TOKYO, MARCH 30India and Japan on

Monday reaffirmed theirstrong defence ties, as vis-iting Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar calledon Prime Minister ShinzoAbe and also met his coun-terpart Gen Nakatani.

According to an officialstatement, while callingupon Abe, Parrikar saidJapan was the first countryhe was visiting afterassuming office, whichclearly conveys the impor-tance India attaches tostrengthening bilateraldefence and security coop-eration.

He said he would like tosee a strong partnership

with Japan in defenceequipment and technology.

On his part, Abe said hewants to build a strongrelationship with India notonly in the economic fieldbut also in defence andsecurity.

"He said a strong India-Japan partnership is notonly in the national inter-est of the two countries butis also important for peaceand security in the region,"the statement said.

The visit, Parrikar's firstoutside the country sincehe took charge as defenceminister, is being viewedas an attempt by the two

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MUMBAITemperature: 340CPrecipitation:0%Humidity:33%Wind: 21Km/hr

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi

government will be launchingan anti-corruption helpline onApril 05 for people to lodgecomplaints if they areharassed for bribes.

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AAP-led Delhi govt tolaunch '1031' anti-corrup-tion helpline on April 5

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30It was a partly cloudy morn-

ing on Monday in the nationalcapital with the minimumtemperature recorded at 20.3degrees Celsius, two notchesabove the season's average.

The Met Office has forecasta cloudy day ahead with lightrains in many parts of the city.

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Cloudy day ahead in Delhion Monday

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Senior lawyer Lily Thomas

urged Chief Justice of IndiaHL Dattu on Monday not tohold a conference of high courtchief justices on Good Fridayas it is an important day ofdeliverance of humanity fromsin. While urging the chief

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Advocate opposes con-ference on Good Friday

JAMMU, MARCH 30Chief Minister Mufti

Mohammed Sayeed accusedprevious National Conference-led government of eroding thestate's autonomy by shiftingoverdraft facility from Jammuand Kashmir Bank to theReserve Bank of India. TheNational Conference, however, said that every bank in

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Bringing J&K Bank under RBI asetback to state autonomy: Mufti

JAMMU, MARCH 30Former chief minister Omar

Abdullah on Monday said thathe hoped Jammu and Kashmirdoesn't face the flood situationthat took place in Septemberlast year, over the flood alertissued in the state followingincessant rainfall.

"It is true that water of riverJhelum has crossed the danger mark. But, there is a

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Hope we do not face Sept likesituation in J&K: Omar Abdullah

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Aam Admi Party is "doing

alright", Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said todayafter the weekend saw bitterinfighting and a crackdown ondissidents who had challengedhis leadership. In his first inter-action with media after thecharged National Council meet-

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Aam Aadmi Party is doingalright: Arvind Kejriwal

FARIDABAD, MARCH 30Two persons were beaten to

death with bricks allegedly bythree youths here, police saidon Monday. The incident hap-pened yesterday when Vinodand Ramdas, got into an argu-ment with three youths namelyRadhe, Chotelal and Anil nearthe Hridayram Temple in the

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Two beaten todeath in Faridabad

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 30As if the fury of recent rains

in February and earlier Marchwas not enough, rainfall andhigh velocity winds havedamaged more standing cropsin various parts of Punjab andHaryana in the past 24 hours,

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Winds, rain dam-age more crops inPunjab, Haryana

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Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 310CPrecipitation:0%Humidity: 53%Wind: 11Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 340CPrecipitation: 20%Humidity:69% Wind: 14Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 350CPrecipitation:40%Humidity:65%Wind: 21Km/hr

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Continuing the evacua-

tion process in crisis-stricken Yemen, Ministryof External Affairs onMonday said that effortsare being made for safereturn of around 4000Indian nationals stillstranded in the conflictzone.

“We have previouslymade three announce-ments requesting Indiannationals to leave Yemenas soon as possible.However, approximately4000 Indian nationalsremain in conflict zone.As government we havelaunched nationalendeavour to ensure their

safe return,” MEAspokesperson SyedAkbaruddin said.

Talking about the evac-uation process,

Akbaruddin said that 400Indian nationals havebeen evacuated fromAden by sea route.

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Nearly 4000 Indians still stranded inYemen, 400 have been evacuated: MEA

India, Japan reaffirmstrong defence ties

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Every suicide by mar-

ried women cannot bepresumed to have beencaused by harassmentby the husbands or in-laws, a Delhi court saidon Monday and acquit-ted a man giving himthe benefit of doubt.

"Minor incidents ofbeatings on small issuescan take place in anyhousehold and it wouldbe unsafe and ratherhazardous to unneces-

sarily over-stretch thesetrivial issues and togive those colour ofcruelty as defined inexplanation attached tosection 498A (cruelty)of IPC," it also said.

Additional SessionsJudge Manoj Jain gavebenefit of doubt to aDelhi resident,Jagmohan, and acquit-ted him of charges ofcruelty, dowry deathand abetting the suicide

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All married women's suicides can'tbe due to harrassment: Court

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JAMMU, MARCH 30With Jammu and Kashmir fac-

ing flood again after the devastat-ing calamity last September,Armed forces have launched arescue operation by deploying 20columns in the state and kept hel-icopters on standby.

"The Army has placed 20 floodrelief columns ready to react anddeploy at short notice", PublicRelation Officer (PRO), Defence(Northern Command), Col S DGoswami said.

One army column consists of75 to 100 troops.

"Due to incessant rains and ris-ing levels of water above dangerlevels at Sangam and RamMunshi Bagh, Indian Army wasformally requisitioned for aid tocivil authorities for floods forSrinagar District from CivilAdministration on the evening of30th March", Col Goswami said.

In addition, various flood reliefstores and equipment have beensidestepped and 30 BAUTS(Boat Assault Universal Type)have been kept ready for deploy-ment at short notice, he said.

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Jammu & Kashmir facing flood-like situation due to incessant rains

LONDON, MARCH 30Prime Minister Narendra

Modi is among 31 worldleaders whose personaldetails were inadvertentlycompromised at the G20summit held in Australialast year, a media reportsaid on Monday.

An email error by anemployee of Australianimmigration departmentaccidentally sent the pass-port numbers, visa detailsand other personal identi-fiers of the heads of gov-ernment attending the G20

Leaders' Summit inBrisbane last November tothe organisers of the AsianCup football tournament,

the Guardian reported.Besides Modi, US

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'PM Modi among 31 leaders to have personaldetails leaked at G20 in Australia'

VISAKHAPATNAM, MARCH 30 Explosion at a firecracker-

manufacturing unitinVisakhapatnam killed sevenand injured five. The mishaptook place at around 5.30 pm.The victims were immediatelyrushed to a nearby hospitaland later shifted to Seven

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Seven killed inVisakhapatnam fire-cracker factory blast NEW DELHI, MARCH 30

Prime MinisterNarendra Modi onMonday sought the helpof Saudi Arabia regard-ing the safety of 4,000Indians in strife-tornYemen.

PM Modi held a tele-phonic conversationwith King Salman bin

Abdul aziz Al Saud.The Saudi king called

up Modi and during theconversation the PrimeMinister briefed him onIndia's evacuation plan.

PM sought SaudiArabia's support andcooperation in the evac-uation.

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Congress vice president

Rahul Gandhi may returnto country soon from hissabbatical and lead a rallybeing planned by his partyagainst NDA government'sLand Acquisition Bill inthe national capital onApril 19, as per reports onMonday.

Talking about the mahakisaan rally Congressleader told DigvijayaSingh said, "Primary agen-da will be to protest

against ordinance for LandBill."

When asked whether

Rahul would take part inthe rally, Singh said,

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Rahul Gandhi to return from sabbatical,lead rally against Land Bill on April 19?

MUMBAI, MARCH 30The benchmark BSE

Sensex on Monday surgedby over 517 points-- itsbiggest one-day gain innearly two-and-a-halfmonths-- to end at27,975.86 on across-the-board buying amid firmglobal cues.

Brokers attributed thethe steep rise to value buy-ing from an "over-sold"position after persistentfall in stock prices in the

past several sessions onprofit-booking amid geo-political tension in theMiddle East.

The key index opened

on a strong footing andgathered further momen-tum to retest the 28,000-mark. It touched the day's

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Sensex soars 517 points, logsbiggest gain in over 2-months

J&K flood: Army deploys 20 columns, IAF choppers on standbyJhelum levels recede

at SangamJAMMU, MARCH 30

Jammu and Kashmir govern-ment on Monday said the waterlevel of Jhelum river which hadtouched the flood levels atSangam and Ram Munshi Baghis showing a declining or statictrend.

"Water level in Jhelum whichhad touched the flood levels atSangam and Ram Munshi Baghis showing a declining or statictrend," an official spokesmansaid.

As per hourly readings by theFlood Control Department, thewater level at 11.00 am was 22.3ft at Sangam, 19.5 ft at RamMunshi Bagh and at 11.04 ft atAsham.

At 12 noon, the readings wereat 22.2 ft at Sangam, 19.5 ft atRam Munshi Bagh, and 11.83 ftat Asham.

At 1 pm, they were recorded at22 ft at Sangam, 19.6 ft at

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SRINAGAR, MARCH 30Three women have died while

13 other persons are believed tobe trapped in the debris after alandslide brought down for hous-es in central Kashmir's Budgamdistrict, police saidon Sunday.

Kashmir has been reelingunder incessant rains for the past

several hours and the landslidehad buried the four houses alongwith their inmates.

Rescue teams today recoveredthree bodies from the debris. Allthe three deceased are womenbut could not be identified so far,a police official said.

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Three dead in landslide inKashmir; 13 trapped in debris

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Centre on Monday sanc-

tioned Rs 200 crore forimmediate rescue andrelief operations in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir.

This information wasprovided by Chief MinisterMufti Sayeed to theAssembly here today,according to an officialpress release which camein the form of a clarifica-tion.

The clarification wasissued after Sayeed toldthe Assembly that "I haveauthorised release of Rs225 crore in favour ofDivisional Commissioner,Kashmir and Rs 10 crore infavour of DivisionalCommissioner, Jammu andSDRF (State DisasterRelief Fund) for rescueand relief."

The official statement,quoting Sayeed, later said,"Central government hasgranted Rs 200 crore as

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Centre sanctions Rs 200crore for flood-hit J&K

J&K govt sanctionsRs 235 crore to meetflood situationJAMMU, MARCH 30

Jammu and Kashmirgovernment on Mondaysanctioned Rs 235 crore tomeet the situation createdby floods in the state,Chief Minister MuftiMohammad Sayeedannounced in theAssembly.

"I have authorizedrelease of Rs 225 crore infavour of DivisionalCommissioner, Kashmirand Rs 10 crore in favourof DivisionalCommissioner, Jammuand SDRF (State DisasterRelief Fund) for rescueand relief," he said whilemaking a statement on theflood situation.

He said the last fewhours have indicated that

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Foreign airlinesneed to comply withsexual harassmentlaw: Delhi HCNEW DELHI, MARCH 30

Delhi High Court onSunday warned foreignairlines that non-compli-ance of the law on sexu-al harassment at work-place would be at theirown "peril" as it appliedto them here.

A bench of ChiefJustice G Rohini andJustice R S Endlawmade the observationwhile dismissing a PILseeking directions to theCentre and the Delhi

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Modi seeks help from Saudi Arabia forevacuation of Indians from Yemen

NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 31, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Two days after Prashant Bhushan

was sacked from Aam Aadmi Party'sNational Executive, he lashed out atDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalon Monday and reportedly said thatpeople who challenge his decisionswill be shown their way out.

“People who raise a voice of dis-sent, challenge Arvind's decisionswill be shown way out. Only peoplewho agree with him can stay,”Bhushan said.

A video was released by the partyon Sunday in which the AAP chiefwas seen accusing Yogendra Yadavand Bhushan of conspiring againstthe party.

Reacting to the recent develop-ments, Bhushan told ANI, “The videowas edited to remove parts whereseveral MLAs were seen creatingruckus.”

He added that they had requested tobe allowed to videograph the pro-ceedings but were not allowed tocarry their phones and even pens forthe meeting.

He also questioned the move of notallowing the internal Lokapal

Admiral (retd) Ramdas, who waslater removed from his post, to attendthe National Executive meeting eventhough he was permitted to do so onprevious occasions.

"He went to Bombay to attend themeeting as he has been invited on allearlier occasions, he didn't allow him

to be there because he would havebeen a very independent person tohave reported what actually hap-pened inside," Bhushan said.

The party had yesterday removedPrashant Bhushan and AdmiralRamdas from disciplinary committeeand internal Lokpal respectively.

Rift in AAP: People who challenge Kejriwal will be shown way out, says Bhushan

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Former INLD legislator

Bharat Singh was shot deadand two of his associatescritically injured when someunidentified persons openedindiscriminate fire at them insouth west Delhi's Najafgarharea in Delhi yesterdayevening.

The incident took place ataround 8:10 pm when MrSingh was attending a reli-gious programme atAbhinandan Vatika inNajafgarh, from where hewas elected legislator in2009.

Mr Singh was the youngerbrother of local strongmanKishen Pehalwan, who hasmore than two dozen crimi-nal cases registered againsthim, police said.

Officials said that primafacie it seems to be a case ofgang war and needle of sus-

picion is towards the gang oflocal criminal Udayveeralias Kaale, who was recent-ly released from jail.

A senior police officer said

that all the three injured wererushed to Medanta hospitalin Gurgaon, where Mr Singhsuccumbed to his injurieswhile condition of the other

two-Mr Singh's personalsecurity officers (PSO)- iscritical.

Eyewitnesses claimed thatMr Singh was shot in the

head from very close range."He has been declared

dead by doctors," JointCommissioner of Police(southwestern range)Tajendra Luthra told PTI.

Crime and FSL teamspicked up circumstantial evi-dence from the spot and sev-eral teams including thosefrom the Special Cell andCrime Branch have beendeployed to crack the case.

A similar attack had takenplace on Mr Singh in June2012. He was shot at byassailants outside his officein a south west Delhi locali-ty. sOne of his relatives hadalso received bullet injury atthat time. Mr Singh had sur-vived two bullet injuries-one in his left shoulder andanother in his abdomen.

In that police had arrestedfour persons, who are facingtrial in the case.

Former Najafgarh Legislator Bharat Singh Shot DeadNEW DELHI, MARCH 30

A Delhi court has refused to setaside the sentence of a driver of acommercial vehicle for causing deathof a person by driving negligently andinjuring another 15 years ago.

However, the court took a lenientview and modified the six-month-jailterm to three months while taking intoaccount the protracted trial.

"Considering the fact that appellanthas a family to support comprising ofthree kids besides his wife; that he isthe sole bread earner of his family; hehas faced the agony of trial since 2000and that he is not a previous convict, Iam inclined to take a lenient viewtowards him," Special Judge PraveenKumar said.

The court, while upholding the con-viction of truck driver Kamal KumarPandey, maintained the compensationof Rs one lakh to be paid by him to thevictim's family members as directedby a magisterial court.

"The compensation as ordered by

the trial court is maintained.Appellant(Pandey) be taken into cus-tody and sent to jail," it said.

The court disposed of Pandey'sappeal against conviction and sen-tence of six months for the offencesunder sections 279 (rash driving), 337(endangering life or personal safety ofothers) and 304A (causing death bynegligence) of the IPC.

It rejected the defence taken by himthat the brake of his vehicle had failed,saying it was an "afterthoughtdefence".

The court, while upholding his con-viction, also relied on the testimony ofthe investigating officer, an eye wit-ness, mechanical inspection report ofthe vehicle and post-mortem report ofthe victim. According to the prosecu-tion, on June 17, 1999, Pandey wasdriving his light truck near LawrenceRoad in north-west Delhi here in arash and negligent manner hitting acycle from behind on which oneJoginder was riding pillion.

15-year-old rash driving case: Jailterm of driver reduced by Delhi court

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Prime Minister Narendra Modi met

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalin Rashtrapati Bhavan on Mondayand asked him about his health.

The two leaders had an informalchat in the refreshment area ofRashtrapati Bhavan after the ceremo-ny awarding Bharat Ratna ended.

While replying to the PM's ques-tion, Kejriwal said that he is well.

It may be noted that Modi had sug-gested Kejriwal, who had been suffer-ing from chronic bronchitis, to con-sult Bengaluru-based Dr Nagendra.

Kejriwal later underwent detoxifi-cation therapy for his cough and dif-ferent types of treatments inBangalore.

Meanwhile, clearing the air aboutthe recent turmoil in his party, theDelhi CM today said that everythingis “alright” within the Aam AadmiParty.

While interacting with media,

Kejriwal said, “The party is doingalright”.

AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav andPrashant Bhushan were recentlysacked from National Executiveaccusing Yogendra Yadav and

Bhushan of conspiring against theparty.

The party had also removedPrashant Bhushan and AdmiralRamdas from disciplinary committeeand internal Lokpal respectively.

PM Narendra Modi meets Delhi CM ArvindKejriwal, enquires about his health

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Anguished over the death of a

woman who was forced to drinkacid for refusing to stay with aman, Delhi High Court has direct-ed the police to deal acid attackswith an "iron hand" and take sternsteps to curb its illegalsale.

A bench of justices G S Sistaniand Sangita Dhingra Sehgalissued the direction while uphold-ing the life term awarded toUmesh Kumar, an auto driver,who had murdered a 30-year-oldmarried women on account of herrefusal to live with him.

Holding that the trial court hasrightly convicted and sentencedKumar, the high court said "noeffort has been made during inves-tigation to investigate the sourcefrom where the acid was procuredby the appellant."

"Throwing of acid on helplessvictims, mostly women, is on the

rise, which is a dastardly and cow-ardly act and the same is to becontrolled with an iron hand. Itsometimes leaves them disfigured,blind and, as in this case, death,"the court said.

It also said that the investigatingofficer had not performed his duty"with sincerity as efforts shouldhave been made to ascertain thesource of acid and to take neces-sary steps against the sale of acidillegally."

"Accordingly, we deem it appro-priate that a copy of this order bebrought to the notice ofCommissioner of Police, who willensure that strong action is takenagainst the persons, who sell acidillegally and a circular be issuedto the Department to ensure thatevery effort should be made tocurb sale of acid illegally and,those found guilty should be pun-ished with a heavy hand," thejudges added.

Delhi High Court asks policeto curb illegal sale of acid

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Taking a cue from

Singapore, Delhi Governmentis planning an ambitious proj-ect to provide recycled waterto clusters of 100-200 houses,the supply for which is expect-ed to cost less than develop-ment charge for sewage sys-tem.

Interacting with media atPadma awards function atRashtrapati Bhavan, DelhiChief Minister ArvindKejriwal today said the pilotproject will be implementedwithin a month and the cost ofthe project is being workedout.

"Delhi Jal Board chief hadgone to Singapore to study thesystem. Singapore also lives onrecycled water as there is nonatural source of fresh water. Ifthis project is successful wewill start it in 15-20 more loca-

tions," he said.Kejriwal said fine points of

the project will be discussedwhich will include the fundingof it.

He said the project will recy-cle the water in such a way thatwater from toilet goes back totoilet while the kitchen water issent back to kitchen after beingrecycled which will ensure amineral water-like quality.

The Chief Minister said theplants will be set in the clustersof 100-200 houses and willhave lesser cost than the devel-opment charges incurred onsewage system by residents.

He also said the effort is tomake the national capital self-sustainable in water supply.

Kejriwal said governmentwill also initiate a major anti-corruption mechanism in thenational capital to fulfill itselectoral promise.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30A special court on Monday pulled

up the CBI for not serving summonsto witnesses properly, saying this haddelayed trial in a disproportionateassets (DA) case involving formerHaryana Chief Minister Om PrakashChautala.

Irked over non-service of sum-mons to four prosecution witnesses,the court observed that reportsregarding unexecuted summonsgiven by CBI were "unsatisfactory"and this has led to wastage of judicialtime. "Out of six summons issued,four were received unexecuted withunsatisfactory reports. It leads towastage of court time and delay intrial. Public prosecutor assures thatthis will not happen in future and hewill take up the matter with seniorofficials," Special CBI Judge SanjayGarg-I said.

Summons were served to only twoprosecution witnesses who appearedin court and recorded their state-ments.

The court, in its order, noted that itwas not satisfied with the reportgiven by the process server of CBI,saying no effort was made to get thepresent addresses of the witnesses.

The court is currently recordingstatements of CBI witnesses in thecase. 80-year-old Chautala, who islodged in jail after being sentencedto a 10-year jail term in another case,was also present in the court duringthe hearing.

Chautala is serving 10-year impris-onment for illegally recruiting 3,206JBT teachers in Haryana in 2000.

CBI had registered three separatedisproportionate assets cases againstChautala and his two sons Ajay andAbhay, on a complaint by HaryanaCongress leader Shamsher SinghSurjewala.

The agency had on March 26, 2010chargesheeted Chautala indictinghim for allegedly possessing assetsworth Rs 6.09 crore, far exceedinghis legal income between 1993 and2006.

Two such separate cases are alsogoing on against his sons, Ajay andAbhay. (more) Earlier, all the threecases, being heard in different

courts, were transferred to onecourt on CBI's plea that these casesbe put up before a single judge astheir trials in different courts wouldlead to inordinate delay in conclud-ing them.

In its chargesheet, the CBI hadalleged that Chautala's wealth was189 per cent more than his income ofRs 3.22 crore during the period.

The CBI had also said that Ajaywas possessing assets exceeding hislegal income by 339.27 percent. Hislegal income between May 1993 andMay 2006 was Rs 8.17 crore, but hadacquired assets worth Rs 27.7 crore,the agency had alleged.

Abhay owned assets worth overfive times his income of Rs 22.89crore as per income tax records dur-ing the 2000-2005 period. Theagency claimed to have found Rs119.69 crore worth of assets.

DA case against O P Chautala: Court pulls up CBI

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30A Delhi court has refused

to set aside the convictionand sentence of a man fordriving in an inebriatedstate, observing that severalvaluable lives are lost everymonth due to drunken driv-ing. Additional SessionsJudge Raj Kumar Tripathi,however, granted relief toHaryana resident RajeshKumar by reducing the 10days jail term to five daysconsidering that he is a firsttime offender with no crimi-nal records and his drivinglicence has already beensuspended for six months bythe order of trial court.

"It was highly probablethat a driver like the appel-lant being under the influ-ence of alcohol and to thatextent, could cause serious

accidents. Driving in thismanner, appellant had putthe life of road users to therisk as well as his own life indanger.

"It is a matter of commonknowledge that due todrunken driving severalvaluable lives are being lostevery month," the courtsaid.

It said the alcohol contentin the blood of the appellantwas 30 times more than thepermissible limit and therewas no "illegality, infirmityor perversity in the orderpassed by the trial court".

Kumar had appealedagainst the trial court order,saying he had pleaded guiltybefore it as he was misledby his counsel and was notaware that he will be sen-tenced to jail.

The court, however,refused to agree with hiscontention, saying that hewas explained the conse-quences of pleading guiltyby the metropolitan magis-trate in vernacular.

It also rejected Kumar'scontention that his bloodtest was not conducted inthe hospital by police offi-cials, saying there is norequirement under any lawthat the police official mustget the drunken driver med-ically examined or his bloodtest conducted in any hospi-tal. The trial court in itsorder had awarded him 10days simple imprisonmentand Rs 2000 fine. Kumar'sdriving licence was also sus-pended and he was alsodirected not to drive anyvehicle for six months.

Drunken driving causing loss oflives every month: Delhi Court

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Strongly supporting Arvind

Kejriwal at the National Councilmeeting, party leader KumarVishwas had slammed rebel leadersYogendra Yadav and PrashantBhushan for tarnishing the image ofthe AAP chief in public.

Addressing National Council mem-bers yesterday, he had said, "You(Bhushan and Yadav) spoke on theroad against the person whom youchose as the national convenor of theparty three years back.

"What kind of political wisdom isthis that even when no body is askingfor resignation of Rahul who broughtgreat Congress to 44 seats, you areasking for Kejriwal's resignation whowon 66 seats for his party (in Delhi)."

Noting that disagreement and dis-sent were common, Vishwas said thattwo years ago he had a "dispute" withKejriwal and Mayank Gandhi andmany other partymen had come totalk to him and for two months theirwas no communication between

them but nobody knew about it.In this party, the doors are open to

become Arvind and Manish Sisodiabut you need to work hard, sleep inopen at 4 degrees, he said.

Vishwas revealed that he had toldthe party leaders that he also opposedthe 12 party candidates in Delhi elec-tions, "I told Manish Sisodia that Iwill not canvass for the 12 candidatesagainst whom objections were raisedby Prashant and Yogendra Yadav

unless an inquiry was conductedagainst them." "This cannot beallowed that you will leak the mail,talk outside the party. Arvind is ourleader but Arvind is arrogant. Arvindis our friend but Arvind is undemoc-ratic," he said while mocking rebelsallegations against AAP chief. Hecalled upon the National Councilmembers to extend support toKejriwal and boost his confidenceand enable him to work".

Kumar Vishwas attacked Yogendra-Prashant duo in NC meet

Delhi govt planning to providerecycled water to clusters

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 31, 2015SAADDA HAQ

J&K flood...The Army spokesman said that BAUTS

have been shifted from Srinagar to SouthKashmir and from North Kashmir toSrinagar. "The BAUTS have been placed forrescue operations at Pulwama, Kulgam,Baramullah and Khanabal for rescue opera-tions", he said.

In addition 11 Army's rescue BAUTS havebeen placed at BB Cantt, four at Haft Chinarand four at Tattoo Ground in Srinagar itself,he added.

He said that Engineer Task Forces havealso been kept on standby in 15 and 16 Corpsarea. "In addition water pumps have beenplaced at Shivpora, Srinagar for de-wateringand additional pumps have been placed atBadami Bagh Cantonment for utilizing inflood affected areas at short notice".

A Joint Control Room (JCR) has beenestablished by Army at Badami BaghCantonment, he said, adding that OfficerRepresentatives have also been provided forJCRs established by Civil Administration atAnantnag, Srinagar and Baramulla.Emergency Contact Nos of the Army JCR is2701083.

The Indian Air Force has placed itsresources on standby and is also keeping aclose watch on the flood situation in the state,Col Goswami said.

"Two Mi-17 helicopters each at Jammu,Udhampur and Srinagar. And one eachCheetah helicopter of IAF are on standby atSrinagar and Jammu to be part of rescue andrelief operations", the PRO said.

Three dead..."We have recovered three bodies so far

from the debris of the houses at Laden villagein Chadoora area of Budgam," the officialsaid.

He said search is going on for the 13 otherpersons believed to be trapped in the debris.

Incessant rains in Kashmir over the past 36hours have caused landslides at many placeswhile people from many flood-prone areashave been evacuated to safer places.

More than 320 families have been movedto safer places in Kashmir valley as waterlevel in river Jhelum was still above the floodlevel.

While over 250 families were shifted tosafer places yesterday, another 80 familieswere evacuated today, police said.

More than 200 structures including 176houses have developed cracks due to landsinking in Shopian district of south Kashmir,he said.

Jammu and Kashmir government todaydeclared a flood situation in Kashmir Valleyas Jhelum river crossed the danger mark inSrinagar following incessant rains.

Jhelum levels ...Ram?Munshi Bagh, and 11.91 ft at Asham.It receded at Sangam to 21.55 ft at 2 pm but

rose to 19.7 ft at Ram-Munshi Bagh and 12 ftat Asham.

By 3 pm, the water levels were at 21.55 ftat Sangam, 19.7 ft at Ram-Munshi Bagh and12.16 ft at Asham while at 4 pm they were at21.2 ft, 19.7 ft and 12.15 ft, respectively.

The latest readings at 5 pm showed the lev-els at 21 ft, 19.7 ft and 12.33 ft at the threeplaces.

Centre sanctions ...immediate relief fund for floods." Out of

this, Rs 25 crore has been released in favourof Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, andRs 10 crore in favour of DivisionalCommissioner, Jammu.

Sayeed also said that an NDRF (NationalDisaster Response Force) team has arrived inthe state and it will assist the divisionaladministration in rescue and relief measures.

The Chief Minister, who has been super-vising the efforts of the administration duringthe whole night, said he has just come backto Jammu from the Valley after a detailed on-the-spot-assessment of the situation particu-larly preparedness in terms of response to thesituation.

"While the water levels are above the dan-ger mark, last three hours have indicated thatthere is certain receding in these levels. Ouradministration is doing a remarkable job andI want to assure the House that there is noneed to panic, understandably as it might be,"he added.

J&K govt...water is receding. "We will respond to the

situation where the water level is above thedanger level. ... Administration is doing aremarkable job and I want to assure theHouse that there is no need to panic," theChief Minister added.

He said the authorities are focussing ondewatering, connectivity and a detailed evac-uation plan and boats have been deployed inentire valley.

"Shelters have been made functional toreceive flood-affected people, if any.Adequate number of sand bags are availableand are being used in critical embankmentsso that there is no breach to embankments,"Sayeed said.

Three joint control rooms have also beenset up -- one each in South Kashmir, centralKashmir and North Kashmir. Each JCR hasrepresentation of civil administration, policeand the Army and they are working round-the-clock, he said.

"We will go by the assessment of experts

and the flood manual to evacuate, if the needarises," he said.

The Chief Minister expressed gratitude toUnion Home

Minister Rajnath who spoke to him earlierand promised all support to the state govern-ment.

"I am thankful to Home Minister of India.He had a telephonic conversation with me.He has sent a disaster management team.They have reached here, they are meetingChief Secretary. They are helping in the situ-ation," Sayeed said.

Foreign airlines ...government to implement the Vishakha

guidelines on sexual harassment againstwomen at workplace in the aviation industry.

The court said that since the SexualHarassment of Women at Workplace(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act2013, has come into force, there is no needfor the court to issue any direction to complywith the law.

"We are of the opinion that once the lawaforesaid has come into force, all includingforeign airlines having a place of work inIndia and to whom such law may be applica-ble, are expected and required to complytherewith and there is no need for this Courtto issue any direction for the law to be com-plied with.

"If any of such foreign airline does notcomply with the law, it shall do so at its ownperil," the court said.

The court also said, "We are afraid, thispetition in public interest is being pursuedwithout regard to the law which has comeinto force and the provisions thereof. We thusdid not feel any need to entertain this petitionand dismiss the same."

It also took note of Delhi government'ssubmission that a communication has beensent to the Joint Secretary in Civil AviationMinistry to circulate a direction to all airlinesoperating from Delhi and the NCR to consti-tute Internal Complaints Committees andtake steps to create awareness.

The issue was transferred as a PIL to thebench by another court which was dealingwith the plea of an Indian woman, employedwith Sri Lankan Airlines, seeking actionagainst the carrier and its official whom shehad accused of sexual harassment.

Sensex soars ...high of 28,017.97.It finally settled 517.22 points, or 1.88 per

cent, higher at 27,975.86.The previous best one-day gain was on

January 20 when the Sensex had rallied by522.66 points.

Among the 30 BSE barometer shares, 26ended in the positive territory with the sharesof Bharti Airtel emerging as the best per-former at 3.55 per cent, followed by HDFCBank at 3.52 per cent.

ONGC soared 3.39 per cent after crude oilprices fell sharply in the global market.

The 50-share NSE Nifty recaptured the8,500-level intra-day, but settled a tad lowerat 8,492.30, 150.90 points, or 1.81 per centhigher than its previous close.

ITC, Axis Bank, L&T, Coal India, HDFCBank, BHEL, Hero MotoCorp, SBI andICICI Bank were among the Sensex gainers.

Sector-wise, the BSE Capital goods indexgained the most with rise of 2.82 per cent,followed by Realty 2.19 per cent, PSU (2.19pc), FMCG (2.11 pc),Infrastructure (2.03 pc)and Banking (1.80 pc) among others.

Buying activity in small and midcap sec-tors also gathered momentum, with the BSEsmallcap index rising 3.40 per cent andMidcap index by 1.93 per cent.

Globally, Asian markets ended higher,boosted by hopes for more Chinese econom-ic stimulus and European markets were trad-ing in positive zone in their early trade amidoptimism that central banks will continue tosupport global growth.

Meanwhile, Foreign Portfolio Investors(FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 320.52 crorewhile Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs)bought shares worth Rs 674.76 crore lastFriday, as per provisional data.

'PM Modi...Russian President Vladimir Putin, German

Chancellor Angela Merkel, ChinesePresident Xi Jinping, Japanese PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe, Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo and British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron were among those whosedetails were exposed, the report said.

The Australian privacy commissioner wascontacted by the director of the visa servicesdivision of Australia's Department ofImmigration and Border Protection to informthem of the data breach on November 7,2014, and seek urgent advice.

But the newspaper claimed that it was notconsidered necessary to inform the worldleaders of the privacy breach.

In the email, obtained under Australia'sfreedom of information laws, the breach isattributed to an employee who mistakenlyemailed a member of the?local organisingcommittee of the Asian Cup - held inAustralia in January - with the personal infor-mation.

"The cause of the breach was human error.(Redacted) failed to check that the auto-fillfunction in Microsoft Outlook had enteredthe correct person's details into the email 'To'field. This led to the email being sent to thewrong person.

"The matter was brought to my attentiondirectly by (redacted) immediately after

receiving an email from (the recipient)informing them that they had sent the emailto the wrong person. The risk remains only tothe extent of human error, but there was noth-ing systemic or institutional about thebreach," the officer wrote.

The immigration officer then recommend-ed that the world leaders not be made awareof the breach of their personal information.

Given that the risks of the breach are con-sidered very low and the actions that havebeen taken to limit the further distribution ofthe email, I do not consider it necessary tonotify the clients of the breach," the officerwrote. The recommendation not to disclosethe breach to the world leaders may be atodds with privacy law in some of their coun-tries. Australia's deputy opposition leader,Tanya Plibersek, called on Prime MinisterTony Abbott, to explain why the world lead-ers were not notified of the breach.

Australia's immigration department wasalso responsible for the country's largest everdata breach by a government agency. InFebruary 2014, the 'Guardian' had reportedthe agency had inadvertently disclosed thepersonal details of almost 10,000 people indetention - many of whom were asylum seek-ers - in a public file on its website.

Nearly 4000...“We are utilising the services of a local

ship which will move the Indian nationals.Meanwhile, 400 Indians have been evacuatedfrom Aden,” said Akabaruddin.

He further added, “We will bring back ournationals from Djibouti and Air India flightsin Muscat will be used. Besides this, INSSumitra's services will be used for Indianswho will be evacuated by sea. All our nation-als remain safe while we make arrangementsfor their return back home.”

Yesterday External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj took to Twitter and said, “We are doing everything to evacuate our peo-ple from Yemen at the earliest by all routes -land, sea and air.”

Modi seeks ...Syed Akbaruddin, official spokesperson,

Ministry of External Affairs tweeted saying:“PM and King Salman discuss situation inYemen telephonically. India assured of allhelp to evacuate our nationals safely.”

Recalling the "strong and close" relationsbetween both the nations, the Saudi Kingassured Modi of his full attention to the safe-ty of Indians in Yemen and all possible assis-tance for their early and safe evacuation.

"Prime Minister shared his deep concernabout the safety and welfare of the approxi-mately 4000 Indian citizens in Yemen. PrimeMinister briefed His Majesty King Salmanon India's evacuation plan and requested HisMajesty's support and cooperation in theevacuation of Indian citizens from Yemen," aPMO statement said, as per PTI.

PM Modi expressed his gratitude to theSaudi King and conveyed his best wishes tohim for a quick resolution of the challengesin the region and early restoration of peaceand stability under his leadership.

He also reaffirmed his commitment to fur-ther strengthening India's close relations withSaudi Arabia.

India, Japan...countries to join forces for countering

China's growing influence in the region.The statement said Parrikar and Nakatani

briefed each other on the security environ-ment surrounding each country and theirrespective defence policies.

"They reviewed strategic developmentsrelating to international security situationwith emphasis on the inter-connected Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.

"They were of the view that in the inter-connected Indo-Pacific region, India-Japanspecial strategic and global partnership has akey role in maintaining peace and stability inthe region," the statement said.

Continuing the high-level exchangesincluding the ministerial meeting, Nakataniwill visit India in 2016.

While dialogues will be held at various lev-els, including visits by service chiefs onreciprocal basis, the two sides also decided tocontinue to conduct bilateral exercisesbetween the Japan Maritime Self-DefenseForce and the Indian Navy, and staff talks,and professional exchanges of test pilotsbetween the Japan Air Self-Defense Forceand the Indian Air Force.

All married ...of his wife in July last year."Suicide is a complex phenomenon. One

who commits suicide, is not alive to discloseas to what was going on in his or her mindwhen he or she committed suicide.

"There is no presumption that every suicidecommitted by a married woman in her in-laws' house or at her parents' house has to bebecause she was suffering harassment at thehands of her husband or her in-laws," thecourt said.

It noted that the material placed on recordby the prosecution does not suggest any"overt act" on part of the accused, indicatingthat he had abetted his wife's suicide.

According to prosecution, Jagmohan waschargesheeted for offences under sections498 A (cruelty), 304-B (dowry death) and306 (abetting the commission of suicide) ofthe IPC.

It said that after being subjected to crueltyand dowry harassment, Jagmohan's wife had

allegedly tried to slit her wrist before hangingfrom ceiling in her matrimonial house.

During trial, the man had denied the allega-tions levelled against him and claimed inno-cence.

The court said the span of matrimonial lifeshould also be taken into account and, in thiscase, the marriage between the deceased andthe accused had taken place in 2008.

"Marriage had taken place in 2008 andminor quarrel or one or two stray incidentspread over a period of six years would notmake it to be a case falling within the ambitof cruelty or dowry death," the court said.

The court noted that if the alleged incidentof cruelty

He was remote in time and had becomestale enough not to disturb the mental equi-librium of the woman concerned, it would beof no consequence.

Rejecting the testimony of the woman'smother, the court said she was "blowing hotand cold" and it would be highly risky to holdthe accused guilty on the basis of her testimo-ny which did not seem to be of sterling qual-ity and impeccable nature.

The court said that merely because theaccused, with the help of others, had broughtthe deadbody down, would not be a reason tofeel apprehensive and suspicious about him.

"It is generally experienced that in suchtype of matters, when there is a suicide whichhas nothing to do with the demand of dowry,husband and other relatives of husband tendto flee away due to panic," it said, adding thatno adverse inference could be drawn fromthe said act.

Gandhi ..."Every senior leader will take part."Meanwhile, taking a dig at Congress VP,

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra quipped,"Just heard that Rahul Gandhi will be return-ing back and will be re-launched.We arehappy that a missing person has been found."

Rahul has been on 'leave of absence' sinceFebruary 22, apparently to 'introspect' thingsand did not attend the Budget Session.

Despite media bombarding them withquestions, Congress spokespersons haverefused to reveal whether the Congress VP isin India or travelling abroad.

In Rahul's absence, Congress president andUPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has spear-headed the campaign against the contentiousLand Bill.

She also led an Opposition march in Delhiearlier this month to the President's houseand submitted a memorandum against thebill, calling it anti-farmer.

Sonia has also been travelling to statesaffected by unseasonal rains like Haryanaand Rajasthan and talked to farmers.

Recently the Congress president had visit-ed her son's Lok Sabha constituency Amethiand assured people there that Rahul would beback soon.

Bringing J&K...the country has to function under RBI and

the issue had nothing to do with the institu-tion of autonomy.

During a discussion on demand of grants inthe state legislative assembly today, the ChiefMinister said, "... The biggest setback to theautonomy was when the previous govern-ment shifted the ways and means (concern-ing overdrafts) from Jammu and KashmirBank to the Reserve Bank of India."

He said that earlier the state governmentused to withdraw overdraft from the Jammuand Kashmir Bank to meet its financial needsand used to pay interest to the bank, whichused to again reach the people of the state.

Mufti was speaking on the demand ofgrants for the departments held by him.Grants of departments GAD, Home, Tourismand Information were passed by theAssembly today.

"We used to draw overdraft of Rs 2000 to2500 crore from the Jammu and KashmirBank. It was like taking money from our ownhouse. When the money used to come (fromcentre), we paid the interest and it again wasgiven back to our own people," he said.

He said that handing over the "ways andmeans" of the bank to RBI by the previousgovernment was a major setback to the insti-tution of autonomy of the state.

While extending his government's full sup-port to J&K Bank, Mufti said that his govern-ment would renegotiate the terms with theGovernment of India.

"We will try to renegotiate the terms withthe Government of India, but from thisHouse I want to say that we stand behindJammu and Kashmir Bank, we completelysupport the bank," he said.

He said that the businessman in the statewho take loans from the bank return the samewith interest, whereas when loans given tobusiness establishments from outside thestate, the same get defaulted.

Aam Aadmi Party...Bhushan were removed from the National

Executive,Kejriwal responded to a question on the

upheaval in the party saying, "party theekthaak hai (the party is doing alright)."

The party has also sacked Bhushan as thehead of the National Disciplinary Committeeand replaced it with a three-member panel.The members are known to be AAP chiefArvind Kejriwal's loyalists.

The party also discontinued services of itsinternal Lokpal Admiral Ramdas yesterdayafter he was critical of party leadership. Hehas been replaced by a three-member Lokpal

panel comprising two former IPS officersand one educationist.

Hope we...huge difference in the water levels of

September and now. I hope and pray that wedon't have to face the same situation we facedin September," Abdullah said.

Till now there is no loss to communicationand the roads are open. The same officerswho helped in September are doing it todayas well. From the lessons learnt in Septemberwe can act better today," he added.

He further appealed to take help of all theofficers who has worked in the rescue andrelief operations in state floods last year inSeptember.

"I would appeal to take help of experienceof all the officers who helped in Septemberfloods. Even if some of them have retired,their experience can be of great help," headded. The minister also took to Twitter forshowing his concern over the current situa-tion in the state.

"Clearly the situation is a cause for concernconsidering the forecast over the next fewdays. I just pray that the rain stops soon,"Abdullah tweeted. "Sangam is 18.4 alertsounded danger level is 23. Rambagh is 15.9,alert sounded danger level is 18. These arethe most recent levels," he added.

AAP-led Delhi...The Delhi government has announced that

'1031' number will be operational fromSunday onwards and the officials will begintaking speedy action on complaints receivedagainst any corrupt officer.

Before Delhi elections, Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal had assured to root out cor-ruption from the city. The entire electioncampaign was based around this crusade.

The party had also claimed that during itsshort stint in Delhi Assembly in 2014, it hadmanaged to curb down corruption in the city.

Cloudy day ..."Monday morning was cloudy. The day

ahead is likely to remain the same. Light rainor thundershowers would occur in manyareas," said an official of the IndiaMeteorological Department.

The capital received 11.2 mm of rainfallsince Sunday.

Humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 74 percent.The maximum temperature is likely to

hover around 27 degrees Celsius.Sunday's maximum temperature was

recorded at 32.1 degrees Celsius, a notchabove the season's average while the mini-mum temperature settled at 20.3 degreesCelsius, two notches above the season's aver-age.

Advocate opposes...justice not to hold the conference on Good

Friday, Thomas said the conference wasbeing held on a holiday just to save a work-ing day and in the past too this conferencewas held on important holidays.

Asking Thomas to move an applicationmaking her prayer, Dattu said in 2007 thechief justices conference was held onValmiki Day and in 2009, it was held onIndependence Day. At that time, nobody hadany grievance. "In 2007 and 2009, nobodyhad any grievance. Is it because I am CJI(chief justice of India)? What happened tospirituality back then? If you want to opposeit, please file a petition and let the court takea decision," Justice Dattu said.

Two beaten to ...city. The three then attacked the duo with

bricks after which Ramdas died on spot andVinod died while being taken to hospital,police said. Vikas, the brother of deceasedVinod, had registered a complaint in thisregard. Police said that a case has beenlodged against the three youths and the mat-ter is being investigated.

Winds, rain ...officials said here on Monday.Many parts of Punjab have been lashed by

high velocity winds and sharp rain in the pastover 24 hours.

"The standing wheat crop, which wouldhave been harvested in mid-April, has beenflattened by the rain and strong winds. Thedamaged crop cannot be retrieved. Also, therainfall will lead to higher moisture contentin the grains even where the crop is stillstanding," Balbir Singh, a farmer near Kharartown in Punjab, 30 km from here, said.

At some places in Punjab and Haryana,trees were uprooted and branches fell off dueto the strong winds. Met officials said that therain and strong winds could affect the regionin the next 48 hours also. "We had orderedgirdawari (revenue assessment of crop dam-age) after the recent rains. That report is yetto be received and fresh damage has beendone to crops.

Seven killed in...Hills hospital. "The deaths on the spot are

six out of which two bodies had to be tracedout. Six people who are injured are initiallyshifted to Nakkapalli hospital; from therethey were shifted to Seven Hills Hospital.While shifting, one boy died on the way. So,now five people are under treatment at SevenHills Hospital," said District Medical andHealth Officer, J. Sarojini.

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 31, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY PETER RONALD DESOUZA

Reading the judgment, one istempted to ask this question:Is it a landmark judgment or

just a great one? To appreciate thedifference between “great” and“landmark”, it is necessary to beginwith some very fine distinctions. Agreat judgment is one that restoresthe constitutional values of a polityfrom the waywardness into which itmay have fallen, while a landmarkjudgment is one which opens up newdirections in our constitutional think-ing and, in the process, adds newdimensions to what are regarded asestablished constitutional principles.If “great” restores the centrality ofconstitutional values, “landmark”revitalises them. For many commen-tators, the judgment — striking downas unconstitutional Section 66A ofthe IT Act of 2000 — by the SupremeCourt Bench of Justices J.Chelameswar and R.F. Nariman inthe Shreya Singhal case, is seen as alandmark judgment. It is regarded asheralding the birth of new freespeech jurisprudence and restoringthe public space for dissent in India.

A distinction

With respect to the judgment’scomments on free speech, I plan hereto go against the current. It is a greatjudgment, not a landmark one. Theseare my reasons. I see the analyticaldistinction made in the judgment ofthree forms of free speech andexpression, i.e., discussion, advocacyand incitement, as preliminary to afine distinction being worked out butone which was not done. The distinc-tion is inadequately executed since itdoes not provide for the societaldynamics of each form. Hence, thedistinction, while a good startingpoint, does not protect free speechenough since it allows for situationswhere the “discussion” entered intoby one can be used by another to“incite” simply by quoting the dis-cussion and saying “this is what hehas said”. Repeating a discussion, inanother context, is enough to bringthe wrath of the mob on the unsus-pecting person’s head. WriterPerumal Murugan had to face suchire in January 2015 in Tamil Nadubecause of a novel he wrote as did

T.J. Joseph, a lecturer in Kerala, whohad his hand cut off in 2010 for aquestion he had set in an examina-tion.

Second, the judgment does notmake the important distinctionbetween “speech” and “expression”and, therefore, while it elaborates on

the need to protect speech and thewritten word, it has little to say onexpression especially in its manyforms of photographs, paintings,films, cartoons, etc. So, while aFacebook post gets protection, apainting does not. The third infirmityis the judgment’s acceptance of thedistinction between the print and dig-ital media, or rather between the oldmainstream and the new socialmedia. It appears to accept this dis-tinction on quantitative grounds, i.e.,how many people can be reached andhow fast, rather than on qualitativegrounds, i.e., what is being said. Thisis an untenable distinction especiallyin the digital age when we have e-papers, e-books, e-lectures, etc.These few areas of weakness shouldnot, however, detract from the judg-ment’s significant contribution tofree speech especially in these darktimes of censorship. It is withoutdoubt a great judgment and will soonbecome the touchstone for new freespeech jurisprudence in India. Thehecklers will be in retreat.

As landmark judgment

I do consider it a landmark judg-ment, however, but for its other sec-

tions and not those specifically relat-ing to free speech. The implicationsof these sections are that they givepowerful legal weapons to thosefighting the tyranny of the state. So,what were offered by the honourableJustices as supporting props for themain issue, i.e., the striking down ofSection 66A, have, I believe, become

key clauses in my reading of thelandmark judgment. They diminishthe arrogance of government, resur-rect the principle of limited govern-ment, and reinstate the ‘genuine’ ruleof law. After a long time, the govern-ment — and this is cause for celebra-tion — has again become subject tothe rule of law.

There are three manoeuvres per-formed by the Honourable Justicesthat have produced this splendid out-come. The first is their dismissal ofthe assurances given by governmenton the ground that the law cannot bebased on the assurances of anyregime in power. The law cannot bebased on even the bona fide inten-tions of a government and has toexist independent of these intentions.The second is the role the judgmentperforms in educating the publicabout the government’s mind byplacing the key aspects of the gov-ernment’s submission in the publicdomain. And the third relates to theirobservation that “vagueness” in theformulation of laws produces a tyran-ny of power. This has “chilling”(their word) consequences for civilliberties.

When the Additional SolicitorGeneral sought to assure the courtthat even if certain portions of thelaw — 66A — were vague, the gov-ernment, being committed to freespeech, would not use the section tocurb free speech. The Justices wrotein response: “Governments maycome and Governments may go but

Section 66A goes on forever. Anassurance from the present govern-ment even if carried out faithfullywould not bind any successor gov-ernment. It must, therefore, be heldthat Section 66A must be judged onits own merits without any referenceto how well it may be administered”(paragraph 92). Assurance from thegovernment is not enough. The lawmust stand on its own. Similarly,when the Additional SolicitorGeneral asked that parts of Section66A be saved under the Doctrine ofSeverability, the Honourable Judgesheld “that no part of Section 66A isseverable and the provision as awhole must be declared unconstitu-tional” (paragraph 96). By dismiss-ing both requests of the government,the Court achieved two major out-comes. It established the fact that thelaw must be delinked from theagency and intentions of the govern-ment. It must be read independentlyof the intentions of those who admin-ister it. And, second, the court dis-tanced itself from the common per-ception that it normally acts in a gov-ernment-friendly manner. The courtis friendly only to the Constitution.

As public educator

On its role as a public educator, theCourt chose to place at great lengththe written submission of theAdditional Solicitor General with thefollowing words: “It was argued bythe learned Additional SolicitorGeneral that a relaxed standard ofreasonableness of restriction (empha-sis mine) should apply regard beinghad to the fact that the medium ofspeech being the Internet differs fromother mediums on several grounds.To appreciate the width and scope ofhis submissions we are setting out hiswritten submission verbatim” (para-graph 27). This is a brilliant strategyto educate an engaged public on thenature of the government’s argu-ments. Hence, we learn that [point(ii)] “the recipient of free speech andexpression used in a print media canonly be literate persons while internetcan be accessed by literate and illiter-ate both since one click is needed todownload an objectionable post orvideo” or [point (v)] “by the mediumof internet, rumours having a seriouspotential of creating a serious socialdisorder can be spread to trillions ofpeople without any check which isnot possible in case of other medi-ums”.

Such pop sociology continuesthrough the 11 points made by thegovernment. If we overlook the “tril-lions” of people whom the govern-ment is concerned about, the wordcomes again twice in point 11, thenwe can focus on the empirical claimsmade with respect to literacy,rumour, and privacy.

These are in fact only the opinionsof the Additional Solicitor Generalsince no evidence using social sci-ence is given for them. Yet, they areoffered as the empirical basis for cen-sorship and prosecution underSection 66A. Opinions cannot be thebasis of laws. The HonourableJustices, by presenting the submis-sion verbatim, wanted us to see thepoor quality of the government’sarguments. Such a cavalier attitudemust be punctured at least a trilliontimes.

Vagueness of words

But it is in the discussion on thevagueness of words used in Section66A(b) i.e., inconvenience, danger,insult, injury, etc., that the Court is atits legal best. It takes each word,examines its dictionary meaning,offers judgments from Indian andAmerican legal history to establishits precise meaning, and then showswhy these words in Section 66A havebeen casually introduced into the law.In a brilliant section on vaguenessand overbreadth, the learned Justicesstate that “In point of fact, Section66A is cast so widely that virtuallyany opinion on any subject would becovered by it, as any serious opiniondissenting with the mores of the daywould be caught within its net. Suchis the reach of the Section and if it isto withstand the test of constitution-ality, the chilling effect on freespeech would be total” (paragraph83). It is this vagueness of operativewords that must be disallowedbecause of its “chilling effect on freespeech”. Vague words are vehiclesfor state tyranny. For freedom, preci-sion is required. This section on thevagueness of words in our laws,especially in government orders, cannow be cited by civil libertarians tostrike down badly framed laws inlower courts.

All three manoeuvres, I expect,will infuse a new strength in the liti-gant’s fight for citizenship rights. Itwill make those who draft laws cau-tious and increase parliamentaryscrutiny of articles and clauses. Itwill make law officers realise thattheir submissions will be subject topublic scrutiny. And, finally, it will, Ihope, also change the habit of thecourt, which is normally soft on gov-ernment. As the custodian of theConstitution, the court has to fighttyranny. The judgment has struck apowerful blow for limiting govern-ment. This is what makes it a land-mark judgment.

(Peter Ronald deSouza isProfessor at the Centre for the Study

of Developing Societies. The viewsexpressed are personal.)

BY VANITA LEAH FALCAO

The latest official figuresindicate that India is wellshort of meeting the

Millennium Development Goalsthat pledged to reduce the coun-try’s maternal mortality ratio(MMR) by three quarters and theinfant mortality rate (IMR) bytwo-thirds. The SampleRegistration System (SRS),2013, records MMR at 167 per1,00,000 live births and IMR at40 per 1,000 live births with amajority of these infants dyingwithin seven days of birth.

India’s high MMR and IMRare partly due to delayed diagno-sis and limited access to healthcare. Additionally, rest during orafter pregnancy is not an optionfor most women who are unor-ganised workers. According tothe District Level HouseholdSurvey 3, nearly a quarter ofwomen in India do not receiveany antenatal care and over 50per cent do not receive any post-natal care for up to two weeks.

In 2010, the Ministry ofWomen and Child Development(MWCD) launched the IndiraGandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana(IGMSY) to address this criticalsituation. Leveraging theIntegrated Child DevelopmentScheme’s (ICDS) platform, theprogramme was piloted in 53districts across the country.

The IGMSY provides partialwage compensation to pregnantand lactating women in order topromote rest and healthy feedingpractices, as well as increaseutilisation of healthcare services.Under the scheme, all pregnantwomen of 19 years and above,except those employed by thegovernment (Central or State) orPublic Sector Undertakings, forthe first two live births wereentitled to Rs. 4,000 per livebirth, in three instalments. Thescheme is conditional on timelyregistration, complete vaccina-tion, attending counselling ses-

sions and exclusive breastfeed-ing of the child.

In September 2013, theIGMSY cash incentive wasincreased from Rs. 4,000 to Rs.6,000 to comply with the mini-mum maternity entitlement pro-vision of the National FoodSecurity Act (NFSA), 2013.Additionally the payment time-line was revised to two instal-ments of Rs. 3,000. However,the coverage and conditionswere unaltered.

Poor implementation

Implementation of the IGMSYhas been neglected since itslaunch. Official data show thatbetween the years 2010 and2013, approximately only 28 percent of the targeted beneficiarieswere covered. At the end of2014, the MWCD announced aproposed scale up of the IGMSYto 200 additional ‘high burden’districts in 2015-16. Though thisexpansion did not comply withthe NFSA’s mandate of maternalentitlements for the entire coun-try, the willingness of the gov-ernment to increase coverage ofthe IGMSY was seen by civilsociety as a step in the rightdirection.

However, the government’slack of commitment to expan-sion of the IGMSY is betrayedthrough this year’s budget allo-cation of Rs. 438 crore, anincrease of Rs. 80 crore from2014-15. Given the absence ofCentre-State cost sharing, thisincreased allocation of approxi-mately one-fifth of last year’sbudget is disproportionate to theproposed expansion of nearlyfour times the current coverage.This indicates the government’sdecision to not scale up theIGMSY, which is a clear viola-tion of the NFSA.

A qualitative study of theIGMSY was conducted by theCentre for Equity Studies, New

Delhi, in 2014, in Bihar,Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand andMadhya Pradesh. The studyrevealed widespread neglect ofthe scheme over three years,with teething trouble still beingfaced in some districts.

It was found that most benefi-ciaries were unaware or misin-formed about the scheme. Onemother in Jharkhand believedthat she was entitled to a maxi-mum amount of Rs. 1,500.Without the government’s atten-tion to awareness building,women fail to demand their enti-tlements. Several Anganwadiworkers stated that a three-yeargap between the first two chil-dren or sterilisation of the moth-er was essential for receivingIGMSY money for the secondchild. Such misinformation is aresult of inadequate and improp-er counselling of women andtraining of workers.

Under the IGMSY, cash isonly deposited into an account.Opening and accessing accountsis often expensive and time con-suming because banks and postoffices are often far from vil-lages. In Madhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh, banks and postoffices were situated as far as17-30 kilometres — a difficultterrain to traverse in some areas— and some of them are ineffi-cient. IGMSY guidelines specifythat the accounts should have tobe zero-balance no-frillaccounts. However, no womanreported having such an account.Initial deposits demanded fromthem ranged from Rs. 50-200 inpost offices and Rs. 500-1,000 inbanks. Such costs disincentiviseparticipation in the programme.

The IGMSY guidelines rec-ommend creation of State anddistrict implementation cells.These cells were either absent ornot fully staffed at the time ofthe study. This failure combinedwith no provisions for block-level cells, and frequent transfer

of officials, negatively impactsIGMSY implementation, moni-toring and quality record-keep-ing. The study also revealed thatno system of IGMSY-relatedcomplaint filing, time-boundinvestigation or appeals systemexists in Bihar, Jharkhand andChhattisgarh.

Delayed payment was a trendacross the four States with nosampled beneficiary receivingthe first instalment of IGMSYcash during pregnancy. In Biharand Jharkhand, the completeamount was generally receivedwhen the child was around one-year-old. Such delays underminethe objective of the scheme — toprovide partial wage compensa-tion during pregnancy to enableadequate rest.

Improving effectiveness

Despite various issues plagu-ing the IGMSY, there is signifi-cant scope to improve imple-mentation and effectiveness ofthe programme through compli-ance with the guidelines. Insteadof focussing on the existinggaps, the MWCD aroundSeptember 2014 proposed limit-ing the IGMSY to AntyodayaAnna Yojana and priority house-holds i.e., the eligibility criteriafor the Public DistributionSystem (PDS) under the NFSA.This proposal fails to account forthe fact that maternal and childhealth is not merely an econom-ic issue. It is as much a matter ofimproper practices, misinforma-tion regarding care and delayeddiagnosis. For this reason, hav-ing initial eligibility criteria thatare largely economic are inade-quate. Additionally, identifica-tion of beneficiaries for the PDShas been shrouded in conversa-tions on digitisation and delayedverification of the SocioEconomic and Caste Census,resulting in only 11 States imple-menting the NFSA till date.There is a real danger of thesedelays being extended to the

IGMSY.

Given the above, what isrequired is a focus on the basicssuch as awareness building,establishment of implementationcells, a responsive grievanceredress mechanism and a pub-licly accessible managementinformation system. Mostimportantly, the governmentneeds to commit to the realisa-tion of the right to maternal enti-tlements of all women as definedin the NFSA.

(Vanita Leah Falcao andJasmeet Khanuja are Research

Associates at the Centre forEquity Studies, New Delhi. The

views expressed are solely thoseof the authors.)

The Germanwings Airbus A320 crash in the FrenchAlps that killed 150 people including the co-pilotwho was responsible for it, raises a difficult ques-

tion for the aviation industry: can it determine with finali-ty that a pilot is fit in all respects before a flight? Despitethe rigorous physical and psychological testing processesin place, that may not be possible. Civil aviation is amongthe most regulated sectors because of the risks that flyingentails for everyone — the passengers, crew and people onthe ground. The revelation that Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of the Germanwings aircraft, had mental health issuesthat he concealed from his employer raises disturbingquestions. It underscores the fragility of the human factorwhich is truly the critical element in the rigorous process-es required for aviation. The Lubitz issue showed that theannual medical examination of pilots done under strictEuropean Union regulations can fail to identify psycholog-ical problems such as depression. Significantly, last year’smysterious Malaysia Airlines MH 370 disappearance alsoinvolved a captain who may have been disturbed. Had theEU a ‘two-person’ cockpit rule such as in the U.S., whichrequires two crew members to be present in the cockpitalways, this act of mass murder could have been stopped.The EU and the European Aviation Safety Agency are nowconsidering the introduction of a similar rule. Flight safetyhas so far focussed on threats from the passenger side, andthe 9/11 terror episode led to fortification of the cockpit. Inexceptional circumstances, such as an emergency affectingthe pilot and the cockpit area, the crew can use a code thatopens the cockpit door briefly, or it even opens automati-cally if the pilots are immobilised due to depressurisation.But if they are in a position to act, pilots can override thismechanism. The crash in the Alps has launched the searchfor a solution to this problem, of accessing the cockpitfrom outside, if the plane has been commandeered fromwithin. The quest now includes a technological solution —one that enhances ground control of aircraft features,including the cabin door, remotely. On the human factoraspect that cannot be overemphasised, the solution liespartly in destigmatising mental health issues. This is par-ticularly relevant to the present-day workplace, where theemphasis is on productivity. Stress and aviation do not gotogether, and pilot recruitment tests are designed toexclude those who crack under pressure. Preliminary evi-dence shows that Andreas Lubitz was indeed stressed, andthat in spite of medical advice pursued his deadly course.It is tragic that a failure to factor in the possibility ofhuman errors has led to tragedies of this proportion in theskies.

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The ‘greatness’ of a ‘landmark’ judgment

The judgment does not make the important distinc-tion between “speech” and “expression” and, there-

fore, while it elaborates on the need to protectspeech and the written word, it has little to say onexpression especially in its many forms of photo-graphs, paintings, films, cartoons, etc. So, while a

Facebook post gets protection, a painting does not.

“ “

Under the IGMSY,cash is only deposited

into an account.Opening and access-ing accounts is oftenexpensive and timeconsuming because

banks and postoffices are often far

from villages. InMadhya Pradesh and

Chhattisgarh, banksand post offices weresituated as far as 17-

30 kilometres — adifficult terrain to

traverse in someareas — and some ofthem are inefficient.

IGMSY guidelinesspecify that the

accounts should haveto be zero-balance

no-frill accounts.

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 31, 2015SAADDA HAQ

PATNA, MARCH 30Opposition BJP pil-

loried Nitish Kumargovernment for "deteri-orating" law and ordersituation alleging thatorganised crime hasreturned to the statefrom the day he tookRJD's assistance in run-ning the government.

The issue was raisedby the BJP in the stateAssembly and its mem-bers trooped into wellof the House shoutingslogans against thestate government.

Due to protestsSpeaker Uday NarayanChoudhary adjournedthe House first till12:30 PM and than till2 PM.

Leader of OppositionNand Kishore Yadavmentioned some crimeincidents in the stateand alleged that "underpressure of LaluPrasad's RJD, theNitish Kumar govern-ment is handicapped in

checking organisedcrime."

He demanded resig-nation of the state gov-ernment over the crimesituation.

Senior minister andJD(U) LegislatureParty leader in theHouse Vijay Chaudharytook strong exceptionto BJP disrupting theHouse every day.

"What kind of ademocracy do youwant? What kind of atradition do you want to

establish?" Chaudharyasked, while making ascathing attack at theBJP.

Later, Yadav toldreporters that sinceFebruary 23 whenNitish Kumar assumedcharge as ChiefMinister again, around200 incidents of crimesincluding murder, lootand rape have beenreported in the media.

He said since the RJDwas backing the gov-ernment, organised

crimes from jails,which had made head-lines during its rule for15 years from 1990-2005, have returned tohaunt the common peo-ple. "List of people tobe targeted are preparedby people from Siwanjail and given to gang-men for execution," heclaimed, indicating thereturn of RJD strong-man and former MPM o h a m m a dShahbuddin on thescene.

BJP attacks Nitish govtover law and order

MUMBAI, MARCH 30Akash Jain's 15-foot jump, it

turns out, was prompted bymore than mere impatience - hewanted to be a hero, albeit thefilmy kind.

"I wanted to perform a stuntlike Akshay Kumar, because Iam his fan, and hence I jumpedoff the aircraft," admitted the30-year-old, who was arrestedby the Airport Police Station onSaturday night. Jain, who willremain in judicial custody tillApril 4, is a medical representa-tive and was headed to Goawhen he performed the stuntthat led to his arrest.

ArrestJain was slated to take a con-

necting Jet Airways flight (9W426) that takes off from terminal1B (domestic terminal) at 5.10pm and reaches Goa around

6.25 pm. Having exited the air-port at 3.16 pm after his stunt,however, he decided to head toGoa by road. Jain first travelled

to Bandra, then Dadar, and thenmistakenly took a bus toBelgaum from there. Havingrealised the error, he got off thebus in Nerul and then took a pri-vate cab to Pune Station.

Before proceeding to Goafrom there, he called up his par-ents. His mother informed himthat his father wasn't keepingwell, and so he decided to returnhome to Jalandhar. He then tooka Neeta Travels Volvo bus backto Mumbai and was arrestednear Kherwadi signal in Bandra(East) on Saturday night.

"Since we had a CCTV grabof Jain from the arrivals hallarea, we had circulated hisimage. On receiving specificinformation, we were aware that

he was on his way back toMumbai in the bus and caughthim near Kherwadi around 9.30pm on Saturday," said an offi-cial close to the developments.

An FIR had been filed againstJain under Section 336 of theIPC and Section 29 of the IndianAircraft Act, 1937.

He told us that he had seenAkshay Kumar performingstunts in the movies and wantedto perform one himself. Headded that the fact that passen-gers are repeatedly told to openthe emergency doors only incase of an emergency made himwant to open it more," theAirport Police official added.

Jain stays in Rasta Mohalla inJalandhar with his parents, two

sisters and a brother. His eldersister lives in Goa and Jain wasapparently on his way to meether, said another Airport Policeofficial.

CopspeakAssistant Commissioner of

Police (Airport Division)Madhukar Sankhe said, "Wehad called his parents and theyreached the city in the afternoontoday (Sunday). After his judi-cial custody ends on April 4, themagistrate will decide whetherto release him on bail or takefurther action against him. Wehad specific information abouthis arrival in the Volvo bus andhence we caught him. It wasn't arandom nakabandi."

Man Who Jumped Off Plane at Mumbai Airport Wanted to Ape Akshay Kumar!BSF jawan hurt inpressure bombblast in KankerRAIPUR, MARCH 30

A BSF jawan wasinjured when he acciden-tally stepped on a pres-sure bomb planted bynaxals in Chhattisgarh'sKanker district onSunday, police said.

The incident occurredbetween Sulangi andSiksod villages underSiksod police stationlimits this afternoon,Kanker DySP (Anti-Naxal operation) JayantVaishnav said.

MUMBAI, MARCH 30Bollywood actors Aamir Khan,

Salman Khan, Farhan Akhtar andothers along with MaharashtraNavnirman Sena (MNS) chiefRaj Thackeray came together onSaturday to discuss Mumbai'sDevelopment Plan 2034.

Mumbai's Aarey Colony - over2000 hectares of green cover - islisted in the plan, not as a forest,but as a growth centre. The planalso shows a metro car shed atthe location, that the state gov-ernment has currently put onhold.

"Any step regarding Aareyshould be taken with great carebecause it is home to a lot ofwildlife. We have no right to dis-rupt their home", said actorAamir Khan at the meeting.

"The Development Plan is anoose around the neck. It is up toyou if you want to cut the rope. Ifthe agitation has to come on thestreets, we will bring it on the

streets," said lyricisit JavedAkhtar.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray,who hosted the event said he hadorganised the gathering not as apolitician, but a concernedMumbaikar. "If the governmentcommunicates with people abouttheir policies, there will be noneed for such gatherings", hesaid.

Architect and town planner PKDas called for the plan to bescrapped entirely, saying it wasirrelevant to the needs and aspi-rations of the city's resident. Healso attacked the proposedincrease in the Floor Space Index(FSI), which would allow thecity to grow in a taller manner.

"We are comparing FSI withSingapore or New York or Hong

Kong. They have first developedtheir infrastructure and depend-ing on the availability of infra-structure, they've fixed FSI. Weare doing the reverse," said MrDas.

The Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation that has vetted theplan has defended it. "DP 2034 ismade professionally to achievethe goals of growth, inclusive-ness and sustainability. Our 600page report contains details that Iurge everyone to read," SitaramKunte, BMC MunicipalCommissioner, said.

The draft development plan isopen to public suggestions tillApril 25th. A letter signed bythose present at the meeting willbe sent to the Chief Ministertoday, asking for the deadline tobe extended by six months andfor officials to engage with thepublic and explain the develop-ment plan before it is implement-ed.

Film Personalities Come Together Against Mumbai's Development Plan

PATNA, MARCH 30Train services and road traf-

fic were disrupted, vehiclesdamaged and shops forciblyclosed at several places inBihar today during a 24-hrBihar bandh called by AkhilBharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP). The bandh wascalled to protest police lath-icharge and firing duringABVP's 'Vidhan Sabha march'on March 26, in which severalABVP members were injured.

ABVP members assembledin the Patna University area ofthe state capital today andforced suspension of classes,closure of university officesand other educational institu-tions in the area.

They marched through thebusy Ashok Rajpath andGandhi Maidan area burningtyres in the middle of the road

and forcing shopkeepers todown their shutters, a policeofficer said.

They also damaged wind-screens of private vehicles,auto-rickshaws and tried toattack police patrol cars enroute to Dak Bungalowsquare, the nerve centre of citytraffic. The police geared upwith heavy deployment of per-sonnel around the DakBungalow area. It resorted tomild lathicharge once thecharged up protestors reachedthere, forcing them to flee. Afew of them were arrested, theofficer said.

Patna Senior Superintendentof Police (SSP) Jitendra Ranasaid, "We are keeping a watchover the situation. Our person-nel have contained the demon-strators, wherever they tried togo out of control."

ABVP bandh affectstrain services in Bihar

JAMMU, MARCH 30The Jammu and Kashmir

government on Monday saidthere would be no loweringof guard on the security frontalong the the borders of thecountry.

"The government will notlower guard on security frontin protecting our borders,"Jammu and Kashmir ChiefMinister Mufti MohammedSayeed told the Assemblyhere.

He commended the police,paramilitary forces and theArmy for having done a com-mendable job in bringingpeace to the state.

"The situation looks nor-mal in Kashmir. The securityforces, Army, central securityforces and police played amajor role for that, but thebiggest change has beenbrought by the people whosafeguarded democracy," he

said.Crediting the people of the

state for giving a strong man-date in the Assembly elec-tions held last year, Sayeedsaid it was a historic opportu-nity to change the fate of thestate and people had realisedthat participation in the dem-ocratic process was the onlyoption. "Since 1947, howmany problems we havefaced. This mandate is a turn-ing point, our history canchange," he said, adding thatchange will be felt at grass-roots level.

Terming Jammu andKashmir as "a garden ofdemocracy", he said peoplefrom outside carry an impres-sion that the airport was likea jail.

"I will talk to the police DGso as to make our policereceptive and friendly. Evenin US, travellers have to go

through a rigorous screeningprocess at the airport," hesaid. Stressing on the needfor making the police forceprofessional, the ChiefMinister said it will be madetourist-friendly, especially atAirports and other exit andentry points so that visitors tothe state experience a "feelgood factor".

The police force will alsobe equipped with state-of-the-art technologies to ensurespeedier crime detection,traffic management, investi-gations and busting of drugtrafficking rackets. Sayeedsaid he will work to strength-en the constituency of peaceby laying edifice for strongpolice-public relations, insti-tutions of probity, delegationof powers and a transparenttransfer policy, which will setthe tone of good governancefor the next six years.

No lowering of guard at border: Mufti Mohd

Mumbai, March 30The Congress today said

its workers will performthe 'bhumipujan' of DrBabasaheb Ambedkar'smemorial in Mumbai onApril 14 if the BJP-ledMaharashtra governmentfails to do so by then.

"We will wait for thegovt to perform the 'bhu-mipujan' for the memorial,land for which was allottedduring the UPA regime,"Mumbai RegionalCongress Committee(MRCC) President SanjayNirupam said at VidhanBhawan. "If the govern-ment fails to do so, we willbarge inside the Indu Millland and perform the bhu-mipujan ourselves," theformer MP said.

"It is disappointing that

instead of performing bhu-mipujan, Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis will beon Europe tour," MrNirupam said.

The ministers in the BJP-led government take pleas-ure in making grandioseannouncements but noth-ing is done on ground, hesaid. RPI leader RamdasAthawale should make his

stance clear on what hisparty intends to do if theApril 14 'bhumipujan'deadline is missed due tothe chief minister's Europetour, Mr Nirupam said.

There is resentmentamong Dalits over thedelay in performing 'bhu-mipujan' of the Ambedkarmemorial, the Congressleader said.

Will Perform 'Bhumipujan' of Ambedkar Memorialif Maharashtra Govt Doesn't: Congress

HYDERABAD, MARCH 30The master plan for the cap-

ital of Andhra Pradesh, com-ing up in Vijaywada region, islikely to be ready by June.

The Singapore governmentagencies, which are helpingthe AP government by prepar-ing the master plan for free,on Monday made a presenta-tion before Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu, who ison a visit to Singapore.

Naidu suggested somechanges in the plan.

"The capital city masterplan will be refined by incor-porating these suggestionsand modifications in the nextsix to eight weeks," a stategovernment release said here.

The delegation from AndhraPradesh gave a detailed pres-entation on the land poolingprocess and various timelinesfor making the capital ready.

The state government haspooled around 32,000 acresfor developing the capital.

The AP and Singapore dele-gations have decided to meetin the next six to eight weeksby the time the Singaporegovernment comes up with arevised version of the masterplan.

"The next stage, however,would be the seed capitalplanning," the release said.

Naidu began his day inSingapore by reading a note inremembrance of Singapore'sFounding Father Lee KuanYew.

Later, he had breakfastmeeting with Singapore'sForeign Affairs Minister KShanmugam and Ambassador-at-large Gopinath Pillai fol-lowed by a high-level meetingwith Singapore's SecondMinister for Trade andIndustry S Iswaran.

During the meeting with

Iswaran and other delegates ofSingapore, Naidu was pre-sented a broad outline of thecapital region to which hesuggested a few modifica-tions, it said.

The AP delegation led byNaidu includes FinanceMinister Y Ramakrishnudu,Urban Development MinisterP Narayana and Advisor(communications) ParakalaPrabhakar.

Later, the chief ministerheld a meeting with Singaporeofficials and investors.

Naidu, who made a presen-tation to delegates, said he

admires Singaporeans fortheir work ethics.

Remembering Singapore'sfirst Prime Minister Lee Kuan

Yew, Naidu said, "I havebeen an admirer of Lee.Paying tributes to him,Andhra Pradesh legislativeAssembly has moved a condo-lence motion."

"As promised to the peopleof my state, I'm committed togive them a world-class capi-tal city on the lines ofSingapore," the release quotedthe chief minister as saying.

Highlighting potential sec-tors for investments and tradeties between AP andSingapore, he said infrastruc-ture, ports and shipping,telecommunications, smartcities, transportation, watermanagement and urban plan-ning are some areas of collab-oration.

Noting that the capital cityplanning is in advanced stage,Naidu said the detailed planwill be out by June.

He assured investors thatthe ease of doing business,mega infrastructure projects,targeted policies and transpar-ent governance will be AP'shighlights.

Master plan for Andhra Pradeshcapital likely to be ready in June

VADODARA, MARCH 30A new terminal for starting interna-

tional flights from Harni Airport inthe city of Vadodara is likely to beready by March 2016, a senior offi-cial has said.

"About 50 per cent constructionwork of the new terminal is over andthe remaining work will be completedbefore the end of this year. The workfor creating other facilities as perinternational standards will be doneby March next year," Director,Airport Authority of India, VadodaraAirport, Santosh Dhoke told PTItoday.

The project is part of the Centre'sefforts to modernise the existing air-ports and develop them on par withinternational airports.

The existing domestic terminal atVadodara airport is small and cannothandle a large number of passengers.

The foundation stone for the newterminal was laid on February 26,2009. The construction work started

in May 2011 and is expected to becompleted by next year.

The new terminal will have an areaof 18,120 sq metres with the ability tohandle 700 passengers (500 domesticand 200 international) per hour. Itwill have 18 check-in counters, offi-cial sources said.

Gujarat Finance and Civil AviationMinister Saurabh Patel had last yearrequested the Centre for declaringVadodara and Surat flight terminalsas international airports.

Mr Patel had also requested UnionCivil Aviation Minister for startingdirect flights to Dubai from Vadodaraand Surat.

Meanwhile, the regular operation ofMumbai and Delhi-bound flightsfrom the airport resumed yesterdayafter completion of resurfacing workof runway, Mr Dhoke earliersaid.

As many as 16 flights operateeveryday from the Harni airport,located on the city outskirts.

International Terminal at VadodaraAirport to be Ready by March 2016

NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 31, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

LG has launched oneof its new curvedmid-range smart-

phones in India, the LGSpirit, listing it on itscountry-specific websiteat Rs. 14,250. The compa-ny has not yet announcedavailability details for thesmartphone.

The LG Spirit was glob-ally unveiled in Februaryalong with three othersmartphones LG Magna,LG Leon and the LG Joy.

The firm had showcasedall the smartphones dur-ing MWC 2015 thismonth.

As per specifications,the dual-SIM (Micro-SIM) LG Spirit (LG H-422) runs Android 5.0Lollipop and includes4.7-inch HD (720x1280pixels) resolution displaywith pixel density of312ppi. The display iscurved slightly, with a3000mm radius curva-

ture. In India, the smart-phone packs a 1.3GHzquad-core processor cou-pled with 1GB of RAM.

The LG Spirit featuresan 8-megapixel rear cam-era, and a 1-megapixelfront facing camera.

The 8GB of inbuilt stor-age is expandable viamicroSD card (up to32GB). Connectivity

options on the LG Spiritinclude 3G, Wi-Fi,Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS,and Micro-USB. Thehandset measures133.25x66.12x9.95mmand is backed by a2100mAh battery.

So far, there is no wordon when the firm willlaunch the 4G-enabledvariant of the smartphone,

the LG Spirit LTE, inIndia.

Notably, LG has onMonday also announcedthe start of the global roll-out of its four new mid-range smartphones, theJoy, Leon, Magna, andSpirit, starting with SouthAmerica followed closelyby Europe, Asia, MiddleEast Africa and NorthAmerica.

All this while, whenthe rumourm i l l

churned out leaksfor the anticipat-ed HTC One E9,HTC in Chinaquietly listed theOne E9+ on itswebsite withoutany price ora v a i l a b i l i t ydetails. So far, nolisting of theHTC One E9 hasappeared.

The officialHTC China list-ing of the OneE9+ was firstspotted byEngadget Chinaon Sunday.Notably, somedetails vary onthe page itself(such as a 20-megapixel rearcamera listing onthe feature page,and 13-megapix-el on the specifi-cations page), promptingspeculation that HTC's currentspecifications page for the OneE9+ is actually meant for the less-er One E9 sibling.

As per the listing, the HTC OneE9+ is a dual-SIM (Nano-SIM)smartphone which runs the 'latestAndroid OS with HTC Sense out-

of-the-box', tippingAndroid 5.0Lollipop withSense 7 UI.

The HTC OneE9+ features a5.5-inch full-HD(1080x1920 pix-els) display,though onceagain, with all theprevious leaks, itis expected theOne E9+ bears aQHD display (tak-ing the pixel den-sity up to 534ppi)while the One E9will sport the full-HD display. Thesmartphone packsa 64-bit octa-core2.0GHz MediaTekM T 6 7 9 5 Mprocessor coupledwith 2GB ofRAM. 3GB ofRAM is howeverexpected to beannounced for theE9+, and the for-mer for the One

E9.

The HTC One E9+ is listed tosport a 13-megapixel (f/2.2) rearautofocus camera with LED flash

and a front UltraPixel (f/2.0) cam-era with a BSI sensor that's pre-sumably a 4-megapixel offering.The 16GB internal storage on thehandset is listed to get expandedby microSD card (up to 128GB).Connectivity options on the OneE9+ include 4G (FDD and TD-LTE), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/A-GPS and NFC. The devicemeasures 156.5x76.5x7.49mm,weighs 150 grams, and sports a2800mAh battery. It also featuresstereo front-facing BoomSoundspeakers.

On Friday, the tipster @upleakshad also published the press renderimages of the One E9+, whichmatch those on the HTC Chinasite, followed by press images ofthe One E9 on Sunday, which visi-bly feature a smaller rear cameralens.

Last week, the company begansending out invites for an event onApril 8. The event invite featuresthe tagline 'More than One', andshow the back of smartphone witha brushed metal dual-tone buildand a duo-camera setup that bearsa massive primary lens below thesmaller depth-sensing lens. Theexpected launches on April 8 withthe fresh leaks now include OneE9+ along with the One M9 Plusand One E9.

1. Potassium nitrate is used inA. medicine B. fertiliserC. salt D. glass

2. Permanent hardness of water may be removed by theaddition ofA. sodium carbonate B. alumC. potassium permanganate D. lime

3. Soda water containsA. carbonic acid B. sulphuric acidC. carbon dioxide D. nitrous acid

4. The most important ore of aluminium isA. galena B. calamineC. calcite D. bauxite

5. Most soluble in water isA. camphor B. sulphurC. common salt D. sugar

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(B), 2(A), 3(C), 4(D), 5(D)

TODAY’S STARARIES An element of the mystical and fanciful will play a significant part in

your world today, Aries. This energy is likely to come to you unex-pectedly, and your first reaction might be to shy away from it. Believein the power of thought and intention. Pursue whatever you wish toachieve in your world. Putting a great deal of willpower behind youractions will make you more likely to succeed.

TAURUS You may sense that the actions around you are fueled by selfishmotives. You may be the only one who really sees what's goingon, Taurus. You feel like an observer on a mountain lookingdown with disdain on the people below. You understand the pol-itics of the situation, yet from your high vista you feel powerlessto implement effective change. Collect data now and act later.

GEMINI Take action that will help you find greater freedom in yourlife, Gemini. In an attempt to please the people around you,you may be giving up too much of yourself. Before youknow it, you may be in shackles connected to people, situ-ations, and commitments that you can't seem to extricateyourself from. Use today to free yourself from these chains.

CANCER You may have to consciously let go of some of your plans,Cancer, and simply leave things up to chance. The element of theunexpected can help you out quite a bit, so work with it instead oftrying to keep it at bay. The natural flow of events should lead youtoward a place of greater freedom. Use your imagination insteadof relying completely on mental processes like logic.

LEO Don't let the positive energy of the day pass you by, Leo.You're able to grab hold and make greater use of it thanmost, so don't hesitate to get going early and keep on goinguntil late. Stop contemplating the issues and take action.Take the best aspects of each side of the issue instead offeeling like you're restricted to one side or the other.

VIRGO You may be tempted to make up your own rules, Virgo, becauseyou really aren't happy with the ones before you. Be careful ofdoing so without first understanding the full implications for youand the people around you. By all means, if you feel like certainthings just aren't right, take steps to change them. There's no rea-son that you have to stay within traditional constraints.

LIBRA Your actions may be erratic and spontaneous today, Libra, butthey will also most certainly be powerful. You may be driven bya sharp intellectual mind. Perhaps there's someone near youwho has great cunning. You may be feeling brainier than usual.Genius ideas are apt to surround you and your actions as longas you keep an open mind about how and when they manifest.

SCORPIO Take some time to break out of your normal routine and seewhat's going on in the world around you, Scorpio. You couldbe so focused and so driven toward a specific goal that youfail to take into account the rest of the world. You may not evenbe aware that these outside energies have a huge effect onwhat you're doing in your own little compartment.

SAGITTARIUSDon't feel like you're obligated to jump through other people'shoops, Sagittarius. Just because someone wants you to dosomething doesn't mean you have to oblige. Bend over backwardfor yourself and not for the entertainment of others. Freedom isan operative word for you, so make sure you exercise this right inevery aspect of your life. No one else is going to do it for you.

CAPRICORN You may be acting unconsciously, Capricorn. Suddenly you'rehalfway through a task and wondering what you really hoped toaccomplish by starting it in the first place. Be more conscious ofyour energy and how you use it. Make sure you don't shoot your-self in the foot by wasting your precious resources on things thatdon't really matter in the long run.

AQUARIUS You can rely on your good luck to pull you out of difficult situationstoday, Aquarius. This is one day when you can launch yourselfheadfirst without worrying too much about the outcome. There'sa great deal of positive energy on your side that you may noteven be able to see right now. Trust that whatever you undertakewill work out fortuitously for you in the long run.

PISCES You may have your guard up as you fend off people and situationsthat have caught you unprepared, Pisces. Be careful about puttingup such big walls that you can't see over them. The danger ofbuilding a fortress that doesn't allow others to come in is that itmakes it more difficult for you to look out. Leave one wall shorterso you don't cut yourself off from the outside world.

HTC One E9+ With 64-Bit Octa-CoreSoC Listed on Company Website

Xiaomi has beenrumoured to bemaking an ultra-

affordable smartphonesince November last year,and the smartphone wasrecently spotted in leakedimages. The smartphone'spricing and release datehas now been tipped in anew report.

According to Chineseblog Mydrivers.com, theunnamed smartphonefrom Xiaomi will bepriced at CNY 499(approximately Rs.5,000) instead of the pre-v i o u s l y

rumoured CNY 399(approximately Rs.4,000), and is set tolaunch on April 8.

As for the rumouredspecifications of theXiaomi's CNY 499 smart-phone, the most recentreport corroborates previ-ous ones to tip it willsport a 4.7-inch HD(720x1280 pixels) dis-play; a quad-core 1.6GHzLeadcore LC 1860 CPU;Mali T628 GPU; 1GB ofRAM; 13-megapixel and2-megapixel cameras;

8GB of inbuilt storage,

and Android 4.4.4 KiKatwith latest MIUI skin ontop.

Last week, the Xiaomiannounced that the com-pany is turning five inApril and to mark theoccasion there will anevent on March 31.Xiaomi on its MIUIforum also confirmed thatCEO Lei Jun will belaunching a new device(or devices) at the event.

While the company hasnot revealed what wouldbe launched, it is possible

that we mightsee theu n n a m e dultra-afford-able smart-phone alongwith the MiBand succes-sor smart-watch, aswell as ther e c e n t l yleaked mid-r a n g e' F e r r a r i 'smartphone.

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SPORTSSPORTS 7SAADDA HAQNEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 31, 2015

DUBAI, MARCH 30Not a single Indian cricketer

found a place in the ICC's WorldCup XI which was dominated byrunners-up New Zealand ratherthan champions Australia withBlack Caps skipper BrendonMcCullum as its captain.

The ICC team features fiveNew Zealanders, includingMcCullum, despite their seven-wicket loss to Australia in thesummit clash yesterday. India,the defending champions, hadbowed out after a semifinal lossto Australia.

"McCullum was chosen as thecaptain following his aggressive,innovative and inspirational lead-ership during the 44-day tourna-ment that was the cornerstone ofhis team's progression to the finalwhere it lost to Australia byseven wickets," the ICC said in astatement.

McCullum also scored 328runs in nine matches with fourhalf-centuries at a strike-rate of 188.50.

The team was chosenby a select group ofexperts who weregiven the task ofpicking a balancedside on the basisof performancesin the tourna-m e n t .S t a t i s t i c swere usedbut werenot thes o l ebasis for

selections.In addition to McCullum, the

side includes four NewZealanders -- CoreyAnderson, Trent Boult,Martin Guptill, DanielVettori -- threeAustralians in GlennMaxwell, Steven Smithand Mitchell Starc, twoSouth Africans (AB deVilliers and MorneMorkel), with SriLanka's KumarSangakkara as wick-etkeeper-batsman.

Z i m b a b w e ' sBrendan Taylor, whofinished with 433runs in six matches,was named as the12th man.

ICC GeneralM a n a g e r

(Cricket), Geoff Allardice, who chaired the panel, said Indianpacers Umesh Yadav andMohammad Shami along with

off-spinner R Ashwin were inthe running.

"The panel had anextremely difficult

choice ofselecting

a

1 2 -

m e m b e rsquad at the back

of an outstandingtournament, high-lighted by some eye-catching individualp e r f o r m a n c e sincluding two dou-ble-centuries, 38

centuries, two hat-tricks and 28four-wicket hauls," he said.

"There were a number of otherplayers that were discussed

as possible selections in theteam. These included batsmenMahmudullah (Bangladesh) andShaiman Anwar (UAE), fastbowlers Umesh Yadav,Mohammad Shami (both India),Wahab Riaz (Pakistan) and spin-

ners Imran Tahir (SouthAfrica) and R Ashwin

(India)," addedAllardice.

"But there wereso many brilliantindividual per-

formances duringthe tournament that

it was not possible tofit them into the team.

The panel eventuallycame up with this side,

which, in their view, wasthe most balanced outfit that

is capable of beating any sideon any given day."

Team of the ICC CricketWorld Cup 2015 in battingorder: Martin Guptill (NewZealand), Brendon McCullum(New Zealand, captain), KumarSangakkara (Sri Lanka, wicket-keeper), Steven Smith(Australia), AB de Villiers (SouthAfrica), Glenn Maxwell(Australia), Corey Anderson(New Zealand), Daniel Vettori(New Zealand), Mitchell Starc(Australia), Trent Boult (NewZealand), Morne Morkel (SouthAfrica), Brendan Taylor(Zimbabwe, 12th man).

No Indian in ICC's World Cup XIled by Brendon McCullum

SOCHI, MARCH 30Indian Grandmaster

Dronavalli Harika drewher first game of the semi-final against MariyaMuzychuk of Ukraine inthe World Women ChessChampionship that con-cluded here on Monday.

Harika, playing withblack, responded with arare variation againstMuzychuk’s Scotch game,and it quickly took heropponent out of her prepa-ration in a couple of movesand the players started toexplore an unknown terri-tory. The queens wereexchanged, and a compli-cated ending arose withwhite having a spatialadvantage. In order tocomplete the development,Harika traded her bishopfor a knight, which gavechance to Muzychuk toobtain more significantadvantage in an open posi-tion. However, Muzychukselected a different move,which looked more active,but Harika grabbed thechance to make counterattacks. With a timelypawn sacrifice Harika cre-

ated a strong passed pawn,forcing further simplica-tions and a draw.

Meanwhile Pia Cramlingof Sweden drew first bloodin the other semifinal asshe overcame localfavourite NataliaPogonina. Cramling andPogonina went for a popu-lar line of the Queen’sGambit declined opening.

White’s slight pressuredid not evaporate evenafter most pieces wereexchanged. Black’s posi-tion remained passive.

Pogonina missed the bestmoment for trading minorpieces, and later had to dothis trade under lessfavourable circumstances.The Swedish patientlyimproved her position andslowly loosened Black’sdefence. Following a wellprepared pawn break in thecenter, the white king pen-etrated Black’s camp andsecured decisive materialgains.

Results round 5 game 1:Mariya Muzychuk (Ukr)drew with D Harika (Ind);Pia Cramling (Swe) beatNatalija Pogonina (Rus).

MELBOURNE, MARCH 30Who could have imagined at

the start of the World Cup that ina batsman-dominated game, theplayer of the tournament wouldeventually be a fast bowler?Australia's Mitchell Starcshowed that a bowler with theright pace and control can makea mark in cricket's biggest stage,even in conditions favouring wil-lowers.

Consistently delivering at 145km and swinging it both ways,Starc turned out to be a big tor-mentor of the top batting guns.

Sending the World Cup'sbiggest hitter, New Zealand skip-per Brendon McCullum, packingin the fifth ball of the final exem-plifies this, and that could havelaid the foundation forAustralia's ultimate triumph atthe Melbourne Cricket Ground.

"He was a bit too good for metoday, that's for sure. Yeah, look,he deserves the Man of theTournament for me. He was out-standing, bowled at good pace,he swung the ball late, and hewas incredibly accurate all theway along, as well," McCullumsaid after the match.

Australia chased down the184-run target with 101 ballsremaining and seven wickets inhand, thus clinching their fifth

world title on Sunday.Asked at the final post-match

presentation ceremony if he wasthe best bowler in the world,Starc said: "I wouldn't say that."

The 25-year-old left arm pacerfinished this World Cup with

striking figures of 22 wickets atan average of 10.18, with aneconomy rate of 3.5.

In a tournament that saw twodouble-hundreds, two batsmanget past 500 runs overall and 35centuries scored, Starc's figures

of 6/28 in Australia's first matchagainst New Zealand at the EdenPark in Auckland gave an indica-tion of the promising careerahead for the Sydney-born crick-eter.

Making his One-Day-

International (ODI) debutagainst India at Visakhapatnamin October 20, 2010, he has tilldate played 41 ODIs claiming 83wickets with a very good econo-my rate of 4.7.

Many feel Starc is surely onthe right path in emulating thelikes of Pakistan bowling greatWasim Akram and teammateMitchell Johnson as one of themost feared left-armers in crick-et history.

"I think Starcky deserves theMan of the Series award. I thinkhe's been exceptional,"Australia's retiring captainMichael Clarke said after theseven-wicket victory in the final.

Starc feels he has reaped thefruits of his hard work.

"I've worked really hard at itfor a number of months withCraig McDermott (Australianbowling coach). A few seriesago, we sat down and to see itcome to fruition... It's been phe-nomenal," he said.

Starc has been far from consis-tent as a Test player, being in andout of the team during his short15-match career.

But in ODIs, he has been acompletely changed bowler,standing by the skipper anddelivering when the situationdemanded the most.

Cricket World Cup: Starc was a bit too goodfor me, confesses Brendon McCullum

KUALA LUMPUR, MARCH 30Newly-crowned India Open champions,

Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth willlook to continue their fairytale run as theyeye another podium finish at the $500,000Malaysia Open Super Series Premierwhich gets underway with the qualifiers in

Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.Left with hardly any time to celebrate

their maiden title wins at the India SuperSeries, Saina and Srikanth had to rush forMalaysia on Sunday night itself and theduo will look to recover quickly beforestarting their campaign on Wednesday inthe main draw.

Set to be officially crowned the world no1 on Thursday, Saina will start her cam-paign as a third seed against Indonesia’sMaria Febe Kusumastuti in the openinground. The girl from Hyderabad is likely toface Thailand’s Busanan Ongbumrungpan,ranked 19th, in the second round.

If Saina can produce the same magicwhich helped her clinch India Open thenshe is likely to find herself face to facewith Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying, seededseventh, in the quarterfinals.

However, the road to the podium will betougher here as the top Chinese, includingLi Xuerui and Wang Yihan, will be back inbusiness and ready for the new World No.1.

“In last three months, I have reachedthree finals, which means I am learning. Iam not taking any tournament easily. Everytournament is difficult and every one willbe prepared for me and I will have to beready every time,” Saina said.

On a roll with back-to-back titles,Srikanth, on the other hand, will face 2010

Commonwealth Games silver-medallistRajiv Ouseph of England in the first round.

The Indian will take heart from the factthat he had beaten Rajiv during the WorldChampionship in August last year andwould look to do an encore on Wednesday.A win will pit him against world no. 16Tian Houwei of China next.

“Every win is important to me, every winmotivates me, every win gives me the con-fidence to perform well in the next tourna-ment,” Srikanth had said on Sundaynight.

Among other Indians, giant-killer H.S.Prannoy, who knocked out world no 2 JanJorgensen of Denmark in the quarterfinalslast week, will be up against Ireland’s ScottEvans, ranked 25th in the world. If hewins, he may face the legendary Lin Danor Tommy Sugiarto next.

Commonwealth Games championParupalli Kashyap will be up againstKorea’s Lee Dong Keun in the openinground and a win will see him face offagainst world no 1 Chen Long.

In women’s doubles, 2010Commonwealth Games gold medallist pairof Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa willface Keshya Nurvita Hanadia and DeviTika Permatasari, while Manu Attri and BSumeeth Reddy will take on Indonesia’sAndrei Adistia and Hendra ApridaGunawan in men’s doubles.

Saina,Srikanthnow eyeMalaysiacrown

NEW DELHI, MARCH 30Out-of-favour India all-

rounder Yuvraj Singh hasappealed to the cricket fansto respect Test captainVirat Kohli and his actressgirlfriend AnushkaSharma’s personal lives.

Anushka Sharma, whowas in attendance at theSydney Cricket Groundduring India’s World Cupsemifinal againstAustralia, was blamed forKohli’s failure in thematch which the team lostby 95 runs.

“To all our real Indianfans who support us in ourwins and loses ! Let’srespect @imVkohli and@AnushkaSharma person-

al life,” Yuvraj wrote onhis twitter handle.

The 33-year-old Yuvraj,who was Man of theTournament in the 2011edition but could not find aplace for the just-conclud-ed mega-event, was alsosupportive of Kohli.

“Someone who’s scored5 hundreds on Aus tourdeserves much morerespect and support fromhis fans!

“I’m sure in the comingtimes he will shine for hiscountry again and again,”he said.

The Bollywood fraterni-ty, too, took to the micro-blogging site to extend itssupport to the actress.

Respect Virat and Anushka’spersonal lives: Yuvraj

Harika signs peacetreaty in first game

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peeps?While SRK now

has 12 million fol-lowers, his contem-poraries or should wesay good friendsaren’t far behind inthe Twitter race.Aamir currently has

11.9 million follow-ers on Twitter and onthe other handDabangg Khan has11.2 million fans. Soat least AK will hitthe 12 million marksooner than later. Butas of now, the Fan

actor is leading theway.

So time for ShahRukh fans to cele-brate, after all,achieving this featwouldn’t have beenpossible withoutthem!

Shah Rukh leaves behind Salmanand Aamir Khan in the Twitter race,

NOW has 12 million followers!

Vidya Balan mightbe the epitome ofgrace and charis-

ma, someone whichBollywood looks uponwith respect, for the nichethat she has carved for her-self in the industry. But shewill always be a Malayaligirl speaking cute Tamil,winning hearts all overwith her candid nature.Recently when she washere in Chennai for JWF’sWomen’s summit, VidyaBalan, shared a cute little

story about her craze forKamal Haasan.

“I was a huge fan ofKamal Haasan,” claimedVidya Balan. “He wasstaying close to my rela-tive’s house, and I pesteredthem to take me there.Being a kid back then, Ithought it was easy to justwalk up to his house andmeet him! Of course, hewasn’t at home when wewent…but they gave me aphotograph signed by himand I was so thrilled to get

just that”, said the BobbyJasoos star.

Vidya Balan also spokeabout her wish to star in aTamil film, after beingousted from a Tamil flickmany years ago before herbig break in Bollywoodwith Parineeta. Now thatVidya Balan is a star ofgreat stature, wouldn’t it begreat if Vidya starred alongwith her teenage iconKamal Haasan for a Tamilfilm? Lets keep our fingerscrossed.

I was a huge fan of KamalHaasan: Vidya Balan

Vidhu Vinod Chopra’sBroken Horses to get a

Hollywood-style release!Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s international film

Broken Horses will be getting a starryHollywood premiere.

The cast and crew of the film will be walkingdown the red carpet at the premiere. BrokenHorses stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Anton Yelchin,Chris Marquette and Maria Valverde.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is currently busy with pro-motions of Broken Horses in the internationalmarkets. His B-Town friends will also be attend-ing the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. Someof the big names who will be attending BrokenHorses’ premiere are James Cameron and AlfonsoCuaron.

Broken Horses has created a lot of buzz aheadof its release. It’s trailer was launched byBollywood bigwigs, Amitabh Bachchan andAamir Khan, who might also be attending the pre-miere of the film in Los Angeles.

Broken Horses is completely a Hollywood filmwhich marks Chopra’s debut as a Hollywoodfilm-maker. He is the first Indian to have pro-duced, directed and written a full-fledgedHollywood film. It will get a worldwide releaseon April 10.

Broken Horses is a thriller story of two broth-ers. It is set against the backdrop of US- Mexicoborder gang wars and explores the bonds ofbrotherhood, laws of loyalty and the futility ofviolence.

The film is co-written by Abhijat Joshi who hasalso written 3 Idiots.

After Rowdy Rathore, thehit jodi of Akshay Kumarand Prabhu Deva has

teamed up yet again. The KhiladiKumar will be seen playing thelead in latter’s next directorialventure Singh Is Bling which hasbeen in the news courtesy its starcast. Initially, Heropanti fameactress Kriti Sanon was to play thelead but now Amy Jackson willromance Twinkle Khanna’s hubbydearest in the film. Also, not toolong ago rumours were rife aboutSingh Is Bling being postponedbut Akshay took to social media toclear the air about the same and heeven confirmed that his filmwould come out on October 2 asplanned. Well, the Baby actor wasright because his second collabo-ration with Prabhu Dheva is final-ly going on floors this week.

The makers will start shootingfor Singh Is Bling in Patiala fromthis week. That’s not all! Ourkhoofiya khabroo has also told usthat they will be filming a songfirst. Since Akki and Amy areplaying the lead, guess two willfeature in the song as well.

Though we haven’t got hold ofother information, now that thefilm is going on floors, we’ll keepyou updated about every littledetail. So keep checking out thisspace!

AkshayKumar tostartshootingfor PrabhuDheva’sSingh IsBling fromthis week!

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