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Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda called on Jnanpith Award winner Chandrashekara Kambara at the latter’s residence in Bangalorethis morning. Kambara is the eighth Kannada writer to have been honoured with the prestigious award. The chief minister was
acompanied by law and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Kumar.
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Somashekaragain elected
KMF chiefBangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Bellary city MLA G Somashekar Red-dy has been re-elected KMF chairman by aunanimous vote. Upon completion of Reddy’stenure, a new chairman was to be elected, butchief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, BJPstate president K S Eshwarappa and former chiefminister B S Yedyurappa brought in pressure toallow his re-election.
Somashekar Reddy is the younger brother ofG Janardhan Reddy who is the key accused inthe Karnataka illegal mining cases. Not beingallowed to hold a cabinet position, Somashekarhas been given a second term as KMF chairman.
The term of chairman of KMF is two-and-a-half years, and the chairman will head the boardof thirteen directors. As of now, ten directors willbelong to the BJP and three will be from JDS.Reddy filed his nomination at the KMF head of-fice at Hosur at ten-thirty this morning. No oth-er director filed their nomination papers as be-ing part of the majority party will assure theirelection to the board.
US wants ʻNewSilk Roadʼ inCentral Asia
New York: The United States has backed a “NewSilk Road” through Central Asia to boost eco-nomic connectivity across India, Pakistan andAfghanistan, with the Secretary of State envis-aging a trade network in the region where a“Pakistani businessman can set up shop in Ban-galore”. Hillary Clinton discussed the need forthe New Silk Road with Pakistan’s ForeignMinister Hina Rabbani Khar in a meeting hereon the sidelines of the UN General Assembly,senior US officials said. Page 4
PM leaves forNY tomorrow to
attend UNGANew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singhleaves for New York tomorrow to attend the Unit-ed Nations General Assemblysession on Saturday whereIndia will push for reforms ofthe Security Council to reflectcurrent realities and earlyadoption of a convention onterrorism that will provide aglobal framework to fight themenace. Singh, who will beaccompanied by External Affairs Minister S MKrishna, National Security Adviser ShivshankarMenon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai,would represent India at the high-level segmentof the General Assembly on Saturday and de-liver his address. Page 4
Vol. 1, Issue 363 n Tuesday n September 20, 2011 No. of pages: 4 n Price: ` 2
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HUNT ON FORNEXT LOKAYUKTA
Governor accepts Justice Patilʼs resignation Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Hectic parleys are now on tochoose the next Lokayukta after thedisgraceful exit of Justice Shivaraj Patil,who quit office last night after assumingoffice just 45 days ago.
Justice Patil and his wife Annapurnawere found to be in possession of resi-dential plots in violation of the buildingby-laws.
This morning, governor H R Bhardwajaccepted the resignation of Justice Patil.
Chief minister D V Sadananda Gow-da met governor H R Bhardwaj thismorning to discuss the unsavoury de-velopments in the state.
Emerging out of the meeting at RajBhavan, Gowda said, “We discussed theissues related to the resignation of theLokayukta and the choice of his suc-cessor.”
Refusing to comment on the resig-nation of Justice Patil, the chief minis-ter said, “I am not big enough to com-ment on his resignation. He has al-ready taken a decision and resigned. Wecannot say anything more. There is noquestion of discussing the issue.”
He said, “He is an honourable man,who has held responsible positions.The governor shared his feelings aboutthe resignation.”
Once the governor accepts the resig-nation the government will have to lookat appointing a new Lokayukta. A meet-
ing of the panel members will be heldand a decision will be taken.” He added.
PATIL MUST RELOOK AT HIS DECISION: BSYKoppal: Justice Shivaraj S Pati who re-signed from the post of Lokayukta lastnight should reconsider his decision, ap-pealed former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa here today.
Yeddyurappa, who is here cam-paigning for the by-election in favour ofthe BJP candidate Karadi Sanganna,said Patil resigned for no fault of his.
“Patil’s resignation has hurt me personally. I appeal to him to have a
re-think and take back the resigna-tion,” he said.
“In this world, there are those whomake allegations against good people.They won’t tolerate good work. Thosewho are in positions of responsibilityshould not pay heed to such allega-tions,” he advised.
Such allegations are made only to de-moralise and derail the intentions ofgood people, he said.
Congress state president G Para-meshwara said, “By resigning from hispost, Justice Patil has set an example. Hehas respected the law of the land and putin his resignation. We welcome his de-cision.”
Justice Shivaraj Patil
Raids on Sohan,Raghavendra,Sagar in city
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The Lokayukta policetoday carried out near simulta-neous raids on the offices and res-idences of former chief ministerB S Yeddyurappa’s son B YRaghavendra and his son-in-lawSohan Kumar in the city.
The Lokayukta team, led byLokayukta DySP Girish, raidedthe residence of Sohan Kumar atSeshadripuram and his office atKumara Park.
The two are accused in theland denotification scams thatcost Yeddyurappa his chief min-ister’s post. At the time of goingto press, the Lokayukta officialshad seized some of the docu-ments and taken them to theLokayukta office.
The two persons raided arealso in top positions DavalagiriConstruction Company Ltd,which has been named in the re-port submitted by then Lokayuk-ta Justice Santosh Hegde.
In the land denotification case,
t h eLokayuktasleuths alsoraided theresidenceof MLAHem achan-dra Sagar.The offi-cials ar-rived at hisresidenceb e h i n dSagar Hos-
pital in Tilak Nagar and carriedout raids and seized importantdocuments.
His office on the second floorof Sagar Hospital too was raided.He too is one of the accused in theland denotification cases.
Yeddyurappa told media menat Koppal, where he was cam-paigning for the by-election, said,“We had expected the raids. Weare ready for any kind of investi-gation. Let the Lokayukta alsoconduct raids on my offices andresidences.”
HC posts Kattaʼscase to Sept 28
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The Karnataka HighCourt today posted the case onquashing of FIR against formerIT-BT minister Katta SubramanyaNaidu and Katta Jagadish to Sep-tember 28.
Katta Subramanya Naidu andhis son, who have been arrestedby the Lokayukta police for theiralleged involvement in the landgrabbing scam, have been in ju-
dicial custody for the last twomonths.
Katta Subramanya Naidu, whohas been suffering from cancer,has applied for bail and thatcase too has been posted to Sep-tember 24. The Lokayukta specialcourt yesterday extended their ju-dicial custody till October 26.
The former minister had ap-proached the high court seekingquashing of the FIR filed by theLokayukta police.
Raghavendra
Places nearquake
epicentreout of reach
Gangtok: The worst-affectedMangan and Singhtam areas inquake-hit Sikkim are still out ofbounds for rescue workers withmassive landslides blocking keyroads today.
“These areas, near the epi-centre of the earthquake, are to-tally damaged. The roads fromGangtok to Mangan are blockedby massive landslides on at least14 places,” Army officials said fol-lowing an aerial survey in thearea.
The earthquake has left a trailof devastation damaging roads,houses, and other structures,uprooting mobile phone towersand snapping communicationand power lines.
At least 41 people have beenkilled in the earthquake inSikkim. Twenty-two people trav-elling in a bus went missingsince last evening in the Northdistrict of Sikkim.
Full report on page 4
Panel for ACD to cut train accidents
New Delhi: Taking note of fre-quent rail mishaps, a parlia-mentary panel has pulled upthe Railways for delay in in-stalling anti-collision devicesand asked it to come out with aconcrete strategy within sixmonths to address the issue.
The Standing Committee onRailways has felt that the pace ofinstalling the anti-collision de-vice (ACD) is “not satisfactory”.
The committee has directedthe Railway Board to come outwith a concrete strategy withinsix months in this regard after ex-amining all issues involved.
Considering the number ofaccidents and consequent loss oflife and property, the installationof ACD acquires paramount im-portance, the panel headed byDMK MP TR Baalu has said in itsrecently-tabled report in Parlia-ment.
The Railways should comeout with a comprehensive plan inthis regard and complete the
process in a time-bound manner,the report said.
The Railway Ministry hasmaintained that ACD has been inservice trial as a pilot project onNortheast Frontier Railway sinceJuly 2006. Based on experienceon NFR, specifications of ACDhave had to be revised to improveefficacy, reliability and avail-ability of ACD.
The improved version of ACDis to put service trials on South-ern, South Central and SouthWestern Railways covering 1600km route that include electri-fied multiple line and automat-ic signalling sections.
The committee has noted withdistress that there were severalincidents of collisions of trains inthe recent past.
Since most of the accidents areattributed to failure of railwaysstaff, the committee has recom-mended training and refreshercourses for the staff.
On September 13, the Chennai
Beach-Vellore Cantonment Main-line Electrical Multiple Unit(MEMU) train rammed into theArakkonam-Katpadi passengerfrom behind as it was waiting fora signal at Sitheri Station, about90 kms from Chennai, killingten people.
Though Commissioner Rail-way Safety, Southern Zone is in-quiring into the cause of the ac-cident, prima facie the reasonseems to be overlooking of thesignal by the loco driver.
This is the third major accidentin two months. On July 10 thisyear, 70 people were killed whenthe Howrah-Kalka Mail derailednear Kanpur and three weeks lat-er some coaches of Guwahati-Bangalore Express derailed inWest Bengal’s Malda district andwere hit by another train leavingthree dead.
The committee has recom-mended that the training of thestaff should be a continuousprocess. PTI
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31 firms sign up foraerospace park: OfficialBangalore: The response for set-ting up Aerospace Park at De-vanahalli near here has beenencouraging with as many as 31companies signing up for theproject, chief secretary S V Ran-ganath said today.
The state has earmarked near-ly 1,000 acres for the DevanahalliAerospace Industrial Park, whichincluded a special economic zonespread over 252 acres, Ranganathsaid, addressing the regional cel-ebrations of civil aviation cente-nary here.In the last global investors meet, the state signedMoUs worth Rs 3.8 lakh croreand next year it expects to signMoUs worth Rs 5 lakh crore, Ran-ganath said.
The state has also offered sev-eral incentives and tax conces-sions.
Infrastructure works such aslaying roads, drains and drawingpower lines we1re under way,Ranganath said.
He said that as 65 per cent ofIndia’s aerospace industry wasin Bangalore, the state was ex-pecting an investment of $110billion by 2020.
“As much as USD 80 billionwill be invested for manufactureof aircraft and another $30 billionfor creating aviation infrastruc-ture,” he said.
Ranganath also said the stategovernment was contemplating
a separate aerospace policy. PTI
Work on BIAL 2ndterminal to com-mence next yearBangalore: The laying of thesecond runway at Bangalore In-ternational Airport Ltd (BIAL)
will be taken up next year. “Oncethe Rs 1000-crore expansion pro-gramme, taken up last year, iscompleted, work on the secondrunway will be taken up,” Hy-derabad-based GVK group Chair-man GVK Reddy told reporterson the sidelines of regional cel-ebration of civil aviation cente-nary, organised by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited here.He saidthe company would commencework on the third runway in next10 to 15 years. “The ongoing ex-pansion programme of wideningthe terminal from 72,000 sq mto 1.34 lakh sq m was progressingwell,” he said. Infrastructureprovider group GVK has 29 percent stake in BIAL.PTI
Need to createcivil aviationinfra stressed
Bangalore: India was poised towitness a nearly threefold in-crease in air passengers to 356million by 2020 and there wasneed for creating infrastructureto meet the growing demandsin the civil aviation sector, Di-rector General of Civil AviationE K Bharat Bhushan yesterdaysaid.
Speaking at the Regional Cel-ebrations of Civil Aviation Cen-tenary organised by HindustanAeronautics Limited (HAL) here,he said civil aviation was livingthrough an exciting time in termsof growth and the number of airpassengers which was at present120 million would grow to 356million by 2020.
“The growth in civil aviationsector will get a shot in arm asduring the first quarter of thisyear, the sector grew at 33 percent compared to 23 per centlast fiscal. These are excellentindicators of health of the civilaviation sector,” he said.
For the first time, the domesticaviation sector had crossed theUSD 50 billion-mark last year inits revenues.
This was possibly mainly dueto entry of low cost carriers andsupportive government policies,he said.
Bhushan said the sector sawgrowth in domestic air passen-gers to nearly two and half timesin last five years, while marketshare of all scheduled airlinesincreased between 70 to 82 percent in the last five years.
He said while Delhi would be-come the largest airport in termsof flight handling shortly due toconstraints in the Mumbai air-port, cities like Bangalore, Chen-nai, Hyderabad, and Kolkatawould emerge as the next biggestand surpase both Delhi andMumbai in the next 10 years.
“In view of the fast pacedgrowth we need to have matchinginfrastructure. It also requirestraining of large number of pilots,ground and air staff and techni-cians. PTI
State govts shouldreduce surcharge onaviation fuel: RaviBangalore: Civil aviation ministerVayalar Ravi today urged stategovernments to reduce surchargeon aviation fuel, saying airlinesare facing problems due to this.
“All state governments shouldreduce aviation fuel sales tax...Itis a burden on airline compa-nies,” he told reporters on side-lines of the ‘Regional Celebrationof Civil Aviation Centenary’ here.
He suggested states followKerala which has reduced avia-tion fuel surcharge. “It has de-cided not to impose surchargeup to a certain point, which hasbenefited airlines,” he said.
Ravi rued that states were notreducing surcharge even as nofresh surcharge has been im-posed on aviation fuel, whichwould offset hike in oil prices.
He noted that crude oil billwas hampering economicgrowth. “The hike in crude priceshas affected developing nationslike India... This has led to importbills inflate over the top,” hesaid.
On reviving cash-strapped AirIndia, he said government woulddecide how much additionalfunds could be infused into thenational carrier.
“The government will try toinfuse fresh funds. It has alreadygiven more than Rs 2,000 crore...Group of Ministers are going tomeet and discuss the issue,” hesaid.
Nasscomappoints
new VP, indinitiative
Mumbai: The National Associ-ation of Software and ServicesCompanies (Nasscom) today ap-pointed K S Viswanathan asvice-president, industry initia-tives.
Viswanathan would be re-sponsible for leading and build-ing key industry forums and willbe based in Bangalore, the ITindustry body said in a statementissued here.
“The industry has diversifiedin the last few years and there is an increasing need to build programmes and initiatives that can service the differentiated needs of theindustry.
Viswanathan’s rich industryexperience will certainly helpto take the Nasscom agenda for-ward,” Nasscom President SomMittal said.
With around 30 years of gen-eral management and leadershipexperience, Viswanathan hasheld strategic and leadershippositions at Wipro, Dell, AzimPremji Foundation and HillemanLabs.
Viswanathan is a graduatefrom Birla Institute of Technologyand holds an MBA in marketingfrom PSG College of Technology.PTI
T John College donates225 units of blood
Bangalore: T John College or-ganised a blood donation campin association with Lions Clubof Bangalore and Victoria Hos-pital on its campus recently. 225units of blood were collected asstudents, professors, facultymembers and management of TJohn College donated blood.
College principal George Ea-saw said, “Requirements of safeblood are increasing and regularvoluntary blood donations arevital for blood transfusion serv-ices.”
A special award was given tothe department of hotel man-agement as they had the highestnumber of donors.
T John Group of Institutionschairman Thomas P John waspresent.
Sri Sriʼs mega meet
in PanajiPanaji: Spiritual leader Sri SriRavi Shankar would hold the‘Mahasatsang’ at the famous Mi-ramar beach here tomorrow.
Leading member of Art of Liv-ing, Dr Venkatesh Hegde, saidat least 15,000 people are ex-pected to participate in the pro-gramme. He said that Miramarbeach is one of the few favouritelocations of Sri Sri to hold theevent. “Beaches are like God.They are excellent places forprayer and meditation,” Hegdesaid. Last year’s edition of Artof Living was held at the Colvabeach, 40 kms south of Panaji.
During his Goa visit, Sri Sri isalso expected to meet activistsof India Against Corruption ac-tivists in the state. PTI
Titan topline thisfiscal to be Rs 9K cr
Mumbai: The lifestyle and jew-ellery arm of the Tata Group, Ti-tan Industries, is planning tospend around Rs 200 crore forexpansion next fiscal and ishopeful of closing this fiscal witha topline of about Rs 9,000 crore.
“The capex this year is Rs 238crore...this will be about Rs 200crore (next fiscal). We have notplanned for next year yet, but Isuspect it will be something likethat,” Titan Industries managingdirector Bhaskar Bhat told re-porters here on the sidelines ofan event of its mass market jew-ellery brand Goldplus, where itshowcased a gold-plated Nano.
Bhat said the company is eye-ing a turnover of Rs 9,000 crorethis fiscal.
The company spent Rs 26 crorein raw material cost (80 kg gold,
15 kg silver and 10,000 semi-pre-cious and precious stone) to cre-ate the gold plated Nano. Thecompany is also celebrating itsSilver Jubilee year.
Bhat further said the car wouldbe showcased at the 29 Goldplusoutlets and later on will be dis-mantled at their factory in Ban-galore.
Bhat informed that the com-pany will open two-three newGoldplus stores this year whichwill take the overall number to31-32 this year. The company nor-mally adds 12 stores for premiumjewellery brand Tanishq and 40stores for the World of Titanshowroom. On the festive season,Bhat said he is expecting 25-30%sales growth, which though islower than its first quarter growthof 43 percent. PTI
Faculty members and students of T John College donateblood at a camp recently. More than 225 units of blood were
collected during the camp.
Exhibition tax willbe scrapped: DVS
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: The government isthinking of scrapping the exhi-bition tax on Kannada films,chief minister D V SadanandaGowda has said.
Meeting Kannada Film Cham-ber of Commerce president Bas-antkumar Patil and former pres-ident Jayamala met the chiefminister at his official residenceKrishna and told him that theformer chief minister (B S Yed-dyurappa) had promised to liftthe tax, but it was not done.
The government has been im-posing a tax of Rs 100-150 per
show. If the tax is lifted, the bur-den would reduce on Kannadafilm makers, they said.
Rs 1 cr for TV actors’ buildingThe chief minister announced
Rs 1 crore to the Television Cul-tural and Sport Club buildingthat is being constructed at Ut-tarahalli.
Secretary Ravikiran and othermembers of the club met thechief minister and asked him torelease Rs 2 crore towards theconstruction of the building thatcosts Rs 12 crore.
The chief minister ordered torelease Rs 50 lakh as the first in-stalment of the fund.
CITYTuesday, September 20, 2011 3CITY EVENTSTheatreSusmitha & Nestlings: Tues-day, September 20th, 2011. 7:30p.m. to 9 p.m. RangaShankara, No 36/1 2nd Phase,8th Cross, JP Nagar This playpresents the experiences ofthe playwright, Poornachan-dra Tejesvi, in connection withnature and the animal king-dom. It is specially designedfor children above 5 years ofage, and is a fusion of mime,ballet and Kalari.
Music Annie and MichaelDevine Live: Tuesday, Sep-tember 20th, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Take 5,12th MainRoad, Behind Sony Centre, In-diranagar A night of jazz, bluesand easy listening with Annieand Michael Devine perform-ing classic tunes from yearsgone by.
Performing Arts Tuesdayswith the Bard: Tuesday, Sep-tember 20th, 2011. 7 p.m. Ur-ban Solace - Cafe for the Soul,No 32, Annaswamy MudaliarRoad, Ulsoor LakeTuesdayswith the Bard is an initiativeto create opportunities for po-ets and poetry lovers to gettogether. It features poets read-ing their creations in a newexperience every Tuesday.Members of the audience areencouraged to come forwardand share poems as well.Tonight, poet Adit Venkat takesthe stage.
Eating Out Power Lunch:Tuesday, September 20th, 2011.1 p.m. to 4 p.m. City BarKaraoke + Grill, UB City, No24, Vittal Mallya Road, Nowbe connected even during thequick business lunch. Free wi-fi access while you fill up inthe middle of the day. Delec-table starters with a variety ofveg/ non veg main course op-tions along with draught beer.
Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Tuesday, September20th, 2011. noon to 3 p.m.Manchester United RestaurantBar, The Manchester UnitedRestaurant and Bar launchesa weekday lunch buffet pricedat Rs 350 plus taxes right fromstarters to desserts.
Chocoholic Festival at CityBar : Tuesday, September 20th,2011. 12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, UBCity, No 24, Vittal MallyaRoad,Featured on the menuare sweet treats like pastries,tarts, flavoured chocolates,and pudding.
Burger Fiesta: Tuesday, Sep-tember 20th, 2011. 12:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m.Herbs & Spice,No 39 HAL 3rd Stage, 80 FeetRoad, Indiranagar A specialmenu dedicated to differenttypes of burgers, includingThe Big Beef Burger, JalapenoStuffed Burger, Thai- style BeefBurger, and American Cheese-burger.
Salmon Specials: Tuesday,September 20th, 2011. 8 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Le Jardin, TheOberoi, No 37/39, MG Road, Aspecial menu that revolvesaround salmon, house smokedwith asparagus, horse radishand roe, or slow cooked withcitrus lobster butter and fennel.
Nightlife Hip Hop night: Tues-day, September 20th, 2011. 8p.m. Hypnos, Gem Plaza, In-fantry Road, DJ Sid plays thelatest hip hop tracks fromaround the world.
Open Mic Night @ Kyra: Tues-day, September 20th, 2011. 7p.m. to 11 p.m. Kyra Theatre,No 2001 Kattima Center, 100Feet Road, IndiranagarTheOpen Mic Night aims to bringout new talent - whether it’smusic, stand up comedy, po-etry or dance.
Funky Tuesdays with DJsPrashant and Darsh: Tuesday,September 20th, 2011. 8 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Coco Bongo,Commercial Complex, Nation-al Games Village, 80 FeetRoad, Koramangala DJsPrashant and Darsh spinninghip hop & RnB this Tuesdayat Coco Bongo. There’s a 1+1offer on drinks all night.
Karaoke Night with KJ Val:Tuesday, September 20th, 2011.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. XtremeSports Bar, 4th Floor, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar Test thosevocal chords at karaoke nightwith KJ Val.
Unlimited Tuesday Nights @Pebble: Tuesday, September20th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Pebble, No 3 PalaceGround, Ramana MahashiRoad, SadashivanagarUnlim-ited Tuesday Nights at Pebblewith DJs Sid and Hassan play-ing house. Guys pay Rs. 1000and get unlimited drinks whilegirls can walk in for free.
Flashback Tuesdays with DJVee: Tuesday, September 20th,2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. TheBeach, No 1211, 100 Feet Road,Indiranagar DJ Vee spinningdeep house, disco and elec-tronica this Tue @ The Beach.
Commercial Night with DJYon: Tuesday, September 20th,
2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. FBar & Kitchen, No 18, Ali AskarRoad, Cunningham Road DJYon spins commercial thisTuesday at F Bar.
ShoppingOWW Sale: Tuesday, Septem-ber 20th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8p.m. One Wit Wonders, No 32ACR Towers, Residency Road,Flat 50% off on selected prod-ucts at One Wit Wonders.
Modern Heritage Collection:Tuesday, September 20th, 2011.10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Pepe,No 2, Brigade Road, Pepe in-troduces the Modern HeritageCollection for women, thatdraws its inspiration from thedesigns of the 90s. The col-lection includes masculine el-ements and relies on shadesof red, black, navy blue andsoft nude.
Colors by Lifestyle: Tuesday,September 20th, 2011. Lifestyle,Adarsh Opus, Campbell Road,Austin Town An annual cos-metics fest that promises aplethora of offers. Experts likeOjas Rajani and other celebritymake-up artists add to the ex-perience.
Calvin Klein Fall 2011: Tues-day, September 20th, 2011. 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Calvin KleinJeans, The Forum Value Mall,No 62, Whitefield Main Road,Whitefield CK One Jeanswearpresents a new range suitedfor the urban explorer, whilethe men’s range has boldprints and neon colours, acrossall its outlets.
Exhibitions Unfolding Of The Self: Tues-day, September 20th, 2011. 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Galerie De’Arts,Barton Centre, 11th Floor, MGRoad, A ten year retrospectiveby artist Shan Re, featuringrare and unseen works from2001 to 2011.
Showers Of Tranquility: Tues-day, September 20th, 2011. 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallerie ThirdEye, No A-1 Epsilon OfficeBlock, Yemalur Main Road,Yemalur A rare collection ofpaintings for the monsoonseason, by HS Manjunath andRanjan Paul.
Modern Masters @ Apparao:Tuesday, September 20th, 2011.12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. ApparaoGalleries, No 82 The Presiden-cy, St Marks Road, An exhibi-tion of paintings by artists in-cluding Arpita Singh, GulamMohammed Sheikh, JehangirSabavala, Krishen Khanna,SH Raza, KG Subramanyan,and Akbar Padamsee at Ap-parao Galleries.
Photography Exhibition @Sumukha: Tuesday, Septem-ber 20th, 2011. 10:30 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallery Sumukha, No24/10, BTS Depot Road, WilsonGardenPhotographer ClareArni’s lens captures the dis-appearing traditional profes-sions of Mumbai, Goa andJaipur.
Talent Unlimited: Tuesday,September 20th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. Renaissance Gallerie, No 13 Westminster,Cunningham Road, Renaissance Gallerie presentsTalent Unlimited, an exhibi-tion of works by artists likeSreekant Kurva, Ku-maraswamy, Kappari, Chary,Chippa Sudhakar, Fawad,Thotha Vaikuntam and others.
Alliance Francaise: Differenceand Repetition an art exhibi-tion by Chandranandinee. 108,Thimmaiah Road, Vasanth-nagar. 11 am to 7 pm
Tasveer: Photos for Rato aphotography exhibition byNicholas Vreeland. Sua House,26/1, Kasturba Cross Road, 10am to 7 pm
Apparao Galleries: ModernMasters featuring artists likeArpita Singh, Gulam Mo-hammed Sheikh, SH Raza,and Akbar Padamsee, amongothers. The Presidency, 82, StMarks Road, Ground Floor. 11am to 7 pm
Gallerie Third Eye: Showersof Tranquility a rare collectionof paintings for the monsoon.Work in acrylic, oil, watercolours, mixed medium andcharcoal by artists HS Manju-nath and Ranjan Paul. 2ndFloor, Yemlur Main Road, nextto Logican IT Park, behindHAL Airport. 10 am to 6 pm
CKP: Recent & Retrospectiveby artist Shuvaprasanna. Ku-mara Park, Kumara KrupaRoad. 10.30 am to 7.30 pm
Galerie De’Arts: Unfolding ofthe Self featuring rare and un-seen works of artist Shan Re.11th Floor, Barton Centre, 84,MG Road. 11 am to 7 pm
National Gallery of ModernArt: An Artist’s Quest: KK Heb-bar A Retrospective presentsan exhibition of artist .
Heavy rain uproots11 trees across city
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: A heavy rainfall of5.7 cm in the city led to wide-spread tree falls across the city.Eleven trees fell to the fury ofthe rain. RPC Layout near Vi-jayanagar and Golf Grounds atAmarjyothinagar recorded waterlogging in some of the homes.
A tree that fell near South EndCircle blocked traffic for a while
in the morning. The BBMP con-trol room recorded tree falls fromnear BDA Complex on KumaraKrupa Road; near Chennam-makere police station; Rajajina-gar 59th cross, BasavanagudiPolice Station; Chamrajpet, nearCentral Police Station; Mariyam-ma Temple at Malleshwaram;Hakkithimanahalli, Shantinagar;Kormangala first block; Kalyana-gar and Chandra Layout.
An electric pole lies unattended as schoolchildren jump over it at
Sadashivanagar this morning. The city received 5.7 cm rain since last night.
Phtos: Gangadhar Pujar
Gang robs coconutmandi owner
of cash, valuablesBangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: A gang of criminalsstormed into a coconut mandiand took away cash and othervaluables at Sunkadakatte lastnight.
The gang of 10-11 members
entered the mandi around 9.45pm and attacked the owner, Ja-gadish, with sticks.
They threatened him and oth-ers at the mandi with machetesand took away Rs 27,000 cash, agold chain, a gold ring and mo-bile phone from him.
Pehchaan project for uplift of sexual minorities launched by NGO
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Sangama, an NGOworking for the upliftment andintegration of sexual minoritiesorganised a media consultationto speak about its new program‘Pehchaan’.
The interaction with the mediawas headed by Daniel Lak, au-thor and journalist, formerly withthe BBC. Speaking about theplight of the LGBT communityin the country, Dilfaraz, projectmanager, Pehchaan said “In thePehchaan program, we will be
working with the motive of em-powering the sexual minoritiesand bringing forward peoplewho have hidden themselves.This project will help such peopleto come out of the closet.
As of now, this project is goingto be implemented in seventeenIndian states, covering four anda half lakh members. Pehchaan is the hindi word foridentity. We must ensure ac-knowledgment for these minori-ties. We also intend to strengthenand build the capacity of com-munity based organisations.
Pehchaan will also work closelywith people of the MTH orienta-tion (MSM/Transgenders/Hijras)to create two hundred new com-munity based organisations andstrengthen the existing ninety.
When Bangalore Beat askedDilfaraz about Pehchaan’s dif-ference from existing programs,he replied “Other programs donot have the same objectives asPehchaan. Their only objectiveis the eradication and preventionof HIV/AIDS. Pehchaan has afive year initial plan. Also, unlikeother programs, apart from pre-
test and post-test support, Pe-hchaan also has advanced coun-selling. It also helps membersin dealing with family and soci-etal pressure. It helps them buildself-respect and self-esteem.”
Addressing the media, DanielLak and several other panelmembers said “Media is an es-tablishment that educates us. Inbig cities like Bangalore, victimsof harassment can contact jour-nalists to tell their stories. Butthis does not happen in ruralareas. This problem should beaddressed.”
Modiʼs fast politicallymotivated: KhargeBangalore Beat Bureau
Davangere: The three-day fastobserved by Gujarat chief min-ister Narendra Modi was politi-cally motivated, alleged Unionlabour minister Mallikarjuna MKharge here today.
Talking to media men at Har-ihara on his way to Koppal, hesaid that nine years ago, Modicommitted horrible crimesagainst the minorities. “Now heis observing fast to appease thesame sections to win back theirvotes,” he alleged.
Kharge said, “Modi now hasan eye on the Prime Minister’spost. He is now trying to woothe minorities by indulging insuch ‘drama’.”
The Union minister, who wasto campaign for a by-election atKoppal, said, “The by-poll atKoppal has been forced on thepeople by the BJP because of its
Operation Lotus. The people willteach the BJP a fitting lessonduring the election.”
The people have been witnessto the lack of development ac-tivities in the state. Most of theministers in the BJP governmentare corrupt. Some of them havealso landed in jail, he said.
Remains of a festival
After the festival fervour is over, this is what remains. Idols of Lord Ganesha lie at Sankey Tank.
Photos: Gangadhar Pujar
Teachers honouredfor their service
Bangalore Beat Bureau
Bangalore: Thirty-two teacherswho have excelled in their jobswere honoured by the KarnatakaState Primary School Educators’Association and the BangaloreSouth education department to-day.
The teachers retired from serv-ice last year and had been servingin primary and secondary school.
The teachers who were hon-oured: R. Kapilabai, Hunase; VS Devashaveni , Marenhalli; KVeranna, Devamochanahalli; HS Umadevi, Bhawaninagar; JKokilamma , Thagajikoppa; SAnjanappa Chikkanahalli;Jayamma, Vajarahalli; Rajanna,Janakalli; Sarasama, Chun-chankoppa; K R Seethalakshmi,Chenchanakoppa; V R Vajodevi,Alenahalli; Geetha RaniKathriguppe;.R Vijayalakshmi,
Gubblahalli; T K Vijayalakshmi,Gublahalli; Vasanthalakshmi,Malathalli; K G Gopal, Agara; RJayamma, Awalahalli; Kamalam-ma, Chensandra; P Rajanna,Chakkalasandra; N Sanjeevari-aha, Faizabad; Shahid Begum ,Mahatma Gandhinagar; Srinivas,Hanumanthnagar; Shanthi, Mu-dalapalya; Nandakumar, Ramon-ahalli; Kempiaha, Kumabal-agudu; B N Anandram, Dod-abelle colony; Shamala Venk-atesh , Shankarapura; Rukamma,Kadrehalli; H Basavaraj,Tabarakere; Gauramma, N RColony; Savithramma ,Sukkana-halli; Ratnamma, Bangarappana-gar. Home and transport ministerR Ashok, Bangalore zilla pan-chayath president Mariappa,Bangalore South deputy directorof education department C Na-garaj and Hosakerehalli corpo-rator Narayan were present.
YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL IN MYSORE
Mysore: As a part of the Dasarafestival celebrations in the city,the Dasara Yuva Sambhrama(youth festival) was inauguratedin the city this morning.
The fest is an opportunity forstudents from all over the stateto show off their dancing skills.Ninety five groups have arrivedin Mysore from places like Has-san and Mandya.
The students will be providedaccommodation on the Mysoreuniversity campus at Manasgan-
gotri. Various forms of dancelike modern, fusion and folk willbe performed.
Troupes of students from asfar away as China and Tibet areslated to take part in the fest.
The best performers will beissued certificates of merit.
Rupees Ten lakh has been al-lotted as the funding for thisfest. The top three teams will beawarded prizes worth rupees fif-teen thousand, ten thousandand five thousand each.
Home and transport minister R Ashok honours teachers who retired last year in the city today.
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Places near quake epicentrestill out of reach in Sikkim
Gangtok: The worst-affectedMangan and Singhtam areas inquake-hit Sikkim are still out ofbounds for rescue workers withmassive landslides blocking keyroads today.
"These areas, near the epi-centre of the earthquake, are to-tally damaged. The roads fromGangtok to Mangan are blockedby massive landslides on at least14 places," Army officials saidfollowing an aerial survey in thearea.
The earthquake has left a trailof devastation damaging roads,houses, and other structures,
uprooting mobile phone towersand snapping communicationand power lines.
At least 41 people have beenkilled in the earthquake inSikkim. Twenty-two people trav-elling in a bus went missingsince last evening in the Northdistrict of Sikkim.
The North district headquar-ters of Mangan, located 65 kmfrom Gangtok, seems to be totallydevastated, officials said.
Both the routes to Mangan arecutoff by landslides and devel-oped huge cracks following theearthquake. Efforts are being
made to provide relief and rescueoperations to the affected peoplein this area through helicopters,officials said.
Food packets have beendropped in the inaccessible areasof the state. Army troops, NDRFteams and disaster managementauthorities are working round-the-clock to clear the debris andopen roads. Relief efforts havebeen hampered by torrential rainand landslides in most areas ofthe state. A team of NDRF hasbeen trying to move throughSinghtham to reach Mangamand provide relief material to
the affected people.A PTI correspondent visiting
earthquake-hit areas of Sikkimreported that people are still ina state of panic.
People are so scared that theyare not entering their houseswhich have developed cracks orhave got tilted after the earth-quake. Many people were foundsitting on roadsides, publicplaces and near temples.
Tourists are yet to get over theshock. They have not yet beenable to leave Gangtok and otherplaces of the state as the roadsare either damaged or blocked
by landslides."We can return only after the
roads open. We are still in shockand cannot forget the momentwhen the earth shook heavily.Most of the time we are stayingoutside," Joy Basu, who camefrom from Sodepur near Kolkatawith his family, said.
Power and telephone lineshave been restored in Gangtok.
But the fringe areas of thetown are enveloped in darknessand cut off from the rest of theworld. All telephone connectionsoutside Gangtok are still out ofservice. PTI
Life limping back to normal in N BengalSiliguri: Life in quake-hit northBengal is limping back to normalfollowing restoration of commu-nication links and power evenas Chief Minister Mamata Baner-jee left by road for neighbouringSikkim this morning to visit thequake-devastated state and pro-vide support.
"The weather has improvedtoday and relief and rescue op-erations are in full swing in theaffected areas," West BengalADG (Law and Order) SurojitKar Purokayastha told PTI.
There is no further report ofany casualty from the quake-hit north Bengal districts, where
nine deaths have been reportedtill yesterday, he said.
Banerjee left for Sikkim afterpersonally overseeing relief andrescue operations in north Ben-gal yesterday.
NH-31A, the lifeline of Sikkim,was reopened last evening afterclearing quake-triggered land-slides at several places betweenSiliguri and Gangtok.
"The Chief Minister has startedfor Sikkim to extend all help tothe people there. West Bengalhas already sent food and med-ical aid to Sikkim," Union Min-ister of State for Shipping MukulRoy, who is accompanying her,
said.He said Banerjee will visit
Gangtok and places on the waywhich bore the brunt of Sunday'stemblor of 6.8 magnitude.
The Chief Minister took stockof the situation in a series ofmeetings with senior officialsto ensure speedy rescue and re-lief operations, treatment of theinjured people and restorationof communication lines in theaffected districts, official sourcessaid.
Apart from the most affectedDarjeeling hills and Siliguri, Jal-paiguri and North Dinajpur dis-tricts have also been affected by
the earthquake, the sources said.Power supply has been re-
stored in the Hill subdivisionsof Darjeeling, Kalimpong andKurseong as also here.
Road connection betweenhere and Darjeeling is unaffect-ed.
Efforts are now on by BorderRoads Organisation, army andPWD to reopen roads in the up-per reaches of Sikkim, thesources said.
With the roads now cleared,the stranded tourists have startedreturning from several destina-tions in north Bengal andSikkim, they added.
Blind cricket tourney to be held in Mysore
Mysore: The 18th National Crick-et Tournament for the Blind willbe held at Mysore from Thursdaytill September 25.
The Cricket Association forthe Blind in India (CABI) andSamarthanam Trust for the Dis-abled, Bangalore are organizingthe event with the support fromlocal NGO Parivarthanam Char-itable Trust.
Matches will be played at theMysore Sandalwood Pitch andthe Railway Grounds with thefinals to be held at the PavillionGrounds.
CABI general secretary G KMahantesh said the national-level event being hosted byMysore for the first time couldbe dubbed as the curtain raiserfor the world-renowned Dasarafestivities of Mysore.
The tournament will be inau-gurated by medical educationand Mysore in-charge ministerS A Ramadass on ThursdayMysore Sandalwood Pitch at9.30am.
Mysore deputy commissionerP S Vastrad, city police commis-sioner Sunil Agrawal, DCP Mal-
gathi and mayor Pushpalathawill be present. Actor RaginiDwivedi is endorsing the event.
North, east, west and southzone teams will vie for honours.The tournament will be a round-robin format with 40 overs aninnings.
The tournament is the firststep in the selection of the Indianblind cricket team scheduled totour Pakistan from November 14to 27 and talent spotting for theT20 World Cup Cricket for theBlind to be hosted in Bangalorein December, 2012.
Anil Kapoor keento act in a film onhuman trafficking
Mumbai: Actor Anil Kapoor iskeen on acting in a movie thatdeals with the issue of humantrafficking.
Kapoor has been serving asan ambassador of CNN's Free-dom Project that is slated to re-lease a documentary on humantrafficking.
The documentary titled'Trapped by Tradition' seesKapoor going to Bharatpur, asmall district in Rajasthan, meet-ing the villagers and trying toknow how girls and women aresold into the sex trade.
Kapoor said, "There are twoscripts, one from an internationaldirector and the other from anIndian that I have come across.The human trafficking issue willbe in the backdrop. I would beinterested and love to be part of
such a film as an actor.""But I feel it should be made
as a mainstream film like thereshould be a leading director andactor so that it will reach out tomore audiences. Also, it wouldmake it more understandableand watchable for the masses.And this would make a differenceif a known face is attached toit," he said.
The actor has been associatedwith this issue for several yearsand feels if such a film projectcomes up then it would make adifference in the society.
"I am waiting for a properscript. Though I was thrownaway with the research done bythe writer and director. Since itis a sensitive issue I feel it shouldbe dealt with care," Kapoor said.PTI
Literaryaward forVeerendra
KumarThiruvananthapuram: Eminentwriter and CMD of Mathrubhumigroup M P Veerendra Kumar willbe felicitated with the AmritaKeerthi literary award, institutedby the Mata AmritanandamayiMath. Kumar was chosen for thehonour for his widely-acclaimedwork 'Haimavathabhoovil',which narrates the author's jour-ney along the Himalayan rangesand reflects the Indian thoughtand vision.
The award, comprising Rs1,23,456, a memento and a cita-tion, would be presented to theauthor on September 27 at Am-ritapuri Ashram in Kollam.
The selection was made by apanel comprising Swamy Amri-taswarupanandapuri, SwamyTuriamritandapuri and writersP Parameswaran, N P Unni andP Narayana Kurup, a releasesaid. Chairman of Press Trust ofIndia (PTI), Kumar is a veteranpolitician, activist and writerwith 15 books to his credit andscores of articles on diverse sub-jects ranging from literature toenvironmental concerns.
'Haimavathabhoovil' hasbagged several prestigious liter-ary honours, including theKendra Sahitya Akademi award.
Published in 2007, the workhas run into 27 impressions sincethen and been translated intoother vernacular languages. PTI
Members of the Dasara Yuva committee launch the poster campaign for the Dasara youthprogrammes at Mysore today.
Launching yuva programmesG S Ravishankar
Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda talks to people during a janata darshan at his official residence in the city today.
Hearing their pleas
PM leaves forNY tomorrow to
attend UNGANew Delhi: Prime MinisterManmohan Singh leavesfor New York tomorrow toattend the United NationsGeneral Assembly sessionon Saturday where Indiawill push for reforms ofthe Security Council to re-flect current realities andearly adoption of a con-vention on terrorism thatwill provide a global frame-work to fight the menace.
Singh, who will be ac-companied by External Af-fairs Minister S M Krishna,National Security AdviserShivshankar Menon andForeign Secretary RanjanMathai, would representIndia at the high-level seg-ment of the General As-sembly on Saturday and deliverhis address. During the session,India, along with other membersof the G-4 (Brazil, Japan andGermany), will work to push forreforms of the UNSC at the ear-liest for robust international se-curity and peacekeeping opera-tions.
The G4 members are keen ongetting permanent membershipof the UNSC.
Currently, India and Germanyare non-permanent members ofthe Security Council.
As the session takes places ata time of continuing global eco-
nomic and financial uncertain-ties, India, as an emerging majoreconomy, will reaffirm its com-mitment to working with the UNon furthering global economicand fiscal stability and balancedgrowth.
There is no meeting scheduledbetween Singh and US PresidentBarack Obama, who is scheduledto leave New York before thePrime Minister?s arrival. How-ever, Singh, who is attendingthe UNGA after a gap of twoyears, is likely to have meetingswith others heads of state orgovernment, officials said. PTI
Jackals getnew home atMysore zoo
Mysore: A new jackal enclosurewas inaugurated at the city zoothis morning.
The enclosure will now con-tain five jackals- one male andfour females. Three of these fe-males had been rescued by thepublic in 2002. The authoritieshave spent rupees ten lakh fiftythousand on the eighteen feetby forty feet by sixty feet enclo-sure. Chairman of the zoo board,M Nanjundswami, mayor ofMysore, Pushpalatha Chikannaand MCC commissioner Raikarwere present at the inauguration.
Undertrialshot at in
courtpremises
Muzaffarnagar: An undertrialwas shot and injured by un-known assailants in the districtsessions court premises here,police said today.
Sanserpal, who is accused formurdering a professor, was shotat and injured in the court prem-ises last evening after his hearing,they said.
No arrests have been made sofar and the investigations areon, the police said.
Sanserpal is accused of killingprofessor Vinod Rathi at Bhopatown in the district one year ago.PTI
Clashes sparked by Talibanattack leave 19 dead in Pak
Islamabad: At least 18 militantsand a soldier were killed todayin clashes that erupted afterheavily-armed Taliban fightersattacked a security check postin Orakzai tribal region of north-west Pakistan.
The militants attacked thecheck post with rockets and au-tomatic weapons, killing a soldierand injuring five more.
The security forces repulsedthe attack and killed 18 militants,state-run PTV reported.
The troops called in helicopter
gunships to provide air support.The helicopters shelled mili-
tant positions in the mountain-ous Dabori region of Orakzaitribal agency and destroyed fourbunkers.
Sixteen militants were also in-jured in the fighting, the reportsaid. The report could not be in-dependently confirmed as jour-nalists are barred from travellingto the area.
Orakzai, a former strongholdof the Taliban, is the only one ofPakistan's seven tribal regions
that does not border Afghanistan.Pakistani forces conducted a
major operation against the Tal-iban in Orakzai in March lastyear.
The troops declared an endto the military offensive in Juneafter announcing that the regionhad been fully cleared of Tal-iban.
However, local residents claimthat while the lower part ofOrakzai has been cleared, thesituation in the central and upperparts has not changed much.
CM office to be brought underambit of Lokayukta: Khanduri
Dehra Dun: The Uttarakhand government hasinitiated the process of drafting a strong and aneffective Lokayukta bill and intends to bring theoffice of Chief Minister under its ambit, chief min-ister B C Khanduri said.
After a meeting with Team Anna comprisingArvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and KumarVishwas here last night, Khanduri said the dis-cussions with the members were part of theexercise to make the bill strong so that it cankeep an effective check on the corruption, anofficial release today said. The Chief Minister saidthe Lokayukta bill would soon be introduced inthe state Assembly. Team Anna members had ar-rived here yesterday on the invitation of the ChiefMinister to give their suggestions for a tough andeffective Lokayukta bill against corruption.
Soon after taking over as Uttarakhand Chief
Minister on September 11, Khanduri had declaredthat his government would bring a fresh strongLokayukta bill where suggestions of Jan Lokpaldraft bill of Anna Hazare would also be incorpo-rated. Khanduri said the suggestions from otherinstitutions and organisations have also been in-vited to make Lokayukta stronger and more ef-fective. The Chief Minister also told the membersof Team Anna that the State Government has cre-ated a separate department for good governance,corruption elimination and public service, whichwould also carry out regular monitoring of theseworks. Listing the steps taken by him against cor-ruption, Khanduri said directives have been issuedto ministers and officials of the state to declaretheir assets by October 15.
A decision is also being taken for public utili-sation of benami property in the state, he added.
No US ultimatum to Pakistani on Haqqani network, says Khar
Islamabad: Pakistani ForeignMinister Hina Rabbani Khar hasrejected the impression that Sec-retary of State Hillary Clintonhad given her an ultimatum toattack the Haqqani network,blamed for a recent attack onthe US Embassy in Kabul.
"There are some mispercep-tions about the three-and-halfhour meeting I had with Secre-tary Clinton...There were no ul-timatums from either side," Khartold reporters in New York.
Pakistan has a "relationshipof choice" with the US on the
basis of mutual interests, shesaid. The Pakistan-US relation-ship is an important one and"no one is a hostage in it", saidKhar, who is heading Pakistan'sdelegation to the UN GeneralAssembly session. She added:"Pakistan is in it (the relation-ship) by choice." Unnamed USofficials were quoted by the West-ern media as saying after Sun-day's talks between Khar andClinton that the issues of count-er-terrorism and the Haqqaninetwork were the thrust of thediscussions. However, Khar con-
tended that her meeting withClinton was not "uni-dimension-al" or devoted to a single issueas it covered all issues of interestto Pakistan and the US. "It wasintense but very constructive,"she said.
Both sides had candid discus-sions on a wide range of issueswith a view to improving bilateralties, she said. Both the US andPakistan, Khar said, understandthe need to cooperate and builda partnership. Pakistan hadmade "big" sacrifices in com-bating terrorism as it had lost
some 30,000 citizens and 5,000security personnel in the war onterror, she said.
"We need to be assisted, notrecriminated. There should beno public recrimination. Thismust stop," she said.
Pakistan even paid a heavyprice for arresting Al-Qaedaleader Younis al-Mauritani inQuetta recently as 30 people losttheir lives in a revenge attack,Khar remarked. Pakistan is com-mitted to rooting out terrorismand is fulfilling its obligationsin this regard, she said.
US wants 'New Silk Road' inCentral Asia to trade with IndiaNew York: The United Stateshas backed a "New Silk Road"through Central Asia to boosteconomic connectivity across In-dia, Pakistan and Afghanistan,with the Secretary of State en-visaging a trade network in theregion where a "Pakistani busi-nessman can set up shop in Ban-galore".
Hillary Clinton discussed theneed for the New Silk Road withPakistan's Foreign Minister HinaRabbani Khar in a meeting hereon the sidelines of the UN Gen-eral Assembly, senior US officialssaid.
The officials said Clinton's vi-sion of the new silk road en-compasses "an economic spacebetween Central Asia and India,Bangladesh."
Such a route will be a modern day manifestation of the historical silk road, throughwhich South and Central Asiannations connected with eachother for trade and cultural ex-changes.
Indian merchants used totrade spices, gems and textilesfrom the Great Wall of China tothe banks of the Bosphorusthrough this silk route.
The new Silk Road would notbe a single thoroughfare like itsnamesake, but an internationalweb and network of economicand transit connections, officialssaid.
"That means building morerail lines, highways, energy in-frastructure, like the proposedpipeline to run from Turk-
menistan, through Afghanistan,through Pakistan into India. Itmeans upgrading the facilitiesat border crossings, such as Indiaand Pakistan are now doing atWagah," they said.
The New Silk Road would alsofocus on removing bureaucraticbarriers and other impedimentsto the free flow of goods andpeople.
Today, an Indian businessmanhas to import cement from South-east Asia instead of from theflourishing cement industry nextdoor in Pakistan, while a traveler
going between India and Pak-istan not only has a difficult timegetting a visa he also often hasto be routed through airports athousand miles away just to getacross the border.
But a new silk road aims toeliminate hassles for people andgoods to cross borders.
Such a trading structure willhelp an entrepreneur in Chennaito put her products on a truckthat travels uninterruptedthrough Pakistan, throughAfghanistan, to her customer inKazakhstan. It would mean that
a Pakistani businessman shouldbe able to open a branch in Ban-galore.
Officials said the Silk Roadstrategy would also essentiallyhelp Afghanistan become eco-nomically self sufficient. It wouldgive impetus to big regional proj-ects like the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Indiapipeline.
They said while it will taketime to realise such cooperation,it will be in the interest of India,Pakistan, Afghanistan as wellas other nations.
