NEW DELHI, JAN 25 India will resume its dia- logue on bilateral invest- ment treaty with the US as the economic growth in both countries i`s becom- ing stronger, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday. "Economic growth in the two countries is becoming stronger. We will resume dialogue on bilateral investment treaty," he said at a joint press meeting with US President Barack Obama after their talks. Modi also said India will start discussion with the US on the social security agreement which is impor- tant for hundreds of thou- sands of Indians working in the US. In his statement, Obama said: "Our economic part- nership has grown and our economic partnership will improve daily lives of our people. We have identified the bilateral investment treaty to discuss further." "The prime minister has informed me about his missions of economic prosperity to improve the lives of rural Indians with bank accounts, clean water and clean air. We are work- ing on providing assistance to all these," he added. Obama spoke about Modi`s recent reforms to ease doing business in CONTD. ON P AGE 3 MUMBAI Temperature: 29 0 C Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 72% Wind: 12 Km/hr NEW DELHI, JAN 25 Ever since the United States rolled out the red carpet for Narendra Modi in Washington and President Barack Obama made a surprise personal gesture of accompanying the Prime Minister to Martin Luther King Jr memorial, the days of Modi being a persona non grata were forgot- ten and given a quiet burial. The credit for this goes first to Modi, who showed that he would not let personal belittle- ment come in the way of very significant bilat- eral relations between the world’s oldest and largest democracies. He was the first to seize the moment and accept an invitation to visit the US when Obama called to congratulate him on winning an unprece- dented mandate in May 2014 general elections. Now, Modi is return- ing the favour by extending to the US President a historic invi- tation to India’s Republic Day pro- gramme. But much has gone into the change of heart between the two nations. From a period when India was on the ‘other side’ of the Cold War, to the time that United States clamped sanctions on India for conducting nuclear tests, the world is a dif- ferent place. The United States is CONTD. ON P AGE 3 HAQ SAADDA FIGHT FOR RIGHT Monday, January 26, 2015 Full list: Padma Awards for LK Advani, Amitabh Bachchan, Bill Gates announced Google Reveals Security Flaws in Apple's OS X Operating System Shahrukh Khan’s new show to go live on March 2 NEW DELHI, JAN 25 After the long-drawn talks at the Hyderabad House between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama, the two leaders held a joint press interaction on Sunday. Here is the full text of PM Modi's opening remarks at the press meet. "Mr. President and mem- bers of the media, It is a great pleasure and privilege to welcome back President Obama and the First Lady in India. Mr. President, we are hon- oured that you accepted our invitation to be the Chief Guest for our Republic Day and I know how busy you are. It is special because on this day we celebrate the values shared by the world's two CONTD. ON P AGE 3 PM Narendra Modi's statement at press interaction with US Prez Barack Obama P8 NEW DELHI, JAN 25 India hockey skipper Sardar Singh will be felicitated with the prestigious Padma Shri award this year. Under Sardar's captaincy in 2014, India defeated Pakistan to win gold in Asian Games in Incheon and qualified for the CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Hockey Captain Sardar Singh to Receive Padma Shri Award JAMMU, JAN 25 Hours before US President Barack Obama's arrival in India, Pakistani Rangers resorted to small arms firing along the International Border in Jammu district, forcing the BSF to retaliate. "Pakistani Rangers resorted to intermit- tent small arms firing on CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Pak rangers violate ceasefire, fire on BoP along IB in Jammu NEW DELHI, JAN 25 At a time when the national capital is under an unprece- dented security cover in view of US President Barack Obama's visit, a 25-year-old Russian girl was allegedly molested by an autorickshaw CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Autorickshaw driver molests Russian girl in south Delhi, held Vol. 1 Issue: 130 Price: Rs.3:00 Reg. No: DELENG/2014/58212 Delhi Edition Pages: 8 Website: www.saaddahaq.in Email: [email protected] JAIPUR, JAN 25 Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former BJP leader Ram Jethmalani on Sunday said that PM Narendra Modi needs to dismiss Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley if he wanted to succeed in recovering black money. "I am most disappointed man CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Dismiss Arun Jaitley to recover black money: Ram Jethmalanai NEW DELHI, JAN 25 Attacking Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday asked the people of Delhi "not to vote for a person who runs away and forgets his promises". Addressing two meetings of booth in-charges in Pushp Vihar of south Delhi and Karawal Nagar in North- CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Arvind Kejriwal will run away again, forget promises, alleges Amit Shah PATNA, JAN 25 Union minister of state for HRD Upendra Kushwaha said Sunday that singing 'Vande Mataram' should not be forced on any one in the country. "Vande Mataram should not be imposed on any one to sing and no one should be forced to sing it," Kushwaha, who is CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Vande Mataram should not be imposed: Upendra Kushwaha NEW DELHI, JAN 25 A minor fire broke out at the Russian embassy here Sunday morning, an official said. The fire broke out around 10 a.m. at the ground floor of the Mini Health Club at the Russian embassy in Chanakyapuri diplomatic enclave. Six fire tenders were CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Minor fire at Russian embassy in Delhi JAMMU, JAN 25 An Army jawan died of gunshot injuries in an Army camp in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. Naik Akhlesh Kumar of 51 Battalion died of gunshot wounds at the Army camp in Rambhel belt of the district last night, an Army official said today. After hearing a CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Army jawan dies of gunshot wounds in Udhampur JAMMU, JAN 25 Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has appealed to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take an urgent decision on the release of relief funds to the owners of small-scale busi- nesses who suffered huge CONTD. ON P AGE 3 J&K Governor Vohra urges Centre to release funds for flood-hit businessmen P6 P2 India, US to resume talks on bilateral investment treaty: PM Modi NEW DELHI, JAN 25 Trying to take credit for the landmark civil nuclear deal between India and the United States, Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday said that if at all it is a 'breakthrough', his party welcomes the move which was initiated by them. “Welcome the fact that something we started has reached it's conclusion. If its a breakthrough we can hard- ly complain about it, Khurshid told reporters here. The reaction comes short- ly after India and the US sealed the civil nuclear deal, which had been stalled since 2008. The announcement was made by US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, brightening the prospects of the deal that was inked dur- ing the then prime minister Manmohan Singh's regime but was never implemented. "The civil nuclear agree- ment was the centrepiece of our transformed relation- ship, which demonstrated CONTD. ON P AGE 3 NEW DELHI, JAN 25 US First Lady Michelle Obama, known for her impeccable fashion sense, got a Pashmina shawl from Kashmir with an intricate embroidery as gift from President Pranab Mukherjee's wife Suvra Mukherjee. Michelle received the hand embroidered shawl in ivory and turquoise colour from the President's spouse when the visiting VVIP couple met the Mukherjees at Rashtrapati Bhavan here this evening. President Mukherjee gifted her a spe- cially-designed tea set with murals of the Rashtrapati Bhavan by famous Lucknow painter Sukumar Bose on it with today's date inscribed on it. US President Barack Obama received a painting by Rajasthan miniature artist Jay Kumar who with his prolific art work brought on to the canvas Bose's murals that decorate the ceiling of state corridor CONTD. ON P AGE 3 NEW DELHI, JAN 25 India and the US on Sunday broke the 7-year-old logjam in operationalising their landmark civil nuclear agreement with an announcement that "the deal is done" after talks between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In what Obama called a "breakthrough", the two sides have resolved key hurdles per- taining to the liability of suppli- ers of nuclear reactors in the event of an accident and the tracking of fuel supplied by the US and other countries for its proposed nuclear plants. "We have broken the logjam of the past few years. We have reached an agreement. The deal is done," Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh announced after extended discussions between Obama and Modi lasting more than three hours. The White House said tonight that the understanding on the civil nuclear programme resolves the US concerns on both tracking and liability. "In our judgement, the Indians have moved sufficiently on these issues to give us assur- ances," Ben Rhodes, US Deputy National Security Adviser told American journal- ists. According to Rhodes, it will still be for the US companies to assess the market and decide whether to partake in India's nuclear programme. Neither country needed to take legisla- tive action to complete the agreements reached between the two leaders. CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Coal auction to generate over $100 billion for states: Goyal Prez's wife gifts Pashmina shawl to Michelle Obama If its a breakthrough, we can hardly complain about it: Congress Obama and Modi – Adding thrust to Indo-US relationship Weather Report DELHI Temperature: 18 0 C Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 56% Wind: 12 Km/hr KOLKA T A Temperature: 29 0 C Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 60% Wind: 14 Km/hr CHENNAI Temperature: 28 0 C Precipitation: 0% Humidity:45% Wind: 20 Km/hr NEW DELHI, JAN 25 The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee addressed the nation on Sunday, on the eve of the 66th Republic Day, calling '2014 as a significant year' while '2015 as a year of hope'. Hailing the people of India for the results of last year's General Elections, Mukherjee said, “After three decades the people have voted to power a single party for a stable government free from com- pulsions of coalition politics. Our national ambition is to raise the quality of life of Indians by quan- tum leaps.” In his customary CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Religion is force for unity, we cannot make it cause of conflict: Prez Pranab NEW DELHI, JAN 25 CBI officers who probed cases like 2G, CWG scam and horse trading in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections are among the 28 from the agency awarded with prestigious President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service on Republic Day. Leading the list of win- ners of President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service is Joint Director Amrendra Kumar Singh who led several high pro- file investigations includ- ing into alleged corruption in Bokaro Steel Plant, SAIL appointments and horse trading allegations in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections. Ghanshyam Updahyay, an IPS of Odisha cadre of 1999 batch, who was prob- ing several corruption cases in the Commonwealth Games scam and also investigated several complex special crimes has been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Sanjay Kumar Sinha, who burnt the midnight oil in probing complex 2G Spectrum Telecom scam allegedly involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, CONTD. ON P AGE 3 NEW DELHI, JAN 25 As poll campaign nears a crescendo, BJP's CM candidate Kiran Bedi is counting on her administrative experi- ence of over three decades as an IPS officer to deliver on her promise of strong governance that can ensure women security, employment and welfare initiatives. Riding on her policing experience, the BJP's Chief Ministerial candi- date has been stressing on a "6P scheme" to address issues related to security for women. "The government will work in collaboration with People- Parents, Principals in school, Preachers along with the Police, Prosecution, Prisons, Press, Politicians," Bedi said. Her 6P plan underlines the role of parents and principals in teaching equality to girls and boys alike, while emphasising on the role of religious preachers in sending out the "right messages". CONTD. ON P AGE 3 6P for women security, jobs, boost- ing NGOs on Kiran Bedi's agenda CBI officers who probed 2G, CWG scams awarded President's Police Medal NEW DELHI, JAN 25 "Grateful for your extraor- dinary hospitality," said US President Barack Obama after being accorded ceremo- nial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan as he started his three-day State visit on Sunday. Dressed in a dark blue suit, Obama was given a ceremo- nial inter-services Guard of Honour at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan after being received by President Pranab Mukherjee. 53-year old Obama will be CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Obama says 'Namaste', grateful for extraordinary hospitalitya Thank you for the 'chai pe charcha': Obama to PM Modi NEW DELHI, JAN 25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama had a private tete-e-tete over tea at Hyderabad House, the state guest house, that led the lat- ter to invoke the 'chai pe charcha' (chat over tea) con- cept that Modi made a win- ning campaign strategy before the April-May 2014 General Election that he won with a stunning majority to come to power. The two leaders stepped out into the garden of the stately Hyderabad House, a CONTD. ON P AGE 3
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NEW DELHI, JAN 25India will resume its dia-
logue on bilateral invest-ment treaty with the US asthe economic growth inboth countries i`s becom-ing stronger, PrimeMinister Narendra Modisaid Sunday.
"Economic growth in thetwo countries is becomingstronger. We will resumedialogue on bilateralinvestment treaty," he saidat a joint press meetingwith US President BarackObama after their talks.
Modi also said India willstart discussion with theUS on the social securityagreement which is impor-tant for hundreds of thou-sands of Indians workingin the US.
In his statement, Obamasaid: "Our economic part-nership has grown and oureconomic partnership willimprove daily lives of ourpeople. We have identifiedthe bilateral investmenttreaty to discuss further."
"The prime minister hasinformed me about his
missions of economicprosperity to improve thelives of rural Indians withbank accounts, clean waterand clean air. We are work-ing on providing assistanceto all these," he added.
Obama spoke aboutModi`s recent reforms toease doing business in
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
MUMBAITemperature: 290CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity: 72%Wind: 12 Km/hr
NEW DELHI, JAN 25Ever since the United
States rolled out the redcarpet for NarendraModi in Washingtonand President BarackObama made a surprisepersonal gesture ofaccompanying thePrime Minister toMartin Luther King Jrmemorial, the days ofModi being a personanon grata were forgot-ten and given a quietburial.
The credit for thisgoes first to Modi, who
showed that he wouldnot let personal belittle-ment come in the wayof very significant bilat-eral relations betweenthe world’s oldest andlargest democracies. Hewas the first to seize themoment and accept aninvitation to visit the USwhen Obama called tocongratulate him onwinning an unprece-dented mandate in May2014 general elections.
Now, Modi is return-ing the favour byextending to the US
President a historic invi-tation to India’sRepublic Day pro-gramme.
But much has goneinto the change of heartbetween the twonations. From a periodwhen India was on the‘other side’ of the ColdWar, to the time thatUnited States clampedsanctions on India forconducting nucleartests, the world is a dif-ferent place.
The United States is CONTD. ON PAGE 3
HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTMonday, January 26, 2015
Full list: Padma Awards for LK Advani,Amitabh Bachchan, Bill Gates announced
Google Reveals Security Flaws inApple's OS X Operating System
Shahrukh Khan’s new show to golive on March 2
NEW DELHI, JAN 25After the long-drawn talks
at the Hyderabad Housebetween Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and USPresident Barack Obama, thetwo leaders held a joint pressinteraction on Sunday.
Here is the full text of PMModi's opening remarks at thepress meet.
"Mr. President and mem-bers of the media,
It is a great pleasure andprivilege to welcome backPresident Obama and the FirstLady in India.
Mr. President, we are hon-oured that you accepted ourinvitation to be the ChiefGuest for our Republic Dayand I know how busy you are.
It is special because on thisday we celebrate the valuesshared by the world's two
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
PM Narendra Modi's statement at pressinteraction with US Prez Barack Obama
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NEW DELHI, JAN 25India hockey skipper Sardar
Singh will be felicitated withthe prestigious Padma Shriaward this year.
Under Sardar's captaincy in2014, India defeated Pakistanto win gold in Asian Games inIncheon and qualified for the
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Hockey Captain Sardar Singh toReceive Padma Shri Award
JAMMU, JAN 25Hours before US President
Barack Obama's arrival inIndia, Pakistani Rangersresorted to small arms firingalong the International Borderin Jammu district, forcing theBSF to retaliate. "PakistaniRangers resorted to intermit-tent small arms firing on
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Pak rangers violate ceasefire,fire on BoP along IB in Jammu
NEW DELHI, JAN 25At a time when the national
capital is under an unprece-dented security cover in viewof US President BarackObama's visit, a 25-year-oldRussian girl was allegedlymolested by an autorickshaw
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Autorickshaw drivermolests Russian girlin south Delhi, held
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JAIPUR, JAN 25Senior Supreme Court
lawyer and former BJP leaderRam Jethmalani on Sundaysaid that PM Narendra Modineeds to dismiss UnionFinance Minister Arun Jaitleyif he wanted to succeed inrecovering black money. "I ammost disappointed man
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Dismiss Arun Jaitley to recoverblack money: Ram Jethmalanai
NEW DELHI, JAN 25Attacking Aam Aadmi Party
chief Arvind Kejriwal, BJPpresident Amit Shah onSunday asked the people ofDelhi "not to vote for a personwho runs away and forgets hispromises". Addressing twomeetings of booth in-chargesin Pushp Vihar of south Delhiand Karawal Nagar in North-
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Arvind Kejriwal will run away again,forget promises, alleges Amit Shah
PATNA, JAN 25Union minister of state for
HRD Upendra Kushwaha saidSunday that singing 'VandeMataram' should not be forcedon any one in the country.
"Vande Mataram should notbe imposed on any one to singand no one should be forced tosing it," Kushwaha, who is
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Vande Mataram should not beimposed: Upendra Kushwaha
NEW DELHI, JAN 25A minor fire broke out at the
Russian embassy here Sundaymorning, an official said.
The fire broke out around10 a.m. at the ground floor ofthe Mini Health Club at theRussian embassy inChanakyapuri diplomaticenclave. Six fire tenders were
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Minor fire at Russianembassy in Delhi
JAMMU, JAN 25An Army jawan died of
gunshot injuries in an Armycamp in Udhampur district ofJammu and Kashmir.
Naik Akhlesh Kumar of 51Battalion died of gunshotwounds at the Army camp inRambhel belt of the districtlast night, an Army officialsaid today. After hearing a
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Army jawan dies of gunshotwounds in Udhampur
JAMMU, JAN 25Jammu and Kashmir
Governor N N Vohra hasappealed to Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh totake an urgent decision on therelease of relief funds to theowners of small-scale busi-nesses who suffered huge
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
J&K Governor Vohra urgesCentre to release funds forflood-hit businessmen
P6P2
India, US to resume talks on bilateralinvestment treaty: PM Modi
NEW DELHI, JAN 25Trying to take credit for
the landmark civil nucleardeal between India and theUnited States, Congressleader Salman Khurshid onSunday said that if at all it isa 'breakthrough', his partywelcomes the move whichwas initiated by them.
“Welcome the fact thatsomething we started hasreached it's conclusion. If itsa breakthrough we can hard-ly complain about it,Khurshid told reportershere.
The reaction comes short-
ly after India and the USsealed the civil nuclear deal,which had been stalled since2008.
The announcement wasmade by US PresidentBarack Obama and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,brightening the prospects ofthe deal that was inked dur-ing the then prime ministerManmohan Singh's regimebut was never implemented.
"The civil nuclear agree-ment was the centrepiece ofour transformed relation-ship, which demonstrated
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
NEW DELHI, JAN 25US First Lady Michelle Obama, known
for her impeccable fashion sense, got aPashmina shawl from Kashmir with anintricate embroidery as gift from PresidentPranab Mukherjee's wife SuvraMukherjee.
Michelle received the hand embroideredshawl in ivory and turquoise colour fromthe President's spouse when the visitingVVIP couple met the Mukherjees atRashtrapati Bhavan here this evening.
President Mukherjee gifted her a spe-cially-designed tea set with murals of theRashtrapati Bhavan by famous Lucknowpainter Sukumar Bose on it with today'sdate inscribed on it.
US President Barack Obama received apainting by Rajasthan miniature artist JayKumar who with his prolific art workbrought on to the canvas Bose's muralsthat decorate the ceiling of state corridor
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
NEW DELHI, JAN 25India and the US on Sunday
broke the 7-year-old logjam inoperationalising their landmarkcivil nuclear agreement with anannouncement that "the deal isdone" after talks betweenPresident Barack Obama andPrime Minister Narendra Modi.
In what Obama called a"breakthrough", the two sideshave resolved key hurdles per-taining to the liability of suppli-ers of nuclear reactors in theevent of an accident and thetracking of fuel supplied by theUS and other countries for itsproposed nuclear plants.
"We have broken the logjamof the past few years. We havereached an agreement. The dealis done," Foreign SecretarySujatha Singh announced afterextended discussions between
Obama and Modi lasting morethan three hours.
The White House said tonightthat the understanding on thecivil nuclear programmeresolves the US concerns onboth tracking and liability.
"In our judgement, theIndians have moved sufficientlyon these issues to give us assur-ances," Ben Rhodes, USDeputy National SecurityAdviser told American journal-ists.
According to Rhodes, it willstill be for the US companies toassess the market and decidewhether to partake in India'snuclear programme. Neithercountry needed to take legisla-tive action to complete theagreements reached betweenthe two leaders.
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Coal auction to generate over$100 billion for states: Goyal
Prez's wife giftsPashmina shawl toMichelle Obama
If its a breakthrough, we can hardlycomplain about it: Congress
Obama and Modi – Addingthrust to Indo-US relationship
Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 180CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity: 56%Wind: 12 Km/hr
KOLKATATemperature: 290CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity: 60% Wind: 14 Km/hr
CHENNAITemperature: 280CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity:45%Wind: 20 Km/hr
NEW DELHI, JAN 25The President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee addressed the nationon Sunday, on the eve of the 66thRepublic Day, calling '2014 as asignificant year' while '2015 as ayear of hope'.
Hailing the people of India forthe results of last year's General
Elections, Mukherjee said, “Afterthree decades the people havevoted to power a single party for astable government free from com-pulsions of coalition politics. Ournational ambition is to raise thequality of life of Indians by quan-tum leaps.” In his customary
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Religion is force for unity, we cannotmake it cause of conflict: Prez Pranab
NEW DELHI, JAN 25CBI officers who probed
cases like 2G, CWG scamand horse trading inJharkhand Rajya Sabhaelections are among the 28from the agency awardedwith prestigiousPresident's Police Medalfor Distinguished Serviceand Police Medal forMeritorious Service onRepublic Day.
Leading the list of win-ners of President's PoliceMedal for DistinguishedService is Joint DirectorAmrendra Kumar Singhwho led several high pro-file investigations includ-ing into alleged corruptionin Bokaro Steel Plant,
SAIL appointments andhorse trading allegations inJharkhand Rajya Sabhaelections.
Ghanshyam Updahyay,an IPS of Odisha cadre of1999 batch, who was prob-ing several corruptioncases in theCommonwealth Gamesscam and also investigatedseveral complex specialcrimes has been awardedPolice Medal forMeritorious Service.
Sanjay Kumar Sinha,who burnt the midnight oilin probing complex 2GSpectrum Telecom scamallegedly involving formerTelecom Minister A Raja,
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
NEW DELHI, JAN 25As poll campaign
nears a crescendo, BJP'sCM candidate KiranBedi is counting on heradministrative experi-ence of over threedecades as an IPS officerto deliver on her promiseof strong governancethat can ensure womensecurity, employmentand welfare initiatives.
Riding on her policingexperience, the BJP'sChief Ministerial candi-date has been stressingon a "6P scheme" toaddress issues related tosecurity for women.
"The government will
work in collaborationwith People- Parents,Principals in school,Preachers along with thePolice, Prosecution,Prisons, Press,Politicians," Bedi said.
Her 6P plan underlines
the role of parents andprincipals in teachingequality to girls and boysalike, while emphasisingon the role of religiouspreachers in sending outthe "right messages".
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
6P for women security, jobs, boost-ing NGOs on Kiran Bedi's agenda
CBI officers who probed 2G, CWG scamsawarded President's Police Medal
NEW DELHI, JAN 25"Grateful for your extraor-
dinary hospitality," said USPresident Barack Obamaafter being accorded ceremo-nial reception at theRashtrapati Bhavan as hestarted his three-day Statevisit on Sunday.
Dressed in a dark blue suit,Obama was given a ceremo-nial inter-services Guard ofHonour at the forecourt ofthe Rashtrapati Bhavan afterbeing received by PresidentPranab Mukherjee.
53-year old Obama will be CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Obama says 'Namaste', grateful for extraordinary hospitalitya
Thank you for the'chai pe charcha':Obama to PM ModiNEW DELHI, JAN 25
Prime Minister NarendraModi and US PresidentBarack Obama had a privatetete-e-tete over tea atHyderabad House, the stateguest house, that led the lat-ter to invoke the 'chai pecharcha' (chat over tea) con-cept that Modi made a win-ning campaign strategybefore the April-May 2014General Election that he wonwith a stunning majority tocome to power.
The two leaders steppedout into the garden of thestately Hyderabad House, a
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
NEW DELHI | MONDAY | JAN 26, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ
NEW DELHI, JAN 25The President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday
approved the conferment of Padma Awards to 104 personthis year. The list of the awardees comprises of 9 PadmaVibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri.
The list also features 17 women as awardees andincludes 17 persons from the category of foreigners,NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.
This year's awardees include BJP veteran LK Advani,legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, PunjabChief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Here's the full list of the Padma awardees for this year -
Padma Vibhushan categoryShri LK Advani (Public Affairs)Shri Amitabh Bachchan (Art)Shri Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs)Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade (Social Work)Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar (Art)Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami
Rambhadracharya (Others)Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and
Engineering)Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal (Public Affairs)Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan - Foreigner - (Trade
and Industry)
Padma Bhushan categoryShri Jahnu Barua (Art)Dr. Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering)Shri Swapan Dasgupta (Literature and Education)
Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others)Shri N. Gopalaswami (Civil Service)Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap (Public Affairs)Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (Art)Dr. Ambrish Mithal (Medicine)Smt. Sudha Ragunathan (Art)Shri Harish Salve (Public Affairs)Dr. Ashok Seth (Medicine)Shri Rajat Sharma (Literature and Education)Shri Satpal (Sports)Shri Shivakumara Swami (Others)Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya (Science and Engineering)Prof. Manjul Bhargava - NRI/PIO - (Science and
Engineering)Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva) - Foreigner - (Others)Shri Bill Gates - Foreigner - (Social Work)
Ms. Melinda Gates - Foreigner - (Social Work)Shri Saichiro Misumi - Foreigner - (Others)
Padma Shri categoryDr. Manjula Anagani (Medicine)Shri S. Arunan (Science and Engineering)Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala (Art)Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer (Literature and Education)Shri Naresh Bedi (Art)Shri Ashok Bhagat (Social Work)Shri Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Art)Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora (Literature and Education)Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi (Literature and Education)Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla (Medicine)Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala (Medicine)Shri Bibek Debroy (Literature and Education)Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi (Medicine)Dr. Ashok Gulati (Public Affairs)Dr. Randeep Guleria (Medicine)Dr. K. P. Haridas (Medicine)Shri Rahul Jain (Art)Shri Ravindra Jain (Art)
Dr. Sunil Jogi (Literature and Education)Shri Prasoon Joshi (Art)Dr. Prafulla Kar (Art)Ms. Saba Anjum (Sports)Smt. Ushakiran Khan (Literature and Education)Dr. Rajesh Kotecha (Medicine)Prof. Alka Kriplani (Medicine)Dr. Harsh Kumar (Medicine)Shri Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (Literature and
Education)Shri Lambert Mascarenhas (Literature and Education)Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan (Social Work)Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta (Social Work)Shri Tarak Mehta (Art)Shri Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art)Shri Chewang Norphel (Others)Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai (Trade and Industry)Dr.Tejas Patel (Medicine)Shri Jadav Molai Peyang (Others)Smt. Bimla Poddar (Other)Dr. N. Prabhakar (Science and Engineering)Dr. Prahalada (Science and Engineering)Dr. Narendra Prasad (Medicine)
Shri Ram Bahadur Rai (Literature and Education)Ms. Mithali Raj (Sports)Shri P. V. Rajaraman (Civil Service)Prof. J. S. Rajput (Literature and Education)Shri Kota Srinivasa Rao (Art)Prof. Bimal Roy (Literature and Education)Shri Shekhar Sen (Art)Shri Gunvant Shah (Literature and Education)Shri Brahmdev Sharma - Bhaiji - (Literature and
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NEW DELHI, JAN 25Traffic restrictions have
been put in place in the nation-al capital ahead of USPresident Barack Obama'svisit with roads around ITCMaurya Hotel being shutdown for vehicular movementwhile those leading to Rajpathwill remain out of bounds forgeneral public from Sundayevening.
According to police, generaltraffic restrictions will remainin place in New Delhi area inview of Republic Day paradeand other programmes. It isadvised to avoid New Delhiarea, C-Hexagon India Gateon January 25 and 26. OnJanuary 27, restrictions shallbe made on August KrantiMarg and public is requestedto avoid August Kranti Marg.
"Part of Sardar Patel Marg(both carriageways) -- fromSardar Patel Marg-PanchsheelMarg till Dhaula Kuan -- willremain closed for general traf-fic from 9 am. No traffic willbe allowed on C-HexagonIndia Gate between AkbarRoad and Copernicus Marg.Traffic will also remain closedfor a few hours on KasturbaGandhi Marg and AshokaRoad," said JointCommissioner of Police(Traffic) Anil Shukla.
Police said the traffic willalso be affected on MathuraRoad-Bhagwan Das Road andRing Road.
No vehicle will be allowedto ply on Rajpath after 6 pmtoday till the closure of func-tion on January 26. No trafficwill be allowed on Tilak Marg,B S Z Marg, Netaji SubhashMarg up to Red Fort after 4:00am on the Republic Day.
Republic Day Parade shallstart at 9:50 am from VijayChowk and pass throughRajpath, India Gate, TilakMarg, Bahadur Shah ZafarMarg, Netaji Subhash Margand end at Red Fort Grounds.There will be a related func-tion at India Gate at 9 am.
The cross traffic on the routeof the parade at DrDineshnandini Dalmia Chowk(W point) R C AggarwalChowk (A Point), Delhi Gateand beyond will be alloweddepending upon the progressof the parade.
On January 26, area bound-ed by Kautilya Marg-KamalAtaturk Marg-AurangzebRoad- 'Q'-point-HumayunRoad-Subramaniam BhartiMarg-Mathura Road-Bhagwan Dass Road-FerozeShah Road R/A WindsorPlace-Ashoka Road-BabaKharak Singh Marg-MotherTeresa Crescent and SardarPatel Marg up to KautilyaMarg will be restricted areaand only labelled vehicles ofthe invitees and vehicles ofbona fide residents of theseareas shall be permitted onMonday from 6 am to enter till
conclusion of the Parade atabout 12.30 pm.
"Invitees are requested tofollow routes and instructionsprinted on backside of label toreach the parking lots. For theguidance of the visitors, direc-tional boards for seatingenclosures have also beenerected at various locations,"said Shukla.
Police said that invitationcards have been issued for theinvitees and other spectators.
"People are requested toacquaint themselves with thelocation of their seating enclo-sures and the parking lots.Enclosures No 1 to 17 arelocated on the Southern sideof Rajpath, while enclosuresNo 18 to 35 are located on theNorthern side of Rajpath,"said Shukla.
The Triangular labels aremeant for parking lots 1 to 5situated on the South ofRajpath behind the WaterChannel. Similarly, Squareparking labels 6 to 9 are forparking lots on Northern sideof Rajpath behind WaterChannel.
In addition, separate parkinglabels meant for "Park &Ride" scheme on same patterni.E. Square for parking atPalika Parking ConnaughtPlace (North of Raj Pathenclosures) and Triangular forparking at Central CivilServices Cultural & SportBoard Ground at Vinay Marg
(South of Rajpath enclosures)have been issued.
After conclusion of the cere-mony, the officers may boardthe waiting buses from thesame points where they alight-ed and reach their respective'Park & Ride' locations wherethey had parked their vehicles.
"No TSR and Taxi will beallowed to enter or ply in therestricted area after 6:00 am.Those visitors who are comingby auto/taxi may use 'Park &Ride' facility to reach thevenue. Traffic police arrange-ments are for the guidance ofthe public. Motorists arerequired to have patience,observe traffic and road disci-pline and follow directions ofTraffic Police personnel," saidShukla.
Routes for inter-city andinter-state buses will also beeither curtailed or divertedduring the period.
Police also said that invita-tion card has been issued byname and is not transferable.
"This should not be trans-ferred to anyone else. Mobilephone will not be allowed inenclosures. Do not bring elec-tronic items like Laptop,Camera/Video Camera,Transistor, Digital Diary,Remote controlled Car-keys,etc. Do not bring eatables,food packets, water bottles,cigarette lighter, match boxes,knives, arms, etc," the adviso-ry said.
Traffic restrictions in place in Delhi for Obama visitNEW DELHI, JAN 26
Foreign secretary SujathaSingh on Sunday said the issueof terrorism was discussed andaddressed at some length byPrime Minister Narendra Modiand US President BarackObama, during their talks earli-er in the day.
"As one of our most importantstrategic partners, we alwaysdiscuss the entire range ofissues of concern. The issue ofterrorism was very much dis-cussed and was addressed atsome length by both the lead-ers," Foreign Secretary SujathaSingh said at a press briefing
here.Earlier in the day, India and
the US sealed the civil nucleardeal, which had been stalledsince 2008, after Prime MinisterModi and President Obama helddelegation-level talks over theissue.
According to reports, US haswithdrawn the tracking clausefrom the deal. Later, in a jointmedia address, PresidentObama announced enhancedcooperation between the twocountries on key areas, includ-ing defence cooperation andpromoting clean energy, andadded that both sides agreed
that trade and economic partner-ship must focus on improvingthe daily lives of thepeople.
The two countries also agreedto set up a hotline at the topleadership level.
"First time at the leader levelwe have a hotline set up; how-ever at lower levels there arehotlines. There are other mecha-nisms at different levels, like forexample the foreign secretariesbetween India and Pakistan,India and China at different lev-els. But at this level, it's a first,"the Ministry of ExternalsAffairs said.
Issue of terrorism addressed by bothleaders: Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh
NEW DELHI, JAN 25Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is
likely to be questioned again nextweek in connection with his wifeSunanda Pushkar's mysteriousdeath as police looks to join thepieces in the case.
Tharoor was questioned bypolice on January 19 for aroundfour hours at the office of AntiAuto Theft Squad (AATS) inSouth Delhi's Vasant Vihar.
Sources today said the SpecialInvestigation Team is likely toquestion the former Union minis-ter again next week as they gotvery "little time" with him onJanuary 19.
They also said that as he wasthe "closest relative" of thedeceased at the spot when shewas found dead, he may be ques-
tioned several times as the SITwould want to ask him about thethings which would arise duringexamination of other witnessesand people concerned.
Speaking to reporters onFriday, Delhi PoliceCommissioner B S Bassi had alsoindicated Tharoor can be ques-tioned in this connection again in"some days".
"Whatever we had spoken tohim during the first questioning isbeing analysed and if we needfurther questioning, it will bedone. Since it is a very involvedcase, there would be a need totalk to him again, so the SIT willcall him again in some days," hehad said. 52-year-old Sunandawas found dead in a room in thehotel on January 17 last year.
Delhi Police filed a case of mur-der in the case on January 1 andan SIT was formed to probe thecase.
Since then, police has ques-tioned a number of people in thisconnection including domesticaides of Tharoor, staff of the hotelwhere Sunanda was found dead,family friend Sanjay Dewan andthe hotel doctor who pronouncedher dead. Recently, it has alsoquestioned several journalists inthis regard with whom Sunandahad spoken a day before her deathto find out whether she had men-tioned to them about the IPL con-troversy, her husband Tharoor'salleged relations with Pakistanijournalist Mehr Tarar or aboutany plans of hers to hold a pressconference.
Journalist Nalini Singh had onFriday told the SIT that she hadspoken to Sunanda about takingthe blame for her husband in theIPL controversy following whichpolice decided to rope in theEconomic Offences Wing (EOW)to examine the business model ofthe erstwhile IPL Kochi franchiseand to understand the controversysurrounding it. The investigatorsare now examining whether theIPL controversy had anything todo with Sunanda's death.
"There are a number of things.It can be background and it canbe motive also. If we need to seeany financial transaction tounderstand that, if we need to seethe company formation andfinancial background, then wewill look into it," he said.
NEW DELHI, JAN 25Delhi Lt Governor
Najeeb Jung on Sundaycalled upon the citizensof the national capitalto make the city friend-ly and secure forwomen with "deep sen-sitisation" within fami-lies. "I call upon the cit-izens of Delhi to makethis city friendly andsecure for our womenwith deep sensitisationwithin our families," hesaid in an address on
the eve of RepublicDay.
Jung further urgedDelhiites to get out oftheir homes and vote onFebruary 7.
"We are at the cusp ofwelcoming a new elect-ed government and Isincerely appeal to allthe voters of Delhi toparticipate wholly andenthusiastically in theelectoral process. Thisis our greatest responsi-bility as citizens of this
country," he appealed.Talking about the
government's priorities,Jung said that provid-ing shelter for thehomeless is a top prior-ity of the governmentand night shelters aretaking care of thehomeless. India hasmade tremendousprogress, but withnewer challengesemerging everyday, alot remains to beaccomplished, he point-
ed. "In the previousyears, we have madetremendous progressand our country is nowcounted among thefrontline nations of theworld. However, a lotmore remains to beaccomplished. Theworld is changing fast,new challenges areemerging and we haveto overcome these chal-lenges and continue togrow at a faster pace,"he said.
Make Delhi friendly and securefor women: Najeeb Jung
NEW DELHI, JAN 25A day after BJP launched
its 'Selfie with Modi' cam-paign in Delhi, UnionMinister Ananth Kumar onSunday said now anyonecan have a selfie with thePrime Minister for freewhereas, he claimed, AAPcharges people for clickinga picture with its chiefArvind Kejriwal.
BJP chief Amit Shah hadyesterday kick-started the'Selfie with Modi' cam-paign by inaugurating aselfie booth at CentralDelhi's Khan Market. BJPwill set up around 2,500such booths across the city
where people will be ableto click their photos with a"virtual Narendra Modi".
"It is an outstanding stepby the Bharatiya JanataParty. Now anyone canhave a selfie with ourPrime Minister for free. I
have heard they (AAP)charge for a selfie," theMinister for Chemicalsand Fertilisers toldreporters at the Delhi BJPoffice here.
The Aam Aadmi Partyhas raised Rs 60 lakh dona-tion at a fund-raiser lunchof Kejriwal organised byits traders' wing earlier thismonth. The traders hadpaid a minimum of Rs20,000 each to have lunchwith Kejriwal and a selfie.
"There is no need to findour PM. He is available forfree. He himself is going toreach out to the the voters,"Kumar said.
Delhi polls: Now anyone can have selfiewith Modi for free, says Ananth Kumar
Shashi Tharoor likely to be questioned again next week
Continuation 3NEW DELHI | MONDAY | JAN 26, 2015SAADDA HAQ
PM Narendra...largest democracies.You are also the first United States
President to visit India twice in Office.It reflects the transformation in our rela-
tionship. It shows your deep personal com-mitment to this partnership.
It tells us that our two nations are preparedto step forward firmly to accept the responsi-bility of this global partnership – for our twocountries and for shaping the character of thiscentury.
The promise and potential of this relation-ship has never been in doubt. This is a natu-ral global partnership. It has become evenmore relevant in the digital age. It is neededeven more in our world of far-reachingchanges and widespread turmoil.
The success of this partnership is importantfor our progress and for advancing peace,stability and prosperity around the world.
From the turn of this century, we havebegun transforming our relationship. But, wehave to convert a good start into lastingprogress.
This requires translating our vision intosustained action and concrete achievements.
Mr. President, in the last few months, I seenew excitement and confidence in this rela-tionship. I see renewed energy in our engage-ment. I thank you for your leadership and forsetting the tone last September, when I visit-ed White House.
The civil nuclear agreement was the cen-trepiece of our transformed relationship,which demonstrated new trust. It also creatednew economic opportunities and expandedour option for clean energy. In the course ofthe past four months, we have worked with asense of purpose to move it forward. I ampleased that six years after we signed ourbilateral agreement, we are moving towardscommercial cooperation, consistent with ourlaw, our international legal obligations, andtechnical and commercial viability.
President Obama has also assured me ofstrong U.S. efforts in support of India's fullmembership of the four international exportcontrol regimes at the earliest.
Today, we have also decided to take ourgrowing defence cooperation to a new level.We have agreed, in principle, to pursue co-development and co-production of specificadvanced defence projects. These will helpupgrade our domestic defence industry; andexpand the manufacturing sector in India.
We will also explore cooperation in otherareas of advanced defence technologies.
We have renewed our Defence FrameworkAgreement. We will deepen our cooperationon maritime security.
Terrorism remains a principal global threat.It is taking on a new character, even as exist-ing challenges persist. We agreed that weneed a comprehensive global strategy andapproach to combat with it. There should beno distinction between terrorist groups.Every country must fulfil its commitments toeliminate terrorist safe havens and bring ter-rorists to justice.
Our two countries will deepen our bilateralsecurity cooperation against terrorist groups.And, we will further enhance our counter-ter-rorism capabilities, including in the area oftechnology.
President Obama and I agree that a strongand growing economic relationship is vitalfor the success of our strategic partnership.Economic growth in our two countries isbecoming stronger. Our business climate isimproving. This gives me great optimismabout our economic ties.
In addition, we have established a numberof effective bilateral mechanisms to identifyopportunities and also help our businessestrade and invest more.
We will also resume our dialogue onBilateral Investment Treaty. We will alsorestart discussions on a Social SecurityAgreement that is so important for the hun-dreds of thousands of Indian professionalsworking in the United States.
For President Obama and me, clean andrenewable energy is a personal and nationalpriority. We discussed our ambitious nationalefforts and goals to increase the use of cleanand renewable energy. We also agreed to fur-ther enhance our excellent and innovativepartnership in this area. I asked him to leadinternational efforts in making renewableenergy more accessible and affordable to theworld. President and I expressed hope for asuccessful Paris Conference on climatechange this year.
We will continue to deepen our collabora-tion in science, technology, innovation, agri-culture, health, education and skills. Theseare central to the future of our two countries;and also give us an opportunity to help othersaround the world.
Indeed, our strategic partnership will onlybe complete if we assume our responsibilityto work together to promote developmentand connectivity in our vast region. PresidentObama and I agreed to pursue this goal witha sense of priority.
President and I had an excellent discussionon global and regional issues. In particular,we renewed our commitment to deepen ourcooperation to advance peace, stability, pros-perity in Asia, Pacific and Indian OceanRegion, which is critical for the future of ourtwo countries and the destiny of this world.We will also work closely to helpAfghanistan through its transition.
Our relationship stands at a new leveltoday. We have outlined a broad vision forour friendship and cooperation that reflectsthe opportunities and challenges of this cen-tury. As Lord Buddha said, noble friends andcompanions are the whole of the holy life.
We have decided to give this critical part-nership a new thrust and sustained attention.For this, we have agreed that India and theUnited States must have regular summits atgreater frequency. And, we will also establishhotlines between myself and Barack and ourNational Security Advisors.
At the beginning of this year we start a newjourney. Let me welcome you once again,Mr. President. It is a great pleasure to haveyou with us.
Obama says....the first US President to be the Chief Guest
at the Republic Day ceremony here tomor-row.
"Its a great honour and we are so gratefulfor your extraordinary hospitality," Obamasaid after the ceremony during which he pre-ferred to say "Namaste" with folded hands tothe waiting dignitaries.
Thank you ...formerly princely mansion that was built in
1928, and has been the venue for high-levelofficial meetings and summit talks, after aworking lunch, and leisurely strolled alongthe red sandstone pathways, talking animat-edly and gesticulating for effect.
Hyderabad House is part of the India Gatecomplex at the centre of the capital throughwhich will pass the Republic Day paradeMonday where Obama is the chief guest.
Their body language, at the informalretreat, made it clear that the chemistry thathad developed between them during Modi'svisit to Washington has grown even stronger.
They sat down on two comfortable single-seater sofa chairs laid down in the HyderabadHouse garden, under a curtained canopy, andModi picked up a teapot, lifted a white cupand saucer, poured out the tea and handed itover to Obama without a break in the conver-sation.
They chatted for more than 10 minutesbefore getting up and walking back intoHyderabad House. It was all quite unprece-dented and a pointer to the new warmth in theIndia-US relations. Observers believe thatthis conversation led to the crucial break-throuh in the impasse over the nuclear dealthat has been hanging fire since 2008, whenit was signed in Washington.
At their joint interaction with the media,Obama referred to their tea talk and thankedthe Indian prime minister for the 'chai pecharcha'. Modi, the son of a tea-vendor, haddevised this campaign strategy after a rivalCongress party leader had ridiculed his tea-seller roots.
Religion is ...address to the nation, Mukherjee said,
"Vote was for clean, efficient, effective, gen-der-sensitive, transparent & citizen-friendlygovernance. The outcome of elections hasgiven mandate to elected government to ful-fill commitment to people."
While talking about this year, Prez said,"2015 is year of hope, key economic indica-tors provide for much optimism."
The aspect of women's security also foundmention in the President's speech today asMukherjee said, “Only a nation that respects& empowers its women can become a globalpower.”
“It pains me to see that Mother India is notrespected by her own children when it comesto the safety of women,” he added.
Mukherjee further said, “Atrocities of rape,murders, harassment on roads, kidnappingand dowry deaths have made women fearfulin their own homes.”
Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, he said:“Religion is a force for unity; we cannotmake it a cause of conflict."
Mukherjee briefly objected to governmentenacting laws without discussion, saying thatit impacts the law-making role of the parlia-ment and breaches the trust reposed in it bythe people.
“This is neither good for the democracynor for the policies relating to those laws."
Recently the President had raised strongobjections to a string of ordinances - execu-tive orders - passed by the union cabinet,including the one on the land acquisition act.
While acknowledging that the constitutionprovided for promulgation of ordinance inextraordinary situation, Mukherjee had saidthis route cannot and should not be taken fornormal legislation.
In his address, the President also stressedon the importance of the parliamentaryprocess in making laws saying there can beno governance without a functioning legisla-ture. “The legislature reflects the will of thepeople. It is the platform where progressivelegislation using civilized dialogue must cre-ate delivery mechanisms for realizing theaspirations of the people. It calls for reconcil-ing the differences amongst stakeholders andbuilding a consensus for the law to be enact-ed,” he said in his address that was aired inDoordarshan, the national broadcaster.
Commenting on terrorism, the Presidentsaid “violence is seeping across our borders”.
“While peace, non-violence and goodneighbourly intentions should remain thefundamentals of our foreign policy, we can-not afford to be complacent about adversarieswho will stop at nothing to disrupt ourprogress towards a prosperous and equitableIndia,” he added.
India has the strength, confidence anddetermination to defeat architects of this waragainst its people, he said.
“Repeated violations of the ceasefire alongthe Line of Control and terrorist attacks mustget an integrated response through incisivediplomacy and impregnable security mecha-
nisms. The world must join India in fightingthe menace of terrorism,” he said.
Prez's wife ...of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.Born in Lucknow 1912 and trained in
Bengal School of Art, Bose who served ascurator of Rashtrapati Bhavan till 1970, usedintricate calligraphy to weave in shlokasfrom Bhagwat Gita in his meandering semi-circular motifs decorating the ceiling.
Using solid colours such as red, black, goldand silver in varying shades, Bose usedscenes from Ramayana in Indo-Persian styleto decorate the State Corridor's arched ceil-ing.
The President also gave books on the over85-year-old imposing building to Obama.
Coal auction...Welcomes Barack ObamaThe nuclear deal was the centrepiece of
Obama-Modi discussions given its con-tentious nature but the two leaders reachedunderstanding on a number of other areasincluding defence.
Obama said US and India have madeprogress on defence partnership and decidedto renew the framework agreement for 10more years.
"Today, we have also decided to take ourgrowing defence cooperation to a new level.We have agreed, in principle, to pursue co-development and co-production of specificadvanced defence projects.
"These will help upgrade our domesticdefence industry; and expand the manufac-turing sector in India. We will also explorecooperation in other areas of advanceddefence technologies," Modi said.
The Foreign Secretary said that assurancesare given to the US side on both the liabilityclause and tracking issues.
"The liability provisions and administrativearrangements finalised under 123 act (track-ing) are consistent with our bilateral legalarrangements and contracts and IAEA safe-guards and international laws and obliga-tions," Singh said.
"The civil nuclear agreement was the cen-trepiece of our transformed relationship,which demonstrated new trust. It also creatednew economic opportunities and expandedour option for clean energy.
India, US...India."Since my last visit here and the address
made to your parliament, trade has increasedand we are cooperating on key global chal-lenges. The trade between our country hasincreased by more than 60 percent and it isgoing to reach $100 billion," he said.
6P for ..."Preachers from all religions also play an
important role. They have to use the rightmessages for a woman's dignity," the formerbureaucrat said.
She has also promised to ensure a moreefficient functioning of the already existingwomen helpline, which she intends to keepwith the "Chief Minister's office".
In her rallies, Bedi has also been prescrib-ing solutions to end Delhi's water and powerwoes, pointing out that BJP-ruled Haryanawill assist in tackling the issues.
"We need to start planning for summers inadvance to tackle issues of water and elec-tricity shortage. There should be no problemas Haryana is with us, the BJP led govern-ment will supply us with water," she said.
Bedi has been regularly updating all socialmedia platforms sharing her plans along withregular updates of her rallies, roadshows andinteractions with the "man on the street".
"Women will be trained to form self helpgroups to make them self reliant... With focuson rural women and urban poor," Bedi tweet-ed yesterday.
CBI officers...has been been given Police Medal for
Meritorious Service.Other officers given President's Medal
include Suprintendent of Police at ChennaiSivagnanam Vellaipandi, AdditionalSuperintendents of Police N Krishnamurthyand Rajiv Dwivedi posted here and DeputySuperintendent of Police Suman Kumar inMumbai. Those conferred Police Medal forMeritorious Service include IPS officersRajkumar Maruti Vhatkar posted as DIG inACB, Mumbai, Deepika Suri, DeputyDirector Deepika Suri and GhanshyamUpadhyay, posted as DIG at the covertSpecial Unit of the agency.
Additional SP Gajanand Bairwa also post-ed at ACB here Deputy Superintendents ofPolice Vipin Kumar Verma, Jagdish,Ayyadurai Lazaras, Ram Avtar Yadav, SatishKumar Rathi, Anil Kumar Yadav and RajivKumar have also been given the medal.
Inspectors Ruthirapathy Valavan, SurenderKumar Rohilla, Shailender Singh Mayal,Vishal, and sub-inspector O N Rajendran,Head Constables Birbal and Ramesh ChandDhyani, Constables S P Sparjan, RameshChandra, Office Superintendent Mohan LalSharma and Private Secretary of CBIDirector Ram Kumar have also been giventhe award.
If its a ...new trust. It also created new economic
opportunities and expanded our option forclean energy," Modi said addressing a jointpress conference with Obama here.
PM further said, "I am pleased that sixyears after we signed our bilateral agreement,we are moving towards commercial coopera-
tion, consistent with our law, our internation-al legal obligations, and technical and com-mercial viability." Describing it as a "break-through understanding", Obama said the twoleaders agreed to "advance our civil nuclearcooperation and we are committed to movingtoward full implementation".
"It is an important step and shows us howwe can work together to elevate our relation-ship," the US Prez added. According toreports, US has withdrawn the trackingclause from the deal through an executiveorder. The withdrawal of the tracking clausein the civil nuclear cooperation agreementwould unblock billions of dollars of potentialtrade in nuclear energy and will alsostrengthen personal rapport.
Obama and...the sole superpower of the world, but not in
the conventional sense any more.Economically, there is China that can coun-terbalance it; in terms of challenges – thethreat does not come from any once countryor bloc but an ideology that breeds terrorismin a loose unstructured way.
In such a scenario, military muscle is clear-ly not enough. Humility to accept ideas,forge understandings and sharing ofIntelligence become imperative. And thus,the closer the ideologies of open societiesand democracies there are, and fewer theareas of conflict, the stronger are the bondslikely to be between countries. And this isexactly what defines the strengthening chordbetween the United States and India.
Strategically, India is the best option inSouth Asia to offset China; and a tie-up withIndia along with Australia and Japan com-pletes the US cycle of friendship in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dismiss Arun...because Modi has put those men in charge
of the work who will never be able to com-plete it. The man has ought to be dismissed ifblack money needs to be recovered,"Jethmalani said.
The veteran lawyer said the Union Ministerhad been talking about bilateral double taxa-tion avoidance treaties (DTAT) as the reasonbehind the inability to reveal the names ofIndians who hold illegal foreign bankaccounts.
"This man needs to be dismissed rightaway," the 92-year-old lawyer said.
"I had said that I am living in departurelounge of God's airport and I don't want any-thing from you but I wish you will fulfill allthe promises you made to people of the coun-try. But as far as the black money row is con-cerned I am most disappointed in him," hesaid,
Jethmalani was in conversation with authorShobha De and journalist Madhu Trehan dur-ing a session titled "The Devil's advocate:Ram Jethmalani." Jethmalani said he hadsupported Modi all through the election cam-paign. "I just had two things on my bucketlist. One was to see the previous governmentbeing thrown out of gear and am very happythat I have succeed and my efforts have par-tially contributed to it and second to seeblack money being recovered," he said.
The lawyer said he had written to Jaitley inOctober last year accusing him of taking an"ill-advised" stand on the issue in the apexcourt. Recalling how BJP leader LK Advaniwrote to him from jail appreciating one of hisarguments presented by him in a case,Jethamalni said, "L K Advani is the mostungrateful man because he is party to myexpulsion from the party."
"When elections were near there weremany hurdles inside the BJP. Everyone want-ed to be the Prime Minister and they all wererivals of themselves. One issue they wereunited on were that Ram has to be silencedand thrown out of the party," Jethmalani said.
Vande Mataram...president of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party,
an ally of the BJP in Bihar, told media herefollowing a dispute in a village school inGopalganj district after some villagersbanned the singing of Vande Mataram.
Kushwaha said that to sing or not to singVande Mataram should be left to people'sown decision. Early this month, Kushwahahad said that he was not in favour of any lawto check conversions as there are already pro-visions to check coercion and allurement forconversion.
Arvind Kejriwal...East Delhi, Shah said the party will fight
the upcoming Assembly poll with booth levelstrategy. "Go to every house, to every familyand spend at least a few minutes everydayand make them understand that this ArvindKejriwal will again run away and he is againmaking promises which he will not fulfillbecause he knows he won't be able to," hesaid. The BJP president said that the fight inDelhi is between BJP and Aam Aadmi Partyand Congress is nowhere in the scene.
"The fight in Delhi is a two-cornered con-test between AAP and BJP, and Congress isnowhere," Shah said. Taking a dig at the for-mer chief minister, he alleged, "Before com-ing to power in Delhi, he (Kejriwal) used totravel in a small car, but after 49 days of hisgovernment, he is now travelling in an SUV.If you bring him for five years, he will parkan aeroplane outside his house." Asking partyworkers to follow the structure made forcampaigning, Shah also said, "If you workaccording to the booth level structure wehave planned, no one can stop your victoryand Delhi will be a model to other states ofthe country."
The BJP president said after winning elec-tions in states like Maharashtra, Haryana,Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, theparty's victory march has now reached Delhi,and if the battle is won here, "Bihar will alsobe won". "Narendra Modi is now one ofworld's greatest leaders and under his leader-ship we will win Delhi with at least two-thirdmajority," he said. Accusing AAP leader of"lying", Shah added, "Kejriwal is lying thatduring his term there was not a single raid forVAT on traders".
"Initially he said he will not take any sup-port from either Congress or BJP in forminggovernment and also said that he will takeaction against Shiela Dikshit for irregulari-ties in CWG, but he did nothing as he tookthe backing of Congress to form the govern-ment," Shah said.
Hockey Captain...2016 Rio Olympics. India thrashed mighty
Australians 3-1 in a four-match Test seriesDown Under. India also reached the final ofCommonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourthhighest civilian award in the Republic ofIndia, after the Bharat Ratna, the PadmaVibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It isawarded by the Government of India. Theaward is announced every year on RepublicDay.
Pak rangers ...Jogwan border out post in R S Pura border
belt along the IB in Jammu district during theintervening night of January 24 and 25", aPolice officer said. sThey fired on the postaround 1 AM, he said.
BSF troops guarding the borderline retali-ated resulting in intermittent brief exchangeswhich continued for a few minutes, he said,adding there was no loss of life or injury toanyone in the firing.
On January 22, Pak Rangers and BSFexchanged fire after BSF, suspecting move-ment of some persons, fired few rounds andthe Pakistani side also fired few rounds afterhearing sound in Regaal Border Out Post(BoP) area along the IB in Samba district.
On January 21, BSF foiled an infiltrationbid in Arnia sub-sector.
Pakistani Rangers had on January 20 vio-lated the ceasefire by resorting to firing bysmall arms on Border Out Posts (BoPs) alongthe International Border in Jammu district,prompting the BSF to retaliate.
On January 13 and 12, there was smallarms firing by Pakistani Rangers in Sambasector.
Pakistan also resorted to firing of mortarshells and small arms along the IB inHiranagar belt of Kathua district on January11.
Autorickshaw driver ...driver in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area
here on Sunday evening.The accused driver, in his 30s, was soon
arrested by police after the girl approachedthem with her complaint.
"The incident took place when the girl,who works as a coordinator for a modellingagency, hired an auto from Vasant Kunj totravel to her Green Park home. The auto driv-er stopped the vehicle at a secluded placewhere he first tried to snatch her handbag andthen touched her inappropriately," policesaid. The girl fought back, kicking him andhitting him with a stone. She then escapedfrom the spot and took the help of a passerbyto approach police.
Based on her statement, police at VasantKunj (south) registered a case of molestationand launched a manhunt for the accused.
"The victim had noted down the registra-tion number of the auto and the driver wassoon nabbed," police added.
Minor fire...rushed to the spot and they took an hour to
douse the fire, said an official of the DelhiFire Service.
Police said the fire broke out due to anelectrical short circuit in a refreshing room.
"No one was injured in the fire. As therewas a narrow path for the fire tenders toreach near the embassy, we took a few moreminutes to douse the fire by attaching waterpipes," the official said.
Army jawan.., the 30-year old jawan's colleagues found
him lying in a pool of blood with his servicerifle lying close to him in the camp. He wasshifted to hospital, where doctors declaredhim dead.
A court of inquiry has been ordered into theincidents, the Army official said, and alsothat police has also registered a case andstarted investigation into it.
J&K Governor...losses due to devastating floods in the state
last year."Keeping in view the difficulties being
faced by the business community consequentto the recent floods, the Governor has urgedthe Union Home Minister to take an urgentdecision regarding the allocation of funds tothe small business enterprises, a proposalregarding which is contained in the compre-hensive Rs 44,000 crore package submittedby the State Government to the Centre," aRaj Bhawan spokesman said.
He said that in his communication to theHome Minister, the Governor pointed outthat it would be extremely difficult for thesmall business units to be able to revive theiractivities as they do not have any bankingfacility or insurance cover.
Editorial4 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | JAN 26, 2015SAADDA HAQ
BY FRANK WISNER
As President BarackObama sets out forIndia, he will find that
the same favourable windswhich are driving India’s econo-my are also moving the U.S.-India relationship. The Presidentwill be the first American chiefof state to visit India twice dur-ing his incumbency. He will alsobe the first President to bereceived as Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s guest at India’sRepublic Day. The invitation toMr. Obama and his decision tovisit India speak volumes aboutprospects for the Indian-American relationship.
We have come a long wayover the past two decades.Indian and American trade andinvestment are buoyant, defencetrade has surged, and strategicconsultations, intelligence shar-ing and counter-terror coopera-tion are closer than ever in histo-ry. The U.S., including our twopolitical parties, believe that astrong India is good for thiscountry; India believes a suc-cessful and prosperous Americais good for India. This said, toachieve the potential of the rela-tionship, we need to deepenstrategic and economic coopera-tion and set new goals for therelationship.
Common problems
The first issues PresidentObama and Prime MinisterModi need to address are strate-gic. The U.S. and India facecommon problems in dealingwith the rise of China. We havemany friends in the region,notably Korea, Japan, thePhilippines, Vietnam, Singaporeand Indonesia. These countrieshave similar views about Chinaand recognise the importance ofmaintaining an Asian balance ofpower. India and the U.S. havean interest in reinforcing our
respective ties to each of thesepowers. Our common objectiveshould not be to confront or con-tain China. Rather it should be toshape the environment withinwhich China pursues legitimateambitions, so that China’s questfor status does not threaten itsneighbourhood and the U.S.
Similarly, India and the U.S.are preoccupied withAfghanistan’s future and withthe deteriorating situation inPakistan. Both questionsdemand close attention and fre-quent exchanges on strategy.The U.S. has serious issues withRussia and in the Middle East.We face a common threat fromterrorism. This said, we havedifferent points of view andmust be careful not to surpriseone another. Where we cannotagree on a given issue, it isimportant that our two countriesseek other avenues of coopera-tion.
We have challenges ahead incoordinating our respectiveapproaches to climate change;this subject will require hard andspecialised work.
An additional word on terror-ism is in order. The use of terroraffects India, the U.S., Europe,Russia and China, among manyother nations. It springs fromdeep political and cultural caus-es and has no single point of ori-gin. It cannot be dealt with bymilitary means alone; in fact theuse of military force can becounterproductive.
To deal with terror, we need touse the full box of tools avail-able to governments — political,intelligence, religious messag-ing, and police cooperation.Prime Minister Modi andPresident Obama should giveU.S.-Indian cooperation incounter terror the highest priori-ty.
Expanding defence coopera-tion is an especially promisingarea in the Indian-Americanrelationship. While our twocountries will not be “allies” asthe term is classically defined,the security of our two nations isenhanced by the closest possiblecooperation.
No two countries exercisetheir military forces more fre-quently than India and the U.S.We are not, however, cooperat-ing as we should in preparingIndia’s industrial base to providethe systems it will need to copewith the security challenges ofthe future. Modern warfare isincreasingly about intelligencesystems communications andelectronic warfare. India needsto strengthen its capabilities inthese fields as it continues itsdefence modernisation. Otherthan the U.S., no nation offers asextensive a range of high-techdefence capabilities.Furthermore, to be able to worktogether in moments of crises,India and the U.S. should aim tohave common defence plat-forms. To build these platforms,India must reach an agreementwith the U.S. on the protectionof defence information. Withoutit, the U.S. cannot share itsdefence “crown jewels.” ThePresident and the Prime Ministerwould be well advised to reachagreement on this importantquestion.
Prime Minister Modi is deter-mined to grow India’s economy.He wishes to expand rapidlyIndia’s manufacturing base, andhe welcomes American and for-eign investment as key drivers inIndia’s economic performance.To attract foreign and mobiliseddomestic investment, the PrimeMinister, India’s governmentand its Chief Ministers musttackle key growth impediments.These include infrastructural
inadequacies, as well as tax,land, labour and IntellectualProperty Rights questions, andIndia’s financial servicesregime.
The landscape of U.S.-Indiaeconomic cooperation is crowd-ed with investment disputes,which undermine confidence inIndia as an investment destina-tion. Our 2005 civil nuclearagreement has yet to produce thefirst investment.
The upcoming budget sessionof Parliament gives the Indiangovernment an important oppor-tunity to lay out an economicreform agenda. Americaninvestors will be watching close-ly the promises which the Indiangovernment makes, and moreimportantly, its ability to putthose promises into practice.
India can reasonably look toPresident Obama to set out hisadministration’s policy on high-tech immigration and other irk-some issues like social securitytotalisation. India can also lookforward to the President’s helpin securing early passage ofGSP, the trade enhancing regimethat has long facilitated India’sexports to the U.S.
Setting bold goals
Finally, we need to look aheadand set bold goals for the rela-tionship. These goals must serveIndian and American interests.For ‘Make in India’ to succeed,India must sell at home and havemarkets abroad. To assure for-eign markets, India must becompetitive and able to tradewithout impediment. India hasyet to complete a bilateralinvestment treaty with the U.S.,and it is not party to currentWTO negotiations on subjectsas important as IT services andgovernment procurement. Moreimportantly, India is not a mem-
ber of the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation and isnot in consideration for mem-bership in Trans-Pacific tradenegotiations. President Obamawill shortly seek TradePromotion Authority to permitthe U.S. to advance these newsuper-trade regimes for theAtlantic area and the Pacific.India risks falling between twostools and being excluded fromthe world’s most potentiallydynamic market areas. SecuringIndia’s trade future requirestough negotiations, and a will-ingness by India to become acompetitive world-class econo-my. This subject is worth discus-sion between President Obamaand Prime Minister Modi. It isreasonable to expect the U.S. tobe India’s friend and sponsor ifIndia decides to refocus its tradepolicy and go global. ExpandingIndia’s trade horizon is central tobuilding Indian strategicstrength and in consolidating theU.S.-India relationship. Themost promising days of thatrelationship lie ahead. PrimeMinister Modi and PresidentObama have the opportunitylater this month to align ourpolicies and give our very prom-ising relationship a freshimpulse.
(Frank Wisner is former U.S.Ambassador to India.)
On January 18, the World Health Organization andthe Malian government declared Mali free of theEbola virus disease. Mali is the third country after
Nigeria and Senegal to become free of the deadly disease.A country should have had no new cases of Ebola for acontinuous period of 42 days, which is a cycle of two incu-bation periods of 21 days, for it to be declared free of thevirus. This is a particularly remarkable achievement forMali, given the fact that it shares a porous, 800-km-longborder with Guinea. After all, on December 26, 2013, thefirst case of Ebola virus that led to the unprecedented cri-sis in West Africa was found in a remote village in Guinea.Also, Mali became the sixth West African country torecord a case of Ebola when a two-year-old girl with symp-toms arrived from Guinea in October last year. Even in thismoment of victory, Mali has to remember that it has nowonly won a battle. As long as the war against Ebola remainsunfinished in West Africa as a whole, Mali must not lowerits guard as new cases can always come up. After all, thecountry once experienced a similar situation in November2014 when it came so close to being declared free of theEbola virus, before a “second wave” of infections delayedsuch a declaration. The good news is that there has been a“turning point” in the Ebola crisis with the number of newcases reported in the three worst-affected countries —Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea — falling in recentweeks. According to the WHO, as on January 21, 2015 allof 8,683 people have died of Ebola, and the number ofcases so far is more than 21,759. In all, if only eight casesand six deaths occurred in Mali, which are fewer thanNigeria with 20 cases and eight deaths, the reason for thatis the unprecedented efforts to contain the disease from thevery beginning. Starting with tracing every person whohad come in contact with the sick girl on her journey fromGuinea and, at one point, placing nearly 600 people underdaily observation, the government, health workers and cit-izens acted aggressively to stamp out the disease before itturned into a crisis situation. The massive public awarenesscampaign, monitoring along the border, a fully geared pub-lic health system and precautions taken by people on theirown helped Mali to stamp out the virus. Of course, thesombre awareness of the crisis playing out in the threeworst-affected countries had a major role to play in thisprocess. India has a lesson to learn from the way Nigeriaand Mali have handled the Ebola outbreaks. Though somevital precautionary steps were taken, the small number ofcentres that are capable of testing for the virus and the lackof quarantine facilities at major airports indicate a lowlevel of preparedness to counter the virus.
Another Ebola battle wonMonday | January 26, 2015
SAADDA HAQ
BY SAMIR SARANBY BRUCE JONES
As India and the U.S. build closer ties,they should pursue a win-win agree-ment on climate. It is in the U.S.’s
strategic interest that India grows into aregional power, which can only be accom-plished if India is given sufficient develop-ment space to grow its economy and elimi-nate poverty. It is in India’s interest to diver-sify its energy portfolio — a prospect that canbe strengthened with the U.S.’s assistance.The way to achieve these objectives is toforge an “India exception” at the global cli-mate talks in Paris; doing so is the only real-istic pathway to a global climate deal and willcement the growing ties between the two crit-ical actors in an evolving international order.
A unique dilemma
India faces a predicament which previouscountries that used energy to grow theireconomies did not face. It stands on the cuspof industrialisation just as the world mayfinally be willing to take multilateral action toreduce carbon emissions. As it possesses vul-nerable coastlines and is reliant on the mon-soon and glacial melt, India is as susceptibleas any other country to the consequences ofcollective action failure on climate. But forIndia, the tradeoffs between environment and
growth (and poverty elimination) are harsherthan perhaps anywhere else. India’s overallsize of both population and emissions makesit the most critical low-income country at theParis climate talks.
Despite India’s importance to the climatedebate, it continues to pollute below itsweight. Though India’s emission intensitywould be expected to rise in the comingdecades, it has committed to reducing emis-sion intensity by 20 to 25 per cent by 2020(from 2007 levels). Prime Minister NarendraModi’s victory has created the opportunityfor all of India to benefit from the renewableenergy-friendly policies he pursued as ChiefMinister of Gujarat and has opened up thepossibility for it to become a leader in cost-competitive renewables. India is already theworld’s largest biomass, third largest solarand fourth largest wind energy producer.
“If India chooses to grow through the tradi-tional carbon-intensive pathway, there will beno credible prospect for global carbon reduc-tion”
There is a strong strategic imperative forthe U.S. in supporting India’s role in Asia. Asuccessful India can play a major role in sta-bilising Asia during an otherwise turbulenttransition, and can be a vital partner to the
U.S. India could act on climate change on itsown by reprioritising spending away from itsplanned naval expansion or other defenceexpenditures, but as China’s defence budgetsoars, nations around the region are becomingmore invested in a balance of power thatincludes India. It is profoundly in the U.S.’sinterest that there be a strong India — anIndia that is prosperous and contributing to astable Asia and Indian Ocean.
The U.S. could reapportion part of its inter-national development budget towards India’sgreen modernisation, create a way for U.S.cities that have successfully used clean build-ing techniques to work with Indian cities, andinvest in Indian efforts on energy-efficienturbanisation. It can help ensure that the GreenClimate Fund and the World Bank supportand crowd in private sector and other invest-ments towards this end.
There would have to be a generational part-nership between the U.S. and India.Challenges in aligning the private incentivesof U.S. financiers with public incentives inIndia can be solved by a high-level agreementbetween President Obama and PrimeMinister Modi on public monies throughbilateral or multilateral tools.
India as an exception
India’s unique circumstances necessitatespecific exceptions. Any climate agreementmust exclude India from obligations that donot befit a country in an earlier stage of devel-opment. It must be allowed lifeline energy ataffordable prices. India cannot agree to apeaking date; Indian poverty cannot be frozenby a dateline. A global peaking date willdepend on other nations taking on mitigationcommitments to account for India’s excep-tional challenge. However, certain pathwayscould be pursued that would allow a U.S.-India partnership to contribute to the globaleffort. These could include: continuing andsupporting India’s voluntary emission inten-sity reduction goals that move its economyfrom a ‘business as usual’ trajectory;focussing the spending of the Green CarbonFund and similar instruments, including tech-nology transfer, on Indian energy options;following common but differentiated respon-sibility within India, requiring rich states andcities to develop further mitigation methods;initiating a universal agreement on corporateemissions mitigation that would involve largeIndian companies on equal footing withdeveloped country corporations and mandat-ing sectoral efficiency goals for these largecorporations; and a decadal review of India’sdevelopment status, as no exception shouldoutlive its rationale.
Such a deal is the only way to maintain cli-mate progress. If India chooses to growthrough the traditional carbon-intensive path-way, there will be no credible prospect forglobal carbon reduction and India will soonadd another European Union to the world’scarbon emissions budget. India has a veto ona global climate agreement — both in theroom, and more importantly in how any dealis implemented. India has walked away fromglobal deals like the World TradeOrganization, when they are perceived to becounter to its core interests.
If the U.S. partners with India for more effi-cient industrialisation and supports an “Indiaexception” in global climate talks — usingbilateral ties and the Major Economies Forumon Energy and Climate to help build a cleanenergy ladder for India — it could be the kindof investment that cements ties between thesetwo countries. From the perspective of a sta-ble international order, it would be a big deal;from the perspective of global climate talks, itis the only realistic path forward.
(Samir Saran is a senior fellow and vice presidentat the Observer Research Foundation and Bruce
Jones is deputy director of the Foreign PolicyProgram at the Brookings Institution. This is an
adaptation of an article published by the authors forBrookings and ORF earlier this month.)
An ‘India exception’ for climate talks
The promise of a presidential visitIndia and the
U.S. should notconfront or
contain China,but shape the
environmentwithin which
China pursueslegitimateambitions
BY JAIRAM RAMESH
Oil prices have plummetedsince June 2014 by almost 60per cent. This has obviously
proved to be a bonanza for oil-importing countries like India just asit has seriously hurt oil-producingnations like Russia and Iran. The fallhas been unexpected and what hasadded to the mystery is the behaviourof Saudi Arabia, the traditional“swing producer” in OPEC which haschosen not to cut production in orderto boost prices.
The main reason now beingadduced for the oil price decline isthe re-emergence of the U.S. as amajor hydrocarbon producer becauseof exploitation of its substantial shaledeposits. Lower than anticipateddemand, especially from countrieslike China, and anaemic economicgrowth in Europe have added to thepressure. As to the response of SaudiArabia, the best guess is that it doesnot want to lose market share like it
did the last time when it cut output tokeep prices up. There are, of course,the usual conspiracy theories — thatthe Americans have put pressure onmajor OPEC oil producers not to cutoutput so that Russia could get hurtfrom falling prices. AnotherByzantine view is that Saudi Arabiais not too unhappy with these pricessince its arch-rival Iran is getting hurtand because over the medium-term itwould discourage the development ofnew sources of supply that wouldthreaten the Saudi position.Revisiting an old idea
Whatever be its backdrop, the cur-rent oil price scenario offers the rightmoment for the international commu-nity as well as for major carbon emit-ter nations to revisit an old idea thathas been around for quite some timeas a way of dealing with the chal-lenge of climate change — and this isa carbon tax. Economists mostlyagree that such a carbon tax is theway to go, but it has faced tremen-
dous political resistance, especially inthe U.S. A couple of days ago, how-ever, the influential economist LarrySummers, who has been a closeadviser to both President BarackObama and former President BillClinton, came out publicly in itsfavour, pointing out that a tax of $25per tonne of carbon would add just 25cents to the price of gasoline. Therehave been other intellectuallyweighty voices in the past who haveadvocated a carbon tax, WilliamNordhaus being perhaps the mostprominent amongst them.
It is the political resistance to anyform of taxation (what the lateSukhamoy Chakravarty, the distin-guished Indian planner, had called theemerging fiscal sociology) that hasled to systems of cap-and-trade beingadopted to deal with the emissionsproblem. The EU has such a system,the Chinese have seven pilots andhave announced a national initiativebeginning next year, and the
Americans too are putting it in placefor carbon emissions from powerplants. A cap-and-trade system puts acap on the quantity of emissions(which is flexible) and the “rights” toemit are then traded for a priceamong classes of consumers. It hasconsiderable appeal since it is “mar-ket-based” and it has actually beenused very effectively to deal with theconsequences of sulphur dioxideemissions from power plants in theU.S. (the “acid rain” problem as it isusually called). The cap-and-tradesystem does provide incentives foremission levels to decline. On theother hand, a carbon tax is much sim-pler and straightforward to designand administer since it does notinvolve fixing emission “quotas” foreach emitting industry, which is tech-nically very cumbersome.
William Nordhaus himself in hisclassic “The Climate Casino,” afteran elaborate analysis of the twoapproaches, writes: “If I were put on
the rack and forced to choose, Iwould admit that the economic argu-ments for carbon taxation are com-pelling, particularly those relating torevenues, volatility, transparency andpredictability. So if a country is gen-uinely unsure, I would recommend ituse the carbon tax approach.” DaleJorgenson, one of the pre-eminenteconomists of our times, has takenthe Nordhaus approach and asked thequestion: how to make it politicallyacceptable? In “Double Dividend:Environmental Taxes and FiscalReforms in the United States,” Mr.Jorgenson and his colleagues makeout a persuasive case for a carbon taxin the U.S., but with a twist: that therevenues be used for a capital taxreduction with other countries free torecycle revenues in the matter theydeem fit.
Actually, India has a carbon tax ofsorts. It is not called as such but theUnited Progressive Alliance govern-
ment’s budget of 2010-11 introduceda cess of Rs. 50 per tonne of bothdomestically produced and importedcoal. Last year, this was doubled.However, the idea of this cess, it mustbe admitted, was less to curb carbonemissions but more to raise revenuesfor the National Clean Energy Fund.Of course, the Fund itself could wellsupport carbon mitigation initiativesbut its take-off has been slow so farsince Finance Ministers see it as asource of mitigating not carbon butthe fiscal deficit. The Fund has closeto Rs. 15,000 crore already accumu-lated in it and this will grow rapidlyas coal consumption increases. Butthe important point is that Indiaalready has an important half-step,even though its version of a carbontax is not economy-wide and it is farbelow the levels that are generallyaccepted as being desirable (around$20-25 per tonne of carbon).
(Jairam Ramesh was UnionMinister of State, 2009-2011).
Carbon tax to meet climate concerns
PATNA, JAN 25The Bihar government
will appoint Urdu teachersin all government schoolsin the state to promote thelanguage, Chief MinisterJitan Ram Manjhi said onSunday. "I have decidedthat at least one Urduteacher will be appointed inevery government school.Earlier there was a provi-sion to appoint such teach-ers only in those schoolswhich had ten Urdu stu-dents. I want those whostudy Urdu to learn Hindi,and those who study Hindito learn Urdu as both aresweet languages," Manjhisaid. In the first phase,Urdu teachers would beappointed in schools locat-ed in minority-dominatedareas, and later in other
schools, he said. The Chief Minister was
speaking at a seminar on'Educational problems ofthe minorities and theirsolution' organised atImarat-e-Sharia atPhulwarisharif on the out-skirts of the state capital.
Manjhi said there were73,000 primary and 18,000
middle and high schools inthe state and he has decidedto have at least one highersecondary school in eachpanchayat. The ChiefMinister said he wasengrossed in carrying for-ward the schemes startedby former Chief MinisterNitish Kumar and addedthe government was pro-
viding more facilities to itsteachers in comparison tothose working in privateschools, and also askedthem to produce results.
Manjhi said if needed thestate government would askthe CBI to probe the com-munal clash at Ajizpur vil-lage in Muzaffarpur dis-trict, which claimed fourlives on January 18.
The state government hasprovided five acres of landand Rs 65 lakh for MaulanaMazrul Haq Arabic PersianUniversity. The ChiefMinister said. Talkingabout doctors, Manjhiadded the next time newones were taken into gov-ernment service, he wouldput a condition that theywould have to serve in ruralareas for five years.
State Watch 5NEW DELHI | MONDAY | JAN 26, 2015SAADDA HAQ
BHUBANESWAR, JAN 25Senior Congress leader
from Odisha, NiranjanPatnaik Sunday urgedPrime Minister NarendraModi to presentSambalpuri and silk sareesof the state to US FirstLady Michelle Obama.
The former OdishaPradesh CongressCommittee president hasmade the suggestion in hisemail to Modi.
"I have come acrossmedia reports that Indiawill present about 100 ele-gant sarees and exquisitesilk clothes from Banarasto the US first ladyMichelle Obama. I suggestthat the prime ministerkindly consider includingchoicest fabrics from all
across the country, includ-ing Odisha," Patnaik saidin his email.= He saidOdisha has its own richheritage of fabrics, particu-larly the Samabalpuri fab-rics. Niranjan also hoped to
draw Modi`s attention tothe silk sarees fromBerhampur in Ganjam dis-trict, which found place inthe Prince of WalesExhibition in London longbefore India`s independ-
ence. Obama arrived inNew Delhi Sunday on athree-day state visit. Hewill become the first USpresident to be the chiefguest at the Republic Dayparade Monday.
Present Odisha sarees toMichelle Obama, PM Modi urged
Bihar to appoint Urdu teachers in all govt schools: Manjhi
JAIPUR, JAN 25Senior VHP leader
Praveen Togadia onSunday ruled out protestsagainst US PresidentBarack Obama's visit toIndia, saying it was goodfor the country.
Asked whether VishvaHindu Parishad (VHP),which had been against USpolicies in the past, willoppose Obama's visit andhold protests, Togadia said,"Virod kyon karegi (whyshould we oppose)? WeIndians have been welcom-ing businessmen since timeimmemorial." "We Indianhave always been welcom-ing businessmen, andtoday Obama 'dunia kesabse bare vyapri hain (isthe world's biggest busi-nessman)'... We should sitwith him so that we willalso be a big 'vyapari' in
future," he told reportersafter addressing a 'ViratHindu Sammelan' here.
"This (the visit) is goodfor India. We want India tobe the biggest businesscountry in the world. India
should try to be the leaderin business in the worldlike the USA," he said,adding "India should dohard work and bring theworld's prosperity toIndia".
On the Ram Templeissue, Togadia said, "BJPhas mentioned it in itsmanifesto and promised (toconstruct the temple inAyodhya). I am sureNarendra Bhai will fulfilhis promise."
Earlier in his address toVHP's Bajrang Dal andwomen activists at AdarshMaidan here, Togadia said,"VHP wants the Hindus'security, the country's pros-perity, and to restoreIndians' pride as existedthousands of year ago..."
"...We will not allow reli-gious conversion and 'LoveJihad'...," he said, demand-ing that there should be aCommon Civil Codeeverywhere to stop dispari-ty based on religion and theKashmiri people should beenabled to return to the val-ley.
Obama visit is good for India: VHP's Praveen Togadia
JAMMU, JAN 25The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board
(SASB) headed by Jammu andKashmir Governor N N Vohra onSunday decided that this year's pil-grimage to the cave shrine wouldstart from July 2 and the durationwould be for 59 days.
"The 28th meeting of the SASBunder the chairmanship of GovernorN N Vohra was held today and it wasdecided that keeping in view the safe-ty and security of the pilgrims, thisyear's Yatra would start on July 2," anofficial Raj Bhawan spokesman saidhere today. "The board relied uponthe approach set out by the Sri SriRavi Shankar Committee, which hadbeen set up to advise the Boardregarding the duration and scheduleof future Yatras. The committeeobserved that last year's Yatra couldnot commence before July 2 becauseof snow," he said. He said that keep-ing in view of the safety and securityof the pilgrims, the committee thisyear advised to commence the Yatra
from July 2."The board agreed to the recom-
mendation of the committee anddecided to start the Yatra from July2," he said.
He said that this year the Yatrawould be of 59 days duration.
"It was decided that the CEO shallarrange a special Pooja on JyesthPurnima, on June 2. The Pooja shalltake place at any suitable location inthe Yatra area to invoke the blessingsof Lord Shiva for the smooth and safeconduct of the pilgrimage," he said.
Considering the present carryingcapacity of the tracks and other avail-able infrastructure in the Yatra area,the Board decided that 7,500 pil-grims, excluding those who wouldtravel by helicopters to Panjtarni,would be allowed to register for theYatra 2015 on daily basis.
"There would be about 16,000 pil-grims on the tracks every day. TheBoard further decided that the regis-tration process should commencefrom March 1, 2015," he said.
59-day Amaranth Yatrato begin from July 2
CHANDIGARH, JAN 25Security has been tightened
across Punjab, Haryana and theirjoint capital Chandigarh in viewof Republic day functions onMonday.
Security arrangements havebeen strengthened at vulnerableplaces and key installations,including parade grounds werefunctions will be held, apart fromimportant bus stands, railway sta-tions and government buildings,by putting up additional forces inPunjab, Haryana and Chandigarh,officials said here today.
A general alert has been sound-ed in the two states in view of theRepublic day celebrations withpolice and paramilitary personnelmanning key public places, theysaid.
Punjab Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal will unfurl thenational flag at Mohali, while hisHaryana counterpart Manohar LalKhattar at Kaithal.
Kaptan Singh Solanki,Governor of Haryana and Punjab,will unfurl the flag atKarnal.
Solanki was three days backsworn in as Governor of Punjab inaddition to his own duties, afterShivraj Patil completed his termas Punjab Governor andChandigarh Administrator.
All check posts along the inter-state borders on Punjab andHaryana too have been put undermaximum alert, officials said.
Services of dog and bombsquads were being taken to sensi-tise the vulnerable places acrossPunjab and Haryana, officialssaid.
Vehicles entering the towns intwo states were being checkedand hotels were also put underobservation, they said.
Meanwhile, a spokesman ofHaryana Police Department saidthat due to restriction on entry ofheavy goods vehicle in Delhi inview of Republic Day celebra-tions, there will be no entry forsuch carriers in Gurgaon on NH-8from borders of all neighbouringdistricts including Jhajjar, Mewat,Faridabad, Alwar (Rajasthan),Rewari, Palwal from 10 PMtonight to 1:30 PM tomorrow.
Tight security across Punjab,Haryana, Chandigarh for R-Day
Arrested NDFB militant hand-ed over to Assam PoliceBENGALURU, JAN 25
Arrested NDFB militant BirkhangBasumatary, who is said to have been involvedin the December violence in Assam, has beenhanded over to Assam Police, a top officialtoday said.
"We have handed over the Bodo militant latelast night to Assam Police. We had arrested himfrom a city lodge on January 23 night. He hadchecked into a lodge situated in Majestic area,"Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) LabhuRam said.
Basumatary, alias Bhutur, a native of Chirangin Assam belonged to National DemocraticFront of Boroland (Songbijit), he said.
According to Assam IGP L R Bishnoi, Bhuturwas directly involved in the killing of eightAdivasis at Lungsung on December 23 and sixHindi-speaking persons at Serfanguri inKokrajhar district on January 16 last year.
Bishnoi had said that the arrest of Bhutur wasa "big catch", which was made on a tip-off byAssam Police.
The NDFB(S) had launched an attack onAdivasis in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts onDecember 23 last following which there wasretaliatory violence and police firing resulting inthe killing of 81 people.
Earlier on January 16 last year, six Hindi-speaking persons were shot dead after armedinsurgents pulled down around 12 passengersfrom a bus and opened fire on them at Athiabariunder Serfanguri police station.
GUWAHATI, JAN 25In another crackdown on
NDFB(S) terrorists, securi-ty forces on Sunday arrest-ed six cadres of the organi-sation besides two linkmenfrom Ripu Reserve Forestin Kokrajhar district.
A defence spokespersonsaid five NDFB(S) mili-tants were apprehended ina joint operation by troopsof Red Horns Division ofthe Army and AssamPolice.
The operation was con-ducted on the basis of spe-cific intelligence providedby Gajraj Corps ofMilitary Intelligence Unit.
"The apprehendedincludes DaneshwarBasumatary alias BDapung alias Ustad, who isa 37th batch trained cadreof NDFB (S)," the officialsaid in a statement adding
two pistols, three handgrenades and other articleswere recovered during theoperation.
Army troops have alsoarrested a major NDFB(S)cadre, Durga Boro, fromManas Reserve Forest inChirang district last night.
"A lot of documents per-taining to instruction ontax collection and extor-tion, appointment list anddetails of weapons andammunition with respectto NDFB(S) were recov-ered during the operation,"he added.
Two linkmen, LaogaBasumatary and GirishSoren, were also appre-hended at Darrangamela inTamulpur in Baksa district.
Two grenades, eight det-onators with fuses wererecovered from them, thespokesperson said.
LUCKNOW, JAN 25BJP in Uttar Pradesh has
said that in its fresh mem-bership drive over one crorepeople have enrolled them-selves as party members.
The drive was launchedon November 13 with aneye on 2017 state polls.
"Due to dedication ofworkers and popularity ofPrime Minister NarendraModi, BJP has enrolled onecrore members since themembership campaignlaunched on November 13last year," BJP state presi-dent Laxmi Kant Bajpaisaid.
He said the party hasfixed a target of enrolling1.5 crore members which,
he hoped, would beachieved by March 31.
Bajpai said that to achievethe remaining target, a thirdphase would be launchedbetween February 8 toFebruary 11.
"On the death anniversaryof Jan Sangh founder DeenDayal Upadhyaya onFebruary 11, maximummembers will be enrolled atevery booth," the state pres-ident said.
Bajpai said BJP MahilaMorcha (women wing) wasobserving the deathanniversary of VijayrajeScindia as maximumwomen membership daywhich would be a real trib-ute to the departed leader.
Teenage girl raped byuncle in GujaratJAMNAGAR, JAN 25
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her uncleat Raka Khatiya village in Lalpur taluka of Jamnagardistrict, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place late last night, they said.In a complaint lodged by the girl today, she
accused her 23-year-old uncle of rape, Police Sub-Inspector in Lalpur town KI Jadeja said.
The accused, identified as Gautam Khara, who isher father's cousin, is at large.
"Last night, the girl and her family had gone toattend a wedding in the village. The venue of the cer-emony was not far from their home. After reachingthe place, the girl decided to go back home to collectsome woollen clothes to keep herself warm in coldweather," Jadeja said.
Just then, the accused spotted his niece going homealone. He started following her and then took her toa secluded place and sexually assaulted her. Theaccused then threatened to kill her, if she revealed itto anybody. The girl, however, told her parents aboutit, who approached the police and lodged a com-plaint, the PSI said.
According to Jadeja, the accused has been bookedunder various sections of the IPC, including 376(rape) as well as Protection of Children from SexualOffences (Pocso) Act.
Over one crore joined party infresh drive, claims UP BJP
Bihar CM, not Governor, to takeRepublic Day salutePATNA, JAN 25
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will hoistthe flag and take salute at the Republic Day parade inthe state capital tomorrow instead of GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi.
The arrangements to this regard have been madefollowing directions from the Ministry of HomeAffairs as Tripathi holds additional charge of WestBengal. He will be hoisting the tricolor and reviewingthe parade in Kolkata.
Bihar Governor's Public Relation Officer S KPathak that Tripathi gave his consent to the arrange-ment.
"The Governor will review the Republic Dayparade in Kolkata and Chief Minister Jitan RamManjhi will hoist the flag in Patna. He has given con-sent to this. A letter from MHA bearing directions inthis regard has also come," Pathak said.
Meanwhile, Manjhi extended his best wishes to thepeople of the state on the eve of Republic Day andasked them to take a pledge to keep intact freedom,unity, integrity, peace and communal harmony in thesociety, and take the country towards development.
Six NDFB(S) cadres, twolinkmen held in Assam
SILIGURI, JAN 25Elaborate security
arrangements have beenput in place across north-ern West Bengal includ-ing sealing the interna-tional borders withNepal, Bhutan andBangladesh ahead ofRepublic Day.
To prevent any unto-ward incident includingmilitant attacks, securitypersonnel are keepingvigil, while quickresponse teams havebeen put on standby.
At least 100 vehiclesmounted with thermalimaging cameras havebeen put into servicewhile dog squads andCCTV cameras havebeen put up at strategiclocations.
Besides the interna-tional borders, Bengal`sborders with neighbour-ing states includingAssam and Sikkim toohave been sealed. Withmany northeast-basedinsurgent groups, includ-ing the Kamtapur
Liberation Organisation(KLO), giving a boycottcall for Republic Day,police and security per-sonnel have put in elabo-rate security arrange-ments.
"Elaborate securityarrangements have beenmade across northBengal to ensure that nountoward incident takesplace," said DeputyInspector General ofPolice (Jalpaiguri range)C.S. Lepcha.
Superintendent of
Railway Police (Siliguri)S.K. Yadav said a highalert has been soundedacross north Bengal andquick response teamshave been put on standbyto tsackle any kind ofcontingencies.
BSF Inspector General(North Bengal Frontier)S.K. Sood said securityacross the border hasbeen increased and ther-mal imagery mountedvehicles have been putinto service to maintain ahawk eye vigil.
Amarinder congratulates partyworkers for "great show"AMRITSAR, JAN 25
Former Punjab Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh on Sunday thankedand congratulated the party rank and fileacross the state for the "great show" ofsolidarity and unity during the Congressrally here. The mammoth presence ofpeople in the rally yesterday establishedbeyond any doubt that the party wasunited and strong in the state as neverbefore, he said. The senior Congressleader also thanked and congratulatedthe party leaders and workers for the"great show" of strength. Singh todaysaid in a message to the party workers, "Iam touched, overwhelmed and indebtedby the love, affection and honour youhave bestowed on me by coming fromdifferent and distant parts of Punjab,braving fog and cold together, to makethe Congress rally a monumental successin this historic town of Amritsar."
He also said that he did not haveenough words to thank the workers andleaders who joined the rally to convey aclear and categorical signal for thechange of corrupt and incompetentAkali-BJP regime in Punjab.
Borders sealed for Republic Day in northern West Bengal
GHAZIABAD, JAN 25The Uttar Pradesh
government's plan tomaintain strict vigilthrough aerial surveil-lance over Ghaziabadand Noida during theRepublic Day celebra-tions has been put offafter the permission tofly a chopper was deniedin view of security of USPresident BarackObama. "The arrival of a
Pawan Hans helicopterfor aerial surveillanceover Ghaziabad andNoida has been stalled asUS security agencieshave denied permis-sion...," AssistantSuperintendent of PoliceVipin Tada said.
The UP governmenthad decided to provideda chopper for a period of12 days, starting fromJanuary 20 to January
31, to the authorities foraerial surveillance inGhaziabad and Noida.But Pawan Hans Ltd.Could not procure NOCsfrom various authoritiesfor its chopper to be usedby the Ghaziabad Police,the officer added.
An unprecedentedsecurity arrangement hasbeen put in place in andaround the national capi-tal in view of the visit of
Obama. As part of secu-rity measures, no planewill be flying within aradius of 400 km of theRajpath as against 300km on earlier occasions.
This means airportsadjoining Delhi likeJaipur, Agra and as far asLucknow or Amritsarmay not operate flightswhen the Republic Dayfunction will be on in thenational capital.
Denied permission to fly chopper, Ghaziabad cops cancel aerial vigil
Google has issued astatement regard-ing the recently
reported WebView securityflaw that affects devicesrunning Android 4.3 JellyBean and older versions, aflaw that potentially putsover 900 million users atrisk. The statement isessentially a follow-up tothe Android security team'searlier response that it is upto OEMs to address theissue, and that the compa-ny has already addressedthe issue with the release ofAndroid 4.4 KitKat andAndroid 5.0 Lollipop.
For those who areunaware, WebView is apart of the Android OS thatlets app developers renderwebpages in apps withoutrequiring a full browser.The component was basedon the Webkit engine,which was replaced byGoogle's Chromiumengine when Android 4.4KitKat launched, resolvingthe reported vulnerabilityin WebView and alsoenabling quick binaryupdates to the componentvia OEM updates. Android5.0 Lollipop then unbun-dled WebView from theoperating system, allowingit to be downloaded andupdated separately byusers from Google Play -without requiring an OEMfix.
Adrian Ludwig, fromGoogle's Android security
team, in a Google+ post onFriday says Google issuesbug fixes to the currentversion of Android on theAndroid Open SourceProject (AOSP) page, anddirectly provides patches"Android partners withpatches for at least the lasttwo major versions of theoperating system."
Ludwig said that improv-ing WebView and browsersecurity is one of the areaswhere the company hasmade the "greatestprogress", detailing thechanges made withAndroid 4.4 KitKat andAndroid 5.0 Lollipop. Headded that it is no longerfeasible to update morethan 2-year-old versions ofWebView, which has morethan 5 million lines of codeand has seen hundreds ofnew 'commits' a monthfrom developers sincethen. Ludwig says it is upto the OEM to issue anupdate for the issue, ideallyby updating the devicesrunning on OS versionsolder than Android 4.3Jelly Bean to Android 4.4KitKat.
Users of Android 4.3Jelly Bean and olderdevices can stay safe andunaffected by WebViewbugs, Ludwig points out,by using browsers thathave their own renderingengine, like Firefox orChrome. "Using an updata-ble browser will protect
you from currently knownsecurity issues, and since itcan be updated in thefuture it will also protectyou against any issues thatmight be found in thefuture," Ludwig added onhis Google+ post.
It is the apps that openthe web pages in their owninbuilt browser, which are
vulnerable. Users can getrid of these apps or disablethe inbuilt browser optionfrom inside the app.Ludwig, for developers,added that they too cancontribute in avoiding theWebView bug by follow-ing Google's "security bestpractices" and by makingsure only trusted webpages with 'HTTPS' open
in their applications.
To add some context,Google's latest distributiondata of different versionsof Android has revealedthat Android 5.0 Lollipop,the latest publicly availableversion of Google's mobileand tablet operating sys-tem, is powering less than0.1 percent of Android
devices while AndroidKitKat has a total share of39.1 percent.
The distribution data ofdifferent versions ofAndroid also revealed thatAndroid Jelly Bean stillpowers the greater part ofAndroid devices, with acombined percentage of 46percent.
Interestingly, Google acompany that says it willnot be able to rollout a fixfor the WebView bug to themajority of Android usershas been lately publishingthe OS security flaws ofMicrosoft and Apple, albeitafter giving them 90-daysto provide bug fixes.According to the latest
report, Google hasrevealed two new flaws inApple's OS X operatingsystem. The search giantrecently also revealed anumber of security holes inMicrosoft's Windows 7 andWindows 8.1 OS versions,despite Microsoft's requestto hold off for a few daysuntil the patch was rolledout.
Chinese smartphonem a n u f a c t u r e rXiaomi announced
on Saturday that its popu-lar Mi 3 flagship will go onsale in India on onMonday, or Republic Day.The company notes thatlimited units are available,on a first-come-first-servebasis.
Part of the firm'sRepublic Day offers(which includes theXiaomi Redmi Note 4Gbeing made available with-out registration this longholiday weekend - fromJanuary 24 to January 26),the Xiaomi Mi 3 will beavailable to customers whoregister their interestbefore 2pm IST onMonday.
To purchase the Mi 3,customers are asked to likethe Mi India Facebookannouncement post andshare it with at least 3friends, and then visit thededicated promotion pageon the company's India siteat 12pm IST on Monday,and then enter the emailaddress associated withtheir Flipkart account toregister.
Users will have until
2pm IST on Monday toregister with their Flipkartaccount's email address,and if they were fastenough (with only alimited number of Mi3 smartphone unitsavailable), they willfind the Mi 3 smart-phone in theirFlipkart cart at 5pmIST. Users can thenproceed to check outthe smartphone tocomplete the pur-chase.
The company iscalling the sale thelast chance customerswill have to purchasethe Mi 3 in India. Thelast time Xiaomimade the Mi 3 avail-able for purchase inIndia was back inOctober, with 25,000units made available tothose users who had regis-tered for at least five of thesix Mi 3 flash sales held bythe firm in India, but wereunable to purchase thehandset.
To be noted is thatXiaomi's 2014 flagshipsmartphone, the Mi 4, isscheduled to finally launchin India on Wednesday. Fornow, pricing and availabil-
ity detailso f
the Xiaomi Mi 4 smart-phone in India are notknown, however, follow-ing previous launches bythe company, it is expectedto be made available thefollowing week onTuesday - or February 3.
To refresh your memory,the Xiaomi Mi 3 is priced
at Rs. 13,999 and runs ahighly tweaked version of
Android 4.4 KitKat,with the
c o m -
pany's MIUI5 skin on top. It fea-
tures a 5-inch full-HDLCD display (1080x1920pixels) offering a pixeldensity of 441ppi; a2.3GHz quad-coreQualcomm Snapdragon800 (MSM8274AB)processor; 2GB of RAM;Adreno 330 GPU; 16GB ofinbuilt storage; a 13-megapixel rear camera; a2-megapixel camera, and a3050mAh battery.
NEW DELHI | MONDAY | JAN 26, 2015 SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6
1. Who is Tania Sachdev?A. Chess player B. CricketerC. Actress D. Dancer
2. Limba Ram is associated in which fields?A. Sports B. PoliticsC. Social Service D. Motion Picture
3. Ms. Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi is distinguished asthe first ladyA. Prime minister of BangladeshB. Judge of Supreme CourtC. Judge of the High courtD. Governor of a state
4. Who is the creator of the Rock Garden inChandigarh?A. Pupal Jayakar B. Le CorbousierC. Glen D. Nek Chand
5. Hitendra Desai was famous in the which field?A. Social Service B. JournalismC. Politics D. Literature
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Answer: 1(A), 2 (A), 3(B), 4(D), 5(C)
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TV Channels Schedule TODAY’S STARARIES Have you been lethargic lately? If so, today is your wakeup
call. You will be alert and clear about the task at hand. Youunderstand that your help is urgently needed, and that there'sno time to waste. You can expect to pour a great deal of ener-gy into a single, well-defined goal today. If you usually wanderfrom project to project, this will be a change for you, Aries.
TAURUS The day will be fairly eventful, Taurus. There's some likelihoodthat you will feel suddenly compelled to settle a tedious matteronce and for all. It may concern something in your domestic lifethat's been left unattended. You won't rest until it's finished, andyou won't be distracted, no matter how you're cajoled to join theothers. This problem is the only thing that will matter today.
GEMINI The day may be somewhat trying for you, Gemini. You mayhave a speech to deliver or a private performance to put onfor your beloved. In any case, you will have to prove your-self, and you will spare no energy in the attempt. By the endof the day, you will be satisfied but completely drained. Planto rest afterward. You will have earned it.
CANCER You can look forward to a busy day, Cancer. Don't scheduleany additional tasks. Your home, family, or mate is likely todemand a great deal of you. In fact, Cancer, your energy islikely to be stretched to the breaking point, so be careful tokeep some strength in reserve for yourself. If you give yourselfcompletely, you're likely to strain your nerves.
LEO You're likely to spend time with someone who energizesand rejuvenates you today. With luck, this meeting won'toccur too late in the evening, or else you will have aproblem going to sleep, Leo. This energy is going to giveyour projects a much-needed boost. You're about to goon a crusade. Choose your quest carefully, Leo.
VIRGO You may feel an urgent need to use your physical energy.This need will raise the issue of how to incorporate moreexercise into your life. This would be an ideal time to join agym. Participating in a group sports activity would be agood choice for you. Get started, no matter what outlet youchoose, Virgo. Excuses won't be tolerated.
LIBRA A day such as today should demonstrate an old truth - peo-ple remember the good and forget the bad. You will bebrimming with energy, Libra, hopeful and optimistic for thefuture. The question is how are you going to spend thisincredible energy of yours? You could go in many differentdirections. It's up to you to choose which one.
SCORPIO Do you have a desire to go away on a trip? Would you liketo live in Europe or Asia? These are desires that you maywell have at the moment as you begin the process ofwidening your field of vision. See if you can set up a jour-ney of this kind, Scorpio. People will have confidence inyou now, so all sorts of possibilities are at your disposal.
SAGITTARIUSYou may feel an urgent need to use your physical energy.This need will raise the issue of how to incorporate moreexercise into your life. This would be an ideal time to join agym. Participating in a group sports activity would be agood choice for you. Get started, no matter what outlet youchoose, Virgo. Excuses won't be tolerated.
CAPRICORN At certain moments you can feel where your destiny lies.Today will be such a moment for you, Capricorn. You maywant to shift your fundamental orientation. Every area ofyour life will be affected by this shift - where you live, whoyou live with, your children, and your job. Interesting timeslie ahead, Capricorn. There is no doubt about that.
AQUARIUS The day ahead will reenergize you after these last few days ofapathy, Aquarius. Anyone who tries to hold you back todayhad better watch out, because you won't be in the mood to tol-erate any objections. You refuse to be restrained. This is anexcellent time to reinforce your reputation as an excellentcoach. It's clear to all that you're the captain of your crew.
PISCES Today you may be touched by a person who exudes the kindof determination produced by a combination of spiritual andintellectual strength and faith. This is what is meant when peo-ple speak of a leader of great integrity. The encounter with thisperson is likely to inspire you to commit yourself wholeheart-edly to some good work, perhaps a charity.
Google these pastfew weeks pub-lished details about
security flaws inMicrosoft's Windows oper-ating system despite arequest by the Redmondgiant to hold off until itissued a fix within a fewdays, and now, the compa-ny has published detailsabout three security flawsin Apple's OS X operatingsystem after the stipulatedProject Zero 90-day dead-line to deliver a fix lapsed.
Google's Project Zerosecurity unit has revealedthree flaws in Apple's OSX operating system thatmight allow hackers totake control of users' Macsystems. The flaws arementioned as "OS X net-w o r k d"effective_audit_token"XPC type confusion sand-box escape", "OS X IOKitkernel code execution dueto NULL pointer derefer-ence in IntelAccelerator,"and "OS X IOKit kernelmemory corruption due tobad bzero inIOBluetoothDevice." Thefirst flaw may be mitigatedby changes already presentin OS X Yosemite, but thathas not been confirmed.Details can be found in
Google's SecurityResearch page.
The search giant notifiedApple about the flaws backin October. However, itlater published detailedinformation about theflaws including proof-of-concept exploit after theProject Zero team's 90-daycut-off period. Apple hasstill not addressed theflaws and is yet to mentionif these loopholes will betackled in future.According to iMore (viaEngadget), the upcomingOS X Yosemite 10.10.2update, currently in beta,might be able to bring fixesto the issues.
Apple's product security
page states that, "For theprotection of our cus-tomers, Apple does not dis-close, discuss or confirmsecurity issues until a fullinvestigation has occurredand any necessary patchesor releases are available."
As mentioned earlier, itis not the first time Googlehas revealed the details ofsecurity flaw of an OS ver-sion before its fix rolls out.Google earlier this monthrevealed a series of securi-
ty flaws in MicrosoftWindows 8.1, for which it
was criticised byMicrosoft's Senior Directorof the Microsoft SecurityResponse Center, ChrisBetz. Few days later itwent on to reveal two morebugs of Windows 7 andWindows 8.1 to public.While some industrywatchers are espousingGoogle's unyieldingapproach to bug-fixing,others say Google is beinghypocritical by not patch-ing its recently reportedWebview bug that poten-tially affects the majorityof Android devices in themarket.
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LUCKNOW, JAN 25Top seed Saina Nehwal came out with
a stupendous performance to save twomatchpoints and then defeat reigningWorld Champion Carolina Marin ofSpain to retain the women’s singles titleat the $120,000 Syed ModiInternational BadmintonChampionships in Lucknow on Sunday.
The World No.3 defending champion,Saina outplayed the Spanish WorldNo.7 to win the one-hour and 19-minutemarathon final 19-21, 25-23, 21-16 andclinch the Grand Prix Gold crown at theBabu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium.
With the victory, Saina completed ahat-trick of wins against the secondseeded Carolina in as many meetingsbetween them. Also, this is Saina’s firsttitle of 2015.
The Hyderabadi, who defeated com-patriot P.V. Sindhu to win the same titlehere last year, did not start the match ona positive note as Carolina raced awayto a 5-2 lead.
The Indian came back strongly to wina number of points in the next few min-utes to take a vital 15-7 advantage. Justwhen it was looking that Olympicbronze medallist Saina will seal thegame, Carolina showed her class toclose the gap at 17-all.
The Spaniard carried the momentumwith some deceptive shots which helpedher to bag the first game 19-21.
The second game was a neck-and-neck affair from the word go and from15-all, both the shuttlers raised theirgames, not allowing the other the dif-ference of more than a point.
It was here when the 24-year-oldIndian crucially saved two matchpoints.Carolina reverted by saving the nexttwo gamepoints but on the third it wasSaina who got the better of the Spaniardby winning her third gamepoint andpushed the match into the decider.
The loss of the second game totallyshifted the momentum in favour ofSaina, who seized the initiative anddominated the third game to build a 15-7 lead. Though the reigning EuropeanChampion tried fighting back, it wastoo much to ask from the 21-year-old asSaina closed out the encounter on herthird matchpoint.
Top seed Kidambi Srikanth and 2012edition champion Parupalli Kashyapwill vie for the men’s singles title laterin the day. Meanwhile, Indonesian topseeds Riky Widianto and Puspita RichiDili will be challenged by Indian duoManu Attri and K. Maneesha in themixed doubles final.
Saina beats World Champ, retains Syed Modi crownNEW YORK, JAN 25
Just months before the50th anniversary of theheavyweight re-matchbetween Muhammad Aliand Sonny Liston, boxingfans are getting a chance toown a piece of one of themost hotly debated titlefights of all time.
Both pairs of glovesfrom the May 25, 1965,bout in Lewiston, Maine— won by Ali with a firstround knockout from whatsome saw as a “phantompunch” — go up for auc-tion on February 21 inNew York. They areexpected to fetch morethan $1 million. Footage ofthe fight does not make itclear whether Ali’s quickright hand actually con-nected, and many fansbooed. Even the mostfamous photos of the fightshow an enraged Ali stand-ing over Liston as he layon the canvas, gesturing
and yelling at him to get upand fight. Given the con-troversial way the boutended, the boxers’ gloveswere seized by GeorgeRusso, the boxing commis-sioner for Maine. Thegloves remained in theRusso family until theywere purchased severalyears ago by a Californiacollector who is now sell-ing them. “The fight is oneof the most, if not the most,controversial happeningsin sports history. It’s stillnot solved today,” saidChris Ivy, director ofsports auctions at HeritageAuctions, which is han-dling the sale.
There have been manytheories about what exactlyhappened: Did Liston, anex-con known as the BigBear, throw the fightbecause he was in debt tothe mob? Or did Ali actual-ly deliver a perfectly-land-ed punch?
MELBOURNE, JAN 25Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard will
meet in the Australian Open quarterfinals afteradvancing with contrasting wins on Sunday.
Second-seeded Sharapova was broken once inthe first set before winning the last eight gamesof her 6-3, 6-0 fourth-round victory over No. 21-seeded Peng Shuai. Seventh-seeded Bouchard,who reached the semifinals or better at the firstthree Grand Slam tournaments last year, wonnine of the first 10 games against Irina-CameliaBegu, but lost seven of the next nine to bepushed to a third set for the first time in the tour-nament. After serving a double-fault on set pointto end the second, Bouchard took a short breakbefore returning to complete a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 winover No. 42-ranked Begu, who had taken outNo. 9-seeded Angelique Kerber in the first
round. “I gave myself a good, long hard look inthe mirror,” Bouchard explained of her briefabsence from Rod Laver Arena. “I said, ‘Genie,this is unacceptable.’ I really kind of kickedmyself in the butt a little bit.” After threestraight-sets wins, Bouchard joked that she wentthree sets for a couple of reasons. “Clearly Ineed more practice!” she said, then turned to thesection of fans known as the Genie Army whosupport her in Australia.
“It’s not horrible playing longer on this court.I just wanted to do that for you guys, and forthem to practice more songs.” Five—timeGrand Slam winner Sharapova has a 3-0 careerrecord against Bouchard, including a comebacksemifinal win at the French Open last year. Shehad a rougher road to the quarterfinals inMelbourne Park.
Sharapova, Bouchard intoquarterfinals at Australian Open
DUNEDIN, JAN 25 New Zealand on Sunday
clinched a 4-1 series victo-ry over Sri Lanka by win-ning the sixth game of theseven-match one-dayseries by 120 runs.
Kane Williamson made97, Ross Taylor 96 andCorey Anderson scored 40and took 3-for-37 as thehosts defended their totalof 315/8, dismissing SriLanka for just 195 in 40.3overs — KumarSangakkara top-scoredwith 81 — in a match lacedwith umpiring controversy.
New Zealand’s strongform bodes well for theupcoming World Cup,which it is co-hosting withAustralia. Its six innings inthe series so far includingthe rained-out secondmatch in Auckland, havecontained four centuries byfour different batsmen andfive half centuries by fivedifferent players.
New Zealand and SriLanka meet in the openingWorld Cup match inChristchurch on Feb. 14.
Williamson and Taylorprovided the foundationfor the New Zealandinnings with a partnershipof 117 for the third wicketwhich lifted the home sideto 176/3 and ended whenTaylor ran out Williamsonin the 35th over.
Taylor atoned by goingon to make a large scorebut would fall with a centu-ry within sight.
New Zealand was on tar-get for a score close to the360/5 it had achieved onthe same pitch in the fifthmatch on Friday but itsinnings fizzled out withthree run outs towards thefag end.
There was some earlycontroversy when NewZealand opener MartinGuptill (28) enjoyed twolet-offs — one when hewas surprisingly given notout to an lbw appeal whenthe Decision Review
System was out of order,and another when the TVumpire ruled that an edgeddelivery had not carried toKumar Sangakkara despitethe Sri Lanka wicketkeeperappearing to get his glovesunder the ball.
Guptill fell soon after,given out caught behind onreplay review after thefield umpire had initiallysaid not out.
Tillakaratne Dilshan (21)and stand-by captainLahiru Thirimanne (29)gave Sri Lanka a slow butsound start in its run chase,putting on 56 in 13 oversfor the first wicket.
Kumar Sangakkara thentook over the leadershiprole and scored 81 from 66balls in an effort to propelSri Lanka to a win whichcould keep alive chances ofsquaring the series. But hewas party to two of thethree run-outs that blightedan innings that rapidlydeteriorated from 146/3 to195 all out.
Left-arm spinner DanielVettori, returning to theside for his 284th one dayinternational to overtakeStephen Fleming as NewZealand’s most-cappedone-day player, applied thebrakes in the middle overs,bowling eight overs for 22
runs.Kyle Mills also returned
to the New Zealand line-upafter missing the previousmatches in the series whilerecovering from injury. Hebowled six overs for 29runs.
Anderson took the roleof the wicket-taker and dis-missed Dilshan, MahelaJayawardene (9), DimuthKarunaratne (9) andThisara Perera (2) toenforce New Zealand’sclaim to a series victory.
“It was a thorough per-formance today against avery good Sri Lankanteam,” New Zealand cap-tain Brendon McCullumsaid. “The way we wentabout posting 315 and thepartnerships we built alongthe way were very clinicaland the bowlers did a verygood job as well on a verytrue surface.”
Sri Lanka’s third straightloss to New Zealand maycause some concern withonly one match remainingin the series in Wellingtonon Thursday and with theWorld Cup fast approach-ing.
“Our concern is deathbowling,” Thirimannesaid. “We bowled 30 or 35overs very well but the last
15 overs but we couldn’tget wickets and we alsoleaked runs.
“Our fast bowlers don’thave much experience so
it’s a learning curve for theyounger bowlers and hope-fully we can make it rightin the World Cup.”
With 120-run win, New Zealandtakes series 4-1 against Sri Lanka
Muhammad Ali-SonnyListon re-match gloves
to be auctioned
NEW DELHI, JAN 25Olympic bronze medal-
list Yogeshwar Dutt willspearhead the Indian chal-lenge in the Dave SchultzMemorial Invitationaltournament in ColoradoSprings, USA fromJanuary 30 to February 1in the absence of starwrestler Sushil Kumar.
Sushil, however, is likelyto join the team later inColorado Springs for train-ing.
"Sushil may join theteam later for training buthe is not going to take partin the competition," secre-tary of WrestlingFederation of India, VinodTomar said.
A five-member freestylewrestling team will beleaving for the USAtonight. The Indian contin-gent comprise of RahulAware (57kg), Bajrang
(61kg), Yogeshwar (65kg),Praveen Rana (70kg) andNarsingh Pancham Yadav(74kg). However, thewomen's team would notbe travelling to ColoradoSprings as the training-cum-competition pro-gramme for women's
freestyle and Greco-romansides would end byJanuary 27.Squad: Rahul Aware
(57kg), Bajrang (61kg),Yogeshwar (65kg),Praveen Rana (70kg) andNarsingh Pancham Yadav(74kg).
Yogeshwar Dutt to Lead IndianChallenge in Colorado Springs
MOHALI, JAN 25Uttar Pradesh Wizards
are all geared up to facePunjab Warriors in a HeroHockey India League(HIL) encounter at theHockey Stadium in Mohalion Monday.
In their opening matches,where Wizards met DelhiWaveriders and Warriorsplayed against DabangMumbai, both the teamsplayed draws, splitting thepoints with their respectiveopponents.
In the impending gameon Monday, both Wizardsand Warriors will look toplay their best, attackingthe opponents’ goalpostwhile defending their ownand register a win.
Indian defender V.R.Raghunath-led Wizardshave already chalked outtheir game plan and put thestrategies in place for theimpending clash.
“The team is in goodshape and ready to take on
the opponents. The boysperformed really well inthe last match and I amanticipating a similar gamefrom theteam thistime too,”W i z a r d sc h i e fc o a c hRoelantOltmanssaid.
WithP. R.
Sreejesh under the bar andRamandeep holding up theteam’s attack, Thimmaiahbrothers Nikkin and Nithinwill continue to strengthen
the forward line for theWizards.
“Ramandeep and JeroenHertzberger are at their
best at this point of timeand infringing Sreejesh’sguard at the nets will be atough task for the oppositeteam,” Mr. Oltmans said.
With a settled line ofattack and game approach,Warriors will step out ontothe turf with full confi-
dencea n ddeter-
m i n a -t i o n
to not give away any pointsto the opponents.
The home team’s poisewill also be shored up bythe hockey fans and fol-
lowers present at the stadi-um to cheer for their side.
While captain JamieDwyer will look up to S.V.Sunil and Affan Yousuf tofortify the team’s forward,Gaganpreet Singh andSandeep Singh will beaiming at scoring as manygoals as possible to leadthe Warriors tovictory.
“We are a strong teamwith best of the best play-ers in our line-up and arelooking to bring into playour strengths. Everybodyin the team has been giv-
ing their 100 per cent and Ilook forward to continuedcontribution from eachmember in the approachingmatches as well,” Mr.Dwyer said.
“Wizards is a strong sideand the game is definitelygoing to be tough. We willplay to our best in order towin this match and hopewill not disappoint thecrowd.”
UP, Punjab aim to register first HIL win
Murray advances to AustralianOpen quarterfinals MELBOURNE, JAN 25
Two-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murrayovercame a relentlessly athletic Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to secure a spot in theAustralian Open quarterfinals.
In a 3-hour, 32-minute match filled with mind-bending shots from both players, Murray came backfrom 2-5 down in the fourth set to close out thematch and reach his 16th straight Grand Slam quar-terfinal. Dimitrov, the 23-year-old Bulgarian who isseen as one of the future stars of men’s tennis,received a standing ovation from the crowd at RodLaver Arena. A three-time Australian Open runner-up, Murray now faces Australia’s teen star NickKyrgios in the quarterfinals. Kyrgios becameAustralia’s first man since 2005 to reach the lasteight in Melbourne Park.
Superstar Shahrukh Khan’s new TVshow “India Poochega… SabseShana Kaun?” will go live on
March 2 on new entertainment channel'&TV', the newest entrant in the Hindigeneral entertainment channel (GEC).The show will be aired every Monday toFriday at 9.00 pm, said a statement. “IndiaPoochega… Sabse Shana Kaun?” isadapted from the "Who's Asking?" inter-national format. The show will be pro-duced by Big Synergy.
The channel will have shows includingfictions and non-fictions. “Razia Sultan”,“Begusarai”, “Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai?”are some of the interesting shows.
S h a h r u k h ,who startedhis careerwith soapslike 'Fauji'and 'Circus',has previ-ously hostedreality showslike "KaunB a n e g aCrorepati","Kya AapP a a n c h v i
Paas Se Tez Hain" and"Zor Ka Jhatka".
Throwing more light onthe show, King Khanrevealed, “Questions willbe asked by common indi-viduals. These questionswill be very easy toanswer and the one’sanswering them will alsobe regular people.” Hefurther added, “I am onthis show only to make itmore enjoyable. I do nothave to learn any scripts to
host this quiz show.” The Baadshah ofBollywood joked saying, “The only rea-son why I will be on this show is due tothe fact that I am beautiful.”
According to Shahrukh, “This uniqueshow is for the smart citizens of this coun-try.”
King Khan will not only be the face ofthis show but also of the entire channel.About his association with Zee, he said, “Ihave always been treated like a memberof this family.”
So hooked to your TV channel onMarch 2 for a new dose of entertainment!
Gurmeet Choudhary and Ali Fazalhave both shot sizzling hot sceneswith the leading lady Sapna Pabbi
for their upcoming film ‘Khamoshiyan’.These scenes are superbly hot and incred-ibly intimate. Showcasing love making issure to achieve new heights in Bollywoodafter the release of this movie. To shootthese scenes each actor had to completelylet go of their inhibitions and performaccording to the demands of the role.
‘Khamoshiyan’ is the tale of a mysteri-ous and lonely woman who captivates andseduces not one but two handsome men.The steaming scenes have been incorpo-rated to illustrate exactly how both menare seduced and then controlled. MaheshBhatt recently commented regarding theseintimate scenes. He said “a raw, wild anduncontrollable kind of sexual tension ispresent between the three characters”. Healso revealed “these scenes have beenportrayed in an exceptionally tastefulmanner and they are imperative becausethey form an integral part of the story”.Producer Mahesh Bhatt had stated a whileback that “Khamoshiyan will have aneerie charm which will be similar to thatof the classic ‘Mahal’. It will also containan abundance of spectacular visualeffects”.
‘Bheeg Loon’ is a popular song from themovie that features scorching scenesbetween Gurmeet Choudhary and SapnaPabbi. The movie has been directed byKaran Darra and music composer Ankit
Tiwari has composed the film’s music.Owing to Ankit’s popularity and his skill,the songs of ‘Khamoshiyan’ are alreadytopping several renowned charts.
Gurmeet is one of Indian television’smost handsome actors. He has a strongfemale following. His female fans areexcited to watch the movie in whichGurmeet has a completely differentavatar. Gurmeet willingly and sincerelydoes it all, shows skin, romances andmakes love, to make his performance and‘Khamoshiyan’ a hit. His fans find his sin-cerity to be impressive and endearing.
Sapna Pabbi plays the role of the mys-tery woman and her character’s name isMeera. Gurmeet Choudhary plays the roleof a man who falls madly in love withMeera. The name of his character isJaidev. Kabir is a character that is por-trayed by actor Ali Fazal. This charactertoo develops strong feelings for Meera.Debina Bonnerjee has been cast to playKabir’s girlfriend in ‘Khamoshiyan’.
This movie has certain supernatural ele-ments to it and they will be revealed soon,as the cast and crew are geared up for therelease on 30th of January.
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There must have beendays when you'verealised that you are
not only losing out hair onyour scalp but on your eye-brows as well! Since eye-brows shape your face, it isimportant for them to behealthy and strong. Here are afew things that you must keepin mind.
Use natural productsRubbing a little coconut or
olive oil works the best foryour eyebrows. Says beauti-cian and makeup artist PujaTaluja, "Every night beforeyou go to bed, take it a littleoil on your palms and rubthem hard so that the oilwarms a bit. Apply this even-ly on your brows and mas-sage it for a while. Keep thison for the whole night." Oilwill make your brows health-ier and in a few days, you willnotice that they have becomefuller.
Find the right shade of
colourWhen you fill your eye-
brows with a shadow or apencil, always choose acolour that is closest to your
natural brow colour. Forexample, if your brows aredark brown, choose a shadeof coffee to fill in. But if youcannot find the exact colour,
always go for a shade lighter.This will make your browslook as natural as possible.
Fill them with a pencil
colourIf you have extremely thin
brows, it is always best to fillit in with a brow shadow for asoft and natural look. To dothis, use an angled brush (ifyou are using a shadow) or apencil colour and apply it onyour brows, without strayingtoo far from your natural hairline. If you have a bigger spotto be filled, it is best to use aneyebrow pencil. Apply thinand light strokes in the direc-tion that your hair grows.
Do not use tweezers toooften
Tweezing your eyebrowsmore often will make themthin. If you have unwantedhair growth and wish to getrid of that, it is always best togo in for a threading thantweezing and taking out thathair. Says beauticianTasneem Subzwari, "Youreyebrows normally takesabout six to eight weeks togrow fully. Thus wait for it togrow completely, rather than
forcefully taking it outbecause that will damageyour hair growth and in turnmake it thinner."
Hair gel can work wonderstoo
At times applying hair gelon your brows will makeyour brows thicker as well asmake them look well-groomed as well. But do notapply this on an every daybasis. Adds Taluja, "If youapply a hair gel on daily itwill make your brows stickyand thereby making the rootsweak. Stick to applying thisat least once in a fortnight."
Box - Shape them perfectly- Use a concealer that is as
close to your natural skincolour and apply this on theinner area of your brows.
- Pick an eyebrow penciland fill in your brows perfect-ly.
- Take an angular brush andcomb your browsproperly.
Get fuller looking eyebrows with these tips
King Khan’s wife, Gauri,is all set to become afashion designer. Gauri,
an accomplished interior design-er and entrepreneur, will nowwork with the leading fashionline, Satya Paul. She will bedesigning for the brand’s 30thanniversary clothing line.
Gauri Khan says, “This line ofclothing will reflect my personalstyle.” She further added,“Being a part of one of the bestfashion lines of India will be afresh experience for me.” Thisline of clothing showcasingGauri’s distinctive style will becalled ‘A Tropical Wonder’.
This collaborated collectionwill have ensembles that Gauribelieves are must-haves in anywoman’s wardrobe. It will belaunched along with the Spring-Summer 2015 line. This line willbe retailed from February, at allSatya Paul stores across the
country. ‘A Tropical Wonder’ isinspired by the theme of an exot-ic holiday. Gauri’s debut acces-sories and clothing line will havelush prints on casual and occa-sional wear. It will consist offlowing kaftans, saris, sheertunics and shift dresses.
Satya Paul’s signature style isdigital painting and abstract lineart. In this style Gauri will beincorporating a mixture ofcolours like fresh citrus, pastelsand aquatics. Genesis Colors isthe holding company for SatyaPaul. Managing Director ofGenesis Colors, Sanjay Kapoorstated, “Gauri’s collection isdeveloping into a joyful distrac-tion of chic and classy ensem-bles.” He added, “This is a newventure for us. It has been funand exciting to have Gauri as apart of this project. Not only isshe a fashion icon, she also has adistinctive charm to her.” Thisline designed by Gauri is tweak-
ing Satya Paul’s style with herfashion sense. The target groupof this line is the young womanof India.
Designer, Satya Paul knownfor his ethnic wear collectionsfounded his fashion line on the1st of April in 1985. The brandSatya Paul posted a picture ofGauri in a Satya Paul sari onmicro blogging platform,Twitter. Gauri, the 44 year oldproducer, was seen posing forthe camera. The caption of thephoto read, “We will be celebrat-ing Satya Pual’s 30th anniver-sary in style. Be ready forGauri’s debut line in Spring-Summer collection of 2015.”
Masaba Gupta, daughter ofVivian Richards, a West IndianCricketer and former actressNeena Gupta, had also collabo-rated with Satya Paul. Afterworking with them for two yearsMasaba ended her partnershipwith the brand last year.
Shahrukh Khan’s wife Gauri turns fashion designer
Fans who are eagerly await-ing the release of Ranbirand Katrina starrer ‘Jagga
Jasoos’ will now be compelledto wait a little longer. ‘JaggaJasoos’ was initially slated torelease on 28th August. But therelease date has been pushedback and now Jagga Jasoos willhit theatres on 27th ofNovember.
Regarding the change inrelease date Amrita Pandeymade an official statement.Amrita is the vice president andhead of marketing and distribu-tion, Disney India. She revealedthe details to the media. Shestated, “it has been decided thatwe will release ‘Jagga Jasoos’on the 27th of November. Werealized that this is the perfectrelease date considering thegrand global release of themovie”. She further informed“we have considered each aspectprior to making this decision andwe feel that November is a farbetter time and choice for aglobal release”.
This upcoming Anurag Basudirectorial will feature RanbirKapoor and Katrina Kaif in piv-otal roles. This movie also starsGovinda. Anurag Basu the high-ly acclaimed filmmaker is not ina haste to release his movie, assome sequences are yet to beshot.
The hit onscreen pair ofKatrina and Ranbir is guaran-teed to win many hearts through‘Jagga Jasoos’. Rumour has it,that both actors are involved in arelationship and that they might
get hitched this year. The twohave earlier worked together in‘Rajneeti’ and ‘Ajab Prem KiGhazab Kahani’. This will betheir third film together and bothseem quite excited for therelease, even though it has beenpostponed.
Interestingly enough, thispostponement has eliminatedthe risk of a clash between‘Phantom’ and ‘Jagga Jasoos’.‘Phantom’ also stars KatrinaKaif along with Bollywood’sNawab Saif Ali Khan. It is evi-dent that a huge clash has beenavoided by postponing therelease of ‘Jagga Jasoos’.
Regardless of the delay,Ranbir Kapoor’s diehard fansare excited for the release asRanbir wasn’t seen in anymovies last year. After a longyear of patience Ranbir’s fanswill be able to catch him inaction in three movies this year.The first will be ‘Roy’; next willbe ‘Bombay Velvet’ and finally,‘Jagga Jasoos’.
Disney India is co-producing‘Jagga Jaoos’, the other produc-ers are Ranbir Kapoor and thevery talented Anurag Basu. Theproduction house Picture ShuruProductions is a joint venturebetween the actor and the direc-tor.
Ranbir-Katrina's ‘Jagga Jasoos’delayed to November 27
KHAMOSHIYAN: Gurmeet, Sapnaget steamy in 'Bheeg Loon’
‘Detective ByomkeshBakshy’ trailer crosses 1
million views
Its only three days when the makers of‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy’released the trailer of the film on
Youtube and it has already crossed onemillion views. The trailer is gripping,generates interest and has a lot of twistsand turns. Directed by Dibakar Banerjee,'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy' starsSushant Singh Rajput in the lead role.
Sushant has undergone a sea-changefor the role. He got into dhoti kurta tolook like Bengali babu and has done anextensive research to play the role of thefamous detective. The film has SwastikaMukherjee as the female lead and it hasSushant and Swastika's intense lip-lock-ing scene which is very much in news.The kiss is touted to be the longest inBollywood.
Actor Rajit Kapur, who enacted detec-tive Byomkesh Bakshy in a TV serieslong back said the film has been madekeeping in view the new generations'taste and perspectives. "I played the char-acter of Byomkesh Bakshi 20 years ago.It's (the film 'Detective ByomkeshBakshy!') a new vision of a new genera-tion. It is new perspective and new think-ing of new generation. So, let's see," saidRajit at an event here Friday.
Shahrukh Khan’s new show to go live on March 2
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