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Navies & Maritime Forces of 17countries to participate in MILAN 2014

IT’S MILAN TIME

Port Blair, Jan 22: The firstweek of February willwitness Port Blair, the capitalcity of Andaman and NicobarIslands, hosting amultinational mega event,MILAN 2014.

While fourteenforeign navies participated inthe previous edition ofMILAN in 2012, MILAN2014 is slated to be the largestever gathering with theparticipation by navies and

maritime forces of 17countries.

MILAN is acongregation of littoral naviesconducted biennially by theIndian Navy at the Andamanand Nicobar Islands, underthe aegis of the Andamanand Nicobar Command(ANC).

“Besides fosteringco-operation through navalexercises and professional

Port Blair, Jan 22:Two Ongecouples got married atDugong Creek, Ongesettlement on 19.01.2014 asper the Onge tradition andcustoms. The Onge couplesare TIGULEGE S/o LateTambolai with KUSI D/oOroti and UMAKABEGI S/oLate Bulambegi withDANGETEBEGI S/o LateKanju. The present Ongepopulation is 112 and it isincreasing slowly as such

Andaman witnessesrare Tribal Marriages

at Onge Settlemenmarriages among the eligibleOnge couples is a positivedevelopment in this regard. Itis interesting to note thatdespite small population, nomarriage takes place withinthe same clan/ territorialband and the ceremony issimple and with the consentof the parents.

On the request of theOnge chief and the parents ofthe Onge couples, community

Long wait for justiceends for a helpless mother

after LG’s intervention

FIR registered against husbandfor instigating wife to commit suicide

Port Blair, January 22: ForRasheeda, a helpless lady ofWimberlygunj, getting justicefor her daughter N. RamzanBegum, who committedsuicide allegedly at theinstigation of her husbandSahil Aziz, was quite a battle.

She had to wait formore than a year, just forgetting a FIR registeredagainst the husband of herlate daughter, who the familybelieves had a very sourrelationship with his wifeand instigated her daughterto commit suicide.

Poor Rasheeda ranfrom pillar to post for gettingher case registered, but

nobody showed anysympathy for her nor helpedher get a FIR registered.

According toRasheeda, the mother of the

deceased N. Ramzan Begum,a school teacher, her daughterwas harassed and mentallytortured. Her husband also

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Nimbudera, Jan 22: It hasbeen observed that forcefulhalting of trucks carryingLPG cylinders in MiddleAndaman region by theresidents of MiddleAndaman area, has becomea daily affair. In last one

Middle Andaman residentssuffer from ‘Gas Trouble’

week atleast trice Truckscontaining LPG cylindersfor Diglipur region werehalted by the residents ofMiddle Andaman.

According toreports in Middle Andamanregion there is heavyshortage of LPG Cylindersbecause since last twomonths the concerned

authority could not sendsufficient number of LPGCylinders for these areas.

In this regard whenlast time the PanchayatPradhan of Basantipur Smti.Malati spoke to CCSauthorities they assured thatwithin Dec 20, 2013 sufficientnumber of LPG cylinders will

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Port Blair, Jan 22: Lt. Gover-nor, A&N Islands will pay flo-ral tribute at the Netaji Statue,Marina Park on 23rd January

Birth Anniversary of NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose on Jan 23

2014 at 9.00 AM on the oc-casion of birth anniversary ofNetaji Subhash ChandraBose.

Port Blair, Jan 22: StatePresident of BJP Mr. VishalJolly, General Secretary Mr.Deepak Jha, Mondal Presi-dent (Baratang) Mr.Nizamuddin, Pradhan ofSundergarh Panchayat Mr.Biju Gurudasan along withMr. Abdul Khan and Mr.Sudhir Toppo (Mondal Sec-retaries) today met the strik-ing employees of Baratang

Forest Workers Union whoare sitting on hunger strike infront of Baratang DFO Of-fice and extended the full sup-port of the party to theircause.

Three members ofthe union are on hunger strikesince 20th January 2014 de-manding regularisation of 61labourers who had served thedepartment for more than 20

years. State President, BJP,A&N Island Mr. Vishal Jollyhas requested the Lt. Gov-ernor to accede to their de-mand in view of the fact thateach of these 61 labourershad put in more than 20 yearsof their service for thewellbeing of this departmentand at this fag end of theircareer they have left with nooption to survive.

BJP delegation meetsagitating employees of BFWU

Port Blair, Jan 22: On the con-cluding day of the 25th RoadSafety Week, an “Eye Test-ing Camp” was organised byA&N Police for governmentand private drivers onWednesday at Fire BrigadeHeadquarters. Around 130drivers from APWD, Trans-port Deptt., PMT, FMT as

Free Eye Testing CampHeld by Traffic Police

well as private vehiclesavailed of this facility by amedical team from G.B.PantHospital comprising of SunilKumar Sarkar, Rajeev Kr.Singh and Rathindra Mallik ofEye Section. The driverswere advised for regularmedical chekup for better vi-sion.

MP lays foundation stoneof VKA’s Hostel Building

Mohammed SajidPort Blair, Jan 22: The VanvasiKalyan Ashram setup in thePort Blair in the year 1990 forthe benefit of children belong-ing to poor family, who are fi-nancially weak and facing fi-nancial constraints for givingeducation of their children andalso to maintain their livelihood.The strength of such childrenhave tremendously increased,thereby the Ashram was fac-ing shortage accommodationof the poor children, who areeconomically poor and sociallybackward.

In order to mitigate

the problem being faced by theAshram, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray,Member of Parliament has laidthe foundation stone in a simplefunction at Vanvasi KalyanAshram for construction of

Hostel Building under theMPLAD Scheme for the in-mates of Ashram. The esti-mated cost for construction ofproposed Hostel Building is Rs.14.03 lakhs.

Bharathi Youth Association, Rangat, Middle Andaman onthe occasion of Republic Day (26.01.2014) is organizingSPECIAL KABADI TOURNAMENT (Open to all) atMurugan Temple Ground, Rangat, Middle Andaman. Allinterested group are hereby advised to submit their GroupName alongwith Group Leader Name on or before25.01.2014 upto 04.30 PM at R. Kumar Pan Shop, RajivMarket, Rangat. For further enquiry please contact9476004766, 9434276227, 9933202400, 9933297648.

SecretaryBharathi Youth Association

Rangat Middle Andaman

NOTICE

Port Blair, Jan 22: The inter-nal security scenario in thecountry continues to remainturbulent with several forcesinimical to the country ac-tively involved in planning tostrike against the state. Intel-ligence inputs to this affecthave been received and thereare indications that the threatis potent. Keeping this inmind, elaborate law and Or-

Security beefed up in A&N Islandsin view of Republic Day Celebration

der arrangements have beenmade to enhance the securityof the Islands in order to en-sure that no untoward incidentoccurs especially during theRepublic Day celebrations,2014 being organized at PortBlair and other towns ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands.

Deployment of Policepersonnel all over the Islandshas been augmented. A sharp

vigil is being maintained at theseaports & Airport. Similarly,patrolling by the Marine Po-lice Force has been steppedup. All Marine assets havebeen deployed and directed toconduct random checks on allseafaring vessels. CoastGuard has also been asked tomaintain extra vigil. Local po-lice has also been directed to

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Letters to the EditorA praiseworthy effort by the education secretary to examinepresent academic status and other details of the school andalso to sort out the problems related to school and its infra-structure.

Author : S R YADAVE-mail : ctaram6699@yahoo.com

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CG conducts Walkathon withtheme Go Green-Save Environment

Port Blair, Jan 22: An Envi-ronmental awarenessWalkathon with the theme“Go Green-Save Environ-ment” was organized by In-dian Coast Guard on 22 Jan14 as part of 38th Coast GuardDay Celebrations-2014 fromMarina Park to Coast GuardIndoor Sports Complex atPanipath Road covering a dis-tance of 4 kms. The aim ofthe event was to spread theawareness about preservingthe rich flora and fauna of thefragile ecosystem of A&NIsland to the local populacebesides also improving over-all standard of fitness andphysical well being of the CGpersonnel.The event was

flagged off by Inspector Gen-eral VSR Murthy, PTM, TM,Commander Coast GuardRegion (A&N) from MarinaPark at 0600 hrs. Approx 275Service/Civilian Personnel,Ladies and Children partici-pated in the event.

The event receivedan overwhelming responsefrom the enthusiastic partici-pants, who displayed banners/placards all along the route forpromoting the theme. Theevent culminated at CoastGuard Indoor Sports Com-plex in an impressive cer-emony.

Speaking on the oc-casion, IG Murthy appreci-ated the enthusiastic partici-

pation of all personnel andCGWWA members for ex-tending support to such anoble cause and lauded theirefforts in reaching out to thelocal populace for generatingawareness about environ-mental protection.

He also comple-mented the CoordinatorsCommandant Satwant Singh,Officer-in-Charge MRCC(PB), Deputy CommandantDinesh Kumar, CommandingOfficer ICGS C-146 and theirteam for the efforts under-taken to ensure smooth andefficient conduct of the event.A communiqué received fromCommandant RajeevSharma, PRO, Coast Guard.

Andaman and Nicobar Command ConductsMultispeciality Medical Camp at Hut Bay

Port Blair, Jan 22: On direc-tions of the CINCAN afterhis visit to Little Andaman,Andaman and Nicobar Com-mand organised a Multi-spe-ciality Medical Camp at HutBay on 17 Jan 14. The campwas conducted by INHSDhanvantari in conjunctionwith ICGS Hut Bay and thelocal Primary Health Centre(PHC). The camp evoked anenthusiastic response fromthe local population. Thecamp was inaugurated jointlyby Commandant KL Arunand Dr Helen Officer inCharge PHC, Hut Bay. Spe-cialists in Ultrasound andGynaecology examined overninety seven patients includ-ing small babies, expectantladies and elderly people. Ul-trasound scanning of ladiesand sick patients was carried

on the spot. Apart from diag-nosing and managing ailmentsof routine nature, cases werealso referred to GB Pant Hos-pital / INHS Dhanvantari forfurther follow up and man-

agement. The camp was con-ducted in line with the com-mitment of the Andaman andNicobar Command towardsmeeting the aspirations of thelocal populace.

Port Blair, Jan 22: It is onceagain reminded to the stu-dents of IGNOU that theRegional Centre has starteddistributing Study materialsfor students who had done Re-Registration for January 2014session for All programmes.

Students are advisedto collect their materials fromRoom no 51 of IGNOU Re-gional Centre during workinghours. The study materials forcandidates belonging to Study

Reminder for CollectingIGNOU Study Materials for RR

January 2014 Sessioncentres in the inter islands havealready been dispatched totheir respective centres. Out-station students may kindlycontact their respective StudyCentre Coordinators for re-ceipt of study materials. Dueto some technical problems,SMS to students will not besent this time. Inconveniencecaused is regretted. A commu-nication from IGNOU Re-gional Centre, Port Blairstated.

Port Blair, Jan 22:Under theprovisions of Rule 7(d) (iv) ofthe Excise Policy & 9(i) ofBar Guidelines issued by theAdministration vide orderNo.4192 dt. 18.11.2008 re-spectively the Deputy Com-missioner, South Andamandistrict orders the followingday to be observed as DryDay in connection with Re-public Day.

Dry day to be ob-

served on 26.01.2014 (Sun-day) No liquor shops, hotels,restaurants, clubs and estab-lishments selling/serving li-quor shall be permitted to sell/serve liquor to anyone who-soever on the aforesaid day.

This order is appli-cable to IMFL vendinglicencees i.e. ANIIDCO,CSD Canteen, all DefenceCanteens, Police Mess and allprivate bar licencees.

Dry Day on Jan 26

Port Blair, Jan 22:Powersupply will remain sus-pended in some of the ar-eas on 25.01.2014 from0800 hours to 1400 hours forcarrying out the HT/LTlines maintenance workssubject to weathercondition.The areas to be

affected by power disrup-tion ar e Teyler abad,Bimlitan, Sipighat, CoffeeBagicha , Dhanikhar i,Chouldari, Ograbraj, PortMout, Tusnabad,Mithakhari, Dandas Point,Namunaghar, Manpur andTirur.

Power suspension

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EDITORIAL.....UPA complacency on

reforms and judicial activismare asphyxiating the economy

When in 2001 Goldman Sachs coineda term for the largest, most influentialemerging markets in the world, eventhe giant investment bank could nothave predicted how popular the termwould become. Bric countries, i.e.,Brazil, Russia, India and China,Goldman Sachs predicted, would bewealthier than most of the traditionaleconomic powers by 2050.

China and India, in particu-lar, were slated to become the world'sdominant suppliers of manufacturedgoods and services. The Bric progno-sis held good then, but may not nec-essarily for one of the Bric constitu-ents if one does a reality check on theIndian economy.

A decade after the P VNarasimha Rao government was com-pelled by circumstances and began re-forms to pull the economy from thebrink of bankruptcy, in 2001 the Indianeconomy hit a purple patch with ac-celerated and well-thought-out re-forms during the NDA regime. Manypubl ic sector companies wereprivatised, among them Maruti, VSNLand Balco. That's not all — the Elec-tricity Act, 2003, was revamped, thetelecom sector was opened up and theGolden Quadrilateral project waslaunched.

The Indian economy weath-ered the 1997-98 Asian financial cri-sis, the bust and even the post-Pokhran sanctions. It seemed India'seconomy could weather any storm.From 2003 to 2008, the Indian economygrew at a spectacular 8-10%.

That was then. Now, the irre-pressible Indian economic juggernautis struggling to maintain even a 5%GDP growth rate. Indeed, the optimismwhich typified India's economicgrowth story has vanished. Econo-mists now consider the current grimgrowth rates as "the new normal". Theheady days of India's growth storyseem over; it's now all doom andgloom.

While the jury is still out onwhat went wrong, i believe that suc-cessive UPA governments have mis-erably failed to capitalise on reformsof the past decade for three clear rea-sons: rampant and shameless corrup-tion, a complete lack of planning,policy and direction and an arrogantrefusal to accept reality. The currentdistrust in politicians and legislatorsis natural and understandable and this,in turn, has led to a rise of PILs, whichpeople view perhaps as their last re-sort.

The economic climate suf-fered a further blow from the inevitablejudicial activism which, with the great-est respect to the institution, has beendisproportionate at times and unmind-ful of the real victim. Tersely put, thejudiciary in its anguish against cor-ruption, lethargy and tardiness in gov-ernment actions has repeatedly usedthe proverbial sledgehammer to killmany a fly. This has made matters evenmore challenging, adding further un-

certainty for investors and virtuallydriving away much-needed foreigninvestment. FDI inflows in FY13 de-clined to $26.9 billion from $32.9 bil-lion in FY12.

Projects worth Rs 12 lakhcrore continue to await clearance. Defacto admitting that bottlenecks werestunting economic growth, the gov-ernment has been forced to form acabinet committee on investment toexpedite projects, which again has nottaken flight, except a few projects suchas the Jet-Etihad and Tata-SIA deals.

The telecom sector, once thedarling of the investment community,has seen FDI virtually dry up. It is reel-ing under the double whammy of ever-changing regulatory environment andthe after-effects of Supreme Court ac-tion in the 2G scam. The telecom regu-lator and the government continue tochange the playing field with spectrumpricing.

The power sector is reelingunder a massive financial strain. Acutefuel scarcity has stranded more than33,000 megawatts (MW) of power gen-eration in India, and if the situationdoes not improve dramatically, Indianbanks could be staring at a bad debtof more than Rs 1 trillion. Endless de-lays caused by necessary permissionsand prolonged judicial interventionhave severely affected the viability ofeven nuclear power projects such asKudankulam.

Despite 28.5 billion tonnes ofiron ore resources — and from beingthe world's third largest exporter of ironore — India has turned an ore im-porter. Indian corporate sector (and byconsequence the banking sector) issitting on a debt time bomb. Bank loansto infrastructure sector have grownover 100 fold in the last 13 years toalmost Rs 8,00,000 crore. The cumula-tive impact of sluggish growth acrosssectors is increasingly felt by the com-mon man as employment outlook re-mains bleak. Even if you disregard sta-tistics, industry sentiment is that ofdespair and gloom.

The average Indian has hitback and voted against UPA in recentassembly polls, especially in Delhiwhere AAP's performance has aston-ished all political pundits. BJP won athumping majority in Rajasthan andMadhya Pradesh and fell tantalisinglyshort of a majority in Delhi — a damn-ing indictment of UPA-II. Economicgrowth alone may not win elections,but an economy in free fall is a sure-fire recipe for losing an election.

With general elections slatedfor April, India's aam admi must votefor a government that will restore asense of well-being to the economylike it prevailed 10 years ago. One canhope that the judiciary will then exer-cise restraint that it has traditionallyshown in not delving into matters ofeconomic policy.

The writer is a senior advo-cate at the Supreme Court and a formeradditional solicitor general.

Diseases, fights led tocollapse of Indus civilization

WASHINGTON: Inter-personalviolence and infectious diseasesplayed a role around 4,000 years agoin the collapse of the Indus civiliza-tion that spanned over a million sqkm of India and Pakistan, a newstudy suggests. While contempora-neous civilizations in Egypt andMesopotomia are well-known theirIndus trading partners have re-mained more of a mystery, re-searchers said. Archaeological re-search has demonstrated that Induscities grew rapidly from 2200-1900

BC, when they were largely aban-doned.

"The collapse of the Induscivilization and the reorganization ofits human population has been con-troversial for a long time," lead au-thor of the study, Gwen RobbinsSchug, from the Appalachian StateUniversity, US, said. Climate, eco-nomic, and social changes all playeda role in the process of urbanizationand collapse, but little was knownabout how these changes affectedthe human population.

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Why e-vehicles in Indiacan't reduce air pollution

WASHINGTON: Even theelectric cars or battery-oper-ated rickshaws on Indianroads are not sufficient totame the air pollution.

Researchers fromNorth Carolina State Univer-sity in the US found that evena sharp increase in the use ofelectric drive passenger ve-hicles (EDVs) by 2050 wouldnot significantly reduce emis-sions of high-profile air pol-lutants like carbon dioxide,sulphur dioxide or nitrogenoxides.

"We found that in-creasing the use of EDVs isnot an effective way to pro-duce large emissions reduc-tions," said senior author Jo-seph DeCarolis, an assistantprofessor at NC State.

The researchers ran108 different scenarios in apowerful energy systemsmodel to determine the impactof EDV use on emissions be-tween today and 2050.

They found that,even if EDVs made up 42percent of passenger vehiclesin a country, there would belittle or no reduction in the

emission of key air pollutants,said a paper published in thejournal Environmental Sci-ence and Technology.

'EDVs' includes hy-brid, plug-in hybrid and bat-tery electric vehicles.

"It's because some ofthe benefits of EDVs arewiped out by higher emissionsfrom power plants. Anotherfactor is that passenger ve-hicles make up a relativelysmall share of total emissions,limiting the potential impact ofEDVs in the first place," saidDeCarolis. "From a policy

standpoint, this study tells usthat it makes more sense toset emissions reductions goals,rather than promoting specificvehicle technologies with theidea that they'll solve theproblem on their own."

The key factors inencouraging use of EDVs areoil price and battery cost.

If batteries arecheap and oil is expensive,EDVs become more attrac-tive to consumers.

"That's consistentwith results from other stud-ies," DeCarolis added.

Chilika lagoon named'destination flyways' by United Nations

World Tourism OrganizationBhubaneswar: Odisha'sChilika lagoon, which is ahotspot for biodiversity, hasbeen named 'destination fly-ways' by United NationsWorld Tourism Organization(UNWTO) following its in-clusion in a list of eight suchsites worldwide.

Official sources saidthe lagoon was so named forits sustainable and resilientdestination for migratorybirds. The UN's body arm,under the project “DestinationFlyways”, will help ChilikaDevelopment Authority(CDA) develop strategies forprotection of migratory birdsthrough creation of innovativetourism and livelihood prod-ucts with funding supportfrom Federal Ministry for theEnvironment, Nature Conser-vation and Nuclear Safety ofGermany.The UN body’s armon tourism and biodiversitywould assist in developmentand implementation of strat-egies and projects linking sus-tainable tourism and livelihoodresources. Chilika is the onlysite to be selected from Asia

by the UNWTO and wasrecommended by six interna-tional agencies such as Sec-retariat of the Convention ofBiological Diversity, Conven-tion of Migratory Species,Ramsar Convention Secre-tariat, World Heritage andMan and the BiosphereProgrammes of UNESCO.

The UNWTO hasconstituted a mission team forChilika in January, which isbeing headed by VirginiaTrapa and Dr Taej Mundkur.The team met top brass ofUnion Ministry of Tourismand Odisha Tourism Depart-ment during its visit to Chilikalast week. They also held dis-cussion with CDA’s ChiefExecutive Ajit Patnaik on themanagement of the lagoon.

This season, around7.19 lakh migratory birds havebeen sighted in the 1100-sqkm lagoon , which is less thanthe previous years. Last win-ter, around 8.77 lakh birds of180 species had visited thelake and 8.83 lakh birds of 167species had visited the bluelagoon in 2012.

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Vaani Kapoor revealstoo much in a saree

Vaani Kapoor ismaking her Southdebut with AahaKalyanam, theTamil remake ofBand BaajaBaaraat. Thepretty actress re-vealed more thanshe intended too during theaudio launch recently wear-ing a saree. While sittingalongside actor Nani andbending down, Vaani Kapoorrevealed quite a bit of her as-sets which the shutterbugsdidn't miss to capture.

The entire cast andcrew of the film were presentin saree and vesti, giving anauthentic marriage feel to theevent. Produced by Aditya

Chopra on Yash Raj Films, thebilingual romantic-drama di-rected by debutante GokulKrishna, has music by DharanKumar. The audio waslaunched in the presence ofthe cast and crew includingall singers who sang in thefilm. And the surprise guestat the audio launch was UshaUthup, who also sang thepopular title song on stage,with all singers.

Alia Bhatt will be a very bigstar, predicts Parineeti Chopra

Who says two actresses don'tpraise each other? Bollywood'scurrent favourite ParineetiChopra is not only friends withher contemporary Alia Bhatt,but also feels that Alia has thepotential to achieve the "bigstar" status.Earlier, Alia washeard praising Parineeti in anepisode of Karan Johar's chatshow "Koffee With Karan Sea-son 4". She said Parineeti'sskills make her insecure in herskin and she sees competitionin her."Alia and I are goodfriends. In fact, she alwaystells me these things. So whenshe said this on the show, Ifelt good that she praised me.I even gave her a call and toldher that she doesn't need tofeel insecure because I feel Aliawill be a very big star,"

Parineeti said inan interview here.

The ac-tress also praisedAlia's "goodlooks" and "greatscreen presence".

"If Iwould not havebeen an actress,then as an audi-ence I would havebeen an Alia Bhattfan. But as an ac-tress, I know sheis very crafty,very good lookingand has a greatscreen presence," said the 25-year-old who made her debutin 2011 with "Ladies vs RickyBahl".

Parineeti will next be

Manoj Kumar: ArvindKejriwal is 47 years behind meVeteran actor Manoj Kumar,who played powerful roles asthe quintessential commonman, says the Aam Aadmigovernment has to fulfill itspromises as the youth havea lot of expectation fromthem.

The 76-year-old ac-tor says he is happy to seean awakening in people, es-pecially the youth. "Theyouth today are very awareand the public anger is sim-mering. I believe ArvindKejriwal and his party is thefirst wave of Tsunami. Fornow, we don't know what isbehind it, whether the currentis strong. He has taken a stepand now he has to fulfill thepromises he made. Kejriwalis like a new shirt, he is yetto go through the wash,"Kumar told PTI. ManojKumar says he has alreadyportrayed the things that arehappening in politics today inhis films Yaadgaar andUpkaar.

"I played the com-mon man and his rise throughpolitics in my film Yaadgaryears before Kejriwal came.He is 47 years behind me. Inthe film, I played a man whorevolts and unmasks blackmarketers, bad doctors andeven defeats the ex-king inelections. My character wasa man working in a factory,"Kumar said.

The actor, real nameHarikrishna Giri Goswami,made his debut with Fashion

in 1957 but found successwith 1962 movie Hariyali AurRaasta. In a career spanningmore than four decades,Kumar starred in and di-rected hits like Upkaar','Purab Aur Paschim', 'Shor','10 Numberi and Kranti. MrKumar credits his stardom topeople but the actor is notvery happy with the films thatare being made today. "Therace here is which picture isselected for the Oscarthough no picture has wonanything there. To make ourcinema international, we firstneed to make national mov-ies. I find there is no empha-sis on story or emotions now.

"We used to guaran-tee at least one week to ourproducer and distributor. To-day, the stars are chargingcrores but they can't guaran-tee even three days or theopening day houseful eventhough some of them are bril-liant actors. Manoj Kumarsays he made films on brain-drain, poverty and farmers'sufferings, topics that are stillrelevant. "My films are notthe films of rich men, theyare the films of the commonman. As a responsible citi-zen, if you see the plight ofyour countrymen, it hauntsyou and then the bitternesscomes to you. You wonderwhy this is happening.

"I made Purab AurPaschim on brain drain. Asong I heard in my schoolbecame Roti, Kapda Aur

Makan. Upkaar was inspiredby Shashtriji's (Lal Bahadur)slogan 'Jai Jawan, JaiKisan'," Mr Kumar said.

The actor was bornin Abbottabad (Pakistan) andcame to Delhi after Partitionbefore finally making it big inMumbai film industry.

Walking down thememory lane, Mr Kumar re-called how being displacedduring the Partition and thesubsequent poverty that hisfamily saw in Delhi shapedhis experiences. "I remem-ber my days in a refugeecamp, being displaced duringPartit ion and coming toBombay. We saw riches inLahore and saw poverty inKingsway camp. Slowly wecame up. But I have no re-grets as those days enrichedme and gave a lot of thingsto my films," Mr Kumar said.

The actor likes tokeep himself busy despite atroubling back. Kumar sayshe will soon make a movieeven though he would beforced to sit in a chair theentire time.

"I refuse to lookback. My only worry now ismy back, it is troubling me alot but I am a restless man. Iwant to die with my shoeson. I want to make a filmeven if I have to sit on achair the whole time," hesays.

Manoj Kumar's lastfilm was Maidan-E-Jung in1995.

seen in "Hasee Toh Phasee"with Siddharth Malhotra,while Alia's next is Imtiaz Ali's"Highway" with RandeepHooda.

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Pulse Polio drive covers 89 percent children in Kochi district

A total of 2,03,405 childrenhave been administered oralpolio vaccine in the district aspart of the Pulse PolioImmunisation (PPI)programme. With this, the dis-trict achieved 89.33 per centcoverage in the polio eradica-tion drive.

The target was2,27,698 children. Health vol-unteers were expected tocover the rest of the childrenon Monday and Tuesday, saidthe district health authorities.The volunteers administeredvaccine to 4,391 children ofthe migrant population in thedistrict.

Minister K. Babu in-augurated the district-levelPulse Polio Immunisationprogramme. “We need to re-vive the acclaimed healthmodel of the State,” he said.

Benny Behnan,MLA, presided over the func-tion. He called for upgradingthe medical college atKalamassery as one of thebest institutes in the State.

“A master planneeds to be made for its de-velopment,” he said.

The oral polio vac-cine was given to children

below five years at specialbooths set up at all govern-ment hospitals, anganwadis,bus stands, railway stations,boat jetties and the airport.There were 1,858 poliobooths in the district. Mobilevaccination centres in vansreached tribal villages andcolonies where workers fromother States were residing.

IPF Delegation Meets LG;highlights problems

of unemployed youths

Port Blair, Jan 22: The IslandProtection Forum’s PresidentMr. M.T.Musthafa, VicePresident Mr. Shivanandanalong with seven team mem-bers met the Lt. Governor ofA&N Islands today at RajNiwas regarding variousburning issues of Islanderssuch as Introduction of domi-cile condition (i.e. local Cer-tificate) for Job Opportunityin the Islands; Immediate fill-ing-up of the all vacant postsunder all department of Ad-ministration; Increase Medi-cal/ Engineer seats at main-

land college allotted by theGovernment of India; En-hancement of no. of seats forIslanders in College /Techni-cal institution of A&N Islands.According to details the Lt.Governor has assured that theAdministration will come upwith solutions to the aboveissues.

Earlier the proposedrally of IPF was cancelled asthe Police Department refusedto give permission for the rallyand dropped the members ofIPF from different areas toTiranga Park. However inNeil, Havelock, Baratang andMayabunder IPF membersbrought out rallies.

Nature’s gift at Rangat. Pic: Senthil Kumar, Rangat

interactions, MILANprovides an excellentopportunity for participatingnavies to come together in aspirit of collaboration and toenhance mutualunderstanding,” anunsigned release from ANCsaid here today.

MILAN mademodest beginnings nearlytwo decades ago when it was

Navies & Maritime...first held in 1995. The firstedition saw participation offour littoral navies.

The event achievedstrident success during theensuing years owing to thehigh standards ofprofessional content in theinteractions. The growingparticipation over the yearsbears ample testimony to thesuccess of this multilateral

naval initiative.“From an event of

sub- regional context, MILANhas now grown into aprestigious internationalevent and encompassesparticipation by maritimeforces from not just the Bay ofBengal and South East Asia,but the larger Indian OceanRegion (lOR),” the releaseadded.

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feast was arranged by theDepartment after themarriage. All the Ongepopulation participated inthe marriage ceremony andcommunity feast. ElderlyOnge men preached Onge

Andaman witnesses... (From page 1)couples as per their traditionafter the marriage.

Shri Som Naidu,Director (Tribal Welfare), ShriArun Gupta, AssistantCommissioner (TW) and Dr.Pranob Kr. Sircar, Tribal

Welfare Officer, Ongesettlement, Dugong Creekwere present during themarriage ceremony. Giftitems were presented to theOnge couples by theDepartment.

Mohammed SajidSheekha News Service

MOVING EYES.....FIR registered...frequently demanded moneyfrom her. Unable to bear theagony and pain and at theinstigation of her husband,the ill-fated girl allegedlycommitted suicide.

Finding no otheroption, she met the LtGovernor, Lt Gen (Retd) A. K.Singh during his Tuesday’spublic hearing and soughtjustice for her deceaseddaughter. According topeople, who were present inthe public hearing, an aghastLt Governor issued directionsto the top brass of the PoliceDepartment to immediatelyregister a case against thehusband of late N. Ramzan

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Begum. The lady was sent tomeet the officiating DGPimmediately and place hergrievances before him.

It is learnt that onhearing her narrative, theofficiating DGP, Mr. BalajiSrivastava immediatelydirected the Superintendentof Police (M&N Andaman) toregister a FIR against theaccused under appropriatesections of law. A copy of theFIR was also dispatched to bedelivered to her at herresidence. At the same time,the DGP ordered apreliminary inquiry againstthe then SHO (Mayabunder)for not taking any action even

after being approached bySmt Rasheeda and herfamily. When contacted, theDGP told this Correspondentthat the inquiry will be donein a time frame and on thebasis of the investigation andfacts, stringent action will betaken against the guilty.Justice may come a little latebut the assurance, that theAdministration is stilllistening to those who are inremote islands and voiceless,is a great blessing. Suchimmediate action by the Lt.Governor serves as a strongmessage for those officers ofground level, who are lawunto themselves.

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8 23.01.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair

Arundhati Roy's mother Mary Roy joins AAPKOTTAYAM: Mary Roy,women rights activist andmother of Man Booker prizewinner Arundhati Roy, hasjoined the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP).

Roy, who receivedthe party membership fromstate AAP functionaries hereon Tuesday, said she expectedthe new party would bring

about a qualitative change inpolitics.

"Most other partieshave become outdated andcannot bring about a change.A change is essential and Iexpect AAP will strive forthat," she said.

Roy successfullyfought a prolonged legal battlefor establishing inheritance

right of Keralite Syrian Chris-tian women over family prop-erties.

She is also an educa-tor and campaigner forwomen's rights and social jus-tice.

Last week,Malayalam novelist and cam-paigner Sara Joseph joinedAAP.

step up verification of tenants& other persons recently em-ployed in various trades.

The security of vitalinstallations and other places fre-quented by local residents &tourists has been tightened. Vis-ible and effective police presenceis being ensured at markets, busstands, places of tourist interest,hospitals, schools and places ofreligious worship.

In a press release re-ceived here today, the InspectorGeneral of Police (L&O) has ad-vised the general public to main-tain a vigil and to inform the po-lice about any suspicious activ-ity/person noticed by them.

While it is the prime duty of thesecurity agencies/police to pro-vide security to the citizens, analert citizen adds value as a forcemultiplier. While the securityparadigm shall be implementedin letter and spirit, utmost careshall be taken to avoid any un-due inconvenience to the pub-lic.Helpline Telephone Numbers:Police Control Room : 1093,03192 – 232100District Control Room (S/A) :1070, 03192 – 238881District Control Room (N/MAndaman) : 03192 – 273204District Control Room (CarNicobar) : 03192 – 265231

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Port Blair, Jan 22: The De-partment of Agriculture,Diglipur is organizing aPower tiller rally as part ofITF 2014 on 24th January at09.30am at Diglipur. Therally will be flagged off by theChief Guest, Dr. VivekKumar, Assistant Commis-sioner, and Diglipur in pres-ence of Shri Gouranga Dutta,Pramukh Diglipur Panchayat

Out of Box: Diglipur to organizePower tiller rally as part of ITF

Samiti as guest of honour andother dignitaries, pradhans ofvarious panchayats, PRImembers and general public.

The objective of therally is to encourage theyouth of these islands toadopt good Agriculturepractices in agriculture forbetter production and highreturn and to popularize useof power tiller for efficient

farm operations, to over-come the problem of lobourshortage and to removedrudgery in Agriculture.

The rally will startfrom Fish Marker,Subhashgram bazaar andwill end at Vivekananda sta-dium, Diglipur. The bestthree well maintainedPower tillers of the rally willbe awarded.

Port Blair, Jan 22: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has earnestly re-quested the Lt Governor toconsider introduction of MA(Bengali) in JNRM and MGCollege and also B.Ed coursein Bengali in Tagore college,since these students due towant of further education inBengali becoming frustratedas most of them don’t havefinancial stability to go tomainland for getting MA(Bengali) and B.Ed in Bengaliwhich are required for gettingjobs as teachers or in otherprofession. 

He has also re-quested to introduce Biotech-nology, Biochemistry and Mi-

Kuldeep demands introduction of MAand B.Ed Courses in Bengali subjects

crobiology in above collegeswhich are very much impor-tant subjects of studies forAN Islands, as Biotechnol-ogy is important because itcreates the ability to producean increased amount of agri-cultural products to sustainlife.

As projected levelsof population increase andthe natural resources are be-ing depleted biotechnologywill fill the gap. This is a vi-able method for maintainingthe ability to feed everyone.

While Biochemistryis actually a dynamic, excit-ing science that that contrib-utes important information tobiology, medicine, nutrition,

agriculture, physiology, genet-ics, and immunology; practi-cally all of the primary spe-cialties on the life sciencesand Microbiology is the studyof microbes and their interac-tion with humans, animals,plants and the environment.

Kuldeep has statedmany parents have requestedhim to submit their demandsfor introduction of these sub-jects for the benefit and bet-ter future of their children tothe Lt Governor who is al-ways there to help the stu-dents as passing out of thesejob oriented courses may al-low them job opportunity inForest Deptt, CARI, ZSI andICMR etc.

Port Blair, Jan 22: The in-definite hunger strike infront of the office of the Di-visional Forest Officer atNilambur, Ba ra tang byBaratang Forest Workers’Union (CITU) has entered3rd day today (22.01.2014).The worker s of theBaratang Division had be-gan the indefinite hungerstrike on 20th January,2014demanding immediate regu-larization of the daily ratedmazdoors who have been

Hunger Strike by BFWU enters 3rd Dayworking in the Division forperiods ranging from 15years to 20 years.

In support of thehunger strike workers andschool children have takenout process ions a tNilambur Baza r inBaratang on 21st and 22ndJanuary, 2014. A publicmeeting was also held atNilambur Baza r to-day(22.01.2014) whichwas addressed among oth-er s by Shri B.

Chandrachoodan, Presi-dent of the Union. H eaccused the Forest De-partment and Administra-tion for not considering thedemand of the daily ratedworkers working under theBaratang Forest Divisionfor the last 15 to 20 years.The hunger strike will con-tinue till an assurance isgiven by the authorities toregularize the services ofthese daily r atedmazdoors.

Middle Andaman...be issued for MiddleAndaman region but till datethe promise is not fulfilled.Finally on 17 January 2014 agroup of villagers halted theLPG truck, going forDiglipur, at BillygorundBazaar.

Similarly yesterdaytwo trucks containing LPGCylinders for Diglipur werehalted again by villagers ofNibudera area. These are

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indications of growingunrest among the villagers ofmiddle Andaman region,who are now struggling toget even one LPG Cylinderon time. This is high time forthe Administration to wakeup and ensure that sufficientnumber of LPG Cylindersreach all the Islands on timeas these remote villagers maybecome violent in future,because of need.

Port Blair, Jan 22: Andaman &Nicobar State Co-operative BankLtd. will be organizing a functionon distribution of cooperativecard for door delivery of pensionfor old age, widow & disable per-sons on Jan 24, 2014 at AtulSmriti Samity hall (Bengali Club)from 10 am onwards.

Distribution ofcooperative cards by ANSCB

Dr. Shakeel AhmedKhan, ex-Director General,Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathanwill be the chief guest of the func-tion along with other dignitar-ies from A&N Administration,Govt. Departments, PRI mem-bers and eminent leaders, a com-munication said.