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CHENNAI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 Regd. TN/ARD/17/2012-2014 RNI No. 1001/1957 ISSN 0971 - 751X Vol. 137 No. 223 CITY EDITION 30 Pages Rs. 4.00 www.thehindu.in ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangalore, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubli, Mohali, Allahabad, Malappuram, Anantapur and Nellore • • INSIDE Modi, Xi mix business and leisure Amit Shah style under strain BACK TO BUSINESS ‘This is the ﬁrst Shops reopen Two agreements, realisation that in Srinagar one MoU signed in Ahmedabad Gujarat model may leg of visit not ﬁt the entire Rahi Gaikwad country’ SRINAGAR: Shops in Srinagar’s Varghese K. George business hubs started opening on AHMEDABAD: The three-day Wednesday as ﬂood waters visit of Chinese President Xi NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Ja- receded. — Zahid Raﬁq Jinping to India began on a nata Party (BJP) is keen on NATIONAL | PAGE 13 positive note here on focussing on local factors as EDITORIAL | PAGE 10 Wednesday with Mr. Xi and reasons for the setback in the UNDER THREAT Prime Minister Narendra Assembly by-elections, but Modi. The BJP has been plan- pathetic to the BJP, perceive Modi sharing a rare bonho- the centralising style of presi- Threat to blackbuck mie and the two countries dent Amit Shah has become a ning not to project a chief that their stake in the Modi- in signing two agreements and subject of discussion. In the ministerial candidate Shah project is limited. one memorandum of by-elections, the BJP lost 13 Jharkhand also. “This is the ﬁrst realisation understanding. of the 23 seats it had held in This strategy may come that Gujarat model may not The strong note of symbol- Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks on as Chinese President Xi Jinping and various States. under strain after the set- ﬁt the entire country,” a party CHENNAI: Raj Bhavan officials ism, ceremony and camara- First Lady Peng Liyuan sit on a traditional swing on the Sabarmati riverfront tra For the coming Maharash- back, particularly in Uttar insider said. derie between the two leaders Assembly Pradesh. The campaign was Haryana and have proposed to create a in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. — PHOTO: PTI helipad inside the Guindy Park, set the stage for substantive elections, it has departed highly centralised. ‘LOOK EAST’ POLICY A talks to be held in New Delhi moment as Mr. Modi and Mr. from the practice of announc- the last remaining habitat of the A BJP leader from Uttar SUCCESS | PAGE 12 blackbuck. on Thursday. Xi sat on the ﬂoor and spun Expectations from talks soar ing chief ministerial candi-Pradesh admitted that the CITY | PAGE 2 Mr. Xi is the ﬁrst Chinese the charkha. Mr. Xi gifted a dates, focussing the campaign Brahmins and Rajputs, com- ASSEMBLY POLLS THE REAL TEST, President to visit India in charkha, a book and other Suhasini Haidar others wouldn’t, and gave the on Prime Minister Narendra munities traditionally sym-SAYS AMIT SHAH | PAGE 12 eight years. As the stakes are items in a sealed box to the then Gujarat Chief Minister a high for both, Mr. Modi, in a ashram. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister welcome reserved for a head of special gesture, travelled to In the evening on the Sa- Narendra Modi has made a state. In Delhi, Mr. Xi will Saradha scam: ex-Assam DGP kills himself Ahmedabad to welcome the barmati riverfront, Mr. Modi departure from protocol for announce a new route for Chinese leader. After meeting and Mr. Xi witnessed a cul- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo pilgrims to Mansarovar and Sushanta Talukdar lice said. He was rushed to a intendent of Police A.P. Ti- Mr. Xi for a brief one-on-one tural programme by dance Abe and visiting Chinese Mount Kailash via Sikkim, as private hospital where he wari told The Hindu that the interaction in a hotel and the troupes from Gujarat. President Xi Jinping. The desired by Mr. Modi. GUWAHATI: The former Assam was declared dead. former DGP turned his .32 signing of the agreements, it The high point of the eve- reasons for going the extra mile Director-General of Police, The CBI searched his resi- licensed revolver on himself. was time for some leisure. ning was an elaborate dinner would seem obvious. The two INDIA-CHINA PACTS LIKELY TO Shankar Barua, shot himself dence on August 28 in con- METROPLUS The visit to the Sabarmati of exclusive Gujarati vegetar- countries received him when BRING IN $100 BN | PAGE 12 at his residence in Barowari nection with the multi-crore EDITORIAL: AFTER THE GREAT — 10 Pages Ashram marked a deﬁning ian dishes. here on Wednesday, the po- Saradha scam. Senior Super- BENGAL SCAM | PAGE 10 CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI 2 THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 CITY Stalin’s speech smoothes ruffled feathers Candidate alleges attack by AIADMK workers DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin’s indication at the September 15 The BJP candidate for the post of Coimbatore Mayor, R. Nandhakumar alleged that he was attacked by persons ‘Mupperum Vizha’ that he was not in the race for the CM's post has come as a relief to party leaders Page 5 belonging to the AIADMK Page 4 When the Queen of Song captured the West Court rules in In 1963, M.S. Subbulakshmi enthralled audiences at the International Music Festival in Edinburgh favour of Rajini K.T. Sangameswaran Nitya Menon and his Countess found them- special reference to the songs selves enthralled by one of The show also being performed. CHENNAI: The Madras High featured sitar maestro CHENNAI: M.S. Subbulakshmi, M.S.’ many national M.S.’ concerts ran Court on Wednesday granted to the ‘queen of song’ would have broadcasts. Pandit Ravi Shankar, packed houses in the Freema- an injunction till September turned 98 on September 16. T. Sadasivam, the icon’s violinist Yehudi son Hall. A jubilant headline 25 restraining Varsha Pro- While she continues to be cel- husband, writes inM.S: The Menuhin and dancer on the front page of The Hin- ductions, Mumbai, from us- ebrated as a legend of Indian Queen of Song(1987): “Evi- du on September 4 read ‘M.S ing actor Rajinikanth’s name, classical music around the dently they were taken up by Balasaraswathi, In Top Form at Edinburgh’. image, caricature and style of delivering dialogues in the globe, not many are aware her music and later gave us among others The artist exhilarated that up until 1963, the West- the pleasure of receiving them crowds with her performance forthcoming feature ﬁlm ern world knew little of her or in our home in Madras. They of compositions by Thyagara- Main Hoon Rajinikanth. ﬁlm also had scenes with im- her music. invited us to Edinburgh in or- On August 21, she left Ma- ja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Justice S. Tamilvanan It was only with the Inter- der that Subbulakshmi could dras by train to Bombay, from Swathi Thirunal, Papanasam passed the interim order on moral content, he alleged. national Music Festival held participate in the Interna- where she ﬂew to London four Sivan, Panchanadeeswarar an application in a civil suit The producer had not ob- in Edinburgh in Septembertional Music Festival.” days later. During her two- Aiyar and Tagore. It was Hari by Mr. Rajinikanth. tained his consent to use his that year that things changed. The show, conceived as an hour-long recitals on August tuma haro, a favourite of Ma- In the application, the ac- name/caricature/image and The West ﬁnally discoveredopportunity to initiate West- 30 and September 2, she was hatma Gandhi, with which she tor said he enjoyed a good style of delivering dialogues. Carnatic music as it were, and ern audiences to the riches of accompanied by R.S. Gopalak- chose to conclude. reputation for his contribu- This amounted to violation it the voice that rendered India’s performing arts, also rishnan on the violin, T.K. Soon after, M.S. was invited tion to the ﬁlm industry. He of his copyright. best. featured sitar maestro Pandit Murthy on the mridangam,to Europe and then America had come across press releas- Mr. Justice Tamilvanan Lord Harewood, the presi- Ravi Shankar, violinist Yehu- and Alangudi Ramachandran to perform. es, posters and information said the intellectual property dent of the festival and a cou- di Menuhin and dancer Balas- on the ghatam. This was the landmark about the proposed feature right was a recognised right. araswati, among others. sin of Queen Elizabeth, Narayana Menon, secretary which enabled Carnatic music ﬁlm. He said a prima facie case had however, had the good for- For M.S., this was a ﬁrst on of the Sangeet Natak Acade- to be unveiled to the West and Mr. Rajinikanth said the been made out and the bal- The Carnatic musician and her husband, tune of hearing M.S. ﬁve years many accounts. Not only was my, also educated the unfa-ﬁnd a truly international au- producer had exploited his ance of convenience was in T. Sadasivam, received Lord Harewood, the prior to his fellow country- it her ﬁrst overseas perform- miliar audience in the history, dience. For that, and much superhero image in various favour of Mr. Rajinikanth. president of the festival, at their home in Madras men. It was in October 1958, ance, but also her very ﬁrst dynamics and nuances of the more, we have M.S. Subbu- movies for the beneﬁt of the Therefore, it was just to grant — PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT in Delhi, that Lord Harewood trip abroad. Carnatic music system, with lakshmi to thank. proposed feature ﬁlm. The the interim injunction. Conference on surgical The lure of white sands and clean air oncology kicks off today Petlee Peter and also hold festivals to at- June and a road show last tract tourists to our beauti- month, primary aimed at at- CHENNAI: Mauritius, the holi- day destination in the Indian ful country,” said Michael tracting tourists from the Yeung Sik Yuen, minister of city. The response from trav- Staff Reporter the speciality required onearound 250 surgical oncol- Ocean, could soon have more tourism and leisure, Repub- el agents was overwhelming. teacher for every student. ogists in the country, but lic of Mauritius. We believe they would bring to offer to the travel-hungry Chennaiite, with more direct CHENNAI: “When compared to Work is currently on to build there is a need for many Mauritius is sure to make in more tourists from the the demand, there are very capacity in the ﬁeld, she ﬂights to the island nation a a Chennaiite feel at home city to the island destina- more. With around 90 seats few surgical oncologists inadded. for MCH and through the distinct possibility in the with its tropical weather, tion,” said Vivek Anand, the country. Currently, the national board for surgical coming years. gastronomic delights — in-country manager, MTPA, doctor-patient gap is quite Encouraging students oncology, there are several Over 60,000 Indians visit cluding vegetarian dishes — New Delhi. Mauritius large and will take a fewThrough the conference, options available in the every year, of that are similar to Indian So, if you are planning a years to ﬁll,” said V. Shanta, with a series of debates and country,” he said. which nearly 10,000 are cuisine, and the surrounding holiday to Mauritius, call the chairperson of Cancer Insti- interactive sessions, theThe conference will start from south India, according pristine, white sand beaches. MTPA helpline (011-2623 tute (WIA). team will focus on creating on Thursday with contin- to the Mauritius Tourism The island, which boasts a 6525) to pick the right travel Speaking to the press interest amongst stu- uing medical education ses- Promotion Authority pollution-free environment agent in your region, or write an ahead of a national confer-dents to take up surgical on- sions on a range of topics. (MTPA). With a steady growth in tourism to Mauritius from and air that is estimated toto [email protected] ence on surgical oncology,cology. A number of videos Following this, there will be Every Tuesday, a ﬂight be the second cleanest in the rism.com for details. You can India, the island nation is looking at ramping up from Chennai ﬂies holiday- organised by the Indian As- of surgeries that have beena three-day programme facilities for holidayers — PHOTO: PETLEE PETER world, is connected by ﬂights also log on to www.tourism- sociation of Surgical Oncol- performed would also be from September 19 to 21, primarily honey- from Delhi, Mumbai and mauritius.mu for additional makers, ogy, she said, currently, even screened, vice-chairman of with around 20 experts from mooners, to the island that “We are witnessing a stea- day more memorable. We Bangalore. information. dy growth of tourists from though there is a demand for Cancer Insitute, E. Hemanth abroad and over 100 from seeks to enthrall tourists may introduce more ﬂights “After a gap of ﬁve years, (The writer was in the MTPA conducted a tou- Mauritius recently, on in- the speciality, there are only Raj, said. across India participating, a with a variety of water and India, and plan to offer more from India, mainly the a few seats available, since “There are currently adventure sports. facilities to make their holi- southern parts, in two years rism seminar in Chennai in vitation from the MTPA) release said. CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 CITY 3 CHENNAI TODAY Sep RISE 05 59 Sep RISE 05 59 Sep RISE 05 59 18 SET 18 09 19 SET 18 08 20 SET 18 07 RISE 01 06 RISE 02 43 RISE 01 55 THU SET 14 02 FRI SET 14 46 SAT SET 15 28 Helipad threatens blackbuck habitat BSNL launches online booking Forest dept. objects to proposed facility at Guindy National Park Staff Reporter Burglary case CHENNAI: BSNL Chennai Tel- solved in 12 hours P. Oppili pushed, said another forestephones launched online officer. In September 1998,booking facility for mobile CHENNAI: A burglary in CHENNAI: The 30-acre polo bushes in the polo ground ar- connections in the city on Pozhichalur near ground inside Guindy Na- ea were cleared to create a Wednesday. Tambaram, on Tuesday, tional Park, the last remain- helipad to facilitate the land- A. Balasubramanian, was cracked with the arrest ing habitat of the blackbuck, ing of then Prime Minister A. BSNL’s chief general manag- of the suspects and an endangered antelope, is B. Vajpayee. er, inaugurated the facility at recovery of stolen property, under threat. However, as forest officers a press meet organised to fa- in less than 12 hours after it Officials at Raj Bhavan plan were adamant in their deci-cilitate its oldest customer. was reported. The Shankar to create a helipad there, de- sion to not allow the forma- Mr. Balasubramanian said Nagar police received spite objections from forest tion of the helipad, the ideacustomers could get a mobile information of the theft department officials, said a was dropped and a helipad connection along with mo- around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, senior forest officer. was created inside Anna bile numbers of their choice from Leo Rajarajan of Around 3.30 p.m. on University. by logging on to Kalaignar Nagar. He said he Wednesday, a team of offi- UNDER THREAT: The 30-acre polo ground has been Naturalists, on condition of www.cymn.bsnl.co.in. had noticed the main door cials, including Hans Raj Ver- specially earmarked for the black buck. The anonymity, said the author- After ﬁlling an application and almirah open when he ma, principal secretary, ities could create a perma- form, the customer can get proposed helipad is within 200 metres of their returned home from work. environment and forests, and habitat — PHOTO: K. PICHUMANI nent helipad at the Anna coonection activated by On the occasion, BeehiveBy-polls in two Gold jewellery weighing 60 Ramesh Chand Meena, secre- University. Guindy National visiting the nearest service sovereigns and one kg of tary to governor, inspectedpal secretary, public (proto- and the area is maintained to Park is the last patch of black- centre. silver articles were missing. the polo ground. After this, a col) department, stating that suit the habitat needs of the buck habitat, and should not Investigations led the meeting was held at the Sec- the noise and escalated activ- animal. be disturbed at any cost. Foundries, a unit of Indian police to Nagarajan (30) of retariat. ity over formation of a heli- The proposed helipad is Already, under the pretext Commerce and Industries wards cancelled of within Alandur, Karthik (25) of On July 22, 2013, Mohanpad at Raj Bhavan would 200 metres of the expansion on the IIT-Ma- Limited, and one of BSNL’s Villivakkam and Verghese Chunkath, addi- impact the ﬂora and fauna in blackbuck habitat. Hence, it dras campus, many open ar- oldest customers, with a ser- Anandbabu (30) of tional chief secretary and sec- the area. is not advisable to create a eas that were once blackbuck vice connection since 1915, Special Correspondent Tiruvidanthai, near retary, environment andThe polo ground has been helipad there, he said. habitats have been taken over was felicitated. The BSNL The two independent Mamallapuram. They forests, had written a letter to specially earmarked for This is not the ﬁrst time and buildings have come up app was also launched as CHENNAI: The State Election candidates in there, they said. confessed to the crime. Jatindra Nath Swain, princi- blackbuck, numbering 320,such a proposal is being part of customer service. Commission has cancelled wards 1 and 6 said by-elections in two wards in their nominations Chengalpattu municipality, had been rejected scheduled for Thursday. body The unenviable task of CRIME BEAT juries and died on the spot. day, neighbours spotted The election Madras pro-by the Returning duced a gazette notiﬁcation Officer, without before High the any valid reason by- the cancelling Court, Student dies in Ramu smoke coming out driver, of the lorry The dealing with hoax calls wall collapse (35) of Tiruvannamalai dis- house. They broke open the the G.S. Faziullah and K. Tha- nicipalities and Corpora- polls, where two candidates Grade Mu- Municipalities, had ﬁled petitions. door and found KANCHEEPURAM: A 12-year-old trict, surrendered at the po- main nigaivelu, independent can- tions (Elections) Rules, the boy, Vineeth of Poochivak-lice station. badly burnt bodies of the Every bomb threat is considered AN EMERGENCY by the kam, died when a portion of Couple kills daughters, couple and their elder daugh- didates in wards 1 and 6, had returning officer should not of wall ter in the bedroom. a the submitted that their nomi-reject any nomination paper compound police, and an expert team is swiftly rushed to the location school fell on him after it was commits suicide But Bharani, who had also nations were rejected by the on grounds of any defect knocked down by a goods CHENNAI: A couple killed their suffered burns, was alive and Returning Officer (RO) with- which was not of a substan- two young daughters by set- was rushed to Government A sk any policeman in the valid ID proof. Investigators weeks, the Bomb carrier. to the police, ting them ablaze at their Kilpauk Medical College hos- out valid reasons. tial character. The past couple of city what gives him the have time and again warned According The notiﬁcation said the If an objection was raised most nightmares while on SIM card dealers against Detection and Disposal the accident occurred in Neelankarai on commission had called for a by the returning officer or by pital, where she succumbed house duty, and he will probably illegal sales but the problem Squad has been on its toes around 2.45 p.m. when theWednesday, and later, com- to injuries around 2.30 p.m. report from the election ob- any other person, the candi- tell you that bomb hoax calls persists. constantly, checking out goods carrier, after deliver- mitted suicide by self-immo- Preliminary investigations server (EO). date concerned may be al- are the worst. Hoax callers and threat calls, including one ing supplies to the noon meal lation. Police said heavy Venkatesan had In the report, the EO said lowed time to rebut it not revealed Deployment of a bomb pranksters are often slapped to actor Ajith’s house and centre at the Government debts drove them to this step. quit his job at a private ﬁrm a the returning officer had re- later than 11 a.m. the next day squad, calming down panic- with charges under Sections another to Chennai Boys Higher Secondary Venkatesan (40) and Ma- few months ago, and was in- jected the nominations stat- but one following the date It volved in various businesses. stricken people, and 425 (mischief) and 419 Central railway station. school, was reversing. lar (30) lived in a rented ing that the candidates hadﬁxed for scrutiny. meticulous inspection of the (cheating by impersonation) Once a bomb threat call rammed the main gate, caus- house on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of aBut, he didn’t do well and The RO should record his not ﬁlled up the particulars premises under threat are of IPC, with IT Act 66D is made to the police ing a portion of the wall to building on Senkeniamman suffered losses, subsequently regarding income tax and left decision on the nomination the ingredients of a knotty (punishment for cheating by control room, the local collapse. Koil Street in Neelankarai leading to heavy debts. blank the requisite columns on the adjourned date. affair. impersonation using police station evacuates Vineeth, a class VII stu- along with their daughters, Sneha’s suicide preven- in their affidavits. Recording this, Justice V. On an average, the city computer resource), and the locality concerned. dent, was standing near the Harini (7) and Bharani (3). tion helpline can be contact- Under the Tamil Nadu Ramasubramanian treated police receive over ﬁve bomb face conviction of up to Then the bomb and dog wall. He sustained head in- Around 8 a.m. on Wednes- ed on 044-24640050. Town Panchayats, Third the petitions as closed. threat calls over the three years, along with a squads thoroughly check telephone, per month, and penalty of Rs. 1 lakh. the locality. Parallel occasionally, threats to VIPs. investigation is also Every threat is considered ✪✪✪✪ undertaken to locate the an emergency, and a bomb caller. squad is swiftly rushed to “If the call is made to a the location. Often, the call house or office, then we turns out to be a hoax. try tracking the number Until August 2014, the using the service police have arrested ﬁve provider,” says an officer. persons, including a young Usually, the caller is girl, for making prank calls. apprehended, but it Nearly 90 per cent of prank becomes difficult to trace calls are made to the police the miscreant if the call is control room, and the rest to made from a coin- schools, railway control operated phone. “CCTV room, and also to the offices Pay phones to cameras can be ﬁxed on of the collector or local the equipment itself. This tahsildar. be monitored will act as a deterrent,” Following the May Day omb hoax calls made says the officer. twin bomb blast at Chennai B from coin-operated A huge amount of Central, the number of phones may be the worst manpower is wasted on prank calls escalated. One nightmare for the Chennai investigating bomb hoax such caller, a platform police, but they have now calls. “They may turn out dweller, who threatened that decided to put an end to it. to be false, but we cannot a bomb would go off at The police plan to ask all take any chance,” says a Central a few days after the those who own coin- senior police officer. blasts, was tracked down and operated phones in the apprehended. city to install CCTV (Reporting by Petlee Peter To their shock, the police cameras or maintain a log and Vivek Narayanan) found the suspect had 32 of those who use the SIM cards, obtained without facility. [email protected] College student run over by train CHENNAI: A 19-year-old col- Kabilan, a ﬁrst-year Bach- Tambaram and Perunga- lege student was killed after elor of Computer Applica-lathur stations when a he was hit by a suburban tions student at a private Chengalpattu-bound EMU train at Irumbuliyur college, was walking alongknocked him down. He died on Wednesday morning. the railway track betweenon the spot. Disclaimer: Readers are requested to verify & make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of an adver- tisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. Kasturi & Sons Limited, the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s pro- ducts and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Director/s, Employees of this newspaper/company be held responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in this newspaper. Published by N. Ram at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 on behalf of KASTURI & SONS LTD., and Printed by S. Padmanabhan at Plot B-6 & B-7, CMDA Industrial Complex, Maraimalai Nagar, Chengleput Taluk, Kancheepuram Dist., Pin: 603209. Editor-in-Chief: N. Ravi (Editor responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act), Editor: Malini Parthasarathy CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI 4 CITY/STATE THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 BRIEFLY Senior AIADMK functionaries pay ﬂoral tribute to Periyar in Chennai on Wednesday. — PHOTO: K.V. SRINIVASAN. Tributes to Periyar CHENNAI: Leaders of various Veeramani garlanded the political parties led by the statue at ‘Periyar Thidal.’ DMK chief M Karunanidhi On behalf of AIADMK paid ﬂoral tributes to social general secretary reformer and Dravidian Jayalalithaa, senior party movement ideologue functionaries offered ﬂoral Periyar on his 136th birth tributes to Periyar’s anniversary on portrait and statue near the Wednesday. Anna ﬂyover. While senior DMK MDMK general leaders, including K. secretary Vaiko, DMDK Anbazhagan and M.K. founder Vijayakant and Stalin, joined him in PMK founder S. Ramadoss garlanding the statue on paid tributes at different Anna Salai, DK chief K. places. Why not Classical All set for local Tamil week? body by-polls CHENNAI: A group of CHENNAI: The stage is set for progressive Tamil writers by-elections to 530 posts in on Wednesday led by various urban and rural CPI(M) State secretary local bodies on Thursday. G. Ramakrishnan and Totally, 1,486 candidates Dalit leader Thol. are in the fray. Among the Thirumavalavan staged a posts that are going to the demonstration near by-polls are Mayor of Valluvar Kottam here, Coimbatore and Tuticorin. demanding that the The results will be declared CBSE schools should on September 22. A release also celebrate issued by the SEC said the ‘Classical Tamil week’ polling officials had been just as they did for instructed to ensure that ‘Sanskrit week’ recently. no eligible voter is turned away. Novel debate CHENNAI: Dismayed over bring out the true facts” of “wrong facts” being the case, said S. Karunanidhi’s presence BJP’s mayoral candidate alleges advanced by Kerala bar- Nallasamy, federation’s Thambidurai owners selling IMFL and secretary. Even top before panel dispensed with meets CM foreign brands to stall lawyers would be roped in Special Correspondent attack by AIADMK men prohibition, the for the debate Federation of Tamil Nadu with attractive Special Correspondent not only in the issue of sum- M.K. Ananth Agriculturists prize money mons, but also by the com- CHENNAI: Chief Minister Associations in Erode for those CHENNAI: In a signiﬁcant relief mission’s subsequent COIMBATORE: Even as the city and AIADMK general district, which promotes clinching the to DMK president M. Karu- conduct. When his counsel secretary held a brief was gearing up for the may- traditional toddy claiming debate. nanidhi, the Madras High informed the commission discussion with party oral by-election on Thurs- it is lot more healthier, has Court on Wednesday dis- that the copies of the affidavit MP and Lok Sabha day, Bharatiya Janata planned a novel debate, in pensed with his personal ap- as well as the documents Deputy Speaker M. Party’s candidate for the Chennai or Delhi, “to pearance for two weeks Thambidurai at her post R. Nandhakumar was which were put against him before the Justice R. Regu- (Karunanidhi) had not been Poes Garden residence attacked allegedly by per- pathi Commission of Inquiry furnished in order to ﬁle a de- on Wednesday sons belonging to the All In- Youth arrested in appointed to go into the al-tailed reply, the commission morning. dia Anna Dravida Munnetra here on Kazhagam in irregularities leged the was “very particular in my ap- According to party sources, Mr. acid attack case construction of the New Sec- pearance to answer the ques- the Thambidurai ﬂew down Wednesday. tionnaire prepared by him.” retariat Complex on Anna Sa- Mr. Nandakumar said he to Chennai early in the lai here. was at Sowripalayam to meet petitioner said The S. Sundar sent to a home for rehabil- The commission issued Commission of Inquiry being morning and met Ms. party workers. “The itation. His family members summons on September 2 for a fact-ﬁnding body entrusted Jayalalithaa. There is AIADMK cadre attacked me, BJP and AIADMK cadres clash at Sowriypalayam MADURAI: The Madurai dis-tried to keep him indoors for the appearance of Mr. Karu- with judicial powers, not only no word on the nature pushed me down and threat- in Coimbatore on Wednesday. trict police on Wednesday his violent behaviour. nanidhi on Thursday (Sep- should justice be done, but it of the discussion or ened to kill me,” he told The — PHOTO: J. MANOHARAN claimed to have cracked the Informed sources said the tember 18). must also be seen to be done. even whether the Hindu after lodging a com- September 12 case of acid at- youth had randomly sprayed Justice V. Ramasubrama- This could be ensured only if meeting was just plaint with the police. tack on two college girls at acid on the girls without any nian passed the interim order Mr. Justice Regupathi was re- another courtesy call. The BJP’s legal wing in AIADMK secretary for palayam. Tirumangalam near here, speciﬁc motive. on a petition by the 91-year- lieved and another retired Officially, the party Chennai would make a rep- Ward 65 K.N. Jayagopal also AIADMK’s mayoral can- with the arrest of a youth. His father, along with judge was posted in his place. did not issue any resentation to the Chief old leader who challenged the lodged a complaint with the didate P. Rajkumar said the The police identiﬁed thesome representatives of trad- very appointment of the com- When the matter came up, release or picture. The Electoral Officer to cancelPeelamedu Police, allegingBJP was levelling false youth (24) as S. Sankarana-ers’ association, produced mission and the summons is- counsel for the commission sources only conﬁrmed the by-election, citing lack of that the window panes of his charges owing to the fear of rayanan of Tirumangalam.him before the police in con- sued to him. submitted that Mr. Karuna- that the meeting took proper measures to conduct vehicle were damaged by defeat. His party would nev- He had a “history of mental nection with the case. The Mr. Karunanidhi said that nidhi need not appear in per- place. a fair election in the city, he BJP cadres. The incident er resort to violence for win- instability and often used to youth had burns on his fore- the issue of summons to him son in response to the Mr. Thambidurai said. triggered tension at Sowri- ning votes, he added. behave violently,” they said arms, apparently due to acid was “nothing but a personal summons and that even the returned to New Delhi A police officer said the spill during the attack. bias which the second re- questionnaire was permitted the same evening. youth was arrested in a previ- He went missing after the spondent (Mr. Justice Regu- to be ﬁlled up by his counsel. When contacted, he ● ● ous case wherein he attempt- incident and returned home pathi) has developed against The judge adjourned the declined to comment. CINEMA ARTS EVENTS ed to stab a woman. He wasonly on Wednesday. me.” This was strengthened case by two weeks. 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Anantha Padma- Zakir Hussain, 7-30 p.m.: celebrations, T.S. Krishna Nagar, Inauguration of the ‘Ethics 2014’, Alcoholics Anonymous: Periyar Nagar, Kattabomman St, colony, Gandhi nagar, Muthau- nabha & Mudhra Bhaskar. Felicitation by Sri N. Ranga- 10.30 a.m. Egmore, 9.30 a.m. Meetings, Church of Christ, Anna Thirupur Kumaran St, Alagirisamy mizh nagar 1 to5th and 7th Block, 7-00 p.m. Bharatwaj Raman chari, Sri Dr. Sridhar IAS, Sri ● GENERAL D.R.B. Calavala Cunnan Nagar; Chennai School, St Ambethkar st, Periya Kodungaiyur (Veena), B.S. Prashanth & Dr. Anantha Padmanabha- Chetty’s Hindu College: Nerkundram Shankar. Spon- Arunachalam St., Chintadripet; Indian Institute of Management, Workshop on ‘Embedded Victory Child Development Centre, Saidapet West: Kattabom- Lakshmipuram: Canal road, sored by: LALGUDI TRUST. chari and Dr. Anita Ratnam at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan. Tiruchirapalli: Inauguration of ‘2 nd systems’, Pattabiram, Noon Muthalamman Koil St., Selaiyur; man Block, Muthurangan Block, Balaji st, DRJ Hospital to Senthil All are welcome. Program- All are Welcome. HR Conclave 2014’, Hilton Tamil Nadu State Rural Church of Victorious Cross, Anjuham Nagar, Parry Nagar,nagar, Ranga Gardens Ciyatham- mes on 19-09-14 (Friday) is Chennai, 9 a.m. Livelihood Mission District Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Ashok School St, R.R. colony all Sts,man nagar, Vanasakthi nagar, Cancelled. MISCELLANEOUS ICAI- SIRC and The Society of Mission Management Unit, Nagar; St. Joseph Church, VSM Garden, Bharathi Block, Er- Murugan Koil st, Vanasakthi nagar Auditors, Chennai: Lecture on Thiruvalluvar and Mahalakshmi Ambattur; St. Sebastian Church, rikarai St, Entire Saidapet West extn., Jayanathi nagar, Viveka- Madras Kali Bari Narada Gana Sabha Trust, ‘Banking trends – Role of Women’s College of Arts and Madhavaram; Ganapathy West Mambalam Chennai- 600 018. accounting profession’, ICAI Science: Inauguration of College Sachidananda Ashram Hospital, areas, 7th & 11th avenue, LIC Col- nanda road, Hussain colony, Bha- Navarathri Music Festival Ph: 24993201 Bhawan, Nungambakkam, 6.30 Bazaar, Avadi, 10.30 a.m. Baby Nagar, Velachery; C.S.I. ony, Nagathamman Koil St, Anna- rath Rajiv Gandhi nagar, Bharati Today 8 p.m. Vocal Concert p.m. D.G. Vaishnav College: Lecture Church, Thiruvottiyur; and Christ malai Chetty Nagar, Ethiraj Nagar, nagar, Doctors colony, Kumaran by Mridangam Vidwan Ma- Concluding day Main Hall, 7 Alumni Association of on ‘Development of today’s youth’, Church, Porur, 7 p.m. KV Colony I to V St, Postal Colony nagar, Krishna nagar nakkal R. SRIRAM & Party. a.m.: Kaivalya Navaneetam CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI STATE THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 5 Governor, CM I will take everyone greet Modi Stalin’s speech smoothes Convict Special Correspondent on board: NCW chief found in bringing out reports and CHENNAI: A host of leaders, in- ruffled feathers in DMK Sangeetha Kandavel NGO work could also help her hanging cluding Governor K. Rosaiah CHENNAI: Bharatiya Janata analysis on what women and Chief Minister Jayala- Party leader Lalitha Kumara- lacked and how those issues Special Correspondent lithaa, on Wednesday greeted mangalam, who has been ap- could be addressed through His stand will stem dissent in the organisation: party leaders Prime Minister Narendra pointed chief of the National partnership with variousTIRUCHI: A life convict in- stakeholders. Modi on his birthday. Commission for Women volved in the murder of In a message, the Governor B. Kolappan gesture,” said a former “Today there is no proper a woman of Kulithalai leaders in the party feel, is (NCW), feels that respect for said: “Your people-oriented Minister. that it will effectively prevent women would help to curb >[email protected] must carry the full Kolkata convinced the Central government to put crores postal address and the full name or the name with initials. of rupees of public money in his personal enterprise. But show needs to focus on development and in our ties. Trade-related talks are Mundhra’s mischief or Sanchayita Investments’ collec- By-election results The main reason for the BJP’s this time. The results are party setback tion of over Rs. 100 crore in the 1980s is a pittance The losses suffered by the BJP in concentrated is only that on the crystal clear — the people are quick all-round growth. also very essential. The BCIM to national see through hollow and empty Jagdip H. Vaishnav, corridor and a maritime silk route compared to the quantum of money involved in the most the recent by-elections, and which issues while neglecting rhetoric and want fruitful action. Mumbai are ideas worth pursuing. local recent scam, named after the State’s beloved godmoth- resulted in gains by parties whichproblems. It may have been too Ravi Mannethu, Vijayarajan K., er, Saradha. The novelty of the scam lies in its sheer size. suffered deep setbacks in the 2014 over-conﬁdent. The party’s slogan Pulled, Kerala Just after election 2014, the saffron Chennai be Currently, the size of the scam is estimated at a little general election, should not of ache din was perhaps party promised us citizens over $1 billion, in a State that has a debt burden of more viewed as a sudden shift in publicmisunderstood to mean enabling a The poor showing of the BJP has a development and good governance. Whether the two leaders will be lot to do with the fact that its essential prices Instead, there has been a tendency able to set their own rules of the than $30 billion. But newer estimates are emerging as opinion with respect to the party or reduction in and the of supply thumping victory in the general to creep back to regressive thoughts game or will be compelled to go the government (Sept. 17). This has commodities of unknown ‘monsters’ are unearthed. The money was nothing really to do with freebies and sops. The BJP’s and ideas such as love jihad and along with the brief given to them election was largely on the crest of a the raised predominantly from cash-strapped peasants and performance of the BJP in the ﬁrst policies may yield results in the Modi wave. Many voted with the blatant attempts to polarise voters. by apex think tanks from either daily-wage earners during the last years of CPI(M) rule 100 days. It has more to do with the next few years but the common man clear hope of wanting to see Mr. Will the BJP ever learn any lessons side, remains to be seen. Trade is and the system ﬂourished after the All India Trinamool way our electoral system functions does not seem prepared to wait. Modi become the Prime Minister. from the past? one area where both sides can scale Congress (AITC) arrived. People from every social and the issue of vote share. The Kshirasagara Balaji Rao, Now that he is ﬁrmly in the seat, Rajendra Charan, things up. One looks forward to Koba, Gujarat unprecedented and complementary opportunistic alliances which may Hyderabad other determinant factors that help bracket — the ﬂag-bearers of Bengal’s intelligentsia, now want to celebrate the BJP’s a voter in exercising his choice and statesmanship. bureaucrats, sports administrators, media magnates, in- discomﬁture must realise that the The message is clear. All States R. Narayanan, wish, and until now lost in the Modi People were quick to rally behind dustrialists and politicians — accepted or extracted fa- road ahead of them is a difficult one. where the by-elections were heldwave, have come to the fore. If the Mr. Modi’s promise of growth and Ghaziabad BJP vours, depending on one’s degree of access to power. An C.D. Murty, have spoken in one voice. The fails to keep these discordantdevelopment. But if he cannot voices in check, then it might go deliver on his promises or if his The visit must prove to be fruitful in absurd transfer of wealth — reminiscent of the drain of Hyderabad voters of India are mature and scientiﬁc, the cannot down as swiftly as it rose. improving resources from India to England before Independence The Editorial (Sept. 17) was fair in attempts be to swayed by them blatant K. Tampha Ibema, party returns to its old game of and industrial communal polarisation, they will be on polarise technological — from the poor to the rich was orchestrated in the its analysis amid the widespread communal and caste lines with the New Delhi just as quick to move away. People standing of both countries. At the countryside. Bengal’s nobility hailed Mr. Sen for the media frenzy to label the poor can no longer be fooled same time, both leaders must not by ulterior motive of trying to reap rich transfer, and the ensuing inaction of the showing of the BJP as being a sign of political dividends. CampaigningThe Congress has surely made rhetoric. We need forget that in the rush to set up communal bhadrolok made the job of the CBI relatively straightforward. disillusionment among the people. ﬁlled with hate does not lead to signiﬁcant gains. It might be no development and not proceed on a bullet train services and industrial its But then, the CBI’s credibility is often questioned by A hundred days of governance will anything. The Congress has everyexaggeration to say that path towards divisiveness. parks, the needs of a vast majority of face still the very people who once ran it. Its former Directors not serve as an indication of the reason to rejoice. M. Jeyaram, leadership may have been left more V.M. Khaleelur Rahman, Indians who unemployment massive policy government’s Chennai poverty, bewildered than expectant of the and direction. have accused the agency of derailing investigations un- Each election result will pose a Sholavandan, Tamil Nadu results. The Gandhi-Nehru family disharmony are not forgotten. der “political pressure”. The present Director is under different combination of questions. must now build on these results and Xi in India Surabhi Verma, the scanner, fuelling speculation about where the Sarad- C. Suresh, The partial battering the BJP hassteer the party forward. The ﬁrst-person account by Meerut ha probe will now head. On the political front, the AITC Thrissur received proves the electorate’s S. Venugopalan, Chinese President Xi Jinping century Judicial appointments may well be under pressure owing to the Bharatiya collective maturity and unity in Chennai (“Towards an Asian of was Janata Party’s sudden rise, but Chief Minister Mamata While the BJP was meticulous in its thought, howsoever divided it may prosperity,” Sept. 17), The article, “Federalism in judicial geographically campaign during the parliamentary be culturally. The old axiom, “all people cannot be and wonderful in acknowledging thatappointments” (Sept. 17), was an Banerjee is herself no greenhorn in politics. She has for elections and played on the people’s The obsession with love jihad andfooled all the time”, seems to have India’s wisdom in combination with eye-opener on the inﬁrmities in the hate speech and attempts to put been proved. These elections were China’s energy has great potential. proposed law for the selection of now managed to convince many people that she, and she deep disenchantment with the by- alone, can return the stolen money. Her cadres are scam-tainted UPA, these development on the back-burnerall about the subtle propagation of Mr. Modi’s “inch to miles” slogan is judges. The composition of the may spreading the message that, while Ms. Banerjee’s men elections were very different. be the prime factors that didcommunal hatred using the services apt as well. One is reminded of the Commission should have been may have swallowed the money, she would return it, However, the results should openthe BJP in. Mr. Modi must focus on of Ministers and leaders. One has to adage, “Great men are those who included in the constitutional the BJP’s eyes. The mandate given nation-building and fulﬁlling the compliment the electorate whichﬁnd that what they ought to do and amendment so that it cannot be placing the individual way above the party. Such a strat- to the BJP is that India needs theaspirations of the people of this has refused to fall for the partisanwant to do are the same.” altered by a simple majority in egy to elevate a person above the party may work, or may party to lead it, deliver the goods great country. appeal. The BJP needs to change A.J. Rangarajan, Parliament in future. The Bills do not work, depending on the quantum that Ms. Banerjee and change the character of our G. Rajsekhar, tack in order to retain its popular Chennai not address the demands for is able to return in the 20 months before the next polity and governance. Mr. Modi Visakhapatnam appeal. transparency and accountability as Assembly election in 2016. In the run-up to that poll, the should realise by now that people M.A. Siraj, In this nuclear era, peace is the only far as judges are concerned and in It the making China Saradha scam is bound to have a major impact. How are tired of the bogus secular- was unwise on the BJP’s part to Bangalore way forward. on India and plausible representative. judiciary more every second- communal propaganda. let work right-wing and should have credibly the various political parties deal with the fallout V.S. Ganeshan, rung leaders who are well-versed in The results are clear. India wantssolution to settle the border issue, Rajesh Charan, is going to inﬂuence the outcome signiﬁcantly. Bangalore the art of hate speech to lead the communal harmony. And the BJP which seems to be the major irritant Jodhpur CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI COMMENT THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 11 WORLD VIEW Chronicle of a tragedy foretold U.S. boots already No agency provided any prior warning about the massive ﬂoods in Jammu and Kashmir on the ground Himanshu Thakkar H ere’s a national-security riddle: How can President Barack Obama hat suddenly caused Jammu and Kashmir provide limited military support on the ground to help “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State without formally violating his pledge to be ravaged by not to send U.S. combat troops? The answer may lie in the legal alchemy ﬂoods?” is now the “WAs families of victims known as “Title 50.” raging question. Title 50 of the U.S. Code regulates the activities of the Central struggle to come to terms with the large- Intelligence Agency (CIA). An often-cited passage is Section 413B, which scale impact of the tragedy and as people deals with presidential approval and reporting of “covert actions.” In all over the country attempt to under- essence, this statute gives the President authority, with a proper “ﬁnding,” stand the reasons for it, it remains to be to send U.S. special forces on paramilitary operations, under command of seen how deep this concern really is and if the CIA. The best-known example was the 2011 raid on Abbottabad, it can translate into affirmative action Pakistan, that killed Osama bin Laden. that will prevent such disasters from re- Talking with U.S. and foreign military experts curring. over the past week, I’ve heard two consistent Institutional failures themes: First, the campaign against the Islamic State will require close-in American training and The immediate and recognisable cause assistance for ground forces, in addition to U.S. of the Jammu and Kashmir ﬂoods was air power; and, second, the best way to provide heavy rainfall. According to >[email protected]) congressional testimony on Tuesday that “where I believe our advisers should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against speciﬁc [Islamic State] targets, I will recommend that to the President.” Let’s be honest: U.S. boots are already on the ground, and more are Developing model village clusters coming. The question is whether Mr. Obama will decide to say so publicly, or remain in his preferred role as covert Commander-in-Chief. — © 2014. The Washington Post. Creating central towns with urban facilities for 100 or so villages in each tehsil will prevent wastage of national resources on ‘model villages’ and ‘smart cities’ How the media didn’t play Ramgopal Agarwala pensation. When the land is converted to fair to the Scots T he Narendra Modi government has urban usage with horizontal growth al- lowing buildings of 10-15 ﬂoors, its value launched an ambitious programme that half of the land acquired will be auc- George Monbiot able to comprehend a desire for for both rural and urban development. In will increase by 15-20 times. Assuming change. If they notice it at all, they his budget speech, Finance Minis- tioned to the private developers at market P erhaps the most arresting fact perceive it as a mortal threat, compa- ter Arun Jaitley said, “The prices, the town authorities will earn Prime Minister has a vision of about the Scottish referendum is rable perhaps to Hitler. They know as handsome capital gains which should be this: that there is no newspaper — lo- little of the lives of the 64 million developing ‘one hundred sufficient to develop the necessary in- cal, regional or national, English or inhabiting the outer darkness as they smart cities’ as satellite frastructure with all modern amenities. Scottish — that supports independ- do of the Andaman islanders. Yet, lec- towns of larger cities by The town thus developed will serve the ence except theSunday Herald. The turing the poor from under the wiste- modernising the existing cluster of villages and provide jobs Scots who will vote yes have been al- ria, they claim to speak for the nation. mid-sized cities. To pro- for many migrants from the most without representation in the As John Harris reports in the vide the necessary focus to villages. media. Guardian, both north and south of the this critical activity, I have Thus the Prime Minister There is nothing unusual about this. border “politics as usual suddenly provided a sum of [Rs.] 7,060 should urge parliamentar- Change in any direction, except fur-seems so lost as to look completely crore in the current ﬁscal.” For rural ILLUSTRATION: ians to develop such mod- DEEPAK ther over the brink of market funda- absurd.” But to those within the circle, areas, Mr. Modi in his Independence Day HARICHANDAN el village clusters, one mentalism and planetary destruction, politics still begins and ends in West- speech urged each Member of Parliament every year, so that in 10 requires the deﬁance of almost the minster. The opinions of no one be- to make one village of his or her constitu- years’ time, the entire country entire battery of salaried opinion. yond the gilded thousand with whom ency a ‘model village’ by 2016. After 2016, eas. The word “Rurban” is often can be covered. What distinguishes the independence they associate is worthy of notice. two more villages should be selected and bandied about. However, it should be un- campaign is that it has continued to One of the roles of the Guardian, after 2019, at least ﬁve model villages derstood that modern urban areas re- Self-ﬁnancing of smart cities prosper despite this assault. which has no proprietor, is to repre- must be established by each MP in his/quire many complex facilities which created on the lines of Special Eco- The same principle can apply to the be In the coverage of the referendum sent the unrepresented — and it often her area. cannot be made available in a very small nomic Zones — with their own moderndevelopment of smart cities. These cities we see most of the pathologies of the does so to great effect. On Scottish These are wise programmes, but if they scale. In India, with 6 lakh villages, the rules on land, labour, transport, educa-will be “smart” not only in terms of In- corporate media. Here, for instance, independence I believe we have fallen are launched without due diligence, they average population of a village is only tion, health, etc. The town will be man-formation and Communications Tech- you will ﬁnd the unfounded general- short. Our leader on Saturday used the may end up in enormous wastage of na- about 1,000. It is generally difficult even aged by rural communities that it will be nology but also in the design of urban isations with which less enlightened frames constructed by the rest of the tional resources. Here are some thoughts serving along with representatives of the physical and social infrastructure and souls are characterised. In the Specta- press, inﬂating a couple of incidents on how these programmes can be made The principle used for the urban community in the new town. The modern policy regime on business cli- tor, Simon Heffer maintains that: “ad- into a “habit” by yes campaigners of effective. town’s infrastructure will be developedmate and governance. These cities would, dicted to welfare ... Scots embraced “attacking the messenger and ignor- development of model along the principles of sound urban de-for example, allow FDI in retail which will the something for nothing society,”ing the message,” judging the long- An urban India village clusters can also velopment before the inﬂow of residents not displace any shopkeepers but become objecting to the poll tax “because It should be clearly understood that it begins. a magnet for new inhabitants. term future of the nation by current many of them felt that paying taxes Scottish National Party policy, con- is an iron law of economics (without a apply to the development Where will the funding for urban devel- The economic base of these cities will ought to be the responsibility of some- fusing self-determination with single exception) that as countries get of smart cities opment come from? As has been the case be hubs for knowledge production and one else.” nationalism. richer, the share of agriculture in GDP, in China, it will come from the capital knowledge marketing. Starting with 100 Despite the rise of social media, the employment and land use declines over to provide basic facilities for health and gains due to land conversion accruing to such smart cities in the next ﬁve years, Beyond Westminster politics established media continues to deﬁne time. If India aims at achieving affluence education in rural areas as teachers and the new urban authorities rather than some 800 such cities may be built over Here is the condescension with the scope of representative politics in over the coming decades, it must be pre- doctors are simply not willing to live inlandowners. The landowners will be com- the next 40 years covering all the district which the dominant classes have al-Britain, to shape political demands pared for massive urbanisation. Our sta- these villages without adequate facilities pensated handsomely. Compensation towns. The principle of land conversion ways treated those they regard as in- and to punish and erase those who tistical analysis shows that in an affluent for their families. Creating model villages will be two-three times the value of their and auctions for part of the land acquired ferior: their serfs, the poor, the Irish, resist. It is one chamber of the corrupt India, by 2050, more than 80 per cent of is thus going to be difficult. As villagersland through a combination of lump sum will be the same as in the village clusters Africans, anyone with whom they dis- heart of Britain, pumping fear, misin- the population will be in cities. Rural pop- get educated and leave for towns, the so- payment and annuities and with guaran- mentioned above. The infrastructure de- teed employment for all stakeholders. velopment of these smart cities will thus agree. “What spoilt, selﬁsh, childlike formation and hatred around the body ulation will decline from about 833 mil- called model villages may become fools those Scots are ... They simply politic. lion in 2011 to about 260 million in 2050, half-deserted. The value of land will be determined not be largely self-ﬁnanced through capital don’t have a clue how lucky they are,” That so many Scots, lambasted from while in urban areas, the population will by the so-called market value — which is gains from land conversion and they sneered Melanie Reid in the Times. all quarters as fools, frauds and in- increase from 377 million in 2011 to about Model village clusters difficult to determine partly because ofwould emerge as model cities which will Here is the chronic inability to dis- grates, have refused to be bullied is 1,200 million in 2050. Thus, India in the One possible solution is to build model paucity of land transactions and partly accommodate nearly 400 million new ur- tinguish between a cause and a per-itself a political triumph. If they vote future will live in towns and cities and not village clusters similar to what was done because of the black money in many of banites between now and 2050. Thus, for son: the referendum is widely independence, they will do so in in villages. The choice before India is in Chitrakoot in Madhya Pradesh. In this these transactions — but by the presentboth the ideas of rural development and portrayed as a vote about Alex Salm- deﬁance not only of the Westminster whether it will let urbanisation proceed approach, for 100 or so villages in each value of income stream generated fromof urban development are basically sound ond, who is then monstered beyondconsensus but also of its enforcers: the in an unplanned manner as it has been tehsil, a central town with a population of the land concerned. Assuming a rate ofbut they need some forward planning to recognition (aTelegraph editorial detached, complacent people who doing until now or plan in advance andabout 50,000 will be created with urban time discount of 5 per cent per year and be effective. compared him to Robert Mugabe). claim to speak on their behalf. — © create smart towns and cities. facilities. This town will accommodate increase in land productivity of 2.5 per (Ramgopal Agarwala is a former senior Living within their tiny circle of Guardian Newspapers Limited, For rural development, one often hears teachers, doctors, agricultural extension cent per year becomes a robust methodadviser, World Bank. E-mail: light, most senior journalists seem un- 2014 of providing urban facilities to rural ar-workers, agro-industries, etc. These will for determining the value of land for com- [email protected]) CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI 12 NEWS THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 FROM PAGE ONE Don’t take voters for BJP leaders BJP’s ‘Look East’ policy Real test is the coming granted, Sena tells BJP blame it on paid dividends Staff Reporter overconﬁdence Varghese K George enough scope for growth in Assembly polls: Shah Sena ﬁrm Gargi Parsai Assam, West Bengal and MUMBAI: While sparing Prime NEW DELHI: The centralising Orissa that will compensate Minister Narendra Modi on CM post NEW DELHI: A day after the style of BJP president Amit for the inevitable decline in from criticism for the Bhara- Bharatiya Janata Party suf- Shah has become a subject 2019 in Uttar Pradesh ‘We will make the four States Congress-free’ tiya Janata Party’s dismal Priyanka Kakodkar fered reverses in by-elec- of discussion among party where the party has peaked performance in the recent tions across nine States, functionaries following the in 2014. B.S. Satish Kumar & by-polls, the Shiv Sena on party leaders maintained set back in the recent by- The campaign in Uttar Rishikesh Bahadur Desai Wednesday warned the BJP MUMBAI: On a day BJP that a “shrill” campaign, elections, with the party Pradesh was highly against taking the voters for president Amit Shah overconﬁdence of local losing 13 of 23 seats. centralised and allowing GORATA (BIDAR DISTRICT): granted. arrived here, the Shiv leaders and cadre compla- Those who are more Yogi Adityanath to run it Downplaying the setback for “The Assembly elections Sena kept up pressure on cency in Uttar Pradesh con- charitable towards Mr was Mr Shah’s strategy. A the Bharatiya Janata Party in cannot be fought on the ba- its ally through a show of tributed to the party’s poor Shah’s style point out that BJP leader from Uttar the recent by-elections, Bha- sis of the Lok Sabha poll re- strength at its showing in the State. headquarters, the Shiv the party’s ‘Look East Pradesh also admitted that ratiya Janata Party president sults and the outcome of The party’s “love jihad” Policy’ of focusing on the Brahmins and Rajputs, Amit Shah said here on municipal elections cannot Sena Bhavan, on campaign resulted in “re- Wednesday. eastern states as new two communities Wednesday that the party be guessed from the As- versed polarisation” in fa- growth areas continues to traditionally sympathetic to would display its popularity sembly results. The by-poll However, it kept the vour of the Samajwadi door open for an alliance deliver results. The party’s BJP, perceive that their by sweeping the October 15 results are lessons to be Party that won eight of the margin in Assam’s Silchar stake in the Modi-Shah Assembly elections in four learnt for the Maharashtra with the BJP. 11 seats in the by-polls. The constituency more than project is limited. The States. elections,” said an editorial “We expect a decision absence of Bahujan Samaj in the next two days. doubled compared to the perceived sidelining of “Do not come to a conclu- in the Sena mouthpiece Party also helped the Sa- lead in Lok Sabha elections, Brahmin leaders such as sion on the party’s popularity Saamna. Talks are on between majwadi Party consolidate while in West Bengal, the Kalraj Mishra and Lalji merely on the basis of the by- BJP cautioned national leaders,” said minority votes. BJP is fast emerging as the Tandon, and Rajput leader election results. Wait for the Sena MP Sanjay Raut. The party did not receive alternative to Trinamool Rajnath Singh from UP Assembly elections in four Without naming the BJP, However, the Sena is ground support from RSS Congress, going by the matters will have to be States [Maharashtra, Harya- the editorial sounded a word unwilling to give up its workers as it had during the by-poll outcome. There is corrected, he pointed out. na, Jammu & Kashmir and of caution. “Keep your feet claim to the Chief Lok Sabha elections, and Jharkhand]. We will make on the ground. Do not take Minister’s post. this is also cited as a reason “The Chief Ministerial them Congress-free,” he said the voters for granted.” candidate will be from the for the party’s below par India-China pacts likely at a programme to lay the the result did not mean that Shiv Sena,” Mr. Raut said. performance. Questions At the same time, it said foundation stone of a mar- BJP president Amit Shah welcomed by Pralhad are being raised on lack of Joshi, chief of the party’s Karnataka unit, in Bidar to bring in $100 billion tyrs’ memorial here. was on Wednesday. — PHOTO: PTI the Modi wave was receding. As- projection of a State lead- a ership as well as on the se- that there Sabha Lok Saying and “The wave in favour of a change in sembly elections are com-engaged in a tussle over seat lection of candidates which sharing for the coming elec- Maharashtra and Haryana, he and also won a seat in WestNehru. Defending the gov- pletely different things. had become a highly cen- asked the party workers to Bengal,” he said. ernment’s decision to sus- People have voted for Mr. tions to the Maharashtra As- tralised process. prepare for victory celebra- He said Pakistan would not pend talks with Pakistan, he Modi to look after the coun- sembly. While the BJP is In Gujarat, the leaders tions on October 17 when the have occupied parts of Kash- said: “We are for maintaining try’s governance. We cannot demanding equal number of said, the BJP performance results would be announced. mir if Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa- cordial relations with ourhold him responsible for the seats, the Sena has said that had peaked during the Lok the “Our opponents do not tel had been given neighbours. But our topmost election of any gram pan- it won’t accept less than 150 Sabha elections because the want to see that the BJP has responsibility of tackling the priority is the country’s chayat.” in the contest for the 288- State wanted to see Naren- opened its account in Assam issue instead of Jawaharlalsecurity.” The Sena and the BJP are member House. dra Modi as Prime Minis- ter. In the by-polls, the party retained six of the Flag meet held nine seats but party func- tionaries do not ﬁnd this NEW DELHI: India and China Xi to announce new route for Mansarovar unusual. “The by-polls have brought in normal results. on Wednesday held a ﬂag Suhasini Haidar traverse through the city of The earlier route demanding the new route No party can win 100 per meeting to discuss the sit- Shigatse to the pilgrimage through Uttarakhand and for the past few years, it cent seats,” a party office- uation in Chumar sector of NEW DELHI: Chinese spot situated at a height of the Lipu Lekh pass was was discussed only during bearer said on condition of Ladakh where troops of President Xi Jinping will 19,500 feet, part of the damaged in the ﬂash ﬂoods a meeting of the working anonymity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese both the sides are engaged announce the opening of a Tibetan Autonomous last year that brought the group on India-China However, the party need- President Xi Jinping watching folk dance in in a face-off situation. ﬂag new and more convenient Region. number of “official” border affairs in Beijing in ed to analyse the reasons Brigadier-level The route has a better route for pilgrims to April. pilgrims to just 51. The for its reverses in Rajasthan Ahmedabad on Wednesday. — PHOTO: VIVEK BENDRE meeting was held at a border Mansarovar and Mount highway owing to the Beijing’s decision to open The gesture has political where just four months ago personnel meeting point in Kailash via Sikkim, rather infrastructure the new route will signiﬁcance given China’s it had made a clean sweep of Suhasini Haidar Representatives (SRs) to Chushul, where the issue of than Uttarakhand, in development there. particularly help older sensitivities over Tibet, the Lok Sabha polls and be- take forward the border intrusion of Chinese civil- Delhi. The decision is a pilgrims who will be able to and denotes a new fore that won two-thirds NEW DELHI: Chinese resolution talks that have ians in the Demchok area Prime Minister signiﬁcant gesture for the drive up to the pilgrimage conﬁdence in opening up majority in the Assembly President Xi Jinping and already seen 17 rounds. The was also discussed, army Narendra Modi expressed pilgrims. The annual destinations instead of parts of the region to elections. Prime Minister Narendra bulk of the expectations sources said. The meeting his interest in the new pilgrimage takes place by walking or using mules. people from outside. Meanwhile, the national Modi, who both arrived in from Mr. Xi’s visit, however, discussed the situation in route to Mr. Xi during their an arrangement with the Shigatse is connected to An official clariﬁed that spokespersons met Union New Delhi late on will come from business Chumar where the Chinese meeting on the sidelines of External Affairs Ministry. Lhasa by a high-altitude the new route would not in Finance Minister Arun Wednesday, must ensure transacted and investments troops have entered into the the BRICS summit in Tour operators take railway line, which was any way prejudice either Jaitley and reviewed the that the bonhomie between announced for projects that perceived Indian area and Fortaleza, Brazil, in July. pilgrims through the Nepal inaugurated in August. country’s current position party’s response to various the two leaders can be are still being pegged at a they have been asked to The new route will now route. Though India has been on the border dispute. issues including by-poll re- translated to the bilateral total of $100 billion, leave, they said. — PTI sults. ties. although officials say the The reasons for Mr. Modi investment will be going the extra mile would staggered over several years seem obvious. China and and will be considerably Government to aid land acquisition for Koli back in Ghaziabad jail Japan were two countries lower than the target. that received him when China’s decision to build Mohammad Ali ities. The Supreme Court other countries wouldn’t, industrial cities in Gujarat stayed his hanging, which and gave the then Gujarat and Maharashtra at an Chinese industrial parks in Gujarat MEERUT: Surinder Koli, was scheduled for any day Chief Minister a welcome initial investment of $10 death-row convict in the between September 7 and reserved for a head of state, billion is a step towards Rahi Gaikwad will be in force for three Nithari killings, was on 12, till his review petition is especially in China in 2011, addressing the ballooning years. Wednesday shifted to Das- heard. where his car drove right off trade deﬁcit India has of AHMEDABAD: Trade and coop- The event also saw thena jail in Ghaziabad for se- According to Meerut jail the Beijing airport tarmac about $35 billion, so that eration were in focus on the signing of a State-to-State curity reasons. officials, the shifting was and he was received at the Chinese manufacturers can ﬁrst day of Chinese President agreement between the gov- He will remain there till done in view of the security Great Hall of People in come “make in India,” as Xi Jinping’s visit on Wednes- ernments of Gujarat and his review petition is heard provided to Koli. Beijing. Mr. Modi has termed it. day as provincial officials of Guangdong Province in south on October 29. S.H.M. Riz- “Koli was shifted for his Officials conﬁrm that In an article for The the two nations inked agree- China for cooperation in vi, Senior Superintendent hanging. We shifted him to many agreements will be Hindu, Mr. Xi also ments in the areas of govern- trade, education, culture, ur- in Meerut’s Chaudhary the high security cell here signed in the presence of the expressed the hope that ance and industry. ban planning and infrastruc- Charan Singh jail where after vacating it and shifting two leaders on Thursday “the world’s factory” The agreements were ture . Another agreement was Koli was hitherto lodged,the others. But now that it dealing with tourism and [China] and the “world’s signed at a function in the signed to establish sister city told The Hindu that the has been stayed till October student exchanges, cultural back office” [India], will presence of Mr. Xi, Prime relations between Guangz- convict was shifted at noon. 29, we can’t afford to let the MoUs between several drive the Asian economy Minister Narendra Modi and hou, capital of Guangdong Koli had earlier been convicted criminals stay institutions, including the together. dignitaries from China, Guj- and the Ahmedabad Munici- shifted from Dasna jail towith others for so long. It National Museum, railway Mr. Xi will also look for arat and leading pal Corporation. Both the the Meerut jail as the for-can lead to gang wars,” said infrastructure, banks, and Indian support for his industrialists. agreements will be in force mer lacked execution facil- an official. technology assistance on vision of a Maritime Silk Adani Group chairman for ﬁve years. irrigation. Road as well as the BCIM Gautam Adani and heads of “We hope the agreements Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes his mother’s The reported standoff corridor in the region, and Gujarat-based businesses will be a new beginning in the between the armed forces at his gesture to connect were among the special invi- blessings on his 64th birthday in Gandhinagar relationship between India Demchok and Chumar Indians more easily to one tees for the occasion. on Wednesday. — PHOTO: PTI and China and Gujarat. In sectors will however, cast a of the country’s most One MoU was signed be- general, Chinese investment shadow on their talks over revered destinations of tween China Development the manufacturing sector. As provide requisite clearances in India is not much, but the border resolution along Kailash-Mansarovar may Bank and iNDEXTb (Indus- per the understanding China for these parks so that Chi-country is looking to increase with the unconcluded bear some results when he trial Extension Bureau) – awill set up industrial parks in nese manufacturers, chieﬂy its investment starting with agreement on visas. The engages Mr. Modi. State government body for fa- several areas in Gujarat be-in electrical, electronics, Gujarat,” D.J. Pandian, Addi- governments haven’t yet (With additional cilitating investments — to ginning from Vadodara. The plastics and plastic process- tional Chief Secretary (In- appointed Special reporting by Anita Joshua) encourage Chinese invest- Gujarat government will fa- ing are able to set up their dustries & Mines), Gujarat, ment in Gujarat, especially in cilitate land acquisition and units in Gujarat. The MoU said. Pranab: India’s oil exploration Hoopsters can now wear activities only commercial hijabs, turbans Puja Mehra cerned waters administered MADRID: Basketball players by it or if such cooperation will be allowed to wear reli- ON BOARD PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL project was not approved by gious head coverings, such AIRCRAFT: President Pranab the Chinese government, “we as hijabs or turbans, on a Mukherjee has said that the will be concerned about such trial basis in some competi- pact India’s ONGC Videsh an agreement and we will not tions. The central board of Limited signed during his support it.” the International Basket- four-day state visit to Viet- A joint communiqué ball Federation (FIBA) met nam was for blocks located signed during the visit also over the weekend at the well within the territorial wa- declared a united Indo-Viet- men’s World Cup and voted ters of the country. The clar- nam stand for free navigation to allow a two-year testing iﬁcation comes a day after was no relation between his in the disputed waters of phase that would let players China raised concerns about visit to Vietnam and the Chi- South China Sea and adjoin- wear head coverings. any agreement for oil explo- nese President’s trip to India ing maritime areas. Previous FIBA rules al- rations in what it called wa- as his visit had been planned In his departure statement, lowed a player to wear only ters administered by it. much in advance. President Mr. Mukherjee said the a 5 cm headband. That drew Speaking to journalists on Xi Jinping arrived in New Southeast Asian nation had objections that the group the ﬂight back from Vietnam, Delhi on Wednesday. progressed and was making was discriminating against the President said: “India’s oil Asked for his reaction to strides in all ﬁelds, including Muslim and Sikh players. exploration activities in thethe agreement signed during economy, “based on the “We welcome this policy South China Sea since 1988President Mukherjee’s visit strength of their character change by the FIBA because are only commercial actions, to Vietnam, Chinese Foreign and determination.” it allows Muslims, Sikhs and and no political angularity Ministry spokesman Hong The delegation accompa- others who wear religious should be drawn into it … In- Lei said China had noted the nying the President included head coverings to take part dia’s foreign policy never development. While it had no Oil Minister Dharmendrain the sport...,” said the looks at any country through objection to any “legitimate Pradhan and Members ofCouncil on American-Is- the prism of any third coun- and lawful” agreement be- Parliament besides senior of- lamic Relations National try.” tween Vietnam and a third ﬁcials from the Foreign Communications Director He also clariﬁed that there country, if such a pact con- Ministry. Ibrahim Hooper. — AP CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI NATIONAL THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 13 100 days of Modi govt. misrule, Srinagar businessmen take stock of losses says Congress report card With waters receding, owners are returning to their shops to assess the damage Anita Joshua over the past three months, ‘Till now, the the Congress recalled Zahid Raﬁq They have come twice since homes for days. a NEW DELHI: As the government government has only speech by Mr. Modi in August yesterday but returned Srinagar’s business hub, continued with its series of inaugurated and cut 2013 where he said: “ Bharat SRINAGAR: The Maharaja Ba- without lifting the shutters. Lal Chowk, saw ﬂoodwaters in press conferences to mark ribbons of projects ke Videsh Mantri ko China zaar in Srinagar, one of the Their losses must be rising to 8 feet in most plac- the ﬁrst 100 days in office, the jaakar China ke harkaton ke busiest markets in the city, crores.” es and more than 12 feet in Congress on Wednesday of the previous khilaf awaaz uthani chahiye would always smell of spic- “This is an urban ﬂood some places. “Who would came out with its report card government’ thi, anken lal karke China ko es, dry fruits, freshly baked and needs to be distin- have imagined such a disas- on the Modi dispensation’s samjhanaa chahiye tha… (In- cakes and ripe vegetables. In guished from the rural ter?” said Gulzar Ahmad, a “misrule.” dia’s Foreign Minister should September, Kashmir’s sea- ﬂoods. It has destroyed our salesperson at Parvez and The Congress indictment UPA.” have gone to China and prime business stores andCo. cloth shop. “Announce- son for marriages, the mar- of the Modi government Elaborating, the Congress raised his voice against Chi- ket is usually packed, caused a huge loss to Kash- ments were made at 2.35 am faulted it not just on per- said: “Be it the inauguration nese mischief.).” making it difficult to even mir’s trade and industry,” on Sunday that water was formance but also for break- of a railway line to Vaishno Besides ﬂagging the “dou- walk through its streets. said Shakeel Qalander, a coming. We shifted our stuff ing promises, hoodwinkingDevi, power plant in Ranchi, blespeak” of the Prime Min- Today, an unbearable member of Kashmir Centre to the upper shelves think- people, indulging in sectarian commissioning of warships ister on communalism, the stench of rotten goods hits for Social and Development ing the water would be two politics, and over-centralisa- in the Navy, satellite launch- Congress questioned the gov- you as you enter the market. Studies. “In our assessment, to three feet at the most.” tion of power in one man. es or Aadhaar-linked opening ernment’s commitment to With ﬂoodwaters receding the losses run into several Eventually, the ﬂoodwa- The 14-page report card — of bank accounts, the govern- ensuring security for women. from 8 feet to just about a crores,” he told The Hindu. ters rose up to the ceiling in titled “Truth of the BJP gov- ment till now has only inau- “Even as rape incidents spi- foot-and-a-half, owners and Shops being cleared of silt in the ﬂood-hit Batmaloo As the government and his shop and damaged ev- ernment: 100 days of misrule’ gurated and cut ribbons of ralled across the country,” se- salesmen in Maharaja Ba- area in Srinagar on Wednesday. volunteers are busy with re- erything. “They are useless — said Narendra Modi as- projects of the previous zaar are returning to their — PHOTO: NISSAR AHMAD lief work in hundreds of now, just rags,” he said nior BJP leaders came out shops to take stock of the sumed the role of a dream government.” with “insensitive” state- neighbourhoods that are pointing to the dirty rolls of merchant and sold false Among the promises that ments. damage. still under water, the losses clothes scattered in the dreams. “It seems that the the Modi government has “All trivialised rape and in- “It is a massive loss. I can’t ews, almonds and turmeric stock of their losses, but now in business establishments shop. BJP continues to be in pre- broken, the Congress ﬂagged sulted women. The response even tell you what is the loss — all rotten and stinking — he just wants to get rid of the have not yet been assessed. Piles of damp sacks ﬁlled election mode even today. spiralling prices and the U-of Mr. Modi to all this has indicate how suddenly thestink. But for the businessmen with wasted goods lie unat- in our shop, leave alone this While nothing concrete has turn on recovering black market,” said Feroz Ahmad, disaster struck. Pointing to two big shops, who have lost their source of tended on the roadsides. Ev- been a resounding silence,” been done in the last more money. Referring to the spate the report card said while un- a salesman at Abdul Aziz Mr. Ahmad said he had Master Spices, opposite his income in the ﬂoods, return- ery now and then, someone than three months, it has of ceaseﬁre violations along derscoring that the “stature and Sons, a dry fruits shop. been waiting since Tuesday own, he said, “They can’t ing to their wasted shops is walks on the bridge and done everything to take cred- the India-Pakistan border of ministers was reduced to Outside the shop, damp for someone from the gov-even open their shop. Themore traumatic than being throws down a sack into the now quietly ﬂowing Jhelum. and intrusions from China that of ciphers” by Mr. Modi. it for the job done by the sacks of tea, apricots, cash- ernment to come and takestench is overwhelming. trapped in their ﬂooded Tejas naval Lalitha Kumaramangalam is NCW chief Centre to launch Minority Affairs Ministry’s CPI(M) MPs to prototype to Smriti Kak Ramachandran plaints that have been for-foster care Rs. 120-cr. relief for J&K donate Rs. 50 undergo ﬂight NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Ja- warded to the police.” Smriti Kak Ramachandran Anita Joshua lakh each ‘Honoured’ test this month nata Party’s national execu- Lalitha After her appointment, Ms. NEW DELHI: The Union NEW DELHI: The Union Minis- Anita Joshua tive member, Kumaramangalam, has been Kumaramangalam said she Ministry for Women and try of Minority Affairs has G.V.R. Subba Rao appointed chairperson of the was keen to mainstream the Child Development which drawn up a Rs. 120-crore re- NEW DELHI: The Communist has set a target to bring National Commission for gender issue in a holistic lief and rehabilitation pack- Party of India (Marxist) on VIJAYAWADA: The second naval Women. manner. down malnutrition levels age for Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday decided that all prototype of Tejas, the indig- Making the announcement “I am glad and honoured to and improve the skewed to help the State deal with the its parliamentarians would enously developed light com- here, Union Women and have been given this respon- sex ratio has decided to situation arising out of the donate Rs. 50 lakh each Child Development Minister bat aircraft, will undergo sibility. I want to mainstream bolster child care by ﬂoods. from their Member of Par- ﬂight test in Goa by Septem- Maneka Gandhi said the deci- the gender issue in every de- introducing the concept of The money will be provid- liament Local Area Devel- ber-end, P.S. Subramanyam, sion was taken by the “Prime velopmental activity. Gender foster homes and creating ed through various pro- opment Scheme (MPLADS) Najma Heptulla Project Director (Combat and the govern- issues are usually reduced to awareness about sexual grammes, including “Seekho addressing a press funds for relief and rehabil- Minister I Aircraft), Aeronautical De- ment.” She added that Ms. Lalitha Kumaramangalam man versus woman, but abuse. aur Kamao,” and “Jan Vikas itation work in the ﬂood-af- velopment Agency, has said. Kumaramangalam was “very want to address it in terms of Presenting the 100-day Yojana,” scholarships, con- conference in New Delhi fected areas of J & K. Mr. Subramanyam, who strong and forceful in her ad- the issue, but they have notallowing women access to all report on Wednesday, cessional ﬁnance for settingon Wednesday. — PHOTO: The CPI (M) has 18 MPs, was here to attend an Engi- vocacy of women’s needs.” sent their formal objections, and every development activ- Union WCD Minister up micro-enterprises, con- SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY nine in each House. neers’ Day function, told The The new appointment has, we have reminded them sev- ity, whether it is access to Maneka Gandhi said that struction of health centres The CPI(M) contribution Hindu that the prototype however, fanned speculation eral times,” adding, “at the sanitation, or smart cities.” in collaboration with the and educational institutions try in the ﬁrst 100 days of the to the nation-wide relief would demonstrate take-off that the WCD Ministry and moment, you can put all the Ms. Kumaramangalam Human Resource under the Multi-Sectoral De- Narendra Modi government. and rehabilitation effort and landing at a shore-based the Union Law Ministry have blame on me.” spoke of the need to create an Development Ministry, a velopment Plan, skill upgrade When it was pointed out would, thus, stand at Rs. 9 test facility which simulated failed to reach a consensus on Responding to questionsatmosphere of “respect” for project would be and bridge courses for madra- that much of the presentation crore. an aircraft carrier. With that, the issue of appointing on ‘love jihad’ and how her women. Although terms like undertaken in schools sa students. was essentially a continua- A party release said the a India would become the third judge as NCW chairperson, as Ministry proposed to deal “empowerment, autonomy where with the aid of The package was unveiled tion of the work done by the rules of the MPLADS pro- country to demonstrate this proposed by the Law Minis- with it, she said: “There hasand freedom” were used with teachers and non- by Union Minority Affairs Congress-led UPA govern- vide for “such a prescribed facility. He said the Indian Air try. On why there was no con- been no official complaint in respect to gender issues and governmental Minister Najma Heptulla on ment, the Minister shot back: amount of contribution by the Ministry. But as an MP,equality, there was need to Force version of Tejas was ex- vergence on the issue, Ms. organisations, students Wednesday at a press confer- “We have improved delivery Members of Parliament in would be made aware of pected to get ﬁnal operational Gandhi said: “They [Law that women were ence organised to highlightmechanisms and introduced the event of a national from my constituency I have ensure clearance by March 2015. Ministry] have their views on received seven to eight com- treated with respect. “inappropriate touch.” the work done by her Minis- new schemes.” disaster.” CM CH-CH YK

14 INTERNATIONAL THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 CHENNAI Man held trying to swim to N. Korea arrested last night while attempting to swim across the river to North Korea,” a ministry spokesman told AFP, adding that he had been handed over to the relevant authorities. According to the Yonhap news SEOUL: South Korean soldiers agency, the man — believed to be detained a U.S. citizen trying to in his late 20s or early 30s — told swim across the river border into investigators that he had wanted North Korea — reportedly to to meet North Korean leader Kim meet leader Kim Jong-un — the Jong-Un. Attempted crossings of South’s Defence Ministry said on the heavily militarised border Wednesday. are rare and extremely “A male American citizen was dangerous. — AFP Naipaul dropped from Bali festival JAKARTA: Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul has been dropped by an international literary festival in Bali after the event refused to meet his “eleventh-hour request” for a $20,000 fee to appear, its organisers said on Wednesday. The Trinidad-born British writer had been one of the biggest names booked for this for the fee. Sir Naipaul’s agent year’s Ubud Writers and Readers Andrew Wylie could not Festival (UWRF), scheduled for immediately be contacted but in the start of next month. comments to The Guardian However the event’s founder newspaper disputed the account, and director, Janet DeNeefe, saying the withdrawal was due to a conﬂict in the author’s said they had decided to cancel schedule and not fees. — AFP his appearance after he asked Kiev: Loyalty test for civil servants legislation to root out corrupt practices hanging over from the previous ousted administration. “All the bodies of central power who worked at the time of President Viktor Yanukovich will fall under this law,” he said. A new law on “lustration” — meaning a purge of the ranks of power — was passed by Parliament on Tuesday under KIEV: Ukraine’s Prime Minister grassroots pressure from lobby Arseny Yatseniuk on Wednesday groups representing protesters told a Cabinet meeting that one who brought down Mr. million civil servants, including Yanukovich in February after from government ranks, will be months of unrest. — Reuters screened for loyalty under new Sayedee’s death sentence commuted Haroon Habib person to be prosecuted for Bangladeshi war war crimes. DHAKA: The Appellate Division crimes accused gets of the Bangladesh Supreme ‘imprisonment till ‘A compromise’ Court has commuted the death’ Law enforcers on Wednes- death sentence of top Jamaat- day scuffled with Gonojagoron e-Islami leader Delwar Hos- Morcha activists as they try to sain Sayedee to “imprison- break through a police barri- ment till death” for crimes was known that the Appellate cade in Dhaka University on against humanity during the Division would announce the their way to High Court prem- country’s Liberation War in verdict on Wednesday. ise from Shahbagh intersec- 1971. Law enforcement agencies tion protesting against the said security had been planned verdict. The Shahbagh Man- Death sentence keeping in mind the massivecha, which now facing split, re- The full bench on Wednes- Delwar Hossain Sayedee violence unleashed by Jamaat jected the verdict. “The verdict day delivered the ruling on supporters last year after Say- is an outcome of a compromise Sayedee’s appeal against histribunal on February 28, 2013 edee’s verdict was given by the [of the government] with Ja- death sentence. Pronouncing for two counts of crimes maat”, remarked Imran H. tribunal. the verdict, Chief Justice M.against humanity. At least 70 people including Sarker, spokesperson of a fac- Muzammel Hossain said the While Attorney General policemen had lost their lives tion of the Mancha. 74-year Jamaat leader would Mahbubey Alam termed the in the violence. At least 200 The Jamaat-e-Islami on have to remain imprisoned verdict disappointing, defence others were injured and at- Wednesday called for a coun- on “for the rest of his natural life”. counsels said they had expect- tacks were carried out trywide shutdown for Thurs- Sayedee, Naeb e ameerof ed an acquittal. Hindus. day and Sunday to mount the party, had been given the Security was tightened Sayedee, whose trial began pressure on the government to death penalty by a war crimes across the country as soon as it in October 2011, was the ﬁrst release Sayedee from jail. Murder charges American charged with aiding IS against Sharif Narayan Lakshman and start shooting.” ISLAMABAD: Anti-government Elfgeeh’s arrest, on May 31, protesters in Pakistan have WASHINGTON: A Yemen-born 2014, came after one conﬁ- pressed fresh murder charges naturalised citizen of the U.S. dential source accepted against Prime Minister Nawaz was slapped with a seven- $1,050 in cash from him and Sharif, police conﬁrmed on count indictment on Tues- delivered to him two hand- Wednesday, as demonstra- day, for attempting to provide guns equipped with silencers tions that rocked the capitalmaterial support to the jiha- and ammunition that he had dist militant group Islamic last month appear to lose requested. steam. State (IS), and for the at- tempted murder of members The case relates to the Possession of weapons deaths of three people of the U.S. military. As soon as he took posses- in clashes with police that took The indictment of Muﬁd sion of the weapons, which place on the night of AugustElfgeeh (30) of Rochester, the FBI had made inoperable 30 after the protesters at- New York, by a federal grand Muﬁd Elfgeeh before the handover, the tempted to storm the Primejury was announced by U.S. Rochester Joint Terrorism Minister’s official residenceAttorney General Eric Holder tended to “shoot and kill Task Force moved in to ap- and used cranes to remove and included charges relating members of the U.S. military prehend him. barricades. to the possession of ﬁrearms who had returned from Iraq.” “We will remain aggressive A senior police official told equipped with silencers “in The charging of Elfgeeh, in identifying and disrupting AFP: “Yes, a case for murder, furtherance of a crime whose case revives concerns those who seek to provide of attempted murder, attack and violence.” here that a growing number support to [IS] and other ter- abetment for attack has been FBI sting operation of U.S. citizens ﬁgure among rorist groups that are bent on registered against Prime Min- the foreign ﬁghters ﬂockinginﬂicting harm upon Amer- ister Nawaz Sharif,” adding Elfgeeh’s plot to support IS to the ranks of IS, came after icans,” said Attorney General the Interior Minister and sev- appeared to have been unrav- he ﬁrst discussed the idea of Holder. He added, “As this eral senior police were also elled by a sting operation led shooting U.S. military mem- case shows… we are focused named. by the U.S. Federal Bureau of bers in December 2013 andon breaking up these activ- The charge sheet, ﬁled late Investigation (FBI). told a “conﬁdential source,” ities on the front end, before Tuesday, was ordered by a According to court docu-that he was thinking about supporters of [IS] can make lower court last week follow- ments, Elfgeeh planned to ex- getting a gun and ammuni- good on plans to travel to the ing a petition by supporters of tend ﬁnancial and logisticaltion, putting on a bulletproof region or recruit sympathis- Tahir-ul-Qadri, a populist assistance to IS, and also in- vest, and “just go[ing] around ers to this cause.” cleric who has led the protests along with opposition leader Ebola a national security priority: Obama Imran Khan. Mr. Sharif and other high-ranking ﬁgures were also named in a murder case related to the deaths of 14 Narayan Lakshman vention in Atlanta, the Presi- focus on creating a new train- Qadri supporters in the east- dent said that at the request of ing site to train thousands of ern city of Lahore in June. WASHINGTON: U.S. President the Liberian government, his health workers. Speaking from the northern Barack Obama announced aadministration would estab- Underscoring that the Ebola city of Attock on Wednesday, “major increase” in his coun- lish a military command cen- outbreak had become a “na- Mr. Sharif said he would nottry’s contribution to the ﬁght tre in that country and create tional security priority”, Mr. be moved. “The nation of 180 Ebola, a deadly virus that has an “air bridge” to get health Obama added that the U.S. on million people have elected wreaked havoc in west Africa, workers and medical supplies Wednesday would be chairing me as a Prime Minister and killing 2,400 people. into the region faster. an emergency meeting of the how can I resign on the de- He was said to be planning Additionally, the U.S. would United Nations Security mands of 5000 people?”, hefor the deployment of 3,000establish a staging area in Se- Council and, next week, would said, adding, “today, the whole military personnel for medical negal to send personnel andjoin Secretary General Ban Ki- nation stands together except and logistical support. distribute aid on the groundmoon to “continue mobilising a few thousand people.” Speaking at the U.S. Centres more quickly, Mr. Obama add- the international community — AFP for Disease Control and Pre-ed, and there would also be aaround this effort.” CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 15 27090.0 27490 60.62 99.49 26964.6 27460 60.72 98.93 26839.2 27430 60.83 98.36 26713.8 27400 60.93 97.79 BUSINESS 26588.4 27370 61.04 97.22 26463.0 27340 61.15 96.65 BRIEFLY SEBI chief hints at guidelines IndiGo signs $2.6 billion Panel submits ﬁnancing deal with ICBC report on new gas pricing formula to check wilful defaulters Lalatendu Mishra NEW DELHI: A four-member MUMBAI: Low-cost airline In- Committee of Secretaries To come out with a discussion paper on FPOs diGo has signed a $2.6-billion has submitted its report on aircraft ﬁnancing deal with a new gas pricing Industrial and Commercial mechanism, prescribing a Yuthika Bhargava orandum for listed compa- he said. FPO and offer for sale Bank of China (ICBC), the rate much lower than the nies, and it was going to be (OFS) are seen as preferredlargest commercial bank of doubling of price approved NEW DELHI: The Securities and mandatory. This would en-routes for selling stakes in China, the day Chinese Presi- by previous UPA Exchange Board of India (SE- sure greater transparency public sector companies. Indent Xi Jinping arrived in In- government. “The report BI), on Wednesday, said it and easier regulatory over-the current ﬁscal, the govern- dia to strengthen bilateral was submitted yesterday was working on guidelines to sight, he added. ment aims to garner more relations between the two than Rs.43,425 crore through countries. [Tuesday],” a top official deal with wilful defaulters. The market regulator said. The official said the “We are working on the would also come out with adisinvestment. Through this deal, ICBC’s report would be reviewed guidelines for wilful defaul- discussion paper on reducing Mr. Sinha, however, said arm ICBC Financial Leasing in the Oil Ministry before a ters. It will take some time,” the timeline for follow-on that there was no proposal to Company Ltd. will provide note was moved to the SEBI Chairman U. K. Sinha public offers (FPO), Mr. Sin- change SEBI norms for FPOs IndiGo ﬁnancial solutions for Cabinet. — PTI said at a conference organised ha said. The proposal for a with respect to retail inves-the introduction of A320 and by the Confederation of Indi- discussion paper comes at a tors’ quota. the other family of aircraft to an Industry (CII). time when many public sec- “If you are asking whether the ﬂeet in the form of sale RPower-Jaypee deal This gains importance in tor companies are gearing up SEBI rules are going to be and lease back or ﬁnancial may get delayed the light of United Bank of for stake sale as part of gov-changed for FPOs, there is lease or commercial lending. aircraft number of India, earlier this month, de- ernment’s disinvestment nothing on the plate as of“The NEW DELHI: The proposed claring Kingﬁsher Airlines,U. K. Sinha programme. now,” he added. will be over, 30 and the value sale of Jaypee group’s its promoter Vijay Mallya, “We have received repre- To a query on the imple- of the deal will reach $2.6 hydel assets to Reliance and three other directors as liament to deal with instances sentations that FPO timeline mentation of IFRS norms, billion,” IndiGo said in Aditya Ghosh (right), President of IndiGo, shakes a Power in an estimated wilful defaulters citing al- of wilful defaults in payment should be reduced. We are Mr. Sinha said the govern- release. hands with Mark Jiang, Managing Director, Head Rs.12,000-crore deal may leged diversion of funds. The of bank loans. still examining (the issue), ment and regulators were “We see this as an affirma- of Aviation, ICBC of China, during India-China get delayed due to government is also, in the The SEBI chief said workand we will come out with aworking to ensure that theytion of IndiGo’s consistent regulatory uncertainties meanwhile, planning to come had been started with regard discussion paper for public at were implemented within the operational and ﬁnancial per- business meeting and signing ceremony in New over tariff issues related to out with a separate bill in Par- to annual information mem- large. It will take some time,” proposed time-frame. formance,” the release added. Delhi on Wednesday. — PHOTO: PTI 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo hydro project, one of the three projects being sold. Sources said Cairn makes three new Easy norms for equity shares under FDI that Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (JPVL) has withdrawn its application discoveries in Barmer MUMBAI: Easing foreign direct shares or convertible deben- in accordance with the extant Earlier, an Indian company Credit) and import payables before the CERC investment (FDI) norms, the tures under the automatic FDI guidelines on sectoral under the automatic route of capital goods by units in pertaining to interim tariff Mahim Pratap Singh Cairn Inda Rs.324.65 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) route and has permitted issue caps, pricing guidelines and could issue shares/convert- Special Economic Zones. for electricity generated 400 has allowed companies to is- of equity shares against anythe issue of equity shares un- ible debentures to a person The guidelines allow is- from Karcham Wangtoo NEW DELHI: The Barmer basin sue equity shares to a resi- fund payable by the investee der this provision shall be resident outside India against suance of shares subject to of hydro project and this in Rajasthan continued its 380 dent outside India against company, remittance subject to tax laws as applica- lump-sum technical know-certain conditions like entry could delay the deal. — PTI proliﬁc run with Cairn India 360 any type of fund subject to which does not require prior ble to the funds payable and how fee, royalty External route, sectoral cap, pricing striking gold with three new 340 certain conditions. permission of the govern- the conversion to equity Borrowings and compliance guidelines Commercial with the applicable tax laws. oil discoveries in the region. 320 The RBI reviewed the ex- ment or RBI. The RBI said the should be net of applicable (other than import dues Yamaha launches With these three new dis- 300 tant guidelines for issue of “equity shares shall be issued taxes.” deemed as ECB or Trade — PTI Fazer FI coveries, Cairn took the total Mar 21, 14 Sep 17, 14 number of discoveries made NEW DELHI: Yamaha Motor by it in the RJ-ON-90/1 block its stock gain by about 3 perSistema shares plunge post Chairman’s house arrest The company, which saw India Sales on Wednesday of the Barmer basin to 36. launched 149-cc “This is a signiﬁcant dis- cent with the news of the motorcycle Fazer FI, covery, in view of its proximi- discovery, also announced an MOSCOW: Shares in sprawling state and drew comparisons the wider mood for Russianshareholder structure of priced at Rs.83,850 (ex- ty to the Mangala oil ﬁeld and interim cash dividend Russian holding company shares somewhat. The rou-Bashneft escalates, a risk that to the fate of former oil ty- of showroom Delhi). The new fast-track appraisal Rs.5 isper share of Rs.10 faceSistema plummeted over 30 coon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, ble-denominated MICEX in- now spreads to Sistema’s oth- model comes with a newly planned to facilitate rapid value. per cent on Wednesday after who was jailed for a decade. dex was about 2 per cent er assets,’’ the bank wrote. designed air-cooled 149cc, commercialization of this The Barmer or Rajasthan its billionaire Chairman was It comes at a time when lower than Tuesday’s close, Among Sistema’s main as- single-cylinder fuel- discovery,” the company said basin, part of the Thar desert, placed under house arrest, investor conﬁdence in Russia with big companies Gazprom sets, Bashneft shares slid 22 injected engine which in a statement. forms the eastern ﬂank of the wiping more than $2 billion has been damaged by West- and Rosneft off about 1 per-per cent, while MTS was provides enhanced fuel The block is operated by Indus geo-syncline and com- in value of the company. ern ﬁnancial sanctions im- cent and Sberbank ﬂat. down 7 per cent. The Moscow efficiency and acceleration. Cairn India, a subsidiary ofprises the sedimentary tract Russian investigators ac- posed over the conﬂict in “Such a dramatic turn of Exchange responded to the As part of consolidating its Anil Agarwal’s London-based to the west and northwest of cused Sistema’s Vladimir events comes as a surprise re- panic selling of Sistema assets Ukraine. Sistema, which also product portfolio, the Vedanta Resources, with Yevtushenkov of money laun- controls Russia’s biggest mo- gardless of the market know- by temporarily restricting Aravalis up to the Indo-Pakis- company had recently state-run ONGC holding a 30 tan border. dering late on Tuesday bile phone operator MTS , ing there was an trading in shares of the hold- open in launched new variants per cent stake in it. The Cambrian age basin connection with his compa- says it considers the accusa- investigation into the privati- ing company and Bashneft. under the FZ series — FZ With the three new discov- extends over an area ny’s acquisition of up-and- tions against its Chairman sation of Bashkir Oil and En- “Clearly all this comes at a of Version 2.0 and FZ-S eries, Cairn India would hope 1,26,000 sq. km and coming oil producer Bash- baseless. Vladimir Yevtushenkov ergy Group,’’ Sberbank CIBparticularly inopportune the Version 2.0. — PTI to meet its production target Barmer part of it is believed neft. The charges against Mr. Sistema’s Moscow-listed investment bank wrote in atime for Russian markets, giv- of 300,000 barrels per day by to contain about 3.6 billionYevtushenkov, one of Rus- shares were down 32 per cent, lion). In London Sistema’s note, referring to the oil com- en concern over develop- the end of 2016-17 from thebarrels of oil, of which 1 bil-sia’s richest men, raised fears slashing the company's mar- global depositary receipts fell pany that later became ments in Ukraine,’’ said an Blackrock sells existing 185,000 barrels per lion barrels are potentially of a return to the bad old days ket capitalisation by some 34 percent. Bashneft. analyst for Standard Bank in Yes Bank shares day. recoverable. of asset grabs by the Russian 100 billion roubles ($2.6 bil- The incident dampened “The risk of a change in the London. — Reuters for Rs.231 crore MUMBAI: Blackrock Real India continues to remain the premier Asset Equity Trust on Wednesday offloaded more than 39 lakh shares of private sector lender Yes sourcing destination: Nasscom Bank for an estimated Rs.231.27 crore through an Ranjani Govind Over the last year, with global exponential growth of the open market transaction At $23.20 billion of corporations requiring differ- segment. The highlight of the on the BSE. 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CHENNAI THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 17 A new contender for silicon emerges First water-based nuclear battery A quantum material called a correlated oxide For the ﬁrst time using a water-based solution, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY has been engineered to perform comparably researchers have created a long-lasting and with the best silicon switches. more efficient nuclear battery. SNAPSHOTS Himalayan glaciers Protein secret of Ebola US, Indian probes prepare virus unravelled losing ice by thinning to go into Mars orbit SHUBASHREE DESIKAN challenging aspect of the On September 22, the Mars Orbiter is scheduled to ﬁre its main engine study,” says Prof. Shankar. Of the several variables connect- T he response of the Hima- ed with ice loss, a careful layan glaciers to climate study by the researchers in- N. GOPAL RAJ year, must function as ex- change is very puzzling in dicated that debris cover pected to put the probe into many ways. Despite being played a signiﬁcant role. For its intended orbit (see “Trus- subjected to similar climate instance, of the 128 glaciers ty engine on Mars Orbiter to changes, some of these gla-with sparse debris cover, only replication has been obtained. The O 22), two spacecraft du, Sept. 11). their fronts (or mouths) ap- vancing and 82 per cent are (Sept. be tested yet again,” The Hin- ciers appear to be stagnant as 18 per cent are stationary/ad- Monday n REUTERS The crystal structure of a key are pear to be stationary. Howev- known to be retreating. In the nearing Besides, with about a 12- that protein involved in Ebola virus Mars, one Ameri- minute time lag in communi- er, appearances be of the glaciers with ex- can case structure could provide a basis for can and the other from India, cations between ground sta- deceptive and these glaciers tensive debris cover, as much will ﬁre their engines and un- tions on Earth and the probe, are in one stage of develop-as 48 per cent are stationary/ the design of drugs to halt dertake crucial manoeuvres. the spacecraft has to be pro- ment where they are losingadvancing while only 52 per The glaciers are in one infection in humans. Shortly after 7 am on that grammed in advance to au- ice by thinning, as revealed by cent are retreating. stage of development. day by Indian time, America’s tonomously execute various a study published in the Jour- This is all the more puz- — PHOTO: AP Mars Atmosphere and Vola- operations to put it into orbit nal of Glaciology. zling as the two types of gla- Virus-host interactions tile Evolution Mission (MA- around Mars. There are The paper is authored byciers are not geographicallyextensive debris cover as re- in the ocean studied VEN) will ignite its six main bound to be concerns over Argha Banerjee, now at IIS- separated and do experience treating despite the front ap- a As stationary. proper com- the engines, which will then burn whether ER, Kolkata, and R. Shankar similar climates. pearing for 33 minutes to slow the mands have been uploaded to of the Institute of Mathemat- “They [the extensively de- result, the fraction of shrink- spacecraft and put it in an el- the orbiter. ical Sciences, Chennai. bris-covered glaciers] re- ing debris-covered glaciers liptical orbit around Mars. In At about 2.30 pm on Mon- Three aspects of the puzzle spond differently from the shot up to 73 per cent. subsequent manoeuvres, its day, the Mars Orbiter is are interesting: First, despite bare glaciers. They tend to Thus the percentage of gla- orbit will be trimmed so that scheduled to ﬁre its main en- experiencing similar climatic thin and then retreat. So their ciers that are retreating was the probe ﬂies 150 km above gine for nearly four seconds. changes, such as warming, retreat rate alone may not in- nearly the same immaterial of the planet at its closest point This will test how well the MANOEUVRE: At about 7:17 am on Sept. 24, the many glaciers appear not todicate the ice-volume loss,”whether they were extensive- and about 6,300 km at its propulsion system is func- orbiter's engine will commence the burn to take the be retreating — in other ly debris covered or sparsely he adds. farthest. tioning and also provide a ﬁ- spacecraft into orbit about Mars. words, they appear to be stag- The group’s numerical in- covered. These are familiar oper- nal trajectory correction. nant. vestigations reveal that the The group has also ob- — PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR ations for the U.S. space agen- Two days later, at about Second, there is a marked extensively debris-coveredtained the warming rate in has cy, NASA, which 7:17 am on Sept. 24, the orbi- indicate that its velocity has ISRO and NASA to work with difference between the aver- glaciers contain two signiﬁ-the Himalayas from the bare AFP successfully sent more than a ter's engine will commencebeen reduced by about 1.1 km one another and share >[email protected] CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI 18 SPORT THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 Indonesia set to Chinese reign host 2018 Asiad Usha’s haul has been the most outstanding MUMBAI: An Jaeyhun of South Korea won the cadet boys’ sin- INCHEON: Indonesia is poised to gles title, as Chinese youngsters dominated other singles events be selected as the host of the on the concluding day of the next Asian Games in 2018 after A. Vinod India has won 545 20th Reliance Asian junior & Vietnam withdrew because of cadet table tennis 2014. ﬁnancial concerns, the presi- ndia, as one of the ﬁve na- medals, including The results (singles): Jr. boys ﬁ- dent of the Olympic Council of I tions behind the formation 128 gold, since the nal: Yu Ziyang (Chn) bt Liang Jingkun Asia (OCA), Sheikh Ahmad Al- of the erstwhile Asian Games Games began in (Chn) 4-1 (11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, Fahad Al-Sabah, said Federation in 1949 — the fore- 1951 11-7). on Wednesday. runner of the present Olympic Semiﬁnals: Yu Ziyang bt Zhou Qi- The decision will be formally Council of Asia — and the host Track and ﬁeld hao (Chn) 11-4, 12-14, 13-15, 11-7, ratiﬁed at an OCA General As- of the ﬁrst edition of the Games athletes have 11-8, 11-8; Liang Jingkun bt Kim Min- sembly in South Korea on Sat- at New Delhi in 1951, can right- contributed 70 gold hyeok (Kor) 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, urday but Al-Sabah said that ly take pride that the continen- medals 11-7, 11-5. there was an agreement tal in affair has gone from Jr. girls ﬁnal: Chen Xingtong (Chn) place to give the multi-sports strength to strength to emerge bt Wang Manyu 4-3 (12-10, 8-11, 5- event to Jakarta.— Reuters as the second biggest multi-dis- The men’s hockey 11, 11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 13-11). cipline event in the world be- team has triumphed Semiﬁnals: Wang Manyu bt Liu Torch arrives hind the Olympic Games only twice Gaoyang (Chn) 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 10- through the last 63 years. 12, 2-11, 12-10, 14-12; Chen Xingtong But in truth, the same cannot in Incheon be said about the performances out performance of all time by bt Doo Hoi Kem (HKg) 7-11, 11-5, an Indian at the quadrennial 11-5, 11-8, 11-8. extravaganza remains the indi- Cadet boys ﬁnal : An Jaeyhun INCHEON: The torch that will be vidual haul of four gold medals (Kor) bt Hwang Minha (Kor) 4-0 (11-7, used to light the main cauldron and a silver by P.T. Usha at the 11-4, 11-9, 11-6). at the opening ceremony of the 1986 Games in Seoul. Semiﬁnals: Hwang Minha bt Lin 2014 Asian Games arrived here Yun-Ju (Tpe) 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 7-11, on Wednesday. ‘Oosha’ wave 10-12, 12-10, 11-4; An Jaehyun bt After a 36-day torch relay Only two women — Kamaljit Yuto Kizukuri (Jpn) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8, throughout South Korea, the Sandhu in 1970 and M.D. Val- 11-8. ﬂame will travel around Inche- samma in 1982 had won gold Cadet girls ﬁnal : Sun Yingsha on’s downtown and arrive at medals for India prior to the (Chn) bt Mu Jingyu (Chn) 4-0 (11-9, the main stadium for Friday’s Seoul Games and what a show- 11-7, 11-9, 11-7). Semiﬁnals: Mu Jin- opening ceremony. — IANS SUPERB AT SEOUL: India's greatest female athlete P.T. Usha made the 1986 Asian Games all her own by ing it proved to be as the Kerala gyu bt Hirano Miu (Jpn) 13-11, 11-7, winning four gold and a silver medal in the South Korean capital. athlete not only demolished 11-1, 11-7; Sun Yingsha bt Qian Tianyi — THE HINDU PHOTO ARCHIVES Hema Chetri her opposition with such grace (Chn) 11-3, 12-10, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5 . and skill but also forced the — Special Correspondent ﬁnishes 15th STARTS TOMORROW track and ﬁeld what with the disciplines pale into insigniﬁ- bronze, from 12 other disci- Nag and the two diving gold otherwise partisan crowd to the Indian athletes having won a total ofcance as medals won by K.P. Thakkar, hockey plines. adopt her as their own ‘Oosha’. 219 medals including 70 golds. team has been able to reach the Yet, amongst all this medioc- both in 1951, the 200m-400m The greatest Indian athlete Sekhar-Kalyan NEW DELHI: Hema Chetri shot of the country’s athletes as the The next best turns out to be top of the podium only twice — rity it is to be admitted that double of legendary Milkha ever was ﬂawless in the 200m, 587 in the women’s 300-metre Indian total tally of 545 medals the grapplers with 51 medals, in 1966 and 1988 — whereas the there has been some stellar in- Singh in 1958, the long-dis- pair wins 400m and the 400m hurdles comprising 128 gold, 168 silver eight of which have been gold, country riﬂe prone event in the 51st has beneﬁtted more dividual performances as well. tance double by Hari Chand in prior to anchoring India to its World shooting championship and 249 bronze in no way Like the sprint double won 1978 and the giant leap ﬁrst ever win in the 4x400m CHENNAI: The pair of S. C. Sek- of while boxing and tennis have from cue sports and shooting, in Granada, Spain, on Wednes- stands any comparison to the contributed a total of 48 and 24 at least in terms of the yellow by Levy Pinto in 1951, the back- 8.07m recorded by T.C. Yohan- relay after settling for the sec- har and R. Kalyan won the CBA day. She placed 15th among 28 truck loads of medals won bymedals, with seven gold medals metal over the years. to-back gold medals won by nan in 1974. ond spot in the 100m behind TNSC pairs bridge event scor- shooters. Japan (2,650), China (2,553) or apiece; the same as kabaddi, an The rest of the gold count for discus thrower Praveen Kumar As also the unique showing arch rival Lydia de Vega of the ing 66.6 per cent held here re- The results: South Korea (1,829) so far at event which has consistently India has come from a variety and triple jumper Mohinder of tennis maestros Leander Philippines. cently. T.M. Suri and S. Men: 300m standard riﬂe: 1. Cyril the Games. brought home nothing less of disciplines including foot-Singh Gill, shot putters Pardu- Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in That India did win only one Rajaraman ﬁnished runner-up Graff (Fra) 589 WR; 2. Ole Kristian A quick run down of the re- than the gold medal right from ball, chess, equestrian, golf, man Singh, Joginder Singh and 2002 and 2006 and the golden other gold medal in Seoul still with 62 per cent. Bryhn (Nor) 587; 3. Marcel Buerge sults of the past 16 editions also its inception at the 1990 Games rowing, swimming, water polo Bahadur Singh and Sriram treble of ace shooter Jaspal Ra- remains an apt reminder on The duo of G. Girish and L. (Sui) 585; 22. Rahul Poonia 573; 27. reveal that the bulk of the Indi- in Beijing. and diving, while the countrySingh in the 800m, the 100m na again at Doha 2006. how Usha helped her country Subramanian ﬁnished third Nale Amol Bhagwan 570. an tally has come from theIn comparison the rest of the has won medals, either silver or freestyle title won by Sachin But undoubtedly the stand- save the blushes at that time. scoring 61.4 per cent. Team: 1. Norway 1734; 2. Swit- zerland 1734; 3. France 1731; 7. India 1676. Charlotte Jakobsen (Den) 593; 2. Eva Thousands ﬂood in ahead of gala opening Will the Winston well prepared 300m Women: prone: 1. riﬂe Roesken (Ger) 592; 3. Anzala Vorono- name be MYSORE: Winston, who has been well 5 D. GOPALARAJ URS MEMO- va (Est) 591; 15. Hema Chetri 587. INCHEON: Thousands of athletes The Games will be declared prepared, is expected to score in the RIAL CUP (Div. I), (1,200m), rated F.K. Irani Memorial Trophy (1,400m), Team: 1. Sweden 1769; 2. Germa- and officials gathered in Inche- open at a gala ceremony in In- Chennaiyin FC? the main event of the races to be held 20 to 45, 4-00: 1. Son Of Stars (5) P.S. ny 1766; 3. France 1753. on on Wednesday as the clock cheon’s 62,000-seat, purpose- here on Thursday (Sept. 18). False Chouhan 60, 2. Thejaguar (10) S. John 60, 3. Country’s Nobility (3) ticked down to Asia’s biggestbuilt main stadium on Friday, Special Correspondent rails (width about 6m from 1,600m to Shobhan 59.5, 4. Fruit Prince (9) the winning post) will be in position. Crowe reveals sports spectacle and organisers headlined by K-Pop stars and CHENNAI: The promoters of the 1 JAGANMOHANA PALACE Prabhakaran 59.5, 5. Black Dragon (2) Md. Sameer 59, 6. Silver Oak (6) fretted over low ticket sales. “Gangnam Style” singer Psy. Melvyn Maseyk 58, 7. Super Silver Long queues formed at South cancer relapse Korea’s Incheon airport two ‘Frugal’ Games Chennai franchise of the Indi- PLATE (1,400m), rated 00 to 25, 2- (1) Noornabi 56.5, 8. My Favourite 00 pm: 1. Tbilisi (7) A. Vishwanath an Super League are believed to Voice (4) Afsar Khan 56, 9. Zagato 62.5, 2. Catwalk Queen (4) Irvan days ahead of the start of the Incheon organisers are call- have zeroed in on Chennaiyin Singh 61.5, 3. Lovemetrue (5) Mub- (12) Kiran Rai 56, 10. Lucky Thirteen (8) Chetan Kalay 55.5, 11. Beautiful WELLINGTON: Former New Zeal- Asian Games, an Olympic-size ing it a “frugal” Games which at FC as the official name of the arak 61, 4. Happiness (2) Afsar Khan Effect (7) Nassar Alam 55 and 12. Go and cricket great Martin Crowe event with 36 sports, 45 coun- about $2 billion, is costing a team, with a formal announce- 60, 5. Keep Secret (10) B. Naveen 59, Man Go (11) M. Prasad 55. 6. New Sunrise (3) S. John 59, 7. For tries and about 10,000 athletes. revealed on Wednesday his fraction of Guangzhou 2010 ment expected to be made 1. Son Of Stars, 2. Zagato, 3. Your Eyes Only (9) Kiran Rai 56.5, 8. and pales in comparison with cancer had returned, 15 months China, with roughly one- soon. Tandav (6) S. Hussain 55.5, 9. Stone Thejaguar after announcing it was under tenth of the competitors, will the Beijing and Sochi Olympics. Earlier, media reports had Warrior (1) Ajeet Kumar 55 and 10. 6 F.K IRANI MEMORIAL TRO- control. dominate proceedings, four Urging Incheon’s residents christened the team Chennai Bigstorm (8) A. Ramu 53.5. PHY (1,400m), rated 80 & above, 4- 1. New Sunrise, 2. Happiness, 3. 30: 1. Inquisition (3) Irvan Singh 60, “After a brilliant year of self years after walking off with a to come out and support the Titans. However, sources re- Catwalk Queen 2. Winston (7) P.S. Chouhan 60, 3. discovery and recovery I have record 199 golds and 416 med- full range of events rather than vealed that the name, though 2 Talisker (1) A. Ramu 59.5, 4. Frene- PLATE SECUNDERABAD more work to do,” he tweeted. als overall at Guangzhou 2010. just those in which South Ko- up for consideration, was not (1,600m), rated 20 to 45, 5-y-o & mee (6) Kiran Rai 58, 5. Castle King “My friend & tough taskmaster But organisers are rea is strong. the ﬁnal choice. over, 2-30: 1. Strive And Serve (5) S. (8) Shiva Kumar 57.5, 6. Emerging also Star (2) B. Naveen 56.5, 7. Lad Star Lymphoma is back to teach Tillman roped in Hussain 62, 2. Nuala (2) J. Paswan (9) Arshad Alam 56.5, 8. Wind Won- braced for swathes of empty On Monday, however, an of- me.” seats with just 18 per cent of ﬁcial said only ﬁve per cent of Meanwhile, the franchisee 60.5, 3. Super Surprise (6) A. Vish- der (5) Srinath 56.5, 9. Visionist (10) The 51-year-old was ﬁrst di- tickets sold across the spraw- athletics tickets had been sold CUTE HOSTS: The official mascots (from left) wanath 60.5, 4. Zermatt (3) Gna- Christopher 56 and 10. Royal Shaan neshwar 60.5, 5. Noughtsandcrosses agnosed with lymphoma ling, 49-venue site as of earlyand six per cent for football. — Chumuro, Vichuon and Barame cheerfully welcome has also roped in Swedish cen- (10) Janardhan Paswan 57.5, 6. Arun (4) Ashhad Asbar 55.5. Inquisition, 3. in 2. Winston, 1. 2012, but after months of che- this week. AFP fans to Incheon. — PHOTO: AP tral midﬁelder Pierre Tillman (1) Kiran Rai 55.5, 7. Thunder (8) Wind Wonder motherapy he said doctors had from Swedish Premier League Chetan Kalay 55.5, 8. Beautiful Life told him the cancer had shrunk side Verberg Bois. Kshatriya (7) M. Prasad 54, 9. My Law (4) Ar- 7 D. GOPALARAJ URS MEMO- shad Alam 51.5 and 10. AJ One (9) RIAL CUP (Div. II), (1,200m), rated Sports, Team Chennai's tech- to safe levels, although there CRICKET nical partner, played a key part P.S. Chouhan 50. 20 to 45, 5-00: 1. Charlettetown (7) was always the possibility of a 1. AJ One, 2. Arun, 3. My Law A. Vishwanath 60, 2. Everest (1) Ar- relapse. Crowe said he would in ﬁnalising the deal. 3 MYSORE JEWELLERY MART shad Alam 60, 3. Haute Ecole (10) Janardhan Paswan 60, 4. Republican now have to undergo further Rahul’s seven-for goes in vain The 27-year-old joins coun- TROPHY (1,100m), maiden 3-y-o Star (11) Christopher 60, 5. Sponta- treatment. —AFP tryman Bojan Djordjic in the only, (Terms), 3-00: 1. Albatross (3) neous (5) Kiran Rai 60, 6. Vito (8) Chennai team after spending Christopher 56, 2. Counter Point (4) Srinath 60, 7. Power Of Time (6) A. Advani leads CHENNAI: R. Rahul’s seven for 38 n.o., P. Prashanth four for 30). M. Dinakaran four for 73). six-and-a-half seasons with the P.S. Chouhan 56, 3. Lady Charmer Ramu 59.5, 8. Fellowship (9) Melvyn (4) (7) A. Vishwanath 56, 4. Rising Little Golden 9. Cruise Maseyk 59, Swedish team, which was pro- went in vain as Perungalathur Star (11) S. John 56, 5. Country’s Shobhan 58.5, 10. Take Off (3) Vijay V div. ‘C’ : Milkyway 144 in 37.1 Perungalathur 126 in 48.1 overs (R. moted to the country’s second the way lost to Globe by three wickets overs (S. A. Mansoor 59, S. R. Vinoth Raghunaathen three for 27, M. Than- division in 2012. Beauty (1) S. Hussain 54.5, 6. Em- Kumar 58.5, 11. Amanda (12) B. Na- press Of Ethopia (10) Kiran Rai 54.5, veen 57.5 and 12. Icecream (2) M. in their ﬁfth division ‘D’ zone 7. Fantasy Living (9) Afsar Khan Prasad 57. encounter of the TNCA cricket Senthil 30, S. Yoganatham three for gadurai three for 32) lost to Globe 127 “This is an opportunity that 54.5, 8. Kallistrate (8) Arshad Alam 1. Republican Star, 2. Vito, 3. 21) lost to Unicorn 147 for three in 30.4 for seven in 39.5 overs (M. Thangad- PUNE: Pankaj Advani carved his league held here recently. overs (S. Vishaal 43, V. HariNandan urai 31, R. Rahul seven for 38). my agent worked out and it 54.5, 9. So Famous (6) Melvyn Ma- Icecream second century break on way to The scores: 42 n.o.). feels like a very exciting adven- seyk 54.5, 10. Sweet Toddy (5) Mub- M.B. APPAYA MEMORIAL arak 54.5 and 11. Vroom Vroom (2) 8 a facile 4-0 win over West Ben- II div.: Varsity Occasionals 201 for nine in ture. When I ﬁrst heard about it Ajeet Kumar 54.5. TROPHY (Div. II), (1,400m), rated gal’s Manish Jain in the Indian Royapettah Cricket Club 283 for V div. ‘D’ : Gandhi Nagar Starlets 50 overs (Sai Ashwin Shekar 39, R. I thought it sounded too good 1. Country’s Beauty, 2. Albatross, 40 to 65, 5-y-o & over, 5-30: 1. Bal- Open wild card entry tourna- eight in 50 overs (Vineet Saxena 114, Club 212 in 44.1 overs (S. Muthuku- Srinivasan 37, S. Sidharth 30, V. Gir- to be true but now it has started 3. Rising Little Star lantoy (5) Irvan Singh 60, 2. Buceth- alis (10) Kiran Rai 60, 3. Dance With ment here on Wednesday. G. Babu 101, S. Senthil Nathan four mar 59, M. Kirubanithy 56, A. Satish ish three for 47) lost to Air India 206 for to sink in more and more,” Till- 4 M.B. APPAYA MEMORIAL Me (6) C. Harish 59.5, 4. Starstruck The results: Group A: Neeraj Ku- for 62, R. Srivatsan four for 79) drew ﬁve for 44, M. Monish Raj three for 59) seven in 45.3 overs (Ravi Kumar 56, man told a Swedish newspaper. TROPHY (Div. I), (1,400m), rated 40 (9) Afsar Khan 59.5, 5. Go Green (8) mar bt Rajat Khaneja 4-3 (30-77, 54- with TI Cycles 252 for six in 46.1 overs bt Gandhi 194 in 44.4 overs (M. Su- Chidambareswara Rao Meeniga 37, The Chennai team, which to 65, 5-y-o & over, 3-30: 1. Whistle- Tauseef 59, 6. Trust Me Boy (2) A. 72, 82-23, 34-67, 66-26, 77-11, 59- (S. Vasanth Saravanan 60, R. Prash- jendran 66, J. Narayanan 40, N. Elu- S.R. Balaji 31 n.o., Adarsh Raman- has secured the services of Ital- jacket (7) Md. Akbar 62.5, 2. Lake Ramu 59, 7. Ground Marshal (4) S. John 58.5, 8. Wind Force (7) Chetan Paradise (2) C. Harish 61.5, 3. Living 35), Pankaj Advani bt Manish Jain 4-0 anth 57). malai four for 55). arayanan four for 54). ian World Cup winner Marco Legend (8) Srinath 60.5, 4. Bessie (4) Kalay 58.5, 9. Ensatus Elegans (1) (123 (115)-9), 87-25, 89-49, 67-28). SRSA 187 for nine in 50 overs (P. Kohinoor XI 314 for six in 50 overs Vepery 219 for eight in 50 overs (R. Materazzi as its player-manag- P.S. Chouhan 60, 5. Chronicle (5) Shobhan 58 and 10. Hatchet Harry Group B:Kamal Chawla bt Alok Prashanth 69 n.o., S. Raghunath 51, (M. Dinesh Veda Guru 104 n.o.,R. Maniselvam 94, S. Rajesh four for 68) er, is still on the lookout for a Shiva Kumar 58.5, 6. Alabama (10) (3) A. Vishwanath 58. Kumar 4-3 (15-74, 68-31, 40-60, 20- R. Vineeth three for 19, C. Thivakar Magesh 76, A. Murali 62, V. Prakash drew with Companions 119 for nine in marquee player and seems con- Melvyn Maseyk 57, 7. Hard To Pin 1. Ballantoy, 2. Trust Me Boy, 3. Down (1) Chetan Kalay 56.5, 8. Sim- Starstruck 53, 60-40, 72-16, 83-56) and bt J. three for 33) drew with Nelson 110 for 33) bt Amar 181 in 43.1 overs (G. 27 overs (Ranvijay Singhdeo four for ﬁdent of bagging a big-ticket pleton (6) S. John 56.5, 9. All For Day’s best: AJ One Varun Kumar 4-0 (82 (63)-8, 53-41, R. Rahul. six in 32.5 overs (Manyala Pranith 62 Kamesh 54, Sudhir V.P. Chandran 45, 30). name soon. Cash (9) A. Vishwanath 56 and 10.Double: Country’s Beauty – Son Of 56-42, 74-61), Alok Kumar bt Hasan Indian Royalty (3) Kiran Rai 56. Stars Badami 4-1 (61-37, 36-67, 74-8, 74-0, 1. Simpleton, 2. Living Legend, 3. Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; Tr (i): 3, 4 and 5; Bessie (ii): 6, 7 and 8. 4-3 (4-123 (115), 47-17, 71-13, 58-66, Young Stars denies Jolly Rovers in tense ﬁnish 50-21). Group C: R. Girish bt Rafat Habib l l 27-69, 64 (48)-0, 68-10). su do ku Group D: Anuj Uppal bt Siddharth Special Correspondent Parikh 4-2 (84-7, 63-16, 70-9, 13-67, 47-77, 65-20). CHENNAI: After spiritedly chas- Group E: Manan Chandra bt Faisal ing 309 in a minimum of 73 Khan 4-1 (70-35, 73-52, 65-17, 30-57, overs, Young Stars eventually 59-58), and bt Himanshu Jain 4-1 (93- managed to hang on to a tense 11, 55-60, 70-56, 85-35, 69-36), Faisal draw against holder Jolly Rov- Khan bt Shivam Arora 4-2 (76-31, 53- ers on the ﬁnal day of the TNCA 21, 27-104, 46-78, 66-53, 65-27) . — ﬁrst division Elite Group league Special Correspondent here on Wednesday. Ganesh Satish (88, 139b, 8x4) kept Young Stars in the hunt ENGAGEMENTS before Rovers hit back through its left-arm spinner D.T. Chan- drasekar (four for 72). Finally, Basketball: Anna University Wilkins Victor (33 not out, K. Mukunth Ali Murtuza (Aruna), Rahil Shah (Vijay), Sai Kishore Zone-1 (boys and girls) tournament, 103b) and B. Gowtham (31 not College premises, 9 a.m.; Mayor out, 42b) batted 11.1 overs in an (Globe Trotters), 100 ﬁve for 62 ﬁve for 63 (AG's Office), six for 56 Radhakrishnan Memorial BC State- undefeated ninth-wicket part- level tournament, Corporation Ground, nership to force a draw; Young raised 184 in 66.4 overs for the cricket. Chasing 176 for the lead Elite Group: At IIT-Chemplast: Grand Slam 2. Egmore, 5 p.m. Stars ﬁnished at 243 for eight. second wicket, Trotters lost its in a minimum of 33 overs, Aru- Jolly Rovers 194 & 243 for four decl. in Plate Group: At Southern Rail- Table tennis: Anna University Earlier, J. Syed Mohammed way. na ﬁnished at 174 for eight with 69 overs (K.H. Gopinath 54, Syed Mo- way: Southern Railway Institute 206 in inter-zonal tournament for women, (89 not out, 140b, 8x4, 1x6) and Paceman J. Kaushik and left- Syed Shahabuddin remaining hammed 89 n.o., Ankit Bawne 57 n.o.) 93.1 overs (Anthony Mannays 82, S. College premises, 9 a.m. Ankit Bawne (57 not out, 132b, arm spinner Vikas Mishra unbeaten on 72 (74b, 3x4, 2x6). drew with Young Stars 129 & 243 for Sudhan Sanjeevi Kandeban 54, R. Sai 1x6) put on an unbeaten 147 in claimed four wickets apiece as In the morning left-arm eight in 74 overs (Ganesh Satish 88, Kishore six for 56) drew with AG’s 43 overs to enable Rovers de- Alwarpet dismissed Grand spinner Ali Murtuza grabbedD.T. Chandrasekar four for 72). Office 128 for three in 29 overs (M. clare at 243 for four. Slam for 250 to clinch the lead. ﬁve for 62 — his third ﬁve-wick- Points: Rovers, 5, Young Stars 2. Adityan 61 n.o.). SRI 3, AG’s Office 3 . A mind game and a puzzle Vijay spinners, left-armer N. Jagadeesan (57, 191b, 4x4)et haul of the season — as IOB At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Vijay 524 At SPIC-YMCA: IOB 175 in 87 that you solve with Rahil Shah (ﬁve for 63, season top-scored for Grand Slam. was restricted to 175. Vishal for seven decl. & three for no loss decl. overs (Vishal Vaidya 74, Ali Murtuza reasoning and logic. Fill in tally 28) and offie MalolanIn the Plate League, 17-year- Vaidhya made 74 (188b, 7x4, in one over drew with Globe Trotters ﬁve for 62) drew with Aruna 174 for the grid with digits in such Rangarajan (four for 66, season old AG’s Office left-arm spin- 1x6). 255 in 95 overs (K. Mukunth 100, M.S. eight in 33 overs (Syed Shahabuddin a manner that every row, Washington tally 30), combined effectively ner R. Sai Kishore took six for India Pistons drew with Sundar 95, Malolan 72 n.o.). IOB 3, Aruna 3. every column and every even as Globe Trotters col- 56 against Southern RailwayUFCC (T. Nagar) with the ﬁrst Rangarajan four for 66, Rahil Shah At CPT-IP: India Pistons 310 in 3x3 box accommodates lapsed sensationally from 200 Institute; the ﬁrst innings re-innings remaining incomplete. ﬁve for 63). Vijay 5, Trotters 2. 109.3 overs (G.V. Vignesh 60, Gana- the digits 1 to 9, without for one to 255 all out in 22.3 mained inconclusive in this UFCC pacemen Vignesh M. At Murugappa: Alwarpet 417 drew pathy Chandrasekar 53, S. Avaikkara- repeating any. The overs. contest. Mohan and M. Raja took seven with Grand Slam 250 in 109.3 overs san 42, S. Harish Kumar 48, Vignesh solution to yesterday’s After K. Mukunth (100, None took the lead in the wickets between them. (N. Jagadeesan 57, M. Shahrukh M. Mohan four for 67) drew with UFCC 249b, 12x4) and M.S. Washing- IOB-Aruna duel as well, but the The scores (round three, day Khan 44, J. Kaushik four for 56, Vikas (T. Nagar) 113 for one in 23 overs (S. puzzle is at right. ton Sundar (95, 197b, 8x4, 3x6) day witnessed some pulsating three): Mishra four for 110). Alwarpet 5, Badrinath 49). Pistons 3, UFCC 3. CM CH-CH YK

CHENNAI THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 19 Telecast schedule Dog ﬁght Gutierrez undergoes treatment Champions League T20, STAR Sports1, 3 & HD1, 8 p.m.; It has changed from an almost amicable relationship to a very intense Newcastle United’s Jonas Gutierrez says he is undergoing UEFA Europa League, TEN Sports, TEN Action & TEN HD, moment, where two enemies are competing for the world title — chemotherapy after being diagnosed with testicular cancer SPORT 10.30 p.m. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff on the Hamilton-Rosberg rivalry Russell on the rampage Benn spins WI to victory Anand looks to consolidate SAINT LUCIA: Spinner Sulieman the West Indies victory cele- Benn took ﬁve wickets and Je- brations in its 500th Test and a ful ﬁrst-half of the Bilbao Chess rome Taylor reached the mile- 2-0 sweep of the series. NEW DELHI: After a highly fruit- Masters Viswanathan Final, CRICKET / His knock helps KKR upstage CSK stone of 100 Test wickets as “This is unbelievable,” said Anand must be a very pleased Bangladesh crumbled to a 296- an overjoyed West Indies cap- man. V.V. Subrahmanyam run defeat late on the fourth tain Denesh Ramdin. “It’s a Two victories followed by a day of the second and ﬁnal Test wonderful feeling, but we know draw against World No. 2 Le- HYDERABAD: Andre Russell’s against the West Indies at the that there are greater challeng- von Aronian leaves Anand with on blitzkrieg fashioned Kolkata Beausejour Stadium es ahead.” a great chance to emerge as the Knight Riders’ stunning come- Tuesday. “We showed some resistance champion of the Category 21 back win against Chennai Su- Improbable target for a while but that was not event in the Spanish town of per Kings in the Oppo Set an improbable target of good enough,” said a crestfall- Bilbao. en Mushﬁqur. Champions League T20 at the 489 after the home side de- In the remaining three Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on clared its second innings at 269 “We need to play better for rounds, after Wednesday’s rest Wednesday. for four, 45 minutes into the longer periods if we want to be day, Anand plays with white Chasing a target of 158, day, the tourists crashed from competitive going forward.” — Sulieman Benn. pieces against Francisco Valle- Knight Riders was tottering at 158 for two to be dismissed for AFP — PHOTO: AFP jo before facing Ruslan Pono- 51 for ﬁve in the ninth over, 192 just before a shower swept mariov and Aronian with black with captain Gautam Gambhir, the ground. SCOREBOARD pieces. Manish Pandey and Yusuf Opening batsman Tamim The draw against Aronian on Pathan among those back in the Iqbal (64) and Mominul Haque West Indies — 1st innings: 380. Al-Amin Hossain (not out) 0, Extras Tuesday also saw Anand move pavilion. (56) held up the West Indies Bangladesh — 1st innings: 161. (lb-1, w-1) 2; Total (in 77.4 overs) 192. to the fourth spot in the World In walked Russell and for over three hours with a West Indies — 2nd innings:269 Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-48, 3-158, rankings, going by the live rat- changed the complexion of the partnership of 110, but when for four decl. Bangladesh — 2nd in- 4-160, 5-160, 6-167, 7-173, 8-188, ings of the players. Anand nings: T. Iqbal c Gabriel b Benn 64, S. game. Tamim skied an attempted 9-188. gained 8.4 points from three games to enhance his live rat- sweep off Benn to midwicket it Rahman c Edwards b Taylor 39, A. West Indies bowling: Taylor 13-4- ing to 2793.4 — just two behind was the trigger for the collapse. Haque c Ramdin b Benn 0, M. Haque c 39-3, Roach 15.4-1-43-1, Benn 32-6- Aronian. 72-5, Blackwood 2-0-4-0, Gabriel 11- Gabriel b Benn 56, Mahmudullah lbw b 500th Test Gabriel 0, Mushﬁqur Rahim b Taylor 2-24-1, Johnson 4-0-9-0. Fourth round pairing: Viswanath- It was completed when Ke- 11, Nasir Hossain lbw b Benn 2, Taijul Man-of-the-match: S. an Anand (7)-Francisco Vallejo (Esp, mar Roach breached the de- Islam c and b Benn 4, Shaﬁul Islam b Chanderpaul. 1); Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr, 3)-Levon fence of Shaﬁul Islam to set off Roach 14, Robiul Islam lbw b Taylor 0, Man-of-the-series: K. Brathwaite. Aronian (Arm, 5). FIBA move a A batting feast in the offing boost to Sikh The Jamaican was in terriﬁc Rakesh Rao players: BFI touch and carted the Super Kings bowlers — both pacers MOHALI: Even after ﬁve seasons, NEW DELHI: Welcoming the and spinners — while reviving Champions League T20 is yet move by the International Bas- the innings in the company of to catch the imagination of ketball Federation (FIBA) to Dutchman Ryan ten Does- cricket lovers. Unlike the Indi- allow Sikh players to wear head chate. The two added 80 off 45 an Premier League, this compe- coverings for a two-year test deliveries. tition comprising 12 qualiﬁers period, the Basketball Feder- ation of India (BFI) said on When Russell (58, 25b, 4x4, from different countries re- Wednesday that it was sure the 5x6) was yorked by Ashish mains an annual feature the temporary ruling would soon Nehra, easily the best Super game can do without. become permanent. Kings bowler on view, Knight With defending champion In a meeting held over the Riders needed 27 for victory. Mumbai Indians making a pre- weekend, FIBA announced ten Doeschate (51 not out, 41b, mature exit, the already scant that a two-year test phase had 3x4, 2x6), however, guided the spectator-interest will dimin- been put in place in which ex- side home. Piyush Chawla sent ish further. Ravichandran Ashwin to the DAZZLING DUO: Andre Russell’s (right) aggression and Ryan ten Doeschate’s Now it is left to Kolkata ceptions for headgear would be ropes off the ﬁrst ball he faced, efficiency carried the day for Kolkata Knight Riders in the CLT20 encounter Knight Riders, debutant Kings allowed. After evaluation of the as the Kolkata side won with an against Chennai Super Kings. — PHOTO: K. RAMESH BABU XI Punjab and former cham- KEY PLAYERS: Kings XI Punjab will bank on its rule in 2015, it would be decid- over to spare. pion Chennai Super Kings toformidable batting line-up, led by the likes of David ed whether it would become a rule post permanent change Earlier, Nehra rocked the keep alive the interest of the Miller (left) and George Bailey (right), to get the the 2016 Olympics. — PTI Knight Riders top-order, send- While the pacers struggled, sured that Super Kings, asked The West Indian, in partic- die-hard home fans. better of Hobart Hurricanes. ing back Gambhir (6) and Pan- the spin bowlers — Sunil Na-to bat ﬁrst, did not make an ular, had remarkable ﬁgures of The IPL ﬁnalist Kings XI — PHOTO: AKHILESH KUMAR dey off successive deliveries rine, Chawla and Yusuf — en- imposing score. 4-0-9-1. opens its campaign against Pujara shines but Yusuf prevented a hat- Australia’s Big Bash League trick. The left-armer’s ﬁrst SCOREBOARD runner-up Hobart Hurricanes XI’s with limited bowling re-Paine will look to a few players LONDON: Cheteshwar Pujara spell read 3-0-7-3. on Thursday at the PCA Stadi- sources. Whether Johnson with IPL experience — Ben Hil- made his ﬁrst signiﬁcant con- Chennai Super Kings:Dwayne Pat Cummins 4-0-49-0, Umesh Yadav Extras (lb-1, w-9): 10; Total (for seven um here. joins the Kings’ campaign later fenhaus, Doug Bollinger and tribution in the ‘English Sum- Dhoni, Bravo come good Smith c Bisla b Chawla 20 (13b, 4x4), 4-0-43-0, Piyush Chawla 4-0-26-2,wkts. in 19 overs): 159. Kings XI hopes to again ride depends on his recovery. Shoaib Malik. After a few prac- mer’ as his attractive unbeaten For Super Kings, an unbro- Brendon McCullum lbw b Yusuf 22Sunil Narine 4-0-9-1, Yusuf Pathan Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Gambhir), 2-9 on its batting strength. Even “To miss the skills of Mitch- tice games in Colombo, Hurri- 90 helped Derbyshire overpow- ken 71-run stand off 45 balls for (19b, 3x4), Suresh Raina lbw b Narine 3-0-16-1, Andre Russell 1-0-12-0. (Pandey), 3-10 (Yusuf), 4-21 (Bisla), though Shaun Marsh is un- ell and Sandeep is a bit for con- canes is trying to make er Surrey by eight wickets in an the ﬁfth wicket between cap- 28 (24b, 3x4), Faf du Plessis st Bisla b Kolkata Knight Riders: Manvinder 5-51 (Suryakumar), 6-131 (Russell), available due to injury, the cern for us,” admitted coach impression on the big stage in Division Two of County Cham- tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Chawla 14 (16b, 1x4) , Mahendra Bisla c Ashwin b Nehra 2 ( 11b), Gau- 7-155 (Cummins). presence of Virender Sehwag, Sanjay Bangar and added, pionships here on Wednesday. the coming days. and Dwayne Bravo took the tam Gambhir c Bravo b Nehra 6 ( 5b, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller“Thisara (Perera) is a very, very The batting rests on the However, his India team- Singh Dhoni (not out) 35 (20b, 3x4, side to 157 after it was 108 for 2x6), Dwayne Bravo (not out) 28 (28b, 1x4), Manish Pandey c Mohit b Nehra Chennai Super Kings bowling: and skipper George Bailey gives dangerous player. We are glad shoulders of Ben Dunk, Paine, mate Varun Aaron had a quiet four in 15 overs. 2x4, 2x6); Extras (lb-2, w-8): 10; Total 0 ( 1b), Yusuf Pathan c du Plessis b Ashish Nehra 4-0-21-4, Ishwar Pan- Kings’ batting a formidable that we are in a position to util- Jonathan Wells, Malik, Travis start to his county career for It was a typical onslaught Mohit 1 (5b), Ryan ten Doeschate (not dey 4-0-31-1, Mohit Sharma 3-0-31-1, look. ise his potential to the fullest.” Birt and Even Gulbis. Durham as he bowled only sev- (for four wkts. in 20 overs): 157. from the two ﬂamboyant bat- out) 51 ( 41b, 3x4, 2x6 ), Suryakumar Ravindra Jadeja 2-0-25-1, R. Ashwin However, the bowling ap- Bailey knows all about Hur- Over all, the combat between en overs and getting a wicket smen who took a heavy toll on Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Smith), 2-49 Yadav c Ashwin b Jadeja 19 ( 17b, 1x4, 3-0-29-0, Dwayne Bravo 3-0-21-0. pears a big worry. The absence ricanes since he led the side to two debutants in the competi- (none for 24 in six overs and speedsters Pat Cummins and (McCullum), 3-84 (Raina), 4-86 (du 1x6), Andre Russell b Nehra 58 ( 25b, Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders. of pacemen Mitchell Johnson its ﬁrst Big Bash League ﬁnal in tion offers a batting feast unless one for 3 in one over) in his Umesh Yadav, the two conced- Plessis). 4x4, 5x6), Pat Cummins run out 8 ( 8b), Man-of-the-match: Andre Russell (rib injury) and Sandeep Shar- February. a couple of bowlers change the team’s facile win over North- ing 92 in eight overs. Kolkata Knight Riders bowling: Piyush Chawla (not out) 4 ( 1b, 1x4); (Kolkata Knight Riders). ma (side strain) has left Kings Wicketkeeper-captain Tim script. amptonshire. — PTI 15 DEGREES OF INFAMY ICC’s recent clampdown has trained focus on the chucking issue S. Dinakar and ICC initiative. Some, like Indi- 15-degree ﬂexion rule in 2004. Arun Venugopal an batting great Rahul Dravid, Leg-spin legend Shane Warne Prominent players have pointed out that chucking expressed displeasure with the called or reported T he International Cricketwas not a crime. rule-change since he felt it Tony Lock would “create confusion.” Council (ICC) has recently come down hard on those with Technology factor suspect bowling actions; since Has the advancement in Focal point Charlie Griffith December, 2013, as many as six technology actually forced the Experts, however, concluded Ian Meckiff bowlers have been reported. ICC not to soft-pedal the issue that 15 degrees was the point And the suspension of Pakis- any more? These are days when where ‘chucking’ became vis- Muttiah Muralitharan tan’s Saeed Ajmal has stunned television cameras capture a ible to the naked eye. They used Shoaib Akhtar the cricketing world. Has thebowler’s action from various cameras shooting 250 frames Brett Lee ICC — seen as being soft on angles. Suspect actions have per second to underline adduc- ‘chuckers’ in the past — ﬁnally become too obvious to ignore tion and hyper-extension Harbhajan Singh taken a stand? any more. (bending and straightening of There are, however, a few un- Illegal actions have enabled the arm). parameters based on which answered questions. If Ajmal’s pacemen bowl quicker or gain Once reported, a bowler has they send a comprehensive re- ﬂexion was close to or more awkward lift. Spinners have im- to undergo testing on his action port. If it is contravening, then than 40 degrees, as reported in parted greater revolutions on within 21 days at an ICC-ac- they send a directive to the um- some quarters, why was he not the ball, sent down mystery de- credited facility. pires on what a bowler is ‘called’ for ‘chucking’ since this liveries or bowled the faster Sendile Sibeko, a bio-mecha- doing.” far exceeded the 15-degree ﬂex- ones with suspect actions. nist at the newly built centre at ion rule? Former West Indian spinner Sri Ramachandra University in Not enough “The umpires should haveSonny Ramadhin, who inﬂicted Chennai, said: “A bowler’s ac- Former India captain Bishan the authority to call. In Ajmal’s considerable damage in the tion is assessed from every an- Singh Bedi felt the ICC was not of case, he has taken more than50s, confessed, “There was no gle with a combination doing enough. 300 Test and ODI wickets com- way somebody of my build retro-reﬂective sensors on the “The ICC can’t take a stand bined. What is the point in sus- could have produced my faster cricketer’s body and 3-D cam- because if it does, it stands the ball without throwing it.” Since pending him now? He has eras with infra-red functions. danger of treading on quite a already changed the course of he bowled with full sleeves, the The combination breaks down few toes. They were scrutinis- so many matches,” said off- kink in his action was difficult the images of a bowler’s action ing Ajmal after 21 days, why not spinning great Erapalli Prasan- to spot. into different segments and immediately? I have never seen na to The Hindu. Illegal actions have always feeds them to a computer.” The a chucker rectifying his bowl- However, a few others, such been an emotional and a con- procedure is state-of-the-arting action.” as Australian coach Darren tentious issue. Many believe and sophisticated. A very highly-placed ICC of- Lehmann, have welcomed the ‘chucking’ was a response to The process of correcting an ﬁcial sounded positive. action has seen a paradigm“Slowly, it’s gravitating to- shift since 2004. Asked about wards a cleaner system. No- What is chucking? the process once a bowler is re- body wants Under controlled chuckers in the ported by the on-ﬁeld umpires game. They get past the bio- to the match referee, an inter- mechanics. T he laws of the game the deliberate throwers, it national umpire said, “If um-conditions, they bowl within pires report a bowler, he is sent themselves. That’s one of the stipulate that a fair is now known that nearly delivery is one in which the every bowler in the history for remedial action and his ac- topics being discussed in the bowler’s ‘elbow joint is not of the game has tion is analysed. ICC has many ICC.” straightened partially or involuntarily ﬂexed and Recent Catch completely from that point straightened his arm to EXCEEDING THE LIMITS: Saeed Ajmal's ban has stunned the cricketing world. But questions remain. If until the ball has left the some degree. hand.’ While it has considerably Ajmal’s ﬂexion was close to or more than 40 degrees, why was he not called for chucking since his action December 2013: Shane Shillingford suspended from In 2004, the ICC improved understanding exceeded the 15-degree ﬂexion rule? — PHOTOS: REUTERS & AFP bowling, cleared in March 2014; Marlon Samuels banned assigned a 15-degree limit of the issue, it has also from bowling quicker deliveries on ﬂexion. made it difficult for There has been greater umpires to ‘call’ a bowler the game becoming increasing- Muttiah Muralitharan. dimension when Muralitharan er, could not be possibly bowled *** awareness, at least in the with a suspect action. A ly loaded in the batsman’s fa- But then, chucking is not awas ‘called’ seven times legally. July 2014: Sachithra Senanayake banned, undergoes in cricketing circles, of the ‘reported’ bowler vour — ﬂat pitches, better bats, recent phenomenon and could three overs by umpire Darrell In the ensuing years, the is- remedial work. Kane Williamson banned after tests ﬁnd physical phenomenon of undergoes testing and smaller boundaries. have a lot to do with technical Hair during the 1995 Boxing sue acquired political over- his action to be illegal chucking thanks to the needs remedial action and A physical deformity in the shortcomings. For instance, Day Test in Melbourne. Some tones. Muralitharan’s bowling *** pronounced use of clearance before returning bowling arm has also been em- Australia’s Ian Meckiff was former players felt the ‘doosra,’ action led to a rather acrimo- August 2014: Saeed Ajmal reported, banned in technology. Apart from to action again. ployed as a defence as in the “called’ in 1963. an off-spinner’s delivery spin- nious debate before the under- September. Prosper Utseya reported, to undergo testing. case of Sri Lankan spin wizard And it acquired a wholly new ning away from the right-hand- pressure ICC introduced theSohag Gazi reported, to be tested in Cardiff. CM CH-CH YK

20 SPORT THE HINDU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 CHENNAI Triumphant return for Liverpool FOOTBALL / Dortmund torments Arsenal, Atletico stunned PARIS : Steven Gerrard was Liv- erpool’s hero with a stoppage- time penalty as the Reds marked their return to the Champions League with a win on Tuesday, while Arsenal en- dured a torrid evening against Borussia Dortmund. Gerrard struck from the spot right at the death to hand Liver- pool a 2-1 win in its Group ‘B’ opener against an awkward Lu- dogorets Razgrad at Anﬁeld. Meanwhile, goals just either side of half-time by Ciro Immo- bile and Pierre-Emerick Auba- meyang gave 2013 runner-up Dortmund a 2-0 win against Ar- senal in Germany in Group ‘D’, and the host was unlucky not to win by more. The evening’s big winner was the reigning champion Real Madrid, which crushed Swiss title-holder Basel 5-1 in Group ‘B’, while Atletico Madrid suffered a 3-2 defeat against Olympia- kos in Greece in Group ‘A’. Liverpool was making its ﬁrst appearance in the Cham- pions League since 2009 and was widely expected to start with a victory against Bulgarian debutant Ludogorets. Brendan Rodgers’s side la- boured for long spells but when Mario Balotelli put it in front in the 82nd minute to open his Anﬁeld account, it appeared to have the job done. Spanish substitute Dani Aba- THE RESULTS Group A: At Piraeus: Olympiakos 3 (Arthur Masuaku 13, Afellay 31, Mi- troglou 73) bt Atletico Madrid 2 (Mand- zukic 38, Griezmann 86). At Turin: Juventus 2 (Tevez 59, 90) bt Malmo 0. OVER THE MOON: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s second-half strike for Dortmund Group B: At London: Liverpool 2 ended Arsenal’s 11-year run of not losing its opening Champions League game. (Balotelli 82, Gerrard 90+3-pen) bt Lu- — PHOTO: AFP dogorets Razgrad 1 (Abalo 90). At Madrid: Real Madrid 5 (Suchy lo stunned the host when he The host had 15 attempts on Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, James 14-o.g., Bale 30, Cristiano Ronaldo equalised in the ﬁrst minute of goal in the opening half but had Rodriguez and Karim Benzema 31, Rodriguez 36, Benzema 79) bt stoppage time, but there was to to wait until the 45th minute to all on target after Marek Suchy Basel 1 (Gonzalez 38). be another twist as Javi Man- get the breakthrough when Im- put through his own net. Group C: At Lisbon: Benﬁca 0 lost quillo was fouled inside the mobile ran 60 yards before slot- Derlis Gonzalez got a conso- to Zenit St. Petersburg 2 (Hulk 5, Wit- box, allowing Gerrard, so often ting past Wojciech Szczesny. lation for the Swiss side. sel 22). a scorer of crucial late goals in Aubameyang then made it At Monaco: Monaco 1 (Moutinho the past, to convert a 93rd-min- 2-0 in the 48th minute, and the Brace by Tevez 61) bt Bayer Leverkusen 0. ute spot-kick. Gabon striker hit the bar soon Elsewhere in Group ‘A’, Ju- Group D: At Dortmund:Borussia after as Arsenal lost its opening ventus eased to a 2-0 victory Torn apart Dortmund 2 (Immobile 45, Auba- Champions League game for over Malmo in Turin. meyang 48) bt Arsenal 0. Arsenal was torn apart by a the ﬁrst time in 11 years. A brace by Carlos Tevez, who At Istanbul: Galatasaray 1 (B. Yil- typically high-octane Dort- In Liverpool’s group, Real ended a ﬁve-year wait for a Madrid outclassed Basel in the Champions League goal, was maz 90+1) drew with Anderlecht 1 mund performance at the (Praet 52). Westfalenstadion. Spanish capital with Gareth the highlight. — AFP CM CH-CH YK