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while beingtaken to courtChandigarh: Five activists allegedly belongingto a right-wing outfit today assaulted JagtarSingh Hawara, convicted for assassinating for-mer Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, in thedistrict court premises here.
Hawara and another terrorist Paramjt SinghBheora were brought here from Tihar Jail fortheir production in the Burail jailbreak case.
"After the hearing, as Hawara was moving inthe court complex, five persons allegedly be-longing to Rashtriya Hindu Seva SurakshaSamiti slapped him following which the terroristalso retaliated," ACP Deshraj Singh said here.
"Immediately, police intervened and arrest-ed five persons, including convenor of the or-ganisation Nishant Sharma," he said. The al-leged right-wing activists raised slogans beforeassaulting Hawara.
Hawara and Bheora are lodged in Tihar Jailin connection with the 2005 Delhi twin blastscase, Twin blasts at cinema theatres in west Del-hi had killed one and injured nearly 50 people.
They were brought here under tight securi-ty.
Hawara, Bheora and their accomplice JagtarSingh Tara along with another murder convictDevi Singh had made a sensational escape fromBurail Jail in January 2004 by digging a 104-footlong tunnel.
While Hawara and Bheora were arrested, Taraand Devi Singh are absconding.
SC notice to Andhra govt onTelangana stir
New Delhi: The Supreme Court todaysought theAndhra Pradesh government's reply on a pleacontending that normal activities and admin-istration in the state have been paralysed for thelast one year due to the agitation for a separatestate of Telangana.
Besides issuing notices to Telangana Rash-tra Samiti, which is spearheading the stir, abench of justices GS Singhvi and S Mukhopad-haya also issued notices to the registrar gener-al of the high court and the state bar council andsought their replies on the plea.
The apex court issued notices on advocate PVKrishnaiah's plea, seeking the court's directionto the Centre to restrain it from carving a newstate out of Andhra Pradesh.
Krishnaiah had contended that the power tocarve out a new state under Article 3 of the Con-stitution is vested with Parliament and the samecannot be done without amending Article 371-D which granted certain benefits of reservationin employment, education and other benefitsto the locals.
Nobel laureateGobind
Khorana diesNew Delhi: Indian-origin Nobel laureate andMIT's Alfred P Sloan Professor of Biology andChemistry emeritus H Gobind Khorana died onWednesday. He was 89.
A winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in physiol-ogy or medicine and made seminal contribu-tions to genetics.
Khorana was born in India in 1922 in Raipur,Punjab that is now part of Pakistan.
In an autobiographical note written uponwinning the Nobel Prize, Khorana wrote, "Al-though poor, my father was dedicated to edu-cating his children and we were practically theonly literate family in the village inhabited byabout 100 people."
Khorana attended high school in the nearbycity of Multan before enrolling in Punjab Uni-versity, where he received his bachelor's degreein 1943 and master's in 1945, both in chemistryand biochemistry.
Upon graduating, he received a fellowshipfrom the Indian government to study at the Uni-versity of Liverpool in the UK, where he receivedhis PhD in 1948.
He did postdoctoral work at Switzerland'sFederal Institute of Technology.
In 1960, he went to the University of Wis-consin at Madison, where he became co-directorof the Institute for Enzyme Research.
At Wisconsin Khorana and his colleaguesworked out the mechanisms by which RNAcodes for the synthesis of proteins, leading tothe Nobel Prize in 1968, which Khorana sharedwith Robert Holley of Cornell University andMarshall Nirenberg of the National Institutes ofHealth.
In 1970 he joined MIT, where he continued atthe forefront of the ballooning field of genetics.
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STAGE SET FORBELLARY BATTLE
Gaadi Lingappa from BJP, Ramprasad from Congress pitted against Ramulu
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bellary: Bellary leaders must rememberthat it is the BJP and its support system thatmade them grow into leaders, said chief min-ister D V Sadananda Gowda, referring to for-mer minister B Sriramulu, who quit theparty and the MLA post forcing a by-electionin the Bellary Rural constituency.
He said former chief minster B Sriramulu’sdecision to quit the party and to contest asan independent is not correct, he said.
The chief minister, who was here to ac-company party candidate Gaadi Lingappa forsubmitting nomination papers for the by-election, said, “Just five years ago, all thesepeople who claim to be leaders were mereparty workers. Our national leader SushmaSwaraj made a huge difference in the entireregion and projected them as leaders. Sush-ma Swaraj too has risen from the worker rankto national leadership.”
“The leaders are now former ministers,KMF members, taluk and zilla panchayatmembers and have held other prominent po-sitions only because of the BJP. I don’t wantto take anybody’s name. They should not for-get that the party has nurtured them togrow,” he said.
“They now claim that they have got croresof rupees to the constituency and also
helped the party. But they could do that onlybecause the party gave them a chance.”
“What they should not forget is that thou-sands of workers have worked in the back-ground and have made them rise to thestature of leaders. If they are leaders today,it is because of them. They could not havebought their way through that. No one is big-ger than the party,” he said.
“I am sure that if the same workers areasked to put their faith behind some otherleader, our candidate would win and emerge
a leader. The workers would put their forcebehind the leader chosen by the party. Wehave the organisational power.”
“At one time, there were only two Lok Sab-ha members and a single MLA in the state as-sembly from the party. But we have grown.From a mere 5,000 to 7,000 members acrossthe state few years ago, now we have over 27lakh. There is a lot of strength in the party andwe have grown a lot in the last five years. Wewill prove our strength when the timecomes,” he said.
Earlier Gowda and party state president KS Eshwarappa met RSS leaders at KeshavaKrupa at Chamrajpet in Bangalore and helddiscussions on facing the by-elections.
The by-election will be held on November30 and the counting will take place on De-cember 4.
Congress candidate Ramprasad too filedhis nomination papers. He lost the last elec-tion against Sriramulu by a margin of over25,000 votes. But today, he was confident ofwinning the by-election. He said, “Sriramuluand his men have looted Bellary. They claimthat they have got crores for the constituen-cy. But there is hardly any developmentwork seen here. We will campaign with theplank that Sriramulu has looted the state andhas been found guilty of carrying out illegalmining activities.”
No bailout for Kingfisher: GovtNew Delhi: Civil aviation minis-ter Vayalar Ravi today ruled outany sort of bailout to be given tothe Kingfisher airlines. The min-ister however said that the Airlineis free to approach the banks forthe rescue.
"There will be no bailout toKingfisher but it can approachthe banks,” the Aviation Ministersaid. Ravi also added that King-fisher authorities had ap-proached him for help but he toldthem to speak to Pranab.
"Kingfisher had approachedme, I told them to speak toPranab Mukherjee," added Ravi.
Finance Minister PranabMukherjee may speak to bankswith regard to the financial crisisbeing faced by Kingfisher Air-lines. He, however, ruled that re-ports of financial bailout.
Facing serious financial tur-bulence, Kingfisher Airlines hadsought government help for a
bailout even as it continued itsflight curtailment spree for thefifth consecutive day today andits stocks plummeted by over 19per cent to an all-time low but re-covered slightly later.
The seriousness of the crisiswas underlined by the urgent re-quest Kingfisher owner VijayMallya made to Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee and Civil Avi-
ation Minister Vayalar Ravi tohelp Kingfisher in infusion offunds through banks at low in-terest rates, besides other con-cessions in line with what Air In-dia was getting, sources said.Some 50 pilots and cabin crewdid not turn up for duty by re-porting sick as over 40 flightswere cancelled across its net-work today.
Innumerable passengersacross the country cancelledKingfisher flight tickets to travelby other airlines, though afterpaying 20-40 per cent higher atthe last moment.
The airline, which had earliersaid it would restore its flights af-ter October 19, has now indicat-ed that it would take a few moreweeks to normalise the flightschedule, that would go into thepeak winter season air traffic.
Apart from taking aircraft offflights to reconfigure and installbusiness class seats in them,airline CEO Sanjay Agarwal told,"We decided to reduce frequen-cy in some of the routes where wehad multiple flights like Delhi-Mumbai or low passenger loadlike Nanded-Mysore."
This exercise was part of routerationalisation to improve prof-itability and revenue productiv-ity of the flights, he said.
Food inflation eases to 11.81%;
goods still costlierNew Delhi: Food inflation declined mar-ginally to 11.81 per cent for the weekended October 29, but the slight moder-ation in the rate provided little respite toconsumers burdened by high prices of es-sential kitchen staples like vegetablesand pulses.
Food inflation, as measured by theWholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 12.21per cent in the previous week ended Oc-tober 22. The rate of price rise of food itemsstood at 12.68 per cent in the correspon-ding week of the previous year.
As per government data, vegetables be-came 26.05 per cent costlier on a year-on-year basis during the week ended Octo-ber 29. Pulses grew costlier by 13.27 percent, fruits by 11.70 per cent and milk by11.79 per cent. Eggs, meat and fish also be-came 12.74 per cent more expensive on anannual basis, while cereal prices were up4.07 per cent.
However, onions became 19.31 per centcheaper. Wheat prices were also down 1.77per cent year-on-year during the week un-der review.
Inflation in the overall primary articlescategory stood at 11.43 per cent, comparedto 12.08 per cent in the previous week. Pri-
mary articles have over 20 per cent weightin the wholesale price index.
Inflation in non-food articles, includ-ing fibres, oilseeds and minerals, wasrecorded at 6.41 per cent during the weekunder review. Fuel and power inflationstood at 14.50 per cent during the weekended October 29, unchanged from theprevious week.
Advocate Ashwini Vijaykumar poses with her newborn at Panacea Hospital in Basaveshwarnagar on this lucky day with its unique date
11.11.11. The baby girl weighed 2.44 kg and was born at 8.45 am.
Baby with lucky numberGangadhar Pujar
SC denies bail to Shubha
Bangalore Beat Bureau
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today re-jected the bail petition of Shubha Shankar,who is serving a life sentence for the mur-der of software engineer Girish in Ban-galore.
A division bench upheld the lowercourt order and denied bail to Shubha.The Karnataka High Court too had passedthe judgment convicting Shubha. Withthis, the former law student will have toremain in jail.
The division bench headed by JusticeSadashivam said that in the eyes of law,everyone is equal. “Shubha cannot be giv-en a respite, just because she is a woman,”he said reading out the order for thebench.
Shubha and her fiancé B V Girish hadgone out for dinner, just three days aftertheir engagement, and had stopped on theKoramangala-Indiranagar IntermediateRing Road to watch the planes landingand taking off from the HAL Airport on De-cember 3, 2003. A man attacked Girishwith an iron rod and ran away. Girish died
at Manipal Hospital the next day. Whenthe police questioned her, Shubha told thepolice that he seemed like a robber. Butpolice investigations revealed that Shub-ha was in love with her junior Arun Ver-ma and was opposed to her marriage withGirish.
Arun Verma had taken the help of Di-nakar and Venkatesh to eliminate Girish.
A fast-track court on July 14, 2010 hadsentenced all the four to life imprisonmentfor the murder.
Leopard sighted in
heart of Mysore
Mysore: Panic spread among the people of Mysoretoday as the stray leopard that has been roaming freein the city was sighted again this morning.
The big cat was seen moving on to the huge wood-ed grounds surrounding the Kukkarahalli tanklate last night. A guard, who was having his dinner,saw the leopard jump out of the drain and move intothe wooded area. Last night it was sighted at the Uni-versity Press.
The tank is the favourite walking spot for thou-sands of people from surrounding areas. When theguard informed some of the early morning walkers,they called up the Garuda patrol vehicle and the for-est department officials. The officials locked up thegates to prevent people entering from the area andendangering themselves.
The hunt for the leopard has been going on forthe last one week when it was sighted for the firsttime at Vijayanagar Layout. The leopard had thenattacked and injured constable Cheluvaraju.
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NAANALLA (U/A)Tarun, Shubha Poonja, AnanthNag, Rangayana Raghu, RameshBhat Savitha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)
IN TIME (U/A) Justin Timberlake, AmandaSeyfriedCinemax (2.15 pm, 7.30 pm) Cinepo-lis (10 am, 2, 7.10, 10 pm) Fame(Lido) (3.20 pm, 7.45 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (12 pm, 6, 8pm) Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(5, 10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(2.40 pm, 9.30 pm) Inox
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THE RUM DIARY (U/A) Johnny Depp, Aaron EckhartInox (Magrath Road) (10.15 am,1.30, 4.45, 8 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(10 am, 9.45 pm)
DOLPHIN TALE (U)Cinemax (10 am, 8 pm) PVR Cinemas(10.20 am, 2.55, 7.25 pm)
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A Congress delegation meets BDA commissioner Bharat Lal Meena at the BDA office inthe city today. Congress workers demanded that the Bangalore Development Authority
should not acquire land in Sumanahalli that has been allotted to destitutes.
ʻDrop plan to acquire landʼ S Radhakrishna Will waive ofVAT on
farm tools: CM
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The state governmentwill waive of 13.5 percent VATon equipment used in coffee es-tates to help planters, said chiefminister D V Sadananda Gowdayesterday.
The agriculture sector, in gen-eral, has been facing a severeshortage of staff, and the solutionis to go for mechanisation. Thegovernment would help farmersby reducing or eliminating com-pletely the value-added tax com-ponent for the equipment theysource, he added.
Taking part in the 53rd annualgeneral body meeting of the Kar-nataka Planters’ Association, hesaid, “Planters under the banner
of KPA have met me repeatedly.We will consider their demandsfavourably.”
Over 200 KPA members tookpart in the meeting. They helddiscussions and later in theevening
submitted a proposal to thegovernment. The planters listedshortage of fertilisers, exemptionof VAT on agriculture inputs, de-velopment of pepper, poor roadsand power situation, water aug-mentation in coffee estates, mar-ket promotion, coffee debt reliefpackage 2010 and labour issues.
KPA chairman Sahadev Bal-akrishna Chairman and vice-chairman Marvin Rodrigues ledthe discussions.
Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda and his wife Daty inaugurate the Karnataka Planters’ Association meet.
CHINNARA HABBA TO BEBIGGER, BETTER THIS YEAR
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Chinnara Habba, theannual event for children, willbe bigger this year. The eventwill be held at White Petals inTripura Vasini of BangalorePalace from November 24 to 27.
The major attraction at thehabba would be three robotsthat will teach students. The leadrobot, Kencha, will ask questionsto students who visit the habbaand give a chocolate for everyright answer. If the answer iswrong, it will squirt water onthe faces of children. The robotalso challenges children to askquestions.
The robots were developed bythe city-based Robot Entertain-ment Ltd three months ago. Theyare also offered for private func-tions where they can entertainthe visitors.
They have been especially de-signed to welcome and greetguests at functions. It has beenwired to shake hands and spoutmessages.
The habba will have morethan a 100 stalls to entertainchildren. The event organiserssaid the habba has been con-ceptualised on a par with inter-national standards and will pro-
vide entertainment and shoppingavenues for children.
The attractions include A-MazeThing a live game show offering gift vouchers and isplayed at different levels. TheAdventure Zone for childrenabove eight years will offer paint-ball, spider web, tight rope walk,all-terrain bikes and zorbing.Funtoo Zone is offering over a100 games in an area spreadover 5000 sqft.
At the inflatable zone, a num-ber of inflatable cushions allowchildren to jump, do somersault,slide and try other tricks withouthurting themselves. At the petzone, a variety of animals likerabbits, golden finch, guineapigs, Persian cats, pocket mon-keys, ostrich, emu, Valla Baykangaroo, roselle and conurewill be on display. At the aquaticzone, over 200 aquariums witha different species of fish, likediscuss, gold fish, flower horn,tetra, clown and others will beon display.
The habba has also organiseda talent show where studentscan display their skills like danc-ing, singing, instrumental, poetryand mimicry. The participantswill be given participation cer-tificate, says a press note.
ʻApply forFulbright
ScholarshipʼBangalore Beat Bureau
The Indo-American EducationSociety has been offering Ful-bright scholarships and students,teachers and other professionalsshould take advantage of theopportunity, said society seniorprogramme officer SareenaParanjape has said.
Applications will be invitedfor scholarships in February. Itwill be advertised in websitesand major publications. Candi-dates will be chosen based onthe research work they have tak-en up, she said.
Fellowships are available fortwo-week to one-year durationand the society will bear the en-tire cost of the Fulbright scholar,she said.
Till now, 98 persons from thestate have taken advantage ofthe fellowship, she said. Formore information, interested canvisit www.usief.org.in.
Drop BTbill, says
KRRS prezBangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The central govern-ment should drop its plan topass the Indian BiotechnologyAuthority Establishment bill,said Karnataka Rajya RaithaSangha president Kodihalli Chan-drashekar.
The central government is get-ting ready to pass the bill in thecoming winter session. The billwould compound problems be-ing faced by the agriculture sectorand the state governments wouldlose control over the sector, hewarned.
Agriculture is a state subject.State governments too have theright to express their opinionson the subject.
They would lose that rightonce the bill is passed. The chiefminister should immediatelywrite a letter to the central gov-ernment and urge it to drop thebill, he said,
Entries invited for
census workBangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Applications havebeen invited from retired andserving central and state gov-ernment employees who wishto take part in the social andeconomic census of 2011 inMalleswaram, Rajajinagar, Gand-hinagar, Mahalakshmipuram,Chamrajpet and Govindarajana-gar assembly constituencies.
The census will be taken fromNovember 15 for 40 days. Inter-ested can contact: Joint commis-sioner, BBMP office, Sampigeroad, Malleswaram or call:22976636.
Trainingfor house
nursesBangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Matru Chaya Foun-dation is starting a 45-day train-ing programme for home healthworkers and helpers from No-vember 18.
The applicants should be inthe age group of 18 to 35 andshould have completed PUC.
For more information contact:Matru Chaya, Canara Bank Reliefand Welfare Society, 27 cross,Banashankari II stage or call26713421.
Holiday on Kanaka
JayantiBangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The Kannada andculture department has clarifiedthat it is a state government hol-iday on November 14 to markKanaka Jayanti.
There had been confusion overwhether the government had de-clared the day as holiday.
The three robots that will be the main attraction at the Chinnara Habba that will be on fromNovember 24 to 27 at Tripura Vasini in Palace Grounds.
Indo‑German Film Festin city from Nov 18
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The fifth Indo-Ger-man Film Festival will begin inthe city from November 18. Thefestival has jointly been organisedby Max Mueller Bhavan and Su-chitra Film Society.
The film festival will be inau-gurated by renowned cinematog-rapher V K Murthy at ChowdaiahMemorial Hall. A 30-memberdelegation from Germany willtake part in the festival that willrun for a week. The delegationwill have directors, producersand artist.
Under the guidance of well-known filmmaker Suresh Heb-likar, some of the best films have
been chosen for the festival. In-teractions with film producers,directors and artists and freeworkshops for the benefit ofyoungsters have been organisedduring the festival. Nationalaward winner Puttakkana High-way and other Kannada filmswill be screened. A seminar onfilms has been organised on No-vember 19 at Max Mueller Bha-van.
Seven directors from India willtake part. The films will bescreened at Lavanya cinema atHalasoor, said senior journalistV N Subbarao.
Prof Manu Chakravarthy saidthrough film festivals, a strongerbond between the buyer and the
seller would be established. Ger-man films will represent zeitgeistof that country, while Indianfilms too will depict the country’sculture. Though the country isone, there are several Indiashere. The films will provide awindow to view these differentsub-cultures, he added.
Suchitra Film Society presidentShashidhar said that the entrywill be free for children’s films.
Passes for the festival are avail-able at Max Mueller Bhavan fromNovember 14. Interested can reg-ister themselves at Suchitra FilmSociety, Alliance Francaise andBritish Council Library and canget their passes. For information,visit: www.goethe.de/bangalore
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CITYFriday, November 11, 2011 3CITY EVENTS
GeneralBengaluru Habba: Mela inthe Mall, Mantri Square, 1 pm
CulturalIndiranagar Welfare Associ-ation: Musical concert byShanti Rao, KrishnamurthyAchar, C Anand, Parimala Sab-hangana, Raghavendra Tem-ple, Indira Nagar, 5.30 pm.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: Folksongs by Ravi Garwale, IndianInstitute of World Culture, BPWadia Road, Basavanagudi,6 pm.
ReligiousGita Gnana Yagna: BhagvadGita – 18th chapter, SreeKanyakaparmeshwari temple,Ravishankar Hall, 8th cross,Malleswaram, 6.45 pm.
Vishwa Jagriti Mission Trust:Amrit Gyan Varsha, AcharyaSadguru Sudhanshuji Maharajto participate, Mud Ground,Near Hockey Stadium, ShantiNagar, 5.30 pm.
Music Junkyard Groove Live @ HRC:Hard Rock Cafe, 08:30 pm4124-2222.
Champagne Showers: Hip-hop with DJs Prashanth &Sash at Blue Waves, 8 pm.Ladies drink for free till 10pm.
Retro Thursdays @ City Bar:City Bar Karaoke + Grill (InUB City) , 07:00 pm, 4277-3636, features original videosof yesteryears topped off withDJ Praful's twist to the music.
New disco: Indie, new disco,electro, breaks, and synthpopwith Bess at Bacchus. There'sa 1+1 offer all night.
ExhibitionLafz: Words: The Art Corridorat The Taj West End presents'Lafz::Words', an exhibition ofworks of contemporary art byleading and upcoming artistsfrom across India....
Eating outLebanese Food Festival atMynt: Mynt, at The Taj WestEnd, presents the flavours ofLebanon, courtesy of visitingchef Simon Chakour. On offerare dishes typical of the region.
The Grand Indian Lunch Buf-fet : Turquoise, experiencethe Grand Indian Lunch buffetconsisting of over 35 dishesevery weekday with around 5starters, 4 vegetarian gravies,2 non vegetarian gravies , 7desserts and lots more.
Lunch Buffet: Applewood, aGlobal and Indian lunch buf-
fet, which includes soups,starters, main course anddesserts, priced at Rs. 299 plustaxes per head. ...
Rajasthani Food Festival:Umerkot presents a RajasthaniFood Festival. The specialmenu, designed by chef SanjayTyagi, showcases dishes thattrace their roots back to theVaishnav, Jain, Rajput, Mar-wari communities, and somehave Mughal influence as well.
The Grand Trunk Road: Lido(In Ista Hotel), a trip downthe Grand Trunk Road,through its kitchens. The chefsrustle up specialities from Kab-ul to Kolkata.
Loy Krathong: Rim Naam (InThe Oberoi), on the occasionthe Loy Krathong, the Thaifestival of lights, Rim Naamserves delicacies such as whitefungus with shrimps andsteamed fish on banana leaf.
Loi Krathong: Zen (in TheLeela Palace Kempinski), aspecial buffet to celebrate LoiKrathong, the Thai festival oflights, priced at Rs 2150.
ShoppingSwarovski Charm Collection:Symbolic, quirky, feminine or offbeat, the charm collection allows wearers to express their personalitiesthrough miniature works ofart.
High on Heels by Mochi: Acollection of stilettos, wedgesand pumps in the colours ofthe season.
The healthy baby born to Snehal of Belgaum is being shown her on a day that has been unique for its date 11.11.11. Shedelivered the baby in the morning at Lakshmi Maternity Hospital in Malleswaram.
11.11.11 babyS Radhakrishna
Litterateur B G Banakar, president of the All-India Kannada Vachana literature and culture conference, inaugurates theconference in Bangalore today. The conference will go on for two days.
Vachana conference opensS Radhakrishna
Serial criminal arrested forrobbing women of jewellery
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: A criminal who robbedwomen by diverting their attention wasarrested and gold jewellery worth overRs 6.5 lakh recovered from him.
The City Crime Branch murder androbbery wing arrested Thimmaiah (35),a resident of Dinnalli village of Malurtaluk, and recovered 260 gm of goldjewellery from him.
He would target lonely women, diverttheir attention and escape with theirjewellery. With the arrest, the policesaid they have solved three cases.
3 held for vehicle liftingThe CCB wing arrested three persons
who robbed vehicles and snatchedchains and recovered three two-wheelersand a gold chain worth over Rs 2.5 lakhfrom them.
The arrested have been identified asUday (31), a resident of Annapurnesh-wari Nagar at Laggere, Mujahid aliasBabu (24), a resident of K Bayyappana-halli, Mulbagilu taluk, Kolar district,and Mohan (28), a resident of Makana-halli in Hassan district.
Uday was an expert in lifting vehicles.He was jailed along with his associatesat Basaveshwaranagar police stationin a murder case. Roaming around un-employed after that, they were tryingto sell off stolen vehicles by gettingfake documents prepared throughJayanagar slum-dweller Ravi, who isabsconding.
Mujahid and Mohan were involvedin a chain-snatching case in Jnanab-harati police limits.
Copyright pirate heldThe CCB police arrested a person for
printing popular fiction and other bookswithout copyright and recovered morethan 6,500 copies worth over Rs 25 lakhfrom him.
The police raided the house andgodown of accused Umer Farooq onDK Street near Taj Hotel in Shivajinagaryesterday. The police found The Evo-lution of a corporate Brand, You canwin, Twilight, Not without my Daughter,The Kite Runner, Harrypotter and theDeathly Hallows, The Secret, SuperPower and other popular titles in hishouse. They also seized a mobile phoneand a three-wheeler bearing registrationnumber KA-05, C-1790 from him.
A complaint has been registered withthe Commercial Street police station.The police are now trying to trace theorigins of the book racket.
3 barge into house, rob youngsters
Three persons attacked barged intoa house and made away with valuablesworth over Rs 35,000 at Banaswadihere last night.
A friend was studying at Libo’s housewhen someone knocked on the dooraround 10.30 pm. The visitor spoke tohim in Kannada, as the friend did notunderstand the language, he wentinside to wake up Libo.
By the time the latter came out, threepersons came inside and threatenedthe youngsters with knives. They tookaway five mobile phones, two goldrings, one camera and cash of Rs 1,000.
Jija to company secys: Rise above excellence
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Excellence shoulddrive mergers and acquisitions,financial disclosure auditing,and cost cutting measures. Oneshould rise above excellence inaccounting and related prac-tices,” former DIG Jija MadhavHari Singh exhorted practisingcompany secretaries of southernregion, Bangalore chapter.
Inaugurating the sixth south-ern regional conference of prac-tising company secretaries heretoday, she gave few tips of com-pany secretaries in their marchtowards excellence.
“You should assess the sce-nario thoroughly, see that allstakeholders are with you andsee that you are well informed.”
Jija Hari Singh retired asdeputy inspector general of po-lice, emergency and fire servicesrecently.
Law minister Suresh Kumarsaid corporate governance sho -uld be the mantra for companysecretaries.
“They should maintain trans-parency and accountability notonly in the corporate sector, butalso in public life.”
The two-day conference will discuss Foreign ExchangeManagement Act, SME Stock Exchange and other issues.
Nagendra D Rao, B Ravi, Dwarakanath and othersof the Bangalore chapter of the Institute of Company Secre-taries of India were present onthe occasion.
Umer Farooq was arrested for selling popular books without copyright. His godown and house was raided inShivajinagar yesterday evening.
Education till10th std to becompulsory
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The government isthinking of making educationcompulsory for all children tillthe age of 16, said primary andsecondary education ministerVishweshwara Hegde Kageri heretoday.
The state government has al-ready sent a proposal to the Cen-tre in this regards, he added.
As of now, education is com-pulsory till eighth standard thatis till the child reaches 14 yearsof age. But we want to extend ittill the tenth standard or whenthe child is 16 years, he said.
“The aim should be not justteaching, but providing qualityeducation. It should help childrenin improving their efficiency andself-belief,” he said, taking partin the “National Education Day– Right to Education” and the
birth anniversary of the firsthome minister of the countryMaulana Abul Kalam Azad.
He reminisced that Sarva Shik-sha Abhiyan started under theVajpayee rule. Then Prime Min-ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee haddreamt of “Right to Educationto reduce child labour and tomake every child a literate.”
“In an era when informationtechnology is progressing rapidly,computer education has becomerelevant. The government willprovide two computers to allgovernment schools that returngood pass percentage in tenthexams,” he added.
The education department isalso thinking of introducing com-puter science as a subject fromprimary school. MLA DineshGundu Rao and education com-missioner Kumar Nayak werepresent on the occasion.
Primary and secondary education miniser VishweshwaraHegde Kageri inaugurates the National Education
Day – Right to Education in Bangalore today. MLA DineshGundurao is also seen.
Law minister Suresh Kumar inaugurates a two-day southernregion conference of practising company secretaries in the
city. Former DIG Jija Hari Singh looks on.
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Children take oath at a function to mark the National Education Day and Right to Education Abhiyan day today. It is also the birth anniversary of the country’s first
eduation minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
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Thrissur: A fast track court todayawarded death sentence to killerGovindachamy (30) in the sen-sational Soumya murder case.Soumya was pushed out of amoving train, raped and killedin February this year. JudgeRaveendra Babu had found theaccused, Govindachamy (30)hailing from Tamil Nadu, guiltyof the rape and murder. Specialprosecutor A Suresan had plead-ed for the maximum punishmentof death.
According to the prosecution,
Govindachamy hailing fromVirudhachalam in Tamil Nadu had assaulted 23-year-oldSoumya in a deserted ladies' compartment on February 1 this year and pushedher out of the running train, immediately after it left the Vallathol Nagar station. He thencarried her to a spot along therail tracks and raped her 'cruellyand brutally'.
The accused had also injuredher seriously resulting in herdeath on February 6.
Alarm as Sept industrialoutput growth slumps
New Delhi: India's industrial outputgrew at its slowest pace in two years inSeptember, providing further evidenceof deceleration in the economy andraising the odds of a pause in the RBI's20-month-old policy tightening cycle.
Production at factories, mines andutilities grew 1.9 percent from a yearearlier in September.
The manufacturing sector, whichcontributes about 80 percent to theoverall index of industrial productionoutput in Asia's third largest economy,grew an annual 2.1 percent in Septem-ber.
The drag in the index of industrialproduction was led by a contraction ofnearly 6 percent in mining, 7 percentin capital goods and 1.3 percent in con-sumer non-durables.
Weak global demand is exacerbatingthe slowdown in an economy whosegrowth this year might be well belowthe 8.5 percent heady pace in the fiscalyear that ended in March. Inflation re-mains persistently high near double-digits despite the long and aggressive
monetary tightening that has taken abig toll on investment and consumerspending.
Friday's figures come on top of datathis week showing October exportgrowth recorded its worst annual pacein two years while car sales last monthdeclined the most in more than a decade.
"1.9 percent is completely out of ex-pectations. I think it is showing somekind of adverse impact of interest ratehikes. But I am more worried aboutthe volatility in the IIP numbers", saidN.R. Bhanumurthy, economist with Na-tional Institute of Public Finance andPolicy, a Delhi based policy think tank.
Annual exports grew only 11 percentin October, reflecting a demand con-traction in Europe, India's largest tradingpartner. High interest rates and vehiclecosts led to a 23.8 percent annual declinein car sales in October.
The Reserve Bank expects the econ-omy to grow 7.6 percent this year, thelowest in 3 years. Some private econo-mists expect economic growth to belower than the central bank's projec-
tion.A slowing economy is squeezing fed-
eral finances and analysts are ques-tioning the government's ability to re-strict the fiscal gap for the financialyear ending in March 2012 at the bud-geted level of 4.6 percent of gross do-mestic product (GDP).
Slowing tax revenues, along withstalled share sales in state-run firms
hurt by depressed market conditions,have added to the government's woes.
Many private economists see thedeficit for the year overshooting the 5percent mark. The RBI has warned ofinflationary risks if the government'sdeficit for the current year ending inMarch exceeds the budget target.
As headwinds to global growth gainpace, several central banks around the
world have begun to cut interest ratesto shield their economies.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hasso far been an outlier and has continuedwith its tight monetary stance, citingpersistently high inflation.
However, in an acknowledgementof mounting risks to economic growth,the RBI last month signalled a pausein the rate tightening cycle after raisinginterest rates 13 times since March 2010to control inflation that has stayedabove 9 percent for nearly a year.
Low export numbers in October havewidened the trade deficit to a four-yearhigh of USD 19.6 billion. The trade min-istry sees the trade deficit for the fullyear in excess of USD 150 billion, butexpects a slowdown in imports in thelast few months of the current fiscal.
This in turn may widen current ac-count deficit for the year to 3 percentof GDP from 2.6 percent last year.
The partially convertible rupee hasbeen the worst performing currency inAsia so far this year, having shed morethan 9 percent against the dollar.
11‑11‑11brings hopes of good luckNew York: Place your bets! Tie the knot!Make a wish! Friday is the 11th day ofthe 11th month of 2011, and around thecountry, many people are planning tomark the triple convergence of 11s witha splash, hoping it will bring them goodfortune or at least amuse them for aday.
Marjaneh Peyrovan, who just movedto New York, plans to buy 11 lotterytickets (each, of course, including thenumber 11). She will check out apart-ments she has been eyeing. And pre-cisely at 11:11 am, she will walk intothe office of Diane von Furstenberg,the fashion designer for whom she haslong dreamed of working.
"People say on 11/11 things happen,things will come true," she said. "Younever know."
Twins Betsy and Katie Overman ofMadison, Wis, will celebrate their 11thbirthdays with sweet bread topped witha buttercream number 11. Their mother,Julie Overman, plans to put 11 candlesin their meals and snacks. And thetwins will wear socks festooned with11s.
"They also found the 11 date is sup-posed to be lucky for relationships, butthey still think boys are gross," theirmother said.
In Atlantic City, NJ, some restaurantsare advertising $11.11 meals and theTrump Taj Mahal is planning drawingsevery 11 minutes for up to $1,111. TheRiverwind Casino is Norman, Okla.,prepared for an onslaught of gamblerseager to roll the dice or double-downin blackjack.
"Gamblers are a superstitious bunch,"said Jack Parkinson, the casino's generalmanager. In Las Vegas, Clark CountyClerk Diana Alba got ready for an on-slaught of weddings, with some 3,200applications already filled out, morethan three times the normal number.She is expecting the number of couplesto surpass the crowd on 08/08/08 andequal the throng on 10/10/10. It maynot, however, reach the turnout seenon July 7, 2007 — a date that consists ofthree lucky sevens.
"That was like the granddaddy of alldates," Alba said.
Bryan Savage of Oklahoma City isamong those tying the knot on 11-11.He said the number 11 is meaningful tohim and his fiancée, Tara Melton, be-cause his birthday is in November and
they met in November. "It's just kind of cool and we didn't
really want Valentine's Day or a holiday,but we just wanted something memo-rable," he said.
Plus, he added, it will be easier toremember his anniversary. In DesMoines, Iowa, Dr. Ross Valone, an ob-stetrician-gynecologist, will refund anyfees he collects from delivering babiesFriday. In Bellevue, Wash., Jason Brownwill open his new grocery store at 11:11am.
Fans of the movie "This Is SpinalTap" plan celebrations honoring NigelTufnel, the heavy-metal guitarist whoseamp's volume knob went up to 11, whilelovers of corduroy planned a smatteringof events on the theory that the fabric'sridges resemble lines of ones.
But some also planned to put thequirkiness of the date aside to observeVeterans Day, which grew out of theWorld War I armistice that took effectat 11 am on Nov 11, 1918.
"We as Americans, we like doingthings like that with the numbers. Ijust hope that people do realize, if theycan, just thank a veteran," said GenaroAlvarado of Los Angeles, who servedin the Marines.
Vikki MacKinnon, a numerologist inCalgary, Ontario, said she expects theday to be a "cosmic wake-up call."
"Eleven is a number of illuminationand enlightenment, a number of insight,blinding flashes of the obvious, and anumber of transformation," she saidThursday. "I think really good thingswill come out of tomorrow."
Farooq sacks brofor his remarksagainst Rahul
Srinagar: National ConferencePresident Dr Farooq Abdullahon Thursday asked his youngerbrother Dr Mustafa Kamal to quitthe party posts of AdditionalGeneral Secretary and the ChiefSpokesman hours after the lat-ter's statement on Rahul Gand-hi.
Kamal had reportedly saidyesterday that Congress GeneralSecretary Rahul Gandhi "has norole in running the Jammu andKashmir government." His state-ment came in response to a re-mark by Congress state chiefSaif-ud-Din Soz, who quotedRahul Gandhi as saying that hewas not happy with the gover-nance in Jammu and Kashmir.
Farooq Abdullah said he hadto take this "difficult decision"because Dr Mustafa Kamal hadbeen making certain statementswhich were not in tandem withthe policies of the National Con-ference and were against the'coalition dharma.'
"Kamal had been advised toexercise restraint and follow theparty policy line on all issues,particularly those pertaining tothe policies of the coalition gov-ernment, relationship with theCongress party, AFSPA and therole of the Army," PTI quotedhim as saying.
Abdullah also said that Jammuand Kashmir National Confer-
ence is committed to the NationalConference-Congress coalitiongovernment. "The NC-Congresscoalition government has beenfunctioning smoothly and anyindiscipline in this regard withinour party will not be tolerated,"he added.
Jammu and Kashmir chiefminister Omar Abdullah had alsoreacted to Soz's statement saying"I don't know whether Soz is au-thorised to speak on behalf ofRahul Gandhi. But most certainlyI'm not. I'm sure if Rahul hascertain feelings regarding gov-ernance he will make themknown to me. All I can say isthat in all the years I've knownRahul, he hasn't said anythingregarding the way governancehas been functioning here. Andif he has spoken to Soz and if heis authorised to speak on Rahul'sbehalf, then I really have nothingmore to say beyond that."
Kamal had earlier embar-rassed the government with hissuggestion that the Army wasbehind some instances of vio-lence, including grenade attacks.He later retracted the statement.
"This is exactly what I don'tneed," Omar Abdullah had toldNTDV, pointing out that Dr Kamalwas not just a senior party mem-ber but also his father's brother,which put him in an "extremelyawkward position".
Raja does not want to examine witnesses now
New Delhi: The trial in the tele-com case has begun today inDelhi - 14 people including for-mer minister A Raja and Kani-mozhi, whose father heads theDMK, have been accused of crim-inal conspiracy. Those in prisonand now on trial include execu-tives who were heading compa-nies that may not have been thebiggest but are now householdnames - Reliance Infocomm,Swan which is now known asEtisalat DB and Unitech Wireless.
In court, Kanimozhi was seat-ed, as she has been throughhundreds of court appearances,with her husband. She was wear-ing a blue salwaar kameez andappeared composed. Mr Raja,who allegedly directed and pro-duced the telecom scam, wasseated just a row away. He hastold the court this morning thatat this point, he doesn't want tocross-examine the witnesses be-ing produced by the CBI. MrRaja filed an an application say-ing "Once the probe is over andthe CBI has supplied the state-ments of all the witnesses to me,I will exercise the right to recallthe witnesses for cross-exami-nation. Till then, the court mayproceed with the trial in my ab-sence." The court has turnedthis down. Lawyers for thoseaccused of conspiring with MrRaja were also surprised by hisrequest. "The entire case andthe charges of criminal conspir-acy, abuse of official position,everything emanates from Raja,"they argued. "If he doesn't cross-examine the witnesses, how willwe put up our defence and takethe case forward?"
The telecom trial is being con-ducted by Judge OP Saini in aspecial court. For this month,the CBI has shortlisted 28 wit-nesses, 11 of who are from theReliance Anil Dhirubhai AmbaniGroup (ADAG) which suggestthat the CBI wants to deal firstwith the charges against accused
firms Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL),accused of using Swan Telecomas a front for acquiring more li-censes and spectrum than legallypermissible.
First up is the statement andexamination of prosecution wit-ness Anand Subramanium, theAssistant Vice President, Re-liance Capital Limited. Alsoscheduled for questioning todayare AN Sethuraman who is theGroup President of RelianceADAG, and Vinod Kumar Bud-dhiraja, the Chief Regulatory Of-ficer of Etisalat DB. They willbe asked about the shareholdingpatterns of the companies aswell as matters like bank accountdetails, minutes of crucial meet-ings and decisions made.
The telecom scam has ac-quired superstar status for a col-lision of reasons - not just be-cause of the whopping amountof money it cost the government- 30,000 crores according to theCBI and 1.76 lakh crores per thegovernment's auditor.
The A-listers it has packedinto tiny cells in Tihar Jail havebeen refused bail for monthsnow in multiple courtrooms.
And its roots in a governmentdepartment have meant that asthe investigation into the casehas progressed, the conse-quences have refracted acrossthe political landscape with un-forgiving fervor.
Even childrenwant Kasab
hanged: AnnaRalegan Siddhi: Anti-corruptioncrusader Anna Hazare has saidthat all Indians want Pakistaniterrorist Ajmal Kasab to behanged. "If you ask young chil-dren, even they will say thesame," Anna said today.
Anna's remarks come a dayafter Pakistan's Interior MinisterRehman Malik declared, "Kasabis a terrorist. He is a non-stateactor. He should go to the gal-lows."
Malik's remarks were made inthe Maldives, where the Pakistaniand Indian Prime Ministers metfor an hour, and said bilateraldialogue between the countriesis progressing well.
Kasab was the only terroristcaught alive during the 26/11 at-tacks, in which 10 young menfrom Pakistan sailed into Mumbaiand unleashed an unprecedentedterror attack.
166 people were killed, so werenine of the terrorists. Kasab hasbeen sentenced to death by theBombay High Court; he has ap-pealed against this in theSupreme Court in Delhi.
India has been asking Pakistanfor effective action against peoplelike Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a
senior commander of the terroristgroup Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Itholds the group responsible forhelping to plan and execute the26/11 attacks. Mr Lakhvi and sixothers allegedly involved with26/11 are in a jail in Rawalpindi.India has expressed its frustrationwith the slow pace of their trial.
That could change, Malik saidyesterday, with a visit to Indiaby a judicial commission fromPakistan. The Interior Ministersaid future developments willdepend on whether the commis-sion finds "credible evidence"against those on trial in Pakistan.He said ideally, the commissionshould be allowed to visit Indiafor three or four days "as longas you can accept them as guest."
However, Malik defended Pak-istan's decision to drop Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a front organisationfor the LeT, from a list of terroristgroups.
"Information is not evidenceand there is need for concretelegal evidence for keeping themin the terror list," he said.
India believes JuD chief HafizSaeed is the founder of theLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which wasresponsible for the 26/11 attacks.
Tough contest isgood for
Bhajji: KapilNew Delhi: Former India captainKapil Dev said Harbhajan Singh,dropped from the India squad,will benefit from the challengehe is getting from young tweakersPragyan Ojha and RavichandranAshwin. "I think it is good forHarbhajan that he is gettingtough competition from Ashwinand Ojha. This will only helpBhajji to emerge stronger," saidKapil on Thursday.
Kapil backed the ace off-spin-ner to make a strong come-back."Harbhajan is a tough guyand I think he will make a suc-cessful comeback in internationalcricket. It is just a matter of time."
Harbhajan was overlookedagain as the Indian selectorsnamed an unchanged 15-membersquad on Thursday for the sec-ond Test against West Indiesstarting in Kolkata on Monday.What made matters worse forHarbhajan was that he wentwicket-less while leading Punjabin the Ranji Trophy match againstUttar Pradesh. Harbhajan wasdropped during the four-matchODI series against England athome before missing out on thefirst Test against West Indies.The 31-year-old suffered a stom-ach injury during the secondTest in England and was ruledout of the last two matches andthe ODI series that followed.
Kaneriaʼsfight to playfor Pakistan
stalledKarachi: Troubled leg-spinnerDanish Kaneria has vowed tocontinue his fight to get clearancefrom the Pakistan Cricket Boardto play for the national teamagain, after the Sindh High Courton Monday dismissed his petitionon technical grounds. The courtruled that Kaneria's petition chal-lenging the PCB decision to notconsider him for national selec-tion should be heard by the La-hore High Court, as per jurisdic-tion. Danish Kaneria has notbeen selected to play for Pakistansince October 2010
"Since the PCB headquartersis located in Lahore and the pe-tition was filed against the board,the court ruled that it was not inthe jurisdiction of the Sindh HighCourt to rule on the case," saidFaroog Naseem, the leg-spinner'slawyer. Kaneria had filed a pe-tition four months ago in theSHC against the PCB's refusal toclear him for national selection.
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Missing midwife:CBI gives reportin Rajasthan HC
Jaipur: The CBI has submitteda report to the Rajasthan HighCourt detailing its investigationsso far into the disapperance ofnurse-midwife Bhanwari Devi.The agency has questioned for-mer state minister MahipalMaderna over his alleged in-volvement in the sensationalcase and sources say that he hasadmitted to having had a rela-tionship with the 36-year-oldBhanwari, who has been missingsince September.
Sources said the CBI, afterquestioning the former ministeryesterday, had a much cleareridea now of why Bhanwari Devimay have been abducted. It nowhas to piece together the puzzleof her disapperance. The auxil-iary nurse-midwife went missingfrom Bilada near Jodhpur onSeptember 1.
Her husband, Amarchand Nat,has alleged that she was abduct-ed at the behest of Maderna andhis associates, that she has beenkilled and that her body is stillmissing.
Maderna, a key accused inthe case, had so far denied thathe had a relationship with Bhan-wari Devi. But, sources said,when confronted by the CBI withstatements made by the missingnurse's friends, he reportedlyaccepted that the two had hadan affair. A missing CD allegedlyshows the minister caught in acompromising position withBhanwari Devi, and her friends
who have turned witnesses, claimthey have seen him on it.
The ex-minister, however, con-tinues to deny that he had any-thing to do with Bhanwari Devi'sdisappearance. On the basis ofseveral tapes and audio clipswhich it has reportedly recovered,the CBI, sources said, is investi-gating if Bhanwari Devi hadblackmailed Maderna for a hugesum of money, threatening tomake their relationship public.The CBI has reportedly also ques-tioned Maderna over his allegedlinks with Shahabuddin and So-han Lal Vishnoi, two men ar-rested in the case. They are saidto have made several calls toMaderna before Bhanwari Deviwent missing.
Maderna is being questionedat the Circuit House in Jodhpur,where the CBI team investigatingthe case is camping. Questioningspilled over to Friday as Madernacomplained that he was feelingill due to high blood pressureyesterday. Sources said that theformer minister had assured theCBI of full cooperation and thathe had given "valuable informa-tion.''
The former Water ResourcesMinister's involvement in thecase has caused huge embar-rassment for chief minister AshokGehlot. With his government un-der fire for Bhanwari Devi's dis-appearance, Gehlot had sackedMaderna from his Cabinet onOctober 16.
NASA readies launch ofdream machine to Mars
Washington: The US space agency is gettingready to launch later this month the biggest,most expensive robotic vehicle ever built to exploreMars for signs of previous life there, NASA hassaid.The Curiosity rover, known formally as theMars Science Laboratory (MSL), is a USD 2.5billion state-of-the-art vehicle equipped with videocameras and a sophisticated mobile tool kit foranalysing rocks and soil on the red planet. Thelaunch of the 1,982-pound (899 kg) rover is setfor November 25 at 10:21 am (2051 IST) from CapeCanaveral Air Force Station in Florida. "This is aMars scientist's dream machine," said AshwinVasavada, MSL deputy project scientist at NASA'sJet Propulsion Laboratory. "This is the mostcapable scientific explorer we have ever sentout... We are super excited." The rover will explorethe Gale Crater on Mars, just south of that planet'sequator, where a range of soils exist and a smallmountain gives the rover a chance to climb andanalyze samples at different heights.
But first it faces a long, 570-million-kilometrejourney to get there, taking about eight and ahalf months before landing in August 2012. Thelanding itself is set to be a spectacular affair. Aravioli-shaped capsule will open to expose therover suspended by a "rocket backpack" that willfire its engines to lower the MSL to the ground.The rover's six wheels and suspension systemshould "pop into place just before touchdown,"NASA said. Then, the machine goes into "surfacemode," using a series of cameras and a long
robotic arm to investigate the Martian terrain. "It is not your father's rover," said Doug Mc-
Cuistion, director of the Mars Program at NASAheadquarters in Washington, describing it as"truly a wonder in engineering... the best of USimagination, the best of US innovation." NASAsees the latest rover as a midway point in a longjourney of Mars exploration that began with thelanding of the Viking spacecraft in 1976 and mayculminate with a human mission there in the2030s. The venture is not meant to hunt for lifeon Mars, but rather for signs that it once mayhave existed there. Any clues it can send backabout the habitability of Earth's neighbour, thefourth planet from the Sun, and about the radiationlevels there will be important to NASA as it devisesfuture exploration missions.
Killer seer getsdeath in TN
