Bangalore Beat 17.10.2011

Evening dailySanjeev Bhatt gets bail P 4

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HDK couplehearing

postponed to Oct 19

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The High court of Karnataka post-poned the case of H D Kumaraswamy and hiswife Anitha Kumaraswamy to October 19.

Former chief minister HDK and his wifewho is an MLA from Madhugiri constituencyhave filed a writ petition in high court seekingto quash Lokayuktha proceedings against them.

When the case came up this morning, thehigh court postponed it October 19. Ku-maraswamy and his wife are facing cases in theJantakal mining company and Vishwabharathihouse building cooperative cases in which theformer CM had helped both these companies byviolating norms when he was chief minister.

A case was filed against them by advocate BS Vinod Kumar stating that HDK misused his po-sition and his powers when he was CM. Thereare also allegations that the Kumaraswamy fam-ily received a site from the Vishwabharathi housebuilding society which was initially registeredin Anitha Kumaraswamy’s name. The site wasthen returned, taken back and re-registered inthe name of Kumaraswamy’s mother in law.

GP member, ex‑prez held for woman

officerʼs suicideBangalore Beat Bureau

Gulbarga: A gram panchayat official, an ex-gram panchayat president and a present mem-ber were arrested today for sexually harassingand pushing a gram panchayat official to sui-cide.

Mandakini (23), the Sannur gram panchay-at development officer, hanged herself at herhouse last night and left a suicide note allegingsexual harassment by the three men.

In a joint operation, Rajiv Gandhi Nagarand University police arrested former gram pan-chayat president Basavarj Hakki, Youth Con-gress leader and panchayat member JagadishPatil and bill collector Vasudev Jadav. The po-lice said they arrested the trio after obtainingproof of their sexual harassment against Man-dakini.

The police said Mandakini was even beatenup recently and her body injury marks. Theypointed fingers at the three accused for assaultagainst the woman officer.

It is said that Mandakini has mentioned in hersuicide note the harassment she had to gothrough at the hands of these men, whopestered her for sexual favours. But she refused.Depressed over the developments she com-mitted suicide last night.

Bonded laborers rescued


Mangalore: 18 bonded laborers were rescued bythe revenue department and labor departmentofficials jointly, this morning. The laborerswere working in a private company at Kenjaru,Joekatte village near Bajpe airport in Mangaloretaluk. The rescued workers are natives of WestBengal where they were working for Rs. 70 perweek. The officials received information todayabout these peoples’ plight and raided thecompany and rescued the captive workers.

A case has been registered against contrac-tor Sanjay Singh in Bajpe police station.

Ujjaini MathSeer falls ill


Bellary: Ujjaini mutt seer was brought back fromDelhi to Bellary in a special flight. Mavula Sid-da Deshakendra Shivacharya, seer of Ujjani muttin Kottur was hospitalized in Indraprasthahospital in Delhi due to ill health.

The swamiji’s condition worsened as hewasn’t responding to treatment. The adminis-trators decided to bring him back to the muttand treat him there. Ujjani mutt is one of thepancha peethas of the Veerashiva community.Pancha Patadhipathi were the founders of Lin-gayath dharma and community.

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Dumped loverknifes girl, killsher boyfriendBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A triangular love sto-ry claimed the life of a youngsterat HSR Layout in the city thismorning.

Kaushik (24), a resident ofHSR Layout, and Aparna werehappy lovers till Ravi Rana Singh,a former boyfriend of Aparna,could not stomach that she wasgoing around with Kaushik.

The police said that Aparnawas going around with RanaSingh. But later, she moved awayfrom him to start a relationshipwith Kasuhik, a city-based young-ster.

Rana Singh to take revenge

against his ex-lover and herboyfriend, entered Kaushik’shouse at HSR Layout this morn-ing and attacked them with aknife.

Kaushik too fought back in-juring Rana Singh. Kaushik’sneighbours, alerted by theshouts, entered the house. But bythen, all the three were lying inpools of blood.

All of them were rushed to anearby hospital. Kaushik wasdeclared brought dead, whileAparna and Rana Singh, whohave sustained serious injuries,are being treated at the hospital.The HSR Layout Police have reg-istered a case.

Reddyʼs custody extended till Oct 31


Hyderabad: Former minister andminingb a r o nGali Ja-n a r d -h a n aR e d d yhas tos p e n dD e e p -avali toobehindbars.

C B Ispecialj u d g ec o u r t

Nagamurthi Sharma, who heardhis bail petition today, extendedthe judicial custody till October

31. Reddy, who has been accused

of illegal mining activitiesthrough his Obulapuram MiningCompany in Anantapur districtalong the Karnataka-AndhraPradesh border, was arrestedfrom his residence at Bellary onSeptember 5.

Central Bureau of Investigationsleuths raided Reddy and shift-ed him to Chanchalaguda jail onSeptember 5. OMC managing di-rector Srinivasa Reddy too wasarrested that day.

The Andhra Pradesh govern-ment had handed over illegalmining cases to the CBI in 2009when K Rosaiah was the chiefminister. The case was handedover to the CBI after protestsfrom opposition parties.

HC to hear BSYʼsplea tomorrow


Bangalore: The Karnataka HighCourt today posted the hearing of bailapplication of former chief ministerB S Yeddyurappa to tomorrow.

The BJP strongman has also filedan objection petition to the conductof judicial proceedings at theLokayukta special court that senthim to jail in illegal land denotifica-tion cases on Saturday.

The court also posted former min-ister and Malur MLA KrishnaiahShetty’s bail petition to tomorrow.Shetty too has been sent to judicialcustody and is lodged at the Parap-pana Agrahara Central Jail.

Yeddyurappa, who complainedof chest pain, stress, mental agony,vomiting sensation and other ill-nesses, was shifted from the jail toJayadeva Institute of Cardiology.

Filing the petition before the highcourt, Yeddyurappa’s counsel Ravi BNaik said that his client has been suf-fering from diabetes, hypertension,severe back pain and other diseases,and needs immediate medical care.Yeddyurappa should be granted in-terim bail for further treatment, hepleaded.

He also raised objections to the ju-dicial proceedings at the special

court by Justice N K SudheendraRao. “The Lokayukta court has nottaken up the cases properly. Noproper judicial process has been fol-lowed while issuing summonses tothe accused in the illegal land deno-tification cases. These cases havenot been verified properly,” he haspetitioned.

Naik has said that the cases filed

against Yeddyurappa are a politicalconspiracy to dethrone the BJP gov-ernment in the state. His political ri-vals within and outside the partyhave hatched a conspiracy againstYeddyurappa, he said.

The former chief minister did notappear before the Lokayukta specialcourt on Saturday morning, as he wassuffering from a severe back pain. His

counsel filed an exemption petition,pleading that Yeddyurappa couldnot climb the steps leading up to thecourt to attend the hearing. But Jus-tice Sudheendra Rao rejected thepetition, saying it was a day of ordersand it did not matter whether an ac-cused was present in the court or not.He issued a non-bailable warrantagainst Yeddyurappa, as he was ab-sent, and sent Krishnaiah Shetty forjudicial custody.

After a four-hour drama, Yeddyu-rappa appeared before the Lokayuk-ta special judge around 4.45 pm onSaturday. He was then sent to judicialcustody and lodged at the central jail.

The PCR 2 and 3 cases related to al-leged illegal land denotification andhave been filed by advocate SirajinBasha, who had obtained approvalfor prosecution of Yeddyurappa whowas then the chief minister.

Yeddyurappa’s sons B YRaghavendra and B Y Vijayendraand his son-in-law Sohan Kumarare among the 27 accused in the twocases. The other accused have beengranted bail with the condition thatthey have to submit detailed ac-count transactions of their companyDavalagiri Properties over the lastthree years. The report has to besubmitted to the court within a week.

Janardhana Reddy

Wall Street protests goglobal; riots in Rome

Rome: Anti-greed protesters ral-lied globally on Saturday, de-nouncing bankers and politi-cians over the international eco-nomic crisis, with violence rock-ing Rome where cars weretorched and bank windowssmashed.

Galvanized by the OccupyWall Street movement, protestsbegan in New Zealand, touchedparts of Asia, spread to Europe,and resumed at their starting

point in New York with 5,000 marchers decrying corpo-rate greed and economic in-equality.

After weeks of intense mediacoverage, U.S. protests have stillbeen smaller than G20 meetingsor political conventions haveyielded in recent years.

Such events often draw tens ofthousands of demonstrators.

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Court: Katta to bear cancertreatment expenses


Bangalore: The Lokayukta special court today gave some relief to former IT-BT minister Katta Subramanya Naidu, who has been in judicial custody for KIADB land scam and is being treated atVictoria Hospital for a series ofillnesses, to go ahead with histreatment for cancer.

The court also rejected thebail applications of all the ac-cused, including Katta’s son andVasanthnagar corporator Ja-gadish Naidu and Itasca com-pany managing director S VSrinivas Rao.

The court has permitted Katta to get treated in any super-speciality hospital, but within the country. He has to be accompanied by the policeat all times, even during treat-ment. Lokayutka special judge NK Sudheendra Rao said that thecost of treatment has to be borneby the former minister or hisfamily.

The Lokayukta police arrest-ed Katta Subramanya Naidu forhis alleged involvement in Kar-nataka Industrial Area Devel-opment Board land scam. Thepolice have alleged that the mis-used his powers as a ministerand grabbed lands.

He was sent to judicial cus-tody on August 8. After few days,he was shifted to Victoria Hos-pital as he was suffering from aseries of illnesses and has beenthere for more than a monthnow.

Doctors submitted a report,stating that the ex-minister wassuffering from cancer. It wasstated that he also got stem celltreatment in London in 2008.

The Lokayukta special courttold Victoria Hospital superin-tendent B G Tilak to get KattaNaidu tested from a specialistand to submit a report. The di-rector of Kidwai institute, whichis a specialised cancer, submit-ted a detailed report on Katta’scancer and what treatment couldbe given to him.

ʻLifeu Ishteneʼ

faces trouble


Bangalore: The hit movie LifeuIshtene is facing problems on thecensor front now, days after themovie was released.

The Censor Board has now fileda complaint against directorPawan Kumar and distributor.

The case has been filed underCensor Acts of 13 and 14 for havingchanged the climax of the filmwithout taking permission fromthe Board.

Pawan Kumar, who has admit-ted violating the rules, had sent anapology to the board. But the cen-sor board has filed a complaintkeeping the apology letter as proof.According to Censor Board officerNagaraj, any scenes edited ordeleted should be informed tothe board before shown to theaudience.

Anna effect?Cong third

in Hisar pollHisar: Kuldeep Bishnoi of theHaryana Janhit Congress( Bha-jan Lal) won the Hisar Lok Sabhaby-elections defeating his nearestrival Ajay Singh Chautala of the In-dian National Lok Dal by 6323votes. Bishnoi was also supportedby the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). Full report on page 4

Home minister R Ashok initiates development works at Yediyur today. Different works at Rs 1.79 crorewere inaugurated by the minister

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Jnanpith award winner Chandrashekar Kambar is being felicitated at his residence today.

Felicitations galore

PARAMATHMA (U) Puneeth, Aindrita Ray, DeepaSannidhi, Ramya Barna Cauvery (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30pm) Ganesh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Goverdhan (11.30 am,2.30, 6, 9 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10am, 12.50, 3.40, 6.30, 9.20 pm)Lakshmi (BTM Layout) (10 am, 1, 5,8 pm) Lakshmi (Tavarekere) (10 am,1.30, 5, 8.30 pm) Manasa (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Navrang(10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15, 10 pm)Srinivasa (Gowdanapalya) (11 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Siddheshwwara(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Uma (1 pm, 4, 7 pm) Vajreshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Vi-jayalakshmi (Garudacharpalya) (11am, 2.30 pm) Veeresh (10.30am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Venkatesh-wara (Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30,6, 9 pm)

SAARATHEE (U/A)Darshan, Deepa, RangayanaRaghuAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10 am, 1,5, 8 pm) Mohan (11.30 am, 2.30,6.15, 9.15 pm) Nalanda (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.40 pm) Nartaki (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Prasanna

(10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15 7.15 pm) SriLakshmi (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm) Ullas (11.30 am, 2.45, 5.45,8.45 pm) Veerabhadreshwara (10.45am, 1.45, 4.45, 7.45 pm)

LOKAVE HELIDA MAATHIDU (U/A)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) Siddalingeshwara (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Uma (10.15am ) Vaibav (11 am, 2.30 pm)

KALLA MALLA SULLA (U)Ravichandran, Ramesh Aravind,Vijay RaghavendraBharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Gopal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (3.40 pm)Krishna Triveni (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm)

LIFEU ISHTENE (U/A)Diganth, Samyuktha BelawadiGopalan (10.05 am, 3.45 pm)

THREE MUSKETEERS (U/A)Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray StevensonInox (Jayanagar) (10.30 am, 3, 5.15,9.45 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 2.40, 5, 9.45 pm) Rex (1.15,5.30, 9.45 pm) Tribhuvan (10.15 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Veeresh (10.20am, 1.20, 4.20, 7.20, 10 pm )

SUPER 8 (U/A)Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka,Kyle ChandlerInox (Jayanagar) (12.45 pm, 3 pm)

Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am, 2.45,9.50 pm)

REAL STEEL (U/A)Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly,Dakota GoyoInox (Magrath Road) (12.15 pm, 7.15pm) Vinayaka (DG Halli) (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (U/A)Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund PikeInox (Magrath Road) (12.20 pm,4.55 pm)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

ENGLISH

MY FRIEND PINTO (U/A) Prateik Babbar, Kalki Koechlin,Manisha Koirala, NaseruddinShah, Divya Dutta Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am, 2.55,5.05, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (9.30pm) Rex (11.15 am, 3.50 , 7.45 pm)

MOD (U)Rannvijay Singh, Ayesha Takia Azmi,Raghuveer Yadav, Tanvi AzmiInox (Magrath Road) (4.50 pm)

MUJHSE FRAAANDSHIP KAROGESaqib Saleem, Saba Azad, NishantDahiya, Tara D'SouzaInox (Jayanagar) (4.05 pm) Inox (Ma-grath Road) (10 am, 2.40, 7.10, 9.30pm)

RASCALS (U/A)Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, KangnaRanautAbhinay (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Anand (3.30 pm, 7, 10 pm)Apsara (10.45 am, 1.45 pm) Everest(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)

Fame (Lido) (10.50 am, 1.30, 4.10,6.50, 9.30 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10.20 am) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.05 am, 7.15 pm) Navrang (10pm) Pushpanjali (Sultanpalya) (11am, 2.15, 6, 9.15 pm) Rex (1.30 pm,9.55 pm) Veeresh (10 pm) VisionCinemas (10 am, 12.15, 2.45, 5, 7.30,9.45 pm)

FORCE (U/A)Genelia D’Souza, John AbrahamBhumika (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (7.15 pm)Narendra (KG Halli) (11.30 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (10.10am, 1.15, 9.20 pm)

SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER (A) Jimmy Sheirgill, Mahie GillVaibhav (11 am, 2 pm) Vinayaka (DJHalli) (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

MAUSAM (U/A) Shahid Kapur, Sonam Kapoor,Anupam KherLaxmi (5 pm, 8 pm)

HINDI

TELUGU

OOSARAVELLI (U/A) Tamanaah, Shaam, PrakashEshwari (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (12.55 pm) Ka-pali (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15 pm)

Krishna (Bommanahalli) (11.15 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Pushpanjali(BN Pura) (6 pm, 9.30 pm) Rad-hakrishna (11.15 am) Rajarajeshwari(Mallathahalli) (1.30 pm, 4.30, 7.15,9.30 pm) Rex (10.30 am, 3.55, 6.55pm) Tirumala (10 am, 1.45, 5.30,8.45 pm) Urvashi (10.45 am, 2.30,6, 9.30 pm) Sangeet (11.30 am,2.45, 6.15, 9.30 pm) Vaibhav (SanjayNagar) (10.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm)Vaishnavi (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm)

MADATHA KAAJA (U/A)Allari Naresh, Sneha UllalPrakash (10 am, 2.30, 6,30, 9.30pm)

DOOKUDU (U/A) Mahesh Babu, SamanthaInox (Jayanagar) (6.15 pm) Mukunda(11 am, 2, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Murali(Gokula) (11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Pallavi(10 am, 1.15, 4.30, 7.45 pm) Rad-hakrishna (11.15 am, 2.30, 6,9.30 pm) Renukaprasanna (10.30am, 1.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Venkatesh-wara (KR Puram) (6 pm, 9.30 pm)

AZAAN (A)Sachiin Joshi, Dalip Tahil

Inox (Magrath Road) (9.45 pm)

Companies becomingeco‑friendly: AssochamBangalore: A large number ofdomestic companies are optingfor eco-friendly packaging withmany consumers shifting to sus-tainable and green packagingamid rising environmental con-cerns, according to a recent studyby apex industry body As-socham.

The sustainable packagingsector is growing at a faster paceof about 25 percent per year com-pared to the overall packagingindustry which is growing atabout 20 percent annually, ac-cording to a study on DomesticGreen Packaging Industry pre-pared by the Associated Cham-bers of Commerce and Industryof India (Assocham).

“Flexible packaging marketin India is currently worth aboutRs 14,000 crore and likely toreach Rs 22,950 crore by 2015,”said Assocham secretary-generalD S Rawat, releasing the findingsof the study.

“Packaging adds to the prod-uct value and preserves its qual-ity, be it food or non-food articles,electronic goods, machinery and

plenty of other products,” saidRawat.

Consumer behaviour has ahuge impact on the packagingindustry as consumers today fo-cus on greater value for moneyin their purchases.

Companies are laying moreemphasis on green packaging.

Assocham interacted withabout 200 representatives in-cluding the chairmen, managingdirectors, CEOs and directors offood and beverage companies,consumer packaged goods, shop-keepers, wholesalers and retail-ers in the city, to ascertain theimpact and advantages of sus-tainable packaging on highlyfragmented Indian packagingindustry.

Nearly 40 percent of manu-facturers said they are increas-ingly adopting renewable pack-aging technologies, environmen-tally friendly light materials andcost-effective methods that leadto reduced fuel and water con-sumption, decreased costs andincreased consumer awarenesswhich in turn leads to increased

sales.Rising environmental con-

cerns about carbon emissions,dearth of natural resources to-gether with increasedhealth awareness andwaste reductiontargets are cer-

tain keyg r o w t hdrivers ofgreen packag-ing innovations inIndia, highlights theAssocham survey.

About 55 percent of re-spondents said they aregradually reducing usage ofnon-decomposable plastic bagsand seeking support of local gro-

c e r ys t o r e s ,

vegetableand fruit ven-

dors, hawkers topromote usage of pa-

per bags.According to Assocham,

about half of total demandfor paper is consumed by thepackaging industry.

Nearly 35 percent of the re-

spondents said they have startedusing bio-degradable materialslike sugarcane and bioplastics,and laying emphasis on upgrad-ed packaging material for all

products. About 25 percent ofrespondents said that they

are working towards de-veloping newer tech-

nologies based onthe properties ofplastic for increased

revenue growth as itsa significant constituent

for packaging.Growing middle class with

increased purchasing power, lib-eralisation, globalisation and anorganised retail sector are growthcatalysts of Indian packagingindustry, points out the As-socham study. Assocham laudsthe recent eco-friendly move ofDelhi government to impose ablanket ban on usage and man-ufacturing of plastic bags withstringent action against the vio-lators and demands impositionof the ban across the country toinculcate eco-friendly practiceamong Indian consumers.

Artistes honouredfor their long contribution

Bangalore: A romantic musicalevening by renowned playbacksinger Madhu Balakrishnan andtroupe was organised by the Ban-galore Club for Kathakali & theArts, a not-for-profit organisation,at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall re-cently.

The evening was inauguratedwith lighting of the lamp by In-fosys executive co-chairman KrisGopalakrishnan.

The other guests of honourwere Mantri Developers’ mar-keting director Snehal Mantriand former minister Rani Satish.

Madhu started the two-hour-long evening with a popular Kan-nada song from the movie‘Thavarige Baa Thangi’.

It was followed by several su-per-hit Malayalam, Tamil andHindi numbers.

BCKA is a charitable trust andtries to help artistes, young and

old, through monetary contri-butions as well as giving them aplatform to perform. Two emi-nent artistes M Thimmiah andNagalingaiah Vastradmath werefelicitated and handed over acheque of Rs 20,000 each.

Thimmiah, who is 82 yearsold, is a well-known Yakshaganaartiste who has dedicated hislife to the art from.

He founded ‘Bhagwati Yak-shagana troupe’ and organiseda number shows for over threedecades.

Nagalingaiah is a well-knownHindustani vocalist and TV artist.He has been teaching Hindustanimusic to several students.

Recently, he met with an ac-cident and has been facing somechallenges in life. BCKA helped Nagalingiah with theamount towards his medical expenditure.

The Bangalore Club for Kathakali donates Rs 20,000 toNagalingaiah Vastradmath for treatment as he has been

recuperating after an accident.

Art gallery offers pieceof rail history to visitors


Bangalore: An exhibition ofpaintings, photos and artefactschronicling South Western Rail-ways is on at the City CentralRailway Station.

A renovated Rail Gallery thathouses paintings, photos andrail artefacts was inauguratedrecently. The show has been putup under the theme “Supportand Appreciation for Art andRailways” or SAFAR.

SAFAR is a movementlaunched by the South WesternRailways’ Bangalore division as“part of continuing aim to pro-mote art and bring it close topeople”

Against the backdrop of themyriad sights and sounds,flavours and colours of a railwaystation, one can see the conflu-ence of eminent artists expressingthemselves on canvas in themidst of the hustle and bustleof life at these stations

The paintings on display herewere done during an artist campheld by South Western Railwayon March 26 this year.

The walls have been decoratedwith Worli paintings.

Leading artists like Chan-dranath Acharya, M V G Andani,S G Vasudev and M B Patil. Theshow also has artefacts used bythe Railways in the past, suchas weighing machine manufac-

tured by Avery Makers of theUK, a chair made especially fordisabled persons at Bangarpetand used in Bangalore Canton-ment railway station, ticket carddating machine, model of earlieststeam locomotive, calling bellused by staff station master tosummon staff, lamps used toconvey signals between driverguard, and station master, gatesignals lamps etc.

Some rare photographs, in-cluding Jawaharlal Nehru andMahatma Gandhi’s visit to theMysore railway station in 1940,the city central railway stationwhen it was inaugurated in 1965and the Cantonment station in1864, too are on display.

7‑monththeatre

fest to startfrom Dec


Bangalore: A festival of Englishplays will be held for sevenmonths at the Bangalore PalaceGrounds from December.

Except in April, the festivalwill be held till June. The festivalwill be held on the premises ofThe Jagruti at the PalaceGrounds, said Jagruti founderArundhati.

Girish Karnad’s “The Dreamsof Tipu Sultan” will be part ofthe fest that will also see Jagrutiproductions “Lysiestrata” and“A Twist of Lime”. “Shipwrecked”from The Raag from the US andthe UK-based Aksar’s TouringCompany‘s “The Golden Dragon”and “The Interview” will be partof the festival.

In a month, a single play willbe staged for 18 days. The showswill be held from 8 pm everyday, she said.

Lysietstrata will be staged fromDecember 2 to 18, The GoldenDragon from January 13 till 19,The Interview from February 9to 25, The Dreams of Tipu Sultanfrom March 9 to 25, A Twist ofLime from May 4 to 20 and Ship-wrecked from June 1 to 17.

In the intervening days, sem-inars, talks and other theatre-related workshops would be heldon the premises of Jagruti.Renowned actors, directors andother professionals from acrossthe country and world wouldconduct the workshops.

The entry fee for Tuesdaysand Wednesdays (for all six plays)is Rs 2,500, for Friday and Sat-urday Rs 4,200 and for two showson Sundays Rs 3,500, she said.For individual plays on thesedays, the entry fee would be Rs500, Rs 850 and Rs 700, sheadded.

For information, contact:78294 50191.

Vocationaltraining

interviewon Oct 22


Bangalore: RUDSETI has beenconducting DTH/TV and DVDrepair training for unemployedyoungsters from Ramanagaraand Tumkur districts.

The vocational training coursewill be held for 30 days. Interestedcan take part in walk-in inter-views at RUDSETI office in thecity at 10.30 am on October 22.

Free food, lodging facilitieswill be provided during thecourse of the training, said apress release from the institute.

For more information, contactthe director, RUDSETI, ArishinaKunte post, Nelamangala taluk,

Bangalore Rural district orcall: 080-27728166, 9060186109.

Expo of diyastill Oct 27

Bangalore: An exhibition ofcolourful diyas on the occasionof approaching Deepavali festivalhas been organised at Varna Ter-racotta and Handicrafts of Indiaat Malleswaram till October 27.

The exhibition cum sale willbe held from 11 am till 9 pm.Decorative terracotta lamps indifferent sizes, colours and de-signs will be on display at theexhibition in Malleswaram.Lamps created by artists fromJodhpur, Panipat, Ghaziabad,Delhi, Pondicherry, Tamil Naduand Andhra Pradesh will be ondisplay.

Contact: 9900108575.

Initiative topromotereading

Bangalore: An initiative to pro-mote the reading habit amongschoolchildren has been organ-ised by the Karnataka KnowledgeCommission and IndiraPriyadarshini Children’s Libraryat Cubbon Park. The one-dayprogramme will also have en-tertainment sections. It will beheld till January and schools canmake use of the programme,stated a press release Call: 080-22374427.

CITYMonday, October 17, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralRotary club: ‘The pride ofworkmanship award’ con-ferred on four most deservingsanitary workers, BWSSBchairman P B Ramamurthy toparticipate. At Rotary houseof friendship, Lavelle road.7.30 PM

Commerce and industries de-partment: Kalakruthi utsava2011, Safina plaza. 5 PM

Natya Saraswathi ShantalaKannada Kalasangha: 23rdPancharathrigala RangotsavaKirunatakotsava, NayanaRangamandira, Kannada bha-van, JC road. 5 PM

Meditation and study circle-discourse: on shwethash-watharopanishad by Dr A Ra-maswamy Iyengar, SSMRV PUcollege, 26th main, 4th T block,Jayanagar. 6.30PM

Chinmaya mission: BhajaGovindam by Sujay Chaitanya,Chinmaya Vidyalaya, 15thmain, 4th block, Koramangala.6.30PM

TheatreAlliance francaise: ‘HelloTagore’ is a stage performanceinvolving songs, choreo-graphed dance movements,play acting, audio visuals andnarration. An anchor takesthe audience through drama-tized real-life situations. Con-ceptualized and scripted byRanjon Ghoshal. Thimmaiahroad, Vasanthnagar. 7.30 PM.

MusicBangalore Gayana Samaja-43rd annual music confer-ence: junior concert, featuringTanmayee Krishnamurthy do-ing vocals, Apoorva Krishnaon violin and Akshay Anandon mrudanga. KR road, Basa-vangudi. 6 PM

Eating Out

Breakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: 17th, 2011. to2:30 a.m. Cubbon Pavilion,ITC Gardenia, No 1, ResidencyRoad Indian signatures, break-fast classics, and desserts cometogether to create a buffet thatstarts when the clock strikesmidnight.

Mexican Fiesta: 17th, 2011.noon to 11:30 p.m. Sports Barand Lounge, Le Meridien, No28, Sankey Road, HighGrounds A special menu,which pairs Mexican cuisinewith beverages. Combos in-clude Tequila with Tacos andBeer with Burittos.

Lunch Buffet @ Applewood:17th, 2011. 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.Applewood, No 760, 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar A Global and Indian lunch buf-fet, which includes soups,starters, main course anddesserts, priced at Rs. 299 plustaxes per head.

New Italian Menu @ Mocha:17th, 2011. 11:30 a.m. to 11:30p.m. Mocha, Lavelle Road,Mocha has introduced a newItalian menu, which pays hom-age to the vibrant flavours andhearty dishes of the country.On offer are dishes like Br-uschette Di Pomodoro e Basil-ico, Peperoncino Della CucinaMessicana, Risotto alla Mi-lanese and Fettucine con Pollo.

New Vegetarian Menu at Nan-do’s: 17th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 11p.m. Nando's , No 1/A, ChurchStreet, Nando’s gives vegetar-ians a reason to smile with ameat free menu. On it aregrilled burgers and wraps, andspecialities like the Veg Es-petada, Veg Platter, and Roast-ed Veg Meal.

Chocofest: 17th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 11 p.m. Baskin Robbins,No 218, New BEL Road, Chocolate lovers are treated to a host of indulgentflavours like choco chipsmousse, chocolate ice cream, three cheers chocolate, maltedchoco fudge, world class chocolate, mint milk chocolate chips and more.There's also an offer where patrons can take homea family pack on the purchaseof a party pack of any of thechocolate flavors.

Festive Sweets @ Caramel:17th, 2011. 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.Caramel, Vivanta by Taj -Whitefield, ITPB, Near BigBazaar, Whitefield Caramelwelcomes this festive seasonwith a choice of hampers ofchocolates and Indian sweets.Prices start from Rs 1250.

Shopping

Calvin Klein Fall 2011: 17th,2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. CalvinKlein Jeans, The Forum ValueMall, No 62, Whitefield MainRoad, Whitefield CK One Jean-swear presents a new rangesuited for the urban explorer,while the men's range hasbold prints and neon colours,across all its outlets.

The Great Forum ShoppingFestival: 17th, 2011. 10 a.m. to11 p.m. The Forum Mall, No21, Hosur Road, , KoramangalaA month-long shopping festi-val that has great discountsand prizes worth 50 crores forshoppers. Adding to the fes-tivities are dance troupes fromall over the country and livemusic performances.

Wrangler’s Autumn WinterCollection: 17th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 9 p.m. Wrangler, No 777,100 Feet Road, IndiranagarThe collection depicts the char-acter that denim acquires afterenduring an adrenaline fueledroad trip and shows the rela-tionship it shares with its wear-er.

Swarovski Charm Collection:17th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 11:30p.m. Swarovski, 1st Floor,Monarch Plaza, Brigade Road,Symbolic, quirky, feminine oroffbeat, the charm collectionallows wearers to express theirpersonalities through minia-ture works of art.

Samriddhi Offer : 17th, 2011.11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Gitanjali, No3049, 80 Feet Road, Indirana-gar Gitanjali offers discountsof up to 20% on its Diya rangeof jewellery.

The Swadeshi Store's AnnualSale: 17th, 2011. 10 a.m. to6:30 p.m. The Swadeshi Store,No 31 Towards Dairy Circle,Hosur Main Road, Krishnana-gar Indutrial Layout Up to 50%off on the entire range of hand-crafted cotton home furnish-ings and accessories.

Exhibitions Nirantara @ Galleryske: 17th,2011. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Galleryske, No 2, Berlie Street,Langford Town Galleryskepresents 'Nirantara' by Srini-vasa Prasad. The artist em-ploys materials that highlightthe organic growth cycle oflife, death and continuation.

Painting Exhibition: 17th,2011. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. KynkynyArt, No 148 Embassy Square,Infantry Road, Kynkyny Artpresents an exhibition of paint-ings by Yuvan Bothi Sathuvarand Dhrubajyothi Baral.

Next In Line: 17th, 2011. 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Gallery BlueSpade, The Chancery, 10/6Lavelle Road, This exhibitionfeatures work by 13 womenartists such as Sonia Jose, Dim-ple B Shah, Pooja Iranna, Proy-anka Govil, Ritu Kamath, Shiv-ani Aggarwal and others.

Fiesta of Art: 17th, 2011. 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallery ThirdEye, No A-1 Epsilon OfficeBlock, Yemalur Main Road,Yemalur An exhibition ofpaintings by Ashok Kumar GHiremath and Swapan Sarkar.

Nightlife

Kroaknight with Sheridanand Carlton: 17th, 2011. 9 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Opus In TheCreek, No 2 DoddanekkundiIndustrial Area, WhitefieldRoad, Mahadevapura Singalong with Sheridan and Carl-ton all night. Request for yourfavourite songs and bring alivethe star in you.

Karaoke Night with KJ Val:17th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Xtreme Sports Bar, 4th Floor,100 Feet Road, IndiranagarTest those vocal chords atkaraoke night with KJ Val.

Fantastic Friday with DJ Arin:17th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Lounge 579, No 218 SunshineComplex, HRBR 3rd Block ,Kammanahalli Main Road,Kalyannagar DJ Arin spinninghouse this Friday atLounge579.

Desi Night with DJ Hussain:17th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.i-Bar, The Park, No 14/7, MGRoad, Desi tracks with DJ Hus-sain this Friday at i-Bar.

Nokia to pre‑load host of apps inhandsets sold from month‑end

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The advent of smartphoneshas given way to a host of applications,or apps, that entertain and inform users.

Nokia, which seems to be losing therace to other smartphones makers likeSamsung and Apple over the last fewmonths, has decided to brace for thecompetition and will load all its phonesthat will be sold from October end witha host of applications.

Development of apps has spun off aseparate industry with telecom com-panies, like Twist Mobile, Hungama,Synqua, Migital, Indiagames, Sinew,Nextwave, Archmobile, Techtree IT,Spicelabs and Impetus, developinggames and other applications for mobileusers.

“We want to give great many appli-cations in our mobile handsets. Theseapp pre-loaded phones will be availablethis October. Many of these applicationshave been developed by engineers anddevelopers in India,” said Jasmeet Gand-hi, head of services, marketing, NokiaIndia.

“These handsets will be made avail-able, not just in India, but across theworld. These handsets will have different

language interfaces and as per thetaste and specifics of Indian mobileusers,” he said.

The priority is for the local lan-guage.

If someone is buying a Nokiaphone in Russia or Korea would haveinterfaces working in those lan-guages, he specified.

The applications that will be pre-loaded into Nokia handsets are:

n Walletx 1.0.4 by Sinew SoftwareSystems: Walltex stores all kind ofpersonal and sensitive informationfrom bank, credit cards, various lo-gins, IDs and medical prescriptionsin one place.

It provides a user-friendly interfacewith high security.

n Mind It by Impetus: Mind It isa utility app that modulates and reg-ulates human speech and tone. Theapp monitors your speech volumelevel or amplitude while on a call,and alerts you if too loud, by vibratingthe device.

This way, slowly the user developsthe habit of speaking in an accuratepitch. Mind It considers the environ-mental noise and judges the thresholdof your voice and prompts you to checkyourself while speaking.

n Monster Truck Dash by IndiaGames: One of the best arcade games

on mobile, ‘Monster Truck Dash' the2D mobile game tosses you right intoa high powered Monster Truck. Here,you drive through some nasty bumpycourses which require both aggressionand perfect handling.

n TT Gully Cricket by TechTreeIT: The Street Cricket is the half-pitchavatar of the game on non-touch de-vices.

Special features include three dif-ferent levels, sound effects and day-night game play mode.

n Sanjeev Kapoor Recipes byHungama: It offers various recipes offamous chef Sanjeev Kapoor. It allowsyou to search for veg/non-veg recipes,classify them into favorites, rate aparticular recipe and post it on yourFacebook profile.

n Draw War by Synqua Games:Draw Draw Banga Bang is a comicalfast-paced game involving Vikings,Treasure and cannon.

You need to ‘Draw' those Vikingsoff with a simple line draw mechanismand save the treasure. You can useyour cannon to fire away at their bat-tleships.

n Bug Smasher Pro by Migital: Thissimple game requires you to stay alertand smash every bug in your way while

preventing them to reach your food.The only way to keep the game goingis to smash them before they reach theother end.

n Catapult Mania by Twist Mobile:Catapult Mania is a game with a colour-changing environment. You can changethe colours of the entire game throughthe camera.

n Bowling Wizards by NextwaveMulitmedia: The strategy game withintriguing puzzles offers a combinationof rich graphics and engaging userplay. You have to knock down all thepines using Bowlaids in the wizardland where, the bowling alley is notquite straight, the path is zigzag, curvedand more. Complex game play andimaginative story telling makes thisgame a must-try.

n Ship Defender by Arch Mobile:Ship Defender is an action-packed gamewith a realistic gaming experience andstunning graphics. You have to exhibitmarksmanship and defeat sea piratesat different decks of the cruise to savebesieged cruisers.

n Kiddo Stories by Spice Labs: Somewell-known and great stories for kidswill be on your phone. Aided by graph-ics, sound, music and animation fornarration makes Kiddo Stories a fun.

Vijay and director of‘Velayudham’

K Manju in the city

Other languagemovies not threatto Sandalwood: Vijay


Bangalore: Tamil super star Vijay, who was in thecity to promote to his movie Velayudham last night,said the Kannada film industry should not considermovies from other language films as a threat andcompetition.

His fans went crazy seeing the actor and thepolice had to resort to a mild lathicharge to dispersethe crowds last night. Vijay, who has a huge fan fol-lowing in the city too, said, “I am sure that if Kannadafilms are released in Tamil Nadu, people will watchit.” He said, “I don’t know much about the Kannadafilm industry, but I know a lot of people from thehere.” The actor, who had arrived with Velayudhamdirector K Manju in the city, told media persons, “Idon’t mind working in a Kannada film if the script isgood.”

It was the first time that Vijay had come to thecity to promote his film. He has taken distribution ofthe film along with the director.

Tamil actor Vijaywaves to waiting

fans in the citylast night.

Police resort to mild lathicharge to disperse fans of actor Vijay in the city last night.


Bangalore: Veeerasomeshwaraswamiji of Ambapuri matha,Balehonnur along with fifteenother swamijis visited belea-guered ex- chief minister B SYedyurappa in hospital today.

Yedyurappa, claiming chestpain, nausea, high blood pres-sure and various other ailmentshad got himself admitted to hos-pital, hours after being lodgedin Parappana Agrahara centraljail.

The swamijis came to inquire

after Yedyurappa’s state of health. The former chief minister is

admitted in ward number 304of Jayadeva institute of cardio-vascular sciences and research.

He was also visited by BJPstate president K S Eshwarappaand ministers like V Somanna,S A Ramdas, legislators B P Har-ish, D N Jeevaraj, Belur Gopalkr-ishna and Nandish Reddy.

Yedyurappa was arrested daybefore yesterday in regard to theillegal mining scam, due to whichhe had earlier resigned from thepost of chief minister.

Heads of variousmaths visit BSY

in hospital

Health of cityʼspeople has to beaddressed: CM


Bangalore: “The state govern-ment will call the state legislativesession at the prescribed time,”said chief minister SadanandaGowda.

Gowda was listening to publicgrievances at Janatha Darshanat his official residence Krishna.Gowda said, “Opposition partyleaders don’t speak during thesession. They only make protestsand ‘dharnas’ inside the House.They speak only in the streetsand in public. I appeal to theopposition parties to take partactively in the coming sessionand participate very construc-tively in building the state.”

“The opposition parties havebeen making allegations againstthe ruling party but it is baseless.Whenever the ruling party makesa mistake, the opposition partiesshould give a chance for us torectify it. Simply making allega-tions is not the solution.” Thechief minister added.

The CM also spoke about hisplans for the future of Bangalorecity, saying “The state govern-ment will concentrate more onhealth related issues. Day by daymore people are migrating toBangalore city in search of jobs.They are very keen to live andwork here. The population of

the city is increasing constantly.The city is getting congested dueto this. Vehicular smoke, traffic,pollution etc is spoiling the healthof the people here.

“The government will givemore preference to health-relatedissues. Better treatment will beprovided in all government hos-pitals to the poor who are victimsof many of these diseases.”

ʻQuality low inour industryʼ Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The country has beenexporting granite and leather toother countries, but the productshave not met the consumer ex-pectations, criticised R M Vasug-am, chairman, board of gover-nors, National Design and Re-search Forum, here today.

Inaugurating a celebration tomark the World Standards Day,he said, “But most of the productshave been meeting the standardsset by the industry. For example,when we are riding a motorbike,we are confident that the brakingsystem, the tyres and other vitalparts of the vehicle would workfine.

“This is because industrieshave been maintaining the stan-dards.”

There have been high levels

of expectation from consumersand they have to be met by theindustry. He was talking at aseminar on “International Stan-dards -- Creating ConfidenceGlobally” in the city today.

At the same time, he also said,“It is impossible to achieve zerofailure. Some slip in the qualitycontrol is possible.”

He said the Bureau of IndianStandards laboratory in the cityhas been catering to chemical,pesticide, cement, bulb, domesticpressure cooker and other in-dustries.

The lab recently procuredequipment to check solar flatplat collectors, he added.

The National Design and Re-search Forum has been involvedwith the quality checks for thebuildings constructed by Hin-dustan Aeronautics Ltd.

Sadananda Gowda

Wall Street stirgoes global

Continued from page 1

The demonstrations by thedisaffected coincided with theGroup of 20 meeting in Paris,where finance ministers and cen-tral bankers from majoreconomies were holding talkson the debt and deficit crises af-flicting many Western countries.

The Occupy Wall Street move-ment has gathered steam for amonth, culminating with theglobal day of action. It remainsunclear what momentum themovement, which has been driv-en by social media, has beyondSaturday.

While most rallies were rela-tively small and barely held uptraffic, the Rome event drew tensof thousands of people andsnaked through the city centerfor kilometres.

Hundreds of hooded, maskeddemonstrators rampaged in someof the worst violence seen in theItalian capital in years, settingcars ablaze, breaking bank andshop windows and destroyingtraffic lights and signposts.

Police fired volleys of tear gasand used water cannon to try todisperse militant protesters whowere hurling rocks, bottles andfireworks, but clashes went oninto the evening.

Smoke bombs set off by pro-testers cast a pall over a sea ofred flags and banners bearingslogans denouncing economicpolicies the protesters say arehurting the poor.

The violence sent many peace-ful demonstrators and local res-idents near the Colosseum andSt John's Basilica running intohotels and churches for safety.

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Woman chopped to deathBangalore Beat Bureau

Davanagere: A man choppedhis woman relative to death overa family dispute at Channagiritaluk of this district this morn-ing.

Uma, a resident of Nalkudrevillage, was brutally done todeath by her relative Omkarappa.Uma’s neighbours saidOmakarappa had brought an al-liance for Uma, but she refused.Omkarappa, who could not bear

the shame, attacked her withdeadly weapons at her housethis morning.

Additional superintendent ofpolice S P Anupama Agarwalvisited the spot and conductedpreliminary investigations.

Judiciary veryactive in state:Pejawar seer


Udupi: The judicial system inKarnataka is very active, sendingshivers down the spines of cor-rupt politicians, said Udupi Pe-jawar Math seer VishveshaTheertha Swamiji here today.

The judiciary has upheld thevalues of law and cornered thecorrupt politicians, he opined.

Asked about BJP senior leaderL K Advani’s rathyatra comingto the state, the seer said, “It isno crime for the rathyatra tocome to the state. I believe thatAdvani too is against corruption.The rathayatra is against cor-ruption and has spoken outagainst it several times.”

“Advani condemned activitiesof former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa when allegations ofcorruption surfaced against thestate leader.

Advani was instrumental ingetting Yeddyurappa to resignfrom the chief minister’s postfor his alleged involvement inillegal mining activities and in-dictment by the Lokayukta re-port,” the seer said.

“The BJP should take a finaldecision against Yeddyurappaafter the courts decide casesagainst him. Going to the jaildoes not mean that Yeddyurappais guilty. The cases are still alle-gations. The courts will decideand rule on them,” he said.

Grand celebration

Priests pour water, milk, turmeric water and sandalwood paste over the 18-foot of Gomata at Gomatagiri in Beddaduru of Bilikere hobli in Hunsur talukof Mysore district. The celebration is part of Mahamastakabhisheka.

SSIs need more power,says minister


Bangalore: “A separate feederis required to transmit power tosmall scale industries,” saidsmall-scale industries ministerRaju Gowda today.

Speaking to the media at Vid-hana Soudha, Gowda said, “Dueto the problems of power supplymany small scale industries arefacing problems. The productionhas reduced and the growth inthis section has gradually comedown. The KPTCL has to supplypower to these industries in aseparate feeder. In this regard Iwill write a letter to every memberand the concerned officials totake up the issue.”

“Today lakhs of people bothin urban and rural areas are de-pendent on small scale industriesfor their livelihood. Due to theshortage of power many are fac-ing problems.” Gowda added.

The small scale industries willhold a separate meeting on Oc-tober 26th at Chickamagalur todiscuss developing SSIs in ruralareas also. If the SSIs are set upin rural areas, a lot of employ-ment can be given to the ruralpeople and the areas can be de-veloped and mass migration tocities can be avoided. “The SSIdepartment is committed to theimprovement and setting up ofsmall scale industries in ruralareas.” Raju Gowda said.

19‑yr‑oldgirl hangs

self inMysoreBangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: A 19-year-old girl, whowas admitted to hospital after asuicide attempt last evening,died here this morning.

Divyarani from Kadapa inAndhra Pradesh was studyinghere in the first year BSc at Re-gional Institute of Education.Last evening, she was foundhanging in her room at Gangahostel on the RIE campus.

The Jayalakshmipuram police,who have registered case, saidthe exact reason behind the sui-cide could not be ascertained.But she was quite anxious aboutthe exams in the near future,they added.

Sanjeev Bhatt gets bail after 18 days

Ahmedabad: Suspended GujaratIPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt was onMonday granted bail by a court.

The officer, who took on Gu-jarat Chief Minister NarendraModi, was granted the bail after18 days.

Bhatt walked out of the Sabar-mati jail just hours after the courtgranted the bail to him.

Speaking to mediapersons,Bhatt said that he was happythat the rule of law had prevailed,adding that it was a victory forthe victims of Gujarat riots.

When asked about his expe-rience inside the jail for 18 days,Bhatt said, "It was like a sab-batical for me."

Later, addressing a press con-ference at his residence, Bhattsaid, "Justice should be delivered.People who are victim of stateviolence should get justice."

In a reference to his oppo-nents, he further said, "I am notafraid of any one. Let them dowhat they can."

Sessions Judge V K Vyas grant-ed the bail on the condition that

Bhatt would cooperate with theinvestigation and would remainpresent when called for.

Reacting to the development,Bhatt's lawyer IH Saiyed hadtermed it as a great relief, ex-pressing hope the officer wouldbe out of the jail in a couple of

hours.The wife of the suspended of-

ficer, Shweta Bhatt, had said, "Iam relieved. I just want to seehim today."

Bhatt was arrested on chargesof forcing his subordinate, K DPant, to file a false affidavitagainst Gujarat Chief MinisterNarendra Modi, implicating himin the 2002 riots.

Bhatt was lodged in the Sabar-mati jail.

His arrest was made on an af-fidavit by Pant, alleging that hewas forced to stand as an alibifor the incidents that happenedon the night on February 27,2002 at the CM's residence, aday before the communal flareup in Gujarat.

Bhatt had, however, refusedto comment on it saying, "I can-not say anything right now as Iam in police custody. It is notthe right time. If I want I cansay lot of things but would notlike to comment. It is now formedia to decide what is rightand what is wrong."

All sporting bodies willbe under RTI: Maken

New Delhi: Sports minister AjayMaken unveiled his new revisedSports Bill today. Hinting at theBCCI's opposition to it, Makensaid that the Bill will enhancegreater transparency in the func-tioning of sports federations. Headded that sporting bodies whichdo not want to come under theRTI raise suspicion.

"We strongly feel the func-tioning of the sports federationsshould be transparent. If theyoppose it then there is somethingwrong," Maken said.

Maken also said that all sport-

ing bodies will be in the ambitof the RTI with an exclusionclause provided to protect certaininformation.

He said that unlike other coun-tries, the news of Indiansportspersons' medical healthand fitness is in the public do-main which is a disadvantageto the players. Since the BCCIhas come under NADA, Makensaid the Sports Bill will allowthe BCCI to follow the same pol-icy that is followed internation-ally.

"Another aspect is that our

players medical health or stateof fitness is in public domainwhich isn't there in other coun-tries. This will be a disadvantageto our players," said Maken.

Questioning the age andnorms tenure, Maken said, "Wehave age and tenure norms aswe said earlier. It is somethingwhich forms a part of universalrules of good governance. When70 years is the age norm for In-ternational Olympic Council,their office bearers can't be morethan that so why should our of-fice bearers be more than 70?"

Maruti's plant resumespartial production

New Delhi: The strike at MarutiSuzuki India's (MSI) Manesarplant entered its 11th day onMonday, with workers protestingoutside the factory premises, butthe company said it has resumedpartial production at the plant.

The company also said pro-duction at its main plant at Gur-gaon has been resumed after a

two-day closure last week dueto component supply constraintsfrom Suzuki Powertrain.

In the meantime, the HaryanaLabour Department has calledfor a meeting today of the man-agement and striking workersof MSI, SPIL and Suzuki Motor-cycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) tofind a solution.

"Production has started in alimited way at the company splant in Manesar. To start with,the weld shop has been madeoperational," a companyspokesperson said. The companyresumed operations at Manesarwith some of the trained workersfrom among those who have re-fused to join the strike, he added.

Sanjeev Bhatt

Farmers threaten to disrupt Formula One raceGreater Noida: A fortnight before thefirst ever Formula One race in India, thefarmers who lost their land to the projectare up in arms.

They held a Mahapanchayat on Sun-day and issued an open letter to UttarPradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, threat-ening to disrupt the F1 race if their de-mands were not met.

The Budh International Project, oneof the world's most challenging motorsports tracks, has been built at the costof $400 million.

However, the locals are unhappy withthe same.

"The land was taken for industriesbut no industry has been made," said afarmer.

"A lot of people are yet to receive their

compensations," said another villager.According to some other villager, the

road to the girls’ school has also beenblocked by the track and now they haveto travel 9 km to go to school everyday.

In the Mahapanchayat held on Sunday,the message that came across was thatthe farmers had more participation inthe land.

Farmers who have lost land havethreatened to stop the F1 race if theirclaims are not heeded. The villagers de-mand that the compensation be at parwith that given to farmers in Patwarivillage and industries be set up on theacquired land.

They are also concerned about jobprospects in the upcoming projects andthe reopening of roads blocked due to

construction work.According to the Yamuna Expressway

Industrial Development Authority offi-cials, the land was acquired under emer-gency clause for Special DevelopmentZone and not industries. Therefore, pro-moters Jaypee are obligated to use 35per cent of the total area for sporting in-frastructure. Jaypee group claims villagerswould benefit.

"The Budh circuit is build on a landwhich we have acquired from the villagersand the way we are developing will ben-efit the villagers as well," said JaypeeVP Cobcom.

However, villagers are not satisfiedwith the trickle down theory. They wanta concrete solution ahead of F1's galaopening.

Bishnoi winsHisar by‑poll

Hisar: Kuldeep Bishnoi of theHaryana Janhit Congress( BhajanLal) won the Hisar Lok Sabhaby-elections defeating his nearestrival Ajay Singh Chautala of theIndian National Lok Dal by 6323votes. Bishnoi was also supportedby the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).

Congress candidate JaiPrakash came a distant third de-spite his party being in powerin the state.

Kuldeep Bishnoi, who stoodat 355941 votes, defeated AjayChautala, who got 349618 votesand Jai Prakash, who got 149785votes.

Even though the main battlewas between Bishnoi and Chau-tala; Anna Hazare call to notvote in favour of the Congresscandidate had given the by-elec-tion an interesting twist.

Bishnoi, however, declined tocredit Team Anna for his winand instead said that Anna Haz-are should have targeted all cor-rupt parties and not just the Con-gress.

Following Team Anna's anti-Congress campaign the seat hadbecome a prestige issue for theparty even though during the2009 Lok Sabha Elections, too,the party had finished third.

Bishnoi's father and formerCongress leader Bhajan Lal hadwon the seat in 2009 after form-ing his own outfit. The by-elec-tions were held after Lal died.

Notice toAnna on

fund handling

New Delhi: The Supreme Courthas issued a notice to Anna Haz-are on a public interest litigationseeking a CBI probe into the al-legation of mismanagement offunds by Anna's NGO HindSwaraj Trust.

The court has also issued no-tices to the Maharashtra govern-

ment and the CBI on a plea bypetitioner Supreme Court advo-cate ML Sharma.

The petition alleges thatAnna's NGO did not keep ac-counts, from 1995 to 2003, offunds given to it by the Maha-rashtra government and the Cen-tre.

The NGO has already admittedas much before the PB SawantCommission that had investigat-ed complaints against it.

Anna Hazare

Teachers want to resume dutiesHyderabad: Pro-Telanganagroups today called for a bandhacross Andhra Pradesh to putpressure on the Centre. But pro-Telangana teachers have decided

to resume their duties for thesake of their students, but willcontinue to support the cause.Over 15,000 private schools inthe region have remained shut.

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