Postnoon E-Paper for 13 September 2012

REPORT ON P6

HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

CODE BLUE!

In the last one month, 25 children have died at the government-runNiloufer Hospital. The reasons are myriad: cramped conditions, lack offacilities and overworked medical staff. But even after numeroustragedies, the government turns a blind eye to the children.

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ONCE UPON A TIMEOften hailed as one of the greateststorytellers for children in the 20thcentury, Roald Dahl brought wit,imagination and twisted humourto the world of children’s fiction.On his birthday, we look at greatkids’ novels that have made uslaugh, cry, dream and reach for

another book.

P16&17

APPLE GOESBIG SCREEN WITH

IPHONE 5Apple introduced a new iPhone 5with a bigger screen and slimmerbody that analysts quickly brand-

ed a sure hit for the culture-changing tech giant.

Apple chief execu-tive Tim Cook

called the launch“the biggest thing

to happen toiPhone since the

iPhone”.

P10

Even hours after thehostage drama involving a

head constable and a super-intendent of police that

shocked the City came to anend, the head constable is

yet to be arrested.

P4

HOLDING SP HOSTAGE?NO PROBLEM

N SHIVA KUMAR

city eventsTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Rajwar food festivalRajdhani celebrates the rich food ofthe kings from Rajasthan and Gujaratwith the Rajwar food festival.Thefood festival is on till September 16.Where: Rajdhani,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: Ongoing,12pm onwards and 7.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6459 3998

Mediterranean food festTake a trip and experience a varietyof Mediterranean delights such asbruschetta and seafood marinarapasta, bruschetta and antipasto atTruffles cafe. The fest is on tillSeptember 30.Where: Truffles Cafe,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 10

When: Ongoing,8am onwards

Contact: (040)2355 0105

Daawat-e-biryaniThe first thing that comes to any-one’s mind when we say Hyderabadis the popular speciality of the City,the traditional Hyderabadi Biryani.ITC Kakatiya is hosting a biryani fes-tival. The fest is on till September 16.Where: Deccan Pavilion,

ITC Kakatiya,Begumpet

When: Ongoing,7.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2340 0132

East coast food festivalSample food from the states ofBengal, Orrisa and Tamil Nadu atmulti-cuisine restaurant Haldi’s EastCoast Food Festival. The fest is on tillSeptember 15.Where: Haldi,

Novotel,Shamshabad

When: Ongoing,6.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6650 3000

Play timeLamakaan will be hosting ManchTheatre’s A Plateful of Plays onOctober 6. This 120-minute offeringis a collection of humorous shortplays.

Where: Lamkaan,Banjara Hills,Rd No 1

When: October 6,7.30pm onwards

Contact: 96427 31329

Julias disappearanceThe film Julias disappearance will beshown at Goethe Zentrum. The filmrevolves around Julia who is all set tocelebrate her 50th birthday.Where: Goethe Zentrum,


When: September 13,6.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2335 0443

Ganesh exhibitionAn exclusive exhibition-cum-sale of

Ganesh Idols is being organised. Itwill feature exclusive idols and eco-friendly clay Ganeshas. The expo ison from September 7 to 19.Handicrafts such as Kondapally toyswill also be displayed. Where: Lepakshi Showroom,

RTC Cross Roads,Musheerabad

When: Ongoing,10 am onwards

Deep in the woodThe exhibition displays woodcut artprints by 22 artists.These art worksare from the woodcut workshop conducted by Earth Art Gallery. Theworks will be on display tillSeptember 14.

Where: Earth Art Gallery,Banjara Hills,Rd No 12

When: OngoingContact: 98480 22011

SunyataAn exhibition of paintings bySuniyata Khanna titled Sunyata ( theobvious identity) is being held atAlankritha Art Gallery. The paintingexhibition will be on display tillSeptember 15.Where: Alankritha Art Gallery,

Residency InnKavuri hills


Contact: (040) 2354 0023

For art’s sakeIconart Gallery is hosting Buy Art- forArts Sake, an affordable art show. Apreview will be held on September15 at 6.30pm.Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: September 15 onwards,11.30 am-7pm

Contact: 98499 68797

A relook at artJannis—A Relook, a collection ofrecent water colours by Jehangir Janiwill be held at Kalakrithi.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,



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HOSPITALGeneral Hospital, Sec-bad 27505566Niloufer Hospital, Red Hills 23314095NIMS, Director, Punjagutta 23390933Osmania General Hospital 24600146Railway Hospital, Lalaguda 27001134Apollo, Jubilee Hills 23607777Care Hospital, Banjara Hills 30418888Care Hospital, Nampally 30417777Care Hospital, Musheerabad 30419000Care Hospital, Sec-bad 30416666Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar 39879999

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THE LIFE OF OTHERSA German film Leben der Anderen (The life of others) directed by FlorenHenckel Von Donnersmarck wil be shown on September 21 at GoetheZenrum, Banjara Hills, Rd No 3 from 4pm onwards. The story revolves

around a successful dramatist and a popular actress.

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FOR HER BLESSINGS: Devotees proceed towards Maisigandi Maisamma Temple with fowl to be offered as sacrificeto the presiding deity.The temple is a popular destination for devotees from across the State. M ANIL KUMAR

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LAW AND ORDER

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

3City YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONWILL MODI MAKE AN IDEAL PM?

YES (A)

NO (B)

TODAY’S QUESTIONIS BEAUTIFICATON FOR THE CBD ON THE RIGHT TRACK?A) YES B) NO

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Despite the brazen man-ner in which a sus-pended head constabledetained a superinten-

dent of police on Wednesdaymaking the entire governmentmachinery run for cover, no casehas been registered.

Police transport organisa-tion’s SP E Laxminarayana wasdetained in a shop reportedlyowned by suspended head con-stable KN Giriprsada Sharmanear Haca Bhawan, AdarshNagar. It is said that the SP wentinto Sharma’s shop after the lat-ter summoned him.

The head constable relentedonly when the DGP spoke to him

on phone and asked to meet him.The issue reached the home min-istry too.

When Postnoon contactedDCP Central Zone Tarun Joshi,he said that Sharma wasdetained but not arrested. It issaid that Sharma has filed aLokayukta case against the SPand the officer was alleged to beeager to settle it.

Sharma was head constablewith PTO for the past few yearsand he was suspended by theadditional SP Vijay Kumar eightmonths ago for many malpractices.

After this incredible incidentthat put the whole policemachinery to shame, theSaifabad police did not book aserious case against Sharmawhich has raised many eyebrowsin the constabulary.

It is difficult to believe that ahigh-ranking police officer withtwo armed guards for personalsafety was held hostage for sixlong hours. It is also not clearhow a police personal owns ashop.

Meanwhile, Sharma met theDGP today and pleaded his case.

Even hours after the hostage drama involving a head constable and a superintendent of police thatshocked the City came to an end, the head constable is yet to be arrested.

Police officers stand outside a shop where a constable held hostage a seniorpolice officer in the City on Wednesday. PTI

No case for holding SP hostageTarun Joshi, DCPCentral Zone said thatGiriprasada Sharma(the head constable)was detained but notarrested.

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

1 Hitech airport staff yet toembrace technology.

In spite of the entry of technologyinto all aspects, the airport staff isyet to accept an SMS confirmation.While many government depart-ments have become paperless,what’s stopping them?

2 No place for ailing childrenin Niloufer Hospital?

Niloufer Hospital which was onceone of the City’s best is now hometo numerous cases of infant deathsand suprisingly, no one seems tocare.

3 Electric vehicles and walkingfor health and conservation.

In order to protect the earth, weshould avoid using fossil fuels andwalk as often as possible.

4 Negligence ruining City’sgreen theme parks.

Theme parks such as that on RoadNo 36 are in a pathetic condition.Surprisingly, it is not in the CBDbeautification list.

5Learn about the City’s historyas you run.

The Hyderabad Heritage marathonoffers one the opportunity to runand tour the City monuments also.

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Health risks ignoredLast year, we had reported about

what happens after the festivties ofGanesh Chaturthi and the immersion.Groups of young boys jump into thewaters and rummage for saleableitems such as plastic, metals, gemsand in certain cases even a piece ofgold.The chemicals in the lake due toidols proves to be a major health riskfor these young unaware boys.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Man held for sellingdouble-barrel gunAman, Denbandhu Dubey from

Bihar who got caught while try-ing to sell a double-barrel gun wasarrested by the Jeedimetla police onWednesday. It is said that Dubeycame to the City a few years ago insearch of a job and he was drivingan auto for some time. Meanwhile,he got into the business of sellingguns.

Forest range officerkilled in road accidentAforest range officer Madan

Mohan, 48, was killed in a roadaccident yesterday. He had comefrom Nellore with his friend JamalVali on August 28 for a training. It issaid that they were crossing theroad near Petbasheerabad when aspeeding autorickshaw hit them.Madan died while his friend escapedunhurt.

Saidabad resident diesafter tree falls on himKS Lokeshwar, 43, a resident of

Saidabad died when a branch ofa roadside tree crashed on him. Theincident took place on Tuesday. Hewas riding to work near theMallapuram bridge when the acci-dent took place. He was immediately shifted to Kims hospi-tal with grievous injuries where hedied later.

South Zone gets pot-holes repairedPot hole works have been taken

up by GHMC South Zone inCircle No 4, 5 and 6, along with theCOP-11 works. The South Zoneengineering wing has identified6,163 potholes in which the works pertaining to 4,643 potholes havebeen taken up. The remaining 1,520will also be completed in the coming days.

LAST YEAR... HERE CIVIC

NEWS BRIEFS

1 ,470children have been admitted to the

Niloufer Hospital in the last fewdays. The hospital which has seen

four deaths in the last 15 days has acapacity of only 500 beds.

5THINGS WELEARNT TODAY

NUMEROLOGY

I am too young tobe a CM. I am not

aspiring for the CM’spost. I am happy withwhat I have now. I amtoo busy with my responsibilities tothink of suchthings.

D Sridhar Babu, ministerSee page 5

Md NIZAMUDDIN [email protected]

Imagine if an overseas guestparticipating in the CBDwants to see some parks ofHyderabad and he chooses

the bamboo park on Road No 36in Jubilee Hills which is not farfrom HICC. What he will wit-ness will ruin the image ofHyderabad and India.

Situated in a prime locality,it is one of the important themeparks open to general public.Opened in the year 2000, thebamboo park is in shambles.The craftsmen and artistes whodeveloped the park are likely toshed tears after witnessing thecurrent pathetic condition of thepark. Spread over 6,000 squarefeet, this park should have beena prided asset zealously guarded by any municipal corporation.

This important park is not inthe GHMC's beautification list! The park has now been turnedinto a place for idlers anddrunkards. One of the reasons isthe close proximity of a wineshop. According to GHMCworkers, these elements havedamaged and stolen all thewooden artefacts, includingwooden benches and woodenplanks over the streams. “Anight watchman is posted buthe is helpless in controlling theelements," they say.

With the Jubilee Hills policestation close-by, the park hasalso become a place to 'lounge'for litigants to settle disputes.

The beautiful water pondsthat should have providedhome to water lilies is now areceiving point for drainagewater. Streams that carried freshwater now carry this drainagefrom one point to another point.“It has become a mosquitobreeding ground,” points outthe worker, while showing herhand bitten by mosquitoes.

Maintained by the UrbanForestry department under theGHMC, the park is under thejurisdiction of the same officialwho takes care of other parks inJubilee Hills Check post. “Weshall be developing the park inthe near future,” is the onlyresponse of the official. It isbelieved that the in-chargerarely visits the park. Accordingto the forest range officer,Venkataiah the park is wellmaintained and various vari-eties of bamboos are being takencare of by the GHMC. But noth-ing to his claim could be seen.

The people residing in thearea opine that the park undercontinued neglect may end upin the hands of a land shark.“Several open spaces meant forpark have already beenencroached in the areas ofBanjara and Jubilee Hills. Maybe, it is one of the reasons this

being an open space was turnedinto a park. But what is the use,when no one enjoy the beauty,”laments, P Sharath, a regularvisitor.

The City has some 12 themeparks, under GHMC. This parkis under direct supervision ofGHMC. Even though the addi-tional commissioner, PAnuradha maintains that `8.6crore is being utilised for theCOP for parks and medians, thistheme park does not seem to bein the priority list.

The official maintains thatall the theme parks are getting afacelift, as part of the upcomingCOP, but no activity could beseen near the park, except anti-social elements. “Even this bamboo theme park is underrenovation. We have orderedspecial species of bamboos fromWest Bengal and Assam, theconsignment will arrive,”says P

Anuradha. According to the official

about 15 species of bambooswould be planted in the park in the next few days. Sherefutes the argument that theremight be someone who wouldtry to encroach the park. “Thepeople who live in the sur-rounding areas are descent,” is her reply.

Jubilee Hills park in ruins The bamboo park in Jubilee Hills, had everything to become a popular

spot, but littering and a lack of maintenance have left it in a state.

This park isunder renova-

tion. We’veordered specialspecies of bam-boos from Assam.

P Anuradha, additional commissioner

M ANIL KUMAR

city THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 5POLITICS

POLITICS

POSTNOON [email protected]

The TDP’s impending decisionof extending its support to thedemand for a separate

Telangana, is creating a flutteramong Seemandhra leaders in theparty. The party leaders are nowopenly expressing their displeasureover the TDP chief’s intention towrite a letter to the PM demandingTelangana state.

Majority of the leaders fromSeemandhra and Rayalaseemaregions are worried that the exten-sion of support to a separate T-statedemand would lead to exodus ofleaders and cadres from the partyto other political parties likeCongress and YSRC.

“As a public representativefrom Rayalaseema and as the firstperson to resign from my legislator-ship protesting division of the state,I clearly put forth my feelings and

viewpoints before our president. Irequested him not to support a sep-arate Telangana state,” TDP MLAfrom Anantapur district PayyavulaKeshav told Postnoon.

He, however, hastened to addthat despite his personal views, hewould abide by the party’s deci-sion. “To me the party’s interestsare paramount,” he said.

A senior leader of the party andpolitburo member, on the conditionof anonymity, said that the partywould suffer a huge political set-back in Andhra and Rayalaseemaregions if it extended support to T-

state. “A pro-T decision will literal-ly destroy the party in Rayalaseemaand Andhra regions. The Congressand YSRC parties would launch ascathing attack on us for support-ing division of state and provokepeople against us,” he said.

NAIDU UNMOVEDThe serious requests from TDP’sSeemandhra leaders are not mov-ing party president ChandrababuNaidu as he has made up his mindto support T-state. Naidu’s firmdecision is the result of the YSRC’semergence as a dominant force inAndhra and Rayalaseema regions.Naidu, who is desperately trying toget back to power, seems to havecome to the conclusion that he canbetter his chances by extendingsupport to T-state as the TDP hasstrong cadre in this region. Apartfrom this, the non-existence ofYSRC in Telangana will also helpTDP give TRS a tough competition.

INKESHAF [email protected]

He is perhaps theyoungest and mostactive ministers inthe State Cabinet. A

self-confessed workaholic, hismain aim is to render service tothe public. Minister for Statecivil supplies and legislativeaffairs, D Sridhar Babu, in afreewheeling chat with Postnoontalks about everything fromcontemporary politics to issuesrelated to governance and theupcoming Assembly session.Rubbishing rumours that hewill be made the next CM, heinsists that he is too young tohold the post and as of now hisaim is to make Karimnagar, hisnative district, the most prosperous place.Q:You held the higher educa-tion portfolio during KRosaiah’s tenure. But inKiran’s cabinet you were madethe civil supplies minister. Wasit your choice?

No. I did not choose thisministry. The CM allocated methis department as it is his prerogative.Q:You are holding a crucialportfolio in the State. Whatmeasures have you taken tocheck the growing inflation inthe State?

Well, inflation is a global

phenomenon. Though, the Stateis not directly responsible for it,as a responsible government,we have taken a lot of measuresto check inflation, especially inthe food sector. We have openedpremium quality rice distribu-tion centres in Rythu Bazaarsfor consumers. We are planningto open government superbazaars to provide essentialfood commodities at subsidisedrates to consumers of the State.Q:The Centre has directed theState to decentralise the publicdistribution system in procure-ment of rice. What progress hasthe State made towards this?

I must say, it’s a revolution-ary scheme to bring in trans-parency in the PDS. The Stategovernment has geared itself upto implement the decentralisa-tion system from the ensuingprocurement season scheduledto begin from October. We havealready held orientation for theofficials. We are planning toprocure 15 lakh metric tonnesfrom stakeholders in the firstyear. We are also taking the helpof FCI in its implementation. Q:Rumour mills are abuzz thatyou will become the CM in theevent of separate Telanganastate formation. What do youhave to say about it?

I don’t think so. Well, I amtoo young to be a chief minister.Moreover, I am not aspiring for

the CM’s post. I am immenselyhappy with what I have now.And, I am too occupied with myresponsibilities to think aboutsuch things.Q:The much awaitedAssembly session is beingheld in a few days. There arereports that the main opposi-tion TDP might move a NoConfidence Motion againstyour government apart fromraising other public problems?

Let them move the NoConfidence Motion. We arescared of the motion and arefully prepared to face it. Theydid it once earlier but could notsucceed in their attempts. As faras other problems like powercrisis is concerned, we don’tmind accepting our mistakes.But at the same time, we will tryto convince the people bytelling them the facts related tothe problems. Q:As a politician what is yourambition?

The ambition of my life is tomake my native placeKarimnagar the most prosper-ous district in the State. We havealready embarked upon thepath of development. The dis-trict has already achieved thenumber one of status in maizeand rice production. Apart fromthis, it has also become a hub forhigher education in the entirenorth Telangana region.

Chief Minister N Kiran KumarReddy, who turned 52 today,

celebrated his birthday modestlyin the presence of his cabinet col-leagues, MLAs, MLCs and otherparty leaders. The chief minister,for a break from the routine, kepthimself free from all engage-ments till afternoon and was inthe camp office.

Sources said the CM conduct-ed a pooja in the morning and abirthday cake was being dis-tributed. Visitors have beenpouring in and school childrentoo were seen outside the campoffice demanding to see him towish him a happy birthday.

Low-keybirthday forKiran

‘I’m too young to be CM’

Babu faces Seemandhra revolt

Sridhar Babu’s immediate focus is on helping Karimnagar prosper.

CELEBRATION

Naidu is convinced thatsupporting the T causewill win him more seatsin the Telangana regionwhere the YSRC doesnot have a stronghold.

city THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 6HEALTH

TECHNOLOGY

HOMEAPPLIANCES

CLASSIFIEDS

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The Airport security does notbelieve in e-communication,nor does it believe much in

saving papers and thereby precioustrees.

Security system at the airport isyet to wake up to the universallyaccepted mobile messages. Thesecurity at the first gate insists on aprintout of the mail ticket. Busyexecutives and maiden fliers under-go much hassles and trouble withthe security if they show the mobilemessage.

Airline passengers say whenthey are in a hurry especially in adifferent city and rushing out to

catch the flight, the printout thing isbecoming a botheration. Adding totheir woes is the fact that most air-port routes are desolate areas where

kiosks or cafes are not available. Ifby some luck you get one, youshould be prepared to deal with ahiccupping system, waste anotherhalf hour, and shell out `15-20.

“I am a business executive and Ikeep travelling every alternativeday. I had the misfortune of notcoming with a printout once and Ihad to make frantic arrangementswith the airline office to give me aprintout at the last minute.

The security guards refused tohear my case, even though it wasperfectly acceptable to get in withan SMS confirmation,” says RaviPrasad.

Blogs are full of passengers’complaints who wanted the securi-ty to accept SMS message.

APSRTC SHOWS THE WAYThe security staff at the airportneeds to take a cue from APSRTCthat has done away with the print-ed ticket. So have private bus oper-ators. They all accept the mobileSMS as valid.

What then is the lesson learnt?Be on time and stick to the conven-tions. You may save the world bynot using paper, but you will notget there in time if you don’t shedpaper to save it in the first place.

On enquiry, the PRO at the air-port says, “If a person has to enterthe airport to board a flight, heneeds to have a printout with hisflight details and ticket bookingconfirmation. A message on thephone is not enough to get in.”

RAJESHRAVINDRAN

Want to run andtour the City’s

monuments at thesame time? TheHyderabad HeritageMarathon onSeptember 23 offersyou the opportunityto do so. The 42kmfull marathon startsat ChowmahallaPalace and passes byCharminar, CityCollege, High Court,Moazzam JahiMarket, Assembly,Taramati Baradari,Gandipet Lake,Golconda Fort andends at the QutubShahi Tombs. The21km half marathonroute is the same butwon’t touchTaramati Baradariand Gandipet Lake.

After your runyou get a certificatewith your time.Registrations aredone online onwww.hyderabadher-itagemarathon.com.On September 22,runners will begiven kits whichcomprise a T-shirt,timing chip, a mapand serial number.Registrations endSept 15.

SUDESHNA [email protected]

On entering NilouferHospital one will wonderif it’s a hospital or a rail-way platform. From the

entrance to the parking lot, patientsand their relatives are all over, try-ing to squeeze into the little avail-able space to catch a quick nap —sleep is out of the question. Onereason for this overcrowding is theoutbreak of dengue in Medak,Nizamabad and Mahabubnagar.All the affected children are beingshifted to Niloufer Hospital, whichremains the only government pae-diatric hospital in Hyderabad andRangareddy district.

Till Wednesday, the hospitalhad admitted 1,470 children whowere suffering from viral fever anddengue. But the hospital’s capacityis only 500. In the last 15 days fourdeaths have been registered.

“Since the last 15 days there hasbeen a sudden rise in dengue cases.Patients have come from other dis-tricts to our hospital but we haveonly a 500-bed capacity. Yet, wehave accommodated all of them. Atpresent we are trying to treat 1,000patients at one time,” said DrDaruru Ranganath, superintendent.

This year there has been a near-ly 40 per cent increase in denguecases. The heavy moisture contentin the atmosphere is the main cata-

lyst for the disease to spread. While the medical superinten-

dent says they are taking all stepshumanely possible, many in thehospital foyer say they are deprivedof medical care. “My daughter hasfever since the last 14 days and it’snot subsiding, hence we rushed herto Niloufer. After coming here they

told us that she was all right andthere is no need to admit her. Wetook her to King Koti governmenthospital where they refused to treather. Now we are back here andhave been living on the footpathoutside Niloufer Hospital,” saidAnusia K from Gajual.

Only the other day, TRS floorleader, Etela Rajender, had the otherday demanded that the Statedeclare a health emergency due tothe outbreak of dengue cases. “Thegovernment does not take anyinterest towards government hospi-tals.

In the districts there has been anoutbreak of viral fever, but the gov-ernment hospitals there are notequipped to treat them. When thepatients come here they are askedto leave, because the governmenthospitals do not have the capacityto treat them. This is a serious con-cern and something needs to bedone about this.”

“Dengue does not have any vac-cine yet and keeping the environ-ment clean is the only alternative.Most patients are between the agegroup of 3 to 5 years. Patients whocome to Hyderabad are sufferingfrom heavy bleeding, red rashes allover the body and shock. We givingthem medication and conducting aplatelet transfusion. There is nolack of blood in Hyderabad,” saidthe superintendent at NilouferHospital.

Run forheritage

Whose hospital is it anyway?While sick children are dying in Niloufer hospital, which is packed beyond capacity withtoddlers suffering from various ailments, the government chooses to look the other way.

Our airport not digital friendlySecurity personnel at the airport still insist on hard copies of tickets before they allow a passenger to proceed for check in. An SMS notification is just not good enough for them.

The dengue outbreak inMedak, Nizamabad andMahabubnagar is causing most patients tobe shifted to NilouferHospital.

N SHIVA KUMAR

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Wheels add to woes ofmodern man

Vehicles run on fossil fuel keep increasing and emerging economies like India, China are disregarding it’s environmental implications. Electric vehicles, solar-propelled vehicles and

other mode of non-pollutant vehicles alone can save the future. PK [email protected]

It seems frustrating. While onone hand scientific evidenceof Earth’s protective veneergetting destroyed due to

spiraling pollution is clear to theworld and talks are being heldamong nations to reduce pollutants, automobile produc-tion is growing in leaps andbound. Today, we have one carfor every seven people.

Production of passengervehicles (cars and light vehicles)rose from 74.4 million in 2010 to76.8 million in 2011 — and 2012may bring an all-time high of 80million or more vehicles, accord-ing to new research conductedby the Worldwatch Institute.Global sales of passenger vehicles increased from 75.4

million to 78.6 million over thesame period, with a projected81.8 million in 2012, writesreport author and Worldwatchsenior researcher MichaelRenner.

The major driver of increased production and sales are theeconomies, especially China andIndia. “Rising sales translate intoever-expanding fleets. An esti-mated 691 million passengercars were on the world’s roads in2011. When both light-andheavy-duty trucks are included,the number rises to 979 millionvehicles, which was 30 millionmore than just a year earlier.

By the end of 2012, the globalfleet could top 1 billion vehi-cles,” says Michael.

Electric vehicle (EV) production remains at barely perceptible levels. Although

several countries have issuedtargets for future EV fleets, itremains to be seen whether thesegoals can be met. China, for

instance, wants to put 5 millionplug-in hybrid-electric and fullyelectric vehicles on its roads by2020 — which could account formore than 40 per cent of theglobal EV fleets that year.

An analysis by DeutscheBank Climate Advisors, however, suggests that produc-tion of 1.1 million EVs and a fleetof 3.5 million in China is a more realistic projection.

“Automobiles are major contributors to air pollution andgreenhouse gas emissions,” saidRenner.

“Greater fuel efficiency,along with the use of cleanerfuels, can help mitigate theseimpacts, although increases inthe numbers of cars and the dis-tances driven threaten to over-whelm fuel economy advances,”he added.

n Approx. 1.3 million people getkilled on roads every year.

n 70 per cent of air pollution inChinese cities is from cars andtrucks.

n Obesity is linked to high levelsof car and truck pollution —diesel busses and trucks arethe worst.

n Cars pollute the air, water andland.

n Cars of China and the USAalone produce close to half ofthe world’s carbon dioxide.

Deadly facts

n Drive an electric car.

n Drive less. Walk more andgain health.

n Start a No Driving Day once aweek.

n Walk, bike, take the bus ortrain whenever possible.

n Save your petrol-powered carfor long trips.

What should be done?

Highlightsn The passenger vehicle fleet

in China grew at an annualaverage rate of 25 per centduring 2000-11, from fewerthan 10 million cars to 73million cars.

n The top four producers oflight vehicles — China, USA,Japan, and Germany —together account for morethan half of the global output.

n Hybrid vehicles are growingin number, but they remainbelow 2 per cent of the totalvehicle output.

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SAN FRANCISCO: Apple onWednesday introduced a newiPhone 5 with a bigger screenand slimmer body that analystsquickly branded a sure hit forthe culture-changing tech giant.

Apple chief executive TimCook called the launch “thebiggest thing to happen toiPhone since the iPhone.”

The California companycalled the iPhone 5 “the thinnestsmartphone in the world,” witha glass and aluminium body thatis 18 per cent thinner and 20 percent lighter than iPhone 4S.

The new iPhone has a rich10-centimetre display prime forthe smartphone market, inwhich screen size is one of thekey factors important to buyers.

Apple marketing chief PhilSchiller praised the new iPhoneas “an absolute jewel.”

Apple will start takingorders for the phone Friday andbegin shipments on September21 in the US, Canada, Britain,France, Germany, Australia,Hong Kong, Singapore andJapan, and the phone will beavailable in 100 countries by theend of the year. Pricing for UScustomers will start at $199 witha two-year telecom service con-tract.

Schiller said the taller iPhonenestles in one’s palm to natural-ly align with thumbs and workson the faster mobile Internet net-

works known as LTE.The new device features

Apple’s own new A6 processor,which according to Schiller, dou-bles the speed for loading Webgraphics.

“The primary purchasedrivers for smartphones areprice, features, operating system,apps and screen size,” Wendersaid during an iPhone 5 hands-on session during the event.“Apple addressed all those keydrivers today in spades.”

Battery life, a key complaintof smartphone users, is extendedto eight hours with mobilephone and browsing and 10hours if Wi-Fi connections areused. Apple also customised asophisticated mapping program,upgraded its voice-activatedassistant known as Siri and moretightly integrated Facebook.

Analysts expect Apple to sell

tens of millions of iPhone 5models in coming months.

Morgan Stanley analyst KatyHuberty said Apple may shipbetween 48 million and 53 mil-lion iPhones in the fourth quar-ter and “up to 266 million” in2013.

But NPD analyst StephenBaker cautioned that the key USmarket has “very different

dynamics” than for previousiPhone launches.

“The US smartphonemarket appears to be anincreasingly mature one,” hesaid. Baker contended that itwould be “more difficult forApple to easily take share fromweakened competitors, becausemany of the easy share gains

have already been accom-plished.”

Apple has fierce cus-tomer loyalty and has beenrapidly gaining users, buthas failed to keep pace withsmartphones powered byGoogle’s Android OS.

Research firm IDC saidApple had 16.9 per cent of

the global smartphone market,with 68 per cent of the marketheld by makers of Androidphones, led by Samsung.

An iPhone change with thepotential to irk fans is a new“Lightning” connector to replace30-pin connections, the piecethat connects devices to comput-ers, power outlets or dockingstations. Apple will sell adaptorsfor plugging new generationiPhone and iPod touch devicesinto accessories already owned,such as stereo speakers or carsound systems.

The change prompted popu-lar wireless headsetand

speaker makerJawbone to release a YouTubevideo showing stereo dockaccessories exploding in timewith “The Blue Danube Waltz”by Johann Strauss. “We think thedock is dead,” said Jawbonechief executive Hosain Rahman.“Some people are worried aboutthe connector news making theirmobile docks obsolete, but wethink docks make your mobiledevice immobile.” “The future iswireless,” said the head of thecompany behind Jambox speak-ers.

Apple shares, which hitrecord highs this week andextended the company’s posi-tion as the world’s most valu-able firm, rose 1.39 percent to$669.79 on the news. Sharesinched up to $671.20 in after-hours trades on the Nasdaq.

Apple is widely expected tolaunch a smaller version of itsmarket-leading iPad tablet com-puter later this year.

Wednesday’s launch eventalso unveiled a new lineup ofmusic players including the iPodtouch, essentially an iPhonewithout mobile connections, andthe iPod nano. AFP

Analysts expect Apple to sell tens ofmillions of iPhone 5 models in com-ing months. Morgan Stanley analystKaty Huberty said Apple may shipbetween 48 million and 53million iPhones in the fourthquarter and “up to 266 million”in 2013.


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Apple will start taking orders forthe phone Friday and begin ship-ments on September 21 in the US,Canada, Britain, France, Germany,Australia, Hong Kong, Singaporeand Japan, and the phone will beavailable in 100 countries by theend of the year.

The new device features Apple’sown new A6 processor, whichaccording to Schiller doubles thespeed for loading Web graphics.

Battery life, a key complaint ofsmartphone users, is extended toeight hours with mobile phone andbrowsing and 10 hours if Wi-Fi con-nections are used.

Apple also customised a sophisti-cated mapping program, upgrad-ed its voice-activated assistantknown as Siri and more tightlyintegrated Facebook.

An iPhone change with the poten-tial to irk fans is a new “Lightning”connector to replace 30-pin con-nections, the piece that connectsdevices to computers, power out-lets or docking stations. Apple willsell adaptors for plugging new gen-eration iPhone and iPod touchdevices into accessories alreadyowned, such as stereo speakers orcar sound systems.

BusinessApple goes big screen with iPhone 5

Apple is widely expected to launch a smaller version of its iPad tablet computer later this year.

iPod Nano

Apple’s new iPhone 5(right) and previous generation 4S. AFP

BJP youth wing to lodge policecomplaints against PMLUCKNOW: The BJP's youth wing hasdecided to file complaints against PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh, for his allegedinvolvement in irregularities in coal blockallocations, in police stations across UP.Slamming the prime minister for his "directrole" in the faulty allocation of coal blocks,the coal block allocation, the BharatiyaJanta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Wednesdaydecided "formally lodge named FIRsagainst Manmohan Singh".

Should I shoot my officers fordoing wrong, asks NatarajanPANAJI: Grilled over the role of officialsfrom her ministry in the `35,000 crore ille-gal mining scam in Goa, an exasperatedenvironment and forests minister JayanthiNatarajan asked whether she should"shoot" them for the alleged wrong-doings. "If my officers have done wrong,should I shoot them," said Natarajan whenasked about action taken against officialsindicted in the Shah Commission report.

Maharashtra's Tadoba reserverecords 65 tigersCHANDRAPUR: In an encouragingdevelopment, 65 tigers have been foundto be inhabiting areas in and around theTadoba–Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). There are at least 65 tigers in the area,excluding the 20 odd cubs cited in thearea, which is quite encouraging, TATRchief conservator of forests and field direc-tor Veerendra Tiwari said.

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NEW DELHI: The InterMinisterial Group on coal blockallocation has been asked to con-clude its work without delay andgive its recommendations at theearliest.

A direction is this regard wasgiven yesterday after finance mi -ni ster P Chidambaram and co alminister Sriprakash Jaiswal metin the presence of the secretariesof the department of economicaffairs and coal ministry.Rejecting reports of differencesbetween the two ministries in themedia on the basis of letter writ-ten by a joint secretary in thefinance ministry to coal ministry,a finance ministry statement saidthe letter was only a routineadministrative matter.

The letter had asked thechairman of the IMG that all thedocuments and facts relating toeach case be provided to all themembers of IMG without whichit will not be in a position to takeany view or make any recom-mendation.

The IMG, under theChairmanship of ZohraChatterji, Additional CoalSecretary, has been asked to giveits recommendations bySeptember 15. PTI

Mantri paneltold to speedup report

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115 KILLED IN PUNJAB FACTORY BLAST At least five workers of a private factory were killed in Punjab's Khanna townon Wednesday following an explosion in the solvent plant of the unit, policesaid. Fifteen other workers of the factory, Sanjeev Agro Private Ltd atKhanna's Focal Point, were seriously injured in the blast.

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JAMMU: In a major break-through, Jammu and KashmirPolice has arrested a top militantwho is suspected to have pro-vided logistical support tohijackers of IC-814 in 1999 andwas operating for the last 25years in the state.

Mehrajuddin alias Javed, aclose associate of United JihadCouncil (UJC) chief SyedSalahuddin and underworlddon Dawood Ibrahim, wasarrested during an operation inKishtwar forest belt, a seniorpolice officer told PTI today.

His name had figured in theIC-814 hijack case as he had pro-

vided logistic support for hijack-ing of the Indian aircraft toKandahar from Nepal, the offi-cer said.

The Indian Airlines plane,with mainly Indians passengers,

had taken off from Nepal onDecember 24, 1999 and just as itentered Indian airspace, the mil-itants hijacked it to Kandahar inAfghanistan. The hijackers alsokilled one passenger.

The hijacking ended whenthe Indian government releasedthree terrorists includingMaulana Masood Azhar andAhmed Omar Saeed Sheikh forthe safe return of the passen-gers.

Mehrajuddin was one of thefirst five militants includingSalahuddin who crossed overinto PoK in 1987 to get armstraining. He belongs to militan-

cy affected Sopore town of northKashmir and was a member ofUJC, an umbrella group of sev-eral militant outfits.

During interrogation,Mehrajuddin has given detailsabout his relation with SyedSalahuddin and DawoodIbrahim, who figure in the list of20 most wanted persons Indiahas given to Pakistan.

Police has described hisarrest as a big catch.

Mehrajuddin has worked foralmost all militant organisationsincluding Islamic Front, MuslimMujahiddin, Hizbul Mujahiddinand others. PTI

India strongly condemned theattack on the US consulate inLibya that killed Washington'senvoy and other US officials. "Weare deeply shocked at the attackon the US consulate in Benghazi,"the external affairs ministry saidhere. "India strongly condemnsthe violent acts which unfortu-nately resulted in the death of theUS ambassador and other offi-cials," it said. Foreign secretaryRanjan Mathai spoke to USambassador to India NancyPowell and conveyed India's con-dolences. US Ambassador toLibya J Christopher Stevens(above) and three of his staff werekilled by an armed mob apparent-ly incensed over a US-made filmcritical of Islam.

INDIA CONDEMNS KILLING

Militant with role in IC 814 hijacking held

The hijacking endedwhen the governmentreleased threeterrorists includingMaulana MasoodAzhar and AhmedOmar Saeed Sheikh.

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LIVELIHOOD ISSUES

Over 5000 fishermen fami-lies, who were includedin the PDS scheme to

make up for the loss of liveli-hood during the ban on fishingfor breeding of turtles here, areyet to get the benefits.

The PDS ration was expectedto reach the targeted families bymid-July, but the scheme has hita roadblock. Aware of the loss oflivelihood following the seven-month prohibition fromNovember 1 to May 31 on fishing

in the sea, the government hadearlier announced extension ofPDS facilities for the affectedfishermen families.

“We have identified morethan 5,400 families who areentirely dependent on fishing.The identified families are eitherdirectly or indirectly affected byturtle conservation measureshave been enumerated for PDSbenefits,” assistant director ofmarine fisheries, Paradip, RabiNarayan Pattnaik said.

The department has submit-ted a list to government agenciesso that the affected people couldavail of the subsistence packageand alternate livelihood pro-gramme, he said. “PDS benefitsare yet to reach the targeted fam-ilies, but we are hopeful thescheme will get un de rway short-ly. The affected fa m ilies are enti-tled to all PDS benefits including

rice at `2 a kg,” he said. After prohibition was lifted

on May 31, fishing is being dis-rupted due to frequent formationof low pressure. Rough sea hasprevented fishing for fortnight-long spells in the past threemonths. Adding to their woes isdispute between exporters andtrawler operators.

“We are pinning hopes thatsubsidized PDS rice would pro-vide relief during the lean sea-son. We are feeling let down,”said Adikanda Roul, a fisher-man.

It’s pertinent to note thatevery year, the state governmentclamps a 7-month ban on fishingin a 20 km radius from Dhamara

to the mouth of the Devi river.The legal embargo is to

ensure the safety of breeding tur-tles who perish in large numbereither by getting entangled infishing nets or by getting hit bypropellers of trawlers.

The prohibition in past yearshas resulted in a drastic drop inmarine fish production and ineconomy of the region which islargely regulated by the sea fish-ing sector, said Tushar Sardar ofOrissa Traditional Fish WorkersAssociation.

Ancillary sectors like ice-fac-tories and net-making units inthe area have closed down.

Skilled boat-makers and netweavers from these areas areslowly shifting towards Dighaand Vishakhapatnam due tobleak business prospects, heclaimed.

PTI

Red tape hits relief to fishermenThe PDS ration was expected to reach the targeted families by mid-July, but the scheme has hit a roadblock.

Will NirmalKhatri, the little-known newlyappointed UttarPradesh state

Congress president, be able toturn the fortunes of India’s grandold party and bring it back toreckoning in the country’s mostpolitically consequential statewhen his more famous predeces-sors have failed for the lastalmost quarter of a century?

It would seem an uphill task,given the legacy of failures hehas inherited. The Congress hasfaced successive defeats at thehustings for the last 23 years invarious parliamentary andAssembly polls in UP, that sendsthe largest number of MPs — 80— to the Lok Sabha.

While optimists prefer toplay safe — “let us see” being thecommon refrain — most feel thatthe political battle in the state is“lost for many years to come.”

Khatri, 61, who representsFaizabad in Parliament, wasappointed to the post lateAugust, replacing RitaBahuguna Joshi, who had put inher papers after the party’s poorshow in the Assembly polls inMarch when it won just 28 seats—only six more than in 2012.

Poring through the trackrecord of the past state presi-dents of the UPCC too offers lit-tle hope of resurrection. Partyloyalists blame the “continuanceof bad luck” on poor selectionsmade by the high command.

“Never have they chosen agrass root worker; the appoint-ment of state presidents has beenlargely a matter of loyalty to theleader rather than about abilityto take along the worker,” a dis-appointed Congress worker said.

Since the party was sweptout of power in the wake ofMandal politics in 1989, the partyhas seen a dozen state unit presi-

dents. But while most haveended up being Union ministersand governors, the party’s poorrun is yet to come to an end. Andso it is not surprising that a partywhich ruled the state till 1989slipped to become the mainOpposition and then sank to thefourth position.

When the Congress cameinto the Opposition, BalramSingh Yadav (1988-89) — a leaderfrom the prominent Yadav beltof Etawah-Mainpuri and aknown ‘foe’ of SP chief MulayamSingh Yadav — was handed overthe reins hoping to keep “itself inthe race of Mandal politics.”This, however, did not happenand the party organisation crum-bled in the face of caste politics.Yadav went on to become aUnion minister.

The late Mahabir Prasad,who twice headed the stateCongress (1984-1988 and 1991-1992), also could not create anyripples. The party did notimprove but he later had manystints as a Union minister andalso as governor of Haryana andHimachal Pradesh.

ND Tiwari led the stateCongress in 1994-1995 and 1997-1998 but he too failed miserably.With the Brahmin card failing

miserably, Tiwari was eased outafter the creation of Uttarakhandand made CM. He later becamethe AP governor.

Salman Khurshid succeededhim (1998-2000) and was madestate unit head again in 2004-2007, but he too failed to whip upthe party morale. He ended upbeing the union minister.

Sri Prakash Jaiswal’s (2000-2002) stint too had nothing towrite home about . He, however,went on to become minister ofstate for home affairs and later aCabinet minister.

The Congress’s dalliancewith other leaders too has endedup in a disaster. Jagdambika Pal(2003-2004), now an MP, couldnot even win his legislative seatin 2007 when Mayawati swept topower. The latest in the long listof state presidents was RitaBahuguna Joshi. President dur-ing 2007-2012, Joshi no doubtsucceeded in raising the tempo,but when it came to winningseats the party failed miserably.

Observers feel the partyneeds more than a face (RahulGandhi) and frequent changes inthe leadership, the organisation-al structure needs to be rebuilt inthe state for any improvement inits fortunes. IANS

UPCC chief faces uphill taskThe Congress has faced successive defeats at the hustings for the last 23 years in various parliamentary andAssembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, that sends the largest number of MPs — 80 — to the Lok Sabha.

The prohibition inpast years has resultedin a drastic drop inmarine fish produc-tion and in economyof the region.

Never have theychosen a grass

root worker; theappointment of statepresidents has beenlargely a matter ofloyalty to theleader ratherthan about ability

Congress workerUttar Pradesh

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13HOFFMAN, LED ZEPPELIN TO BE HONOUREDActor Dustin Hoffman and rock band Led Zeppelin are among those to be honored byWashington’s Kennedy Center later this year, the prestigious performance hall saidWednesday. Others to be lauded at the December 2 gala include late night television hostDavid Letterman, blues musician Buddy Guy and Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova.

ENVOY COLLAPSESThe new Japanese ambassador toChina collapsed unconscious inTokyo on Thursday, reports said.Shinichi Nishimiya, who was official-ly appointed on Tuesday, was takenill in the Japanese capital. KyodoNews said Nishimiya remainedunconscious. Nishimiya, a careerdiplomat, replaces Uichiro Niwa at atime Japan and China are at logger-heads over a disputed island chainin the East China Sea. Niwa raisedhackles at home when he said aplan by Tokyo’s nationalist governorto buy the islands could cause a cri-sis between China and Japan.

A Great Dane who towers 2.2metres (7 feet 4 inches) on hishind legs is named the tallest dogever recorded in the latestGuinness Book of World Recordslaunched on Thursday.The giant canine from Michigan inthe United States eats an entire14-kilogram (30-pound) bag offood every day and weighs in at70.3 kilograms, the 57th editionof the global records book says.He measures 1.12 metres (44inches) from paw to withers.

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NUMEROLOGY

41seats of the 150-seat member

house were won by Dutch Primeminister Mark Rutte’s centre-right

Liberal Party in the country’s parlia-mentary elections.

We are shockedby the drastic re-

writes of the scriptand lies that weretold to all involved.We are deeply sad-dened by thetragedies thathave occurred.

Cast and CrewInnocence of Muslims

Trial of terror suspectwon’t be televisedWASHINGTON: A US militaryjudge has turned down a defenserequest to televise the war crimestribunal of the alleged Al-Qaedamastermind of a deadly attack on aUS warship in 2000. In a rulingreleased Wednesday, Army ColonelJames Pohl said the court had satis-fied the public’s right to an opentrial by allowing the media.

Rudd sees red, but saysyes to back usurperSYDNEY: Former Australian lead-er Kevin Rudd has thrown his sup-port behind the woman who oustedhim, Julia Gillard, to lead Labor atthe next election, but only afterrepeated prompting. In his firstmajor interview since trying tounseat Gillard in February, Ruddalso said he “won’t be silenced”from speaking out on major issues.

Mexican troops arresttop drug traffickerMEXICO CITY: Mexican troopson Wednesday captured the sus-pected leader of the Gulf Cartel,Jorge Eduardo Costilla, one of themost wanted drug traffickers in thecountry, the navy said. A navy state-ment said its troops had arrested aman who “identifies himself asJorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, aka‘El Coss.’

8 schoolgirls drown inVietnamHANOI: Eight Vietnamese school-girls have drowned while swimmingin a lake on the outskirts of the cap-ital Hanoi, state-run media saidThursday. The deaths happenedWednesday afternoon when the vic-tims, all high school students aged13 and 14, went for a dip in the TuyLai lake in Hanoi’s My Duc district,the Tuoi Tre newspaper said.

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LIBYA

WASHINGTON: The UnitedStates suspects a deadly attackon a US consulate in Libya was awell-planned assault by mili-tants instead of a rampagingmob, US officials saidWednesday, renewing concernsabout the role of extremists inthe wake of the Arab Spring.

The attackers appear to haveused protests over an inflamma-tory film as a pretext to stage amajor assault involving smallarms fire and rocket-propelledgrenades that lasted severalhours, overwhelming the securi-ty team at the consulate inBenghazi.

“That’s the working hypoth-esis at the moment,” said asenior US official, who spoke oncondition of anonymity.

“This was a complex attack,”he told AFP. “They seemed tohave used this (protest) as an

opportunity.”The gunmen, who opened

fire on the American consulateand kept US security teams atbay for hours, may have hadlinks to Al-Qaeda or beeninspired by the terror network,officials said, stressing thatinvestigators needed more timeto gather facts.

“It is too early to definitively

attribute the attack to Al-Qaedaor its affiliates,” the official said.

However, the chairman ofthe House IntelligenceCommittee, Mike Rogers, saidthe attack that killed the USambassador, Chris Stevens, andthree of his staff resembled anAl-Qaeda operation.

“There are still some fuzzydetails... but clearly it has all the

hallmarks of an Al-Qaeda-styleevent,” the Republican lawmak-er told CNN.

Tuesday’s assault came amida wave of protests in Muslimcountries against a US-madeamateur Internet film thatmocks the Prophet Mohammed.

Initial accounts suggestedthe assault was the result of vio-lent riots but as more detailsemerged, officials and expertssaid the evidence pointed to adeliberate plot staged to markthe anniversary of theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks onthe United States.

In response to Tuesday’sattack, the United States dis-patched two naval destroyers towaters off Libya and deployed a50-strong counter-terrorismteam of US Marines to bolstersecurity at its Tripoli embassy.

The United States also hasunmanned drone aircraft at itsdisposal to help Tripoli trackmilitants who may have carriedout the attack, officials said.

AFP

US suspects militants’ roleThe attackers appear to have used protests over an inflammatory film as a pretext tostage a major assault involving small arms fire.

We want to send amessage all

around the world toanybody who will do usharm — no act of terrorwill dim the light of thevalues that we pro-udly shine on therest of the world.

Barack ObamaUS President

US must not abandon Arab Spring: ExpertsWASHINGTON: The Obama administration must stay thecourse in Arab Spring countries and help them thwart risingmilitancy, experts said Wednesday, even as the deaths of fourdiplomats grimly highlighted the dangers lurking in the youngdemocracies. President Barack Obama and Secretary of StateHillary Clinton both vowed to stand by Libya as it emergesfrom four decades of dictatorship under Moamer Kadhafi,despite the brutal militant attack on the US mission inBenghazi. “The attack will not break the bonds between theUnited States and Libya,” Obama pledged.

GEARING UP: A US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft is parked at Tripoli International Airport on Wednesday. TheUnited States dispatched two destroyers to Libya and deployed a Marine team to bolster security at its Tripoliembassy on Wednesday after its ambassador was killed in Benghazi.

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CommentTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSPoor old Kevin Pietersen. That dastardly ECB has given him the last thing abeaten man needs: hope. The ECB announced yesterday that they haddelayed naming their squad for the India series. Is that because they wantto give Kevin a chance, or just keep him simmering? Who knows!

“Hey, in Russia those tattoos mean you have killed someone,” I said to Cynthia when Ifirst met her. A bit surprised at what I said, I had to explain myself to her before shesmacked me with a pencil or lipstick. You see Cynthia is a make-up artist who, in part,expresses her art through her work and her tattoos. With over 15 tattoos all over andmany more to come according to her, one cannot help but notice the colorful array of artwork that tells her story. While I don’t have any tattoos I ask myself, what would be thereason for me wanting to get the tattoos she has gotten?

Is North Africa at the tipping point?

The US Ambassador to Libya J Christopher Stevens is dead and once again NorthAfrica is on the precipice. When gunmen stormed the US Consulate in Benghazi

in a violent backlash to a bizarre anti-Islamic video it conjured images of the Iranhostage Crisis of 1979–81. Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney was quick topaint president Barack Obama as a latter-day Jimmy Carter (a peacenik sans spine). But

Obama’s response to the tragedy was quietly powerful. The last thing the world and theregion needs right now is US jingoism, a forceful knee-jerk reaction that will rip the

sands of Africa asunder. The US must tread carefully, but it must not relinquish its bigstick. What will be pivotal is the Egypt and Libyan governments’ reaction to the attackson the US consulates. If they strongly condemn the actions of the gunmen and do their

best to find the killers and bring them to justice, then there’s still hope that the regionwill not fall prey to fanatics. If not, things could get very ugly, very soon.

An Apple a day

So the technology industry’s godfather,Apple, has done it yet again. The iPhone

5 is not much to write home about, but webet our bottom dollar that it’s going to sellin the tens of millions. What Samsung andMicrosoft have failed to do, Apple has. Thetech giant has felt the love of geeks andyuppies for years now and they no thatwhere there’s love, there’s money. Now allthat’s left for the company is to launch itsApple TV, a microwave that can also playHalo3 and keep Jobs smiling on high.

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THE GIRL WITH THECUPCAKE TATTOO

Time theconqueror

Irecently finished MitchAlbom’s latest novel

The Time Keeper. In trueAlbom style, the book features

God in a starring, if not leadrole, as it tells us about the man

who created time and his eternalpenance for tampering with

immortal machinations. Let’sleave God out of this, however,

and talk about time itself: thelooming shadow across our life.

As humans we take time forgranted, we look at the sun rise

and set but never really see it.The seconds that speed by us, do

so like thieves stealing awaywith the corporeal Grail in thedead of night. We let the min-

utes pass by because we knowthat they will be followed by

more…and more. Until one daywe look up from our routine

reverie to find that the decadeshave passed us by and left in

their wake a physical frailty thatall the praying in the world can’t

change.To those who believe, the

end of time signals the begin-ning of eternity; for those of us

who don’t, it signals the comingfinality. A darkness so encom-passing that all knowledge is

swallowed in its maw. Timeends, just like life. It is what we

do while the clock still runs thatcounts, the rest is but a chrono-

logical ramble to find a fittinglegacy that we leave behind for

the generations to come. It issomething that parents under-

stand all too well, but a fact thatpoliticians and generals barely

fathom.

The writer is the editor of Postnoon.

THE HUMAN CONDITIONDean Williams

Her reason: “I love sweets so much”My Reason: “I am addicted to pastriesand if I ever found myself in a foreigncountry where they don’t understand meI can at least point to the tattoo and thenmy mouth indicating to the person,“Where the hell can I get myself a cake?”Another good thing about such a tattoois that in some countries, I found out, apicture of a cupcake in the airport indi-cates the designated area for “LostLuggage”.

If you are feeling inspired but your parents or partner doesn’t want you to get a tattoo let me know and I’ll create the perfect reason foryou to get one. Ok I’m going to go look for lost luggage.

Her reason: “So this is a pic of how I seemyself in dreams”My reason: Isn’t it obvious why I would getthis tattoo? As a dedicated doctor I would getthis tattoo for medical reasons. Say it’s latenight in the emergency room and sick girlcomes in who and is in a lot of pain. In factshe is in so much pain that she can barely talk.So how do I get her to explain to me where ithurts? Well I’m glad you asked, I would showher this tattoo and ask her to point on therewhere she feels the pain.

Her reason: “My way of saying make upis my life.”My reason: While this is a very colorfuland amazingly artistically done tattoo thatmakes for a great piece of artwork, theonly reason I can think why I would want toget a tattoo like this is either I lost a bet orthe tattoo artist got me confused withsomeone that is cool enough to wear a tat-too like that. The only way a tattoo wouldbe cool on me is if I got the word “COOL”tattooed on me.

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tELEVISIONTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

KHLOE KARDASHIAN IS COWELL’S PICKSimon Cowell has made his decision... he wants Khloe Kardashian to host XFactor and it’s now in the hands of Fox — network sources tell TMZ.Sources say Simon made the case that Khloe is a big draw who will com-plete the circle of making the show decidedly younger than last season. 15

DID YOU KNOW...Breaking BadThe title of the series is spelledusing the chemical symbols for

bromine, Br, and barium, Ba.Chemical symbols from the periodictable of the elements also appear in

the opening credits.

FaujiStarted in 1988, this was a televisionseries following the training of anIndian Army Commando regiment.The show was aired on DDNational. Fauji also saw the rise of aformer unknown and now superstarShah Rukh Khan. The star hadessayed the role of Lt AbhimanyuRai, a role he ended up doingbecause the director Milin Kapoor,who was to play the main leadchose to remain behind the camera.The series went on to become atremendous success. The show ranfor a total of 13 episodes.

Bachelor Pad isover, but hostChris Harrison

won’t have amoment to rest.After 16 seasonsof The Bachelor,

Harrison is look-ing to season 17.

Harrison hassome harsh

words forOlympic Bachelor

wannabe RyanLochte, and —

even addressesthe possibility ofRobert Pattinson

as the nextBachelor.

When Glee’sthird seasonfinale aired inMay, Carly RaeJepsen’s Call MeMaybe was plenty popular— but it hadn’tyet taken overthe world.The network recentlyposted the Gleegang’s full per-formance of CallMe Maybe, a fairly stripped-down affair thattakes place inMcKinley High’s auditorium.

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Ryan King (MatthewPerry) is a recently-widowed sports-talkradio host who wants

to get back to work. But it’sobvious, he hasn’t come toterms with his grief. So his supe-riors impose one condition —that he attend grief-counselling.Cut to an ensemble of sad mis-fits and oddballs that are hissupport group. Their loony-to-a-fault, quirks and tics, withmalcontent but fun Perry at oneend and the killjoy but caringtherapist Lauren (LauraBenanti) all trying to get past theloss in their life, contribute forall the gags in the show.

Yeah, okay. So it’s not origi-nal. But it doesn’t even pretendto be. In fact, its unlikely thatyou can watch Go On withoutfinding yourself drawing paral-lels to Community. Or if by asmall stretch, even Charlie She -en’s Anger Management. The typ -es are all there. The overachiev-ing/nerdy Asian, the weirdgay/creepy/pervert baldy, theuptight control-freak, the dis-abled elderly guy, the wimpy fatgirl and of course, one with inti-

macy issues. Needless to say,Perry is the insolent, rule-break-ing Jeff Winger, forced againsthis will to join the group andultimately ends up havingbecome an important part of it.

And Anger Management inpart because of the similaritiesbetween the actors CharlieSheen and Matthew Perry. Bothknown for their impeccablecomic timing, incredible screenpresence and unbelievable fanfollowing. Both trying, often atad too hard, to shed the hang-overs from the roles of theirlives – Charlie Cooper (Two anda Half Men) and Chandler Bing(F.R.I.E.N.D.S). Both, havingaged a million years, since welast saw them on screen. And ofcourse, the similarity in plot.

But to be sure, Go On is not

as funny or likeable asCommunity nor as desperate asAnger Management. At best, itfalls somewhere in between. Itlacks the strong support castthat makes Community the showit is. However, on its own, it’sjust about enough. Perry’ssnarky wit, the group’s loony,quirky, antics evoke enoughlaughs and is likely to keep youentertained for the duration ofthe show. Interestingly, the

show also has space for a fewscenes when it slows down andallows for a few moments of realinsight on individual fears,pains and frustrations that addsthat little bit extra to an other-wise frivolous hour.

But then, we only have thepilot to judge from. The realquestion that viewers will beasking is that assuming Ryancan’t be in therapy forever andthere’s only so much grievingand mourning that the supportgroup can do, where does theshow go on to? The answermight just make all the differ-ence. Until then, Go On mightkeep you going until the nextseason of BBT or HIMYM isback.

Episodes of Go On areavailable for download online.

A make-do sitcomGo on is not

the next big thingon TV. But the

show has enoughlaughs to keep you

enter tained. Oh,and there’s

Matthew Perry,of course.

Tv’s funniest Ensemble casts

30 Rock With Tina Fey, AlecBaldwin, Tracy Morgan,Jane Krakowski, JackMcBrayer, Scott Adsitbeing a part ofSaturday Night Liveand in a TV networkstation has never beenmore fun.

Big Bang Theory If Jim Parsons, JohnnyGalecki, SimonHelberg, Kunal Nayyarforever redefined nerdson TV, Kaley Cuocogave token blonde amakeover. A betterfriends circle would behard to find.

How I Met YourMotherEach piece of this com-edy puzzle is a perfectfit. Josh Radnor, JasonSegel, Cobie Smulders,Alyson Hannigan andNeil Patrick Harris areLEGEND-waitforit-ARY.

Modern Family This cast is one of thebest comedy troupesever assembled.Bolstered by breakoutstars Ferguson,Stonestreet, andBurrell, Modern Familyhas a great mix of vetsand new faces.

0ArrestedDevelopmentJason Bateman, JeffreyTambor, Will Arnett,Michael Cera, Portia diRossi, David Cross, TonyHale, portray a dysfunc-tional family better thananyone else.

It’s unlikely you canwatch Go On withoutdrawing parallels toCommunity. Or even,Charlie Sheen’s AngerManagement


18THIS ONE'S FOR THE LADIESLadies, head to Torque for a jovial night with DJ Vivek from Chennaibehind the console. He promises to set the dance floor on fire.

ALL STARSGlamorous diva and former beauty queen Sushmita Sen along with I am Shecontestants were spotted at Vasundhara Exotic Jewellers, Panjagutta. She was inthe city to promote the I am She contest that will be held in Hyderabad onSeptember 21.

Stars of the upcoming Srikanth-starrerDevaraya were seen rubbing shoulders with the

music fraternity at the music release of themovie. Pawan Kalyan was the chief guest at the

do. Also spotted were music director Chakri,actors Vidisha, Meenakshi Dixit and Shanvi.

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‘VITAMIN C KEEPS DEMENTIA AT BAY’Gabriele Nagel and and Christine von Arnim, professors of epidemiologyand neurology from the University of Ulm, Germany, have discovered thatpatients with mild dementia had a lower concentration of vitamin C andbeta-carotene in blood are significantly than in people without them. health


19Sudden and unexpected

SADS or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome is a condition in which a perfectly healthy person dies suddenly without any known cardiac problem.

The incident left everyoneshocked. Raina, a per-fectly healthy mother ofa one-year-old boy, sud-

denly passed away in her sleep.Raina and her family had only afew days ago celebrated the firstbirthday of her son. She wasrushed to the hospital where thedoctors declared her broughtdead. Doctors were unable tofind a cause. It was ultimatelydeclared that Raina had been avictim of Sudden Adult DeathSyndrome, commonly referredto as SADS.

Sudden Adult DeathSyndrome implies a series ofunknown causes that result insudden deaths.

This could include heart ail-ments, medicinal reactions andother causes. SADS is mostlyused to refer to SuddenArrhythmic Death Syndrome, which is a collectiveterm for a group of cardiac prob-lems that may cause suddendeath.

Dr Manoj Kumar Agarwala,cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals,explains, “When a person withno heart problems experiencesan increase in the heart beat anddoes not reach hospital on time,sudden death may occur.”

CAUSESThe causes may be sudden heartattack or a congenital heartproblem such as hypertrophic

cardiomyopathy (thickening ofthe heart’s muscles) or an electri-cal abnormality in the heart, saysDr Agarwala.

Most of the problems that

may cause SADS are related toirregularities in the QT interval.The QT interval refers to thetime between the Q and T wavein the electrical cycle of the heart

(as seen in an ECG). They may include conditions

such as Long QT Syndrome,Brugada Syndrome and ShortQT Syndrome.

Displacia and atherosclerosis(thickening of the arteries) mayalso be causes.

SYMPTOMSAbout the symptoms, Dr Manojsays, “A person suffering fromthese problems may suffer frompalpitations, sweating and gid-diness. These symptoms mayalso be associated with anxiety-related problems. So, it is betterthat they check with their doctors as they will be able togive a correct diagnosis.”

PROMINENCEAccording to Dr Manoj, SADS isnot very common. The mainproblem is with people notreaching the hospital on time.While testing is not that com-monly done in the young, people with a past history of car-diac problems or a family histo-ry of someone passing away dueto SADS, should get themselvestested.

Genetic testing is availablefor various ailments that may berelated to SADS.

SADS

DietPointAlways wanted someoneto take care of your diet?Then this app could beworth a try. DietPoint is ahealth app that acts as aweight loss manager andcan also put you in con-tact with others who are

doing the same. The app is free-of-costand is available for bothe iPhone andiPad users.

Graves’ diseaseGraves' disease refers to an ailment inwhich there is an overactivity of the thyroid gland. The ailment is said to bean auto-immune disease, wherein theimmune system produces an antibodythat interacts with the cells of the thy-roid and stimulates them to secreteexcessive amounts of thyroid hormones.This is eight times more common inwomen than in men. Graves’ diseasemay also run in families.

Less than one per centof bacteria is harmful

Contrary to what isoften believed, lessthan one per cent ofthe bacteria may actu-ally cause disease. In reality,

some of the bacteria that exist in ourbody is actually good for us — such asthose that are present on our skin.

Alois AlzheimerAlois Alzheimer was a German psychia-trist and neuropathologist. He was bornin Marktbreit, Bavaria on June 14, 1864.After receiving his medical degree atWurzburg University in 1887 he startedworking in the City mental asylum. He iscredited with having being the first toidentify a case of presenile dementia.This was later on named by his colleague Emil Kraepelin as Alzheimer’sdisease.

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What is arrythmia?

SADS is mainly caused dueto the irregular beating

of the heart. The pumpingaction of the heart is said tooccur due to electricity thatflows through it. An irregu-larity of flow when it comesto the flow of electricity inthe heart is referred to asarrythmia. An ECG helpsdiagnose these irregularities.

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Painkillers could killMI survivors early

Researchers concluded that certain painkillers can elevate chances of an early death among heart attack survivors.

LONDON: Popular painkillerssuch as ibuprofen can elevatechances of an early deathamong heart attack (MI) survivors, suggests a study.

Some of these drugs, avail-able over the counter, can makethe blood clot more easily andtrigger heart attacks or strokes.There is the perception amongresearchers that such drugsshould not be made so easilyavailable on prescription.

Researchers fromCopenhagen UniversityHospital, Demark, led by Anne-Marie Schjerning Olsen, drewtheir conclusions after looking

at death rates in more than1,00,000 people who had suf-fered one heart attack, the journal Circulation reported.

Almost half of them or 44per cent were subsequently puton a group of painkillers collec-tively known as non-steroidal

anti-inflammatory inhibitor orNSAIDs, according to theTelegraph.

Olsen said: "It is importantto get the message out to clini-cians taking care of patientswith cardiovascular disease thatNSAIDs are harmful, even sev-eral years after a heart attack."

These all work in a similarway, and include ibuprofen,naproxen and diclofenac.

At the end of the first yearafter a heart attack, those whohad received at least oneNSAID prescription were 59 percent more likely to have died ofany cause, than those who did

not take them.After five years, this mortal-

ity difference persisted — infact the gap had grown to 64per cent. It is likely those pre-scribed NSAIDs were lesshealthy than the others, and somore likely to die sooner.

Researchers, adjusting forhealth differences as well asother factors including age, sex,income, and the year they werehospitalised for their heartattack, concluded that NSAIDswere most probably causingheart attack survivors to dieearlier.

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Some of these drugs,available OTC , canmake the blood clotmore easily and trigger heart attacksor strokes.

Doctor canprovide asafer solutionI recently saw an ad in a lead-ing daily promoting a vaginaltightening cream. How do thesecreams really work and are theysafe? Who can use them?

Whenever we feel that apatient requires some hor-

monal help, we do a routinevaginal and breast examination,then we do a pap smear. If thatis okay, then the patient is pre-scribed a vaginal cream, patchesto be used twice weekly or lessfor a period of six months.

If you are young, and have aloose vagina due to birthinjuries, then no cream will help.Meet your doctor and get itrepaired! You will save yourselfa lot of complications!

The advertisements for vagi-nal creams which come in dubi-ous midnight commercials needto be taken with a pinch of salt.Most of these contain harshchemical ingredients, petro-chemicals, endocrine disruptors,or irritants to which you mayhave a sensitivity, such as alco-hol, parabens, or propylenegly-col. They act as vaginal mois-turisers, reducing dryness, giv-ing the sense of plumpness.

There are suppositories withVitamin E, astroglide, and natu-ral oils which are available forvaginal smoothness, whetherthat smoothness gives one thedesired result of vaginal tightening is the big question!

I sometimes feel magazinesshould take responsibility fortheir advertisements becausethere are a millions who believethem and spend money too!

Sometimes, women try outwonder drugs more to please theopposite sex, and we need tounderstand the limits of safety,even in cosmetic use. So beforeyou fall prey to dubious com-mercials, meet a doctor. Shewould probably give you some-thing safer with better results!

The writer is an obstetricianand gynaecologist practising atHappy Women Clinic. You can

write in to her at [email protected]

Dr DivyaT Sudarshan

Doctor’scorner

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21BUILDING IMPRESSIONS

KAK's teaser to beunveiled on Sept 14

The first teaser ofSharwanand, Priya Anand

starrer Ko Antey Koti is goingto be screened along withSekhar Kammula's Life isBeautiful on September 14.Anish Kuruvilla is directing thefilm and Sharwanand is pro-ducing the film under SarvaaArts banner.

Sundeep Kishan has hishands full

It's going to be a hectic yearahead for Sundeep Kishan,

who was last seen in Shor inthe City. He'll soon be seen inRoutine Love Story, Gundello

Godaari and another Tamil filmnamed Yaaruda Mahesh. "I

don't have time to breath sinceI have to complete dubbing for

all these films," he quips.

Isha Talwar in Tollywood

Isha Talwar has bagged animportant role in Nithin's

upcoming Telugu film. Nithya isplaying the lead role and Vijayis going to direct the film. Isharecently shot to fame after herdebut film in Malayalam,Thattathin Marayathu turned outto be a huge hit.

DHENIKAINA READY SHOOT WRAPPED UPThe principal shooting of Vishnu Manchu, Hansika starrerDhenikaina Ready has been wrapped up. G NageshwaraReddy is directing the film and Vishnu is producing thefilm, which is slated for release in October.

Looks like Amala Paul has impressed quite a few peo-ple in Telugu film industry, within a short span of

time. After making her mark in Love Failure, shewas immediately offered the second lead role in

Ram Charan starrer Nayak and recently she signedJenda Pai Kapiraju with Nani. The latest news is that Amala

Paul has been confirmed as one of the lead actresses inPuri Jagannadh's upcoming film titled Iddaru

Ammayilatho. Allu Arjun is playing the lead role in thefilm and Taapsee's name is under consideration for theother lead role in this romantic entertainer. "Awesome

new project of Dancing star Bunny and Dynamic direc-tor @purijagan garu has added me as Heroine to the

combination! ! Yay! ! (sic)," Amala Paul posted onTwitter and later thanked Puri Jagannadh saying,"@purijagan Really looking forward to join yourfabulous team,hve heard lovely things working

with u sir!Sooper excited abt 'Iddaru Ammayilu'(sic)". Puri Jagannadh is yet to show her the

script; however, it's confirmed that AmalaPaul has bagged the lead role.

Ganesh Bandla is going toproduce this film and

it'll be launched onSeptember 20.

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Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs is oneof the most signif-icant designers in

the world currently(designs men and wom-enswear for 3 runwaylabels — Louis Vuitton,Marc Jacobs and Marc byMarc Jacobs), and thatdoes not stop him fromtaking massive risks. TheMarc Jacobs SpringSummer 2013 collectionseemed to be inspired bythe 60’s mod movement.Imagine Andy Warhol andhis factory reintroduced ina new manner.

NRag & Bone

DDavid Neville andMarcusWainwright’s brand

Rag & Bone has been agrowing testament to thestreet culture of theAmerican fashion. Mix ofsportswear, utilitariancasuals with evening wear,their collection is easy towear and not just madefor the model shape.Loose dresses with ajoined hoodie could beworn in NYC or dunes ofAbu Dhabi.

PDiane VonFurstenberg

DVF is the perfectexample of a brandthat has cleverly

been moving forward withtimes to include theyounger audience as theirclientele. Bright prints,easy to wear dressing andtechnology forward acces-sories? Yes, DVF collabo-rated with Google andmodels wore the revolu-tionary technologyGoogle Glasses whichallows you to view andrecord digital from realtime and vice versa.

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Rodarte

Mulleavy sister Lauraand Kate might bebased of Pasadena

far away from the bustleof New York City, but theysure know what to presentat the New York FashionWeek that makes it on tothe fashion pages of topmagazines and newspa-pers. Rodarte showed acollection with their usualflair of high detailing anduse of non-conventionalpatterns and textures.Leather pants, silk blouse,brocade organza dress,and fringed jackets — theRodarte girl is tough, yetgirly with her definedcurves and silhouettes.

OAlexander Wang

Wang turned thebasic wear ofblack and white

shirt dressing into a tribaland sci-fi inspired dress-ing. Models walked with aclean face and geometricline highlighting the cen-tre parting on their pony-tailed hair. Clever slashes,cut outs, overlapping tai-loring and peekaboo tex-tures made this a memo-rable trend story for nextseason.

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fashionTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

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Zac Posen

Zac Posen has beenknown in my eyes asthe young designer

who was born in thewrong era. Not becausehis designs are out dated,but because he has a pen-chant to make modernclothes elegantly tailoredlike how it was in the 50sand 20s. Elaborate silk,organza and chiffondresses that a modern dayAudrey Hepburn characterfrom Breakfast at Tiffanyswould have enjoyed wear-ing to social soirees.

TTommy Hilfiger

Another Americanfashion staple brandis Tommy Hilfiger.

Blazers, polo shirts, knitsweaters, swimsuitsprominently in Americanacolours white, blue andred. This is the collectionthe preppy crowd wouldnot have expected fortheir classic wear to betransformed into.Espadrilles sandals andboat shoes took on a newavatar as well with themodern outlook of thedesigner.

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Victoria by Victoria Beckham

UK celebrity turneddesigner VictoriaBeckham showed a

winning collection in NewYork after quickly impress-ing her home country.Sister line ‘Victoria’ is acooler, younger counter-part of the refined andimmaculate ‘VictoriaBeckham’ line. Shortdresses in print that areeasy wear for daytimesophisticated dressingwas the recurrent themein the show.

SDKNY

Donna Karan is oneof the leadingladies of New York

Fashion and both cannotbe separated from eachother. The label DKNY is awomanly take on theAmerican sportswear.Denims, white shirts,swimwear, Graphic T-shirts, sports bra lookingblouses, visors, fannypacks and backpacks werethe noticeable trendshere.

U Prabal Gurung

Hugely popularyoung darling whoknows how to

speak Hindi (studied atthe National Institute ofFashion and Technology,New Delhi) presentedanother collection thatwill probably be seensoon on the red carpet bythe likes of AnneHathaway, Kate Bosworthand Zoe Saldana. Taking abreak from Winter collec-tion trends of bold graph-ic prints in purple, thisseason the designershowed a mutedmonochrome based col-lection with a hint ofprints and colour.

to some path breaking new trends. This article talks about few designers whose creations will define what the urban population will be wearing next summer

22&23‘ECO-FASHION’ IS THE THEME OF KOLKATA FASHION WEEKTHE SIGNATURE Premier Fashion Week Kolkata, scheduled to begin from tomorrow, has chosen “Eco-Fashion” asits theme for the current year. The four-day event would showcase innovative designs and collections of nation-ally acclaimed designers and weavers from West Bengal.

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sitcom title14 ‘90210’ actress Spelling15 Crewman’s affirmative16 Greek letter17 Bearing nothing19 ‘Jaws’ omen20 Work at lace-making21 Gradual deterioration23 Leaning in one direction26 The Doors tune ‘Love ___ Madly’28 ‘... and another thing’29 Occurring every second year31 Aerie hatchling33 Swiss summit34 It is golden, it’s said36 Like pickpockets41 Medical setback42 ‘Curse you, ___ Baron!’44 Cherry-colored47 More hot and humid50 Ballantine and others51 Formerly known as, on society

pages52 Father of Peter and Jane53 Trying outcome?56 ‘La mer’ contents57 Verse of praise58 Hardly generous64 ___ & Perrins (sauce brand)65 Cowboy’s rope66 Multinational money67 Suffix with ‘tall’ or ‘short’68 Armored car company69 Ollie’s comedy partner

DOWN1 Had some munchies2 ___ Perignon champagne3 Surrealist artist Jean4 Winter warmer

5 Capital of Thailand?6 Shag rug made in Sweden7 Hallow ending?8 Fisherman’s boot9 Admirer at a distance10 Change the design11 Pen insert12 Serving no purpose13 Defeatist’s word18 ‘B-o-r-ing!’22 More like a swami23 Organization of lawyers (Abbr)24 Cat’s perch25 French Foreign

Legion cap26 Bay in Israel27 Squashed circle30 Carpet-maker’s fiber31 ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’

actress Georgia32 Well-placed serve35 Follow as a result37 Grain that is to be ground38 ‘For ___ a jolly

good fellow’39 Ireland nickname40 Woodland ruminant43 Not sweet, as a wine44 Coax45 Escapes artfully46 Find a new table for48 Bangkok dweller49 Finds a new purpose for51 Black, in Spain54 ‘___ have to do’55 Bye for an Italian

soccer team?56 Baby newts59 That dude60 ‘Chi’ lead-in61 King in 1922 headlines62 ‘70s-’80s

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Chai TimeTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

26THOUGHT OF THE DAYIf men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein theyagree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling.

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How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbersreference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are allyou get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.

Let’s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:

In the image above, which shows a section ofa kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.

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ARIESEmployees can expect drasticchanges at workplace, whichwill bring chee; some have abright chance to go abroadtoo. Mother-in-law's healthmight be a cause for concern.Vehicle might give trouble andexpenses will increase.

ARIES: Page of Pentacles –You are shocked about high fare forsomething, and wish it would beaffordable. Find a more creative wayof finding a cheaper version.

GEMINI: Eight of Pentacles– You may come across as very sar-castic -- something that peoplearound you will not appreciate. Theymight not even see the humour in it.

LEO: Eight of Cups – Youwill be surprised by a recommenda-tion from a senior person in yourindustry. This person says a whole lotof nice things about you.

LIBRA: The Wheel ofFortune – Pay more attention to diet.By exercising and sweating it out buteating wrong, you may be ruiningyour chances of losing weight.

TAURUS: Queen ofPentacles – You may be spending alot of time talking on the mobile. Itmay be important, or it may just begossip. Take frequent breaks.

CANCER: Four of Pentacles– You need more training in conduct-ing group sessions and organizingmedium-sized to large groups ofpeople. Read a book or attend a class.

VIRGO: Page of Cups – Ifyou have pets, they need care andattention. Take time out from othercommitments to spend more timewith the pets at home, or outside.

SCORPIO: The Chariot –Your emotions are coloured by yourpast experiences. The challenge is toshake out of it and emerge thinkingpositive. Be open to change.

CAPRICORN: Two ofWands – You hear faint whispers of agossip about you. It may or may notbe true. Just concern yourself withyour goals, and manage your time.

SAGITTARIUS: Two ofWands – You hear faint whispers of agossip about you. It may or may notbe true. Just concern yourself withyour goals, and manage your time.

AQUARIUS: The Empress –You may be saying something butothers may understand somethingelse. Be clear and open what you say.Don’t twist your words around.

PISCES: Ten of Swords –This is a great time to start on anexercise routine, if you already aren’tin one. Try something new. Join anaerobics class or dance class.

TAURUSAll thoughts will take shapeand get successfully complet-ed. Held-up construction willresume and get completedwithout further hurdles. Youwill purchase new electronicgadgets, which will make yourspouse happy.

GEMINIEmployees can expect promo-tion and hike. Problems likelyfrom govt officials and enemies.Health needs to be taken careof. Children might put you in anembarrassing situation. Busi ne -s s men will get bank loan sanc-tioned and implement work.

CANCERGood growth opportunitieslikely for businessmen.However, a time based planand execution is necessary tobe successful. Be careful whileexpressing opinion as youmight be misunderstood byyour own relatives.

LEOTravel likely to increase. Solu -tion to problems might bedelayed, which might frustrateyou. More hurdles likely in theway of executing importantassignments. Be patient and getthings done with a cool appro -ach. Be careful while driving.

VIRGOChange of residence or work-ing place likely. Misunderstand -ing with maternal relatives like-ly;, be alert and avoid this.Expenses will increase but youwill handle the situation wisely.Social status is set to improve.Spouse will be affectionate.

LIBRADrastic changes will take placein your life. Growth possibilitieswill come your way; make useof the same in a better way.Good news from daughterabout her pregnancy will makeyou happy. Orders are likely topour in for the businessman.

SCORPIOLong-pending expectationswill get fulfilled. Those takingtreatment for chronic diseasewill get a relief. Court case maybe delayed. Expenses likelythrough blood relatives andrepair of house hold items. Sonwill get a good career opening.

SAGITTARIUSA peaceful atmosphere willprevail as confusion and wor-ries disappear. Troubles facedin getting due share of ances-tral property will be over.Employees will see a comfort-able atmosphere at workplace.Influx of relatives will bring joy.

CAPRICORNAs fortune opportunities arelikely to knock your door, youwill look cheerful and active.Those putting sincere effortsfor a job abroad will be suc-cessful. Employees will workhard and sincerely to get goodrecognition.

AQUARIUSYou will take a suitable deci-sion after coming out of adilemma. Those awaiting toget married will get good newsand marriage will take placesoon. Employees might be en -trusted with new responsibili-ties. Businessmen will flourish.

PISCESYou will look cheerful andactive. Newlyweds will behappy to hear news of arrivalof their offspring. Children'sinefficient handling of workmight irk you. Sudden journeylikely. Father's health needsgood attention.

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No time for films,says Shilpa

Actress Shilpa Shetty, mo -t her of three-month-old

son Viaan, says she is en -joying motherhood and isnot thinking about getti ngback to films right now."Right now, I am a full-ti memother and completelyenjoying it. I have no timefor films. Mother-hood issuch an amazing experien cethat everything else ta kes abackseat," said Shilpa. IANS

Zarine Khan pondersHollywood offer

Actress Zarine Khan hasrevealed of being approached

to be a part of author-turned-director Daniel Silva's Chimera,but she is still brooding over theoffer. "I have been offered the filmbut I am thinking about it,"Zarine. "It is a thriller oppositeBilly Zane. I have read the scriptbut I am still thinking about it,"she added. IANS

Mary Kom has nofavourites; anybody canplay her on big screen

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is makinga film on five-time world box-

ing Champion Mary Kom, whohas no favourites when it comesto playing her on the big screen.

"I don't have any idea. Thedirector and producer will decide.They will choose the best one. Iam thankful to them," she said.

IANS

CINE BYTESLEARNING FROM THE PAST

I had a

butBROKEN LIFE,I'VE LEARNTFrom a model to a popular

Bollywood star, Bipasha Basu'sjourney hasn't been one withouther share of ups and downs. But

she has taken every experience in herstride and says she has emerged as anevolved person.

"Today, I am a refined actor, lived alittle more life, have seen a lot, handledsituations, not just a relationship, career-wise I have fallen down, come up again.I have had my run of relationship crisis,staying away from my parents for a longtime, loans to pay at times I didn't knowhow to pay," Bipasha said.

The 33-year-old made her Bollywooddebut in 2001 with Ajnabee. She was dat-ing Dino Morea that time, but partedways with him in 2002. Then shebecame romantically involved withher Raaz co-star John Abraham,whom she dated for around eightyears.

Professionally, her careerpicked up with films like NoEntry, Dhoom, Corporate andBachna Ae Haseeno. Her latestrelease Raaz 3 received a goodopening, and Bipasha is happy theway life has shaped up for her.

"From 1997 to 2012, I'velived a wholesome life,moved from one room to oneBHK (bedroom, hall, kit -chen) to two BHK sharingwith a friend. Then boughta car, but didn't know howto drive and also couldn'tafford a driver.

"Finally, my friendsended up driving, so Irealised there was nopoint of buying a car.I had a very brokenlife, yes sometimesbroken down, some-times very strong, soI feel I am a veryevolved humanbeing right now,"she added.

For now,Bipasha awaitsthe launch ofher second fit-ness DVD,and her debutinternationalprojectSingularity, willhit the screensearly next year.

IANS

B I PA S H A

sports 29HILLSBOROUGH TRAGEDY: THE TRUTH


DAVID TRIFUNOVGlobal Post

LONDON: British Prime Mini -ster David Cameron apologisedtoday to families of soccerfans killed 23 years ago duringthe infamous Hillsboroughdisaster.

It was Britain’s worst sport-ing disaster when – on April 15,1989 – 96 spectators died in a cr -ush of humanity during a ga mebe tween Liverpool and Not ti n g -ham Forest in an FA Cup semifi-nal. The Hillsborough stadiumter r aces were overcrowded, andmany victims suffocated as fanspushed forward.

“I want to be very clear aboutthe view the government takesabout these findings and why af -ter 23 years this matters so much,not just for the families but forLiverpool and for our country asa whole,” Cameron said.

“What happened that day –and since – was wrong.”

The apology comes as a newreport into the incident and reac-tion is published.

After scrutinizing 450,000pages and reopening old docu-ments, the Hillsborough Indep -endent Panel cast doubt onpolice and emergency serviceshandling of the tragedy, CNNreported.

The Bishop of Liverpool, theRight Reverend James Jones,chaired the panel.

He said he hopes “greatertransparency will bring to thefamilies and the wider public agreater understanding of thetragedy and its aftermath,”according to CNN.

“It is only with this trans-parency that the families andsurvivors, who have behavedwith such dignity, can with somesense of truth and justice cherishthe memory of their 96 lovedones,” the bishop said.

The report concluded that

police tried to blame drunk andunruly fans for the disaster, BBCsaid.

South Yorkshire Policealtered reports and spreadrumors and accusations throughthe press.

The report also suggestedambulance teams didn’t enact adisaster response plan.

Trevor Hicks lost two daugh-ters at Hillsborough and said thefamilies are still pressing for“accountability,” BBC reported.

“The truth is out today, jus-tice starts tomorrow,” he said,according to BBC.

After 23 years, Hillsboroughtruth finally sees light of day

Over two decades after 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death in Hillsborough during agame between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semifinal, documents relatingto the disaster have been released to the Press and public. What emerged was a tale of gross

police incompetence and facts that the tragedy could have been averted.

Summary of thefindings n Some 116 of the 164 state-

ments identified for substantiveamendment were amended toremove or alter commentsunfavourable to SYP (SouthYorkshire Police)

n SYP sought to develop andpublicise a version of eventsthat focused on several policeofficers’ allegations of drunken-ness, ticketlessness and vio-lence among a large number ofLiverpool fans’

n No evidence to support theseallegations other than a fewisolated examples... clearlyreflecting frustration and des-peration

n No evidence to verify allega-tions of exceptional drunken-ness, ticketlessness or violenceamong Liverpool fans

n No evidence that fans had con-spired to arrive late at the stadi-um and force entry and no evi-dence that they stole from thedead and dying

n Alcohol consumption was “notexceptional for a social orleisure occasion”

n The safety of the crowd admit-ted to the terrace was compro-mised at every level

n Among the failings were inade-quate turnstiles, the manage-ment of the crowd by the policeand stewards, the constructionof the pens, lack of precisemonitoring of crowd capacitywithin the pens

n The risks were known and thecrush in 1989 was foreseeable

n Consequences of opening exitgates to relieve congestion atthe turnstiles had not beenrealised

n Delay in recognising that th e rewere mass casualties; majorincident plan not correctly acti-vated

n Rescue and recovery effortswere affected by lack of leader-ship, coordination, prioritisationof casualties and equipment

n Panel found that some fans,“partially asphyxiated, survivedfor a significant period”. Up to41 lives could potentially havebeen saved if they had beentreated earlier, though it is notclear if any one individual“would or could have survivedunder different circumstances”

Hillsborough in numbers

96The number of Liverpool fans that

were killed in the ‘crush’

450,000The number of pages of documents

including reports, minutes of meetings, transcripts, etc

85The number of contributors

including government depart-ments, the police, the coroner and

the emergency services.

MacKenzie apologises for ‘The Truth’The editor of Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid The Sun at the time of theHillsborough football stadium disaster apologised for running a story 23years ago that blamed fans for the tragedy.

Kelvin MacKenzie said he had been “totally misled” into running a front-page story with the headline ‘The Truth’, together with false claims that sup-porters picked the pockets of victims and urinated on police.

“Today I offer my profuse apologies to the people of Liverpool for thatheadline,” he said in a statement issued hours after an independent panelpublished a report revealing a huge police cover-up of the tragedy.

DDCA defeated HCA XI by 74 runs in theirMoin-ud-Dowlah clash here on Wednesday.

Delhi posted 339 for seven from 90 overs, a tar-get which HCA XI failed to reach having lost allthier wickets for a 265runs.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu won their matchagainst Karnataka by 31 runs. Put into bat, TamilNadu posted 283 from 50 overs. Arun Kaushiktop-scored with 129 runs while Kaushik Gandhichipped in 78. In reply, Karnataka were dis-missed to 252.Results:Delhi 339/7 bt HCA XI 265 (D.B. Ravi Teja 60,G.H. Vihari 47, B. Sandeep 45, Vikas Mishra 3/62,Ishant Sharma 2/21).Tamil Nadu 283/6 (K.B. Arun Karthik 129,Kaushik Gandhi 78, Ronit More 3/52) btKarnataka 252 (R. Samarth 52, Kunal Kapoor 94, M. Mohammed 3/45, Rahil Shah 3/45).

A 2 and 3 Division two-day league matches

Khalsa 269 lost to Saleemnagar 272/5(Md.Khalid 137, Md Zameeruddin 42,

Rachnesh Dubay 64, Karthik 3/87).

Cambridge XI 344/7 (Mir Jaweed Ali118) bt Osmania 168 (Santosh Reddy 73,Phaneendra 36, Naef 6/57, Adnan Bafna

3/16).

Day 1

Pasha Beedi 197 (Saaju Bhargav 62,Rajat Kumar Choudary 56,

Suyay Devratan 4/61, Ganapathi Hemanth4/63) vs Jai Bhagwathi 127/3

(Rahul Patangay 34, Ganapathi Hemanth 49 n.o.).

Galaxy 136 (Md Javed Ahmed 30,Azharuddin 3/9) vs AOC 94/2 (Nakul

Varma 46, Vishnu Tiwari 36 n.o.).

HCA XI lose to DDCA

sports 30TÊTE-À-TÊTE


Polo finally gets its duePolo player Samir Suhag was among the Arjuna award winners this year. It was

after 25 years that a polo player has won this prestigious award.

G. APARNA [email protected]

This year’s list of Arjunaawardees had a namewhich stood out; it was

Samir Suhag. There was nothing“out of place” with regards to thename. The uniqueness was withregards to the sport he played —polo. It was after 25 years that apolo player was presented withthe Arjuna award for his exploitsin the game.

While winning the award didnot come surprise Samir, he cer-tainly did not anticipate winningit this year as much as he had lastyear. “We anticipated that Iwould receive the award lastyear but it did not surprise usthat it happened this yearinstead. The feeling is yet to com-pletely sink in,” said Samir.

A +5 handicap player, Samiris currently in the city for theHyderabad Polo season. Beforetaking up polo, he used to playgolf and tennis. His tryst withthe game began when he used towatch his father play polo for thearmy. “It was after my 12th [stan-dard] that I started playing the

game. I was 17 years old when Itook my first horse-ridinglessons,” said the father of twowho has represented the countryat many international tourna-ments including polo WorldCups. Samir has conquered great

heights with regards to the sport.But like many other sports per-sonalities, he agrees that, polo,among numerous games, doesnot have too many takers thoughthis trend seems to be improving.

“Polo did have its share of

sponsors and but the 2004 worldeconomic crisis saw many spon-sors pull out,” rues Samir. “Butthis situation is improving now.”

On asked if, polo being acostly game, was proving to be ahindrance for many in pursuing

the sport, Samir begged to differ.“Nowadays, many clubs like theBison Polo and Riding Club, pro-vide horse riding sessions at sub-sidized rates. When these facili-ties are compared to those pro-vided for sports like golf, it is cer-tainly much lesser and alsoaffordable. Rearing horses can bea costly affair but not otherwise.”

Polo is more prevalent inplaces like Jaipur and Jodhpurwhen in comparison to a city likeHyderabad. But this does notdeter the his hopes of bridgingthe gap and seeing the gamereach greater altitudes as hebelieves that the country has itsfair share of talent which needsto be tapped. In his endeavor todo his bit, Samir coaches when-ever possible and also hopes toopen an academy in the nearfuture as this is his way of givingback to the sport.

On the family front, Samirand wife Preeti have beenblessed with two kids — daugh-ter Sanya and son Yash. While 14year-old Sanya has begun takinglessons in horse riding, it remain-s to be seen if little Yash followshis father’s footsteps or not.

Arjuna award winner Samir Suhag poses alongside one of his horses at the Bison Polo Grounds in Secunderabad dur-ing the Hyderabad Polo Season, on Wednesday. DEEPAK DESHPANDE

ON THE MOVE

Players of ASC and PBG tussle for the ball during their polo match ofthe Bison Cup at the Bison Polo Grounds on Wednesday. In the highscoring match, PBG defeated ASC by seven goals to six.

MOIN-UD-DOWLAH LEAGUE CRICKET

sports 31DAVIS CUP

TRACK REPORT


ALLAN KELLYAgencie France-Presse

PARIS: The twin towers of JohnIsner and Sam Querrey, allied tothe Bryan twins, Mike and Bob,in the doubles will give UScoach Jim Courier hope that theUnited States can upset holdersSpain in the Davis Cup semi-finals in Gijon this weekend.

The other semi-final takesplace in Buenos Aires with JuanMartin del Potro an injury doubtfor Argentina against the CzechRepublic.

Under the captaincy ofGrand Slam winner Courier,they have chalked up back-to-back away wins in Switzerland(5-0), where Isner shockedRoger Federer, and France (3-2)where he defeated Jo-WilfriedTsonga in the decisive rubber.

Courier believes the USbandwagon can claim anotherscalp.

“It’s the ultimate ask, goinginto Spain and playing them onred clay, where they haven’t lostin a long time,” he said in NewYork during the US Open.

“We certainly aren’t thefavourites and we felt that way in the first two matches as well. We’ve had the toughestdraw you can have in DavisCup.

“If we get to the final, let’srun the table. Let’s be on theroad all year long. Let’s go toArgentina and win it downthere. If we’re going to do this

let’s make this the greatest roadseason in modern Davis Cuphistory.”

Easing the task on hand forthe Americans is the fact that

Spain will have to do withoutstar turn Rafael Nadal who con-tinues to rest his troublesomeknees on the injury sidelines.

Nadal on clay would haverepresented a near-certain twopoints for the hosts, leaving theAmericans needing to win thethree remaining rubbers.

As it is they still have todefeat two of the finest clay-courters in world tennis in theshape of world No 5 DavidFerrer and No 12 NicolasAlmagro.

Ferrer in particular has beenin fine form of late.

HYDERABAD: Glorious View,Vijay’s Winner, Prince Of Arabia,Travaldo and Star Engagementwere worked well when thehorses excercised here today(Thursday) morning:Sand Track 800 Metres:Hamilton (Dileep) 59, 600/45Easy. Racing Queen (app) -57,600/43 Moved well. Prince OfArabia (rb) Ice Hill (KuldeepSingh) 56, 600/41.5 They movedtogether. Glorious View(S.Nayak) 54.5, 600/42 Impres -sed. Proof (rb) 57, 600/44 Movedon the bit. Dream Deal (S.Nayak)

59, 600/42.5 Moved well. SuperCool (Dileep) 1-0, 600/45 Easy.Crimson Look (rb) 57.5, 600/42.5Moved well. Sporting Star(Dileep) 55.5, 600/42 Pleased.Big Boss (Kuldeep Singh) ArtAce (rb) 1-1.5, 600/46 Formereasily finished 3 lengths in front.Premiership (Dileep) 57,600/42.5 Moved well. AlianzArena (rb) Swift Arrow (K.Alam)1-0, 600/44 They moved freely.Chesapeak (Kuldeep Singh) 1-2,600/45 Easy. Sun Strikes (rb)1-2.5, 600/47 Moved freely. Perfect(Laxman) 57.5, 600/43

Unextended. Young Sapper(Chary) 57, 600/43 Moved well.Buck Knife (Nitin Singh)Kathakali (rb) 58.5, 600/43Former finished in front.Transition (Dileep) 58, 600/43Moved well. True Friend(M.Mark) Khalis Gold (app) 58,600/44 Former finished in front.Manipulator (Dileep) 1-1, 600/45Moved freely. Silver Spur(Chary) 57, 600/42 Slightlypushed. Iceland (app) 59, 600/45Easy. Mr.Glorious (M.Mark)58.5, 600/44 Unextended. CitiSupreme (M.Mark) 1-0, 600/45

Moved freely.Sand Track 1000 Metres;Green bay (Kuldeep Singh) RioGrande (rb) 1-14, 800/57,600/41.5 They moved together.Hard Kingdom (S.Nayak) 1-10,800/53.5, 600/41.5 Caught theeye. Spanish Conquest (Joshi) 1-8, 800/53, 600/40 Impressed.Prince Prashant (rb) ClassicEmerald (Kuldeep Singh) 1-15,800/57.5, 600/41.5 Former fin-ished a length I front. Vijay’sWinner (Joshi) 1-11, 800/57,600/43 Pushed in the last part.Star Engagement (S.Nayak) 1-12,

800/53.5, 600/43 Moved attrac-tively. Emerald Touch (M.Mark)Sweety Girl (app) 1-17, 800/1-0,600/44.5 Former finished infront. Dauntless (B.Shinde) 1-18,1000/400 in 43 Easy. StrikingGold (M.Mark) 1-15.5, 800/59,600/44 Moved freely.Sand Track1400 Metres:Kohinoor Angel (Ajit Kumar) 1-50, 1400/600 in 58 Eased.Travaldo (rb) Lioness Heart(Sreekant) 1-45, 1200/1-30,1000/1-15, 800/1-0, 600/46Former easily finished 2 lengthsin front.

ELSPETH BURNSIDEAgencie France-Presse

HOYLAKE: Taiwan’s YaniTseng has her sights set on mak-ing history on Thursday whenshe begins an attempt to win theWomen’s British Open for a thirdyear in a row at Royal LiverpoolGolf Club.

At just 23, Tseng has domi-nated women’s golf for the pastcouple of seasons, winning fivemajors and reigning supreme atthe head of the world rankings.

However, this summer, shehas suffered a bit of a setback,missing a few cuts, including theEvian Masters in France.

But she admitted she hasgained inspiration from themen’s world No 1, Rory McIlroy.

“He also struggled for a cou-ple of months so I watched hisinterviews and I have learned alot from him,” she said. “He saidhe got back to enjoying andfocusing on his own game.

“He also said he had toremember how he loved thegame as a kid. That’s the samewith me. We are both living thedream so there is no reason tobecome stressed on the golfcourse.

“This year I have been toohard on myself. I need to enjoymyself on the course again andthat’s what I’m going to do thisweek.”

Spain wary of US threatThe Americans have lost the last two ties between the countries and are without

the recently-retired Andy Roddick, who has been his country’s mainstay.

Glorious View, Vijay’s Winner move well

BRITISH OPEN

John Isner

Federer in Swiss DavisCup team LAUSANNE: Roger Federerwill return to the Swiss line-up for the World Groupplayoff tie against theNetherlands. There had beensome doubts over his partic-ipation following his USOpen quarter-final loss toBerdych, but the Swiss TennisFederation confirmed onWednesday that he wouldjoin Stanislas Wawrinka. TheDutch will host the tie inAmsterdam and will be ledby Robin Haase and Thiemode Bakker.

Tseng seeksOpen hat-trick

Sam Querrey

Bryan twins, Mike and Bob

sportsTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

32LEGENDARY LOEB EYES FOURTH RALLY GB VICTORYFrance’s Sebastien Loeb will be looking for a fourth win in five starts whenhe races the Wales Rally GB starting on Friday, with his eye on even biggerprizes. Loeb can help Citroen to an eighth manufacturers’ crown in RallyGB this week but also boost his own chances of a ninth drivers’ title.

SOUTH AFRICA IN ENGLAND

LIGUE 1 PREVIEW

WORLD T20

PIETERSEN SELECTION

JULIAN GUYERAgencie France-Presse

BIRMINGHAM: KevinPietersen could resume hisE n g l a n dcareer dur-ing the tou-r of Indiaafter theE n g l a n dand WalesC r i c k e tB o a r d(ECB) con-firmed thatThursday’s planned squadannouncement had been putback until Tuesday at the earliest.Pietersen, Englan-d’s most tal-ented batsman, remains in inter-national exile following a seriesof flare-ups that led to him beingdropped following the drawnsecond Test with South Africa atHeadingley last month.

He’s not in the squad thatwill defend their WorldTwenty20 title in Sri Lanka laterthis month, despite being man ofthe tournament when the teamwon in the Caribbean two yearsago, and there had been specula-tion he would also be omittedfrom the four-Test tour of Indiastarting in November.

COLOMBO: It is not often inrecent years that the West Indieshave been billed as favourites towin a major cricket title, butskipper Darren Sammy is cau-tious of the tag ahead of theWorld Twenty20.

“The favourite tag line doesnot guarantee us a place in thefinal,” Sammy said ahead of thetournament. “You have to go outthere and play good cricket. Wemay have the best side on paper,but we have to pull all theresources together and win.”

The West Indies have strug-gled to match their overwhelm-ing success of the 1970s and1980s when their fast bowlersand aggressive batsmen domi-nated world cricket. AFP

Buttler scored heavily off Parnell in the 9th over of the 11-overs match.

JULIAN GUYERAgencie France-Presse

BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler’s(right) quickfire 32 not out pro-vided the platform for Englandto beat South Africa by 28 runsin the third and final Twenty20international at Edgbaston onWednesday.

Victory saw World Twenty20champions England, who headto Sri Lanka on Thursday todefend the title they won in theCaribbean two years ago,square this three-match series at1-1 with one no result.

Most of Buttler’s runs, in amatch reduced by rain to 11overs per side, came in a costlyninth over worth 32 from left-arm quick Wayne Parnell.

It was the second mostexpensive over in Twenty20international history afterYuvraj Singh struck Englandcaptain Stuart Broad for 36 runsmade up of six sixes in Durbanduring the inaugural 2007World Twenty20.

England made 118 for five —with man-of-the-match Buttlerfacing just 10 balls includingthree sixes and two fours.

South Africa, who werenever up with the rate, finished

on 90 for five.“It’s nice it came off, it was

one of those days,” said Buttler,whose previous England bestwas 13.

“International cricket hasn’tgone quite as I’d hoped so far, soit’s nice to contribute to a win-ning side,” explained theSomerset batsman, who cele-brated his 22nd birthday lastweek.

Broad added: “Jos’s was agame-changing innings. Weknow how good he is, he’s

shown on the county circuit thathe does that, he’s done it on theinternational scene now.

“It’s always nice whenyou’ve got a guy who can hit it

into the top tier and that washighly impressive. Jos was pro-moted up the order and thoseten balls changed that game.

“We’ve got a squad that cando well in Sri Lanka but wedon’t want to look too farahead.”

South Africa captain AB deVilliers, involved in the Proteaspreceding Test series win overEngland and the shared one-daycampaign, admitted his teamwere second best onWednesday. “I thought we werecompletely outplayed today. Wedidn’t start well and I made afew tactical errors.”

Scoreboard England vs S Africa 3rd T20England (C Kieswetter 50, JButtler not out 32; M Morkel 2-0-28-2, Botha 3-0-19-2) 118/5South Africa(H Amla 36, AMorkel not out 17, Bresnan 2-0-14-2, Swann 3-0-24-2) 90/5

ANDY SCOTTAgencie France-Presse

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germainand Montpellier will both belooking for lifts ahead of thestart of their Champions Leaguecampaigns when they return toLigue 1 action on Friday afterthe international break.

PSG put their slow start tothe season behind them with aZlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired 2-1win at Lille in their last outing afortnight ago in a game thatacted as a warning to the rest of

the country. However, the capi-tal giants are still six pointsadrift of bitter rivals, and earlyLigue 1 leaders, Marseille, soFrench international wingerJeremy Menez (left) knowswhat is required as an unbeatenToulouse side head to the Parcdes Princes.

“Our start to the seasonmeans we have little margin forerror,” admits Menez, who wasa late substitute in France’s 3-1home win against Belarus in aWorld Cup qualifier in mid-week. We are not especially feel-ing the pressure because we

know we’ll have to deal with itall year,” he added. “We havedropped points, which isannoying, but we have themeans to come back.

“We want to win Ligue 1and go far in the ChampionsLeague.”

Brazil defender Thiago Silvais unlikely to make his debutyet, and PSG, who entertainDynamo Kiev on Tuesday, willagain look to Sweden captainIbrahimovic to lead from thefront against opponents whoare traditionally difficult tobreak down.

Squad delaygives hopeof recall

West Indieswary offavourites tag

Buttler serves up emphatic England win

It was the secondmost expensive overin Twenty20 interna-tional history afterYuvraj Singh struckEngland captainStuart Broad for 36runs made up of sixsixes in Durban dur-ing the inaugural2007 WorldTwenty20.

PSG, Montpellier look to lift game

England’s Jos Buttler hits a six during the third Twenty-20 internationalcricket match against South Africa at Edgbaston on Wednesday. AFP

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