

without Tendulkar is akin to an opener without helmet, said the legend’s final knock was his best in the

Advantage Carlsen in world chess duel with Anand CHENNAI: Norwegian sensation Magnus Carlsen resumes his quest for a maiden world chess crown on Monday after grabbing a formidable 4-2 lead at the half-way stage of his title duel with reigning champion Viswanathan Anand.

Carlsen tilted the scales in his favour with two consecutive wins in the fifth and sixth games of the 12-round world championship being played in Anand’s home city of Chennai after the first four games were drawn.

The 22-year-old Norwegian, the current world number one and pre-event favourite, needs two wins and a draw in the remaining six games to seal the title held by Anand since 2007.

With one point gained for a win and half a point for a draw, the pressure is on Anand as even five draws in the rest of the match will enable Carlsen reach the winning tally of 6.5 points.

If points are equal after the 12th game on November 26, the match will be decided by a tie-break or sudden-death on November 28.

“I wanted to capitalise on my victory in the fifth game and so pressed for another win in the sixth,” Carlsen told reporters after winning the sixth round late Saturday.

“I am obviously in a good mood now. With six

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Sachin Tendulkar is Maradona of cricket: Ganguly

NEW DELHI: He was among the millions left speechless by Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell speech and former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly said the retired legend can only be compared to football great Diego Maradona when it comes to international sporting icons.

“Diego Maradona, he was my favourite and so is Sachin. And both of them are geniuses,” Ganguly said.

Tendulkar called time on his glittering 24-year career on Saturday after playing his 200th Test.

It was a farewell to remember as Tendulkar played out a vintage 74-run knock before being swayed by the emotional enormity of the occasion. He choked on tears while delivering a goodbye speech, which left many with moist eyes.

“People said he doesn’t take a stand, doesn’t talk at the right time.

Well, he made everyone speechless with his speech,” Ganguly said.

The Kolkatan, who felt cricket

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I have no regrets of leaving cricket: Sachin Tendulkar

Indian chess experts held out little hope for their compatriot with grandmaster Parimarjan Negi saying: “It will be very hard for him to come back now.”

The total prize fund for the title clash is about $2.24 million with the winner getting 60 percent and the loser taking home the rest.

Anand, one of the most popular sports figures in cricket-mad India, and his opponent have enjoyed a remarkably similar rise in their careers from an early age.

Anand became an international master at 15, was crowned Indian champion at 16, won the world junior title at 17 and became the country’s first grandmaster at 18.

Carlsen turned grandmaster at 13 and in 2010, aged 19, he became the youngest player in history to be ranked world number one. He won the Candidates Tournament this year to earn the right to challenge Anand.

Anand, who is based in Spain with his wife and young son, trails the challenger by a whopping 95 rating points and his world ranking has tumbled from number one to eight.

woods when, via a phone call he received driving on an interstate highway, the long-term position he anticipated with the Proteas went up in smoke. He had rented out his house in Brisbane and was left with nowhere else really to go.

That was until Australia, who he had not worked with for more than two years, came calling again out of the blue. ‘’I just dropped the gun, went back to Chicago, put my stuff in storage and got on a plane to Australia,’’ he said.

Not mincing words: Mike Young with his limit of wood ducks collected in Iowa.

Not mincing words: Mike Young with his limit of wood ducks collected in Iowa.Young is in Brisbane as a fielding consultant for Darren Lehmann’s team but it is quickly obvious he is far more than that. When Shane Watson turned up to their first training session last Thursday they didn’t meet with a handshake but a warm embrace. When

last three years.

“I have not seen Sachin bat so well in the last three years,” he said.

Ganguly said he felt overwhelmed when Tendulkar took his name while thanking fellow players.

“It made me very proud because we played our cricket together. You really feel happy that all those 15 years meant something. It was really touching, it shows that we don’t play cricket for numbers, we also play for these moments,” he said.

Ganguly said Tendulkar should start coaching now and give back to the game. “...I don’t want him to spend time on commentary. He should give back to the game, his technique and everything,” he said.

“Once he finishes everything, he can sit and tell himself that I have achieved everything that a cricketer can. There is nothing more he could achieve,” he added.

Ganguly said it felt special to hug Tendulkar after his farewell game.

“He has been special. Hugging Sachin was a special moment for me. It will be a memory I would cherish,” he said.

Sunil deserves all the accolades:Bhutia Agencies SILIGURI: Baichung Bhutia spoke highly of his former striking partner Sunil Chhetri and said he deserves all the credit for equalling his record of 42 international goals for India.

Chhetri scored in the 41st minute in India’s 1-1 draw against the Philippines here Saturday.

“He deserves every bit of it. I want to congratulate Sunil and wish him all the luck in the future matches.

I want him to score as many as possible and I’m sure he will,” Bhutia told www.the-aiff.com Sunday.

“Sunil’s willingness to learn and improve himself as a player separates him from the rest. He came across as a true professional. He stayed ever willing to do that extra

Mike Hussey retired last summer he phoned Young first, saying he couldn’t bear to have him hear about it from a news bulletin or from someone else.

In a year in which the so-called decline in the Australian team’s culture has been a recurring theme, Young’s re-arrival on the scene is interesting in its timing.

He was brought in by Lehmann’s predecessor Mickey Arthur briefly to help Australia prepare for the Champions Trophy oneday tournament that preceded the Ashes series in England this year. It was, of course, only weeks before David Warner would take a swing at Joe Root and Arthur would be knocked out of his job. What Young saw in England and what he sees now are contrasting images. ‘’Gosh, they’re in a good place mentally,’’ he said. ‘’There was a few little things in England … I hadn’t been with them for so long and it was none of my business, but there was some tension, and I don’t know where it was from, so I make no comment about that. But I do know this: The guys, the group, everybody I’ve met are really professional, relaxed, ready to play.’’

bit and I could see him working on finer points even after practice. He always chalked out time for improvement.

He was dedicated, honest

and never shied away from responsibility,” he added.

Chhetri, though, has a better strike rate than Bhutia, reaching the 42-mark in 79 appearances while the former Indian captain took 107 appearances.

Bhutia said he was proud of Chhetri and pointed out that the major share of his goals came when the two played together.

“To be honest, I’m very proud of him.

I’m proud of the fact that I have been there for a major part of his achievements. A major number of his goals were scored when we played together.

Obviously, he has scored quite a few post my retirement, and he will score many more, but we will always cherish the moments we spent together. In fact, everyone in the team will treasure those moments,” said Bhutia. Chhetri made his debut for the India national team in the 2004 SAF Games in Pakistan.

Ritika is runner-up, Mugdha-Pallavi lose in Sub-Junior Badminton Nationals NAGPUR: Ritika Thaker did the Orange City proud by finishing creditable runner-up in the Under-13 girls singles on the concluding day of the 27th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships at Cuttack on Saturday.

Sixth seed Ritika went down fighting against Simran Singhi in the final. Unseeded Simran of Mumbai Suburban won 21-10, 21-12 in 25 minutes. Both Ritika and Simran had reached the nationals final for the first time.

Earlier in the semifinal, Ritika, a student of Centre Point School (Katol Road), brushed aside the challenge of tenth seed Chimran Kalita 21-12, 14-21, 21-17 in 38 minutes.

However, it was disappointment for Ritika in the U-13 doubles. Top seeds Ritika and Simran were knocked out in the semis by unseeded pair. Ritika-Simran lost to Richa Muktibodh and Y Drithi 11-21, 13-21.

Similarly, the dream run of Mugdha Agrey and Pallavi Pitale also came to an end in the semis.

In an exciting U-15 girls' doubles clash, Pallavi and Mugdha, who created a record of sorts by reaching the semis through the qualifications, lost to second seeds Cherish D'Souza and Kalpita Sawant.

The Mumbai Suburban pair won 21-16, 24-22 to shatter the hopes of Nagpur duo Mugdha and Pallavi, students of BVM, Civil Lines.