9 killed, 17 injured in Paksuicide attackIslamabad: A suicide bomber rammed his ex-plosives-laden vehicle into a camp of paramil-itary troopers in northwest Pakistan on Satur-day, killing at least nine security personnel andinjuring 17 others.

The attacker targeted an office inside the Fron-tier Corps camp in Bannu city of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Parts of the single-storey building collapsed after the explosion, po-lice said.

Nine bodies had been found so far, officialstold the media.

They said they feared more bodies could beburied in the rubble.

The 17 security personnel injured in the at-tack were taken to a military hospital in Bannu,where officials said several troopers were in crit-ical condition.

Sources said nearly 300 paramilitary troop-ers were living in the camp, which had sever-al residential barracks.

The camp is a base for Frontier Corps per-sonnel deployed in nearby North Waziristan trib-al region, considered a safe haven for Talibanand al-Qaeda elements.

Bannu is located 40 km from Miranshah, themain town in North Waziristan tribal agency.

Footage on television showed most parts ofthe camp were razed to the ground.

Security personnel dug through the rubble ofthe office with their hands as they searched forbodies and the injured.

No group claimed responsibility for the attackthough officials blamed the local Taliban for thebombing. Local residents said they heard a pow-erful explosion at about 6 am local time.

This was followed by heavy firing, they said.Security personnel blocked all roads leading

to the camp on the outskirts of Bannu city.Sources said the vehicle used in the attack

had entered Bannu district from North Waziris-tan.

This was the second attack on security forcesin Pakistan’s restive northwest in two days.

Pro-Taliban militants attacked a check postnear South Waziristan early Friday and killeda paramilitary trooper and injured several oth-ers. The militants also kidnapped several troop-ers and Taliban spokesman EhsanullahEhsanhad claimed responsibility for that attack.

He later threatened that the kidnapped se-curity personnel could be killed.

There has been no report about the fate of theabducted personnel.

Taliban militants also snatched weaponsfrom the troopers.

Dates for assembly polls infive states today

New Delhi: The Election Commission will an-nounce today the dates for assembly polls in thefive states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarak-hand, Goa and Manipur.The poll body yester-day held discussions with Home Secretary R KSingh on the availability of para-military forcesfor the assembly polls in the five states.

Around 80,000 paramilitary personnel, apartfrom state policemen, are expected to be de-ployed during the polls.The Home Ministryconveyed to the Election Commission that it wasready to provide 700 to 800 companies (70,000-80,000 personnel) of paramilitary forces for de-ployment in the five states.

Sources said polling in politically-sensitive Ut-tar Pradesh is expected to be multi-phased whileit will be in one phase in the other four states.

The highest number of paramilitary per-sonnel is expected to be deployed in UttarPradesh, the country’s most populous state with403 assembly constituencies.

Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa saw relative-ly less violence in the past elections. However,Manipur, which has been plagued by insurgencyfor a long time, may need heavy deployment offorces to ensure peaceful polling.

Fire in Mumbai, no casualties

Mumbai: A major fire broke out at a commer-cial complex housing a number of corporate of-fices in the Maharashtra Industrial DevelopmentCorporation (MIDC) area in suburban And-heri late Friday evening.

The fire started at a canteen located on thesixth floor of Akruti Trade Centre and soonspread on the seventh floor, according to chieffire officer H.N. Mujawar.

No casualties were reported in the incident,he said, adding 15 fire tenders were rushed todouse the flames.

Even though the exact cause of the fire wasnot known, fire brigade officials said that a short-circuit could have triggered the blaze.

Efforts are on to bring the fire under control.

Evening dailyExpert team visits Mullaperiyar dam

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Sachin helped my comeback: Rahul

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “No one should try to affect myfunctioning as chief minister. Party nation-al leaders have given me the go-ahead andI will carry out my duties,” said D VSadanandaGowda here this morning.

Though his statement during theJanataDarshan this morning seem innocu-ous, it had a message for former chief min-ister B S Yeddyurappa, who has started hismachinations to become the chief ministeragain. It is also learnt that Yeddyurappa hasput a condition before the party high com-mand to give back the position that is “right-fully” his.

But the party high command, especiallysenior leader L K Advani, has categoricallytold Yeddyurappa that there is no such pos-sibility. Yeddyurappa’s contention is thatSadanandaGowdabecome the chief ministerbecause of his blessings and majority in theruling party want him to don the chairagain.

Yeddyurappa yesterday said that he didnot believe in combined leadership. “Thereshould be a single leader for a party. The BJPshould approach the next assembly election,with a single leader. The party leadership willtake a decision soon,”

Reacting to Yeddyurappa’s statement,

Gowda said, “It is apt to seek reaction fromthose who have made statements. I cannotworry about party affairs. I am more con-cerned about running the government andthat is my mandate as chief minister.”

The decision on whether the party in thestate should have a single leader is taken bythe party leadership. We will all abide by thedecision taken by the central leadership, headded.

Earlier in the morning, Gowda called on

governor H R Bhardwaj. Though the meetingtriggered speculation that it was to discussthe appointment of new Lokayukta, thechief minister denied it. “We did not discusseither the appointment of Lokayukta orcabinet expansion. I wanted to convey to himthat I would not be able to attend the swear-ing-in of Karnataka High Court Chief JusticeVikramjitSen today as I have to take part inthe inauguration of Kadambotsava in Utta-ta Kannada.”

None must putspoke in govt: CMRefuses to react to BSY on single leadership

Out‑of‑form Hussey,Ponting retained

Melbourne: Out-of-form veteransRicky Ponting and MichaelHussey have been retained in theAustralia team to play India inthe first cricket test beginningMonday at the Melbourne Crick-et Ground.

The 37-year-old Ponting hasnot scored a century in nearlytwo years, while Hussey hasscored just 83 runs in his last sev-en Test innings.

David Warner, who scored acentury on debut in the NewZealand test, will open with EdCowan, who will make his Testdebut replacing the dropped PhilHughes.

Australia has decided to takejust four genuine bowlers into thetest, with Shaun Marsh called upto the side ahead of all-rounderDan Christian.

Marsh, who has been recov-

ering from a back injury, hasnot played since the first Test inCape Town against South Africa.He scored an unbeaten 99 in aTwenty20 match this week and

will bat at No. 3.Seamer Ben Hilfenhaus re-

places 12th man Mitchell Starc.Captain and selector Michael

Clarke said he felt he has the right

lineup to get 20 wickets at theMCG.

Clarke admitted it was a gam-ble to leave out Christian on a flatpitch, especially with fellow all-rounder Shane Watson declaredunfit as he recovers from ham-string and calf strains.

“I’m confident we’ve got thebest 11 to help us win this first testmatch,” Clarke said. “I can useMichael Hussey, Ricky Pontingand myself to bowl a few overs.David Warner can bowl a fewlegspinners.”

The 17-test veteran Hilfenhausreturns from an 11-month breakout of the side with a remodelledbowling action, having recov-ered from knee tendinitis.

“He’s a very good new-ballbowler. He can bowl long spellsand he’s had success against In-dia,” Clarke said.

Shut bad pages byFeb 6: court to FB

New Delhi: In yet another blow to 21 so-cial networking sites including Face-book, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo andYoutube, a Delhi court has asked the 21websites to remove all derogatory contentby February 6, 2012. The court had issuedsummons to them for facing trial for al-legedly webcasting objectionable con-tents.

Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) SudeshKumar took cognizance on a private crim-inal complaint and has directed the Cen-tre for taking “immediate appropriatesteps” and also file a report in the courtby January 13.

All the 21 defendants have been told tofile compliance order by the same datenext year. The websites will face contemptof court in case they fail to remove the ob-jectionable content by February 6.

The court’s order came three days afteranother court in a civil case had re-strained these sites including Facebook,Google and Youtube from webcastingany “anti-religious” or “anti-social” con-tent promoting hatred or communaldisharmony.

In the fresh case, the court said, “it ap-pears from a bare perusal of the docu-

ments that prima facie the accused in con-nivance with each other and other un-known persons are selling, publicly ex-hibiting and have put into circulation ob-scene, lascivious content which also ap-pears to theprurient interests and tendsto deprave and corrupt the persons whoare likely to read, see or hear the same.”

“It is also evident that such contents arecontinuously openly and freely availableto everyone who is using the said networkirrespective of their age and even the per-sons under the age of 18 years have fulland uncensored access to such obscenecontents,” the court said.

The MM has summoned the accusedcompanies to face trial for allegedly com-mitting the offence punishable undersection 292 (sale of obscene books etc), 293(sale of obscene objects to young personetc) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of theIPC.

The Magistrate noted that in thesewebsites material submitted by the com-plainant, VinayRai, a journalist, con-tained obscene picture and derogatory ar-ticles pertaining to Prophet Moham-mad,Jesus Christ and various Hindu Godsand Goddesses.

Ramadass catches10 sand lorries

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: In early morning raids, medicaleducation and district in-charge ministerS ARamadass seized 10 lorries that werecarrying illegal sand and arrested threepersons.

Ramadass was on the main road be-tween Mysore and T Narasipura nearKirugavulu before the dawn broke andseized the lorries. The state governmenthas banned mining and transportation ofsand in the state.

The minister also ordered inspectorgeneral A N N S Murthy to place under sus-pension the police staff of the area. Ac-cordingly, Murthy suspended sub-in-spector Arun and his staff.

Deputy commissioner P S Vastrad,who accompanied the minister, said,“We have seized 10 lorries that weretransporting sand that was lifted from theriver beds in the area. Some of the lorries

also tried to go back. But we caught holdof them.”

The minister was also assisted by over15 police officers, who flagged down thelorries and conducted searches.

Annaʼs campaign must betackled electorally: Sonia

New Delhi: In another strong attack onAnna Hazare and his team, UPA chairpersonSonia Gandhi, in a meeting with the CongressGeneral Secretaries said that Anna’s cam-paign needs to be tackled electorally.

She told the Congress General Secretariesthat they must ensure that the Congress winsin Punjab, Uttarakhand and do well in UttarPradesh.

She told them that this would be the peo-ple’s answer to Hazare’s campaign. “Con-gress’ win in the Assembly polls will be a be-fitting answer to Anna Hazare,” Sonia saidin the meeting.

Sonia Gandhi’s stand on the Lokpal Billhas galvanised the Congress as the UPA ag-gressively pushed for its own version of theBill.

Union Law Minister Salman Khurshiddefended the way the Government aggres-sively pushed for its own version of the

Lokpal Bill after Congress President SoniaGandhi gave a war call.

Speaking exclusively to IBN7, Khurshidlikened Sonia Gandhi to a General, calling theparty foot soldiers.

Last week, Sonia Gandhi had come out

strongly in defence of the UPA governmentand criticised the Opposition and TeamAnna over the Lokpal and other bills.

“We are ready for the fight over the Lok-pal and Women’s Reservation Bill,” Soniahad said.

Taking a strong stand on the Lokpal Bill,she had said, “The Lokpal Bill has beenpassed by the Cabinet. The Opposition willhave lots of things to say, they should acceptsuggestions of the Government. Team Annashould also accept it.”

Anna Hazare has rejected the Lokpal Billtabled by the government in the LokSabhaon Thursday and has said that he will cam-paign in all five poll bound states - UttarPradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Punjaband Goa.

He will also fast on December 27, 28 and29 at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan and has calledfor a jail bharo agitation from December 30.

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TRAIN SCHEDULE

JOGAYYA (U/A)Shivaraj Kumar, Pooja GandhiBanashankari (Hongasandra) (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Eshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) FunCinemas (10.15 am, 1.15, 4, 6.45,9.25 pm) HMT Cinemas ( 10.45 am,1.30, 4.15 pm) Kapali (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Keshava (11am, 2.15, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Lakshmi(Tavarekere) (10.15 am, 1.15 pm)Lakshmi (Gottigere) (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Lakshmi (Rammor-thinagar) (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm) Manasa (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (12.10 pm)Santhosh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Srinvasa (Gowdanapalya)(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Tirumala (10 am, 1.45, 5.30, 8.45pm) Vaishnavi (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm) Veerabhadreshwara (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Venkatesh(Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Venkateshwara (Konap-pana Agrahara) (11 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm)

BADHRA (U)

Prajwal Devaraj, Daisy ShahBharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Govardhan (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9pm) Krishna (KR Puram) (10.30 am,2, 8 pm) Maruthi (11.30 am, 2.30pm, 6.30 pm, 9.30 pm) Menaka(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Nalanda (11,2.30,6,9.15pm) Rajer-ajeshwari (Mallathahalli) (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30,7 .15, 9.30 pm) Sid-dheshwara (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Veeresh (10.30 am, 1.30pm) Vajreshwari (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30pm) Rajarajeshwari (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.15, 9.30 pm) PVRCinemas (1, 3.30, 6.10 pm)

PANCHAMRUTHA (U) Raghu Mukherjee, Srinagara Kit-ty, RavishankerPVR Cinemas (7.10 pm)

MR DUPLICATE (U) Prajwal Devaraj, Diganth, SheetalNartaki (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Prasanna (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15,7.15 pm) Uma (10.15 am, 1, 4, 7pm) Vijayalakshmi (Garu-dacharpalya) (11 am, 2.30 pm)

CONAN THE BARBARIAN (A)Jason Momoa, Leo Howard‘3D’ Cinemax (10.15 am, 3.30, 7.45,10 pm) Cinepolis (10 am, 12.15,2.30, 4.45, 7, 9.15 pm) Fame (Lido)(11 am, 4.30, 7, 9.30 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (10.25 am, 3.45, 9.30pm) Fun Cinemas (5.10 pm, 9.45pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Bannerghat-ta Road) (10.30 am, 3.30, 9.30 pm)

Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (1.15 pm, 7.30, 9.45 pm) In-novative Multiplex (11.30 am, 1.30,5.45, 10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.05 am, 2.20, 7.30, 9.50 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10.30 am, 2.45,9.50 pm) Inox (J.P.Nagar) (10.10 am,2.35, 9.45 pm) Lakshmi (Tavarekere)(10.30 am, 1.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm)Mukunda (11 am, 2, 5, 8.30 pm)PVR Cinemas (11 am, 4.20, 9.40pm) Rex (12.15 pm, 6.05 pm) Uvashi(11.30 am, 6.30 pm) Vision Cinemas(10.30 am, 4.30, 9.30 pm) ‘2D’Fame (Value Mall) (10 am, 2.45, 5,9.45 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (11.45 am, 2.15, 8 pm) HMTCinemas (9.45 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10.10 am, 3.55, 9.40 pm)

THE DEVIL DOUBLE (A)Fame (Lido) (10.20 am, 3.55 pm,7.25, 9 pm) Fame (Value Mall) (10am, 2 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 7.50 pm)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

ENGLISH

YEH DOORIYAN (U/A)Achint Kaur, Ayub KhanApsara (11 am, 2.30 pm) Abhinay(4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Everest (11.15am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road) (5.15pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajarajesh-wari Nagar) (1.45 pm) Vaibhavi (4.30pm, 7.30 pm)

CHITKABREY-SHADES OF GREY (A)Akshay Singh, Akshharaa GowdaCinepolis (2.40 pm, 9.20 pm) Fame(Value Mall) (9.20 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(9.55 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (11.20am) Inox (Malleswaram) (2.05 pm,7.15 pm)

NOT A LOVE STORY (A) Ajay Gehi, Mahie Gill, DeepakDobriyal, Urmila MatondkarFame (Value Mall) (10.05 am) FunCinemas (10.45 am, 4.15 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Bannerghatta

Road) (10.15 am, 3.30, 10 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(5 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajara-jeshwari Nagar) (4.45 pm, 7.35 pm)Innovative Multiplex (10 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (9.40 pm) PVR Cin-emas (10 am, 1.05, 4.10, 9.50 pm)Urvashi (9.30 pm) Vaibhav (6 pm,9.30 pm)

SAHI DHANDHE GALAT BANDE (U)Anupam Kher , Ashish NayyarGopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (3.30 pm)

CHATUR SINGH TWO STAR (U/A)Sanjay , Ameesha Patel, KherAbhinay (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road) (12.30pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(2.45 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ra-jarajeshwari Nagar) (7 pm) PVR Cin-emas (12.05 pm, 5.35 pm) Vaibhav(6.15 pm, 9 pm)

HINDI

TELUGU

KERATAM (U/A)Siddharth Raj Kumar, AishwaryaCauvery (6.00 pm, 9.30 pm) Cinepo-lis (3.45 pm, 9.10 pm) Inox (Jayana-gar) (7.20 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.45am, 4.20 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(2.10 pm) Murali (Gokula) (6.15 pm,

9.30 pm) Pallavi (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Renukaprasanna(10.30am,1.30pm)

DAGGARAGA DURANGASumanth, Vedika, Sindhu TolaniAnjan (10.30 am, 1.30pm) Bhumika(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Rad-hakrishna (11.30 am, 2.45 pm) Renu-ka Prasanna ( 5.30, 8.30 pm) Srini-vasa (SG Palya) (11.15 am, 2.30 pm)Vinayaka (Maathahalli) (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Venkateshwara(KRPuram) (6.15 pm, 9.30 pm

MONEY MONEY MORE MONEY J D Chakravarthy, Bramanandam,Anjan (4.30, 7.30 pm) Chandrodaya(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Cinepolis (10 am, 12.20, 4.50, 7.10,9.30 pm) HMT Cinemas (4.15 pm,7.30 pm).

STAND BY (U)Adinath Kothare, Siddharth Kher

Abhinay (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) Ap-sara (5.30 pm, 8.30 pm) Fame(Lido) (1.40 pm)Fame (Value Mall)(12.15 pm, 7.15 pm) Gopalan Cin-emas (Bannerghatta Road) (2.30pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajara-jeshwari Nagar) (12.30 pm) Inno-vative Multiplex (2.30 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (12.10 pm, 7.15

pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (11.30am, 9.35 pm) Inox (J.P.Nagar) (10.10am) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (12.30 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(2.45 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (7 pm) Vaibhav (11.30 am,2.30 pm)

Vocational trainingmust from 9th std

Vocational training will be madecompulsory from the ninth stan-dard from next academic year,said primary and secondary ed-ucation minister VishweshwaraHegde Kageri.

A committee, formed underthe directions of the Union min-ister KapilSibal and that includedhim and nine other educationministers from different states,

has submitted its report to thecentral government. As per thereport, a pilot programme hasbegun at Haryana.

Though there has been a will-ingness to start a similar pro-gramme in the state, it has notbeen possible till now. But nowthe government has decided toimplement the proposal fromthe next academic year, he said.

ʻCanʼt rearharmfulanimalsʼ

Bangalore: Citizens have beentold not to rear any animals andbirds that may cause danger tothe people without prior permis-sion under section 344(A) (B)Karnataka Municipal CorporationAct of 1976, BBMP commissionerShankarlinge Gowda haswarned.

In several areas under theBBMP jurisdiction, pigs are beingreared and are being let out,causing a health hazard to thepeople. As the palike has receiveda number of complaints, peoplehave been told not raise theseanimals, a press note stated.

Those who have been raisingpigs have to shift their piggeriesout of the city within a month.If the order is not adhered to,the BBMP will take action with-out any warning, he said.

No powerin city

Bangalore: Bescom will resortto load shedding due to emer-gency work at Byadarahalli dis-tribution and transmission centreand there will be no power atPapireddy Palya and surroundingareas from 10 am till 4 pm onMonday. On Tuesday, there willbe no power at Kebbehalla, R GNagar, Sunkadakatte, PillannaEstate, Vigneshwarnagar, Lak-shman Nagar, Sollapuradammatemple road, Hegganahalli andsurrounding areas from 10 amtill 4 pm. Load shedding, due toemergency work, will also effectpower distribution at Mallatha-halli, NGEG Layout and sur-rounding areas from 10 am till 4pm, states a press release.

Applicationsinvited

Bangalore: The Sri SathyaSaiWomen’s Charitable Centre hasinvited applications from the eld-erly and disabled for its old agehome. The entry is open for veg-etarians. The home will have aspiritual atmosphere, shelter,entertainment and health facil-ities. Contact: 9379992758.

Computertraining

Bangalore: AWAKE vocationalcourses training centre has or-ganised a skill training pro -gramme in computer hardwareand networking for those whowant to start own business. Theprogramme will be held fromJan 10 till 18. Contact: 23385874.

Free trainingBangalore: RV Technical Uni-versity has organised a three-month, free software and hard-ware training for women.

Those who have passed SSLCwith an income of Rs 40,000 peryear and belonging to the generalcategory, and those with incomelimit of Rs 50,000 under thebackward class category can ap-ply for the training programme.Women who are in the age groupof 18 to 35 are eligible. Theyshould send their applicationforms within 15 days. Interestedcan contact: MCA department,RV technical committee, Mysoreroad or call: 080-67178188.

Bangalore: The BBMP is holding elec-tions to 11 standing committees on De-cember 26 after the positions fell vacantwith the resignation of Congress mem-bers.

Of the 12 standing committees, Con-gress members have resigned from 11,except the taxation and finances com-mittee. The number of standing com-mittees had been increased from eightto 12 and elections for 11 committeeswere held on August 30 of last year.

All the committees had to resignwhen the term of last mayor ended.Later, elections were held for all the 12standing committees. While the BJPnominated new members, the Congress

continued with the earlier members asit felt that it would not do justice to itsmembers if their term ended within sixmonths. The party allowed them tocontinue for one year and has nowasked them to resign to give chance toother party corporators.

With this, 33 positions have fallenvacant and the elections will be heldon December 26. The elections will beheld at the Kempegowda auditoriumand will be presided over by mayorShardamma.

Most of the Congress members arein a fix now. For, the term of the presentmayor is ending in another four months,when all the 12 standing committees

too will have to stop functioning. Thesestanding committees will effectivelyfunction only for another three monthsas they cannot hold meetings or go oninspections a month prior to the end ofthe term.

After that, another one month willgo in elections for the new mayor andstanding committees.

The Congress corporators are nowasking the party to continue with theearlier members, as the new membersmay not have long enough a term toenjoy their power and status.

It is learnt that most of the Congressmembers are not keen to contest thepresent election.

NICE to increase toll by 7‑10% from New Year

Bangalore: Here is a shock for all those who useNICE road regularly. The Nandi InfrastructureCorridor Enterprise has decided to increase thetoll by 7 to 10 percent from the beginning of nextyear.

As per the agreement NICE has entered withthe state government, the infrastructure companywill increase the toll from January 1. The companyhas sent a proposal to the government and waitingfor approval.

The increase in toll will depend on the distancetravelled by commuters at different parts of the

city and the different entry points used by thesecommuters. All those vehicles which connectNICE link roads from main roads will have tobear the burden.

NICE public relations officer Mahadeva saidthat the company has been collecting toll lesserthan the stipulated amount all these days. “Thetoll will now be increased by 7-10 percent fromthe new year,” he said.

But it is not possible to increase the toll withoutthe approval of the government. NICE is nowwaiting for orders from government, he said.

AIDSO: PU merger withhigh school not good

Bangalore: The state government decision tomerge pre-university courses with high schoolwould affect higher education. The proposalshould be dropped immediately, demanded mem-bers of the statue unit of the All-India DemocraticStudents Organisation.

All teachers and lecturers have considered pre-university to be part of university studies. Tilldegree and professional courses, the studentswould study under a common stream. They alsohad an opportunity to listen to lectures fromsenior degree and post-graduate teachers. Butthe government does not seem to have taken intoconsideration the ill-effects of the latest move,”AIDSO president V N Rajashekar has stated in apress release.

The central government had the idea thatgeneral education should end before the degreeand professional courses. There are very few stu-dents who can take up regular degree or profes-sional courses. With this move, the central gov-ernment has been trying to push maximumnumber of students towards vocational courses.But the flip side of this policy is that many studentswould neither have full education, nor will theyget right jobs, he warned.

Education minister VishweshwaraHegdeKagerihas stated that the state government is taking thedecision as per the orders of the central govern-

ment. But when many institutions do not haveproper drinking water, library, toilets, laboratoryand other facilities, the decision is not right, hesaid.

The government has not thought about thefate of PU teachers once it comes into effect. Thedecision will seriously affect higher education,he warned.

Metro to run till2 am on Jan 1

Bangalore: The Bangalore MetroRail Corporation Ltd is joiningin the New Year ’s eve celebra-tions. The Metro Rail, the latestacquisition to stock of city’spride, will extend its services till2 am on January 1.

This will allow revellers to en-joy Metro ride on New Year’seve.

The decision is to join in thecelebrations and to ring in theNew Year, BMRCL said.

The Metro Rail that begancommercial operations from Au-gust 20 has received a good re-sponse from the commuting pub-lic and also those who want totake joyride on this modern modeof transport.

Elections to 11 BBMPstanding panels on Dec 26

Special music programme today

Bangalore: A music programmethat will take you back to thedays of yore has been organisedat the Jnanabharati auditoriumin Central College campus thisevening at 6.30.

NGO SocareInd that supportschildren of jail inmates with foodand shelter and YarthaSarasCommunication have organisedthe music programme, Sur Sand-hya.

Popular singers AbhijitGoshal,

MadhuraDatar, ArchanaUdupa,ChandrikaGururaj, Aparupa Gup-ta, Aravind, Deepak andAmerikannadigaAdityaRao willsing popular numbers createdby Naushad, S D Burman,Shankar Jaikishen, Anil Biswasand others. The singers will sing25 melodious numbers.

SocareInd children will inau-gurate Sur Sandhya with theirown music programme, saidSarasSandhya.