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REAL ESTATESET FORMETRO BOOMGrowth will be seenalong the entire lengthof the rail corridors,especially in the east-ern parts of the City,say officials.

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Women on the 6th floorThe French movie Les femmes du 6eetage ( women on the 6th floor) willbe shown at Alliance Francaise.Where: Alliance Francaise,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 10

When: November 22,6.30pm

Contact: (040) 2355 4481

Children of the pyreChildren of The Pyre is a compellingcompilation of the real-life stories ofthe lives of seven extraordinary chil-dren who make their living out of thedead at Manikarnika. Where: Lamakaan,


When: November 237pm onwards

Contact: 96427 31329

Musical notesCatch guitarist Baiju Dharmajan per-form live at Cuba libre on November23 and at Radisson Blu, Banjara Hillson November 24.Where: Cuba Libre,


When: November 23,8pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6776 7114

Live musicCatch the band Dark Project per-forming live at Hard Rock Cafe onNovember 22. The band plays a

blend of alternative and progressiverock music.Where: Hard Rock Cafe,


When: November 22,9pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6463 6375

Two oceansTwo Oceans being held at RavindraBharati on November 23 representsmusic built on the deep foundationsof Carnatic music with the basics ofthe western jazz traditions. Where: Ravindra Bharati,

SaifabadWhen: November 23,

7.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2323 1245

Palette scapesAn exhibition of paintings on Acrylicon canvas by artist Nupur Kundu isbeing held at Shrishti Art Gallery Where: Shrishti Art Gallery,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 15

When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 2354 0023

Expressive artAlankritha Art Gallery presentsan exhibition of paintingstitled Expressive contemplationsby Maredu Ramu, Nirmal KarmakarNirmala Biluka and Palak Dubey. The

exhibition will be on display tillNovember 28.Where: Alankritha Art Gallery,

Kavuri Hills,Jubilee Hills

When: 19 November onwards,Monday-Saturday11am onwards

Contact: (040) 2311 3709

Exile in the windA painting exhibition by Sisir Sahnais being held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery,Banjara Hills from November 28.Where: Kalakrithi Gallery,


When: November 28 onwards,11am to 7pm

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

O womaniyaAn exhibition by Anjani Reddy, OWomaniya is being held.Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwards Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Painting exhibitionAnuradha Thakur’s exhibition ofpaintings titled Serene Harmony willbe on display upto November 25. Where: Novotel Hyderabad

Airport Hotel,Shamshabad

When: Ongoing, 9am onwards

Contact: (040) 6625 0000

Art group showA group show of emerging artistssuch as Arvind Kolapkar, ChaitaliMorajkar, K Sukumar and PallaviWalunj at Rainbow Art Gallery.Where: Rainbow Art Gallery,

Paryatak Bhavan,Begumpet

When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Awadhi food festivalHead to the great kebab factory forthe Awadhi food festival .The foodfest is on till November 30.Where: The Great Kebab Factory,

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After being overshadowed bythe City police in nabbing themain culprits behind Friday’sviolence in the Old City area,

the cyber crime wing of the City policehas gone into overdrive.

The cyber sleuths are now on the huntfor the person who first sent the provoca-tive SMS that sparked off violence afterthe Friday prayers in the Old City.

A group of yet-to-be identified peoplereportedly started the hate campaign onThursday night and sent severalprovocative SMSes, which claimed thatthe Mecca Masjid and Charminar wereunder threat. Some miscreants whoreceived the SMSes went on a rampageon Friday and burnt two- and four-

wheelers in the Old City. Officials of the cyber crime branch

said that the same people who sent theSMSes were also behind the posting ofsimilar messages on social networkingsites such as Facebook. “This shows thatthe violence was planned and was aimedat inciting young people in the name ofreligion. We are not pinning the blame onany one community. It will take a fewdays for us to track down the main cul-

prit,” said one official of the cyber crime wing.

The number of cases of violenceinvolving the use of social media is onthe rise. Last October, a similar case ofunrest occurred in Sabzi Mandi after sev-eral hate messages were sent out throughthe internet with the intent to incite peo-ple. The role of a corporator fromMangalhat was suspected in the Octobercase, leading the police to probe theinvolvement of political leaders inFriday’s violence as well.

Meanwhile, the City police have saidthat the SMS campaign was a result of thelull in communal violence in the City inthe past one month. Extremist groupshave been inactive owing to the festivalseason. This is why they took advantageof the Friday prayers to spark violence inthe already volatile Old City.

Cyber sleuths on SMS trailOfficers of the cyber crime wing are on the hunt for the person who first sent the provocative

SMS that sparked off violence after Friday prayers in Old City.

Last October, a similar caseof unrest occurred in SabziMandi after several hatemessages were sent outthrough the internet with theintent to spark violence.

The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1 Provocative messages putCity Police on overdrive.

The cyber sleuths are on the huntfor the person who first sent theprovocative SMS that sparked violence after the Friday prayers inthe Old City.

2 Hyderabad Metro to get centralised hitech support

The upcoming Hyderabad MetroRail not only promises ease oftransport but also safety with ahitech centralised control systembeing put in place.

3 Visiting Tirupati? Book yourstay in advance

Pilgrims visiting the lord of sevenhills can now book their accommodation online.

4 A platform to showcase theintricacies of Telugu.

The World Telugu conference isbeing held in Tirupati fromDecember 27 to 29. The fest is acollection of cultural and literaryactivities.

5Hyderabadi princess back tofight for her rights.

Nilüfer Elif Jah, on turning 21 hascome to the City to claim herrights on the Chiran Palace.

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‘Reformatory not judiciary’Last year, we had reported about

police commissioner AK Khan’swarning that ragging would attractsevere punishment such as cancella-tion of licenses and filing a historysheet. The educational stake-holderswere against this as they wanted thepolice to play a reformatory role andnot the role of the judiciary as thefuture of young minds is involved.

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Women steal gold ringfrom jewellery shopThree unidentified women stole a

gold ring from a jewellery shopat Hindi Bazaar, Secunderabadunder the pretext of shopping. Thewomen who walked into the shopas customers stole a 10gms goldring and escaped but they werecaught on the CCTV cameras. A casewas booked by the owner and thepolice have begun investigating.

Two motorbikes stolenfrom SecunderabadTwo motorbikes were stolen in

Secunderabad on Saturday. Inthe first incident, Prabhakar Rao,lodged a complaint after his bikewas stolen from the office parking.In the second incident, a youth,Akash had gone to his native placefor Diwali. He had parked his bike inSurya Enclave. On returning, henoticed his bike was stolen.

Fake reporters stealcellphones, cashThree men under the guise of

being reporters stole 14 cellphones and `7,000 in cash from aprivate office in Vasavi Nagar. Theowner informed the police that theyhad approached him and demand-ed `30,000 in cash. When the ownerwas unable to pay up they went tohis office and forcibly took awaycash and the cellphones.

‘MIM trying to instigatepeople against Cong’The ruling Congress upped its

ante against its one time allyMIM Party. Party general secretary GNiranjan came down heavily on theMIM and alleged that it was tryingto instigate people by makingprovocative statements against theCongress. The GS demanded thatthe State government immediatelyarrest the MIM Party leaders.

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`16,375cris the budget of the metro rail The

metro is a 72km project designed inthree phases. It is expected to be oper-

ational by July 2017, with over threehigh density corridors.

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it has been takenaway. We did win itthrough a legal battlebut are not able toenforce owner-ship because ofEsra.

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Even as the MIM makes itclear that it has no inten-tion to unseat the mayorfor two more years

though his term ends in 2013,one of the former mayorsexplains the various cards thatthe Congress could play, if itwas serious about toppling themayor.

Following questioning themorality of the MIM in holdingpower in the GHMC, after itsnapped ties with Congress,Asaduddin Owaisi, the partychief reportedly clarified that ithas no intention to disturb thefunctioning of the GHMC or itsmayor.

According to him, as there isno provision for the Congress tomove a no confidence motion,the party has the option to con-tinue for another two years. Ifonly the mayor wishes so, itcould happen voluntarily, butthe agreement reached out can-not compel the party at helm toremove him. This means the

current incumbent can continuetill next elections.

However, a former mayorexplores the options in front ofthe Congress which is the bigpartner in the coalition.

“If only all the StandingCommittee members fromCongress boycott the meetingswhich hinders the functioningof the GHMC, then there are

chances that the State govern-ment will intervene,” he said.He who was surprised to findthe Standing Committee func-tioning as normal even afterpartnership ended at the Stateand National level feels that theCongress is not serious in end-ing ties.

Even though the Standingcommittee is comparativelysmall compared to Council, theimportant decisions of worksbelow `20 lakh are taken up inStanding Committee meetingseach week.

The quorum of the StandingCommittee members is com-plete only when the MIM is sup-ported by Congress members,as it has only seven membersand Congress has eight.

“The weekly StandingCommittee meetings will notcontinue, if there is a strong willamongst the Congress leaders,”he adds. If this happens, it islikely that the commissionerwould write to the governmentappealing to intervene and therewould be increased chances ofre-election.

Mayor to continueunless Congress objects

Entire State with Jagan: TDP MLAsThe MLAs had long back announced their decision to leave the TDP and join the YSRC.

As there is no provi-sion for the Congressto move a no confidence motion,the party has theoption to continue foranother two years.

A former mayor lays down the various possible strategies that theCongress would employ if they want to overthrow the current mayor.

TDP MLAs PraveenKumar Reddy andAmaranatha Reddyhave said that the peo-

ple of Andhra Pradesh havelong back expelled the TDP.They said the entire state wasnow with the YSR Congresschief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

Amaranath Reddy who rep-resents the Palamaneru con-stituency in Chittoor district

and Praveen Kumar Reddywho represents Tamballapalliin the same district havealready announced their deci-sion to leave the TDP and jointhe YSR Congress. The twohave met the party’s honorarypresident YS Vijayamma in herLotus Pond residence onSunday. They have discussedabout the formalities of theirjoining the party. They have

invited Vijayamma to visit theirconstituencies.

Speaking to the media later,the MLAs said they wouldsoon be organizing publicmeetings in their constituen-cies. They have dismissedTDP’s announcement of theirexpulsion from the party as amatter of no consequence andsaid people had alreadyexpelled the TDP.

They have alleged that theCongress and TDP had colludedto harass Jaganmohan Reddy.Alleging that the Congress gov-ernment headed by KiranKumar Reddy had failed in allfronts, they have questionedChandrababu Naidu why hewas shirking from his responsi-bility of moving a no-confidencemotion against the government.

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Telugu Desam Party presi-dent N ChandrababuNaidu, who has under-taken a marathon 2,340-

km long padayatra, 'VastunnaMeekosam', is unlikely to reachhis target within the stipulateddeadline of January 26, 2013.

Apart from the changingpolitical developments, the mainreason for this is that the TDPpresident is already fallingbehind on the chalked-out sched-ule. Before launching his paday-atra on October 2, Naidu hadannounced that his padayatrawould continue for 117 days andcover a total of 2,300-odd km in15 districts across the State.

He also wrote to nationalsleaders like Prakash Karat, SSudhakar Reddy, MulayamSingh Yadav, Mayawathi andSharad Pawar, explaining thedetails of his padayatra andrequesting them to express theirsolidarity for his cause.

The ground reality, though, isdifferent. Until Sunday, Naiduhad covered only 742 km in aspan of 48 days and toured fourdistricts of the State.

These districts include Anan -tapur, Kurnool, Mahbub nagarand Ranga Reddy districts.

Recognising the importance ofthe yatra and the impact it is hav-ing on people, senior party lead-ers have sprung into action.Senior leader and former minis-ter E Peddi Reddy, while con-firming the news, said that thepadayatra launched byChandrababu Naidu would haveto be ended without reaching itstarget. “The padayatra was

launched with the main objectiveof concluding it on January 26, tomark the Republic Day. Initially,we thought we could be able tocover about 2,300 km at the rateof 15-20 km every day in a spanof 117 days. But the immenseresponse received from the pub-lic in various districts has left usbehind schedule,” Reddy said.

Another senior leader of the

party, KE Krishnamurthy, alsoexpressed similar views. Headded that the padayatra alonewould not help the party returnto power.

“There is no doubt that thepadayatra helped the party inboosting the morale of grassroot-level leaders. We need manyother programmes to attract theattention of the people towardsour party and create confidencein them,” he said.

LEADERS UNHAPPYThe news of not covering manydistricts is already creating rip-ples in the party. Leaders fromvarious districts which wereincluded in the schedule of thepadayatra have met the top brassof the party and requested themto ensure that the party presidenttoured their districts by extend-ing the deadline.

However, Naidu is yet to takea call on the issue.

The Chief Minister N KiranKumar Reddy has inaugu-rated the first phase of the

massive Handri – Neeva projectthat fulfils the half -a-century-olddream of the people ofRayalaseema on Sunday.

The project would provideirrigation water to six lakh acresand drinking water to 33 lakhpeople. During the first phase,the project would provide waterto Kurnool and Anantapur dis-tricts. In the next phases, waterwould reach other districts. Theproject, constructed with mostmodern technology, is thebiggest lift irrigation scheme inthe entire country. 120 villageswould get drinking waterthrough the project.

The CM said that the projectwas named as Handri – NeevaSujala Sravanti by the late CM NT Rama Rao. He said the projectwas, however completed by theCongress by making budgetaryallocations. He said only after

2009, funds were allocated forthe project in full scale. He saideven his constituency in Chittoorwould get water from this mas-sive project.

He said during the first phasewater would reach 216 kilome-tres and in the second phase itwould reach up to 303 km. Theproject is now named AnantaVenkata Reddy Handri – NeevaSujala Sravanti.

‘WELFARE IS OUR AGENDA’PCC Chief Botsa Satyanarayanahas said that people’s welfarewas the only agenda of theCongress party. He said the government wasmaking efforts to implementevery single promise made in theparty’s election manifesto. Hesaid the government has spent`3,200 crore on the Handri- Nivaproject. Stating that the govern-ment was ready to make amendsfor any mistakes committed,Botsa said the opposition partieswere making allegations onlydue to their hunger for power.

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‘CM fulfils people’s dreams’ JAC threatens general strikePOSTNOON [email protected]

AP Secretariat, the nervecenter of the State gov-ernment, is gearing up

for another round of agitationafter the last year’s historicGeneral Strike. While lastyear’s agitation was centeredaround a separate Telangana,this time around, the proposedagitation would be centeredaround addressing the plagu-ing problems of over 5,000employees of the secretariat.

These problems includeconstitution of 10th PayRevision Commission (PRC),which has been pending for thelast five years and was due forimplementation from 2013 nextyear. Issuance of health insur-ance cards to all employees andwithdrawal of cases registeredagainst employees during lastyear’s agitation.

The JAC of the APSecretariat employees is serv-

ing a notice to State ChiefSecretary demanding the gov-ernment solve the problemsfaced by the employees.

The JAC Chairman MNarender Rao confirmed thenews. “Yes, we are going toserve a notice to chief secretary.We will request her to solve allour problems immediately. Wewill give the government 15days to look into our issues. Ifthe State fails in doing so, Wewill launch our agitation,” hesaid.

Rao warned the govern-ment that the employees wouldnot hesitate to go on indefinitestrike if the State did not reactin time.

Explaining further on theproblems, Rao said that thedemands like providingSuperintendent level scale toassistant section officer,increase the existing scales ofsection officers and promotionsof dispatch assistants havebeen pending for a long time.“

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Before launching hispadayatra, Naidu hadannounced that hispadayatra would con-tinue for 117 days andcover 2,300km.

During the first phasewater would reach216km and in the sec-ond phase it wouldreach up to 303km.

The proposed TRS party’s‘Suryapet Samarabheri’

meeting was postponed toNovember 25.

The TRS chief K Chand -rashekar Rao has anno -unced that the meeting waspostponed due to a numberof marriages on November23. He said that the TRS hastaken this decision follow-ing the requests from theTelangana activists.

The TRS Chief hasassigned the responsibilitiesto the party MLAs by allot-ting the constituencies inthe Nalgonda and Warangaldistricts to make theSuryapet public meeting asuccess.

The MLA’s are Bhuva -nagiri-Etela Rajender, Nalg -onda-Kopp ula Eshwar,Munugode- KTR, Dever -akonda-Jupally KrishnaRao, Aleru-Jogu Ramanna,Thungathurthi -Nal la laOdelu, Suryapet-PocharamSrinivas Reddy, Kodad-Gampa Goverdhan, Huju -rnagar-Somarapu Sathy -anarayana, Miryalaguda-Gaddam Ravinder Reddy,Nakrekal-Enugu RavinderReddy, Nagarjunasagar-KVidhyasagar, Warangal-Harish Rao. NSS

The TDP chief has only covered 742km in four districts in a span of 48 daysand seems unlikely to meet his target by the January 26 deadline.

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Hyderabad’s MetroRail will be the first-of-its kind in India toboast of the CBTC

(Communication-Based ControlTrain System) technology. Theambitious project, undertakenby L&T, will employ the CBTCtechnology to enhance passen-ger safety and increase train fre-quency.

Vivek Gadgil, managingdirector of L&T, said the tech-nology is in use worldwide inmany prestigious metro rail pro-jects and has proven to be bene-ficial in terms of cutting energy,maintenance and operationcosts, while guaranteeing opti-mal life cycle costs.

In the CBTC model, trainswill be guided from a centralcontrol centre, which means thatthe driver will not be dependenton line signals and rail clearanceinformation will be fed directly

into the driver’s cabin. The contract for signaling

and train control has beenawarded to Thales Canada andThales India, while the commu-nications systems contract wasawarded to Thales Portugal andThales India. Thales is reputedfor providing services indefence, transportation andaerospace markets.

The HMRL, which is toutedas the world’s largest pub-lic-private partnershipproject with a budgetstretched over `16,375crore, is a 72-kilometerproject designed in threephases. It is expected to

be oper-

ational by July 2017, with overthree high-density corridorscontaining 66 elevated MetroRail stations.

Chief Minister N KiranKumar Reddy has given the go-ahead to the L&T HMRL to con-struct more piers across the City.According to a press release, theCM has asked NVS Reddy,HMRL managing director, to co-ordinate closely with the

GHMC, the water board andthe Hyderabad trafficpolice to allow construc-tion of piers.

Chief secretaryMinnie Matthew hasbeen appointed as thehead of the spe-cial task

force whichwill monitor theproject and clearall contentionsbetween the variousd e p a r t m e n t sinvolved in this pro-ject. The first phase ofthe project is slated tobe commissioned byJuly 2015.

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Close on the heels of the biodi-versity convention (CoP-11),the State is gearing up for

another mega event, the fourth Wo -rld Telugu Conference, in December.

The conference will be held in theState after a gap of 37 years, with thetemple town of Tirupati playing hostthis time. The conference will be heldbetween December 27 and 29.

Unlike the biodiversity conven-tion, which was confined toHyderabad, a detailed action planhas been chalked out to promote theTelugu Conference across the State.One of the most important featuresof this plan includes a visit to everyhousehold in the State with a sole

objective of making them a part ofthe mega celebrations.

Chief Minister N Kiran KumarReddy recently held a high-levelreview meeting to assess the prepara-tions for the conference and issuedspecific directions to all officials con-cerned to make the event a grandsuccess. He stressed the need to makeevery citizen aware of the event.

The government has alsoensured the flow of adequate funds.Speaking to Postnoon, AP Cabinetminister D Sridhar Babu said that thegovernment is taking all steps toensure that the event is a mega suc-cess. “Our aim is to preserve thesanctity of the Telugu language. Wewill make sure the event leaves anindelible mark on the minds of thepeople of the State,” he said.

Telugu fever grips State

World-class tech sets HMRL apart

Trains will be guidedfrom a central control centre, whichmeans that the driverwill not be dependenton line signals.

The Communication-Based Control Train Systemwill help cut energy and operation costs, andenhance passenger safety.

Pilgrims visiting Tirumalafor darshan of Lord SriVenkateswara can assure

reserved accommodation bybooking in advance at the localTTD office at Sri Balaji Bhavan,Himayathnagar.

The office will be workingfrom 9am to 1pm and 2pm to7pm on Saturdays and Sundays.On weekdays, the office hoursare 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.The office will remain closedevery Tuesday. Pilgrims can alsoget Sudarshan tokens here.

The local TTD is organising anumber of programmes for thebenefit of devotees in and aro undthe twin cities. Srirama Heb baru,purana pandit, will be giving dis-courses every day from 6pmonwards at Mallanna temple,Hanu manpet, Malkajgiri, tillNove mber 26.

Programmes to be held at SriShiva Anjaneya temple, Boud -hnagar, Warasiguda, are as fol-lows: Discourses by Dr Hemafrom 6.30pm on November 20and 21; bhajan by GLT KrishnaMohan from 6.30pm onNovember 22; Uchitha Kumku -marchana from 10.30am andHarikatha by SV Sriram BhattaBhagavathar from 6.30pm onNovember 23. NSS

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The local TTD office isorganising a series ofprogrammes for the benefit of devoteesin and around thetwin cities.

CONFERENCE

Month-long cultural carnivalTo kick-off the festivities, the govern-ment has planned a month-long cul-tural carnival beginning from Nove -mber 19, with elocution, essay writing,poetry writing and quiz competitionsbeing held for school and college stu-dents. Processions at village and man-dal levels will be taken out to get vil-lagers into the mood of the confer-ence. The government will also felici-tate poets, intellectuals and artists.

Calendar of eventsVillage-level events: Nov 19-Nov 29

Mandal-level events: Nov 30-Dec 8

Division-level events: Dec 7-Dec 11

District-level events: Dec 12-Dec 19

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Growth will be seen along the entire length of the rail corridors,especially in the eastern parts of the City, say officials.

Peace activists to avert clashesHyderabad Peace Coalition trained volunteers to prevent

conflicts and defuse volatile situations.Md [email protected]

In order to avert commu-nal disturbances infuture, the HyderabadPeace Coalition (HPC)

organised a Training ofTrainers (ToT) programme on“Community Mobilisation toPrevent Conflicts and Riots inSensitive Localities” atHimayat Nagar on Sunday.

This programme trainedparticipants to make interven-tions in specific sensitive local-ities to prevent the outbreak orspread of violence. It alsofocused on equipping them tobring about attitude changesin their organisations and cir-cles of operation to promote

social harmony and peace. Allthose who can devote 4 to 6hours per month wererequested to select one localitynear their area and start inter-ventions. HPC would providethe require inputs and contactsin all these sensitive areas.

According to MazherHussain, executive director ofConfederation of VoluntaryAssociations (COVA), a meet-

ing of 45 peace activists washeld on November 16. It wasdecided that volunteersshould involve themselves inaverting communal clashes.As part of this objective, a listof 46 sensitive localities in theCity and 120 towns and vil-lages was drawn up. The deci-sion was taken to sensitisepeople by inv o lving volun-teers who can en sure that noviolence breaks out.

The meeting condemnedthe outbreak of violence inHyderabad and expressedgrave concern about thehardships being caused to theresidents of the affectedareas, especially the poor andthe daily wage earners due tothe prevailing situation.

RAHUL [email protected]

Hyderabad’s MetroRail project will notonly be a boon for

commuters, but also for thoseeyeing plum real estate dealsin the City.

At the recently-held APRE-DA property show, depart-mental heads from the Hyd -erabad Metro Rail, HM DA andother international age nciesshowed that the met ro railprojects have proved benefi-cial for the real estate sector.

“The Metro Rail project isbeing planned keeping inplace the Transit-OrientedDevelopment (TOD). In thismethod, growth will be seenalong the entire length of therail corridors, especially inthe eastern parts of theCity,” said HMR manag-ing director NVS Reddy.

The Transit-OrientedDevelopment feature isexpected to bring in afford-able land pricing and housingschemes and considerablyreduce the land cost com-ponent in the real estatebusiness. “ With the projectedcost of housing hopefullygoing down after the project,people looking for propertyacquisition will be able to doso at an affordable rate of that

below `20 lakh,” saidNeerabh Kumar Prasad, com-missioner of HMDA.

Officials said that the

HMDA and Hyderabad Metro Rail officials have beenworking together on the TODconcept for a scheme of high-rise development with specialincentives for real estategrowth in it.

While that may be the casefor real estate, the green focuswill not be ignored, say offi-cials. The Metro Rail officialshave made it mandatory toplant saplings as part of its‘Vana Deeksha’ and ‘Vana

Prasadam’ programmes tostrike a balance between envi-ronment and infrastructure.So far, Hyderabad Metro Railboasts of having planting anddistributing 43,000 plants inand around the City. Officialssaid that they will soon meetthe 50,000 plant target soon.

The possibilities of devel-opment and real estate boomhave increased exponentiallysince the completion of the

Outer Ring Road andthe PVNR Expre ssway.Officials hope that theHyderabad Metro Railtoo will aid the realestate boom in the City,especially in the east-ern parts of the City,like Uppal.

Transit-OrientedDevelopment isexpected to bring inaffordable land pric-ing and reduce landcost component.

GOOD SAMARITAN

A policeman gives an elderly woman a lift near GulzarHouse in Old City. N SHIVA KUMAR

A list of 46 sensitivelocalities in the Cityand 120 towns andvillages in the Statewas drawn up forthe project.

Metro boost for realty

city MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 8INTERVIEW

SYED [email protected]

Everyone looks for-ward with awe to ameeting with aprincess. One is notdisappointed on

meeting Nilüfer Elif Jah,daughter of the Nizam ofHyderabad Mukarram Jahwith his ex-wife, former MissTurkey Manolya Onur. Herinherent beauty is mesmeris-ing, while her blemish-lessskin is unbelievable. Behindthis look is a heart no differ-ent from the rest of us: Itsemotions as strong as that ofany mortal.

“Yes, I have a big respon-sibility because of my sur-name and I try my best tokeep its dignity,” says Nilüferto a query. In the City to fightfor her right over the ChiranPalace, actually a modernbuilding designed to servethe needs of the Nizam, theprincess is also out to setright other things in her life.

“I have not been allowedto see my father in over twoyears and this saddens me noend. I must and will fight formy rights,” says a visiblyupset Nilüfer.

The bone of contention,the Chiran Palace has twocellars where the Nizam hadhis billiard room along with alarge conference hall. Theground floor contains anarmoury hall, two guestrooms in addition to hisoffice, place for visitors,pantry and kitchen etc. Thefirst floor comprises seven

bedrooms where the Nizamlived with Manolya Onurand Nilüfer.

“This palace was gifted tome, his ‘favourite daughter’,through a document at that,but the palace has been takenaway from me. We did win itthrough a legal battle in theyear 2006 but are not able toenforce ownership because ofEsra,” adds Nilüfer.

Princess Esra, wife of

Mukarram Jah, is creditedwith the restoration ofChowmahalla Palace andFalaknuma Palace. She hasformed a trust to which theChiran Palace is entrusted.

“I will not let you eat theentire cake,” Esra is sup-posed to have told Nilüfer’smother Manolya. “She neverlet me attend the funeral ofmy brother Omer inAustralia, nor of that of mygrandmother in London.”

Nilüfer is graduating inPublic Relations at the Euro -pean Institute of theUniversity of Geneva. Nilüferloves India, especially itsmany cuisines and, in hercapacity as a noble heir,wants to do her bit for thedowntrodden of the societyhere.

“I like the culture andfood in India and the musichere is different but I need aplace to live in when here.Isn’t it pathetic for theNizam’s daughter to have tolive in a hotel when here?”she asks.

“It is not about money, Iwant a footing in my life... asthat of the Nizam’s daughter.I want to be by his side dur-ing his last days. He is suffer-ing with Alzheimer’s andpeople are preventing mefrom seeing him and insteadare taking advantage of hiscondition,” she says.

“I am 21 now and able tofight for what is lawfullymine,” she adds with apumping of her fist.

Princess with a missionThe Nizam ofHyderabad’s

daughter is inthe City tofight for herright over

the ChiranPalace and

also fix otherthings

in her life.

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

It is not about money, I want a footing inmy life... as that of the Nizam’s daughter. I

want to be by his side during his last days. He issuffering with Alzheimer’s and people are pre-venting me from seeing him and insteadare taking advantage of his condition.

Nilüfer Elif Jahdaughter of the Nizam of Hyderabad

BusinessMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

9AIR INDIA TO ANNOUNCE PROMOTIONAL FARESIn order to fill up its seats during the lean January-March season,Air India Sunday announced promotional fares for more than 325cities across the country which will be effective between January16 and March 31, 2013.

Medical tourism boomingPRUDHVI RAJU [email protected]

The medical tourismindustry in the countryis set to grow to its fullpotential with proper

organisational and structuralsupport. The growing industrynot only creates value formoney for foreign touristsbut also brings in hugeforeign exchange to thecountry and facilitates vari-ous ancillary industries.

“The medical tourismindustry is the thirdfastest growing industry,after mobile devices andapps industry. The future formedical tourism is verybright as more and moreindividuals become comfort-able with the idea and results ofhaving successful treatments fora better value away from theirown neighbourhoods. India isperceived as one of the fastestgrowing medical tourism desti-nations with its current marketat $2 billion with 30 per centgrowth. Some studies haveshown that the revenue is much

higher than thetouted figure, and is mostly dueto the undocumented nature ofthese occurrences,” said VarshaLafargue, founder and chair,Indian Medical TourismConference & Alliance(IMTCA).

Talking about the currentopportunities for the growth ofthe industry, she said, “A predo -minant reason to consider Indiafor healthcare services would bethe lower costs of healthcareand alternative medicines prac-tice. Ayurveda and Yoga ha vebeen other attractions for ce n -turies. India has a large numberof highly qualified doctors andhealthcare staff with growingnumber of accredited hospitalsand clinics.

“In addition, Indian pha r -maceuticals have produced re -se arch drugs at unbeatable

prices for treating diseases likecancer at a fraction of the costcompared to their counterpartsin western countries. The Indianmedical equipment industry isalso offering low-cost equip-ment, bringing down the overallcosts of healthcare in the coun-try. New hotel chains have alsosprung up to support the needsof international guests at vari-ous price levels. English lan-guage and multicultural accep-tance also add to all this bene-fits,” she said.

India is also facing competi-tion from its global counterpartsto attract international touristsfor health services. “Due to therecent increase in the revenuesgenerated by medical tourism,many nations have stepped uptheir strategies to create sustain-able models for long-termgrowth. Countries like

Malaysia, Singapore andThailand are almost similar incosts compared to India andoffer very attractive packages tothe medical tourists that includetourism. Turkey has a strategic

advantage and attracts manyhealthcare travellers from allover Europe and has taken

steps to monetise theclientele. Turkey has

increased their influx ofmedical tourists and their

hospitals have increasedfrom 1,276,000 in 2007 to

1,418,000 by 2013. South Korearecently increased their influxwith 50–60 per cent moreAmerican patients in the lastthree years. This has been verylucrative as their revenues haveincreased by10 fold,” she said.

There is also tremendousneed for improving the hygien-ic conditions and quality ofhealth care to make India as themost attractive destination formedical tourism. “Infectioncontrol is a major issue world-wide as there is a different levelof disease resistance that isbuilt into the regional popula-tion. Some sub-tropical andtropical countries have differ-ent viruses that do not affectthe local population but are for-eign to the internationalpatients. There is a huge needto maintain international stan-dards for health and hygienefor those who intend to receivepatients from abroad, especial-ly from the Americas andEurope. It is also important tomaintain hygienic sanitationnot only in hospitals but also inpublic areas,” she added.

MEDICINE

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The size of India’s retail industry isexpected to more than double to $1.3trillion by 2020, led by an estimated25 per cent average annual growth inorganised retail if overseas investmentis permitted in the sector, an industrybody has said. “The Indian retail ispoised to become a $1.3 trillionopportunity by 2020. With the currentmarket size estimated at $500 billion,this translates to an additional $800billion in the next eight years,” said RVKanoria, president of the Federationof Indian Chambers of Commerce andIndustry (FICCI). The country’s tradi-tional retail industry is expected togrow at an average annual rate of fivepercent over the next year, while theorganised retail is estimated to regis-ter a growth rate of around 25 percent during this period. Currently,almost 94 per cent of India’s retailindustry is unorganised or traditional.

INDIAN RETAIL

Banking giant HSBC said on Mondayit was in talks to sell its stake inChina’s Ping An Insurance Group, thecountry’s second-largest life insurerby premiums. The British-based butAsia-focused lender said in a state-ment it was “in discussions which mayor may not lead” to the sale of its15.57 percent stake, which the bankbought in 2002 before Ping An’s list-ing in Hong Kong. HSBC is the single-biggest shareholder in Ping An, whichhas a market capitalisation of HK$186billion ($24 billion). It did not revealthe party it was in talks with but HongKong Economic Journal newspapercited sources saying Thai business-man Dhanin Chearavanont, owner ofthe Charoen Pokphand group, mightbe interested.

HSBC TO SELL STAKE

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`10,500cris the amount that the well-known

Swedish furniture major IKEA proposes to invest when it comes to

setting up their stores in India.

International patients are getting treatments for

n Surrogacy

n Dental treatments

n Vision

n Cosmetic surgery

n Hair transplant

Treatment Options

Singapore India Malaysia Thailand

Approx No. of 3.5 to 1.75 lakh 1.5lakh 10 lakh

2005/06Medical Tourists 3.7 lakhEstimated 900 333 400 803 Revenue in $

2010/12 Estimated 3,000 1,100-2,200 600-1,000 1,200 (2008)Revenue in $

Source: Frost & Sullivan

Cost comparison for selected surgeriesSurgery USA INDIAHeart bypass $130,000 $10,000Heart valvereplacement $160,000 $9,000Angioplasty $57,000 $11,000Hip replacement $43,000 $9,000Hysterectomy $20,000 $3,000

Source: American Medical Association

After mobile devices and apps industry, medical tourism is the third fastest growing industry in the country, thanks to the value-for-money services provided.

ART ONLINE

focusMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

10BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT QUESTIONS EUROPEAN AUSTERITY MEASURESConfidence in a country's economy "is not built solely on the sacrifices" of its citizens, BrazilianPresident Dilma Rousseff said, adding that austerity "has its limits". In her speech to the plenary ses-sion of the 22nd Ibero-American Summit in this southern city Saturday, Rousseff weighed theEuropean policies of austerity and fiscal discipline as a way to get out of the current economic crisis.

NATHALIE AURIOL Agence France-Presse

LONDON: Britain has some ofthe best galleries in the world,but the vast majority of the oilpaintings in public ownershiphave for decades been hiddenaway in private offices or stor-age. Until now.

By the end of the year,210,000 paintings will have beendusted off and photographed forinclusion in a ground-breakingonline museum, accessible tomembers of the public at just aclick of a button.

“The UK has a very large col-lection of oil paintings in publicownership and about 80 per centare not on view,” said Andy Ellis,the director of the PublicCatalogue Foundation which hasorganised the project with the BBC.

In one of the most ambitiousart projects in the world, curatorshave spent ten years trackingdown publicly-owned paintingsby 45,000 artists from every cor-ner of Britain, from the Shetlandsto the Channel Islands.

Some have been in storageand others hung in buildingswhere there is no access to mem-bers of the public, but they arefinally seeing the light of day ona dedicated website, “YourPaintings”.

Museums have helped outwhere they could but the cata-logue required some detectivework as about 100 researcherstracked down paintings in uni-versities, police and fire stations,libraries and hospitals.

The hunt took them to a zoo,a lighthouse and to art collegesthat held some early works bytheir famous alumni, includingDavid Hockney.

There were other nice surprises.

A London hospital had aVeronese, a huge triptych byWilliam Hogarth adorned a wallof the town hall in Bristol, sur-rounded by computers and pho-tocopiers, while a Whistler wasfound in a Cold War bunker.

Unlike the Google ArtProject, an online initiative cata-loguing works of art from muse-ums across the world, the Britishwebsite only includes paintingsin oil, acrylic and egg tempera.

This is partly because thecurators decided that includingwatercolours and drawingswould have busted its £6-million($9.5-million) budget, largelyfunded by private donations.

But within these techniques,anything and everything is wel-come. The work of thousands ofobscure painters, such as a fire-man who dabbled during theBlitz, is pictured alongside masterpieces by Rembrandt andRaphael.

Ten per cent of the paintingsremain unattributed, but thecurators hope members of thepublic may be able to help identi-fy their artists, as well as theiroften mysterious subjects.

“The project is democratic.We include all the works, irre-

spective of the quality, the condi-tion of the work,” said Ellis.

“The point of this project is toallow everyone to see all theworks in the collection and thenmake the decision themselvesabout what they like and whatthey don’t like.”

He added: “We don’t thinkthere is any equivalent anywherein the world.”

Ellis, a former financier whowas drawn into the projectthrough his passion for art, isalready looking at how toexpand the museum to includesculptures.

“It’s the ultimate realisationof Andre Malraux’s dream of amuseum without walls,” com-mented Charles Saumarez Smith,chief executive of the RoyalAcademy, referring to the post-World War II French writer’svision of how photographywould democratise art.

A gallery assistant looks at a work by British Sculptor Henry Moore entitled “Girl” 1931 as she poses for a photograph during an exhibition at the RoyalCollege of Art in London on November 15. AFP PHOTO

Online museum showcasesBritain’s hidden art

By the end of the year, 210,000 paintings will be photographed for inclusion in a ground-breaking online museum, accessible to members of the public at the click of a button.

A visitor looks at exhibits at an exhibition entitled Mughal India — Art,Culture and Empire at the British Library in London. AFP PHOTO

Unlike the Google Art Project, the British website onlyincludes paintings inoil, acrylic and eggtempera.

nationMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

11FIRE IN DELHI BUILDINGA fire broke out in a multi-storeyed building in the heart of the capital thismorning but no one was injured, fire brigade officials said. The blaze wasreported from Himalaya House on KG Marg near Connaught Place at around6.20am and 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire.

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An Indian worker from the Power Department makes adjustments to electrical power lines during prepara-tions for the Maha Kumbh festival 2012-13 at Sangam in Allahabad. The Kumbh Mela is the largest gatheringof people for a religious purpose in the world. AFP PHOTO

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LUCKNOW: A city lawyerand social activist Sundaylodged an FIR againstFacebook, after his profilewas blocked.

The report was filed atthe 'cyber crime cell' of theLucknow police by PrinceLenin, a resident ofHussainganj here.

In his complaint, Leninalleged that although he hadlong been a user ofFacebook, his profile wasrecently blocked by the sitewithout so much as inform-ing him or spelling out thereasons for such "one sidedand unfair action."

Alleging that blockinghis profile on the site wasagainst the natural law ofjustice, the complainantclaimed that even though hehad brought the matter tothe notice of Facebook, hewas told that several com-plaints were pendingagainst him from otherusers.

Lenin also alleged thatthe complaints against himwere made by "anti-socialelements" out to defamehim. IANS

FIR againstFacebook in

Lucknow

SOCIAL NETWORKINGTeenager bites off tongue of youthwho tried to rape herETAWAH (UP): Giving full vent to heranger a teenage girl bit off the tongue of ayouth, who allegedly tried to rape her inBhartana area of the district. KailashBahelia, 25, barged into house of the 17-year-old girl yesterday and tried to rapeher in Furra Salempur village, police said.In an apparent self-defence, the teenagercut off the youth’s tongue. The youth hasbeen arrested and was undergoing treat-ment at a hospital, the police said.

Passenger boat rams into Viraat;no casualtiesKOCHI: A Kerala state owned boat ferry-ing about 100 passengers rammed intoaircraft carrier INS Viraat, naval sourcessaid today. However, no one was injuredand there was no damage to Viraat, whichis here as part of its periodic and sched-uled maintenance. The incident occurredyesterday as German cruise liner 'CelebritySolistice', was about to embark on its jour-ney for Port Klang, Malaysia.

7 killed, 35 injured in water tank collapseBHOPAL: Seven people were killed and35 others injured when an overhead watertank collapsed in Saibaba Nagar slum earlytoday. The overhead water tank of BhopalMunicipal Corporation collapsed atSaibaba Nagar at around 1am, killingseven people and trapping a large numberof others, Bhopal Collector NikunjShrivastava told PTI.

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PHNOM PENH: Chinese PremierWen Jiabao Monday told PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh thatChina is aware of the need for bal-ancing bilateral trade that is heavi-ly in favour of Beijing.

The two leaders met for 45minutes here, perhaps the lastsuch official meeting with theChinese premier set to leave officein view of the leadership change inthat country. Manmohan Singhraised the issue of increasingIndia's market access to China,especially for IT, services andpharmaceuticals.

He emphasised the need forgreater market access and increas-

ing Indian exports to China,Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathaisaid while briefing Indian journal-ists on the talks. Wen said he is"cognisant of India's interests" forthe need to balance trade, and saidit will be done "gradually".

While the code of conduct forthe South China Sea did not figurein the bilateral talks, Mathai saidIndia favours such a code in thesea, to "make it an area of coopera-tion". Countries of the Asia andPacific are demanding such a codein the South China Sea, a majortrading waterway where Chinahas been trying to establish control. IANS

Need to balancetrade: Wen

Jiabao discussed the bilateral tradeissue with the Indian Prime Minister.

INDO-CHINA TRADE

world MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 12CHINA

ROBERT SAIGET

BEIJING: Even as Xi Jinpingwas unveiled as China's new lea -der, clues on who will take overfrom him a decade down the linein the long-planned Communistsuccession system were alreadybeing revealed.

Analysts say the front run-ners for 2022 are Hu Chunhua, aliterature graduate who crackeddown on protestors in Tibet, andSun Zhengcai, who spent time asan agricultural researcher in theBritish countryside.

The two men, both 49, werenamed to the all-powerful 25-strong Politburo, the nation’ssecond most powerful commit-tee, af ter last week's pivotalCom munist Party congress.

Many believe they are nowhe a ded for the inner circle ofChinese politics, the seven-mem-ber Politburo Standing Comm -ittee which Xi is expected to leadfor the next decade.

Xi's own ascension had beenexpected since 2007, when hewas given a position on the sta -nding committee.

Aside from Xi and number-two Li Keqiang, its other mem-bers will have to step aside at thenext congress in 2017 after theyreach retirement age, clearing theway for the next generation to st -ep up. At the same time Hu andSun's Politburo colleagues are allsignificantly older, meaning ma -

ny will be out of the running forthe highest posts in 2022.

“There is a big possibility thatboth will become China's top lea -ders in 10 years time as they arethe youngest on the Politburo,”said Zhang Xin, a political scien-tist at People’s University inBeijing. “They are in good posi-tion for advancement, but they

still have to prove themselves inthe coming years.”

China’s choreographed Com -m unist successions are a startcontrast to the boisterous elec-tions of Western democracies,and critics say they are out ofplace in a fast-modernising soci-ety with aspirations for greatertransparency.

“Today, China still has notbeen able to leave behind author-itarianism, power monopolies,rampant corruption... the root ofthese weighty social problems isautocracy,” rights lawyer XuZhiyong said in an essay aheadof the congress.

But in recent decades the sys-tem has enabled China to avoidthe frequently violent politicalpurges that were routine duringthe rule of Mao Zedong, and thecontinuity has also been a part ofthe nation’s economic transfor-mation. “The party over the last20 years has sought to institu-tionalise a smooth and pre-dictable leadership transition,”said Jose ph Cheng at CityUniversity of Hong Kong.

Hu, currently the party lead-er in Inner Mongolia, comes froma poor background and cut histeeth cracking down on anti-Be i -jing demonstrators in Tibet in thelate 1980s along with outgoi ngpresident Hu Jintao, who was th -en party secretary for the region.

Although they are not relat-ed, the younger Hu has long

been seen as a protege of hisnamesake, so much so that hehas been dubbed “Little Hu”.

Tibetans regularly protestagainst what they say is mar gi -nalisation and discrimination byBeijing, and the party congresswas marked by a spate of self-immolations. Maintaining stabil-ity is a key issue for the Com -munist Party. “Hu Chunhua hasshown that he can handle ethnicrelations and has made achieve-ments in maintaining ethnic un -ity,” said Zhang. “You can saythat he has go od experience andhas made re s u lts in cracking

down on separa t i sm... the strictway he has ha n d l ed separatismis an important pa rt of his politi-cal achievemen ts.”

Sun's promotion to thePolitburo is largely based on hisexpertise in agriculture — a keysector in a country that needs tofeed 1.3 billion people.

He graduated from BeijingAgriculture University in 1987and later spent a year as a visiti -ng scholar at Britain's Roth am -sted Experimental Station, whichis based at a manor house in theHertfordshire countryside northof London.

Gold medallist McKaylaMaroney, during a visitto the White House Th -

ur sday with her fellow athle -tes, posed for a picture withPr e sident Barack Obama, bothpu tting on McKayla’s trade-mark scowl. ‘Did I just do theNot Impressed face with thePresident..?” McKayla tweetedafter the meeting.

Looking their glamorousbest, the US Olympics' FierceFi ve visited the White Housefor the first time earlier todayfor a private meeting with thePr esident, reported the DailyMail.

As they watched BarackObama depart from the SouthLawn on the Marine One heli-copter, Jordyn Wieber, KylaRoss, Gabby Douglas, andMcKayla Maroney squealedwith delight.

It's not the first time the2012 U.S. Women's Olympicteam have had personal inter-

action with the President how-ever.

Barack Obama expressedhis admiration for the teamafter their gold medal win in

August, voicing a bewilder-ment with the sport that islikely shared by many of hisconstituents.

At a rally in Ohio onAugust first he said: 'Thesegymnastics folks - I don'tunderstand how they do whatthey do.

'So I told these youngladies as I was congratulatingthem “How do you not bustyour head every time you're onthat little balance beam?"'

He phoned the membersindividually to congratulatethem on their gold medalwhile aboard Air Force One.

He said to Aly: 'Michelleand have watched and decidedof all the Olympiads you guysamaze us the most.'

'I’m so impressed by howyou bounced back and led theteam. Tell your parents I’mproud of them too. I don’tthink I could watch if I werethem,' he told Jordyn.

The future is hereAccording to experts on China, Hu Chunhua

(left), a literature graduate who cracked down on protestors inTibet, and Sun Zhengcai (below) could be Xi Jinping’s successors.

There is a big pos-sibility that both

will become China's toplea ders in 10 years timeas they are theyoungest on thePolitburo. They arein good positionfor advancement.

Zhang XinPolitical scientist

Don’t mind thescowl: he’s impressed

‘Did I just do the Not Impressedface with the President..?’ McKayla tweeted

after the meeting Barack Obama.

Barack Obamaexpressed his admi-ration for the teamafter their gold medalwin in August at theLondon Games.

WorldMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

13FISH WITH HIGH LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY FOUND IN JAPANA study by Japan's environment ministry has found the presence of fish withhigh levels of radioactive cesium in rivers and reservoirs in Fukushima, theprovince where the nuclear disaster at a power plant took place, the Kyodo newsagency said.

‘MINOR’ OFFENCEA Malaysian high court on Mondayjailed a man for more than five yearsfor having sex with a 12-year-oldgirl, following outrage over an earli-er verdict to free him on probation.A high court in northern Penangstate upheld Chuah Guan Jiu's con-viction and ordered him jailed forfive-and-a-half years on twocharges of statutory rape, his lawyerYusuf Idris said. Yusuf told AFP thathe would appeal the verdict.A lower court in August had freedthe 22-year-old electrician on pro-bation after finding him guilty ofhaving sex with the girl.

Huge crowds greeted BarackObama in Myanmar Monday onthe first visit by a serving USpresident to the former pariahstate to encourage a string ofstartling political reforms.In scenes that would have beenunthinkable until recently,Obama's motorcade passed tensof thousands of people lining theroad from Yangon's airport intothe heart of the ramshackle city,after a red-carpet welcome for AirForce One.

OBAMA IN MYANMAR

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$170 millionUS President Barack Obama will

announce a $170 million aid pledgeto Myanmar to mark his historic visit

to the country on Monday as itemerges from decades of military

rule, senior officials said.

Instead of beingrepressed, the right

of people (Myanmar) toassemble together mustnow be fully respected.Instead of being stifled,the veil of mediacensorship mustcontinue to be lifted.

Barack ObamaUS President

Ban vows peacekeeperswill stay in GomaGOMA, DR CONGO: UN lead-er Ban Ki-moon vowed Sunday thatpeacekeepers will stay in the DRCongo city of Goma after UN com-bat helicopters and governmenttroops failed to stop a rebeladvance amid growing internationalalarm. Government troops and localofficials were already fleeing thecity, said several sources.

Sunita Willams makes arecord return from spaceWASHINGTON: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williamshas returned to earth after 127 daysin space with a new record underher belt — the most spacewalkingtime by a female at 50 hours and 40minutes over seven career excur-sions. Williams was commander ofExpedition 33 on the InternationalSpace Station.

Battle to lead Frenchopposition in utter chaosPARIS: The battle to succeedNicolas Sarkozy at the helm ofFrance's main opposition party, theUMP, was left undecided earlyMonday after both candidatesclaimed victory amid allegations ofballot rigging. Jean-Francois Cope,the party's populist secretary-gener-al, claimed a clear win which is dis-puted by former PM Francois Fillon.

S Korea to hold drill onisland shelled by NorthSEOUL: South Korea will hold amilitary drill this week on a borderisland shelled by North Korea in2010, marking the second anniver-sary of an attack that triggered fearsof a full-scale conflict. Friday's drillwill feature field and simulated exer-cises by marines stationed onYeonpyeong island as well as othernaval forces.

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GAZA CITY, PALESTINIANTERRITORIES: Six peoplewere killed early Mondaymorning in new Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, pushing thedeath toll in six days of violenceto 84 Palestinians, health offi-cials said.

"The toll of martyrs has risento 80 with the deaths of NismaAbu Zorr, 23, Mohammed AbuZorr, 5, and Ahid al-Qatati 35, inan air strike on the Azzam homein east Gaza City," health min-istry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP.

The strike in the Zeitunneighbourhood came after anight that saw Israeli war planeslevel a Gaza City police stationas navy ships kept up sustainedfire at the Gaza shore, AFP cor-respondents said.

The deaths came after multi-ple raids on Sunday that killed31, in the bloodiest day ofIsrael's bombing campaign,medics said.

The number of injuries roseover 700, officials said.

At least 10 children, five ofthem babies and toddlers, andsix women were among thosekilled on Sunday, in attacks thatcame even as diplomatic effortsintensified to broker an end tothe bloodshed which began onWednesday.

The violence has also costthe lives of three Israelis andinjured more than 50, accordingto medical sources.

By far the deadliest strikewas in northern Gaza City

where a missile levelled a three-storey building, killing ninemembers of the Al-Dallu family-- five of them children -- andtwo other people, medics said.

Qudra named the dead aspoliceman Mohammed al-Dallu, 35, Suheila al-Dallu, 50,Samah al-Dallu, 22, and fivechildren: Jamal and Sara, whose

ages were not immediatelyavailable, five-year-old Yussef,two-year-old Ranin, and 11-month-old Ibrahim.

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ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT

Fresh airstrikes raisedeath toll to 84

SINGAPORE: Crude priceswere up in Asia Monday onsupply concerns amid the esca-lating Israel-Palestine conflictand following an explosion ona Gulf of Mexico oil rig, ana-lysts said. New York's maincontract, light sweet crude fordelivery in January, added 82cents to $87.74 a barrel in theafternoon and Brent North Seacrude for January deliverygained 69 cents to $109.64."Crude futures rose as a fire ona Gulf of Mexico platform andthe escalating conflict betweenIsrael and Palestinians stokedsupply concerns," PhillipFutures said in a report.In the oil-rich Middle East, theGaza Strip came underrenewed bombardment Sundayas Israeli air strikes killed 31Palestinians in the bloodiestday of its campaign so far.Despite intensified diplomaticefforts to broker a truce, therewas no let-up in the bloodshedin the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Ablast rocked a rig in the Gulf ofMexico on Friday but it did notcause a major spill, the UScoastguard said.

Crude up in Asia amidMiddle East conflict

A Palestinian youth throws a rock at Israeli soldiers during clashes in theWest Bank town of Nablus, on Sunday, as Palestinian across the territoriesprotest against Israel's military action on the Gaza Strip. AFP/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH

The deaths came after multiple raids on Sunday that killed 31, in thebloodiest day of Israel's bombing campaign, medics said.

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CommentMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSFor a nation that had been living suppressed by a junta, Obama’s visitcould mean much. And the President has spoken the right words aboutthe path Myanmar must take: respecting fully the people’s right and doingaway with censorship on freedom of expression.

After almost half acentury in the mili-tary, Thein Seinseemed unlikely tochampion demo-

cratic reform when the armyinstalled him as head of statelast year — but he is now host-ing the US president.

The bespectacled formergeneral and junta member had areputation for staunch loyalty tostrongman Than Shwe, and themilitary had ruled the nationformerly known as Burma withan iron fist for nearly half a cen-tury. But since taking office ascivilian president in March 2011,he has overseen dramaticchanges including political pris-oner releases, opposition leaderAung San Suu Kyi’s parliamen-tary debut, and ceasefire pactswith ethnic minority rebels.

The 67-year-old leader, whoon Monday welcomes BarackObama to Yangon, has woninternational plaudits and thesuspension or lifting of mostWestern sanctions for hisreforms in the face of conserva-tives’ misgivings.

Obama’s visit is anothermajor boost for Thein Sein, saidYangon-based political expertMael Raynaud.

“In reinforcing his position,Obama is making him anuntouchable president who isless and less vulnerable to beingousted by hardliners,” he said.

The new air of optimism inMyanmar owes much to therelationship that Thein Sein hasbuilt with Suu Kyi, who waskept under house arrest by themilitary for 15 years but nowsays she believes the presidentgenuinely wants reform.

For decades only a handfulof people were privy to theinner workings of the regimeand what motivated him to pur-sue such a dramatic transforma-tion remains a source of muchspeculation. One theory is thathis travels overseas as thejunta’s prime minister between2007 and 2011 made Thein Seinrealise how far the impover-ished country was laggingbehind its neighbours.

“There were many in theMyanmar military who wantedreform but could not underThan Shwe,” said DavidSteinberg, a Myanmar expert atGeorgetown University in theUnited States.

“Thein Sein has allowed theprocess to move — in partbecause they know how farbehind they are.”

A son of farmers, born in asmall village in the southernregion of Irrawaddy, Thein Seinbegan his army career at themilitary academy — a route

taken by most of the junta’s topgenerals.

He served in northeasternMyanmar, notorious as a drugproduction hub and part of theso-called “golden triangle” thatoverlapped with Laos andThailand. Thein Sein graduallyascended to the junta’s highestechelons, becoming a crucialforce behind its “roadmap” to“disciplined democracy”, whichpaved the way for a 2010 elec-tion won by his party amidwidespread allegations of fraud.

As prime minister, hebecame a target of outrage at thegenerals’ reluctance to allowoutside aid to victims of acyclone that devastated theregion of his birth in 2008. In

total more than 138,000 peoplewere killed or disappeared.

But a US diplomatic cablepublished by Wikileaks suggest-ed a break with the policies ofregime hardliners at the time.

The president, who has aheart condition and uses a pace-maker, has said he only wants toserve one term, although hehinted during a landmark USvisit in September that he mightstay on depending on “the deci-sion of the people”.

Yet with the ruling partyexpected to struggle in the nextelection in 2015 if the vote is freeand fair, he also said he would“accept” Suu Kyi as president ifelected, saying the two were“now working together”. AFP

We have carried on our world page a picture that depictsthe true state of the war between Israel and Palestine. A

Palestine youth clad in vest and shorts hurling a stone atIsraeli soldiers in full gear — armed to the teeth.

Among the many casualties inflicted by the Israeli airforce, the most shocking is the one where four Palestine kidswere killed in one strike. Their quarrel has been going onsince God knows when... it’s been too long that the sensitivityone feels about the issue has trickled down to something triv-ial that we ignore it as commonplace, like it’s a part of theirlives, and so we must let them be and go on with ours. Toomurky has the issue become that it could take an eternity to

figure out the right and wrong of it, on whose side is justice. No conflict in the world is befuddling to the mind as

regards comprehending the facets of this hatred betweenIsrael and Palestine. It’s like it’s written that the parties belocked in war till doomsday.

Doomsday? For them, everyday is doomsday. What elsemakes that youth in a vest stand up and take on against menin armour? The infallible hope that if he meets death, he getseternal life in heaven.

But the effects of this war as any war on the world and thehuman race are not every cheerful and only buttress the claimof cynics: There’s no end to human misery.

Will there be no end to human misery?

EDITORIALS

READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams

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least one little song,read one good poem,see one exquisite pic-ture, and, if possi-ble, speak a fewsensible words.

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THE REAL PICTUREKelly Macnamara

THEIN SEIN: FROMGENERAL TO REFORMER

Morocco’s ‘liquid gold’

SIMON [email protected]

In a poor but fertile corner ofsouthern Morocco, illiterateBerber women are tapping

the surge in global demand forargan oil, a “miracle” productthey grind from a special nut,

that is helping to lift them out ofpoverty.

Sometimes known as “liquidgold” or “miracle oil” for its richcosmetic, culinary and medicinal

properties, the exclusivelyMoroccan export has caused a

sensation in the West, where it istouted as a unique hair care and

anti-ageing skin potion. The rolling countryside

between Essaouira and Agadir,resort towns better known fortheir Atlantic surf, is coveredwith argan trees, and distin-

guished by the bizarre sight ofgoats perched in their branchesmunching away on the pulp of

the nut. Another striking feature of

the landscape is the profusion ofcooperatives that employ Berberwomen to produce the oil, fromthe tree to the bottle, and sell it

as far afield as Canada andJapan, sharing the profits.

Indigenous, non-Arab Berberpeople make up a large portion

of the local population. Zahra Knabo, who runs the

Ajddigue cooperative, one of thevery first, says there are now 137

of them, and hails the “evolu-tion” they have brought to the

region’s Berber women who suf-fer from widespread illiteracy,

poor health care and stiflingsocial mores.

“In this rural area, womenwould traditionally herd the ani-

mals and gather wood from theforest. They were the first to

wake up and the last to go tobed,” says Knabo.

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campusMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

15A HEALING JOURNEYJourney India with Brandon Bays — three-day Intensive Seminars fromDecember 15th to 17.

ADMISSION HASSLES

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Franchising in educationis not always an easytask. Barring the BirlaInstitute of Technologyand Sciences (BITS),

Pilani, very few institutes in thecountry have successfully man-aged to branch out to other loca-tions. The decision of the IndianSchool of Business (ISB),Hyderabad, to assign students totheir new campus in Mohali,based on an algorithm, hasengendered confusion in theminds of several prospectiveapplicants. VK Menon, seniordirector, career advancement ser-vices and admissions and finan-cial aid of ISB, in an interviewsays that such fears are uncalledfor.

nQuality of peer group is oneof the primary concerns of amanagement student. So, is itfair to send students to the newcampus based on an algorithm?

Contrary to what online com-munities of ISB aspirants say, wedo take inputs from studentsabout their campus preference.In order to avoid biases, an algo-rithm reviews the list of appli-cants in such a manner that outof every seven students, five goto Hyderabad and two go toMohali. However, there are pro-visions to ensure that the choicemade by the student is met. Evenif a student is allocated to Mohalicampus, he can change his loca-tion after the first two terms.Statistics show that not a singlestudent has opted out of ISB dueto this new regulation. Diversityis one of the key elements of theISB student community. We are

not sending a topper with some-one from the bottom of the list.The GMAT scores, age, as well aswork experience of students aresame in both the campuses. It’sjust adding 210 more students tothe campus. The teachers at boththe campuses are the same. Thecurrent intake of Hyderabadcampus is 560 and Mohali cam-pus is 210.

nExtension can mean a varietyof things for different stakeholders of the institute. Whatdoes it mean to a student?

Resources available to stu-dents are the same at both thecampuses. ISB has nearly 120 vis-iting faculty and close to 49 resi-dent faculties. We have split ourresources equally between thetwo campuses. We have built ourpool of teaching resources over aperiod of ten years. We have aminimum of two professors forour core subjects, which make iteasy for us to split the faculty.Both campuses run courses con-currently. Most of the electivesare available on both campuses,so students don’t really missout. Moreover, recruiters will begiven a single list of students.There is also a single portal forplacements. We initially thoughtthere would be a huge flow ofstudents from Mohali toHyderabad, but that didn’t reallyhappen.

nHow diverse is the studentcommunity of ISB?

We do not want homogenousgroups at ISB. Like in any organ-isation, students at ISB have tolearn to work with gender diver-sity, multiple view points and

thought processes. At the start ofthe academic year, the entirebatch is divided in to a team offive. These students are chosenby the academic committee insuch a way that they bring diver-sity to the group. So, a teammight have diverse profiles like achartered accountant, an engi-neer, someone from the armedforces, a marketing and salesprofessional and a doctor. Thisteam works together for the firstfour terms, which constitutesalmost half of the programme.

nHow do you evaluate yourpotential candidate?

Holistic evaluation is thehallmark of ISB. The admissioncommittee calls a candidate foran interview based on parame-ters like GMAT scores, analyticalskills, communication skills andleadership quality. Every year,the institute publishes a mini-mum and maximum GMATscore. The minimum score isaround 600. The applicant has tosubmit three written essays, tworecommendation letters and avideo essay.

nHow do you attract high per-formers to your campus, eventhough your institute is notapproved by AICTE?

We still have a different posi-tioning among other B-schools,which offer one-year MBA pro-

grammes. Around 100 globalcompanies, who are not in theIndian market, recruit from ISB.Till somebody else can do it, wehave an edge over other manage-ment institutes. As competitionincreases, colleges that are per-ceived as good often do betterthan others. Competition makesour job slightly easier. Five yearsback, we had to sell a one-yearprogramme to recruiters. We hadto tell recruiters that we don’tcompromise on learning. Valueproposition for our students isvery clear. Students want toknow more about salary pack-ages and alumni network. Ourstudents are not worried aboutwhether they get a degree or adiploma.

n ISB is perceived to offer oneof the most expensive MBA pro-grammes for students. Is it ahurdle for a school like ISB?

We are actually cheaper thanthe two-year management pro-grammes offered by IIMs, as ourstudents start working duringthe second year. We charge$40,000 for our flagship pro-gramme. But the average salaryof an incoming student is `8 lakhand the average pay package ofan outgoing student is `18 lakh.If a student is unable to pay, weorganise loans for them. Further,we also offer over 100 scholar-ships.

Algorithms: New B-school norm?ISB’s decision to

assign students tocampuses in

Mohali andHyderabad based

on an algorithmhas put aspiring students in a fix.

Admissions aid ofISB VK Menonclears the air

around the issue.

ISB factsISB was started in 1996 by a groupof businessmen and academicians.

Every year 6,000 to 8,000 aspirantsapply for PGP, the flagship one-year MBA programme offered byISB.

Twenty eight percent of the cur-rent student population is femalestudents.

B-school retains one out of sevenapplicants.

NRIs forms 25-30% of students.However, foreign nationals consti-tute less than 5% of the entire stu-dent population.

SRINIVAS SETTY


18PIZZA AND CHOCOLATEChocolate lovers are in for a lip-smacking treat at Papa John’s Pizza. Papa John'shave lovingly married their superb all natural and hand tossed fresh dough tooodles of chocolate and lusciously creamy buttery custard. Behind the scenes, anoven timer rings and out pops a freshly baked chocolate pizza, “Chocizza.”

TEN TIMES BIGGERBajaj Electronics on Sunday launched it’s 10th store in the City at Madhapur. Presenton the occasion of the launch were Soon Kwon (C), managing director- LGElectronics India, actor Sanjanna, Amitabh Tiwari, head sales LG Electronics India andPawan Bajaj, CMD Bajaj Electronics and others.

A DATE WITH THE PARK

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Pamper your hairARABIAN BEAUTIES

Young Ladies Club organised anArabian Afternoon at The Park

recently for its members. The ladieswere required to dress up as Arabian

women for the day.

They create magic with their expertise andnow they are here to help the people in theCity look their best. A Toni&Guy salon waslaunched recently at Road no 12. At thelaunch, models showed off some interestinghair styles, while the guests could not helpbut gush over the number of beauty prod-ucts available there.

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GENE CAN TELL TIME OF DEATH: STUDYResearchers have been able to identify a gene variant that could influence what time you get and go to sleep. It can also identify at whattime you may die.The findings of the study appeared in the November2012 issue of the Annals of Neurology.health


19Quite an earful this

That itchy feeling in the ear’s been bothering you? Time to get checked for a fungal infection,which is commonly caused due to contaminated water entering the ear.

SWIMMER’S EAR

Did you know?HealthVault is an applicationthat is meant to be a reposi-tory for user's to store theirsand their family's healthinformation in a singleplace. Users store their fami-ly's medical record numbers,track prescriptions and

notate any allergies or chronic condi-tions. The app helps families be pre-pared during emergencies.

GiardisisGiardiasis is a type of gastro-enteritis, orinflammation of the intestines. It iscaused by an infection with the parasiteGiardia lamblia.b. It's a major cause ofchildhood diarrhoea in developing coun-tries and is also common in EasternEurope and across the US. Giardiasis isdiagnosed by checking stool samples forthe parasite. It is popularly known asbeaver fever. As it is difficult to detectnumerous other tests are also conducted.

Feet account for 1/4thbonesThe feet account forone quarter of all thehuman body’s bones.You may not giveyour feet much thought but they arehome to more bones than any other partof your body. How many? Of the two hun-dred or so bones in the body, the feetcontain 52 of them.

Ananda MohanChakrovartyAnanda Mohan Chakrabarty is an IndianAmerican microbiologist, scientist, andresearcher. He is most notable for hiswork in directed evolution and his rolein developing a genetically engineeredorganism. He genetically engineered anew species of Pseudomonas bacteria in1971 while working for the Research &Development Center at GE in New York.

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

n Keep your ears dry. Dryyour ears thoroughly afterexposure to moisture fromswimming or bathing. Dryonly your outer ear, wipingit slowly and gently with asoft towel or cloth. Tip yourhead to the side to helpwater drain from your earcanal.

n At-home preventive treat-ment. If you know youdon't have a puncturedeardrum, you can usehomemade preventiveeardrops before and afterswimming. A mixture of 1part white vinegar and 1part rubbing alcohol mayhelp promote drying andprevent the growth of bac-teria and fungi that cancause swimmer's ear.

n Swim wisely. Watch forsigns alerting swimmers tohigh bacterial counts anddon't swim on those days.

n Avoid putting foreignobjects in your ear. Neverattempt to scratch an itchor dig out earwax withitems such as a cottonswab, paper clip or hairpin.Using these items can packmaterial deeper into yourear canal, irritate the thinskin inside your ear orbreak the skin.

n Protect your ears from irri-tants. Put cotton balls inyour ears while applyingproducts such as hairsprays and hair dyes.

n Use caution after an earinfection or surgery. Ifyou've recently had an earinfection or ear surgery,talk to your doctor beforeyou go swimming.

Source:www.mayoclinic.com

Avoid the itch

How often have youhad that bunged upfeeling in your earafter an otherwise

refreshing swim or long shower?Isn’t it irritating to have dimin-ished hearing in the affected earand not to mention the horribleitching that you really can’tseem to do much about? OtitisExterna or Swimmer’s Ear, as itis more commonly known, is arather common problem thatmost ENT specialists in the Citysee, especially in the summer. Afungal infection that occurswhen contaminated water entersthe ear, swimmer’s ear can leavethe patient with an incrediblyitchy feeling in the ear and awatery discharge.

“Swimmer’s ear is an inflam-mation or irritation in the outeror inner ear canal caused due toa fungal infection when contam-inated water enters the ear,” saysDr Gautam Ghosh, ENT special-ist at Apollo Clinic, Kondapur.Swimmer’s ear may be acute orchronic. It is occasionally associ-ated with middle ear infection oreven respiratory infections like acommon cold. “Another com-mon cause of this condition isswimming in polluted waterwhen bacteria like pseudomonasand other fungi enter the ear. Wesee a lot of such cases during thesummers when swimming andlong showers are more com-mon,” says Dr Ghosh.

Other causes of the condition

could be if something gets stuckin the ear, if the inner ear hasbeen scratched and more com-monly when an individual triesto use small objects to clean earwax. These objects can irritate ordamage the skin in the ear lead-ing to infections. Allergic reac-tions and conditions like eczemaor psoriasis can also be culprits.

“Symptoms of the conditioncould include a watery dis-charge from the ear, severe itchi-ness, pain while chewing orwhen pressure is applied alongthe jaw or ear and also dimin-

ished hearing until the infectionclears up,” explains Dr Ghosh.

He goes on to add that thepatient should avoid using a earbud or any other object in theear, as it can aggravate the con-dition. “Doing so removes theprotective layer of the skin,which is very thin in the ear, andthis can increase the fungalinfection. Also vigorously clean-ing the ear canal causes it toswell up and become slit-like,creating further problems inhearing,” he says.

The condition is usually

diagnosed by a physical exam,where the ear canal may appearred and swollen. If required thedoctor may take a sample of thefluid in the ear for testing.

“Usually a course of antiobi-otics to fight the infection or eardrops and anti-histamine medi-cation to relieve the itching canbe prescribed. While the symp-toms will be relieved within aweek or 10 days, the medicinesneed to be taken for up to amonth, as that is how long ittakes for the fungal infection togo away,” explains Dr Ghosh.

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LONDON: Researchers fromthe New York UniversityLangone Medical Center in astudy of monkeys found that thetreatment restores gut bacteria toa healthy state.

Other work in mice hasalready suggested conditionssuch as ulcerative colitis could betreated in this way, the BBCNews reported.

Inflammatory bowel dis-eases, like colitis, are oftenfuelled by a wrongly targetedresponse by the immune systemto gut bacteria.

Such diseases are more com-mon in developed countries —and scientists suggest this isbecause people in developingcountries have more exposure toparasitic worm (helminth) infec-tions and therefore have a natu-ral protection.

Recent studies have usedparasitic worms to successfullytreat inflammatory bowel dis-ease in humans, but it is unclearexactly how they do this.

The latest study looked atmonkeys because youngmacaques kept in captivity oftendevelop chronic diarrhoea.Fivemacaques with diarrhoea weretreated with parasitic worms.

Tissue samples were takenbefore and after treatment and itwas found the balance of gutbacteria was restored. And fourout of five animals had less diar-rhoea and started to gain weight.

“The idea for treating colitiswith worms is not new, but howthis therapy might work remainsunclear. Our findings suggestthat exposure to helminths mayimprove symptoms by restoringthe balance to the microbial com-munities that are attached to theintestinal wall,” Dr P’ng Loke, ofthe New York University said.

The researchers now plan astudy in humans to look at howpig helminth eggs might helpalleviate symptoms of colitis.

PTI

‘Parasiticworms cantreat chronic diarrhoea’

RESEARCH

New 10-minutetest to predict

premature birthThe new test is expected to replace a less accurate

test used in NHS hospitals and could stop thousandsof women from having unnecessary treatment.

LONDON: A simple ten-minute test in the UK canpredict whether a womanis going to give birth pre-maturely, doctors claim.

The early-warning sys-tem measures a pregnancyprotein, using a cervicalswab in women who startcontractions weeks beforethey are due.

High readings mean awoman’s chances of havinga premature baby in thenext fortnight are doubled.But women with low read-ings can be safely senthome as having had a falsealarm, the Daily Mailreported.

The new test is expect-ed to replace a less accuratetest used in NationalHealth Service (NHS) hos-pitals and could stop thou-sands of women from hav-ing unnecessary treatment.

The test was developedby researchers at Guy’s andSt Thomas’ Hospital,London, funded by thebaby charity Tommy’s. Theswab measures the level ofa protein known as fetalfibronectin (ffn), whichshould appear at 22 weeksand again at the end ofpregnancy.

If it appears betweenthese dates, coupled withearly contractions, it sug-gests an early labour is

imminent. A test to mea-sure fibronectin levels isalready used in the NHS,but the updated test ismuch more accurate, saidProfessor Andrew Shennanof Guy’s, who led theresearch.

He said the wide rangeof predicted risk shown bythe current test meant morethan 90 per cent of womenwere being wrongly diag-nosed as high-risk.

“The updated fetalfibronectin test reduces theneed for low-risk womento stay in for observationor get treatment whenthey don’t have to,”Shennan added.

“This updated test ismore precise. Trials showa high reading doubles therisk of a woman givingbirth in the following twoweeks,” Shennan said.

In the trials, 75 per centof women with high read-ings gave birth before 34weeks of pregnancy – atleast six weeks early.

Women at high riskmay be prescribed bed restand given drugs toimprove the baby’s healthafter premature delivery,including steroids to helpmature the baby’s lungs.

They may also havetreatment to try to prolongthe pregnancy, such as

medication or a stitch in theneck of the womb. The newtest measures protein levelsin just ten minutes – thecurrent test takes 23 min-utes. Guy’s is the first hos-pital to use the test butthe updated equipmenthas been installed in133 other NHS hospitals.

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BREAKTHROUGH

My daughter is now 9and I want to intro-duce her to the topic

of puberty, before she hearsabout it from someone else.Since girls seem to be reach-ing puberty earlier these days,I want her to be prepared. Doyou think now is the time?

Young girls do seem to bereaching puberty earlier than inthe past with some girls startingto menstruate by the age of 9though the normal age mightbe 11 or 12. The signs of puber-

ty include hair growth, bodyodour changes, breast growthand menstruation in girls, andvoice changes in boys.

It’s a very good idea to talkto your daughter about pubertyand the changes, especiallybefore she has her first men-strual cycle. It is important thatyour child learn about thesethings from you rather thanfrom a friend with limited and

possible inaccurate information.In terms of what to say to yourchild, tell her about the changesthat she will experience. Explainto her what she should expectwill happen and how she cancope. Tell her about the need towear a bra and her breasts startto grow and how she might findhair in places where she neverhad any before. In addition,educating her about good

hygiene will help her stay feel-ing good about herself.

Give your child the assur-ance that you are there to talkwith them anytime and thatwhile some of the changes theyexperience might be difficult,they will get through them.Allow your child the space tofeel embarrassed or awkwardwhile also providing them thelove and nurturing they need.

Explaining some of the changesyour child might see in theiropposite gender friends is alsoimportant to help your childunderstand why she/he mighthave to behave a little different-ly with their friends. Alwaysensure that your child knowsthat you are available if theyhave questions or need you.

The writer is a counselling psychologist at the Hyderabad

Academy of Psychology. You canwrite to her at

[email protected]

Dr Diana MonteiroGrowing pains‘NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO TALK’

EntertainmentMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

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Yamudiki Mogudu setto release soon

The principal shooting ofAllari Naresh, Richa

Panai starrer YamudikiMogudu has been wrappedup. E Sattibabu has direct-ed the film and ChantiAddala is the producer.Koti has scored the musicfor this socio fantasy film.The audio will be unveiledon November 23 and filmwill release in earlyDecember.

RLS gets a U/A certificate

Sundeep Kishan, ReginaCassandra starrer Routine Love

Story has been given a U/A cer-tificate. The film is now gearingup for release on November 23.Praveen Sattaru has directed thefilm and Chanakya has producedit. Mickey J Meyer has composedthe music and Suresh Bhargawa isthe cinematographer.

Settai to be dubbed asNaughty Boys

Settai starring Arya, Hansikaand Anjali is going to be

dubbed in Telugu as NaughtyBoys. Kannan is directing the filmand UTV Motion Pictures is pro-ducing the film. Settai is theremake of Delhi Belly, but themakers insist that they have madeseveral changes in the script tosuit the local sensibilities. Already,70 per cent of the film’s shootinghas been completed. Thaman hasscored the music.

CINE BYTESA FOOD FILM IN THE OFFING

Prakash Rajset to cookULAVACHARU BIRYANIAfter Dhoni, Prakash Raj is gearing upto direct the remake of a superhitMalayalam film titled Salt N’ Pepper

Prakash Raj is all set to cook UlavacharuBiryani on silver screen. Confused?Ulavacharu Biryani is the name of hisupcoming directorial venture in which

he’s playing one of the lead roles. Tabu is likelyto be paired up with him. The film is the remakeof a superhit Malayalam film titled Salt N’ Pepper,which had Shweta Menon, Lal, Asif Ali andMythili in lead roles. Ulavacharu Biryani is a lovestory set in the backdrop of food. No wonder,Prakash Raj has given it a tagline Love is cooking.The original film had Lal playing an archaeolo-gist who falls in love with a dubbing artiste,played by Shweta Menon. Although the twonever meet, they bond over telephonic conversa-tions and food. Soon after the Malayalam filmreleased, Prakash Raj clinched the remake rightsand he’ll direct the film in Telugu, Tamil andHindi. Ilayaraja is going to compose the musicand Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry is going towrite the lyrics. More details about the cast andthe crew of this food film will be revealed soonand the buzz is that the film will go on floors inFebruary, 2013.

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Genelia takeseverything aschallenge

Genelia D’Souza says shetreats everyday as a

challenge. “For me every-thing is a challenge and arecord for me that I needto break,” Genelia said. Asfor films, she says, “Ichoose what I am comfort-able with and what I think Iam best at,” she said.

IANS

Aamir gets under theshower again!

Remember Aamir Khan’s showerscene in Ghajini, which turned

out to be a turning point in thefilm? A similar shot will feature inthe actor-filmmaker’s new filmTalaash too. If sources are to bebelieved, a shower scene in Talaashwill also play a pivotal part in themovie. It will see Aamir, who playsInspector Shekhawat, get to theroot of the problem that he fightsagainst. IANS

JTHJ’ earns Rs.60.39crore in four days

The magic of Yash Chopra’severgreen romance formula

seems to be working again. JabTak Hai Jaan (JTHJ), his last direc-torial venture before his death,has earned `60.39 crore at thedomestic box office in four daysof its release. The film earned`15.23 crore (Tuesday) `19.54crore (Wednesday), `14.45 crore(Thursday) and `11.17 crore(Friday).

CINE BYTESFRESH PAIRING

excited towork withSaif inBullet Raja

SONAKSHI

Afterworkingwith nameslike Salman

Khan, Akshay Kumar andAjay Devgn, actress SonakshiSinha is now excited about work-ing with Saif Ali Khan in Bullet Raja.She considers it a “fresh pairing”.“It’s a very fresh pairing and I am lookingforward to work with Saif Ali Khan. Iactually wanted to work with him forquite some time, and luckily got anopportunity with Bullet Raja. I amextremely excited to work with Saif,”Sonakshi says.

Bullet Raja, directed by TigmanshuDhulia, is set around Uttar Pradesh-basedmafia.

The shooting of the movie has alreadybegun, but Sonakshi will join the crew inFebruary 2013.

“I believe they have already startedshooting the film. I was busy shooting forOnce Upon a Time in Mumbaai 2 andDabangg 2, so I will join the crew of BulletRaja in February,” she says.

Sonakshi, who made her Bollywooddebut with Dabangg in 2010, says she ishappy with the roles she has received.She says, “Luckily I am doing some goodfilms, and I am fortunate to be part ofLootera, which has been a tough role anddifferent,” she said.

In Vikramaditya Motwane’s Lootera,Sonakshi features opposite RanveerSingh. IANS


Justin Bieber andSelena Gomez have adate night disaster

Justin Bieber and SelenaGomez’s reunion is getting

rocky. On Friday, two daysafter Bieber and Gomez re -united, they had a showdo -wn at Yamato, a Japanese re -staurant in the San Fern a ndoValley, Calif. Just five minut -es after entering the restau-rant, the pair who split earli-er this month after two ye arsof dating, emerged again.

Lisa Kudrow’s showtimeseries Web Therapyrenewed for third season

Showtime has renewed LisaKudrow’s comedy series Web

Therapy for a third season.Web Therapy will return for tenmore episodes in 2013. The seriesfollows Fiona Wallice, a therapistwho meets with her patientsthrough Skype. The show was firstshown online and then adaptedto a television series in 2011.

Holmes hopes for‘Dawson’s Creek’ reunion

Actress Katie Holmes says shewould love to reprise her role in

popular teen drama Dawson’sCreek. The show went off the airafter six seasons in 2003. It also fea-tured Michelle Williams, James VanDer Beek and Joshua Jackson.“I love everyone from the show. Wehave kind of talked about it(reunion) here and there. Maybewe’ll go on vacation — that (would)be fun - and just film it!” IANS

CINE BYTESIN ALL ITS GLORY

‘BREAKING DAWN - PART 2’ EARNS $71.2 MILLION The final Twilight film got off

to an expectedly huge start atthe box office on Friday.In its first 24 hours (well, really it’sfirst 26 hours including Thursday

night shows) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn– Part 2 grossed a massive $71.2 million — just atouch behind the $71.6 million earned onBreaking Dawn – Part 1’s opening day and a bitfurther behind the $72.7 million found by NewMoon. Due to the up-front rush of Twihards onopening day, the film will fall hard overthe rest of the weekend, but it shouldstill finish the frame in the same rangeas its predecessors, taking in about$135-140 million.

Last weekend’s champ, Skyfall, stuckaround in second place with $12.4 mil-lion, which puts it on pace for a $42 mil-lion weekend. That figure would representa 53 percent decline from Skyfall’s robust$88.4 million debut and give the Bond entry aten day total of about $162 million. For perspec-tive, consider this: At the ten-day mark of its run,Quantum of Solace had earned $108.8 million.

In third, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln per-formed better than most were expecting follow-ing its expansion from 11 theaters into 1,775locations. Lincoln earned $6.4 million on its firstday, which was slightly better than the first dayof another adult-targeting Oscarcontender, Argo, whichgrossed $5.9 million onthe way to a $19.5million weekend.

Chai TimeMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

26THOUGHT OF THE DAYFew are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what heintends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more whenhe himself has a chance to speak. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

ACROSS1 Long-eared

bounders6 Vampire’s point of

attack?10 Leveling wedge14 Actor’s business

representative15 Beach ball?16 Let up17 Some investment

companies19 Obey reveille20 Lay siege to21 ‘___ better to have

loved ...’22 Dry wine23 Member of a pesky

swarm25 Cookbook

collection27 Limb’s partner30 Workman’s wheels32 Bangkok citizen33 Ms Lupino34 Yellow spread36 All thumbs39 Uniformed campus

gp41 ‘Laugh-In’ guy Dan43 Boo-boo memento44 Lowest female

voices46 Fiddling Roman47 Pitcher’s concern48 It flows to the

Caspian Sea50 Allow51 Russian ruler of old52 Sign maker’s aid55 Cubes of chance57 Will-o’-the-___58 ‘You can’t mean

me!’60 Candid device?64 China or European

intro65 Treasurer’s

responsibility67 Read the bar code68 Foil alternative69 Make happy70 Affliction of the eye71 Paper measure72 Extend a

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DOWN1 ‘Oh, very funny!’2 ‘For children of all

___!’3 Pro team in Ohio4 Mesh, as gears5 It’s held during

Oktoberfest6 Winter malady7 Patty or Selma, to

Bart Simpson8 Acme’s opposite9 Triangular shoe

insert10 Belgrade populace

11 Locks out of astore?

12 Magazine copy13 Track & field

get-togethers18 Chocolate or

strawberry24 Hawk’s grabber26 Ho ___ Minh City27 One-time Italian

coin28 Graven image29 Lent preceder31 Banister attachment35 Used one’s scull37 ‘Legal’ or ‘medic’

lead-in38 Ski lift40 Bread from meal42 Become aware of45 Cul-de-___49 Readily flexible, as

a gymnast51 House of worship52 Bern-born53 Color slightly54 Jeweler’s magnifier56 Supply food for a

fee59 Concept61 Distinctive flair62 Appraise63 From square one

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PREVIOUSPUZZLEANSWER

How to playkakuroKakuro is a populargame similar tosudoku in some ways.But is also suitably dif-ferent. The key ques-tion: ‘How do you playkakuro?’, well here arethe rules of kakuro.The answer: Thekakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of anysize. It has rows andcolumns, and dark cellslike in a crossword.And, just like in acrossword, some of thedark cells will containnumbers. Some cellswill contain two num-bers.

However, in a cross-word the numbers ref-erence clues. In akakuro, the numbersare all you get! Theydenote the total of thedigits in the row or

column referenced bythe number.

Within each collec-tion of cells — called arun — any of the num-bers 1 to 9 may beused but, like sudoku,each number may onlybe used once.Let’shave an example toexplain this conceptmore clearly:

In the imageabove, which shows asection of a kakuropuzzle, you will see thenumbers ‘26’ and ‘14’in the top row. Look atthe 14. This means thatthe total of the threecells underneath mustsum to 14. Therefore 9,4, 1 could be theanswer, or perhaps 7,

4, 3 and so on... So, how do you work

out the actual combi-nation? Well, this isdone through elimina-tion and cross-refer-encing. For instance, asyou work out theanswers for otherkakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the validcombinations, andhence the answer forthis particular run.

Note the second cellin row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30and 11. The 30 refersto the vertical rununderneath the num-ber 30 and the 11refers to the two cellsto the right, horizon-tally, of the number 11.

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ARIESAvoid sharing family secretswith new friends. Politiciansadvised not to blame partymen for any issues. Women willtalk wisely and get work donein their favour. Superiors willen trust employees with impor-tant and secret responsibilities.

ARIES: Seven of Swords –Be prepared to get back into the ga -m e with a bang. You will be able tout ilise your skills in a profitable way tore-enter into the chosen career.

GEMINI: Ten of Wands –You need to perform your best undertesting times to breach the limits ofyour potential to reach the next level.Bosses are happy with what you do.

LEO: Judgement – You dis-cover joy in simple pleasures of life.It could be in a scoop of ice cream orin getting wet in the rain. It won’thurt to be a little impulsive today.

LIBRA: Death – Take stepsto stabilise relationships and career.Changes are on the way and it maythreaten to throw everything off ge -ar. Stay cool and things will be fine.

TAURUS: Nine of Swords –These are difficult times for you withthings not really going your way nomatter how much you plan. You onlyconsolation is a friend’s support.

CANCER: Page of Wands –Austerity steps are needed now to seeyourself and your family through the -se tough financial times. Don’t takeany chances and protect your savings.

VIRGO: Ten of Pentacles –You have become more aspirationaland desire to indulge in the plea-sures that were previously restrictedonly to the super-rich. Enjoy them.

SCORPIO: Nine of Wands –Eating too much to deal with stress?You sure have a problem and need todeal with it in the correct way. Consulta therapist for ways to reduce stress.

CAPRICORN: Ace of Wa n -ds – You may get caught in the mid -dle of a fight without being reallyinvolved in it: only crime is you’re atthe wrong place at the wrong time.

SAGITTARIUS: The Moon– Beware of getting into a financialscheme with help from someone.Check the documents before signing,and also do a full background check.

AQUARIUS: The Tower –Delays cause frustration but there’slittle in your control. Go with the flowand do things as they’re supposed tobe done. Keep a check on your anger.

PISCES: Eight of Cups – Apersonal motive may be behind so -meone asking you to sign so meth -ing. Do it only if you’re convin cedand not because you’re being forced.

TAURUSYou will take clearcut and bolddecisions, which will yield desir -ed results. Manage a financialproblem well. Children willchange their attitude and fol-low the right direction. Bloodrelatives will shoulder responsi-bilities with you.

GEMINIHappy news will arrive soon.Financial inflow will be slow butsteady and manageable. Housewill be happy as friends and rel-atives will visit. Businessmenmight face losses due to mis-handling of issues. Employeeswill have new responsibilities.

CANCERHappy events to take place athome. Though there will betension and obstacles, you willmarch forward by managingthem very well. Friendship withsome new persons proves verymuch beneficial. Expectedloans will be come through.

LEOFamily will remain in harmonyand peace. Businessmen willhave a steady growth and avery comfortable financial posi-tion. Artists will get new andpromising opportunities.Certain works will get delayedbut end favourably.

VIRGOEmployees will have to put inplenty of effort to achieveexpected transfer and pay hike.New customers will be ad dedto businessmen’s list. Thoughwomen are appreciated andsupported by the family, aproblem will crop up.

LIBRAStudents will consolidate instudies and earn appreciationfrom all. Happy events takingplace at home will cheer thewhole family. Friends’ help willbe available exactly at the timeof need. Children's health needsto be taken care of.

SCORPIOHeld up marriage talks willresume and end favourably.Tasks undertaken will be com-pleted successfully. Friendshipwith persons of powerful posi-tion likely. Ancestral propertywill be yours. Sister's marriagewill be finalised.

SAGITTARIUSIndirect opposition likely to up -set you. A strong financial posi-tion likely. Children's behaviourmight worry you but do notworry as they will be alrightsoon. Promotion and pay hikeon cards for the employees.Family issues will be resolved.

CAPRICORNYou plan to buy a new assetand make an advance part-payment. Help from varioussources will come through tosettle old debts. Court verdictwill go in your favour. You willcontrol unwanted expenditure.Keep up the good work.

AQUARIUSBusinessmen will increase theirprofits by adopting new tech-niques. Partners will help.Employees will be entrustedwith new responsibilities.Superiors will recognise yourhard work. Ancestral propertywill come through.

PISCESOpportunities will knock atyour door; ensure that youmake full use of them. Avoidacting in haste in any workto avoid failure or disappoint-ment. Take a decision after aclearcut analysis and consulta-tions with family members.

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Lautner cautious aboutrelationships

Actor Taylor Lautner says he hasto be careful when he meets

new female friends. ‘’I do have tobe more careful. I would be lyingif I said that I don’t guard myselfmore than I used to, but I don’twant to be too guarded. If youhave so many walls up that youcan’t even make new friends orfind new relationships, that wouldbe a bummer,’’ he says. IANS

Kardashian getsdeath threats

Kim Kardashian is said tohave received death

threats following a messageon her Twitter page. “Praying

for everyone in Israel,”Kardashian tweeted after

Hamas militants launched arocket attack on Jerusalem.

But she was forced todelete the words of support

after a barrage of criticismfrom her 17 million followers.

Spanish actor AntonioBanderas will have the

honour of inaugurating the8th Acapulco InternationalFilm Festival. “Banderas hasbeen involved in films anddubbings that have been verysuccessful in Mexico,” theawards festival director VictorSotomayor said. IANS

Antonio Banderas is the guest of honour

CINE BYTES

Taylor Swift appears to be taking her love life in a new direc-tion. The Never Ever Getting Back Together singer is seeming-ly taking her lyrics to heart as she moves on from recent ex,Conor Kennedy, and enjoys the company of One Direction

hottie Harry Styles. “I had to literally do a double-take,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE

of finding Styles, 18, with Swift, 22, on the set of The X FactorThursday morning.

Styles was on hand to watch Swift rehearse the debut of State ofGrace, which she performed later that night on the Fox reality show.

“He was smiling at her while she rehearsed. When she wasdone he jumped up on stage, picked her up, put her over hisshoulder and carried her off stage,” the onlooker says. “Thewhole crew was really surprised.”

The young singers were also spotted by X Factor hostMario Lopez, who says he was slapped on the back byStyles during Swift’s rehearsal.

“I said, ‘What are you doing here,’ “ Lopez said on his104.3 MY FM radio show Friday. “And he sort of [point-ed] toward Taylor.”

Lopez went on to say he later saw the two“hand-in-hand.”

A telling sign of the budding relationshipmay have been a look Styles shared with hisbandmate Niall Horan a week earlier afterHoran told PEOPLE his favourite song of2012 was Swift’s Never Ever GettingBack Together.

When asked if he wouldever date Swift, Horan gavea small laugh, looked atStyles and answeredwith a succinct,“No.”

and One Direction’s

Harry Styles:Are They Dating?

Taylor Swift LOVERS GALORE!

sports 29WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

ANTI-DOPING


HYDERABAD: The Hydera -bad Cricket Association willconduct an open selection trialsfor aspirants in the age group of U–16 at the HCA Gym-khana ground, Secunderabad on Tuesday at 1.30pm. Playersborn on or after 1-9-1996 are eli-gible to participate in this selec-tion.

Aspirants are also requestedto bring their original date-of-birth certificate along with acopy for verification.

Players who have participat-ed in the recently-concludedunder–16 Coca Cola Cup conducted by the association are not eligible for this selection.

Open selectionsfor under–16

players

TOKYO: Luke Donald (right)is eyeing victory at the WorldTour Championship in Dubaiafter a comfortable win in Japansaw him leapfrog Tiger Woodsinto the number two spot in theworld rankings.

The Englishman's title at theDunlop Phoenix 2012 in south-western Japan on Sundaymeans he has only NorthernIrishman Rory McIlroy ahead ofhim in top spot.

Donald ended five strokesclear of 20-year-old studentHideki Matsuyama in Miyazakibefore turning his attentions tothis week’s $8 million TourChampionship, the final eventon the 2012 European Tour cal-endar. The Englishman, 34,thanked fans on Twitter as hejetted off to Dubai for the tour-nament, which starts onThursday.

“Thanks for all the lovelymessages -- just about to landinto Dubai - one last chance forglory in 2012!” tweeted the for-mer world number one.

Donald became the firstplayer ever to top the moneylists on both sides of theAtlantic in a single season lastyear, a feat matched by McIlroythis year.

Donald, currently in eighthposition in the Race to Dubai,the European money list, fin-ished third in Dubai last year.

Donald leapfrogsTiger with Japan win

Durant lifts Thunderpast Warriors

Oklahoma City held on for the win as theWarriors failed to get within single digits.OKLAHOMA CITY: KevinDurant (dunking in pic) recordedhis first career triple double as hepowered the Oklahoma CityThunder to a 119-109 win overthe Golden State Warriors onSunday.

Durant finished with 25points, 13 rebounds and 10assists for the Thunder, whohave won seven of their pasteight National BasketballAssociation games.

“Some guys can just pass,some guys can just shoot, someguys can just rebound,”Oklahoma City coach ScottBrooks said. “Obviously, withKevin, he can do many things onthe floor and we always have tochallenge him because we don’tknow how good he will end upbeing.”

Russell Westbrook also had astrong game for Oklahoma City,finishing with 30 points, fivesteals and seven assists.

Kevin Martin came off thebench to score 23 points.

Stephen Curry had 22 pointsand David Lee finished with 19points, 10 rebounds and fiveassists for Golden State, who hada modest two-game winningstreak halted.

Golden State cut theThunders’ lead to 105-98halfway through the fourth aftertrailing by 21 points at the end ofthe third quarter.

But then Durant nailed athree pointer with 3:27 remain-ing as the Thunder went on a 10-4 swing of their own.

MONTREAL: The formerchairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) saidSunday that revelations of per-vasive doping in cycling is avindication of anti-doping safe-guards and ‘immensely embar-rassing’ for the sport’s govern-ing body UCI.

Dick Pound (right), who foryears waged an intense battleagainst the InternationalCycling Union (UCI) and dis-graced rider Lance Armstrong,lauded the US Anti-DopingAgency’s investigation(USADA) into the supply, useand distribution of performanceenhancing substances in the

Armstrong case. The ground-breaking investigation led toArmstrong being stripped of hisseven Tour de France titles.

“I think USADA’s reportindicates what a good and seri-ous agency can do. That’s a vin-dication of the system,” he toldAFP at a WADA foundationboard meeting aimed at draftinga tougher new code for anti-doping in sports.

But Pound, in his inimitableforthright manner, took aim atthe UCI, whose president PatMcQuaid sat solemnly at theMontreal meetings.

“It’s immensely embarrass-ing to the UCI that the people

who are running the sport, whowere there every day, seeingthese athletes and teams foryears and years couldn’t seemto find it. And so now they are,in quotation marks, ‘shocked’.”

Pound acknowledged thebitter push back against effortsto clean up cheating that hereceived as chairman of globalanti-doping body between 1999and 2007.

“But the pushback I got wasthe pushback that I invited aschairman. The pushback comesfrom the bad guys, not from thegood guys. A number of peoplekeep saying ‘keep at them’which is great,”

Flagging McIlroy eyes big finish PETER STEBBINGS HONG KONG: The EuropeanTour heads to its end-of-seasonfinale in Dubai with the oldest win-ner in its history and an exhaustedworld number one hoping to redis-cover his touch after failing to firein Hong Kong.

Spanish veteran Miguel AngelJimenez, one of the vice-captainson the victorious European RyderCup team, triumphed at the $2million UBS Hong Kong Open onSunday for a third time -- at thetender age of 48 years and 318days.

But it was a different story forpre-tournament favourite anddefending champion Rory McIlroy,23, who was by then already sun-

ning himself on a Dubai beachafter failing to make the cut inHong Kong.

The Northern Irishman’s girl-friend, tennis star CarolineWozniacki, posted a photographon Twitter of him dozing on thesand. He had said in Hong Kongthat he felt “lethargic”.

McIlroy has already won theRace to Dubai -- the Europeanmoney list -- after topping thePGA Tour money list. But he admit-ted after tumbling out of the HongKong Open that he was badly inneed of some rest.

“If I was completely fresh Iwouldn’t have been making themistakes I was making out there,”he said after his score at Fanling.

NBA

The Englishman’s title at the Dunlop Phoenix in Japanon Sunday means he has only Rory McIlroy ahead.

The Thunder took a26-25 edge after onequarter before Martinscored 10 points in thesecond as they led 59-46 at the half.

LEAGUE CRICKET

Pound urges tough love from IOCTime and costs in effectively cracking down of the scope of cheating in sports a concern.

sports 30ENGLAND IN INDIA

NEW ZEALAND IN SRI LANKA ICC: END GOVT INTERFERENCE


GALLE, SRI LANKA: MahelaJayawardene (right) cracked animpressive 91 to lead SriLanka's fight-back on anabsorbing second day of theopening Test against NewZealand in Galle on Sunday.

Sri Lanka were in deep trou-ble at 50-5 following fast bowlerTim Southee's three-wicketburst in the morning beforeposting 247 in their first inningsin reply to New Zealand's 221.

The tourists reached 35-1 intheir second innings at stumpsafter losing hard-hitting openerBrendon McCullum, caught byNuwan Kulasekara off left-armspinner Rangana Herath who

was pressed into the attack afterthree overs.

The match is evenly poisedat this stage, with New Zealandnine runs ahead with as manywickets in hand. Jayawardene

and vice-captain AngeloMathews (79) earlier proppedup the innings with a 156-runstand for the sixth wicket.

"It's very even at themoment. At one stage thismorning it looked like we werequite away behind the game,but a brilliant fightback byMahela and Angelo got us rightinto the game," said Sri Lankacoach Graham Ford.

"We would have been cer-tainly happy for a bigger leadbut again you can't be greedywhen you are 20-4 and 50-5.Credit to New Zealand whobowled fantastically well upfront. PTI

Hyderabad’s Akash Bandhar traps Bhushan Chauhan of Saurashtra in front of the wickets for 8 runs at theRajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Monday. Hyderabad scored 186 in reply to Surashtra’s 260 in theirfirst innings. At lunch today, Saurashtra were 88 for 2 wickets. SRINIVAS SETTY

RANJI TROPHY

KARACHI: The PakistanCricket Board has told the ICCthat it cannot accept the recom-mendations of the Woolf report,which calls for ending govern-ment interference in the game,due to the "unique circum-stances" prevalent in the country.

"The PCB has conveyed tothe ICC that due to the uniquecircumstances that prevail inPakistan the sport cannot survivein the country without govern-ment support and interest," aPCB source told PTI.

"The PCB has specificallymade the point that given thefact that Pakistan is presentlytrying hard to revive internation-al cricket in Pakistan whichremains suspended since 2009they can't do this without gov-ernment support," he added.

Interestingly, ICC PresidentAlan Isaac, while in Dhaka, saidthat the sport's world governingbody is reviewing its stanceagainst government involvementin the administration of cricket inits member boards.

One of the major recommen-dations of the Woolf reportaimed at improving administra-tion and productivity of the ICCand member boards is theremoval of government interfer-ence. In Pakistan, the President,who is chief patron of the board,appoints the PCB Chairman andhis approval is a must whileappointing the governing boardmembers.

Sources in the PCB said thatthey had noted that there wasspace in the Woolf report to find asolution to the looming problem.

At Kolkata: Gujarat 260 (Smit Patel 67, ParthivPatel 61, Sourav Sarkar 4/60,Ashoke Dinda 3/73, ShamiAhmed 2/59).Bengal 220/4 (Manoj Tiwary 102batting, Subhamoy Das 75, RushKalaria 3/58).At Meerut:Karnataka 1st Innings: 181 all out Uttar Pradesh: 283 and 55/3 in 22overs (M Kaif 18 batting).Railways: 205 all out in 78.5 overs(Nitin Bhille 41, KrishnakantUpadhyay 38; Sandeep Sharma4/38, Siddarth Kaul 3/66).At BhubaneswarPunjab: 230 for five in 80 overs (UdayKaul 96 batting, Amitoze Singh 55;Krishnakant Upadhyay 2/50).At RohtakHaryana: 66 and 165 for 5 in 68overs (A Khod 56 batting, Sunny

Singh 36; B Mohanty 2/21).Odisha: 209 all out in 74 overs. (NBegera 44, L Samal 43; M Sharma5/49).At AgartalaServices 1st Innings: 563 for 4declared in 563 overs (YashpalSingh 250 not out, Rajat Paliwal104 not out; Tushar Saha 2/159).Tripura 1st Innings: 53 for no lossin 24 overs (Subhrajit Roy batting38, Samrat Singha batting 13)At MalappuramKerala: 264 all out in 116.2 overs(Abhishek Hegde 46, V AJagadeesh 40; Arlen Konwar 5/53).At New DelhiBaroda 1st innings: 525 for 7 in168 overs (Ambati Rayudu 131,Abhimanyu Chauhan 113, KetanPanchal 72 batting, GagandeepSingh Natt 70 batting, Rajat Bhatia3/35, Parvinder Awana 2/97).

Ranji Trophy (Brief Scores)

ScroreboardIndia vs English 1st Test

India 1st innings 521/8 dec.England 1st innings 191 all out.England 2nd innings (following on)(overnight score 340/5)AN Cook* b Ojha 176NRD Compton lbw b Khan 37IJL Trott c †Dhoni b Ojha 17KP Pietersen b Ojha 2IR Bell lbw b Yadav 22SR Patel lbw b Yadav 0MJ Prior† c & b Ojha 91TT Bresnan c sub (Rahane) b Khan 20SCJ Broad c & b Yadav 3GP Swann b Ashwin 17JM Anderson not out 0Extras (b 14, lb 6, w 1) 21Total (all out) 406Fall of wickets: 1-123 ,2-156 , 3-160, 4-199, 5-199, 6-356, 7-365, 8-378Bowling O M R WUT Yadav 23 2 70 3PP Ojha 55 16 120 4R Ashwin 43 9 111 1V Sehwag 1 0 1 0Z Khan 27.3 5 59 2SR Tendulkar 1 0 8 0Yuvraj Singh 4 0 17 0

Lanka gain slender lead PCB says no to Woolf

India set for winAHMEDABAD: Indiatook control of the firstcricket Test againstEngland after packingthem off for 406 in theirsecond innings at lunch,which left the home teamwith a paltry victory targetof 77 on the fifth and finalday here today.

Pragyan Ojha (left)dealt two severe blows onEngland in the space ofonly 12 balls, by breakingthe stubborn sixth wicketstand between rival cap-tain Alastair Cook andwicketkeeper Matt Prior, toprovide the spark forIndia's renewed quest ofwinning the Test.

Umesh Yadav,Ravichandran Ashwin andZaheer Khan polished offthe tail in style to leave thehosts a small target tochase in the last two ses-sions and take a 1-0 lead inthe four-match series.

Ojha finished with 4 for120 after a morning spell of2 for 18 in 11 overs, whichincluded the wickets ofCook (176) and Prior (91).

England trailed Indiaby 330 runs after making191 in their first innings inreply to India's mammothfor 521 for 8 declared andthen avoided the inningsdefeat yesterday by reach-ing 340 for five.

The visitors lost theirlast five wickets for theaddition of 66 runs in 26.3overs and the final wicket –that of Tim Bresnan - fellseven minutes before thescheduled lunch forcing anearly break.

After being frustratedby Cook and Prior sincethe afternoon session yes-terday, Ojha dismissed thetwo in superb fashion bydeceiving both with histurn off the bowlers' roughto prise open the doors ofvictory for India beforelunch.

Zaheer Khan ended theEngland innings by havingBresnan caught.

sports 31UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX


NAPLES, FLORIDA: Na YeonChoi (above) capped her out-standing 2012 LPGA campaignwith a two-stroke victory overfellow South Korean So YeonRyu Sunday in the $1.5 millionseason-ending Titleholders.

Choi countered a double-bogey at the third with an eagleat the par-five fifth. She addedthree more birdies — the last of

them at the par-four 16th, for atwo-under par 70 and a 72-holetotal of 14-under 274.

Her second victory of theyear, after a triumph in the USWomen’s Open, was worth$500,000 and took her total prizemoney for the campaign to $1.9million.

“I’m really happy with how Iplayed this season,” said the 25-year-old Choi. “I won my firstmajor and even this tournamentis very big for me.”

Ryu, who had already lockedup Rookie of the Year honors, fellout of a tie for the lead with athree-putt bogey on the par-five14th. She settled for a 70 for 276.

“My putting wasn’t great,”Ryu said. “Na Yeon is a greatplayer, and I’m just a rookie.” AFP

JAN FLEMRAgencie France-Presse

PRAGUE: The Czech Republicwon the Davis Cup after RadekStepanek stunned Spain’s Nico -las Almagro in the decisive rub-ber of the 100th final here onSunday.

Stepanek, the world number37, beat 11th-ranked Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (7/0), 3-6, 6-3 in 3hrs and52min in a clash of the teams’number-two players on thehardcourt of Prague’s O2Arena. The Czech Republic lift-ed their first Davis Cup sincegaining independence follow-ing a 1993 split with Slovakia.The former Czechoslovakiawon the trophy in 1980. The vic-

tory has also handed the Czechsa rare team double after their women lifted the Fed Cuphere two weeks ago — a feat last achieved by the

United States in 1990.“It’s amazing, we’ve written

history here in our country,” ajubilant Stepanek said later.

“I cannot describe what I’mfeeling right now,” added the33-year-old. There are no wordsto say. Undescribable. This isthe best thing that can be,” saidTomas Berdych, his teammate.

In Sunday’s key rubber, awild home crowd of more than14,000 fans was all thatStepanek needed to shake offthe fatigue from Friday’s singlesand Saturday’s doubles.

His game against a restedAlmagro went with serve untilStepanek capitalised on a singleset point to break the Spaniardfor a 6-4 win in the first set.

Czechs pip Spain, lift cup

GORDON HOWARDAgencie France-Presse

AUSTIN, TEXAS: LewisHamilton (below) gate-crashed Sebastian Vettel’s titleparty on Sunday when he pro-duced a dazzling drive forMcLaren to win a thrillingUnited States Grand Prix.

The 27-year-old Briton,who started second on thegrid alongside the defendingchampion, made the most ofhis superior outright speed to

pass Vettel on lap 42 andclaim the 21st victory of hiscareer.

For Vettel, it was a person-al disappointment, but notenough to prevent his RedBull team from winning theconstructors title for the thirdsuccessive season.

Fernando Alonso ofFerrari finished third afterstarting seventh on the grid —thanks to his team’s pragmaticdecision to break the gearboxseal on Felipe Massa’s car —

and his podium finishensured that the title battlewill go down to the wire atnext weekend’s BrazilianGrand Prix in Sao Paulo.

Vettel goes to Interlagoswith a lead of 13 points, on273 points compared toAlonso on 260.

Hamilton, who leavesMcLaren for Mercedes nextyear, was intent on deliveringanother win for the teambefore his departure and didso with elan as he seized his

fourth win this year.Amazingly, it was the

first time F1’s best threedrivers of the current crop hadshared a podium and, to markthe Texan location, all threewore Stetson cowboy hats asthey celebrated.

Interviewed by the 1978world champion, AmericanMario Andretti, Hamiltonsaid: “First-time winner! I’mso happy. The fans were amaz-ing, thank you. It was such awarm welcome and one of the

best, if not the best, race of theyear — especially for me andthe team. It’s been a long timesince we had a win. I’m soproud of the team and gratefulfor the support we’ve had.”

Vettel said, “He had onechance and he took it. It was atough race, but it was a greatrace.”

In front of a sellout crowdof 135,000 at the new Circuit ofthe Americas and under a solidblue sky, Vettel made a near-perfect start to pull clear fromhis 36th pole position and intothe lead with Red Bull team-mate Webber advancing to sec-ond behind him.

Lewis crashes Vettel’s party

LPGA DAVIS CUP

AUSTIN, TEXAS: LewisHamilton and Sebastian Vettelhad differing views on the criti-cal 42nd passing move thatdecided Sunday’s United StatesGrand Prix in favour ofMcLaren’s British driver.

While Vettel complainedabout the nuisance factor ofback-marker NarainKarthikeyan of Force India andhis loss of seven preciouspoints, Hamilton was delightedto find a way through for hisfourth win of the season.

Vettel said, “I wasn’t toohappy to send a nice big invi-tation to Lewis when I had togo through Karthikeyan.

Hamilton admitted,“Overtaking Vettel wasn’teasy... It was actually quitetricky.

“When I finally got close tohim, I seemed to be catchinghim in the first sector and thatwas difficult.”

Hamilton, Vettel differ

Choi wins season finale

Results of the race1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren)

1hr 35min 55.269sec

2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull)at 0.675

3. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari)39.229

4. Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari)46.013

5. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren)56.432

6. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus)1:04.425

7. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus)1:10.313

8. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/ForceIndia) 1:13.792

9. Pastor Maldonado(VEN/Williams) 1:14.525

10. Bruno Senna (BRA/Williams)1:15.133

11. Sergio Perez (MEX/Sauber)1:24.341

12. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/ToroRosso) 1:24.871

13. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes)1:25.510

14. Kamui Kobayashi(JPN/Sauber) 1 lap

15. Paul di Resta (GBR/ForceIndia) 1 lap

16. Michael Schumacher(GER/Mercedes) 1 lap

17. Vitaly Petrov (RUS/Caterham)1 lap

18. Timo Glock (GER/Marussia) 1lap

19. Heikki Kovalainen(FIN/Caterham) 1 lap

20. Charles Pic (FRA/Marussia) 2laps

21. Pedro de la Rosa (ESP/HRT) 2laps

22. Narain Karthikeyan(IND/HRT) 2 laps

sportsMONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

32MCCLEAN RECEIVES DEATH THREAT OVER POPPY PROTESTPolice are investigating a death threat directed at the Sunderland wingerJames McClean on Twitter from a man who claims to be a former Britishsoldier. The message was posted last week by Cody Lachey after McCleanchose not to wear a club shirt embroidered with a poppy.

PREMIER LEAGUE

LONDON: Sunderland registeredtheir first Premier League away winsince February and ended a run offive games without victory by over-coming 10-man Fulham 3-1 onSunday.

Brede Hangeland was sent offfor Fulham after half an hour, butalthough Steven Fletcher's openerfor the visitors was cancelled out byMladen Petric, goals from CarlosCuellar (top in left) and StephaneSessegnon gave Sunderland the win.

With 10 goals to their name,Martin O'Neill's side are no longer

the lowest-scoring team out ofEngland's 92 league clubs.

Victory lifted the Black Catsabove Wigan Athletic into 15th place,three points above the relegationzone, while Fulham remain ninth.

Dimitar Berbatov headed widefrom Damien Duff's cross after fiveminutes at Craven Cottage, but thefirst half was a sleepy affair untilHangeland was sent off by refereeLee Probert.

The Norwegian was shown astraight red card for jumping in two-footed on Lee Cattermole. AFP

Sunderland winSunderland get back on track against 10-man Fulham with a 3–1 victory.

MOSCOW: Barcelona travel to faceChampions League rivals SpartakMoscow with a prolific forward line ledby Lionel Messi (below) but concern con-tinues about the state of their defence.

Tito Vilanova's side have been in ruth-less form in La Liga claiming 34 pointsfrom a possible 36 as they lead the way atthe top of the table, while in Europe theywere similarly effective in Group G butdefeat away to Celtic in Glasgow means

that they still have work to do as they bidto qualify in first place.

A stubborn rearguard action fromCeltic earned them a memorable 2-1 victo-ry over a side which has won theChampions League twice in the last fouryears.

Barca had vast amount of possession but were blocked out by a sea of green and white shirts while indefence they were opened up, sowingdoubts.

Barca have suffered from a series ofinjuries at the back and they have alreadyconceded 15 goals in the league.

Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique wereable to play together for the first timesince mid-September in the 3-1 weekendwin over Zaragoza as a result of a series ofinjuries while regular full-backs JordiAlba and Dani Alves have also been in thetreatment room.

Defence is an area where Barca lackcover and they have resorted to fieldingJavier Mascherano and Alex Song, bothmore comfortable in central midfield, astheir regular centre-half pairing. AFP

JUSTIN DAVISAgencie France-Presse

MILAN: Juventus's hopes of challengingamong Europe's 16 best football teamscould be decided by their penultimateGroup H clash against ChampionsLeague holders Chelsea on Tuesday.

After years of watching from the side-lines the former two-time winners haveembraced their return to the competitionafter winning a 28th Serie A league titlelast season.

But so far, the Old Lady's group cam-paign has gone off with more of a whim-per than a bang.

Antonio Conte's side managed only three draws before finally hittingform with a 4-0 rout of Danish champions Nordsjaelland in Turin twoweeks ago.

That rather late surge, along withChelsea's late winner against Shakhtar,has left Juventus third in Group H onepoint behind the English giants and sec-ond placed Shakhtar.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PREVIEWBarca on the defensive

Last 16 test awaits Juve and Chelsea

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