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As Hyderabad gears up for the world biodiversityconference, pack your bags and head out to see

the wondrous life forms the Earth has to offer, at thesebiodiversity hotspots.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

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Trouble broke out on the Osmania University campus on Sunday morning where a determined students’ JAC defied police warnings and broke through the barricade.

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a talk by well known French pho-tographer Thierry Girard with aslideshow of his works in China,Japan and India will be held onOctober 3.Where: Alliance Francaise,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: October 3,7pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2770 0734

Film workshopA film making workshop and a filmappreciation workshop is beingheld by Yavanika films. When: September 29 onwards,

11am onwardsContact: 94904 40986

The refundA play titled The Refund will bepresented at Lamakaan . The playtakes a dig at the state of the edu-cation system in the country.Where: Lamakaan,


When: September 30,7.30pm onwards

Contact: 9642731329

Unspoken harmonyA painting exhibition by artist JayaBaheti titled Unspoken Harmony —

Jiva-art showAn art exhibition of paintings andsculptures by 120 artistsand art talks by experts on the con-cept of biodiversity is being held.Where: State Gallery for Art,

Kavuri HillsWhen: October 1 onwards,

10.30 am onwardsContact: (040) 6666 2323

Life togetherIconart Gallery is hosting LifeTogether, a group show featuringsculptures, paintings and prints by22 artistes. A preview for the exhi-bition was held at the Gallery onSeptember 28.Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11.30 am to 7pm

Contact: 98499 68797

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

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 10

When: Ongoing,8am onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 0105

Calligraphy artOn the occasion of VinayakaChathurthi, Sri Parameshwar Rajupresents a series of calligraphic art-works based on Lord Ganesha. Where: Truffles Cafe,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 10


Contact: (040) 2355 0105

Recent and retrospectiveA painting exhibition by artist SudipRoy is being held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery.Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery,



Contact: (040) 6656 4466

Play timeLamakaan will be hosting ManchTheatre’s A Plateful of Plays.Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: October 6,7.30pm

Contact: 9642731329

Photo talkMy photographic journey in Asia —

When: Ongoing,6pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6666 2323

Painting workshopA Warli paitning workshop is beingheld at Best Hands India,Somajiguda from October 1.Where: Best Hands India,

Raj Bhavan Road,Somajiguda

When: October 1 and 2,2pm-3pm

Contact: 98490 73563

Folk ArtAn exhibition of folk paintings byartist Krishna Prasad will be heldfrom September 29-October 15.Where: Earth Art Gallery,


When: Ongoing, 11am onwards

Contact: 98480 22011

Petals exhibitionThe exhibition being will display theethnic and contemporary works ofnew designers along with a collection of jewellery and variouslifestyle accessories. Where: Taj Krishna,

Banjara HillsWhen: October 12Contact: (040) 6666 2323

a show of art and antiquity will beon display at Taj Deccan.Where: Taj Deccan,


When: October 5-12,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 66663939

Photo exhibitionAn exhibition titled Imagine is beingheld at Alliance Francaise DeHyderabad. The exhibition featureswork by Manohar Chiluveru,Srinath Vadapalli, Satya SaiMothadaka and ShivaprasadChiluveru.Where: Alliance Francaise,

Marredpally,Secunderabad

When: Alliance Francaise,Marredpally,Secunderabad

Contact: (040) 2770 0734

OktoberfestTaj Krishna is hosting the annualOktoberfest at its coffee shop,Encounters. The festival offers anarray of German delicacies likemeatloaf, bockwurst, steckerfishzand beers to satiate your taste buds.Where: Encounters,

Taj Krishna,Banjara Hills

CITY 2SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Policemen walk infront of HICC, the venue for the upcoming CoP conference. M ANIL KUMAR

WALK-PAST

Postnoon [email protected]

Hyderabad city woke upon Sunday after athunderstorm at nightand found its foyer fullof action. On the one

hand was Ganesh immersiondragging on and on the otherside was a tense police and pub-lic awaiting a Telangana protestmarch.

Giving it a third dimensionwas the venue of internationalconference (CoP 11) about tobegin in HICC which theprotesters might target.

As the Ganesh immersionwas behind schedule, the citypolice notified deviation inmarch route from Necklace Roadto Sanjeevaiah Park.

Hundreds of trucks wereparked and idols lay awaitingimmersion on the Basheerbaghand Tank Bund Road.

The whole of Necklace roadand all its entry point were barricaded since last night, leav-ing the morning joggers fuming.

The harassed-lookingGHMC officials and cleaningcontractors were struggling todeal with ever-increasing num-ber of Ganeshas.

“In spite of clear instruc-tions from the governmentpolice failed to speed up the pro-cess of immersion”, points out amunicipal official. “We shall beclearing the lakes by afternoon,

was the impatient remark of LVandana Kumar, AdditionalCommissioner, Health andSanitation.

Being Sunday and commerceestablishment having decided tokeep the shutter down, thewhole City lay open to Ganesha

immersion and T march. Thismade the situation a bit easierfor the police.

(With inputs from InkeshafAhmed, Mohd Subhan, Rahul

Ramakrishna and MdNizamuddin)

CITY 3SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

An LIC agent Y Rajesh,43,died under suspicious

circumstances onSaturday in his home at LN

Towers, PG Road yesterday. Itis not clear if it was a suicide

or a foul play. His son who wasat home shifted him to a

hospital where he wasdeclared dead.

Man found dead

Four of a family members sus-tained burns on Saturday atShahpurnagar under Jeedimetla

police station limits when a LPGcylinder exploded. House owner,Tiwari, his wife Kalawathy, daughterArchana,and another person wereinjured and are undergoing treat-ment. Condition of one of the victims is said to be serious.

4 injured in gas cylinder blast

The State government has madeelaborate arrangements for Hajpilgrims. The first flight of the

pilgrims will leave from Shamshabadairport on October 6, announced minister for minority welfare SyedMohammad Ahamadullah, who willflag off the first flight. A total of 7,488Haj pilgrims from the state areperforming Haj this year.

First Haj flight on October 6

Now, that’s biodiversity!Delay in immersion created more problems for the police force even as civic

officials struggled to clear the remains of the idols before the CoP.

The Ganesha immersionfestival turned sour latelast night when three per-

sons were killed and four chil-dren suffered injuries in acci-dents related to immersion.

Two youngsters died atChilkaguda cross roads nearrailway quarters when the lorrydrivers carrying idols accelerat-ed and the two were over-thrown. They were crushed

under the lorry tyres. In another incident, a

priest, Srikanth Sharma, died ofheart-stroke nearKabutarkhana. The 27-year-oldSharma was dancing when hesuddenly collapsed. He wasshifted to hospital but died.

Four children were alsoinjured in separate incidentsconnected with immersion procession.

Seven die in accidents

N SHIVA KUMAR

4SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

CITY

Inkeshaf [email protected]

The fire is gone fromhis brand. The TRSpatriarch, KChandrasekhar Rao,

who now wants dialogue anddiscussions rather thanstreet violence, has decidedto stay put in Delhi and con-tinue to canvass for T state-hood. But as of today, theUPA has not indicated it wasready to grapple with theissue and take a decision.

The Centre is caught upin far more serious issuesthan Telangana, centralleaders impressed upon

KCR. On Saturday too, KCRmade a vain bid to extract afavourable statement fromUnion minister and in-charge of AP affairs,Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Speaking to Postnoonfrom New Delhi, KCR’s closeaide and party politburomember B Vinod Kumarsaid that the party chiefwould continue to hold nego-tiations with Congress lead-ers in New Delhi.

“Our negotiation processis still on. We will continueto hold discussions withCongress leaders. There is aconducive environment inDelhi for creation of a sepa-

rate Telangana state,” hesaid. Vinod said that theCongress had asked KCR towait for a month to take adecision on the Telanganaissue. “We think the megaevent (CoP-11) is one of theimportant reasons for this,”TRS leader G Kishor Kumartold Postnoon on Saturday.

NO SCOPE FOR VIOLENCE,SAYS TRS“We will not go into agita-tion mode. Instead, we willcontinue to hold our agita-tion in a peaceful mannerlike what we have beendoing since the formation ofour party,” said another TRS

leader. However, he refusedto comment on the riftbetween the TJAC and TRS.

On the other hand, the Cabinet ministers fromTelangana, who successfullynegotiated with the chiefminister to allow the T-march on Sunday, arejubiliant with their success.

“Earlier, Telangana sup-porters asked us to resignfrom our posts. If we hadresigned, we would not havesucceeded in convincing thechief minister to allow theTelangana march,” ministerfor women and child welfareV Sunitha Laxma Reddy toldPostnoon on Saturday.

NT [email protected]

Ganesh Chathurthi celebrations and the T-march have dampened spirits of City-based gamers. The Flipkart gaming tour-

nament that began on Saturday saw a thinnerturnout than expected. However, organisers areexpecting more gamers to turn up today.

Yesterday was dedicated to the DoTA compe-tition and for qualifying stage of Fifa. Hyderabadtraditionally does not have many DoTA gamers,but a lot more people were expected to partici-pate in the Fifa tournament.

Apart from Fifa, DoTA and Counter Strike,there are also games such as Super StreetFighter IV (XBox 360) and Sony Street Cricket(PS3) at the event. The tournament is planned intwo stages and the first stage will end with thetournament in Hyderabad.


In a scaled-down CoP scenario,some 2,000 delegates from 150

countries will be converging inHyderabad tomorrow. The earli-er estimate was 10,000 to 12,000.However, the number of NGOdelegates participating is notknown as yet.

The meet will discuss andadopt further decisions toensure the safe transfer, han-dling and use of living modifiedorganisms (LMOs) resultingfrom modern biotechnology.

These will include decisions toadvance the implementation ofthe 10-year Strategic Plan forthe Protocol adopted in 2010 andthe entry into force of theNagoya — Kuala LumpurSupplementary Protocol onLiability and Redress to theProtocol.

This comes at a time whenJamaica deposited its instru-ment of ratification to theProtocol on September 25, 2012.

The Cartagena ProtocolBiosafety was adopted onJanuary 29, 2000 and enteredinto force on September 11, 2003.

KCR makes last-minute T-bidIt's now clear that the beleaguered UPA will not take up Telangana issue in the near future, but

TRS leaders still hope to get a favourable statement, if not a T-state.

Even as the police and State administra-tion are watching over the preparations

of the T-march in the north-western part ofthe City, trouble broke out on OU campus,where a determined students’ JAC defiedwarnings and broke through the police barri-cade. Police bid to dissuade the protestersby firing teargas shells proved futile andsome 300 students, giving full vent to theirlung power, ran through the police linewhich led to cane-charging and firing of rub-ber bullets. It was all smoke and mayhem atthe NCC gates. Protesters and police wereengaged in a pitched battle at the time ofgoing to press.— Rahul Ramakrishna

OU ERUPTS

Overseas delegatesat CoP put at 2,000

Protests play spoilsport

M ANIL KUMAR

NATION 5SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Air India should be partly privatisedas private investors will focus on

maximising profit and in turnsolve the carrier’s operational issues, astudy commissioned by the corporate

affairs ministry has said. “Bringing in pri-vate players and capital will help address

some of the airline’s operational issues,while freeing government funds for

other purposes,” the study said.

‘AI should be partly privatised’

The security forces today recov-ered an IED planted beneath aroad bridge that leads to the

house of JMM MLA Jagannath Mahatoin Bokaro district. The IED weighing 25kg was found planted under thebridge on the Bhandaridah and Alargoroute, which is also the route to thehouse of Dumri MLA’s house, SPKuldip Diwedi said here.

IED recovered in Bokaro

Awoman panchayat representa-tive was shot dead after beingkidnapped by the activists of

People’s Liberation Front of India inGumla district, the police said today. A four-member armed ultra squaddragged Kalawati Devi out of herhouse at Nathpur village last night,took her away and pumped bulletsinto her four/five hours later.

Panchayat member killed

NEW DELHI: Coast Guard’splan to boost its maritimesurveillance capabilities willhave to wait as the defence min-istry has scrapped its tender toprocure 16 light helicopters.

Only two companies —Indian Hindustan AeronauticsLimited (HAL), offering its ALHDhruv, and EuropeanEurocopter with its twin-enginePanther MB — were in the racefor the deal expected to be worthover `1,000 crore.

The tender, issued in Julylast year, was cancelled by thedefence ministry after it wasfound that the helicopter offeredby Eurocopter was not compli-ant with one of the request forproposal requirements, defenceministry officials told PTI here.

With only ALH Dhruv left inthe race, the ministry could notgo ahead as single-vendor ten-ders are not allowed by theDefence Procurement Procedureof the ministry, they said.

The procurement was part ofCoast Guard’s efforts to enhanceits capabilities to tackle terror-ism and other threats emanat-ing from sea and to prevent any26/11-type attacks.

The Coast Guard is nowplanning to issue a fresh tenderwith new and reviewed specifi-

cations in the first quarter of2013.

In the aftermath of 26/11attacks, government had clearedseveral proposals to enhanceCoast Guard’s aerial surveil-lance capabilities and had sanc-tioned acquisition of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.

However, tenders for procur-ing six maritime surveillance

aircraft and dry-leasing 16 heli-copters from foreign companieshave been scrapped due to onereason or the other in the lastfour years.

Coast Guard wanted the heli-copters to be equipped withsurveillance devices to carry outsearch and rescue roles incoastal areas.

PTI

MoD scraps Coast Guardtender for light choppers

A man lifts his child to bid goodbye to Haj pilgrims as they leavefor the pilgrimage to Mecca, in Guwahati on Saturday. PTI

ADIEU

NEW DELHI: A court here is likely to frame chargestomorrow against Wasim Akram Malik, arrested by theNational Investigation Agency for his alleged role inthe terror attack at the Delhi High Court last year.

District Judge H S Sharma, who on September 4 haddecided to frame charges against Malik under variouspenal provisions of the IPC, the Explosive SubstanceAct and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, hadfixed October 1 for the same.

The court had earlier declined the NIA’s plea to tryMalik under the stringent charge of waging waragainst India, saying merely because an e-mail refer-ring to the release of Parliament attack case convictAfzal Guru was sent by the accused after the blast, itdoes not mean an offence against the state was commit-ted.

The September 7, 2011 terror attack at the HighCourt’s reception killed 15 people and 79.

PTI

Karnataka releasesCauvery water to TNMANDYA: Complying with the Supreme Court directive,Karnataka today began release of Cauvery River water toTamil Nadu, triggering widespread protests across thedistrict and disrupting vehicular movement.

Irrigation authorities told PTI that about 5000 cusecsof water was being released from Krishnarajasagar Damand Kabini Reservoir since last night. According tosources, Karnataka will be ensuring flow of 9000 cusecs ofwater to Tamil Nadu.

The decision comes a day after an all-party meetingdecided to request the PM to review the directive of theCauvery River Authority headed by him, askingKarnataka to release 9000 cusecs of water. The all-partymeet decision was taken in the backdrop of SupremeCourt directing the state to implement the order.

As the water release began, the farmers blocked theBangalore-Mysore highway near Gejjalagere and morethan 50 people including JD (S) MLA, CS Puttaraju havebeen arrested. PTI

CHENNAI: Seven pilgrims were killed and11 injured when a bus, on way from Tarapith toKolkata, overturned on NH 2 at Gurap in Hooghy dis-trict today.

The bus, carrying over 30 pilgrims from Vaishalidistrict in Bihar, was on a tour of religious places inthe region and had arrived at Tarapith Kali templeonly yesterday from Deoghar's Basukinath temple inneighbouring Jharkhand, Burdwan superintendent ofpolice SMH Mirza said. The accident spot was not veryfar away from Burdwan district.

The 11 injured were being treated at BurdwanMedical College and Hospital where the condition ofsome was stated to be critical, Mirza said.

The SP said the driver probably lost control andthe vehicle overturned twice as local people startedrescue operation soon afterwards alerted by thescreams. Other injured passengers of the bus werebeing treated at Dhaniakhali Rural Hospital. PTI

7 pilgrims die asbus overturns

Charges againstMalik tomorrow

With only Dhruv left in the race, the process could not go aheadas single-vendor tenders are not allowed by procurement rules


TEHRAN: Iran has unveiled an indige-nously built sniper rifle with a range ofthree kilometres, Xinhua reported. TheShaaher 14.5-mm-caliber rifle is 185 cm

long and weighs 22 kg. A tactical vehicle called Neinava was also

unveiled during a ceremony in TehranSaturday. Iran Army’S Brigadier

General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastanattended the event.

Iran unveils 3-km range rifleMONTREAL: The last Westerner heldat Guantanamo Bay, arrested as a teenwarrior for Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan,returned to his native Canada, afteryears of delay from Stephen Harper’sConservative government. OmarKhadr spent a decade at the prison atthe US naval base in Cuba startingwhen he was just 16, making him theyoungest detainee held there.

Last Westerner leaves GitmoNEW YORK: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger,who guided The New York Times andits parent company through a long,sometimes turbulent period of expan-sion and change on a scale not seensince the newspaper’s founding in1851, died early Saturday at his homein Southampton, N.Y, reported theNYT. He was 86. His death, after a longillness, was announced by his family.

Sulzberger dies at 86

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BELMONT,MASSACHUSETTS: USPresident Barack Obamaand rival Mitt Romneylay low Saturday aheadof next week’s debate,leaving their runningmates to spar over policyand seek votes in keyswing states.

With the presidentoff the campaign trailjust 38 days beforeAmericans vote onNovember 6, Romneyspent a quiet day inMassachusetts, visitingthe home of son Tagg ina Boston suburb and,according to his cam-paign, steering clear ofdebate preparation.

But with both menseeking an edge in theircrucial first face-off ofthe campaign, they willundoubtedly be spendingthe bulk of their timebetween now andWednesday’s debate inpreparation for the show-down in Denver, one ofabout a dozen swingstates where voters willdetermine the election.Obama travels to Nevadafor an event on Sunday,and spends the next twodays in the town ofHenderson gearing upfor Wednesday. AFP

Running matestake over BRUSSELS: A Sikh woman

and her three children havebeen found dead in theirhome in Brussels.The family hailed fromLudhiana in India, theEuAsiaNews reportedSunday. It was the woman’shusband who made the ter-rible discovery when hereturned home from workFriday. All four victims hadtheir throats cut. Theauthorities have confirmedthat they are investigatingthe crime, but have refusedto comment further on thecase. The father whom theBelgian media named asJasbir Singh, 37, was livingin Belgium since 15 yearsand was working in arestaurant.

IANS

4 of a Sikh familyfound murdered

ALEPPO, SYRIA:Fighting raged in astrategic district ofSyria’s commercial capi-tal Aleppo on Saturday,the third day of a rebeloffensive to seize the city,monitors said.

The United States andBritain, meanwhile,pledged more than $55million more in fundingfor humanitarian aid andthe civilian opposition.

The focal point ofcombat was Salaheddin, arebel stronghold on thesouthwest side of the citywhere insurgentsattacked an army posi-tion, the SyrianObservatory for HumanRights said.

It also reported thatthe wooden-doored shopsof the famous souk mar-ketplace in centralAleppo, a popular touristdestination before theviolence erupted in

March 2011, were setablaze in the clashesbetween rebels and sol-diers.

Elsewhere, the armystepped up operations inthe eastern suburbs ofDamascus. “The rebelshave a strong presence,and the army wants toroot them out once andfor all,” Observatoryhead Rami AbdelRahman said. Damascus-based citizen journalistMatar Ismail said the“army is taking revenge

against Damascus, and itis mainly the civilianswho are paying the price.

“The situation here isvery bad, especially inthe eastern areas. Andthe regime is executingmany men summarily.”

The eastern suburbsof the capital are the cen-tre of operations for therebel Free Syrian Army’sfiercest and best organ-ised battalions, includingTajamo Ansar al-Islam.

On Wednesday, twocar bombs struck anarmy headquarters in theheart of Damascus, andTajamo Ansar al-Islamwas the first FSA groupto claim responsibilityfor the operation.Meanwhile, fightingraged in several districtsof Aleppo, where rebelslaunched on Thursday anall-out campaign to cap-ture the northern city.

AFP

Aleppo souks burnas rebels up the ante

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A Palestinian protester runs for cover from an Israeli soldier during a demonstrationin the village of Kfar Qaddum near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus in supportof Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday. Abbas sought a new superobserver UN status on Thursday for Palestinians as he condemned Israel’s settlementcampaign in the occupied territories as “ethnic cleansing.” AFP/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH

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Cesar Millan, centre, host of the National Geographic Wildreality TV series The Dog Whisperer, stands with family mem-bers, friends and his dog at the start of the second annualNational Family Pack Walk on the National Mall in Washingtonon Saturday.

The dogwhisperer

Robert MacPherson

WASHINGTON: Theman they call the DogWhisperer led thousandsof Washington dog loversand their four-legged palson a “pack walk”Saturday to raise election-year awareness of theplight of unwantedcanines. “You’re a rock star,Cesar!” shouted a fan asCesar Millan, the one-time illegal immigrantfrom Mexico who is thebest-known dog trainer ontelevision, kicked off hissecond annual NationalFamily Pack Walk on theNational Mall. Seen inmore than 100 countries,“The Dog Whisperer” fea-tures Millan working hismagic on dogs with allsorts of behavioral issues,or, more to the point, edu-cating their owners howto become calm butassertive “pack leaders”.

The pack walk, howev-er, is geared more towardbringing public attentionto the rescue, rehabilita-tion and adoption ofabused and abandoneddogs — a cause, Millansaid, that could do withsome legislative help.

“It’s about people com-ing together to createawareness,” Millan, 43,told AFP prior to the walkthat attracted a wide vari-ety of dogs, both purebredand mongrels, including afew dressed up in tutusand Batman capes.

“We want politiciansto care and understand

that there’s a law to bemade about animalrights.”

Millan, who broughtone of his own gentle pit-bulls to the walk, added:“The greatness of anation and its moralprogress can be measuredin the way animals are

treated -- that’s(Mahatma) Gandhi. Wewould like for America,and the world, to embracethat quote.”

Organizers estimatedSaturday’s turnout at10,000 people and dogscombined, a spokeswom-an said. Americans own78.2 million dogs, but sev-eral million wind up inanimal shelters everyyear, and a large numberof those are put down,according to theAmerican Society for thePrevention of Cruelty toAnimals.

Earlier this year theHBO television documen-tary One Nation UnderDog featured harrowingvideo of unwanted dogsbeing put into a makeshiftgas chamber, piled one ontop of the other and cry-ing with agony as theydied. AFP

“YOU’RE A ROCKSTAR, CESAR!”SHOUTED ONE FANAS CESAR MILLAN,THE ONE-TIME ILLE-GAL IMMIGRANTFROM MEXICO.

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COMMENT 8SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Another rape case reported inHaryana as the CM was assuringthe people through the media

that everything is all right in the state...how worse can it get? That was just alittle girl who was lured in to a trap bysomeone who possibly saw her growup as a kid. Where are we headed?

Nalini ReddyWest Marredpally

Where are we headed?

The Iraq war could have beenavoided, it seems. Really? Whenyou have large reserves of oil lying

underground guarded by a dictatorwaning in standing and influence, doesit not make sense to pin him a devil,exorcise him with the assurance to thepeople of the land that “We havecome to free you”? Karthik Kumar

Vijayanagar Colony

War games

EDITORIALS

EDITORIALS

LET IMMERSIONturn greener next year

Hussainsagar is a grand sightwhile passing by, but unless youare used to it, can you stand thestench on the Tank bund? Onlythe brave of the heart and the

stout of the lungs can survive astroll on that stretch. They say the

weak of constitution are advisedto holiday near the sea so that

they may benefit from the saltywind from on the beach andgrow stronger. It’s not sure if

those whom you see stretchingand running there may have ben-

efitted similarly, but if they canbrave that and work out, that

talks about the top condition oftheir body. However, there’s no

need to make the stench and thegeneral lack of cleanliness in the

lake and on its premises anyworse. Post immersion, the lake

looks massacred with the idolsmostly made of plaster of paris

floating about. Had it been madeof clay, it would not have causedpollution. They say the water of

Hussainsagar was drinkable, along time ago. One cannot imag-

ine doing that now. Some varia-tions of plaster of paris have sili-ca and asbestos, both materials

very harmful if it gets into oursystem. One may ask, this hasbeen going on for years, why

must it change now? Restassured, if they may not causeharm instantly, in the long run,

they will. So, next year, let’s haveour immersion truly eco-friendly,

shall we?

WHY WE LOVE...Manmohan Singh

That’s it, Prime Minister. That’sthe way. All these years you have

been called names — shadowprime minister, puppet prime

minister... but now it’s time youshowed who’s boss. Your critics

may still carry on with their name-calling tirade, but don’t back off.

This nation needs some strongpolicies. It comes late, but better

late than never.

No innocent personshould be branded a ter-rorist and put behindbars simply because

s/he belongs to a minority com-munity, the Supreme Court toldthe Gujarat police.

Police must ensure that noinnocent person has the feelingof sufferance only because “Myname is Khan, but I am not aterrorist,” a Bench of JusticesHL Dattu and CK Prasad said onWednesday.

It ordered the acquittal of 11persons arrested under theTerrorist and DisruptiveActivities (Prevention) Act andother laws for allegedly plan-ning to create communal vio-lence during the Jagannath PuriYatra in Ahmedabad in 1994.

“We emphasise and deem itnecessary to repeat that thegravity of the evil to the com-munity from terrorism cannever furnish an adequate rea-son for invading personal liber-ty, except in accordance with theprocedure established by theConstitution and the law,” theBench maintained.

Being an anti-terrorist law,TADA’s provisions could not beliberally construed, the Benchsaid. “The district superinten-dent of police and the inspector-general and all others entrustedwith operating the law must notdo anything that allows its mis-use and abuse and [must]ensure that no innocent personhas the feeling of sufferanceonly because ‘My name is Khan,but I am not a terrorist’.”

Writing the judgment,Justice Prasad said, “We appre-ciate the anxiety of police offi-cers entrusted with preventingterrorism and the difficultyfaced by them. Terrorism is acrime far serious in nature,graver in impact and highlydangerous in consequence. Itcan put the nation in shock, cre-ate fear and panic and disruptcommunal peace and harmony.This task becomes more diffi-cult when it is done by organ-ised groups with outside sup-port.”

But in the country of theMahatma, the “means are more

important than the end.Invoking the TADA without fol-lowing the safeguards, resultingin acquittal, gives an opportuni-ty to many and also to the ene-mies of the country to propa-gate that it has been misusedand abused.” In this case,Ashraf Khan and 10 others, whowere convicted under the TADA,the Arms Act and the IPC wereaggrieved that no prior approvalof the SP, as mandated underthe provisions, was obtainedbefore their arrest and record-ing of statements.

The court’s observationopens a can of worms relatingto human rights violationsagainst innocent majorityamong minorities the worldover, being tortured in detentionfor a crime they have not com-mitted.

In April 2012, coincidingwith the acquittal of Delhi-based Mohammed Amir Khanwho spent 14 years in jail, a doc-ument released by the AllIndian Milli Council claimedthat 300 cases were registeredagainst innocent Muslim youthsince 1997 in terrorism casesand incidents that never hap-pened. The communal arrests,according to the documenttopped in Madhya Pradesh, fol-lowed by Maharashtra and is

now pervading into South,including states like Kerala.

Even weeks after the arrestsof 11 well-placed (scientist, doc-tor, journalist and engineer) ter-ror suspects, the Bangalorepolice are yet to come out withconcrete evidence on theirinvolvement in terrorist activi-ties alleging that “they are hardnuts to crack.”

Maher Arar, a telecommuni-cations engineer with dualSyrian and Canadian citizen-ship and Time Magazine’sCanadian citizen of 2004, sus-pected to be an Al-Qaeda mem-ber was held without chargesand in solitary confinement inthe Unites States. His case seek-

ing compensatory damagesagainst the US government thatviolated his constitutional, civil,international and human rightsis still on.

After receiving approximate-ly $1-million compensation forthe ordeal he went through in2007, Bangalore doctorMohammed Haneef received aformal apology from theAustralian government inwhich the Australian FederalPolice acknowledged that it wasindeed a mistake and that DrHaneef is innocent of theoffence he was suspected of inthe 2007 Glasgow InternationalAirport attack.

Military reports released byWikileaks in 2011 revealed thelaziness of both thinking anddetail in the handling ofAustralia’s Mamdouh Habib andDavid Hicks. “In detaining ter-ror suspects, US sloppinessreigns supreme,” maintainedThe Atlantic.

While focusing on thesefalse alarms that cause loss of alifetime of opportunities forthose unrelated to crime, thewar against terrorism shouldcontinue. We should fight as aunited world of differences,affected hard by violence andcounter threats perpetrated byideological groups.

My name’s Khan but...From the hip

SYED SHOAIB

POLICE MUST ENSURETHAT NO INNOCENTPERSON HAS THE FEEL-ING OF SUFFERANCEONLY BECAUSE “MYNAME IS KHAN, BUT IAM NOT A TERRORIST,”A BENCH OF JUSTICESHL DATTU AND CKPRASAD SAID ONWEDNESDAY.

Clarification

On Page 28(Quiz) September29, in the ‘Who am I?’ column,

instead of a ‘president’s son’, itwas printed ‘prime minister’s son’.The error is regretted.

It is Postnoon’s policy to correct errorsswiftly and fairly. Feedback can be sent

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Signalling the UPA’s intention tocontinue with decisions to

revive high GDP growth,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said

economic reforms was not a “once forall process” and the government will

do what was good for the country. Hehad earlier said that time had come for

“hard decisions” and sought people’strust, understanding and cooperation.

Singh sings reforms song

The French dairy giant Danone,which had earlier this yearacquired the nutrition business of

the city-based drug firm Wockhardt,plans to double the business in threeto four years, a top company officialsaid. Danone had acquired the nutri-tion business of Wockhardt for `1,280crore, paving the way for its entry intothe domestic market.

Danone to double biz

Delhi government’s revenue col-lection on liquor sale has regis-tered an impressive 19 per cent

growth in the first six months of thecurrent fiscal as compared to the cor-responding period in 2011-12. Thegovernment has collected `1,287between April 1 and September 27against its collection of `1,102 crorefor same period in 2010-11.

‘Booze’t for Delhi revenues

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Spanish bailout loomsKatell [email protected]

After four years fighting themarkets and a mushroom-ing economic crisis, Spainappears finally poised to

cave in and apply for a sovereignbailout. The economic descent hasaccelerated in the past few days: ris-ing anti-austerity protests; snapelections over independencedemands in Catalonia; and, thisweekend, a darkening outlook fordebt. Hovering over the nation is theimminent threat of a sovereign debtdowngrade by Moody’s InvestorsService, due by the end of the week-end, which could rate Spanish bondsat the equivalent of junk bonds.

The timing could be decided bythe EU’s calendar; Spain is on the ag -enda for a meeting of eurozonefinance ministers on October 8 andagain for a EU summit October 18-19.

Like Ireland, Greece andPortugal before it, Spain, whoseeconomy is twice the size of allthree bailed-out nations combined,can no longer afford to finance itsdebt on wary markets without help.

The next test comes on Thursdaywhen Spain will try to sell bondsexpiring in two, three and five yearson the same day that the EuropeanCentral Bank holds its monthlymeeting.The ECB calmed debt mar-kets in early September by outliningplans to buy the bonds of strickeneurozone states that apply for aidfrom eurozone bailout funds andsubmit to their strict conditions.

But as Spain hesitates to takethe leap, interest rates have edgedup again, with investors demandinga return of close to six per cent topurchase its 10-year governmentbonds. Investors don’t anticipatethat the ECB meeting this week willprovide much guidance.

“In principle, we don’t expectanything new because now it is theturn of the governments to takedecisions,” Spanish brokerage Renta4 said in a weekly report.

Though openly fretting over theconditions of a bailout, Spain seemsto be completing all its homework inpreparation for such a rescue.

On Saturday it delivered to par-liament a 2013 budget with 39 billioneuros in new spending cuts andtaxes and plans for 43 new struc-tural reforms negotiated withBrussels.

On Friday, the country took a

key step by releasing an audit of its14 major banking groups, half ofwhich failed a severe stress test andwill need some 59 billion euros innew capital. Spain’s government hasalready struck a deal for a rescueloan of up to 100 billion euros forthe banks.

Madrid says it will probablyneed only about 40 billion eurosfrom the eurozone loan because thelenders can find much of the cashelsewhere, including by sellingassets.

“THE NEXT HURDLE IS THEBAILOUT” Eurozone and IMF leaders wel-comed the banking audit results.

On Monday, Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy will host the EU’seconomic affairs chief, Olli Rehn.

The market reaction will demon-strate whether Madrid has managedto reassure investors. “The next hur-dle is the bailout which at this pointappears to be inevitable,” said CraigErlam, analyst London-based for-eign exchange broker Alpari.

“What matters to the market isthat Spain asks for the rescue,” saidMontserrat Formoso Fraga,economist at Spanish fund managerTressis. Spain’s budget and reformswere seen on financial markets as “astep closer to the bailout which,they believe, will solve the problemsof Spain and the eurozone,” said areport by London-based foreign cur-rency traders Moneycorp.

In the meantime, the figuresseem to be getting to be worse.

The cost of pumping cash intoSpain’s troubled banks is expectedto help send Spain’s public debt to85.3 per cent of gross domestic prod-uct in 2012 and 90.5 per cent in 2013.

It will also push the publicdeficit to 7.4 per cent of output thisyear, Budget Minister CristobalMontoro said Saturday, well abovethe 6.3-per cent target that he hadvowed to meet just 48 hours earlier.

Montoro argues, however, thatthe EU target excludes the bankingrescue costs, meaning Madrid canstill realistically aim for a 6.3-percent deficit excluding that sizeableitem. Spain, like other rescued euro-zone nations before it, is showinghow difficult it is to trim a publicdeficit in the midst of a recessionand with one in four workers unem-ployed. The Bank of Spain this weeksaid Spanish gross domestic producthad declined at a “significant pace”in the third quarter of this year.

Public discontent is growing,with anti-austerity protesters pack-ing into central Madrid on Saturdayevening for the third night thisweek. The strain is showing in par-ticular in the Spanish regions,which are heavily indebted and yetresponsible for half of all spendingincluding on health and education.

The powerful northeasternregion of Catalonia will hold snapelections on November 25 over anindependence drive. Five regionshave asked Madrid for help from aliquidity fund, with the requestsalready amounting to 16 billioneuros. AFP

The cost of pumping cash into Spain’s troubled banks is expected to help send Spain’s publicdebt to 85.3 per cent of gross domestic product in 2012 and 90.5 per cent in 2013.

Children wave flags through smoke thrown by firemen and policemen during a demonstration of public serviceworkers against government’s spending cuts in Sevilla on Saturday. AFP/CRISTINA QUICLER

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 201210INTERVIEW

QUEEN OF THE CATWALK

You started modelling atthe age of 19 and wenton to rule the ramp forover a decade. How didthe switch to fashion

direction happen?I did my first modelling campaignwhile still in college. Back then Iwasn’t even sure if I wanted to takeit up as a career, it just happened.Then in 2001, I got the opportunityto work on the Femina Miss Indiashow, which was great because ithelped me decide the path I want-ed to take. I really enjoyed workingon it and went on to direct theMiss India shows independently in2004 and 2005.

Do you miss modelling?It was an absolutely amazing timeand I have the best memories fromit but now when I look back, I don’tmiss it. I guess there is a time andplace for everything that happensin life.

What does directing a fashionshow encompass?I conceptualise the show and doeverything for it till it is implement-ed, right from stage design, lights,music, model selection, and alsodirecting it. So basically I produceand direct shows and events. Theconcept can either be completelymy responsibility or sometimesinvolve brainstorming with thedesigner or brand. A typical day atwork for me starts early where Icheck on stage design before themodels arrive. I have to ensure allset backstage and the designers’clothes are in. Then a briefing ses-sion with the models followed by adry rehearsal with music takesplace. Post lunch the models’make-up and hair is decided andbegun. I go on to design the light-ing with my light experts. Then it’stime to tweak music and makeminor changes if required, followedby discussions and briefing withthe compere. If the show includesdance or live music etc., I work onthat. Finally it’s the all-importanttechnical rehearsal with everyoneinvolved. I usually don’t design the

decor of the venue but if I’m partof that, then the final briefing,touch-ups etc happen at this stage.If I have a few minutes to myself Imight freshen up and change forthe show. And then it’s show time!

What of the infamous modeland designer tantrums?There aren’t really many tantrumseither from models or designers.Some might just be a bit more dif-ficult to work with than others,that’s all.

What are some of the challengesof the job?Gruelling schedules, long hours,sometimes too much travel, notenough time to make and keepfriends and relationships and highstress.

How do you deal with the super-ficiality and insecurity of thisindustry?Insecurity is part of human natureand I’ve seen insecure people in allwalks of life, be it business, politics,movies, professional services etc.So I’m not sure why people havethis perception that only fashionhas insecure people. Perhaps it’smore noticed since you’re as rele-vant and important as your last col-lection, show, or ad or maybe it’sjust a more ‘visible’ professionwhere one is constantly under thespotlight. People tend to feel inse-cure when they’re taken out oftheir comfort zone and in our lineof work, we’re constantly takingourselves out of our comfort zonesall the time, challenging ourselves.It can also be a short-lived careerwhich breeds insecurity.

As a mother to young twins howdo you strike a balance between

work and family?I strive constantly to do justice toboth; believe me it’s not easy! I’mlucky to have a flexible job, havefinally managed some good helpat home, and have a very support-ive mother and a hands-on hus-band, whom I depend on con-

stantly. It would have been impos-sible without them.Which have been your mostmemorable shows?There have been quite a few andfor different reasons. Sabyasachi’sshow in Delhi, 2011; Rohit Bal’sshow in Mumbai, 2012; AnamikaKhanna’s show in Kolkata, 2012;the Mai Mumbai show with NaomiCampbell, 2011; Then there havebeen shows at great locations likeThe Lido in Paris with Ritu Beri;BMW-Suneet Varma show inUdaipur 2012; closing ceremonyof The Commonwealth Games inMelbourne etc.

What are you working on atthe moment?Multiple projects actually. Just forthe month of October there’s theWills Lifestyle India fashion week;Meera and Muzaffar Ali’s shows inDelhi and Mumbai; the L’Orealshow, Sabyasachi’s show inMumbai... This is a very busy sea-son for us.

You’ve made a significant con-tribution to the Indian fashionindustry for over two decades.What’s your secret to being apart of it without disillusion-ment setting in?Frankly there have been timeswhen I’ve felt quite disillusionedwith it but then I look at thebright side of my work — travel,flexibility and the fact that I reallyenjoy what I do — and it’s forgot-ten. Rather than a fleetingmoment in my life, the fashionindustry has given me a solidcareer that’s held me in goodstead for almost 22 years. It’simportant to not get carried awaywith the glamour of the industry,fashion is a serious business.

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One of India’s topfashion show

directors, AnuAhuja talks about

the challenges of her chosen

career and misconceptions

about the fashionworld.

It’s important to not getcarried away with theglamour of the industry, fashion is aserious business.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 201211GOLDEN YEARS

Films, which were once thereflection of the socio cul-tural changes in the soci-ety, have undergone a mas-

sive transformation, especiallyin the themes they explore. Inthe process, of late, the entirefocus is on the youngsters andthe fact that people between theage group of 18-30 form themajor segment of the targetaudience has completelychanged the way filmmakersthink. No wonder, one hardlygets to see older actors in pivotalroles. At best, they end up beingthe voice of reason who inspirethe hero to take the righteouspath. This is a far cry from howHollywood and to an extent evenBollywood treats the olderactors.

Actors and directors likeClint Eastwood, Woody Allen arestill playing lead roles, despitetheir age and in Bollywoodactors like Amitabh Bachchan,Anupam Kher, Om Puri andNaseeruddin Shah carry theentire film on their shoulders. Sowhy is Telugu film industryreluctant to write intriguingroles for elder actors?“Compared to Hollywood orBollywood, the market forTelugu cinema is quite small,which hardly leaves us any scopeto experiment,” screenwriter

Gopi Mohan says. Elucidatingmore on the issue, he says, “Longago, films used to spark debateabout the social issues prevalentin the society. With the prolifera-tion of media, I believe that peo-ple don’t expect cinema to raiseissues which affect our lives. Thefocus has being shifted complete-ly to young actors and they wantthe adrenaline rush every timethey watch a film.”

Back in the 50s and 60s,actors like SV Ranga Rao,Suryakantham and Gummadiused to play vital roles in most oftheir films. Despite the presenceof actors like NTR, ANR andlater Krishna and ShobhanBabu, character artistes hadtheir own space. That changed toa large extent in the 90s whenTelugu cinema embraced com-mercial cinema completely.Would people like to watch a filmwhere actors, who are past theirprime, are cast in lead roles? Inthe past few years, there havebeen films like Aa Naluguru, MeeSreyobhilashi, Sontha Vooru,Onamalu, Midhunam andDevasthanam which were com-pletely driven by actors likeRajendra Prasad, LB Sriram, SPBalu and K Vishwananth.

Despite the critical acclaim,such films rarely make big bucksat box office. “Such films don’tget good screens which furtheradds to the number of issueswhich filmmakers already face todraw the crowds,” Gopi Mohansays, adding, “Let’s face it, we

don’t have someone like AmitabhBachchan in our industry whostill has the charm, despite hisage, to be widely accepted by theaudience.”

Filmmaker P Sunil KumarReddy concurs with GopiMohan’s perspective and says,“These days, the stories in ourfilms are completely aimed atyoungsters from the age group18-30. TV serials has taken overthe onus of showcasing familydramas and when people come towatch a film, they expect some-thing larger than life. So, it’s dif-ficult to cast senior actors in piv-otal roles and even the directorswho do make family dramas, endup stereotyping elder actors.” Isthere an alternative? “Luckilydevotional films have been thesaving grace. They have a specif-ic target audience and there’s alot of scope to write good charac-ters for senior actors in suchfilms,” Sunil Kumar Reddy says.

It’s not that roles for senioractors have completely disap-peared from mainstream films,but it’s just not the same any-more for an entire generation ofmovie aficionados who grew upwatching legendary actors likeSV Ranga Rao play amazingroles even in the twilight of theirillustrious careers. With time,most of the supporting actorsfrom yesteryears are forgottenand they become vague memo-ries of the past. Perhaps, it won’tbe too late before they get lost intime.

Filmmakers andwriters in Telugufilm industry are

finding itextremely

difficult to weaveinteresting

characters forolder actors. Butdearth of ideas is

not the only reason why films

rarely featureactors past theirprime. Postnoon

finds out.

UNLIKE HOLLYWOOD ORBOLLYWOOD, THEMARKET FOR TELUGUCINEMA IS LESS, WHICHLEAVES US WITH VERYLITTLE SCOPE TO EXPERI-MENT. MOREOVER, WEHARDLY HAVE ACTORSLIKE AMITABHBACHCHAN WHO CANPULL THE CROWDS.

HEMANTH KUMAR

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LOST IN TIME

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 201212ART AND CULTURE

TThe Bauhaus was themost influential

modernist art schoolof the 20th century,

one whose approach to teaching,and understanding art’s rela-

tionship to society and technolo-gy, had a major impact both in

Europe and the United Stateslong after it closed.

It was shaped by the 19th andearly 20th centuries trends such

as Arts and Crafts movement,which had sought to level thedistinction between fine and

applied arts, and to reunite cre-ativity and manufacturing. This

is reflected in the romanticmedievalism of the school’s

early years, in which it pictureditself as a kind of medieval

crafts guild. The school is also renowned

for its faculty, which includedartists Wassily Kandinsky, Josef

Albers, László Moholy-Nagy,Paul Klee and Johannes Itten,architects Walter Gropius and

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, anddesigner Marcel Breuer. The

motivations behind the creationof the Bauhaus lay in the 19thcentury, in anxieties about thesoullessness of manufacturing

and its products, and in fearsabout art’s loss of purpose in

society. Creativity and manufac-turing were drifting apart, and

the Bauhaus aimed to unitethem once again. Although the

Bauhaus abandoned much of theethos of the old academic tradi-

tion of fine art education, itmaintained a stress on intellec-

tual and theoretical pursuits.

Fine art and craft were broughttogether with the goal of prob-

lem solving for a modern indus-trial society. In so doing, the

Bauhaus effectively leveled theold hierarchy of the arts, placing

crafts on par with fine arts suchas sculpture and painting, and

thus inspiring artists in the late20th century. The stress on

experiment and problem solvingat the Bauhaus has proved enor-

mously influential for theapproaches to education in thearts. It has led to the ‘fine arts’being rethought as the ‘visual

arts’, and art considered less asan adjunct of the humanities,like literature or history, and

more as a kind of research science.


Tradition meets moder-nity at Muse ArtGallery this Sunday.Works by 33 artistsfrom across the country

will be on display atMultiversal-2, an exhibitionwhich brings together the bestof senior and new artists on oneplatform.

This is the second time thatMuse Art Gallery facilitates themeeting of the old and the new.Last year, the exhibition waslimited to artists from AndhraPradesh, but this year, the scopehas widened. Some of thebiggest artists, who are of inter-national repute, will be on dis-play. The juxtaposition of theyounger artists with the moresenior, experienced painters isdeliberate, says Kaali Sudheer,founder and curator of the

gallery. According to him, theyounger artists, having grownup in a post-liberalisation world,are more bold and free-spiritedin their themes and expression.Comparatively, the older artistare more likely to be influencedby traditional imagery. The mix-ture of bold and contemporarywith tradition and classic will

be an interesting proposition,Sudheer feels.

The artwork varies inmedia, as well as in style andtheme. The curator believes thatyounger artists whose workswill be displayed among those oftheir seniors, will gain confi-dence from the experience.“Younger artists from India pos-sess great potential, both in

terms of form and content. Insome cases, their talent is com-parable to international stan-dards. With this kind of expo-sure, they would get the encour-agement needed to achieve greatexpectations,”said Sudheer.

Artists like Nityam SinghaRoy, Raghunath Sahoo, Ramesh

Gorjala Chipa Sudhakar andmany more will display theirpaintings at the gallery.

Another reason for arrang-ing such an exhibition, saidSudheer, was to provide avenuesfor gifted Indian artists to mar-ket their works. This will helpassess the commercial aspect ofthe works in the art market,allow artists to get in touch withconnoisseurs of art and encour-age the younger lot to continuetheir artistic pursuits.

Ananda Priya Foundation isthe charity partner for the exhi-bition, which will preview at7pm on September 30. Theguests expected to attend theevent include directorDasaradh, Madhura SridharReddy, actresses BhanushreeMehra and Swetha Basu. Theshow will be on view tillOctober 19 at Muse Art Galleryat Marriott Hotel andConvention Centre.

Age no bar

Muse Art Gallery is bringingthe best of young and seniorartists of India together in a

unique exhibition. The juxtaposition of tradition and

contemporary works promises to be a visual treat.

Artists like NityamSingha Roy, Ragh-unath Sahoo, RameshGorjala Chipa Sud-hakar and many morewill display their paint-ings at the gallery.

An attempt an bringing back art’s purpose in societyRejuvenating design for daily life ART FOR DUMMIES

Russian experts are warning that unnec-essary works and questionable tech-

niques are being used in the restorationof the 17th-century New Jerusalem

Monastery near Moscow. They say thatthe Kremlin-backed, multi-billion-rouble

project not only poses a threat to themonument’s preservation, but is divert-

ing funds from other much-neededrestoration projects across the country.

Experts miffed at restorationAs part of the ongoing review of itscollections, the Cleveland Museum ofArt has identified Claude Monet’spainting, Wheat Field (1881) for deac-cession through public auction. Inkeeping with the museum’s policy andthe accepted guidelines establishedby the AAMD, all proceeds from thesale of this artwork will be used forfuture art acquisitions.

Auction of Monet paintingChinese Tunivians, an ethnic group origi-nating from Mongolia, who considerthemselves descendants of Mongol rulerGenghis Khan, have dedicated their livesto preserving an ancient flute that pro-duces a variety of sounds that mimicnature.The chuer is a lightweight windinstrument made out of lovage, a perenni-al plant found in the area. It has only threeholes, but produces a variety of sounds.

Mongolia’s ancient flute

MULTIVERSAL-2Venue: Muse Art Gallery

Dates: September 30-October 19


With an overhaul of air quality laws duewithin a year in Europe, health advocates

are calling for the European Commission toresist pressure to tone down the EU’s pollu-

tion standards and instead replace themwith stronger UN guidelines. The call came

two days after a report by the EuropeanEnvironment Agency showed that nearly

one-third of urban residents breathe air thatis far dirtier than the law allows.

Tougher air rules for EuropeThe first traces of plastic debris havebeen found in the once pristine environ-ment of the Southern Ocean, accordingto a new study. The findings come aftera 2.5-year, 70,000-mile voyage by theFrench scientific research vessel Tara.Samples from locations in the SouthernOcean and Antarctica revealed traces ofplastic waste at a rate comparable tothe global average.

Plastics in Southern OceanLarge earthquakes can alter seismicitypatterns across the globe in very differentways, according to two new studies by USGeological Survey seismologists. Whileaftershocks have been defined as thosesmaller earthquakes that happen afterand near the main rupture, scientists nowsay aftershocks are simply earthquakes ofany size that would not have taken placehad the main shock not struck.

What is an aftershock?

ENVIRONMENT

Apply green to your phonesEven as there is an increasing emphasis on green technology today, there's also a growing interest among mobile app

developers to contribute their bit to the cause. Here are a few environment friendly apps every smartphone user should have.

SKEPTICAL SCIENCE

One of the hottest debate top-ics in the last few years has

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Available for free oniPhone/Android devices

PROJECT NOAH

Nature enthusiastsand citizen scien-

tists, this one's definite-ly for you. Project Noahpromises to be “the best

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help document our plan-et's biodiversity” and we

believe them. If youhave ever spotted a

great wonder of nature,animal, bird or flowerand wanted to find out

more, share or tellsomeone about it,

Project Noah let's youdo just that. Not onlycan you submit your

spottings through pho-tos, it has features likethe Field Guide whichenable you to discover

wildlife from around theworld as well as floraand fauna nearest to

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GREEN GENIE

Green Geniebelieves

that every greenchange you make inyour life adds to thebetterment of envi-

ronment and yourown finances in the

long run. The appenables you to explore

all the different waysyou can help to make

the planet a betterplace to be. It con-

tains everything fromresources you can

learn from, green pro-jects you can under-take as well as spaceto share and submit

your own ideas with aglobal community ofgreen enthusiasts. In

short, it is your oneshop stop for sustain-

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CARBON TRACKER

With burgeoning popula-tion, rising pollution

levels and erratic weatherpatterns, it’s becomingincreasingly obvious theneed for sustainable modesof living. Carbon Tracker

makes you accountable forthe carbon foot print you areleaving behind and helpsyou reduce it as much asyou can. Available for free oniPhone

POLLUTION

Living in cities, we have already con-signed ourselves to a lifestyle where

finding clean water, breathing pure airand eating fresh food is becoming harderto find each day. But do you know justexactly how clean the air is around you?Or how loud and damaging the noisearound you can be? That's wherePollution comes in. The app, which feedsin real-time air pollution data for almost1,400 cities worldwide, overlays sources ofpollution around you on a Google mapwith your location. If you can ignore thenumerous ads, Pollution makes for aninteresting addition. Available for free on iPhone/Androiddevices

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 201214FOOD

Cocoa compounds found in darkchocolate can reduce blood

pressure in the short term andcould help guard against cardiovascu-lar disease. A new systematic review inThe Cochrane Library assessed 20 pre-vious trials where daily dark chocolate

or cocoa powder consumption wasseen to cut blood pressure compared

to a control group.

Chocolate good for heart

The appetite centres of children'sbrains light up when they are shownadvertising images such as the

McDonald's logo, a study reveals.Researchers revealed that the same areasdo not respond to well-known logos thatare not to do with food, TheIndependent reported. These areasdevelop before the regions that provideself-control, leading to unhealthy choices.

Fast-food logos light up kids

Pizza chain Domino’s have firmlyestablished their monopoly on theIndian pizza delivery industry with

the launch of their 500th store in thecountry. The US giant now have a 55per cent share of India’s pizza marketand cater to 70 per cent of all India’shome-delivery pizzas. India is nowDomino’s third biggest overseas mar-ket, following the UK and Mexico.

Domino’s hits 500 mark

Iam not in Hyderabad anymore. Gone is the crazytraffic, the dug-up roadsand the crush of people.Instead, I find myself at a

quiet lawn, sipping a drinkand breathing in aromaticbarbecue smoke.Somewhere, 21-year-oldAustralian singer LauraMeldon croons while a planerumbles overhead.

Unfortunately, I cannotstay here forever. But for thelength of a meal, I can pre-tend that I live in this ver-dant oasis in the heart of thecity. Because that is trulywhat Alfresco at Taj Krishnais. With the monsoon almostover, the Friday BBQ buffetis back at Alfresco, andHyderabadis are making thebest of it. This beautiful set-ting lends itself perfectly tobarbecue and on Fridaynight, most of the tables onthe lawn are occupied withpeople out for a peaceful din-ing experience.

After spending severalminutes just soaking in theambience, we headed to thebarbecue pits, where affablechefs were prepping all sortsof delicacies. We start withbarbecued peri peri spicedlady fish, the flaky whitemeat just melting off thebone. A good choice for fishlovers. Also on offer in theseafood section are mangogroove bay marinated

prawns and cre-

ole rubbed octopus.Classic lal mirch ka

murgh tikka followed, themeat soft and well flavoured.gosht skimapuri kebabpaired with a light mintchutney was met with appre-ciation. The vegetarians hadzaffrani paneer tikka, bite-sized hara bara kebabs andBadami subz sheekh.

The Mediterraneancounter was a major draw,piled with bowls of hum-mus, tazatki and taboulleh.A chef conjuredup lovelypita

pockets for us, stuffed withpickled vegetables, smoothhummus and chunks ofchicken. Easily our pick ofthe night. The slices ofchicken shawarma weredelicious as well.

Unfortunately, weweren't able to do justice tothe Continental grills. Alsoon offer were RatatouilleParmigiano reggianolasagna, garlic rosemaryroast chicken,

Hyderabadi biryani, mirchibaigan ka salan andtamatari paneer. However,most people preferred tofocus on the grills, and thechafing dishes remainedmostly ignored. However,there was a section under apavilion that few were ableto ignore. Dishes laden with

halwa, crum-ble

cake,

tiramisu and other dessertshad many takers and wereturned to our table withplates piled high. However,all the other desserts paledin comparison to the hotchocolate and pear pudding,which was warm, bitter-sweet and wonderful.

We left most reluctantly,but if you ever want to hidefrom the craziness of thecity and relax in style, headto Alfresco. You can'tgo wrong.

OPENWith the rains gone, an alfresco

barbecue is a great way to enjoy a quietevening. Head to Alfresco on Fridays for

some grills, music and peace of mind.

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In their ownnative/eclectic/hearty way, thalisare so uniquely endearing in away platters and combos cannever be. If you are bored of the

clink of spoon and fork routine, howabout a feast for the eyes and for thepalate? Khandani Rajdhani above Qmart and Ohris De Thali at WhiteHouse, Begumpet both offer just that.Rajdhani offers a Gujarati/Rajasthani thali with over 20 dishesin a menu that changes daily. With

impeccable ser-vice and good food, it is amust try.

De Thali also goes with aRajasthani theme with a cou-ple of traditional starters (alaDal Baati Churma), seven typesof curries (with dal, paneer,aloo, mix veggies, kadi etc)three types of breads and anequal variety of rice and twodesserts. Be warned of overpopu-lation, terrible service and incon-sistent taste.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 201215FOOD

KhandaniRAJDHANI

OHRIS DE THALI

AVERAGE PRICE: RAJDHANI – ` 300 – ` 375 + TAXES

DE THALI – `200 + TAXES

Noor’s KitchenNOOR JAFRI

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Ingredients1. Lamb chops (rib bones) - 500 gms2. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp3. Chilli powder - 1 tsp4. Haldi powder - 1/4th tsp5. Dhania powder - 1/2 tsp6. Roasted jeera powder -1/2 tsp7. Hung curd - 1 tbsp8. Green chilli and coriander paste - 1 tsp9. Garam masala powder - 1 tsp10.Raw papaya paste - 1/2 tsp 11.Salt to taste12.Oil - 2 tbsp13.Garnishing - coriander leaves,

onion slices, slit green chillies andlemon wedges.

Procedure1. Take the single ribbed chops, with

thick meaty portion.2. Hammer the meaty portion with a

meat hammer or rolling pin.3. Apply ginger - garlic paste, raw

papaya, salt and green chilli kot-meer paste in the first marination; .leave it aside for about 1/2 to 1hour .

4. For the second marination mix allother masalas in 1 tbsp of oil, andcoat the masala nicely onto thechops.

5. Leave it for another 1/2 - 1 hour.6. Roast it on charcoal, can be grilled

or simply can be done on a non-stick pan.

7. Basting the oil occasionally to keepit moist.

8. Roast till they are brown and ten-der.

9. Garnish it with coriander, onionrings, lemon wedges and slit greenchillies.

Chef’s note n These are tender lamb ribs,which

makes it a very tasty dish, andcan be served along with themain course, or as a snack.

n Rich in proteins, but low in fat.

With the World Vegetarian Day just around

the corner, we revisit some of the best veggie hot spots in the city.

Vegetarian times

Little Italy

Who knew that a little pizzeria in Punewould metamorphose into one of themost respected Italian fine dining chain

of restaurants in the country. But, boy are weglad. For those who most often have had tomake do with the two or three standard offerings in the vegetariansection in most restaurants, Little Italy allows you to go wild. Frommouth watering antipasti (starters), hearty zuppe (soups), healthyinsalate (salads), fresh wood oven pizzas, made-from-the-scratch-pastas that make their sumptuous main courses (think lasagne, risot-to, gnocco) and of course, their heavenly Dolci, the desserts, this istruly food paradise. If you are heading to Little Italy, eat like theItalians, savouring all the five courses, with friends and family, untilyou slip into a food coma. Alas, all good things come at a price.

A’la Liberty

The latest entry intothe lonely club ofrestaurants, A’la

Liberty in Banjara Hillspromises to be an allvegetarian fine-dining experience. And wecertainly think it has promise. With anextensive menu that traverses acrossIndian, Oriental, Italian, Mexican andmore; an ambience to match and decentservice, it gives you little reason for com-plaint. Their carefully selected lunch anddinner buffets, in particular, has foodiestalking. Warrants enough for a try, yes?

Chutneys/Minerva Coffee Shop

If South Indian is the craving ofthe day, you already knowwhere to go. Chutneys and

Minerva have undoubtedly thebest tiffins in the city.True to itsnamesake, Chutneys is worth avisit not because their idlis ordosas are exceptional but for their numerous accom-paniments (their slightly sweetened coconut stew,we can swear, is to die for) and some native specialslike Babai Hotel Idli/Guntur Idli, Mango Utappam orSteamed Dosa. With an equally decent assortmentof items is Minerva, but our picks would be their riceitems like Bisibele bath or their South/North Indianthalis .

Ohris Jiva Imperia

At a time when many acrossthe city were praying fervent-ly for a restaurant that was

made exclusively for the vegetari-ans, Ohris Jiva came, saw, con-quered. Touted to be what is perhaps the most exten-sive all-vegetarian buffet (including a host of salads,drinks, starters, chaat, live counters, maincourses inIndian, Chinese and continental, and desserts) in thetwin cities, Jiva offers a whole world of choices for thehungry veggie without burning a hole in their pockets.Now, the Jiva of Somajiguda is in its new avatar at theWhite House building as Imperia, which is essentiallyJiva 2.0 – with better food and better ambience andbetter service. Can you ask for more?A

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October 7 2001: A US-led coalition begins attacks on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan with anintense bombing campaign by American and British forces.

October 11864: Confederate spy Rose O'NealGreenhow drowns off the NorthCarolina coast when a Yankee craftruns her ship aground. She wasreturning from a trip to England.

October 21985: Actor Rock Hudson, 59,becomes the first major US celebrityto die of complications from AIDS.Hudson's death raised awarenessabout the epidemic, which hadbeen ignored as a "gay plague".

October 21963: Hurricane Flora crashes intoHaiti, killing thousands of people inHaiti, Cuba and the Caribbean.

October 61991: Actress Elizabeth Taylor marries husband No. 7.

October 61847: Jane Eyre is published bySmith, Elder and Co. CharlotteBronte, the author, used thepseudonym Currer Bell.

October 51989: The Dalai Lama is awardedthe Nobel Peace Prize.

October 31995: At the end of a sensational trial, formerfootball star OJ Simpson is acquitted of thebrutal 1994 double murder of his estrangedwife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend,Ronald Goldman.

October 41957: The Soviet Union inaugurates the"Space Age" with its launch of Sputnik, theworld's first artificial satellite.

October 41960: Singer Janis Joplin dies of a heroinoverdose.

October 52011: Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder ofApple Inc., dies at 56 of complications frompancreatic cancer.

October 61973: Yom Kippur War begins.Hoping to win back territory lostto Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, Egyptian and Syrianforces launch a coordinatedattack against Israel on YomKippur, the holiest day in theJewish calendar.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 201219SPOTLIGHT

HealthylivingNCC cadets took apledge for a healthierheart on the occasion ofWorld Heart Day 2012, atthe 'Billion HeartsBeating' programmeorganised by ApolloHospital at theDirectorate of NCC,Secunderabad, onSaturday.

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Rebel along withPrabhas’ fans at

Sandhya Theatreon Friday.

The audio release of VishnuManchu, Hansika Motwani star-

rer Dhenikaina Ready saw agalaxy of stars coming down forthe event. Spotted were Vishnu

Manchu, Brahmanandam,Manoj Manchu and others.

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Surprises galore inRana's KVJ

Rana’s upcoming filmKrishnam Vande

Jagadgurum seemsto have quite a lot of surpris-

es in store for the actor’sfans. For the first time, Rana

is going to share screen spacewith Venkatesh in a special

song and it’ll also have Ranagrooving along with SameeraReddy. Directed by Krish, the

film’s shooting is completeexcept for this song. ManiSharma has composed the

music. The film’s audio willbe launched on October 3.

SAMANTHA

THE CURIOUSCASE OF

Archana Kaviin TollywoodAfter Nithya Menen,

Amala Paul andPoorna, the latest

Malayalam actress to jumpon to the Tollywood band-wagon is Archana Kavi.She’s going to play one of thelead roles in MadhuraSreedhar’s upcoming bilin-gual film titled 123, whichalso stars MahatRaghavendra and Swathi.Born and brought up in NewDelhi, her tryst with filmsbegan in 2009 when Lal Josespotted her on TV. “Myfather is a journalist and Ihave always wanted to dosomething related to mediaafter completing my degreein business administration. Iwas doing an internship atIndia Vision TV channel inKerala when Lal Jose askedme to audition for his filmNeelathaamara, which waswritten by MT VasudevanNair, who is a legend inMalayalam literature. After

that, I acted in Mummy &Me, which was also a criticaland commercial success,”she says. Despite the initialsuccess, she decided to bechoosy about her films andwhen Vasantha Balanapproached her for Aaravan,she signed the film immedi-ately. “My role in the filmmight seem small but therewas a lot of scope to perform.It took almost a year toshoot,” she recalls. So whatimpressed her so much aboutMadhura Sreedhar’s film? “Itwas a breakaway from theroles I had been doing inMalayalam and trust me, it’sthe sort of film which youwould definitely want towatch the moment you hearthe basic plot. I am a suckerfor romance,” she signs off.The film’s principal shootingbegins from October 11.Sunil Kashyap is going tocompose the music and MVKReddy is producing it.

There has never beenany dearth ofoffers forSamantha ever

since she made a spectac-ular debut in GauthamMenon’s Ye MayaChesave. After the successof Brindavanam andDookudu, her ‘lucky’ tagmade her the numero unochoice of most filmmak-ers here. Currently, shehas films like Yevadu,Seethamma VaakitloSirimalle Chettu, NandiniReddy’s untitled film andGautham Menon’s upcom-ing bilingual film YetoVellipoyindhi Manasu inthe pipeline. There wererumours that she hasbeen approached for twoTamil films which haveVijay and Suriya in leadroles and also for NagaChaitanya’s upcomingfilm Thrayam, which willbe directed by VikramKumar. The latest buzz is

that she’s going to teamup with Pawan Kalyan inTrivikram Srinivas’upcoming film. BVSNPrasad is going to pro-duce this film and it’slikely to go on floors thisNovember. Not long ago,Samantha had promisednot to sign any new filmsuntil she completes allher current commit-ments. With YetoVellipoyindhi Manasu andSeethamma VaakitloSirimalle Chettu in theirlast stages of producers,Telugu and Tamil filmproducers seem to beknocking at her doors tosign her for their upcom-ing films. The ball is inher court now and itremains to be seen howmany films she canaccommodate in herdiary in the next fewmonths. Clearly,Samantha is spoilt forchoice.


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Malaika said. The 39-year-old, who is married to actor-film

maker Arbaaz Khan, has done cameos in films like Bichhoo,

Indian, Kaante and Housefull.

But if given a chance to do a

full-fledged role in a film, th

en it is the action genre that she

has her eyes set on. “In future, I may turn around if some-

thing interests me. There is nothing that catches my fancy

but then, if

ever I do something, I w

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like the superhero genre... something lik

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or Krrish,” said Malaika, who began her tryst w

ith showbiz

as a video jockey on MTV.

IANS

DOESN’T MISS ACTINGMALAIKA

Hema Malini onNorway stamp,Mahek excited

Actress Mahek Chahal,born and brought upin Norway, is excited

to hear that Hema Malini hasbeen given the honour of

being on a Norwegian stamp.She says Hema Malini

deserves more recognition. “Ihave grown up watching

Hemaji’s films. When I got thenews of this felicitation by thecountry that I call home, I wasextremely elated. She deserves

many such honours,” the 33-year-old said in a statement. “I

wish I could have been a partof the Bollywood festival (in

Norway), which happensevery year, as it would have

been such a great moment tosee Hemaji receive this felici-

tation,” she added. IANS

Aiyyaa rides onRani’s shoulder

He is a superstardown South with80 films to his

credit, but actorPrithviraj Sukumaran,who is making his debutin Bollywood as theleading man in Aiyyaa,has no qualms with thefilm being portrayed ashis co-star RaniMukherjee’s project.“It’s a Bollywood filmand I am a completelynew entity and I lovethat. The film is ridingon Rani’s shoulder; I amhappy with that. I lovethe fact that people willgo and watch it as aRani film and discoverme. At the end of theday, it’s a love storybetween two people andthey are Rani and me,”Prithviraj said. PTI


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Saif to co-hostGIMA withParineeti?

Parineeti Chopra’s secret co-host for theGlobal Indian Music Academy Awards

(GIMA) is reportedly Saif Ali Khan.“Saif will co-host GIMA awards with

Parineeti this year. This is the firsttime that both the actors will be sharing thestage together,” a source said. If sources areto be believed, Saif will make a rockstar-likeentry with songs from his films Agent Vinod

and Cocktail playing in the background. Theactor had earlier performed in the first edi-

tion of the music awards along with compos-er Pritam Chakraborty. The star-studded

musical extravaganza will be held onOctober1 in Mumbai. IANS

Would loveto do a film on sanitation:

Not judging anyshow: LataWhile most celebrities would not think

twice about getting a chance to staron television, singer Lata

Mangeshkar thinks otherwise. She has saidthat she is not interested in judging anysinging reality shows. Her sister Asha Bhosledoes not think so, however. Asha has alreadybeen seen judging a musical reality show. PTI

Actress Vidya Balan,the newly appointedbrand ambassador

for the Clean India cam-paign, says she wouldlove to star in a filmwhich would helpspread the messageof sanitation andhygiene.“Why not? Itwill be good.It will spreadthe messageand if amable to moti-vate even two people, I think it will be worthcounting,” said Vidya, who was in the Capitalalong with Union minister Jairam Rameshtoday to announce a 2,000 km-long NirmalBharat Yatra. PTI

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Fashion designer NicoleRichie has created ahandbag for GwynethPaltrow’s Goop

Collection.Richie has made the

‘Addison’ handbag, a classicsnakeskin clutch in oxbloodand teal with a jaguar clo-sure on top for Paltrow’sexclusive designer collabora-tion range.

According tofemalefirst.co.uk, the venturewas “born out of a personalfriendship between Nicoleand Gwyneth”.

“Creating an exclusivepiece for Goop was a wonder-ful experience. The Addisonclutch is a staple in [my] col-lection and we felt it would

be the perfect piece tocomplement every-

one’s wardrobe,”said Richie.

IANS

Singer-actorJustin

Timberlakeenjoys throwing

lavish dinner par-ties for his

friends.The 31-year-old says the

secret to beingthe perfect host isto offer guests anabundant supply

of food andbooze, reports

femalefirst.co.uk.“The key to

good hosting is tomake sure every-

one has enoughto eat — and

booze on. We tendto host Sunday

barbecues, whichis convenient infootball season.

Everybody can dochips and dips,”Timberlake told

food blog BonAppetit. IANS

Timberlake loves tohost dinner parties Lindsay

Lohanrelates toLiz Taylor

Actress Lindsay Lohan believes sheshares a lot of similarities with

the late Elizabeth Taylor andfound it easy to portray the screen icon

in her new film Liz & Dick.The 26-year-old plays the iconic

actress in an upcoming TV movie Liz &Dick and she claims she found it easy to

play the character because she can identify with the high-profile lifestyle

that Elizabeth led.“I’m a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan,

and I relate to her on a lot of levels —living in the public eye, dealing with thestress of what other people say, whetherit’s true or not,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted

Lohan as saying. IANS

CHAI TIME 26SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

ACROSS1 Prove innocent6 Wield a machete11 Ask for ID15 Beam20 Actress — Berry21 Hooded jacket22 Uncool sort24 Excessive25 Had the flu26 Up and going27 Famed orca28 Take the helm29 Was impolite31 Loses one's coat33 Archaeologist's find34 Warty critters35 Intriguing37 Many, in combos39 Freight amts41 ‘Crooklyn’ director42 Alma —43 Long-tailed vermin44 Photo session46 Stork cousin50 Avg size51 Habit52 Sign over, as property53 Omnia vincit —57 Type of energy59 Limerick locale60 Singapore's language61 Not exciting62 Spooky noises63 Financial page org64 Dazed, with ‘out’65 HMO staffers66 Line of bushes67 Go off, as an alarm68 Exploits to the max69 Succeed (2 wds)72 — de cologne73 Heavy string74 Oscar or Cornel75 Window part76 Conscience79 Not plain80 Cheerfulness84 Shades85 Beachcomber's find86 Minor weakness87 Have a mortgage88 Light benders91 Check endorser92 ‘Warrior Princess’93 Caches95 Drag along96 Zeroed in on97 Composer — Satie98 Herd orphans99 Reed instrument101 Better trained102 Mini-container103 Political thaw104 Ceremonial fire105 Without value106 Counting-out rhyme107 LII, twice108 Dick Tracy's wife109 Stretchy fabrics111 Johnnycake112 Flies alone114 Junior reporter117 Horror-flick street118 Gourmet cheese119 Exploring caves124 Burro alternative126 Fencing sword

128 Hombre's title130 Rock band crew

member131 Web-footed mammal132 Exploding stars134 Lombardi or Edwards136 Wrecking-ball

swinger137 Pen138 Ringlet139 Moved cautiously140 What coals become141 In the altogether142 Swiss painter Paul —143 Requirements144 Them there

DOWN1 Deep cleft2 Not clergy3 Fitzgerald and Wilcox4 Tip off5 Use a coupon6 Place for relaxation7 Roped8 Guinevere's husband9 Pilots' place10 Strict11 Types of IRAs12 For some time13 Eager and willing

14 Mktg display15 Exactly like this (2

wds)16 Glom —17 Best possible18 Kind of jacket19 To the point23 Catfish30 Plays32 Cactus defense36 Old Roman road38 Autumn mo40 Whodunit requirement43 Hoarder's cry?44 Graf rival

45 Trim a doily46 Proceeds very slowly47 Chest of drawers48 Froze over (2 wds)49 Dross51 Trace of smoke52 Wolfgang's thanks54 Colt's parent55 Prefix for directional56 Sack out58 Make do59 Inspected60 Stale63 Orchid-loving Wolfe64 Zip67 Peat sources

68 Cut into small pieces69 Tiny amount70 Frazier foe71 Airline of the EU73 So-so grades74 Diminished75 Pet-adoption org77 Codgers' queries78 Mai Tai ingredient79 Lobby80 Cry from the sty81 An antiseptic82 Candies83 Sticky situations85 Desert fixture86 Conceal88 Drop heavily89 Rich red90 ‘Young Frankenstein’

role91 Tablets92 Fracture finder (hyph)93 Summer forecast94 ‘— — the picture!’96 Bridge support97 One, to Helmut98 Swallow up100 Cartoon shriek101 Indigo dye102 — flytrap103 Pickling herb

106 Job-ad letters107 Strong-armed110 Approached111 Polite word112 Ocean dweller113 Arctic vehicle (hyph)114 Circus performer115 UHF part116 Tie-dye cousin118 Carpentry joint

119 Sarcastic120 Portraitist Yousuf —121 Baking potato122 Poker pair123 A couple of water fowl125 Give out sparingly127 Ham129 Level133 Opposite of NNW135 MS polishers

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The Devil – You’retempted to take theeasy way out and dowhat, to your mind,is best. Think beforeyou take any majordecisions. You mayneed to reconsider.

Queen of Swords -You may be feelinglonely and are over-whelmed by miscon-ceptions people hav -e of you. You are toblame – the impres-sion you’ve given.

Ten of Pentacles -There’s no dearth ofwhat you need. Youonly have to learn tochannel it correctlyand make it work foryou. You have it inyou.

ARIESBusinessmen might face dissatisfactionfrom customers as well as a staff revolt.A dull trend likely due to this. Also,they need to maintain a cordial rela-tionship with business partners.

CANCER

LIBRAWorking women might face unexpect-ed problem at workplace; be alert andcautious. Avoid issueing chequestowards financial commitments withouthaving enough funds in the bank.

CAPRICORNBusinessmen engaged in export andimport business will face delay in rece -ipt of good orders. Those expecting anew job opportunity will get favour -able news. Politicians to be careful.

TAURUSThose searching for a job will get favo -urable news. Written-off dues willcome and surprise you. Some have achance to buy house or land. Childlesscouples will be blessed with one.

LEODull trend in business will disappearand the pickup will happen at a fastpace. New customers will be added toyour list. Women will be happy as alltheir wishes will get fulfilled.

SCORPIOHaunted debt issues will be under con-trol as you will take appropriate stepsto clear them. Businessmen will be in aprofitable situation as they are success-ful in satisfying customers' needs.

AQUARIUSEmployees need to focus and comple -te work in the stipulated time; they mi -g ht face the ire of superiors otherwise.Businessmen are likely to get plenty oforders but they need to be quick.

GEMINIArtists have a busy time as more oppo -r tunities come their way. Politicians willbe in limelight and they will be entrust-ed with new responsibilities. Court ca -se will end in your favour.

VIRGOMoney will come from expected sources.Businessmen will have a steady trend a -n d gradually situation will pick up speed.Politicians need to be calm and discusswith seniors in a polite way to benefit.

SAGITTARIUSNew products introduced by business-men will be accepted well and all theproduce will be sold so that profits willsee a quantum jump. Happy eventswill take place at home.

PISCESDelayed marriage talk will resume anda date will be fixed. Strained relation-ships will resume on their own. Coupleswill be more affectionate towards eachother. Businessmen will do well.

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Knight of Pentacles -You’re in chargetoday and you floweffortlessly from onejob to the next. Yo -u’re intuitive and kn -o w exactly what ne -eds your attention.

Page of Wands -Your enthusiasmand adventurousbent of mind is tak-ing you places. Youachieve much morethan you set out toinitially.

Five of Swords -Avoid conflict at allcosts. But this doesnot mean you shouldhide the real personthat you are whileinteracting with peo-ple.

Four of Swords - If it’sall quiet around you,you’re beginning towonder if it’s thecalm before thestorm. Even if it is,you’ll have to ridethe storm.

Seven of Pentacles -You’re feeling tiredand exhausted bythe routine and bytaking care of every-thing. You need tomake changes tofeel refreshed.

Three of Pentacles -Keep going with yourplans and don’t giveup no matter whatthe circumstances.You need to upgradeyour skills to makebetter decisions.

King of Swords -You’re cut and driedand this might workbest at office wherepeople may be try-ing to ta ke advan-tage of you. It won’twork at home.

Pisces – Ace of Pent -acles - Money is ingreat shape. You ma -y get a raise or bon -us, which is beyondyour expectation. Yo -u also have ideas tomake this work.

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Aman meets an old friend &notices he is wearing an

earring: when did u start wear-ing earring?Friend: Ever since my wifefound one in my car.

Rajnikant once donated bloodto a very small, sick and thinchild. Today that child is known as‘The Great Khali’.

Women don’t play football notbecause they aren't good at it…but because it’s against theirego to be dressed up exactlylike 10 other women in front of

10,000 people.

Professor Santa asked aplumber to come to his col-lege. Do you know why?Because he wanted to checkwhere the question paper wasleaking from!

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Natalie Portman has

been linked to therole of Jackie

Kennedy.The Closer star is

being “courted” by FoxSearchlight to portray the late

First Lady in the NoahOppenheim-scripted

drama Jackie,reports Deadline.

The drama follows Jackieafter her husband and US

president John F Kennedywas assassinated in 1963.

Portman is said to likethe Jackie script but will waitto find out the director before

taking on the movie.Darren Aronofsky was

previously attached to theproject with Rachel Weisz set

to star as Jackie, but theypulled out after their split.Steven Spielberg was also

apparently interestedin Jackie in 2010.

Portman worked withAronofsky on Black Swan, for

which she won an Oscar.Earlier this month,

Portman was reported tobe taking a break from act-

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Emily Blunt gets $2 mneco-friendly home

Actress EmilyBlunt and

her actor husbandJohn Krasinski

have bought anover $2 millionhouse, which is

run on renewableenergy technolo-

gy. The couplepurchased the 4,177 sq ft pad in

Ojai, nicknamed the ‘Shangri-la ofCalifornia’ thanks to the city’s

focus on health and spirituality,back in June for $2,150,000,

reports tmz.com.IANS

Watson, Lerman formeda music group

Actress EmmaWatson says

she made a musicband along with

her Perks Of BeingA Wallflower co-

star Logan Lermanon sets of the

movie. “Throughout the movie weall made music together. Our band

was called Octopus Jam. I singand Logan Lerman is a classical

composer, and he created a piecefor me,” mirror.co.uk quoted

Watson as saying. IANS

Malin Akerman expecting first child

The actress, whorecently

starred alongsideTom Cruise in

Rock of Ages, isexpecting her first

child with husbandRobert Zincone.

Malin, 34, and her husband mar-ried in June 2007.

Before marrying, the couple wasactually in a band together — ThePetalstones. Robert played drums

and Malin was the singer.

Anne Hathaway readyto get married

AnneHat

haway’s big dayis today.

The DarkKnight

Rises star is setto get hitched

to fiancé AdamShulman in a

private ceremo-ny in the red-

wood-studdedcoastal enclave

of Big Sur, Calif., E! News has con-firmed. Previous reports suggest

that Hathaway will be swathed in agown specially designed by her

friend Valentino Garavani.


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Russia’s Alexander Povetkin retained hisWBA world heavyweight title onSaturday with a second-round stop-

page of former world champion HasimRahman of the United States. Povetkin, 33,extended his undefeated record to 25fights with 18 victories coming inside thedistance. The 39-year-old Rahman, whorelieved Britain’s Lennox Lewis of his worldtitles in 2001, fell to his eighth career defeatagainst 41 wins and two draws.

Povetkin retains WBA title

Hosts Karnataka turned in a fine sec-ond-half performance to outclassAndhra Pradesh 5-1 while Jharkhand

overwhelmed Sashastra Seema Bal 9-1 tobook their berths in the quarterfinals ofHockey India’s senior National men’s hock-ey championship at Bangalore on Saturday.Karnataka, leading 2-1 at half-time after awell-fought first session, rammed in threequick goals to subdue Andhra and top PoolB with an unbeaten record.

Jharkhand in quarters

Strong home support will make EastBengal the favourites against Goagiants Dempo SC in the final of the

34th Federation Cup at the KanchanjunghaStadium at Siliguri on Sunday. East Bengalwill aim for the eighth title making its 16thfinal appearance while the holder of recordfive I-League titles, Dempo, will seek to addanother crown to the lone Fed Cup title.The final is expected to bring up an inter-esting clash of style and tactics.

East Bengal take on Dempo

SAO PAULO (BRAZIL): WorldChampion Viswanathan Anand’shunt for the elusive victory con-tinued as he played out fifthdraw on the trot, signing peacewith Magnus Carlsen of Norwayin the fifth round of 5th FinalMasters, here.

Yet another draw, comingwith white pieces, did not serveAnand’s cause in any way as thelead positions remainedunchanged after the end of theSao Paulo leg of the super tour-nament.

Armenian Levon Aronianwas on the brink of the victorybut missed it by a whiskeragainst Fabiano Caruana ofItaly who survived by the skin ofhis teeth.

The other game betweenFrancisco Vallejo Pons of Spainand Sergey Karjakin of Russiaalso ended in a draw leaving thepoints table similar to what itwas before the start of the fifthround.

The event will now shift toBilbao in Spain after a week’sbreak and the players are expect-

ed to work harder when theBattle Royale commences.

As things stand, Caruanacontinued with his four pointslead under the soccer-like scor-ing system that gives three

points for a win and one for adraw. After five games, theItalian stands firmly in frontwith two draws and three winsand has an envious 11 points.

Aronian remains a distant

second on seven points and theArmenian has only himself toblame for the missed chancesthat would have helped bridgedthe gap.

With Carlsen on six pointsand Anand on five, the tourna-ment is only simmering up andmuch will be known only afterthe matches resume a week fromnow. For the records, Karjakinand Vallejo Pons share the lastspot with three points apiece.

For Anand, the Sao Paulopart of the Final Masters simplydid not work at all. The Indianace faced the Queen’s Indiandefence as white against Carlsenand again got very little out ofthe opening. PTI

NEW DELHI: Braving hot andhumid conditions, Kenya’sEdwin Kipyego emerged victori-ous in the men’s elite category,while Ethiopia’s Yimer Wudewon the women’s title of theAirtel Delhi Half Marathon,here today.

Kipyego covered the21.097km distance in one hourand 55 seconds to pocket $25,000winner’s purse. He however wasbehind previous editions winingtime of 59:30s, set by LelisaDesisa of Ethiopia.

Two-time winner DeribaMerga holds the course record of59:15 seconds clocked in 2008,which is his personal best in thisdistance.

Last year’s champion Desisasuffered from Achilles tendon

pain during the course of therun to finish seventh with a tim-ing of 1:02:50s.

Kenya dominated the men’selite field as Kipyego’s compatri-ots Leonard Langat and SilasKipruto finished second andthird respectively.

Langat, who was matchingthe pace of Kipyego most of the

distance, failed to acceleratetowards the end and clocked1:01:07s to settle for a silver.Kipruto clocked 1:01:57s to winthe bronze.

Two-time winner AselefechMergia of Ethiopia could not fin-ish the race because of a leginjury.

Rahul Kumar Pal (1:06:12s)finished first among Indian menand overall 16th in the race.Nitender Singh and IndrajeetPatel came second and thirdamong Indian winners respec-tively.

Sudha Singh was the fastestwoman among Indians, clocking1:19:34, followed by Kavita Rautand last year’s champion LalitaBabbar.

PTI Participants run at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, in New Delhi today(Sunday) morning. IANS

Anand draws Carlsen;Caruana continues lead

Caruana continues to lead in the soccer-like scoring system in the tournament that gives three points for a win and one for a draw.

THE INDIAN ACE FACEDTHE QUEEN’S INDIANDEFENCE AS WHITEAGAINST CARLSEN ANDAGAIN GOT VERY LITTLEOUT OF THE OPENING.

RAHUL KUMAR PALFINISHED FIRST AMONGINDIAN MEN AND OVER-ALL 16TH IN THE RACE.SUDHA SINGH WAS THEFASTEST AMONG INDIANWOMEN.

Kipyego, Wude win Delhi Half Marathon

NEW DELHI: Ukraine’sDynamo Kyiv gave a lessonin possession football totheir Indian counterpartswhen they hammered TheSports Hostel, Tamil Nadu6-0 to reach the U-17 boysfinal of the 53rd SubrotoCup here today.

They will now face MSPHigh School, Kerala, whoare also making a maidenentry in the final of thecompetition.

Given the control andpoise the visitors displayedin the semifinal, they wouldbe difficult to stop.

Rostyslav Taranukhaopened the scoring in theninth minute and doubledthe score in the 21st. Thetwin strike opened thefloodgates as DmytroZayikyn (27, 48) and DenysKostyshyn (29, 59) scoredtwo each to complete thehumiliation for the TamilNadu boys.

Dynamo Kyiv coachSergyi Bezhenar was elatedwith his team’s display andsaid there was no reason tothink why they should nottake the trophy home.

The coach said hewould play the same combi-nation in the final. PTI

Kyivsail intofinal

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CHICAGO: The United Stateswill start major winnersBubba Watson and WebbSimpson in Sunday’s RyderCup singles while Europecounters with former worldNo. 1 Luke Donald and crush-ing force Ian Poulter.

Masters winner Watsonwill get the day started by tee-

ing off to an ear-splitting roarfrom the partisan US gallery atthe No. 1 tee box for the thirdday in a row. He will faceDonald who has been one ofEurope’s most steady forcesthis week.

US skipper Davis Lovechose reigning US Open champWebb Simpson as his second

singles player but he will havehis hands full with firebrandPoulter who stormed to the fin-ish line Saturday, closing withfive straight birdies and for thecome-from-behind win in after-noon fourballs. In a surprisemove, Love placed 14-timemajor winner Woods last in thegroup of 12 Americans.

Allan Kelly

CHICAGO: The United Statesmaintained a stranglehold onthe 39th Ryder Cup onSaturday, winning the four-somes and sharing the four-balls to leave Europe trailing10-6 at the end of the day.

That left Davis Love andhis men in prime position toretain the trophy they lost ago-nisingly at Celtic Manor, Walestwo years ago.

It left Europe needing tomatch the record last daycomeback set by the US teamat Brookline, Massachusetts in1999 when they won from fourdown.

Saturday afternoon’s four-balls ended with two wins forEurope as darkness fell afterthe Americans had won thefirst two on the back of domi-nating the morning foursomes3-1.

To retain the cup onSunday, Jose Maria Olazabal’smen need to win eight out ofthe closing 12 singles, a highly-unlikely scenario given thatthe Americans have habituallybeen stronger on the final day.

The Americans need justfour and a half points to getpast the winning post.

Mission impossible as con-

cerns Europe for some, but UScrowd-pleaser Bubba Watsonsaid there was still plenty fightleft in the European team.

The home team took upearly Saturday where they leftoff Friday evening with one

hand round the Europeanthroats as the star duo of PhilMickelson and Keegan Bradleyonce again led the charge.

Their 7 and 6 thumping offormer world No.1s LeeWestwood and Luke Donald

equalled the highest ever 18-hole winning margin by aRyder Cup pairing, and thefirst time such a drubbing hadbeen handed out since 1991.

Jason Dufner and ZachJohnson scored their secondstraight win for the UnitedStates, while Jim Furyk andBrandt Snedeker turned thetables on Rory McIlroy andGraeme McDowell who beatthem in the first match out onFriday.

Only English pair IanPoulter and Justin Rose pro-vided some respite for Olazabalwith a vicory at the last holeover Bubba Watson and WebbSimpson.

That left the Americans 8-4ahead at the end of the morn-ing’s play and Olazabal sayinghis team had to at least carrythe afternoon session to haveany realistic chance of retain-ing the trophy on Sunday.

But that never looked like-ly as once again the hosts dom-inated from the start of thefourballs.

There was something forEurope to cheer at last whenLuke Donald and SergioGarcia, both pointless throughthe three first sessions, defeat-ed Tiger Woods and SteveStricker at the last hole.

Europe surge, butUS are favourites

If Europe are to win, they have to match the record last-day comeback set by theUS team at Brookline, Massachusetts in 1999 when they won from four down.

US look to wrap up CupUnited States will start major winners Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson.

Sunday’s Singles draw

US SKIPPER DAVIS LOVECHOSE US OPENCHAMP SIMPSON AS HISSECOND SINGLES PLAYERBUT HE WILL HAVE TOBATLE IAN POULTER.

n Bubba Watson (USA) v LukeDonald (Europe)

n Webb Simpson (USA) v IanPoulter (Europe)

n Keegan Bradley (USA) RoryMcIlroy (Europe)

n Phil Mickelson (USA) v JustinRose (Europe)

n Brandt Snedeker (USA) v PaulLawrie (Europe)

n Dustin Johnson (USA vNicolas Colsaerts (Europe)

n Zach Johnson (USA) GraemeMcDowell (Europe)

n Jim Furyk (USA) v SergioGarcia (Europe)

n Jason Dufner (USA) v PeterHanson (Europe)

n Matt Kuchar (USA) v LeeWestwood (Europe)

n Steve Stricker (USA) v MartinKaymer (Europe)

n Tiger Woods (USA) vFrancesco Molinari

Fourballsn Bubba Watson/Webb

Simpson (USA) bt JustinRose/Francesco Molinari(Europe) 5 and 4

n Dustin Johnson/Matt Kuchar(USA) bt NicolasColsaerts/Paul Lawrie(Europe) 1-up

n Sergio Garcia/Luke Donald(Europe) bt TigerWoods/Steve Stricker (USA) 1-up

n Rory McIlroy/Ian Poulter(Europe) bt JasonDufner/Zach Johnson (USA) 1-up

Foursomesn Keegan Bradley/Phil Mickelson

(USA) bt Lee Westwood/LukeDonald (Europe) 7 and 6

n Justin Rose/Ian Poulter(Europe) bt WebbSimpson/Bubba Watson (USA)1-up

n Jason Dufner/Zach Johnson(USA) bt NicolasColsaerts/Sergio Garcia(Europe) 2 and 1

n Jim Furyk/Brandt Snedeker(USA) bt Rory McIlroy/GraemeMcDowell (Europe) 1-up

SCORE: UNITED STATES 3 EUROPE 1


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Shahid Hashmi

PALLEKELE, SRI LANKA: SriLanka thumped the West Indiesby nine wickets in a low-scoringmatch — with the help of theirspinners led by Ajantha Mendis(2-12) and Mahela Jayawardenehitting an unbeaten 65 — for thesecond win in as many matches.

Defending championsEngland avoided another mishapwith a comfortable six-wicketwin over New Zealand withSteven Finn taking a career best3-16 and Luke Wright scoring 76in a 149-run chase.

England had lost by 15 runsagainst the West Indies, whileSri Lanka had a Super Over win

over New Zealand in their firstmatches.

Sri Lanka must avoid defeatin their last match againstEngland while the West Indiesneed to beat the Black Caps witha superior net run-rate — bothmatches here on Monday — to

reach the last four.In case Sri Lanka lose to

England and the West Indiesbeat New Zealand — it will comedown to net run-rate to decidethe semi-finalists, with threeteams on four points.

New Zealand’s slim chance

of reaching the semi-final hingeson Sri Lanka winning their lastmatch and they beat the WestIndies big.

Jayawradene and KumarSangakkara (39 not out) knockedoff the target in just 15.2 overs,as both tamed the Windies spinattack.

“Overall it’s a very goodteam effort,” said Jayawardene.“When they were going after ourbowlers I just kept changing thebowlers and it worked well.”

Jayawardene’s counterpartDarren Sammy added: “Theybowled really well to us. We are always a boundary hittingteam but the bowlers bowledfuller and we didn’t do thatenough.”

Kuldip Lal

COLOMBO: Pakistan will lookto extend their dominant formand put India on the brink ofelimination when the old foesclash in the World Twenty20 onSunday.

Pakistan have never beatenIndia in either the 50-over WorldCup or the World Twenty20, butMohammad Hafeez’s men startas favourites in the much-await-ed Super Eights game inColombo.

Pakistan are the team inform, winning both matches inthe preliminary league beforestunning top-ranked SouthAfrica by two wickets in theirfirst Super Eights game onFriday.

In contrast, Australia annihi-lated India by nine wickets later

the same evening, leavingMahendra Singh Dhoni’s menneeding to beat Pakistan andSouth Africa to stay in con-tention for the semi-finals.

But if Australia beat SouthAfrica and Pakistan defeat Indiain Sunday’s double-header, bothwinners will advance to thesemi-finals from what was billedas the “group of death”.

Pakistan seamer Umar Gul,an unlikely hero with the batagainst South Africa with apower-packed 32 off 17 balls,said: “When we play India thereis lot of pressure because ourpeople always want us to win.

“The same is the case inIndia, so there will be pressureon both teams.

“Anything can happen. Wewill give it our best shot. India isa very good team, but we know

each other’s strong and weakpoints. In T20 it all depends onhow a team plays on that day.”

India, winners of the inaugu-ral World Twenty20 in SouthAfrica in 2007, failed to win evenone Super Eights game in thenext two editions, in England in2009 and the Caribbean in 2010.

Skipper Dhoni, however, puta positive spin on his team’s do-or-die scenario ahead of thesold-out game at the 35,000-capacity Premadasa Stadium.

“It is always good to be in asituation where you have to winevery game,” he said. “There isno scope for complacency andthat is a good thing. You have tobe at your best throughout.

“Hopefully we can go out andexpress ourselves without wor-rying too much about theresult,” he added.

West Indies captain Darren Sammy (R) congratulates Sri Lanka captainMahela Jayawardene after their victory at the Pallekele International CricketStadium on Saturday. AFP/ PRAKASH SINGH

Indian cricketers play football in a practice session in Colombo on Saturday.AFP/ LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI

Lanka move closer tosemis, England in hunt

Sri Lanka put one step into the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 whileEngland remained in hunt after both recorded comfortable wins.

Sri Lanka v West IndiesWest Indies innings 129/5 (MNSamuels 50, DJ Bravo 40, ADRussell not out 19, KMDNKulasekara 1/28, BAW Mendis 2/12Sri Lanka innings 130/1 (DPMDJayawardene* not out 65, KCSangakkara† not out 39, R Rampaul 1/39)

Brief scores

Brief scores England v New ZealandNew Zealand innings 148/6 (LRPLTaylor* 22, JEC Franklin 50, NLMcCullum not out 16, ST Finn 3/16,GP Swann 1 /20England innings 149/4 (AD Hales22, LJ Wright 76, EJG Morgan 30,KD Mills 1/23, DL Vettori1/20, DAJ Bracewell 1/8)

India hope for salvation against Pak

PALLEKELE, SRI LANKA:England and Sri Lanka werefined for slow over rates dur-ing their Super Eightsgroup one matches in theWorld Twenty20 here onSaturday.

The InternationalCricket Council (ICC) saidin a press release thatEngland were found oneover short during their six-wicket win over NewZealand, while Sri Lankaalso fell short by the samemargin in their nine-wicketwin against the West Indies.

“Match referee JavagalSrinath imposed the finesafter both England and SriLanka were ruled to be oneover short of their targets atthe end of the matcheswhen time allowances weretaken into consideration,”said the ICC.

In accordance with ICCregulations governingminor over-rate offences,players are fined 10 per centof their match fees for everyover their side fails to bowlin the allotted time, with thecaptains fined double thatamount.

As such, England’sStuart Broad and MahelaJayawardene of Sri Lankawere fined 20 per cent oftheir match fees. AFP

England,SL finedover rate


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Justin Davis

MILAN: Juventus (above)pulled away from Napoli at thetop of Italy's Serie A with a 4-1thrashing of Roma as hostsParma held a seemingly resur-gent AC Milan to a 1-1 draw onSaturday.

Roma coach Zdenek Zemanhad helped stoke the fires in thedays leading up to the Juvematch with comments on anautobiography by former SerieA player Matias Almeyda whichrevived Juventus's murky dop-ing past.

Juve responded by outclass-ing the visitors to go threepoints clear of Napoli ahead oftheir match Sunday away tothird-placed Sampdoria, leavingRoma with two wins from sixgames.

Earlier, AC Milan, who lostseveral key players in the sum-mer and have made a disastrousstart to the season, produced aperformance worthy of the 2012league runners-up againstParma.

Despite Milan's domination,Parma scored a 66th minuteequaliser from DanieleGalloppa's 66th minute free-kick.

BERLIN: Goals in the final nine min-utes from Luis Gustavo and MarioMandzukic gave Bayern Munich a sixthleague win out of six for the new sea-son as the Bavarians cantered to a 2-0win at Werder Bremen on Saturday.

The win took Bayern, seeking toend two years of Borussia Dortmunddominance in the league, five pointsclear of second-placed EintrachtFrankfurt, who host Freiburg onSunday.

Dortmund enjoyed a 5-0 romp overBorussia Moenchengladbach to showthat they are back in the groove afterdropping seven points in their openingfive matches.

Bayern's mean machine once againkept a clean sheet — they have conced-ed just two goals to date — andGustavo's 20-metre drive into the topleft-hand corner finally broke the dead-lock when it looked as if Werder mightpinch a point.

Elsewhere Saturday, Hanover lostthe chance to go joint second after a 1-0loss in Hamburg, now moving up thetable after a poor start.

Bayer Leverkusen thanked twoquickfire second-half goals from SidneySam, their German-born Nigerian, tosee off promoted Furth 2-0.

The win took Leverkusen jointfourth in the table.

Julian Guyer

MANCHESTER: Gareth Balescored one goal and set up anotheras Tottenham beat ManchesterUnited for the first time in 23Premier League matches with athrilling 3-2 win on Saturday.

Spurs's first victory at OldTrafford since December 1989 sawthem twice go two goals in front,with the teams sharing three goalsin as many minutes during a franticspell before the hour mark.

United's first home league defeatin 2012 meant Alex Ferguson's sideended the weekend in third place —four points behind leaders Chelsea— while Tottenham climbed to fifth.

Just 90 seconds had been playedwhen Spurs' defender JanVertonghen burst into the box andfired the visitors in front with a lowshot that deflected off Jonny Evans.

In the 32nd minute they were 2-0up when Bale, from just inside theUnited half, outpaced RioFerdinand before his shot beatAnders Lindegaard.

United pulled a goal back in the51st minute when substitute WayneRooney provided a cross for Nani to

steer past Brad Friedel.But two minutes later Jermain

Defoe left the struggling Ferdinandbehind him and found Bale.

The Welshman's shot waspalmed away by Lindegaard butonly to Clint Dempsey, with theUnited States striker shooting intothe empty net.

However, United cut the lead to3-2 moments later when Japan mid-fielder Shinji Kagawa slotted home.

Ferguson was furious with ref-eree Chris Foy for only playing fourminutes of added-on time at the endof the match.

Chelsea remained top as JuanMata starred in a 2-1 win away toLondon rivals Arsenal.

They are three points ahead ofEverton whose promising early sea-son form continued with a 3-1 winover Southampton.

Brendan Rodgers enjoyed hisfirst Premier League win asLiverpool manager during a 5-2 winat Norwich that took the Reds out ofthe bottom three.

Meanwhile, reigning championsManchester City came from behindto win 2-1 at Fulham, with substi-tute Edin Dzeko scoring the winner.

Barça squeeze through to victoryBarcelona struck twice in the final minutes to complete a fightback as they beat Sevilla 3-2.

Tim Hanlon

MADRID: Barcelona (right)struck twice in the final min-utes to complete a controver-sial fightback as they beat 10-man Sevilla 3-2 to go elevenpoints clear of bitter rivalsReal Madrid on Saturday.

Piotr Trochowski putSevilla ahead after 26 minutesand when Alvaro Negredo dou-bled the advantage after thebreak it looked as though theAndalusians would achieve adouble over the top two, havingbeaten Real a fortnight ago.

However, Barca fought backwith Cesc Fabregas reducingthe arrears after 53 minutesand then the talking point wasthe dismissal of Gary Medel foran apparent headbutt onFabregas which led to himbeing red-carded with 18 min-utes to go.

Barca pressed forward andit was Fabregras who equalisedwith a minute to go before sub-stitute David Villa got the win-ner in the fourth minute ofinjury time.

Barca coach Tito Vilanovafelt it was right to send off

Medel.Malaga maintained their

unbeaten start as they cruisedto a 4-0 victory over Real Betiswith the game turning on anearly penalty and the sendingoff of goalkeeper CastoEspinosa.

Casto was red-carded for afoul on Eliseu Pereira and afterJoaquin Sanchez converted thepenalty, Malaga never lookedback.

Elsewhere Valencia beatZaragoza 2-0 and Real Sociedadalso came out on top 2-0 againstAthletic Bilbao.

Super Spurs stun UnitedIt was Tottenham’s first victory at Old Trafford since December 1989.

Bayern make it 6 out of 6The win took Bayern five points clear of second-placed Eintracht Frankfurt.

Juve ona roll atthe topJuventus pulledaway from Napoliin the Serie A.

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