Bangalore Beat 12.10.2011

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Man opensfire at Youth

Cong pollBangalore Beat Bureau

Bijapur: An unidentified man opened fireduring the Youth Congress polling here thismorning. The incident took place at Durbar highschool of Bijapur town when voting was takingplace for the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congresspresident’s post.

A dispute between the Youth Congress lead-ers during the voting process turned into a dan-gerous brawl. During the quarrel, the youngsterfired few rounds in the air. No one was injured.

The police arrived on the scene and took theyouth into custody.

Actress Ramyathrown out ofelection booth

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “Please get out of the premises,”election officer for Youth Congress Arivalagantold Kannada movie star Ramya who joined theYouth Congress recently. The Karnataka PradeshYouth Congress is holding elections for the postof president. Ramya, who won the election atthe booth level, came to vote at the Shantina-gar booth. After voting she was talking to the me-dia inside the booth when the election officerasked her not to address the press inside thebooth and that she must not canvas for anyone.He asked her to leave the place immediately.

Body found with head

chopped offBangalore Beat Bureau

Uttara Kannada: A man was decapitated by un-known persons at a village in Halyal taluk of thisdistrict last night.

The body of Manohar Belavi (45), a residentof Murukavadi village, was found with its headchopped off near the deceased’s house.

The police could not immediately say who theculprits were. There seemed to be no one atManohar’s house at the time of the incident andit was found empty, the police added.

ISROlaunches

4 satellitesNew Delhi: ISRO today launched weathersatellite Mega-Tropiques and three small satel-lites from theSatish Dhawan Space Centre in Sri-harikota.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C18 soaredto the clear blue skies carrying a total paylod of1,042.6 kg.

ISRO scientists have been watching theprogress of the satellite. The Mega-Tropiquessatellite, developed jointly by India and France,will study the water cycle and energy ex-changes in the tropics.

The satellite will provide data on contributionof water cycle to the tropical atmosphere withinformation on condensed water in clouds, wa-ter vapour in the atmosphere, precipitation andevaporation.

India is only the second country in the worldto have taken up such a mission. The other isThe Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission(TRMM) – a joint mission of NASA and the JapanAerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). That waslaunched on November 27, 1997.

The three other smaller satellites have beendeveloped by IIT Kanpur and SRM Universitystudents.

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ANOTHER HERO IN TROUBLEʻOrataʼ lead actor Prashantʼs wife alleges violence

Manjunath SharmaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Another Kannada film ac-tor is in trou-b l e .Prashant Ku-mar, whoacted in thelead role inOrata, hasb e e ns l a p p e dwith domes-tic violencecharges byhis wife ofseven years.

Only lastweek, film

star Darshan Thugudeep came out af-ter spending 29 days in jail after he al-legedly beat up his wife Vijayalak-

shmi. Prashant’s wife Chitralkeha has al-

leged in a case filed before the mar-riage disputes court on Monday al-

leged that the actor has ignored thefamily and has got married againwithout giving any information. Hehas also gone missing since October

1, she has complained.The MMTC 2 will take up the case

for hearing and likely to pronouncethe verdict tomorrow itself.

The couple has a son from the mar-riage. Chitralekha, who has beenstaying with her parents at Laksh-minarayana Pura, has alleged that af-ter the success of his movie, Prashantmet several women over Facebookand started moving around withthem. He promised them roles inmovies and used them for his pleas-ure. He changed the house frequentlyto avoid trouble from these women,she alleged. Over the last few months,he moved around with a woman,whom he introduced to Chitralekhaas a film producer. Recently, Prashantand the “producer” were caughtspending time at their house atJayanagar T Block, Chitralekha said.

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All BBMP wards to get parksAknisree Karthik


Bangalore: A bit of happy news for wardsthat were recently added to the Bruhat Ban-galore Mahanagara Palike. At all thesewards, the BBMP standing committee for hor-ticulture will oversee setting up of publicparks.

The BBMP already has more than 1,500parks in the city. While some wards havemore than one park, some do not have any."On a priority basis, we will set up parks inall wards. In the newly added wards of theBBMP, there are acres of land, but they do nothave any parks for recreation and other ac-tivities. We will first build parks in theseplaces and then focus on areas where thereare no parks,” said standing committeechairman R Anjanppa.

“Of the 1,500 parks, 30% of them are main-tained well. The remaining need beautifi-cation and will be taken up soon. Onlysamplings that will grow on to becomehuge trees will be planted in the new parks.Cement benches will be laid along withconcrete roads which facilitate walking andjogging. We will not set up any water themesin any of these parks," he said.

At all parks, the new and old ones, toiletswill be set up. This is to stop people from at-tending to nature’s call inside the parks. "As

people of all kinds come to these parks, wecame up with this idea. Elderly persons, di-abetics and others come to parks which area bit away from their homes. The idea is toavoid pollution of these parks. Once we getfunds for these activities in the budget from

the central government's DPR, we will beginthe construction of toilets. They will be pay-and-use toilets. Once the construction is com-pleted, tenders will be called and handedover to private persons for maintenanceand to collect the money," he added.

Labour minister B N Bachche Gowda anda actor Bharati Vishnuvardhan inaugurate SilkUtsav 2011 at Palace Grounds today. The annual silk festival will be on till October 18.

Silk Utsav takes offG S Ravishankar

Four RTPS units

shut downBangalore Beat Bureau

Raichur: There does not seem tobe an end to power woes in thestate. Today, three units ofRaichur Thermal Power Stationshut down due to technical prob-lems, while one has already beenstopped due to annual mainte-nance.

With this, the RTPS, whichhas been a major source of pow-er to state, has kept only fourunits operational. The reducedoutput would only further in-tensify problems of the power-starved state.

At the same time, two labour-ers were injured when a low-in-tensity explosion occurred whilethey were cleaning one of theboilers at RTPS, which is locatedat Shaktinagar here.

Chief technical officer of theunit Mruthyunjay said the blastwas not serious and the injuredhave been rushed to the RTPShospital. “The blast occurredwhen they were cleaning one of

the boilers. The fly ash sudden-ly came out injuring the labour-ers,” he added.

The injured were recovering,he said.

RTPS has also been facing a se-vere shortage of coal as the sup-plies have been cut off due to astrike in Andhra Pradesh. Thecoal stocks now would last onlyfew days more, officials said.

With severe shortage of pow-er, the government has enforcedload shedding across the state,sparing Bangalore. In some vil-lages and towns, power shut-down has stretched from 2-6hours per day.

The government yesterdayheld talks with sugar factorieswhich are producing power. Butthe industries offered power at Rs6.50 per unit. Energy ministerShobha Karandlaje said, “I willhold talks with chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda and de-cide whether to buy power fromsugar industries. But the price istoo high.”


Bangalore: Energy ministerShobha Karandlaje left for NewDelhi today to meet Union ener-gy minister Sushil Kumar Shindeand brief him about power crisisin the state.

Karandlaje, who was sched-uled to leave for New Delhi onThursday, got an early appoint-ment with the Union ministerand left immediately, officials athis office said.

Karandlaje will make a strongcase for full quota of 1234 mw ofpower to the state from the cen-tral grid. Chief minister D VSadananda Gowda yesterday re-vealed that the state is now get-ting only 700 mw of poweradding to the state’s power woes.

The state minister is also like-ly to meet railway and coal min-

isters inNew Delhi.The supplyof coal tothe statehas beena f f e c t e ddue toTelangana-r e l a t e dstrike inA n d h r aP r a d e s h .The statewould im-press on

the Centre over supplying coalthrough an alternative route. TheRaichur Thermal Power Station,which has been facing a severeshortage of coal has shut downsome of its units and is func-tioning at reduced capacity tostretch the coal stocks.

Shobha leavesfor Delhi tomeet Shinde

Shobha Karandlaje

Infy Q2net profit`1,906 cr,up 11%

Mumbai: Country's second largest softwareservices exporter Infosys has reported a growthof 10.81 per cent in net profit for the quarter end-ed September 2011.

Net profit was at Rs 1,906 crore in second quar-ter of FY12 as against Rs 1,720 crore in previousquarter. It came above the street estimates;CNBC-TV18 expected profit at Rs 1,891 crore.

Revenues increased 8.2 per cent to Rs 8,099crore as against Rs 7,485 crore during the sameperiod. Earnings per share for the July-Septemberquarter of 2011 was at Rs 33.3 as against Rs 30.14in the previous quarter. Expectation was at Rs32.19. Dollar revenues growth for FY12 loweredto 17.1-19.1 per cent as against earlier guidanceof 18-20 per cent.

Company has upped its full year guidance forearnings per share to Rs 143.02-145.26 as againstearlier of Rs 128.20-130.08.

Infosys sees revenue for FY12 in the range ofRs 33,501-34,088 crore.

‘Orata’ hero Prashant Kumar weds Chitralkeha in 2004.Prashant

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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

ENGLISH

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).

HINDI

TAMIL

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).

Holidaysites form

allianceBangalore: City-based holidaycomparison site Polama(www.polama.com) has tied upwith Kerala-based online travelagent Elatrip(www.elatrip.com).

The tie-up with Elatrip.comwill help Polama customers ac-cess the vast holiday and travelpackage options available on theportal.

Polama is a one-stop shop forholidays on the web and hasover 5,000 holiday packages fromseveral branded providers likeSOTC, Travel Tours, Thrillophilia,and MakeMyTrip. Customers canoptimise time, effort and cost byusing Polama to find the holidaythat best suit their needs.

“Elatrip is unique in manyways. They not only bring usseveral value-for-money holidayoptions, but also share our deeppassion for customer service.Their offerings will greatly benefitour customers. We are very ex-cited to tie-up with Elatrip.com,”says MD Ramaswami, co-founderand CEO, Polama.com.

“Elatrip.com provides uniquetravel packages. Our presencein major international locationscombined with our exceptionalquality and great customer serv-ice renders a hassle free holidayexperience for the customer. Weare excited to take these offeringsto Polama’s customers.” saysCharles-Aurelien DIE, vice-pres-ident tour & travel of Elatrip.com.

Yoga campBangalore: Patanjali Yoga In-struction Committee is holdinga free yoga camp from tomorrowtill October 16 at CPR SamudayaBhavan, New BEL Road, near MS Ramaiah hospital. Interestedcan contact 9845590408.

JD(S) leader at BBMP, Padmanabha Reddy, gives details as to why the city has not got rid ofdog menace today. He said that BBMP officials have colluded with illegal mutton shopsand allowed them to dump mutton waste, allowing dog population to grow. While there

are over 10,000 mutton shops across the city, BBMP officials have accounted for only 2109.This clearly indicates the collusion between these owners and BBMP officials, he said.

Why the dog menace

Talent hunt carnival launchedBangalore: Coffee Day Hotels &Resorts has launched NammaUru (Our Home Town), a carnivalthat promises to showcaseunique talent from rural Kar-nataka under one umbrella tomake art accessible to everyone.The Serai, in association with AHundred Hands and The KumbleFoundation, are going into vil-lages of the state to present ‘Nam-ma Uru’.

Like the Hase Chitra, Karnata-ka offers an array of arts andculture which are waiting to bediscovered. A barber who com-poses sweet music with his saxa-phone, a lady who moulds mun-dane clay into charming piecesof costume jewellery, and agroup of women who stringcolourful bits of paper to makejewellery. Veerabhadra Kunita– a religious dance form thatnarrates tales of valour, clay ves-sels and idol typical of the Khum-bara tribe, block-printed clothesand accesories, curioware andbeewax balms all occupy a spacein the rich tapestry of art andculture in the state.

‘Namma Uru’ is a platform forart and culture to be recognized,for it to sustain, and flourishwhile generating funds to sup-port the artists. The carnival willbe held from October through

December. Vejay Anand, president, mar-

keting and sales, Coffee Day Ho-tels and Resorts, says, “The con-cept of ‘Namma Uru’ arises fromthe need to discover and promotethe undiscovered talent of thestate. We will ensure that thecarnival will expand and bringmore arts and artisans under itsambit in the future.”

Mala Dhawan, foundertrustee, A Hundred Hands, said,“There is no dearth of talentwhen it comes to art and culture

in this region. The need is tobuild a common platform whereartists and consumers can meetand interact. This will not onlyhelp the artists build their liveli-hood, but also allow consumersto explore the depth of artisticskills in this region.”

‘Namma Uru’ will also see anexhibition of wildlife photo-graphs by renowned photogra-phers, like Diinesh Kumble andMN Jayakumar. Diinesh Kumblesays, “The carnival is an excellentopportunity to showcase the nat-

ural wonders of our country. Theproceeds from the sale of pho-tographs will go to The KumbleFoundation – Jumbo Fund whichaims to promote and further thecause of wildlife conservationand protection in India.”

‘Namma Uru’ will display 10different types of arts and craftsat The Serai in Chikmagalur andKabini. The carnival will alsoshowcase musical and danceperformances and indulge theyounger audience with caricaturepainting and finger puppetry.

THE GLOWING LAMPAYogi is one who is proficient

in that depth of conscious-ness which is the basis ofall existence. Once you gainthe secret of life then noth-

ing else appears to tempt you. Youfeel you have attained the highest andyou don’t worry about more gains.Our feverishness is about gainingsomething more – either material orspiritual. That wanting to get somethingmore keeps you on run. But when youare established in this consciousness,in meditation and yoga then you findthat no misery or problems touch you.It can’t shake you because you arewell established with a strong senseof stability and rooted-ness in life. Itis alright to be angry but the angershould not stay in you longer thanyou draw a line on the surface of water.If your anger is only that much, thenit is healthy. But if it lingers on in yourhead, more than 10 minutes, morethan a day, years or months then,there is serious work to be done. Ayogi does not get blown away by gains

and losses or by any such untowardthings that might happen because heknows these are fleeting moments,Maya, an illusion.

Like an expert in any field is notperturbed by events that happenaround him or her. An expert driveror mechanic does not worry if the carbreaks down because he knows howto fix it. A yogi walks with ease, em-bracing any field in life because, lifeitself, has become proficient and effi-cient in the skill. This is because youare attending to the root of life whichis spirituality. If you are well-versedin this, you feel at home in any fieldyou come across because then yourintuition works. You can fix thingsthat you really don’t know, due to thespiritual connection you have. For ex-ample, someone who is learning driv-ing with an L board in the car, willnotice every stone and is very consciousabout every vehicle. Similarly, if youare not a cook then the first time youenter a kitchen, you will look at thecook book, be anxious about what

you will make, how you should make.But imagine a field in which you areproficient, how do you walk in thatfield? Easily and with confidence. Ayogi can consciously live that state.He/she is centered all the time. Inspite of being with everybody in theworld, there is steadiness in the mind,and it is not an effort.

When you get centered there is apleasure that dawns deep within youthat can be captured by your intellect,not through the senses. Sometimes,in a relationship before a physical re-lationship breaks down, the intellectualor emotional relationship breaks down.Intellectual compatibility comes, staysfor sometime and starts disappearing.When you make a new friend thenthere is lot of jokes, lot of fun, lot ofenthusiasm, because the intellect isfully engaging itself. After a while,you seem to know the person, thenyou stop having fun; then you feel,that somewhere you are retrieving.Then you find “oh life is boredom”.That type of intellectual pleasure which

you are seeking is going to come whenyou are reposing and steady in thebeing. You are the source of joy. Butyou are looking at others and tryingto get joy out of them. When you knowthat you are the source of joy, youdon’t expect someone to give you joy;you will start giving joy.

Yoga comes by reposing in the selfand relaxing. And that gives you somuch joy, extreme sense of happiness.The mind of such a person is like alamp. In a place where there is nowind, the flame is steady and spreadslight equally in all directions. Youmight have had this experience, atsome point of your life when yourmind is absolutely like a laser beam,so focused, so solid, your intentionsget manifested. Base your life on wis-dom, on yoga. Something that is non-changing. There is a path in you thatdoes not change or die. Hook on tothat which does not change withinyou and become stable.

This is a weekly column that appears every Wednesday

DIVINEQUEST

By Sri Sri Ravishankar

Musicians Mudalagiri and Srinivas perform at the launch of Namma Uru.

Infy awardsbest student

programmersBangalore: Infosys has an-

nounced the national winnersof Aspirations2020, an onlineprogramming contest.

The winning team – NitishChhangani, Mahak Rajvanshiand Nandkishore Agrawal fromJodhpur Institute of Engineeringand Technology – received acertificate and a 64GB iPad foreach team member. The run-ners-up – Timothy Tarun An-drew, Saurabh Meshram andGajendra Singh KBN – from CMRInstitute of Technology, Banga-lore – received a certificate anda 32GB iPad for each team mem-ber.

Aspirations2020 is a program-ming contest series organisedby the Infosys Campus ConnectProgramme, to enhance the prob-lem-solving skills for pre-finaland final year engineering andMCA students.

Aspirations2020 received over45,611 student registrations on-line from 437 engineering col-leges across 20 states. The na-tional finals held in Bangaloreon October 11 saw participationfrom 14 teams with each teamcomprising a maximum of three

members.S Gopalakrishnan, executive

co-chairman, Infosys, said, “Itis crucial for Indian students todevelop their analytical thinkingand reasoning skills. Online con-tests such as Aspirations2020,give students a platform to de-velop and showcase their prob-lem-solving skills, enhancingtheir competitiveness and em-ployability.”

Presenting the awards, Srikan-tan Moorthy, senior vice presi-dent and group head, education& research, Infosys, said, “TheInfosys Campus Connect Pro-gramme has been created todeepen the link between acade-mia and industry and increaseemployability of engineering stu-dents. The Aspirations2020 pro-gramming contest is aimed atdeveloping the engineering talentin India through teamwork andshared learning. The participantsof this years’ contest havedemonstrated their willingnessto learn, be evaluated, and buildtheir own competencies. I wouldlike to congratulate the winnersof this contest on their enthusi-asm and success.”

Tata housing project opens

Bangalore: Tata Housing Devel-opment Company Ltd haslaunched ‘The Promont’ – a lux-urious gated community at Ba-nashankari.

It has been designed by well-known architect Moshe Safdie,who has created Marina BaySands Resort in Singapore. ThePromont is Safdie’s first residen-tial project in the country.

Brotin Banerjee, MD and CEO,Tata Housing Development Co.Ltd., said, the project is spreadacross 14 acres on a hillock.

The Promont offers residencesof double-height cantileveredterraces with landscaped gar-

dens.The project has complied with

the green building guidelinescodified by Indian Green Build-ing Council (IGBC).

Moshe Safdie

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Actress Lakshmi Gopalaswamy announces the 13 edition of Jewels of India exhibitiontoday. The exhibition will be on from October 15 to 17 at Palace Grounds, organisers said.

Jewels of India from Oct 15

CITY EVENTSGeneralThe Bangalore Science Fo-rum: Talk on “Einstein in 21stCentury: Particles TravellingFaster Than Speed of Light”by H R Ramakrishna Rao, DrH N Conference Hall, NationalCollege, Basavanagudi, 6 pm

CulturalM Kannada and Culture De-partment: Bharathnatyamprogramme by Akhila andNikhila, Nayana Rangamandi-ra, Kannada Bhavan, 6.30 pm.

Rangapravesham: OdissiRangapravesham by Charu-mathi Tirumale, RavindraKalakshetra, 6.30 pm.

Indian Institute of World Cul-ture: Talk on “Culture - To-wards Universal Man” by D NMunikrishna, as part of B PWadia Memorial Lecture, In-

dian Institute of World Culture,No 6, B P Wadia Road, 6.15pm.

Indiranagar Sangeetha Sab-ha: Vocal duet by Rudrapat-nam Brothers - Dr R N Tha-ranathan and R N Thyagara-jan, Purandara Bhavan, 8thMain Road, HAL Second Stage,5.30 pm.

Madakarinayaka Samskruthi-ka Kendra: Staging of theKannada play “Ekalavya” byDr Siddalingaiah, A VVaradachar Memorial Hall,Behind Nataraj Talkies, Se-shadripuram, 6 pm.

Night lifeDubstep & Drum 'n' BassNites: 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Bacchus, F&B Excellency, StMarks Road. DJ Vachan Chin-napa treats the crowd to dub-step and D'n'B this Wednesday.

Live night with David James:8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. BananaBeach Bar, Koramangala.David James performs reggaeand retro at Banana BeachBar.

Ladies Night with DJ Deepak:8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The Beach,No 1211, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar. DJ Deepak playinghouse at The Beach. Unlimiteddrinks for girls till 10:30 pm.

Karoake Wednesday withMartin Dsouza: 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Love Shack, No 541-543,4th Floor, Amarjyoti HBBCSLayout, Koramangala Inter-mediate Ring Road, DomlurKaraoke with Martin Dsouzaat Love Shack. Girls get twodrinks free while guys pay Rs.1000.

Retro Night at Retro Pricewith DJ Vicky: 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. i-Bar, The Park, No 14/7,MG Road, DJ Vicky spins retrohits this Wednesday. Drinksat 50% off.

Ladies Night with DJ Rohit:8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Cirrus,No 765 Reid & Taylor Building,5th Floor, 100 Feet Road, In-diranagar House with DJ Rohitat Cirrus. Ladies drink for freetill 10:00 pm.

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.

Eating 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.

Nirantara @ Galleryske: 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Galleryske, No2, Berlie Street, Langford TownGalleryske presents 'Nirantara'by Srinivasa Prasad. The artistemploys materials that high-light the organic growth cycleof life, death and continua-tion.

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.

ReligiousChinmaya Mission: JnanaYagna by Sujay Chaitanya,Chinmaya Vidyalaya, 15thMain, 4th Block, Koramangala,6.30 pm.

City engineer breaksrecord with teeth

Murali opens maximum number of bottle caps, gets into Guinness L.Raghunanda


Bangalore: K C Murali Gowda, an engineer at Bosch, has set anew Guinness world, record of opening 68 bottle caps with histeeth in one minute.

“It was just something I used to do for fun at parties when Iwas in college.” Says Murali. “Even in restaurants, instead ofwaiting for the waiter to open bottles, my friends would ask meto open the bottles. Now I’ve become an expert at it and Idecided to try and break the existing record.”

Murali is very excited about having attempted and succeedingin breaking the record. “It feels great. I have broken the recordheld by N. Suresh Kumar for removing 63 bottle caps. I havecreated a new record and it is a stupendous feeling.”

When asked if he had trained or practised in any way toachieve this feat, Murali said “I had set a goal for myself; that Iwould open 68 bottle caps. And I had practised in this direction.And I can’t deny that I had to prepare myself mentally as well.”

Murali denied experiencing any kind of pain while attemptinghis record. “There was no pain in my teeth as such but I did un-dergo some pressure on my upper jaw. All the removal had tobe done with my lower set of teeth. However I did not use anymouth-soothing gel or solution, before or after my act.

When asked what advice he would like to give the youth,Murali said “Absolutely keep faith in yourself and, with deter-mination, you will be able to do much more than what you areexpected to do.”

3 houses burgled,pedestrian robbed


Bangalore: A house was burgled and valu-able worth over Rs 2.25 lakh were stolen atMariyappanapalya.

House owner Anabele has complainedthat they had gone out on vacation on Sep-tember10 and when they came back on Sep-tember 25, they found their house frontdoor broken open. The burglars have takenaway 11 silver glasses worth over Rs 2.25lakh from the bureau. She has said she con-sulted with her relatives and then registereda complaint yesterday.

In another burglary case, valuables worthover Rs 2.25 lakh have been stolen from ahouse at Abbaiah Reddy Layout at Kag-gadasapura.

Haridas Nambiar has complained that

he had gone to his daugh-ter’s house on October 6.His neighbours told himover the phone that hishouse doors were open.When he came back homearound 7.45, he found thefront door broken openand Rs 2 lakh kept in atiffin and two gold ringsstolen.

At HSR Layout, a househas been broken into andvaluables have been stolen.

Rajiv Kumar had left for work in themorning and when he came back around 8pm, he found a gold chain, a gold ring, abracelet and a pair of silver ankle chainsmissing from the bureau. The burglars have

broken open the front doorof his house in HSR Layoutthird sector.

A man, who was walk-ing home after watching amovie, was robbed of hismobile phone and cash inhis wallet at Koramangalalast night.

Vijay had just watcheda movie at Balaji Cinemaand was walking homearound 11.15 pm, when fourpersons accosted him near

the church on 80 ft road. They took him away from the main road,

threatened him with a knife and took awayvaluables worth over Rs 9,000, a policepress release stated.

MLC to resign on Fridayto make way for DVS


Raichur: “To make way for chiefminister D V Sadananda Gowdato become a member of the leg-islative council, I am going toresign.” Said sitting MLC SShankrappa.

Addressing the media,Shankrappa said “I will submitmy resignation on Friday the14th to Karnataka legislativecouncil chairman D H Shankar-murthy. I will abide by the party’sdecision and continue as a hum-ble worker of BJP. It as an op-portunity for me to make wayfor the CM to get elected to thecouncil.”

Sadananda Gowda was thechoice of former chief ministerB S Yedyurappa who had to stepdown due to his alleged involve-ment in illegal mining accordingto a Lokayuktha report. Gowda,was sworn in as CM two monthsago and he needs to be a memberof any one house. Shankrappawho is an advocate by professionhas been a BJP worker for thelast 25 years. He was made an

MLC by Yedyurappa during histenure as chief minister.Shankrappa’s term as MLC wastill june 30th 2014, but due tothese political developments,the BJP has decided that he mustresign and Sadananda Gowdawill take his place.

After Shankrappa’s resignationhe may be designated chairmanof the backward classes commission, BJP sourcesclaim.

This is equivalent to the postof a high court judge and willlast a term of 6 years.

Vikram Hospital offers cure for epilepsy thru surgery

Bangalore: The neurosciences team atVikram Hospital has claimed a cure forepilepsy through brain surgery.

Epilepsy, commonly known as fits, affectsone in every hundred individuals. Amongthese, one in five does not respond to anymedical treatment. Consequently, they canend up having fits daily, sometimes 20–30times in a day, resulting in mental retardationas well as getting confined to home most ofthe time. They also can suffer from grievousinjuries due to falls.

At Vikram Hospital, a team of neurologistsand neurosurgeons demonstrated the sur-gical cure they have offered to 28 such pa-tients since the inception of this hospitallate last year. Seven of these patients whohave been cured were present at the pressconference and shared their experiences.

Dr Ravi Mohan Rao, a leading neurosur-geon in the field of epilepsy surgery, show-cased epilepsy surgeries possible, whichwill ensure cure in over 75% of refractory

epilepsy cases. Dr Raghavendra, senior neu-rologist, explained how patients are con-tinuously monitored for several days with

both video and EEG (Electrical activity ofthe brain, akin to ECG of the heart) to recordall the varieties of fits a person may have.Analysing the Video EEG, it’s possible to lo-cate the origin of the abnormal electricalbursts causing the fits. All cases need toundergo MRI of brain to find out the natureof the damage in the brain and few have toget the functional MRI as well to locate thespeech and motor function of the brain tomake sure they are all preserved duringsurgery. Some of the cases are complex andneed to have invasive brain electrodes placedto record EEG in the deep and sensitiveparts for accurate diagnosis and planning.

Dr B A Chandramouli, head of neuro-surgery department, showed the use of var-ious equipment and how they are used inepilepsy and other brain surgeries. With afive-bed video EEG, Vikram Hospital boastsof the largest epilepsy treatment centre inthis part of the country, said Dr Vikram, MDof the hospital.

Home minister R Ashok inauguratesepilepsy treatment centre at Vikram

Hospital in Bangalore.

Silk Utsav opens,on till October18


Bangalore: The annual Silk Utsavwas inaugurated at PalaceGrounds today. The festival willbe on till October 18.

Inaugurating the Utsav, labourminister B N Bache Gowda said,“Bangalore is the silk capital ofIndia. 50% of the total silk pro-duced in the country is con-tributed by he state. But withrapid urbanisation, silk growingareas have been reduced.”

He said, “The Silk Utsav ismainly to encourage silk growers,weavers and traders. During theDasara festivities we had givenRs 15,000 each for silk artisans.”

On the premier Karnataka SilkIndustries Corporation that hasbeen overseeing the silk industryin the state would celebrate 100years next year, he added.

Last year,this utsav wit-nessed 25,000footfalls. Thisyear, event or-ganisers – thedepartment ofsericultureand spon-sored by thedepartment ofhandlooms

and textiles – expect a muchlarger crowd. The utsav will havearound 110 stalls with discountsof at least 20%. Various items ofinterests like the first Mysoresilks introduced by Tipu Sultanin the 17th century to silks of 50years ago to modern day silkgarments will be on display atthe utsav.

The utsav is being held at Gay-atri vihar at Palace Grounds.

Contestants line up before the contest to open bottle caps with their teeth in the city recently. Winner Mahesh Gowda enteredthe Guinness Book of Records with his effort of opening 68 bottle caps in a minute.

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Seminar inaugurated

A three-day national workshop was inaugurated at Maharaja’s College in Mysore today.The workshop discussed topics like ‘scenario mapping’, ‘climate change’ and infectious

diseases’. Professor H S Rammohan, dean of Cochin University of science and technologydelivered the keynote address. Professor Vasanth Kumar, formerly of University of Madras

and professor H N Gayathri, principal of Maharaja’s College, were also present.

Culture fest opens

Jnanpith award winner U R Ananthamurthy and Raghu Dixit inaugurate a cultural func-tion organised by the University of Mysore today.

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I was surprised at being dropped: BhajjiNew Delhi: Off-spinner Harbbhajan Singhsays he was more surprised than hurtwhen he was axed from the Indian ODIteam for the first two ODIs against Eng-land.

"I wouldn't say I was hurt. I was moresurprised. I wish the younger guys allthe best. I am more than happy to sharemy experience with them like I was helpedby Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble andSourav Ganguly while I was coming up,"Harbbhajan said in an interview today.

Dropped following a lacklustre tour ofEngland, Harbhajan said that despite notbeing a part of Indian side, he wouldlike to see his teammates take revengeover England in the five-match series,starting on Friday in Hyderabad.

England recently blanked India 0-4 inthe Test series before inflicting a humili-ating 0-3 defeat in the five-match one-day series at their backyard.

Harbhajan, on his part had a dismalshow, as he took only two wickets in69.4 overs at an average of 143.50 andeconomy rate of 4.11 before he suffered astomach injury during the second gameand was ruled out for the rest of the tour.

"Harbhajan Singh is immaterial. What

is important is India must beat Englandin the five-match ODI series and taketheir revenge, which I am sure they wouldover the next two weeks," he said.

"Ultimately, we are all playing for the

country. We all are looking to exactrevenge against a team who were so goodagainst us recently," he added.

The feisty spinner also said that India'sdefeat in England hurt him more thanhis own omission and it continues to bea recurring nightmare for him.

"It took a lot of hard work for us toreach to the top. And we wouldn't resttill we wrest it back. We won't rest..," hesaid.

Critics in recent times have found faultwith Harbhajan's bowling, saying it wasnot penetrative enough but the bowlerbegged to differ.

"First of all you must decide what youexpect from a bowler in limited oversformat. Do you expect him to take a five-for everytime he bowls his 10 overs or doyou want him to put the squeeze on andforce the opposition to play into yourhands?," asked Harbhajan.

"In a low-scoring match, you wouldexpect him to take wickets. On a belterof a track, you want him to dry up theruns," he added.

In the 17 ODIs this year, the 31-year-old spinner barely conceded over fourruns an over during the tours of South

Africa and West Indies and in the WorldCup.

"In the Caribbean, I took one for 24from 10 overs, besides scoring 41 withthe bat in Antigua to clinch the one-dayseries. I must have done something rightto have survived for 13 years. Who canbe more concerned about my performancethan myself?" he said.

"I would do what my team wants meto do. I can't keep adjusting every timesomebody fancies to write about me. AllI can say is that I am now completely fitand full of vigour. I am ready to put mybest foot forward."

India turned out to be an inferior sideagainst a rampant England in an awaysummer but a series of injuries also playeda part, including one to Harbhajan inthe second Test at Trent Bridge, whichskipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni oftenmentions as the moment when his teamcompletely lost its bearing.

Injuries were also an issue with theIPL side -- Mumbai Indians -- but unlikethe Indian team, it rode over its misfortuneand won its maiden Champions LeagueTwenty20 title last Sunday.

Stone laid forKnowledge Park


Mysore: The foundation stonefor the Knowledge Park, beingset up by the All-India Instituteof Speech and Hearing, was laidhere this morning.

The Knowledge Park will be astate-of-the-art facility with aseminar hall and audio-visualequipment. The Knowledge Parkwill also contain a mini-library.The building will be spreadacross two floors with an areaof 32,254 sq ft.

Keshav Desi Raju, additionalsecretary, Union ministry ofhealth and family welfare, laid

the foundation stone. Raju said, “The institute needs

to provide leadership in speechand hearing. It is a centre for ex-cellence. There are many stu-dents who have very good knowl-edge, but are not serving thecountry.

“Most of them go abroad forwork. They need to make an ef-fort to achieve something in In-dia. And concentrate on improv-ing delivery of health care in ourcountry.

“The institute is doing verywell but it can ascend to furtherheights and achievements,” hesaid.

Man burnswife alivein Hubli

Hubli: A woman has been burntalive by her husband last night.The deceased has been identifiedas Vidya Sunagar (25) a residentof Eshwarnagar in Hubli city.Due to a family dispute, the ac-cused Ramappa Sunagar, quar-reled with his wife and in a fit ofrage, set fire to her. Vidya suffered90% burns on her body and suc-cumbed to her injuries on thespot at midnight.

The parents and relatives ofthe deceased sat on a Dharna infront of the accused’s house de-manding that severe action betaken against him by the police.

Eshwarnagar police stationtook the accused into custody.

Contractworkers at

HAL protest Bangalore: Contract workers ofHAL protested in front of HAL’sCubbon road office this morning.“We are about 6000 workers,working on contract basis formany years. Until 3 years agowe were provided Tiffin, lunchand tea/coffee at the rate of Rs.5.Now management has with-drawn this without our consentor knowledge. According to sec-tion 16-19 of contract labour actof 1970, a canteen has to be es-tablished where there is a con-tract scheduled for some lengthof time and the number of work-ers is greater than hundred.”Said S Balan, president, casualand contract workers association,HAL.

All the employees said theywere treated like slaves in a brutaland ruthless manner by the man-agement which has really upsetthem. They declare they will con-tinue the protest along with theirfamily members if their demandsare not met.

Subsidies for small power projects: CM


The state government is readyto give subsidy to small powerprojects that could see an endto the crippling power crisisbeing faced by the state, saidchief minister D V SadanandaGowda here this morning.

Attending a function here, hesaid, “The state would clear suchprojects on a priority basis. Theseprojects could be small hydel or

any other form of power gener-ation units that are eco-friendly.The government will supportanyone who is interested in set-ting up such mini power units.”

“Any project needs to be eco-friendly. The Supreme Court haspassed a strict order regardingmining activities in the state.Similar fate should not befallpower projects too. The state willhenceforth take careful stepswhile clearing projects so as not

to harm the environment,” headded.

Because of the Supreme Courtban on mining activities, 1.5 lakhlabourers are out on the streetand the state has lost Rs 4,500crore in revenues, he said.

The government is taking allmeasures to overcome the powercrisis in the state. “We are alsothinking of getting coal for powergeneration from alternativesources,” he said.D V Sadananda Gowda

ActorPrashant in trouble

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When a fight ensued, the pro-ducer walked out in a huff.Prashant said that he wanted toget married to the producer andsought a divorce from Chi-tralekha. He even got her to signon a blank paper.

Prashant gets around Rs 30-40 lakh income per year. But hehas not been spending any ofthat money on their family, shealleged. “The money is notenough for all his bad habits.He even pledged my gold andgot some money which he blewup,” she has complained.

A BA in performing arts, shemet Prashant at Adarsha FilmInstitute when both of them werepursuing courses. They movedaround for three years beforegetting married on March 3, 2004.Both of them convinced theirparents, and the marriage tookplace at Adi Parashakti templeat Male Maravathur in TamilNadu. Her parents spent morethan Rs 10 lakh, including dowry,on the marriage.

“For the last over 10 days, hehas not come to either meet meor our son. He keeps calling me,but does not reveal his location.My suspicion is that he has al-ready got married to the produc-er,” she said.

Turmeric farmers clash with the police at Mysore today. They were protesting against fallingprices of their produce.

Farmersprotest fallin turmeric

prices Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The Karnataka statefarmers association and the sug-arcane growers association helda protest march from Gun houseto the Deputy Commissioner’soffice here today. The protestwas in aid of problems faced bythe turmeric growers as well asother farmers. Their main grousewas the fall in turmeric pricesfrom Rs.15,000/quintal to Rs.4000/quintal. They said that theywant to charge more. About 350to 400 people took part in theprotest. However, as the protes-tors were approaching K R circle,they were waylaid by the policeand asked not to go there. Thiseven resulted in a scuffle. Theprotest was lead by Shanta Ku-mar, president of the farmers as-sociation and its chief secretary,Devaraj.

Keshav Desi Raju, additional secretary, Union ministry ofhealth and family welfare, attends a function to lay the foun-dation stone for the Knowledge Park at the All-India Institute

of Speech and Hearing in Mysore today.

Donʼt back down on Lokpal: Team AnnaNew Delhi: Team Anna today welcomedthe government's announcement that theLokpal will be made into a constitutionalbody but cautioned that it won't tolerateany dilution of its stand on the anti-cor-ruption bill's provisions.

"We will be happy if the Lokpal can bemade into a constitutional body with allthe provisions. But making it into a con-stitutional authority shall not preventbeing made into a statutory body," TeamAnna member Prashant Bhushan said.

"Since Congress and UPA are there tomake the Act, they should ensure thatthe Act is being made. In the process ofmaking a constitutional body, it shouldnot happen that the whole things fallsthrough," he warned.

Another Team Anna member KiranBedi said that Government's move tomake the Lokpal a constitutional authorityis a tactic to delay or avoid its passageand 'fool' the people.

"If government is serious on Lokpal, itshould first pass the Bill by winter session.Constitutional status is a sure means todelay or avoid the passage of the Bill,"Bedi said.

Bhushan and Bedi were respondingto Law Minister Salman Khurshid's state-ment that the government intends tomake the Lokpal a constitutional authority

which will be 'more powerful' than theElection Commission.

"I said something else. I said whatRahul Gandhi has said is something weare inspired by. We want to pursue withthat. Beyond that, I am not going intothe details," Khurshid said.

Bedi said the plans to make Lokpal aconstitutional authority was like "puttingthe cart before the horse. It's like, nobread (but) keep waiting for the illusionary

cake. Who are they fooling?"The move for a Constitutional body is

a follow-up to the proposal made by AICCGeneral Secretary Rahul Gandhi at lastmonth's Lok Sabha debate on Lokpal.

The Opposition also asked the gov-ernment to make its intention clear afterKhurshid's statement on the Lokpal Bill.

"This is an attempt being made by thelaw minister to tow the Rahul Gandhiline on Lokpal formation. BJP demands

instead of these political moves, the gov-ernment should declare its intent clearlyfor bring about a strong Lokpal bill," BJPChief Spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasadsaid.

Khurshid had on Tuesday said that aConstitutional Amendment Bill will beintroduced for to make the Lokpal a con-stitutional authority in the winter sessionof Parliament.

"We are working on a very strongLokpal Bill. A Lokpal Bill that will comewith a Constitutional amendment. Thatamendment will give the Lokpal the statusof a Constitutional authority," he said.

The non-judicial members in the anti-corruption body will be from civil society,including those who have worked on cor-ruption issues and good governance suchas those who have held high positions ininvestigative agencies.

Khurshid confirmed that the proposalwas with the Parliamentary StandingCommittee on Law and Justice, Grievancesand Department of Personnel.

The Law Minister said the proposalhad not yet been formally considered bythe Union Cabinet but the sense in thegovernment and the party was for aLokpal that will have Constitutional sta-tus.

Shivani case: RK Sharma, 2 others acquittedNew Delhi: Former Indian PoliceService (IPS) officer RK Sharmaand two others have been ac-quitted by the Delhi High Courton Wednesday in the ShivaniBhatnagar murder case givingthe trio the benefit of doubt.

While Sharma, Shree Bhag-wan, Satya Prakash have beenacquitted, the court upheld thelife sentence for Pradeep Sharma,who actually killed Shivani.

The two-judge division benchof justices BD Ahmed and Man-mohan Singh, which had re-served the verdict on December

21 2010, took into account Shar-ma's service record and found itto be exemplary.

Sharma, who has been servinghis jail term Delhi's Tihar Jail forthe last nine years, and threeothers had challenged their con-viction and sentencing in themurder case by the trial court.

Sharma's counsel had arguedthere were several missing links,including the call records, in thechain of circumstances and therecord was tampered with to im-plicate him.

The lawyer had sought acquit-

tal of his client on the ground oflacunae in the transcript of themobile phone calls between hisclient and other accomplices tosubstantiate his allegation thatthe police had fabricated the callrecords.

Lawyer of Satya Prakash Sar-faraz said, "The motive of themurder was Shivani's relation-ship with RK Sharma but thecourt said the evidence has notbeen established."

Standing Counsel (Criminal)Pawan Sharma had counteredthe defence submission contend-

ing the accused was posted inthe PNO and if any call recordwas tampered with at all, it wasdone by Sharma.

Shivani, an Indian Expressjournalist, was murdered on Jan-uary 23, 1999, in her Nav KunjApartment at IP Extension inEast Delhi. The court had slappeda fine of Rs 20,000 on RK Sharma,while the other three were finedRs 10,000 each in 2008.

Sharma was posted in thePMO during the tenure of primeminister IK Gujral when he firstmet Shivani.R K Sharma

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