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In the dock
Mumbai special court on Friday convicted 12 of the
13 accused in the 2006 Mumbai trains blasts case.
Faisal Sheikh and Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, identified as main conspirators, were among those
convicted. Wahid, was only person acquitted.
The accused were charged under the Maharashtra
Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), Indian Penal
Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives
Act, Explosive Substances Act, Prevention of Damage to
Public Property Act, The Railways Act, and Passport Act
As per the prosecution’s case, the accused were activists of the
banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). They held
several conspiratorial meetings at Sheikh’s house in Bandra and
at another accused’s house in Mira Road, where they decided
to target local trains as they were crowded and security was not
as tight as for the other sites they had surveyed.
Starting 6.24 p.m. on 11 July, 2006, seven blasts ripped
through the first class compartments of the trains at
Matunga, Mahim, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Mira
Road stations. Meanwhile in Chandigarh, emphasising the
need for holistic and preventive healthcare, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi today said that time has come to think
about wellness rather than illness. ‘The time has passed
for (only) addressing (the issue of) illness, (rather) time has
come to address wellness.... We will have to move ahead
with a comprehensive thought, in which we should address
wellness and well-being and not only illness,’ he said.
Show, glow, flow
q Jaya’s efforts bring Rs 2.42 lakh crore investment to TN in just 2 days
M BHASKAR SAI
Chennai, Sept 11:
How about two days overtaking
two decades? This is what precisely
happened at the Global Investors
Meet (GIM) that concluded in the
city Thursday, as efforts by Chief
Minister J Jayalalithaa have brought
in Rs 2,42,160 crore investment to
Tamilnadu, exceeding the cumulative
investment made in the State over the
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the 20-year period from 1991 to 2011.
Global Investors Meet.
Known for breaking existing records
Photo: A R JAYAKUMAR (including the ones created by her),
Operation Hamla
gets underway
q ‘Terrorists’ nabbed across Tamilnadu
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
The anti-terror security exercise
carried out by the State and Central
agencies on land and sea, codenamed ‘Operation Hamla’, began
this morning.
It may be noted that the operation
is a joint effort by the Navy, Coast
Guard, Marine police, city police,
Customs and Fisheries department,
to check the preparedness of the
State in reacting to an incidence of
infiltration through sea lines or the targeting any vital installation in the city.
The mock drill began to be implemented after the Mumbai terror attacks
in 2008, and is a routine activity, where
policemen would masquerade as terrorists and strike at different places, and
even plant bombs. The police and other
forces would be kept in the dark of the
number of ‘terrorists’ and their plans.
According to a senior police official,
24 such intruders have been nabbed
at the coastal belt in Nagapattinam,
Rameshwaram and Mahabalipuram.
‘They were entering the area
through the sea when we caught
them. The exercise will go on till the
night of 12 September’, he said.
Similarly, several other terrorists
have been caught at various parts of
the State, sources said. The coastal
police force also includes fishermen
who would tip-off the department if
they came across any suspicious activity or alien presence in the waters.
Last year, the uniformed men were in
for a surprise when the terrorists targeted
an off-shore oil platform, thus testing their
alertness, the official added.
A city police Inspector who is part
of the exercise said, the drill will
include checks on the border check
points in city, vital locations like malls,
business zones including shopping
destinations like T Nagar, embassies
and Metro stations, which are likely
to be targeted’.
‘Operation Hamla’ is carried out
every six months, however, it could
not take place as per schedule on 8
June as a patrolling aircraft-Dornier
carrying three crew members went
off the radar. It was fished out of the
Tamilnadu coast after a month-long
intense search.
STRICT VIGIL
Police personnel checking a car in Chenani as part of Hamla operation.
Photo: A R JAYAKUMAR
Jayalalithaa is at it again. This time,
the new record set by her will mark a
new beginning in the lives of tens of
thousands besides putting Tamilnadu
on the top of industrial development,
as funds will flow in, factories will be
set up, jobs will be created and growth
will be ensured.
When we talk about growth, this
time it is not going to be centred
around Chennai and its neighbouring
districts alone.
In Jayalalithaa’s own words, ‘My
government believes in balanced
industrial development across the
State. Hence I introduced a very
attractive package of incentives to
encourage investors to go to the
southern districts of Tamilnadu.
This strategy has paid rich dividends and out of Rs 1,04,286 crore
worth of MoUs having been signed
in the manufacturing sector alone,
almost 50 per cent of the investment has been committed for the
southern districts. The ambitious
and visionary Madurai-Thoothukudi
Industrial Corridor Project which I
had envisioned and approved has
received a massive boost with the
investment commitments we have
received today.’
And again, growth is not going to be
specific to one or two industries alone.
For, apart from traditional sectors like
textiles and auto, MoUs have been
signed in IT, renewable energy and
fisheries etc.
Also, the long time charge that
industrial development is being
made at the cost of agriculture
has been done away with, as Rs
800 crore worth investment
has been made in agriculture
alone.
The icing on the cake is, the
Global Investors Meet is just a
beginning as the Chief Minister
has announced that it would
be conducted once every two
years henceforth. Also, in a
trailer to things to come, she
said, ‘my government would
come out shortly with pragmatic
far-sighted policies in areas
like information technology and
information technology-enabled
services; electronic hardware
manufacturing and aerospace
and defence production.’
Pegasus, the logo of GIM, may
be an imagination (in Greek mythology). But the benefits the GIM
are going to generate is certainly
not fiction.
7/11 verdict on 9/11
q Special court finds 12 guilty, one acquited
q Quantum of sentence on Monday
TERROR TRAIL
11 July, 2006
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Mumbai, Sept 11:
A special MCOCA court on Friday
convicted 12 of the 13 accused in the
11 July, 2006 Mumbai suburban train
bombings case in which 188 people
were killed
Initial media reports had said that
five of the accused had been convicted. The verdict was pronounced
by Special Maharashtra Control of
Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court
judge Yatin D Shinde.
The trial in the 7/11 Mumbai train
blasts case was concluded on August
19 last year, eight years after the attack in which seven RDX bombs kept
in Mumbai local trains went off in a
span of few minutes.
During the trial, the prosecution
The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train
bombings were a series of seven
bomb blasts that took place over
a period of 11 minutes on the
Suburban Railway in Mumbai.
The bombs were set off in pressure cookers on trains.
had examined 192 witnesses,
including eight IPS and five IAS
officers as well as 18 doctors. The
defence lawyers examined 51 witnesses and one person was called
as a court witness.
The deposition made by witnesses
ran into around 5,500 pages.
Seven RDX bombs had exploded
in the first class coaches of Mum-
2 Sept
Seven blasts on suburban trains kill around 200 persons
and injured over 600.
Police release sketches of suspects
ATS states that bombs contained RDX, Ammonium
Nitrate and fuel oil
Three persons Kamal Ahmed Ansari, Khalid Aziz Shaikh
and Mumtaz Ahmed Chaudhary arrested
Tanvir Ansari arrested from central Mumbai
Sohail Shaikh arrested in Pune and
Jamir Shaikh in Mumbai.
Two brothers, Faizal Shaikh and Muzamil Shaikh,
arrested in Mira Road in Thane
Ehtesham Siddiqui arrested in Mira Road
One Pakistani national, Mohd Riaz Nawabuddin,
arrested
Police decide to conduct narcoanalysis and
brain-mapping tests on the arrested suspects
Akmal Hashmi, LeT operative arrested by
army in Jammu and Kashmir, handed over to ATS.
bai’s suburban trains on 11 July,
2006, killing 188 people and injuring 829.
The blast occurred between Khar
Road-Santacruz, Bandra-Khar Road,
Jogeshwari-Mahim Junction, Mira
Road-Bhayander, Matunga-Mahim
Junction and Borivali.
Kamal Ahamed Ansari (37), Tanvir
Ahmed Ansari (37), Mohd Faisal
Shaikh (36), Ehtesham Siddiqui (30),
Mohammad Majid Shafi (32), Shaikh
Alam Shaikh (41), Mohd Sajid Ansari
(34), Abdul Wahid Shaikh (34), Muzzammil Shaikh (27), Soheil Mehmood
Shaikh (43), Zamir Ahmad Shaikh
(36), Naveed Hussain Khan (30),
Asif Khan (38) were the accused
who were arrested by Maharashtra
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
Azam Chima, along with 14 others, is absconding in the case.
Examination of witnesses had
resumed after two years since
the Supreme Court had stayed
the trial in 2008.
Before the stay, the prosecution had
already examined a police officer.
The Supreme Court vacated the stay
on 23 April, 2010.
Unleashing the power of Sanskrit
q ‘Language can be instrument for national integration' q Three-day language summit gets underway in city
S VISHNU SHARMA
Chennai, Sept 11:
The three-day Sanskrit Sammelan
began at Meenakshi College For
Women here today with eminent
personalities from various walks
of life coming together on a single
platform to heap praise on the ancient language and its relevance in
the modern day.
Former ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said great knowledge
possessed by Indians in the ancient
times in the field of medicine had
its in roots in Sanskrit, a language
which had many scholarly compositions on many other topics.
While many compositions of musical giants like Thyagaraja were in
Telugu, the most important ones
like Jagadanandakaraka and Samajavaragamana were in Sanskrit.
It is in the same language that
Chanakya’s Artha Sashtra offers
valuble lessons on management
and political affairs. Sanskrit
has managed to move into various other languages of India. In
Malaysia, while Tamil is considered as the ‘mother’, Sanskrit
is considered the ‘father’. Many
Sanskrit words are found in Malayalam and other languages.
Though Oriya language has no
Sanskrit words, the grammar
format of it is based on Sanskrit,
he pointed out.
All-India organising secretary
of Samskrita Bharati Dinesh Kazakh said the ancient language is
a vehicle for national integration.
He also said the ancient language
was not restricted to higher strata
(Brahmins).
Scholars like Kalidasa and Vyasa
‘It was good
to note that
over three
crore students
were learning
Sanskrit in
India, it would
be better if these
numbers went
up significantly’
were not from the upper strata of society and they made huge contributions
to the ancient language.
He said that while Sanskrit was
Former ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan at an expo organised as part
of Sanskrit Sammelan in Chennai today. (Inset) Radhakrishnan releasing
a book at the inaugural in the presence of former CEC N Gopalaswami
and others.
Photo: B ANAND
being taught in 257 universities
across 40 countries outside India,
the teaching of the ancient language
was yet to pick up pace.
Further, he said that it was
good to note that over three
crore students were learning
Sanskrit in India, it would be
better if these numbers went up
significantly.
Radhakrishnan also released
a book ‘Meghadootam’, the first
copy of which was received by
managing director of Adwaith
Textiles Ltd and Adwaith Steels
Ltd Ravi Sam.
Former Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalswami, secretary
of Meenakshi College for Women
K S Lakshmi and president of
North Tamilnadu wing of Samskrita Bharati R N Joe D’Cruz were
among others present.
City
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Hanging gardens of
Virugambakkam
q Discarded branches on pavement block way
R
SPACE WALK
Debris dumped in the pavements
of AN Avenue First Cross Street,
Virugambakkam force pedestrians on
the road.
Photo: R THIYAGARAJAN
LED leads the way
q 750 lamps to be installed in Ashok Nagar
I
t is a tradition to switch on the
lights at entrance of house during evening hours. But, it is no more
needed at Ashok Nagar, as recently
installed light-emitting diode (LED)
lamps bring so much brightness, say
residents.
R The civic body has so far fixed
ILLA 250 LED lamps at Ashok NaP
OK
gar including 21 lights at Sri Devi
ASH
Colony, Bank of India Colony and
Samiyar Garden Street.
Based on a letter given by SBS (An
association of Bank of India Colony
and Sri Devi Colony) Residents Welfare Association, the officials have
fixed seven LED lamps each at the
above three places. ‘We thank the
officials for replacing the sodium
vapour lamps with LEDs. The locality has now more brightness during
night and it is cool,’ said secretary of
The civic body has fixed 21 LED lights at Sri Devi Colony, Bank of India the association V Ravichandran.
Colony and Samiyar Garden Street at Ashok Nagar.
The LED lamps which are switched
on between 6 pm and 6 am, are so
bright and is helpful for the residents,
who are going for early morning walk,
temples and buying milk from the
booths in the area. Also, the women
in Ashok Nagar have welcomed the
move, as they feel it is safe to walk
after the fixing of LEDs.
An official from Ward 132 said, ‘As
of now 250 LED lamps (40 Watts)
have been installed at many streets
at Ashok Nagar including First Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Sixteenth
Avenue. Also, 10 LED lamps (140
Watts) have been fixed near Ashok
Pillar bus stand and Metro Rail Station’.
The official further said, 500 more
LED lamps will be fixed at Ashok
Nagar. ‘We are waiting for the tender clearance. Once it is approved,
the lamps would be fixed covering all
streets in the locality. By this 90 per
cent of sodium vapour lamps would
be replaced with LED lamps,’ he said.
Asked about whether the existing
lamp posts would be replaced for the
LEDs, the official said a survey would
be taken and based on it, the rusted
ones will be replaced.
— NT Bureau
esidents of Virugambakkam in trouble. This mess has become a
localities such as Natesan Na- breeding ground for the mosquitoes.
gar, Venkatesa Main Road and Ga- ‘Water stagnation is not an issue
napathy Raj Nagar are troubled by here and we have tried everything
branches and plant waste dumped to avoid insects. However, nothing
on the pavements.
seems to drive them away’, laments
This has been a constant problem for Vishal, another resident.
the residents as the platform where
Residents said that earlier trucks
people can walk is blocked, and they used to come to pick all mess and
have to step on to the roads and
garbage. But now, garbage
negotiate their way
trucks that are closed at
I
through amidst
the top come to remove
AN
speeding trafthe litter. The problem
AL
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DA
fic.
with these trucks is that they
VA
Manimalai,
cannot remove these pulled down
a resident of Natesan N a g a r trees’.
says ‘residents usually cut trees in
‘Once we asked them to remove
their houses and dispose the broken the branches and they said that their
branches in the common garbage trucks do not have the capacity to
dump. This waste is not picked by hold them, as it is closed on the top’,
the Corporation guys who collect the says Ganeshan, a resident of Sanjay
regular garbage.’
Gandhi Nagar. As these branches
‘People have to have a garbage bin are not being removed, more and
within their compound, big enough more of them are being dumped at
to accommodate these twigs and the same spot and overtime, increasleaves’, he adds.
ing the mess.
— NT Bureau
Another problem is the mosquito
Cut branches and twigs on the roadside at Ganapathy Raj Nagar.
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‘NDA IS DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISES’
q BJP leader says party getting ready for TN Assembly polls
M BHARAT KUMAR
Chennai, Sept 11:
‘In little over a year, the NDA
government led by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has started delivering on its promises. Greater foreign
inflows, implementation of OROP,
inflation coming down and many
pro-poor schemes have brought
cheer among people’, said vicepresident of Tamilnadu BJP M
Chakravarthy.
Speaking to News Today, he
said, ‘Modi sarkar has brought
good days back in the country.
After a decade of misrule by the
UPA, people wanted a change
and when we got the mandate,
we ensured that we lived up to
their expectations’.
A native of Tiruttani, Chakravarthy, an entrepreneur by himself, said, ‘today the climate for
doing business in the country
is good. Modi’s clean image has
propelled industrial and economic
growth’.
With just a few months to go for
Assembly elections in Tamilnadu,
he said that he has his task cut out.
‘We are preparing ourselves to put
up a good show here’.
Excerpts of his interview
Q: What are the major achievements of Modi government?
A: When Modi took charge as Prime
Minister, the nation was in complete
crisis. There was policy paralysis. But
his shrewd administrative skills and
vast experience ensured things took
a U-turn for good. Many schemes
for the welfare of commonman like
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri
Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) are being
implemented. Bank accounts were
opened for many in rural areas un-
cessfully brought changes and established a transparent model for
reforms. Decisiveness even in the
face of obstructionism has been an
important hallmark of the Modi led
government. In almost all spheres,
the growth has been phenomenal.
Q: On criticism against Modi’s
frequent foreign trips?
bia, have expressed desire to work
closely with us. During his visits, he
has interacted with world leaders,
due to which India’s image has
improved and now it occupies a
pre-eminent place in the global
stage. Also foreign inflows have
increased considerably.
Q: How will you rate Rahul Gan-
“
Modi sarkar has brought good days
back in the country. After a decade
of misrule by the UPA, people wanted
a change and when we got the
mandate, we ensured that we
lived up to their expectations
’’
M Chakravarthy
der Jan-Dhan Scheme and personal
accident cover has been doubled to
Rs 2 lakh.
The present government has suc-
A: His foreign visits have ensured
India is looked upon with respect by
Western world. Many countries, with
the recent example being Saudi Ara-
dhi as politician?
A: It is an irony that someone who
is not interested in politics is being
compelled to stay on. Congress
perhaps wants to continue dynasty
politics. He makes noise one day
and disappears the next day.
Q: On corruption charges
against a few NDA Ministers?
A: There is no corruption in NDA
government. Under Modi’s suprevision, efficiency has increased.
Sushma Swaraj, Vasudhara Raje
and Shivaraj Chouhan are not
tainted. The recent success in
Municipal polls in Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh vindicates our
stand.
Q: On the forthcoming Assembly elections in Tamilnadu?
A: It is too early to make any comment. We have been strengthening
our base in Tamilnadu and enrolement of members are on. I have
been personally touring interior
parts of Tamilnadu to take the good
measures of the NDA government to
the masses. The mood among the
LONGER OR
HEALTHIER?
EXPECT
to live
q Lancet study finds life expectancy of Indian men and women has got better
Eco Club students of Sri Kanyaga Parameswari Arts & Science College
for Women, visited the ‘Enviro Home’ in Pammal and learnt about garbage disposal methods.
City college students
get to ‘Live with Nature’
Students were excited to visit the
terrace garden with varieties of medicinal,
flowering, vegetable and green plants
fo day-to-day use in a small place
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
Eco Club students of Sri Kanyaga
Parameswari Arts & Science College
for Women, Parry’s, visited the ‘Enviro Home’ of Indrakumar at Pammal.
It turned out to be an eye-opener on
how to ‘Live with Nature.’
A press note said the girls expressed their happiness over the
practices and vowed to carry out
it at their homes and also impress
upon their neighbours also to follow
the same.
A few of them -- Selvi. Monisha,
Swetha, Thamizh Selvi and Rajeswari
said that a solution to garbage disposal/management is in one’s hand.
‘We have to be responsible in not
mixing garbage at home, use perishable waste at home for composting
through simple - inexpensive
composting through aerobic or
vermin-composting methods and
handing over recyclable wastes
to rag-pickers (who make a living
out of this) for appropriate recycling. By doing so, accumulation
of waste at streets is eliminated,’
they said.
Also, the students were excited to
visit the terrace garden with varieties
of medicinal, flowering, vegetable
and green plants for our day-to-day
use in a small place.
The programme and field visit was
coordinated by Banumathy, Eco
Club coordinator, SKP College for
Women, R Govindaraj, Joint General
Secretary, Exnora International and
J Fatheraj Jain, secretary, Exnora
North Chennai.
In India, life
MALAVIKKA SRIDHARAN
Chennai, Sept 11:
Indian men and women are
equally at risk of heart disease, according to a recent study published
in the medical journal Lancet. The
study that also found that men and
women live longer, said ischemic
heart disease is the leading cause
for illness among both sexes.
‘The relative contribution of
ischemic heart disease to the disease burden in India has doubled
over the past 25 years, making it
the leading cause of health loss
among both men and women in
India presently,’ said Dr K Srinath
Reddy, president of Public Health
Foundation of India (PHFI) and
member of the Global Burden of
Disease (GBD) Scientific Council.
‘Major health system and policy
shifts for more effective preventive and curative ap-
proaches for heart disease are
needed in India to curtail this trend.’
Classifying the health ratio as
Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) and
Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY),
the study reveals that the longevity
of life in India has increased but with
DALY. Healthy life expectancy takes
into account not just mortality but the
impact of non-fatal conditions and
summarises years lived with disability and years lost due to premature
mortality.
In India, life expectancy increased
by 6.9 years for men between 1990
and 2013 and 10.3 years for women
in the same period. But healthy life
expectancy increased by less: men
gained 6.4 years and women gained
8.9 years. Life expectancy for women
in India still outpaces that of men 68.5 years compared to 64.2 years.
‘Lifestyle and nutrition changes
are the reasons for this
condition,’ says BARC
Hospital Professor Dr
Nobhijit Roy who coauthored the study. In
a startling revelation,
another co-author and
head of Clinical Research
Unit, Centre for Chronic
Disease Control at Delhi, Dr Jeemon
expectancy increased
by 6.9 years for
men between 1990
and 2013
Panniyammakal, says that reduced
intake of salt at a younger age can
help reduce the risk of heart diseases.
‘We acquire taste over time. Namkeen, pickles and pappad contain
additional salt that can be avoided.
Taking lesser salt since childhood
can protect the arteries because by
the time a person becomes an adult,
the amount of salt he had consumed
results in the thickness of the arteries,’ he says.
As for iron deficiency and anaemia that are common among Indian women, Dr Jeemon says
that green vegetables should be
sold at affordable rates as
they are rich in iron that is
a vital nutrient for women.
‘While oral iron supplements are
good, intravenous ones can
cause side-effects and must
be taken only on doctor’s
prescription,’ he adds.
Other major causes for DALY in
India are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lower
respiratory infections, tuberculosis and neonatal disorders.
Japan and Singapore top the
HLE rate while Lesotho and Swaziland have the lowest HLE with a
healthy life span of 10 years lower
than those born in their country
t w o d e c a d e s earlier.
City to tap water from Chembarambakkam
q Many reservoirs at precarious level q Mini lorries cater to residents
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
With Chennai facing acute water
shortage, Metrowater officials are
planning to pump water from Chembarambakkam. At present the water
is supplied from Puzhal lake.
Speaking on the issue, an official
said ‘Many reserviors have become
dry and the city is facing acute water crisis. The combined storage in
the reservoirs that supply water to
Reservoir
Poondi
Cholavaram
Redhills
Chembarambakkam
Total
Full Capacity
(mcft)
3231
881
3300
3645
11057
Chennai - Red Hills, Chembarambakkam, Poondi and Cholavaram have touched a dead storage of 446
million cubic feet (mcft) against their
capacity of over 11,000 mcft. While
Cholavaram reservoir has been dry
since May, the Poondi lake which
stores Krishna water from Andhra
Pradesh, has only 57 mcft of against
its capacity to hold 3,231 mcft. This
grave situation has pushed Chennai Metrowater to pump out dead
Storage
(mcft)
57.00
0.00
186.00
220
463.00
storage from the reservoirs as the
water level has dipped to dangerous
level. At present, we are pumping
water from Puzhal lake. It is taken to
the pumping station at Kilpauk and
then supplied to various parts of the
city. For the past few weeks three
pumps were used in Puzhal, but we
have now increased to nine pumps.
We are also planning to pump water
from Chembarambakkam reserviour.’
Explaining about measures to
tackle water crisis, the official said,
‘Desalination plants from Minjur,
Nemili and Veeranam pipeline
supply an average of 100 mcft
and 180 mcft to Chennai. Apart
from these, 200 farm wells have
been taken for lease to tackle the
water crisis, with pipeline becoming totally dry and mini lorries have
already been deployed to serve
the water needs.’
It may be noted that the city’s de-
At present, Chennai Metrowater is pumping
water from Puzhal lake. The water is taken
to the pumping station at Kilpauk and then
supplied to various parts of the city
mand is 1,100 million litres per day
(MLD) and Metrowater is supplying about 550 MLD, which is one
third of 831 MLD it has routinely
supplied. The demand and supply
gap is filled by private water tankers, borewells and canned water
sold in shops.
Storage as on
same day last year (mcft)
679.00
0.00
1098.00
593.00
2,370.00
A view of Cholavaram reservoir which had a capcity
of 881 mcft of water has been dry for the last two years.
Blend
4 FRIDAY
11 SEPTEMBER 2015
WHAT NEWS TODAY PRINTS IS NEWS THAT COUNTS
Battle for Bihar
T
he battle for Bihar will have repercussions far beyond its
borders. The outcome can advance or retard, depending on
who emerges the winner, the process of economic reforms and
development. Also, Rahul Gandhi’s irrational and unthinking
disruptionist politics will suffer a grievous blow should the NDA
emerge victorious. On the other hand, a good showing by the
JD(U)-RJD-Congress combine can prove a setback for the Modi
Government. Bihar, the crucible of Hindi heartland politics, has
never witnessed such a fierce contest in recent years. The battle
acquired a personal edge when the outgoing Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar gambled on opposing the rise of Modi in the BJP.
A bruised and beaten Nitish felt obliged to quit the NDA and
made peace with his bitter rival Lalu Prasad Yadav. Worse, he
wooed the Congress Party opposing which he had grown in
politics. Now that the poll schedule has been announced, there
will be much to-ing and fro-ing from the rival fronts. Cracks
have already appeared in the so-called Grand Alliance with
Mulayam Singh walking out in a fit of rage. He has questioned
the secular credentials of Nitish, reminding him that he was in
bed with the same BJP for over 17 years. Lalu is unlikely to play
ball with Nitish on the question of ticket-distribution. Distrust
and antipathy persist among the erstwhile foes forced by the fear
of BJP to temporarily suspend the fight.
It is not in Lalu’s interest to help Nitish win and then
countenance a minor role for self and his sons who have now
begun to play an active role in the family-controlled RJD. A
Nitish win will enhance his stature nationally, something neither
Lalu nor Mulayam would desire. Therefore, despite the show of
camaraderie, internal sabotage by Lalu cannot be ruled out. As
for the Congress, it has little presence in Bihar. Why it has been
given 40 seats by the dominant alliance partners is a mystery
even to the Congress leadership. Maybe both Lalu and Nitish
would field their own candidates on the Congress symbol and
the arrangement was designed to avoid a dog-fight on the seats
allotted to the Congress.
The BJP will have its own problems apportioning seats among
allies. Public recriminations between Jitin Ram Manjhi and Ram
Bilas Paswan, both Dalit leaders, indicate a difficult task for
the NDA’s anchor constituent. In the no-holds-barred contest,
the rival fronts will leave nothing to chance. Caste and social
justice will be key factors, while the NDA under Modi has also
laid equal stress on development. With Nitish and Lalu between
them having ruled Bihar for 25 years, their claim to provide
good governance remains open to question. Though the poll
outcome is always hard to call, as of now, the NDA seems to be
ahead, both in terms of poll preparations and caste-consolidation
in a state where it has always been a major factor.
Vivek Agnihotri @vivekagnihotri
Seriously, why do we have dry days?
What’s the point? Is it a official
punishment for excise dept?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @SriSri
In the realm of the mind, like attracts like.
If the soul is peaceful, it attracts a peaceful
environment & peaceful people around it.
FB allows users to
use Mentions app
SAN FRANCISCO:
Facebook is now expanding its
Mentions and live blogging app to
more users which as of now, is only
available on the iOS App Store.
The platform, which was previously
available for certain celebrities such
as musicians, actors etc, will now be
open to any individual
with a verified account
Mentions account.
According
to
the
Facebook Blog, you can
report from the scene with Live, host
a Q&A and connect in realtime with
your followers. One can also check
out what people are saying about
you and other topics you follow. In
addition, you can also see what topics
are currently trending on Facebook.
The new Mentions app will also let
you too choose the audience you
want to share your text, links, photos
or anything else. For example,
Facebook states that you can share
a post so only your followers see it in
News Feed.
With this attempt, Facebook wants
more and more journalists to use its
platform as their distribution channel
of choice. This will allow them to post
live to Facebook during breaking
news or to host live Q&As with
followers as well.
Users with a verified profile can log
in with their Facebook credentials to
start connecting with their followers
buti f you are a public figure and
believe your Page or profile should
be verified, you can fill out this form.
The whole deal is to make it simpler for
people with verified pages to manage
their Facebook account by viewing
posts
that
mention
them. It will also help
these people to respond
more quickly and easily
via the dedicated app.
Facebook Mentions also shows a
timeline of posts that reference the
particular user.
Facebook calls it an authentic way
to connect with fans. Besides access
to the video on News Feed, people
who have recently interacted with
a celebrity’s posts will receive a
notification when the broadcast
begins.
CHENNAI
How has terrorism changed
in the past 14 years?
q Rewind
WASHINGTON:
In the 14 years since the 9/11
attacks, the face of terrorism has
changed out of recognition. To many
experts, the threat of Islamist terror
is in some ways greater and in some
ways diminished. It is geographically
more diverse and organizationally
more divided, and leverages social
media and the internet in a way
impossible in 2001.
In the West, Islamist terrorism is
often more inspired than organized
and directed. Its menace is also
more fluid and unpredictable than it
was on that bright autumn morning
in 2001, but the tools to combat it
are also more plentiful, from ever
more sophisticated and accurate
drones to financial intelligence and
algorithms for chewing terabytes
of data in the pursuit of suspicious
communications.
The likelihood of an attack on the
scale of 9/11 has receded. but
the probability of more frequent
though less devastating attacks has
increased.
Who’s in charge?
As if on cue, al Qaeda has just
released a 45-minute lecture by
its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri that
illustrates just how much has
changed. Fourteen years ago,
al Qaeda was the undisputed
heavyweight among jihadist groups,
even more so after the 9/11 attacks.
Today al-Zawahiri, who succeeded
Osama bin Laden in 2011, is
struggling to fend off the new
pretender, the Islamic State in Iraq
and Syria (ISIS).
In his latest message, he launches
a broadside against ISIS and its
leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. ‘We
do not acknowledge this Caliphate,
and we do not see it as Caliphate
on the prophetic method; instead, it
is an emirate of taking over without
consultation,’ complains al-Zawahiri.
Al Qaeda has always seen its
campaign as a generations-long
struggle toward the glorious day
when a Caliphate could be declared
-- based on Islamic prophecies.
Then -- in 2010 and 2011 -- alBaghdadi rebuilt ISIS from the
to the past on 9/11 anniversary
In 2001, this was the definitive image of terrorism. It’s a much more
muddled picture in 2015.
ashes of al Qaeda in Iraq, extended
its field of operations to Syria (2012),
and declared himself the Caliph of
all Muslims (2014.)
And so battle is joined between
two heavyweights of the jihadist
movement in a way unimaginable
14 years ago. Both have their MVPs.
Al Qaeda has the brilliant bomb-
southern Somalia; al Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb briefly held some
towns in Mali.
But these groups never had the
trappings of a ‘state’ in the way
ISIS has Sharia courts, basic social
services and now even a currency.
And any form of safe haven allows
for greater and more ambitious
‘NO-GO ZONES’ IN THE WORLD
l Britain tells its holidaymakers to avoid Tunisia.
l Parts of Kenya and Egypt are off-limits, as is almost all of Libya.
l Boko Haram has turned much of northern Nigeria into a battlefield.
l Yemen was never the easiest place to navigate but has imploded in
the past four years, becoming yet another theater in which al Qaeda
and ISIS compete to kill the most Shiites.
l Syria, a regime once regarded as the most unshakeable in the
Middle East, has lost control of much of its territory, with millions of
its citizens displaced.
maker in Yemen, Ibrahim al Asiri,
and a commander in Afghanistan
called Farouq al Qahtani who is
regarded as smart and charismatic.
ISIS has a whole raft of potential
contenders should the unthinkable
happen to al Baghdadi.
Controlling territory
Similarly unimaginable 14 years ago
is that a jihadist group -- a ‘nonstate
actor’ as the academics say -- could
control a huge amount of territory. Al
Qaeda was the guest of the Taliban
in Afghanistan, and after 9/11 was
dispersed to mountain camps in
Pakistan. Al-Shabaab, for a while,
controlled parts of central and
planning.
Nick Rasmussen, the director of
the US National Counterterrorism
Center, says ‘access to resources,
both personnel and monetary
resources; control of territory, which
allows for the creation of a safe
haven -- those are the ingredients
that we traditionally look at as being
critical to the development of an
external operations capability.’
Interviewed in the Combating
Terrorism Center’s latest edition
of the Sentinel, Rasmussen says
there is a ‘watching brief’ on whether
ISIS is planning to open a new front
in Europe and the United States.
Last dog standing
A positive twist
to 9/11
CHANDIGARH:
Marking the importance of 11
September in the world’s history,
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
highlighted the twin terror attack on
the United States in 2001 and the
speech of Swami Vivekananda in
Chicago and said that if the world
would have followed his speech
the incident of 2001 would not have
happened.
‘Today is 9/11, a day when so
many people lost their lives. But
there is another relevance to this
day in history, Swami Vivekananda
speech in Chicago,’ Modi said while
addressing the students at the 34th
Convocation ceremony of PGIMER
in Chandigarh.
‘If world had seriously followed
Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago
speech of 11 September 1893, then
the incident on 11 September 2001,
would not have happened,’ Modi
said remembering the tragedy of the
9/11 twin terror attack on the United
States which left over 3,000 people
dead in the country.
But as the US military presence in
Afghanistan winds down, he says
that the NCTC is also trying to assess
‘what level of risk we may face over
time that al Qaeda may regenerate,
find renewed safe haven, or be able
to restore lost capability.’
Geographical metastasis
On 9/11, al Qaeda had its camps
in Afghanistan; there was a
jihadist presence in Algeria and
the Caucasus and some budding
militancy in the Arabian Peninsula.
Now jihadist groups from Indonesia
west to the African shores of the
Atlantic declare their allegiance to
either al Qaeda or ISIS.
Former CIA Acting Director Mike
Morell says that al Qaeda’s ‘great
victory has been the spread of its
ideology across a large geographic
area’ from northern Nigeria across
Africa and into Yemen as well as to
Iraq and Syria.
Writing in the latest edition of the
Combating
Terrorism
Center’s
Sentinel, Morell says that ‘all told,
some 20 countries now have
terrorist groups within their borders
espousing the jihadist ideology.’
And ISIS has created ‘provinces’
beyond Syria and Iraq at warp
speed.
Terrorist diaspora
It’s a challenge heightened by the
sheer numbers of individuals from
Western countries who have slipped
into Iraq and Syria in the past few
years. Mike Morell predicts that
an attack in Europe or the United
States directed by ISIS (as opposed
to inspired) will eventually occur.
It might be small-scale ‘but over
time the Islamic State’s capability
to conduct a more complex attack
will grow.’ That’s not least because
of the estimated 5,000 Westerners
who have gained battle experience
and skills with bombs and weapons
after joining ISIS. Al Qaeda always
attracted a few from the West, such
as the American Adam Gadahn
and a number of British citizens of
Pakistani origin. But not on the scale
of ISIS, which may have attracted as
many as 25,000 foreign nationals to
Iraq and Syria.
A double rainbow shoots across the New York City skyline one day
before the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
A double Rainbow
NEW YORK:
A beautiful sight lit up the New York City skyline on the eve of the 14th
anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Thursday morning, New Yorkers were
greeted to a shimmering double rainbow that stretched far across the city.
‘Scattered pop showers this morning around New York City allowed for
breaks of sun to filter through the raindrops. The result led to rainbows
being observed around the city,’ weather.com meterologist Quincy Vagell
said. Dozens of residents took to social media to share the beautiful sight
that arrived just one day before the nation mourns the loss of 2,977 lives
lost on 9/11/2001.
Bretagne, the last known
surviving 9/11 search dog from
Ground Zero, enjoys a 16th
birthday party held in her honor
in New York City.
NEW YORK:
In human years, Bretagne is more
than 100 years old but she acted
like an exuberant puppy at an epic
Sweet 16 birthday bash thrown in
her honor in New York City.
Bretagne is the last known surviving
search dog who worked at Ground
Zero after the 11 September
2001 terrorist attacks. This year,
as Bretagne’s 16th birthday
approached, New Yorkers decided
to come together and do something
unforgettable for her.
A new memorial to Flight 93
Gordon Felt, president of Families of Flight 93, stands before a wall
featuring photos of those killed on Flight 93.
SHANKSVILLE:
Debby Borza stood before a wall
of photos of 40 people who died
here 11 September 2001, and
gently tapped her daughter’s face
on a computer touch screen, not
knowing exactly what to expect.
He daughters life was cut short
14 years ago, when four al-Qaeda
terrorists hijacked United Airlines
Flight 93.
Borza was among the family
members given an early look at
the $26 million Flight 93 National
Memorial visitor center that opened
this week, remembering the legacy
of the 9/11 attacks and honoring
the courage of 40 passengers
and crew members who fought
back against their four hijackers,
preventing the plane from hitting its
presumed target, the U.S. Capitol.
‘It’s important to me that the visitor
sees what these 40 people took
on, to take a stand for freedom,
to take the kind of stand that cost
their lives,’ said Borza, whose
daughter was the youngest female
passenger on Flight 93. ‘Maybe
there will be some special thing
they see about Deora that will
inspire them.’
As Americans mark the 14th
anniversary of the 9/11 attacks,
thousands will gather at longestablished monuments at Ground
Zero in New York, at the Pentagon
in Virginia and at other sites
honoring the nearly 3,000 people
who lost their lives in the deadliest
terrorist attack in US history. But
those who come to the national
monument in Shanksville, to honor
Bodley and the passengers who
kept 9/11 from becoming even
more catastrophic, will find a work
still in progress.
The stunning concrete-and-glass
visitors center and museum are
finally open, but landscaping and
other finishing touches are still
underway. Yet another structure,
the Tower of Voices, a nearly 100foot bell tower with 40 chimes, is
scheduled to be built during the
next two years.
Enterprise
CHENNAI
THURSDAY
10 SEPTEMBER 2015
5
Uber to create 30,000 jobs
Cab service provider Uber on Thursday said it has signed an agreement with the Tamilnadu government to create 30,000 entrepreneurial
opportunities for independent driver-partners, foster technological
innovation to build smart cities and promote socio-economic development of the State.
‘Uber is pleased to announce our landmark partnership agreement with
the state government to drive innovation, create tens of thousands of
entrepreneurship opportunities, and provide safe, reliable transport options for people of this state,’ said Uber India president Amit Jain.
‘We are deeply committed to the local communities in which we operate, and look forward to leveraging our global expertise to deliver new
solutions to make Chennai a city of the future,’ he added.
More power to TN
Who said what
l Deputy MD of Yamaha Motors R Kawashima, said, ‘Availability of infrastructure including land accessibility made the
company to establish a unit at Kancheepuram district with a
capacity of producing 1.8 million two wheeler per annum and its
nine vendor units with an investment of Rs 1,600 crore’.
l Ashok Leyland managing director Vinod Dasari attributed
all achievements by the country’s auto industry to the State’s
pro-industrial policy including the single window system clearance initiative.
l Hyundai Motors managing director Bo Shin Seo said ‘The industrial
policy of the State enabled us to export two million cars from Tamilnadu
to 120 countries across the globe’.
l Founder and chairman of KEF Holdings, Faizal E Kottikollon,
said availability of power and infrastructure in the State is also one
of the main reason that his company has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with the TN government in setting up the world’s
largest integrated facility for offsite construction in the southern Indian
state at a cost of Rs 650 crore.
CTS speaks in crores
IT major Cognizant has announced that it was planning to invest
Rs 1000 crores in Tamilnadu in the next five years.
Speaking at the valedictory of the GIM), the company’s vice-chairman Lakshmi Narayanan said ‘In the next phase of our growth, we
plan to invest approximately Rs 1,000 crore over the next five years
to expand our delivery infrastructure in Chennai and Coimbatore’.
‘As part of this, we intend to develop world-class global delivery
centers in Chennai and Coimbatore. When complete, the centers
will have a capacity to accommodate approximately 17,000 to 20,000
professionals’, he added.
Tales from TVS
Two and three-wheeler major TVS Motor Company would invest Rs 350
crore in its existing plants in Hosur in the next three years.
The company signed a MoU with the State government during the Global
Investors Meet (GIM) here. ‘The investment will be mainly for development
of new products and for capacity expansion. This investment reflects TVS’
continued commitment towards the overall economic development of the
State as a responsible corporate citizen’, reports said.
Tamilnadu CM J Jayalalithaa with the delegates at the Global Investors Meet in Chennai Thursday.
GIM makes TN
strong, steady
q Investments worth Rs 2,42,160 crore made during two days
S VISHNU SHARMAA
Chennai, Sept 11:
The two-day Global Investors Meet
held at the Trade Centre in Nandambakkam, came to a successful
finish yesterday, with the proposed
investments having doubled the original target.
Speaking at the valedictory function,
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said, ‘I am
happy to inform that in a resounding
endorsement of the State of Tamilnadu
and of my government policies, the
total amount of investments that have
been finalised in this investor meet is
an unprecedented Rs 2,42,160 crore’.
This is more than double the investment of one lakh crore rupees targeted
for this event.
About 98 MOUs have been signed
and documents have been exchanged,
it is learnt.
Detailing further, the Chief Minister
said, out of the total investments of Rs
2,42,160 crore, Rs 1,04,286 have been
proposed to be invested in the manu-
facturing sector. About Rs 1,07,136
crore are to be invested in the energy
sector, about Rs 10,950 crore are to
be invested in the information technology sector, Rs 1,955 crore proposed
to be invested in the textile sector and
about Rs 800 crore as investments in
the agricultural segment.
Asserting that her vision to make
TN a world leader in manufacturing
was becoming a reality, she said with
the signing of the MoUs, the city will
become the world’s largest car manufacturing hub.
She further said that fisheries sector
is likely to receive an investment of Rs
500 crore.
‘MoUs have been signed as an
outcome of solar energy policy I had
announced in 2012 to establish solar
energy projects with a total capacity
of 5345 mega watts at a cost of Rs
35,356 crore.
On the MSME front, more than
10,000 medium and small industries
have signed deals to invest Rs 16,533
Skill workshop for film
workers in November
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
The President of AIFEC
( All India Film Employees
Confederation) G Shiva,
under the guidance of
Media and Entertainment
Skills Council chairman
Kamal Hassan, has decided to organise a three-day
workshop bringing together
35 film unions for conducting Recognition of Prior
Learning (RPL) for about
10,000 workforce currently
working in the film industry.
According to a press release, this initiative which
was announced at the
Global Skills Summit 2015
held in New Delhi, is a
three day workshop involving training which would be
conducted by national and
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Actor and Media and Entertainment Skills Council
chairman Kamal Hassan at the Global Skills Summit
2015 held in New Delhi recently.
international film dignitaries, technicians, specialists
in 16 trades or job roles
and certificates given for
the prior skills.
The Film Union has also
announced a three day
work holiday for the skilling during second week
of November making it a
‘workers driven’ initiative.
MESC has participated
in the Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojna
Propaganda bags
big branding deal
It is ‘advantage’
Infosys
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
Houston-based Simplilearn has appointed
Bengaluru-headquartered
advertising agency Propaganda to handle its brand
and creative mandate.
A press release here said,
as part of the deal, Propaganda will partner with
Simplilearn on campaigns
across the world establishing Simplilearn as a
global leader in certification
training as well as help
professionals discover how
the right certifications can
help them fast-track their
NOTICE
(PMKVY scheme) and
enrolled about 5000 students Pan India to undertake training under
various affiliated training
partners, the release
said.
careers.
Commenting on the partnership, Simplilearn’s chief
product and marketing officer, Kashyap Dalal, said
‘We are driven by a vision
to build products that help
professionals across the
world up-skill and re-skill
as per the fast changing
needs of the workplace.
Our catalogue of shortterm certification courses
is aligned to the needs of
the industry. We believe
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for customers
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
Andhra Bank has set a target of lending to the tune
of Rs 140 crore in Tamilnadu under the ‘Prime Minister
Mudra Yojana’ (PMMY) this financial year 2015-16.
According to a press release, all loans extended to nonfarm enterprises in manufacturing, trading and services
upto Rs 10.00 lakh would be classified as Mudra Loans
under PMMY with the sub classifications of, Shishu for
loans upto Rs 50,000, Kishore for loans from Rs 50,0015 lakh, Tarun for loans from Rs 5,00,001- 10 lakh.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
Infosys and ATP, the
governing body of men’s
professional tennis, recently announced a strategic partnership to leverage the latest technological advances in mobility,
cloud and analytics to
transform the experience
of tennis fans and players
the world over.
According to a press
release, as part of this
partnership, Infosys will
become the Global Technology Services Partner
and Platinum Sponsor of
the ATP World Tour, as
well as the season-ending
Barclays ATP World Tour
Finals, for the next three
years.
Infosys will leverage
its expertise in cloud,
mobility and analytics to
manage, analyse and
interpret large volumes
of tennis data (both historical and current) and
present insights and predictions through interactive platforms for ATP
fans, players, partners
and the media.
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Speaking on the the balanced industrial growth, she said, As a result
of attractive incentives for investment
promotion in the southern part of Tamilnadu, out of Rs 1,04,286 crore worth
deals signed in the manufacturing sector, 50 per cent has been committed to
the southern part of the State.
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signed during the event focuses on
establishing LNG terminal at Tuticorin.
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with LNG terminal proposed at Ennore
would secure long term energy security
of the State and further enhance the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector.
Tamilnadu Industries and Transport
Minister P Thangamani, Apollo Hospitals chairman Pratap C Reddy and
USIBC (United States India Business
Council) executive vice president Diane Farell were among others present.
TN government’s Additional Chief
Secretary of Industries department C
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State was marcing towards power
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GIM here, he said, When J Jayalalithaa took over as Chief Minister
in May 2011, there was shortage
of power.
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the efforts taken by her, the power
deficit of 4000 MW in the first half
of the year 2011 has been completely eliminated and in the last
four years, an additional capacity
to the tune of 6239.5 MW has been
tied to TN’s grid’, he added.
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Property developer Embassy
Group signed an MoU with the
government of Tamilnadu at the
investor meet, for the development of an industrial park here
with a projected total investment
of Rs 900 crore. The projects
will span the development of
integrated industrial and logistics parks with support facilities.
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strategic foray into the industrial,
logistics and warehousing business. Embassy Industrial Parks
CEO Anshul Singhal, said, ‘Now
with Make in India, GST and
progressive States like TN promoting industrial developments,
we foresee a huge demand
for plug and play industrial and
warehousing space’.
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State would hereafter, host a
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Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District with a lease extent of 3.15.00 ha.
The same approved by the Lr.No.SEIAA-TN/F.No.3589/EC/1(a)2021/2014
dated 01.04.2015 and copy of the clearance available in the State Pollution
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF
JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
(Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction)
O.P. No: 367 of 2015
In the matter of Indian
Succession Act XXXIX of 1925
And
In the matter of Last will and
Testament of V.R.Narayanan
(Deceased)
K.Venugopal Son of V.R.Narayanan,
New No.21 (Old No.98) 3rd Main
Road, Kasturiba Nagar, Adyar,
Chennai-600 020
...Petitioner
Vs
1. Sumangali Vijayagopal alias
Thangam, Door No.153 to 158 Ward
No.III Puthan House, Vallanghy
Village, Nemmera, Chittur Taluk,
Palakad District, Kerala.
2. V.R.Prakash,
Son of Late Vijayagopal,
Door No.153 to 158 Ward No.III
Puthan House, Vallanghy Village,
Nemmera, Chittur Taluk,
Palakad District.
...Respondents
All persons claiming to have any
interest in the estate of the above named
deceased V.R.Narayanan who was
residing at Puthan House, Vallanghy
Village, Nemmera, Chittur Taluk,
Palakad District, Kerala who died on the
16th day of February 2007 are hereby
cited to come and see the proceedings
on 23.09.2015 before the Learned
Master sitting in the Original Side of
the High Court of Judicature at Madras
of Administration.
Dated at Chennai on this the 02nd day
of September, 2015.
(S.Gurumurthy)
1st Assistant Registrar
Original Side High
Court, Madras,
V.Balasubramanian & Associates &
K.S.Mahadevan
At 477, Additional Law Chambers,
High Court, Madras-104.
Counsel for Petitioner
IN THE HIGH COURT OF
JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
(Testamentary &
Intestate Jurisdiction)
O.P. No. 258 of 2015
In the matter of the Indian
Succession Act XXXIX of 1925
and
In the matter of the Last Will
and Testament of V. Nallendran
Deceased
N. Elangovan,
S/o. Latge. V. Nallendran,
No.31/6, A.R.K. Colony,
Eldams Road, Teynampet, Chennai
Petitioner
Versus
1. Mrs. Padmavathi,
W.o. Late. V. Nallendran,
82-47, Pattabiraman Street,
Thennur, Trichy -17
2. Mrs. M. Uma Shanthy,
W/o. C. Muthukumar,
A2 G8, Rohini Garden Enclave,
Pattabiraman Pillai Street,
Thennur, Trichy - 17
Respondents
All persons claiming to have any
interest in the estate of the above
named deceased V. Nallendran, who
was residing at No. 82/47, Pattabiraman
Street, Thennur, Trichy -17 and who
died on 24.08.2011 are hereby cited
to come and see the proceedings
before the Learned Master sitting in
the Original Side of the High Court of
Judicature Madras on 29.09.2015 at
10.30 a.m. and file their objections, if
they think fit before the grant to Letters
of Administration.
Dated at Chennai this 28th day of
August, 2015
S. GURUMURTHY
(Asst Registrar - OS)
Original Side - I, High Court.
Madras - 104
M/S. R. AMARDEEP &
A. SELVARAJ, Advocate,
No.80, Addl, Law Chamber,
High Court, Madras - 104
Counsel for Petitioner
National Plastic Technologies Ltd.
No.44, Thiru Complex, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai-600008.
NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that the Twenty-Sixth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Members of
National Plastic Technologies Limited will be held at The Hall of Ragaas, 47, First Avenue, Sastri
Nagar, Adyar, Chennai-600 020, on Thursday, 24th September, 2015 at 10.30 a.m.
The Notice of the Meeting and the Explanatory Statement along with the Audited Financial
31st March, 2015 has been sent electronically to those Members whose email addresses are
registered with the Company/ Depository Participant for communication purposes. For Members
who have not registered their email addresses or have requested for hard copies, the Annual
Report has been sent at their registered address. The register of members and the share transfer
books of the Company will be closed from 22nd September, 2015 to 24th September, 2015 (both
days inclusive). The record date is 22nd August, 2015.
Members are hereby informed that in compliance with the provisions of Section 108 of the
Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 20 of The Companies (Management and Administration)
Rules, 2014, as amended from time to time, and Clause 35B of the Listing Agreement, National
Plastic Technologies Limited is providing to the Members the facility to exercise their right to vote
at the 26th AGM by electronic means and the business may be transacted through the e-voting
services (remote e-voting) provided by National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL).
The instructions for e-voting are given in the Notice of the AGM. Members are requested to
note the following:
a)
The remote e-voting will commence on Sunday, 20th September, 2015 at 9.00 am
and will end on Wednesday, 23rd September, 2015 at 5.00 pm. The e-voting module
shall be disabled by NSDL for voting thereafter and Members will not be allowed to vote
electronically beyond the said date and time.
b)
The voting rights of the shareholders (for voting through remote e-voting or through
Ballot Form or by Poll paper at the Meeting) shall be in proportion to their share of
the paid-up equity share capital of the Company as on 17th September, 2015 (“CutOff Date”). A person whose name is recorded in the Register of Members or in the
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only shall be entitled to avail the facility of remote e-voting as well as voting at the AGM.
c)
Any person who acquires Shares of the Company and become a Member of the Company
after the dispatch of the AGM Notice and holds shares as on the cut-off date, i.e. 17th
September, 2015, may obtain the login Id and password by sending a request at evoting@
nsdl.co.in or may contact on toll free number provided by NSDL:1800-222-990.
d)
Facility of voting through Poll paper shall be made available at the Meeting. Members
attending the Meeting, who have not already cast their vote by remote e-voting shall be
able to exercise their right at the Meeting.
e)
Members who have cast their vote by remote e-voting prior to the Meeting may also
attend the Meeting, but shall not be entitled to vote again at the AGM.
A copy of the AGM Notice & Annual Report will be available on the website of the Company
at www.nationalplasticsgroup.com. Mr. S. Bhaskar, Partner, BP & Associates, Practicing
Company Secretaries has been appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company as
Scrutinizer for scrutinizing the remote e-voting process as well as voting through poll paper
at the Meeting, in a fair and transparent manner.
The results of the remote e-voting, votes received through post and votes cast at the AGM
shall be declared not later than two days from the conclusion of the Meeting. The Results
declared, along with the Scrutinizer’s Report, shall be placed on the Company’s website
and on the website of NSDL www.evoting.nsdl.com immediately after their declaration, and
communicated to the Stock Exchanges where the Company is listed, viz. BSE Ltd.
If any Member wishes to get a printed copy of the Annual Report, the Company will send the
same, free of cost, upon receipt of request from the Member.
Any query or grievance connected with the remote e-voting or any other query may be
addressed to Mr. E. Balasubramanian, Company Secretary of the Company, at No.44,
Thiru Complex, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai-600008. Tel. No.: 044 43404340,
Email: shares@nationalgroup.in
By order of the Board
E. BALASUBRAMANIAN
Company Secretary
6 FRIDAY
11 SEPTEMBER 2015
Sports
CHENNAI
Rain keeps Serena’s
Slam bid on hold
Pennetta thinks Vinci has a chance against World No.1
New York, Sept 11:
Two triumphs from completing a
calendar Grand Slam, top-ranked
defending champion Serena Williams
was confronted Thursday at the US
Open by an opponent even she cannot defeat -- rain.
US Tennis Association officials postponed the two scheduled women’s
semi-final matches to Friday due to
forecasts of rain Thursday lasting
through the night.
What’s in store today
26th seed Flavia Pennetta in the
opener at Arthur Ashe Stadium starting at 11 a.m.
The winners will meet in Saturday’s
final.
Men’s semi-finals on Friday were
delayed two hours to 5 p.m to allow
for the extra matches.
The delays come in the final
uncovered year for Arthur Ashe
Stadium, which starting in
2016 will have a
retractable
roof to
weather postponements.
A supporting superstructure is in
place around the venue now but there
was not enough time to secure the
roof in place before the tournament.
Another day of tension only heightened the anticipation and drama
around Serena and her quest for
more tennis history.
The 33-year-old American, who already holds all four major titles,
is chasing the first
calendar
Grand
Both the men’s and women’s
semifinals will be played on Friday
with No.1 seed Serena to take on
Roberta Vinci in the second match
on Arthur Ashe stadium. Following
the women’s last four clashes, the
men will take the court with the
Roger Federer-Stan Wawrinka
encounter slated after the Novak
Djokovic-Marin Cilic clash.
Serena Williams
Top-ranked defending champion
Serena now will play Italy’s 43-ranked
Roberta Vinci in Friday’s second
semi-final after Romania’s secondranked Simona Halep faces Italian
avoid
any bad
Slam
since
Showers resulted in postponement of the women’s singles semifinal
matches at the US Open on Thursday.
Sharapova qualifies
for WTA Finals
Maria Sharapova
Shami back in
contention
New Delhi, Sept 11 (PTI):
Pacer Mohammad Shami recuperating from shoulder surgery
and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha,
back with a remodelled action, were
among the 30 players called by the
BCCI’s senior selection committee
for a preparatory camp ahead of the
South African team’s forthcoming
tour of India.
Shami has been out of reckoning
after the ICC Cricket World Cup owing
to a knee surgery and missed India’s
away series against Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh besides cash-rich IPL.
Left-arm spinner Ojha will look
to stake claim with his remodelled
action was cleared by ICC as he
showed some form while playing
for India A against Australia A. He
is currently touring Sri Lanka with
the Bengal team.
London, Sept 11:
World number three Maria Sharapova will compete in her eighth WTA
Finals next month in Singapore after
officially qualifying this week, the
women’s tennis governing body said
on Thursday.
The
28-year-old
Russian, who
missed the
US Open
because
of injury,
won the
event on
her debut
in 2004
and has
s i n c e
reached
the final
twice in
2007 and
2012.
Those in
ATP Finals: Novak Djokovic,
Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Stan
Wawrinka.
WTA Finals: Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Maria Sharapova.
Grand-slam chasing Serena Williams, winner of the last three WTA
end-of-year tournaments, and Romania’s Simona Halep have also booked
their tickets for the 23 October-1
November event.
Five more places are still available.
Meanwhile, French Open champion Stan Wawrinka has become the
fourth player to qualify for the seasonending ATP World Tour Finals in London. The world No 5 joins top ranked
Novak Djokovic, fellow Swiss Roger
Federer and Britain’s Andy Murray in
the elite eight-man field for the 15-22
November tournament.
Federer not
surprised with
his success
New York, Sept 11 (AFP):
Many may be surprised by Roger
Federer’s untroubled progress towards becoming the oldest US Open
champion in almost half a century,
but not Federer himself.
The 34-year-old has glided into the
semi-finals, where he will face Swiss
compatriot Stan Wawrinka today.
It will be his 10th New York semifinal as the five-time champion
targets a record sixth US Open
and 18th Grand Slam title.
‘For many years I have tried to
look at the big picture to hopefully
still be playing at a high level at
this age,’ said Federer, who would
be the oldest winner of the US
Open since Ken Rosewall in 1970.
‘So in some ways I am not surprised I am playing as well as I am.’
Federer has not won a major
since his seventh Wimbledon title
in 2012, but came into the US
Open on the back of a seventh
Cincinnati title, defeating world
number one Novak Djokovic in
the final.
Proteas punt on 3
spinners for India
Johannesburg, Sept 11:
Dane Piedt is one of three specialist
spinners named in the South Africa
Test squad for their forthcoming series in India.
Piedt is recalled to the team and
joins Imran Tahir and Simon Harmer,
while wicketkeeper Dane Vilas has
been retained after making his debut
against Bangladesh in July.
Quinton de Kock was named in South
Africa’s one-day and T20 squads but
dropped from the Test team.
Piedt’s only previous Test match
came against Zimbabwe in Harare
in August of last year.
The Proteas, currently the top-
Dane Piedt
ranked Test side in world cricket, will
play four Tests, five ODIs and three
T20s.
Faf du Plessis has recovered from
injury to be included in all three
squads while batsman Khaya Zondo
could make his international debut
after being selected for the T20s.
South Africa convenor of selectors
Linda Zondi said: ‘It is good to have
Dane back from his injury and Imran
was our No 1 spinner for our last Test
series on the sub-continent against
Sri Lanka.’
Zondi also confirmed that another
Dane - wicketkeeper Vilas - would
retain the gloves in this format having
taken over from de Kock in Bangladesh in July.
He added: ‘It is very important
that we maintain consistency in our
selections and Dane hardly had the
chance to make his mark in Bangladesh where the series was so badly
disrupted by the weather.’
NY police boss says ‘sorry’ to Blake
New York, Sept 11:
The New York City police commissioner and mayor offered apologies to
tennis star James Blake Thursday as
officials scrambled to deal with fallout
from his mistaken arrest outside a
Manhattan hotel.
The officer who forcefully arrested
Blake was also put on desk duty as
the episode became a headache for
the department at a time when the city
is hosting the US Open, one of tennis’
premier events and where Blake has
been a fan favourite.
‘I spoke to Blake a short time ago
and personally apologized for yesterday’s incident,’ Police Commissioner
William Bratton said in a statement
Thursday evening. Blake said he
would like to meet with the Mayor and
me at a future date, which we would
be agreeable to.’
Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking on
cable’s NY1, also publicly apologised
James Blake
saying of his arrest, ‘this shouldn’t
have happened and he shouldn’t
have been treated this way.’
Earlier Thursday, the 35-year-old
Blake said he was never told why
he was forced to the ground and
handcuffed.
‘I’d like an explanation for how they
conducted themselves because I
think we all need to be held accountable for our actions, and police as
well,’ Blake said on ABC’s ‘Good
Morning America.’
The mishap unfolded Wednesday
outside the Grand Hyatt New York
hotel, where detectives were investigating a credit card fraud ring
that was having retail items brought
there by a delivery service, police
said. A retailer had given police a
photo of a man who was involved,
police said.
‘If you look at that photo, it is
a remarkable likeness of James
Blake,’ Chief of Detectives Robert
Boyce said at a hastily called news
conference. ‘They look like twins.’
The confusion intensified when a
cooperating witness misidentifi ed
Blake as a suspect while Blake was
standing outside the hotel waiting to
head to the US Open. Blake said he
looked up from his cellphone and
saw a plainclothes officer charging
him before he was body-slammed.
‘I was standing there doing nothing
- not running, not resisting, in fact,
smiling,’ Blake said.
Blake told officers to check his
identification, and he was released.
He said the officer never identified
himself.
The NYPD took the arresting officer off the street while it conducts
an internal investigation. After seeing a security video of the officer
grabbing Blake, forcing him to the
sidewalk and rear-handcuffing him,
the commissioner said, ‘I have concerns about the takedown.’
Part of the internal inquiry will focus on why the chain of command
wasn’t notified of the mistake.
‘Blake has made a number of comments to the press - that’s how we
first became aware of the matter,’
Bratton said.
Steffi Graf in 1988 and trying to
match Graf’s Open Era career record
of 22 Slam singles titles, two shy of
Margaret Court’s all-time record.
‘I never really thought I would be in
this position where I would even be
talking about records, talking about
passing Steffi Graf or even mentioning Margaret Court,’ she said.
‘I just grew up trying to be the best
that I could and do the best that I
could. I worked really hard for everything, so to even be mentioned in that
conversation is great.’
Three-time defending champion
Serena, who seeks an Open Erarecord seventh US Open title, has
won all four career meetings against
Vinci without dropping a set.
She also is 7-0 against Pennetta
and 6-1 against Halep in their career
rivalries.
Only five players have completed
the calendar-year sweep of the Australian, US and French Opens and
Wimbledon -- Americans Don Budge
in 1938 and Maureen Connolly in
1953, Australians Rod Laver in 1962
and 1969 and Margaret Court in 1970
and Germany’s Graf in 1988.
Roger Federer
Ramkumar
has it easy
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
NT Bureau
Coimbatore, Sept 11:
The top two seeds Ramkumar
Ramanathan and N Vijay Sundar
Prasanth advanced to the semifinals of the LMW ITF Men’s Futures
tennis tournament here yesterday
and set up clashes with Markos
Kalovelonis of Russia and Bowen
Quyang of China respectively.
The doubles final also to be played
between top seeded Chinese duo
of Xin Gao and Bowen Quyang
and unseeded Indian team of Mohit
Mayur and Vijay Sundar Prashanth.
With the three quarterfinals going
in straight sets for the winners, the
match of the day was a fighting Ronit
Singh Bisht, winner of the Powerpack
ITF title a fortnight ago at Chennai,
who went down to seventh seeded
Markos Kalovelonis. The Russian’s
ability to win his games on serve
and variety of groundstrokes that
helped him win on his come back
trail after losing the first set. Markos
won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Results -- Singles (quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan
(1) bt Sidharth Rawat (8) 6-3,
6-4, Markos Kalovelonis bt Ronit
Singh Bisht 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, Bowen
Ouyang bt Vignesh Veerabhadran
6-3, 6-3, N Vijay Sundar Prasanth
(2) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
(5) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (semifinals): Xin Gao/
Bowen Ouyang (1) bt Anirudh
Chandrasekar/Vignesh Peranamallur 6-2, 6-4, Mohit Mayur/
Vijay Sundar
Prasanth bt Markos Kalovelonis
(Rus/Timur Khabibulin (Kaz (3)
6-3, 6-4.
Infosys inks
pact with ATP
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and
next-generation services, and ATP,
the governing body of men’s professional tennis, today announced a
strategic partnership to leverage
the latest technological advances
in mobility, cloud and analytics to
transform the experience of tennis
fans and players the world over.
A press note said as part of this
partnership, Infosys will become the
global technology services partner
and platinum sponsor of the ATP
World Tour, as well as the seasonending Barclays ATP World Tour
Finals, for the next three years.
Infosys, as the exclusive global
technology services partner of the
ATP World Tour, would leverage
its expertise in cloud, mobility and
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Mixed Bag
CHENNAI
FRIDAY
11 SEPTEMBER 2015
7
PM stresses on holistic,
preventive healthcare
q Addresses students at 34th convocation of PGIMER
The meaty
STORY
q After Mumbai, Rajasthan,
ban in Ahmedabad
NT Bureau
After Mumbai and Rajasthan, sale of meat has now been banned in Ahmedabad during the Jain festival period of ‘Paryushan’.
After the banning of beef in March which drew protests from largely Muslims
and Dalits, Maharastra government initiated meet ban on account of a Jain
festival. The issue has come to spotlight as the other States like Jammu and
Kashmir and Gujarat have been influenced by the move. Let us look at the
recent developments
How did it start?
The decision to ban the consumption of meat for eight days was taken
by the BJP-led Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) during
Paryushan when the Jain community practices temporal monasticism.
The community believes that violence against all living beings should be
curtailed during these days. As a mark of respect, abattoirs remain closed
across most of Maharashtra’s major cities for a couple of days.
Court steps in
Seeking response of the State and the
civic body on a plea of Bombay Mutton
Dealers Association, a Division Bench
of the High Court said imposing a ban
on animal slaughter and sale of meat for
four days is not feasible in a metropolitan
city like Mumbai. ‘Ban is on slaughter
and sale of the meat. What about other
sources? What about packaged meat
that is already available in the market?’
the bench asked. Ending on a slightly
positive note, the court, suggested if
the Jain community had a problem with
animals being slaughtered in the open and displayed in shops, a direction
can be issued against that.
Stirring a
controversy
Shiv Sena and Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS) had set up
stall to sell meat in defiance of the
order in busy Dadar area.
The Raj Thackeray-led MNS set
up a stall to sell chicken meat as a
symbolic protest. Shiv Sena workers
also tore off the civic body notices
declaring the ban on meat for four
days in Mumbai on 10, 13, 17 and 18
September, when members of Jain
community observe religious fast.
Chandigarh, Sept 11 (PTI):
Emphasising the need for holistic and
preventive healthcare, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi today said that time has
come to think about wellness rather
than illness.
‘The time has passed for (only) addressing (the issue of) illness, (rather)
time has come to address wellness....
We will have to move ahead with a
comprehensive thought, in which we
should address wellness and wellbeing and not only illness,’ he said.
Modi was addressing students at the
34th convocation of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research (PGIMER) here.
The Prime Minister said that there
was consciousness among the people
about holistic and preventive healthcare. The world is asking for something
more from medical science, he said,
noting, ‘It has begun to think about
good health than depending on (the
4-wheeler runs
over woman
at Tambaram
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
A woman lost her life and two others
were severely injured after a fourwheeler rammed into them this morning in Kadapperi near Tambaram.
According to police sources, Yuvaraj, a resident of Rettai Pillaiyar
Koil Street in Pammal was driving his
four-wheeler to Tambaram Railway
Station to pick up his relatives.
On the way, police said, another
vehicle had come in his way and in a
attempt to avoid a collision, he took
a quick turn.
Unfortunately, Yuvaraj lost control
of the wheels and ran into three
persons on the roadside, killing one
instantly. Anthonyammal (50) died
on the spot, while Kuppammal (60)
and Hema (45) were seriously injured.
The three work in the municipality
on a contract basis. Police shifted
Anthonyammal’s body to Chrompet
Government Hospital.
Yuvaraj has been taken into police
custody.
Jammu, Sept 11 (PTI):
In the midst of Indo-Pak border guard talks, Pakistan today resorted to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu
and Kashmir, forcing Indian troops to retaliate.
‘Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations in Hamirpur
sector of Rajouri district in wee hours today,’ Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Manish Mehta said, adding that ‘no casualty or damage was
reported’.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
The head of Physical Education
Department of Chettinad Vidyashram
Muthupandi, has received the ‘Best
Teacher Award’ from the Central
Board of Secondary Education.
Muthupandi has been working at
Chettinad Vidyashram for the past
19 years, said a press note.
Muthupandi, who has participated
in athletics at the Zonal, district and
State-level during his schooling, said
that he had an immense interest
in volleyball and kabbadi from his
childhood.
He is in charge of all games including basketball, swimming and rowing.
Being the NCC Officer of Chettinad
Vidyashram, Muthupandi takes great
pride in the fact that nine of his students participated in the Republic
Day parade at New Delhi. He has
also guided his cadets in several
Chettinad Vidyashram’s head of Physical Education Department Muthupandi
receiving the award from Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi recently.
activities such as trekking and cycling.
Also, Muthupandi has participated
in several blood donation and tree
planting campaigns. He also took
part in the ‘Clean India Exnora Cam-
q Donates Rs 100 cr to build toilets
in villages surrounding the river
evance. Rs 100 crore is an
substantial amount when
it comes from a single institution. But it gains more
importance when a saint
of eminence as Amma
takes the first step then it
sends a message across
the country,’ he said.
As per a press release
from the MAATH, the
money is to be utilised for
the express purpose of
building toilets in the poor
villages surrounding the
Ganges.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and Amma had first
discussed the possibility
of the Math joining hands
with the government on
the Clean Ganga Project
during a visit to Delhi on
28 March this year.
they immediately taken for 10 days custody by
‘Q’ branch police.
Objecting to the police custody, a petition
was filed in Madras High Court and stay was
granted. Later on 16 July,
Coimbatore District Collector Archana Patnaik
ordered detention of the
five under National Security Act.
Taking objection to the
Collector’s order, Rupesh
and the others filed a petition in the Madras High
Court seeking a stay on
the same. When the petition came up for hearing
before Judges S Tamilvanan and CD Selvam, the Judges found merit in the case and
directed the Central and State governments
to file a reply within four weeks.
Malegaon blasts: SC
seeks reply from Centre
New Delhi, Sept 11(PTI):
The Supreme Court today
sought response from Centre
and National Investigating
Agency (NIA) on a plea challenging removal of Special
Public Prosecutor (SPP) in
the 2008 Malegaon blasts
case and alleging that Government was exerting pressure on her to ‘go soft’ on the
accused.
A bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar and A
M Sapre asked Centre and
NIA to file their responses
within one week. The bench,
however, did not allow the
submission of senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Indira
Jaising that hearing on the bail
applications of the accused
persons be stayed for the
time being.
The bench has also issued
notice to Maharashtra government in the case. Earlier, a
Supreme Court Judge had
recused from hearing the plea,
saying that he had represented certain accused in the
matter. The PIL, filed by social
activist Harsh Mander, has
and downtrodden sections of the
society have played role in achieving
their aim to become doctors.
‘Today, there will be many people
among you who will be having their
visas ready or some may have filed
visa applications. But this is our country. Today, whatever we are today is
because something must have been
come from the poor and then given
to us and then we have reached this
stage. Whatever decision you take
in your life, you must think about
whether that decision was in the
interest of poor. In
making you a doctor, the ward boy
also had a role, the tea seller, who
served you tea late at night, also had
a role....,’ he said.
Modi, who is visiting Chandigarh city
for the first time after becoming the
Prime Minister, gave away gold medals to doctors who completed their
post-graduate degrees at PGIMER.
Chettinad Vidyashram
teacher bags award
NT Bureau
Chennai, Sept 11:
The Madras High Court today directed the
Central and State governments to reply within
four weeks on a petition
filed by the arrested Maoists including the couple
- Rupesh and Sheena, challenging their detention under the National Security
Act (NSA).
It may be noted on 4 May,
the two - Rupesh and his
wife Sheena along with their
accomplices Anoop, Veeramani and Kannan were arrested in Karuthampatti at
Coimbatore district by ‘Q’ Branch police. While
Rupesh, Sheena and Anoop belonged to Kerala,
Veeramani and Kannan were from Tamilnadu.
After they were produced in the Magistrate court
Amritanandamayi’s
gesture to Ganges
of us and I must confess
for me in particular...its
memories will carry on
indefinitely with me.’
‘Amma has come to symbolise spiritualism, philanthropy, service, the art of
giving and spreading the
message of love and affection,’ he said.
‘This Rs 100 crore has
more than a material rel-
taking any decision in your life then
you think for a while about the poor
who have played a role in your life
that whether you are doing right or
wrong....Then decision will follow
automatically and if such kind of
decision-making process remains,
the country will never face problems,’
he said.
Modi told the students that the poor
Plea on detention of Maoists
under NSA: HC notice to govts
Pak violates
ceasefire again
Amritapuri, Kollam, Sept 11:
In a big boost to Prime
Minister’s Narendra Modi’s work towards restoring the pristine glory of
Mother Ganges, the Mata
Amritanandanmayi Math,
founded by Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, donated
a whopping Rs 100 crore
towards the ‘Namami
Gange’ Project.
A spiritual leader and
humanitarian of renown,
Mata Amritanandamayi,
fondly referred to as
Amma, handed over a
draft of Rs 100 crore to
Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley.
Speaking on the occasion, Jaitley said, ‘Today
is a memorable day for all
use of) medicines.’
‘There is a big change coming in
the society as it wants freedom from
medicines. A person does not want
side effects (of medicines), he wants
to prevent himself from illness,’ he said.
Modi said that practicising yoga was
a step towards the preventive and
holistic healthcare and wellness. The
policies and strategies of the health
sector are being made keeping in mind
such issues, he said.
The Prime Minister also asked doctors to accept their responsibility
towards the society which has a role
in helping them to become specialists.
‘I want to tell you that today you are
accepting a big responsibility of your
life. You are associated with such a
field where you not only decide about
your life but also take a decision of accepting the responsibility of the society,’
Modi said at the convocation.
‘Whenever you face any problem in
accused NDA government
of trying to interfere with the
functioning of the prosecutor
in the case by exerting ‘pressure’ on her to ‘go soft’ on the
accused. It alleged that the
executive was attempting to
influence the judicial system.
It has alleged that NIA officials had pressured erstwhile
Special Public Prosecutor in
case, Rohini Salian, ‘presumably’ under instructions from
their ‘political masters’.
Salian, who was SPP in
the case, had alleged that
an NIA officer had told her to
go soft on the accused. She
also claimed the same officer
had told her that she would be
replaced. Salian is no longer
on NIA’s panel of lawyers.
The petition has sought the
apex court’s intervention to
ensure a fair trial as there
were reasons to ‘credibly fear’
that ‘executive is attempting to
influence the judicial system
to cave in to the pressure
exerted by it in all matters,
including affording protection
to right-wing extremists who
sympathize with its ideology’.
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paign’. The release said Muthupandi
received the award from Union
HRD Minister Smriti Irani at a function held to mark Teachers’ Day in
New Delhi.
Actor’s son death:
Was it a suicide?
NT Bureau,
Chennai, Sept 11:
The son of yesteryear actor Oru Viral Krishna Rao was found
dead at his residence in Pazhavanthangal.
According to police sources, Sivaji Rao (48) lived alone on
the ground floor of a rented house in Avvaiyar Street.
Police said, on 9 September, the owner went into the house
to check on the foul smell emanating from there, and found the
door unlocked and Rao dead. The body was in a decomposed
condition, with police suspecting if it was a case of suicide or
if he had died of a heart attack. Rao has been trying to get a
break in the film industry for years and has been distressed
over the failure of the same. Police said, he would leave the
house to eat lunch in nearby eateries and return home. This
was his usual routine and that he rarely interacted with people.
His brother Rajendra Rao, a photographer, who lived in
Sivagangai with his family, told police that Sivaji Rao had a
complication in his heart.
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Engaging & educative
Strawberry
The movie speaks
about the safety of
students in schools.
However, it is
nowhere preachy.
Vijay has taken the
help of ghost stories
to convey a strong
message
V
eteran lyricist Pa Vijay, after
a couple of outings as hero,
comes up with an all-round
show in Strawberry. It is an eerie
thriller based on a real life incident.
Written, directed, produced and enacted by Vijay himself, it has enough
elements to keep one glued to their
seats.
Released by Sri Thenandal Films,
the movie speaks about the safety
of students in schools. However, it
is nowhere preachy. Vijay has taken
the help of ghost stories to convey a
strong message.
Vijay is a call taxi driver, who leads
a happy life with his friend ‘Robo’
Shankar. One day, his services are
hired by a rich girl Avni Modi for a
month. She is a human soul painter.
She briefs Vijay about ghosts, spirits and how they take a medium to
achieve their unfulfilled desires.
Her father Joe Malluri is a tantrik.
Malluri explains to him that the spirit
of a young girl, who died recently
wants to meet him. A flashback reveals that a six-year-old girl Anjali
falls from a hole in a school bus and
dies on the spot and Vijay’s efforts
to rescue her fails. The school authorities threaten the girl’s parents
(Samuthirakani and Devayani) to
withdraw the case.
Then, the spirit takes the help of
Vijay to take revenge on the school
authorities for their negligence. How,
she does it forms the rest. With
enough computer graphic scenes, the
flick does manage to leave a mark.
Cinematographer Mara Varman and
music composer Taj Noor come up
with good work.
Vijay plays his part well, while Avni
Modi is passable. Samuthirakani
and Devayani are good and Thambi
Ramiah’s cameo deserves special
mention. Strawberry has loose ends in
the first half, but the latter part makes
it a racy affair.
— M BHARAT KUMAR
Goundamani
A
Kamal Haasan with Sri Sri Ravishankar
Why did
Goundamani agree to
act in 49O?
Goundamani is playing the lead in
49O. The movie is releasing 17 17
September.
Why the lead role after so many
years? Says Goundamani, ‘director
Arokiadoss tried to convince him to act
in this film for almost a year.One day,
I told him to forget the beginning and
end, pick somewhere in the middle
and tell me the story in just two lines.
The lines he said were so powerfully
impressive that I agreed immediately’.
The audio was launched recently in
the presence of actors Sivakarthikeyan and Sathyaraj.
— NT Bureau
When Kamal met
Sri Sri Ravishankar
A
ctor Kamal Haasan recently
called on the founder of Art
of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at
his ashram in Bengaluru recently.
Sri Sri is the Chancellor of Sri Sri
University. He is the chairman of
the Quality Control of India Yoga
Certification Committee. He is also
a member of the Amarnath Shrine
Board, appointed by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Though Kamal Haasan is a ration-
alist, his meeting with Ravishankar
has aroused curiosity among
many.
Sources close to Kamal Haasan
said that it was just a courtesy call
and he offered felicitations for the
charitable work being carried by Art
of Living. It may be recalled that
Ravishankar was born in Papanasam, which was the title of Kamal
Haasan’s last release.
— NT Bureau
Singam 3 to
be shot on
foreign shores
ctor Suriya-starrer Singam 3, the third film in the
popular Singam franchise,
will be shot across four different
countries. The regular shooting
will commence from November.
The film will be shot in India, Africa, Australia and Paris. As soon
as Suriya completes shooting for
Tamil thriller 24, he’s expected
to take a short break and join the
sets of Singam 3,’ a source from
the film’s unit said.
To be directed by Hari, the film
will feature Anushka Shetty and
Shruti Haasan in the lead roles.
‘In India, the film will be
shot in Karaikudi in Tamil
Nadu and in few locations
in Andhra. Key portions
will be filmed in Australia, while the climax
will be shot in Paris,’ the
source added.
The pre-production
work is underway and
the team is finalising the
rest of the cast.
— NT Bureau
Vijay
Atlee
Santhanam’s
next
What is Vijay’s
role in Atlee film?
Comedian-turned-hero Santhanam’s sports a new look is for his
upcoming film, which is directed
by Ram Bala of Lollu Sabha fame.
The pre-production work of this
film has already begun.
A source close to the actor confirmed the news saying, ‘Santhanam’s
bearded look is for his next film with
Ram Bala, who directed spoof comedy series Lollu Sabha. While the
team is trying to keep most of the
details under wraps, it will be an outand-out horror film with an interesting
element in it.’
— NT Bureau
Alia Bhatt
Suriya
T
here are rumours that Vijay would be playing the Commissioner of
Police in Atlee’s movie. This is Vijay’s 59th film.
It is being produced by Kalaipuli S Dhanu. Sources say that Vijay
would be playing the role of a top cop in the film. There are also rumours
that the movie is inspired by Vijayakanth’s yesteryear flick Sathriyan.
The untitled film has two heroines, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Amy
Jackson. GV Prakash Kumar is scoring the music and its his 50th film
as a music composer. Reports say that the team has completed a major
portion of the movie.
— NT Bureau
Alia cried
while dancing
A
ctress Alia Bhatt felt nervous
while matching dance steps
with her co-star Shahid Kapoor
in their forthcoming film Shaandaar
and even cried as she tried to perfect
her task.
Shaandaar is scheduled to release
coinciding with Dussehra next month.
‘Gulabo.. was the first song that
Shahid and I had to do. I was damn
nervous dancing with him. I had to
have at least 10 per cent of his energy.
He has 100 per cent. I rehearsed a lot.
I did work hard a lot, Alia told reporters
at a promotional event of the Vikas
Bahl-directed film.
I cried also for this, for getting such
(hard) steps. But Shahid helped me
a lot, she said.
Choreographer Bosco too agreed
that Alia did cry while perfecting her
dance steps.
Shahid said he faced a lot of competition from his 22-year-old co-star
as she would be rehearsing while he
was hanging out on the sets.
Today’s actors are ‘shana’ (smart).
We usually used to hang out everyday
after the shoot. I got to know that Alia
used to rehearse. As she wanted to
get better than me. There was competition for it.’
Both the actors broke into a jig in
front of media at the event.
It is for the first time that Shahid, 34,
and Alia have teamed up for a film
and their on-screen chemistry in the
movie’s trailer has been largely appre-
ciated.
W h e n
a s k e d
about
t h e
r e a s
o
n behind their
chemistry, Shahid
said, I don’t
know what works
in our favour.
We did not interact much
before we got on
board for this
film. We had met
once or twice
after we started doing the film. We just
got along well. She is unassuming,
nice and a wonderful person.’
Alia revealed she had a tough time
doing a bikini scene in the film. It
(temperature) was minus two and I
was doing this scene. I was not comfortable. I was freezing, she added.
— PTI
Jayam Ravi’s
passion
Jayam Ravi is in great joy post
success of Thani Oruvan. The
movie directed by Jayam Raja, is an
intense thriller. It has made it big at
the box office.
Says Ravi, ‘I grew up watching my
brother direct movies. I have a passion to direct’
‘I would love to make a dance-based
movie. It would be interesting to have
art inside art. As I know a bit of both
dance and cinema, I would like to
make such a film too,’ he said.
— NT Bureau
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