NEW DELHI, FEB 08Exhorting Chief

Ministers to bury differ-ences to help India achievehigh growth and createjobs, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Sundaypromised more funds tostates with greater powerson their utilisattion, evenas he asked them toaddress issues delayingprojects.

Keen to revive invest-ment cycle, Modi at thefirst Governing Councilmeeting of the newly-con-stituted NITI Aayog askedChief Ministers to person-ally monitor factorsimpacting project execu-tion and suggested that anofficer be identified in

each state to monitor andresolve pending issues.

He offered to transfersome of the 66 centrallysponsored schemes, forwhich Rs 3,38,562 crorewas provided in 2014-15,to states. A sub-group of

Chief Ministers would beset up under NITI Aayog tolook into rationalisation ofthese 66 schemes and rec-ommend which ones "tocontinue, which to transferto states, and which to cut

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Delhi polls: AAP prepares forresults day

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NEW DELHI, FEB 08A day after exit polls pre-

dicted an AAP win in Delhi,its visibly relaxed leaderArvind Kejriwal on Sundaywatched a Hindi movie as theBJP insisted it was still confi-dent of winning the electionwith wider national ramifica-tions.

"We were always confidentof winning," Aam AadmiParty leader and former min-ister Manish Sisodia, aKejriwal confidant, said. Hesaid he agreed with the exitpoll findings "plus or minusone or two seats".

But other AAP leaderssounded more cautious. "Wewill accept the congratulatorymessages only after theresults come out Tuesday," aparty leader said.

Former Delhi chief ministerKejriwal was "cool" Sunday,

his colleagues said, afterweeks of hectic election cam-paign that kept him busyevery day from 6 in the morn-ing to midnight.

In the evening, Kejriwal

went with a large group ofAAP colleagues to watchAkshay Kumar-starrer"Baby" at the Wave cinemaclose to his home atKaushambi in Ghaziabad dis-

trict adjoining Delhi.Flanked by Sisodia and

Kumar Vishwas, he smiled asa photographer clicked him.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 08A 35-year-old Uzbekistan

woman was stabbed to deathallegedly by her Afghanistaniboyfriend at her home in southDelhi's Kalkaji area in the weehours of Saturday, police saidon Sunday. Police have

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Uzbek womankilled by herAfghan friend

PATNA, FEB 08BJP on Sunday attacked

Nitish Kumar for pushingBihar into 'political instability'due to his 'lust for power' andsaid all options were open forit in the current situation.

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BJP holds Nitishresponsible for Biharpolitical instability

VIJAYAWADA, FEB 08CPM politburo member

Sitaram Yechury on Sundaysaid his party cannot guaran-tee the passage of pendingBills in Rajya Sabha duringthe coming budget session."The NDA government

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NEW DELHI, FEB 08West Bengal Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee was onSunday conspicuous by herabsence at the first governingcouncil meeting of NITIAayog here.

No one from the WestBengal government has cometo the meeting, said Finance

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Mamata Banerjee skipsNITI Aayog meet

AMRITSAR, FEB 08Punjab Deputy Chief

Minister Sukhbir Singh Badalon Sunday said that in a three-cornered contest accuracy ofexit polls will fall and theground-level response will bedifferent. "We respect theopinion of various psepholo-gists but the ground levelresponse will be different. In a

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Accuracy of exit polls in Delhiwill fall: Sukhbir Singh Badal

DELHI, FEB 08BJP Delhi unit head Satish

Upadhyay on Sunday exudedconfidence that his party willform the next government inthe capital despite the exit pollpredictions.

"We did an analysis of allconstituencies in Delhi,? BJPwill form government under

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BJP confident of winning Delhi despite exitpoll predictions: Satish Upadhyay

PANAJI, FEB 08The Goa police probe into

the mysterious death ofBollywood designer IshaMantry at an electronic dancemusic festival in Decemberlast year has failed to reachanywhere with the

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Goa Police still awaitingBollywood designer'sviscera report

ROHTAK, FEB 08Police on Sunday claimed to

have got some vital clues inconnection with the brutalrape and murder of a mental-ly-challenged woman fromNepal even as different socialorganisations held a candlelight march and staged

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Police gets vitalclues in woman rape-cum-murder case

GOLAGHAT, FEB 08A collision between a van

and a truck on NationalHighway 37 on Sunday result-ed in the death of 12 passen-gers, with a further three peo-ple injured in the Golaghatdistrict of Assam.

According to reports, thepassengers of the van were

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12 killed in Assamroad accident

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NITI Aayog: PM Modi promises statesmore funds, greater utilisation powers

NEW DELHI, FEB 08A man cannot refuse mainte-

nance to his estranged wife havingno source of income as thatamounts to economic abuse, aDelhi court has held.

Setting aside a trial court orderdismissing the plea of a womanseeking maintenance from herestranged husband, AdditionalSessions Judge PulastyaPramachala observed that in theabsence of any evidence, it cannotbe said that no case of domesticviolence was established.

"The admitted facts are suffi-cient to show that appellant (wife)had no source to maintain herself,though the respondent (husband)was having sufficient means tolive a comfortable life. He,

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NEW DELHI, FEB 08State-run telecom

firms BSNL andMTNL will not partic-ipate in the upcomingspectrum auction,from which the gov-ernment targets toraise over Rs 1 lakhcrore.

The Chairmen andManaging Directorsof the two PSU's,BSNL's AnupamSrivastava andMTNL's P K Purwar,told PTI that the tele-com firms will notparticipate in the auc-tion.

Srivastava said thereis no need for addi-tional spectrum at thispoint of time.

The public sectorfirms had not partici-pated in the previousauctions held inNovember 2012,March 2013 andFebruary 2014.

The auction of 2Gand 3G spectrum isscheduled to startfrom March 4 and bid-ders can submit theirapplications byFebruary 16.

The auction of air-waves in four bands -800 MHz, 900 MHz,1800 MHz and 2100MHz - could garnerRs 82,395 crore at thebase or minimumprice, but sources saidthe governmentexpects total proceedsto exceed Rs 1 lakhcrore. The quantum ofspectrum to be put on

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Unwillingness tomaintain wife iseconomic abuse:Delhi Court

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NEW DELHI, FEB 08A day after the

Assembly polls,BJP's Delhi chiefministerial candidateKiran Bedi onSunday staunchlydenied that her partywas facing first elec-tion defeat sincestorming to powerlast year, even thoughexit polls tippedArvind Kejriwal-ledAam Aadmi Party(AAP) to win Delhielections.

“A survey is just asurvey, we shouldwait for the 10th forthe final result,” Beditold the media.

As exit polls sug-gested the loss offace for BJP, KiranBedi said that shewill claim responsi-bility for either loss

or win in Delhi. “I ama person who alwaystakes responsibility,”Bedi reiterate, said.

To a question aboutthe possibility of aBJP defeat, Bedi saidthat whatever be thepoll outcome whetherit is win or defeat shewill take the respon-sibility.

Bedi had yesterdayalso said that shewould take "fullresponsibility" if herparty suffers a loss.

Exit polls releasedhours after votingended yesterday indi-cated the AAP of for-mer Delhi chief min-ister Arvind Kejriwal

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Kiran Bedi staunchly deniesBJP's defeat in Delhi polls

NEW DELHI, FEB 08Mutual funds pumped in

a whopping Rs 5,850 crorein equity schemes inJanuary taking the totalinflow to nearly Rs 56,000crore in the first 10 monthsof the current financialyear on account of positivereturns and improvedinvestor sentiment.

This was the 11th con-secutive month, whenequity mutual funds wit-nessed an inflow.

Moreover, mutual fundhouses are upbeat aboutinflow into equity schemesfor the remaining part ofthe current fiscal, endingon March 31.

According to the latestupdate available withAssociation of MutualFunds in India (AMFI),equity funds saw netinflow of Rs 5,850 crore inJanuary as compared to Rs6,057 crore witnessed inthe preceding month.

The latest inflow takesthe total fund infusion inequity MF schemes to Rs55,872 crore at the end ofJanuary 31.

Industry officials saidequity markets have deliv-ered positive returns andthat has attracted retailinvestors into suchschemes. "There has been

NEW DELHI, FEB 08Citing the horrific

killings in Syria, Franceand in a Peshawarschool, President PranabMukherjee today saidinternational communitymust assert itself andtake concerted and deter-mined action against ter-rorism of which India isone of the oldest victims.

"Terrorism is today anindustry of evil. It is notjust a threat to peace andsecurity but an attack onhumanity as a whole andcivilisation as we under-stand.... The internation-al community mustassert itself and tackle

the problem by takingconcerted, coordinatedand determined action,"he said addressing thesixth conference of

ambassadors and HighCommissioners, whohead Indian Missionsabroad. The President

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World must take determinedaction to end terrorism: President

Equity mutual funds seeinflow of Rs 56,000 crore

NEW DELHI, FEB 08To firm up plans to give

a heavy push to the fightagainst Naxals in theircitadel in Bastar, HomeMinister Rajnath Singhwill chair a meeting ofChief Ministers of fourMaoist-hit states --C h h a t t i s g a r h ,Maharashtra, Telanganaand Odisha – on Monday.

With a special focus oncarrying out anti-Naxaloperations in the densejungle of Bastar, the meet-ing will give stress on

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NEW DELHI, FEB 08Exit poll predictions

for the Delhi electionsreveal that the AamAadmi Party`s (AAP)vote percentage hasrisen steadily since itsmaiden electoral battlein December 2013.

According toElection Commissionstatistics, the AAP cor-nered a stunning 29.64percent of all votes inDelhi 14 months ago towin a stunning 28 ofthe city`s 70 seats.

This eventually led toa 49-day Congress-

backed AAP govern-ment.

Although AAP leaderand then chief ministerArvind Kejriwal`s deci-sion to resign inFebruary 2014 cost theparty a lot of goodwill,its vote share in the LokSabha election last yearwent up to 33.08 per-cent Exit polls whichafter the end of votingSaturday predicted anAAP win say the partycould now earn 41-43vote percentage, indi-cating a clear and

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AAP vote share rises and rises in Delhi

NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 09, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, FEB 08Buoyed by exit poll pro-

jections showing a clearvictory for it, top leaders ofAAP on Sunday deliberat-ed on the possible politicalscenario besides analysingthe party's performance inthe Delhi Assemblypolls.

Speaking at a meeting athis Kausambi residence,AAP chief Arvind Kejriwalcomplimented all the lead-ers and party volunteers fortheir hard work andexpressed confidence offorming the government.

The party's CampaignCommittee took stock ofthe possible political sce-nario once the results areannounced on Tuesday, aparty leader said.

Manish Sisodia, SanjaySingh, Kumar Viswas andAsish Khetan were amongthose present in the meet-ing that began around?2.30pm and lasted for aroundone hour.

"It was a generalpreparatory meeting. Themeeting analysed the elec-tions, took stock of the sit-uation and micromanage-

ment of polling booths atthe grassroots level duringthe polling. All the possi-bilities that may emerge

post?February 10?werediscussed," a partyspokesperson said.

AAP had emphasised onbooth management eversince its drubbing in theLok Sabha polls last yearwhen it failed to win a sin-gle seat in Delhi.

Sources said issues likehow the party should goabout if it emerges victori-ous in the polls were alsodiscussed.

They said Kejriwal alsoemphasised on keepingthings "simple" even ifAAP won the polls con-

vincingly.They said the party may

issue do's and don'ts forparty MLAs after theresults are out.

Following the meeting,Kejriwal accompaniedaround 30 volunteers towatch Akshay Kumar-star-rer 'Baby' at Wave Cinemasnear his Kaushambi resi-dence.

All the exit polls havegiven AAP a decisive edge

over BJP with one of themgiving it as high as 53 seatsin the 70-member DelhiAssembly.

After the elections yes-terday, various exit pollshad predicted a clear victo-ry for the Aam AadmiParty while projecting BJPto be the main oppositionparty.

An estimated 67 per centturnout was recorded onSaturday during the pollswhere a total of 673 candi-dates are in the fray for the70-member DelhiAssembly.

Delhi polls: AAP prepares for results day

SHIMLA, FEB 08AICC General Secretary and

Himachal in charge AmbikaSoni today refused to spell outparty's strategy in Delhi on thebasis of exit poll prediction andsaid that it would be prematureto make any comment on thebasis of exit poll results.

"Wait for the results and wewill decide the future course ofaction" said Soni who arrivedhere for the three day conclaveof the party to strengthen theorganisation.

"Last time we extended sup-port to AAP to form the gov-ernment but it resigned after 49days and question of support toany party would arise if there isa hung assembly", she said.

Soni claimed that theCongress government headedby Sheila Dixit did commend-able work during her 15 yearsterm but the party lost in 2013

and to expect miracles withinin year would be too much.

Asserting that the Congressparty was making all outefforts for revival, she said thata strategy has been drawn tostrengthen the party at thegrass-root and conclaves ofworkers are being organised inthe states to elicit the viewpoint of the workers and assuretheir inclusion in decision

making.The AICC president Sonia

Gandhi and Vice PresidentRahul Gandhi had directed theparty general secretaries tohold workers' conclaves in allstates to afford opportunity toall the participant to freelyexpress their views and pointout the weaknesses.

The action reports preparedon the basis of these conclaveswould be submitted to the highcommand and?the inputswould be used for preparingthe future strategy at the plena-ry session of the Congress,likely to be held in April thisyear, she said.

"We are making efforts torevive the party by strengthen-ing it at the grass-root and con-claves are being organised inthe states to reach out to theworkers and different sectionsof the society to elicit their

views and draw up the revivalplan, she said.

Grass root level workersalong with representatives ofblock, district and stateCongress and senior leaderswould share their views andevery member would be givenat least five minutes to speak.

Replying to a question, Sonisaid that the government andthe party are functioning wellin the state and there is com-plete coordination betweenthem.

Earlier, Soni accompaniedby transport minister G S Bali,was given a rousing welcomeon her arrival at the HimachalPradesh Congress Committeeoffice. Over seventy partyfunctionaries including fiveministers participated in thediscussion and expressed theirviews on the first day of theconclave today.

Wait for poll results in Delhi: Ambika Soni

NEW DELHI, FEB 08From playing with pets to

spending time with parents orpeople of their respective con-stituencies are how some of thecandidates are unwinding a dayafter the dust and din settled onthe Delhi elections. After puttingup her best during the campaign,Congress candidate from GreaterKailash Sharmistha Mukherjeesaid the election results were thelast thing on her mind right now."I am relaxing by spending timewith my pet dog. My whole houseis in a chaos, so I have to put thatin order as well. And, in theevening, I will go and spend sometime with my parents at theRashtrapati Bhawan," Sharmishtasaid.

Daughter of President PranabMukherjee, Sharmishta is also anaccomplished dancer. Asked if shetakes to dancing to relax herself,she said with a smile, "Come on,dancing is such a strenuous activ-ity, why would I do that at this

time."The Congress candidate said

she had done her bit and cam-paigned all out, now "it is not forme to decide but the people."

BJP's Nupur Sharma, who ispitted against AAP's chief minis-terial candidate Arvind Kejriwalin the New Delhi constituency,said, "She was not feeling anxiousat all."

"Why would I worry aboutsomething that is not in my con-trol. I entered politics with a mis-sion and I have done my bit in thelast seven years... And, irrespec-tive of what the exit polls say, weare very hopeful of winning thepolls," she said.

The 29-year-old candidate saidshe is a bit of a "workaholic" andtherefore was currently spendingtime with party workers and get-ting to know their view after thepolls. "My dad is leaving forGermany today, and I can onlyrelax after 7:30 PM I guess. I livein a joint family and their pres-

ence is a blessing anyway. Apartfrom that I love writing, and I amthinking of writing a piece on myentire campaign...," she said.

"I voted early at around 8:30AM and it was different feeling tosee my own name on the EVM,"she said with a smile.

"But after polling, I have can-celled all TV debates, and I notmuch of a TV person anyway, so Iam not watching TV at homeeither," she said.

AAP candidate fromMangolpuri Rakhi Birla said, "Iwoke up at 10 AM today...Catching some sleep."

"After days of campaigning, wewere very sleep-deprived. Wakingup late was invigorating... I amnot anxious at all about theresults, so not doing much aboutunwinding. This is people's elec-tion and they are electing one ofthem only, so why would Iworry... Instead, I am spendingtime with some of the women inmy constituency," she said.

CHANDIGARH, FEB 08Stating that the fight

between BJP and AAPappears to be neck toneck in Delhi Assemblypolls, an SAD MP PremSingh Chandumajra onSunday said he does notsee clear majority forany party in the high-stake elections.

"The electoral battle(between BJP and AAP)appears to be neck toneck and the exit pollresults are also indicat-ing the same. I do notsee clear majority forany (political) party, the

kind of situation wehave in Delhi,"Chandumajra toldreporters here today atPGIMER campus.

Responding to queriesthat exit polls gave anedge to AAP, the SAD(Badal) GeneralSecretary said the partywas a temporary phe-nomenon. SAD has con-tested the DelhiAssembly elections inalliance with BJP in fourseats.

While ManjinderSingh Sirsa contested onSAD symbol from

Rajouri Garden con-stituency, HarmeetSingh Kalka (Kalkaji),Jitender Pal SinghShanty (Shahdara) andAvtar Singh Hit(Harinagar) contested onBJP's symbol.

Asked about the per-formance of SAD candi-dates, Chandumajra saidSirsa and Shanty wouldsurely win.

"But there is a fight ontwo other seats - Kalkajiand Harinagar," hesaid.

In the last Assemblypolls in Delhi, two can-

didates fought on AkaliDal symbol and two onBJP symbol.

Asked about party'spreparations for upcom-ing civic body electionsin the state,Chandumajra said theparty was ready with theMunicipal Corporation,Municipal Council andNagar Panchayat elec-tions this month.

"We have alreadymade seat arrangementwith BJP on 80 per centof seats and rest of themwill be done in a day ortwo," he said.

Delhi polls: Family, pets help candidates unwind day after voting

NEW DELHI, FEB 08Ajay Maken, who led the

Congress poll campaign forthe Delhi assembly election,Sunday said the exit pollscannot be dismissed and ifthe forecast about the party'sperformance comes out cor-rect, it will be a matter ofconcern.

"We cannot dismiss the exitpolls. If these turn out to betrue, it will be a matter ofconcern for us," Maken said.

Exit polls released afterSaturday's voting for the 70-member assembly said theCongress could slide furtherfrom the low it recorded inthe 2013 assembly electionswhen it won only eight seats.

The exit polls said the AamAadmi Party was likely to getanywhere between 31 and a

staggering 54 seats and theBharatiya Janata Party could

bag 17 to 35 seats.They said the Congress,

which ruled Delhi for 15years till December 2013,would be routed, winning noseat or at best four seats.

Votes will be counted Feb10.

Based on feedback fromworkers and candidates,Congress leaders said theywere expecting to win 12 to15 seats. However, the exitpolls dampened the moodwithin the party.

"From what the exit pollshave projected, you canimagine that the mood in theparty will not be very opti-mistic," said a party leader,who did not want to be iden-tified.

Matter of concern if exit polls come true: Maken

NEW DELHI, FEB 08Downplaying the exit poll results

that have projected a majority forAAP in Delhi Assembly elections,the BJP on Sunday held a reviewmeeting and expressed confidence offorming a government.

With two days left for the countingof votes, the BJP exuded confidencethat it will win, citing the narrow gapbetween its and AAP's vote shares inyesterday's exit polls after the conclu-sion of voting.

The meeting was held at the party'sstate headquarters and was attendedby BJP Delhi Unit chief SatishUpadhyay, party General Secretary(Organisation) Ram Lal, Delhi BJPin-charge Prabhat Jha, party's chiefministerial candidate Kiran Bedi andconveners of the Assembly con-stituencies and all the candidates andother leaders.

"All our constituencies wereanalysed, evaluated during the meet,and based on that we forecast thatBJP will form a government in Delhiunder the leadership of Kiran Bediji,with a comfortable majority,"Upadhyay told reporters after themeeting.

He, however, did not speculate howmany seats the BJP will get in the 70-member Assembly.

BJP's National Secretary SrikantSharma expressed confidence that theparty will emerge victorious.

"We are confident of our victory.Even in the exit polls, the projected

vote share gap between us and AAPis very narrow. We will win," hesaid.

BJP spokesperson G V LNarasimha Rao claimed that the exitpolls were favourable to AAPbecause AAP voters are vocal unlikethose of the BJP.

The real story lies in the projectionof vote shares of the different party,he said.

"These polls show a very narrowgap of only 5-6 per cent (vote share)between AAP and BJP.. .Had the gapbeen very wide, it would have been

very different to look for any otheroutcome, in what has been project-

ed," he said, adding, AAP has a "veryvocal and very noisy support base,open support base."?

Upadhyay said the ground realitiesfor each of the constituencies wereassessed based on people's feedbackand assessment of candidates fortheir respective seats.

"A survey is always a survey. Also,I think we need to wait for the 10thfor the final result. Because in someAssembly seats the margin is veryless. So it could swing any way,"Bedi said when her response wassought by reporters.

BJP holds review meeting, downplays exit poll results

No clear majority for anyparty in Delhi polls: SAD

KANPUR, FEB 08Samajwadi Party on

Sunday said exit pollresults for Delhi Assemblyelections, which projectBJP as the second largestplayer, are a reflection ofpublic disenchantmentwith the party.

"It has not even been ayear since the formation ofNarendra Modi-led gov-ernment at the Centre butthe exit poll results forDelhi elections are areflection of public disen-chantment with the BJP,"SP leader Shivpal Yadavtold reporters on the side-lines of a functionhere.

"He had made big prom-ises to the public but hasfailed to fulfil them," the

senior Uttar Pradesh cabi-net minister said.

All the exit polls yester-day predicted a majorityfor the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) in the DelhiAssembly elections withone of them giving it ashigh as 53 seats in the 70-member House.

BJP was projected to bethe second largest partyway behind AAP, the pollsshown on television chan-nels said.

Responding to a queryon the law and order situa-tion in the state, Yadav saidthat despite Uttar Pradeshbeing the most populousstate in the country, thecrime rate is relativelylower as compared to otherstates.

Public disenchanted with BJP:SP on Delhi exit poll projection

AHMEDABAD, FEB 08As all the exit polls have pre-

dicted a majority for the AAPin the Delhi Assembly polls,BJP leader SubramanianSwamy on Sunday said thatCongress' votes got transferredto the Arvind Kejriwal-ledparty.

"There are too many localreasons (in Delhi assemblyelection)... However, those aremerely predictions of exitpolls. We are yet to see the dif-ference between percentage ofvote-share... But the main rea-son was that Congress wasnowhere in the scene.Congress' votes have beentransferred to AAP," Swamysaid during his visit to a col-lege at Ankaleswar town inGujarat.

He added that during the1971 and 1980 Lok Sabhaelections Congress won major-

ity under the leadership ofIndira Gandhi, however, thesame party had to face defeatsin Delhi local body polls andTamil Nadu assembly pollsrespectively. All the exit polls

had predicted a majority forthe AAP in the Delhi Assemblyelections with one of them giv-ing it as high as 53 seats in the70-member House. The resultswould be out on Tuesday.

Congress' votes got trans-ferred to AAP: Swamy

Delhi polls: Three-tier secu-rity at EVM strong roomsNEW DELHI, FEB 08

At least 10,000 security personnel,including from the paramilitary forces,have been deployed to guard 20,000 elec-tronic voting machines (EVM) in whichthe votes cast in Saturday`s Delhi assem-bly poll remain locked. The workers ofvarious political party will be allowed inthe counting halls Tuesday when resultsfor the 70-member Delhi assembly will beannounced, said officials. "It is a three-tiersecurity for the EVMs. The machines havebeen kept inside the strong rooms made innine districts," said an official of theElection Commission. "Each strong roomis guarded by the Central IndustrialSecurity Force (CISF) personnel, armedpolice and the local police," the officialadded. The counting will begin at 8 a.m.Tuesday and it will be video graphed. Theparty workers will be allowed at the count-ing centres only on the counting day, headded. Delhi saw a voter turnout of 67.14percent during polling in the 70 assemblyconstituencies Saturday. A total of 11,763candidates contested the elections.

Man acquitted ofmolestation charge aswoman turns hostileNEW DELHI, FEB 08

A Delhi court has acquit-ted a man of the charge ofmolesting a woman aftershe took a U-turn sayingshe did not lodge any com-plaint and claimed that thepolice made her sign blankpapers. MetropolitanMagistrate Monika Sarohaabsolved the man, a resi-dent of south Delhi, of theoffence of molestationunder Section 354 of theIPC as the woman deniedthe incident in the court.

"The complainant totallyturned hostile and did notsupport the prosecutionstory at all. She only statedin the witness box that onthe day of the incidentnothing has happened withher. She even denied hav-ing made her statement tothe police," the court said.

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 09, 2015SAADDA HAQ

AAP confident...poll surveys have given a clear majority in

the 70-member Delhi assembly to the AAP,which fought a tough battle as it took onPrime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP.

If the AAP wins, it would be seen as a blowto Modi, who took on Kejriwal vocally inelection rallies.

The mood in the Bharatiya Janata Partywas clearly subdued but senior leaders put upa brave face, saying they were hopeful ofedging out the AAP.

BJP's chief ministerial candidate KiranBedi met party leaders to review the election.Satish Upadhyay, president of the BJP'sDelhi unit, said the party was confident offorming a government.

"I am not commenting on the exit polls butwe are confident of winning the election andforming a government under Bedi's leader-ship," Upadhyay said.

BJP leader and central minister NirmalaSitharaman met Bedi and echoed Upadhyay'ssentiments. "We are hopeful we will win.

Asked about Bedi's comments that shewould take the blame if the BJP lost,Sitharaman said: "She has given her personalview."

In contrast to the subdued glee in the AAP- Kejriwal told his activists to relax until thevotes are counted Tuesday - and the BJP'sfervent hopes that the exit polls are wrong,the Congress was shattered.

Exit polls said the Congress, which ruledDelhi for 15 years until December 2013,would be wiped out or at best get four seatsout of the 70. The Congress won eight seatslast time.

A senior party leader said on the conditionof anonymity: "If the exit polls are correct, itwill be a matter of concern for us."

On polling day Saturday, Congress presi-dent Sonia Gandhi made no claim that herparty would win. In a tacit admission ofdefeat, she said: "Whatever people desirewill happen."

The Delhi election saw a record voterturnout of 67.14 percent, according to theElection Commission. At some places votingwas allowed even after 6 p.m. as voters hadalready entered the polling premises.

The AAP cornered a stunning 29.64 per-cent of all votes in 2013 to win a stunning 28seats. This led to a 49-day Congress-backedAAP government.

Its vote share in the Lok Sabha election lastyear went up to 33.08 percent although itcould win none of the seven parliamentaryseats in the capital.

Exit polls said the AAP could now end upwith 41-43 percent of votes.

Today's Chanakya exit poll said all majorsegments -- Dalits, Banias, Brahmins, OBCs,Muslims and Punjabis -- voted more for theAAP than the BJP.

This despite the fact that BJP's Bedi, aPunjabi, was expected to attract most Punjabivotes.

Kiran Bedi...had comfortably beaten BJP.However, Bedi had said that she would

wait for results to be declared on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Union minister and senior BJP

leader Nirmala Sitharaman today met party'schief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi at herresidence here. "We will talk after the resultscome out on 10th. We're hopeful that theresults will favour us," Sitharaman toldreporters after her meeting with Bedi.

Sitharamam said Bedi's statement that shewould take "full responsibility" if her partysuffers a loss was her individual statement."She is the CM candidate and that statementis her own. She is being upfront about it," theMinister said, PTI reported.

The BJP's Delhi unit chief SatishUpadhyay also said the party will win by acomfortable majority in the Delhi Assemblyelection under the leadership of Kiran Bedi.

Speaking to reporters after a review meet-ing on the BJP's performance in yesterday'selection, Upadhyay said the party will formthe next government in Delhi.

"We will win by a comfortable majorityunder the leadership of Kiran Bedi and formthe next government in Delhi," Upadhyaysaid. Kiran Bedi, 65, a former top cop, joinedthe BJP and politics last month and withinfour days was named the party's presumptivechief minister of Delhi. The annointment ofBedi as the CM candiadate was considered asa masterstroke to counter Arvind Kejriwal.

But, if exit poll results turn true, victory forKejriwal would mark a stunning comebackfor the anti-graft champion who resigned fol-lowing a chaotic 49-day spell in charge of theDelhi state government a year ago.

However, observers say a defeat for BJPwill be a significant setback for a PrimeMinister Narendra Modi who has enjoyed anextended honeymoon with voters since hislandslide General Election victory.

PM Modi needs to win state elections incoming years to gain control of both housesof the national parliament, where he isattempting to push through reforms on landacquisition, tax and other issues to revive theeconomy. All seven exit polls predictedanother humiliating loss for the Congressparty. After being thumped at the GeneralElection, Congress is expected to win justtwo seats, according to an average of thepolls.

Unwillingness to ...therefore, cannot refuse to maintain his

wife. "His pleadings also show that he was

not willing and interested to maintain theappellant, which in itself is sufficient to showthat he has caused economic abuse upon theappellant," the court said.

It said that the trial court had overlookedthe complete definition of domestic violenceand the admissions in the pleadings of therespondent to conclude that since the womandid not lead any evidence to prove her allega-tions, therefore, her allegations remainedbald averments.

The court also held that there exist domes-tic relations between the man and the womanwho had entered into wedlock 35 years ago,have three children out of the said marriageand were living in the same house though ondifferent floors.

"The existence of domestic relationship isdependent upon subsistence of marriagebetween the parties and upon the fact thatthey had lived together in a shared householdand at present, they are living in the samehouse, though on different floors. Therefore,I do find existence of domestic relationshipbetween them," it said.

While noting that due to the dispute exist-ing between the parties, the woman needsprotection order, the court remanded back thematter to the trial court to decide the modali-ties for her protection as per law and theamount of maintenance.

"The appellant would be entitled to mainte-nance order as well as for protection orderagainst her dispossession from 1st floor ofproperty and from disconnection of electrici-ty connection," the court said.

The woman, a Delhi resident, had filed acomplaint seeking maintenance from herhusband claiming herself to be without anysource of income and alleging cruelty anddesertion by him.

BSNL, MTNL...auction is 103.75 MHz in 800 MHz band in

all service areas, 177.8 MHz in 17 serviceareas in 900 MHz band and 99.2 MHz in 15service areas in 1800 MHz band.

For 2100 Mhz band, used for 3G services,5 Mhz in 17 circles will be put up for auction.

The auction is crucial for private firmssuch as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellularand Reliance Communications whoselicences in many circles are coming up forrenewal by the end of this year and they needto buy back airwaves.

Government had garnered about Rs 62,162crore from the last auction in February 2014.Proceeds from this year's auction are expect-ed to help the government meet the fiscaldeficit target of 4.1 percent of GDP.

NITI Aayog...down". "We will move away from 'one size

fits all' schemes and forge a better matchbetween the schemes and the needs ofstates," Modi said.

Modi also announced setting up of twomore such sub-groups -- one for skill devel-opment and creation of jobs within states andthe other to create an institutional frameworkto make 'Swachh Bharat (Clean India)' a con-tinuous initiative.

Identifying poverty elimination as thebiggest challenge, he said the new body,which replaced the long-standing socialistera plan body Planning Commission, willforge a model of "co-operative and competi-tive federalism".

"Forgetting all our differences, let us focuson the cycle of investment, growth, job cre-ation and prosperity," he said at the meetingattended by Chief Ministers and representa-tives of 31 states and Union Territories,addressing them as 'Team India'

Noting that India cannot advance withoutall its states advancing in tandem, the PrimeMinister said the idea was to bring up allstates together in the spirit of 'Sabka Saath,Sabka Vikas'.

Later briefing reporters, Finance MinisterArun Jaitley said that Modi told CMs that"the priorities are growth, investment, jobs,poverty alleviation, decentralisation, effi-ciency and no delay in execution of projects".

The Prime Minister, Jaitley said, also high-lighted that the economic activity really is totake place in states and therefore states havean important role to play.

West Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee skipped the meet, but Bihar ChiefMinister Jitan Manjhi, who is facing a politi-cal turmoil back home, was present. Stateslike Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh demand-ed more funds for states, while Kerala soughtgreater flexibility in central allocations.

Those who attended the meeting includedAkhilesh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), TarunGogoi (Assam), Parkash Singh Badal, OPanneerselvam (Tamil Nadu), OommenChandy (Kerala), Virbhadra Singh(Himachal Pradesh) and N ChandrababuNaidu (Andhra Pradesh), as well as ChiefMinisters from BJP-ruled states like Gujaratand Chhattisgarh.

The interaction during the GoverningCouncil meeting was co-ordinated byFinance Minister Arun Jaitley, while openingremarks were made by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya. The PrimeMinister is the Chairperson of the new insti-tution.

Noting that projects are often held up forwant of timely decisions, Modi asked ChiefMinisters "to give personal attention" to fac-tors slowing down projects and asked them to"focus on the cycle of investment, growth,job creation and prosperity".

He also asked states to set up two taskforces each to help the country get out ofproblem of poverty and increase agricultural

production.The Prime Minister called upon Chief

Ministers to work with the Centre to forge amodel of co-operative federalism where thetwo work as Team India and "come togetherto resolve differences, and chart a commoncourse to progress and prosperity".

Describing the meeting as one that has thepotential to bring about historic changes, hesaid the Governing Council of NITI Aayogwould help advance the national cause "aswe jointly define it".

He added that he envisioned different statescompeting with each other in promoting gov-ernance initiatives, in a spirit of "co-opera-tive, competitive federalism".

World must...stressed that this great challenge to human

values should be faced firmly and squarelythrough international cooperation and effortsshould be made to mobilise the world to takeconcerted and determined action against themenace.

"We have, in recent days, witnessed thehorrific killings of innocent hostages inSyria, the attack on the media in Paris and thetragic killing of school children and theirteachers in Peshawar.

"India is one of the oldest victims of terror-ism. There is no good terrorism or bad terror-ism. Terrorism respects no religion, ideologyor nation. It is no longer a debating issue. Theinternational community must assert itselfand tackle the problem by taking concerted,coordinated and determined action,"Mukherjee said.

The President called upon India'sAmbassadors and High Commissioners toapply themselves to how this challenge canbe addressed and to come up with ideas onhow to mobilise the world to take concreteaction that will mitigate and end this menace.

The US President was "our honoured guestfor Republic Day. The visit was of substan-tive importance and not just symbolic. Thishas happened for the first time that the USPresident has visited India twice in office.Obama even had detailed interactions andsummit level talks here," Mukherjee said.

Visits by Russain President Vladmir Putinand Chinese President Xi Jinping recentlywere a result of India's new vigour in its for-eign policy, he added.

Talking about challenges posed by terror-ism across the globe, he cited the horrifickillings in Syria, France and in a Peshawarschool and said international communitymust assert itself and take concerted anddetermined action against terrorism of whichIndia is one of the oldest victims.

"Terrorism is today an industry of evil. It isnot just a threat to peace and security but anattack on humanity as a whole and civilisa-tion as we understand.... The internationalcommunity must assert itself and tackle theproblem by taking concerted, coordinatedand determined action," he said.

The President stressed that this great chal-lenge to human values should be faced firm-ly and squarely through international cooper-ation and efforts should be made to mobilisethe world to take concerted and determinedaction against the menace.

Equity mutual...change in sentiment over the past few

months, especially after the general election'sverdict in May. We are witnessing a trendwhere more and more investors are comingback into financial assets. Positive invest-ment returns also attracted investors intoequity segment," said an industry official.

This inflow has helped the mutual fundindustry to reach nearly Rs 12 lakh croremark in assets under management (AUM) atthe end of January.

The inflow in equity funds is in line withthe BSE's benchmark Sensex surging by 30per cent in the first 10 month of the currentfinancial year.

After witnessing an outflow in March,equity mutual fund started the financial yearon a positive note and inflow in such fundsincreased in May due to change in sentimentsupported by the general election's verdictand the inflow continued till January.

Mutual fund is an investment vehicle witha pool of funds collected from investors tobuy securities such as stocks, bonds, moneymarket instruments and similar assets.

Mamata Banerjee...Minister Arun Jaitley after the meeting.With the absence of the Chief Minister, the

state remained unrepresented at the crucialmeeting of the recently constituted NationalInstitution for Transforming India (NITIAayog).

It has replaced the six-decade-old PlanningCommission as a think-tank for the Centreand state governments as also to suggest pol-icy directions. The Prime Minister is thechairperson of the new body.

BJP confident ...the leadership of its CM candidate Kiran

Bedi," Upadhyay told reporters.He said that the party would not comment

on the prediction made by the exit polls, butthe BJP is confident that its government willbe formed in Delhi.

After a reasonably high voter turnout in thenational capital for the Assembly polls, AamAadmi Party (AAP) was tipped to be winningwith majority, while BJP finishing a closesecond and rout for the Congress party.

Over 67 percent of votes were cast on the

day of polling in Delhi.

Accuracy of...three-cornered contest accuracy of exit

polls will fall," he said with regard to exitpoll results regarding the assembly electionsin the national capital.

He said that the last results of state assem-bly elections in 2012 bear a testimony to thefact that ground reality can be very differentfrom the exit polls.

On Aam Adami Party, he said that the per-formance of AAP in Delhi Assembly elec-tions will have no ramifications in Punjab.

He said that Talwandi Sabo by-election hasalready proved that AAP has lost its impactin political landscape of the state and Dhuriby-election will confirm the same.

Replying to a question on stalling projectsstarted by Navjot Singh Sidhu former MPfrom Amritsar, the Deputy Chief Ministersaid, "that the projects do not belong to Sidhuor any other politician for that matter. Theyare initiated and implemented by governmentas per the requirements of the people."

"Same is the case of projects pertaining todevelopment of the holy city," he said,adding, that much more is being done ascompared to what had been announced earli-er He said that one after the other all the proj-ects will see the light of the day and in aphased manner the work will be carried out.

On being asked to comment on BJP takingsupport of the followers of Dera Sacha Saudadespite 'Messenger Of God' controversy inSAD-BJP governed Punjab, he said that it isfor BJP to decide what has to be its course ofaction and said that they would be the rightauthority to comment on the same.

AAP vote ...steady growth for it in the national capital.It was the 2013 election when the

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 31 seats,five seats short of a legislative majority, lead-ing to a 49-day AAP government. The BJPgot 33.07 percent of all votes.

But the BJP`s vote share zoomed to 46.63percent, or more than 13 percent over theAAP`s, in the 2014 Lok Sabha election whena "Modi wave" helped it to win all seven par-liamentary seats in Delhi.

Saturday`s exit poll findings show theBJP`s vote share may have dropped to 34-37percent, indicating a large-scale shift of vot-ers from that party to the AAP since the LokSabha battle.

The Congress was ousted from power in2013 after 15 years but still got 24.55 percentof all votes. This dropped precariously to15.42 percent in the Lok Sabha polls when itwas routed.

The ABP News-Neilsen poll yesterday stillgives the Congress 15 percent vote sharewhile the News24-Today`s Chanakya pollput it at 13 percent.

These figures, if true, would mean thateven if the Congress gets routed in the Delhielection as exit polls have predicted, thedesertion of voters from the Congress is farless than those from the BJP to the AAP.

Today`s Chanakya also said Saturday thatall major segments in Delhi -- Dalits, Banias,Brahmins, OBCs, Muslims and Punjabis --voted more for the AAP than the BJP.

This despite the fact that BJP`s chief min-isterial candidate Kiran Bedi, a Punjabi, wasexpected to attract most Punjabi votes in acity which became home to a huge Punjabipopulation after India`s 1947 partition.

Fight against ...that the Maoists do not escape from one

state to other.Sources said since all the four states share

borders with the jungles of Bastar, consid-ered to be the hub of CPI (Maoist), the cen-tral government wants to give a heavy pushto strike at the Naxals at their den.

A majority of casualty in Naxal violence inrecent past has come from the Bastar region,forcing the Centre to firm up an urgent initia-tive to counter the rebels.

"Customised approach" will be taken ineach of the troubled areas in the country, thesources said.

The meeting will also be attended by DGPsof all four states, heads of paramilitary forcesand senior Home Ministry officials.

A total of 14 CRPF personnel were killedby Maoists in December last year in Sukmadistrict in Bastar region.

More than 25 people, including Congressleaders Mahendra Karma and others, werekilled in an ambush carried out by Naxals atJiramghati in Bastar region in May 2013.Congress leader V C Shukla, who wasinjured in the ambush, died later.

76 CRPF personnel were killed by therebels in Dantewada in Bastar region in April2010. The worst Maoist violence-affectedstates are Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar,Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, AndhraPradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

The central government has deployed near-ly one lakh personnel of paramilitary forcesin these affected states to deal with the rebels.

Uzbek woman...arrested Mohammad Raza, 30, on charges

of murder and a case has been registeredagainst him at Kalkaji police station.

The deceased has been identified as Mayawho worked at a call centre in the city andhad rented the place two months ago.

The accused was her colleague and lived inAshram area. They were in a relationship andRaza used to visit the deceased at her house

often, police said."Raza had come to meet her on Friday

night. They drank together after which theyhad a heated argument over a personal issue.Later, the accused stabbed her half-a-dozentimes in her chest with a kitchen knife.

BJP holds..."Nitish Kumar is responsible for throwing

Bihar into political instability. His desire forremaining in power is an old one. It is thislust for power, which has brought the state tothis situation," said Bihar BJP PresidentMangal Pandey.

He hit out at Kumar for getting himselfelected as the leader of JD(U)LP. "How canKumar get himself elected as the leader ofJD(U)LP when Jitan Ram Manjhi is alreadyits leader? This is unconstitutional and uneth-ical," Pandey said.

"All options are open for BJP in the currentsituation and whatever decision our partytakes will be in the interest of the state," hesaid on the sidelines of a function here inwhich JD(U) leader Vinay Kumar Pappu andseveral other leaders joined the saffron party.

Pandey said that Kumar played the'mahadalit card' and conducted a charade toanoint Manjhi as the chief minister after thedismal performance by JD(U) in the 2014general elections just to stay in power.

"Kumar had thought Manjhi will be a pup-pet chief minister and rule according to hiswishes. He got upset when this did not hap-pen. When Manjhi did not become a remotecontrolled CM, Kumar got his supporters toshower several adverse statements againsthim," he added.

Can't guarantee ...introduced anti-people Bills, which have

much impact on the economy as well as onthe living conditions of the people," Yechurysaid at the inaugural session of CPM's two-day 24th state conference here. The NDA isfollowing a dangerous authoritarian rule bybringing Ordinances, he said. "I cannot guar-antee the passage the pending bills in theRajya Sabha but the fate of the Bills willdepend on the stand taken by other secularparties," he said. Among the pending bills,the Land Acquisition Bill allows the govern-ment to acquire land from farmers withouttheir consent, he said.

The Andhra Pradesh government is alsowaiting for the passage of Land AcquisitionBill to take lands from the poor farmers forthe construction of capital city by land-pool-ing process, Yechury said.

Under the present Land Acquisition Act,the land pooling which has been implement-ed by AP government will not be allowed, hesaid.

Goa Police ...investigators still awaiting the viscera

report from a Bengaluru-based forensicexamination institute.

Inspector General of Police Sunil Garg tolda press conference here that police were still"awaiting the viscera report" which willdetermine whether Priyanka Chopra-starrer`Mary Kom` film`s designer had died due toconsumption of drugs as alleged by the oppo-sition.

Mantry was one of the thousands of rev-ellers at the Supersonic EDM event at a northGoa beach, where she fainted and by the timeshe was ferried to a nearby hospital wasdeclared dead on arrival.

While the opposition alleged that a drugoverdose led to her death, police, quoting herfriends, have said that she was under medica-tion.

Police gets ...dharnas here seeking justice for the family

of the deceased woman. Haryana ADGP Lawand Order Mohammed Akil today visited thecrime spot and held confabulations with themembers of the SIT and other senior policeofficers.

He said police had got "vital clues" in thecase and the culprits will soon be arrested.

Saying that the woman went out of herhouse alone and fell into the wrong handswho committed the "brutal crime", he dis-closed without divulging the details that "wehave got vital clues and soon we will arrestthe culprits".

Meanwhile, the protesters gathered inMansarovar Park here with burning candlesas mark of protest and demanded justice forthe family of the deceased at the earliest.

They also staged a dharna on the road infront of Bapu park in the city.

A 28-year-old mentally-challenged womanfrom Nepal was brutally raped and murderedand her body dumped in a field at a village onthe Rohtak-Hisar highway here.

The deceased had been residing with hersister for the past three months and wasundergoing treatment at the Post GraduateInstitute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here.

The victim's sister had lodged a complaintwith police on February 1 and on February 4,the woman's body was recovered from thefields in Akbarpur village with several injurymarks on it, Rohtak Superintendent of PoliceShashank Anand had said.

12 killed ...returning home after attending a nearby

religious function. Meanwhile, those injuredhave reportedly been admitted to the JorhatMedical College Hospital, where their condi-tion is stated to be critical.

BY JANAKI NAIR

Walking past the twinklingChristmas shop windowsof downtown Würzburg,

Germany, a very old and respectedUniversity town, I stumbled on somepavement stones. Pavements inadvanced capitalist countries such asGermany are not the treacherousspaces they are in India where timewounds all heels. Instead, ease ofpassage through the city is a goal towhich such municipalities are strong-ly committed. My stumbling wasclearly meant to disrupt the pleasuresof window shopping, and make thefaces that were lifted up to the warm,inviting glow of the shop window tolook down at the minor irritation thatimpedes movement.

I found a few unevenly set brasstiles, each inscribed with the name ofa Jew who had been deported to theconcentration camp at Auschwitz in1938. It was the municipality’s wayof not only honouring the memory ofthese Würzburg residents but of com-memorating the trauma of the holo-caust. Never again will there be sucha tragedy, but only if we never forget.

Such “negative commemoration”of the past recognises the dangers offorgetting, rationalising, or explain-ing away historical wounds. In a citylike Würzburg, the “negative com-memoration” goes alongside thegreat pride in the palaces, churchesand chapels that dominate thecityscape. The achievements of theCatholic Church, of which theMarienberg Fortress, the Universityand the religious monuments are tes-timony, proclaim the power and gloryof the medieval Prince Bishops —though no equivalent commemora-tions exist of the 8,000 peasants whowere killed in the Peasant War of1525. Or of 6-800 women in the 17thcentury witch trials. Both kinds ofcommemoration, negative and posi-tive, require the work of professionalhistorians, and more important, anopenness to the sense of the past. Toone history, you lift your head up, tothe other kind of commemorationyou bow your head in shame.

Historical memory

In a vast and heterogeneous sub-continent like India, history has apublic life which is large and farmore vivid than the practice of aca-demic historians. Historical memoryis continuously made and remade inthe public life of India, often with no

reference to what is taught, learned,researched and communicated inscholarly writing, classes, textbooksand so on.

Yet, like all complex and agingsocieties, there may be much in ourpast that makes our hearts swell withpride, as much as there are aspectsthat would make us squirm in dis-comfort. In order that historians arenot turned into court poets, one mustbe open to both possibilities in thepast.

Of late, we have had a loud and res-onating demand for a “glorious past”which will brook no interferencefrom mere academics, naysayers,critics and practicing historians. Asurfeit of certainties based on asser-tions, facts, rumours, authentic and

spurious Sanskrit texts, dubious andactual archaeological knowledge, etc.have flooded our public life and baf-fled our historical sensibilities.

Why is this latest demand for a glo-rious past deeply unsettling? Because

it comes from those who have noth-ing to learn from history or itsmethod, since the answers arealready known, sturdily built aroundthe question of Hindu pride. All theyrequire is the endorsement of the pro-fessional historian, who must provide“evidence” to fit pre-given conclu-sions.

Let us not repeat the comical sug-gestions about ancient Indians’knowledge of plastic surgery, aerody-namics, and gene theory. They arealready passing into the Indian com-monsense, if the new brochure ofBajaj Capital, which even presents anornamented toy aircraft as illustra-tion, is anything to go by.

The history of science is a seriousspecialisation to which I can lay no

claim. But I would like to illustratethe way in which Indian historiansnow practice their craft by using oneexample. History writing in India,over the last three decades at least, isless and less about countering fictionwith fact, and instead emphasises

process and context. My example isfrom the very well-known achieve-ments of the Madhava school ofmathematics, founded in the late 14thand early 15th centuries, whose bril-liant discoveries of trigonometrywere transmitted to his students andfollowers orally. As David Pingree,the well-known historian of science,has painstakingly showed, this dis-covery of the sine and cosine (power)series preceded Newtons’ — com-piled in 1669 — by at least two cen-turies. Now, we could bask in thatglory, or we could, as historians inter-ested in socio-economic processes,embed this intellectual history byasking questions. Why were the dis-coveries of the Madhava school con-fined to a small quadrilateral areabetween Calicut and Cochin: theVatasseri illam, Allattur, (to which

Paramesvara and Damodarabelonged) Kelallur illam inTrkkantiyur (to which Nilakanthabelonged) Parannottu illam ofAllattur (to which Jyesthadevabelonged) and Irinjalakkuda (fromwhere Madhava hailed)? Why was

their work not known to a largerworld until it was described in 1823by Sankara Varman and by C.M.Whish in 1830? How come theschool included Sankara, anAmbalavasi (generic name for a col-lection of castes among Hindus inKerala), who was the most importanttextualiser of the oral transmissionsof this parampara of Madhava — apeculiar feature only of the Keralasocial structure, when science wasdominated by Brahmanas elsewherein the pre-modern subcontinent?Why, despite their brilliance, did thisknowledge not trigger the kind ofrevolution set off by Newtonian cal-culus?

Pingree’s paper thus paves the wayfor an enriched history of science,though he enigmatically concludes

“Madhava’s achievements loom evenlarger when one considers that hewas operating with a tradition thatneither encouraged not valued hiswork.” Our search for answers willtake us to the histories of caste, fam-ily forms, agrarian structures, and thepurpose of cryptic knowledge inmedieval India. These are not thequestions that our warriors who wanta control of the past would like totake.

Ambiguous glories

The call for a glorious past alsocomes at a time when “the peopleswithout history” — notably Dalits,women, autochthonous groups —make a robust political claim to prac-tices which may tell us about the pastand all its ambiguous glories.Mahadeva Shankanapura calls for thebuilding of “imaginative truths” outof the Manteswamy andMalemadeshwara performance tradi-tions which are practices in contem-porary Karnataka, as a way of deal-ing with the paucity of sources for aDalit past. Only from making senseof such sources might we addresssome of the historical wounds whichhave been inflicted by those veryelites who produced the texts andinscriptions of which we may bearguably proud, and not brush asidethe conditions under which suchachievements were made possible.

At such a time, it is necessary tocall, not for a reassertion of a “scien-tific temper” among historians, but anewly imagined Indian “historicaltemper” with its own rules and proce-dures of knowledge production. Sucha history would acknowledge thenecessity of respecting alternativeversions of the past, rooted in evi-dence and material life, rather than asingular historical truth that “disci-plines” unruly and difficult memo-ries. The process may be risky, butthe time is ripe for propagating sucha historical temper.

(Janaki Nair teaches history at theCentre for Historical Studies, JNU.)

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 09, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY R. K. RAGHAVAN

Union Home SecretaryAnil Goswami’s removalfrom office is a bold

move by the government andwill be welcomed by all thosewho stand for an independentCentral Bureau of Investigation(CBI) — one that is allowed todischarge its functions freelyand fearlessly. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and HomeMinister Rajnath Singh deserveto be complimented for theirswift decision. From allaccounts, the act was not capri-cious; they chose to probedeeply into allegations that wereswirling around in the NewDelhi circles over the past fewdays before sacking Mr.Goswami. It is believed that theCBI Director produced enoughmaterial evidence to prove theimpropriety of the HomeSecretary in trying to stall thearrest of former Union MinisterMatang Sinh in connection withthe Saradha Scam. Mr. Sinh waswidely known to be influential,even after the UnitedProgressive Alliance govern-ment lost power at the Centre.This time, however, he ran outof luck while trying to intimi-date the CBI. Mr. Goswami andMr. Sinh are said to have knowneach other for several years.Obviously Mr. Sinh had calledthe Home Secretary to save him-self the embarrassment of anarrest by the CBI, and it is likelythat their conversation wasrecorded.

Unmitigated impropriety

Thereafter the facts becomeslightly fuzzy. The rumours onthe grapevine are that Mr.Goswami called some seniorCBI officers (probably not theDirector himself) to plead hisfriend’s case. The officers spo-ken to by the Home Secretarythereafter conveyed this to theDirector, who in turn promptlybrought the whole episode to thenotice of the Home Minister andthe Prime Minister. It is still not

known whether the HomeSecretary acted on his own afterknowing that his friend was indistress or he was a mere con-duit through which some politi-cal bigwig — now not in power— was trying to save Mr. Sinh.The truth may never come out.In any case this was unmitigatedimpropriety on the part of a very

senior civil servant who is cul-pable to the core.

Mind you, the charges againstMr. Sinh were not ordinary. Hewas being probed for seriouscriminal misconduct which mer-ited an arrest and a custodialinterrogation. It was for the CBIto make up its mind on this, andwhatever it did was to bereviewed only by the courts andnot by anyone else, including theexecutive. I am happy that thegovernment lost no time in act-ing as it did.

In my view, Mr. Goswami’sindiscretion (to put it mildly)was both artless and unethical.

He has justifiably paid a heavyprice. The episode sends theright signal to both senior offi-cers and non-officials in highplaces that they will come togrief if they ever try to deflectserious criminal investigationsundertaken by the country’shighest law enforcement agency.I laud the current CBI Director

for having brought the facts tothe government’s notice. Thenormal tendency would havebeen to suppress such interfer-ence in CBI matters, especiallywhen the person meddling iseither a Minister or a senior civilservant.

Not many may know that theHome Secretary is a powerfulentity in the capital and can playwith the careers of senior policeofficers. Many senior officersgenuflect before him for routinefavours. It is true that many inMr. Goswami’s position in thepast had been great leaders andmen of the highest integrity. But

it is equally true that there havebeen a few aberrations — therehave been erratic and egoisticofficers who have abused theirproximity to centres of poweronly to promote the cause ofsome favoured unscrupulouspolicemen, while at the sametime destroying the careers ofthe not-so-unbending.

My own experience was notvery pleasant; I had to deal withsomeone who chose to flouteven what the Home Ministerhad granted the CBI by way ofinfrastructure support. I pre-sumed he had a hang-up as far asthe CBI was concerned, and hehad to constantly settle scoreswith the organisation by denyingit the support it required. Weneed a powerful Home Minister,both knowledgeable and plod-ding, and who will hold theHome Secretary to account, asMr. Singh has done.

Not many know that the CBIis part of the Department ofPersonnel and Training whichworks under the Prime Minister.The Home Ministry is mainly afacilitator which lends supportto the CBI in the form of man-power, especially by providingIndian Police Service officersborrowed from various States.Otherwise it has no authorityover the CBI, especially in mat-ters of anti-corruption work.(With respect to conventionalcrimes, the Ministry transferscases received at the instance ofStates to the CBI or the NationalInvestigation Agency for inves-tigation.)

The CBI Director’s adminis-trative head is the PrimeMinister and no one else. (Thisis a legacy of Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi who brought theagency under her control aftermoving it out of the HomeMinistry. The objective was notexactly honourable.) That thePrime Minister is the controllerdeters many Ministers and civilservants from interfering in the

agency’s investigations. If theCBI Director keeps the HomeMinster informed of certainbroad developments, it is purelyas a matter of courtesy and cer-tainly not as mandated by busi-ness rules. In my opinion, this ishow it should be to avoid differ-ing signals from being sent tothe CBI.

Need for introspection

The CBI undoubtedly emergescredible from the unseemlyepisode. It has also becomestronger with the knowledge thatno one will dare to dictate termsto it in future. It is exactly thissituation that calls for seriousintrospection on the part of theCBI leadership as to whether itdeserves this majesty in thebureaucracy. CBI critics — thereare far too many — would saythat the organisation does notmerit this kind of power or influ-ence. The CBI Director and histop leadership have, therefore, ahuge responsibility to ensurethat their investigators do notrun amuck. This is especiallywith regard to arrests of accusedor suspects. The authority isenormous. It has to be exercisedhumanely, and with great careand caution. A hasty and unjusti-fied arrest brings in moreignominy to an agency, especial-ly at a time when it has suffereda leadership crisis. Two of itschiefs are under a cloud, and it isnot known how the governmentis going to deal with them.

The cliché “Caesar’s wifeshould be above suspicion’comes readily to my mind.Internal vigilance should be thewatchword. Any failure on thepart of the Director or his lieu-tenants to insist on the higheststandards of integrity for them-selves and for their ranks will beunpardonable. The loser fromthe CBI’s sloth and connivancewith the corrupt will ultimatelybe the aam aadmi.

(R.K. Raghavan is a formerCBI Director.)

The release on parole of a high-profile apartheid-erapolice officer convicted on 89 charges and sentenced to212 years in 1996 is yet another reminder of SouthAfrica’s struggle to balance justice with reconciliation.The overriding imperative of securing peace and stabili-ty between the once brutally oppressed majority blackcommunities and their erstwhile Afrikaner white minori-ty rulers underlay the constitution of the Truth andReconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1994. Its visionentailed the avoidance of the potentially tortuous courseof divisive prosecutions and the award of amnesty for allthose who would come clean during public confessionsbefore the TRC. Notably, the grant of amnesty was to beexamined equally for those complicit in politically moti-vated crimes perpetrated against the white supremacistregime, as well as those in defence of apartheid rule.Although about 1,000 security personnel and othersadmitted to brutalities they had committed againstactivists of the African National Congress, just oneCabinet Minister pleaded guilty. A former apartheid-rulePresident, whom a court had implicated for unlawfulacts, refused to testify. Another former President neversought amnesty, pleading ignorance about atrocitiescommitted by the regime. “Prime Evil”, as Eugene deKock was described, is now to be released after 20 yearsin jail. But the 66-year-old convict is not the first of hisilk to be set free. The grant of amnesty in 1996 to a toppolice official within less than five years of the start of alife term was seen by critics as an attempt by the TRC toencourage others to atone for their crimes. Another deci-sion to pardon a notorious killer was surrounded byquestions about the veracity of the confessions. Such hasbeen the chequered history of bringing closure to pastwounds. A perception that he was made a scapegoat foractions authorised by political higher-ups, as well as hisexpression of genuine remorse to the relatives of victims,have influenced the grant of parole to de Kock. Thequestion of the nature of activities that should qualify forpardon was controversial in the aftermath of the releaseof Nelson Mandela and the restoration of democracy inthe 1990s. The ANC had insisted that guerrillas chargedwith crimes in the armed struggle against white minorityrule were also eligible. On the eve of the TRC hearingsin 1996, there was even a legal challenge from the kin ofsome of the victims arguing that they could not be deniedthe right to settle disputes in a court of law. To balancejustice with reconciliation is akin to making a choicebetween reason and emotion. There is much to learnfrom South Africa on this.

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The call for a glorious past also comes at a time when “the peoples withouthistory” — notably Dalits, women, autochthonous groups — make a robust

political claim to practices which may tell us about the past and all itsambiguous glories. Mahadeva Shankanapura calls for the building of “imagi-

native truths” out of the Manteswamy and Malemadeshwara performancetraditions which are practices in contemporary Karnataka, as a way of deal-ing with the paucity of sources for a Dalit past. Only from making sense ofsuch sources might we address some of the historical wounds which have

been inflicted by those very elites who produced the texts and inscriptions ofwhich we may be arguably proud, and not brush aside the conditions under

which such achievements were made possible.

The CBI Director’s administrative headis the Prime Minister and no one else.

(This is a legacy of Prime Minister IndiraGandhi who brought the agency underher control after moving it out of theHome Ministry. The objective was notexactly honourable.) That the Prime

Minister is the controller deters manyMinisters and civil servants from inter-fering in the agency’s investigations. If

the CBI Director keeps the HomeMinster informed of certain broad devel-

opments, it is purely as a matter ofcourtesy and certainly not as mandatedby business rules. In my opinion, this ishow it should be to avoid differing sig-

nals from being sent to the CBI.

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 09, 2015SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, FEB 08Lok Janshakti Party

(LJP) chief and UnionMinister Ram VilasPaswan on Sundaypledged support forBihar Chief MinisterJitan Ram Manjhi withregards to the ongoingpolitical tussle in thatstate.

"We will supportManjhi ji`s governmentand we will worktogether. The people ofBihar are suffering dueto this crisis. The BJPmight be having a meet-ing over the issue,"Paswan told the media.

"No script is beingwritten from Delhi.Nitish Kumar, Congressand Lalu Yadav are writ-ing the script," he added.

Meanwhile, Janata Dal(United) leader SumitKumar Singh said thatthe supporters of JitanRam Manjhi were feel-ing `threatened`.

"We are being threat-ened about the conse-quences of supportingManjhi ji. To show amajority we have tocome on the floor andwe will make sure thatwe prove it there," saidSingh.

Fellow JD (U) leaderGS Gyanu echoedSingh`s statement,adding that there is nochance for Nitish Kumarto be the chief minister.

Nitish, who was elect-ed as the leader of JD(U) legislature party at aparty meeting held in

Patna yesterday, isexpected to stake claimto form a new govern-ment in the state later inthe day.

On Saturday evening,Manjhi called a meetingof the state cabinet,which authorised theChief Minister to recom-mend the dissolution ofBihar Assembly. But thismove was stronglyopposed by 20 ministersloyal to former CMNitish Kumar.

Manjhi claimed he isauthorised to take adecision on dissolutionof the assembly.

Manjhi, who hasrefused to step downfrom his post, had yes-terday written a letter tothe Bihar Governor and

requested him not toaccept the recommenda-tions made by the JD(U) legislature partymeeting headed bySharad Yadav.

He also urged theGovernor to remove 15ministers from theirposts with immediateeffect.

Adding a new twist tothe entire controversy,20 ministers on Saturdaynight sent their resigna-tion to the Governor insupport of Nitish.

Meanwhile, Manjhi isexpected to call onPrime MinisterNarendra Modi at thelatter`s official 7, RaceCourse Road (RCR) res-idence later in theday.

Bihar crisis: Ram Vilas Paswanpledges support to Manjhi

VIJAYAWADA, FEB 08Senior CPM leader

Sitaram Yechury onSunday said formation ofa "secular and democrat-ic" front is the need ofthe hour in current politi-cal scenario to fightagainst the "anti-people"policies of the BJP-ledNDA regime.

Addressing the inaugu-ral session of the two-day conclave of theAndhra Pradesh unit ofthe party, the CPM polit-buro member said, "theCPM will take the lead information of the alterna-tive, democratic and sec-ular front".

In his address, Yechuryaccused the NDA gov-ernment at the Centre offollowing anti-peoplepolicies by encouragingprivatisation, facilitatingFDI and divesting public

sector undertakingswhich he said have creat-ed crises in political, eco-nomic and social sectorsin the country.

Yechury alleged that

BJP and its ideologicalmentor, the RSS areinstigating communalviolence to "divert" peo-ple's attention from thesecrises. Referring to Delhi

Assembly elections heldyesterday wherein exitpolls are predicting vic-tory for the ArvindKejriwal-led Aam AadmiParty (AAP), Yechurysaid the voting trendshowed the anti-govern-ment feelings of people.

"Within nine monthsunder NDA governmentpeople have suffered andrealised the way Modi isfunctioning," the seniorleader said.

Raising the pitch forelectoral reforms,Yechury said they arecrucial for cutting downthe power of money inelections.

"In Delhi polls, theBJP spent huge amounton advertisements to lurevoters. This trend of(spending money) maydamage the democraticspirit," Yechury said,

adding that "proportion-ate representation" is theonly solution to checkmoney power and savedemocracy.

He said recent visit ofUS President BarackObama to India wasmeant to benefit onlythat country.

"The US has been fac-ing a financial crisissince 2008 and could notcome out of it. Obamavisited India to save hisnation and also the USinvestors. His visit wasto promote their invest-ments in our country,"Yechury said.

He alleged prime min-ister Modi has allowedFDI in almost all sectors,including agriculture, inagreement with US.

"These actions of Modiwill damage the interestsof the nation," he said.

'CPM will take lead in formation of alternative secular front'

NEW DELHI, FEB 08States should get power

to carry out changes incentral schemes to suitregional needs,Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Raman Singhsaid here on Sunday.

Addressing the firstmeeting of the governingcouncil of Niti Aayoghere, the chief ministersuggested that in the pro-posed system, statesshould have the freedomto set annual targetsbased on the availabilityof resources.

"States should be givenmore power to carry outchanges in centralschemes as per regionalneeds," a press releaseissued by the state gov-ernment quoted the chiefminister as saying duringthe meeting. Singh alsostressed on the need forproviding constitutionalstature to NITI Aayogand strengthening of

inter-state council.He said good and effec-

tive schemes of any stateshould be implementedin all the states and thosegenerating no results

should be stopped. Singhalso urged the Aayog toprovide additional fundsto states for startingd e v e l o p m e n tschemes.

Speaking on the subjectof 'innovation and knowl-edge hub', he said itshould be given the statusof a permanent institutionor a commission.

"With national andinternational experts asits members, the institu-tion should work as a pol-icy making laboratoryand advise states and thecentral government ondecision making processand collection ofresources on the basis ofpast experiences," theChhattisgarh CMsaid.

He said that the newinstitution should workas a bridge between poli-cy makers, intelligentsiaand researchers. After themeeting, Singh apprisedPrime Minister NarendraModi of ongoing infra-structure projects inChhattisgarh and dis-cussed various severalsensitive issues.

NEW DELHI, FEB 08rappling with a crisis with-

in, JD(U) on Sunday accusedBJP of plotting a split in theparty--a charge denied by thesaffron party which said theentire crisis was triggered byformer Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar's "obsession"for power.

JD(U) spokesperson KCTyagi suggested that BiharChief Minister Jitan RamManjhi was working at theBJP's behest and said he hadno right to attend the NITIAayog meeting in the nation-al capital as he no longerenjoyed the confidence of themajority of MLAs afterJD(U) lawmakers electedNitish Kumar as their newleader in Patna yesterday.

Asked about Manjhi'sscheduled meeting withPrime Minister Narendra

Modi here this evening, Tyagisaid, "The fact is BJPPresident Amit Shah is work-ing overtime to engineer asplit in our party, like he isdoing with TMC. He hasfailed... "

"If the need arises, we willparade 130 MLAs before thegovernor or even thePresident," he said.

A belligerent Manjhi hasrefused to step down from thechief minister's post afterterming the party's meetingyesterday "unconstitutional".He is said to be exploringpossibility of getting theBJP's support to remain in thetop post.

BJP hit back at JD(U) overits allegations, saying theentire crisis was triggered byNitish himself and his"obsession" for power.

"This crisis has arisen

because of Nitish Kumar andhis obsession for power. It'san internal row brewing with-in the JD(U). ...They are nowputting blame on us as theyare unable to handle theirown crisis," party spokesper-son Shahnawaz Hussain said.

Taking potshots at the sen-ior JD(U) leader, he saidKumar had walked out of theJD(U)-BJP coalition govern-ment in Bihar as he had theambition of becoming thePrime Minister.

"However he made JitanManjhi, a Mahadalit, theChief Minister after JD(U)'spoor show in the (Lok Sabha)polls but now he wants to bethe CM once again," Hussainsaid, adding BJP as Bihar'smain opposition party waskeeping a close watch on thedevelopments in thestate.

States should get flexibility to changecentral schemes: Raman Singh

JD(U) accuses BJP of tryingto engineer split, party denies

PATNA, FEB 08In fast paced development,

Bihar Assembly SpeakerUday Narayan Chaudhary onSunday recognised NitishKumar as the new leader ofJD(U) Legislature Party andJitan Ram Manjhi as a for-mer head.

A letter issued by secretaryin-charge of Bihar AssemblyHareram Mukhiya saidChaudhary has recognisedKumar as new leader ofJD(U) LP of the House, high-ly placed sources inAssembly secretariatsaid.

A letter to this effect hasbeen sent to the Raj Bhawan,the Chief Minister's officeand the Nitish Kumar'soffice, the sources said.

An official of NitishKumar's office confirmedreceiving a letter from theAssembly secretary to this

effect.The Speaker's recognition

of Kumar came in responseto a letter from Bihar JD(U)

president Basistha NarayanSingh who had apprised himabout Kumar's election asleader of the House by 97 outof a total of 111 JD(U)MLAs and 37 out of 41MLCs.

The sources said after therecognition of Kumar as newleader of JD(U) in theAssembly, Manjhi hasbecome a former leader ofJD(U)LP.

RJD which has 24 MLAs,Congress 5, CPI 1 and anIndependent have submittedletters of support in favour ofKumar to Raj Bhawan.

Kumar will meet GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi tomor-row to formally stake hisclaim to form the govern-ment.

Section of RJD MLAs rootfor Jitan Ram ManjhiPATNA, FEB 08

A section of RJD MLAs in Bihar are in dis-agreement with party chief Lalu Prasad's decisionto back Nitish Kumar to re-assume chief minis-tership and are rooting for the beleagured ChiefMinister Jitan Ram Manjhi.

"I will request the party and urge Lalu Prasad tocontinue support to Manjhi who hails frommahadalit community," senior RJD MLARaghvendra Pratap Singh said today.

Singh said he would make the point at theRJDLP meeting called here tomorrow morning.

RJD submitted a letter of support in favour ofKumar to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi duringthe day. RJDLP leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui hadaccompanied JD(U) state president BasisthaNarayan Singh and Congress LP leader SadanandSingh to the Raj Bhawan to pledge their parties'support. Singh, a former minister, said RJD hasbeen championing social justice from the begin-ning and "going against Manjhi would not godown well with the people." He claimed at least7-8 other RJD MLAs are of this view. Sources inChief Minister's office said Raghavendra PratapSingh and another RJD MLA Brij Kishore Singhhad gone to meet Manjhi at the chief minister'shouse in the evening. When contacted BrijKishore Singh said, "I had gone to meet the CMfor some personal work." The support of RJD,Congress and CPI is crucial for Kumar to stakeclaim to form the government. He will do so for-mally after the Governor returns from Kolkatatomorrow morning.

Bihar Assembly Speaker recognises Nitish asnew JD(U) Legislature Party leader

HISAR, FEB 08Haryana police have arrested two

cops for allegedly assaulting mediapersonnel who were covering astand-off between authorities andself-styled 'godman' Rampal inNovember last year, police said onSunday. The two constables -Dharampal and Chander Singh -were arrested yesterday and laterreleased on bail by a local court,police said.

The duo was arrested after theywere recognised using canes on themedia personnel without provoca-tion in video footage of the episode,police said. While Dharampal isemployed with Haryana police andis posted at Bhiwani, ChanderSingh is working with ParaMilitary Force, police said. Thepolice action on journalists cover-ing the stand-off between authori-ties and self-styled 'godman'Rampal was "unprovoked" and"pre-meditated", a media panelrecently said, recommending ajudicial probe into the incident.

The panel, set up by theBroadcast Editors' Association(BEA) to look into the incident, has

recommended probe by a SupremeCourt judge into the alleged assaultby police on the journalists atBarwala in Hisar district inNovember last year.

In its report, the three-membercommittee had concluded that thepolice action against media personswas "unprovoked" and "pre-medi-tated". It had said the police hadacted against media persons as theauthority did not want the use offorce against women and kids to berecorded by the media and showingit on channels. The BEA, a bodywith editors of leading news chan-nels as its members, had constitutedthe panel shortly after the incident.

In its report, the committee saidthat it had met Haryana ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattar,police officers, and also talked tothe local villagers.

The report added it found that notonly the victim journalists but alsopolice officers were categorical intheir assertions that there was noprovocation from or causing offunctional impediment from theside of media persons with regardto police operation.

Media assault in Rampal case:Two cops arrested

NEW DELHI, FEB 08Gujarat Chief Minister

Anandiben Patel on Sundaylauded the Centre for includ-ing the heads of state gov-ernments in NITI Aayog'sgoverning council and saidcollective efforts of state andcentral governments willhelp transforming the coun-try into a strong and devel-oped nation. Instead offocusing exclusively on eco-nomic growth, NITI Aayogshould also promote socialjustice, charting out an egal-itarian approach for resourceallocation and sustainableutilisation of resourceswhich ultimately affect thepace of development ofstates as well as nation, shesaid at the first meeting ofthe Aayog here.

Speaking at the first meet-

ing of Governing Council ofNITI Aayog, chaired byPrime Minister NarendraModi, Patel expressed herfull commitment to develop-ment of national agenda thatwould enable the plan bodyto contribute to the further-ance of the national interest

through inclusive and sus-tainable development.

Lauding the new approachof the Centre to include theheads of state governmentsin the governing council,Patel said it would proveuseful in achieving the ulti-mate aims of the plan body

to transform India into astrong, vibrant and devel-oped nation. Vouching for ashared vision on nationaldevelopment prioritiesthrough collected efforts ofstates, the Gujarat ChiefMinister said, "the transfor-mation of India -- mandateof NITI Aayog -- will bepossible if and only if we, asa nation, are able to accu-rately gauge the aspirationsand latent potential of ourpopulace, and provide thedirection, and the focus ofour energies towards theachievement of a commonnational goal. "In India,there are many developmentissues that need urgent atten-tion. The immediate prob-lems are different in differ-ent parts of our country andfor different sections of our

society. "Our combinedleadership of such a diversenation such as India lies inour ability to craft a vision,build its broad acceptanceand then direct all thenational energies towardstranslating that vision intoreality in the foreseeablefuture." In her address, theGujarat Chief minister saidthe integration of economicprosperity with human wellbeing must be the foremostpriority for India.

Welcoming the SmartCities Mission scheme of theCentre, she apprised thatGujarat with 43 per centurban population hasfocused on city planning anddevelopment as well as onproviding urban level civicamenities in large villagesunder "Rurban approach".

Gujarat CM advocates collective approach for developmentPANAJI, FEB 08

Ahead of the Panaji assembly bye-election, the Congress has complainedthat Defence Minister ManoharParrikar has allegedly violated themodel code of conduct twice, whichincludes announcing the possible set-ting up of a helicopter manufacturingunit in Goa.

In its complaint to Goa`s chief elec-toral officer (CEO) Sunday, theCongress has alleged that the formerchief minister has also violated thecode of conduct Feb 5 by announcingthe inclusion of Panaji in the LightEmitting Diode (LED) bulb distribu-tion scheme launched by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

"On Feb 6, while addressing the GoaInvestment Summit 2015, Parrikardeclared that he has plans to set up ahelicopter manufacturing unit in Goa...On Feb 5, while campaigning for theBJP candidate, he managed to get

Panaji placed under the scheme for theLED bulb distribution," Congressorganising secretary Durgadas Kamatsaid, claiming these both were viola-tions of the model code of conduct.

The Panaji assembly bye-electionwas necessitated after elevation ofParrikar as the defence minister inNovember last year and he quit hisassembly seat in Goa.

The defence minister has been camp-ing in Goa for the past several days,campaigning for his Bharatiya Janataparty candidate from Panaji con-stituency.

The Chief Election Officer`s officeconfirmed that it has received the com-plaint. It said that an inquiry would bestarted soon.

Four candidates are contesting thebye-poll, which includes Parrikar`sformer aide Sidharth Kunkolienkar(BJP), current mayor Surendra Furtado(Congress) and two Independents

Congress accuses Parrikar of poll code violations

NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 09, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

Law enforcement can-not indefinitely forbidYahoo Inc from

revealing a grand jury sub-poena that seeks subscriberaccount information, a U.S.judge ruled, because doingso would violate the compa-ny's free speech rights.

U.S. Magistrate JudgePaul Grewal in San Jose,

California on Thursdaywrote that the government'srequest would prohibitYahoo from disclosing thesubpoena, even years afterthe grand jury concluded itsprobe. The court order doesnot disclose the target of thefederal investigation.

"In an era of increasingpublic demand for trans-

parency about the extent ofgovernment demands fordata from providers likeYahoo, this cannot stand,"Grewal wrote.

Representatives for Yahooand the U.S. Department ofJustice could not immediate-ly be reached for commenton Friday.

Internet companies such

as Yahoo, Twitter andFacebook have sought toclarify their relationshipwith U.S. security agenciesand law enforcement, and tochallenge secret orders toturn over information, asthey seek to re-assure usersthat they will safeguard theirpersonal information.

In this case, however, the

government's secrecyrequest was presenteddirectly to the judge outsideof the presence of Yahoolawyers or attorneys for thetarget of the probe, accord-ing to the ruling.

Instead of asking thatYahoo be gagged for 60 or90 days, the governmentasked that the company be

gagged until further order ofthe court. The governmentdid not demonstrate whysuch an indefinite requestwas necessary, Grewalwrote. "The government isfree to try again to makesuch a showing," Grewalwrote. "Alternatively, it maysubmit a renewed requestjustifying a finite period."

Symantec Corp, maker ofthe popular Nortonantivirus software, was

ordered to pay $17 million(roughly Rs. 104 crores) indamages on Friday after a fed-eral jury in Delaware found ithad violated two patentsowned by IntellectualVentures, a major patentlicensing company.

The damages award was farless than the $298 million(roughly Rs. 1,839 crores)Intellectual Ventures had beenseeking. The jury also clearedSymantec of infringing a thirdpatent.

The verdict is a blow toMountain View, Calif.-basedSymantec. It also confirmedthe validity of the patents andstrengthens IntellectualVentures' track record in court.The multibillion-dollar compa-ny has become one of thebiggest patent owners in theworld and only recently begansuing companies in addition toits longtime strategy of licens-ing its wide array of patents.

Melissa Finocchio, chief liti-gation counsel for IntellectualVentures, said in a statementthe company was grateful thatthe jury confirmed the validityof its patents.

"We remain committed todefending inventor rights andprotecting the interests of ourinvestors and customers," she

said.A Symantec spokesman said

the company was pleased thejury awarded much less thanwhat Intellectual Ventures wasseeking and was consideringoptions to further reduce thedamages.

An Intellectual Venturesspokeswoman declined tocomment on the damages fig-ure. In pre-trial arguments,Symantec tried, unsuccessful-ly, to bar the company fromseeking hundreds of millionsin damages on a patent itacquired for less than $1 mil-

lion (roughly Rs. 6 crores).Bellevue, Wash.-based

Intellectual Ventures, accusedSymantec in 2010 of infring-ing its intellectual propertywith the security softwarecompany's email and Internetprotection products, includingNorton antivirus. IntellectualVentures sued three other firmsat the same time. OnlySymantec and Japan's TrendMicro Inc chose not to settle.

Friday's verdict will likelyhave a bearing on TrendMicro's trial, which is sched-uled to begin in May.

1. The latitude of a place expresses its angular positionrelative to the plane ofA. axis of earthB. north poleC. south poleD. equator

2. The landforms that are influences by several processnamely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known asA. polygenetic landforms B. structural landformsC. polycyclic landforms D. None of the above

3. The initial increase of magnetic field in magneticstorms is causedA. when the shock wave, associated with the gustysolar wind, compresses the magnetosphereB. when there is a large decrease in field intensityC. when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetos-phereD. None of the above

4. The island state of Australia isA. Victoria B. QueenslandC. Tasmania D. New South Wales

5. The Ice age ended about ____ years ago.A. 140B. 1,400C. 14,000 D. 140,000

6. The languages used in China isA. Chinese, English B. Chinese, ArabicC. Chinese, French D. Chinese, Korean

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TV Channels Schedule TODAY’S STARARIES What would happen if you decided to take care of yourself

today, Aries? This is what the planets are trying to tell you. Youneed to relax, to let yourself be taken care of, and close youreyes and dream. Leave the daily tasks behind. You needpeace and quiet. Lie down and release all your worries. Youdon't need to act and you don't need to react. Just relax.

TAURUS This is an intense phase of interior modification, both physicallyand psychologically. Don't hesitate to padlock your refrigeratorand avoid your favorite stores, Taurus. You need to exert a bitmore self-control as far as eating or spending is concerned if youwant to get back into shape physically and mentally. Have youbeen overdoing it a little lately? Perhaps you regret it now.

GEMINI The period you're in now is about getting ahead, Gemini. If you'vebeen dissatisfied with some aspect of your career over the lastfew months, don't wait any longer to do something about it.Things aren't going to get better all by themselves. You need toremold your reality to fit your goals and aspirations. This would bea perfect day to ask for a raise if you feel you deserve one.

CANCER What meticulousness, Cancer! You may feel a sudden, urgentneed to take a close look at your financial situation, wardrobe,cupboards, or car. List the things you need to do in order to fixthem over the next few days. You're going to spend your daytaking inventory in your life. Why not? It's important to get areally good look at the reality of things occasionally.

LEO You may be courting your lover today, Leo. Whether you're ina relationship or starting one, you're in the mood to seduceyour partner with a touch of sophistication. It's time to add toyour natural charm - a seductive new scent, attractive outfit, ornew haircut. Sometimes changing your appearance makesdeeper personality changes than you expect.

VIRGO You will get the most satisfaction today through your activitieswith others, Virgo. So you should take the initiative and proposesomething you and your friends could do together. Be creativeand think of something unusual, perhaps an outdoor activity likehorseback riding, hiking, or an outing to an amusement park.Your friends will appreciate the thought you put into it.

LIBRA Libra, today you will be like a good-luck charm to your fam-ily and friends. It's up to you to motivate people to get goingand have fun together. Show them your enthusiasm for life.Anyone would be extremely lucky to cross your path today.Your world is full of joy, creativity, and laughter. You're a realinspiration to the people around you.

SCORPIO If you can't feed your artistic tendencies in the work you do, todayis a good day to create a better balance and make your daysmore satisfying. Art isn't just for artists, Scorpio. All you have todo is take the initiative to create something and you will see justhow good it feels. Have you ever thought about writing a chil-dren's book? This is one idea, considering the planetary aspects.

SAGITTARIUSRegardless of your gender, why not show a bit more virility inyour relationships and actions? If you're dominated by youremotions, the day could be extremely trying for you. Protectyourself from your anxieties by talking things over with a friendor someone else close to you. This will help take some of thepressure off - that is, if that person knows how to be discreet.

CAPRICORN Today you may feel a lot more energetic after a tiring past fewdays. When you're feeling good, everything's fine. You're feelingmotivated again to get down and tackle the work that's waiting foryou. If you have time to make some calls, don't be afraid to lookfor new prospects, because today promises some very beneficialpartnerships in your professional or even spiritual life.

AQUARIUS It may be difficult to get people to listen to you at the moment,Aquarius. The people around you may even be annoyed athearing all of your new ideas. The stars are pushing you tochange your tactics before you alienate everyone. You won'tget anywhere unless you're cleverer about getting your ideasacross. Be subtle and you will have more success.

PISCES You may not have been taking very good care of yourself lately,Pisces. The planetary aspects are encouraging you to be a littlemore disciplined in your lifestyle. Don't overwork, don't drink toomuch coffee, and try to eat lighter meals. Anything you do for your-self today could have very quick, healthy effects. Think about this asyou go for a run at lunchtime or go to bed early tonight.

Looks like Canonhas not limiteditself to launching

cameras in itsPowerShot range. TheJapanese camera majorhas pulled the wraps offthe Canon EOS5DS andEOS 5DS Rwith 50.2-m e g a p i x e lsensors

each, thus making themthe world's highest-reso-lution full-frameDSLRs. Canon alsointroduced EOS RebelT6s and Rebel T6i,which enter the top endof its entry-levelDSLRs.

The EOS 5DS and theEOS 5DS R are priced(body-only) at $3,700

(roughly Rs.

2,28,500) and $3,900(roughly Rs. 2,40,900)respectively, and areexpected to hit theshelves in June.Similarly, the Rebel T6sis priced at $850 (rough-ly Rs. 52,500) body-onlyor $1200 (roughly Rs.74,100) with EF-S 18-135mm kit lens, and the

EOS Rebel T6iw i l l

re ta i lf o r

$ 7 5 0(rough-

ly Rs. 46,300) body-only, $900 (roughly Rs.55,600) with EF-S 18-55mm kit lens.

Both the Canon EOS5DS and the EOS 5DS Rcameras have a DualDIGIC 6 image proces-sor and feature a 61-point autofocus system.

The chassis design hasnow been improved tominimise camera shake.There are some coolsoftware fea-tures aswell, like a

built-int i m e -l a p s ef i l -

ter and up to 5fps high-speed continuous shoot-ing.

Wireless connectivityoptions like Wi-Fi andNFC are also present.Unfortunately, both thecameras can only shoot1080p HD video and thelack of 4K video record-ing is a let-down accord-ing to us.

The only difference

between the two cam-eras is that the CanonEOS 5DS R doesn't havea low-pass filter, which

effectively removesanti-aliasing for

s h a r p e rimages.

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On theother hand,the RebelT6s andRebel T6iboth havea 24.2-megapixelA P S - Csensor anduse Digic6 proces-sors each.The T6s is

the flagshipcamera of the

two and it has anadditional LCD paneland a quick control dial.Both the cameras cancapture 1080p video at60fps and have a highdynamic range movierecording mode.

Also, Canon finallyadds Wi-Fi and NFCconnectivity options tothe Rebel series withthese cameras.

Canon EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R DSLR CamerasLaunched With 50.2-Megapixel Sensors

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The elderly couldsoon have a non-human companion

to beat loneliness and iso-lation as researchers havedeveloped prototype of asocial robot with emotionand the ability to remem-ber and recall.

Working in partnershipwith their relatives or car-ers, the robot supportsindependent living for theelderly, the researchersnoted.

The results demonstrat-ed that a social robot canpotentially help to pre-vent isolation and loneli-ness, offering stimulatingactivities whilst respect-ing autonomy and inde-pendence, the researchersfrom University ofHertfordshire in Britainadded.

Senior lecturer FarshidAmirabdollahian led ateam of nine partner insti-tutions from across fiveEuropean countries aspart of a project calledA C C O M P A N Y(Acceptable RoboticsCompanions for AgeingYears).

"This project provedthe feasibility of havingcompanion technology,while also highlightingdifferent importantaspects such as empathy,emotion, social intelli-gence as well as ethicsand its norm surroundingtechnology for independ-ent living,"Amirabdollahian said.

The robot uses a serviceplatform called Care-O-bot 3 and works within asmart-home environment.

Over the past threeyears the project teamcarried out a wide rangeof studies which includ-ed, detecting the activityand status of people in asmart-home environmentas well as focusing onrobots' ability to remem-ber and recall.

Developments culmi-nated into three interac-tion scenarios, whichwere subsequently evalu-ated by involving elderlypeople and theirformal/informal carersacross France, theNetherlands andBritain.

Social Robot to Givethe Elderly Company

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ADELAIDE, FEB 08India's preparations for the crick-

et World Cup suffered a jolt asAustralia thrashed the defendingchampions by 106 runs with GlennMaxwell and David Warner strik-ing blistering centuries in theirfirst warm-up game here today.

Electing to bat at the AdelaideOval in a match where the twoteams used their full 15-membersquads, the hosts rode on Warner's104 and Maxwell's 57-ball 122 toput up a mammoth 371 all out in50 overs. Warner made his runs off83 balls.

The hard-hitting Maxwellsmashed 11 boundaries and eighttowering sixes. Warner found thefence 14 times and cleared it twice.

India were then bowled out for265 in 45.1 overs to give the hostsanother morale-boosting winahead of the quadrennial event,starting Saturday.

Ajinkya Rahane top-scored forthe visiting side with a 52-ball 66,while Shikhar Dhawan (59) andAmbati Rayudu (53) too made halfcenturies. But their efforts provedto be too less as the rest of the bats-men crumbled in the face of someaggressive bowling by the Aussieson a surface that looked prettygood for batting.

Pacer Pat Cummins was the mostsuccessful bowler for Australia ashe returned figures of three for 30,while there were two wicketsapiece for Mitchell Starc, MitchellJohnson and Josh Hazlewood.

Still in his comeback trail ininternational cricket following amonth-long sabbatical due to ahamstring injury, 33-year-old pacespearhead Johnson had impressivefigures of two for 26.

The star-studded Indian battingline-up that includes the likes ofVirat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, SureshRaina and skipper Mahendra SinghDhoni all failed to impress. So wasthe case with all-rounder StuartBinny and Ravindra Jadeja whowere also smashed by theAustralian batsmen.

It was not just the batsmen butthe bowlers too performed badly,leaking too many runs courtesysome wayward bowling in the day-night game.

Earlier, Warner and Maxwellsmashed strokeful centuries to helpAustralia post a daunting totalagainst a hapless Indian bowlingattack. Maxwell's stay in the mid-dle came to an end when he retiredout.

Warner hit the aggressive buttonfrom the very start as the left-han-

der smashed the Indian bowlers toevery corner of the park. Openingthe Indian bowling, medium-pacerStuart Binny (1/41) gave them thefirst breakthrough in Aaron Finch(20) but Warner was unstoppableat the other end.

Injured Ishant Sharma's replace-ment in the World Cup squad,Mohit Sharma (2/62) got ShaneWatson (22) back in the pavilionand Steven Smith (1) was cleanedup by Umesh Yadav to stop theAustralian surge. Warner thoughstill carried on in the same veinonly to picked up left-arm spinnerAxar Patel (1-47) in the 27th overand Australia were already 185 forfour. Maxwell then took over andstitched a 91-run sixth-wicketstand with Mitchell Marsh(21).

In between captain GeorgeBailey also hit a useful 44 beforebeing scalped by MohammedShami (3/83), who bagged threewickets but was expensive in his9.2 overs.

But Maxwell it was who madeall the eight Indian bowlers lookordinary, hitting 11 fours and eightsixes with a strike rate of 214.03.

Umesh proved to be India's mosteconomical bowler with figures oftwo for 52 in his nine overs.

Australia register crushing winagainst India in warm-up game

KARACHI, FEB 08The chairman of the

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)Shaharyar Khan wants off-spinner Saeed Ajmal to playsome domestic cricket beforehe could be considered fornational selection with hismodified bowling action afterbeing cleared by theInternational Cricket Council.

Even as the PCB appears tobe less confident in Ajmal'sability to deliver with his newaction, they are others inPakistani cricket quarters whofeel that the selectors shouldtake a gamble with the wilyspinner for the World Cup.

Khan, soon after the ICCannounced Ajmal had passedhis official bowling assess-ment in Chennai yesterday,said that the off-spinner stillhad some work to do beforehe could be considered fornational selection.

"I think it is in his best inter-est that he first plays somedomestic and club cricket,tests out the effectiveness ofhis new action and then

decides himself when it is thebest time for his comeback,"Khan said.

He, however, admitted thatthe board had at one stageconsidered Ajmal as a replace-ment for the injured JunaidKhan for the World Cup, butthe team management felt itwould be too early for thespinner to make a comebackto international cricket.

"Yes we had discussed thisproposal with the team man-agement as Ajmal's report was

due but the team managementdeclined the offer, saying itneeds a pacer to replace apacer (Junaid), and so RahatAli was selected," the PCBchief said. "The team manage-ment has to get the best out ofthe players on the field andthey are on the spot, so wehave to give value to theirdecisions," Shaharyar said.

Interestingly, Ajmal himselftold reporters in Lahore yes-terday that he was targetting areturn in April-May when the

national team toursBangladesh, but had added ifan emergency arose he wasready to play in the World Cupas he knew his modifiedaction was also effective.

Former PCB chief Ijaz Buttdisagreed with the viewpointof Shaharyar and the teammanagement.

"If you look at the form ofthe available bowlers inAustralia it is worthwhile tak-ing a gamble on Ajmal as he isa proven performer and younever know he could surpriseeveryone with his newaction," Butt said.

"If he has been cleared bythe ICC to bowl again in inter-national cricket he should be astrong choice instead of bank-ing on out of form bowlers,"he added. Butt said he wasconcerned about the spate offitness issues facing by theteam in Australia and saidthere was no logic behind theteam management not playingpacers, Sohail Khan andWahab Riaz in the one-dayseries against New Zealand.

RANCHI, FEB 08Captain Ashley Jackson struck the

winner to help Ranchi Rays beat UttarPradesh Wizards by a solitary goal ina Hero Hockey India League matchhere.

Englishman Jackson scored in the18th minute from a penalty corner toseal the win for the home side andmaintain their second spot in theleague table.

The first quarter of the match saw atactical game being played by bothsides, trying to have a measure ofeach other. The UP Wizards keptRanchi Rays at bay by holding theball with their passing play. Their ballpossession rate touched over 70 percent in the first quarter.

The pace of the match picked up inthe second quarter and both the teamswere seen fighting it out to create goalscoring opportunities. It turned out tobe fruitful for the Ranchi Rays whenthey secured a penalty corner in the18th minute and Jackson managed toslice in a magnificent goal, beatingUP Wizards goalkeeper PR Sreejesh.The visiting side did manage to createa few opportunities, but failed to con-vert any of them.

The third quarter of the match wit-nessed a much intense game with theUP Wizards seen striving to level thescores with Ranchi Rays. TheWizards secured their second penaltycorner in the match, but failed to con-vert it. Ranchi Rays held their groundtill the end of the match as their

defenders were at their best andthwarted all the attacks coming infrom the UP Wizards.

Rays head coach Harendra Singhlater praised his players for their teamwork.

"As a team we did a very good joband our defenders performed bril-liantly today. I won't say we played

extremely well against a competitiveteam but team-work and a bit of luckwon this match for us," he said.

"We are improving with everymatch and there are areas where westill need to work on. The boys arenow very much motivated after thiswin and we are confident to play evenbetter in upcoming matches," he

added.Jackson said, "I would say we did

not play our best game today but therewas good team play and we are happyto have won the match. We createdmany chances but failed to materi-alise them into goals. We have towork on our weaknesses and improveour game.

HIL: Ranchi Rays edge pastUttar Pradesh Wizards 1-0

PCB wants Saeed Ajmal to play domestic cricket and be ready for WCDOHA, FEB 08

Qatar is close tosigning a contract tohost a Formula OneGrand Prix within thenext two years, thepresident of the coun-try`s motor sport feder-ation has said.

Nasser bin Khalifaal-Attiyah, who is alsothe Vice- President ofthe InternationalAutomobile Federation(FIA), said the racewould be held in 2016or 2017, adding to thegrowing list of high-profile internationalsporting events hostedby the tiny Gulf state.

"We are about to signcontracts to organise aFormula One race," hesaid. "We have com-pleted all the steps andthere are only a fewdetails before the offi-cial signature."

Al-Attiyah addedthat Qatar would offerthe choice of two cir-cuits on which to race,either in Lusail which

has already hostedMoto GP and WorldSuperbike events, or as p e c i a l l y - d e s i g n e dstreet course throughthe capital Doha.

There have previous-ly been question marksover whether Qatarcould host a GrandPrix because it reliedon the approval ofBahrain and Abu

Dhabi, which alreadyhost races.

In December,Formula One chiefBernie Ecclestone saidBahrain and AbuDhabi would not allowQatar to join the GrandPrix racing circuit. Butit now appears anyproblems have beenironed out. Qatar isploughing billions of

pounds into sportingevents and has won theright to host the 2022World Cup and wasalso recently awardedthe 2019 WorldA t h l e t i c sChampionships.

The energy-rich stateis also expected tomake a bid at somepoint to host a SummerOlympics.

Qatar set to host Formula One race

BCCI plans legal recourseagainst Aditya VermaCHENNAI, FEB 08

The BCCI working committee memberswere unanimous in their opinion that a legalrecourse must be planned against unrecog-nised Cricket Association of Bihar secretaryAditya Verma for "spreading baselessrumours" against president-in-exile NSrinivasan and Co.

"One of the working committee memberstoday raised concerns about constant unsub-stantiated claims made by one Aditya Vermaand wanted working committee members totake due cognisance of the matter. The BCCIis planning extensive legal action againstVerma, who has been constantly spreadingcanards about Srinivasan as well as raisingclaims of conflict of interest against ShivlalYadav and Rajiv Shukla," a senior BCCImember present at WC meeting said.

Yadav is interim president of the BCCI andShukla is the vice-president.

"In fact, don't be surprised if multipleBCCI affiliated units file legal petitionsagainst Verma, who is allegedly a front ofShashank Manohar, Lalit Modi and A CMuthiah faction. In fact Srinivasan, whoattended the meeting was very vocal aboutthe kind of things being said about him andBCCI by some former presidents," a sourceadded. "Srini himself raised the issue ofShivlal's alleged conflict of interest. He said'this man Verma said that Shivlal's son(Arjun Yadav) works in my company. This iscompletely false. One ex-president went toMudgal Commission and reported that IPLCEO Sundar Raman is my relative. I want toput it on record that Sundar is not my relativeand he was recruited by Lalit Modi. So a lotof allegations are flying thick and fast andBCCI needs to address it'," the source said.

ZAGREB, FEB 08Italian veteran Andreas Seppi, the

man who sent Roger Federer crash-ing out of the Australian Open, con-tinued his impressive form by reach-ing the Zagreb ATP final on Saturday.

The 30-year-old Seppi ended a 10-match losing streak against 17-timemajor winner Federer in Melbournelast month on his way to the fourthround. In Doha, in the first week ofthe year, the 30-year-old reached thesemi-finals.

On Saturday, the world number 41beat Spaniard Marcel Granollers, theeighth seed, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 to makethe final.

"I felt much better in the secondset, that`s why I played much better.It was not easy since I had an excel-lent opponent," said fifth-seededSeppi.

On Sunday, he will face Spain`sthird-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez after the 31-year-old defeatedMarcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, 6-4, 6-4.

"I was a bit nervous when I servedfor the match, but it is understand-able since a lot was at stake," saidGarcia-Lopez.

"I did not start well, I lost my serveearly but I found a good rhythm. I`mhappy to be in the final."

Roger Federer conquerorAndreas Seppi into Zagreb final

Dil Dhadakne Do’team seemed to behaving utmost fun,

as was seen by the photosthat Priyanka posted onTwitter. The movie hasbeen shot in a breath tak-ing cruise throughEurope. This Zoya Akhtardirectorial is based on adysfunctional Punjabifamily on a cruise.Priyanka was perfectlyhappy with the team asshe tweeted “Happytimes!!! The dream team..# D i l D h a d a k n e D o@ r i t e s h _ s i d

@ R a n v e e r O f f i c i a l#ZoyaAkhtar”. Butaccording to what latestreports say, all is not wellon the sets of ‘DilDhadakne Do’. There arerumors that co starsPriyanka and Ranveer arenot on talking terms. It isstill unknown what thereason of this rift in theirfriendship might be. Butthere have been previousinstances of cold warbetween the two.

In February last year,things were not so goodbetween them and it was

then that the problem start-ed. It was reported thatRanveer had vowed neverto work with Priyankaagain.

The reason wasPriyanka’s arrogance.Ranveer was offendedwhen Priyanka snubbedhim at the promotionalevent of ‘Gunday’. Thereason was Ranveer’s flirtybehavior. Ranveer blew hera kiss, which Priyankafound inappropriate andwas hence offended by thecasanova. A source report-ed how Priyanka was dis-

appointed at Ranveer’snaughtiness, “Priyankacouldn't bear Ranveer'sbehavior at a media inter-action and asked him toshut up and behave him-self.” The fight andRaveer’s decision to notwork with Priyanka was abad news for Zoya Akhtar,who was to sign them for‘Dil Dhadakne Do’.

But things were appar-ently well when the twoteamed up for ‘BajiraoMastani’. 10th Decembersaw Ranveer’s birthdaycelebration and also com-pletion of his 4 years inBollywood.

Priyanka gave him a sur-prise on the sets when shesmeared cake all overRanveer’s face. She postedthe picture of this birthdaybash and along with it she

had tweeted,” Birthday onthe set! #pc #smash #cake#face #yummy #lickme#4YearsOfRanveerSingh”

Priyanka and Ranveerseemed to be totally enjoy-ing each other’s companyat a recent event too. Aparty was held to celebratethe prestigious Padma ShriAward that director SanjaLeela Bhansali received.Ranveer got in the partymood when the DJ startedplaying ‘Tattad tattad’. Hisexcitement heightened andhe stripped in front of thecrowd! He was then joinedby his co-star PriyankaChopra. ‘Dil DhadakneDo’ features a brother sis-ter bond. Ranveer playsPriyanka’s brother, whileAnushka Sharma plays hislove interest.

Sometimes even aneight hour sleep cannotmake our eyes look

big, pretty and mesmerizing.But that is when smart make-up tricks and tools help us tomake those beautiful deepeyes look sexier than ever.

These simple tricks willhelp you to make your eyeslooks bigger and also attrac-tive.

1. Highlighter at rescue: Though we would like to

think that concealer is theultimate savior which isalways ready to rescue, notmany know that highlightercan sometimes work as afairy godmother who canwork things out instantly.Take shimmery highlighterand apply a small amount ofit under the eyes, after youhave applied your concealer.This will banish the dark cir-cles if any and make youreyes look bigger and fresh.

2. Shape the brows: No amount of eye makeup

can cover the unruly anduntamed eyebrows. Thoughit might sound naive, but ashapely eyebrow can workwonders and can instantlyopen up your eyes.

3. Do not apply eyeliner allover:

Do not apply eye liner allover the inner rim of the eyesas it will make the eyes look

smaller. Apply eyeliner onyour lower lashes, just belowthe lash line, not inside therim. Do not line the entireeyes.

4. Try white: Use white eye liner to open

your eyes. Dabbing white oreven light cream eye shadowin the inner corners of youreyes will instantly open your

eyes. Apply the color in thecorner as well as on the lidand slightly above thecrease.

5. Curl your lashes: One of the simplest and

easiest tricks to make youreyes wide open is by curlingyour lashes. Use eyelashcurler and loads of mascarato it.

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‘Shamitabh’ col-lects Rs 8.25 crorein two days

RBalki’s directed movie‘Shamitabh’ starring AmitabhBachchan, Dhanush and

Akshara Haasan earned Rs 8.25crore in two days. Opened withmixed review, the film failed toimpress the audience. Released lastFriday, ‘Shamitabh’ failed to scorehigh. Trade analyst Taran Adarshtweeted about the opening weekendcollections of ‘Shamitabh’:

#Shamitabh Fri 3.5 cr, Sat 4.75 cr.Total: ? 8.25 cr. India biz.

‘Shamitabh’ is Amitabh andBalki’s third collaboration after‘Paa’ and ‘Cheeni Kum’. The filmalso marks the debut venture ofKamal Hassan’s younger daughterAkshara Haasan. ‘Shamitabh’

revolves around two individual oractors, who comes together for afilm, but drifted apart when their ego

clashes. Big B plays a voice artist,who lip syncs for a mute actor,played by Dhanush.

Fans are eagerly waiting for theupcoming ‘Badlapur’ since thefirst look was released.

Featuring Varun Dhawan in a grufflook, the movie is a crime drama. It isa Sriram Raghavan directorial and setto hit the theaters on 20th February.In January, the filmmakers releasedthe song ‘Jeena Jeena’. This romanticnumber was loved for its soulfulness.The song has been crooned by AtifAslam and is blessed with the musicof the famous duo Sachin-Jigar.

Seeing how well this track wasreceived by the audience, the remixversion has been released now. VarunDhawan was the one to announce thisgood news on Twitter, as he tweetedearly morning on 6th February,“Suprisee for everyone As promisedhere's a glimpse of#JeenaJeenaRemix video for you

guys... Wait for the full video”. Alongwith the tweet, he posted a Youtubelink to this new soundtrack.Currently, only the teaser of thisremix is out. This short video itself isenough to foretell how energetic thefull remix is going to be. Atif Aslam’svoice seems to be made just forromantic songs. It was no doubt that‘Jeena Jeena’ would be a super hit,the minute it was revealed. Now fol-lowing this utmost romantic track isthe rocking remix. The video showsVarun in a mood as dynamic as theremixed tunes. Atif’s honey-coatedvoice goes perfectly with the fastbeats and just a glimpse of the song isenough to send thrills down the body.

Another lead role in ‘Badlapur’ isplayed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.While Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi,Radhika Apte and Divya Dutta would

be seen in supporting roles. Themovie is a typical revenge storyspiced up with suspense and action.Raghu is a man who undergoes terri-ble circumstances.

This young man is happily marriedto a wonderful wife and has a son-but they are lost when the family isentangled in an incident of robbery.Both the wife and the son end up los-ing their lives. 15 years pass andRaghu finds out the people responsi-ble for this devastation. Varundonned charming roles in both of hisrecent releases ‘Main Tera Hero’ and‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’. Hewon a million hearts with his lovelyromance. But the Varun in theupcoming ‘Badlapur’ is totally differ-ent. His new avatar will have shadesof gray as he avenges the death of hisloved ones.

Varun Dhawan sings ‘JeenaJeena’ for Yami in 'Badlapur'

Priyanka Chopra is currently paying avisit to Hollywood. The actress is inCalifornia and was seen at the Pre-

Grammy award party on 5th February. Theparty was held in Soho House at WestHollywood in Los Angeles. Priyankadonned a Blumarine Spring 2015 striped

little blackdress for the event. The look wascomplete with dashing darkblue heels and red hot lips.

Grammy isn’t the only rea-son Priyanka is off toAmerica. She has a few proj-ects in hand over there. Lastyear, the actress signed adeal with ABC TelevisionStudios- an American TVnetwork. Keli Lee, ABC'sexecutive vice president ofcasting, had personally traveledto Mumbai to sign the deal withPriyanka. She was elated about thisproject, as she told the media, “I'mhonoured to have inked this deal.The fact that they will bedeveloping content,s p e c i f i c a l l ywith me inmind, is ag r e a topportu-nity forme. I'vebeen afan oft h e i r

shows and an admirer of how the networkhas changed the landscape of TV throughthe diversity of their lead characters. Thisdeal is another avenue for me to challengemy creativity and be at the cutting edge ofentertainment. To be able to work withsuch an amazing team to create new con-cepts for American television and theworld is tremendously exciting.”

Another of her Hollywood ventures iswith the famous DJ Sam Spiegel. Priyanka

is amazed with this one too, as she tweet-ed, “Studio day!!! So much fun!! Asalways! Making music is magical!! Itnever ceases to amaze me!! No somezzzzzzs” Spiegel too is having utmost funwith the desi girl; he tweeted on

Thrursday, “Me and my girl@priyankachopra cooking up

some fresh Punjabi flavorsfor that delicious new

@nasaofficial”

The previous songvideos that she did forHollywood were withwill.i.am and anotherone with Pitbull.Rapper will.i.amplayed the demo ver-

sion of a song toPriyanka, which she real-

ly liked. The two thenteamed up to

recordt h i s

special song that narrates the story of theactress from being a small town girl tobeing a super star. This track was releasedin 2012.

With rapper Pitbull, she did the song‘Exotic’ that contained a mix of Hindi andEnglish lyrics. This track featuring theravishing actress was released in 2013. Itsong enjoyed the number one position oniTunes India and was among the CanadianHot 100.

Priyanka Chopra toattend Pre-Grammy Party

Varun Dhawan starrer‘Badlapur’ gets ‘A’ certifi-cate by the censor board

owing to its violence and sex con-tent. According to a report, censorboard has asked director SriramRaghavan to chop few objection-able scenes so that the film can bepassed with U/A certificate.

The censor board asked makersto tone done a love making scenebetween Varun Dhawan and YamiGautam and a passionate lip-lockscene with Huma Qureshi. Theyhave also asked the makers tochop down violent scenes shotbetween Varun Dhawan andNawazuddin Siddhiqui.

‘Badlapur’ directed by SriramRaghavan is a revenge dramabased on a real life incident thattook place decades ago. Itrevolves around a man who setsout to take revenge. The storyspans from the protagonist’s youthtill his middle-age.

"I can't go into the specifics, butmy character in the revenge dramais a guy working in an ad agencywho starts a family. You will seeme as a father on the screen for thefirst time,"

Varun Dhawan said that

‘Badlapur’ drained out him emo-tionally and he went intodepressed for a while.

"It drained me. I had slipped intodepression as after a point it nolonger felt like I was acting in afilm. The experience was that ter-rifying. Sriram really made me

suffer. Even when the camera wasoff, he was shooting me. It was areality check of a different kindbecause till then I had been lead-ing a rather insulated life, both inreal life and reel."

The dark edgy drama is all set torelease on February 13.

Varun Dhawan's ‘Badlapur’gets 'A' certificate

Priyanka, Ranveer not on talkingterms on ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ Set