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Re-investigation
of 1984 riot
cases by SIT?
New Delhi, feb 1:
A government-appointed committee has recommended constitution
of a SIT for re-investigation of the
1984 anti-Sikh riot cases.
The committee headed by former
Supreme Court Judge Justice (retd)
G P Mathur has submitted its report
to Home Minister Rajnath Singh
last week and recommended fresh
probe of the anti-Sikh riot cases
through a Special Investigation
Team, ofﬁcial sources said.
An order to this effect is likely after
the 7 February Delhi Assembly polls
as the Model Code of Conduct is in
place in the national capital now, the
sources said.
The anti-Sikhs riots were triggered
after former Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi was assassinated by her
Sikh bodyguards on October 31,
1984.
Of the 3,325 victims, 2,733 were
killed in Delhi alone while the rest
were from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and
other states.
BJP had earlier demanded re-investigation into all anti-Sikh riot cases.
The Justice Nanavati Commission
had recommended reopening of only
four of the 241 cases closed by police
but BJP wanted the re-investigation
of all the other 237 cases.
T
V for victory
ennis veterans Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
added one more Grand Slam to their glorifying kitty
after winning the mixed doubles title of the Australian
Open in Melbourne on Sunday. The duo beat the pair
of Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in
straight sets.
Tennis veterans Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
added one more Grand Slam to their glorifying kitty after
winning the mixed doubles title of the Australian Open in
Melbourne on Sunday. The duo beat the pair of Daniel
Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in straight sets.
Meanwhile, in a directive which may prove to be a death
knell for CIC’s functioning, the government has directed
the panel to either do away with its outsourced staff, which
constitutes nearly 60 per cent of sanctioned strength, or cut
their pay to minimum rates prescribed by it.
Doing away with nearly 100 outsourced employees
would mean bringing to halt all the administrative work
including data entry of hundreds of orders passed daily,
entering details of incoming appeals and complaints,
segregating them according to each Information Commissioner and determining if they fulﬁll criteria of complaint and appeals among other.
These employees were hired through an outsourced
agency by the Commission at the minimum wages prescribed as per norms. This contract is renewed every
year.
High drama in Velacheri
q Boy falls into pit at poultry shop q Rescued after two hours
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 1:
A six-year-old boy, who fell into an
eight feet pit inside a poultry shop,
was rescued alive by ﬁre service
personnel at Velacheri this morning.
The rescue operations lasted close
to two hours, police and ﬁre service
sources said.
The boy, Kishore had accompanied
his father to the Wencobb Chicken
Centre for purchase of meat, when
he accidentally slipped and fell into
the eight-feet long pit, dug up to dump
the chicken waste.
Hearing the news, police and ﬁre
service personnel rushed to the spot
and took up rescue works.
An ambulance was also stationed
at the location to handle any emergency. Even as ﬁre service personnel were engaged in rescue works,
oxygen was supplied to the boy.
The narrow pit was widened by digging and the boy was rescued after a
two hour long battle.
Locals lent a helping hand in the
rescue operations. The boy was
alive and was immediately shifted
to a private hospital in the waiting
ambulance for treatment.
CUP COMES HOME
A replica of the ICC World Cup 2015 is being displayed at various parts
of Chennai. The premier cricket tourney will begin in Australia on 14
February. Children gathered in large numbers to get a glimpse of the
trophy at Vadapalani in Chennai today.
Photo: B ANAND
HOLE, HOPE
An eight-year-old boy
accidentally slipped
and fell into the eightfeet long pit, dug up to
dump chicken waste.
Police and ﬁre service
personnel rushed to
the spot and took up
rescue works
A pit inside a poultry shop in Velacheri, where an eight-year-old boy, had a fall this morning. (Inset) Kishore
As the news spread, a large number
of people gathered at the spot.
Says Kannan, an on-looker, ‘We
thank the ﬁre service personnel for
their tremendous job. They reached
the spot immediately and swung into
action’. ‘The pit was dug without
any permission. The shop-owners
should have kept a board warning
people not to venture the place.
We want the authorities concerned
to take necessary action against
them’, he added.
Things would have gone awry
had the boy succumbed. Thorough
inspection should be carried out
by authorities concerned on such
shops, he added.
Locals cheered and applauded as
the boy was pulled out alive.
It may be recalled that children
falling into an open borewell in the
past few months in various parts of
the country was reported in various
sections of the media.
Delhi polls: Vigil on to
check ﬂow of black money
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI):
Central revenue department ofﬁcials
have raised vigil to check any ﬂow
of black money from air and land
transit points ahead of the upcoming
Assembly elections here.
Ofﬁcials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs
have intensiﬁed vigil at the airport
here to ensure illegal movement of
money, ofﬁcial sources said.
Besides, the Income Tax department has also activated its air intelligence unit at the airport here to keep
track of any cash movement in and
out of the national capital, they said.
The Assembly elections in Delhi’s
70 constituencies is scheduled to be
held on February 7. The counting of
The Income Tax
Department has set up a
toll-free control room for
the public to alert it about
any suspicious movement
of large sum of cash
votes will take place on February 10.
Ofﬁcials suspect increase in ﬂow
of black money during the Assembly
polls. All measures are being taken
to check misuse of money, a source
said.
Besides, central and state excise
officials have also raised surveil-
Paes-Hingis clinch
mixed-doubles crown
lance to check illegal transportation
of liquor also.
All ﬁeld ofﬁcials have been alerted
about the possibility of increase in
movement of liquor to Delhi from
neighbouring Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh, the source said.
The Income Tax department has
also set up a toll-free control room for
the general public to alert it about any
suspicious movement of large sum of
cash in the national capital.
The toll-free number--1800110132-will be monitored round-the-clock , a
senior IT ofﬁcial said.
Complaints or information regarding movement of large sum of cash
and other items suspected to be
used for bribing voters during elections will be monitored from the
Centre, he said.
The EC has created an Election
Expenditure Monitoring cell to monitor illegal money and other such
bribes to voters during polls, few
years ago.
IS beheads
Japansese journo
S
S
Directly addressing Prime Minister
Tokyo, Feb 1:
Nearly a week after beheading Shinzo Abe, Jihadi John threatens
Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa, they will carry more such acts whenthe Islamic State has released a new ever Japanese are found.
Abe, because of your reckless devideo purportedly showing the killing
Melbourne, Feb 1 (PTI):
l
Not even in my wildest
of freelance journalist Kenji Goto and cision to take part in an unwinnable
Indian tennis star Leander Paes
dreams would I have
threatened to carry out carnage when- war, this knife will not only slaughter
clinched his 15th Grand Slam title as
dreamed I would be standever Japanese are found, saying, Let Kenji, but will also carry on and cause
he and Swiss ace Martina Hingis won
ing here today, 20 years
carnage wherever your people are
the nightmare for Japan begin.
the Australian Open mixed-doubles
later - Martina Hingis
found, SITE group quoted him as
The
beheading
video
comes
after
the
title, here today.
l
It’s a great honour to keep
saying.
prisoner
swap
negotiations
between
The seventh seed Indo-Swiss
coming back to Australia.
So let the nightmare for Japan beJapan/Jordan and the Islamic State repair turned back the clock to serve
It’s one of the best grand
portedly failed to reach any conclusion. gin, he says before beheading Kenji.
past third seeds Daniel Nestor and
slams we play - Leander
The fate of another hostage a JorThe 47-year-old Japanese journalist
Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in the 1
Paes.
had gone to Syria last October to try to danian pilot is not clear as there is no
hour and 2 minutes battle at the Rod
get Yukawa released, landing himself mention of him in the video.
Laver Arena.
Australian Open titles in 1997, 98
too, in trouble.
While the 41-year-old Paes clinched
In exchange of Kenji and the pilot,
and
99.
his seventh mixed doubles crown,
the
Islamic State had earlier deAccording
to
the
SITE
Intel
Group,
the
R
O
T
P
Navratilovia, who also partHingis, who came out of retirement
latest video is like previous beheading manded the release of an Iraqi female
nered Paes to clinch the
for the second time a couple of years
clips, as it has the stamp of al-Furqan bomber imprisoned in Jordan named
Australian Open and Wimback, collected her 11th doubles
Sajida al-Rishawi. The ISIS had set
Media (IS’ media branch).
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
bledon mixed-doubles crown
Slam apart from her ﬁve singles titles.
Thursday sunset as the deadline for
The
video
that
lasts
over
one
minute
P LUS
in 2003, was in the stands to
Paes and Hingis broke the Canadishows the British-accented IS ﬁghter the female bomber’s release in return
watch the tennis veterans play.
I am thankful to Martina (Navraan-French pair of Nestor and Kristina Hingis last year only to come up with
Jihadi John spouting threats to Japan for the Jordanian pilot. However, the
The legendary tennis players
tilova) for getting me partner Paes.
once in the ﬁrst set and twice in the a Slam title in quick time.
negotiations for the prisoner swap,
before beheading Kenji.
second to put up an entertaining
Hingis, who burst into the scene in Not even in my wildest dreams would have once again showed age isn’t
Warning the Japanese govern- that were being led by Japanese Fordisplay.
1995, thanked her idol and legend I have believed that 20 years later I’d the factor when there is grit and
ment, the IS executioner hails the eign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama in
determination
to win
the biggest
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City
Centre
CHENNAI
Broken & Battered
MESSY AFFAIR
Damaged pavements at several
stretches in Pondy Bazaar raise
questions on quality
of work
Attention is needed to set right the broken pavements
at Pondy Bazaar.
Overowing manhole at
Mandavelipakkam causes
inconvenience to motorists and
pedestrians.
W
PHOTO: K VIJAY ANAND
hen vendors were evicted
and pavements were relaid
in Pondy Bazaar last year, shoppers
and walkers were a happy lot. But
the happiness has remained for a
short span of time, so to speak.
The pathway on many roads in
Pondy Bazaar are broken, raising
questions on the quality of work.
Residents from nearby streets like
Raja Street, Raman Street alerted
concerned ofcials while the civic
work was underway.
the pavement while
GAR
‘We
informed
the work was on.’
T NA
the authorities that
The walkers pathway along
concrete slabs were
the stretch from Panagal Park
giving away at many points in the to Thanikachalam Street is in a
stretches, but it went unheeded’, a pathetic state.
resident said.
Vaidyanathan said, ‘At least now
we expect some action from the
Vaidyanathan, a resident, added, authorities to set right the damage
‘work was carried out at an erratic and make it user-worthy’.
pace. Also, motorists were not
— NT Bureau
prevented from parking vehicles on
Green is the trend at Mandavelipakkam
W
hen you enter Second Trust
Main Road from South
Canal Bank Road you heave a
sigh of relief, especially if you have
been travelling in the hot sun even
for a few minutes. Green trees with
thick foliage and medium height
line both the sides of the stretch.
The branches of the trees of one
side meet those of the other and
form a green canopy. The stretch
is cool and shady. The permanent
shade has of course turned the
stretch into a permanent parking
lot for two wheelers through the
day.
But since they are parked in
two neat rows on either side the
area looks tidy. Along with a well
maintained park on one side
and playground on the other this
stretch of Mandavellipakkam has
acquired a picturesque look.
This road leads into the interiors
of Mandavellipakkam and is used
by a large number of pedestrians
and vehicles. The shade and
coolness makes travelling pleasant
for them.
‘ T r e e s must
be
planted
will make travelling much better.
Driving down any of the streets in
the locality is difcult now. Trafc
is heavy, encroachments are
many and added to this is the dust,
pollution and unbearable heat.
The presence of a large number of
trees will not only provide respite
from the heat but also help to
remove the dust and pollution’,
said a commuter.
Most of roads have Red
Gulmohar which come from
Madagascar. It is
made
PORE
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for
a
different
environment
Y
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o n and are incapable of withstanding
all
roads especially challenges that lie outside of it.
the
main
ones
where In the evergreen rain forests,
pedestrian
and nutrients are available in the top
vehicular movement is high. It layer and the trees don’t have to
probe deeper for them.
Trees brought in from there
can’t be expected to have a
strong root system .They come
with a particular bio-makeup
and adaptation to the new
environment is seldom complete.
The corporation should specify
the trees that have to be planted
in each area so that the damage
is less during cyclones and heavy
rains. More importantly they
should be pruned periodically. Iff
this is followed people will also be
e
enthusiastic about planting treess
and the entire city can be greened,,
said Vijayabhaskaran who hass
planted many trees in the area.
— NT Bureau
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‘BJP to emerge as
alternative force in TN’
q We are against forcible conversions, says Muralidhar Rao
Krishnamoorthy Srinivas, Chairman Emeritus, The Institute of Neurological Sciences, Voluntary Health Services (VHS) addressing the
gathering during the felicitation function at Adyar in Chennai yesterday.
VHS president M S Swaminathan is also present.
VHS honours
eminent neurologist
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 1:
Medicine is not just a profession but
service to mankind and doctors must
make all efforts to fulﬁll it, said Voluntary Health Service (VHS) president
M S Swaminathan.
He was participating at the felicitation function of Krishnamoorthy
Srinivas, Chairman Emeritus, The
Institute of Neurological Sciences,
VHS at Adyar on Saturday.
Swaminathan praised Krishnamoorthy for his service and for
setting up the Department of Neurology at VHS. He also urged the
future doctors to continue the legacy.
Walking down memory lane with the
VHS, eminent neurologist Krishnamoorthy said, ‘I feel so happy to have
completed 50 years here.
I joined VHS at the request of my
teacher Professor K S Sanjivi.
When I joined, I used to sit in the
verandah of VHS, where the current
Neurology Department is situated.
There was only one building where
the male and female wards were
situated’.
‘Everyday I used to come by 7.30
am, attend out patients till 8.30 am
and then in-patients till 9 am. After
which, I used to go to the Government
General Hospital,’ he said.
‘Later, at the age of 58 years, I
became the clinical professor of
Neurology and retired in 1991. Today I would like to thank my teacher
Dr Sanjivi who introduced me to the
community and neurology. I always
found joy and content in treating
patients from a weaker section as 80
per cent of the people who visit VHS
are people from weaker sections of
society,’ he said.
Tamilnadu Environment Minister Thoppu N D Venkatachalam on Saturday visited the Ranipet Sipcot industrial estate in Vellore district
where an efﬂuent tank collapsed killing 10 labourers. District Collector
Nandagopal and former Tamilnadu Minister and Ranipet MLA Mohammed John accompanied the Minister.
Madurai, Feb 1 (PTI):
Insisting that BJP wanted to emerge
as an ‘alternative’ force in Tamilnadu,
party general secretary P Muralidhar
Rao on Saturday said Union Minister
Arun Jaitley meeting AIADMK chief
J Jayalalithaa did not mean that the
two parties were coming together.
There was no link between Jaitley
meeting Jayalalithaa and the possibility of the two parties coming
together. BJP wanted to emerge as
an alternative force in Tamilnadu, he
told reporters.
‘As a Minister, Jaitley could have
met the former Tamilnadu Chief Minister for so many reasons, including
to get her party’s support in the Lok
Sabha to get bills passed. That does
not mean the two parties are moving
closer,’ he said.
This is the ﬁrst elaborate clariﬁcation by a national level BJP leader
after a controversy erupted over the
18 January meeting of Jaitley.
Last week, BJP state unit President
Tamilisai Soundararajan had said the
meeting was only to seek AIADMK’s
support for passage of crucial bills
in Rajya Sabha, where NDA is in a
Mock drill held
at village
near KNPP
Tirunelveli, Feb 1 (PTI):
Testing the readiness of people
living near a nuclear plant to respond to an emergency, a Disaster
Management mock drill was conducted at a village near Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Plant in the district
yesterday.
Officials of Atomic Regulatory
board and National Disaster Management board who supervised the
drill at Irukanthurai village described
it as being perfect, efﬁcient and effective.
District Collector M Karunakaran
presided. He said 2,000 people
were evacuated from the village
in four hours by a team who split
themselves into four groups to manage the ﬂow of people and vehicular
movement. There was also ground
support for the entire operation,
he said.
Karunakaran said information
about the disaster was given at 7.15
am and 2000 out of 4800 people
were evacuated before 11.15 am.
The objective of the drill was create awareness about the steps to be
taken in case of radiation, he said.
KNPP plant director R S Sundar
said the village had been chosen
as the wind was blowing in that
direction.
Sunday Kutcheri
touches a milestone
q A launching pad for young singers
Muralidhar Rao
‘ There was no link between Jaitley meeting
Jayalalithaa in Chennai recently. As a Minister, he
could have met the former Tamilnadu Chief Minister
for so many reasons, including to get her party’s
support in the Lok Sabha to get bills passed. That does
not mean the two parties are moving closer’
minority. Replying to a question on
Ghar Wapsi programme by a Hindu
outﬁt in Chennai on Friday, in which
nine Christians were reconverted
to Hindu religion, Rao put the onus
on the State government to prevent
forcible conversions, if any.
He said the party is against the
practice. ‘If any other organisation
like VHP is involved in conversion, it
is a law and order problem and the
State should take action. Anyway
nobody can do anything about voluntarilyconverting to other religion,’
he said.
‘The issue of conversion should
be looked in the spirit that if there is
conversion... there would be reconversion.’
Rao said the fact that the state
government had not registered any
case proved there was no such thing
as forcible conversion.
Rao denied that the party’s candidate for the 13 February bypoll
to Srirangam assembly constituency had a criminal case registered
against him and said it had not been
proven.
He said BJP wanted to enroll 60
lakh members in the State and was
emerging as an alternative to DMK
and AIADMK, with whom ‘people
were disillusioned’.
While the inﬁghting in DMK was well
known, AIADMK government had
become dysfunctional, he alleged.
‘People of the state are looking for
good governance and development
and BJP will be able to deliver it,’
he said.
He denied that Narendra Modi’s
‘Make in India’ mantra meant that
the BJP government was moving
away from its Swadeshi slogan
and said it was ‘Swadeshi centric’,
‘ranging from defence equipment
to ordinary things he wants made
in the country.’
To a question if he expected
former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who quit Congress
yesterday, to join BJP, he said the
question should be posed to her.
BJP did not have a hand in her
quitting the party, as alleged by
Congress, he said.
‘Teamwork leads
to greater heights’
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 1:
Students must learn teamwork and
through which many success are
achieved, said ISRO Programme
Director (IRS and SSS) Mylswamy
Annadurai.
Addressing students of Chettinad
Vidyashram during its 29th annual
day celebrations at school premises
here yesterday, he said right aim and
time are the parameters for achieving
success in life.
It doesn’t matter where you come
from or which place you belong to, all
it needs is to have proper aim coupled
with correct direction and right time and
success would follow, he said.
Similarly, right parameters in life can
secure us a place in greater heights.
Satellites may be launched from
Washington or from India, both can
reach their destinations provided their
parameters are correct. Opportunities
may change their form, but the mantra
and parameters to achieve success is
the same. Achieve success following
the right parameters. Society is more
vigilant than ever before, it is watching
Chellapandi takes
over as BHAVINI
chief
Chennai, Feb 1 (PTI):
Senior nuclear scientist P Chellapandi
took over as Chairman and Managing
Director of Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut
Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) located at
the nuclear complex at Kalpakkam,
some 70 km near here yesterday.
‘I have taken over as CMD of BHAVINI. We aim to generate electricity and
attach it to the grid within the end of this
year,’ he told PTI.
Chellapandi has served for over
38 years in the Indira Gandhi Centre
for Atomic Research (IGCAR), also
located at the nuclear complex.
BHAVINI, the government of India
enterprise under the Department of
Atomic Energy, aims at constructing
and commissioning the country’s
ﬁrst 500 MWe Fast Breeder Reactor
(FBR) at the nuclear complex here.
According to BHAVINI, the 500MWe
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is in
an advanced stage of construction
and is poised for commissioning with
a physical progress of 97.63 per cent
till date.
ISRO Programme director (IRS and SSS) Mylswamy Annadurai at
the annual day celebrations of Chettinad Vidyashram in Chennai
yesterday. Secretary and correspondent of the school Meena Muthiah
is also seen.
you and ready to reward you once you
attain name and fame in your lives, the
scientist said.
Secretary and correspondent of the
school Meena Muthiah said children
must look upon life with positive attitude. They also look towards their
parents and teachers as source of
inspiration and guidance for surging
ahead in life.
Principal of the school S Amudha
Lakshmi presented the annual report
and vice principal G S Ganesan proposed vote of thanks.
ISRO scientist also gave away prizes to Bindupriya (topper in science
stream), Nainita Bharadwaj (topper
in commerce stream) and Mridula
Sridhar (topper in humanities stream)
and many other students.
Panel to submit report
on attack on fishermen
Chennai, Feb 1 (PTI):
A Parliamentary Standing Committee said it would submit a report to
the Centre on the problems faced by
ﬁshermen, including attacks allegedly
by Sri Lankan Navy, to enable the
External Affairs Ministry ﬁnd a diplomatic solution to the vexed issue.
‘The Committee visited Ramanathapuram and met affected ﬁshermen.
We will submit a report to the Centre
on problems faced by the fishermen, including attacks by Sri Lankan
Navy, to enable the External Affairs
Ministry ﬁnd a diplomatic solution to
the problem,’ Committee Chairman
Dr E M Sudarsana Nachiappan told
reporters yesterday.
He said this after the committee
visited the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre at Madras High Court
campus and held discussions with
ofﬁcials on this issue, besides also on
sending Sri Lankan refugees back to
the island nation and also the functioning of legal services in the state.
Referring to the Tamilnadu govern-
ment’s opposition to sending refugees back to Sri Lanka, Natchiappan
noted that the Chief Minister has
already written to the Centre, stating that it would not be done till they
received a message that Sri Lankan
Tamils are able to live peacefully
there.
He said the committee had also
received letters from various associations of Madras High Court
Advocates on changing the name of
Madras High Court to Tamilnadu High
Court and on making Tamil the court
language. The matter was pending
in the Supreme Court collegium and
the Centre was awaiting instructions
in this regard, he said. The Committee directed the District Judge and
Member Secretary Teekaraman,
Tamilnadu State Legal Services
Authority, to submit a detailed report
on the number of convicted prisoners,
undertrials and those granted bail but
languishing in jails for want of furnishing surety and unable to furnish it due
to their poor ﬁnancial condition.
Threat to Danish fort
One more person
hospitalised
for H1N1
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 1:
Children singing in the park without mikes sounds different. But it
has graduated them to the next
level including presenting kutcheris
in leading sabhas. Thanks to Sundaram Finance for providing them an
opportunity to perform at Nageswara
Rao Park in Mylapore. Started in
February 2006, the Kucheri in Park
held on the ﬁrst Sunday of every
Students from ‘Veenavadhini Sangita Sampradaya Trust’ performing
month today entered into 10th year.
at Nageswara Rao Park, Mylapore in Chennai today.
Commenting on the occasion,
Sundaram Finance Ltd managing
Sundaram Finance has been providing a platform
director T T Srinivasaraghavan
for budding artistes to perform at Nageswara Rao
said, ‘The idea behind the SunPark in Mylapore. Started in 2006, the Kucheri in
day Kutcheri in the Park when we
launched it in February 2006 was to
Park today entered into 10th year
promote young musical talent aged
below 15 years and to provide them
with a launch pad. The focus has
sic from Jeyaraaj Krishnan and
The students also presented
been on developing this as a platJayasri Jeyaraaj Krishnan, disci‘Nottu Swaram’, a master piece
form for young ‘unsung’ children.
ples of Anantharama Iyer and Sel
by Muthuswamy Dikshihar comNagapattinam, Feb 1 (PTI):
Denmark with the cooperation of the
We are pleased that during this
Champakavalli who are from the
posed with Sanskrit Lyrics to
Archaeological Survey of India.
The
severe
sea
erosion
at
Tarangamperiod close to 1,000 children have
Sishya Parampara of Muthuswamy
Western melodies with the pitch
badi
in
Nagapattinam
district
during
‘Until recently, the tides remained
presented Kutcheri in the Park with
Dikshithar.
intervals corresponding to that of
Coimbatore, Feb 1 (PTI):
recent months is posing a threat to the
confined to about 100 m from the
many of them having graduated to
the Sankarabaranam Ragam and
Accompanied on the veena by H
A
man
was
tested positive for H1N1
400-year old Danish fort, a heritage
Eastern side rampart of the fort. Now,
the next level including presenting
a peppy Thalam.
R Meenakshi, on the violin by T V
inﬂ
uenza
and
admitted to the Governstructure at the seafront.
the waves have come as near as
kutcheris in leading sabhas.’
Sukanya and on the mridangam by
Sundaram Finance vice-presiment
Hospital
here, taking the total
10 m from the Eastern rampart and
Tarangambadi has long been facing
To kick off the 10th year of the
R Pranav, the students presented
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due
to
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More trouble for Uber
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HORSE POWER
A 25-year-old Indian woman, raped by an Uber driver
in New Delhi last month, has ﬁled a lawsuit against the
taxi service company in a US court arguing that it does
not adequately screen its drivers and its ‘negligence
and fraud’ lead to her being sexually assaulted and
humiliated.
The woman has not been named in the 36-page lawsuit ﬁled in the California federal court against the San
Francisco- based ﬁrm and has been identiﬁed only as
‘Jane Doe’.
She is seeking an unspeciﬁed amount of damages that
should be determined at a jury trial and compensation
for the ‘physical and monetary’ harm and for harm to
her ‘professional and personal reputations’ the assault
caused her.
She is also seeking a permanent injunction directing
that Uber take all afﬁrmative steps necessary to remedy
the effects of the unlawful conduct alleged in the lawsuit
and to ‘prevent repeated occurrences in the future.’
Pitching for a non-adversarial tax regime, industry body
Assocham on Thursday suggested that retrospective
amendment be withdrawn in
the upcoming Union Budget
while calling for e-hearings,
quicker IT refunds and raising the tax exemption limits.
Claiming that the atmosphere was ‘vitiated’ due to the retrospective amendment
and it drove away global investors by sending them a
wrong signal, Assocham Tax Council Chairman Ved Jain
said: ‘We are of the view that retrospective amendment
made in the year 2012 should be withdrawn. It will help in
improving the environment and instil conﬁdence’.
On the personal income tax slabs, Assocham has suggested raising the I-T exemption limit to Rs three lakh
from Rs 2.5 lakh at present.
Kerry fined
US Secretary of State John
Kerry has been ﬁned a penalty of $50 by the Boston
City ofﬁcials for not removing
snow dumped on the side
street in front of his house
which was formed due to
the massive snowstorm this
week.
The city ofﬁcials yesterday
slapped Kerry with a $50 ﬁne
for failing to clear the snow-clogged sidewalk on the
Pinckney Street side of his Beacon Hill mansion, The
Boston Globe reported.
Kerry’s spokesperson Glen Johnson said the Secretary of State would promptly pay the ﬁne. ‘Diplomats
-- they’re just like us. Secretary Kerry was working overseas while the blizzard packed a wallop back home,’
Johnson was quoted as saying.
Micro finance, macro growth
The space beneath MRTS track at Chepauk is serving as a horse stable.
kind of security and dignity can women
expect from AAP’s leadership that
itself has blatant sexist and perverse
mindsets?’
She also said that a police complaint
has been lodged against AAP leader
Kumar Vishwas for making sexist comments at a recent rally.
Notably, the former IPS ofﬁcer had
earlier this week sent a legal notice to AAP leader Arvind
Kejriwal for using her photograph in his party’s poster
campaign without her permission.
Srirangam: The heat is on
Jayanthi exits Cong
Former Union Environment Minister and senior
Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan formally announced her resignation
from the party, alleging that
Congress vice-president
Rahul Gandhi ruined her
reputation.
She revealed the expected decision at a crowded
press meet here, on a day
when her letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in
which she expressed her ‘agony’ in detail, was published
in the media.
Echoing the contents of the letter, she said, ‘This is an
extremely painful moment and heart wrenching time for
me. My family has been associated with Congress for a
long time. I am fourth generation Congress worker.’
Stating that she came from a family that had Congress
blood ﬂowing in the veins, she said, ‘it is extremely
anguishing that I have to rethink my association with
Congress.
‘Complaint against AAP
leader for sexist remarks’
Stepping up campaigning for the upcoming Assembly
Elections in Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Saturday continued to target
the Aam Aadmi Party.
On microblogging website Twitter, Bedi asked ‘what
S
Assocham wants
amendment withdrawn
The picture is clear now. As many as 34 candidates
are in the fray in Srirangam, which is facing b y election on 13 February.
There was plenty of drama on Wednesday
during scrutiny of nominations of 34 contestants, including those from AIADMK,
BJP, DMK and CPI(M), were found
valid.
There was some last-minute tension during the scrutiny, as charges
were made against the BJP candidate
M Subramanyam, alleging that he had
a t
least three FIRs against him. However, the ofﬁcials later
announced that his papers were accepted.
Photo: B Anand
Producers Council
backs Cheran’s ‘C2H’
In a shot in the arm for director-producer-actor
Cheran, the Tamil Film Producers
Council (TFPC) has come forward
to support his latest initiative -‘Cinema 2 Home’ (C2H), which
aims to release DVDs ofﬁcially,
simultaneously with the ﬁlm’s
release in theatres.
According to Cheran, it would be
part of a new business model to
tackle piracy.
‘It is the only option available now to check
mounting losses because of piracy’, Cheran said
and added, ‘C2H would take care of the nontheatrical distribution business. It will sign a pact
with the producer to distribute ﬁlm on platforms
such as satellite TV, cable TV and home video.’
Ten Christians
embrace Hinduism
After undergoing consolidation in the last few years,
India’s microﬁnance sector is likely to grow at 24 per cent
over the next ﬁve years, a report said.
‘The microﬁnance sector has made a strong come back
after the Andhra Pradesh crisis and is poised to grow at a
CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 24 per cent over
FY15- FY19’, said the report by India Ratings and Research.
In 2010, microﬁnance institutions (MFIs) came under the
scanner of authorities in Andhra Pradesh, a key market for
them, after reports of suicide by borrowers due to alleged
coercive recovery methods adopted by them.
The growth is projected to be stable with margin caps,
transparency on rates, benign recovery means, selfregulation by watchdogs such as MFIN and Sa-Dhan,
the rating agency said.
Johnson set for ODI return
Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson is set to
return from his month-long rest period and the Tri-series
ﬁnal against England will be his
ﬁrst competitive match since the
Boxing Day Test against India.
Following the drawn Melbourne Test against India,
Johnson was rested to recover
from hamstring soreness. From
the start of the 2013-14 Ashes
until the end of the 2014 calendar year, Johnson had sent
down 602 overs in all international cricket, the most by
any fast bowlers during that period. ‘I needed a fair bit of
a rest,’ Johnson told reporters here yesterday.
‘I think it’d probably been a big 12 months personally,
but for all the bowlers as well.
Serena wins Aus Open
My pictures being
misused: TV actress
A television actress ﬁled a complaint with the Cyber
Crime Cell stating that her pictures were being misused
on a social networking site.
In her complaint letter, Lavanya Surendra (30), a
teleserial artiste said that her pictures had been earlier
uploaded on a website, following which she ‘ﬁled a
complaint and got it blocked’.
Recently, she noted that a fake Facebook proﬁle had
used her photographs and the pictures were receiving
‘unwanted’ comments.
The issue has distressed her mentally, she said and
urged the police to take immediate action.
Ghar Vapsi, the re-conversion ceremony to bring back
Christian and Muslim converts back into the Hinduism fold,
took place in Chennai.
Amid chanting of Sri Rama Jaya Rama...Jaya Jaya
Rama, ten christians, including ﬁve women, from the Northern suburb of Minjur returned back to their original religion
-- Hindu -- at a ceremony held at Kanchi Kamakota Peetam
Sankara Mutt at West Mambalam area in the city today.
The re-conversion ceremony was organised by the Hindu
Makkal Katchi (HMK) in the presence of its State general
secretary Rama Ravikumar.
He formally inducted them into Hinduism by offering worship to Goddess Kamatchi Amman and by applying the
scared ‘Sandal paste’ and ‘Kum kum’ on their forehead.
Baleen whales can
hear through bones
Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova to win her sixth
Australian Open and
19th Grand Slam title.
The American world
number one served superbly to win a pulsating
ﬁnal 6-3 7-6 (7-5) after
Sharapova fought back
in the second set.
Williams, 33, moves past Martina Navratilova and Chris
Evert with a 19th major singles title.
She has now beaten Russia’s Sharapova, the world
number two, 16 times in a row dating back to 2004.
I have to congratulate Maria, she played a wonderful
match and she really pushed me, said Williams.
She played so well and gave me a great ﬁnal not only
for the fans, but for women’s tennis. I’m really honoured
to play her in the ﬁnal.’
Playing with puzzles
may build spatial skills
kulls of some baleen whales have acoustic properties that capture the energy of
low frequencies and direct it to their ear
bones, scientists say.
children’s
hildren who play frequently with puzzles, blocks,
Baleen whales, also known as mysticetes,
are the largest animals on earth, and include
and board games tend to have better spatial
play behaviour and joint parent-child activities.
blue whales, minke whales, right whales, gray
reasoning ability, a new study has found.
The data found that family socioeconomic status, genwhales and ﬁn whales.
Play may seem like fun and games, but speciﬁc kinds
der, and general intelligence scores were all associated
These whales can emit extremely low freof play are actually associated with development of
with children’s performance on the block design task.
quency vocalisations that travel extraordinary
particular cognitive skills, researchers said.
Children from the low-socioeconomic status group
distances underwater.
‘Our ﬁndings show that spatial play speciﬁcally is
tended to have lower block design scores compared
head
into
millions
of
tiny
elements
and
tracks
All of these whales are considered endangered,
related to children’s spatial reasoning skills,’ said
to children from
either the middle- or high-socioecotheir relationships with one another.
with the exception of the gray whale,
nomic
status
groups.
psychological
scientist
and
lead
researcher
By simulating a sound wave passing through
which recently was removed from
Jamie Jirout of Rhodes College.
Boys tended to have higher block design
their
computerised
skull,
they
could
see
how
the endangered species list, said
s
c
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r
e
s
than did girls, though only after
Being
able
to
reason
about
space,
and
each
miniscule
component
of
bone
vibrates
San Diego State University biseveral other cognitive abilities,
how to manipulate objects in space, is a
in response.
ologist Ted W Cranford.
such as vocabulary, workcritical
part
of
everyday
life,
helping
us
to
There
are
two
ways
sound
can
reach
a
Over the past few years,
ing memory, and processing
whale’s
tympanoperiotic
complex
(TPC),
an
navigate
a
busy
street,
put
together
a
piece
government regulators have
interlocking bony puzzle of ear bones that is
speed, were taken into account.
of ‘some assembly required’ furniture,
been attempting to enact laws
rigidly attached to the skull.
researchers said.
Importantly, how often
placing limits on the amount of
One way is for the sound’s pressure waves to
human-made noise that baleen
children played with cerWhen the Wechsler Preschool
travel through the whale’s soft tissue to their TPC,
whales can be exposed to, Cranford said.
tain toys was also tied to
and Primary Scale of Intelligence
but this becomes ineffective once sound waves
According to Cranford, baleen whales might be
their spatial reasoning
(WPPSI), a commonly used test of
are longer than the whale’s body, Cranford said.
particularly susceptible to negative effects from
skills.
cognitive ability, was revised and
The second way is for sounds to vibrate along
these sounds.
standardised, it provided Jirout
Children who played
the skull, a process known as bone conduction.
Many of them produce vocalisations in the same
and co-author Nora Newcombe of
with puzzles, blocks,
Unlike pressure waves passing through soft tisfrequency range as human-made noises, and too
Temple University an opportunity
and board games often
sue, longer waves lengths are ampliﬁed as they
much human-made noise could limit the distance
to
study
children’s
spatial
play
and
spatial
thinking.
(more
than
six
times
per
week)
had higher block design
vibrate the skull.
over which the whales are able to communicate
scores
than
did
children
who
played
with them someJirout
and
Newcombe
analysed
data
from
847
chilWhen Cranford and Krysl modelled various
about things like food and mates.
times
(three
to
ﬁ
ve
times
per
week),
or
rarely/never.
dren,
ages
4
to
7,
who
had
taken
the
revised
WPPSI,
wavelengths travelling through their compuCranford and team took the head of a young
which included measures of cognitive skills that conNone
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the
other
types
of
play
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terised
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fin whale which died after being found on
tribute to general intelligence.
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teaching number skills, teaching shapes, playing math
ured
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Importantly, their model predicts that for the
Once they had their scan, Cranford and San
associated with children’s spatial ability.
speciﬁc 2D designs using cubes that have red, white,
lowest frequencies used by ﬁn whales, 10 Hz
Diego engineer Petr Krysl employed a technique
- 130 Hz, bone conduction is up to 10 times
and half-red/half-white faces.
The researchers
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LPG subsidy scheme
Divis Labs to set up
manufacturing plant
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI):
Divis Laboratories plans to invest Rs
500 crore in Andhra Pradesh to set up
its third manufacturing facility as it looks
to augment its productioncapacity.
The company is considering setting
up a third manufacturing site to augment capacities besides derisking its
business, Divis Laboratories Ltd said
in a ﬁling to the BSE.
The drug maker has made an
application to the Andhra Pradesh
government for allotment of land near
Kakinada and is awaiting favourable
response, it added.
The company proposes to make an
initial investment of Rs 500 crore on
this facility, it said.
The company, which is primarily
into manufacturing of active pharma
ingredients (APIs) and intermediates,
currently has two manufacturing
facilities located at Hyderabad and
Visakhapatnam, respectively.
The Hyderabad-based company
posted a marginal increase in its net
proﬁt at Rs 220.58 crore for the third
quarter ended December as against
Rs 219.02 crore in the same period
of previous ﬁscal.
Net sales of the company rose to Rs
788.08 crore for the third quarter as
compared to Rs 687.41 crore during
the same period of previous ﬁscal.
Modi conveyed his
congratulations for
the scheme which has
witnessed a massive
enrolment in a short
span of time
PaHaL aims to reduce diversion
and eliminate duplicate or bogus LPG
connections.
The Prime Minister, it said, conveyed his congratulations for the
scheme which has witnessed a massive enrolment in a short span of time.
As on date, 9.75 crore LPG consumers have joined the scheme. This is
66 per cent of the total consumer
base of 15.3 crore.
An amount of Rs 3,654 crore has already been transferred into the bank
Vadodara, Feb 1 (PTI):
The ﬁrst forex hub of the Mumbaiheadquartered Central Bank of India
in Gujarat was opened at Urmi Char
rasta here to provide prompt and
efﬁcient services to importers and
exporters.
Ramesh Singh, General Manager,
Treasury & International division,
Central Bank of India inaugurated
this forex hub which is fully equipped
with necessary infrastructure such as
swift facility, fax Internet etc besides
trained staff.
Speaking on the occasion, he said
it is the ﬁrst forex hub of the bank in
Gujarat after opening of a forex hub
in Mumbai in August 2014.
The bank plans to open a forex hub
in Delhi before March 2015 and then
march to Kolkata and Chennai later
this year. He said the bank’s import
export business stood at Rs 20,000
crore December 31, 2014 and our
target is a 50 per cent growth to make
it Rs 30,000 crore within next two
years before the end of ﬁscal 2016-17.
At present, Central Bank of India
has overseas ofﬁce at Nairobi, Hong
Kong and a joint venture with Bank
of India, Bank of Baroda and the
Zambian government. Recently, it
also opened a representative ofﬁce
at Nairobi, Kenya, he said.
He said the bank has posted its
ofﬁcials in Dubai too for meeting the
buyers’ requirements in Gulf countries adding it has also made arrangements for meeting requirements of
exporters and importers in Hongkong.
Opening up several forex hubs at
branches across the country will en-
hance export-import business of the
bank which in turn will help the bank
to plan openings abroad, he said.
The Central Bank of India has approached the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) for permission to open representative ofﬁces in Singapore, Dubai,
Doha and London.
R N Hirve, Deputy General Manager
of the Central Bank of India, said the
export hub in Vadodara is aimed at
catering to the needs of exporters,
importers and Non Resident Indians
(NRIs) in Vadodara and Anand covering 100 branches of the bank located
in both these districts.
Forex Hub is a one stop solution
point for all the forex transactions
permitting trade by importers and exporters in Anand and Baroda region
of the bank, Hirve said.
Good show
by Grasim
‘Banks should be
allowed to recruit
from IITs, IIMs’
Mumbai, Feb 1 (PTI):
The country’s largest lender, SBI
has said that public sector banks
should be given an opportunity to tap
the best talent from premier institutes
like IITs and IIMs.
The public money goes into formation of the institutions like IITs and
IIMs. From all of these good institutions, which nurture the best talents
of the country, the public sector banks
are barred from recruitment, SBI
chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya
said at a recent event.
She said currently the Supreme
Court does not allow state-run banks
to go for campus recruitment to these
premier institutions as every vacancy
has to be advertised so that everyone
should be able to participate in it.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI):
Aditya Birla Group ﬁrm Grasim Industries has reported a consolidated
net proﬁt of Rs 333.61 crore for the
third quarter ended December 2014.
The company had posted a consolidated net proﬁt of Rs 331.93 crore
during the same period of previous
ﬁnancial year, Grasim Industries said
in a ﬁling to the BSE.
The company reported consolidated
net sales of Rs 7,888.53 crore in
October-December period as against
Rs 7,063.43 crore during the same
quarter of last ﬁnancial year.
The consolidated revenue from its
Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) and Wood
Pulp segment was Rs 1,607.26 crore
during the quarter under review as
against Rs 1,613.45 crore in the same
accounts of LPG consumers through
9.25 crore transactions.
The modiﬁed scheme has put in
place various mechanisms to simplify
enrolment and enhance consumer
convenience, and thus, only 1.09 lakh
complaints have been received so far,
which constitute a mere 0.1 per cent
of the transactions. Over 85 per cent
of the complaints have been resolved,
the statement said.
Preliminary data from 54 districts
indicate that the growth of subsi-
period of last ﬁscal. Its consolidated
revenue from cement division was Rs
5,947.15 crore this quarter. It was Rs
5,169.59 crore in third quarter of FY14.
Revenue from chemicals division
was Rs 441.63 crore this quarter
as against Rs 259.73 crore in same
period last ﬁscal.
Grasim Industries said ﬁgures for
the quarter and nine months ended
December 2014 are strictly not comparable with previous periods due to
merger of Gujarat cement units of
Jaypee Cement with UltraTech Cement, a subsidiary of the company.
On the company’s performance,
Grasim Industries said: Implementation of growth plans led to signiﬁcant
capacity increase in both VSF and
cement businesses.
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Place : Chennai
7&ASHOK JAIN
Date : 31.01.2015
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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31.12.2013
Record hiring
by corporates at
BIM Trichy
Tiruchirappalli, Feb 1 (PTI):
Hiring of management graduates
from reputed institutes seems
to be on the upswing again with
the Bharathidasan Institute of
Management (BIM) stating that
leading corporates have picked up
130 of its ﬁnal year MBA students
during the placement session with
an average salary of Rs nine lakh
per annum.
More than 30 companies from a
wide range of sectors, including
FMCG and IT, participated in the
session and rolled out offers to the
students who will graduate this year,
a top BIM ofﬁcial said.
We are elated that some of the
leading and renowned corporates
across the country have visited the
campus and offered very exciting
pay packages to our students, BIM
Director S Karuthiah Pandian told PTI.
have been carried out with ministry
and internally on various models to
enhance the rail connectivity for coal
movement.
CIL has also roped in just-retired
Railway Board member A K Moitra
as advisor on railway and logistics.
Total 50 odd rail projects had been
identiﬁed to connect with mines.
‘We are looking at various models.
We pay and give the responsibility
of building the infrastructure to
the Railways and, in return, we
get freight discounts. The second
model could be that we form a SPV
which can collect freight from all the
users. In these SPVs we can also
involve the state governments.
When I was at in Krishnapattam,
RVNL, NMDC, port authorities
as well as state government
became members of the SPV...,’
Bhattacharya said.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Mr.S.Ramiah
has
purchased
the below mentioned property from
Mrs.S.Kousalya (represented by her
Power of Attorney Mr.V.Ramiah) vide
Sale Deed dated 12.10.1998 registered as
9" *-<- / $ of the Sub-Registrar, Mylapore. Now
the said original Sale deed was missed
when Mr.S.Ramiah was traveling in his
motorbike on 21.01.2015.
Schedule
All that piece and parcel of land being
Plot No.RA 43, Old Door No.67 and
present New Door No.37, First Main Road,
Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai-600 028,
in Block No.86, Mylapore-Triplicane
Taluk, admeasuring an extent of 1114
Sq.ft Undivided share of land comprised
in R.S No.3927/34 of Mylapore Village
and bounded
North By - First Main Road, R.A Puram
bearing R.S No.3927/25.South By - New
Door No.33, Second Main Road, R.A
Puram, bearing R.S No.3927/42. East By
- New Door No.36, First Main Road, R.A
Puram bearing R.S 3927/33. West By New Door No.38, First Main Road, R.A
Puram, bearing R.S No.3927/35, situated
within the Registration Sub-District of
Mylapore and Registration District of
Chennai South.
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missed original document, please inform
to the following address.
Mr.S.Ramiah, No.77/6, BBC
Kings Villa, RA Puram, 1st Main Road,
Chennai-600 028.
Chhajer Chambers, 391, Mint Street, Chennai - 600 003.
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31.12.2014 (Rs in Lakhs)
Quarter Ended
Unaudited
dised LPG has reduced signiﬁcantly,
accompanied by a corresponding
increase in sale of commercial LPG.
This is indicative that the scheme
will enable substantive savings in
subsidy which can then be deployed
for other productive purposes, without reducing any entitlements of
existing consumers.
The Prime Minister said that after
Pradhaan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana,
this is the next big scheme which will
substantially beneﬁt the economy.
He directed that all steps should be
taken to bring the remaining LPG
consumers into the fold of PaHaL as
soon as possible.
He wanted Aadhaar enrolment and
linkages with bank accounts to be
expedited, taking advantage of the
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
The Prime Minister has also asked for
an impact analysis of the programme
to be conducted in a professional
manner, the statement said.
Kolkata, Feb 1 (PTI):
With coal production increasing
over six per cent and offtake at only
3.2 per cent during the year, logistics
and coal evacuation comes into core
focus for Coal India.
Evacuation is growing at 3.5 per
cent while, production is growing at
more than 6.7 per cent till January 6
this year. Unless there is evacuation,
what is the point in production,’
Coal India Chairman Suthirtha
Bhattacharya said.
Even with this production rate Coal
India has been able to reach 96
per cent of the production target to
349.9 million tonne (till ﬁrst week of
January) and is planning to bring a big
push to production of 1 billion tonne
coal by 2020, Coal ministry and Coal
India has turned their focus toward
evacuation infrastructure.
Bhattacharya said lot of deliberations
CHHAJER FINANCE LIMITED
PARTICULARS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI):
State-owned IFCI is likely to sell
its 2.5 per cent stake in stock exchange NSE in the next 15 days
which may fetch the ﬁnancial institution about Rs 500 crore.
NSE sale is very much on the radar...We are in advance talk with a
private equity ﬁrm on the valuation.
Hopefully, the deal would be ﬁnalised in 10-15 days, IFCI Managing
Director Malay Mukherjee told PTI.
Infrastructure lender IFCI at
present holds 5.44 per cent stake
in the premier bourse.
IFCI, country’s oldest financial
institution, initially held 12.44 per
cent stake in NSE, but sold seven
per cent to Goldman Sachs Group
Inc, NYSE Group Inc, General
Atlantic LLC and Softbank Asian
Infrastructure Fund in 2007.
In December, 2012, the ﬁnancial
institution become a state-owned
entity with government getting
55.53 per cent stake by conversion
of optionally convertible bonds.
Besides IFCI, state-owned IDBI
Bank also intends to exit NSE by
selling its 5 per cent stake in the
bourse by end of the current ﬁscal.
Coal India to focus
on evacuation
Central Bank opens
forex hub in Gujarat
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No.
IFCI to sell
stake in NSE in
next 15 days
‘Growth of subsidised LPG cylinders reduced’
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI):
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of implementation of the scheme for paying subsidy
on cooking gas (LPG) directly into
bank accounts of consumers.
The Direct Beneﬁt Transfer Scheme
for LPG subsidy, now renamed
PaHaL or Pratyaksha Hastaantarit
Laabh, covers more than 9.75 crore
LPG consumers and is the world’s
largest cash transfer programme as
compared to similar programmes
in other countries such as China,
Mexico and Brazil, an ofﬁcial statement said here.
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
made a presentation on the scheme
to the Prime Minister at the high-level
meeting. Under PaHaL, LPG cylinders
are sold at market rates and consumers are entitled to get the subsidy
directly into their bank accounts. This
is done either through an Aadhaar linkage or a bank account linkage, it said.
5
Audited
Nine months ended
31.12.2014
31.12.2013
for the year ended
INDUS FINANCE CORPORATION LTD.
REGD. OFFICE: “KOTHARI BUILDINGS”, 4TH FLOOR, 114, M.G.ROAD,
NUNGAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI – 600 034. Email ID: [email protected]
CIN NO: L65191TN1992PLC022317
UN-AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER ENDED 31.12.2014
PART I
Sl.
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Three Months Ended
31.12.2014 30.09.2014 31.12.2013 31.12.2014 31.12.2013
Un Audited
Un Audited
1. Income from operation
(a) Net Sales/Income from Operations (Net of excise duty)
(b) Other operating income
Total income from operation (net)
2. Expenses
(a) Cost of materials consumed
(b) Purchases of stock-in-trade
(c) Changes in inventories of ﬁnished goods,
work -in progress and stock-in-trade
(d) Employee beneﬁts expense
(e) Depreciation and amortization expense
(f) Other expenses (Any item exceeding 10% of the total
expenses relating to continuing operations to be shown separately)
Total expenses
3. Proﬁt / (Loss) from operations before other income,
ﬁnance costs and exceptional items (1-2)
4. Other income
5. Proﬁt from ordinary activities before ﬁnance
costs and exceptional items (3+4)
6. Finance costs
7. Proﬁt from ordinary activities after ﬁnance costs but
before exceptional items (5-6)
8. Exceptional items
9. Proﬁt from ordinary activities before tax (7+8)
10. Tax expense
Current Tax
Deferred Tax Charge / (credit)
11. Net Proﬁt from ordinary activities after tax (9-10)
12. Extraordinary items (net of tax expense)
13. Net Proﬁt for the period ( 11-12)
14. Paid-up equity share capital (Face value of Rs. 10/- each)
15. Reserve excluding Revaluation Reserves as per balance
sheet of previous accounting year.
16. (i) Earnings per share (before extraordinary items) (of Rs. 10/- each)
(a) Basic
(b) Diluted
16. (ii) Earnings per share (after extraordinary items) (of Rs. 10/- each)
(a) Basis
(b) Diluted
Financial
Year Ended
31.03.2014
Audited
180.38
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180.38
130.76
0.00
130.76
68.10
0.00
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376.13
0.00
376.13
318.39
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318.39
611.23
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611.23
10.52
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5.27
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0.00
0.00
15.79
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0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
15.58
0.27
0.00
17.88
0.24
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16.29
0.23
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46.05
0.75
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48.23
43.91
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63.28
44.15
9.83
36.20
45.14
68.53
4.48
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64.91
127.50
72.36
164.50
41.12
148.55
144.18
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62.23
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47.10
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248.63
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153.89
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462.68
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144.18
137.87
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248.63
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462.68
258.94
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29.55
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78.07
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203.74
85.49
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PART II
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
31.12.2014 30.09.2014 31.12.2013
Un Audited
31.12.2014 31.12.2013
Un Audited
Financial
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31.03.2014
Audited
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Nine Months Ended
1. Public shareholding
- Number of shares
- Percentage of shareholding
2. Promoter and promoter group Shareholding
a) Pledged/Encumbered
- Number of shares
- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total shareholding of
Promoter and promoter group)
- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total share
Capital of the Company)
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- Number of Shares
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Particulars
Investor Complaints
Pending at the beginning of the quarter
Received during the quarter
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Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter
Quarter Ended 31st December 2014
Nil
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Notes:
1. The Un-audited Financial Results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of Company at their
meeting held on 30th January 2015.
2. The Statutory Auditors have carried out the limited review of the ﬁnancial results for the quarter ended 31st December 2014.
3. Previous year ﬁgures have been regrouped & rearranged wherever necessary.
For and on behalf of Board of
INDUS FINANCE CORPORATION LTD.,
Place: Chennai-34
Sd/- Bala V. Kutti
Date: 30th January 2015.
Chairman
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6 SUNDAY
1 FEBRUARY 2015
Sports
Serena wins 19th slam
Defeats Maria Sharapova to claim Aus Open
Melbourne, Feb 1 (AFP):
American top seed Serena Williams
won her sixth Australian Open and
19th career Grand Slam title with a
6-3, 7-6 (7/5) victory over Russia’s
Maria Sharapova.
The triumph means the world
number one overtakes 18-time major
champions Martina Navratilova and
Chris Evert to go a clear second on
the all-time Open-era winners’ list,
three behind Stefﬁ Graf on 22.
It also extends her staggering
decade-long dominance of arch rival
Sharapova, with the world number
one posting her 16th straight victory
over the Russian.
At 33, she also became the oldest
woman to win the title in the Openera, taking her tally at Melbourne
Park to six titles in six appearances
in the ﬁnal.
Contesting her 23rd Slam ﬁnal, she
surpassed Navratilova and Evert as
she chases Graf’s Open-era record
of 22. Australia’s Margaret Court, who
played many of her match before the
Open-era, has 24 titles.
Dhoni to be dad
soon: Reports
Mumbai, Jan 31:
India's World Cup-winning captain
MS Dhoni, who has been under the
scanner after the team's poor show in
the ongoing tri-series in Australia and
also retired from Test cricket.
However, there is some good news
for Dhoni too. According to media reports, the indian skipper and his wife
Sakshi are expecting their ﬁrst child.
Sakshi, who has completed her
Hotel Management studies married
Dhoni in July 2010. Since then, she
had been a prominent ﬁxture during
India's games across the globe, was
not seen around for quite some time.
Aussies beat Koreans
to win Asian Cup
Sydney, Feb 1 (AFP):
Substitute James Troisi smashed
home a dramatic extra-time winner
as Australia beat South Korea 2-1
to win their ﬁrst Asian Cup title in an
electrifying ﬁnal.
Troisi broke Korean hearts with the
very last kick in the ﬁrst extra period
after Son Heung-Min had snatched
a magical injury-time equaliser at
the end of
normal time.
A u s tralia's triumph
g a v e
them a ﬁrst title
since
defecting from
Oceania nine
years
ago,
while South Korea's anguish continued after they failed to break a
hoodoo in the tournament stretching
back to 1960.
It was a super effort from everyone,
said Australia coach Ange Postecoglou. It was a ﬁnal, it never goes to
script. It was tough, you've got to grind
it out and the courage the players
showed tonight was enormous.
Serena Williams
The ﬁrst Australian ﬁnal in a decade
to feature the tournament’s top two
seeds was a one-sided affair in the
ﬁrst set although Sharapova rallied
to make a contest of it in the second.
An intensely focused Williams
outgunned Sharapova, cannoning
down 18 aces, including a 203 kmh
(166 mph) thunderbolt and glaring at
her opponent during key moments as
Sharapova struggled to stay in the
march.
Sharapova made a disastrous start
when she double faulted to go down a
break in the opening game, succumbing to pressure as Williams aggres-
sively stood inside the baseline and
easily read the Russian’s intent.
The American then pounced on a
tentative return from Sharapova in
the next game to hold serve after
swatting a pin-point backhand to the
corner of the court.
Sharapova, wary of getting into a
slugfest with the game’s most powerful hitter, surprised Williams by
throwing occasional drop shots into
the mix, successfully holding serve.
Heavy rain interrupted play at 3-2,
with Williams taking shelter and towelling down as the roof was closed,
while Sharapova sat courtside then
performed warm-up exercises.
Williams emerged brieﬂy but went
back inside after suffering a coughing
ﬁt before the match ﬁnally resumed
after 13 minutes.
The American showed no sign of
losing momentum though, blasting
an ace with her ﬁrst shot and then
capitalising after Sharapova gave
her three break points with another
double fault.
Allow banned players
to make a comeback: Butt
Karachi, Feb 1 (PTI):
Pakistan's banned former captain
Salman Butt has said that those players who have been banned for spot
ﬁxing, have a right to try and make
a comeback to international cricket
once they complete their suspension
period.
I know some people, including
former players have said (Mohammad) Aamir shouldn't be allowed
to play cricket again, but I disagree
because he has got the clearance
from the ICC (International Cricket
Council) to play domestic cricket and
secondly, he is close to completing
his ﬁve-year ban, Butt said. Besides
Butt, two other players -- Aamir and
Mohammad Asif -- were banned for
spot ﬁxing during Pakistan's tour of
England in 2010 -- and are serving a
minimum ﬁve-year ban.
The trio also served varying jail
terms in England for the same offence before returning home.
The ICC, this week announced that
Aamir could resume playing domestic
cricket under the revised anti-corrup-
Salman Butt
tion laws, although his ban ofﬁcially
ends on September 2 this year.
I respect all those people who have
different opinions on this issue. But I
believe that even if we have made
mistakes, we have served our time.
Why shouldn't we be given a chance
to make a comeback? asked Butt.
Aamir has a right to try to make a
comeback to domestic cricket. My
case is also pending with the Pakistan Cricket Board and I am waiting
for further instructions, he added.
The former captain said that Aamir
had apologised to the nation and deserved a chance to redeem himself.
'I am happy for Aamir and I wish him
well. I am conﬁdent that soon the
PCB and ICC will also review my ban
because I am still not ﬁnished as a
cricketer and I want a shot at a
comeback to top level cricket,' he
said. Butt said he had also requested
the PCB to put in a request with the
ICC to review his ban, which ends
this year. 'I will also request the ICC
to drop my ﬁve year suspended ban,'
Butt stated.
Woods out of top 50
Indian boys, girls
teams win bronze
Scottsdale, Feb 1 (AP): at No. 47 in the world. He missed the
Tiger Woods, coming off an 82 for cut by 12 shots.
his worst round as a pro, will be out of
Woods will be no better than No.
the top 50 in the world ranking
53 next week, and could fall
for the ﬁrst time in more
Tiger Woods
even farther depending
than three years.
on what happens at the
And if he doesn't
Phoenix Open and
turn his game
Dubai Desert Clasaround quickly, he
sic. Woods has not
will be ineligible for
been lower than 58th
a World Golf Championship for only the
in the world since
second time in his
winning the first of
career.
his 79 title on the PGA
Woods was No. 1 in
Tour at the Las Vegas
the world eight months
Invitational in October 1996.
ago. But after missing most
He last was out of the top 50 on Nov.
of last year recovering from back
surgery, and playing poorly in the 27, 2011. Woods won the Chevron
few times he did play, Woods made World Challenge the next week and
his 2015 debut in the Phoenix Open moved up to No. 21.
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 1 (PTI):
India settled for a bronze each in
boys and girls sections at the Asian
Junior Squash Team Championship
after losing to Malaysia in both the
semiﬁnals here.
Both the boys and girls lost by an
identical 1-2 margin against their formidable opponents in the semiﬁnals
at Squash Racquets Association of
Malaysia courts at Bukit Jalil.
There is no third-place play-ff as both
the semiﬁnalist teams get a bronze each.
The Results (semiﬁnals):
Boys: Malaysia beat India 2-1: Mohammad Syaﬁq Kamal lost to Velavan
Senthilkumar 12-14, 8-11, 11-7, 3-11;
Ng Eain Yow bt Kush Kumar 11-7, 11-8,
11-4; Darren Chan Ti Lunn bt Sandeep
Ramachandran 11-7, 11-9, 11-5.
CHENNAI
Not enough matches for
Pak to prepare: Akram
Karachi, Feb 1 (PTI): them to beat us so comfortably. It
Former Pakistan captain Wasim became a one-sided clash, said
Akram has expressed concerns Akram.
over the national cricket team not
He said both the batsmen and
getting enough matches and time to bowlers are yet to adjust to the
get acclimatised to the conditions in conditions in New Zealand.
New Zealand and Australia ahead
One could see today the batsof the World Cup, starting
men are still to adjust to the
from 14 February.
seam conditions in New
When you look at India
Zealand and our bowling
and how they are still
is not hitting top gear,
struggling despite besaid Akram.
ing in Australia for the
Stating that Pakistan
past two months and
selection committee
having played a lot of
should have selected
matches, it does raises
those players in the
concerns whether PakiWorld Cup squad who
stan have enough time
could handle the condiWasim Akram
to go well prepared into
tions in Down Under betthe World Cup, Akram said.
ter, Akram said: I think inIt takes time to adjust to the
stead of putting stress on young
pitches and conditions in both players, we should have laid stress
countries and I have toured those on having the right players for the
nations many times in the past. I conditions in the World Cup squad.
just think a few warm up games and
Pakistani selectors have left out
two ODIs against New Zealand is senior players like Shoaib Malik,
not the proper preparation for such Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq and
a mega event.
Muhammad Sami from the World
We should have played a full
Cup squad, while champion
ODI series in New Zealand
off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal is also
and had some more games
not available due to his bowling
in Australia before the World
suspension.
Cup, insisted Akram, who
Meanwhile, former Test opener
was a part of the 1992
and chief selector
World Cup winning
Mohsin Khan has
squad and also capalso described Patained Pakistan to the
kistan's
show
against
New Zealand
1999 edition ﬁnal in England.
as
disappointing.
The fast bowling great told Geo
News channel that he was sur'The team looks out of sync with
prised with the way New Zealand the conditions in New Zealand. We
defeated Pakistan by seven wickets are fortunate Misbah is scoring runs
with 63 balls to spare in the ﬁrst
and Shahid Afridi blasted a great
One-day International.
New Zealand team has been in innings. But it is the bowling and
great form off-late and I was expect- ﬁelding which is looking ragged to
ing them to win, but not expecting me,' he said.
Cricket
Dwayne Bravo
quits Test cricket
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Just weeks after being dropped with the deep awareness that I am
from the West Indies' World Cup ultimately representing the people
squad, a 'disillusioned' Dwayne of the game.
Bravo has announced his retireI recognise that this is a difﬁcult
ment from
time for all of us. Our people of
Test cricket.
the region have seen and enjoyed
mers of Holland and Debashis Das,
Gibraltar, Feb 1 (PTI):
The all-rounder, who has not great cricketing days but we will not
Grandmaster and former nationwho had an easy outing against Anplayed Tests since December return to glory until we agree to go
al champion B Adhiban crashed
dres Guerrero Vargas of Venezuela.
2010, was axed from the West forward with our love for the game
through the defences of former
In a notable result, Soumya SwaIndies one-day side for the tour of and the respect of the administrawomen's world champion Antoaneta
minathan held Bela Khotenashvili of
South Africa and the World Cup but tors, players and the public.
Stefanova of Bulgaria to remain in
Georgia to a creditable draw.
the 31-year-old player still
I have experienced the exhilajoint lead in the Masters section of
wants to continue playing
Grandmaster Deep Sengupta was
rating joy of victory and the
Tradewise
the limited-overs game.
however on the receiving end against
devastating pain of defeat.
Gibraltar Chess Festival here.
Dwayne, who had reYangyi Yu of China.
The joyous memories will
Scoring his fourth victory in as
cently signed a yearAdhiban
was
in
his
elements
against
remind me of what we
many rounds, Adhiban kept pace
long retainer contract
Stefanova out of a Grunfeld defense
are capable of achieving.
with second seed Hikaru Nakamura
with the WICB and was
I want to be part of that
game. The Indian has been steadily
of United States, Renier Vazquez
part of the West Indies'
mission.
climbing the rating charts in recent
Igarza of Spain and wonder-kid Wei
T20 side against South
I
thank the cricketing fratermonths and this game was another
Yi of China, all of whom have four
Africa, is proud be reprenity
for
their support and look
points apiece with six rounds still
attestation to the fact that he is ready
sent the national side.
forward
to
serving you with deterremaining in the 175000 Pounds
to march in to top 100 of world rankToday I am announcing my reSterling (Approx. Rs. 1.7 Crores)
ings soon.
tirement from Test cricket. I have mination and the pride of being a
prise money festival.
already informed the WICB of this West Indian.
Stefanova sacrificed a pawn on
The trouble seems to haver
It was a rather dull day for highest
decision and also indicated my
the king side to take advantage of
started
when Dwayne led a revolt
rated Indian P Harikrishna as he was with top seed former world champion but could only share the point with
desire to continue to represent the
weaknesses on the other ﬂank but
against
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held to an easy draw by Michael Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
West
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of the game, said Bravo, who has West Indies Players Association
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remains within striking distance of the
represented West Indies in 40 (WIPA) in October last year against
Tests and 147 ODIs, in his retire- non-payment of dues and the team
leaders with 3.5 points in his kitty from among 12 players on the heels of times. Also inching up to three points triumphed over judgement. Marching
were S P Sethuraman, who defeated his pawn to seventh rank in quick
the leaders.
ment statement.
four games.
abruptly ended India's tour in the
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CHENNAI
SUNDAY
1 FEBRUARY 2015
7
6-point template to
boost Sino-India ties
Both nations should follow action oriented approach, says Sushma
Priests pouring holy water on the kalasam of Rajarajeshwari
Navashakthi Kanni Amman temple at Nandambakkam in Chennai today
as part of the maha kumbhabhishekam.
Children pulling the chariot of Arulmigu Kodandaramaswami
Devasthanam at Nandambakkam in Chennai today as part of the 26th
Brahma Utsavam celebration of the temple.
College students participating in an cancer awareness rally conducted
by Apollo Hospitals at Marina in Chennai today.
New Delhi, Feb 1:
On her maiden visit to China, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
today proposed a six point ‘template’
to broad base Sino-India engagement with an action oriented approach to usher in Asian century.
Addressing an India-China Media
forum at the start of her visit here,
Sushma proposed the two countries should follow action oriented
approach, broad base bilateral engagement, convergence of common,
regional and global interests, develop
new areas of cooperation, expand
strategic communication, fullﬁll common aspirations to usher ‘Asian
century’.
Highlighting that her visit is taking
place against the backdrop of new
government taking over ofﬁce in India
with a decisive mandate, Sushma
said the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi led government propelled the
aspiration of young, vibrant and enterprising generation.
‘Even in the last eight months it is
already evident that dramatic transformations are underway in my country that will accelerate our journey to
modernity,’ Sushma said.
In the background of a strong government emerging in India, Sushma
said Modi already had three meeting
with Chinese President Xi Jinping
and met Premier Li Keqiang.
Cong, BJP, AAP ﬁeld
19 women candidates
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI):
Assurances on women
safety are galore in the
national capital in the run
up to the Delhi Assembly
polls but when it comes to
ﬁelding women candidates,
the major parties in the fray
have fared poorly.
A total of 19 women candidates have been ﬁelded by
three major political parties
in the contest- BJP, Congress
and AAP in the election for
the 70-member House.
BJP has given tickets
to maximum number of
women candidates for the
February 7 polls including
its Chief Ministerial nominee
Kiran Bedi who is contesting
from Krishna Nagar.
The party has fielded
eight women including
former Union Minister
Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar, former DUSU
presidents Rekha Gupta
from Shalimar Bagh and
Nupur Sharma from highproﬁle New Delhi constituency, Kiran Vaidya from
Trilokpuri, Rajni Abbi from
Timarpur, homoeopathy
practitioner Nandini Sharma from Malviya Nagar
and former South Delhi
Mayor Sarita Chaudhary
from Mehrauli.
Close to BJP is the Aam
Aadmi Party, which has
fielded six women candidates including Rakhi
Birla, Bandna Kumari, Saritha Singh, Alka Lambha,
Pramila Tokas and Bhavna
Gaur. While Birla was the
cabinet minister of Women
Woman killed
by hubby
for dowry
Balrampur, Feb 1 (PTI):
A 21-year-old woman
was strangulated to death
allegedly by her husband
for dowry in Utraula area,
police said today.
Parveen was killed by
her husband Saddam and
two others for dowry in Kolhui Binnu village late last
evening, they said. Police
said that a case had been
registered against three
persons in this connection.
3 children
drown in tank
& Child, Social Welfare and
Languages in Delhi during
AAP’s 49-day regime, Bandana Kumari was elected
as an MLA from the Shalimar Bagh constituency in
last polls.
The least number of women candidates have been
fielded by the Congress
which has given tickets to
just ﬁve women contestants.
The prominent names in
the list include Kiran Walia,
who is contesting from
New Delhi Assembly seat
against Arvind Kejriwal and
President Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmishta
Mukherjee, who is contesting from Greater Kailash
Assembly constituency.
Other women nominees
of the Congress include
Rita Shokeen, Meenakshi
Chandela and municipal
councillor Rinku.
The number of tickets
given to women candidates
by the three leading parties is in sharp contrast to
population of women voters in Delhi.
According to electoral roll,
a total of 1.33 crore people
are eligible to vote out of
which over 72 lakh are
men and around 59 lakh
are women voters. Out of
673 candidates in the fray,
only 66 are women.
In the 2013 Assembly
polls in Delhi, Congress
and AAP had ﬁelded six
women candidates each
while from the BJP five
women candidates had
contested the polls.
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My new name is
‘Vikaas Bedi’
Highlighting that her visit is taking
place against the backdrop of new
government taking over ofﬁce in India,
Sushma said the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi led government
propelled the aspiration of young,
vibrant and enterprising generation
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang
Yi was the ﬁrst foreign dignitary to
have been invited by India after Modi
government took over, Sushma said
pointing the to important India attached to the relations with China.
On the defence relations between
the two countries Sushma said ‘we
have made considerable progress in
establishing and expanding defence
contacts and exchanges including
across the our border’.
‘They contribute to the maintenance of peace and tranquillity
there, a perquisite to, for the further
development of our relationship. On
the boundary question my government is committed to expanding an
early settlement’, she said.
Stating that the ties have grown
beyond bilateral ties, Sushma said
the two countries now are parts
of multilateral bodies like BRICS
and BASIC.
New Delhi, Feb 1:
Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP)
Delhi Chief Ministerial candidate
Kiran Bedi today said that her
name has been changed to ‘Vikaas
Bedi’ and she is here to link the
development of Delhi with that of
the country.
‘I am here to link nation’s development with Delhi’s development. My
name has changed to ‘Vikas’ Bedi,’
Bedi was quoted by ANI.
Bedi, along with Union Minister
Dr Harsh Vardhan, held a road
show in Krishna Nagar area of the
national capital.
The former IPS ofﬁcer is contesting upcoming Assembly polls from
Krishna Nagar constituency.
Prior to today’s road show, Bedi
took to Twitter yesterday to tweet
about her new name.
‘Given a new name ‘Vikas Bedi.
Just met CM Haryana. He assured
regular water supply to Delhi & to
work together on Yamuna cleansing..,’ she tweeted.
Bedi had attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in the
national capital yesterday.
Modi had said that Bedi can lead
Delhi to development.
The Minister said she will be attending the Russia, India, China
Foreign Ministers meet tomorrow.
Sushma said more importantly the
relationship with key neighbours
requires strong and broad based
support from people of both the
countries.
‘It is only logical that therefore
we have invested our energies in
strengthening people to people
contacts. During this visit I expect
to that area to be forward in many
ways’, she said.
Sushma said she will be launching
‘2015: Visit India Year in China’.
‘Tourism is an effective vehicle
to promote people to people understanding and the two countries
agreed that we need to make
stronger efforts in that regard’ she
said adding that the cultural exchange initiative agreed during Xi’s
visit is currently under way.
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Total Income from Operation (net)
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ﬁnance costs and exceptional items (1-2)
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exceptional items (3+4)
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(b) Diluted
31.12.14
Three Months Ended
30.9.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Full Yr. Ended
31.3.14
Audited
852.86
852.86
297.74
297.74
1736.38
1736.38
2123.33
2123.33
2198.55
2198.55
198.34
198.34
983.10
983.10
330.95
330.95
2001.31
2001.31
2276.34
2276.34
2340.45
120.24
-
216.06
-
84.31
-
556.69
-
421.63
-
561.57
8.81
165.97
-
276.72
-
103.61
-
716.77
-
425.37
-
561.57
8.81
47.37
55.28
57.60
355.45
34.89
77.13
135.15
683.50
108.34
858.66
(35.34)
159.10
950.29
47.37
55.28
57.60
355.45
34.89
77.13
135.15
683.50
108.34
858.66
(35.34)
159.10
950.29
31.45
254.33
72.72
701.83
57.97
254.30
164.32
1539.65
199.49
1588.12
248.24
1892.67
47.57
316.19
140.34
830.11
57.97
273.60
256.06
1791.48
311.56
1703.93
388.71
2033.14
(127.40)
296.04
151.03
14.97
43.44
80.00
196.73
312.94
535.21
80.72
305.88
195.54
(117.95)
295.60
152.99
14.97
57.35
80.00
209.83
312.50
572.41
80.72
307.31
195.54
168.64
165.99
166.00
153.12
123.44
115.92
509.67
461.30
615.93
425.78
501.42
471.69
177.65
165.99
167.96
153.12
137.35
115.92
522.33
461.30
653.13
425.78
502.85
471.69
2.65
2.65
2.65
2.65
-
12.88
12.88
12.88
12.88
-
7.52
7.52
7.52
112.95
(91.52)
-
48.37
48.37
48.37
48.37
-
190.15
190.15
190.15
225.12
(34.97)
-
29.73
29.73
0.01
20.09
9.63
9.63
-
11.66
11.66
11.66
11.66
1.47
14.84
14.84
14.84
14.84
0.51
21.43
21.43
21.43
112.95
(98.53)
7.01
61.03
61.03
61.03
61.03
2.42
227.35
227.35
227.35
225.12
2.23
13.07
31.16
31.16
0.60
20.09
10.47
10.47
3.73
2.65
8974.14
12.88
8974.14
(91.52)
8974.14
48.37
8974.14
(34.97)
8974.14
9.63
8974.14
10.19
8974.14
14.33
8974.14
(98.53)
8974.14
58.61
8974.14
(10.84)
8974.14
6.74
8974.14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8849.24
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.05
0.05
0.21
0.21
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.07
0.07
0.25
0.25
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.01
(0.10)
(0.10)
0.05
0.05
(0.04)
(0.04)
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.02
(0.10)
(0.10)
0.07
0.07
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.01
Standalone
Nine Months Ended
31.12.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
31.12.14
Three Months Ended
30.9.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Consolidated
Nine Months Ended
31.12.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
31.12.14
54184270
60.38
54184270
60.38
55630047
61.99
54184270
60.38
55630047
61.99
54804270
61.07
54184270
60.38
54184270
60.38
55630047
61.99
54184270
60.38
55630047
61.99
54804270
61.07
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
4000000
11.25
11.25
11.73
11.25
11.73
11.45
`11.25
11.25
11.73
11.25
11.73
11.45
4.46
4.46
4.46
4.46
4.46
4.46
4.46
` 4.46
` 4.46
` 4.46
4.46
4.46
31557216
31557216
30111439
31557216
30111439
30937216
31557216
31557216
30111439
31557216
30111439
30937216
88.75
88.75
88.27
88.75
88.27
88.55
88.75
88.75
88.27
88.75
88.27
88.55
35.16
35.16
33.55
35.16
33.55
34.47
35.16
35.16
33.55
35.16
33.55
`34.47
Particulars
Full Yr. Ended
31.3.14
Audited
2340.45
Three Months Ended
30.9.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Full Yr. Ended
31.3.14
Audited
3 Months ended December 31, 2014
B. INVESTOR COMPLAINTS
Pending at the beginning of the quarter
Received during the quarter
Disposed of during the quarter
unresolved at the end of the quarter
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Particulars
31.12.14
Power:
Income
Expenses
Proﬁt
Project:
Income
Expenses
Proﬁt
Others:
Income
Expenses
Proﬁt
Proﬁt before Unallocable exp
Less: Unallocable expenses
Proﬁt before tax
Full Yr. Ended
31.3.14
Audited
Consolidated
Nine Months Ended
31.12.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
126.93
126.93
PART II
A. Particulars of share holding
1.Public Shareholding
- Number of Shares
- Percntage of shareholding
2 Promoter and promoter group Shareholding
(a) Pledged / Encumbered
- Number of Shares
- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total
shareholding of Promoter and promoter group)
- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total share
Capital of the Company)
(b) Non-encumbered
- Number of Shares
- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total shareholding
of Promoter and promoter group)
- Percentage of shares (as a % of the total share
capital of the company)
Three Months Ended
30.9.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Standalone
Nine Months Ended
31.12.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Three Months Ended
30.9.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
SEGMENT REPORT
Standalone
Nine Months ended
31.12.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Rs. In Lakhs
Full Yr. Ended
31.3.14
Audited
31.12.14
Three Months Ended
30.9.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Consolidated
Nine Months Ended
31.12.14
31.12.13
Un-Audited
Full Yr.Ended
31.3.14
Audited
126.93
298.01
(171.08)
852.86
768.13
84.73
297.74
240.45
57.29
1736.38
1701.49
34.89
2123.33
1706.07
417.26
2198.55
1983.55
215.00
198.24
331.23
(132.99)
983.10
882.34
100.76
330.95
314.38
16.57
2001.31
1924.69
76.62
2276.34
1876.51
399.83
2340.45
1983.55
356.90
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8.81
(8.81)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
35.34
8.81
26.53
296.04
0.00
296.04
124.96
122.31
2.65
14.97
0.00
14.97
99.70
86.82
12.88
80.00
0.00
80.00
137.29
129.77
7.52
312.94
0.00
312.94
347.83
299.46
48.37
80.72
0.00
80.72
497.98
307.83
190.15
305.88
0.00
305.88
512.07
482.34
29.73
295.60
0.00
295.60
162.60
150.95
11.66
14.97
0.00
14.97
115.73
100.89
14.84
80.00
0.00
80.00
96.57
75.14
21.43
312.50
0.00
312.50
389.11
328.09
61.03
80.72
0.00
80.72
480.55
253.20
227.35
195.54
0.00
195.54
578.57
547.81
31.16
Nagapattinam, Feb 1(PTI):
Three children drowned
in a tank at a village in the
district, police said today.
NOTES:
1. The Unaudited Financial Results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on 30th January 2015.
Edwin (12), Azhagumathi
2. Reduction in sales for the third quarter was due to monsoon failure.
(11) and Anusha (8), all
3. Increase in the operation cost was due to major expenses on some windmills and transmission costs imposed by TANGEDCO.
4. The Statutory auditors have carried out the limited review of the results for the quarter ended 31st December 2014.
neighbours in Pannaiyakudi
5. Depreciation is provided in line with the generation of power.
village, had gone to the tank
6. Previous years ﬁgures have been regrouped & rearranged wherever necessary.
For and on behalf of Board of
last evening when they
For MIL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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AJITH IS ALWAYS
FRIENDLY,
SAYS VIVEK
V
ivek joins hands with ﬁlmmaker Gautham Menon
after a gap of 13 years. He was part of Minnale.
Now he is acting in Gautham’s Yennai Arindhaal
which stars Ajith in the lead role.
Says Vivek, ‘Gautham is a matured ﬁlmmaker today. It is nice working with him’.
‘When we were shooting for Minnale, he was
tensed. He is clear about his priorities now and
executes things to perfection’, he says.
The movie stsr Ajith, Trisha, Anushka and Arun
Vijay. Music is by Harris Jeyaraj. It is releasing on
5 February.
EXCERPTS FROM HIS INTERVIEW
Q: On working with Ajith?
A: I have already acted with him in ﬁlms including
Kadhal Mannan. Yennai Arindhaal is special in my
career. I thank Ajith for his love and affection. He was
very friendly on the sets.
Q: On sharing screen with Anushka and Trisha?
A: Trisha is sweet and cute while Anushka is charming and clever. They are thorough professionals. They
have added more weight to the movie with their splendid
performance.
Q: Compare Gautham Menon of Minnale with Yennai Arindhaal?
A: 13 years ago, when we shot for Minnale, he was
more tensed. Today he is more matured and clear about
his priorities. It is always a pleasure to work with him.
Q: What is your role in the movie?
A: I play a man, who carries himself according to the
situation. He will be serious at times and he will mischievous too. The character will make the audience laugh
as well as think.
—M BHARAT KUMAR
Vivek and Ajith
D
irector Balki is all thrilled for
his Shamitabh releasing on
6 February.
Presented by Eros International, it is produced by RK Damani, Sunil Lulla, Gauri Shinde,
Rakesh Jhunjhuwaala and
Abhishek Bachchan. Shamitabh
starrs Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush and Akshara Haasan in
lead roles.
On casting Dhanush in the
lead role. the Cheeni Kum ﬁlmmaker, says, ‘I have watched all
his Tamil movies. I really liked
his work. Even if he hadn’t done
Raanjhanaa, I would have still
approached him for the role. He
is just perfect.’
Dhanush pretended to be
nervous at ﬁrst, but he was ﬂawless. He was extremely comfortable with Hindi, even though he
behaved like he was struggling
with it, he adds.
I am very lucky to be working
with people like Ilayaraja, P C
Sreeram. It always pushes me
to do more, he says.
—NT Bureau
Amitabh Bachchan and Dhanush in Shamitabh
Dhanush is truly
inspiring: Balki
A still from Uttama Villain
T
Uttama Villain
audio from
1 March
he audio launch of Kamal Haasan’s Uttama Villain
will take place on 1 March.
The ﬁlm stars Kamal Haasan, Andrea, Pooja Kumar
and Nasser in the lead roles. The ﬁlm has Ghibran,
who has already scored the music for Kamal’s Vishwaroopam 2 composing the music.
Produced by director N Lingusamy’s Thirrupathi
Brothers, the ﬁlm has been directed by Ramesh Aravind. The story and screenplay is by Kamal Haasan
himself and the cinematography is by Shyam Dutt.
The expectation of the audio is high since the young
composer has bagged 3 Kamal Haasan’s ﬁlms which
include including Papanasam, the Tamil remake of
Drishyam.
Uttama Villain also stars Parvathy Nair, Jayaram,
veteran ﬁlmmakers K Vishwanath and K Balachander, who passed away recently.
— NT Bureau
Saahasam
audio soon
P
rashanth’s Saahasam will see its audio launch happening
soon. Ace music director Anirudh crooned a song for Thaman’s
musical score in Saahasam. The movie has story and screenplay
by Thiyagarajan, who has also produced it. The movie marks the
comeback of Prashanth. He is back on screen after a couple of
years. The album has come good and songs will top the charts,
say sources close to the unit.
—NT Bureau
Ready for
the race
Sandamarutham
from 20 Feb
P
Dinesh, Bindu Madhavi in Tamilukku En Ondrai
Aluthavum.
roducer Udhayanidhi Stalin of Red Giant Movies has conﬁrmed the release of
Tamilukku En Ondrai Aluthavum. The movie
will hit the screens on February 20. The ﬁlm
directed by Ramesh Rayappa has been lying on the shelves for a long time now. SS
Thaman has composed music.
The star cast of Tamilukku En Ondrai
Aluthavum includes Nakul, Dinesh, Bindu
Madhavi and Aishwarya Dutta in lead roles.
Sathish, Urvashi and Manobala will be seen
as part of the supporting cast.
—NT Bureau
S
arath Kumar is all set for his next release. Directed by
A Venkatesh and written by Sarath Kumar himself, Sandamarutham is a ﬁlm featuring the veteran in dual roles with
Oviya, Meera Nandan and Samuthirakani in other important
characters.
This ﬁlm commenced its shooting in May and is now all
set to hit the screens on 20 February.
James Vasanthan has scored the music.
Says Venkatesh,’Sarath Kumar has given his
best in dual roles. Sandamarutham has
come good to entertain fans’.
—NT Bureau
A still from Sandamarutham
Stars come together for
Sagaptham music launch
I
Actors Vijayakanth, Vagai Chandrasekar, Prabu, Nepolean, music director Karthik
Raja at the audio launch of Sagaptham in Chennai on Saturday.
t was a moment to cherish for actor
Vijayakanth. The audio launch of Sagapatham, the maiden venture of his son
Shanmuga Pandian took place in Chennai
on Saturday. The big names of Tamil ﬁlm
industry gathered under one roof to be
part ofthe celebrations.
Sagaptham has music by Karthik
Raja. Neha Singh and Subhra Aiyappa
play heroines to Shanmuga Pandian.
Sagaptham, produced by Captain Cine
Creations, will be released officially on
13 February.
Among those who attended the audio
launch included actors Prabhu, Vijayakumar, Sivakumar, Sathyaraj, Vagai
Chandrasekar, Nepolean, Jayam Ravi,
Sibiraj, Vikram Prabhu, Prashanth,
filmmakers R Parthiban, K Bhagyaraj,
P Vasu, K S Ravikumar, S A Chandrasekhar, music composer and lyricist
Gangai Amaran among others.
A couple of songs were screened on
the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Vijayakanth
expressed conﬁdence that his son would
make it big in the industry. He thanked all
the ﬁlm artistes for attending the event.
Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who
were supposed to attend the audio
launch, sent their greetings and bouquets
to the cast and crew of the ﬁlm.
—NT Bureau
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