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Kochi, in tourist terms at least, isthe gateway to the backwaters butIndia, 1-0 down in the ODI series withfour to play, were in no mood to takethat journey. MS Dhoni, impassionednot just with the bat but just as striking-ly in every aspect of his captaincy,made that abundantly clear with everymuscle flexed and every order barkedand it was England who were sunkwithout trace in a 127-run defeat.
England's pursuit of 286 alwayslooked a daunting task and it becamean improbable one from the momentthat Bhuvneshwar Kumar removedKevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan in thespace of three balls in an outstandingnew-ball spell. There is nothing like ahumid evening in Kochi to perk up aswing bowler and Bhuvneshwar, a 22-year-old from Uttar Pradesh playing inonly his fifth ODI, also summonedimpressive stamina as Dhoni ran his
10-over spell through without interrup-tion and was rewarded with his bestinternational figures of 3 for 29. But the
match had swung India's way muchearlier than that - and it was Dhoni, acaptain deemed to be under pressure,
and Ravindra Jadeja who were at theheart of it. England had sensed theyheld an element of control, at the veryleast, for much of India's innings but108 runs from the last 10 overs, 68from the last five, shook that notion tothe core.
As so often, Dhoni was left to plot aroute to victory, wresting control fromEngland's attack with 72 from 66 balls.He creates his own virtuous circle, cre-ating a febrile atmosphere and thenfeeding off it, in turn causing a crowd ofaround 70,000 to roar with even greaterintensity. He fell four balls from the endof the innings when he sliced Dernbachto Joe Root at deep cover - a suitableend because Dernbach's unwaveringpolicy of bowling wide to him outside offstump had been England's most effec-tive counter. India approached the last10 overs in unconvincing shape, at 177for 5, having been confounded in the
batting Powerplay by the variations ofDernbach and Steven Finn, which con-ceded only 21 runs in five overs anddismissed their batting mainstay,Suresh Raina, in the process. Dhonihad failed to manage India's run chasein Rajkot, holing out at long-off againstDernbach's slower ball. He received anear-replica in the closing overs butthis time his hands were fast and hisbrain quicksilver and he muscled it wellbeyond the boundary rope. It was astatement about how things would bedifferent this time. What Dhoni stirred,Jadeja delivered, rounding things off bytaking 14 from Dernbach's last threedeliveries to finish with an unbeaten 61from 37 balls. They were impressivestatistics for a batsman who had beenovershadowed until the last. As forDernbach, for all his relative successagainst Dhoni, he still spilled 73 fromnine overs.
Dhoni helps India draw level with crushing win
NEW DELHI: Hoursbefore the BCCI took thedecision to stage theRanji Trophy semifinalmatch between Mumbaiand Services at thePalam cricket ground inthe Capital from January16 to 21, SachinTendulkar had requestedthe board to shift thevenue to Mumbai.
However, sourcesclose to the developmenttold TOI that BCCI 'polite-ly' rejected Tendulkar's
request by saying thatthe rule book doesn't per-mit it to do so. Tendulkaris currently playing forMumbai and featured inthe quarterfinal againstBaroda which ended on
Thursday. Ranji gamesare being played onhome-and-away basiswhich gives the right ofhosting the semifinal toServices since the lasttime the two teamsclashed, in 1964-65,Mumbai hosted the gameat the Brabourne stadi-um. That too was a semi-final. Meanwhile, theBCCI is mulling stagingknock-out matches atneutral venues from thenext season.
Sachin Tendulkar wantedRanji semis shifted to Mumbai
John Terry reassuredby return to action
LONDON: Chelsea cap-tain John Terry said hisknee felt "fine" after hemade his return from a two-month injurylay-off with a45-minuteappearancefor the club'sunder-21side. Terrydamagedknee liga-ments in a collision withLuis Suarez in Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Liverpool onNovember 11 and had notplayed competitive footballuntil Thursday's gameagainst Fulham's under-21sat Chelsea's trainingground.
Chelsea interim managerRafael Benitez was in atten-dance and Terry, wearinghis usual number 26 shirt,made an assured return toaction before being substi-tuted at half-time with thescore 0-0. "I have comethrough all right," Terry toldChelsea TV.
MELBOURNE: Serena Williamsadmitted a calendar-year GrandSlam was "an incredible goal" butdid her best to play down soaringexpectations ahead of theAustralian Open on Saturday.
The 15-time Grand Slam-win-ner has only lost twice since Apriland has already claimed theBrisbane International this year,showing some of the form of herlife at the age of 31. Williamsalso raised the stakes when shesaid in Brisbane that she was"absolutely" eyeing a GrandSlam of all four major titles thisyear, which was last achieved bySteffi Graf in 1988.
However, she remained cageyon her chances of the historicfeat before opening her GrandSlam season against Romania'sEdina Gallovits-Hall next week.
"That's an incredible goal. Ithasn't been done since the eight-ies," she told reporters. "I don'tknow if I can do it. Maybe some-one else can. We'll see. But it'stough to say." Williams also shiedaway from comparing her currentrun to earlier stages in hercareer, such as when she com-pleted the non-calendar year
'Serena Slam' in 2002-2003. "Ican't answer that. I get asked thatall the time," she said, after beingquestioned about whether this isthe best she has ever played.
"But I feel like I'm just in themoment right now. For thismoment, I'm playing well. I reallyhope I can keep it up and continueto play well." Despite her 15 GrandSlam titles, Williams was previous-ly known for being distracted fromtennis by her ambitions in areassuch as fashion and acting. Butafter suffering health problems in2010 and 2011, when she injuredher foot stepping on broken glassand then suffered a pulmonaryembolism, Williams appearsreformed and refocused.
Serena Williams cagey on'incredible' Grand Slam
MELBOURNE: For NovakDjokovic, the formula for successat the Australian Open is simple -if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The world number one will tryto create history over the nexttwo weeks by becoming the firstman to win three straightAustralian Open titles in the pro-fessional era. Twelve monthsago, Djokovic picked up his fifthGrand Slam title with victory overRafael Nadal in an epic final,lasting just short of six hours.
Back in Melbourne after a fewweeks rest, including a holiday inthe Maldives, Djokovic lookedfresh and raring to go again ashe looks to create history.
"So far so good," the Serb toldreporters after taking part in theAustralian Open Kids Tennis Dayon Friday, which drew a packedcrowd to the Rod Laver Arena.
"We haven't changed muchthe daily routines in preparing forthe new season for theAustralian summer. Generally it'sall the same.
"I have the same team of peo-ple around me that are makingsure that I'm prepared well, soI'm just looking forward to start
playing here." The last man to win three
straight titles in Melbourne wasRoy Emerson, who won five in arow from 1963-67, his lastclaimed in the year before tennisturned professional.
The hot conditions and its placein the calendar makes the demandsof the Australian Open uniquebut Djokovic, who also won thetitle in 2008, seems to haveworked things out perfectly.
Novak Djokovic backs old routine to break new ground
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COLOMBO: Sri LankanPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa onSunday sacked the country's firstwoman chief justiceShirani Bandarnayakeafter ratifying herimpeachment by par-liament which heldher guilty of corrup-tion, notwithstandingwidespread protests by lawyers andothers. The 54-year-oldBandaranayake was served a noticeordering her to quit her post, twodays after the parliament over-whelmingly voted to impeach herdeepening a standoff between thejudiciary and the government.
Lanka presidentsacks first woman
top judge over graft
NEW DELHI: Dense fog onMonday returned to the IndiraGandhi International Airport here,badly affecting the schedule ofover 40 flights, including diver-sions of eight to other cities. Flightoperations at the airport came toa standstill for around one-and-half hours, between 5am and6.30am, as the runway visibilitywas less than 50 metres on boththe runways, main (28/10) andthird (29/11), airport sources said.Eight flights coming to Delhi werediverted to Jaipur, Nagpur andMumbai between 4am and 6am,when the runway visibility wasless than 50 metres, which is theminimum required visibility for aflight to land using the mostadvanced Category III B of theinstrument landing system. Thefog started to descend at the air-port around 8pm on Monday night
but it become dense from 11.30pm.The general visibility and the runwayvisibility worsened after 2.30amwhen it reduced to less than 50metres. A Royal Dutch Airline flight(KLM 872) to Amsterdam wasdelayed by over eight hours due tofog and subsequent completion offlight duty time limitations (FDTL)of the crew. The flight took off at2.30am but had to return due tosome technical reasons.In themeantime fog enveloped the air-port and the visibility dropped toless than 100 metres, and flightwas held up.
BHAGALPUR (BIHAR): In agrim reminder of the horrificDelhi rape case, a woman whogot down from a Delhi-boundtrain in Bhagalpur district, wasgang-raped, killed and her bodyhanged from a tree in a mangoorchard. Police said the 32-year-old victim, who was a pas-senger of the Brahmaputra Mailthat was travelling to the nation-al capital, was dragged to themango orchard and gang-rapedby unidentified persons aftershe alighted from the trainbetween Vikramshila andKahalgaon stations.
She was strangled and herbody hanged from a tree late onSaturday night. Police recov-ered the body on Sunday andsent it to the Jawaharlal NehruMedical College and Hospital inBhagalpur for postmortem. The
victim, who hails from NewJalpaiguri in West Bengal, tookthe train from Alipore to Delhi,along with her son. As the trainwas jampacked, she tried to getdown at Sahibganj but was pre-vented from doing so by co-pas-sengers, ASP, Bhagalpur,Meenu Kumari said. When thetrain slowed down betweenVikramshila and Kahalgaon sta-tions, she jumped out. It is notclear why she took this step.
India won't remainpassive if attacked:Army chief
NEW DELHI: Talking toughahead of the proposed Indo-Pak flag meetin Jammu andKashmir onMonday, Armychief GeneralBikram Singhsaid the killlingof two Indianjawans by Pakistani troops wasa pre-planned act. "The killingof Indian jawans by Pakistanitroops was gruesome andunpardonable act," GreneralBikram Singh said. The Armychief also clarified that noopeation at LOC was done bythe Indian Army on January 6."Indian commanders on LoCare doing a great job," GeneralBikram Singh said. He also saidthat the Indian Army will fullyback the actions of command-ers at the Line of Control.
ALLAHABAD: The MahaKumbh began on Monday morn-ing with lakhs of devotees as wellas ascetics and religious leadersof various orders converging onthe confluence of Ganga,Yamuna and the mythical riverSaraswati here for a holy dip onthe occasion of Makar Sankranti.
The inaugural day of the two-month-long congregation, oftendescribed as the "greatest showon earth", was marked by the first"Shahi Snan" of 13 "akharas"wherein Naga Sadhus - a martialorder of ascetics who move abouteither naked or scantily clad withmatted hair and ashsmeared bodies -marched to Sangam inprocessions with theirleaders perched atopornately decorated ele-phants, horses andchariots and musicalbands in attendance ina unique blend of aus-terity and opulence.
The first to moveout were Mahanirvaniand Atal Akharas, followed byNiranjani and Anand and thenJoona, Awahan and Agni.
They are to be followed byNirvani Ani, Digambar Ani andNirmohi and Naya Udasin, BaraUdasin and Nirmal akharas in the
same order fixed during theBritish period following a violentclash among ascetics of differentakharas at a kumbh congrega-tion. The akharas have beenallotted fixed time, ranging from30 minutes to about an hour
depending upon the size of theirrespective procession, for bathingwith routes for going to andreturning from Sangam so sepa-rated as to ward off possibility ofmembers of rival akharas comingin contact with each other.
The mela administration said ithas made elaborate arrange-ments for devotees who would beflocking to the city over the next
55 days. In fact, around 10-15lakh pilgrims are already living inSangam city's sprawling quarters,day and night. Most of them are intents, make-shift shelters or withsectoral groups called akharasthat are administered by sadhusand mahants. There are peoplefrom virtually every state, withthose from rural areas of UP, MP,Gujarat and Maharashtra
accounting for the largest num-bers. The administration hasreceived applications from morethan 100 organizations seekingland to pitch more tents, and theirnumbers are growing.
Wide-eyed tourists as well asprofessionals from abroad couldnot stop gushing at the sights."This is huge," said Nick Oza, aphoto-journalist from Arizona.
LUCKNOW: A team of doctorswas rushed to Mathura'sShernagar village on Sunday asthe condition of the mother and thewidow of Lance Naik Hemraj Singh,killed along the LoC in J&K lastweek, worsened on the fourth dayof their hunger strike to push thegovernment to bring back the sol-dier's severed head. Reports saidthe doctors visited the two as theircondition deteriorated due to dehy-dration even as Mathura sub divi-sional magistrate AK Misra hadclaimed on Saturday night that theprotest had been called off.
Hemraj's family rubbishedMisra's claims while the villagerssaid they were forced to vacate apiece of government land, where
they were staging their protest.They vowed to continue the protest.The soldier's mother, who couldbarely speak on Sunday, said shewanted to see the face of her son
for the last time. Army officers, whowere part of the soldier's funeral,did not allow the women of the fam-ily to see Hemraj's body and wentahead with the cremation, saying
that the body's condition couldshock them. Minister of state fordefence Jitendra Singh's wasexpected to visit the family butfailed to turn up. Mathura districtmagistrate Sameer Verma con-firmed that the visit had been can-celled. The villagers are agitatedover what they described as"step-motherly" treatment of theCentre and the state governmenttowards Hemraj's sacrifice. Theysaid not a single minister or sen-ior political leader had contact-ed the family yet. The angergrew further after they learnt thatMadhya Pradesh governmenthad cremated Lance NaikSudhakar Singh, killed along withHemraj, with state honors.
Lance Naik Hemraj Singh’s family continues hunger strike
Maha Kumbh begins, 1.1 crore pilgrims may take dip today
Fog disrupts schedule of over 40 flights at IGI airport
Passenger gang-raped,killed, hanged from a tree
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World's
oldest woman
dies at 115
TOKYO: A Japanese officialsays a woman in his townnear Tokyo who becameworld's oldest living femalejust last month has died at115. Koto Okubo died yes-terday at a nursing home inKawasaki City, according tocity official MitsuhiroKozuka. He said her rela-tives declined to release thecause of her death and fam-ily details. Born December24, 1897, Okubo held hertitle for less than a monthfollowing the death of DinaManfredini of the UnitedStates. Manfredini diedwithin two weeks afterbecoming the world's oldestperson. Jiroemon Kimura, a115-year-old man in Japan'sancient capital of Kyoto,inherited that title. He wasborn on April 19, 1897. Thecity official said Okubo hadlived with one of her sons atthe same nursing home.
Mentally chal-lenged US girlgang-raped in classWASHINGTON: A mentallychallenged 15-year-old girlin New York was brutallygang-raped by two boys inher classroom with herteacher standing only a fewfeet away, a media reportsaid Sunday. The specialneeds student was allegedlysexually assaulted for 10minutes as another student"hit her on the head when-ever she tried to escape"during a science class at aschool in Elmont, the DailyMail reported citing the NewYork Post. The girl's motherfiled a lawsuit, alleging thatthe teacher ignored theassault even as one studentdanced on the desk whileanother attempted tosodomize the girl.
Though the girl told aschool social worker thenext day, school officialsfailed to report the crime.She was the only girl in herclass of 13 boys. The dailysaid the alleged attackerswere residents of a homefor juvenile delinquents.The girl's mother said herdaughter was bullied formonths.
The school's executivedirector said an internalinvestigation was conductedas soon as they heard ofthe abuse and fired theteacher.
QUETTA: The Pakistan gov-ernment has imposed Governor'srule in the troubled province ofBalochistan after dissolving theruling provincial government.Prime minister Raja PervazAshraf made the announcementlate last night after prolonged talkswith Hazara Shia leaders whowere staging a sit-in to demandthe dismissal of provincial govern-ment and the army control ofQuetta. Ashraf assured the lead-ers of the Hazara Shia communitythat under governor rule the chiefexecutive of the province couldsummon the army anytime to helpthe administration. The sit-in bythe Hazara community leadersstarted on Alamdar road in the citysince Thursday night when twinbomb blasts in the area killedaround 98 people and injuredover 130.
Most of those killed in the twinblasts belonged to the HazaraShias who have refused to burythe victims until their demandswere met by the government.
Jan Ali Changezi a centralleader of the Hazara communityhowever told PTI that the sit-inwould only end and the victimswould be buried after the notifica-tion about the dissolution of theprovincial government and theimposition of the governor's rulewas issued. "We are thankful tothe prime minister for listening to
our grievances but we haveinformed him that we will only endthe sit in and bury our dead whenthe notification for the governorsrule is imposed," he said. TheChief Secretary of the provincetold PTI that the notification invok-ing Governors rule would beimposed by the President shortly.Three bomb attacks carried out inthe city on Thursday turned out tobe the catalyst for the impositionof the governors rule in theBalochistan province.
"Our people have braved thecold weather and rains to highlightthe targeted killings of our com-munity and sect", Allama RajaNasir Abbas a central leader ofthe Shia Ittehad council said. Last
year alone according to HumanRights organisations around 500Shias most of them from theHazara community were killed intargeted attacks in the province.The government came underpressure after protesters alsostarted a sit-in outside the Bilawalhouse in Karachi the official resi-dence of President Asif Zardariwho has been in the city since lastweek. The number of protestersincluding women and childrenincreased throughout the day.
But the main sit-in on Alamdarroad in Quetta where the twinblasts had taken place attractedthe most concern from the politicalleadership as the protestersrefused to bury the victims.
Pakistan government imposes governor'srule in the troubled province of Balochistan
14 soldiers killed in bombattack in Pak tribal beltISLAMABAD: At least 14 Pakistani soldiers were killed andmore than 20 others injured on Sunday when a security forcesconvoy was targeted by a roadside bomb in the country's law-less North Waziristan tribal region. The incident occurred nearMiranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal agency,security officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels.They said 14 soldiers were killed and over 20 injured in theattack. No further details were immediately available. Theattack came just a day after Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chiefHakimullah Mehsud reportedly directed his militants not to tar-get Pakistani troops in North Waziristan.
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MOGADISHU: At least eightcivilians were killed duringFrance's failed attempt to free ahostage in Somalia, witnessessaid Sunday, adding to priorreported death tolls.
They also said Saturday'soperation failed because theIslamist fighters were warned ofthe French commandos' arrival,a report confirmed by a localIslamist commander. "Fourcivilians, including three fromone family, are among the dead.They were all killed outsideBulomarer, where the Frenchcommandos landed beforeentering the city," resident AdanDerow said by telephone. Thevictims were a couple, their sonand another man, other resi-dents said. "We don't know whythose civilians were killed" out-side Bulomarer, where the raid
took place, added another resi-dent, Ali Moalim Hassan. "Fourother civilians were also caughtin the crossfire and died in thetown of Bulomarer" during apitched battle between French
commandos and Islamist fight-ers. The four included awoman, her child and a localmarket guard, according to resi-dents. On Saturday, FrenchDefence Minister Jean-Yves Le
Drian said that one French sol-dier died and another wentmissing during the raid, addingthat 17 guerrillas were killed.He said "all indications" pointto the conclusion that thehostage, a French intelligenceagent with the alias of DenisAllex, had been killed by hiscaptors belonging to theShebab, a Somali Islamistgroup affiliated with al-Qaida.But the Shebab denied thatAllex was dead and said theywere holding the missingFrench commando.
Le Drian said Sunday thatFrench troops underestimatedthe Islamist rebels' strengthwhen they launched theovernight operation, whichinvolved some 50 troops and atleast five helicopters.
Derow meanwhile told AFP
that "people saw (the Frenchcommandos) disembark in thefields. The Shebab were alertedthat the helicopters had landedand that they let out soldiers,and so they (the Islamists) wereable to prepare". SeniorShebab commander SheikhMohamed Ibrahim confirmed toAFP by telephone that the"fighters were already aware ofthe attack and we were ready todefend ourselves, thank God".He didn't specify how they werealerted. Several residentsexpressed their anger over theraid. "They killed innocent civil-ians and left without accom-plishing anything. The peoplehere are very disappointed inthe French government onaccount of the civilian victims,"said Bulomarer resident MoalimAhmed Nur.
LONDON: Prince William andhis wife Kate have advertised for asuper servant expected to be ajack of all trades as the royal cou-ple prepare to become parents forthe first time.
An internal advertisement atBuckingham Palace calls for some-one: "To provide a high standard ofhousekeeping for TRH (their royalhighnesses) The Duke andDuchess of Cambridge". The mainduties included: "Ensuring all areasof the residence are cleaned andmaintained to a high standard at alltimes. Caring for and maintainingpersonal clothing, cleaning silver-ware and glassware and in-houselaundry." The all-singing, all-danc-ing servant will also be ready to runerrands, prepare basic meals whenrequired and care for and exercisedogs, the Daily Express reported. Acurrent valid UK driving licence is"essential". St James' Palace hasconsistently stressed that the cou-ple prefer to keep their entourageas small as possible. The adver-
tisement comes after the coupletook on a new "Man Friday" at theend of last year. The young Fijian-born lance corporal from the'Parachute Regiment' is the cou-ple's first orderly, whose roleincludes chauffeuring, logistics,and even organizing the Prince'swardrobe. A royal insider said theadvertisement has already attract-ed a great deal of interest:"Obviously the prestige of workingfor the world's most famous couple
is an incentive". "But it is unheardof for one person to be asked toperform so many duties. Clearlythe Duke and Duchess are going toget their money's worth out of who-ever gets the job. About 15 peoplehave already applied despiteeveryone wondering how anyonewill be able to carry out all theseduties in just 37 hours a week," theroyal insider said. "The advertstates that they'll be required towork extra hours and you can betyour life they will. Most peopleemployed as housekeepers expectto do a bit of cooking on the side,but walking dogs and driving too?And there's also going to be a babyto factor into the equation. It'sunprecedented," the sourceadded. Applicants do not need tohave previous relevant housekeep-ing experience but must demon-strate a "willingness to learn". AsWilliam and Kate are fiercely pro-tective of their privacy, "discretion,loyalty and reliability are para-mount", the advertisement said.
Wanted: A super servant forWilliam-Kate to run household
MOSCOW: Thousands ofpeople marched throughMoscow on Sunday to protestRussia's new law banningAmericans from adoptingRussian children.
Shouting "shame on thescum," protesters carried postersof President Vladimir Putin andmembers of Russia's parliamentwho overwhelmingly voted forthe law last month.
Outrage over the adoptionban has breathed some life intothe dispirited anti-Kremlin oppo-sition movement, whose protestsagainst Putin and his govern-ment have flagged. Sunday'sprotest was led by the samearray of opposition leaders whospoke a year ago to tens of thou-sands of people demanding freeelections and an end to Putin's12 years in power. One poster on
Sunday said: "Parliamentdeputies to orphanages, Putin toan old people's home."
The adoption ban was retalia-tion for a new US law targeting
Russians accused of humanrights abuses. It also addresseslong-brewing resentment inRussia over the 60,000 Russianchildren who have been adopted
by Americansin the past twodecades. Those opposed to thelaw say its main victims are notAmericans but the Russianorphans, including some withdisabilities, who otherwise wouldget new families in the UnitedStates. They also accuse Putin'sgovernment of stoking anti-American sentiments in Russiansociety in an effort to solidify sup-port. Opponents of the ban havebeen portrayed as unpatriotic cit-izens eager to "export" Russia'schildren. Just ahead of the week-end protest, Putin's spokesmansought to ease anger over theadoption ban by announcing thatsome of the dozens of adoptionsalready under way could go for-ward, allowing children who havealready bonded with Americanadoptive parents to leave thecountry.
Thousands march to protest Russia's adoption ban
ALGIERS: Malian PremierDiango Cissoko arrived inAlgeria on Sunday a day afterAlgiers affirmed "unequivocal"support for its neighbour,where France and othernations are helping battle anIslamist insurgency.
Cissoko, accompanied byhis defence minister DiaranKone, was welcomed by hiscounterpart AbdelmalekSellal at the start of the two-day visit, the official newsagency APS reported.
Algerian foreign ministryspokesman Amar Belani saidin a statement on Saturdaythat Algiers expresses its"unequivocal support for theMalian transitional authori-ties, with whom it maintainsmultifaceted relations, includ-ing in the military sphere".
"It should be noted thatMali has asked, in line withits sovereignty, for friendlypowers to reinforce its
national capacities to fightterrorism," Belani added.France has intervened inMali at Bamako's request fol-lowing a new offensivetoward the south by theIslamists, who seized con-trol of the country's north inJune. Benin on Sundaypledged roughly 300 troopsto take part in an Africanforce aimed at helping Malibattle the Islamists, afterBurkina Faso, Niger andSenegal had each pledged500 troops the previous day.
The UN Security Councilhas approved a 3,300-strongforce to help Mali win backits north. The force is to becommanded by a Nigerian,with Nigeria pledging thelargest contribution so far at600 troops. French Miragefighter jets on Sunday pound-ed Mali for a third straight dayand a top Islamist leader wasreported killed.
VATICAN CITY: Fouractivists from Ukrainian femi-nist group Femen stripped offin St Peter's Square onSunday in a protest for gayrights just as Pope BenedictXVI was reciting his tradition-al weekly Angelus prayer.The four topless women,who had "In Gay We Trust"scrawled on their bodies,staged their protest by thegiant Christmas tree in thecentre of the square and werebriefly detained by Vaticanpolice. Tens of thousands areset to march in France later onSunday to denounce govern-ment plans to legalise gaymarriage and adoption whichhave angered many Catholicsand Muslims, France's twomain faiths.
Topless feminists stageVatican gay protest
Mali PM in Algiers afterpledge of support
Eight civilians killed in French Somalia raid: Witnesses
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fits: your joints are moremobile, but more impor-tantly your muscle has aboost of strength whencompletely extended.
Bench pressposture
You may thinkthat bench pressdoesn't have a rightposture, but archingyour back can inducelower back pain.Here's what youshould do; feet should
be on the floor, butt onthe bench, with slight archin your lower back and
you're good to go.
7SqUAT RighT
When it comes to squats, bal-ance and body alignment is impor-tant. Do not bend too forward norgo down below your knee level.When squatting, arch your back,your abs should be tight, head upand your body should be in properalignment. Do not let your kneescross your toes, and do not lockyour knees as you lift yourself.
SloW MovEMEnTS
You don't want to work-out in a jiffy, it defeats thepurpose. Muscle fibersneed slow yet smoothmovement to build size and strength. if you workout really quickly, allthe fibers don't get workedout. Take time and do aproper workout.
Knees are themost commonlyinjured joints in
the body and the painis among the mostexcruciating ones.
They are throbbinginflammations andcause stiffness ofthe joints. "Severeknee pain will nevergo away 100%. Butyou can make itnegligible by takingfew precautionarymeasures," saysChaitanya Shah,mobility consultantand Founder, orthofit.Read on to knowwhat you can do todeal with knee pain sothat the problembecomes bearable.
For most forms ofknee pain, applyingice is the first step torecovery. ice also actsas an anesthetic tosoothe the ache. Usean ice pack or icecubes inside a plasticbag. Just make surethe ice pack iswrapped in a towel,
so it doesnot come in
direct contact withyour skin.
Avoid the kneebashers. Some activi-ties, such as runningand hiking over hillyterrain put a greaterdemand on the
kneecap than others. Examine your
shoes, no heels, noawkward bumps andno hard materials. ifthere's any differ-ence in the lengthsof both your legs,ensure you getinsoles so yourbody posture is bal-anced.
Muscle up yourleg muscles. Tostrengthen thequadriceps, thethigh muscles thathold your knees inplace, start with
straight leg raises.Consult a physiothera-pist for more exercis-es. Work your ham-strings. To rehabilitatean injured knee, it isessential to build upstrength in the ham-
string muscles on theback of the thigh.
These six foods areexcellent support foryour knees; berries,ginger, avocado,flaxseeds, omega-3-rich fish, and soy.
Posture and you Toget the most from yourknees keep a goodposture especiallywhile at work.Attention is to be paidto the chair you aresitting on. if the chairis too low the kneesare in flexion constant-ly, not good. if thechair is too high youare struggling for footsupport. "get a chairideal for your heightwhere your knees arebent at a comfortableangle, allowing you tosit down and get upeasily. Sitting cross-legged and using lowfurniture can usher in
knee problems overthe years", points DrDilip nadkarni,orthopedic surgeonspecialized inArthroscopic or Key-hole surgery for theKnee Joint.
Excessive sodiumto be avoided as itcontributes to waterretention and swelling,which puts pressureon your knees andcauses pain.
The nightshadefamily of vegetablesshould be had in mod-eration; particularly ifyour knee pain iscaused by arthritis.nightshade vegetablesinclude green peppers,cayenne, eggplant,paprika, tomatoes, andpotatoes, all of whichcontain sotanine, atoxin to which arthritissufferers may have aparticular sensitivity.
knee pain
For most forms of knee pain, applying ice is the first step torecovery. Ice also acts as an anesthetic to soothe the ache.Use an ice pack or ice cubes inside a plastic bag. Just makesure the ice pack is wrapped in a towel, so it does not comein direct contact with your skin. Avoid the knee bashers.Some activities, such as running and hiking over hilly terrainput a greater demand on the kneecap than others.
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11,JAN 2012Cast- Arjun Rampal,
Chitrangda Singh
director- Sudhir Mishra
Genre- Romance, Crime
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Husband: My wife is anangel.
Friends: You are lucky, mywife is still alive..
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DOWN1 Showing kindness (10)2 Rectangular (6)3 Relating to the ear (4)4 Rockets (8)5 Grain storage building (4)6 Fire a weapon (5)8 French country house (7)12 An online directory (5)14 Being willing to give your time or
money (10)16 One who twists fibers into threads (7)17 Porcupine (8)21 Comfort (6)22 Leaves (5)24 A very small amount (4)25 T T T T (4)
Siddharth Malhotra plays the role ofAbhimanyu Singh a.k.a. Abhi whocomes from a middle-class family.
Actors Sidharth Malhotra and ParineetiChopra have been roped in to star infilmmaker Karan Johar’s next productionventure. The film will be co-produced byDharma Productions and PhantomProduction. “Happy to announce the newDharma-Phantom co-production withSidharth Malhotra and Parineeti
Chopra!” Karan tweeted recently.“The film will be directed by ad filmmak-er Vinil Mathew. Title to be announced
soon,” he further posted.This is Sidharth’s second film with
Dharma Productions after his debutmovie Student Of The Year, whichreleased last year. Sidhdarth is excitedand tweeted: “Here it is guys, my secondfilm! ...really excited to work withParineeti Chopra, Phantom and Vinil.”Parineeti was last seen in Yash RajFilms’ hit actioner-Ishaqzaade.
There are very fewactors like Hrithik
Roshan. In fact,in a little over a decade
that he has been anactor he’s truly an
exceptional and thisobservation goesbeyond mere act-
ing skills. In the his-tory of Hindi cinema
actors, especiallystars, have been
rarely been peerlessand while everyonebefore and after him
had compete withtheir contemporaries,
Hrithik seems to beall alone when itcomes to peers.
Hrithik Every gener-ation of stars in Hindi
cinema had a bunch ofthem vying for spaceand attention. If Dilip
Kumar shared the stagewith a Raj Kapoor and
Dev Anand in the 1950s,the next decade saw
Rajendra Kumar, ManojKumar, and Shammi
Kapoor battle it out. Inthe 1970s it was Rajesh
Khanna versus AmitabahBachchan versus the
rest that included VinodKhanna, Shatrughan
Sinha, and Dharmendraand by the time the
1980s arrived Bachchanhad Mithun Chakraborty
and Jeetendra to outwit.The spotlight also oscil-
lated between AnilKapoor, Sunny Deol, and
Jackie Shroff during themid-1980s and
by the time the Khans– Aamir, Salmanand Shah Rukh
arrived the focuswent on a perpetu-
al auto-rotationmode. The kind of
frenzy that Hrithik’sdebut created
ensured that he’d becompared to the top
draw of the time, ShahRukh Khan, as opposedthose who were techni-
cally his generation.Abhishek Bachchan’s
foray into films hap-pened during the timeRoshan debuted with
Kaho Na Pyaar Hai butbarring a very excep-
tions like Dhoom orBunty Aur Babli, there
wasn’t any serious com-petition between the two.
The year Roshanstarted off saw him infour roles that coveredthe entire gamut of emo-tions popular Hindi couldimagine. His debut hadhim in a double roledoing
every single thingexpected from a com-mercial Hindi cinemahero and then some.Khao Na Pyaar Hai’sRohit and Raj had himsinging, dancing, beingfunny, being romantic,being mysterious, fight-ing, saving the damsel indistress, playing theloveable poor boy, thepoor little rich kid andmuch more. From thathe went to Fiza wherehe played a misguidedMuslim youth who takesto terrorism after wit-nessing communal riotsand followed it up withMission Kashmir wherehe again played a mis-guided Muslim youthonly this time the settingwas Kashmir.
Hrithik Every generation of stars in Hindicinema had a bunch of them vying forspace and attention. If Dilip Kumar sharedthe stage with a Raj Kapoor and DevAnand in the 1950s, the next decade sawRajendra Kumar, Manoj Kumar, and Sham-mi Kapoor battle it out.
i’ll never do
item numbers
Item songs mightbe a rage todayin Bollywood, but
actor Ayesha Takia Azmi, whohas already bid goodbye to Bollywood,will not even return to the big screen even if that’s toperform to a peppy number.
“I’ll never ever do item numbers and neither haveI ever done one. It’s good for whosoever is doingthose numbers but that’s not the image that I havewanted to portray. I have always wanted to do filmsthat could be watched by families,” Azmi told us.
Films in anycase have taken a backseat for her.“Yes. I’m not concentrating on any scripts right now.I’m not feeling inclined towards films. I’m just doingwhat is making me happy,” she said.
Asked if marriage acts as a deterrent in thecareer of female actors in Bollywood, Azmi said, “Idon’t think so. The audience has matured now. I gotmarried at the age of 23 so I don’t think I will not beoffered work because I am married now.” But doesshe ever miss celebrityhood and showbiz?
“You know what, no. I couldn’t care less honest-ly,” said the actor.
Ayesha
Remember Rekhain the 1980 clas-sic, Khubsoorat?
Sonam Kapoor is step-ping in her shoes for themovie’s upcomingremake, and she can’twait to getstarted.
“Yes, I amdoing theremake ofRekha-ji star-rer Khubsoorat,and I promisewe are going tomake an interestingfilm,” says Sonam, whois currently shooting thefinal schedule of hernext film, Raanjhana, inDelhi. The film is set to
release in June, fol-lowed by FarhanAkhtar’s Bhaag MilkaBhaag in July.
RekhaBeforeKhubsoorat, she also
has a YashRaj film withAyushmannKhurrana tofinish, whichshe will startshooting for,next month.
“After fin-ishing work on all
three films, she wouldlike to fully concentrateon Khubsoorat. The filmwill go on the floor laterthis year,” says herspokesperson.
Sonam Kapoorcan’t wait to play
Rekha
Chopra!” Karan tweeted recently.“The film will be directed by ad film-maker Vinil Mathew. Title to be an-nounced soon,” he further posted.
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Sidharth, Parineeti in Karan Johar’s next
aries
March21to
April20
taurus
April21to
May20
You will be focussing more on your imageor reputation this week. You should be care-ful before making any statements, advisesGanesha. You should also avoid getting intoconflict with people in power. You shouldavoid investing in real estate. Life on thepersonal front is also going to be a bumpyride. If you are married, then you will haveto adjust a lot and try to understand yourspouse's emotional needs. This week isimportant for your creative endeavours.
gemiNi
May21to
June21
caNcer
June22to
July23
This week will turn out to be positivefor you, especially for those who arein business. Meetings, communicationand negotiations are likely to turn outin your favour, foretells Ganesha.However, you may have to put inmore efforts to convince others. Youshould remember that the first half ofthe week is more favourable forarranging business meetings and alsofor getting desired results.
leo
July24to
August23
If a change of job is on your mind, thenGanesha gives you the green signal to goahead and take up the opportunity. It's nota good time to borrow money, though, norto make further investments until youhave reaped the fruits of your previousinvestments. You might have to make cru-cial decisions regarding your partnershipbusiness. In addition, this week is impor-tant for health and matters related to it.Take extra care of your diet.
virgo
August24to
September23
libra
September24to
October22
This week, you may be busy in renovatingand redecorating your home, saysGanesha. If you have recently bought ahouse, this week is suitable for shifting.Socially too, this week is going to be busyfor you as you will be engrossed in attend-ing to relatives and guests. Thus, the focusthis week is totally on the domestic front.However, financial matters may become anarea of concern. Hence you are likely toborrow money from various sources.
scorPio
October23to
November22
Short business trips and travel will keepyou on your toes this week, saysGanesha. During the week ahead, youmay face unexpected hurdles that mayupset your schedule and make your irritat-ed. This will make you have a tough timedealing with the present circumstances.However, you should remain conscious ofthe fact that only change is constant. Also,matters related to inheritance may botheryou. On the personal front, you may enjoya good rapport with you siblings.
sagittarius
November23to
December22
caPricoN
December23to
Januar20
Public relations will hog all yourattention this week. The key is todevelop a positive attitude which willattract more people to you, advisesGanesha. Your dynamic and charis-matic personality will attract one andall. Scope of finding your soul-mateare also bright this month. Youshould be tactful on the job frontotherwise your colleagues may takeundue advantage of your kindness.
aquaries
January21to
February19
This is a time to review your pastactions and analyse them to see whereyou committed mistakes so that youcan improve. In addition, you shouldstrive to learn something new fromyour contemplation and try to imple-ment these lessons in your life. On theprofessional front, you are likely to beassigned work that may not fall in yourjob-profile. However, you will take it upto be in your boss's good books.
Pisces
February20to
March20
This week is going to be very hectic foryou career-wise. It's a good time to appearfor job interviews. Those in business willbe busy in executing their plans as well aswith financial matters. No problems areforeseen on the financial front. But thesame cannot be said about your personallife. Your relationships with your friendsmight get affected in a negative way.
This week may turn out to be favourable foryou provided you keep an open mind andgrab the arising opportunities. A piece ofadvise from Ganesha: Don't consider anyopportunity to be trivial or insignificant, asyou never know where it might take you. Itcould very well put on the highway to suc-cess. On the personal front, you may becomeless expressive in matters related to love andemotions. This is happening due to Venusentering the zodiac sign of Capricorn.
Due to the new Moon falling in thefifth sign from yours, your creativitywill receive a boost. This will resultin clarity of mind and generation ofnew ideas, and in consequence ofwhich you will perform well academi-cally. This period is conducive forpursuing long distance courses too.This week is also favourable forartists to live up to their full poten-tial. Researchers may also get bene-fited in this favourable period.
This week for you is going to start on a quitenote. However, gradually, financial matterswill vie for your attention. You will have todeal with this and you shall realise theimportance of saving money. You will have adifficult time in adjusting to this since you area spendthrift. You shall try to find newavenues of investments that will safeguardyour money and future. This will not onlysecure your future, but the future of yournear and dear ones too, says Ganesha.
You may prefer to expand your circle offriends and may reach out to various indi-viduals and organisations in this effort. Youcan take the help of technology to reachout to more people via internet. The transitof Venus through Capricorn is likely to turnout favourable for your business. Expectmoney to pour in and new business tie-upsare also on the cards. On the personalfront, there is encouraging news. New rela-tionships are about to be formed, howeverthe old and worn out ones won't survive.
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WASHINGTON: Indian-Americansare going to have a ball at PresidentObama's second term inauguration. Themulti-million strong question: Will thePresident who professes enduring ties tothe sub-continent, expresses high admi-ration for the success of Indian-Americans, and claims to make a meandaal and keema, play ball with them? Inwhat is a first for Indian-Americans in USpolitics, the community, 3-million andgoing strong, will be hosting a ball inWashington DC on January 19 to honorPresident Obama on his inauguration inwhat some are terming a political "com-ing-of-age party." Uniting under thecatchy rubric Indiaspora (which was thename of a long-running column in thisnewspaper by this correspondent), they
will sing and dance, feed and feast, walkand talk, in a weekend when the country'spolitical elites and hoi polloi, mostly ofDemocratic persuasion, will descend onthe nation's capital.
"It's the first time the Indian-Americancommunity is coming together on such aplatform," says M.R.Rangawami, whofounded Indiaspora under the auspices ofa non-profit SHG Foundation last year."Our eventual goal is to have moreIndian-Americans in the administration."Amid signs of growing representation inthe government and administration,"MR," a Silicon Valley veteran of repute,mused about the importance of the com-munity exerting its influence on policy. "In2016, when there is a foreign policydebate, the US-India strategic relation-
ship should be a centerpiece,"he said in an interview thisweekend. "Our inputs onissues such as immigrationreforms and trade policy shouldmatter."\ Indian-Americans areofficially counted (by the censusbureau and data from othersources) as the most affluentand well-educated among allethnic groups (including whiteAmericans). But by most accountstheir influence on policy is minimal eventhough they are showing greater interestin politics and running for office thanbefore, as evident by the election of twogovernors and a US Congressman inrecent polls. "Just signing checks andsigning off will not do. We need to go
beyond that," says Rangaswami. Theywill have to shout to be heard above thecrowd. Inauguration is a time when aplethora of political lobbies descend onthe nation's capital — from gov-ernment contractors to gayright groups to gun-control
advocates. AlthoughObama's second
term gala isexpected to
be less than a third of his first inaugura-tion, which saw more than 1.8 millionpeople and nearly 300 parties, there willnevertheless be the usual stampede fortickets to what are essentially high-levelnetworking events.
Tickets for the Indiaspora ball, tobe held at the Mandarin Oriental hotel,start at $300. VIP tickets at $1100promise "exclusive benefits and spe-cial guest access." There will be enter-tainment from Indian-American groups
such as Red Baraat, The MonaKhan Company and
Shankar Tucker, andthe event will becatered to by FoodNetwork star ManeetChauhan.
Indian-Americans lay out red carpet for Obama inauguration