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Couple in car attacked,

robbedBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A couple who was driving a car wasattacked and robbed of valuables by a four-member gang at Kengeri Satellite Town lastnight.

R Umesh, a resident of Juma Masjid Road, andhis wife Mahalakshmi were returning home af-ter dropping their friend around 12.15 am. Thegang stopped the car on 80 ft road, MTS Layout,Kengeri Satellite town. They beat up Umesh andtook away Mahalakshmi’s gold mangalasutraweighing 35 gm and valued over Rs 60,000, Rs2,500 cash and watch.

MK: Raid onMaran a

conspiracyNew Delhi: A day after CBI raided the Maranbrothers in the 2G case, DMK chief M Karunanid-hi on Tuesday pledged full support to the duo,calling CBI raids on them a 'conspiracy'.

"News reports about me not supportingDayanidhi and Kalanidhi Maran are wrongand disturbing, the DMK patriarch in a state-ment issued on Tuesday.

"I have already said it's a conspiracy againstDMK. Murosoli Maran has given them both tome and we will face anything which bothersthem legally. I'll support them. The same wayI want Kani to come out," he said.

Meanwhile, his rival and Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister Jayalalithaa termed the CBI raid as an'eyewash' and meant to fool people.

She said it's unlikely that Marans will haveany incriminating documents as it's been al-ready four years since the scam came to light.

5 more kids diein 24 hrs in UP

New Delhi: Five children have died in the BRDMedical College in Gorakhpur in the last 24hours of encephalitis, taking the death toll in thestate up to 505.

Meanwhile, the Allahabad High Court has tak-en note of the encephalitis outbreak in easternUttar Pradesh and pulled up the state govern-ment for it. This came just days after CNN-IBNreported how more than 500 children had diedin two months.

The court has directed the government to sub-mit a report on the steps taken to prevent thespread of the disease, by the October 20. Thecourt said that the situation was no less than anational emergency.

The court also ordered that a meeting of ex-perts be convened at New Delhi in the next 15days to chalk out an effective strategy.

The court said the meeting shall be attend-ed among others by the Director of National Vec-tor Borne Disease Control Programme run by theCentre, joint secretary of the Union Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare and the DirectorsGeneral of Medical Health and Family Welfareand Medical Education of Uttar Pradesh as wellas the Principal of BRD Medical College, Gorakh-pur, where most of the Japanese Encephalitis pa-tients are being referred.

Ignore episodicgraft: India Inc

New Delhi: Indian industry leaders have againwritten a letter to the government expressingtheir concerns over corruption. The open lettersigned by Anu Aga, Azim Premji, DeepakParekh and Jamshed Godrej among others,says day-to-day graft being faced by commonman is a bigger worry and the focus should beon this rather than on 'episodic corruption' thatTeam Anna is focusing on. Page 4

Mobs attackMaharashtrapower office

New Delhi: The Maharashtra state power dis-tribution company offices have been attackedby angry mobs in different parts of Mumbai.

A mob ransacked the office on Mondaynight. They were protesting against load shed-ding. The office was wrecked, and furniture wasset on fire.

The protestors from areas like Buldhana, Bad-lapur, and Nallasopara were angry at the un-reasonably long load shedding for the past twodays without warning.

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CONFUSIONOVER CABINETCM says no expansion soon, Eshwarappa claims

it will happen in first week of NovemberBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There were confusingstatements from two leaders overthe expansion of the state cabinet to-day. While state president of the rul-ing BJP K S Eshwarappa said the min-istry would be expanded in the firstweek of November, chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda said therewould be no such activity soon.

When pointed out to the chiefminister that Eshwarappa had al-ready made a statement, Gowdasaid, “I would not like to comment onwhat the party president has said.”

Eshwarappa, who was talking toreporters after Valmiki Jayanti cele-brations at the BJP office inMalleswaram, denied that former

minister B Sriramulu, who withdrewhis resignation from MLA’s post re-cently in anticipation of bagging aministerial berth, would be inductedinto the cabinet. “Whatever may bethe pressure from the Bellary MLA,we would not take him back as min-ister. The Lokayukta report on illegalmining has clearly indicted him. For-mer Lokayukta Santosh Hegde haseven recommended that Sriramulushould not continue as a minister. Werespect Justice Hegde and we willabide by his recommendation.”

He said, “Even B S Yeddyurappahad to quit as chief minister after hisname was mentioned in the report.All in the party have to stick to thestandards. We have to abide by thelaw.”

Advani begins his yatra,criticises 'corrupt' UPA

Sitab Diara: BSitab Diara: Senior BJP leader LKAdvani began his 38-day long Jan Chetna Ya-tra against corruption from Sitab Diara villagein Bihar on Tuesday. Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar flagged off the yatra. BJP leaders Sush-ma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley were also presentat the occasion. BJP leader Ananth Kumar is theconvener of the rath yatra.

Flagging off the yatra, Nitish said, "People arefrustrated with the widespread corruption. I wel-come Advaniji for starting his yatra against cor-ruption from Bihar."

Talking about anti-corruption measures in Bi-har, Nitish said, "With the Lokseva law inplace, officers have to deliver in time or face ac-tion in Bihar."

Speaking ahead of the yatra, Advani said, "Ihave come to this village for the first time andI accept Nitish Kumar's invitation to comehere again after completing the the yatra."

Slamming the UPA government for poorgovernance and corruption, he accused theManmohan Singh government of using allmeans to stay in power. "The party at the Cen-tre is trying to remain in power by corruption,"he said.

The yatra will span 12,000 kilometres and willcover 23 states and 4 union territories.

Advani will spend a total of only 14 days the

poll bound states in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,Punjab, Goa and Gujarat. He will spend twodays in Gujarat and five days in Uttar Pradesh.

The yatra will conclude in Delhi on Novem-ber 20 in the form of a massive rally

Advani had announced his yatra plans on thelast day of Parliament's monsoon session afterchallenging the government to arrest him in thecash-for-vote scam.

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Thousands pull a car at a ceremony on top of Chamundi Hills five days after Vijaya Dashami at Mysoretoday. The festival falling on Uttarapada star day is observed every year. The car festival was flagged of

by scion of Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar at 8.15 in the morning. Mysore district in-charge and medical education minister S A Ramadass and MLA Sathyanarayana

took part in the festival.

Car festival at MysoreG S Ravishankar

Mining ban has cost usdear: CM

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “Ban on mining ac-tivities in the state has caused asevere loss to the state exchequer.We hope that there could be a so-lution to the issue in a month ortwo,” said chief minister D VSadananda Gowda here thismorning.

Inaugurating the national ex-ecutive committee meeting ofthe Federation of Indian Cham-bers of Commerce and Industry,he said, “The state has lost Rs4,000 crore since the ban hasbeen clamped, and more than 1.5lakh labourers have lost jobs.We are planning to approach theSupreme Court on lifting theban. It is a legally sensitive issue.We are consulting with legal ex-perts and will file an affidavit be-fore the court soon. The apexcourt has observed that miningactivities have caused extensivedamage to the environment. TheSupreme Court, Central Bureau ofInvestigation and the apex court-appointed Central Empowered

Committee have all been ob-serving the issue of mining close-ly.”

“We hope that the SupremeCourt will come to our rescue andlift the ban.”

On the power situation, hesaid, “Some of the private com-panies in the state that havebeen generating electricity havebeen selling it to neighbouringstates. They should reserve someportion of it to our state. Wehave been talking to them. Butthey are demanding Rs 5-6 perunit, which is very high. We areholding talks with them again to-day and trying to negotiate on theprices.”

He admitted that there is asevere shortage of power in thestate. “We are taking steps toensure generation of 5,000 mw ofpower over the next two to threeyears. We have initiated projectsand they will start production. Ihave been laying foundationstones for these projects.”

Continued on page 3D V Sadananda Gowda K S Eshwarappa

Centre not supplyingpower: Eshwarappa

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “It is common knowl-edge that there is a shortage ofpower in the state. The Centre hasallotted 1,234 mw of power to thestate. But it is not supplyingpower to us. Because of the con-tinuing strike over Telangana is-sue in Andhra Pradesh, coal sup-plies have been cut off, which toohas affected power production,”said BJP state president K S Es-hwarappa here today.

Opposition parties, despiteknowing the problems, havebeen criticising the government.If at all they are concerned aboutthe state, they should join a gov-ernment delegation that is head-ing to Delhi to meet railway andcoal ministers. Even if they don’twant to be a part of this team,they can go on their own and in-fluence the central ministers, he

said.Opposition parties have saidthat the state has not produced asingle unit of power since the BJPgovernment came to power. “Af-ter our party assumed office, wehave signed a major MoU withthe Chhattisgarh government forsupply of power. We have evenset up an office at Chhattisgarh tocoordinate the supplies. At thesame time, the opposition hasbeen insisting that the govern-ment should not purchase landfor power projects.”

The Bijapur National ThermalPower Station is all set to produce5000 mw of power in three years.“Power is not a crop that can bereaped in two to three months.Power generation projects take atleast five to six years before theystart production. Chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda too hassaid that the Udupi Power Cor-poration Ltd Unit 2 would pro-

duce 600 mw of power verysoon.”

“It has been 25 years sincethe Raichur Thermal Power Sta-tion was set up. Even at the timeof construction it had been saidthat the life of the project was 25years. There are problems withthat power plant and we aredealing with those issues,” hesaid.

“I am not blaming either theCentre or the opposition. Butthey should try to resolve theproblem,” he added.

On Advani’s rath yatra, hesaid, “It is coming to Bangaloreon October 30. A huge publicmeeting will be held at the Na-tional College Grounds at Basa-vanagudi. It is reaching Dakshi-na Kannada district on November31 and Ankola on November 1.From there it will cross the borderand enter Goa.”

KCR held for feryspeech

Hyderabad: The police filed casesagainst Telangana Rastra Samithi(TRS) president K Chandrasekar Rao,employees union leaders SwamyGowd and Vittal for making inflam-matory speeches and creating riftamong people in the state.

The cases were filed under IPC 153Asection and Police Forces Rights Pro-tection Act. These cases are non-bail-able and warranted immediate ar-rest. The police stated that Rao hadtried to instigate people to attack peo-ples' representatives (houses of MPsand ministers) while speaking at ameeting. Rao had asked his followersto cause physical harm to CongressMPs and MLAs for not resigning fromtheir posts, an FIR filed by the policesaid. Rao been booked for promotingenmity between different groups ongrounds of religion, race, place ofbirth, residence, language, etc., anddoing acts prejudicial to maintenanceof harmony of the Indian Penal Code,police sources said.

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TRAIN SCHEDULE

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)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

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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).

BMTF seekspublic helpto nab land

grabbersBangalore: The Bangalore Met-ropolitan Task Force ( BMTF )has sought public co-operationto nab grabbers of governmentland and property.

Public may inform in writingor by email or fax to the super-intendent of police, BMTF, BruhatBangalore Mahanagar Palike,main building, Bangalore. Publicmay also lodge complaints inthe police station on the thirdfloor of BBMP annex building,specially opened to investigateand register cases of illegal oc-cupation of lands.

The Telephone numbers forlodging cComplaints are 080-2297 5586, 2297 5587, 2297 5589,Fax No. 2297 5680. Complaintsmay also be lodged through email: bmtf.policestation@gmail.com,says an official press release.

SurabhiChits aimsat `300‑crbusiness

Bangalore: Surabhi Chits, a pub-lic limited company, has an-nounced the opening of its officeon DVG Road, Basavanagudi, astep towards realising its goalof reaching Rs 300 crore businesssize by the end of the currentfiscal.

The firm, which took shapein December 1991, at present hasan annual auction turnover ofRs 250 crore from six branchesin the city. With the addition ofthe seventh branch, it plans toadd more customers under itsnetwork.

“We have come a long waysince our modest beginning 20years ago. We are a professionalorganisation with governmentlicense to conduct chit fund busi-ness. Our dream of buildingSurabhi Chits as a brand hasbeen successful. We are veryhappy to announce the openingof our seventh branch, whichwill serve the local population,”B M Dilip, managing director,Surabhi Chits, said.

The company started its op-erations from Shivananda Circleand Jayanagar branches in Ban-galore. Subsequently, it set upbranches in RT Nagar, Ba-nashankari, Basaveshwaranagarand Malleshwaram.

“During the past decade, thevertical growth has almost dou-bled from an annual auctionturnover of Rs 121 crore to Rs250 crore. We are confident ofreaching the target of Rs 300crore by March 31, 2012,” Dilipadded.

The annual business growthof the company has been be-tween 15 percent and 35 percent.Surabhi Chits plans to reach anannual auction turnover of Rs750 crore in four years’ time tocoincide with its silver jubileeyear of operation. By then, Surab-hi plans to expand its customerbase to 15,000 and 10 branches.

The firm manages fund valueranging from a low of Rs 1 lakhto a high of Rs 2.5 crore per group.

Panel forValmikiawards

Bangalore: K M Maitri, head ofdepartment for studies on tribalsat Hampi University, will head acommittee to select prominentpersonalities for the Valmikiawards.

Mysore Univeristy history de-partment head Rajanna andwriter Kamala Hampana havebeen chosen as members of thecommittee, said a press released.

Water Adalattomorrow

Bangalore: The Bangalore WaterService and Sewerage Board hasorganised a Water Adalat at theassistant executive engineer’soffice at Highgrounds tomorrow.The Adalat will be held from9.30 am till 11 am.

Consumers from the centralsecond division, covering Cole’sPark and HGR layouts, can airtheir grievances at the adalat,said a press release.

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Valmiki transcended allbarriers: Eshwarappa

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Mahrshi Valmiki transcendedcaste, creed and religious boundariesand reached the hearts of all by writingthe epic Ramayana. Coming from a sup-posedly lowly Bedara or archer commu-nity, Valmiki aimed at uniting peoplefrom all backgrounds, said BJP state pres-ident K S Eshwarappa at the BJP officeJagannatha Bhavan at Malleswaram to-day.

The BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha hadorganised Valmiki Jayanti celebrationstoday.

Ramayana follows the path of truthand has been accepted internationally.It has also been translated into manylanguages across the globe. It is a greatcontribution from Valmiki, he said.

Valmiki, reformers Basavanna,Shankaracharya, Kanakadas and fatherof the Constitution B R Ambedkar grewbeyond the cage of caste and achievedgreat things in life. All of them wantedto unite the country with their thoughtsand deeds, he said.

“One should neglect petty barriers likecaste and creed. It is true that you willfind people mean mentality across com-munities and castes and is not limited tosome sections alone. Everyone shouldstrive hard to cross these barriers.”

Valmiki wrote Ramayana in Sanskrit.The language has no relation with or theproperty of any single community. Hedid a tremendous job writing the epic.All communities have accepted Ra-

mayana. Similarly, Swami Vivekanandatoo struggled hard to unite the country.

He said, “The BJP is not against dalits,backward classes or minorities. It is nota party for Hindus alone. In fact, whenAtal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Min-ister, he wanted to clear a backlog ofposts reserved for SC/STs. But some

vested interests approached the SupremeCourt, which stayed the government fromgoing ahead with its plans. But Vajpayeeconvened an all-party meeting and passedan amendment to the Constitution infavour of dalits.”

Social welfare minister ANarayanaswamy said, “Earlier govern-

ments in the state had allocated Rs 200crore for SC/ST development. But theBJP government has set aside Rs 600crore in the budget for the purpose. Ourgovernment has worked hard for the wel-fare of these sections and it is not limitedto any single community. The governmentis committed to the welfare of SC/STs.”

BBMP commissioner Siddaiah looks at the condition of Raj Bhavan road.

Inpecting road

Quick Heal releases Android phone solutionBangalore: Quick Heal Tech-nologies, one of the leadingproviders of security solutions,has launched mobile securitysuite for Android-based phones.

“Smartphones have becomean indispensable and importantpart of personal and professionallives. People have gone beyondbasic entertainment, ringtonesand have started using mobilesfor advanced applications likeemail, browsing, m-commerceand banking. We have used an-tivirus technology to address thesecurity and information safe-guarding needs of such users.We plan to launch security so-lutions for Blackberry platforms

shortly,” said Kailash Katkar,MD and chief executive officer,Quick Heal Technologies.

Android-based smartphonesare rapidly gaining market sharebecause of their immense pop-ularity and availability of im-pressive handsets from popularmanufacturers. Recent reportssuggest that Android marketshare has grown to more than50% of the total smartphonemarket making it the most widelyused mobile operating systemin the world.

It offers virus protection, callblocking, SMS blocking, anti-theft and data protection fea-tures. The automatic real-time

virus and spyware scan comeswith optional manual scan forinstalled applications. Call fil-tering allows users to block un-wanted calls by configuring blackand white lists.

The SMS blocking feature en-ables silent blocking of maliciousSMSs, unwanted spam SMSs andfraudulent SMSs. Data protectionallows user to lock lost or stolenphones remotely and wipe thepersonal data remotely by send-ing a pre-defined SMS.

The tool also has anti-theftfeature to trace/locate a lost orstolen phone and has the capa-bility to render the device unus-able once stolen.

Rohiniʼs 2ndbook to belaunched

Bangalore: Philanthropist RohiniNilekani is launching her secondbook Uncommon Ground in thecity on Thursday. The bookbrings together titans of industryand leaders of civil society toexplore eight themes that arehighly relevant for our futuredevelopment.

Based on Rohini Nilekani’s2008 show on a new TV channel,the conversations explore themiddle ground between the ide-ological divisions that often po-larise the business and voluntarysectors.

The book tries to explore per-tinent issues like despite twodecades of liberalisation eco-nomic prosperity with social in-clusion remains a distant goal,and sustained GDP growth hasled to the dramatic improvementin the quality of life for many,yet millions remain untouchedand are being pushed back fur-ther because of their shrinkingaccess to natural resources onwhich they now depend.

In the course of these rare di-alogues between leaders whohave sometimes been adver-saries, a number of commonconcerns emerge. Among others,Anand Mahindra and MedhaPatkar discuss land acquisitionand use; Mukesh Ambani and RK Pachauri debate decentralisedenergy options; Sunil Mittal andAruna Roy imagine an Indianmodel to enhance the employa-bility of labour force and YogiDeveshwar and Sunita Narainexplore how industry can be-come more environmentally sus-tainable.

The author, uniquely placed

to moderatethese discus-sions as shet r a v e r s e sboth sidesh e r s e l f ,d e m o n -strates thatthe relation-ship be-tween busi-ness, societyand state

need not be necessarily con-frontational.

Uncommon Ground highlightsthe critical importance of dia-logue in our democracy to createa shared vision of the future. Itis a significant contribution tothe ongoing debate on develop-ment and equitable growth inIndia.

At the book launch, Rohiniwill be in conversation withJayant Sinha, managing director,Omidyar Network India Advisors,and Harish Hande, managingdirector, Selco India, and winnerof Ramon Magsaysay Award2011.

The book is priced at Rs 499.Rohini Nilekani has been a

journalist, author, and social ac-tivist. Her debut novel Stillbornwas published in 1998. Since2000, she has been active in theareas of education, microfinanceand environment. She is the co-founder and chairperson ofPratham Books, which aims toput ‘A book in every child’shands’. She chairs Arghyam, afoundation created with her per-sonal endowment, that supportsinitiatives towards ‘Safe, sus-tainable water for all’.

Rohini Nilekani

Members of the BJP Yuva Morcha protest against the Centre’s anti-communal bill in front of Mahatma Gandhi statueon MG Road today.

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Vietnamese President Trung tan Sang arrives at the HAL Airport in the city today. He wasreceived by DPAR secretary Shalini Rajaneesh.

Vietnamese Prez arrives

CITY EVENTSGeneralThe Institute of Engineers:Talk on ‘Water quality moni-toring in and around Banga-lore,’ by Dr M N Thippeswamy,former chief engineer, Dr M AR Iyengar, scientist and Dr GV Hegde, Director, Mines andGeology department to takepart, The Institute of Engineers(India), No 3, Dr B R AmbedkarVeedhi, 5.30 pm.

Inauguration: of Patalammachildren’s Park, transport min-ister R Ashok to take part, be-hind Malabar Gold, 17th cross,8th Main road, Jayanagar 3rdBlock Yediyur ward, 5 pm

CulturalThe Indian Institute of WorldCulture: M V VenkataramaiahMemorial Endowment Pro-gramme, flute recital by Har-sha Ramkumar, Adarsh

Ramkumar on violin andRamkumar K S on Mridangam,Indian Institute of World Cul-ture, 6, B P Wadia Road, 6pm.

Tuesdays with the Bard: 7p.m. Urban Solace — Cafe forthe Soul, No 32, AnnaswamyMudaliar Road, Ulsoor Lake.Tuesdays with the Bard is aninitiative to create opportuni-ties for poets and poetry loversto get together. It features poetsreading their creations in anew experience every Tuesday.Members of the audience areencouraged to come forwardand share poems as well.Tonight, poet Mohan Ragha-van takes the stage.

Night lifeHip Hop night:  8 p.m. Hyp-nos, Gem Plaza, Infantry Road.DJ Sid plays the latest hip hoptracks from around the world.

Open Mic Night @ Kyra: 7p.m. to 11 p.m. Kyra Theatre,No 2001 Kattima Center, 100Feet Road, Indiranagar. TheOpen Mic Night aims to bringout new talent — whether it'smusic, stand up comedy, po-etry or dance.

Karaoke Night with KJ Val: 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. XtremeSports Bar, 4th Floor, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar. Test thosevocal chords at karaoke nightwith KJ Val.

Flashback Tuesdays with DJVee: 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. TheBeach, No 1211, 100 Feet Road,Indiranagar DJ Vee spinningdeep house, disco and elec-tronica this Tue @ The Beach.

Girls Gone Crazy with DJ Arin:8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Lounge579, No 218 Sunshine Complex,HRBR 3rd Block , Kammana-halli Main Road, KalyannagarCommercial. House and RnBwith DJ Arin at Lounge 579.Drinks on the house for theladies.

Commercial Night with DJYon: 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. FBar & Kitchen, No 18, Ali AskarRoad, Cunningham Road DJYon spins commercial thisTuesday at F Bar.

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.

Wrangler’s Autumn/WinterCollection: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Wrangler, No 777, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar. The col-lection depicts the characterthat denim acquires after en-during an adrenaline fueledroad trip and shows the rela-tionship it shares with its wear-er.

Swarovski Charm Collection:10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Swarovs-ki, 1st Floor, Monarch Plaza,Brigade Road. Symbolic,quirky, feminine or offbeat,the charm collection allowswearers to express their per-sonalities through miniatureworks of art.

Samriddhi Offer: 11 a.m. to 9p.m. Gitanjali, No 3049, 80Feet Road, Indiranagar Gitan-jali offers discounts of up to20% on its Diya range of jew-ellery.

Eeating outMexican Fiesta: Noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien, No 28, SankeyRoad, High GroundsA specialmenu, which pairs Mexicancuisine with beverages. Com-bos include Tequila with Tacosand 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.

New Vegetarian Menu at Nan-do’s: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nando's, No 1/A, Church Street, Nan-do’s gives vegetarians a reasonto smile with a meat free menu.On it are grilled burgers andwraps, and specialities likethe Veg Espetada, Veg Platter,and Roasted Veg Meal.

Chocofest: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Baskin Robbins, No 218, NewBEL Road, Chocolate loversare treated to a host of indul-gent flavours like choco chipsmousse, chocolate ice cream,three cheers chocolate, maltedchoco fudge, world classchocolate, mint milk chocolatechips and more. There's alsoan offer where patrons cantake home a family pack onthe purchase of a party packof any of the chocolate flavors

Exhibition Photos for Rato @ Tasveer:11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tasveer, No26/1, Kasturba Cross Road,Photos for Rato is a collectionof twenty rare photographsby Nicholas Vreeland, takenduring the 26 years he hasbeen a Rato monk. They pro-vide a glimpse into daily lifein a monastery, which onlyan insider could have experi-enced.

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 7p.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.

Fiesta of Art: 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallery Third Eye, No A-1 Epsilon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur An exhi-bition of paintings by AshokKumar G Hiremath and Swa-pan Sarkar.

ReligiousMeditation and Study Circle:Discourse on secrets of con-centration by Nimisha Vani,SSMRV PU College, 26th Main,4T Block, Jayanagar, 6.30 pm.

Chinmaya Mission: Discourseon ‘Bhaja Govindam,’ by SujayChaitanya, ChinmayaVidyalaya, 15th Main, 4thBlock, Koramangala, 6.30 pm.

Fasting KPSC teacher candidate in hospital

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A protester, who wasfasting since yesterday demand-ing appointment of headmastersselected through KPSC, has beenadmitted to hospital after hishealth deteriorated. In all, 629candidates from all over the statewho have got selected but await-ing appointment have beenprotesting at the Freedom Park.

Anil from Tumkur had healthcomplications and had to berushed to hospital, said his fatherNarayanappa. “There are a num-ber of parents too who have comehere to protest,” he added.

The protesters told BangaloreBeat that the state government,through a gazette notification in2007, had called for high schoolheadmasters. The KarnatakaPublic Service Commission con-ducted the exams and selected629 candidates. The recruitmentprocess too was over last year.The candidates were told thatthey would be given appointmentletters in March of this year. “Butnothing has happened till now,”they added.

Today, the protesters met chiefminister D V Sadananda Gowda.

“The chief minister told us thathe did not know about our prob-lem. He said there could be aproblem due to some technicalissues. He took our memoran-dum. But he neither assured ushe would look into the problem,nor he offered any solution,”they said.

Yesterday, joint director of ed-ucation Devprasad met the pro-testers. “He noted down our de-mands and left without offeringany kind of help,” they added.

“The KPSC has done its joband selected us. It is now left tothe public education departmentto issue appointment letters tous. The department has beenpromoting teachers to headmas-ters’ posts instead of appointingus. This is to create a vote bankfor next year June’s MLC electionfrom the teachers’ constituency.We have already met departmentofficials and the minister too,but nothing has been done toalleviate our problem,” they said.

“We have really worked forour selection. If the governmentdoes not appoint us, our liveswill be ruined. We will continueour protest till the governmentfinds a solution,” they said.

Valmiki brought peoplecloser, says Ugrappa

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Maharshi Valmikiwas a great reformer of society,who brought people closer, saidsenior Congress leader V S Ugrap-pa here today.

Attending Valmiki Jayanti cel-ebrations at Vidhana Soudha,he said, “Valmiki thought infavour of society. The hero ofthis epic, Lord Rama, is an idealhuman being and an iconic fig-ure. Valmiki defined how a stateshould be ruled. Even MahatmaGandhi wanted Rama Rajya, anideal state.”

He was a great visionary.Valmiki is an entire universityin himself.

The epic has inspired many.Those who have followed itsprinciples have reached greatheights. Even today, Ramayanais relevant. Gandhi acceptedRama as guru and that is thereason he became a mahatma,he said.

“Even our Constitution hasadopted some good things fromRamayana, which talks aboutgood administration. It has beenrecognised internationally. It isexemplary how Lord Rama treat-ed his brother and the people ofhis state. It is imperative that inthese days of polluted politics,everyone adopt principles of Ra-mayana. The epic advocated theprinciple of welfare state andbrought state to the people,” hesaid.

MLC M V Rajashekaran said,“Ramayana has shown how aperson can reach peak of hisperformance. All should adoptgood things from the epic. It ad-vocates empowering people and

treating them equally. It is agreat contribution to society.”

He said, “There have beenstories that before writing Ra-mayana, Valmiki was a thief.But there are no documents orany proof in Ramayana to sug-gest this. The story has beenfloated only to discriminateagainst Valmiki, who was frombedara or archer community. If

ever Valmiki was a thief, NaradaMuni would not have narratedRamayana to him. We shouldnot look at Valmiki through spec-tacles coloured with caste. It isan epic for the entire mankind.”

Karnataka Pradesh CongressCommittee H M Revanna,Pradesh Women’s Congress pres-ident Manjula Naidu and otherswere present.

S Radhakrishna

MLC M V Rajashekaran and senior Congress leader V SUgrappa pay floral tributes on the occasion of Valmiki

Jayanti at Vidhana Soudha today.

Yuva Morcha protestsagainst communal bill

Bangalore: Members of the BJP YuvaMorcha today protested against com-munal violence bill that the Centre isplanning to pass.

Yuva Morcha members protestedin front of the Mahatma Gandhi statueon MG Road and shouted slogans

against the central government. Theysaid the bill has many loopholes andthe bill cannot be passed in its presentform.

“The bill is, in fact, against Hindusand Hinduism. It tries to target thecommunity at large,” they added.

Advani begins yatraContinued from page 1

He wants government to issue a white paper on black money and even defended Team Anna's campaign against the UPA, though on the issue of leadership hewont say much.

RSS apprehends that Advani is try-ing to resurrect his career and remainin the reckoning for 2014.

Finally, the BJP patriarch had to goall the way to Nagpur last month tomeet RSS chief to clear the air.

But murmurs persisted and thebiggest blow came from Advani's clos-est ally of all these years, GujaratChief Minister Narendra Modi.

First through the gala Sadbhavnamission fast, Modi proclaimed his entry into the prime ministerial race. And miffed with Advani for announcing yatra's flaggingoff from Gujarat without consultations,he even skipped the last national executive in Delhi earlier this month.

ʻTime for 3rd revolutionʼBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “The time has come for a third revo-lution in the country to cure general degradationof polity, culture and society,” said former vice-chancellor of Tumkur University Anantharamaiahhere this morning.

Attending the birth anniversary celebrationsof Jayaprakash Narayan at Gandhi Bhavan, hesaid, “The first revolution was when we got Inde-pendence. The second was when a movement

led by JP beatd down a state that had stifled judi-ciary and bureaucracy. It is now time for the thirdrevolution that should cure society of its ills.Indira Gandhi, who was the Prime Minister then,clamped emergency. But after the movement ledby JP, she was defeated. Morarji Desai and otherleaders, who fought against the highhandednessof the government, emerged victorious.”

JD(S) leader P G R Sindhia, Gandhi Bhavanmembers and freedom fighters took part in thefunction.

Candidates who have passed KPSC teachers exams and awaiting postings protest at Freedom Park demanding their imme-diate recruitment. 629 candidates are waiting for their postings despite passing the final round of the KPSC exams last year.

Looking at windenergy too: CM

Continued from page 1“No other previous state government had taken such

measures. Not only Karnataka, other states too arefacing a severe shortage of power,” he added.

“The Centre had committed to supply 1,234 mw ofpower every day to the state. But it is giving us only 700mw. There is also a problem with the supply of coal forthermal power stations. Singaneri coal mines in AndhraPradesh have been hit by Telangana-related strike. Alsobecause of the agitation, the movement of coal hasbeen affected. We are now sourcing it from Nagpur,MPL and HPL mines,” he added.

Ficci members said that the problem has arisenbecause the state is over dependent on coal and thermalproduction of power. The chief minister said, “We arealso developing alternative sources of power. Wind isone of the biggest contributors to the power kitty. TheChhattisgarh government has set up a 600 mw windenergy plant and has committed to supply it to us. Butwe are not being able to do it as transmission lines areyet to be installed.

“We have a 2,100 mw wind energy plant at Raichur.At the same time, the urban development minister islooking at projects to generate power from garbage. Weare also looking at co-generation of power at sugar fac-tories.”

On power generation from biomass, he said, “I haveno idea about it. Our officials are looking into it.”

Gas pipelines to spurgrowth in state: CM

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Gas pipelines fromDabhol, Mangalore and Chennaiports are being set up to give aboost to industrialisation in thestate, said chief minister D VSadananda Gowda here today.

Inaugurating the national ex-ecutive meeting of Ficci, he said,“Development is the mantra forour government. For the last twodecades, the state has been ona high growth trajectory. Despiteglobal slowdown, the state hasshown considerable growth. Infact, the effects of the presentcrisis are lesser as compared tothe 1970s crisis.”

The state has come a longway since economic liberalisa-tion started in the early 1990s.State has benefited the mostfrom the process. It has givenway to Silicon City and led tostrong corporate earnings in thestate. Bangalore has become thehub of information technology,biotechnology, aero industries,

textiles, food processing, agroproducts, etc.”

On improvements in the ad-ministration, he said, “After Itook over charge, I have beenclearing files within 15 days.Only in case of legal complica-tions some files could take moretime.”

He assured industrialists thatthere would be no hassles overacquiring land and no Posco-like situation would arise, wherethe company had to withdrawits plans. “The new industrialpolicy would make land acqui-sition easy and hassle-free. Landswould be acquired through theKarnataka Industrial Area De-velopment Board. The new policyhas increased transparency.”

Some Ficci members saidsome rules are hindering 24-hour movement of goods acrossthe state and If the ban is lifted,works would get done faster.The chief minister said, “We willlook into the issue and takeproactive steps.”

Ficci members said they wouldextend all help to the Global In-vestors’ Meet. The chief ministerasked the members to collect allthe suggestions from their mem-bers and he would meet themagain after 20 days. “We willwork out solutions to the prob-lems being faced by industrial-ists,” he added.

On the mission 2020 for thestate, he said, “Security and safe-ty are the core elements. Pro-moting equitable development,communal harmony, enhancingthe quality of life, making Kar-nataka a globally competitivedestination, attracting FDI andinvestors too are in the agenda.The aim is to eliminate povertyand unemployment by 2015.”

He said a worldwide qualityof life survey has rated Bangaloreas one of the top cities with aplethora of opportunities. “Teamsof our legislators have visitedEuropean and other countriesto implement best of solutionshere,” he added.

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Offering prayers

Ignore episodicgraft: India Inc

New Delhi: Leaders of the Indianindustry have once again writtena letter to the government ex-pressing their concerns over cor-ruption.

The open letter signed by AnuAga, Azim Premji, DeepakParekh and Jamshed Godrejamong others, says day-to-daycorruption being faced by thecommon man is a bigger worryand the focus should be on thisrather than on 'episodic corrup-tion' - that Team Anna is focusingon.

The Open Letter identifies theurgent issues as land, judicial,electoral and police reforms.

It also says that there is aroom for improvement in theeconomic and investment cli-mate.

Open Letter is signed byJamshed Godrej, Anu Aga, DrBimal Jalan, Keshub Mahindra,Deepak Parekh, Azim Premjiamong others.

Jamshed Godrej, ChairmanGodrej, says, "In the first letterwe had said that we want theLokayuktas to get established.That has happened, the Parlia-ment did meet and has taken aresolution to that effect. The pur-pose of the letter was to createpublic debate and a sense ofpressure on the legislators incentre and state.

She says that the govt is mov-ing but there is a need for greaterdialogue between industry, gov-ernment and civil society to un-derstand how we can actuallymake progress.

Here is the full letter:On January 17, 2011, we, a

group of like-minded citizenswho were deeply concerned withthe state of affairs of the nationaddressed an Open Letter to ourleaders. This letter focused onfour issues - (a) Growing Gover-nance Deficit (b) Galloping Cor-ruption (c) The urgent need todistinguish between 'Dissent'and 'Disruption' and (d) Envi-ronmental Challenges. The OpenLetter received wide exposurein the public domain and wasgenerally perceived as being

timely. As mentioned in the firstOpen Letter, the aim of the groupis to develop specific actions re-garding the above-mentioned is-sues and place these in the publicdomain from time to time. It isin this context that we put for-ward our second Open Letter.

Aug 27, 2011 marked a highpoint by the debate leading tothe 'Sense of the House' in theParliament on the Lokpal Bill.The event reinforced the invio-lable primacy of the Indian Con-stitution. It was also an event ofrelief and reassurance to the vastand silent majority who consti-tute India's core civil society.

We support the need for theurgent passage of a well-craftedLokpal Bill by the Parliament.While the Parliament debatesthe contours of the Lokpal Bill,the discussion of the details nowresides with the ParliamentaryStanding Committee on Law andJustice. We, however, believethat the Lokpal Bill is only onesmall but critical step in the na-tional task of weeding out theplague of corruption in India.This draft Lokpal Bill is intendedto address EPISODIC CORRUP-TION, but is unlikely to haveany significant impact on theDAY-TO-DAY CORRUPTIONwhich is insidious and demean-ing.

We, the people, the commonindividual, seem to have no re-course in our daily life which isvitiated by corruption in almostevery sphere of our normal deal-ings. Almost every interface ofthe common man with publicofficials is impaired by corrup-tion, especially in the most rou-tine transactions, such as thegrant of 'pattas', issuing ofbirth/death certificates, utilityconnections and availing of en-titlements amongst several oth-ers. Similar cases of continuousdaily harassment are widelyfaced by small and medium scaleenterprises (SMEs) and numer-ous services and manufacturingentities.

The Group wishes to put for-ward some issues which call for

urgent attention and action tomake reforms effective and havea positive and perceptible impacton citizens' day-to-day life.

1. The common man (the poorbear the greatest burden) is asilent sufferer because availableconstitutional remedies remaininaccessible. Several antiquatedlaws require urgent overhaul toreflect contemporary realities.LAND, JUDICIAL, ELECTORALand POLICE reforms are mosturgently needed. Key recom-mendations and draft legislationon most of these issues are al-ready in the public domain. It isimperative, however, that leg-islative reforms be constructivelyand constitutionally debated ina time-bound and orderly man-ner and not in uncivil and hostileenvironments. DISRUPTION,both in the Parliament and out-side is socially debilitating anderodes public confidence.

2. It is acknowledged that astrong nexus exists between cer-tain corporates, politicians, bu-reaucrats and power brokers.This is one of the greatest threatsfor the Indian economy. It maybe worth mentioning that theUK, in July 2011, enacted the'The Bribery Act, 2010'. The Actmakes it illegal TO OFFER, RE-CEIVE AND FAIL TO PREVENTBRIBERY and extends culpabilityto the highest levels in an ac-cused corporation. Only if timelyand punitive action is takenagainst both, THE GIVER ASWELL AS THE RECEIVER OFTHE BRIBE, will the fight againstground level corruption be woneffectively.

3. Even the best crafted legis-lation will not cleanse the systemunless effective REDRESSALMECHANISMS are put in place.This, however, is not possiblegiven the acute backlog of casespending in the courts, estimatedat over 3.1 crore. India has 10judges per million populationcompared to 50 in the UK and107 in the US. The adage of justicedelayed is justice denied is thekey reason why the commonman is unable to fight against

corruption. It is imperative toincrease the number of judgesand other judicial officers, mod-ernise infrastructure and imple-ment judicial reforms such ascreating additional fast-track,specialised courts.

4. While we appreciate andsupport the need for environ-mental protection, it should berecognised that there is an im-passe on ENVIRONMENTALCLEARANCES which continuesto delay several investment pro-posals and hamper economicgrowth. Among other measures,it is worthwhile considering theintroduction of an on-line AUC-TION process for allocation ofnatural resources which will pro-vide the much needed TRANS-PARENCY and prevent discre-tionary and irregular practices.Owing to several such impedi-ments, fresh investments are notforthcoming at the pace requiredfor a rapidly growing economysuch as ours. Policy uncertaintiesand delays in approvals are forc-ing many large corporate entitiesto seek out opportunities in othergeographies.

We wholeheartedly endorsePrime Minister, Dr. ManmohanSingh's statement that economicprogress must not be hijackedby internal dissensions. There-fore, India's focus must remainsteadfast on economic reformsand growth in order to reducepoverty and ensure adequatejob creation. These national chal-lenges cannot be solved by urbanprotests and posturing.

We are working with a groupof professionals who have beenspecially commissioned by usto study issues of governanceand public accountability. Theresults of this study, when com-pleted, will be made availableto Parliamentary Committees asmay be appropriate when theseissues are discussed.

We wish to reiterate thatthrough URGENT and CONCERT-ED ACTION by the elected leadersof our country, positive trans-formation can begin to beachieved.

Scion of Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar offering puna for thedeity before the Rathotsava on top of Chamundi Hills at Mysore today.

Remembering Valmiki

Labour minister B N Bachche Gowda offers flowers to a portrait of Maharshi Valmiki onteh occasion of Valmiki Jayanti at the Bangalore Rural district office in the city today.

G S Ravishankar

Dancing to the tunes

Former Mysore Urban Development Authority chief G T Deve Gowda dances to the tunes of drummers during a rally onthe occasion of Valmik Jayanti at Mysore today. The procession that started at Kote Anjaneya Swamy temple at Mysore

Palace went through main thoroughfares of the city before reaching Ranga Mandira. Mysore district in-charge and medical education minister S A Ramadass too was present.

G S Ravishankar

Unfair to label me as ODI specialist: YusufYusuf Pathan, the India all-

rounder, has said it is un-fair to label him as a 'one-

day specialist' given his perform-ance on the first-class circuit,where he's averaged 41.38 from46 games. Yusuf is representingIndia Red in the NKP Salve Chal-lenger Trophy, and aiming for acomeback into the national sideafter missing out on the ODI se-ries in England and the first twoODIs against the same oppositionfor the home series starting thisweek. His exclusion followed anordinary World Cup with the batand a poor time in the West In-dies, where he averaged 10.5from four ODI innings.

"I can play at any position. Ifthe team management wants meto bat up the order, I am readyfor it," Yusuf told the Times ofIndia. "Whenever I spent timein the middle, I have made itcount. Last year, I scored amatch-winning hundred againstNew Zealand and then scoredanother hundred against South

Africa. Besides, I have also scoredbig hundreds in Ranji and DuleepTrophy over the years. I enjoybatting for long periods."

Yusuf, who usually bats inthe lower-middle order for India,played what he described as the"best innings of my career" whenhe smashed 210 in 190 balls forWest Zone against South Zonein the Duleep Trophy in Februarylast year, helping his team chasea record-breaking 536.

He's been preferred in theshorter versions for his big hit-ting, but Yusuf insisted his gameis also suited for the five-dayformat.

"The T20 craze has startedonly now, but I have been play-ing first-class cricket for a decade.I would also like to play Testmatches. It's unfair to label meas one-day specialist.

"There is more to my battingthan just hitting. You can't suc-ceed at the international level ifyou have limited strokes. I canplay all round the wicket. If you

analyse my hundreds, you willsee I have scored runs on bothsides of the wicket. I like to playaggressively and that's the wayI have played cricket all my lifeand I will continue to do so."

Due to India's powerful battingline-up, with several of the bignames batting in the top order,Yusuf said it was difficult not toadopt a risk-free approach whenhe came in to bat. "More oftenthan not, one of the top-orderbatsmen scores big. The likes ofSachin Tendulkar, Virender Se-hwag, Gautam Gambhir and Yu-vraj Singh love to bat long.

"When I go in to bat, I nor-mally get five to eight overs inwhich I have to score as manyruns as possible. You can't dothat without taking risks. Some-times it pays off, sometimes not.It can go either way. But I alwaystry to give it my best shot. I won'tbe making hundreds everyday,but if my quick 30s or 40s canmake a difference, I will be ahappy man."

Your team is using you:Digvijaya writes to AnnaNew Delhi: Congress generalsecretary Digvijaya Singh todaycontinued to attack anti-corrup-tion activist Anna Hazare andhis team saying Anna has beengheraoed by anti-Congress peo-ple. In a letter to Anna, DigvijayaSingh wrote, "Bhushans and Ke-jriwal are using you for their po-litical motives."

Re-iterating that Anna is BJP'spresidential candidate, DigvijayaSingh has written, "Your sup-porters enjoy 5-star culture. TheBJP wants to make you theirPresidential candidate."

Anna had said that DigvijayaSingh should be sent to an asy-lum as Singh raised questionsover the role of RSS in Anna'scampaign. Hitting back at Annafor his comments, DigvijayaSingh in his letter, has written,"You say I should go to an asy-lum, but now the RSS Chief hassaid openly that he supportsyou, this raises questions overyou. When you speak againstthe Congress, you are defendingChautala who is corrupt."

However, complimeting Annaon rasing the graft issue, Digvi-jaya said that it was AICC chiefSonia Gandhi who had raised itfirst at the Congress meet in Bu-rari and set up the NAC, whichframed the Lokpal Bill.

Digvijaya has also asked Annato differentiate between the Con-gress and other political parties,and said that the Congress ismore proactive than the NDA infighting graft.

He has also raised questionsover Anna's silence over graftissues dodging the BJP andslammed him for celebrating hisAugust 16 fast fast as a symbolof the government's defeat.

Yuvraj, Bhajjislam bookie

Mazhar MajeedNew Delhi: Yuvraj Singh andHarbhajan Singh outrightly re-jected bookie Mazhar Majeed'sclaim on Tuesday that he hadaccess to them.

While Yuvraj came out on Twitter slamming Majeed'sclaims, Harbhajan threatenedaction.

"I don't know who this personis; I have never met him. We willdefinitely take some actionagainst him. I don't knowwhether it will be a legal actionor whatever," said Harbhajan inNagpur where he is currentlyplaying in the Challenger Series.

"But I will definitely bring itto BCCI's notice and I am surethat they will take the right kindof action against these kind peo-ple who are trying to spoil thegame," added the feisty off-spin-ner.

Yuvraj, on the other hand,slammed the bookie on Twitter."Who is Majeed! Absolute rub-bish! Don't know, never met!"tweeted Yuvraj.

Recordings of Majeed's con-versation with the undercoverNews of the World journalist last

year are being heard in a spot-fixing trial in London's South-wark Crown Court, in which thebookie has made startling reve-lations.

Majeed has also come up witha series of boasts, including thathe was good friends with formerIndian Premier League (IPL) com-missioner Lalit Modi and ex-Pak-istan captain Imran Khan.

While the recordings were be-ing played, the undercover jour-nalist sat in the witness box be-hind a screen to hide his identityfrom the public and media.

Harbhajan Singh