11 February 2015

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

on Tuesday pulled off apolitical masterstroke bysaying that it will invitePrime Minister NarendraModi to attend the swear-ing-in ceremony of DelhiCM-designate ArvindKejriwal to be held onFebruary 14 at the RamlilaMaidan.

"We will invite the PMto the oath-taking ceremo-ny of Arvind Kejriwal,"senior AAP leader ManishSisodia told reporters here.

Earlier in the day, in acongratulatory message toKeriwal, PM Modi hadtweeted: “Spoke to@ArvindKejriwal andcongratulated him on the

win. Assured him Centre`scomplete support in thedevelopment of Delhi.”

Kejriwal, while thank-ing PM Modi for the greet-ings, had said that hewould like to meet himsoon to discuss issues

related to Delhi.Arvind Kejriwal, whose

party won a landslide vic-tory in the Delhi Assemblyelections, is scheduled tomeet PM Narendra Modiand Home Minister

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NEW DELHI, FEB 102015 Delhi Assembly elec-

tion is something that theBharatiya Janata Party willnot forget in a long time. OnFebruary 10, ArvindKejriwal-led Aam AadmiParty, which was formed a lit-tle over two years ago, deci-mated the BJP, winning astaggering 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly.

The BJP, on the other side,was left with mere three seats,

with the Congress drawing ablank. BJP's chief ministerialcandidate Kiran Bedi lostfrom Krishna Nagar seat, con-sidered a stronghold of theparty.

Delhi Assembly electionswas a high-pitched one, withcharges and counter-chargesbeing exchanged between thetwo main players, AAP andthe BJP. While the BJPentered the political arena a

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Delhi Election Results: Arvind Kejriwal's AAP rompshome with staggering 67 seats, BJP routed

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NEW DELHI, FEB 10Four Congress candidates

came second in the Delhiassembly polls with one ofthem losing the election by asmall margin of votes.

Hasan Ahmed, who contest-ed the poll from Mustafabad,lost the seat to Jagdish

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Congress comes second infour Delhi constituencies

NEW DELHI, FEB 10A Delhi court is likely to

pronounce its order on fram-ing of charges against AamAadmi Party (AAP) chiefArvind Kejriwal and twoother AAP leaders tomorrowin a criminal defamation

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Court to pronounceorder on framingcharges against Kejriwal

NEW DELHI, FEB 10CBI said that a "fresh look"

needs to be taken at the specif-ic global laws and protocolswhich are necessary to effec-tively crack down on the men-ace of cyber crime and web-enabled financial frauds.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 10Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)

supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav onTuesday congratulated AamAadmi Party (AAP) chiefArvind Kejriwal for his party'smassive win in DelhiAssembly polls, calling it avictory of secular thinking.

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AAP’s victory is a victory of secularthinking: Lalu

JAMMU, FEB 10Mufti Mohammad Sayeed,

patron of PDP which is in talkswith BJP for government for-mation in Jammu and Kashmirsaid on Tuesday AAP's land-slide victory in Delhi hasbrought home the message"loud and clear" to the saffronparty on the need to "respect"the country's diversity.

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AAP landslide win,a message forBJP to respect diversity: Mufti

PATNA, FEB 10With his handpicked Chief

Minister Jitan Ram Manjhichallenging him, JD(U) leaderNitish Kumar on Tuesday saidhe had erred in taking the deci-sion to choose his successor.

"Manjhi himself has talkedabout this ... That had I lostsense that I chose him," he told

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Nitish Kumar says he erred inhandpicking Manjhi as CM

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Congress' chief ministerial

aspirant Ajay Maken onTuesday quit as the party'sgeneral secretary after he lostfrom Sadar Bazar while hisparty suffered a rout in theDelhi Assembly elections. In a

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PC Chacko quitafter Congressdebacle in Delhi

NEW DELHI, FEB 10With AAP sweeping to a

landslide win and BJP bitingthe dust in the Delhi elections,DMK Parliamentary PartyLeader Kanimozhi Tuesdaysaid that the results showedthat the country still holds sec-ularism as vital. "I think, in a

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AAP win shows secu-larism still importantto India: Kanimozhi

BULANDSHAHR, FEB 10Uttar Pradesh Chief

Minister Akhilesh Yadav onTuesday said BJP's crushingdefeat in the Delhi Assemblyelections was due to cam-paigns such as 'Love Jihad'and 'Ghar Wapsi'.

"Campaigns such as LoveJihad and Ghar Wapsi are the

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Love Jihad, Ghar Wapsi ledBJP to its defeat: Akhilesh

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AAP plays political masterstroke, says 'willinvite PM Modi in Kejriwal's swearing-in'NEW DELHI, FEB 10

The None of the Above (NOTA)option constituted 0.4 per cent ofthe total votes cast in the Delhielections that saw a resurgentAAP party on Tuesday sweeping67 seats.

Nearly 36,000 NOTA voteswere polled, which comprised 0.4per cent of the total ballots cast inDelhi, which is less than the cor-responding figure of 49,000recorded last time.

Over 1.33 crore electoratedecided the fate of 673 candidatesin the Delhi Assembly elections.

For the first time, the ElectionCommission had last year provid-ed the NOTA option button in theEVMs (Electronic VotingMachines) for voters who did notwish to vote for any of the candi-dates in the poll fray.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 10President Pranab

Mukherjee will take acall on Tuesday onmeeting JD(U) leaderNitish Kumar who isplanning to parade130 supporting MLAsbefore him.

Sources in theRashtrapati Bhavansaid the President willdecide tomorrow onthe plea of Kumarwho wants to presentsupporting MLAsbefore the President topress a point that hehas a majority in theBihar assembly.

Kumar has alreadyleft for Delhi with 130supporting MLAs ofhis party, RJD,

Congress, one CPIand an Independent toparade them beforePresident.

He also questionedthe delay by GovernorKesari Nath Tripathiin inviting him toform the government.

He claimed that

many of the support-ing MLAs have toldhim that the Manjhicamp was offeringJD(U) MLAs ministe-rial berths and alsoBJP tickets for theAssembly polls laterthis year to lure them

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President to take call on Wednesdayon meeting Nitish Kumar

Delhi polls NOTA:0.4 per cent oftotal votes cast

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NEW DELHI, FEB 10While the

Bharatiya JanataParty faced a hugesetback in the DelhiAssembly elections,the bigger shock wasits chief ministerialcandidate Kiran Bedilosing from KrishnaNagar — a traditionalstronghold of theparty represented byUnion MinisterHarsh Vardhan since1993.

Dr. Vardhan repre-sented the seat till hewas elected to theLok Sabha last year.

While Ms. Bedilost with just over2,200 votes, the sec-ond-lowest margin inthis election, theresults were a rudeshock for the BJP asDr. Vardhan, theparty’s chief ministe-rial candidate in 2013who emerged victori-

ous by over 45,000votes.

“The seat was cho-

sen for Ms. Bedi afterlots of deliberationsat the top-most level.Seats like GreaterKailash and her homeseat Malviya Nagarwere also discussed.However, her candi-

dature from KrishnaNagar was decided asit is considered one

of the safest seats forthe BJP. But theresult is surprising,”a senior Delhi BJPleader said. In orderto beat the outsidertag, the former IPS

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Bedi’s loss leaves BJP stunned

WASHINGTON, FEB 10The US has expressed

hoped that its companieswould participate in India'snuclear projects as thecountry has reached anunderstanding withAmerica about its existingnuclear liability regime.

"We believe that we'vereached a sufficient under-standing, and I think thisprocess will continue. Weare hopeful that it will leadto our companies havingtheir concerns addressedand being able to partici-pate in India," said BenRhodes, Deputy NationalSecurity Advisor at theWhite House.

Rhodes was respondingto questions on clarifica-tion issued by the IndianGovernment on the recent-ly agreed understandingbetween India and the USon the liability clause ofthe historic civil nuclearagreement.

A seven-page 'frequentlyasked questions' dealingwith contentious issuesincluding liability, com-pensation and right ofrecourse in case of nuclearmishap was issued byIndia's External AffairsMinistry on Sunday.

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ALIGARH, FEB 10Sadhvi Prachi Arya, a

prominent Vishwa HinduParishad (VHP) leader,has said that the 'GharWapsi' programme willcontinue till the fifteencrore people who, sheclaimed, have left theHindu fold postIndependence, are"reconverted toHinduism".

"The 'Ghar Wapsi' pro-gramme launched bysome Hindutva organisa-tions would continueuntil all the fifteen crorepeople who have left theHindutva fold afterIndependence are recon-

verted to Hinduism,"Arya said at a conven-tion organised by VHP atthe Ramleela Grounds inthe old City last night.

She also said that theFather of the Nation titleto Mahatma Gandhi was"unwarranted".

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'Ghar Wapsi' will go on till all 15 crpeople are reconverted: VHP leader

US hopeful of investing inIndia's nuclear projects

NEW DELHI, FEB 10 In the backdrop of BJP's

shocking defeat in theDelhi Assembly election,Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday helddeliberations with his sen-ior Cabinet colleaguesfrom the party.

Immediately after themeeting of the UnionCabinet was over, thePrime Minister had a dis-cussion for one-and-a-halfhours with FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley,

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MUMBAI, FEB 10An angry BJP on

Tuesday took strongexception to Shiv SenaPresident UddhavThackeray's criticismof Prime MinisterNarendra Modi overthe poll rout in Delhiand dared its saffronpartner to first quit thealliance and then attackits leaders.

"Instead of concen-trating on what is hap-pening in Delhi,Uddhavji should first

concentrate on what ishappening in Mumbaiand Maharashtra. Thiselection (in Delhi) wasnot a general election,but a state election.Thus, the question ofbringing in NarendraModi's name does noteven arise," MumbaiBJP Chief AshishShelar said.

"If you intend topoint fingers at Modiji,who is among thetallest leaders of BJP

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Delhi defeat: PM Modi holds delib-erations with Cabinet colleagues

First break alliance, thenattack Modi: BJP to Sena

Party Won Trends Swing

BJP+ 3 3 -29

AAP 67 67 39

CONG 0 0 -8

OTH 0 0 -2

NEW DELHI, FEB 10It was a double feat for

AAP, which not only pul-verised the Opposition bybagging 67 out of 70 DelhiAssembly seats but also near-ly doubled its vote share

since last elections to a phe-nomenal 54.3 per cent.

Meanwhile, BJP's voteshare dipped by one per centto 32.2 as compared to lastyear's vote share. In fact, the

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AAP gets 54.3% vote share;BJP's dips by one percent

NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY | FEB 11, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Arvind Kejriwal address-

ing over 110 meetings injust two months, restruc-tring of the party, firmingup of issues close to peo-ple, a well-planned cam-paign and volunteer sup-port were among the majorreasons for AAP's land-slide victory in Delhiassembly poll.

The party chose its can-didate with much thinkingand even welcomed candi-dates from other partiesconsidering the winnabilityfactor.

After its rout in Delhi inthe last Lok Sabha elec-tions, the party was notonly hit by a series ofdesertions of leaders likeShazia Ilmi but questionswere raised within theparty from senior leaderslike Yogendra Yadav.Despite the odds, the AAPchief sailed through theturbulence and rebuilt theparty.

The party first decided tofocus on Delhi and notcontest upcoming Haryanaand Maharashtra elections,despite opposition fromsenior party leaders and

workers from the twostates.

Restructuring the organi-

sation and also involvingits MLAs and other work-ers in party work, the partyformed various frontalorganisations like AAP'syouth, student's andwomen wings, ST cell,Grameen Morcha, traderscell to tap and connect withvoters.

It also decided to workon assembly seats where ithad lost by a narrow mar-gin in the last assemblyelection and regions like

Outer Delhi where it hadfared badly.

After the Delhi

Assembly was dissolved,the party came up with anelaborate plan and chalkedout a well-crafted cam-paign strategy withKejriwal himself leadingfrom the front.

Party sources say thatsince December last year,Kejriwal addressed morethan 110 rallies.

The AAP chief pickedthe right issues at the righttime, especially the issueof electricity and water and

inflation.In Parliament, party MPs

regularly raised issuesrelated to the national cap-ital. Before the Assemblywas dissolved, AAPensured that none of itslegislators defected.Having learnt its lessonsfrom the Lok Sabha deba-cle, AAP worked hard toshed the tag of a "dharna"party" and reinvent itselfand come up with a "posi-tive" agenda.

It came up with DelhiDialouge, through which itconnected with people ofdifferent stratas of society.It initially came up withYouth Dialouge in whichKejriwal promised a freewi-fi in the city.

"The response was over-whelming, so we decidedto do more Delhi Dialougeon women, in which wetouched the aspect of secu-rity of women andinstalling CCTV cameras.This was backed by a well-planned print and radio adcampaigns," said a partyleader associated withDelhi Dialouge. It had sim-ilar dialougues on health,electricity and water.

The social networkingteam was also played amajor role in spreading theparty's agenda.

"Over 6 million peopleconnected with us onFacebook during ouronline campaign," saidAbhinav Buddhiraja, whois a part of AAP's socialnetworking team.

On the candidates front,barring a few, the partyreplaced almost all its for-mer MLAs, and gavechance to new faces. Manyof them were from withinthe organisation, especial-ly, the frontal organisation.It did not hesitate to givetickets to people who shift-ed their allegiance to AAP.Of the 67 MLAs AAP has,six MLAs are formerlyfrom BJP while some fromother parties.

The party's campaigncommittee gave regularfeedback to its volunteersabout the campaign work.

To back the campaignwith finances, the partyundertook innovative and aseries of funding cam-paigns like "Dinner withKejriwal" and "Selfieswith Kejriwal".

How Arvind Kejriwal's AAP made it a landslide

NEW DELHI, FEB 10AAP ideologue Yogendra

Yadav said the party`s land-slide win has shattered the"myth of invincibility" aroundPrime Minister NarendraModi and opened up "politicalpossibilities".

Speaking to an Englishnews channel after the AamAadmi Party (AAP) won 67 ofthe 70 seats, Yadav said Modihad turned the Delhi assemblyelection into a "referendum(on his government) and saidthe whole world is watching".

"He launched a personalattack on Arvind Kejriwal andnow he cannot simply walkaway and say it is a minorelection," he said.

"Can`t say if his (Modi`s)popularity has waned, but themyth of invincibility has sud-denly been shattered. The ideaof a juggernaut that would roll

on and on and on has beenhalted, temporarily, andopened up political possibili-ties," he said.

By political possibilities,Yadav said, "the completesense of invincibility (aroundModi) has been removed.

Now I suspect that BJP lead-ers would be able to say a fewthings to the BJP, and the kindof pressure on the mediawould be relaxed a bit".

"I always believe that theway to take on Modi is not totake on the old tried and tested

political formula," he added.Asked about the AAP gov-

ernment having virtually noopposition in the assembly, heacknowledged that there wasthe "danger of hubris" (exces-sive pride or self-confidence).

He said the massive man-date has placed a "seriousresponsibility on the party.The people of Delhi havethrust a double responsibilityon us. It is more than what wehad dreamt. The people willexpect more of us - to deliveron promises".

Stating that the huge man-date was "scary", he said itwould give the AAP govern-ment the "responsibility of lis-tening to voices of dissent,especially of the 32 percentwho voted for the BJP and theothers, and the responsibilityof proving to be the carrier ofan alternative politics".

AAP win shattered myth of PM Modi's invincibility: Yogendra Yadav

BENGALURU, FEB 10A very positive cam-

paign focusing on develop-ment and governance ledto a spectacular victory forthe Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) in the Delhi assem-bly election, formerInfosys director and AAPleader in Karnataka VBalakrishnan saidTuesday.

"We ran a very positivecampaign focusing ondevelopment and gover-nance in Delhi. We neverdid any negative cam-paign. That is what hadresonated well with theelectorate," Balakrishnansaid after participating in avictory lap the party`s city

unit took out in theevening to celebrate itsstunning win in Delhi.

Of the 70 seats in theDelhi legislative assembly,the two-year-old AAP wonin 67, while the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) in threeand the Congress and otherparties drew a blank.

On the near decimationof the BJP at the hustings,Balakrishnan said the BJPran a negative campaignand personally attackedAAP leader ArvindKejriwal.

"They (BJP) never camewith any agenda on whatthey can do for Delhi.More over, it broughtKiran Bedi in the last

minute as its chief ministe-rial candidate, which hadnot gone well with theelectorate," he said.

Balakrishnan, who con-tested on AAP ticket in the2014 Lok Sabha electionsfrom the BangaloreCentral constituency butlost to BJP`s sitting P.Mohan, campaigned forthe party in the Delhiassembly poll along withother leaders fromKarnataka. Noting theCongress was never incontention, he claimedthey gave up even beforethe elections were held.Asserting that nobody wasinvincible in a democracy,Balakrishnan said the les-

son to be learnt from theDelhi outcome was neverbecome arrogant and takethe electorate for granted.

"The lesson to learn iswhen people give a man-date, perform to fulfill thepromises made to them. Ifyou run a campaign withpositive mindset, focusedon development and gov-ernance, they (people) willrepose faith in you," hesaid. Riding on theresounding victory in thenational capital, the party`sstate unit plans to contestin the upcoming local bodyelections to the BruhatBengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) due thissummer.

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Embarrassed by the unprecedented

rout in Delhi Assembly polls,Congress on Tuesday admitted it"could not gauge" the mood of thepeople.

"I am shattered by the disappoint-ing performance of the party. I couldnot gauge the mood of the people,"AICC in- charge for Delhi P CChacko said in his missive toCongress President Sonia Gandhiand Vice President Rahul Gandhi ashe offered his resignation owningmoral responsibility.

He also said that he was ready forany sacrifice to rebuild the party"even without any post" under theirleadership.

"I offer my resignation with humil-ity to make way for any change,which the party may deem neces-

sary," Chacko said in the missive,according to sources.

Halting the Narendra Modi jugger-naut in its tracks, the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) today scored a landslidevictory by winning as many as 67 ofthe 70 seats leaving BJP with onlythree and completely decimatingCongress which drew a blank.

Congress lost the eight seats it hadwon last time. These were the seats, itwas winning for last three elections.

The party did not have any greathopes from these elections but didnot imagine that it would score aduck. "This is a big embarrassment, abig shock. The results are far belowour expectations. All of us will haveto see what went so wrong," Chackosaid. Dismissing questions aboutRahul Gandhi's responsibility for theresults, he said, "Rahul Gandhi was

not contesting in Delhi. He was notleading in Delhi. How can he be heldresponsible for a state electiondefeat?"

Congress lost deposit in most of theseats and its veterans were pushed tothird position with the contest largelyremaining a bi-polar one betweenAAP and BJP.

What has been a major concern forCongress is that its vote percentageshowed a constant decline fromaround 24 per cent in 2013 Assemblypolls and around 15 per cent in 2014Lok Sabha polls to nearly 10 per centthis time, a senior AICC functionarysaid.

The leader said that with this result,there will be great difficulty inrebuilding the party and it should alsobrace for the eventuality of someleaders deserting it.

Delhi polls: Could not gauge mood of people, says Congress

NEW DELHI, FEB 10On a day the party script-

ed history by winning astaggering 67 seats in the70-member DelhiAssembly, a large numberof AAP supporters fromvarious states were a partof the spontaneous out-burst of revelry.

In an attempt to imitateparty chief ArvindKejriwal's 'mufflerman"look, 80-year-old HCGautam from Mumbai wasriding a bicycle with twobrooms mounted on it,with the signature cap and

a muffler in place.The bicycle had two

large posters of Kejriwal,one each on front and rear,that read: "The curiouscase of Mufflerman; Dillika rakhvala."

In a quivery yet powerfulvoice, Gautam, a retiredrailway official, said, "I amnot a celebrity. I am a com-mon man of the commonworld," as other supportersgathered around him put-ting in words of praise forthe AAP chief.

"Mumbai se aaya hunpar Mumbaikar nahi hun.

Main Bharatkar hun.Kejriwal humein wahiazaadi dilwaayega joGandhiji ne angrezon se lithi," he added, pointingtowards Kejriwal's posteron his chest. "Ye dekho,mera dil, Kejriwal."

Another supporter whoimmediately grabbed allattention was Srinivas Raofrom Telangana.

Rao, an Arjuna awardeein Badminton in the physi-cally handicapped catego-ry, was extremely vocal inhis support forAAP.

Supporters upbeat over AAP's historic win

AAP won on positive campaign: Balakrishnan

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Fulfilling its poll promises

might be an uphill task forthe new AAP governmentfollowing the party's sweep-ing victory in the Delhiassembly polls Tuesday. Itwould be interesting to seehow the party would bringthe key legislation like JanLokpal and Swaraj. The pre-vious 49-day Aam AadmiParty government hadresigned over the failure tointroduce the anti-graft JanLokpal bill. The party haswon 67 of the 70 seats in theDelhi assembly. "Lokpaland Swaraj (self-rule) are asimportant as electricity andwater," a senior AAP leadersaid.

He, however, did not givean outline of the bills.

Besides, fulfilling theirother promises like building20 new colleges, two lakhpublic toilets and 47 fast-track courts and providingWiFi across Delhi will notbe easy since the land own-ing agency comes under thecentral government. On theissue of slashing powerrates, the party will treadcautiously and take a deci-sion only after analyzing theaudit report of the powerdiscoms, a party source said.

Though in its last stint theparty had halved the powerrates by providing subsidywithin three days of comingto power in 2013, theexperts had criticized themove saying the subsidywould cost the exchequerhugely.

'AAP government hastough tasks ahead'

NEW DELHI, FEB 10After BJP's humiliating

defeat in Delhi polls, sen-ior BJP leader from BiharKirti Azad on Tuesdaysaid that "heads must roll"and demanded that sternaction should be takenagainst those responsiblefor the "negative" cam-paign in Delhi.

The cricketer-turned-politician defended PrimeMinister Narendra Modisaying his good and posi-tive campaign wouldhave resulted in a bettershow for the party inDelhi.

"Heads must roll...Irequest the PrimeMinister and party presi-dent to look into who isresponsible in Delhi. Therot in the system needs tobe cleared in Delhi. Whois responsible that the BJPis out of power for over

15 years and it will be sofor 20 years now," Azadsaid.

He wondered how thePrime Minister's positiveagenda of developmentand good governanceturned negative in Delhi

polls and the party leaderswent on an all-out offen-sive against AAP in asmearing negative cam-paign.

"You should respectyour opponents. You haveto sit together and face

each other sitting oppo-site to each other in theAssembly. Everythingwas going well for BJPunder the positive agenda.Then why such a negativecampaign," he said.

He said had the positivecampaign of Modi stayed,this would not have beenthe fate of BJP in Delhi.

"Had the 'poorvaiyyas'and the 'maithalis' beengiven party tickets, itcould have been differ-ent," he said.

Azad, who hails fromBihar where the party isseeking to wrest powerfrom JD(U) and is son offormer Chief MinisterBhagwat Jha Azad, saidhe, like many other partyworkers, are asking ques-tions as to why this hashappened and whosoeverresponsible should bedealt with sternly.

Kirti Azad calls for stern action over BJP's defeat

Kejriwal provedstronger thanBedi: MS DhirNEW DELHI, FEB 10

Former Delhi assembly speaker MSDhir, who defected from the AAP to theBJP just before the elections and lost to hisformer party Tuesday, credited ArvindKejriwal for the AAP sweep.

Kejriwal was a stronger face than(BJP`s) Kiran Bedi for the post of chiefminister," Dhir said after losing to AamAadmi Party`s Pravin Kumar by 20,450votes in Jangpura.

"Winning and losing are the two faces ofthe same coin. I think it`s an anti-BJP wavethat led us down," he said.

"Also, I think AAP got more time to pre-pare for the elections as they were prepar-ing for the last six months."

Dhir said the AAP`s showing -- it won 67of the 70 seats in Delhi -- was "a 100 per-cent win (for) Arvind Kejriwal. (My oppo-nent) Pravin won because of the wave inAAP`s favour and Kejriwal`s popularity"

Victory margin of over50K at six seats, lowestat NajafgarhNEW DELHI, FEB 10

As many as six AAP candidates today came outvictorious defeating their nearest rivals by over50,000 votes with the highest margin of 77,665 votesrecorded by the party's Vikaspuri candidateMahinder Yadav.

The narrowest margin was recorded at Najafgarhwhere AAP's Kailash Gahlot defeated his nearestINLD rival by a mere 1,555 votes.

In four seats, the victory margin was less than5,000 votes.

In Vikaspuri, Yadav won by the highest marginover his nearest BJP rival Sanjay Singh. AAP'sSanjay Jha triumphed over BJP contestant Gopal Jhaby a huge margin of 67,950 votes in Burari.

Okhla, Deoli, Sultanpur Majra and Bawana wereother constituencies where the margin of victory wasover 50,000 votes.

The constituencies which witnessed close contestsinclude Krishna Nagar, Shakur Basti and LaxmiNagar.

In Krishna Nagar, AAP's SK Bagga defeated BJP'schief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi by a low mar-gin of 2,277 votes.

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Six women leaders have

managed to secure a place inthe 70-member DelhiAssembly, a meagre eight percent even as fairer sex accountsfor almost 45 per cent of thepopulation in the national capi-tal. While as many as 66women candidates were in fray,all the six winners, who havemade it to the Assembly, belongto the Aam Aadmi Party. Theyare Rakhi Birla, BandnaKumari, Saritha Singh, AlkaLambha, Pramila Tokas andBhavna Gaur.

Interestingly, the threewomen candidates elected tothe Delhi Assembly in 2013polls were also from AAP -Birla, Bandana Kumari andVeena Anand.

Birla, who was the Cabinetminister for Women and Child,Social Welfare and Languagesin Delhi during AAP's 49-dayregime, contested from MangolPuri constituency in West Delhi

and defeated Congress' RajKumar Chauhan by 22,699votes. Elected as an MLA fromthe Shalimar Bagh constituencyin the 2013 Assembly polls,Bandana Kumari emerged vic-torious by defeating anotherwoman candidate, BJP's RekhaGupta. Alka Lamba, a formerleader of Congress-affiliatedNational Students Union ofIndia (NSUI) who had joinedAAP in 2013, won fromChandni Chowk constituency,defeating yet another womencandidate of BJP, SumanKumar Gupta, by more than18,000 votes.

Another women whoemerged victorious wasParmila Tokas, an independentmunicipal councillor. She wasfielded from RK Puram con-stituency, where the party hadpitted Shazia Ilmi in the lastelections. Ilmi left AAP lastyear and ultimately joinedhands with BJP just before theDelhi elections.

6 women make it to Assembly this time

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY | FEB 11, 2015SAADDA HAQ

Delhi Election Results...bit late, AAP and its CM candidate,

Kejriwal, had been campaigning in fullswing in the national capital couple ofmonths back.

hey had been going door to door with ahost of promise for the people, with Kejriwalrepeatedly apologising to the people of thenational capital for quitting the governmentin just 49 days. He addressed over 110 meet-ings in just two months, as per reports.

The AAP had won 28 seats in 2013 DelhiAssembly election and had formed the gov-ernment with the support of the Congress.However, Kejriwal, who was the CM, quitthe post in 49 days on the issue of the LokpalBill.

He had then fought the 2014 Lok Sabhapolls against Narendra Modi from Varanasiwhich he subsequently lost. AAP had con-tested more than 400 seats in the GeneralElections but won only four. Later, Kejriwalwas accused of leaving the CM post to fulfilthe ambitions of becoming the PM of India.

Meanwhile, Delhi had been underPresident's rule for the past one year. Now,with the humongous win today, life seems tohave turned a full circle for AAP and hischief.

Having probably learnt from its past mis-takes, AAP decided to focus on Delhi and notcontest Haryana and Maharashtra elections,despite opposition from senior party leadersand workers from the two states.

In an interview to Zee Media, Kejriwal hadrevealed that he was not too keen on contest-ing the Lok Sabha polls as AAP did not havea well-oiled cadres and adequate infrastruc-ture to go national but had been forced by hisparty to do so.

Restructuring the organisation and alsoinvolving its MLAs and other workers inparty work, the AAP formed various frontalorganisations like AAP's youth, student's andwomen wings, ST cell, Grameen Morcha,traders cell to tap and connect with voters.

It also decided to work on assembly seatswhere it had lost by a narrow margin in thelast Assembly election and regions like OuterDelhi where it had fared badly.

As for the BJP, they refused that the Delhiresults were in any way a referendum forPrime Minister Narendra Modi and his gov-ernment. Modi did hold six rallies in Delhiand a battery of BJP MPs and UnionMinisters were out on the streets campaign-ing for the party. The BJP did level a host ofallegations on AAP, including taking illegalmoney through hawala.

And though there may be couple of factorsfor the loss of the BJP, the gamble of bring-ing in rank outsider Kiran Bedi, a former IPSofficer and an erstwhile associate of Kejriwalin the anti-corruption movement, is said tohave backfired hugely.

The saffron party had won all the sevenseats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, riding onthe so-called Modi-wave.

To be noted is the fact that the AAP's featwas rarely achieved in any state in the past.Only once in 1989, the Sikkim SangramParishad had won all the 32 seats in theAssembly.

46-year-old-former Revenue Service offi-cial, Kejriwal, was later elected leader of theAAP Legislature Party after which he stakedclaim to form government.

Lt Governor Najeeb Jung conveyed toKejriwal that he will send a report to thePresident, a formality enabling governmentformation.

Kejriwal won the prestigious New Delhiseat by a margin of over 31,500 votes defeat-ing the nearest BJP rival Nupur Sharma, apolitical novice. Former minister andCongress veteran Kiran Walia came a poorthird with 4,700 votes and lost her deposit.

Congress' CM candidate Ajay Maken alsosuffered a crushing defeat by a margin ofover 50,000 votes at the hands of AAP SomDutt in Sadar Bazar constituency and lost hisdeposit. Maken resigned as CongressGeneral Secretary taking responsibility forthe debacle.

Post victory, Kejriwal asked party workersnot to get carried away by the mandate andnot become 'arrogant'. "You have done awonder. When you are on the path of truth,all the forces of universe come together tohelp you. I salute the people of Delhi. It's avictory of truth," he said, adding, “I wouldlike to urge all of you not to be arrogant.Otherwise we will meet the same fate fiveyears down the line. We have to serve peopleof Delhi as they have given such a massivemandate to us and we are grateful to them.”

After the stupendous victory, PM Modicongratulated Kejriwal on phone and assuredhim of Centre's support in running Delhi. Ontheir part, AAP has said today that theywould invite the PM for Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony, which is likely to be held onNovember 14 at Ramlila Maidan, exactly ayear after he had quit the CM's chair.

AAP gets...primary reason behind the massive rise in

the party's vote share from 29.49 per centduring the 2013 Assembly polls to 54.2 percent in this election, could be attributed toCongress' worst ever debacle in Delhi.

Congress which had bagged eight seatswith a vote share of 24.55 per cent couldmanage to get only 9.7 per cent of the totalvote share.

While BJP's vote share dropped only byone percentage point from 33.07 per cent in2013 to 32.2 per cent this time, the party'sseat count went down from 31 to a paltry 3.

The 25 per cent rise in AAP's vote sharehas resulted in increase of 39 seats as theparty got 67.

Bedi’s loss...officer campaigned extensively in the con-

stituency, unlike Aam Aadmi Party convenerArvind Kejriwal, who was tied outside hisNew Delhi seat being the star campaigner forhis party.

While BJP insiders ruled out sabotage fromparty workers, Ms. Bedi’s “arrogant” work-ing style might have affected her prospects.In the last leg of the campaigning, the elec-tion assistant in her constituency, NarendraTandon, resigned after accusing her of being“dictatorial”.

Mr. Tandon withdrew his resignation afterthe Central leadership intervened.

“Dr. Vardhan was by her side while shewas campaigning in the constituency. Also,she spent considerable time in her con-stituency even on the polling day, so sabo-tage at the ground level seems difficult. Theonly possible reason that one can conclude isthat she could not beat the outsider tag,”another senior BJP leader added.

Delhi polls ...Babarpur recorded the lowest number of

the NOTA votes at 290 while highest wasrecorded at Matiala at 1102.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's New Delhiconstituency saw 465 votes being polled asNOTA, while losing BJP's chief ministerialcandidate Kiran Bedi's Krishna Nagar seatsaw 358.

Among those constituencies recording aNOTA of over 800 were -- Bawana (870),Karwal Nagar (888) and Kirari (840).

A record 67.14 per cent turnout was regis-tered on February 7 in the fiercely foughtAssembly polls, where a spirited AAP oblit-erated BJP, reducing its share in the 70-mem-ber House to just 3.

After the SC order in September 2013, ECadded the NOTA button on the ElectronicVoting Machines as the last option on thevoting panel.

Prior to the apex court order, those notinclined to vote for any candidate had theoption of filling what is popularly called'form 49-O'. But filling the form at thepolling station under Rule 49-O of theConduct of Elections Rules, 1961, compro-mised the secrecy of the voter.

Supreme Court had, however, refused todirect the Election Commission to hold freshpolls if the majority of the electorate exercis-es the NOTA option while voting.

President to ...to their side.Kumar said in case the Governor gives a

chance to Manjhi for floor test, JD(U), whichhas support of 99 out of 111 MLAs, will sit inOpposition on that particular day of specialsession for confidence vote.

AAP plays...Rajnath Singh tomorrow.The former chief minister and his party

reclaimed Delhi with a resounding sweep of67 seats in a 70-member assembly today. TheBharatiya Janata Party opened its accountwith three seats while the Congress securedzero.

'Ghar Wapsi'..."The title of the Father of Nation to Gandhi

was unwarranted because the true sacrificefor attaining freedom was carried out by oth-ers," she said.

"The credit for India's independence waswrongly attributed to Gandhi when it shouldhave been given to Vir Savarkar and BhagatSingh," she said.

Sadhavi said the VHP would also continueits movement to ensure increase in the popu-lation of Hindus in India which had beensteadily declining compared to others.

"I and BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj are receiv-ing threats but we are not scared and wouldcontinue working for the rights of the Hinducommunity," she said.

The VHP also announced that it wouldlaunch a movement for renaming Aligarh as'Harigarh' which, the organisation claimed,was the city's original name.

The convention was attended by seniorBJP leaders including Lok Sabha MP SatishGautam and city Mayor Shakuntala Bharti.

US hopeful...the understanding on the policy hurdles

were reached after three rounds of discus-sions between the Indo-US Nuclear ContactGroup, which met last in London, just threedays before President Barack Obama visitedNew Delhi on January 25.

"As we said on the trip (US PresidentBarack Obama's recent India visit), compa-nies are going to make their own judgments.They're going to look at the liability pool;they're going to look at India's clarificationsof its laws," said Rhodes, who accompaniedObama on his trip to India last month.

"I think this is a sign of an effort to contin-ue to move forward and using the break-through to try to open the space to resolve theconcerns of US businesses so that they canparticipate in the Indian nuclear industry," hesaid.

Rhodes, who is considered close to the USPresident, said after returning from India, theAdministration has briefed American compa-

nies on the new understanding they reachedwith the Indian Government on issue.

The resolution between the two govern-ments on the civil nuclear issue was a keypart of the successful Obama visit to India,he said.

Rhodes said that the US had encouragedthe Indian Government to make informationavailable about the nature of the understand-ings as part of its ongoing engagement withcompanies "so that people could have a clearunderstanding of what the way forward is".

"We have also been able to consult with ourcompanies and brief them on the ongoingdiscussions that we've had through the con-tact group with India," Rhodes told reporters.

First break ...and Prime Minister of this country, then do

not stay in the government with us. Have thecourage of first leave power and then pointfingers," he said.

Uddhav had earlier said BJP's mauling inthe Delhi Assembly poll amounted to"defeat" for Modi and showed that tsunami ismightier than the "Modi wave".

Asked if BJP was surprised by Uddhav'sstinging criticism of the Prime Minister,Shelar said, "Everybody speaks according totheir nature. It must be his nature to speaklike this."

Sena, which is part of the BJP-led govern-ment in Maharashtra, is also a constituent ofthe ruling coalition at the Centre.

Both saffron parties had gone through abitter break- up just ahead of MaharashtraAssembly poll, but patched up later as BJPfailed to get a majority in the October elec-tion.

However, despite his party being part ofthe Governments in Maharashtra and at theCentre, Uddhav has been making criticalcomments against BJP.

Delhi defeat...Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Chemical

and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar,Parliamentary Affairs Minister M VenkaiahNaidu and Minister for Social Justice andEmpowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot.

There was no official word on what tran-spired in the meeting.

The defeat in Delhi Assembly polls hascome for BJP nearly a fortnight before theBudget Session of Parliament is to com-mence on February 23.

Opposition parties are expected to attackthe government latching on to the Delhidefeat.

Halting the Modi juggernaut in its tracks,the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today scored alandslide victory in the Delhi election bywinning 67 of the 70 seats leaving BJP withonly three and completely decimatingCongress which drew a blank.

In an election that was billed as a referen-dum on the Prime Minister, the AAP tornadothrew veterans of both BJP and Congress intothe electoral dustbin in their traditional bas-tions.

BJP leaders accepted that the defeat as a"setback" but dismissed suggestions that itwas against the Modi government's perform-ance.

Speaking separately before the Cabinetmeeting, Water Resources Minister UmaBharati tried to put up a brave face anddownplayed the BJP debacle, saying thatexpecting BJP to win every election in Indiais an expression of "feudal mindset".

"In democracy this (losing) happens. Thisis feudal mentality if we think that every-where we have to win. This is feudal mind-set. In democratic mindset, this happens.Anybody can form government in any state.In democratic system, any one can be defeat-ed anywhere and one should accept it grace-fully," she said.

Asked what went wrong with BJP in theelection, she said, "This is not the correctplatform to discuss our shortcomings."

Telecom Minister Ravishankar Prasad ear-lier said, "We have lost badly. We accept ourdefeat with all humility. We will seriouslylook into the reasons. We probably feel wehave faulted in gauging the mood of the peo-ple of Delhi. We will seriously think about itand take a comprehensive review of the rea-sons that led to this defeat."

He said that the Modi government treatseveryone equally without any political dis-crimination and the same principle will applyin Delhi.

"We will work as a constructive oppositionand will oppose whereever required," hesaid.

AAP’s victory ...congratulated him. This is a win over pride;

the pride of Modi and his party. EvenAmerican President said that division is notgood. This is the win of a secular thinkingand our support is with them. This is a land-mark victory," said Yadav.

In a major setback for the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) and the Congress, the AAP wonthe elections with 67 of the 70 Assemblyseats up for grabs.

The BJP, which was relying heavily onPrime Minister Narendra Modi's popularityand had also brought in former IPS officerKiran Bedi as its chief ministerial candidateto counter Kejriwal, managed to secure justthree seats.

The Congress, which had ruled the nation-al capital for 15 years up to 2013 and was try-ing to rebuild its lost ground in Delhi, haslost in all seats.

Nitish Kumar...reporters here. Kumar justified his decision

to resign as the Chief Minister in the wake ofthe drubbing faced by JD(U) in the generalelection last year, though his decision inchoosing his successor went wrong.

"I had taken the decision to appoint him(Manjhi) with good intention at that point oftime, though after eight months it has beenproved wrong," Kumar, flanked by stateJD(U) President Basistha Narayan Singh andsenior party leaders Vijay Chaudhary andShyam Rajak, said.

He, however, refused to comment onManjhi's allegations that he was 'power hun-gry'. "Do not take me to that level when Ihave to answer on such things coming fromsuch a person."

Kumar said after two to three months ofinstalling Manjhi, he started getting informa-tion from people and party workers about'sinister designs' (of Manjhi and his support-ers).

"But when it became clear that governanceon the basis of which Bihar was brought backon the track and being recognised in theworld was being compromised, I had nochoice but to accept the request of party lead-ers and workers to take leadership onceagain," he said.

"Now since I have taken a decision to re-take leadership there is no looking back and Iwill be the leader from the front to ensurethat BJP never succeeds in its design (to winpower in Bihar)," he said.

AAP landslide...Congratulating the Arvind Kejriwal-head-

ed AAP for its win in the Delhi Assemblypolls, Sayeed said the elections have assertedIndia's diversity and asked Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to take the lead in disciplin-ing "divisive elements".

"If there ever was a need for course correc-tion for BJP the voters of Delhi have broughtit home to them loud and clear," he said in astatement.

"BJP must not ignore the message of thevoters in Delhi. The Delhi elections haveasserted the diversity of our country and theneed to respect it."

On AAP's resounding victory, he said theyoungest party deserves the heartiest con-gratulations and best wishes from every citi-zen of the country.

The Mufti said BJP which has emerged asthe most prominent force in the country inthe last general elections needs to introspectand absorb the message from Delhi elec-torate with sublimity.

"While it was heartening to see the peoplebelonging to different sections of the societyclosing their ranks to give democracy a push,the BJP would do well to rein in the elementsthat had started feeling free to indulge in adivisive language and actions," he said.

He said the results in Delhi were areminder of the fact that India is a country ofdiverse religious and cultural strains and thepeople of the capital have restated that fact inthe most emphatic way.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi must takelead in disciplining these elements who hadstarted conveying a different idea of India sothat the country forges ahead along its ethosof tolerance, diversity and communal harmo-ny," said Mufti.

BJP and PDP are in talks over formation ofa coalition government in Jammu andKashmir.

Congress comes...Pradhan of the BJP by 6,031 votes.Devender Yadav, who contested from

Badli, lost the seat to AAP`s Ajesh Yadav by35,376 votes.

Similarly, Congress` Rajkumar Chauhanand Shoaib Iqbal lost the poll to AAP`s can-didates coming second.

Court to...complaint filed against them by an advo-

cate.Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg

had earlier reserved the order for February 11on framing of charges against Kejriwal,Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav, whowere released on bail after they had appearedin the court on June 4 last year in pursuanceto summons against them.

The summons were issued on the com-plaint of advocate Surender Kumar Sharmaunder sections 499, 500 (defamation) and 34(common intention) of the IPC, with thecourt saying there was prima facie material tosummon the accused.

"The press release published in newspapersas well as testimonies of witnesses reflectthat defamatory remarks were published inthe newspaper which affected the reputationof the complainant in the society and loweredhis reputation in the eyes of other membersof the society," the court had said.

However, the court had rejected the com-plainant's plea that AAP leaders had con-spired and cheated him, saying in the absenceof the very element of deception, there wasno prima facie material against any of theaccused for the offence of cheating and crim-inal conspiracy.

Sharma had alleged that in 2013 he wasapproached by volunteers of AAP who hadasked him to contest Delhi Assembly elec-tion on a party ticket saying Kejriwal waspleased with his social services.

He filled up the application form to contestthe polls after being told by Sisodia and

Yadav that AAP's Political AffairsCommittee of the party had decided to givehim the ticket. However, it was later deniedto him.

International laws ...training programme on "Financial

Offences and Cyber Crimes", CBI DirectorAnil Sinha said that "the problems of todaycannot be solved by using the skills andknowledge of yesterday."

"Anonymity and connectivity of cyberworld have enabled white collar criminals toexploit financial systems from far away juris-dictions, which not only makes detection andprosecution of economic offences difficult,but the recovery of the proceeds of crimesstashed away in different nations alsobecomes more complex," he said.

Sinha underlined the need for an efficientand dynamic capacity-building programmeand the "need to have a fresh look at the leg-islations and protocols to enable better inter-national cooperation to tackle the emergingchallenges in the 21st century".

The training module is being conducted forofficers from different law enforcementagencies of 11 African nations with a specialimpetus on investigation of economicoffences and cyber crimes.

Sinha said that the transnational and multi-jurisdictional nature of economic and cybercrimes has emerged as one of the major chal-lenges for law enforcement agencies acrossthe world.

He also stressed on the need to have jointinvestigations to tackle organised crime net-work of human trafficking across the globe.

The CBI chief asked the officers participat-ing in the training to reach out to their inter-national counterparts and domain experts inthe relevant areas in order to break the exist-ing boundaries of thought and bring newunderstanding into practice.

The topics expected to be discussed duringthe programme include criminal intelligencein financial fraud, frauds in financial sector,wildlife crimes, collection and analysis ofmobile phone data, including freeware andcommercial software, forensic accountingand its use in detecting economic crimes,counterfeit currency and forgery of docu-ments.

Also to be taken up is the examination offraudulent travel documents, e-banking fraudand online financial frauds, combating drugtrafficking, chit-fund fraud and e-marketingfrauds, analysis of CDR and cell sites andinvestigation of money laundering and for-eign exchange-related cases.

PC Chacko...subsequent move, the Delhi in-charge PC

Chacko also stepped down from office."Yes, both the leaders (Maken and Chacko)

have resigned. Maken's resignation is subjectto approval from the party high command(party president Sonia Gandhi).

"Chacko's resignation is a mere formalityas his term was supposed to end after theDelhi polls," party official Tom Vadakkansaid.

Maken, who was relegated to the thirdposition with 16,331 votes Tuesday, was upagainst incumbent Som Dutt Sharma of theAam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Praveen Jain ofthe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a con-stituency that was a Congress bastion forthree consecutive terms until Rajesh Jain lostit to the AAP in the 2013 polls.

Sharma reclaimed Sadar Bazar, the largestwholesale market in the national capital, with67,507 votes.

"I take responsibility for the results andhave decided to resign as general secretary ofthe Congress," Maken said.

AAP win...way it is an unexpected result, I mean, this

kind of margin, this kind of victory, theyhave just swept the polls and we have tothink about it.

"One major thing is that the country stillthinks secularism is very important," she toldreporters here.

Asked whether the election results was areferendum on the Narendra Modi-led NDAgovernment, she said that it was too early tocomment on it.

Meanwhile, earlier today, Kanimozhi sub-mitted a representation to the Chief ElectionCommissioner demanding replacement ofthe Returning Officer for the Srirangam by-elections.

Alleging that the Returning Officer was notacting neutral, she said that the Yatri Nivas inSrirangam, which was meant to host pil-grims, is being used for electioneering byAIADMK in Tamil Nadu.

"Money is being distributed. That could notbe stopped," she charged.

Love Jihad...reasons responsible for the electoral rout of

BJP in Delhi Assembly elections," he saidwhile speaking to reporters on the sidelinesof an event at Sikandrabad here.

The Samajwadi Party leader also said thatthe Delhi poll results have brought Congressand his party closer.

AAP today scored a landslide victory in theDelhi Assembly polls by winning 67 of 70seats leaving BJP with only three and com-pletely decimating Congress which drew ablank. He was in the district to lay the foun-dation stone of a Rs 15 crore Integrated RuralAgro Hub meant for reducing post harvestlosses to vegetables.

BY HASAN SUROOR

While Muslims rightly resentbeing called upon to con-demn every act of Muslim

extremism by arguing why the com-munity should be held accountablefor the actions of individual mem-bers, the Shirin Dalvi case is aboutstanding up for a fellow Muslimbeing intimidated by the communi-ty’s own lunatic fringe

A Muslim woman is accused ofblasphemy, sacked by her employers,dragged through police stations andcourts, and is forced to go under-ground in the face of a vicious hatecampaign, including death threats.

This is not a story from the bad-lands of Waziristan, and her tormen-tors are not the sharia-enforcingTaliban. It is happening right in theheart of modern India — in cosmo-politan Mumbai, to be precise —with our own Taliban leading theshow.

The victim is a respected Muslimwoman journalist, Shirin Dalvi whoedited a Mumbai-based Urdu daily,Avadhnama, until she got the sack afew weeks ago for allegedly hurtingMuslim sentiments. On the basis ofcomplaints by local Muslim groups,she was arrested, and multiple caseswere registered against her for “out-raging religious feelings … withmalicious intent.” She faces a jailsentence, if convicted.

A campaign of intimidation

Her crime? While writing about theCharlie Hebdo controversy, shedecided to reproduce the magazine’scover carrying a cartoon of ProphetMohammad to illustrate the report.But she was also quick to recogniseher “mistake”, and immediatelymade amends for it by publishing anunconditional front page apology.This, however, has not satisfied theself-appointed custodians of Islamwho continue to hound her through acampaign of intimidation and vilifi-cation.

Dalvi has claimed that the sameimage was printed in some othermedia outlets but she is being “sin-

gled out” because she is a woman.

Her life, she says, has become a liv-ing hell. Apart from having to do therounds of police thanas and courts,she fears for her life after receivinganonymous threatening telephone

calls. Someone reportedly sent amessage through WhatsApp warningher, “Maafi nahin milegi (You won’tget forgiveness)”. Dalvi has taken towearing a burqa to escape attention,and she doesn’t live with her familyany more lest any harm should cometo them because of her.

Meanwhile, attempts are beingmade in sections of the Urdu press totarnish her reputation and undermineher credibility. It is being alleged thatshe has joined the RSS women’swing and is a “follower’’ of TaslimaNasreen. There have been reportsclaiming that she took the decision toprint the cartoon despite attempts bya colleague to dissuade her. But it hasemerged that the said colleague wasnot even in office that day havingresigned a few days ago.

A senior Urdu newspaper editorhas admitted that elements of theUrdu Patrakar Sangh, which repre-sents Urdu journalists, are involvedin the cases filed against Dalvi.Sarfaraz Arzoo, editor of the Urdudaily, Hindustan, is reported as say-ing that only “one individual” and notthe entire Sangh is “against her”. Ifso, why doesn’t the rest of the Sangh

dissociate itself from that individualand throw its weight behind Dalvi, afellow member of the Sangh?

“Why am I being harassed evenafter publishing a front-page apolo-gy? Facing the community again has

become a great concern for me asthere is still a lot of unrest. I haveavoided showing my face in Muslim-populated pockets. I have not goneback to my house since the proteststarted. Our house has been locked.Both my daughter and son are livingwith relatives. They haven’t beenable to get their books, and theyhaven’t attended college in the lasttwo weeks,’’ she told one newspaper.

Surprisingly, her case appears tohave gone largely unnoticed by civilrights groups and free speech cam-paigners. And, barring a few isolatedprotests, Dalvi has been left to fendfor herself. The only strong statementI have seen is from the Mumbai-based Hum Azaadiyon Ke Haq Meindemanding that she be provided pro-tection and appealing to those whohave filed cases against her “toaccept her clarification in the rightspirit with which it has been givenand to withdraw all the cases againsther”.

“The manner in which she is beinghounded bodes ill for free debate anddiscussion and for peaceful resolu-tion of controversy. Besides, the inci-dent is also being used as a pretext to

ratchet [up] public opinion, which isa dangerous game and detrimental tofreedom of speech and expression ina democratic society, besides causingimmense personal harm and a threatto her life and safety,” it said.

Absence of the liberal voice

But where are the liberal Muslimvoices apart from a few who signedthe Mumbai statement?

Muslims rightly resent being calledupon to condemn every act ofMuslim extremism by arguing whythe entire community should be heldaccountable for the actions of its indi-vidual members. After all, the sametest of accountability is not applied toother communities.

But the Dalvi case is about standingup for a fellow Muslim who is beingintimidated by our own lunatic fringewhich, if allowed to go unchallenged,could well turn against us tomorrow.It is our fight and we need to fight itin our own interest.

Moreover, the issue is no longerwhether what Dalvi did was right orwrong. She has already admitted shemade a mistake and has uncondition-ally apologised for it. She has lost herjob and is facing due legal processeswith which she is fully cooperating.What else do her detractors want?Shouldn't liberal Muslims be protest-ing against her continued harassment,

and putting pressure on the police tomake sure that such acts of thuggerystop?

If there’s a law against “outraging”religious sentiments, there’s also alaw against harassment and makingdeath threats. Dalvi may not havemade a formal complaint for fear ofreprisal, but nothing prevents othersfrom filing a report against those shehas accused of hounding her.

There are many brilliant, liberal,Muslim legal activists, progressiveMuslim journalists, writers andwomen’s groups but they all havepreferred to remain silent. Some havebeen reported as saying that they aredeeply concerned but fear about theconsequences of speaking out on a“sensitive” religious issue. And thisis the really worrying bit: the liberalMuslim intelligentsia’s “fear” of put-ting its head above the parapet and itsreluctance to come out of its cosycomfort zone of silence.

Quite understandably, nobody likesto mess with thugs but a point comeswhen the alternative to not standingup to them is to be dragged down bythem. We only need to cast a glanceacross the border to see what happenswhen such elements are allowed togo unchallenged because we think itis safe not to mess with them. What’shappening to Shirin Dalvi should be awake-up call for all of us liberalMuslims. We can ignore it only at ourown peril.

Legitimising intolerance

But while we leave Muslims toponder over this, the case has thrownup another disturbing trend that needsa wider debate. And it is this: whileIndia has no specific anti-blasphemylaw, certain provisions of the IndianPenal Code (IPC) outlawing hatespeech are being increasingly abusedto legitimise intolerance. Section295A of the IPC, which comes clos-est to the notion of blasphemy, pun-ishes any speech, writings, signs orany other visible representationintended to “outrage religious feel-ings’’ of any class of citizens with“deliberate and malicious intention”.

Its sweeping provisions havebecome a licence to gag free speech.At the first hint of trouble, nervouslaw enforcement agencies — invok-ing a threat to law and order —promptly seek recourse to it, and setout to “punish’’ the accused as is hap-pening with Dalvi. Even if theaccused is finally let off by courts,given the delays in the Indian legalsystem, the person concernedremains effectively condemned foryears simply at someone’s say-so.

The key question, which is invari-ably ignored, is the intention of theperson accused of hate speech. Theindividual must be shown to have setout with “deliberate and maliciousintention” to hurt someone’s reli-gious feelings. It is the definition of“deliberate and malicious intention”that is often problematic. Courts havetended to devise a rule of thumbwhereby any perceived insult of fig-ures venerated by a religious group isgenerally deemed to have been com-mitted with malicious intent.

With the police clamping down ongrounds of law and order and courtsrelying on the inviolability or sacred-ness of religious beliefs, we haveended up effectively with an anti-blasphemy regime through the back-door. It is time to take a fresh look ata colonial law, enacted in wholly dif-ferent circumstances to prevent dis-cord among different communities,to bring it in line with the demands ofa more open and argumentative soci-ety.

In an ideal situation, we wouldn’tneed laws to regulate what, ultimate-ly, boils down to a question ofcivilised behaviour by making surenot to maliciously cause offence toothers. But if we must need a law, itshould be more nuanced and its inter-pretation less laissez-faire so as not toencourage the likes of Dalvi’s tor-mentors.

(Hasan Suroor is an independentcommentator and writer. E-mail:

[email protected])

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY | FEB 11, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY M. N. KRISH

The Indian ScienceCongress would usuallypass every year after elic-

iting as much interest as theMajor League Baseball but thistime it succeeded in drummingup heat and dust comparable tothe Indian Premier League. As athriller writer interested in thehistory and philosophy of sci-ence, one of the themes my workexplores is the connections andcorrelations between ancient andmodern science. I was naturallypiqued by the topics taken up atthe Science Congress and thesharp reactions they haveevoked. One group of peoplenearly had me shading my eyesand scanning the skies for space-craft returning home after com-pleting its 9,000-year-long inter-galactic voyage; whereas anoth-er set of people almost made mewonder if yoga was invented byAmericans who hold the patentsand copyrights to their name andwhether I should start payingroyalty each time I sit cross-legged on the floor.

History of science

The history of science is amuch more complex, unwieldyand colourful beast that cannotbe confined in a cartographiccage of any kind. Scientificideas and their developmentover the millennia transcendgeographic boundaries andbeautifully defy any such dog-matism. And there was no elec-tric fence separating science andreligion or even superstition.Science and religion confrontedand even collided with eachother, but they did not shy awayfrom each other; they alwaysmaintained a malleable andporous boundary between themand kept seeping into each other.We need to look no further thanthe life and work of SrinivasaRamanujan to see much of thisin evidence.

The short, snappy equationsthat Ramanujan scribbled out on

scrap papers have professionalmathematicians scratching theirheads to this day, almost a centu-ry after his premature death. Theequations are as rational andlogical as modern science wouldlike to have it. However,Ramanujan himself claimed thatan equation held no meaning forhim unless it expressed thethought of God. He even went a

step further and said that it wasthe Goddess of Namagiri whoappeared in his dreams andrevealed those equations to him.How do we think aboutRamanujan’s equations withoutalso wondering about what hethought of them and where theycame from?

On the flip side, what wouldhave become of the ultra-ortho-dox Vaishnavite Brahmin inIndia if he had chosen to remainso and not cut off his kudumiand set sail for England? Or ifthe rational, atheist EnglishmanG.H. Hardy in imperial Britainhadn’t seen the spark in the raw,unschooled colonial clerk andtaken him under his wings?

If the Gods were willing to giftRamanujan with theorems, theJapanese reversed the flow,offering theorems to the Gods. Itwas a religious custom thatflourished between the 17th and19th centuries in the Edo periodwhen Japan secluded itself fromthe rest of the world, sort of likeNorth Korea now. Geometric

theorems were colourfullyetched on wooden tablets calledsangaku and hung as offerings inShinto and Buddhist shrinesaround the country.

Frederick Soddy, a British sci-entist who had won the NobelPrize for Chemistry, discovereda peculiar geometric phenome-non involving six spheres, in the1930s. Soddy’s hexlet, as theidea became known, now hasapplications in computer graph-ics. Much to the surprise ofmathematicians, the same hexletwas found etched on an old san-gaku tablet in an ancient Shintoshrine in the outskirts of Tokyo.

Japanese were not the only

people who portrayed mathe-matical phenomena in places ofworship. The intricate artworkon the walls and ceilings ofmedieval mosques and madras-sas in the Islamic world house atreasure trove of geometric pat-terns that are now beinganalysed by modern mathemati-cians. One such place is theDarb-e-Imam shrine in Iran.

Completed in the 15th century,Darb-e-Iman’s shrine’s marvel-lous girih designs display a near-perfect replica of what mathe-maticians call an aperiodic pat-tern, something that becamepopular in the late 20th century:Penrose tiling.

Unlike Persian artisans of old,Roger Penrose was able topatent and copyright his discov-eries. That served him in goodstead when Kimberly-Clark tookthe market by storm by emboss-ing the same aperiodic patternson their brand of toilet papers;Penrose was able to sue andmake them withdraw the rollsfrom the shelves.

Encryption by substitution

Back home, divine sanctionmay or may not have been grant-ed to the Devadasi system, butDevadasis happened to be someof the most learned people inancient India. They were thecustodians of the 64 arts throughthe generations. One of thosearts was mlechita-kutarka-vikalpa, which roughly meansthe art of communicating illogi-cally or incomprehensibly like aforeigner. This art came inhandy to Devadasis when theywrote love letters that they want-ed only the designated patron tounderstand. The Kama Sutra, inone of its less popular portions,provides a nice description ofthis communication technique.Modern cryptographers call thismethod encryption by substitu-tion.

Substitution ciphers werewidely used in the ancient worldfor military communications.They remained uncracked for along time, but not forever. Latein the 9th century, Abu Yusuf Al-Kindi, an Arab scholar fromBasra in Iraq, published a tech-nique for cracking substitutionciphers. Based on what is knownas frequency analysis in modernstatistics, Al-Kindi presented thefirst PoC (Proof-of-Concept) foranother buzzword doing therounds these days: analytics.

While the world rightly cele-brates Alan Turning and thecodebreakers at Bletchley Parkwho effectively won World WarII for the Allies, let’s also spare athought for Abu Yusuf Al-Kindi.And for the Devadasis for theirlittle-known contribution: mil-lennia before the counterculturemovement took root in theworld, these ladies were usingscience to make love not war.

(M.N. Krish works in consult-ing and is the author of The

Steradian Trail: Book #0 of theInfinity Cycle. E-mail:[email protected].)

The churn in BiharWednesday | February 11, 2015

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The victim is a respected Muslim woman journalist,Shirin Dalvi who edited a Mumbai-based Urdu daily,Avadhnama, until she got the sack a few weeks agofor allegedly hurting Muslim sentiments. On the basisof complaints by local Muslim groups, she was arrest-ed, and multiple cases were registered against her for“outraging religious feelings … with malicious intent.”

She faces a jail sentence, if convicted.

Outgrowing, even undercutting one’s politicalmentor is nothing unusual among politicians. Tocite contemporary examples, Narendra Modi and

Arvind Kejriwal had to walk out of the shadows of theirrespective mentors, L.K. Advani and Anna Hazare, toestablish themselves as figures of political authority.Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s revolt againsthis former mentor and Janata Dal (United) leader, NitishKumar, is however in many ways one of its kind. Forone, it was Mr. Kumar who won the mandate in 2010. Hehad made it for a second consecutive term riding a pop-ularity wave he had created on account of two featuresthat defined his politics — good governance and socialempowerment. Mr. Manjhi was an accidental inheritor ofthat mandate, when Mr. Kumar decided to step asideafter the setback his party suffered in the 2014 LokSabha elections. Mr. Manjhi had not earned what he nowclaims to be his — the Chief Minister’s chair. Mr.Manjhi began to dissociate himself from Mr. Kumarsoon after becoming Chief Minister, and sounded thebugle of revolt in an interview to The Hindu on January6, 2015, where he declared that his achievements insocial empowerment were better than Mr. Kumar’s, andthat the next Chief Minister of the State should be aMahadalit, the lowest section of the Dalit communitythat he belongs to. From then on, Mr. Kumar had nooption but to replace Mr. Manjhi, whose rebellious reac-tion has complicated the matrix of caste politics in Bihar.Mr. Kumar’s attempts to build a broad social coalitionahead of the Assembly elections in the State, due inOctober, by bringing together the backward communi-ties, Dalits and Muslims, in an alliance with the RJD, theCongress and the Left, will now have to be fine-tuned.The BJP, with which Mr. Kumar split in 2013 after a 17-year-long coalition arrangement, opposing Mr. Modi’sprojection as Prime Minister, is hungering to bid forpower in the State. Attracting a good chunk of Dalitvotes has been a component of the BJP’s winning strate-gy in Maharashtra and Haryana recently. The party isusing the chance to widen the gulf between Dalits andthe backwards to its own benefit, yet is wary of gettingtoo closely identified with the unremarkable track recordof Mr. Manjhi in governance, often marred by allega-tions of impropriety and corruption. The ability of theregrouped factions of the erstwhile Janata Party to resistthe Modi-led BJP will also be tested in the crucial Statethat elects 40 Lok Sabha members. It is going to be anuphill task for Mr. Kumar to recover the ground, but thisis a fight he cannot avoid, and it will have national reso-nance.

The short, snappy equations that Ramanujanscribbled out on scrap papers have professional

mathematicians scratching their heads to this day,almost a century after his premature death. Theequations are as rational and logical as modern

science would like to have it. However,Ramanujan himself claimed that an equation held

no meaning for him unless it expressed thethought of God. He even went a step further and

said that it was the Goddess of Namagiri whoappeared in his dreams and revealed those equa-

tions to him. How do we think about Ramanujan’sequations without also wondering about what he

thought of them and where they came from?

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY | FEB 11, 2015SAADDA HAQ

VIJAYAWADA, FEB 10The three-day annual

festival of GunadalaMary Matha got off to agrand start here onMonday, with devoteesthronging the Mother'sshrine in multitudes to bepart of the special prayersoffered on the occasion.

The first day’s festivi-ties began with a HolyMass performed by reli-gious heads. Amidsinging of carols by vari-ous choirs, prayers wereoffered for the well-beingof the nation and theState as well.

The sprawling campusof Bishop Grassy HighSchool, the mainentrance point to reachthe shrine atop the hill,witnessed frenzied activi-ty.

The Gunadala carnival,which became a

Diocesan fest in 1937,attracts people of allfaiths. Besides

Christians, a large num-ber of people followingother religions also headto this place, which issaid to be wielding ahealing power. Manydevotees bring theirinfant babies to the fest toseek the Mother's bless-

ings.The winding pathway

to the grotto bustled with

families climbing up thehill with great devotion.Many come here to havetheir heads tonsured.They break coconuts atthe shrine and join thequeue heading to thegrotto on the hillock tolight candles.

Constant guidelines bythe organisers on the pub-lic address system withregard to the dos anddon’ts helped keep disci-pline in the vicinity.Barricading was done onthe premises of theshrine, the steps leadingto the grotto and the roadoutside the shrine.Security personnel post-ed at the venue to ensuresmooth flow of devoteesin and out of the shrine,kept a hawk’s vigil on thefloating population. Afew traders set up photostudios and fast food cen-tres. Eluru Diocese VicarGeneral Thota Gabriel,Rector M. Chinnappa,Chancellor J. John Raju,Social Service CentreExecutive DirectorPrasad Muvvala and oth-ers were present.

Grand start to Gunadala Mary Matha fete

PATNA, FEB 10Senior JD(U) leader Nitish

Kumar left for New Delhi thisevening with MLAs of his party,RJD, Congress, CPI and anIndependent, intending to paradethem before President PranabMukherjee tomorrow at theRashtrapati Bhawan in a show ofmajority support to form a govern-ment.

"It is more than 24 hours and nodecision has come from the BiharGovernor in regard to our claim toform the government. The majori-ty is in our favour and we willrequest the President of Indiaabout it. We will take our MLAs tohim around 2.15 pm tomorrow,"Kumar told reporters at the Patnaairport.

Kumar, who ruled the state as theChief Minister from 2005 to mid-2014 and was again elected theleader of JD(U) Legislature Party(JDULP) yesterday, said the delayon part of Governor Keshri NathTripathi vitiates the atmosphere

and promotes horse-trading."The delay should not happen.

We have staked our claim for gov-ernment formation and giveneverything in writing to theGovernor. We have presented theMLAs in our support in person.We want that constitutional valuesshould be upheld and no wrongmeasures should be adopted forgovernment formation," he added.

Kumar, who has claimed a sup-

port of 130 MLAs, left by anIndigo Airlines flight with around60 MLAs. Around an equal num-ber of MLAs left for Delhi on anearlier flight by the same airliner.All the legislators will put up at a5-star hotel in Noida in UP afterdisembarking at New Delhi air-port.

The former chief minister wasaccompanied by senior leaders andformer ministers of his partyincluding Vijay Kumar Chaudhary,Shrawan Kumar, Rajiv RanjanSingh 'Lallan', PK Shahi andDamodar Raut.

JD(U) state president VashisthaNarayan Singh led the first batchof legislators to Delhi. TheCongress MLAs were led bySadanand Singh, leader ofCongress Legislature Party (CLP),while RJD MLAs were led by theirchief whip Bhai Virendra.

RJD Legislature Party leaderAbdul Bari Siddiqui and MLARaghvendra Prasad Singh couldnot take the flight as they were

away from Patna. They will takean afternoon flight for Delhitomorrow.

Senior JD(U) leader VijayKumar Chaudhary said, "The deci-sion on government formation (bythe Governor) could not bedelayed indefinitely. The Governoris not conducting floor test in theAssembly. Injustice is being metedout to us."

"Chief Minister Jitan RamManjhi has been declared an unat-tached member of the Assemblyand the present government hasbecome completely illegal. Wewill apprise the President of all thisand produce the MLAs there toshow that the majority is in ourfavour," Chaudhary said.

The MLAs were shepherded bysenior leaders of their parties, whomarked their attendance, handedover boarding passes to them, andled them to the terminal. WomenMLAs were accompanied by theirhusbands, relatives or personalassitants.

Nitish Kumar leaves for Delhi with supporting MLAs

PATNA, FEB 10With its fate hanging in bal-

ance, the Jitan Ram Manjhigovernment on Tuesday took ahost of populist measures likereducing the mandatory atten-dance in schools to 55 percentfrom 75 per cent for SC/ST stu-dents to avail benefits like uni-form, bicycles and free textbooks.

At a cabinet meeting chairedby the Chief Minister Jitan RamManjhi, the state governmentreduced mandatory attendancefor SC/ST students to 55 percent and 60 per cent for generalcategory students to make themeligible for benefits like uni-form, bicycle, free text book,Principal Secretary (CabinetSecretariat) B Pradhan toldreporters. The relaxation ofattendance norms existing at 75percent had earlier met strongresistance from former financeminister Bijendra Prasad Yadavand other ministers to whichManjhi had publicly takenexception to on a number ofoccasions recently.

In a bonanza to contractorsbelonging to the SC/ST catego-ry, the state government relaxed

norms under PWD Code 163under which the contractors ofDalit community will get pref-erence in award of contracts incase of their bids matching withcounterparts from general cate-gory, he said.

The relaxed rules benefitingthe contractors of SC/ST cate-gory will be applicable to ten-der bids up to a value of Rs 1crore, Pradhan said, adding,earlier such contracts wereawarded by lottery in case of tieof tender bids in terms of value.

The Manjhi government alsosought to woo upper castes byapproving a proposal for settingup a three-member expert com-mittee to look into viability ofproviding reservation in jobs toeconomically weaker peoplefrom the upper castes, Pradhansaid, adding that the committeewill be asked to submit itsreport within three months toenable the state government totake a decision on implementa-tion of its report.

In another significant deci-sion, the state governmentapproved a proposal to coverdestitute persons and widowsup to 45 years of age under the

Food Security Act, he said,adding that the financial impli-

cation of this measure will beworked out in due course oftime.

The Manjhi government alsosought to woo the media byapproving construction of PressClub buildings in 36 districtsbarring Patna and Sitamarhi,

the Principal Secretary (CabinetSecretariat) said, adding that

the allotment of a Press Clubbuilding in the state capital wasunder consideration, while sucha club already exists inSitamarhi district.

The construction of eachPress Club in districts will costRs 77.12 lakh each, he said.

The state government hasapproved construction ofoffice-cum-residential build-ings in 19 blocks at a cost of Rs12.15 crore each, Pradhan said,adding that the administrationconsent has also been grantedfor construction of a degree col-lege at Madhuban in EastChamparan district.

A Home department proposalfor creation of 20 posts for cre-ation of a police station inDarihara Bhual police outpostunder Dariyapur police stationin Saran district and another 11posts for creation of a policeoutpost in Dr Jagannath MishraCollege in Muzaffarpur districtwas also cleared by the stategovernment, he said.

Barring Manjhi, other minis-ters like Narendra Singh,Brishen Patel, Bhim Singh,Shahid Ali Khan, NitishMishra, Vinay Behari andSamrat Chaudhary attended thecabinet meeting whileMahachandra Prasad Singh wasabsent for unspecified reasons.

The Chief Minister refused tospeak to the waiting mediaper-sons after presiding over thecabinet meeting.

HYDERABAD, FEB 10A local court has issued

Production Transit (PT)warrant directing the Tiharjail authorities to produceAizaz Saeed Shaik, analleged Indian Mujahideen(IM) operative, in connec-tion with his alleged role inFebruary 2013Dilsukhnagar twin blastscase.

27-year-old Shaik, a res-ident of Pune, is consid-ered a technical expert andan alleged key member ofIndian Mujahideen and ahawala operator.

National InvestigationAgency (NIA), which isprobing the Dilsukhnagartwin blasts case, had filed apetition in the court ofFirst AdditionalMetropolitan SessionsJudge, seeking directions

to produce Shaik beforethe court, who has beennamed as an accused in thecase, for the purpose offurther investigation.

The court recentlyallowed NIA's petition andissued PT warrant to TiharJail authorities for produc-tion of Shaik in connectionwith the twin blasts on orbefore February 15.

Eighteen persons werekilled and 131 injured inthe twin explosions thatwere triggered by powerfulIEDs planted near Konarkand Venkatadiri theatres inDilsukhnagar, a crowdedshopping area in the city,on February 21, 2013.

Shaik was arrested bythe Delhi Police's specialcell near Saharanpur rail-way station in UttarPradesh in September last

year and is now under judi-cial custody and lodged inTihar Jail.

"He (Shaik) wasinvolved in several terrorcases including the JamaMasjid attack," police hadearlier claimed.

NIA had on March 14last year filed its firstcharge sheet in theDilsukhnagar twin blastscase against IM co-founderYasin Bhatkal andAsadullah Akhtar aliasHaddi who were earlierarrested on the Indo-Nepalborder. A second chargesheet was filed by NIA onSeptember 16 last yearagainst Riyaz Bhatkal andtwo other IM operatives--Zia-ur-Rahman aliasWaqas, a Pakistani nation-al, and Tahaseen Akhtaralias Monu.

Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet takes many populist measures

Twin blasts: Production warrantissued against IM operative

PANAJI, FEB 10None of the four candi-

dates contesting for thePanaji Assembly constituen-cy in the bypoll has a crimi-nal record against them,according to their affidavitsas accessed by electionwatchdog ADR.

The bypoll, which isscheduled to be held onFebruary 13, has four candi-dates -- SiddharthKuncalienkar (BJP),Surendra Furtado(Congress), Samir Kelekarand Sadanand Vaigankar(both independents)-- in thefray.

"ADR has accessed theaffidavits filed by these can-didates, in which three ofthem have shown their assets

to be more than Rs one crore,while none of them havecriminal records,"Association for DemocraticReforms told this to reportersin a press conference here

today.Furtado, with his assets

worth Rs 7.94 crore is therichest among them, fol-lowed by Kuncolienkar, whohas shown Rs 3.41 crore

worth assets in his affidavit.Kelekar has Rs 1.44 crore

worth assets, while anotherindependent candidateVaigankar has shown Rs 90lakh assets, ADR coordinatorBhaskar Assoldekar said.

Among the four, Furtado isthe least educated, whoseeducational qualification hasbeen mentioned as 12th passin the affidavit, whileKelekar has done a doctoratein Information Technologyfrom Columbia University.

The bypoll in PanajiAssembly constituency wasnecessitated after formerGoa chief minister ManoharParrikar resigned to join theCentral government asDefence Minister.

Panaji bypoll: No criminal recordagainst any candidate

PANAJI, FEB 10The Goa unit of the Aam

Aadmi Party (AAP), which ismarching towards a landslidevictory in the polls to the 70-member DelhiA s s e m b l y ,Tuesday saidthat they areconfident ofrepeating thisfeat in 2017Goa elections.

"Definitely,the success ofDelhi wouldbe replicatedin Goa during2017 election.There is defi-nitely a bigboost for us(AAP in Goa).Till date, AAPhad shown how elections arefought without spendingmoney, now the party canshow what will be peoplefocused governance," AAPGoa Convenor Walmiki Naiksaid, soon after Delhi results.

He said that the party isalready under 'mission vistar'mode which aims at wideningthe AAP base in the state.

"We were written off after2014 LokSabha polls.It is notabout theparty, it isabout whatwe stand for.It is aboutthe spirit ofAam Aadmiwhich youcannot writeoff under anyc i r c u m -stances. Thevoice of peo-ple iss u p r e m e , "Naik said.

AAP's senior leader JoeGomes said that Delhi has vin-dicated all allegations madeagainst the party.

"AAP stands a good chanceof winning in Goa during 2017polls," he said.

Delhi win will be replicated in 2017Goa Assembly polls: AAP

HYDERABAD, FEB 10As the new Telangana govern-

ment decides to replace RavindraBharathi with another structureand change the face of our city inother areas, I would like toremember and place on recordthe accomplishments and contri-butions of its renownedHyderabadi architect and townplanner, Fayazuddin, before hisworks are forgotten or about tobe demolished.

It was an honour to haveknown Fayazuddin ‘Sahib’ and Ihave seen his works. Fayazuddinwas born on September 22, 1903and passed away in 1977. Hepursued architectural studies atSir J.J. College of Architecture,Bombay, and was the winner inan open competition forHyderabad government’s schol-arship to study architecture atA.A. School (Architectural

Association School ofArchitecture) in London,England. He briefly worked inthe London County Council withDr. Leslie C. Martin, chief archi-tect and city planner of LondonCounty Council. His class fel-lows were well known architectsMaxwell Fry and Jane Drew, whowere members of the design teamfor the capital city of Chandigarhin Punjab under the leadership ofLe Corbusier of France.

In the year 1934, he returned toIndia to take up a job in hisnative city of Hyderabad Deccanand joined the Nizam’s govern-ment in the Local Fund depart-ment as a town planner underchief engineer Ahmed Mirza. Hecompleted the Regional, MasterPlanning and Town Planning forGreater Hyderabad in 1942, thefirst such undertaking in India.He was subsequently invited to

develop Regional, Master andCity Plans for Jamshedpur,Udaipur, Bhopal and Bikaner.

Between 1952 and 1960,Fayazuddin Sahib was given thetask of establishing the firstIndian Institute of TownPlanners, called Institute OfTown Planners, India, and waselected a founding member of theinstitute and was its first presi-dent. Mr. Fayazuddin initiatedthe overhaul of the curriculum oftechnical education in India,including the recruiting,enhanced teaching standards andpay, and increased the number ofseats in architecture and engi-neering schools. A number ofbooks were written and pub-lished by him during his profes-sional career including‘Regional, Master Planning andTown planning for GreaterHyderabad’.

Fayazuddin: the architect behind Ravindra BharathiBANGLORE, FEB 10

Two unidentified men attempted torob an ATM kiosk in the wee hours onTuesday underK o d i g e h a l l ipolice stationlimits andattacked theguard when hetried to resistthem.

According tothe police, theduo acted asc u s t o m e r sentering theState Bank ofIndia ATM tow i t h d r a wmoney. Theynoticed the security guard Devaraj (35)sitting inside the ATM. Devraj, thoughtthey were regular customers butrealised they were muggers when they

threatened him with an iron-rod andknife. They attacked Devraj and triedto dismantle the lower part of the

machine, where thecash is loaded. Theywere unsuccessful indismantling andended up damagingthe lower part of themachine.

Sensing troublefrom passers-by, theyfled the spot on abike. Since the menwere masked, theirfaces were not visibleon the CCTV camera,even though thewhole activity wasrecorded.

Police are examining the CCTVfootage. A case has been registered andinvestigations are being carried out totrace them.

ATM kiosk robbery attempt fails Bodo militantgunned down inAssamGUWAHATI, FEB 10

Security forces in Assam have shotdead a Bodo militant who was to carryout recruitment drives for his outfit, anofficial said Tuesday.

Guwahati-based defence spokespersonLt Col Suneet Newton said a huge cacheof arms and ammunition were recoveredfrom the slain militant -- identified asUrga of the National Democratic Frontof Bodoland (NDFB) who underwenttraining in Myanmar.

He was killed during a joint operationby the army`s Red Horns division andAssam Police in the Prabatjhora reserveforest in Kokrajhar district Mondaynight. The militant was looking to carryout recruitment drives, particularly afterthe arrest of many NDFB cadres, thespokesperson said.

Motorola is widelyexpected tolaunch the suc-

cessor to the popular MotoE smartphone - expected tobe called the Moto E (Gen2) - at MWC next month.

The yet-to-be-announcedMotorola handset howevermay have been leaked byan online retail partneralready.

Best Buy, the popularretailer, has listed the

Motorola Moto E 4G'sSprint variant as 'comingsoon' along with the priceand specifications, poten-tially spilling the beansahead of the officialunveiling. Of course sincethis is a third-party retailer,one cannot be certain ifthese will be the officiallaunch price and specifica-tions whenever Motorola

launches the smartphone.Notably, the Moto E 4G

listed by the retailer isbeing considered as thesecond-generation of thepopular Moto E, withupgraded specifications.The Moto E 4G is priced at$99.99 (approximately Rs.6,200) for the unlockedversion.

The listing, first spotted

by STJsgadgets, alsoincludes an image of theunannounced Moto E 4G,which coincidentally isidentical to the image thatwas leaked in January forthe Moto E (Gen 2). Thelisting confirms that MotoE (Gen 2) aka Moto E 4Gwill be Motorola's firstnon-Nexus smartphone torun Android 5.0 Lollipop

out-of-the-box.According to Best Buy

listing, the Moto E 4G willfeature a 4.5-inch qHD(540x960 pixels) display;1.2GHz Qualcommprocessor (possibly quad-core); 1GB of RAM; 8GBinbuilt storage; microSDcard support; 5-megapixelrear camera; 3G, and 4Gconnectivity support. The

listing doesn't list the frontcamera and battery capaci-ty of the Moto E 4G.

We remind readers how-ever that nothing is officialyet, and that all such leaksmust be taken with a pinchof salt.

In other news, MotorolaIndia on Mondayannounced a bevy of offerson Moto devices in India

on completing a year in theIndian market (since thelaunch of the first-genera-tion Moto G) with itsexclusive online partner,Flipkart. The new offersare valid on the purchase ofthe Moto E, Moto G (Gen2), Moto X (Gen 2),Google Nexus 6 and Moto360 via Flipkart fromFebruary 9 to 15.

NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY | FEB 11, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

Samsung's budget GalaxyJ1 smartphone has beenconfirmed to launch on

Wednesday in India. TheSamsung Galaxy J1 has beenpriced at Rs. 7,190, and itslaunch would make India oneof the first regions it is avail-able.

The news was confirmed in atweet on Tuesday by AmazonIndia, which also indicates theSamsung Galaxy J1 might beexclusive to the online retail-er; however, we have towait until Wednesdayto know for sure.

The Galaxy J1, after aflurry of leaks, wasfinally listed lastmonth on the compa-ny's Malaysian web-site without pricedetails. The smart-phone comes withd u a l - S I M( G S M + G S M )support whichruns Android4.4.4 KitKatout-of-the-box. TheGalaxy J1features a4.3-inch

(480x800 pixels) WVGA TFTdisplay. The smartphone ispowered by unspeci-fied dual-core1 . 2 G H z

proces-sor coupled

with 512MB ofRAM. It comes with 4GB of

inbuilt stor-age, whichis furthere x p a n d -able via

m i c r o S Dcard (up to

64GB). Itsports a 5-

m e g a p i x e lrear camera

with LED flash,while there is a

secondary 2-megapixel front-facing camera

also onboard.The Samsung

Galaxy J1 featuressome camera add-ons

such as 'palm selfie' and'tap to pick' which gives

more options and flexi-bility to capture the user's

favourite moments.On the connectivity front,

the Samsung Galaxy J1offers 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-

Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB,and Bluetooth options. Thesmartphone packs an1850mAh battery, whichaccording to the online retail-er's listing is rated to deliver upto 10 hours of talk time. AnUltra Power Saving Mode isalso available on the Galaxy J1to extend the battery usage. Itmeasures 129x68.2x8.9mm;weighs 122 grams, and is listedin Black colour.

1. The highest sand dunes are found isA. the Sahara desert B. the Atacama desertC. the Kalahari desert D. the Gobi desert

2. The greatest variety of animal and plant species isfund inA. temperate grasslands B. tropical moist forestsC. tundra regions D. in hot deserts

3. The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust,is calledA. outer core B. inner coreC. inner mantle D. outer mantle

4. The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part ofany mountains chain, isA. Mt. Aconcagua B. Mr. KilimanjaroC. Mt. Kosciusco D. Mont Blanc

5. The heavier silicates named as 'Sima' or silica +magnesium are most abundant in theA. crust B. coreC. mantle D. ocean floors

6. The imaginary line on the earth's surface, whichclosely follows the 180 º meridian, is called theA. International Date LineB. Tropic of CancerC. Equator D. Prime Meridian

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(A), 2 (B), 3(D), 4(B), 5(D), 6(A)

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Sports 7NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY | FEB 11, 2015SAADDA HAQ

ADELAIDE, FEB 10Riding on Rohit Sharma's

strokeful 150, an under-fireIndia finally registered a winafter a long time as theycrushed minnowsAfghanistan by 153 runs intheir second and final WorldCup warm-up match here onTuesday.

Electing to bat, India didnot have the best of starts asthey lost opener ShikharDhawan (4) and Virat Kohli(5) early but Rohit's knockhelped the Men in Blue post364 for five.

Chasing a mammothscore, Afghanistan, who aremaking their first 50-overWorld Cup appearance,played cautious cricket butcould only manage to score211 for eight in 50 overs.

The Indian bowlingthough fared a touch betterwith Mohit Sharma andRavindra Jadeja sharing twowickets each butMohammed Shami wentwicketless.

But the day belonged toRohit, whose dominatinginnings laid the foundationof a strong batting show. Hestitched a 158-run thirdwicket partnership withSuresh Raina (75) to helpIndia gain ground.

The left-handed Raina wasunlucky to be run out afterhitting 5 fours and 3 sixes inhis 71-ball stay but Rohitcarried on the good workwith Ajinkya Rahane (88 notout).

The duo stitched a 95-runfourth wicket partnership todeflate the Afghanhopes.Rohit was finallypicked up by off-spinner

Mohammad Nabi but notafter he had hit 12 fours and7 sixes in his 122-ball knock.

Dhoni (10) once againfailed to get going andlooked completely out ofsorts in his 20-ball stay at thewicket but Rahane andRavindra Jadeja (11 not out)made sure the score waschallenging enough.

Afghanistan started on a

cautious note as openerUsman Ghani and formercaptain Nawroz Mangalmanaged a 63-run secondwicket partnership but thestrategy did not work and theasking-rate kept mounting.

Asghar Stanikzai (20) andlater wicketkeeper-batsmanAfsar Zazai (24 not out) alsocontributed but the targetproved beyond reach for

World Cup first-timers.India's Umesh Yadav,

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja picked up awicket each as all thebowlers kept their economyrates to under 4.5 albeitagainst a weak Afghan bat-ting. On the batting front aswell, the Indian players hada good outing before theircrucial opening matchagainst Pakistan.

Rohit and Raina compli-mented each other in thecourse of their partnership asthe duo hit the haplessAfghan spinners at will.

Rohit hit 19 boundaries,including seven sixes in hispunishing knock whileRaina also tormented therival bowlers with hisaggressive strokeplay.

Following Raina's run out,Rahane walked to the creaseand remained their till theend, scoring a confident 88off just 61 balls, steeringIndia past 350-run mark.

Medium-pacer MirwaisAshraf (0/29) was the onlyAfghan bowler who man-aged an under-five economyrate in his six wicketlessovers while others bled runs.Hassan, Dawlat Zadran,Shapoor Zadran and Nabipicked up a wicket each.

India tame Afghanistan by 153 runs infinal ICC World Cup warm-up game

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Former India cricketer

Kirti Azadon Tuesday hitout at Ishant Sharma andexpressed concerns at theteam's thin bowling option,saying it may "hamper itschances" of retaining thetitle in the upcoming WorldCup.

"Closer to the WorldCup, if you are carrying somany injuries to your keybowlers in the side and nottelling the team manage-ment about it clearly, it islike cheating the people ofthe country. I am shocked,"Azad, a member of 1983cricket World Cup winningIndian team, said in aninterview.

"Unless we have a setbowling standard, we haveno chance of doing well inthe World Cup or for thatmatter any series," the 56-year-old Azad said.

India are all set to open

their World Cup campaignon February 15 in Adelaideagainst arch-rivalsPakistan, a team againstwhom they have never losta match in the mega-event.

Criticising Indian bowl-ing spearhead Ishant forhiding injuries, Azad raisedquestions over the pacer'soverall fitness.

"Ishant Sharma does well

in one match and then hegets injured for the rest ofthe season. Then what isthe point in having him asthe main bowler for India,"asked Azad.

"Even after making acomeback following arehabilitation, he plays acouple of matches and thengets injured again.

It's difficult to under-

stand why the IndianCricket Board (BCCI),despite spending crores,fail to get a set team," hepointed out.

The former right-handedbatsman said although itwas difficult to predictanything in the game ofcricket, he felt the currentIndian side did not give avery bright picture in therun-up to the event.

"Going by the currentform, India do not have thekind of confidence thatthey should going into theWorld Cup," Azad said.

Azad went to the extendof questioning the players'intentions also.

"I find it really strangethat we are always strug-gling in the Test matchesand the One-dayInternationals but I fail tounderstand how all ourplayers suddenly become100 per cent fit when it

comes to playing in theIndian Premier League," hesaid.

The former playertermed it "strange" thatdespite the BCCI spendinghuge amount of money onimproving the game in thecountry, the team is notproducing desired results.

"Despite BCCI spendingso much on coaches,including bowling coaches,video analysts, cricketacademies, the Indiancricket team has failed togive the results expected ofthem in the field. I reallyfind it strange," he said.

Asked whether he feltIndia have a strong battingline-up that could fare wellin the World Cup, Azadsaid, "I would say even ourbatsmen are struggling.The way we recently per-formed in Australia, ifthat's any yardstick to goby then it is going to be dif-

NEW DELHI, FEB 10Millions of cricket

lovers in the countrymay get to see India’sfirst World Cupmatch against tradi-tional rivalsPakistan onFebruary 15 free ofcost as the SupremeCourt on Tuesdaystayed the DelhiHigh Court orderthat barred publicb r o a d c a s t e rDoordarshan fromsharing the live feedof the cricket matchwith cable opera-tors.

Doordarshan willbe provided the livefeed of the matchesby Star Sportswhich holds exclu-sive telecastingrights for the WorldCup, starting Feb 14.

Doordarshan in turnprovides that live feed tocable operators.

The Delhi High Courtlast week had barredDoordarshan from shar-ing the live feed ofWorld Cup matches.

The order was passedon a plea of the Board ofControl for Cricket inIndia (BCCI) and Star

Sports who had contend-ed that cable TV opera-tors were getting livefeed through DD chan-nels free of cost, result-ing in loss of revenue forthem.

The apex court bench,headed by JusticeRanjan Gogoi, said the

Delhi High Court judg-ment will remain stayedtill the next hearing Feb17 when it will take up

the matter to passinterim orders.

Senior counsel P.C h i d a m b a r a m ,appearing for StarTV, told the courtthat after sevenlong years the highcourt passed anorder in his client’sfavour and expect-ed the balance ofequity to remain intheir favour so thatthe cricket matchesare not aired on tel-evision freely.

He said his clienthas several propos-als for considera-tion by the court.

The Delhi Courthad barred Doordarshanfrom sharing the WorldCup live feed with cableoperators, but declinedthe plea to quash PrasarBharti’s 2000 notifica-tion making it mandato-ry for cable operators tocarry DD National andDD News channels.

No chance of winning World Cup with this bowling attack: Kirti Azad

Doordarshan to share World Cuplive telecast with cable operators

for now: Supreme Court

LONDON, FEB 10Indian cricket legend

Sachin Tendulkar has beenvoted in the greatest ODIXI of all time, along withAdam Gilchrist, ChrisGayle and Wasim Akram.

The BBC revealed thegreatest ODI XI of all timeafter voters cast their votesover the last week andTendulkar has been votedas one of the best openingbatsman in the greatestone-day team ever.

People voted over thelast week for the differentcomponents of the teamfrom a list of players nom-inated by the Test MatchSpecial team, the BBCreported.

The only criterion setwas that the players musthave appeared in an ODI,with World Cup perform-ances carrying no extraweight.

The greatest ODI XIsquad is broken down intoopening batsmen, middle-order batsmen, all-rounders, wicketkeepers,pace bowlers and spinbowlers.

The greatest ODI open-ing batsmen are WestIndies' Gayle and India'sTendulkar.

Tendulkar has played463 ODIs, scoring 18,426runs at an average of 44.83with a strike-rate of 86.23.

The batting maestro is theone to hold the record formost ODIs, most ODI runsand most ODI tons. Hewas also the first man toscore a one-day doubleton.

Former England crick-eter Michael Vaughan saidthat when Tendulkar wason form, one couldn't bowlto him, adding that onecould have all the plans inthe world, but if it was theIndian batsman's day onehad no chance.

Tendulkar claimed 29percent of the votes for theopening batsman withGayle winning 25.

The greatest middle-order batsmen are AB De

Villiers from South Africa,West Indies' Brain Laraand Sir Vivian Richards.The wicketkeeper is for-mer Australian skipperAdam Gilchrist.

South Africa's JacquesKallis was voted the great-est ODI all-rounder of alltime.

Retired Australian paceexpress Brett Lee and ex-seamer Glenn McGrath,along with Pakistan pacelegend Wasim Akram werevoted as the greatest ODIfast bowlers of all time.

Moreover, Australianspin legend Shane Warne,was voted as the greatestODI spinner of all time,the report added.

Sachin Tendulkar voted ingreatest ODI XI of all time

ADELAIDE, FEB 10Captain Mahendra Singh

Dhoni on Tuesday left thequestion on Indian bowl-ing combination for theWorld Cup beginning onSaturday unanswered, say-ing the team will take adecision depending on theconditions.

"We'll have to wait andwatch, depending on con-ditions and the kind ofwickets offered," Dhonisaid when asked about thecombination of bowlers tobe used at the World Cup.

"I wanted RavindraJadeja and R Ashwin tobowl their 10 overs, but Ijust wanted to use fivebowlers in this game, and Ineeded Suresh Raina,"Dhoni said after his side

crushed minnowsAfghanistan by 153 runs intheir second and finalwarm-up match in whichhe used six bowlers.

He expressed happinessthat his batsmen andbowlers did well in theirlast game ahead of theWorld Cup grind.

"Overall, it has beenquite a good match. Wehad big partnerships whilebatting with Rohit, Rainaand Rahane coming good.In bowling also, after 4-5overs we bowled reallywell and also got somereverse swing," saidDhoni.

Asked about his ownform with the bat, Dhonisaid, "I'm not a big fan ofpractice games, but a bit

more time in the middledoes help."

About Ajinkya Rahanewho scored 88 not outfrom 61 deliveries, he said,"Rahane is crucial for us. Ifyou see the history ofIndian ODI cricket, num-ber five has been reallycrucial." Off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwinsaid. "Leg-breaks are a partof what I'm doing. Youcan't be one-dimensional.Five fielders in the circle,people have to accept it."

Talking about RavindraJadeja who took two wick-ets and scored 11 not, hesaid, "It's heartening to seeJadeja bowling 10 overs,and he's also batting well.He's been bowling and bat-ting a lot at the nets."

We will wait and watch: Dhonion bowling combination

MADRID, FEB 10When Real Madrid for-

ward Cristiano Ronaldocollected his third FIFABallon d'Or award lastmonth he was enjoying arun of form that was spec-tacular even by his stan-dards and the Europeanchampions were ridinghigh.

Four weeks later and thePortugal captain is miredin a rare slump, Real havebeen dumped out of theKing's Cup by AtleticoMadrid and their lead overBarcelona at the top of LaLiga has been cut to apoint after Saturday'shumiliating 4-0 drubbingat their city neighbours.

Alarm bells are ringingat the world's richest clubby income and the sensethat Real's season may becoming off the rails washeightened by the stormthat blew up this weekafter Ronaldo threw a lav-ish 30th birthday partyhours after the defeat at theCalderon.

The Madrid club's greatrivals Barca, by contrast,are on a nine-match win-ning streak in all competi-tions led by club talismanLionel Messi, whoRonaldo beat into secondplace in the Ballon d'Orvote.

Argentina captain Messihas scored or assisted 14La Liga goals in 2015, atleast twice as many as anyother player, while

Ronaldo has netted onlyfour goals since the turn ofthe year.

He was sent off for kick-ing a Cordoba player in aLa Liga match on January24 and cut a forlorn figurewhen he returned forSaturday's derby after atwo-match ban.

He had just one effort ongoal, his joint fewest inany 90-minute La Ligaappearance, as Realattempted fewer shots(four) and faced moreshots on target (eight) thanin any other game this sea-son in all competitions.

Ronaldo's poor form hasprompted more specula-tion he may be carrying aninjury and El Pais newspa-per reported he is still suf-fering with the tendonitisin his left knee that ham-pered him at the WorldCup finals in Brazil.

Ronaldo slump hurts Real asin-form Messi drives Barca

INDIANAPOLIS, FEB 10San Antonio Spurs coach

Gregg Popovich claimedhis 1,000th career NBAvictory Monday whenMarco Belinelli made thewinning shot with 2.1 sec-onds remaining to beatIndiana 95-93.

The defending NBAchampion Spurs ralliedfrom 14 points down enter-ing the fourth quarter tocollect the milestone tri-umph for Popovich, thelongest-tenured coach inNorth American profes-sional sports.

"I've been here a longtime and I've had goodplayers. That's the formu-la," Popovich said after thegame. "Time, that's themost important element.And we've been able to getthe players. It's a tribute tothem more than it is thecoaches."

A night after missing thechance to bring Popovichthe historic win at Toronto,

the Spurs made it happenat the finish by outscoringthe Indiana Pacers 30-14 inthe final 12 minutes.

Kawhi Leonard droveinside and flipped the ballto Italian reserve forwardBelinelli, who evaded aleaping defender with ashot fake, stepped insidethe 3-point arc on the leftside and sank the go-aheadhoop. Indiana's GeorgeHill, a former Spur tradedto the Pacers in exchangefor Leonard, missed a 3-pointer at the final buzzerand "Pop" had his 1,000thvictory. "It was a greatgame," Popovich said. "Itwas a playoff sort of game.Anybody could have won.We were fortunate wemade a shot."

Popovich, who hascoached the Spurs to fiveNBA championships in 19seasons with the club,became the ninth coach towin 1,000 NBA games andjoined former Utah Jazz

coach Jerry Sloan as theonly men with that manywins for only a single fran-chise.

Popovich needed 1,462games to reach the mile-stone, the third-fewest ofthose to win 1,000, trailingonly Phil Jackson (1,423)and Pat Riley (1,434).

Popovich's total is themost of any active coachand his win percentage isthe second-best of any1,000-win coach.

Popovich said he felt nodifferent than after any ofhis first 999 victories andadded with his trademarkdeadpan demeanor, "I don'tdo too much celebrating."

French guard TonyParker scored a game-high19 points to lead the Spurs,who also had 15 points,eight rebounds and fiveblocked shots from TimDuncan, 12 points fromBelinelli, 10 from Leonardand 12 rebounds by DannyGreen.

NBA: Popovich captures 1,000thwin as Spurs edge Pacers

Deepika Padukkonerecently revealedabout an unpleas-

ant part of her life. Therewas a time in 2014, whenthe actress was sufferingfrom depression. However,she was enjoying all thestardom she ever dreamedof. Deepika had had threesuccessful films back toback- first ‘Yeh JawaniHai Deewani’, followed bythe super hit ‘ChennaiExpress’ and then ‘Ram-Leela’. But despite of sucha good career, she wasstruck by mental illness.Now a whole new dimen-sion has been added to thisnew story. According tolatest reports, Deepika’slover boy Ranveer Singhwas also suffering fromdepression around thesame time.

Deepika had explainedto the media how she wassuffering from depressionduring the shooting of‘Happy New Year’, “Everymorning, it was a struggleto wake up, and shoot forHappy New Year's cli-max... Most of HNY wasshot through this phase.But before starting mynext with Shoojit Sircar, Itook a two-month break torecover mentally andphysically. I spent timewith my family inBengaluru and was soonbetter. But, when Ireturned to Mumbai, Iheard about a friend com-mitting suicide due to anx-iety and depression. It wasa huge blow.”

Now it has been revealedthat the friend Deepikawas talking about was

none other than Ranveer’sfriend. Ranveer’s friendhad put up a Facebook sta-tus, saying that he wassoon going to commit sui-cide. Before any family orfriend could help him, itwas too late and he hadshot himself. This had adeep impact on Ranveerand he suffered frommixed feelings of sadnessand guilt.

A source told the media,“Ranveer doesn't like toshow his emotions in pub-lic, but people close tohim, especially Deepikaknew that this tragedy hadhit him hard.” Followingthis incident, Ranveer suf-fered from feelings of guiltand sadness. It is even saidthat he went to a therapistfor help.

Yet another twist in thestory is Ranveer’s latestclaims.

He retorted back on themorning of 10th Februaryand denied all theserumours of his depression.He targeted a leading dailysaying, “Yo @dna@ T u s h a r r J o s h i@SaritaTanwar ... Thatwas uncool, uncalled forand an outright disrespect-ful imposition.” This wasfollowed by a long post inwhich Ranveer expressedhis disappointment. Thepost ended with,“Appallingly unethical!Classic case of utterlyIRRESPONSIBLE JOUR-NALISM. Is there anyaccountability? Or is thepower of the pen now theterror of the pen?”

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French manicure yourselfTake the curved end of a band-aid and

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South superstar KamalHaasan will play AamirKhan’s role in the Tamil

remake of Hindi blockbuster‘PK’ directed by RajkumarHirani. Last year release ‘PK’became the biggest grosser ofthe year and was highlyaccailmed by the critics andloved by the audience. Aamirplays an alien in the film.

The untitled Tamil film willbe produced by Gemini FilmCircuit, which had earlierremade Rajkumar Hirani's‘Munna Bhai MBBS ' and ‘3Idiots’ as ‘Vasool Raja MBBS’and ‘Nanban’, respectively.

"Gemini Film Circuit hasacquired the film's remakerights and Kamal Haasan is

expected to play the lead.Gemini had already remade twoof Hirani's films and they were

really impressed with PK too,"a source close to the productionhouse said.

Kamal Haasan will finalizethe director and other star castof the film. “The project is in itsearly stages and Kamal is theonly person, who has beenfinalised now. Other cast mem-bers are yet to be decided. Plansare on to get some other direc-tor on board to direct the film.The shoot will start from May”.Kamal Haasan will choose thedirector of his choice. He mighteven direct it,” said the source.

Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan iscurrently looking forward to therelease of his Tamil films‘Uttama Villain’ and‘Papanasam’.

The 57th GrammyAward was held on8th February in Los

Angeles. Two Indians werehonoured at the function.One is the music artistRicky Kej, while the otherone is activist NeelaVaswani.

Ricky is a musician fromBangalore. His album‘Winds Of Samsara’ wasthe winner in the categoryof Best New Age Album.Ricky had worked on thisalbum with flutist WouterKellerman from SouthAfrica.

Ricky is the very firstIndian to win in Best NewAge Album category. Thealbum has a wonderfultheme, as the websiteexplains, “Winds ofSamsara speaks to themesof peace and positivity,spinning together forward-moving harmony, progres-sive composition, andtechnical prowess with averve and passion neverbefore attempted in theNew Age genre.”

On 5th December 2014,Ricky and his partnerKellerman wereannounced as nominees.‘Winds Of Samsara’ hadalso enjoyed number oneposition on US BillboardNew Age Albums Chart inAugust 2014. This albumstood first in Zone MusicReporter Top 100 RadioAirplay Chart in July 2014too. Ricky is 33 years oldand is a self taught musi-cian. ‘Winds of Samsara’ is

his 14th album and he hadpreviously composed forKannada films. The otheralbums nominated in thesame category were–'Ritual’ by Peter Kater &R Carlos Nakai, ‘Bhakti’by Paul Avgerinos, ‘InLove And Longing’ bySilvia Nakkach & DavidDarling and ‘SymphonyLive In Istanbul’ by Kitaro.

Neela Vaswani won thetrophy for ‘I Am Malala:How One Girl Stood UpFor Education AndChanged The World(Malala Yousafzai)’ in thecategory of Best Children'sAlbum. In this album,Neela had narrated theaudio version of the bookwith the same title. She isknown as an author for herworks- memoir ‘You HaveGiven Me a Country’ and a

short story collection‘Where the Long GrassBends’. The author haspreviously won variousother awards in America-American Book Award,ForeWord Book of theYear gold medal, AudieAward, O. Henry Prize andNautilus Book Award goldmedal.

Anoushka Shankar lostin the category Best WorldMusic Album. She is thedaughter of late sitar maes-tro Ravi Shankar. It wasAnoushka’s third nomina-tion in this category. In thisGrammy Awards,Anoushka was nominatedfor her album ‘Traces ofYou’. This is her seventhalbum that features herhalf-sister Norah Jones inthe track ‘The Sun Won'tSet’.

India's Ricky Kej, NeelaVaswani win theGrammy awards

Bollywood divaPriyanka Choprastuns in black outfit

at the Grammy after party.She looks sensuous inblack revealing outfit atthe Warner Music Group2015 Grammy after partyin Los Angeles on Sunday.With smoky eyes and per-fectly flaunting cleavage,Priyanka steals the show atGrammy after party.

With sheer confidenceand versatility, Priyankamade her presence felt atthe after party. She wore ablack Zohair Murad dresswith a plunging neckline.

Priyanka’s appearance atthe after-party has goneviral and the actress’online fan club is sharingimages of the same.

Priyanka Chopra hasalready created a niche inHollywood. She has cuther music album, Singleswhich bacme internatianl-ly popular and again PiggyChops has signed a dealwith Hollywoodrenowened productioncompany ABC for TVshows.

She will be in LosAngeles for three monthsfor her two new projects.

Priyanka Choprastuns in black at

Grammy afterparty

Like Deepika, Ranveer Singhtoo suffered depression

Kamal Haasan to step into Aamir’sshoes in Tamil remake of ‘PK’

Opened with a mixed review,Amitabh Bachchan andDhanush starrer

‘Shamitabh’ earned Rs 12.75 crorein the opening weekend. Releasedlast Friday, ‘Shamitabh’ earnedaround Rs. 3. 5 Crore (35 million),on the first day. The film managedto pull in around Rs. 5 Crore (50million) on its second day. On thethird day, the film collected aroundRs. 4.25 Crore (42.5 million) onSunday. However, ‘Shamitabh’managed to only pull around Rs12.75 Crore (127.5 million) at thebox office in the opening weekend.It was assumed that ‘Shamitabh’would make around 20 crore in theopening weekend but unfortunate-ly, it failed to do so. However, BigB is happy to read out the reviewsof critics. “Reading the reviews on

‘Shamitabh’ gives credence to thefilm, the thought and the perform-ance…and that is most gratifyingfor the artiste…many variedcolours are painted, but whatremains without any doubt is theeffort and the execution of thatwhich has been elusive, for most,”Big B wrote on his official blogsrbachchan.tumblr.com Sunday.

‘Shamitabh’ is Amitabh andBalki’s third collaboration after‘Paa’ and ‘Cheeni Kum’. The filmalso marks the debut venture ofKamal Hassan’s younger daughterAkshara Haasan. ‘Shamitabh’revolves around two individual oractors, who comes together for afilm, but drifted apart when theirego clashes. Big B plays a voiceartist, who lip syncs for a muteactor, played by Dhanush.

‘Shamitabh’ mints in Rs 12.75crore in the opening weekend