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Monday, December 27, 2010
Paul McCartney, HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London (Financial Times)
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Times Crest: Sex and the Maximum City
Women in Mumbai traditionally occupied public spaces with far greater ease than most other Indian cities, owing to two distinct historical phenomena. The combination of social reform movements, around freedom, education and the abolition of caste, alongside the development of public transport systems made Mumbai comfortable for women. The recent breakdown of Mumbai's public transport, at a time when its social fabric is unravelling, is fast turning the city into an urban nightmare.
"Women were at the forefront of important reform movements in Maharashtra, resulting in their taking to the streets in large numbers, " says Sameera Khan, co-author of Why Loiter?, a forthcoming book on public spaces in Mumbai. Khan indicates the ladies' compartments in Mumbai local trains, which made it possible for women to travel across the city. But Mumbai's burgeoning population has put immense strain on transport.
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Monday, December 6, 2010
LeT's annual operations budget is $ 5.2 million - Economic Times
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Pakistan must fight terrorism strongly: Sarkozy - Hindustan Times
Calling upon Pakistan to fight terrorism with determination, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday appreciated India's efforts to "stretch out its hand" towards its South Asian neighbour. "We applaud India's effort to stretch out its hand. We call upon Pakistan to fight terrorism determinedly," Sarkozy said in reply to a query on counter-terrorism cooperation at a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here.
He pointed out that France had stood "shoulder-to-shoulder" with India in the aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which two French officials had also died. They were among the 166 victims.
"Our cooperation on counter-terrorism is without limits," said Sarkozy.
He said he appreciated Manmohan Singh's effort to reach out to Pakistan, despite the Indian public opinion being "deeply shocked and traumatised" by the terror savagery.
Sarkozy said that in the 21st century, the only way to ensure peace and security was to "develop together and not against another", making a reference to the European Union, where former foes now work together.
The president said both France and India have the "same reading on Afghanistan".
Sarkozy is on a four-day visit to India that ends Tuesday.
Times Crest: Why Armin's so charmin'
Armin van Buuren, voted Best DJ in the world, on how he teases, pleases and has the crowd coming back for more.
They couldn't have been older than 14. Accompanied by parents who kept a sharp eye on what they were up to, the girls in neon tees were a strange sight in the sea of dressed-to-the-nines club crowd. But the teenage pair was oblivious to the curious glances. With permission slips in hand to stay out till 3 am, they had turned up, like hundreds of others, to watch the world's number one, and some may argue, best DJ, Armin van Buuren.
Unlike many of the big names on the electronic dance scene who are all on the wrong side of 40 and hence less attractive to a young crowd, van Buuren is 34. More than any other DJ, he has revived the dance music genre which has in recent years suffered from stunted evolution, with people tiring of the same cheesy anthems that are played in superclubs.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Armymen allegedly assault CBI search team - Hindustan Times
Army personnel at the Military Command Hospital in Pune allegedly locked up and manhandled a team of CBI officials, after which the sleuths registered a complaint with the police against a Major General for obstructing government officials from performing their duties. A CBI team, accompanied by the local police, went to the hospital premises yesterday following a complaint from a vendor engaged in supplying medicines and surgical equipment alleging irregularities in purchases and seeking of bribe by an officer of the rank of Lt Colonel, official sources said in Pune.
However, the CBI team, on reaching the hospital, were first locked up and then surronded by nearly 40 lathi-wielding army personnel, the agency said that in its complaint to the Pune police, a copy of which has been sent to agency headquarters in Delhi.
According to Vidya Kulkarni, CBI-ACB Superintendent, the CBI officials sought the assistance of the police to go ahead with the searches, to which Maj Gen S S Panwar, commandant Command hospital, objected.
CBI claimed that at the behest of the Major General, the Army personnel did not allow its officials to perform the duties. The CBI officials were later allowed to leave without performing their duties.
However, late in the night, the sleuths carried out the searches with a larger presence of the police and sezied some of the documents, the sources said. Some of the documents might have already been removed by the army officials, CBI apprehends.
A Command hospital spokesman denied the CBI team was manhandled.
Airlines representatives meet DGCA over fare hikes - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Sending a firm message to private airlines insisting on massive fare hikes, government asserted that "corrective action" will be taken within a week even as DGCA met representatives of low cost airlines and asked them to show some reasonableness in ticket pricing.
"Sure, within a week you will find corrective action ... the regulator is not helpless ... I am sure they can and they will (act) when the situation wants. It is not that we are not seeing it. The situation is being monitored," Civil aviation minister Praful Patel said.
Top executives of three low cost airlines -- Spicejet, Indigo and GoAir -- were called for discussions on the issue by Director General of Civil Aviation E K Bharat Bhushan.
"The whole purpose is to ensure that there is some reasonableness about the fares," Bhushan, who was appointed to the post only yesterday, told reporters after the meeting.
He said he has called representatives of full service airlines for discussions on Monday.
The airlines' proposal of kilometre-based fare slabs was rejected earlier this week by the civil aviation ministry which maintained there was "no justification" for fare hike in an "arbitrary manner".
As per the proposals, the airfares were quoted by the airlines for four distance slabs of less than 750 km, 750- 1,000 km, 1,000-1,400 km and beyond 1,400 km.
Under it, a passenger buying an economy class ticket closer to the travel date may have to shell out Rs 10,500 for a Delhi-Chandigarh or Chennai-Coimbatore flight and anything upto Rs 40,000 on the Delhi-Bangalore or Delhi-Kolkata route.
The airlines have 'bucket fares' which mean there are certain number seats reserved in each flight at low fares that can be booked much in advance. As soon as these number of seats are filled, the fares grow progressively to a higher bucket closer to the date of travel
"We have told them we want some predictability and fairness in the fares which they charge, which we are trying to enforce," Bhushan said.
Bhushan said the DGCA was trying to bring some reasonableness in the pricing issue and wanted the process to be transparent to enable the consumer to make an informed choice.
"We would like to have these bucket fares and are trying to understand what the problems are," he said.
There was an extraordinary hike in fares during the Diwali vacation and the government has been making efforts to ensure that the same is not repeated during Christmas," Patel had said.
In Bangalore, Kinghfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya lashed out at DGCA's attempts to rein in the prices and wanted the government to cut the "excessive" sales tax on the Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF).
"Why should government regulate anything in an era of deregulation and competition," he asked.
"An airlines seat is a perishable commodity. It is dictated by demand and supply. Dynamic pricing is practiced all over the world by every airline without exception. I do not understand why we are making a song and dance of it in India," Mallya said.
"I would request the Government of India on bringing down the highly excessive sales tax on ATF, which we are willing to pass on to the consumers immediately," Mallya said.
Captaincy has not affected my batting, says Gambhir - Hindustan Times
Three wins on the trot as captain and back-to-back centuries to help his side clinch the ODI series against New Zealand, Gautam Gambhir on Saturday said that he was enjoying as skipper of the Indian team as runs were flowing from his bat. Gambhir said that leading the side in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni has not affected his batting and he did not feel any different while playing without the burden of captaincy.
"As a player or a captain I have given 100%. Captaincy has not changed my batting. I am striking the ball well and would have batted like this under any captain," Gambhir said after playing a captain's knock of 126 not out to help India score a series-clinching victory over New Zealand in the third ODI in Vadodara.
"Playing for the country is enough of motivation to do well. I always believe captain is only as good as the team he has under him. I am lucky to have a fine set of players who are all motivated to do well," he said.
Gambhir was fulsome in praise of his bowlers and described spearhead Zaheer Khan, who pushed New Zealand on the back foot with his two-wicket haul in the first five overs, as the best left-arm pacer in the world now.
"He's the best left arm pace bowler in the world now and to have him in the side is a a great asset," said Gambhir.
"Ashwin is a quality spinner with a lot of variety. To be able to bowl well during Power Plays and in the slog phase is great. If he keeps bowling like this he will be a big asset to the team," he said.
"Yusuf (Pathan) and Munaf (Patel) are very talented and quality players. Munaf bowled great at first change. Getting 1 for 28 in 10 overs in sub continent wickets is great. He was exceptional today. And the way Yusuf contributed with the ball was also a great job. Given an opportunity I would love to have him bat higher up the order," he added.
He said that it was a good toss to win as there was early morning help to the bowlers.
"When there is dew in Baroda it does a bit in the morning. It's red soil. It was a good toss to win but even it you win it or not you have to keep doing the job. It was a great effort from our bowlers to restrict them to 225-odd. It was a very good team effort," said the left-handed opener who slammed an unbeaten 126 to be named the man of the match.
It was the 29-year-old's second ton against the Kiwis on the trot after his match-winning 138 not out in the second ODI in Jaipur on December 1.
Sarkozy backs India for UNSC, NSG - Economic Times
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday declared support for New Delhi's membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group as well as an expanded UN Security Council.var AddOthers = document.getElementById("yahoobuzzsyn").innerHTML;var msgparent = '7043117'; var _obj=document.getElementById("reportAbuseDiv"); var y = findPosY(_obj); window.onscroll=setabuseForm;populatediv('/alsoinside.cms','alsoinside');populate('/prevstory/'+privsec+'.cms','prevstory','no');window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId: "128738260476079", xfbml: true, cookie: true, status: true });};(function() { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js'; document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);}()); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js' %3E%3C/script%3E")); COMSCORE.beacon({ c1:2, c2:6036484, c3:"", c4:"", c5:"", c6:"", c15:"" });function blockError(){return true;} window.onerror = blockError; var timeslog_channel_url = 'economictimes.indiatimes.com';var ttrendlogmsid='7043117';
CBI alleges its men were obstructed at military hospital - Times of India
PUNE : The CBI on Saturday filed a complaint with police alleging that the authorities at the military command hospital obstructed its personnel when they carried out searches in the premises last night.
Vidya Kulkarni, CBI-ACB Superintendent, The CBI is lodging a complaint at the Wanawadi police station against the army official Major General Surendra Panwar for obstructing the public servants from discharging their pubic duties."
A team of CBI Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials had raided the hospital premises acting on a complaint from a vendor engaged in supplying medicines and surgical equipment to the hospital, alleging irregularities in purchases and seeking of illegal gratification.
The CBI officials had to seek assistance from local police to go ahead with the searches to which Maj Gen S S Panwar, commandant, Command hospital, objected.
After the police intervention, the CBI officials seized an AC unit from the hospital along with some papers in connection with the purchases.
Meanwhile, a Command hospital spokesman has denied that the CBI team was manhandled in the incident. The CBI complaint has also not mentioned any manhandling by the authorities, Kulkarni said.
Hopeful of air-fares stabilising within a week: Praful Patel - Times of India
MUMBAI: Union civil aviation minister, Praful Patel, on Saturday said that he was hopeful of air-fares which had risen astronomically in the last month, stabilising within a week.
"I am sure within a week you will find corrective action (fares stabilising) being taken (by airlines)," Patel told reporters here.
Patel also said that if remedial action was not taken by air-carriers, then the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DCGA) is empowered to take such action as would benefit travellers.
"The regulator is not helpless. It should not be presumed that the regulator cannot take action. I am sure they can and they will when the situation warrants," the Minister said.
Top executives of all Indian carriers have been called for a meeting today as well as on Monday with the DGCA in the capital to explain why they have proposed such high fares.
While SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo officials are slated to have discussions with the DGCA today, full-service carriers, Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines will meet with the regulator on Monday.
Patel had earlier said that either exorbitant fares or "predatory fares" (lowering of ticket prices even below cost to under-cut competing airlines) would not be allowed.
"The Government and DGCA have viewed these developments (high-fare bands) very seriously and we feel corrective action must be taken," he had said.
Patel called for striking the right balance by maintaining the interests of both, the airlines and consumers.
"As a Ministry and as a regulator, we have to take into account the passengers' interest as also that of the overall sector," he said.
Stating that across airlines all seats were not being 'over-priced', Patel said this (high-fares band) applies to seats which are booked at the last moment.
So to say that everything (all fares) is being over- priced will also be unfair, Patel said.
Times Crest: Small towns, big leap
Who would have thought 10 years ago that Amritsar would have greater mall penetration (per thousand population) than Delhi;that Vittorio De Sica's arthouse classic 'Bicycle Thieves' would be shown at an international film festival in Yamunanagar;that the Indian cricket team would be captained with such distinction by a Ranchi boy? Indeed, who would have thought that small towns would be so integral to India's growth narrative? But is that the full picture? Amidst soaring real estate prices and mushrooming super-luxury car showrooms, there's also a lament for a vanishing way of life - a time when you could just drop by at a friend's place. TOI-Crest brings you the story of small-town India 2. 0 and what it has lost and found in transition
Revolution has many colours. But at the Adidas shop on Delhi Road in Rohtak, it's white. Middle-aged farmers from nearby kasbahs and villages drive in SUVs and ask for the priciest pair of white sneakers.
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India deserves permanent seat in UNSC: Sarkozy - Hindustan Times
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Saturday backed India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council and its fight against terrorism. "India deserves a permanent seat in the Security Council," Sarkozy said addressing over 500 scientists, captains of industry and students at the Indian Space Research Organisation here soon after landing on a four-day visit to the country.
"India, along with Brazil, Germany, Japan, Africa and Arab world should be in the UN Security Council," said Sarkozy.
Sarkozy, who is accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni said that terrorism emanating from Pakistan and Afghanistan is a major source of instability in the world.
Sarkozy is seeking to drum up business for French firms, with a deal expected on building nuclear plants India's energy needs. He also said, "We need India to regulate the world monetary order; I believe Indian currency will be counted as one of major currencies".
He expressed his happiness on N-plant in India. He said that France is delighted to set up nuclear plant in Jaitapur
that will produce 10,000 MW of clean energy.
The French leader will hold talks on Monday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, after a private visit Sunday with First Lady Carla Bruni to the Taj Mahal, the famed white marble monument to love in Agra.
His trip comes amid a rash of visits by world leaders to India. President Barak Obama visited last month and the leaders of Russia and China are due by year's end.
Sarkozy is accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 CEOs of French companies. Although no defense agreements are expected during the visit, he is expected to push for French firms to win contracts to supply military hardware. French companies are negotiating to upgrade 51 Mirage-2000 jet fighters of the Indian air force. India is also in the market to buy 126 fighter jets, a deal worth $11 billion, and nearly 200 helicopters worth another $4 billion. (With AP, IANS inputs)
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