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error: BidariBangalore Beat Bureau
Chitradurga: The death of an Anti-Naxal Forceconstable Mahadeva Mane is because of a hu-man error by staff within the force, said newDG&IGP Shankar Bidari here today.
He said on the night of October 9 when theincident occurred in which Mande died, therewas an atmosphere of confusion and fear.Some of the staff misdirected fire, killing Mane,he said.
The police force has come to the conclusionbased on an inquiry, he added.
He said there is a severe dearth of personnelin the Anti-Naxal Fore. “But if all members ofthe force act with commitment, the shortfall canbe made up. We have taken a decision to fill theposts by promoting the lower-ranked officers tothe higher posts.
Let us assume that an inspector is retiring orbeing transferred on December 31, then the sameday a new officer would be prepared to take overthe position. I am planning to put a system inplace by January 31, 2012,” he added.
Pak violatestruce, fires at Indian posts
Srinagar: Violating the ceasefire along theLine of Control, Pakistani troops fired at Indi-an posts in Karnah area of Kupwara district.
The Pakistani troops opened fire at 5.00 PMyesterday towards Indian posts located close tocivilian areas in Karnah area, 140 kms from here,official sources said today.
They said the Indian Army retaliated the fir-ing with small weapons and the exchangelasted several minutes.
This is the first ceasefire violation by Pakistanitroops along the LoC in Kashmir Valley in thepast three months.
A roof top of a mosque was damaged on theIndian side of the LoC in the firing, the sourcessaid.
Pakistani troops had violated ceasefire sev-eral times during August and September, re-sulting in the death of an Indian Junior Com-missioned Officer and three Pakistani soldiers.
7 Ayyappadevotees die in accident
Salem (TN): Seven Sabarimala pilgrims werekilled and 15 injured when the van in which theywere travelling collided with a bus near here to-day.
The van from Andhra Pradesh was carryingnine Ayyappa devotees on their way to theSabarimala hill shrine in Kerala when themishap occurred at 1.40 AM, Salem CollectorMagarabhusan and superintendent of police PR Muthuswamy said.
All the deceased were from Guntur district ofAndhra Pradesh.
The injured comprised drivers of both vehi-cles, a devotee and 12 bus passengers who havebeen hospitalised.
The private bus was on its way to Dharmapuri.
Naxals blow up rail track in Dhanbad
Dhanbad: Maoists blew up a railway track inDhanbad rail division, disrupting train servic-es in Jharkhand as the two-day nationwidebandh called by the banned CPI (Maoist) enteredthe second day today.
The Maoists exploded IEDs on the tracks be-tween Nishitpur and Matari railway stations latelast night, according to divisional operative man-ager VedPrakash.
The impact of the explosion also damagedoverhead wires, he said, adding the explosiontook place after Dhanbad-Kharagpur passengertrain crossed the tracks around 11 PM.
Over 30 trains were stranded at differentplaces with some being diverted, he said,adding train services were expected to resumearound noon after the repair work.
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4 held for runningprostitution racket
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The CCB police raided a massageparlour, which was acting as a front for aprostitution racket, and arrested three per-sons at Ashok Nagar on Friday.
The police raided the premises of “Nisar-ga Providers – Professional Body MassageParlour for Male and Female” on AlbertStreet and arrested the accused.
The massage parlour had given out ad-vertisements of their services in leadingdaily newspaper of the city. The CCB womenand narcotics division police sourced thephone numbers from the advertisements andraided the premises.
The arrested have been identified as Kr-ishna Rao alias Kiran (35), a resident ofMiller’s Road, Jessy (25) from Mizoram, Shiv-am (58), a resident of Railway Quarters,and Puja from Allahabad.
The police have also recovered four mobilephones and Rs 17,000 cash from them.
Massage parlour owner Murali is ab-sconding. The search is on.2 BURGLARS HELD
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Two burglars who were strikinglocked houses in Mysore and Bangalorehave been arrested by the City Crime Branchsleuths in Bangalore.
The police recovered 120 gm of gold jew-ellery and 300 silver articles worth over Rs 4lakh from the two – Krishna alias Kitty (22),a resident of Chamrajpet, and Vijay Kumaralias Viji (21), a resident of Chamrajnagar.
With the arrest, the police claimed tohave solved five cases of burglary in Banga-lore and Mysore.
Two others in the racket, Harish alias TamilNadu Harish and Manja alias Macha, havebeen absconding. The accused were also rob-bing people near railway station and bus-stands.
Bangalore Beat Bureau
New Delhi: The Supreme Court gave a ma-jor relief to former Karnataka chief ministerB S Yeddyurappa by rejecting a petition seek-ing cancellation of his bail.
A division bench of Justices Muthu and CK Prasad heard the special writ petitionfiled by advocate SirajinBasha and rejectedit. The petition had sought that Yeddyurap-pa’s bail in private complaints No.s 2 and 3,regarding his alleged involvement in illegalland denotification, be cancelled and the BJPleader be sent back to jail.
But the Supreme Court stated that the Kar-nataka High Court order granting bail to Yed-dyurappa was valid and it would not like tointervene on the issue.
The case for Basha was argued by seniorSupreme Court counsel GopalSubramaniam.
The cases pertain to the alleged illegal landdenotification in and around Bangalore byYeddyurappa during his tenure as chiefminister. Bashahas filed five private com-
plaints before the Lokayukta special courtand Yeddyurappa has obtained bail in all thecases by approaching the high court.
Basha had obtained permission fromgovernor H R Bhardwaj to prosecute Yed-dyurappa when the latter was the chief
minister. The Lokayukta special court had sent
Yeddyurappa on judicial custody and the BJPstrongman had to spend more than 20 daysat the ParappanaAgrahara Central Jail.
He has since been out of the prison.
No rollback, onlyholdback:
Pranab on FDINew Delhi: The Centre is trying to breakthe Parliament deadlock over the decisionto allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)in retail with Union Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee calling up seniorBharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) and leader ofopposition SushmaSwaraj to discuss theissue.
Pranabappealled to Sushma to allownormal functioning of Parliament butthe BJP leader made it clear that the Op-position wanted a clear statement from theGovernment in Parliament on its stand onFDI in retail.
After the meeting sources said the Op-position has conveyed to the Govern-ment that it was okay with the idea of put-ting FDI in retail on hold till a consensuswas reached.
Senior BJP leader Yashwant said, "Gov-ernment is now trying to build consensus.It should have consulted allies and Op-position before taking the decision.
Key United Progressive Alliance (UPA)constituent and West Bengal Trinamool-Mamata Banerjee is the one who hasspoken out so far on 'assurances' given byPranab Mukherjee to her on deferring FDIin retail.
BJP and JDU are asking for a total roll
back of FDI in retail from the governmentor an adjournment motion.
As the government looks for a solutionto the impasse on FDI, Congress GeneralSecretary Digvijaya Singh continues to tar-get the BJP.
"The BJP is trying to destabilise the UPAgovernment by raising the issue of FDI inthe retail sector as it was unable to forgetits successive defeats in the 2004 and 2009general elections," he said.
Singh has accused the BJP of adoptingdouble standards on the issue as its ownelection manifesto in 2004 had advocat-ed FDI in retail.
Oppn planningto put BJP govt
on mat in sessionAndhra assemblytakes up no‑trust
motion debateHyderabad: Debate on a no-confidence motionagainst the government in Andhra Pradesh beganMonday morning in the assembly but the numbersfavoured the ruling Congress.
On the last day of the five-day winter session, thehouse took up the debate on the no-confidence mo-tion moved by main opposition Telugu DesamParty (TDP).
Setting the tone for the debate, Leader of Oppo-sition N. Chandrababu Naidu said the farmers in thestate were in distress but the government hadfailed to come to their rescue.
"Our only aim is to ensure that justice is done tofarmers and the farmers' agenda should become thenational agenda," said the former chief minister.
The debate will continue through the day and thevoting is likely to take place in the evening.
With the PrajaRajyam Party (PRP) issuing awhip to all its 18 legislators to vote against the mo-tion, the government appears set to defeat the mo-tion with a comfortable majority.
Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (MIM), which hasseven members, will also vote against the motion,so also an independent and a nominated member.
SC GIVES RELIEF TO BSYUpholds HC order on bail, says will not interfere
Krishna and Vijay Kumar who were arrested for burglary.
Kiran and Shivam arrested for prostitu-tion racket
Katta bail hearingput off to Dec 7
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The Lokayukta special courttoday put off to December 7 the bail pe-tition hearing concerning former minis-ter KattaSubramanya Naidu and his sonKattaJagadish Naidu.
A frail and bearded KattaSubramanyaNaidu attended the hearing at theLokayukta special court at the City CivilCourt complex this morning.
The special court has been hearingland grabbing charges against the ac-cused, including Itasca MD Srinivas,through Karnataka Industrial Area De-velopment Board when SubramanyaNaidu was the industries minister.
Subramanya Naidu has obtained three-month bail from the Karnataka HighCourt on health grounds. He has been suf-fering from cancer and other complica-tions. He was, till recently, being treatedat Lilavavati Hospital in Mumbai.
During the last hearing before thespecial court last week, Naidu had soughtbail, saying he needed to go to London forspecialised treatment for cancer.
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Opposition Congress andJD(S) are planning to put the govern-ment on the mat during the winter sessionof the assembly that began today.
The two opposition parties have sensedtrouble for the government with the vic-tory of former minister B Sriramulu in theBellary Rural assembly by-election yes-terday. There have been fears within theBJP circles that the government could re-duce to minority if Sriramulu taking awayparty elected representatives to party,which he is planning to launch soon.
Though Sriramulu has stated that hewould not try to topple the government,the fears remain within the ruling party.
Sensing advantage, the Congress isplanning to bring in a no-confidencemotion against speaker K G Bopaiah.They have stated that the Speaker actedin favour of the government.
Today, at the session, members passed
obituary references.Yeddyurappa, who was attending the
session for the first time after relinquish-ing his office as chief minister, sat aloneon the third row of the ruling partybenches. Chief minister D VSadanandaGowda was seen greetinghim, while BJP state president K S Esh-warappa sat next to him and both in-dulged in some intense conversation.
The session is also first forSadanandaGowda after assuming officeas chief minister.
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JOGAYYA (U/A)Shivaraj Kumar, Pooja GandhiBanashankari (Hongasandra) (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Eshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) FunCinemas (10.15 am, 1.15, 4, 6.45,9.25 pm) HMT Cinemas ( 10.45 am,1.30, 4.15 pm) Kapali (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Keshava (11am, 2.15, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Lakshmi(Tavarekere) (10.15 am, 1.15 pm)Lakshmi (Gottigere) (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Lakshmi (Rammor-thinagar) (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm) Manasa (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (12.10 pm)Santhosh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Srinvasa (Gowdanapalya)(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Tirumala (10 am, 1.45, 5.30, 8.45pm) Vaishnavi (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm) Veerabhadreshwara (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Venkatesh(Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Venkateshwara (Konap-pana Agrahara) (11 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm)
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Prajwal Devaraj, Daisy ShahBharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Govardhan (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9pm) Krishna (KR Puram) (10.30 am,2, 8 pm) Maruthi (11.30 am, 2.30pm, 6.30 pm, 9.30 pm) Menaka(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Nalanda (11,2.30,6,9.15pm) Rajer-ajeshwari (Mallathahalli) (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30,7 .15, 9.30 pm) Sid-dheshwara (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Veeresh (10.30 am, 1.30pm) Vajreshwari (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30pm) Rajarajeshwari (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.15, 9.30 pm) PVRCinemas (1, 3.30, 6.10 pm)
PANCHAMRUTHA (U) Raghu Mukherjee, Srinagara Kit-ty, RavishankerPVR Cinemas (7.10 pm)
MR DUPLICATE (U) Prajwal Devaraj, Diganth, SheetalNartaki (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Prasanna (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15,7.15 pm) Uma (10.15 am, 1, 4, 7pm) Vijayalakshmi (Garu-dacharpalya) (11 am, 2.30 pm)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN (A)Jason Momoa, Leo Howard‘3D’ Cinemax (10.15 am, 3.30, 7.45,10 pm) Cinepolis (10 am, 12.15,2.30, 4.45, 7, 9.15 pm) Fame (Lido)(11 am, 4.30, 7, 9.30 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (10.25 am, 3.45, 9.30pm) Fun Cinemas (5.10 pm, 9.45pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Bannerghat-ta Road) (10.30 am, 3.30, 9.30 pm)
Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (1.15 pm, 7.30, 9.45 pm) In-novative Multiplex (11.30 am, 1.30,5.45, 10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.05 am, 2.20, 7.30, 9.50 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10.30 am, 2.45,9.50 pm) Inox (J.P.Nagar) (10.10 am,2.35, 9.45 pm) Lakshmi (Tavarekere)(10.30 am, 1.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm)Mukunda (11 am, 2, 5, 8.30 pm)PVR Cinemas (11 am, 4.20, 9.40pm) Rex (12.15 pm, 6.05 pm) Uvashi(11.30 am, 6.30 pm) Vision Cinemas(10.30 am, 4.30, 9.30 pm) ‘2D’Fame (Value Mall) (10 am, 2.45, 5,9.45 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (11.45 am, 2.15, 8 pm) HMTCinemas (9.45 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10.10 am, 3.55, 9.40 pm)
THE DEVIL DOUBLE (A)Fame (Lido) (10.20 am, 3.55 pm,7.25, 9 pm) Fame (Value Mall) (10am, 2 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 7.50 pm)
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CHITKABREY-SHADES OF GREY (A)Akshay Singh, Akshharaa GowdaCinepolis (2.40 pm, 9.20 pm) Fame(Value Mall) (9.20 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(9.55 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (11.20am) Inox (Malleswaram) (2.05 pm,7.15 pm)
NOT A LOVE STORY (A) Ajay Gehi, Mahie Gill, DeepakDobriyal, Urmila MatondkarFame (Value Mall) (10.05 am) FunCinemas (10.45 am, 4.15 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Bannerghatta
Road) (10.15 am, 3.30, 10 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(5 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajara-jeshwari Nagar) (4.45 pm, 7.35 pm)Innovative Multiplex (10 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (9.40 pm) PVR Cin-emas (10 am, 1.05, 4.10, 9.50 pm)Urvashi (9.30 pm) Vaibhav (6 pm,9.30 pm)
SAHI DHANDHE GALAT BANDE (U)Anupam Kher , Ashish NayyarGopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (3.30 pm)
CHATUR SINGH TWO STAR (U/A)Sanjay , Ameesha Patel, KherAbhinay (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road) (12.30pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(2.45 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ra-jarajeshwari Nagar) (7 pm) PVR Cin-emas (12.05 pm, 5.35 pm) Vaibhav(6.15 pm, 9 pm)
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9.30 pm) Pallavi (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Renukaprasanna(10.30am,1.30pm)
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MONEY MONEY MORE MONEY J D Chakravarthy, Bramanandam,Anjan (4.30, 7.30 pm) Chandrodaya(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Cinepolis (10 am, 12.20, 4.50, 7.10,9.30 pm) HMT Cinemas (4.15 pm,7.30 pm).
STAND BY (U)Adinath Kothare, Siddharth Kher
Abhinay (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) Ap-sara (5.30 pm, 8.30 pm) Fame(Lido) (1.40 pm)Fame (Value Mall)(12.15 pm, 7.15 pm) Gopalan Cin-emas (Bannerghatta Road) (2.30pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajara-jeshwari Nagar) (12.30 pm) Inno-vative Multiplex (2.30 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (12.10 pm, 7.15
pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (11.30am, 9.35 pm) Inox (J.P.Nagar) (10.10am) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (12.30 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(2.45 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (7 pm) Vaibhav (11.30 am,2.30 pm)
Govt to startPG, PhD
in astrology
Bangalore: There has been un-ending argument over whetherastrology is a science or just amatter of faith could be put torest now.The state government is thinkingof providing the stature of a pro-fessional course to astrology bystarting post-graduate and PhDcourses in this ancient systemof soothsaying. Energy ministerShobhaKarandlaje made the an-nouncement while taking partin the third International Astrol-ogy Conference in the city yes-terday.
Inaugurating the conference,she said astrology is one of thepillars of Indian tradition. Butthere has been an organised
movement to quell the system,she lamented.
Sanskrit University vice-chan-cellor Prof. Mallepuram GVenkatesh said that the universityhas already started a diplomain astrology. Soon, syllabi wouldbe prepared for the degree andpost-graduate courses. An expertcommittee would be formed forthe purpose.
Institutions abroad have beenconducting studies and researchon astrology. Colombo Universityhas started a PhD in the stream,he added.
More than 1,500 delegates,students and public took partin the conference, organised bythe Divyajyoti University.
Passing out paradeheld at ASC
Centre and College
Bangalore: 216 recruit traineesfrom Army Service Corps joinedthe ranksof the Army and at-tained status of a regular soldierat apassing out and attestationparade held at the ASC Centreand College in Bangalore.
In keeping with the militarytradition, these recruits were ad-ministered the oath of allegianceand devotion of duty by the reg-imental religious teachers.
Passing out parade-cum-oath-taking ceremony marks the cul-mination of rigorous basic mili-tary training and departmenttechnical training at the centre.
BrigAravindKatoch, comman-dant, ASC Centre(south), re-viewed the parade and presentedmedals to winners.
He complimented them ontheir immaculate turnout andimpressive drill.
He said that career prospects in the Army had sub-stantially improved and everysoldier must strive for profes-sional excellence.
Major BP Singh was the paradecommander.
Kin of these recruits had comefrom far flung areas to witnessthe ceremony.
Engineering Congress
from Dec 15Bangalore: The 26th Indian Engineering Congress will be held in the city from December15 to 18.
Governor H R Bhardwaj, chiefminister D V SadanandaGowdaand others will take part in thecongress that will be held at the Bangalore Palace Grounds,said Indian Engineering Congress president L V Mura-likrishna Reddy.
The four-day conference willdeliberate on education, archi-tecture, development, engineer-ing and technology policy, envi-ronment, research and develop-ment and other related issues.
More than 5,000 representa-tives from over 30 countries willtake part in the conference.
Six memorial lectures, includ-ing the 54th Sir M VisvesvarayaMemorial Lecture, would be partof the conference, he said.
Union company affairs min-ister VeerappaMoily, DRDO chiefVijay Kumar Saraswat and otherswill take part in the valedictoryceremony on December 18, hesaid. For information, visit:www.iec2011.in.
Programme onsolar system
Bangalore: Jawaharlal NehruPlanetarium has organised aKannada programme on solarsystem based on textbooks. Theprogramme will be held everyday from 10.30 to 11.30 till De-cember 31 every day. It has beenorganised to provide informationto students and teachers ofschools and colleges. For infor-mation, contact 2226084,22379725 or visitwww.taralaya.org.
Sparsh sets up sports injuries centreBangalore: Sparsh Hospital in the cityhas started an ultra-modern Sports In-juries Centre to help sports personsand others suffering from different in-juries.
While cricketers and other sportsmennow go abroad for surgeries and othersports-related treatment, the Sparshcentre has been opened to help thosewho cannot afford a travel abroad.
Sparsh Hospital also organised thefifth training programme for shoulderinjuries for two days where over a 100delegates from the US, Canada, London,Spain, Australia and other countriestook part.
During the programme, informationover new techniques in shoulder sur-geries and other related issues werediscussed.
Three persons with shoulder injuries
were operated upon, which waswatched live by over 100 surgeons.
Prof W A Walace, head of the or-thopaedic department, NottinghamUniversity, said, “India is now a med-ically advanced country with a host ofexperts.
Cricketers, hockey and tennis playerscan treat themselves in India now. Theconference is to improve the treatmentof should injuries in the country.”
At the two-day training programme,sportsmen and coaches interacted withsurgeons. Doctors also gave informationon preventing and recovering fromshoulder injuries.
Sparsh Hospital head SharanPatil,consultants Mark Webb, B N Muddu, BMachani, M Jeyam, Dr Mahesh Reddyand K N Subramanian were present.
Global yoga meetinaugurated
Bangalore: Leading yoga gurusof various lineages came togetherat the Art of Living InternationalCentreto inaugurate the 'Inter-national Yoga Summit'. The two-day conference had em-inent speakers explore ways touse yoga as value-based educa-tion and a tool to bring worldpeace.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art ofLiving founder; Shri Swami Bal-aGangadharanath of AdiChun-chanagiriMutt; Nagendra,Vivekánanda Yoga University,Bangalore; Jagadguru AmrtaSúryánandaMaháRáj, president of Yoga PortugueseConfederation; BKS Iyengar, RamamaniIyengar MemorialYoga Institute,Pune, and otherswere present.
City to face waterfamine by 2020
Bangalore: The population ofBangalore will reach 1.4 croreby 2020. If the present situationcontinues, there would be a waterfamine, warned experts.
The rise in population andthe resultant demand for waterwould be disastrous for the futureof the city, said Centre for PublicPolicy director and former min-ister P G R Sindhia.
A conferenceon waterwouldbe held in the city during Januaryand February. A dialogue willbe held with researchers, expertsand students working on envi-ronment and water, and an ac-tion plan would be formulatedto overcome water shortage, hesaid.
The decision taken at the con-ference would be presented tothe government to help it forma policy. As a prelude to the con-ference, a workshop on “Waterproblems Bangalore will face by2020” was held, he added.
A sub-committee with promi-nent personalities would beformed for the implementationof the report.
The government would bepressured to implement the find-ings in the report. If the govern-ment dilly-dallies then courtswould be approached for thepurpose, he added.
The CPP has been started tostudy the impact of populationgrowth and water shortage andto arrive at solutions.
V Balasubramnyam of theBangalore Environment Trustsaid that Bangalore is dependenton Cauvery and Tippegondana-halli for its water needs. Therehas been seepage of over 35 per-cent during supply. This has to
be immediately addressed. It isnecessary to clear encroachmentsof tank beds and Raja Kaluves,which are main storm waterdrains in the city, to solve thewater problem in the city. Thereis a need for the help of the ju-
diciary for the purpose, he added.Journalist Shailesh Chandra
Gupta said supplying water fromNetravatiriver through Almattidam is not viable as the multi-crore project would lead to cor-ruption.
Art of Living founderSri Sri Ravi Shankarand BKS Iyengar ofRamamaniIyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, signa
proclamation to have the UN declare a World InternationalYoga Day on June 21.
BrigAravindKatoch, commandant, ASC Centre (South), pres-ents medals to medal winners at the attestation and passing
out parade held at ASC presenting.
CITYMonday, December 5, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralGeological Society of India:Monthly lecture on ‘Gas Hy-drates in India: Potential andDevelopment’ by Dr KalachandSain, Gas Hydrate Group, Na-tional Geophysical ResearchInstitute, Hyderabad, at No,63, Kavita Apartments, Bas-appa Layout, 12th Cross,Gavipuram, 4 pm.
CulturalSwastik: Staging of play‘Badaku Jataka Bandi’ by Ra-jguru Hosakote, Ran-gashankara, JP Nagar, 7:30 pm
Carmel Pre-University Col-lege: Rendezvous 2011, inter-collegiate festival of talents,No. 14, 4th Cross, II Block, IIStage, West of Chord Road,Basaveshwarnagar, 5 pm
MusicAnnie and Michael DevineLive: Tuesday, August 30th,2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Take5, No 54 MSK Plaza, DefenceColony, 2nd Stage, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar A night ofjazz, blues and easy listeningwith Annie and MichaelDevine performing classictunes from years gone by.
Eating OutPower Lunch: Tuesday, August30th, 2011. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, UBCity, No 24, Vittal Mallya Road,Now be connected even duringthe quick business lunch. Freewi-fi access while you fill upin the middle of the day. De-lectable starters with a varietyof veg/ non veg main courseoptions along with draughtbeer.
Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Tuesday, August 30th,2011. noon to 3 p.m. Man-chester United Restaurant Bar,The Manchester United Restau-rant and Bar launches a week-day lunch buffet priced at Rs350 plus taxes right fromstarters to desserts.
‘The Kari Culture’ at Blue Gin-ger: Tuesday, August 30th,2011. 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.Blue Ginger, The Taj West End,23 Race Cource Road , BlueGinger creates an interestingway to learn about Vietnameseingredients and how to createsome of the popular culinaryinnovations. ‘The Kari Kulture’is for all the ladies who wantto learn the finer aspects ofVietnamese cuisine, super-vised by Chef Rishi. This isfollowed by a meal at therestaurant, where the gueststaste what they cook.
The Grand Indian Lunch Buf-fet @ Turquoise: uesday, Au-gust 30th, 2011. noon to 3p.m. Turquoise, No 9, 2nd &3rd Floors, 17th A Main, Kora-mangala Experience the GrandIndian Lunch buffet consistingof over 35 dishes every week-day with around 5 starters, 4vegetarian gravies, 2 non veg-etarian gravies , 7 desserts andlots more.
NightlifeHip Hop night: Tuesday, Au-gust 30th, 2011. 8 p.m. Hypnos,Gem Plaza, Infantry Road, DJSid plays the latest hip hoptracks from around the world.
Open Mic Night @ Kyra: Tues-day, August 30th, 2011. 7 p.m.to 11 p.m. Kyra Theatre, No2001 Kattima Center, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar The OpenMic Night aims to bring outnew talent - whether it’s music,stand up comedy, poetry ordance.
Funky Tuesdays with DJsPrashant and Darsh: Tuesday,August 30th, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Coco Bongo, 4thFloor, Commercial Complex,National Games Village, 80Feet Road, Koramangala DJsPrashant and Darsh spinninghip hop & RnB this Tuesdayat Coco Bongo. There’s a 1+1offer on drinks all night.
Karaoke Night with KJ Val:Tuesday, August 30th, 2011. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. XtremeSports Bar, 4th Floor, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar Test thosevocal chords at karaoke nightwith KJ Val.
Happy Tuesdays with DJsPallemoni and Akso: Tuesday,August 30th, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. The Beach, No 1211,100 Feet Road, IndiranagarDJs Pallemoni and Akso spin-ning deep house, disco andelectronica this Tue @ The
Beach.
ShoppingRio by Titan Eye+: Tuesday,August 30th, 2011. 10 a.m. to11:30 a.m. Titan Eye+, SafinaPlaza, Infantry Road, A trendy,fashionable collection for theyoung and young at heart.The frames are available in ahost of bright colours.
Puma Faas Collection: Tues-day, August 30th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 8 p.m. Puma, A fun, tech-nologically advanced range ofrunning shoes by Puma.
Fall Winter 2011 Collection:Tuesday, August 30th, 2011. 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Esprit, No 10Ananda Bhavan, Vittal MallyaRoad, Stripes, florals, wool,tweed, retro and preppy cometogether in Esprit’s new FallWinter 2011 Collection.
OWW Sale: Tuesday, August30th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.One Wit Wonders, No 32 ACRTowers, Residency Road, Flat50% off on selected productsat One Wit Wonders.
Lustrous Moon Collection:Tuesday, August 30th, 2011.10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Collage, No21/1, Wood Street, AshoknagarThe Lustrous Moon Collectionby Bharathi Raviprakash payshomage to the glow of themoon. The collection includesgold jewellery with pearls incolours of golden, black andchocolate, and diamonds aswell.
Special EventsTuesdays with the Bard: Tues-day, August 30th, 2011. 7 p.m.Urban Solace - Cafe for theSoul, No 32, Annaswamy Mu-daliar Road, Ulsoor Lake Tues-days with the Bard is an ini-tiative to create opportunitiesfor poets and poetry lovers toget together. It features poetsreading their creations in anew experience every Tuesday.Members of the audience areencouraged to come forwardand share poems as well.
ExhibitionsCreative Perspectives: Tues-day, August 30th, 2011. noonto 11:30 p.m. Caperberry, No48/1 Ground Floor, The Estate,Dickenson Road, Artwork byGopal Dey, Shan Re, KishoreChand, Ashok Kumar G, Hire-math, Parmesh D Jolad, Ran-jan Paul, Ram Onkar, MiniArora and more.
Colours & Hues: Tuesday, Au-gust 30th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallerie Third Eye, No A-1 Epsilon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur A groupshow by artists Kanthraj N,Rima Ray & Rakesh Mandalat Gallerie Third Eye.
Synesthesia: Tuesday, August30th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Galleryske, No 2, Berlie Street,Langford Town A group showfeaturing works by AndreaAnastasio, Luigi Anastasio andAvinash Veeraraghavan. Theworks are displayed in thehouse-like space of the gallery,so that they are approachedwithout demarcations and dis-tinctions thus making the view-er experience the works in onecontinuous alternation of me-dia from video and painting,to photography and sculpture.
Solo show @ Apparao: Tues-day, August 30th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. Apparao Galleries,No 82 The Presidency, St MarksRoad, Apparao Galleries pres-ents an exhibition of paintingsby T. Vaikuntam.
The Eye of Graciela Iturbide:Tuesday, August 30th, 2011.10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tasveer, No26/1, Kasturba Cross Road, Acollection of black and whitepictures shot by Mexican pho-tographer Graciela Iturbide,in locales across the world.
Now and Tomorrow : Tuesday,August 30th, 2011. 10 a.m. to7 p.m. Kynkyny Art, No 148Embassy Square, InfantryRoad, An exhibition by elevenemerging artists, which travelsinto contemporary territoryand throws up a commentaryon the rapidly changing, con-tinually shifting here and nowof modern India.
Group Show @ Renaissance:Tuesday, August 30th, 2011. 11a.m. to 7 p.m. RenaissanceGallerie, No 13 Westminster,Cunningham Road, An exhi-bition of paintings by Shrad-dha DD, Deepa Vedpathak,Shama Rane and Shivaji Cha-van.
Bus Day celebrated Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The Bangalore Metro Trans-port Corporation, or BMTC, today cele-brated Bus Day, aimed at encouragingpeople to use public transport instead ofprivate vehicles.
The BMTC celebrates Bus Day on thefourth of every month. But this month, itwas held today as yesterday was Sun-day.
The day was held by allotting extraservices along the 12 major roads of thecity, Old Airport road (IPTL), Sarjapurroad, Hosur road, Bannerghatta road,Kanakapura road, Mysore road, Magadiroad, Tumkur road, Bellary road,Thanisandra road, Hennur road and OldMadras road. The BMTC operates 5,913routes with 79,000 schedules. Today, itran extra 1,500 routes. Also, it extendedthe services from 7 pm to 10 pm. With
this, the corporation ran over 3,000 extraschedules.
It used over 100 buses available at dif-ferent divisions and ran over 800 sched-ules. To help link the Metro Rail, MetroFeeder service MF-7 has been introduced.It runs from Byappanahalli through Bag-mane Tech Park, C V Raman Nagar, Basa-va Nagar, Marathahalli, IPTL and HopeFarm to Kadugodi. Eight schedules wererun every 10 minutes.
Three new Volvo schedules have beenintroduced along the route number 319C.They will start from Kempegowda busstand and run through S V Road Metrostation, Byappanahalli metro station,Hoodi, IPTL and will reach Kadugodi busstation.
Feeder services have commenced onBC 2A route. It will start from ITPL TTMCand pass through Varthur, Gunjur, Huskurand will reach Electronic City.
Animal lovers give their pets a day outBangalore: Pet-a-thon, a high-light event leading up to theBangalore International MidnightMarathon this year,was held yes-terday.
Pet-a-thon was aimed at cre-ating awareness on animal rightsand causes and provided an op-portunity for animal lovers togive their pets a dayout, and achance to socialise with otheranimals from in and around thecity.
The funds generated throughpet-a-thon will be donated tofew key organisations involvedin animal welfare activities.
This year, the pet-a-thon hadtied up with animal care organ-isations, including Pet Steppin;Cessna Lifeline, a veterinary hos-pital; and Muddy Pawz, a doggrooming salon.
The Bangalore InternationalMidnight Marathon is being or-ganised by the Rotary BangaloreIT Corridor (RBITC) at Whitefieldon December 10. Thousands ofrunners and hundreds of cor-porate professionals and NGOs
are expected to participate thisyear.
This is the fifth edition of the international midnightmarathon. It is being held here as the main fund-raiser for RBITC’s social service projectsrelating to environment, health, community and voca-tional services.
RBITC will use the net pro-
ceeds for projects in the sectorsof health, education and for ad-dressing various other social is-sues.
Registrations for the ‘Run fora Child’ Bangalore InternationalMidnight Marathon-2011 (BIMM-2011) has begun fromOctober 27,2011 whereindividuals or corpo-rate interested to participate cando so by logging on to www.mid-
n i g h t m a r a t h o n . i norwww.rbitc.org by payingRs300, which is a contributionto the social cause.
Just before the midnightmarathon of 42 km and the 21-km half marathon, there will bethe Adecco 5 km IT City FunRun, a community relay, the cor-porate relay and women’s cor-porate relay, besides the newly-introduced GE 10K run.
Funds generated from the pre-vious BIMM’s have gone towardsthe Rotary club’s own flagship“Green Dream” project of plant-ing 1 lakh trees in Whitefield. Inaddition, funds have beenutilised in providing free spinalcord and eye surgeries for theneedy, toilets, classrooms andmid-day meals in schools, schol-arships for deserving youth, vo-cational training sponsorships,a bus for transporting eye-carepatients from rural areas and anambulance in Whitefield, amonga host of other similar activities,according to Sheila Premkumar,RBITCpresident.
Drop Dowas Olympic
sponsor,says govt
New Delhi: The Sports Ministryis mounting pressure on the In-dian Olympic Association to seekthe ouster of Dow Chemicals assponsors of the London Olympics2012.
The ministry has written tothe Indian Olympic Association,asking it to take up the matterwith the International OlympicCommittee.
CNN-IBN accessed a copy ofthe letter in which the ministryasked the IOC to raise the matterwith International Olympic Com-mittee keeping Indian sensibili-ties in mind.
Responding to the demand,the IOA said it would convey theconvey the concerns of theBhopal gas tragedy victims, for-mer Olympians and others tothe organisers of the 2012 LondonGames regarding its sponsorshipdeal with Dow.
Dow had recently filed an af-fidavit in the Supreme Court re-jecting demands for a greatercompensation for the victims ofBhopal Gas Tragedy.
Housesburgled,valuables
stolenBangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: A house was brokeninto and jewellery worth over Rs6 lakh were stolen at HAL thirdstage in the city.
Jaypal and his family had goneout of town on November 28 andreturned yesterday afternoonaround 3.30. They found thedoolock of the front door brokenopen and 240 gm of gold jew-ellery kept in the bureau stolen.
In another similar incident,valuables were stolen from ahouse in Kalyan Nagar.
Subramanya Bayar and hisfamily had gone to Rameshwaraon December 1 and returned at7.15 pm yesterday. They foundthe locks of the gate and frontdoor broken open and valuablesstolen from the house. The exactamount of the stolen goods isnot known yet.Chain snatched: A woman’schain was snatched when shewas on a walk at BasaveshwaraNagar last evening.
Jayamma (65) had headedback to her house after her walkwhen a thief riding a motorbikesnatched her chain weighing 60gm worth over Rs 1.2 lakh fromher neck in front of her houseon 10th Main Road.
Navachetanaanniversary
Bangalore: The tenth annualcelebrations of a school for thedisabled children run by theNavachetana Trust Manava Trusthas been organised on November11. Home minister R Ashok willinaugurate the celebrations. Cor-poratorBasavaraj and film direc-tor YogarajBhat will take part.
Prez scripts history,rides battle tank
Barmer: After taking off in thefrontline Sukhoi-30 MKI, Presi-dent Pratibha Patil today onceagain donned military fatiguesto ride a T-90 main battle tank,becoming the first head of theState to do so.
Dressed in black overalls wornby the personnel of the tank reg-iments, the 76-year-old Presidententered the exercise 'SudarshanShakti' here riding in the mainbattle tank with Army Chief Gen-eral V K Singh.
Defence minister A K Antonyalso arrived in a tank to witness
the massive exercise and wasaccompanied by Southern ArmyCommander Lt Gen A K Singh.
This is her second ride in amilitary vehicle as she flew theSukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft atthe Lohegaon air base in Punein 2009. The President alongwith the Defence Minister willreview the ongoing exercise inthe deserts of Rajasthan involvingover 50,000 troops, 300 tanksand 250 artillery guns.
The exercise also involves op-eration by aircraft such as Su-30MKI, Jaguars, Mig-27 and Mig-21
AWACS and helicopters.It will also put to test the new-
ly-inducted communication andbattlefield surveillance radarsby integrating them with all thewar fighting assets of the Armyand the IAF.
The exercise will help the Southern Command to validate its war-fighting conceptswhile working towards 'capabil-ity- based approach' relying ona series of transformational ini-tiatives, concepts, organisationalstructures and absorption of newage technologies.
Pawar attacker's stay atmental hospital extendedNew Delhi: The youth, who hadslapped Union Agriculture Min-ister Sharad Pawar, was todayordered by a Delhi court to stayat the Institute of Human Be-haviour and Allied Sciences (IH-BAS) till December 12 for addi-tional tests by a medical boardto ascertain his mental health.
Extending the hospital stayof Harvinder Singh, who wasadmitted at IHBAS for medicaltests on December 2 as per acourt's directive, MetropolitanMagistrate Jasjeet Kaur askedthe institute's medical superin-tendent to authorise a doctor toproduce Singh's medical reportpersonally before her.
The court ordered Singh's ad-ditional tests after going througha preliminary report which theinstitute had submitted to it asper its November 30 order in re-sponse to a plea by Singh's coun-sel that he was suffering frommental illness.
The court adjourned the hear-ing on Singh's bail plea for thetime being and he will be pro-duced in court on December 9,when his judicial custody ex-pires.
Seeking bail for Singh, hiscounsel said his client is under-going psychiatric treatment for
four years and as per a SupremeCourt order, a mentally sick per-son cannot be held guilty evenfor killing someone.
"It is only a petty offence ofslapping a person by a mentallysick man and the Supreme Courtorder says a mentally sick personcannot be convicted even if hekills someone," Singh's counselR S Dhaka said.
Dhaka sought bail for his clientalleging that he is being perse-cuted only because he slappeda sitting minister and an influ-ential person, while not even acase was registered against himfor slapping former Telecom Min-ister Sukh Ram.
"The matter is being highlight-ed only because the person whosustained the slap is an influen-tial person, while it is only apetty offence which is evidentfrom the fact that when SukhRam was assaulted by the sameperson, not even an FIR was reg-istered."
Public prosecutor JitendraSharma, however, opposed thebail plea saying the accused is athreat to society and cannot beallowed to roam free and "cannotbe granted bail unless correctivetreatment and measures are tak-en".
"Even if it is accepted that heis mentally sick, he cannot beallowed to roam free. He is notshowing any remorse. He stillopenly says he will repeat theoffence," he said.
The court, however, keptSingh's bail plea pending andsought his health report on De-cember 12.
"As per the report, the accusedis hospitalised since December2 and the doctors have soughttwo-three weeks' time to consti-tute a medical board and exam-ine him. A report be called fromthe hospital on December 12 andthe medical superintendent isdirected to authorise a personto produce the report personallybefore the court," the judge said.
Singh, a small-time trans-porter, had assaulted Pawar onNovember 24 outside an audito-rium on Parliament Street aftera public function, saying it wasa protest against price rise andcorruption.
Private security guards hadoverpowered Singh after he hadassaulted Pawar.
Singh had also attacked SukhRam outside a court here on No-vember 19 after he was sentencedto five years in jail in a 1996 cor-ruption case.
Facelift for 2 Mirage jets in FranceNew Delhi: The first set of twoMirage 2000 combat jets of theIndian Air Force (IAF) have flownout for upgrade at the facilitiesof Thales, the French defenceand aerospace giant, as part ofa $1.35 billion deal for the 51-air-craft fleet.
"Two aircraft — a single seaterand a double-seater — haveflown out to the French Air Basenear Istres. The aircraft will reachMonday-Tuesday after halts intwo countries in the Gulf andtwo in Europe," Thales countrydirector Eric Lenseigne said.
"The upgrade will begin im-mediately after. A 22-memberproject team from the Indian AirForce and Hindustan AeronauticsLtd (HAL) will be associated withthe project. This is what we calla middle-life upgrade. It willtake a few years," he said.
According to sources, the pilotsand some team members couldnot have asked for a better flightpath, and destination. Their land-ings were slotted for Qatar, Egypt,Turkey and Greece, before arriv-ing at Istres in French Riviera,northwest of Marseille.
Lenseigne explained that dur-ing the upgrade of the two aircraftin Istres, a small team of Thalesexperts would also visit Banga-lore for the upgrade of anothertwo Mirage 2000 jets at the facilityof Hindustan Aeronautics.
"The dates have not been fixedyet. It could be anytime towardsthe first half of 2013. Both atIstres and Bangalore, there willalso be a simultaneous transferof technology, so that the re-maining upgrades can be doneby the Indian side," he said.
India had announced a con-
tract in end-July with two Frenchdefence firms -- Thales and Das-sault -- for upgrading its fleet of51 Mirage 2000 combat jets,which were acquired between1982 and 1986. The details re-garding the size of the deal werenot spelt out.
But ministry officials had saidit would work out to around $4billion, if one were also to con-sider other investments, like $500million towards a new facilityat Bangalore for Hindustan Aero-nautics and $1 billion for newweapons and related additions.
IRS officer, CAwife to be tried
in DA caseNew Delhi: A Delhi court hasdecided to put an IRS officer ontrial along with his chartered ac-countant wife for allegedly own-ing assets exceeding his legalincome, rejecting the woman'splea that the CBI has clubbedher income with that of her hus-band to arrive at the 'dispropor-tionate assets' figure.
Special CBI Judge Vinod Ku-mar passed order on framing ofcharges against the couple, say-ing the woman will have enoughof opportunity to explain herstand on her husband's assetsduring the trial.
While passing the order oncharges against IRS officer MilindPurshottam Damle for allegedlyowing disproportionate assetsworth Rs 54.67 lakh, the courtcharged his wife Murdul M Damlefor aiding and abetting him inamassing the wealth.
"There is enough material onrecord to frame a charge againstaccused Milind PurshottamDamle under Section 13(1)(e)read with Section 13(2) of Pre-vention of Corruption Act, 1988,"the court said.
The defence counsel, appear-ing for Damle and his wife, saidthey had tried to explain to theinvestigating officer about excessmoney recovered from theirhouse but their version was notinvestigated by the CBI.
He said Murdul is a practicingchartered accountant for past 20years and is having her own in-come.
The judge, however, said, "Ihave considered their submis-
sions and I am of the opinionthat this trial offers them an op-portunity to give proper expla-nation and prove their defence."
The judge adjourned the mat-ter for next hearing on January3, when the court would formallypress charges against the accusedand ask them whether they pleadguilty to them.
The court said there was aprima facie case against Damle'swife Murdul of intentionally aid-ing and abetting the crime.
The court observed thatflats/properties were purchasedby Damle through his wife andshe had 'intentionally' aided himby keeping the money in jointaccounts and acquiring the assetsin her name. A case was regis-tered against Damle and his wifein 2005.
"I have considered the rivalsubmissions and I have also care-fully perused the charge sheet.The check period for countingthe assets is from April 1, 2000to February 2, 2005.
"At the beginning of the checkperiod, Milind Purshottam Damleand his family members werefound to be in possession of as-sets worth Rs 12.75 lakh as onApril 1, 2000. At the end of checkperiod, he was found having as-sets to the tune of Rs 98.88 lakhas on February 2, 2005," thejudge said.
Damle's total income wasshown as Rs 40,49,391 and afterdeducting expenditure, he wasfound having disproportionateassets to the extent of Rs54,67,633, the court noted.
PMO holding backreport: Bhushan
New Delhi: Team Anna memberPrashant Bhushan today draggedthe Prime Minister's Office intothe controversial CD issue in-volving his father ShantiBhushan alleging that it was be-hind withholding a forensic re-port which said it was doctored.
His remarks came followinga RTI reply that the forensic ex-amination by Central ForensicScience Laboratory (CFSL),Chandigarh shows that the CDwas "doctored", contradictingfindings of two other such tests.
Bhushan claimed that thePMO in response to RTI of Sub-hash Aggarwal gave him onlyDelhi CFSL report and not theChandigarh report.
"The interest taken by theHome Minister P Chidambaramin this matter and the PMO inrevealing the Delhi CSFL reportwhile withholding the Chandi-garh CFSL report shows that the
Government is behind the dis-semination of this fabrication,if not the actual fabrication itself.This was the beginning of therepeated attempts by the gov-ernment to defame importantmembers of the anti-corruptioncampaign — an attempt whichcontinues till this day," he said.
After the CD came into circu-lation, Shanti Bhushan had fileda complaint with Delhi Policeon April 14, alleging that it wasfabricated and denied havingany conversation with Mulayamand Singh.
"This (Chandigarh) report, af-ter 8 months since it came intoexistence, has been given to Sub-ash Chandra Aggarwal by theChandigarh CSFL on Central In-formation Commission’s order.The Delhi Police refused to givethis report to Shanti Bhushandespite his repeatedly asking forthe same.
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Climate change: Indiato kick off negotiationsDurban: India today kicks offits high-level political negotia-tions as Environment Minister,Jayanthi Natrajan, takes controlof the talks with other nationsat the high level United Nationstalks at Durban, South Africa onclimate change.
India has criticised the Devel-oped Nations, especially the Unit-ed States of America, for notmaking firm commitments tocutting green house gas emis-sions.
India, which is a leading mem-ber of the Developing Nationsat the conference, has asked theUnited States and other Devel-oped Nations to make firm com-mitments on cutting down ongreen house gases.
All eyes are now on the UN
climate change conference inDurban as it shifts into its secondand final week of negotiations.This as political leaders arrivein the city for the final round ofnegotiations.
Former Chief Climate ChangeNegotiator of the United Nations,Yvo de Boer, has said that hewas "deeply concerned" aboutthe ongoing negotiations.
He believes the process of ne-gotiating a meaningful climateagreement was failing. Worldleaders have failed to reach aninternational accord to controlgreenhouse gas emissions caus-ing global warming, he said.
In recent years, their inatten-tion has been compounded bytheir preoccupation with the eco-nomic and Eurozone crises.
Rather than act in their own na-tional interests, many leaderslook to see what others are will-ing — or unwilling — to con-cede.
"I think a bit of the situationthat we have at the moment,and certainly the situation we
had in Copenhagen, is that you'vegot a bunch of international lead-ers sitting 85 stories up on theedge of a building, saying toeach other, 'you jump first andI'll follow,'" Mr de Boer said.
But despite their failures, Mrde Boer said he thought mostleaders sincerely want a deal onclimate change. "It's, to a largeextent, I think, a rudderlessprocess," he said. On Sunday,the South African host of thetalks called for divine help at aclimate change church serviceorganised by the South AfricanCouncil of Churches.
"We needed to pray for a cred-ible, balanced and fair outcomethat has a sense of urgency tosave the earth, the planet now,"said Maite Nkoana-Mashabane,
who as South Africa's ForeignMinister is President of the Dur-ban round of negotiations.
During Sunday's service at theUniting Presbyterian Church,multi-faith priests laid theirhands on her head as BishopMike Foster reminded the con-gregation of how important thefight against climate change was.
Critics of this year's COP17talks say that too little is beingdone to push through a legally-binding resolution on climatechange.
The COP17 negotiations con-tinue next week when UnitedNations Secretary-General BanKi-moon opens the high-levelnegotiating segment on Tues-day.
More radioactive waterleaks at Japanese plant
Tokyo: At least 45 tons of highlyradioactive water have leakedfrom a purification facility at theFukushima Daiichi nuclear pow-er station, and some of it mayhave reached the Pacific Ocean,the plant's operator said Sunday.
Nearly nine months afterFukushima Daiichi was ravagedby an earthquake and tsunami,the plant continues to pose amajor environmental threat.
Before the latest leak, theFukushima accident had beenresponsible for the largest singlerelease of radioactivity into theocean, threatening wildlife andfisheries in the region, expertshave said.
The new radioactive waterleak called into question theprogress that the plant's operator,Tokyo Electric Power Company,appeared to have made in bring-ing its reactors under control.The company, known as Tepco,has said that it hopes to bringthe plant to a stable state knownas a cold shutdown by the endof the year.
The trouble on Sunday camein two stages, a Tepco statementsaid. In the morning, utility work-ers found that radioactive waterwas pooling in a catchment nextto a purification device; the sys-tem was switched off, and theleak appeared to stop.
But the company said it laterdiscovered that leaked water wasescaping, possibly through cracksin the catchment's concrete wall,and was reaching an externalgutter.
In all, as much as 220 tons ofwater may now have leaked fromthe facility, according to a reportin the newspaper Asahi Shimbunthat cited Tepco officials.
The company said that thewater had about one milliontimes as much radioactive stron-tium as the maximum safe levelset by the government, but ap-peared to have already beencleaned of radioactive cesiumbefore leaking out. Both elementsare readily absorbed by livingtissue and can greatly increasethe risk of developing cancer.
Tepco said a check on Satur-day had found no sign of the
leak, suggesting that it beganSaturday night or early Sundaymorning. The company said itwas exploring ways to stop anymore water from escaping.
Since the disaster in March,workers have been struggling tocool the stricken plant's reactorsby flooding them with water,which is contaminated with ra-dioactivity in the process andbecomes a problem of its own.
Tepco installed a new circu-latory cooling system in Septem-ber with filters that decontami-nate and recycle the cooling wa-ter.
But the company acknowl-edges that some water has al-ready leaked into the ocean, andthousands of tons of water re-main in the flooded basementsof the plant's reactor buildings.
The Institute for RadiologicalProtection and Nuclear Safetyin France estimates that betweenMarch and mid-July, the amountof radioactive cesium 137 thathad leaked into the Pacific fromthe Fukushima Daiichi plantamounted to 27.1 petabecquerels,the greatest amount known tohave been released from a singleepisode.
(A becquerel is a frequentlyused measure of radiation, anda petabecquerel is a million bil-lion becquerels.)
Jaya asks PM for forcesto protect Mullaperiyar
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jay-alalithaa said that Kerala is being alarmist withoutcause on the Mullaperiyar issue. She has writtento the Prime Minister once again asking for centralforces to be sent in.
"I would like to bring to your notice the graveconcern of my Government about the securitythreat to the Mullaiperiyar Dam. In view of the vi-olent activities reported at the Dam site, it is im-perative that Central forces be deployed at theDam immediately, the TN CM said.
The opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu also backingthe Chief Minister on the issue. Party chief MKarunanidhi has written to a Supreme Court-em-powered Committee to implement the SupremeCourt order to raise the storage from 136 feet to142 feet.
"Don't accept Kerala's demand to reduce storageto 120 feet. Stop Kerala from spreading fear andpanic in the minds of the people," he said. But as
far as the logjam between Tamil Nadu and Keralaare concerned, there seems no end to it. Bothsides hardening their stand.
This despite Kerala Chief Minister OomenChandy making it clear that his ministers shouldnot jump into the bandwagon of strikes as thiswill have a negative impact on Kerala's case inthe Supreme Court.
Centre's intervention yielding a little help.Kerala government has decided to move SC onceagain. It will submit a petition on Wednesday de-manding reduction of water level in the dam to120 feet, as protest spiralling in and around Idukkiregion.
Political parties are taking mileage out of thesituation. Youth Congress and BJP workers haveclashed with the police in the past few days.
The conflict between Tamil Nadu and Keralaover the Mullaperiyar dam continues to escalate.Two ministers from Kerala are set to sit on day-
long fast to put pressure on the Centre to intervenein the matter. State Water Resources Minister TJJoseph will be beginning his hunger strike inDelhi while state Finance Minister KM Mani followssuit in Idukki, the district in which the Mullaperiyaris situated.
Kerala's cabinet will be meeting to take stockof the situation. Meanwhile, MDMK leader Vaikowill be meeting the Prime Minister to put forwardTamil Nadu's position on the issue. The AttorneyGeneral is also expected to explain his commentson the dam before a Supreme Court-empoweredcommittee.
Kerala is demanding a new dam, saying theexisting one has been rendered weak by frequentearthquakes. Tamil Nadu want Prime Ministermust stop Kerala from creating panic. Kerala wantthat height of the dam should be reduced from132 feet to 120 feet but Tamil Nadu says increasethe height of dam from 132 feet to 142 feet. Both
states want Centre to intervene. Meanwhile, Union Water Resources Ministry
has called for talks between conflicting states.Tamil Nadu has decided to skip the dialoguewhile Kerala will attend it. Also, National HumanRights Commission will hear the petition filed bysome Kerala MPs seeking its "humanitarian in-tervention" to save the people of Idukki who arelikely to be affected if the dam bursts as appre-hended.
Setting aside rivalries, the opposition DMK inTamil Nadu is united with the government on theMullaperiyar issue. Party chief M Karunanidhiwrote to a Supreme Court-empowered Committee.
"Implement the Supreme Court order to raisethe storage from 136 feet to 142 feet. Don't acceptKerala's demand to reduce storage to 120 feet.Stop Kerala from spreading fear and panic in theminds of the people," Karunanidhi said.
Not deliberateattack: Obamato Pak leaders
Washington:US President BarackObama has told Pakistan's President that the NATO airstrikes that killed24 Pakistani soldiers were not deliberate attacks and thatAmerica is committed to a fullinvestigation.
The strikes along the borderwith Afghanistan last weekendhave further strained ties be-
tween the US and Pakistan asthe Obama administration triesto wind down the war inAfghanistan.
The White House says Obamaand Pakistan's President, AsifAli Zardari, reaffirmed their coun-tries' relationship and agreed tokeep in close touch.
Obama called Zardari on Sun-day.
Pakistan mayattend Bonnconference
Islamabad: Pakistan may havelow-level participation in theBonn conference after a tele-phone call from US PresidentBarack Obama to President AsifAli Zardari to express condo-lences over a NATO airstrike thatkilled 24 soldiers, a newspapersaid Monday.
Dawn reported that diplomaticcircles in Washington expectlow-level participation from Pak-istan in the international con-ference.
Pakistan decided to boycottthe Bonn conference to protestthe Nov 26 NATO airstrike thatleft 24 Pakistan Army soldiersdead in Mohmand Agency. Theattack prompted Islamabad tostop NATO supplies through thecountry and it also decided tostay away from the Bonn con-ference.
Foreign ministers from over90 countries are expected to con-gregate at Bonn Monday for theconference that is going to dis-cuss the future of Afghanistan.Western forces in Afghanistanare scheduled to leave the coun-try by 2014. Sources said thebreakthrough came after US Pres-ident Barack Obama called upPresident Asif Ali Zardari.
Obama called Zardari to ex-
press condolences, but stoppedshort of an apology
"The president made clear thatthis regrettable incident was nota deliberate attack on Pakistanand reiterated the United States'strong commitment to a full in-vestigation," the White Housesaid in a statement yesterday.
"The two presidents reaffirmedtheir commitment to the US-Pak-istan bilateral relationship, whichis critical to the security of bothnations, and they agreed to stayin close touch."
Earlier efforts to persuade Pak-istan to attend the Bonn meethad failed, with Islamabad notheeding requests from countries,including host Germany.
German Chancellor AngelaMerkel had telephoned PrimeMinister YousufRazaGilani Nov30, requesting Pakistan to changeits decision.
"The German Chancellor ex-pressed her desire that Pakistan'sattendance in the Bonn confer-ence was of utmost importanceto Germany and stressed uponthat Pakistan's representationwas essential for making theconference meaningful," Pak-istan prime minister's office hadsaid in a statement.
BJP party ofmiddlemen,says Diggy
New Delhi: Congress leaderDigvijaya Singh has slammedthe Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)for its stance on Foreign DirectInvestment (FDI) in retail thathas led to a logjam in Parlia-ment.
"BJP should seriously intro-spect its stance on FDI. Gettinga Brand of a Party of Middlemen!Rightly too!" wrote Mr Singh onmicro-blogging site Twitter.
The Congress leader also tooka dig at BJP's senior leader LKAdvani after the disastrous bypollresult in Bellary, Karnataka.
"Why is no one talking aboutmiserable performance of BJPin by-elections? Doesn't it reflect'highly successful' Advaniji's Ya-tra," wrote Mr Singh.
The ruling-BJP lost deposit inBellary while Independent can-didate B Sriramulu won the therural assembly bypoll by a hugemargin of 46,760 votes.
Mr Sriramulu won 74,527 votes,Ramprasad of Congress camesecond with 27,527 votes and BJPgot only 17,366 votes.
The BJP needed 20,562 votesto ensure it did not lose its depositin the bypolls.
WWII bombdefused
in GermanyBerlin: A massive British WorldWar II-era bomb that triggeredthe evacuation of about half ofthe 107,000 residents of Ger-many's western city of Koblenzwas successfully defused on Sun-day, authorities said.
It was one of Germany'sbiggest bomb-related evacuationssince the war ended with some2,500 police officers, firefightersand paramedics on duty acrossthe city to secure the operation.
Experts successfully defusedthe British 1.8 ton bomb and a275-pound U.S. bomb that hadbeen discovered last month afterthe Rhine river's water level fellsignificantly due to a prolongedlack of rain, said Heiko Breit-barth, a spokesman for Koblenz'sfirefighters.
Some 45,000 residents, livingwithin a radius of about 2 kilo-meters (1.2 miles) from the bombsite had to leave their housesearly Sunday before the evacu-ation order was lifted in theevening, the city said on its web-site.
Among those ordered to evac-uate were seven nursing homes,two hospitals and a prison withsome 200 inmates.
Tiger Woods ends 2‑yr titledrought with Chevron win
California: Tiger Woods endeda frustrating victory drought ofjust over two years when heclinched the Chevron World Chal-lenge which he hosts by oneshot on Sunday, holing a six-foot birdie putt at the last.
A stroke behind fellow Amer-ican Zach Johnson overnight,Woods fired a three-under-par69 at Sherwood Country Club toclaim the 95th tournament winof his career -- but his first sincethe 2009 Australian Masters.
Woods, whose world rankingplummeted from number one to52nd while he struggled for fit-ness and form over the last twoyears with his private life in tat-ters, came from one shot behindwith two holes to play to post a10-under total of 278.
He drained a 15-footer at thepar-three 17th before coollyknocking in a six-footer on the18th green and then celebratingwith a roundhouse sweepthrough the air with his rightarm.
"It feels great to go basicallyhead-to-head against Zach allday," a jubilant Woods told re-porters after his spectacularbirdie-birdie finish ended a runof 26 tournaments around theworld without victory.
"Zach put a lot of pressure onme. He turned the tide (on 16),next thing I am one down, play-ing the last couple of holes. ThenI made two good putts." Askedto describe his feelings after end-ing his lengthy title drought, 14-times major champion Woodsreplied: "It feels awesome, what-ever that is.”
"I know it`s been a while, butalso for some reason it feels likeit hasn`t (been a while) becausewhen I was coming down thestretch there I felt so comfort-able.”
"Was I nervous? Absolutely.I`m always nervous in that po-sition but it`s a comfortable feel-ing, and I enjoy being in thatposition," added Woods, whowill rise to 21st when the newworld rankings are issued onMonday.
Johnson, seeking his first vic-tory since last year`s ColonialInvitational, had to settle for sec-ond place in his effective head-to-head with Woods after closingwith a 71.
Britain`s Paul Casey, whoopened with a 79 in Thursday`swind-buffeted opening round,signed off with a 69 to securethird place at five under. Johnsonheld a one-stroke lead at the
start of a glorious, sun-splashedautumn day at Sherwood andhe preserved that advantagewhen he and Woods each birdiedthe par-five second.
However, Johnson then bo-geyed the next two holes -- miss-ing the green to the left off thetee at the par-three third andfailing to reach the green in twoat the par-four fourth -- to slipone stroke behind Woods.
Johnson immediately respond-ed with a battling birdie at thepar-five fifth.
Despite ending up above afairway bunker with his driveand clipping tree branches withhis second shot for the ball toadvance only 100 yards, he strucka sizzling approach to 5 feet andknocked in the putt to draw levelwith Woods at eight under.
Johnson and Woods both bo-geyed the tricky par-three eighthto slip back to seven under beforereaching the turn three aheadof the chasing pack.
Woods edged a stroke in frontwith a birdie at the par-four 10th,where his approach from theright rough ended up withinthree feet of the cup. He pickedup another shot at the par-five11th after reaching the green intwo, but then bogeyed the par-
three 12th where he found theleft greenside bunker off the tee.
Johnson again caught Woodswith a birdie at the par-five 13th,where he got up and down fromjust short of the green, and thepair stayed level with three holesto play.
Both players laid up at thepar-five 16th and Johnson edgeda stroke in front after hitting hisapproach to 12 feet and calmlyrolling in the putt.
Woods immediately counteredwith his 15-foot birdie putt at the17th before driving his right fistforward in celebration as thewatching gallery roared its ap-proval.
That set up the grandstandfinish on 18 where Woods tri-umphed in style after recordinghis fifth birdie of the day.
"There were certainly a lot ofpositives out there today, and Ican obviously think of a lot ofshots I gave away," Johnson said."I just came up a little bit short.”
"I executed well when I neededto, hit good shots when I neededto, and I putted pretty well forthe most part. Overall I`m notdisappointed in my performanceor my approach. I`m just notoverly ecstatic about the out-come."
Assange to play his final card to avoid extradition
London: WikiLeaks chief JulianAssange will today play his finalcard in a lengthy legal battle toavoid extradition to Sweden overrape claims when he appeals toBritain's top court to overturnthe order.
Almost a year after his arrestover rape and sexual assault al-legations, the 40-year-old Aus-tralian will ask two judges atLondon's High Court to decidewhether his appeal can proceedto the Supreme Court.
For the appeal to be heard inBritain's highest court, the judgesmust rule the case raises a ques-tion of general public impor-tance.
Today's hearing comes amonth after the former hackerlost his first appeal against de-portation.
If the ruling goes against As-sange, the British leg of his legalbattle will end and he faces ex-
tradition to Sweden within 10days, an outcome that wouldmark a new low for the Wik-iLeaks boss after a string of con-troversies.
Swedish police want to quizAssange over allegations madeby two Swedish women of sexcrimes, which he strongly de-nies.
Assange claims the allegationsare politically motivated andlinked to the activities of hisanti-secrecy website, which an-gered the United States by pub-lishing thousands of classifieddocuments last year.
Assange has spent much ofthe last year under virtual housearrest on a supporter's countryestate in eastern England aftera European Arrest Warrant wasissued last December.
A lower court initially ap-proved Assange's extradition inFebruary, but he appealed to
the High Court which rejectedhis challenge on November 2.
Assange made the applicationfor the Supreme Court to hearthe case one day before the legaltime limit.
Legal sources said a decisionwas expected on the same daybut that it was not certain.
According to the website Swe-den VsAssange, which supports
his case, his legal team will ques-tion whether a European ArrestWarrant issued by a state pros-ecutor is valid.
They will also query whetherhe can be defined as "accused"despite having not been prose-cuted, the website added.
Swedish prosecutors want toquestion Assange on suspicionof two counts of sexual molesta-tion and an accusation of rapemade by two Swedish womenin August 2010.
Support for the eccentric, plat-inum blond WikiLeaks chief hasdwindled amid a slew of con-troversies.
Former WikiLeaks colleagueshave turned on him, attackingthe way he ran the site. He alsofell out with newspapers, in-cluding the New York Times andBritain's Guardian, thatWik-iLeaks initially worked with torelease documents. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari
Prefer 'hinglish' topure Hindi: Govt
New Delhi: In a bid to overcomeproblems posed by difficult Hindiwords, Government has askedsection officers to use their ''hing-lish'' replacements for easy un-derstanding and better promo-tion of the language.
The order issued by the Rajb-hasha unit of Ministry of HomeAffairs was recently re-circulatedin various offices after it was of-ficially mentioned that such pu-ritan use of Hindi generates dis-interest among masses.
The circular recommendedthat difficult Hindi words canbe replaced with English alter-natives in Devanagari script forofficial work.
Citing examples, Departmentof Official Language at HomeMinistry said 'misil' can be re-placed with file, 'pratyabhuti'with guarantee, 'kunjipatal' withkeyboard and 'sanganak' withomnipresent 'computer'.
It also advocated use of pop-ular Hindi words and Englishalternatives to make the languagemore attractive and popular inoffices and masses.
"Whenever, during the officialwork, Hindi is used as translatinglanguage, it becomes difficultand complex.
“There is an urgent need tomake changes in the process ofEnglish to Hindi translations.Translations should carry ex-pression of the original text ratherthan word-by-word Hindi sub-stitute," the circular said.
It said use of popular wordsof Urdu, English, and other re-gional languages should be pro-moted in official correspondence.Pure Hindi should be for literarypurposes while practical 'mixed'version for work purposes.
It said it is better to use Englishterms in Devnagri script than totranslate them in pure Hindi.
