Pak biz teaminvites Modi

to KarachiAhmedabad: A business delegation from Pak-istan met Gu-jarat ChiefM i n i s t e rN a r e n d r aModi on Fri-day and dis-cussed issuespertaining totrade and in-dustry be-tween Gujaratand Pakistan.

The delega-tion of KarachiChamber ofC o m m e r c eand Industry(KCCI), whichis in Ahmedabad to participate in 'Asia ColourChemicals Mega Exhibition', invited the ChiefMinister to Karachi.

The meeting with the KCCI delegation washeld at Modi's residence in an extremely cordialatmosphere, official sources said.

They invited Modi to visit Pakistan and alsoto address the corporate heads of Pakistan's in-dustries and business on the 'Gujarat model' ofdevelopment through video-conferencing to bearranged by the KCCI, sources said.

The delegates also held a detailed discussionabout how to improve relations between the tworegions, they said.

According to sources, considering the long as-sociation between Gujarat and Sindh regions,the delegates urged Modi to use his good officesto start a direct flight between Ahmedabad andKarachi.

The five-member delegation that held talkswith Modi included Zafar Ahmed and AsifIqbal Hada.

Iʼm fine, will return to Paksoon: ZardariIslamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has saidthat he is com-pletely alright andwill return to Pak-istan soon. A tele-vision anchor whospoke to him quot-ed the president assaying that manyof his enemies didnot want him to re-turn to his country.

"They think thatI have fled but es-cape is not an op-tion. I will never leave as I was born in Pakistanand I will die in Pakistan. Inshallah, I will re-turn in a few days and my enemies will be dis-appointed," television anchor Hamid Mir quot-ed Zardari as saying.

Zardari, who left Pakistan on Tuesday aftersuffering a stroke that caused bleeding in thebrain and facial paralysis, will continue to bein Dubai for over two weeks and may even goto London for further treatment, media re-ports have said.

He abruptly left for Dubai, triggering specu-lation about his health. There were also rumoursof a military coup, which the US scotched onThursday.

Hamid Mir told PTV that he had spoken withZardari on Friday morning and the president toldhim that speculations about his health werebaseless.

He said the president also spoke about the sit-uation in Pakistan, reported Associated Pressof Pakistan.

Hamid Mir said Zardari told him he was al-right and he had some problem and underwentcheck-up but now the tests were clear and hewould return to Pakistan in a few days.

The doctors have advised the president rest.

Always believedViru would score

200: DhoniRanchi: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoniwas on Friday fulsome in his praise for Viren-der Sehwag and said he always believed that theswashbuckling opener would go past 200 in aOne-day International match.

"I want to say that others may have said thatare a few who could score double century inODIs, but I always believed Viru could alwaysscore 200 on his day. With Viru, it's not just aboutbig shots, but calculative batting," Dhoni said.

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DevAnandʼsfuneraltoday

New Delhi: Legendary actor DevAnand's funeral will take place inLondon today. His body will behanded over to his family whichis now in London.

The cremation is said to takeplace at London's Putney ValeCrematorium.

It will be followed by a me-morial service which will be at-tended by close friends and fans.

A separate prayer meeting islikely to be held at Mumbai'sMehboob Studios next week.

DevAnand died following acardiac arrest, he was 88. Ac-cording to reports, he died inhis sleep at the Washington May-fair Hotel where he was staying.

His son Sunil Anand had ac-companied him to London fortreatment. The hotel staff calledan ambulance after family alert-ed them, but he died before hecould be taken to hospital.

Chainssnatched

Bangalore: In two cases of chainsnatching jewellery worth over Rs80,000 were stolen from twowomen in the city yesterday.

Suguna, a resident of BalajiLayout, Mallathahalli, was walk-ing home after getting downfrom a bus at Mallathahalli bus-stop when two persons riding amotorbike snatched 10 gm goldchain from her neck. The incidentoccurred in front of Balaji Provi-sion Stores at Balaji Layout at 7.20pm. The cost of the chain hasbeen put at Rs 20,000.

In another incident, Push-palatha, a resident of Rajajinagar,was walking on Magadi road,8th C cross when a person com-ing from behind snatched twochains in her neck and fled. Oneof the stolen chains was a man-galasutra chain weighing 24 gm,while the other is a smaller chainweighing 9 gm. The total value ofhas been put at Rs 60,000.

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Bangalore: Chief minister D V SadanandaGowda today made it clear that he would con-test the legislative council elections thatwill ensure his continuation as chief minis-ter.

“I am filing my nomination papers onMonday at 10.45 am. A host of ministers, par-ty president (K S Eshwarappa), former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa and others will ac-company me,” he said, while offering floraltributes to the statue of former chief minis-ter S Nijalingappa on his 109th birth an-niversary.

On independent MLA B Sriramulu’s plansof launching a new party, he said, “I wish allthose who want to start a new party. But anynew political party should not indulge in ac-tivities that put the interest of the country indanger. They should work with the nation-

al interest in mind.”Yesterday, Sriramulu had announced that

he would support a candidate backed by theJD(S) and Congress and would defeatSadananda Gowda in the council elections.He had also claimed the support of 22 BJPMLAs for his party. If these MLAs voteagainst the Sadananda Gowda, then he islikely to lose.

In a House of 224, the BJP has 119 mem-bers. If these MLAs back opposition candi-dates, then it would reduce to minority.

Sources close to developments told Ban-galore Beat that the JD(S) and Congress arein talks to choose a consensus candidate todefeat Gowda. The candidate is likely to befrom the Congress who would be backed bythe JD(S). It is learnt that the Congress has al-ready shortlisted three names, one of whomwould be fielded for the lone MLC seat.

The election will take place on Dec 22.

CM: TO CONTESTFOR MLC SEAT

Series win in Australiais benchmark: Dravid

Mumbai: Rahul Dravid has admitted the form hehas been in during 2011 has set him up strongly fora final tour to Australia, where India are set to playfour Tests against a different-looking home sidethan they have encountered in the past. Confidentof India's chances against an Australian side cop-ing with injuries and under an inexperienced leaderin Michael Clarke, Dravid said a series win wouldfulfill a burning desire.

"In terms of personal satisfaction in terms of bat-ting, yes I am very happy. I got more runs in 2002but that seems so far away, so [I] can't even re-member what it was like," he told CNN-IBN's sportseditor Gaurav Kalra in a free-wheeling interview."I think some of the runs that I got this year clas-sify as what you call 'tough runs'. They were in pret-ty tough conditions when the team needed it. So,in that sense, I do feel this was one of my betteryears personally as a player. Obviously the tour ofEngland was disappointment. From that point ofview it was disappointing, but from a personal viewthis year probably is among the best that I havehad."

Dravid goes into the four Test series in the mid-dle of a golden run; he has scored 1,067 runs thiscalendar year including five centuries. Askedwhether felt he was in the same mental frame aswhen he toured Australia in 2003-03 – he came offa career-best run in 2002 and was averaging 78.25

in 2003 before travelling to Australia – Dravid feltthe runs accumulated in 2011 had definitely set himup for a tough tour.

"Runs behind you don't necessarily translate intoruns in the future but what I can definitely say isthat I go there in a good space. I feel have been hit-ting the ball well," he said. "I feel quit relaxed whenaround the group and in the team and am com-fortable with the contributions that I am making.I think it's a good time to be travelling.

Dravid has been part of series wins in Pakistan,the West Indies, England and New Zealand, but aseries win in Australia has been elusive. In his ownwords, a series win there would be the benchmarkfor players of his generation. "Australia is the bench-mark, definitely. They had some absolute legendsand still have some great players, and they havebeen the kind of team that you set your markagainst. It would definitely be special to go and dowell there."

Despite the loss of some of the legends he men-tioned, as well as a host of injury concerns,Dravid reckoned this current Australian sidewould be a challenge. "I still think they are a goodside. I know they don't have the big names they hadin the past, but they have got some emerging play-ers, some good young players. You can clearly seethat they have got a lot of potential and any Aus-tralian team is going to hard to beat on home soil.”

AMRI directors to appear before courtKolkata: Civic authorities onSaturday sealed two blocks of thefire-ravaged private AMRI Hos-pital here even as authoritieshanded over majority of the bod-ies of the 90 people killed totheir relatives.

The post-mortem of 87 of thetotal 90 persons choked to deathon Friday was completed lastnight and the autopsy of the restthree would be done during theday, police said. The police, how-ever, did not give the number ofbodies handed over to their fam-ilies.

All the seven directors of thehospital had surrendered to thepolice on Saturday and were lat-er arrested for culpable homicideand negligence. They would beproduced before the court duringthe day.

Family members of 65-year-oldBangladesh resident GourangaMondal, who was among thevictims, have reached themorgue to receive his body. Mon-dal’s body would be flown to hiscountry, the police said.

The body of a resident ofTripura would also be handedover to his family on Saturday.

Meanwhile, two blocks of thefire-ravaged private hospital was

sealed Saturday morning by citycivic authorities.

Chief minister Mamata Baner-jee has already cancelled the li-cence of the hospital on thecharge of gross negligence andlapse.

A few patients are, however,still inside the old block of thehospital which was unaffected inthe blaze.

Their worried relatives waitedoutside as there were no doctors

or nursing staff to provide anytreatment or attend to them. Thepolice or the hospital authoritiesdid not provide details of thenumber of patients in the oldblock.

Ninety people, most of thempatients in sleep, were on Sat-urday choked to death in the firesuspected to have been causedby inflammable material storedin the basement of a multi-spe-ciality private hospital.

Need to teachpoliticians alesson: Anna

Ralegan Siddhi/New Delhi: Anti-cor-ruption crusader Anna Hazare on Satur-day left for the national capital from hishometown Ralegan Siddhi to sit on a day-long fast at the JantarMantar on Sunday.

Before leaving Ralegan Siddhi, Annaaddressed mediapersons, saying hismovement was the second struggle for in-dependence.

He also said that the politicians weregreedy for money and power.

"This is the second struggle for inde-pendence. Politicians in their greed formoney and power have turned corrupt.We have to teach them a lesson," he said.

Following his day-long fast on Sunday,the anti-corruption crusader will from De-cember 27 sit on a longer fast if a strongLokpal bill is not passed.

"I will sit on a day-long fast tomorrow.But will sit on a longer fast from 27 De-cember," said Anna.

This comes a day after the ParliamentStanding Committee tabled its Lokpal Billdraft report with 16 dissent notes, whichfailed to impress Team Anna and the Op-position who rubbished the report.

Team Anna has invited all political par-ties to debate on the anti-corruption Billbefore the people during the rally on Sun-day.

Anna has called Parliamentary Stand-

ing Committee's Lokpal draft report an in-sult to the Prime Minister's promise.

Not just that, he also targeted RahulGandhi saying, "This is a betrayal, RahulGandhi must be behind this. They saidthey would introduce a strong bill but thisis a weak effort. The Prime Minister hadwritten to me about three issues, PranabMukherjee passed that on to the LokpalCommittee and now they say that theydidn't receive it. Is this how a governmentfunctions?"

D V Sadananda GowdaAnna Hazare

Police seek moredetails from AnnaNew Delhi: The Delhi Police has soughtmore details, including the expectedgathering and names of VVIPs attending,from Team Anna to give permission for itsRamlila Maidan agitation from December27 for a strong Lokpal.

Team Anna received a letter from Sta-tion House Officer (SHO) of Kamla Market,under whose jurisdiction Ramlila Maid-an falls, yesterday, seeking clarificationson eight points saying they have not giv-en the information in the applicationthey filed with Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (Central) Vivek Kishore on No-vember 28.

"It is intimated that you have not clar-ified the following points," Pramod Joshi,the SHO of Kamla Market, said in his let-ter.

Police has asked Team Anna to providethe schedule and nature of the pro-gramme on day-to-day basis besides ex-pected gathering on the function atRamlila Ground from December 27, 2011

to January 5, 2012.It also asked for the name and numbers

of VVIP/VIP attending the programme, de-tails of volunteers, time of speech and bywhom and sitting plan.

Police has also sought "the names ofpersons who will sit on the dais andnumber of vehicle which will be parkedinside and outside Ramlila Maidan".

Hazare had earlier threatened to go onan indefinite fast in Ramlila Maidan fromDecember 27 if a strong Lokpal Bill is notpassed and warned that he will campaignagainst Congress in the five poll-boundstates.

Team Anna had approached MunicipalCorporation of Delhi (MCD, which ownsthe ground having a capacity of around30,000, which told the group that theywould be able to give it for ten days asthere were prior applications.

If he sits on fast at Ramlila, it will be hisfourth fast on the issue this year and sec-ond in the same ground.

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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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YEH DOORIYAN (U/A)Achint Kaur, Ayub KhanApsara (11 am, 2.30 pm) Abhinay(4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Everest (11.15am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road) (5.15pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajarajesh-wari Nagar) (1.45 pm) Vaibhavi (4.30pm, 7.30 pm)

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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KERATAM (U/A)Siddharth Raj Kumar, AishwaryaCauvery (6.00 pm, 9.30 pm) Cinepo-lis (3.45 pm, 9.10 pm) Inox (Jayana-gar) (7.20 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.45am, 4.20 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(2.10 pm) Murali (Gokula) (6.15 pm,

9.30 pm) Pallavi (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Renukaprasanna(10.30am,1.30pm)

DAGGARAGA DURANGASumanth, Vedika, Sindhu TolaniAnjan (10.30 am, 1.30pm) Bhumika(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Rad-hakrishna (11.30 am, 2.45 pm) Renu-ka Prasanna ( 5.30, 8.30 pm) Srini-vasa (SG Palya) (11.15 am, 2.30 pm)Vinayaka (Maathahalli) (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Venkateshwara(KRPuram) (6.15 pm, 9.30 pm

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)

Cinema 3D GameFestival kicks off

Bangalore: A Cinema 3D GameFestival, sponsored by electronicgoods manufacturer LG, waslaunched yesterday. The three-day evening will go on till to-morrow.

It was inaugurated at ForumValue Malland will be hosted inDelhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad andChennai, including Bangalore.More than 5,000 enthusiasts areexpected to visit the gaming fes-tival in each city.

The final will be held tomor-row and requires gamers to gothrough qualification roundsduring the first two days.

Soon Kwon, managing direc-tor, LG India, said, “3D TVs arechanging the way we viewmovies, play games and more.We have a strong product line-up and an aggressive marketingstrategy with investment of Rs100crore in 2011 for flagship productcommunication Cinema 3D TV.We are aiming for 50% share in3D TV market by 31st March2012.”

Actress Soha Ali Khan inau-gurated the event.

The Cinema 3D Game Festivalhas three zones. The first is forserious gamers who will competeagainst each other by playingGears of War 3 in Cinema 3D.The second zone would havemultiple consoles with populargames, such as Disney Adver-

tureland, Forza 4, Dance Central,Kinect Sports 2 etc. The thirdzone is Cinema 3D TV experiencezone showcasing the FPR tech-nology.

Of the serious gamers, threewinners will be selected fromeach city. The winner of the gam-ing contest will win a cash prizeof Rs1,00,000, while the first andthe second runners-up will beawarded a 32-inch LED TV anda Kinect game, respectively.

Expedition of eco‑friendlyvehicles arrives in city

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A 10-member group arrivedin the city yesterday to popularise useof electric-powered vehicles through itsWorld Advanced Vehicle Expedition(WAVE).

The group displayed three cars –Twike Electric, Think City, RenaultTwingo, and Mahindra REVA – at theIndian Institute of Science campustoday. WAVE is an awareness campaignto lay emphasis on the use of electricvehicles in the country.

The Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Bombay tech-fest committee is or-ganising the event in India with thesupport of swissnex India and the con-sulate general of Switzerland in Mumbai.

Tour director Louis Palmer said, “Ve-hicles that run on renewable sourcesare ideal for India. Petrol is an ex-haustible fuel source that is gettingover fast. With the use of fossil fuels,the pollution levels too go up. But with

the use of electric-powered or solar-powered vehicles, pollution levels canbe cut down. We can also reduce de-pendence on traditional sources of fuel.

We don’t have to worry about globalwarming either.”

He said, “We have to promote andadopt environment-friendly vehicles toprotect the future generations. The aimof our expedition is to spread this mes-sage.”

Swissnex Indiaexecutive director Sil-via Hostettler said, “The Swiss govern-ment is taking steps to increase use ofrenewable sources to generate electric-ity.”

Louis Palmer has taken the expeditionon a specially designed car that runswith pedal power or through lithiumbatteries.

Two of the vehicles that were to bepart of the expedition have stayed backat Pune and Mumbai for technical rea-sons.

WAVE is on a 15-day-long campaign

in major cities across India, includingMumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyder-abad where road shows are being held.The road shows have been organisedby Louis Palmer a well-known envi-ronmentalist and speaker. He is alsothe tour director for this leg of WAVE.

Louis Palmer is associated with theZero Race, the first Electric Cars racearound the world in 80 days. He hasalso been awarded the 2011 "Championof the Earth" Award of UNEP – UnitedNations Environment Programme.Palmer is the first person to circum-navigate the planet in a solar-poweredvehicle, Solartaxi.

The road trip will also pass throughKolhapur, Belgaum, Chitradurga, etc.The road show, flagged off in Mumbai,will pass through Hyderbad, Bangaloreand Goa before reaching back Mum-bai.

The team has been conducting lec-tures in schools and colleges, besidesdisplaying electric vehicles in cities.

Mallya gave personal guarantee of Rs 249 cr for KF AirNew Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines promoter VijayMallya has given a personal guarantee of Rs 248.97crore, besides pledging shares as security againstloans taken from various banks, Parliament wasinformed today.

United Breweries Holdings, which Mallya heads,has provided a corporate guarantee of Rs 1,601.43crore, Minister of State for Finance NamoNarain-Meena said in a written reply in LokSabha.

The Minister said the debt-laden airline has atotal outstanding loan liability of Rs 6,419.60crore, which includes Rs 9,730.37 crore providedto Kingfisher for non-fund based activities.

Kingfisher has provided a pooled collateral se-curity of Rs 5,238.59 crore, which includes King-fisher House in Mumbai, Kingfisher Villa (Goa),and hypothecation of helicopters.

It has also hypothecated the Kingfisher Brandwhich was valued at Rs 4,111 crore by consultancyfirm Grant Thornton.

Kingfisher Airlines has been struggling to keep

afloat as it is burdened by mounting losses anddebts. It has been cancelling several flights andalso suspended operations of its budget carrierKingfisher Red recently.

The minister said SBI, which leads the consor-tium of 14 banks that had lent money to strugglingKingfisher Airlines, has said that lenders have noplans to carry out a second round of debt restruc-turing of the ailing airline.

"State Bank of India, leader of the consortium(of 11 lenders to Kingfisher), has stated that atpresent, there is no plan," he said replying to aquestion on whether lenders are planning to carryout a second round of restructuring of loans tohelp Kingfisher.

Kingfisher reported a net loss of Rs 469 crorefor the September quarter, though there was a10.2 percent rise in revenues at Rs 1,528 crore.The loss was on account of massive spike inaviation fuel prices, and inability to hike faresdue to the competition.

Further, of thetotal outstandingof Rs 6,419.60crore of the air-line, Rs 750.10crore has beenconverted intocumulative re-deemable prefer-ence shares.

Besides Rs553.10 crore hasbeen convertedinto non- convert-ible cumulativeredeemable pref-erence shares tobe redeemed af-

ter 12 years.The pledged securities of Kingfisher include

ground support and other equipment (Rs 101.58

crore), computers (Rs 22.43 crore), office equipment(Rs 13.39 crore), furniture and fixtures (Rs 33.35crore) and an aircraft (Rs 107.77 crore).

Giving details of banks' exposure in KingfisherAirlines, the minister said SBI has an exposure ofRs 1,457.78 crore, followed by IDBI Bank (Rs 727.63crore), Punjab National Bank (Rs 710.33 crore),Bank of India (Rs 575.27 crore) and Bank of Baroda(Rs 537.51).

The other lenders which have provided fundsto the airlines include ICICI Bank, Central Bankof India, United Bank of India, UCO Bank, andCorporation Bank.

SBI has already exceeded the exposure limit ofRs 1,436.1 crore in Kingfisher.

Meena further said that Kingfisher is scheduledto start repaying loans to SBI from September2012. "Servicing of interest is being done withsome delay," he added.

The figures were annexed with the minister’swritten reply.

CM mournsdeath of

ex‑minister Bangalore: Chief minister D VSadanandaGowda has mournedthe death of former ministerAlanguruSrinivasa.

As an MLA from Mulbagalconstituency, he had earnestlyworked towards solving the crit-ical issue of that area, SadanandaGowda said in a condolence note.

His services as horticultureand municipal administrationminister are laudable, the chief minister said in a statement.

Micropaleontologyconference held

Bangalore: The department ofgeology, Bangalore University,has organised 23rd Indian Col-loquium on Micropaleontologyand Stratigraphy (ICMS) and In-ternational Symposium on GlobalBioeventson the history of Earthin association the Geological So-ciety of India, Bangalore.

The three-day event was in-augurated by SNBhalla, a well-known paleontologist and formerprofessor of Aligarh Muslim Uni-versity, Aligarh. Inaugurating thecolloquium, Bhalla addressedthe need of using wide range ofapplication of microfossils in de-ciphering the paleoenvironmentthrough stable Isotopes.NMalarkodi, ICMS convener andgeology department chairmanKLNarahariRaoaddressed thecolloquium.

During the inauguration, Dr-RHSawkar, secretary, GeologicalSociety of India, released the ab-stract volume of the colloquiumand dedicatedit to late ProfS-Sambegowda,former professor,department of geology, BangaloreUniversity and one of thefounders of ICMS. Gowda alsoorganized the first ICMS in 1971.

After a gap of 40 years, thepresent ICMS is being organised

in Bangalore. During the inaugural function,

a book – ‘Applied Micropaleon-tology’, authored by Kathal, Prof.

Saugar University, Saugar – wasreleased. The book has beendedicated to SNBhalla.

DRajeev Nigam,chairman,23rdICMS, spoke onthe relevance of microfossils inthe present day circumstances.ProfMPSingh, secretary, Paleon-tological Society of India,tookpart.

Delivering the presidential ad-dress,D S NarayanaRaju,a retiredscientist from ONGC, stressedthe need of using ‘time units’ instratigraphy, particularly in In-dian basins.

Well-known Americalmicropa-leontologistGerta Keller, geo-science department, PrincetonUniversity, New Jersey, attendedthe function.

She and her associates fromvarious parts of the world haveworked mainly on the hypothesison the mass extinction throughdeccanvolcanism.

She delivered a lecturer onmicropaleontology and stratig-raphy in multidisciplinary re-search through various examplesand locations from different partsof the world.

More than 300 delegates fromaround the country and worldtook part in the conference.

K L NarahariRao, chairperson, department of geology, NMalarkodi, convener, RNigam, chairman, 23 ICMS and sym-

posium, DrGerta Keller of the geoscience department,Princeton University New Jersey , USA, SNBhalla, former

chairman, department of geology, Aligarh Muslim Univer-sity, DSNRaju, president, 23 ICMS, MPSingh, former pro vice-

chancellor, Lucknow University, and PCNagesh,co-convener,inaugurated the three-day conference.

Tour diretor Louis Palmer (left) with one of the WAVE team members withhis specially designed vehicle.

Actress Soha Ali Khan at theinauguration of Cinema 3D

Game Festival, sponsored byelectronic goods

manufacturer LG.