Katta bailhearing

on Oct 28Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Former minister Katta SubramanyaNaidu, who is being treated at Lilavati Hospi-tal in Mumbai for cancer, has to continue in thejudicial custody as the Karnataka High Court to-day posted hearing of his bail application to Oc-tober 28.

The former minister has sought bail citing hishealth and has stated that it was necessary forhim to get treated for cancer.

The Lokayukta special court has already re-jected his bail application, saying that Kattacould get himself treated in any of the hospitalswithin the country, but with the police escort.Special court Judge N K Sudheendra Rao basedhis order on the medical reports from the Vic-toria Hospital, where the former IT-BT ministerhad been admitted for over a month.

The court has now summoned the medicalrecords. The high court would pass a judgmentonly after getting all the records and perusingthem.

KSRTC bus kills 7 near Sriʼpatna

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mandya: Seven persons died on spot when aKSRTC bus hit a Maruti van here today.

The accident took place in Hikere Koppulu vil-lage near Srirangapatna on Mysore high way.

Maruthi van which was moving towardsMysore from Mandya and the KSRTC bus wascoming in the opposite direction. The KSRTC buswas said to be moving towards K R Pet. Both thevehicles collided with each other in which thevan was totally damaged in which 6 people diedin spot and while shifting the last person to hos-pital he too lost his life.

The angry villagers rounded up the KSRTCbus and pelted stones over it and claimed thatit was the negligence of the bus driver whichended up in this mishap. The entire area lookedterrified for some time due to this.

The deceased has been identified as the na-tives of Yarahalli and Horalu villages of Mandytaluk. The Sriranagapatna Rural police havebooked a case and are investigating.

100 childrenfall ill after

eatingprasadam

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Tumkur: Over 100 children fell ill after con-suming prasadam at a temple near here thismorning.

The children started vomiting and com-plained of severe sickness after eating the of-fering from the Lakshmi Narasimhaswamytemple at Gowdihalli.

The police said a lizard had fallen into theprasadam poisoning it.

The condition of the children was so severethat none of them could be shifted to Tumkur.Doctors rushed from the district headquartersand treated them.

Driver loses balance,

cleaner dies Bangalore: A tempo cleaner died on spot whena the tempo driver lost his balance and rammedinto a brige here in the city today.

The deceased has been identified as Chetan(28) a resident of Ramamurthynagar. The inci-dent took place over the hanging bridge of K RPuram when the driver was said to have lost hisbalance and fell after hitting the bridge.

The body of the deceased has been shifted tonearby Government Hospital for post mortem,a traffic police said.

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Home and transport minister R Ashok offers floral tributes to a statuette of Kittur Rani Chennamma on Vijayotsava atRavindra Kalakshetra today.

Kittur queen remem‑S Radhakrishna

BBMP oppn leader:`85 cr of emergency

fund wiped cleanBangalore: The BBMP has used up Rs 85crore kept in the emergency fund andthere are no accounts for it.The issue has to be inves-tigated immediately, saidopposition leader in thepalike councilUdayshankar here today.

He said the BBMP says ithas a revenue target of Rs9,31,580 crore, but has col-lected only Rs 1,87,803.97crore which is just 20.15percent of the target. It isalmost impossible for theBBMP to collect theamount with only fivemonths remaining for the

financial year. Though the amount col-lected is in the range of Rs 1.87 lakh crore,

the BBMP has alreadyspent 200484.92 crore,which constitutes 21.33 per-cent of the targetedamount. The palike has al-ready spent more than theamount it has earned, healleged.

The people and mediashould question mayorSharadamma and com-missioner Siddaiah wherethe emergency money hasbeen spent and how theywould meet the targetedrevenues, he said.

BJP men worryover putting

Advani in a fix Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: BJP leaders in the state todaywracked their brains over former deputyPrime Minister L K Advani’s visit to the cityand the onerous task of avoiding embar-rassment to their leader, who has beencrusading against corruption.

Advani, who is on Jan Chetana Yatraacross the country to create awarenessagainst corruption among the masses, hasinsisted upon visiting the city. The first BJPgovernment in South India has been fac-ing a series of embarrassment over the lastfew months with its ministers heading to-wards jail for their alleged involvement inland grabbing and corruption charges.

Advani, whose yatra is coming to thestate on November 30, is addressing apublic rally at the National CollegeGrounds the same evening. On Saturday,the state party leaders had said Advanihad cancelled his visit to the city, but yes-terday it was told that he would indeed ad-dress the public rally.

Ironically, the function in the city wasto be presided over by home and transportminister R Ashok, who now faces cases ofland grabbing.

Today’s meeting at Jagannath Bhavanat Malleswaram decided that none ofthe state leaders would be on the daiswhen Advani addresses the public.

The meeting was led by state party pres-ident K S Eshwarappa and attended by so-cial welfare minister A Narayanaswamy,

h o u s i n gminister VS o m a n n aand somelegislatorsof Banga-lore.

The lead-ers have as-sured Ad-vani thatthey are ca-pable ofpulling bigcrowds de-s p i t eA s h o k ’ snon-partic-ipation. But

the bigger task would be how not to em-barrass Advani, with the opposition point-ing its barbs at the ruling party, and themedia reporting cases of corruptionagainst the ministers, day in and day out.

The meeting felt that the responsibili-ty should be handed over to BJP nation-al general secretary H N Ananth Kumar,who has been accompanying Advani,and his followers.

Sources told Bangalore Beat that itwas the Ananth Kumar faction that forcedAdvani to go ahead with the public func-tion in the city. Ananth Kumar has seenan opportunity to gain a huge mileage outof the predicament being faced by thestate leaders, they added.

Three held, fake notesworth Rs 22 lakh seized

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Three persons who were circulatingcounterfeit notes were arrested and fake currencyworth over Rs 22 lakh seized from them.

The three were arrested in Bangalore and Mal-da along the border with Bangladesh. The CityCrime Branch police have also come to know thatthere are more persons involved in the racket andhave spread the net to nab them.

The arrested are Bisarath Sheikh, a resident

of Malda in West Bengal, Saddam Hussien, a res-ident of Malda, and Venkatesh from Krishnagiriin Tamil Nadu.

The accused were giving Rs 1 lakh worth offake currency notes for Rs 40,000 genuinenotes. They had printed Rs 500 and Rs 1,000notes at units in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

This is part of a bigger plan to jeopardise theeconomy of the country. The CCB sleuths havelearnt that the accused had already distributedcurrency worth few lakhs.

Charas peddler

held in cityBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A charas peddler wasarrested andnarcotic drugsworth over Rs2 lakh wasseized formhim by theAnti-NarcoticsBureau of thecity police yes-terday.

The bu-reau, which

received specific information aboutsale of charas to the public, arrestedNanjadevaru alias Nanjamari (52)near KR Puram railway station on OldMadras road. They also seized 750 gmof charas, Rs 3,000 cash and two mo-bile phones from the accused.

Bureau officials said the accusedcollected charas from one Narasimhafrom Andhra Pradesh and sold itnear the railway station.

The police produced him before thecourt and the City Crime Branch po-lice are investigating him.

Nanjadevaru Bisarath Sheikh, Saddam Hussien and Venkatesh, who were arrested for dealing with

fake currency notes in the city.

BBMP opposition leaderUdayshankar addresses

the media today.

NIRANI NOWIN TROUBLELokayukta special court asks police to take up probe, submit report by November 16

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There does not seem to be anyend to the list of ministers who are being ac-cused of corruption, illegal land grabbing andother cases of illegalities. After former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa, former ministersKatta Subramanya Naidu, Janardhana Red-dy, R Ashok and Ramadass, it is now the turnof industries minister Murugesh Nirani.

Today, the Lokayukta special court todaydirected the Lokayukta police to take up in-vestigation into allegations of land grabbingagainst Nirani and submit a report by No-vember 16.

Lokayukta special judge N K SudheendraRao took up a private complaint filed by in-

dustrialist Alam Pasha. He has alleged thatNirani has illegally denotified land and al-lotted them in favour of his family members.

The judge asked the Lokayukta police totake up the case under Criminal ProcedureCode Section 156 (3).

Pasha has alleged that Nirani denotifiedlandsd near Devanahalli and Dobbspet to thetune of 27 acres. Pasha has also alleged thatthe four companies for whom the landshave been handed are not registered. Thelands are worth over Rs 1,100 crore and wereallotted through the Global Investors’ Meetheld in June 2010.

The Lokayukta court ordered the Banga-lore Urban Lokayukta SP to take up the in-vestigation once he receives the order copy.

L K Advani

Industries minister Murgesh Nirani.

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NAANALLA (U/A)Tarun, Shubha Poonja, AnanthNag, Rangayana Raghu, RameshBhatBhumika (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (11.45 am, 9.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (Rajarajeshwari Nagar) (10am, 12.30, 6.30 pm) Savitha (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

PUTHRA (U)Diganth, Supreeta, Rupa SriAnupama (10.30, 1.30, 4.30, 7.10pm) Balaji (Chikkalasandra) (11 am,2.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(1.10 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (3.25pm) Vishal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)

PARAMATHMA (U) Puneeth Rajkumar, Aindrita Ray,Deepa Sannidhi, Ramya BarnaCauvery (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30pm) Cinemax (12.30 pm, 6.15 pm)Cinepolis (10.15 am, 12.55, 3.35,9.20 pm) Fame (Lido) (12.15 pm,4.40 pm) Fame (Whitefield) (10 am,12.50, 3.40, 6.30 pm) Ganesh (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Ganesh(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Goverdhan (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (10.45 am, 2, 5.30, 9 pm);

Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(10.15 am, 4, 7, 9.45 pm) HMT Cine-mas (10.45 am, 1.30, 4.15, 7.15 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (10 am, 12.50, 3.40,6.30, 9.20 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.05am, 12.50, 3.40, 6.30 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10 am, 12.50, 3.40,6.30, 9.20 pm) Lakshmi (Tha-varekere) (10 am, 1, 5, 8 pm) Manasa(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Santhosh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Srinivasa (Gowdanapalya)(11 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Sid-dheshwara (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Uma (10.15 am, 1 , 4, 7pm) Vajreshwari (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30pm) Vijayalakshmi (Garu-dacharpalya) (11 am, 2.30 pm)

SAARATHEE (U/A)Darshan, Deepa, Rangayana RaghuAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10 am, 1,5, 8 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (3 pm, 6.15 pm); Gopalan(Rajarajeshwari Nagar) (1.45 pm, 9pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (2.15 pm)Mohan (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15pm) Mahadeshwara (11.15 am, 2.15,6.15, 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).

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 Cinemax (10.45 am, 1, 5.30, 10 pm)Cinepolis (10 am, 11.45, 1.30, 3.15,5, 6.45, 8.30, 9.15, 10.15 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (12.55 pm, 9.55 pm)Fame (Lido) (11.05 am, 12.40, 3.20,7.35, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 5.40 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (11.50)Insignia (8.10 pm) Parimala (11 am,2.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Rex(1.45,7.30pm) Tribhuvan (10.15 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Vaibhav (11am, 2 pm) Veeresh (10.20 am, 1.20,

4.20, 7.20, 10 pm )

THREE MUSKETEERS (U/A)Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson ‘3D’ Cinemax (11.30 am, 4.45, 9.45pm) Cinepolis (10.10 am, 12.10,2.20, 4.30, 6.40, 8.50 pm) Fame(Lido) (1, 5.15, 9.30 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (10.30 am, 2.45, 7.40pm) Fame (Whitefield) (10.10 am,2.45, 7.35, 9.50 pm) Gopalan Cine-mas (Bannerghatta Road) (12 pm,10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10.30 am,3, 5.15, 9.45 pm); Inox (JP Nagar)(3.50 pm); Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 2.40, 5, 9.45 pm); Inox(Malleswaram) (10.05 am, 5.20,7.35 pm); Inox (Jayanagar) (1.40 pm,6.50 pm) Parimala (11 am, 2.30,5.30, 8.30 pm) Rex (1.15 pm, 5.30,9.45 pm) Tribhuvan (10.15 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Vaibhav (11 am, 2pm)

THE WHISTLE BLOWER (A)Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucciand Vanessa RedgraveInox (Malleswaram) (9.50 pm) In-signia (12 pm, 6 pm)

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AZAAN (A) Sachiin Joshi, Dalip TahilInox (Magrath Road) (9.45 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (12.35 pm)

MY FRIEND PINTO (U/A)Prateik, Kalki Koechlin, ManishaKoirala, Naseeruddin Shah, DivyaDutta Bhumika (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Cinepolis (2.05 pm) Everest(6.30 pm, 9.30 pm) Fame (Lido)(2.30 pm) Fame (Whitefield) (10.15am, 1.40, 5.20, 10 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (1.30 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(10.05 am, 4, 8 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(9.30 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (2.15 pm,7.35 pm) Rex (11.15 am, 3.50 , 7.45pm)

MOD (U) Rannvijay Singh, Ayesha TakiaAzmi, Raghuveer Yadav.

Inox (Magrath Road) (4.50 pm)

MUJHSE FRAAANDSHIP KAROGESaqib Saleem, Saba Azad, NishantDahiya, Tara D'SouzaCinemax (3.15 pm, 7.45, 9.15 pm)Cinepolis (10 am, 2.05 pm) Fame(Lido) (10.05 am, 6.20 pm) Fame(Whitefield) (11.10 am, 4.35, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10.45 am, 9.45pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10 am) Inox(JP Nagar) (1.10 pm, 7.35 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (10 am, 2.40, 7.10,9.30 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10am, 6, 9.30 pm) Insignia (4 pm,9.50 pm)

JO DOOBA SO PAAR (U) Vinay Pathak, Anand Tiwari, Rajat KapoorInox (JP Nagar) (12.20 pm); Inox(Magrath Road) (12.35 pm)

HINDI

MURAN (U)Cheran, Prasanna, NikithaVinayaka (Mysore Road) (10.30am,1.30 pm)

VEDI (U) Vishal, Sameera ReddyAjantha (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) La-vanya (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Natraj

(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.45, 7.45 pm)Poornima (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Push-panjali (BN Pura) (11 am, 2.30 pm)Sri Balaji (Vannarpet) (5.15 pm, 8.15pm) Vaibhavi (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm)

ENGEYUM EPPOTHUM (U) Jai, Anjali, Shravanand, AnanyaCinepolis (1.30 pm, 6.45 pm)

THE RETURN OF BIG ELEPHANT JUMBO 2 (U)Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Rajpal Yadav

Gopalan Cinemas (BannerghattaRoad) (2.10 pm, 3.50 pm);Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (11.45 am, 5 pm) Fame(Lido) (10 am, 7.30 pm) Fame(Whitefield) (10.05 am, 4.35 pm)

Inox (JP Nagar) (10 am, 2.35 pm);Inox (Magrath Road) (10 .05 am,2.50, 7.25 pm); Inox(Malleswaram) (10 am); Inox(Jayanagar) (3.15 pm) Insignia(2.10 pm)

Competitionfor mentallychallenged

endsBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Anvesha-2011, a com-petition showcasing the uniquetalent of the mentally challengedand organised by Cadabam’sGroup of Psycho Social Rehabil-itation Centres, concluded hererecently.

Luminaries in the field of men-tal health werehonoured.Dr.AnandPandurangi-was presented with the Cad-abam’sdistinguished psychiatristaward , while DrMRan-ganathanreceived the distin-guished mental health profes-sional award.

The annual event, Anvesha-2011 provided a platform to mo-tivate people with mental illnessto showcase their talent. Theshow attracted over 140 partici-pants from various rehabilitationcentres from all over the state inthe competitions such as debate,chess, pick ‘n’ speak, carrom,skit and one minute to fame.

Sandesh R Cadabam, director,Cadabam’s Group of Psycho Re-habilitation Centres, said: “Thereare more myths about addictionthan truths, more misconceptionsdominate facts. Belief takes overscience about mental illness.Mental Health Day is less knownbut silently observed world overon October 10, and this year thetheme was The Great Push: In-vesting in mental health care.It’s worrying to note that lessthan 2% of the health budget isallocated for mental health.Awareness on mental health re-form and care needs to be creat-ed.”

A souvenir, “Addiction: ReckonRelinquish Recover”, a compi-lation of articles contributed byrenowned psychiatrists, psychol-ogists, de-addictionologists, fam-ily members, recovered and re-covering individuals, was re-leased by DrPSatish Chandra,di-rector & vice-chancellorNimhans.

The valedictory function waspresided over by governor H RBharadwaj and energy ministerShobhaKarandlaje.

Consultation for strokepatients

Bangalore: NarayanaHruday-alaya Institute of Neuroscienceis conducting free consultationfor stroke patients and peopleat risk for stroke from today tillOctober 29 and offers stroke pre-vention packages at discountedrates.

October 29 is observed asWorld Stroke Day. Every six sec-onds, regardless of age or gender– someone somewhere will diefrom stroke. The World StrokeOrganization (WSO) is callingfor urgent action to address thesilent stroke epidemic by launch-ing the “1 in 6” campaign onWorld Stroke Day. The “1 in 6”theme was selected by leadersof the WSO to highlight the factthat in today’s world, one in sixpeople worldwide will have astroke in their lifetime. Everyoneis at risk and the situation couldworsen with complacency andinaction. The “1 in 6” campaigncelebrates the fact that not onlycan stroke be prevented, but thatstroke survivors can fully recoverand regain their quality of lifewith the appropriate long-termcare and support.

The campaign aims to reducethe burden of stroke by actingon six easy challenges:

1. Know your personal riskfactors: high blood pressure, di-abetes, and high blood choles-terol.

2. Be physically active and ex-ercise regularly.

3. Avoid obesity by stickingto a healthy diet.

4. Limit alcohol consumption.5. Avoid cigarette smoke. If

you smoke, seek help to stopnow.

6. Learn to recognize the warn-ing signs of a stroke and how totake action.

State to produce 8,290 mwof power in next Plan: CM

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state government hasproposed to add 8,290 mw of power gen-eration capacity during the 12th Five YearPlan, said chief minister D V SadanandaGowda at the National DevelopmentCouncil on Saturday.

But, several power projects initiatedby the state government have not beenable to achieve progress because of wantof environmental clearances and coallinkages from the central government.This is seriously affecting the state’s eco-nomic growth. “I strongly urge the PrimeMinister to take up this matter urgentlyand give suitable directions to the envi-ronment ministry as well as the coal min-istry. Karnataka has also been deniedallocation of natural gas despite repeatedrequests. I once again request the gov-ernment of India to ensure gas allocation,”he said.

He said lack of flexibility in centrallysponsored schemes has led to difficultiesin effective implementation and utilisationof funds. Implementing these schemesthrough agencies outside the governmenthas led to weakening the accountability.Therefore, restructuring of the schemesis a must.

The agriculture sector in the state hasshown a satisfying growth of 5.9 percent

for 2010-11. The Bhoo-chethana schemehas enabled increase in crop productivityand the yield levels have moved up by25per cent to 40 percent across variouscrops in rainfed areas.

The state is organising a Global AgroInvestment Meet for the first time in thecountry, in December 2011. The meet isexpected to attract over Rs 55,000 croreinvestments in agro-processing, agri-mar-kets and agri-infrastructure sectors, hesaid.

The state is the largest producer of silkin the country. The sudden and unwar-ranted reduction in the customs duty ofraw silk from 30% to 5% in this year’s

Union budget has led to sudden crash inthe cocoon prices resulting in distresssales. Silk import duty needs to be im-mediately increased in order to protect11 lakh persons including sericulturistswho are dependent on silk industry fortheir livelihood, he said.

The central government has identified14 projects in the country under thescheme of national projects for irrigation.But none has been included under thescheme. Upper Bhadra Project whichcaters to both irrigation and drinkingwater supply in the drought-prone areasof southern parts of the state may be in-cluded under the national projects, hesaid.

Telemetry for online monitoring of wa-ter flow in a canal system has been suc-cessfully implemented in Ghata Prabhaproject. This may be emulated elsewhereand a separate directorate may be estab-lished in the Central Water Commissionfor its implementation in other river sys-tems, he said.

The state needs to address excess flu-oride and arsenic problem in drinkingwater for about 8,079 habitations whichrequire Rs 4,995 crore. I request the centralgovernment to provide a package of atleast Rs 2,000 crore to the state to tacklewater quality problems, he added.

The BJP government over the last three

and half years has created more thanfour lakh jobs. Skill needs of our newgenerations are enormous and dispro-portionate to the state’s resources andability, hence there is a need for increasedconvergences and synergy between thenational and the state’s efforts and in-ternational collaboration on skill devel-opment.

While the Union government has putin place the RTE Act, it has not consideredthe financial impact on the states. It isonly appropriate that the additional ex-penditure required for the implementationof RTE Act be borne by the central gov-ernment during the 12th Plan period, hesaid.

Proposals to recognise Bangalore Uni-versity and Karnataka University, Dharwadas centres of excellence are pending withthe central government and it has to ex-pedite the necessary approvals, he said.

Bangalore is facing a severe deficit ofinfrastructure. The 12th Plan should in-corporate appropriate strategy to addressurban infrastructure constraints in citieslike Bangalore, he said.

To decongest the fast growing city,there is a need to link all the satellitetowns around the city with commuterrail and link Bangalore and Mysore citieswith superfast rail link.

ʻSwarathmaʼ performsfor blind children

National‑levelbudding chef

competition held Bangalore: Swarathma, a con-temporary folk-fusion band,performed at the National As-sociation for the Blind campusin the city recently. The concertwas attended by over a hundredstudents from schools for thevisually challenged in andaround the city.

The concert was part of global“Go Forth” engagement pro-gramme. People aroundwatched a music video featuringSwarathma on Facebook andshared it through online socialcommunities.

The programme is sponsoredby international jeans brandLevi’s. “The interconnectedFacebook community allowsLevi’s to drive global awarenessand support of modern pioneerslike Swarathma,” said BeccaVan Dyck, global chief market-ing officer, Levi’s.

Swarathma performs freeconcerts for those who do nothave access to live music, usingmusic to raise social conscious-ness and bring hope to under-privileged people in the country.

“Children at the school for

the blind see music in an en-tirely new way and our musiccarries with it a message ofhope and speaks to the soul,lifting it out of despair and in-spiring others to join to togetherto make positive change,” saidSwarathma’s lead singer VasuDixit.

“We want people around theworld to understand the positiveimpact music can have in peo-ple’s lives.”

Since the launch of the ini-tiative, Levi’s fans have helpedbring clean water to more than8,000 people for life by pledgingto support at Water.org, assistedin feeding and educating 145orphaned children in SouthAfrica by Tweeting their supportto Thanda.org and now, broughtthe gift of music to a school forblind children in India by view-ing a Swarathma music videoon Facebook.

Bangalore: The Consortium ofGuarantee of Quality Extra VirginOlive Oil (EVC) yesterday organ-ised a national-level buddingchef competition at Institute ofHotel Management, Bangalore.

Diwaker Balodi from OberoiCenter for Learning and Devel-opment, Delhi won the first prizewhich includes a trip to Italyin 2012 for the innovative prawnbiryani cooked with extra virginolive oil. Vedhas Deshmukhfrom Apeejay Institute of Hos-pitality, Mumbai and Jeetpal SBisht from Institute of HotelManagement, Bangalore werethe first and second runner-ups. The competition markedthe end of three-day trainingcourses for premium EuropeanOlive Oils held at Apeejay In-stitute of Hospitality, Mumbai;Oberoi Center for Learning andDevelopment, Delhi; and Insti-tute of Hotel Management, Ban-galore from October 10-21.

Five winners from each ofthe three institutes were selected

to participate in the national-level competition where theyhad to prepare an innovativeand healthy Indian recipecooked with olive oil. The aimof the training programme andcompetition was to disseminatecorrect information about thecharacteristics of European oliveoil. The panel of judges includ-ed chef Abhijit Saha of Caper-berry; chef Angelo Franchini,the former executive chef atPeninsula Hotel, Beverly Hillsand Ankara Swiss Hotel; Ric-cardo Cereda on behalf of theConsortium of Guarantee ofQuality Extra Virgin Olive Oil;and Rachna Sharma from theSCS Group.

The training courses and na-tional competition were firstheld in 2010 along with differenthotel management and cateringinstitutes as part of the OliveitupIndian campaign, a three-yearpromotion campaign financedby the European Union, in col-laboration with Italy.

Swarathma, a contemporary folk-fusion band, performs at the National Association for the Blind campus in the cityon Saturday. The concert was attended by over a hundredstudents from schools for the visually challenged in and

around the city.

Kagada, student paper presentation contest heldBangalore: The eighth studentpaper presentation contest “Ka-gada-2011” was inaugurated byformer director of IIT, Chennai,H N Mahabalaat UniversityVisvesvaraya College of Engi-neering.

Mahabala said research is animportant and integral part ofthe course curriculum. Studentsshould inculcate the habit of ac-quiring right interdisciplinaryknowledge to enhance their ca-reer objectives. He said career isnot just earning money to survive,but spans across five to sixdecades.Therefore, one shouldnot become complacent by justexcelling academically. He em-phasised that Sanskrit will be

the future programming lan-guage. He called upon studentsto work hard without botheringmuch about results. He stressedthat teachers should take up en-trepreneurship along with teach-ing as practiced in developedcountries. He said self-satisfac-tion is achieved only when youchase after excellence and useit to the benefit of the society.

Venugopal K R, principal, Uni-versity Visvesvaraya College ofEngineering, said studentsshould actively participate in re-search. It is not just enough toobtain marks and a formal de-gree. They should be able tospeak well, write well and pre-pare good presentations. It is

necessary that the students learnother subjects, so that they canapply it to computer science ef-fectively.Computer science engi-neering is the mother ofscience,engineering and tech-nology, he added.

Students have to be intuitive,innovative and incisive to acquireinterdisciplinary knowledgewhich goes a long way in en-hancing their career objectives.He said no technology is inferior,it is how we use it effectively inour lives.

Fifteen papers were selectedfor presentation out of 76 sub-missions. Students from RVCE ,UVCE , SJCE and IIITB walkedawaywith the awards.

Former director of IIT, Chennai, H N Mahabala, inauguratesthe eighth student paper presentation contest

“Kagada-2011”at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering as Venugopal K R, principal, UVCE looks on.

CITYMonday, October 24, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralBangalore Social SciencesForum: Talk on ‘Conceptual-isation of Abuse of State Powerin Ancient India’ by Dr MeenaDeshpande, professor of Po-litical Science, Bangalore Uni-versity, H N Multimedia Hall,National Degree College, Basa-vanagudi, 6.30 pm.

Bangalore International Cen-tre: ‘Morching Tarang,’ BICAuditorium, TERI Complex,4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlurstage 2, 6.30 pm.

Centre for Neuroscience: Lec-ture on ‘Art, Magic and Crim-inal Justice in the age of Neu-roscience,’ Faculty Hall, IISc,4 pm.

CulturalRangabharana Kala Kendra:Cultural festival, KEB Layout,Sanjaynagar, 4 pm.

Eating OutMexican Fiesta: Monday, Oc-tober 24th, 2011. noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien, No 28, SankeyRoad, High Grounds A specialmenu, which pairs Mexicancuisine with beverages. Com-bos include Tequila with Tacosand Beer with Burittos.

Lunch Buffet @ Applewood:Monday, October 24th, 2011.12:30 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 Vegetarian Menu at Nan-do’s: Monday, October 24th,2011. 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: Monday, October24th, 2011. 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

Festive Sweets @ Caramel:Monday, October 24th, 2011.9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caramel,Vivanta by Taj - Whitefield,ITPB, Near Big Bazaar, White-field Caramel welcomes thisfestive season with a choiceof hampers of chocolates andIndian sweets. Prices startfrom Rs 1250.

Dine by the Street: Monday,October 24th, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Terracotta, Vivantaby Taj - Whitefield, ITPB, NearBig Bazaar, Whitefield Kebabsfrom the streets of Amritsar,Lucknow and Lahore underthe star-studded sky, pairedwith an expansive collectionof whiskeys.

Festive Hampers: Monday,October 24th, 2011. 10 a.m. to11:30 p.m. Mynt, The Taj WestEnd, No 25, Race Course Road,High Grounds Gift hampersfor the festive season, com-posed of gourmet treats. Theycan be personalised as well.

Nightlife

Thai & Mongolian Night:Monday, October 24th, 2011.8 p.m. Fusion Lounge, 185,Deena Building, Brigade Road,DJs Paresh and Karthik play aset of Thai and Mongoliantunes to kickstart the week.

Lounge Night: Monday, Oc-tober 24th, 2011. 8 p.m. Ice,Vivanta by Taj - MG Road, No41/3, MG Road, DJ Vanshi setsthe mood for the night withlounge music.

Monday Blues with DJ Nayan:Monday, October 24th, 2011.8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Indi,Garuda Mall, Magrath Road,Ashoknagar DJ Nayan spin-ning commercial and Bolly-wood this Mon @ Indi.

House Night with DJ Sid:Monday, October 24th, 2011.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Hypnos,Gem Plaza, Infantry Road, DJSid spinning House and HipHop at Hypnos this Monday.

Minimal Monday with DJ Im-dad : Monday, October 24th,2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Peb-ble, No 3 Palace Ground, Ra-mana Mahashi Road,Sadashivanagar DJ Imdadspinning house and more, thisMonday at Pebble.

Chillout Session with DJCheek-O Dread: Monday, Oc-tober 24th, 2011. 7 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Xtreme Sports Bar, 4thFloor, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar DJ Cheek-O Dreadspins house this Monday.

Retro Night with DJ Deepak:Monday, October 24th, 2011.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The Beach,No 1211, 100 Feet Road,Indiranagar DJ Deepak spinsgolden oldies at The Beachtonight.

Rock 'n' Retro Monday withDJ Rajesh: Monday, October24th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Banana Beach Bar, No54 6th Block, Canara BankRoad, Koramangala Retroand rock tunes with DJ Rajeshthis Monday.

Shopping

The Great Forum ShoppingFestival: Monday, October24th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.The Forum Mall, No 21, HosurRoad, Koramangala A month-long shopping festival thathas great discounts and prizesworth 50 crores for shoppers.Adding to the festivities aredance troupes from all overthe country and live musicperformances.

Wrangler’s Autumn/WinterCollection: Monday, October24th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Wrangler, No 777, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar The collec-tion depicts the character thatdenim acquires after enduringan adrenaline fueled road tripand shows the relationship itshares with its wearer.

Swarovski Charm Collection:Monday, October 24th, 2011.10 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: Monday, Oc-tober 24th, 2011. 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.

Landmark's Biggest Ever Sale:Monday, October 24th, 2011.10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Land-mark, The Forum Mall, No 21,Hosur Road, Koramangala Dis-counts of up to 70% on books,toys, DVDs, music and moreat Landmark.

ExhibitionsFiesta of Art: Monday, October24th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Gallery Third Eye, No A-1 Ep-silon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur An exhi-bition of paintings by AshokKumar G Hiremath and Swa-pan Sarkar.

Fluid Xpressions: Monday,October 24th, 2011. 10 a.m. to8 p.m. Magnitude Gallery, No140/13 3rd Block, 27th Cross,13th Main, Jayanagar A set ofpaintings that showcase non-objective and non-figurativeuse of colour, shades and me-dia.

Ornaments: Paintings andSculpture by Joe Demetro:Monday, October 24th, 2011.10 a.m. to 8 p.m. AllianceFrancaise de Bangalore, No108, Off Queens Road, Thim-maiah Road This exhibitionof paintings and sculpture byAmerican artist Joe Demetrocelebrates and questions therole of God and ritualised spir-itual practice that permeateshuman societies both past andpresent.

Two Man Show @ GalleryTime & Space: Monday, Oc-tober 24th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7p.m. Gallery Time & Space,No 55, Lavelle Road, A collec-tion of selected works byrenowned artists Amitabh Sen-gupta and Khurshid AlamSaleem.

I've Seen The Tiger @Sumukha: Monday, October24th, 2011. 10:30 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallery Sumukha, No24/10, BTS Depot Road, WilsonGarden Gallery Sumukha pres-ents ' I've Seen The Tiger', anexhibition of sculptures inglass by Sisir Sahana.

40% victims of firecrackeraccidents are bystanders

Not many know that nearly40 per cent of the victimsof firecracker accidents

that occur during festivities areinnocent bystanders. While en-joying the happy moments ofDeepavali, most revellers tendto overlook some important fac-tors, which if ignored, could bedisastrous for their health.

Bright fireworks and zoomingrockets may be fun to watch,but are highly hazardous if nothandled carefully and properly.Bystanders should take adequatecare to ensure that they remainat a considerable distance fromthe place where firecrackers arebeing burst. It is always betterthat everyone in the vicinity offirecrackers being burnt neces-sarily protect their eyes.

A major reason for childrenbecoming victims of firecrackeraccidents is the lack of supervi-sion by adults. We see these ac-cidents every year because offirecracker accidents are on therise, particularly among pre-school children.

There have been plenty of in-cidents, where elders tend to ig-nore the dangers caused by fire-crackers. Any hazardous mate-rial, be it highly inflammable ar-ticle or firecracker, is very dan-

gerous. It is imperative that fire-crackers, especially those newones making it to the market,need to be handled with care.Otherwise, momentary lapse ofattention could result in perma-nent loss of vision.

The incidence of eye injuriescaused by firecrackers rises dra-matically on Deepavali days be-cause of so many new and un-familiar firecrackers entering themarket every year. Some of thecommon factors complementingthe human error resulting in se-rious injuries are:

Sparklers are one of the majorcauses of firework injuries re-quiring hospitalisation. Sparklersare dangerous because they burnat a very high temperature, hotenough to melt gold (1,800° F).Most fireworks contain gunpow-der, which causes them to ex-plode unexpectedly. Because fire-works are unpredictable, injuriescan occur even if the person iscareful or is under supervisionat times. Bottle-fired rockets areamong the most dangerous. Theyaccount for the majority of allfireworks injuries that lead topermanent eye damage. Most ofthe eye injuries may result inpermanent loss of vision andforce a person to live a visually

handicapped life, while in factsuch injuries are largely prevent-able and avoidable.

Rangalakshmii Netralaya willremain open 24 hours for emer-gency services on all 3 days of

Diwali, as it is the only specialityretinal care hospital in northBangalore.

Address: Rangalakshmii Ne-tralaya, 2054, 13th B Main, 3rdPhase, Mother Diary Cross, Yela-hanka New Town, Bangalore-560106

In case of emergency, call Dr.G. Venkatasubramaniam, direc-tor, Rangalakshmi Nethralaya,M: 9845138423, Ph: 28463544

Consultation will be free forall cracker-related injuries.

— Article by Dr. G. Venkatasub-ramaniam

Samprathi open 24 hrs on 3 daysBangalore: Samprathi Eye Hos-pital & Squint Centre will beopen round the clock from Oct25-27 to attend to emergencies.In case of emergency, call23367544, 23360099 or Mobile9845423955. Consultation willbe free for all cracker-related in-juries. Contact:DrArunSam-prathi, Samprathi Eye Hospitaland Squint Centre, # 111/ 3, Rail-way Parallel Road, Kumara ParkWest, Bangalore-20, or email:arunsamprathi@yahoo.com

l Nearly 40 percent offirecracker-related in-juries are caused to by-standers.

l Four out of every fivefirecracker injuries hap-pen to males.

l Men between the agegroup of 22 and 44years and boys in theage group of 12 and 14years are the mostcommon victims.

l Bottle-fired rockets canfly as fast as 200 milesper hour, explode inmid-air and fly in anydirection, and henceare very dangerous.

l The cost of treating afirecracker-related in-jury far outweighs thecost of a single crackerpackage, which is onan average about Rs40.

Know these facts

l Do not rub your eyesl Gently open the lids &

look for any obvious in-jury.

l If there is an injury donot instill anything inthe eye & rush to the

nearest eye surgeon.l If there is no obvious

injury inside the eye,pour cold water overthe burnt area. Consultthe nearest Doctor im-mediately.

In case of an injury...

BCI LAUNCHES ʻJOBSEEKERSʼ TOENHANCE EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

Bangalore: British Council Indiaand Avon Mobility Solutions havecreated Jobseekers, an animatedseries aimed at helping sub-scribers develop their Englishabilities and skills related to em-ployability.

The product is available ex-clusively for Tata Docomo usersthrough its educational platformTutor On Mobile (TOM). Tata Do-como users who have subscribedTOM service can access the con-tent at Re 1 per day by sendingan SMS SEEK to 5333300.

Avon Mobility Solutions islooking forward to extendingthis service with other telecomoperators shortly.

Jobseekers follows four char-acters, Neha, Arun, Farah andRohit, as they learn how to tacklejob applications and interviewsand present themselves in thebest possible light to potentialemployers. In the first episode,they meet an enigmatic andknowledgeable gentleman whoagrees to help them in theirsearch for employment. Togetherthey try to realise their dreamsof becoming young professionals.Each character seeks a job in a

different sector: food and retail,hospitality and the call centreindustry. Rohit’s case is a littlemore unusual as he has decidedto follow his dreams to becomea Bollywood star. But will he besuccessful?

Subscribers will receive onevideo card per day to their mobiledevice and each video card con-tains an instalment in the storyfollowing the four Jobseekers,with a specific focus on three orfour focused vocabulary items.By following the story, sub-scribers are introducedto key skills to en-hance their employ-ability, such as writ-ing a successful letterof application, improv-ing the format and con-tent of their CV and an-swering difficult inter-view questions. The au-dio also provides mod-els of clear pronuncia-tion with a focus on dif-ficult sounds and intona-tion patterns. The languagecontent is aimed at pre-in-termediate level learners ofEnglish. But the input on em-

ployability skills will berelevant to all.

Paul Sellers, director,South India, British

Council, said:“Several ap-

p l i c a -t i o n s

f o r

iPhone and Android systemshave already been developed,with others in the pipeline. Thisis the first time that the BritishCouncil has partnered with anIndian company to produce videocards to be delivered directly tosubscribers’ phones”.

Rajan Gupta, chief operationofficer (COO), Tamil Nadu circle,Tata Teleservices Limited, said,“The idea of this service is tocreate an opportunity for those

keen to hone their skills to tack-le job applications and in-terviews at ease.”

l Visit www.enrichyourenglish.com/jobseekers.htmll Click on subscribe.l Ser will be redirected to a subscription form.l Upon, successful payment, a link with the Jobseek-

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ceiving one Jobseekers video card every day.l The application is now available in Chennai.

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BBMP to open 5 degree colleges next year BBMP revenueinspector

suspendedBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Bruhat Banga-lore Mahanagara Palike mightbe known for its scam and otherillegalities, but it has been takingaction.

The Palike has set an exampleby suspending Manjunath, rev-enue inspector at Kempegow-danagar sub-division. The BBMPhas taken the step on the basisof a complaint lodged by theKarnataka Lokayukta againstManjunath for allegedly accept-ing bribe.

The Bangalore police havelodged a complaint against Man-junath and have produced himbefore the 23rd City Civil andSessions Court.

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: It is well known fact thatmany students are forced to work as theyfail to pay the exorbitant fees demandedby the colleges across the city. If everythinggoes as planned, the Bruhat BangaloreMahanagaraPalike will open five degreecolleges in various locations across thecity.

BBMP standing committe for educationis experimenting has been exploring newoptions. It allowed spoken English classesfor the BBMP schoolchildren recently.Later it started coaching classes by se-lection grade lecturers for students whotake up board exams.

Standing committee chairman RameshRajusaid, "We have put forth our proposalto start five new degree colleges at variousplaces in the city. We have even paid aninitial deposit amount of Rs 55,000 foreach college to Bangalore University.

They must inspect the colleges and grantus the permission to run the colleges.We hopeto start the colleges next academic

year once we get the permission fromthe university. We will ask for the fundsbased on our requirements."

The standing committee has proposedto open colleges near Magadiroad, Cleeve-land Town near Shivajinagar, Mathikere,Dispensary road and Byraveshawarana-gar.

"We have identified and have appliedfor permission for thesefive places. Weare ready with the buildings too. It is leftto Bangalore University to grant the per-mission. They might give permissionforall the five colleges or at least three. Itis left to the university.But we have de-posited the money for all the above fivecolleges. Initially, these colleges will offerBA and BCom courses and as and whenthey develop, we have the idea of intro-ducing science courses too" he said.

The BBMP is at present running onedegree college at Kasturabhangar, MysoreRoad offering BA and BCom courses.

If the BBMP manages to open thesefive degree colleges, it will be a boon tothe underprivileged sections

Bill to preventconversion

must: WriterVHP: Communal violence

bill should be changedBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state governmentmust immediately implementthe anti-conversion bill and thecentral government shouldmake changes in the communalviolence bill to protect the in-terest of Hindus, said writerChidananda Murthy here today.

Expressing support to HinduJagarana Vedike, whose mem-bers were protesting againstthe Centre, he said, “We’d al-ready given a representation toB S Yeddyurappa when he wasthe CM on the necessity to bringin an anti-conversion bill. Hehad assured us that the billwould be passed soon.

But no action has been takentill now. The present dispensa-tion should pass the bill as suchpieces of legislation exist in Gu-jarat and other states already.”

Keshava Hegde of the VishwaHindu Parishad alleged, “Thecommunal violence bill hasbeen influenced by Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi. Croresof rupees are coming into thecountry from abroad for con-version activities. The draft com-mittee had only members whoare inimical to Hindutva. Onecan imagine what colour thebill has taken.”

Changes have to be broughtinto the bill. It has been for-mulated keeping in mind theminority vote banks. The Con-gress-led UPA government atthe Centre knows that if theybring in a balanced bill theywould lose the votes of the mi-norities. The bill aims to targetHindus and innocent people,he added. The Hindu JagaranaVedike members held placardsand shouted slogans.

Members of the Hindu JagaranaVedike demand implementation of the anti-conversion bill and changes in the communal violence bill in front of Townhall today. Litterateur Chidananda Murthy threw his support behind the protesters.

S Radhakrishna

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NEWSMonday, October 24, 2011 4

2G: Kani, 4 others tospend Diwali in jail

New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhiwill spend Diwali in jail as thecourt of Special Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) Judge O PSaini reserved its order on herbail application till November 3.

The court was hearing the bailapplication of Kanimozhi alongwith Kalaignar TV managing di-rector Sharad Kumar, CineyugFilms' founder Karim Morani,and Kusegaon Fruits and Veg-etables Chief Executives Asif Bal-wa and Rajiv Agarwal.

The order on the bail applica-

tions of Kumar, Balwa, Agarwaland Morani has also been re-served till November 3.

While replying to Kanimozhi'slawyer Altaf Ahmad argument,the CBI told the court that it didnot want to oppose the bail toKanimozhi in the 2G case.

CBI prosecutor UU Lalit toldthe Special CBI Court that theinvestigating agency had no ob-jection in granting bail to Kani-mozhi, Kalaignar TV MD SharadKumar, Cineyug Films' founderKarim Morani, and Kusegaon

Fruits and Vegetables Chief Ex-ecutives Asif Balwa and RajivAgarwal.

However, the CBI opposed thethe bail application of DB Realtypromoter Shahid Balwa and for-mer telecom minister A Raja'sformer private secretary RK Chan-dolia.

Earlier, arguing strongly forbail, Ahmad told the court thatthe investigations into the 2Gspectrum allocation case wereover and charges framed, sothere was no question of tam-

pering with evidence and thecustody of the accused was notrequired.

Ahmad also said that the court could impose heavy conditions if it wanted for grant-ing bail and can ask that the ac-cused be available wheneverasked to appear.

Kanimozhi has been chargedfor accepting bribes, criminalconspiracy to cheat the excheq-uer and criminal breach of trustand has been in Tihar Jail sinceMay 2011.

HC grants bail to Amar New Delhi: The Delhi High Courton Monday granted bail to formerSamajwadi Party leader AmarSingh's in the cash-for-votes scamon humanitarian grounds. Thecourt had on Wednesday re-served its order on Singh's bailplea.

But the court restrained AmarSingh from travelling abroad andasked him to deposit his passportwith the court. The court alsoasked Singh to furnish twosureties of Rs 50 lakh each.

Amar Singh's lawyer argued

that his medical condition re-quired constant monitoring andmay be a visit to his doctor inSingapore where the MP had un-dergone renal transplant.

He has been suffering fromUTI, increase serum creatinine,vitamin B12 deficiency and in-creased TSH. His medical reportby All India Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) had said thathe had developed severe abdom-inal pain and was prone to in-fection as he had undergone re-nal transplant.

The Additional Solicitor Gen-eral said that the AIIMS medicalreport cannot be disputed. Headded that the investigationsinto the cash-for-votes case werecomplete and a chargesheet hadbeen filed. Singh is currently aRajya Sabha member.

Senior Samajwadi Party leaderRewati Raman Singh has alsomoved the Delhi High Court afterthe trial court summoned him,brushing aside the Delhi Police'sclean chit in connection withthe scam.

What will LKdo in city:

ParameshwarBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “What will L K Ad-vani come and do here in Ban-galore ? Whether he will go andmeet the corrupt BJP leaderswho have landed one after theother in Parappana Agraharajail?, questioned KarnatakaPradesh Congress CommitteePresident Dr G Parameshwar.

Addressing the press personshere this morning Parameshawarsaid “Advani has taken the RathaYathra with a theme to fight cor-ruption. What will he talk aboutcorruption in Karnataka ? Weare not against Advani’s yatra.Let him come to Bangalore butour question is what he will dohere when he comes through his‘Jana Chetana Yatra’? .

Advani has taken Jana ChetanaYatra throughout India againstcorruption. In Karnataka the BJPministers are involved in one orthe other scam. Former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa haslanded in jail for his illegal de-notification cases.

Inspite of all these how canAdvani defend the BJP and itsleaders? Will Advani ask sorryto the people of the state for this,Parameshwar questioned.

The BJP which came to powerin Karnataka in 2008 has involvedin many scams and corruption.

It must be noted that many min-isters were asked to tender theirresignations due to their scams.

The BJP government is veryinterested in purchasing the pow-er. But they have not introducedanything to produce the powerand find a permanent solutionfor this power crisis.

Till today since they came topower they have spent more thanRs 7000 crore in purchase ofpower. By this they may havegot a good kick-back, Parame-shawar opined.

DEEPA IS THE ANGRY YOUNG WOMAN NOW

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: DeepaSannidhi iscurrently riding high with bothher films Sarathy and Paramathma doing well at thebox office.

She could not be part of theroad show along with Darshanand his crew members, thoughshe was personally invited bythe Sarathy team. The actressfeels that she could be mobbedas Darshan has a huge fan fol-lowing.

Deepa is now gearing up forher next film opposite Yash forwhich she's learning Kannadain Hubli style. An assistant hasbeen hired to teach Deepa thebody language and pronunci-ation of Hubli area people.

The latest we hear is thatDeepahas a new tag as AngryYoung Woman after her per-formance in Paramathma.Theactress plans to take more suchroles as it suits her personality.

The actress has already beenrecognised down south andoffers are pouring in from Tamilcinema too.

It is said she will soon finaliseher first project in Kollywood.

NammaChikmagalore saysshe hates bursting crackers,but plans to be with her familyduring the Deepavali.

Govt may allow global airlinesMumbai: The cabinet will shortlyconsider a proposal to allow for-eign airlines to pick up stakesin cash-strapped domestic car-riers, local media reported onMonday, citing unnamed gov-ernment officials.

Economic Times has reportedthat the industry ministry hascirculated a draft cabinet notefor inter-ministerial consultationafter a nod from the civil aviation

ministry.The department of industrial

policy and promotion (DIPP) hasargued foreign airlines be allowedto pick up a 26 per cent stake inlocal firms, it said.

The civil aviation ministry hasasked for the cap to be 24 percentor lower, the Business Standardpaper said on Monday, citing asenior DIPP official.

India allows foreign invest-

ment of 49 per cent in Indiancarriers, but foreign airlines arenot allowed to invest directly orindirectly in domestic airlines.

Officials at DIPP and the civil aviation ministry could notbe immediately reached byReuters.

Earlier in October, Civil Avia-tion Minister Vayalar Ravi hadsaid his ministry had not rejectedthe FDI proposal sent by the

DIPP and the plan was underconsideration.

Most Indian carriers, with theexception of IndiGo are loss-making and full service carrierssuch as Air India, Jet Airwaysand Kingfisher Airlines have highdebt on their books.

Efforts by Kingfisher and Jetto raise equity from the capitalmarkets have been unsuccessfulso far.

Members of the Youth Congress, Jayanagar parliamentary constituency, burn photos ofindustries minister Murugesh Nirani, medical education minister S A Ramadass and

home minister R Ashok in the city today. The protesters were demanding resignationsof three ministers for their allleged involvement in land grabbing cases.

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Ercis: More than 200 people wereconfirmed killed and hundredsmore feared dead today after anearthquake hit parts of southeastTurkey, with rescue teams work-ing until morning to free sur-vivors crying out for help fromunder rubble.

Interior Minister IdrisNaim-Sahin said the 7.2 magnitudequake on Sunday killed 100 inthe city of Van and 117 in thebadly hit town of Ercis, 100 kmfurther north. The death toll wasexpected to rise.

Overseeing emergency oper-ations in Ercis, Sahin said a totalof 1,090 people were known tohave been injured. Hundreds re-main unaccounted for.

Rescue efforts struggled to getinto full swing following thequake, with electricity cut off asdarkness fell on the towns andvillages on the barren Anatoliansteppe near the border with Iran.

Survivors and emergency serv-ice workers searched franticallythrough broken concrete, usinghands, shovels and torches orworking under floodlights pow-ered by mobile generators.

As dawn broke the scale ofdevastation became clearer.

At one crumpled four-storeybuilding in Ercis, a team of fire-men from the largest southeast-ern city of Diyarbakir were tryingto reach four children believedtrapped deep in an apartmentblock as concerned bystanderslooked on. Nearby, aid teamshanded out parcels of bread andfood, while people wrapped inblankets huddled around openfires after spending a cold nighton the streets.

Prime Minister TayyipErdogansaid there were an unknownnumber of people unaccountedfor under the collapsed buildingsof the stricken towns, and hefeared the worst for villagers liv-ing in outlying rural areas, whohad still to be reached.

"Because the buildings aremade of adobe, they are morevulnerable to quakes. I must saythat almost all buildings in suchvillages are destroyed," Erdogantold a televised news conferencein Van shortly after midnight onSunday.

More than 100 aftershockshave jolted the region in the

hours since the quake struck foraround 25 seconds at 1041 GMTon Sunday.

In Van, a bustling and ancientcity on a lake ringed by snow-capped mountains and with apopulation of 1 million, cranesshifted rubble off a collapsedsix-storey apartment block wherebystanders said 70 people weretrapped.

Erdogan visited Ercis earlierby helicopter to assess first-handthe scale of the disaster. With 55buildings flattened, including astudent dormitory, the level ofdestruction in Ercis, a town of100,000, was greater than inVan, where fewer came down.

"We don't know how manypeople are in the ruins of col-lapsed buildings, it would bewrong to give a number," hesaid. Reuters television imagesfrom Ercis showed rescuers tryingto free one young boy, aged about10, pinned beneath a concreteslab.

"Be patient, be patient," theypleaded as the boy whimpered.The lifeless hand of an adult,with a wedding ring, was visiblejust a few centimeters (inches)in front of his face.

The Red Crescent said a teamof about 100 expert personnelhad arrived at the earthquakezone to coordinate operations.Some 4,000 tents and 11,000blankets, stoves and food werebeing distributed to help fightoff the cold. A tent city was beingset up at the Ercis sports stadium.

Access to the region was mademore difficult as the earthquakecaused the partial collapse ofthe main road between Van andErcis, broadcaster CNN Turk re-ported.

The military issued a statementsaying two battalions had beensent to assist the relief opera-tions.

Soldiers were deployed in thetown to help rescuers and diggingmachines had also arrived tohelp.

There was a constant wail ofambulance sirens ferrying theinjured to hospitals.

Dogan news agency reportedthat 24 people were pulled fromthe rubble alive in the two hoursafter midnight.

Reuters photographer OsmanOrsal earlier described seeingdead body after body beingpulled from the debris.

"Ambulances, soldiers, emer-gency teams everywhere now,working on getting people outof collapsed buildings. I haveseen many dead bodies beingtaken out, the teams are tryingto find people alive," Orsal said.

One nurse told CNN Turk newschannel the town's hospital wasso badly damaged that staff weretreating injured in the garden,and bodies were being left out-side the building, After visitingthe quake zone, Erdogan re-turned to Ankara, where he isexpected to chair a cabinet meet-ing to discuss the response tothe disaster.

Quake toll rises above 200, set to increase

HC postsKrishnaʼs

bail to October 31

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A single-judge benchof the Karnataka High Court hasposted hearing of former KPSCchairman and information com-missioner Dr H N Krishna to Oc-tober 31. Dr Krishna has beenlanguishing in jail for his allegedinvolvement in 1989,1990 and2004 KPSC recruitment scandals.

The sessions court and highcourt have earlier denied bail toDr Krishna. The high court hadpassed severe strictures againstKrishna while passing an orderon his bail application last time.

Probe chargesagainst

Kejriwal: DiggyNew Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvi-jaya Singh has demanded a probe into SwamiAgnivesh's charges on Team Anna memberArvindKejriwal. Agnivesh had accused Kejriwalof using funds collected for the Jan LokpalBill for his own NGO. "Agnivesh's statementthat funds collected for the Jan Lokpal Billagitation was diverted to a private NGO ofArvindKejriwal with which no member of theTeam Anna is associated is a serious allegationand should be looked into," he said. Allegationswere being leveled against all members ofcore Team Anna including PrashantBhushanand KiranBedi, he said.

"All the contents of Jan Lokpal legislationare in the official bill and the government iscommitted on this issue. We too are of theopinion that a strong Lokpal bill should come,"he said. The Congress General Secretary ac-cused Team Anna of misleading the people.

On the upcoming assembly elections inUttar Pradesh, he said talks on forging an al-liance with Ajit Singh-led RLD was in thefinal stage.

DU drops essay; students protest

New Delhi: There is revolt in the Delhi Uni-versity campus as student and teacher or-ganisations will protest against the scrappingof AK Ramanujan's essay on Ramayana fromthe syllabus.

This came after an online signature cam-paign last week slammed the move. "To deleteit from the syllabus is an act that is deeplydisturbing, an instance of thought policing.Such a measure will only encourage sectariangroups to try and prevent intellectuals fromexpressing their ideas freely," reads the onlinepetition. A group of students and faculty willhold a protest march in the capital to resistwhat they call an attack on history by right-wing groups. Earlier this month, the DelhiUniversity Academic Council decided to removeRamanujan's essay on Ramayan despite op-position from the history department.

Members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike take out a rally against the Karnataka government’s decision to closemore than 3,000 government schools across the state. The rally was held near Town Hall today.

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Merrill: US rating may be downgraded again

New York: The United States will likelysuffer the loss of its triple-A creditrating from another major rating agencyby the end of this year due to concernsover the deficit, Bank of America MerrillLynch forecasts.

The trigger would be a likely failureby Congress to agree on a crediblelong-term plan to cut the US deficit,the bank said in a research note pub-lished on Friday.

A second downgrade - either fromMoody's or Fitch – would follow Stan-dard & Poor's downgrade in Auguston concerns about the government'sbudget deficit and rising debt burden.A second loss of the country's topcredit rating would be an additionalblow to the sluggish US economy, Mer-rill said.

"The credit rating agencies havestrongly suggested that further ratingcuts are likely if Congress does notcome up with a credible long-run plan"to cut the deficit, Merrill's North Amer-ican economist, Ethan Harris, wrotein the report.

"Hence, we expect at least one creditdowngrade in late November or earlyDecember when the super committee

crashes," he added. The bipartisancongressional committee formed toaddress the deficit - known as the'super committee' - needs to break animpasse between Republicans and De-mocrats in order to reach a deal to re-duce the US deficit by at least $ 1.2trillion by November 23.

If a majority of the 12-member com-mittee fails to agree on a plan, $ 1.2trillion in automatic spending cutswill be triggered, beginning in 2013.

Those automatic cuts, mostly in dis-cretionary spending, would weigh fur-ther on a fragile US economy, Merrillsaid. In the same report, the bank re-duced its 2012 and 2013 growth forecastsfor the United States to 1.8 percentand 1.4 percent, respectively.

If there were a downgrade, it wasnot clear which ratings agency wouldmove first.

Moody's Investors Service, whichhas a negative outlook on the UnitedStates'sAaa rating, said it is lookingat several other factors, including theresults of presidential elections andthe expiration of the Bush-era tax cutslate in 2012, to decide on the rating.

"It's not that we're waiting just for

this committee to decide on the rating,"Steven Hess, Moody's lead analyst forthe United States, told Reuters in aninterview last week.

Failure by the committee to comeup with an agreement, he said, "wouldbe negative information but it is notdecisive in our view about the rating."

To be sure, Hess did not rule outthe possibility of an early move on USratings if the country's economy slipsinto recession. So far, however, theeconomic performance "is certainlynot super positive but not a disastereither," he said.

Fitch Ratings, on the other hand,still has a stable outlook on its AAArating on the United States, meaningit is more likely to revise that outlookto negative before actually downgrad-ing the rating.

In its latest report on the UnitedStates, Fitch says a "negative ratingaction," which could be only an outlookrevision, could result from a weaker-than-expected economic recovery orby failure by the bipartisan committeeto reach agreement on at least $ 1.2billion in deficit-reduction measures.

Hearing in Swamyʼs plea on Nov 8New Delhi: The 2G special court todaypostponed the hearing of petitionerand Janata Party President Subra-manian Swamy’s argument on whyP Chidambaram should be namedas co-accused in the scam to Novem-ber 8.

Swamy said that the hearing hasbeen postponed as the court officialsare away during the festival season.He also said that the Supreme Court’s

order on the charges against Chi-dambaram are also expected to befinalised by the date given by thespecial court.

The Janata Party President has ac-cused Chidambaram of mastermind-ing the 2G spectrum allocation asthe then finance minister in UPA 1,when the allocation took place. TheOpposition, too, tore into Chi-dambaram’s role in the entire scam.

BJP leader LK Advani said in astatement, “Despite elaborate at-tempts at a cover-up, the role offormer Finance Minister and incum-bent Home Minister P Chidambaram,clearly merits serious investigation.”

He added, “Why did Chidambaramconcur with A Raja’s decision to allotspectrum in 2008 at 2001 prices, daysafter giving an opinion to the con-trary?”