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SC staysKasab's

hangingNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today stayed26/11 accused Ajmal Kasab's execution and is-sued a notice to the Maharashtra governmenton his plea. Kasab's execution has been stayedtill amicus curae report is heard. The SupremeCourt will hear Kasab's case regularly from Jan-uary 31, 2012. The apex court has asked the stategovernment to reply to Kasab's plea. No specifictime frame has been set for the Maharashtra gov-ernment to reply, but the court stressed on thefact that the case would be dealt with expedi-tiously. Page 4

CBI raids Maran, files FIR

Chennai: The CBI today conducted raids at for-mer telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's resi-dence in connection with the 2G spectrumscam.

An FIR was registered against the Maranbrothers – Dayanidhi Maran, Kalanidhi Maran,Ralph Marshall and T Anandakrishnan yester-day, under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The CBI conducted searches in Chennai,Hyderabad and Delhi. The CBI also conductedraids at Apollo Group's Sunita Reddy's residence.Reddy, who has not been named in the FIR, wasthe chairperson of Aircel in 2005.

The raids were being conducted in connec-tion with the Aircel-Maxis deal. The CBI hadclaimed earlier that it found clinching evi-dence against DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran inthe Aircel-Maxis deal.

The CBI alleged that Maran deliberately de-layed the licences to Aircel and that he did un-due favour to Maxis and in return investmentswere made by the company in Sun TV, which isa sister concern of Astro Netwrok, a companyowned by one of the Maran brothers Ralph Mar-shall.

The CBI alleged that kickbacks of almost Rs600 crore were given to Maran brothers after thefavour to Maxis Group.

The main charges against the Maran broth-ers are those of conspiracy, misuse of official po-sition, giving bribe and accepting bribe.

Reacting to the raids, Janata Party PresidentSubramanian Swamy said, "I'm not surprised.All who have benefited should be brought tobook and they should begin with Chidambaram,who has direct involvement in the spectrumscam."

BJP leader Varun Gandhi tweeted, "Dayanid-hi Maran FIR long overdue, but still welcomemove. You cannot use a Central ministry to funda family business empire."

Political commentator and Thuglak EditorCho Ramaswamy said that it won't be long be-fore the 2G trail leads to DMK chief Karunanid-hi's door.

Balakrishnehearing put off to Oct 26Bangalore: The Lokayukta special court todayadjourned the case of former KAS officer H DBalakrishne Gowda to October 26.

Special court judge N S Sudheendra Rao alsodirected the Lokayukta police to submit an in-vestigation progress report to the court on Oc-tober 22. The Lokayukta police, who were sup-posed to submit the report today, sought moretime.

The court was hearing a case related to Pre-vention of Corruption Act against BalakrishneGowda, who is the son of JD(S) national presi-dent H D Deve Gowda. Balakrishne Gowda hasallegedly amassed wealth disproportionate toknown sources of income.

Balakrishna, a retired employees of Visves-varaya Iron and Steel Ltd, had filed a privatecomplaint against Balakrishne Gowda that henearly owns properties worth over Rs 550 crorein and around Bangalore. He also alleged thatthe former KAS officer, who opted for voluntaryretirement, owns benami properties and prop-erties in the name of his wife Kavitha H and hisbrothers. As a KAS officer he could have earnedonly few lakhs of rupees and how did he man-age to amass properties running into severalhundred crores, the complainant has ques-tioned.

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SUPARI SAWNATARAJʼS ENDPolitical opponent gave Rs 25 lakh supari; 9 held

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Bangalore: A political opponent,who had contested the BBMP elec-tions but lost,gave supari tobump offGandhinagarward corpora-tor S Nataraj,who was killedin broad day-light atMalleswaramon Oct 1.

City policecommissionerJyothiprakash Mirji said that the casehas now been solved with the arrestof nine persons. He said, “Murugan,proprietor of Murugan Arts at Se-shadripuram, had contested the pa-like election on a JD(S) ticket twoyears ago.

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Donʼt panic overpower, says CM Bangalore Beat Bureau

Hubli: The people of thestate need not panic onthe power situation in thestate, said chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda.

He was talking to mediapersons at the Hubli airportbefore leaving to Belgaumto inspect the constructionof Suvarna Soudha.

He said, “I will not makeany allegations against thecentral government. Butthey should understandthe power situation in thestate. On October 14, a del-egation from the state willmeet central coal minister,railway minister and sub-mit a memorandum on thesupply of coal to the stateto produce power.”

Coal supplies to the state have been affecteddue to Telangana-related strike in Andhra

Pradesh. “We will requestthe railway minister to chalkout an alternative route tosupply coal to the state,”hesaid.

“I have held talks with of-ficials of Udupi Power Cor-poration Ltd to producepower in Unit 2. With this,we can cope up with theshortage of power,” he said.

“I will discuss with theenergy department officialsabout the power situation inthe state within two daysand will decide whether wehave to resort to load shed-ding or not.”

“The government has notdecided on load sheddingand the people should notpanic. It is only because ofshortage of coal supplies. It

will be set right in 10 days. We have decided tomeet officials and ministers concerned,” thechief minister said.

Law and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Kumar and medical education minister inaugurate a function to mark the Mental Health Week

at Nimhans convention centre today.

Caring about mental health Coffee Daycashier stabbed,

cash lootedBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A cashier at a CoffeeDay outlet was stabbed and mon-ey in the cash counter was stolenat Kengeri Satellite Town lastnight.

Five persons entered the out-let around 11.15 pm. After drink-ing coffee and running up a billof Rs 370, one of them com-plained to the staff that there wasno water at the toilet. When twoworkers went inside the toilet toaddress the issue, they werelocked from outside.

The miscreants then attackedcashier Abinash (22), stabbedhim in the chest with a knife.They took away Rs 10,000 cash,a 13 gm gold chain and three mo-bile phones.

Abinash, who received seriousinjuries, is being treated as an in-patient at BGS Hospital.

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Money is nothing

for BBMPNo financial records for more than 15 yrs

Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “Money leaks out ofthe BBMP funds without anytrack or record being kept of it.”Says A L Shivakumar, chair-man, standing committee for ac-counts. “"The palike is under-going huge financial loss as itdoes not have any accountingsystem. It does not have an in-ternal auditing system rightfrom the year 1964. Nobodyknows how many employeesthe palike has and nobodyknows how many vehicles thepalike owns. Nothing is sys-tematically done here and thereare no documents and files. Forinstance, if the palike gets Rs 10lakh, they show that the wholeamount has been spent withoutany other documents support-ing it. Also if the palike receivesa cheque they fail to present itand they leave the cheque to be-come a stale cheque. The palikehas about 480 days to pay thecontractors through the 'Hundi'system, but they pay within 20-30 days".

The BBMP appears to be con-ducting its financial operationsin a highly irregular and un-ethical manner. It has not main-tained any financial records formore than 15 years and due to analleged mismanagement offunds, the BBMP has lost morethan Rs. 150 crore. Ultimately itis the tax payer who suffers dueto this cavalier attitude towardstheir money.

The palike does not have anysystematic accounting systemand its officials do not seem toknow how many Current Ac-counts they have and theamount of money that is in it.There are many Fixed Depositsfor which the palike has norecord and they have not col-lected the interest for theseFixed Deposits in a long while.

In attempt to salvage the sit-

uation, Shivakumar says “Weare planning to computerizethe whole system as the moneyleaks out of the system like any-thing. When we searched fordocuments, we could not finddocuments of many years. Weare planning to 'special audit'the accounts of last 15 years. Andwhen that is on, we along withthe advice and guidance from 8Charted Accountants, who havea great deal of social commit-ment, and financial expertsfrom Indian Institute of Man-agement have planned to makethe whole accounting systemcomputerized. This will plugall the leaks. The Municipal Re-forms Administrative Systemhas developed software which isused by 213 municipal corpora-tions. We are planning to comeup with such software with anonline accessibility and whichensures transparency. We willpresent this proposal in the up-coming BBMP Council meet andget the approval.”

Noted ghazalsinger JagjitSingh dies

Mumbai: Acclaimed ghazal singerJagjit Singh died today in Mumbai. The70-year-old was admitted to Mum-bai's Lilavati hospital after he suf-fered brain hemorrhage last month. Heunderwent two surgeries and was onlife support.

Born on February 8, 1941, 'the ghaz-al king' was a singer, composer, activistand entrepreneur. He has sung inseveral languages including Hindi,Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali.

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S Nataraj

Nine persons behind the murder of Gandhinagar corporator S Nataraj were produced before the mediatoday. They had taken Rs 25 lakh supari to bump off the corporator.

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SAARATHEE Darshan, DeepaAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Eshwari (9.15 pm) HMT Cinemas(Jalahalli) (10.45 am) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (1 pm) GopalanCinemas (Rajarajeshwari Nagar) (10am, 6.30 pm) Goverdhan (11.30 am,2.30, 6, 9 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(12.30 pm, 3.15, 8.50 pm) Mohan(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Nar-taki (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Navrang (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15,10 pm)

LOKAVE HELIDA MAATHIDU Ravi Teja, AnithaKailash (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Ranganath (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Vishal (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

MARYADE RAMANNA (U/A)Komal Kumar, NishaAnupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Banashankari (Hongasan-dra) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30

pm) Rajarajeshwari (Mallathahalli)(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.15, 9.30pm) Siddalingeshwara (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Ullas (11.30am, 2.45, 5.45, 8.45 pm) Uma (10.15am) Veerabhadreshwara (10.45 am,1.45, 4.45, 7.45 pm) Venkatesh(Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Vijayalakshmi (Garu-dacharpalya) (11 am, 2.30 pm)Vaibav (11 am, 2.30 pm) Veeresh(10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

MANASALOGY (U/A)Rakesh, AmoolyaNalanda (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.40pm) Tribhuvan (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm)

KALLA MALLA SULLA (U)Bharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Gopal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (6.30 pm)Krishna (KR Puram) (10.30 am, 2, 8pm) Prasanna (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Siddheshwwara (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Triveni (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Uma (1pm, 4, 7 pm)

LIFU ISHTENE (U/A)Diganth, Samyuktha BelawadiCinepolis (5.10 pm) Eshwari (11.15am, 2.15, 6.15 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(1.10 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.45 am,6.10 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10am, 12.35, 6.20 pm) Krishna (Bom-manahalli) (11.15 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Sagar (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Sri Eshwari (11.15am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm)

90 (U/A)Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu KokilaSanthosh (10.30 am, 1.30).

DRIVE (U/A)Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan,Bryan Cranston, Albert BrooksInox (Magrath Road) (12.40 pm,7.25 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am, 2,6, 7.25, 10 pm)

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (U/A) Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund PikeCinepolis (10 am, 3.05, 7.40 pm)Fame (Lido) (2.50 pm) Fame (ValueMall) (2.45 pm, 7.40 pm) Fun Cine-mas (1.15 pm, 6.50 pm) Inox (Jayana-

gar) (1.35 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (4pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am,2.45, 5.05, 10 pm) Inox (Malles-waram) (10.10 am, 2.40 pm) Push-panjali (11 am, 2.15, 6, 9.15 pm)PVR Cinemas (12 pm, 4, 10 pm)Santosh (2 pm, 6, 9 pm)

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES “3D” PVR Cinemas (10 pm)

KUNG FU PANDA 2“3D” Cinepolis (5.05 pm)

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SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER (A)Jimmy Sheirgill, Mahie GillApsara (5.30 pm, 8.30 pm) Cinemax(12.15 pm, 5, 10 pm) Cinepolis (10am, 12.05, 3.15, 9.45 pm) Everest(11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Fame (Lido)(10.25 am, 1, 6.50, 9.30 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (3.20 pm) Fame (ValueMall) (10 am, 2.55, 4.55, 9.40 pm)Fun Cinemas (11 am, 4.30, 9.45 pm)Gopalan (Bannerghatta Road) (10am, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Mysore Road) (10.10 am, 9.15 pm)

Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (12.30 pm, 10 pm) InnovativeMultiplex (10.10 am, 12.20, 7.45 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (1.20 pm, 3.45, 9.30pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10 am, 3.50,9.15 pm)

HUM TUM SHABANA (U/A)Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade,Minissha LambaAbhinay (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Anand (12 pm) Apsara (10.45am, 1.45 pm) Cauvery (2.30 pm,9.30 pm).

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MURAN (U)Cheran, Prasanna, NikithaAjantha (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Balaji(Tavarekere) (10 am, 1, 5, 8 pm)Cinemax (3.45 pm) Cinepolis (12.35pm, 3.45, 6.25 pm) Fame (Lido)(1.05 pm) Fun Cinemas (4.25 pm)Gopalan (Bannerghatta Road) (1.10pm, 4 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ra-jarajeshwari Nagar) (1.15 pm, 5.05pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (3.45 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (6.40 pm)

Inox (Malleswaram) (6.35 pm) La-vanya (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) Sribalaji(Vannarpet) (10.45 am, 1.45 pm)Vaishnavi (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm) Vinayaka (Mysore Road) (10.30am,1.30 pm)

VEDI (U)Vishal, Sameera ReddyAmruth (10.30am, 2.15, 5.15, 8.15pm) Ajantha (10.30 am, 1.30 pm)Aruna (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Cinepolis (10.30 am, 12.30,9.05 pm) Fame (Lido) (12.15 pm,7.10 pm) HMT Cinemas (Jalahalli)(4.15 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (7 pm)Inox (JP Nagar) (10.30 am, 6.30 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (1.05 pm, 9.20pm) Keshava (11 am, 2.15, 5.30,8.30 pm) Lavanya (4.30 pm, 7.30pm) Mahadeshwara (11.15 am, 2.15,6.15, 9.15 pm) Maheshwari (Jayana-gar) (10.15 am,1.15, 5.15, 8.15 pm)Natraj (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.45, 7.45pm) Poornima (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Pushpanjali (BN Pura)(2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm).

FORCE (U/A)Genelia D’Souza, John Abraham

Anand (3.30, 7, 10 pm) Bhumika(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Cauvery (11.30 am, 6 pm)Cinemax (11 am, 1.45, 7, 9.45 pm)Cinepolis (10 am, 12.35, 4.20, 7.15,10 pm) Fame (Lido) (10.35 am,1.15, 4, 6.45, 9.30 pm) Fame (ValueMall) (10.30 am, 1.15, 4, 6.45, 9.30pm) Fame (Shankarnag) (10 am,9.20 pm) Fun Cinemas (10.35 am,1.25, 7.10, 10 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 4.55, 7.25,10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (1.15 pm, 4, 6.45, 9.30 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Rajarajeshwari

Nagar) (10 am, 4.10, 7.35, 9.45pm) HMT Cinemas (Jalahalli) (1.30pm, 7.15 pm) Innovative Multiplex(12 pm, 5, 10 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (10.35 am, 4, 6.45,9.30 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10 am,3.55, 6.40, 9.25 pm)Inox (Magrath Road) (10.05 am,12.55, 3.45, 6.35, 9.25 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.05 am, 12.40, 6.15, 9.30 pm) Narendra(KG Halli) PVR Cinemas (10.20 am, 1.05, 1.15, 3.30, 7.15, 9.20,9.25 pm) Rex (1.30 pm, 4 pm)Vaibhav (Sanjay Nagar).

Ajai winsshow

jumpingevent

Bangalore: Ajai Apachu, astrideVincent representing EmbassyInternational Riding School(EIRS), emerged winner after atough competition which sawNitin Gupta, astride Paulina fromthe Equestrian Center for Excel-lence (ECE), coming a close sec-ond in the show jumping open120 cm on day 3, the final day ofthe South India EquestrianChampionship 2011 in the city.

Later in the Show JumpingDerby event, where the horsesdid a mix of challenging crosscountry and show jumping,Havaldar Sohan Singh astrideGladitor representing ASC Centerof the Indian Army was the win-ner, followed by Chetan onZubana representing EquestrianCentre for Excellence (ECE). Inthe Novice Open Dressage, Ragnaastride a Spanish Andalusianstallion called Estigon represent-ing the Red Earth Riding SchoolPondicherry (RERS) came secondwith the Havaldar Sohan Singhfrom the ASC Center of the IndianArmy astride the Army-bred Glad-itor coming first.

The Equestrian Centre for Ex-cellence (ECE), city’s equestriansporting organisation, hostedthe fifth annual South India Equestrian Championship 2011in the city from October 7 to 9.

Satiricalplay to

be stagedBangalore: Sankula Theatre In-stitute presents “Achanak”, asatirical Kannada play, at K VSubbanna Aptha Rangamandirafrom October 13 to 15 at 7.15 pm.

The play involves suspenseand comedy. An Indian familysettled abroad suddenly facestroubles due to anti-social inci-dents in their house. The playnarrates how a man is affectedby a world that is fast becominga global village.

The play has been scripted,designed and directed by AshokNittur.

Visit www.indianstage.in andhttp://www.sankulatheatremir-ror.com for tickets. ContactGopinath on 9242523523 or AshokNittur on 9341213345 for moredetails.

Jewels ofIndia from

Oct 15Bangalore: A jewellery exhibi-tion, Jewels of India, will be heldin the city from October 15 to 17at the Bangalore Palace grounds.

The exhibition will showcasemodern jewellery. More than 100exhibitors are taking part in theexhibition, which also offers jew-ellery for sale, a press releasestated.

Health campBangalore: A naturopathy andyoga organisatio is offering afree health camp on allergies onOctober 15.

Treatments based on natur-opathy, pranayama and yogatechniques will be taught to pa-tients affected by allergies, apress statement said. For moredetails, contact: No. 1030, 1 EMain Road, Second Stage, Giri-nagar. Or call: 9535052064.

Assocham opposes norms for NBFC NPAs

Bangalore: Industry body Assocham hasopposed the government’s classificationof non-performing assets (NPAs) belong-ing to non-banking financial companies(NBFCs) which provides for secured andunsecured advances if the overdue periodexceeds 90 days.

Under the existing norms, an unsecuredasset overdue beyond 90 days and a se-cured asset overdue beyond 180 daysare treated as NPAs.

“NBFCs are a major source of fundingfor unorganised sector of the economy.The revised classification will eventuallyincrease capital requirements of NBFCsand their cost of lending,” said the Asso-ciated Chambers of Commerce and In-dustry of India (Assocham) in responseto draft recommendations of the ReserveBank of India (RBI) working group.

It also suggested an enhanced timeframe of five years due to difficult anduncertain economic conditions for tierone capital for capital to risk weightedassets ratio (CRAR) at 12 percent – insteadof within three years as proposed by thegroup.

NBFCs should be allowed to deploysurplus liquidity in government securities,treasury bills and money market withmaturity beyond 30 days. For computingtotal financial assets, cash and bank de-posits, such instruments may be deductedand treated as part of financial assets,said Assocham secretary-general D S

Rawat.On regulating loans to stock brokers

and merchant bankers, it suggested thatstatus quo may be maintained as thepresent restriction of capital market ex-posure of 10 percent of net worth bybanks will restrict the ability of NBFCs tolend to this sector.

To increase CRAR from 100 to 150 per-cent for capital market exposure and 125percent on real estate exposure, the cham-ber said this will increase the cost of bor-rowing for NBFCs and also be a deterrentfor banks to lend to NBFCs.

Borrowing through external commer-cial borrowings (ECB) route or NBFC is

currently prohibited. It should be allowedso that NBFCs have a window to raisefunds at substantially low rate of inter-ests.

Any further tightening may create sys-temic risk for the sector. Mr Rawat saidno asset size ceiling should be insisted ifthe NBFCs are not accessing public fundsfor registration with the RBI.

Inter-corporate deposits may be ex-cluded from the definition of public fundswhere the lending company has not re-ceived any public funds and both thelending as well as borrowing companybelong to the same group.

As the term business has not been de-

fined, companies which are holding long-term investments in shares of group com-panies (and thus are merely investmentcompanies) may not be considered ascarrying on the business of NBFCs.

To tackle the problem of bad assetsand asset recovery, the RBI WorkingGroup has proposed that NBFCs shouldbe brought under the Securitisation andReconstruction of Financial Assets andEnforcement of Security Interests (SAR-FAESI) Act. The chamber said it is a boldstep and NBFCs should be able to accessthe service of Debt Recovery Tribunalsas well.

Existing non-deposit taking NBFCshaving a net worth above Rs 500 croreand desirous of converting to NBFCs-Dshould be allowed to do so automaticallywith intimation to the RBI.

Also, assessing officers may be directedto issue nil tax deducted at source (TDS)certificates wherever the customer baseexceeds 1,000 subject to the conditionthat the assessed pays an advance amountequal to the average of its tax paid inlast three years.

NBFCs account for nearly 12 per centof advances of the total financial systemand can play a major role in furtheringfinancial inclusion. There are 12,630NBFCs registered with the RBI providingcredit delivery in asset financing andhire purchase. In 2010-11 they deliveredcredit to the tune of Rs 4.62 lakh crore.

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja gives away commendation to Wing Commander E P Syam onAir Force Day on Saturday. On the 79th anniversary of the Indian Air Force, Air Force per-

sonnel at the IAF Headquarters Training Command took a pledge to rededicate them-selves to uphold the Constitution and safeguard the independence and integrity of the

country. Kukreja administered the pledge.

Rededicating themselves

Ex‑servicemen polyclinic to be set up in Kolar soon

Bangalore: A new ex-servicemencontributory health scheme(ECHS) polyclinic will be openedat Kolar soon, said A Dutta, offi-ciating general officer command-ing, Karnataka and Kerala subarea, at Kolar yesterday.

He was taking part in an ex-servicemen rally held at theBEML Kalekshtra auditorium,Kolar Gold Fields, Kolar. Therally was orgnised by the Army.A large number of ex-servicemenfrom Kolar district attended therally.

Brig Dutta also presented mon-etary benefits to widows of mar-tyrs. Col S K S Naidu, officer incharge of the rally, welcomedthe gathering.

Col Andrews, officer in-charge,ex-servicemen helpline, ColSasikumar, officer in-charge,

ASC records (South), Kannaiah,president of the ex-servicemenleague, Kolar, spoke about vari-ous problems faced by ex-ser-vicemen. They also highlightedfacilities provided by the gov-ernment and asked them toutilise it properly.

The rally provided a forumfor ex-servicemen to convey theirviews and expectations to thedistrict administration and armyauthorities. Six units of the Armyprovided help in updating theirservice records to avail variousrehabilitation and resettlementschemes and other facilities, likeECHS. A team of medical spe-cialists from Globus Hospitalsheld a health camp.

Workshop held tomentor studententrepreneurs

Bangalore: A regional workshopof TATA First Dot, a nationalplatform to recognise, encourageand guide young entrepreneurs,was held at IIMB recently. TataFirst Dot regional workshops arebeing conducted in Pune,Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur,Hyderabad, Bangalore, Coim-batore, Indore and Mumbai.These workshops are designedto help student entrepreneursrefine their business models,connect with peers, and interactwith experts.

Tata First Dot, powered byNEN programme, has had eightworkshops covering eight citiesand over 410 students acrossdifferent institutions. In the city,47 student entrepreneurs pre-sented their business models.

The programme consists ofmultiple strands and is targetedat students who have alreadystarted their ventures, and stu-dents who have a solid plan,but are yet to start their ven-tures.

The regional workshops helpstudents get a better understand-ing of what investors look for ina successful start-up, to under-stand the concept of businessmodels that work for the enter-prise as well as the investor andlearning how to construct a busi-ness plan that will work for them.The initiative will help the youngentrepreneur to network withother entrepreneurs, angel in-vestors, mentors, experts andother student start-ups at theevent.

The initiative entails work-shops designed to define, de-velop and shape their businessmodels, a national judged com-petition, an online “people’schoice” competition, a two-day

conference with mentoring, ex-hibitions and conferencing in-cluding an award ceremony andongoing mentoring and network-ing support for the competitionwinners.

On September 24, 2011 nomi-nations opened for the secondstage of the programme, the TataFirst Dot national competitionfor best student startup. Fivewinners will be selected by anpanel of business leaders, in-vestors and entrepreneurs. Short-listed contestants will get achance to participate in the first-ever voting-based student ven-ture competition, the Tata FirstDot people’s choice competition.The five contestants with themost votes win.

Winners of the competitionwill be felicitated at an awardceremony in Chennai in January2012. Log on to www.tatafirst-dot.com for details.

Brig A Dutta, officiating GOC,Karnataka and Kerala,

presents a cheque to a warwidow at Kolar yesterday.

Nitin Gupta astride Polinafrom ECE on Day 3 of theSouth India Equestrian

Championship 2011.

CITYMonday, October 10, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralRanga Thandagalu: Theatresongs by theatre persons,Ravindra Kalashretra, JC Road,6.30 pm.

National Institute of Ad-vanced Studies and Sarvo-daya International Trust:Screening of documentary, ‘Aforce more powerful’ (two partsof six, 30 minutes each) pro-duced and directed by SteveYork of York Zimmerman Inc,Lecture hall, NIAS, Indian In-stitute of Science campus, 4pm.

Eating outMexican Fiesta: Noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien. A special menu,which pairs Mexican cuisinewith beverages. Combos in-clude Tequila with Tacos and

Beer with Burittos.

Lunch Buffet @ Applewood:12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Apple-wood, No 760, 100 Feet Road,Indiranagar. A global and In-dian lunch buffet, which in-cludes soups, starters, maincourse and desserts, priced atRs. 299 plus taxes per head.

New Italian Menu @ Mocha:11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Mocha,Lavelle Road. Mocha has in-troduced a new Italian menu,which pays homage to the vi-brant flavours and hearty dish-

es of the country. On offer aredishes like Bruschette Di Po-modoro e Basilico, Peperon-cino Della Cucina Messicana,Risotto alla Milanese and Fet-tucine con Pollo.

Night lifeThai & Mongolian Night: 8p.m. Fusion Lounge, BrigadeRoad, DJs Paresh and Karthik

play a set of Thai and Mongo-lian tunes to kickstart theweek.

Lounge Night: 8 p.m. Ice, Vi-vanta by Taj, MG Road. DJVanshi sets the mood for thenight with lounge music.

Monday Blues with DJ Nayan:8 pm to 10.30 p.m. Indi, Garu-

da Mall, Magrath Road. DJNayan spins commercial andBollywood.

House Night with DJ Sid: 8p.m. to 11.30 p.m. Hypnos,Infantry Road. DJ Sid spinsHouse and Hip Hop.

Minimal Monday with DJ Im-dad: 8 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. Peb-ble, Palace Ground. DJ Imdadspins house and more.

Chillout Session with DJCheek-O Dread: 7 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Xtreme Sports Bar, 100Feet Road, Indiranagar. DJCheek-O Dread spins house.

Retro Night with DJ Deepak:8 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. The Beach,No 1211, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar. DJ Deepak spins gold-en oldies.

Retro Monday with DJ Rajesh:8 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. BananaBeach Bar, Koramangala. Retroand rock tunes with DJ Rajesh.

Shopping DCalvin Klein Fall 2011: 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Calvin KleinJeans, The Forum Value Mall,Whitefield. CK One Jeanswearpresents a new range suitedfor the urban explorer, whilethe men's range has bold printsand neon colours, across allits outlets.

The Great Forum ShoppingFestival: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.The Forum Mall, Koramangala.A month-long shopping festi-val that has great discountsand prizes worth Rs 50 crorefor shoppers. Adding to thefestivities are dance troupesfrom all over the country andlive music performances.

Exhibition Photos for Rato @ Tasveer:11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tasveer, No26/1, Kasturba Cross Road.Photos for Rato is a collectionof 20rare photographs byNicholas Vreeland, taken dur-ing the 26 years he has been aRato monk. They provide aglimpse into daily life in amonastery, which only an in-sider could have experienced.

Karnataka ChitrakalaParishat: ‘Sanchalana’, an ex-hibition of paintings by C

Chandrashekara, senior artist,Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat,Kumar Krupa Road, 5.30 pm.

Nirantara @ Galleryske: 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Galleryske, No2, Berlie Street, Langford TownGalleryske presents 'Nirantara'by Srinivasa Prasad. He em-ploys materials that highlightthe organic growth cycle oflife, death and continuation.

Painting Exhibition: 10 a.m.to 7 p.m. Kynkyny Art, No148 Embassy Square, InfantryRoad. Kynkyny Art presentsan exhibition of paintings byYuvan Bothi Sathuvar andDhrubajyothi Baral.

Next In Line: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Gallery Blue Spade, TheChancery, 10/6 Lavelle Road.

This exhibition features workby 13 women artists such asSonia Jose, Dimple B Shah,Pooja Iranna, Proyanka Govil,Ritu Kamath, Shivani Aggar-wal and others.

ReligiousMeditation and Study Circle:Discourse on ‘Sharpening ofFocus’, SSMRV PU College,26th Main, 4th ‘T’block,Jayanagar, 6.30 pm.

Devagiri Sri Guru SevaSamithi: Sri Srinivasa kalyana,24th Main, Banashankari 2ndstage, 6:30 pm.

Chinmaya Mission: BhajaGovindam by Sujay Chaitanya,Chinmaya Vidyalaya, 15thmain, 4th block, Kormangala,6.30 pm.

NGOs demand govt passmining bill in next session

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The mines and minerals(development and regulation) bill of2011 has to be tabled and passed withoutamendments in the winter session ofParliament, NGOs, who have been work-ing with tribals and others affected bythe mining industry, have demandedthe government.

The NGOs point out that a staggering82,000 accounts of illegal mining havebeen reported in western parts of thecountry, especially in Karnataka andMaharashtra. Violations have also takenplace in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh andOrissa.

The Mines Minerals and People(MMP), an NGO, has conducted a studyafter coordinating with other not-for-profit organisations working in the field,like Samatha in Andhra Pradesh, San-thulam in Maharashtra, Patar Kadhamand Mazdoor Sangha in MadhyaPradesh, Jan Chethana in Chhattisgarh,Adivasi Mahasabha in Jharkhand, So-ciety for the Project Affected People inWest Bengal, Kasi Students’ Union inMeghalaya, POSCO Prathirodhak Sang-ha in Orissa.

MMP and Samatha have brought outa report has come at a time when miningbaron and former Karnataka ministerGali Janardhana Reddy is languishing

in jail in Hyderabad following investi-gation by the CBI into alleged illegalmining activities in Anantapur districtof Andhra Pradesh that borders Kar-nataka.

The NGOs have been pressuring thecentral government to pass the bill inthe coming Parliament session. The billnot only aims at stricter regulations onmining activities, but also stipulatesthat a part of the mining proceeds beshared with the affected communities.The bill specifies that 26 percent of allearnings by the mining companiesshould be shared with communitiesliving next to mining areas.

NGOs have been demanding that thecommunities should also be made partowners of the mines.

The government is now ponderingover the revolutionary concept. But theindications are that the governmentmay not agree for part ownership, butis amenable to sharing the profits bymining companies.

MMP coordiator R Sridhar and hiscolleague Aruna Chandrashekar toldBangalore Beat: “We have been de-manding part ownership in the interestof communities affected by illegal min-ing. Not just iron ore, but all miningactivities, including coal and granite,should be brought under the rule.”

They said, “We have been workingin areas affected by illegal mining ac-

tivities, and the general degradation ofenvironment and adverse effects on thepeople in these areas is disturbing. Thegovernment and mining companieshave been talking about rehabilitationof these communities. But that is outof question.”

The NGO has carried out the studyamong more than 150 communities,which are directly or indirectly, affectedby mining activities. “We have workedwith other NGOs and collated informa-tion from different states,” they added.

Asked how do they wish to work onthe rehabilitation of the communities,they said, “First, the government hasto pass the MMDR bill. Only then canwe address issues affecting these com-munities. Environmental aspects of il-legal mining too need to be workedout.”

The new act would lay down rulesfor miners, depending on land owner-ship and encroachment that occurredearlier. “In many cases, the lands re-turned by miners to the governmentare not in order. A lot of violations haveoccurred. Miners, who came up withsteel plants and plundered the naturalresources, need to be penalised.”

All NGOs working in the field arekeen that issues like protection of landrights, environment and resettlementand habitation are addressed properly,they added.

Siddaiah: Ulsoor lake to be beautified soon

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Ulsoor Lake will soonget a massive overhaul, thanksto BBMP commissioner Siddaiah.Inspecting the lake along withother BBMP officials, Siddaiahsaid “In this year’s budget thePalike has allotted Rs 2 crore forthe development of Ulsoor Lake.All the development action willstart unfolding from November.Tender will be called for devel-opmental works like laying foot-paths for the walkers along thelake, fencing the whole lake withpainted metal grills, building ofwalls that prevent sewage waterentering the lakes and variousothers. The work will begin oncethe tender is called for and thatwill be by coming month.”

Siddaiah who was accompa-nied by Shivajinagar MLARoshan Baig also said “Weeds,parthenium and other unwantedthings will be removed withinthis month and we will plantsome 300 samplings with the

help of local MLA. Also the Thiru-valluvar statue which is facingthe Ulsoor Lake needs sufficient

lighting and the park in whichthe statue lies too will be takencare of.”

BBMP commissioner Siddaiah and MLA Roshan Baig inspectUlsoor lake yesteday.

First bariatric surgery supportgroup meet in city tomorrow

Bangalore: The first ever bariatric surgerysupport group meeting in South India willbe held tomorrow at Yavanika in the city.

What is bariatric surgery?Obesity is becoming a major health hazardin recent years. This is leading to severalmedical ailments, including diabetes, hy-pertension, heart disease, stroke, breathingproblems, depression and infertility to namea few. Obesity is also found to be associatedwith increased incidence of many types ofcancers including that of large intestine,prostate and kidney.

According to the World Health Organiza-tion, any person weighing more than 40kgsover the ideal body weight for his or herheight is said to be morbidly obese. Diet,exercise and lifestyle modifications seldomhelp them to have a sustainable weight loss.Today we have a solution for weight loss forthese severely obese patients. World over,doctors have opted to perform surgery forattaining significant loss of weight. Thoughthese types of surgeries have been performedever since 1967, they have become popularin the last 15 years mainly because of theadvent of laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.Any type of weight loss surgery is calledbariatric surgery.

Different types of operations are performedfor obesity, the most popular being thegastric bypass surgery. In this, a small part

of the stomach (30-50ml volume) is detachedfrom the rest of the stomach and is joinedto the small intestine. Following this surgery,the patient will take small meals, but willstill not feel hungry. Besides, about hundredcentimetres of small intestine is bypassed,and this results in decreased absorption ofthe food that is eaten. Thus, there is a rapidreduction of up to 80 percent of the excessweight. Patients have been followed up forover 15 years and have been found to main-

tain their weight loss following this surgery.More importantly it is seen that after un-dergoing this surgery, most of the patientsare cured of many of their medical problemssuch as diabetes, hypertension and arthritisand there is a significant improvement intheir cardiac function.

What is a support group meeting? Now with more than 200 patients who haveundergone bariatric surgery in the vicinityof Bangalore, Dr. M. Ramesh and Dr. Tulip,renowned bariatric surgeons, have organizeda Support Group Meeting for the patients.They have performed more that 300 bariatricsurgeries in the last five and a half yearsand it is heartening to note that over 120 oftheir patients have got rid of Diabetes. It isimportant for patients to maintain a healthylife-style in order to maintain the benefitsthat they have had from this surgery.

This is a unique meeting where patientsshare their experiences with each other andexpress their life-style changes. As this sur-gery brings in a lot of changes in them, it isfound in the US and Europe that patientsare benefited enormously by exchangingtheir experiences. This interaction also helpsthem to motivate and support each other tofollow a good life style and prevent regainof weight.

Jagjit Singh dead Continued from page 1

Jagjit Singh entered the musiccircuit at a time which was pri-marily dominated by Pakistanighazal singers, and Indiansingers were considered relativelylesser authentic than their Pak-istani counterparts.

Unlike other ghazal singers,Singh did not hesitate in lendinghis voice for films. His silky voiceruled during early 80's in filmslike Prem Geet, Saath Saath andArth. However, his major workis spread over more than 60 filmyand non filmy albums.

Jagjit Singh was also knownfor modern approach and infu-sion of technology in the tradi-tional art of ghazal singing. Singhwas the first Indian music di-rector to use the technique ofmulti-track recording for his al-bum 'Beyond Time'.

Recipient of Padma Bhushan,Jagjit Singh was the man behindmaking the ghazal genre avail-able and understandable to all.Prior to Singh, ghazal singingwas considered as an elite art,

which was difficult for the com-mon mass to understand due tohigh class Urdu and Persian.

Jagjit Singh broke this mythby coming up with songs suchas 'Kaagaz ki kashti', 'Chaak jigarke', 'Kal chadhanvi ki raat thi',and 'Shaam se aankh me namesi hai'. He mixed the words oflegends like Ghalib, Qateel Shifai,Firaq Gorakhpuri, Nida Fazli andSudarshan Faakir with melodi-ous indigenous tunes andachieved a state where nothingcame in between him and hislisteners.

When TV started showcasingmusic videos, he was among theprominent members of the musicfraternity to avail of the facility.He again came up with brilliantalbums such as 'Face to Face','Marasim', 'Aaeena', and 'DilKahin Hosh Kahin'.

He is survived by his wife Chi-tra Singh, with whom he hadproduced several record-breakingalbums. Their only son VivekSingh had died in a road accidentin 1990.

Rs 25 lakh supari to kill NatarajContinued from page 1

After he lost, Nataraj had harassed Mu-rugan and his followers. A frustrated Mu-rugan gave supari for Rs 25 lakh. The firstinstalment of Rs 5 lakh had been paid.”

Murugan, who runs his establishmentbehind Nataraj theatre, had got in touchwith accused Girish and Ashok through hisacquaintance Mani. The murderers had alsosought the help of Rajendra alias A Paul,who was a close associate of Nataraj for thelast 10 years. The plot to kill the corporatorwas being hatched for the last seven toeight months.

Rajendra had also passed on the infor-mation that Nataraj was planning to getMurugan killed. That was also one of thereasons for Murugan to give the supari, thepolice commissioner said.

Girish received the first instalment of thesupari money. He got in touch with hisfriends and co-accused Vijay Kumar, Mohan,

Srinivas, Nagesh, Naveen and Mahesh toexecute the murder. In fact, a month ago,all the accused had gone in a car bearingregistration number (CKH – 4362) and madea vain attempt to kill Nataraj.

Mirji said, “The accused had hatched anintelligent plot to kill the corporator. Theyhad not left any clues at the spot of the

murder. The special police team formed tonab the culprits has managed to crack thecase in 10 days.”

For almost 20 days, they kept track ofcorporator’s movements. On October 10,they followed Nataraj, who was riding amotorcycle, and butchered him using longknives and machetes, Mirji said.

The arrested are: Mohan (24), a residentof Kurubarahalli; V Srinivas (29), a residentof Bagalagunte; Girish D R (28), a residentof Sreerampura; Mani V (30), a resident ofSeshadripuram, R Murugan (45), a residentof Seshadripuram, Rajendra alias A Paul(27), a resident of Gandhinagar; Mahesh DR (24), a resident of Sreerampura; and Ashok(29), a resident of Bangarappa Nagar.

Two accused are Naveen and Nagesh areabsconding.

The police have seized the car used forthe crime, four long knives, one dagger anda mobile phone.

City police commissioner Jyothiprakash Mirji announces the

arrest of nine accused in the murder.

Guv: Humans have destroyed forests

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “Due to increased human activityover the years, a lot of forest land has beendepleted. Forest land has been converted to farm-land. This has disturbed the ecosystem and hascaused nature to take revenge. I appeal to theyounger generation to restore the beauty of forests,”said governor H R Bhardwaj at the valedictory ofthe 57th wildlife week celebrations at ChowdaiahMemorial Hall this morning.

He said, “While rehabilitating the people offorests, like indigenous tribes, alternatives shouldbe provided for them like land, employment, ed-ucation etc. as we need food, shelter and warmth,the animals too need these things and need tolive in their natural habitat.”

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too sent amessage. “India supports thousands of beautifulhabitats and has a fascinating biodiversity. Stepsmust be taken to preserve the flora and fauna.Youth must take forward the rich forest heritageof the country.”

Forest minister C P Yogeshwar said, “We areproud to say that we are the number one tigerconservationists in the country. After taking chargeas forest minister I understood that due to increasedhuman activity, the ecosystem of forests has been

disturbed. “People’s participation is very important to es-

tablish a peaceful ecosystem for the animals. Wehave strengthened the forest department by in-creasing the number of forest guards and otherofficials.”

Hundreds of students and many environmentalexperts took part in the event. A book ‘Human-Elephant conflict in Mysore forest division’ wasreleased on the occasion. It has been written bySurendra Verma, K G Avinash and M Vinay.

Governor H R Bhardwaj, MP D B ChandreGowda and forest miniser C P Yogeshwar re-

lease a book, Human-Elephant conflict inMysore forest division, today.

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Waiting for appointment

SC stays Kasab'sexecution

New Delhi: The Supreme Courttoday stayed 26/11 accused AjmalKasab's execution and issued anotice to the Maharashtra gov-ernment on his plea. Kasab's ex-ecution has been stayed till am-icus curae report is heard. TheSupreme Court will hear Kasab'scase regularly from January 31,2012.

The apex court has asked thestate government to reply toKasab's plea. No specific timeframe has been set for the Ma-harashtra government to reply,but the court stressed on thefact that the case would be dealtwith expeditiously.

While passing the order, thejudge said that the case has tobe decided on a top prioritybasis, adding that after such actsKasab does not deserve an ap-peal.

The case is in its preliminarystage in the Supreme Court.Around three to four monthsback, the court first heard Kasab'scase in which most documentswere in Marathi and it asked thegovernnment to come back withthe documents translated in Eng-lish.

Special Public prosecutorUjjwal Nikam said that since thiswas a judicial process no specifictime frame can be set.

It has also appointed Raju Ra-machandran as the amicus cu-rae.

Kasab was convicted on thecharges of criminal conspiracy,waging war against the nation

and murder. Kasab, the sole con-vict in the case, has filed the pe-tition through jail authorities inthe SC which has appointed sen-ior advocate Raju Ramachan-daran as amicus curie to assistit in deciding the appeal.

On September 2, the apexcourt had agreed to hear theplea of Maharashtra governmentagainst the acquittal of two ac-cused Faheem Ansari andSabauddin Ahmed in the 26/11case.

It, however, had refused topass any order on Kasab whenthe state government pleadedthat his letter to the SupremeCourt challenging his death sen-tence should be tagged with thisappeal.

"We are taking a step regard-ing this (Kasab's letter)," thebench had said.

The Bombay High Court hadin its February 21 verdict upheldthe trial court order of deathsentence of Kasab for the 'brutaland diabolical' attacks aimed at'destabilising' the government.

Kasab's death penalty was up-held on charges of criminal con-spiracy, waging war against thenation, IPC section related tomurder and under sections ofUnlawful Activities (Prevention)Act.

The Bombay High Court hadalso upheld his conviction on19 counts under IPC, Arms Act,Explosives Act, Explosive Sub-stances Act, Foreigners Act, Pass-port Act and Railway Act.

The trial court had acquittedFaheem and Sabauddin.

Kasab, the sole 26/11 terroristcaptured alive, had been sen-tenced to death by a special anti-terror court on May 6 last year.

He and his accomplices hadlanded at Budhwar Park in SouthMumbai on November 26, 2008night from Karachi by sea andwent on a shooting spree at var-ious city landmarks, leaving 166people dead and many morewounded.

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Nearly 36 lakh peo-ple in the state are suffering frommental illnesses, said medicaleducation minister S A Ra-madass, inaugurating a WorldMental Health Week celebrationsin the city today.

He urged scientists and facultyof Nimhans to take up the issueand find a cure for issues con-cerning mental health of the peo-ple.

“Today, Bangalore has becomethe suicide capital of the country

as a lot of people are sufferingfrom mental illnesses and stress.The life has become mechanicaland people don’t have time torelax and entertain themselves.This is leading to high levels ofstress, culminating in suicides.There have been many caseswhere people have committedsuicide over petty issues,” hesaid.

Nimhans should take up men-tal health workshops to helppeople cope with stress. Theyshould seek the help of NGOs inturning the programme effective.

Nimhans has been a reputed or-ganisation turning out good doc-tors. “It is evident from patientswho get cured here fast,” hecommended.

The state government is com-mitted to set up a nursing andpara-medical university in thestate. Already, a committee hasbeen set up to study the feasibilityand submit a report. The pro-posal will be placed in the nextassembly session, he said.

Law and parliamentary affairsminister Suresh Kumar took partin the function.

Nimhans must help cut stress: Minister

Visitors look at a pickled brain on the occasion of Mental Health Week at Nimhans in Bangalore today.

Advani announces his Yatra, flays UPANew Delhi: Senior BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) leader LK Ad-vani on Monday criticised theCongress-led United ProgressiveAlliance (UPA) for not being ableto provide a corruption-free andstrong Government to India whileannouncing that his Yatra wouldstart from Tuesday. He said thatthe focus of his Yatra would beon development and in givinggood governance in India.

"We are in the opposition andhave played our role well. Theleadership in the country hasmade the country unhappy. They(the citizens) are unhappy aboutprice rise, corruption and black

money. These factors have madepeople angry and there is nodoubt that UPA's leadership hasmade people angry," said Advaniwhile addressing a press con-ference in New Delhi on Mon-day.

He also downplayed reportsof friction with the party overthe prime ministerial candidatefor the 2014 Lok Sabha Elec-tions.

"Who will become the primeminister will be party's decisionswhen the election time comes.We have no dearths of leadersin the party," said Advani.

Announcing his plans, Advani

said he would go would go toJaya Prakash Narayan's birth-place in Sitabdiara (Saran districtin Bihar) on Tuesday to start hisYatra.

"Tomorrow (October 11) is JayaPrakash's birthday and we arestarting our Yatra tomorrow. Iwill go to Jaya Prakash's birthplace on the border of UttarPradesh and Bihar. I will beginmy Yatra from Sitabdiara andwill return Delhi on November20," said Advani.

"The winter session will beginaround the time I conclude myYatra. My last Yatra was focussedon India not been able to find

solutions to its problems evenafter 50 years of Independence.We should focus on developmentand give good governance in In-dia," he said.

Coming down heavily on theUPA for what he claimed thatits inability to provide a cleangovernment, Advani said thatthe Central Government had tar-geted BJP MPs in the cash-for-votes scam even though it washis party that has exposed it.

"Vajpayee (former prime min-ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) want-ed electoral reforms in the coun-try. I believe in 2008 when theUPA was in trouble, they decided

on going ahead with the nucleardeal when their ally Left wasnot in its favour. The methodsUPA followed to win the confi-dence vote is known to everyone.Our MPs exposed them. It was aturning point in the Indiandemocracy.

“The UPA flaunted how theywere winning votes for their gov-ernment just to ensure that gov-ernment will not lose. Ethicaldecline in UPA's conduct in gov-ernment affairs and politics hasbeen principle reason for theanger in the people and the scep-ticism in the democracy itself,"he added.

Candidates who have passed KPSC teachers exams and awaiting postings protest today atFreedom Park demanding their immediate recruitment. 629 candidates are waiting for

their postings despite passing the final round of the KPSC exams last year.

Ayahs protest

Ayahs working with the education department today protest, demanding better salariesand annual summer leave, at Bangalore today.

Roamingwill be

free, says Sibal

New Delhi: Speaking on the newtelecom policy today, telecomminister Kapil Sibal said thatthere will be one nation-one li-cence policy across the country,which means removal of roamingcharges. Draft National TelecomPolicy 2011 aims for 'one nation-one licence'; targets full MNPand free roaming.

Sibal also said that he wantsIndia to become a hub fortelecommunication. "Draft NTPtargets broadband on demand,"Sibal said.

The draft telecom policydelinks spectrum from licence.According to it, radiowaves willbe made available at marketprice.

Revenue generation for gov-ernment will have secondaryrole under draft NTP, Sibal said.

He also said that 300 MHz ofspectrum will be made availableby 2017 and

200 MHz will be made avail-able by 2020.

6 de inKurnool accident

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Kurnool (AP): Six persons diedon the spot, while five otherswere seriously injured when theirvan hit a bus near here thismorning.

The incident took place nearNandyal of Kurnool district. Thedeceased were residents of Su-rupura taluk of Yadagir district.

All of them were heading toTirupati when the accident oc-curred in the wee hours. The in-jured were shifted to a nearbygovernment hospital.

Book 16cops in rapecase: Court

New Delhi: A Noida court hasordered Uttar Pradesh police toregister case against 15 ProvincialArmed Constabulary (PAC) per-sonnel and one commandant inalleged Bhatta-Parsaul rape case.

Earlier, the state governmenthas filed a review petition againstthe court order seeking actionagainst the police personnel.

After a visit to the villages,Congress leader Rahul Gandhihad claimed that women hadbeen raped, people thrashed andhouses destroyed.

Somdevfalls in first

round

Shanghai: Somdev Devvarman'slean patch continued as he madeanother first-round exit from theATP Shanghai Masters after los-ing in straight sets to SpaniardGuillermo Garcia-Lopez on Mon-day.

The 84th ranked Indian lost4-6, 3-6 in an hour and 27 minutesin his opening match of the USD3,240,00 hard court tournament.

Now the head-to-head recordof the two players stands at 2-2in four meetings this season.

Since the Atlanta event in July,Somdev has competed in seventournaments, including the DavisCup tie against Japan, and haswon only two matches.

In the doubles event, MaheshBhupathi and Leander Paes areseeded fourth and have got afirst-round bye.

Rohan Bopanna and his Pak-istani partner Aisam-ul-haq Quer-shi are seeded seventh and theyalso have got a first-round bye.

Sensex jumps;RIL, Infosys up

Mumbai: The 30-share BSE Sen-sex gained nearly 300 points onthe back of support from heavy-weights Reliance Industries,ONGC and Infosys, which shotup 3 per cent each.

The index was trading at16,521.23, up 288.69 points. Mean-while, the 50-share NSE Nifty jumped 83.10 points to4,971.15.

All sectoral indices were inthe green barring pharma. TheBSE Realty Index surged 3 percent. IT and Bankex moved up2.5 per cent each.

Buyers supported Tata Group'sstocks - Tata Motors climbed 6.5

per cent. Tata Steel and TataPower were up 3.4 per cent and5.5 per cent, respectively.

TCS, Coal India, Bharti, HDFC,NTPC, Wipro, BHEL, ICICI Bankand Sterlite Industries gained1.5-3 per cent. DLF rose 4.5 percent. Sesa Goa, which plunged4 per cent in the early trade,surged 4 per cent.

However, L&T, Bharti Airteland SBI were only heavyweightson the sellers' radar - fell 1 percent, 3 per cent and 0.33 percent, respectively.

Recently listed RDB Rasayansfell 20 per cent to Rs 21.25. OnFriday, it had lost 75 per cent.

CAG auditors todepose as PAC

meet on 2GNew Delhi: Fireworks are ex-pected at the Public Accountscommittee (PAC) meet on Mon-day with the Opposition set totear into the government on thefinance ministry's 2G note, whilethe Congress will try to rebutthe CAG's alleged inflated lossesin the spectrum allocation.

PAC has decided to call DeputyCAG RP Singh to depose as wit-ness. CAG Vinod Rai and DeputyCAG Rekha Gupta will deposeto explain how the total amountof loss was arrived at.

Rai wrote to PAC saying hecan explain loss figures.

The documents accessed byCNN-IBN had suggested that Di-rector General Audit RP Singhcalculated the issue of UnifiedAccess Licences and allotmentof spectrum caused a loss of Rs2645 crores.

While the CAG headquarterson its own hiked the loss to Rs1,76,000 crore. And that differ-ence of opinion had cropped upbetween Deputy CAG Rekha Gup-ta and Singh during report fi-nalisation.

In the PAC meeting on Mon-day, the Congress is expected torebut the CAG's allegedly inflatedlosses.

However, the BJP will wantto know why the finance min-istry's note which embarrassedHome Minister P Chidambaramwas not a part of official records.

The PAC has 22 members andthe UPA is one short of a major-ity.

Earlier, Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee distancedhimself from inferences in theFinance Ministry note, whileHome Minister P Chidambaramclaimed that the matter is closed.

But the BJP disagreed andasked how Chidambaram canclose the 2G issue when he him-self is under the scanner.

The party demanded resigna-tion of the Home Minister P Chi-dambaram, saying loss couldhave been stopped if he had tak-en correct decisions.

The CBI had also defendedthe Home Minister in the

Supreme Court saying it's easyto "attack the Minister as it'sfruitful politically".

The agency further arguedthat the finance minister couldnot have cancelled the licencesby himself as it had to be a majorpolicy decision by Government.

"It is not an easy matter totake a decision and you cannotattach criminality against theFinance Minister," the CBI said.

Chidambaram is facing theheat after a "secret" note to thePrime Minister by Finance Min-ister Pranab Mukherjee raisedquestions over his alleged rolein the 2G spectrum allocation

controversy.Mukherjee had sent a note to

Singh in March 2011 saying Chi-dambaram as then Finance Min-ister could have prevented thescam. An official Finance Min-istry document has cast doubtsover the role of Chidambaram,who was then finance minister,in the January 2008 decision offormer telecom minister A Rajato issue 2G spectrum licences.

On March 25, 2011, Dr PGSRao, Deputy Director in the Fi-nance Ministry, sent an officememorandum to Vini Mahajan,Joint Secretary in the Prime Min-ister's Office, regarding allocationand pricing of 2G spectrum.Mukherjee approved the noteafter personally inspecting the11-page document.

Rs 8.2 cr lost peryear in credit

card fraudNew Delhi: In what is seen as aproblem that could affect the aaaadmi, estimates show that Rs8.2 crore is lost annually in Indiadue to credit card fraud. FromKumar Mangalam Birla to theaam aadmi, there have been allsorts of victims.

Ram Shanker Shukla fromLucknow got the biggest surprisewhen he recieved SMS alerts say-ing Rs 20,000 were deductedfrom his bank account and thattoo, to pay utility bills in Delhiand Jaipur.

By the time he realised it,Shukla had become the latestvictim of online fraud.

"It must be the job of a hackerbecause I have never used a pub-lic computer nor have I sharedthe financial details of my cardwith anyone," Shukla said.

Not just Shukla, recently, in-dustrialist Kumar Mangalam Bir-la's credit card was reportedly

cloned and used to make a pur-chases worth Rs 2.8 lakh in Ban-galore, while Birla was in Mum-bai.

The crime isn't that difficultto pull off. The first way is bycloning or skimming your creditcard, where all the details areobtained through a pager-sizedscanner and copied on to a coun-terfeit card. Often, this is donewith the help of a bartender or asalesperson.

The second way is phishing,that is, stealing sensitive infor-mation like usernames, passwordand credit card details wherefraudulent websites disguise aslegitimate ones to steal sensitivedata.

Cyber security expert DominicKarunesudas said, "The key toreducing online credit card ordebit card fraud is only throughtraining and awareness."

HC OKs GujaratLokayuktaʼs appointment

Ahmedabad/ New Delhi: TheGujarat High Court has upheldthe Governor order appointingJustice RA Mehta as the Lokayuk-ta of the state. While upholdingGujarat Governor Kamla Beni-wal's appointment order, theHigh Court observed that anyadvice by council of ministerswould have been unconstitu-tional.

Governor Kamla Beniwal hadappointed Justice RA Mehta asthe Lokayukta without consult-ing the Chief Minister NarendraModi, which led to accusations

and counter-accusations amongthe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)and the Congress.

The BJP had moved the HighCourt against the Governor's de-cision and challenged JusticeMehta's appointment as the stateLokayukta.

A BJP delegation, led by vet-eran leader Lal Krishna Advani,had also met President PratibhaPatil demanding recall of theGujarat Governor. Modi had alsowritten a letter to Prime MinisterManmohan Singh demandingthat the governor be recalled.

S Radhakrishna

S Radhakrishna