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Beyond Beat Plane skids off Kochiairport, 237 escape

Kochi: At least seven passengerswere injured as a Gulf Air planefrom Bahrain with 137 passen-gers veered off the runway as itwas landing at the internation-al airport and went into a mud-dy area, damaging its nose wheelhere early today.

One person, who sufferedfractures, has been hospitalisedwhile six other passengers withminor injuries were dischargedafter first aid, airport sourcessaid.

As the nose wheel has beendamaged, recovery was takingtime due to which the runwayhas been closed for 10 hours, air-port director A C K Nair said.

“We are trying our best topartially open the runway asearly as possible,” he said.

The Gulf Air plane (GF 270)with six crew deviated from therunway at 3.55 this morning.Some passengers panicked andjumped from the aircraft throughthe emergency door even be-

fore the ladder was brought tothe plane, airport sources said.

Saithmohed (47) fromPalakkad, who suffered somefractures, has been hospitalised.

Director General of Civil Avi-ation (DGCA) E K BharatBhushan has ordered an inquiryinto the incident.

Flights to Kochi are being di-verted to Tiruvananthapuramand Bangalore airports, Nairsaid.While an Etihad flight fromKuwait, two Jet airways flightsfrom Sharjah and Muscat havebeen diverted to Thiruvanan-thapuram, an Oman-Kochi flighthas been sent to Bangalore. Pas-

sengers are being brought byroad to Kochi from Thiruvanan-thapuram.

The departure schedule of 3flights – belonging to Emirates,Air Arabia and Qatar flights,which were at the airport at thetime of mishap, has been af-fected. Bhushan said the runwaywas blocked till 3 pm.

A disabled aircraft retrieval kitis being sent from Mumbai, hesaid. Bhushan said the reasonbehind the mishap was not yetknown. “There was visibility till2,000 metre. Only after a pre-liminary inquiry, the cause of themishap will be known,” he said.

Doc: Annaʼs health

gets better Gurgaon: Activist Anna Hazre’shealth is improving and his bloodpressure and heart rate have be-come stable. However, his normaldiet has not been resumed as yet,a doctor said today.

“The improvement has started.He has lost only 200 grams (sinceSunday), which was earlier 500grams per day. So it is a sign ofimprovement,” said Naresh Tre-han, who has been monitoringHazare’s condition at MedantaMedicity, Gurgaon.

Hazare broke his 12-day fastagainst corruption yesterday af-ter drinking coconut water andhoney mixture.

Thereafter, he was taken tothe hospital where he is being giv-en coconut water and honey atregular intervals. “The weighthas stabilised. He has not start-ed the complete diet, it will bedone eventually for gradual re-covery,” Trehan said in the med-ical bulletin.

Doctors also conducted chestX-rays which gave “clear reports”.

BSY IN DOCKHC REJECTS BAIL PLEA; FORMER CM ATTENDS COURT TODAY

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Amavasya or no-moon day todayturned inauspicious for former chief minister B SYeddyurappa, who is facing cases related to allegedillegal land denotificaton cases at the Lokayuktaspecial court.

The Karnataka High Court today rejected an an-ticipatory bail application filed by the BJP strong-man in connection with summons issued by theLokayukta special court in the land denotificationcases.

High court judge L Narayanaswamy rejected thepetition under PCR 3. With the rejection of the ap-plication, Yedyurappa did not have any option butto appear before the court. Earlier, he had said atSagar Hospital, where he had got admitted forhealth complications, that he would go before thecourt today.

Yeddyurappa has been facing a series of cases related to land denotification and other scandals, filed by advocates Sirajin Bhasha and KN Nagaraj. The two advocates had obtained per-mi

ssion from governor H R Bhardwaj to prosecuteYeddyurappa, who was then chief minister and ap-proached the Lokayukta special court.

The Lokayukta court had issued summons toYeddyurappa on August 8 to appear before it on Sat-urday last. But he got an exemption citing healthreasons.

LOKAYUKTA POLICE HAS ACCUSED YEDDYURAPPA ASACCUSED IN 2 CASES:CASE 1

1. Denotification 2.5 acres in survey number 81/3of Arakere village in Bangalore to his aide SathyaKumari(Accused no.4).

2. Denotification of 4 acres vide survey numbers42/1A2, 42/4-A2 and 42/2B at Geddalahalli, Ban-galore, to his aides V Manjunath(Accused no.14)and K Shivappa(Accused no.15).

3. Denotification of 1.07 acres in survey number51/1 of Devarachikkanahalli in Bangalore to K Man-junath(Accused no.8).

CASE 21.Including BSY five others are accused of de-

notiying 5.13 acres of BDA land in Nagarbhavi 1stphase by violating judicial pronouncements.

2.Sohan Kumar is the son-in-law of BSY. Sohan’suncle got a BDA site by violating rules at HSR Lay-out. Now the site has been transferred in the nameof Sohan Kumar.

3.Adarsh Developers allegedly encroached a tankby illegally gratifying BSY, energy minister Shob-ha Karandlaje, Dhavalagiri Property Developers andBhagath Homes.

Health OK, will goto court today: BSY

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “I will attend courtthis afternoon,” said former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa, whohas to face the Lokayukta specialcourt for his alleged involve-ment in illegal land denotificationscandals.

Yeddyurappa, who was be-ing treated at Sagar Hospital onBannerghatta Road, for highfever, blood pressure and dia-betes, said, “Many people in thepolitical fraternity are eagerlywaiting for my presence in thecourt. So are my media friends. Iwill definitely attend court to-day.”

Yeddyurappa is facing casesfiled by advocates Sirajin Bashaand K N Balraj, who obtained per-mission to prosecute the formerchief minister from governor H RBhardwaj.

The Lokayukta special court,

which washearing thecase of landdenotifica-tion scam, is-sued sum-mons on Sat-urday to Yed-dyurappa to

be present before it in person. Buthis advocate Ravi B Naik hadfiled a petition seeking exemptionfrom personal appearance at thecourt, citing ill-health of hisclient.

The court allowed the absenceonly for Saturday, and askedYeddyurappa to be present todayat 3 pm.

Yeddyurappa said that hishealth is returning to normaland he will go to the court. Askedabout his reaction to cases relat-ed to corruption, he said, “I willnot react as these cases are beingheart at the courts of law.”

HEAVY SECURITY AT COURTCOMPLEX

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A tight police securi-ty was provided at the City CivilCourt complex as former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa was ex-pected to appear before theLokayukta special court at 3 pmtoday.

A large number of advocates,the common public, media menand Yeddyurappa’s supportershad started arriving at the courtcomplex from afternoon.

More than 100 policemen, threeKSRP platoons and 20 sub-in-spectors had been stationed tocontrol the situation in andaround the complex.

BSY withdraws mining pleaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: After the Karnataka HighCourt rejected an anticipatory bail ap-plication, former chief minister B SYeddyurappa today withdrew a writpetition challenging the Lokayukta re-port on illegal mining.

Yeddyurappa had filed the petitionchallenging the very basis of the re-port filed by then Lokayukta Justice

Santosh Hegde. He had alleged in hispetition that the corruption watchdoghad crossed the limit while submittingthe report.

He had alleged that the report wasa political conspiracy to dethronehim from the chief minister’s post.

The Lokayukta police, on the di-rections of the Lokayukta specialcourt, have also filed an FIR againstthe former chief minister in the cas-

es. The court has asked the police to

conduct an investigation and to sub-mit a report by September 5.

Yeddyurappa had filed a petitionbefore the high court to quash the FIRfiled against him.

But the high court had rejected his plea and directed the Lokayuktapolice to go ahead with the investi-gation.

INCLUDING BSY 14OTHER ARE ACCUSEDIN THE ABOVECASES. THEY ARE:1. B S Yeddyurappa2. N Akkamahadevi3. Mahabaleshwara4. Sathya Kumari5. Mohan Raj6. Kamakshamma7. Prakash8. Manunath K9. Anil Kumar10.Ramesh D11.Shanta Devi12.Shanta Bhayi13.Ismail Sheriff14.Manjunath V15.Shivappa K

Former housing minister Ess Enn Krishnaiah Chetty arrives at the Lokayukta special court, where he appeared in cases related to illegalland denotification, today. The hearing was posted to afternoon. Later in the day, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa too appeared

before the court.

BSY RUNS TO TEMPLE AFTERGETTING OUT OF HOSPITAL

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Whenever there is a prob-lem, former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa makes it a point to visit tem-ples across the city and state. It wasno different today. In what seems tobe the biggest political and personalcrisis of his life, Yeddyurappa today

appeared before the Lokayukta spe-cial court, which is hearing illegal landdenotification and other cases againsthim. In the morning, Yeddyurappavisited the Gavi Gangadhareshwaratemple at Gavipuram Guttahalli. Yed-dyurappa went to the temple direct-ly from Sagar Hospital, where he hadgot admitted citing fever, blood pres-

sure and diabetes related complica-tions. He was accompanied by his twodaughters, higher education ministerV S Acharya and housing minister VSomanna.

He offered a special pooja at thetemple. Today is amavasya, no moonday, and Monday, the day of Lord Shi-va. Continued on page 3

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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)

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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)

Applicationsinvited for

guest lecturerBangalore: Applications havebeen invited for the post of guestlecturer in chemistry at the Gov-ernment Science College. Can-didates with an MSc in chemistry,with a minimum of 55% marks,can apply. Candidates who havepassed NET/SLET are preferred,a press statement said. Applica-tions on plain paper stating thedate of birth, qualification, teach-ing experience etc., supportedby documents, should reach bypost or personally to the princi-pal, Government Science College,Nrupathunga Road, by tomorrow.

KARNATAKA STEEL INDUSTRYREELING UNDER MINING BAN

New Delhi: Reeling under raw materialshortages and the extension of a miningban, the multi-billion dollar Karnatakasteel industry is in the doldrums dueto continuing uncertainty over ironore supply to their plants.

The jittery industry was not evenoptimistic over the release of 25 milliontonnes (MT) of iron ore, lying at variousmines in the southern state, as themodalities are yet to be worked out.

“Most of the iron ore is lying at theprivately owned mines. Suppose themine owner refuses to share his stock,then what will you do? 25.88 milliontonnes availability, which is beingtalked about, is an ideal scenario only,”said a senior official of one of the af-fected companies in the region.

Echoing similar sentiments, officialsof Kirloskar Ferrous, which runs a50,000-tonne unit for grey iron castings,said, “Quality of the stock is also a bigconcern. About 11 MT of the said 25MT of iron ore is lower grade, havingbelow 60 Fe content, and that can notbe used by most of the companies inKarnataka.”

Officials of JSW Steel, which operatesa 20 MT iron ore beneficiation plantin the region together with its 10 MTsteel plant, also expressed similar con-cerns over the quality of iron ore stockslying at mines in the state.

“Quality of the iron ore (stocks atthe mines) is not yet established. Wecan do some beneficiation of ore, butif the Fe content is below 55, thenthere is a problem,” the JSW officialssaid.

Citing the matter as subjudice, allthe officials refused to be identified.

On Friday, the apex court had saidit would allow the release of raw ma-terial lying at various mines in thestate for the iron and steel industry,even as it extended its ban on miningactivities to the Chitradurga andTumkur districts, after Bellary.

The court had also asked the AmicusCuriae and Attorney General to providedetails on the quantity of iron ore that

could be released from the existingstock of 25 million tonnes, subject toreclamation and rehabilitation plan(s)being submitted before the next hearingon September 2.

“The only silver lining is that thecourt is willing to release some quantity(of the iron ore stock). But we don’tknow how much and when. Even if 15MT is made available, we can run ourunits at about 80 per cent capacity,”JSW officials said. .

However, other companies were notas optimistic as JSW Steel. According

to them, extension of the ban to theTumkur and Chitradurga districtswould add to their woes, as most ofthe units do not have stocks of ironore.

“It’s just like asking a patient sittingon the death bed to wait one moreweek to get treated,” officials of Kir-loskar Ferrous said, adding, “We aretrying to run at least one blast furnaceso that we could continue producingscastings. We don’t know how long wecan continue.”

Kirloskar, which supplies iron cast-

ings to about 15 automobile and trac-tor-makers, is currently running athalf of its installed capacity and hasshut down one of its two blast fur-naces.

Echoing similar sentiments, officialsof Kalyani Steel, which has shut downits 1.1 MTPA plant said, “Our costswould increase by about Rs 2,000 to2,500 per tonne, as we now have tobring iron ore from other states likeOrissa and Jharkhand.

We are clueless on how to run ouroperations.”

The companies also said that NMDC– the only company allowed by theSupreme Court to carry out miningactivities in state – has failed to raiseits production levels to the desiredlevels.

According to the Bangalore Chamberof Industry and Commerce, till lastweek, NMDC was producing around21,000 tonnes to 22,000 tonnes of ironore a day, while the company is re-quired to produce 33,000 tonnes dailyto achieve the desired level of one mil-lion tonnes per month stipulated bythe apex court.

The chamber has also estimated thedaily demand of the iron and steel in-dustry in the state at 1,04,000 tonnes,of which the Tumkur and Chitradurgadistricts together contributed about20,000 tonnes a day before impositionof the ban by the apex court.

“Supply position is very-very tight.NMDC has not been able to raise itsproduction, while now we can notsource iron ore even from Tumkur andChitradurga. We don’t know what todo,” a senior Mukand Steel officialsaid, adding, “We are mobilising somestocks from our units in other state.”

According to industry sources, 22out of 60 sponge iron plants in thestate have shut down their operationsfor want of raw material, while manyother companies like JSW Steel, BMMIspat and Sathavahana Ispat, amongothers, have resorted to operating atreduced capacities.

Karnataka produces 16 milliontonnes iron and steel in a year, whichis a little less than 25 per cent of thecountry’s total production.

The state contributes more than afifth of India’s total iron ore production,which is around 220 million tonnesannually.

Out of the total production in thestate, about 80 per cent comes fromthe Bellary-Hospet region, at about40 million tonnes per annum, whilethe Tumkur and Chitradurga districtscontribute the remaining output. PTI

Hegde: Foundation is laidbut donʼt expect miracle

Bangalore: Team Anna memberN Santosh Hegde saluted Par-liament for rising to the occasionand giving its nod to key elementsof Jan Lokpal bill, but cautionedthat people should “not expecta miracle” as enacting the legis-lation will “take its own time”.

He was also against exerting“more pressure” on Parliamenton the issue now. “I am surethey (Parliament) will under-stand the necessity for quick en-actment because that will bringglory for them (Parliamentarians)also,” the former Supreme Court

Judge, who was part of the jointLokpal bill drafting panel, said.

“We have achieved the firstmilestone in having a strong Lok-pal Act and it may take its owntime – it’s not something youcan expect today, tomorrow ornext month,” he said, adding,“Let not the people of India ex-pect a miracle. But we have justput the foundation for a strongLokpal bill.”

He said what Parliament hasdone for the people of India “atleast in this regard...may be be-cause of Anna’s efforts… is some-

thing great.“I thank each one of them.

Parliament has risen to the oc-casion. We do share a part ofthe victory with Parliament”,Hegde, who till recently servedas Karnataka Lokayukta, said.Hesaid the agitation for a strongand effective Lokpal, spearhead-ed by Hazare has achieved a lot.“It’s a victory for the people ofIndia. Anna has achieved for thepeople of India.”

Hegde said the governmentshould continue to respect thefeelings of the people. .

With hurdles cleared for astrong and effective anti- cor-ruption law, Hegde said the focusshould now be on issues of elec-toral and police reforms andblack-money besides implemen-tation of certain reports, includ-ing that on illegal mining thathe submitted to the KarnatakaGovernment last month whenhe was the Lokayukta.

While it’s important to keepthe momentum going, he felt the tempo may not be thesame as one witnessed for JanLokpal bill. PTI

Advanced surgery at Narayana Nethralaya Bangalore: Narayana Nethra laya, one ofthe leading eye care hospitals in the state,held a live demonstration of new technolo-gies on “Refractive Lens” and “Cornea” sur-geries. The live session was part of a work-shop, Seeing is Believing, organised jointlyby Narayana Nethralaya Postgraduate In-stitute of Ophthalmology, Karnataka Oph-thalmic Society and Bangalore OphthalmicSociety. It was inaugurated by Dr K SSriprakash, vice-chancellor, Rajiv GandhiUniversity of Health Sciences.

Cataract and refractive error contributeto more than 80% of avoidable blindnessin the country as per the recent statisticsfrom Vision 2020 India Forum. Even wheresurgical services are available, low vision

associated with cataract and uncorrectedrefractive errors continue to be high, one ofthe reasons being lack of awareness andinformation among the general population.

“But thanks to medical and surgical ad-vancements in recent years, newer optionsof intraocular lenses in cataract surgery andemerging technologies in the field of re-fractive corneal surgeries are available to-day,” said Dr K Bhujang Shetty, chairman& managing director, Narayana Nethralaya.

Earlier, performing these surgeries wasconsidered a daunting task considering therisks involved. However, with the introduc-tion of new technologies, the success rateof surgeries relating to refractive lens andcornea has increased.

ASC Frederique Constant wins polo cup

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: ASC Frederique Con-stant won the final of "FrederiqueConstant Polo Cup" against onNDA Cavalry at the Agaram Rid-ing and Polo Academy, ASC Cen-tre and College, on Saturday.

The game was tied at 2-2 atthe end of first chucker with MajFaiz Siddiqui and Lt Col G SPandher scoring a goal each forASC Frederique Constant andMaj Sameer Chaudhary and MajRavi Rathore scoring a goal eachfor NDA Cavalry.

The latter took the lead in 2ndchucker when Maj Ravi Rathorescored one more goal and ASCFrederique Constant scored onegoal each to take the lead over

NDA Cavalry which could notscore any goal.

ASC Frederique Constant cameback strong again in the 4thchucker when Maj Faiz Siddiquiscored a goal again and DhruvPal Godara scored two goals,whereas NDA Cavalry could notscore any. Finally, ASC Fred-erique Constant won the matchby 7- 31/2.

Capt S S Rathore, Maj FaizSiddiqui, Lt Col G S Pandherand Dhruv Pal Godara playedfor ASC Frederique Constant,while Cdt Sachin Rathod, MajSamir Chaudhary, Lt Col NakulYadav and Maj Ravi Rathoreplayed for NDA Cavalry.

Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Fariadistributed the prizes.

Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Faria poses with the winning team,ASC Frederique Constant, at the "Frederique Constant PoloCup" against on NDA Cavalry at the Agaram Riding and Polo

Academy, ASC Centre and College, on Saturday.

Dr K S Sriprakash, V-C, Rajiv GandhiUniversity of Health Sciences, inaugu-rates the ‘Live Surgery on Refractive

Cataract & Cornea Surgery’ Dr DeepakNegur of Karnataka Ophthalmic Soci-

ety, and Dr K Bhujang Shetty, CMD,Narayana Nethralaya, (left) look on.

CITYMonday, August 29, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralRashtriya Nava NirmanaVedike: Talk on ‘Jan LokpalBill’, Chief Minister D VSadananda Gowda, formerLokayukta Santosh Hegde,Union Minister S M Krishnato participate, KAS Officers’Association, InfantryRoad,6:30 pm.

The Bangalore Social ScienceForum: Talk on ‘Executive Leg-islative Relationship in India– Emerging Is-In the City todaysues’ by Dr Sandeep Shastri,pro-VC, Jain University, Na-tional College, 6 pm.

Karnataka State GovernmentSC/ST Workers Association:State-level first convention,Chief Minister D VSadanandaGowda to participate, Townhall, 11 am - Opposition partyleader Siddaramiah to partic-ipate at 5 pm.

Bangalore International Cen-tre: Book release of ‘Ra-bindranath Tagore’ authoredby Achala Moulik Moses, retireIAS, TERI complex, Domlur,6:30 pm.

Eating Out

Power Lunch: Monday, August29th, 2011. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, UBCity, No 24, Vittal Mallya Road,Now be connected even duringthe quick business lunch. Freewi-fi access while you fill upin the middle of the day. De-lectable starters with a varietyof veg/ non veg main courseoptions along with draughtbeer.

Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Monday, August 29th,2011. noon to 3 p.m. Man-chester United Restaurant Bar,The Manchester United Restau-rant and Bar launches a week-day lunch buffet priced at Rs350 plus taxes right fromstarters to desserts.

'The Kari Culture' at Blue Gin-ger: Monday, August 29th,2011. 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.Blue Ginger, The Taj West End,23 Race Cource Road , BlueGinger creates an interestingway to learn about Vietnameseingredients and how to createsome of the popular culinaryinnovations. 'The Kari Kulture'is for all the ladies who wantto learn the finer aspects ofVietnamese cuisine, super-vised by Chef Rishi. This isfollowed by a meal at therestaurant, where the gueststaste what they cook.

The Grand Indian Lunch Buf-fet @ Turquoise: Monday, Au-gust 29th, 2011. noon to 3 p.m.Turquoise, No 9, 2nd & 3rdFloors, 17th A Main, Koraman-gala Experience the Grand In-dian Lunch buffet consistingof over 35 dishes every week-day with around 5 starters, 4vegetarian gravies, 2 non veg-etarian gravies , 7 desserts andlots more.

Nightlife

Minimal Mondays:Monday,August 29th, 2011. 7 p.m. Peb-ble, No 3 Palace Ground, Ra-mana Mahashi Road,Sadashivanagar Kickstart yourweek with DJ Imdad spinningsets of uplifting house andmore.

Thai & Mongolian Night:Mon-day, August 29th, 2011. 8 p.m.Fusion Lounge, 185, DeenaBuilding, Brigade Road, DJsParesh and Karthik play a setof Thai and Mongolian tunesto kickstart the week.

Lounge Night:Monday, August29th, 2011. 8 p.m. Ice, Vivantaby Taj - MG Road, No 41/3,MG Road, DJ Vanshi sets themood for the night with loungemusic.

Monday Blues with DJ Nayan:Monday, August 29th, 2011. 8p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Indi, GarudaMall, , Magrath Road, Ashok-nagar DJ Nayan spinning com-mercial and Bollywood thisMon @ Indi.

House Night with DJ Sid:Mon-day, August 29th, 2011. 8 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Hypnos, GemPlaza, Infantry Road, DJ Sidspinning House and Hip Hopat Hypnos this Monday.

Chillout Session with DJCheek-O Dread :Monday, Au-gust 29th, 2011. 7 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Xtreme Sports Bar, No30, HRBR Layout, 2nd Block,4th Main, Kalyannagar DJCheek-O Dread spins housethis Monday.

ShoppingRio by Titan Eye+: Monday,August 29th, 2011. 10 a.m. to11:30 a.m. Titan Eye+, SafinaPlaza, Infantry Road, A trendy,fashionable collection for theyoung and young at heart.The frames are available in ahost of bright colours.

Puma Faas Collection: Mon-day, August 29th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 8 p.m. Puma, A fun, tech-nologically advanced range ofrunning shoes by Puma.

Fall Winter 2011 Collection:Monday, August 29th, 2011. 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Esprit, No 10Ananda Bhavan, Vittal MallyaRoad, Stripes, florals, wool,tweed, retro and preppy cometogether in Esprit’s new FallWinter 2011 Collection.

OWW Sale: Monday, August29th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.One Wit Wonders, No 32 ACRTowers, Residency Road, Flat50% off on selected productsat One Wit Wonders.

Lustrous Moon Collection:Monday, August 29th, 2011. 10a.m. to 7 p.m. Collage, No21/1, Wood Street, AshoknagarThe Lustrous Moon Collectionby Bharathi Raviprakash payshomage to the glow of themoon. The collection includesgold jewellery with pearls incolours of golden, black andchocolate, and diamonds aswell.

ExhibitionsCreative Perspectives: Mon-day, August 29th, 2011. noonto 11:30 p.m. Caperberry, No48/1 Ground Floor, The Estate,Dickenson Road, Artwork byGopal Dey, Shan Re, KishoreChand, Ashok Kumar G, Hire-math, Parmesh D Jolad, Ran-jan Paul, Ram Onkar, MiniArora and more.

Colours & Hues: Monday, Au-gust 29th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallerie Third Eye, No A-1 Epsilon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur A groupshow by artists Kanthraj N,Rima Ray & Rakesh Mandalat Gallerie Third Eye.

Synesthesia: Monday, August29th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Galleryske, No 2, Berlie Street,Langford Town A group showfeaturing works by AndreaAnastasio, Luigi Anastasio andAvinash Veeraraghavan. Theworks are displayed in thehouse-like space of the gallery,so that they are approachedwithout demarcations and dis-tinctions thus making the view-er experience the works in onecontinuous alternation of me-dia from video and painting,to photography and sculpture.

Solo show @ Apparao:Mon-day, August 29th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. Apparao Galleries,No 82 The Presidency, St MarksRoad, Apparao Galleries pres-ents an exhibition of paintingsby T. Vaikuntam.

The Eye of Graciela Iturbide:Monday, August 29th, 2011. 10a.m. to 7 p.m. Tasveer, No26/1, Kasturba Cross Road, Acollection of black and whitepictures shot by Mexican pho-tographer Graciela Iturbide,in locales across the world.

Now and Tomorrow :Monday,August 29th, 2011. 10 a.m. to7 p.m. Kynkyny Art, No 148Embassy Square, InfantryRoad, An exhibition by elevenemerging artists, which travels into contemporary ter-ritory and throws up a commentary on the rapidlychanging, continually shiftinghere and now of modern In-dia.

Group Show @ Renaissance:Monday, August 29th, 2011.11 a.m. to 7 p.m. RenaissanceGallerie, No 13 Westminster,Cunningham Road, An exhi-bition of paintings by JohnPeter, Ravi Pujari, Suresh SWaghmore and Chan-drakanth S.K.

Group Show @ Renaissance:Monday, August 29th, 2011. 11a.m. to 7 p.m. RenaissanceGallerie, No 13 Westminster,Cunningham Road, An exhi-bition of paintings by Shrad-dha DD, Deepa Vedpathak,Shama Rane and Shivaji Cha-van.

UNSCIENTIFIC METHODS, RAIN TURN ROADS INTO NIGHTMARE

Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: With heavy rains lashingthe city over the last few days, roadshere are shot, turning them into deathtraps. Especially affected are the two-wheeler riders, who have to meandertheir way through pothole-ridden roads.Even on some of the main thoroughfaresof the city, the ride has become a night-mare.

Bangalore Beat visited some of theprominent parts of the city for a realitycheck and there have been many inci-dents of two-wheeler riders skiddingand falling, as gravel has come off. Thereason is also the badly maintaineddrains which do not take the load forcingrain water to flow on the road. At mostof the junctions there is a mass of sand,gravel and big sized stones, hamperingthe flow of traffic.

Experts say city’s roads have notbeen laid scientifically. There are manytowns and cities that receive more rainthan Bangalore, but still have betterroads. It is all about planning and exe-cution, they say.

Prof M N Sreehari of R V College ofEngineering, who is also traffic engi-neering expert and consultant to thestate government, said, “The BruhatBangalore Mahanagara Palike shouldbe held responsible for the whole mess.The city has a poor drainage system,which does not drain away water from

the roads. This results in water flowing on roads and stagnating, af-fecting their longevity. Potholes too arefilled with water, turning roads into abigger mess.”

“Longitudinal slope should be built

along with transfer slopes. It will ensurethat the water is drained in no time.Also the methods adopted during roadconstruction are very unscientific. Poor quality materials used for con-struction make things only worse. The

potholes must be filled with two layersand each layer must be compacted verywell. The joints must be sealed so thatthey won’t reflect during rains,” the ex-pert added.

BBMP town planning standing com-

mittee chairman C K Ramamurthy said,“We have started filling up potholes.We will intensify the activity and ensurethat the unwanted gravel, sand andstones are cleaned up as early so thatno commuters are hit.”

Wrong cop went withKatta to hospital

Manjunath SharmaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Former IT ministerKatta Subramanya Naidu, whohas been arrested for his allegedinvolvement in illegal land dealcases and has been admitted toVictoria Hospital over health is-sues, is in news again for anotherwrong reason.

This time, it is for the wrongpoliceman accompanying himat the time of his checkup atJayadeva Institute of Cardiology.Katta was admitted in the emer-gency ward of the hospital onAugust22, at 12.50 pm.

As he was an undertrial, hehad to fill up the form at thehospital and give information,including his name, age, father’sname etc along with his thumbimpression. As per the medicolegal procedure, the ones whobring him to the hospital tooshould give their personal in-formation and sign the register.The register has the names ofDr Surya and police constableGirish.

What is puzzling is that thepolice constable Girish (PC No-1050) is attached to Adugodi po-lice station law and order wing.According to a letter written bythe chief superintendent of theParappana Agrahara CentralPrison, from where Katta wasbrought for medical complica-tions, the former minister wasto be accompanied by a CityArmed Reserve or a KarnatakaState Reserve Police constable.

The issue has raised doubtsin the minds of Lokayukta police,who had to spend a lot of timeto nab one of the most powerfulministers of former chief ministerYeddyurappa cabinet.

Awards given away on Ramakrishna Hegde jayanthi

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Several awards to mark the birthanniversary of former chief minister Ra-makrishna Hegde were given away today.

Various luminaries from film, industry,social work, health administration, jour-nalism, education and sports and gameswere awarded on the occasion.

Film actress Roopika, Rajajinagar LionsClub secretary K Ashok, educationist ManjulaDevi, and social worker Vasanth SiddapaPoojari were given the Karnataka Bhushanaawards.

Theatre personality Ramesh H Rangan-nanavar, sports person Srinivas J Deshpande,progressive agriculturist Mahadeva Siddara-ma Hudade and industrialist D H Patil werepresented Karnataka Rathanashree awards.

Dr N S Biradar for health administration,Rakesh Nanda, wing commander and groupcaptain, Indian Air Force, Kashinath foragriculture and administration, B R Rajufor industries and Puthubal Bhaskar Reddy

for media were given away Rashtriya RathnaPrashasthi awards. The awards functionwas organised by the Institute of PoliticalExcellence along with the Karnataka SanskritAcademy. Several cultural functions werealso organised on the occasion. Shantaveera

Swamiji of Sri Kolada Mutt, former ministerB K Chandrashekar, former MLC MPNadagowda, Jagadish Hosmani, CentralFilm Censor Board member, and GurunathB Bori, president of the Karnataka HumanRights Wing, Belgaum, took part.

Shantaveera Swamiji of Sri Kolada Mutt, KPCC vice-president B K Chan-drashekar, former MLC MP Nadagowda, Jagadish Hosmani, Central Film CensorBoard member, former minister M Raghupathi and Gurunath B Bori, president

of the Karnataka Human Rights Wing, Belgaum, take part in the function.

Heap of footwear standtestimony to battle won

Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Freedom Park,which was the hub on anti-cor-ruption protest in the city show-ing support to Gandhian AnnaHazare’s fast in New Delhi, isempty, now that a major battlehas been won with Parliamentagreeing to pass a Lokpal bill.

Quite strangely, a heap offootwear has been left behindby protesters who took part inthe struggle coordinated by thenon-government organisationIndia Against Corruption forthe last 13 days. The huge crowdat the venue has forced someof the protesters lose theirfootwear.

The pile only got higher yes-terday when a rally saw thou-sand of the people descendingon the venue. Since it was aweekend, many professionalscame along with their familymembers, crowding the Free-dom Park. Some of the footwearleft behind are expensive and branded whose price could range from Rs 1,000 toRs 2,500.

Purushotham, a volunteerwith the India against Corrup-tion, said, “We dismantled thestage yesterday, and saw morethan 500 pairs of footwear leftbehind by the participants. Wehave handed the park back tothe BBMP. But the ones whohave lost their footwear can go

back to Freedom Park and col-lect them.”

Vendors are waitingfor another big event

Corn, peanut and cucumbersellers made a killing in the 13days of protest at the FreedomPark. Now that the show is over,they are waiting for anotherbig event of this magnitude tomake a killing.

On all 13 days of the protets,there were a number of these

small time merchants, whowould pitch their tent quiteearly in the morning and goback quite satisfied with theirearnings. The city, like in mostparts of the country, had notseen such a crowd gather atone place for such a long time.

The weather too helped thevendors as it was a bit chillythrough the days of protest.While many carried baskets tothe venue, there were otherswho had parked their carts justoutside Freedom Park, servingout their ware.

Volunteers back to theirworks after 15 days

Around 200-250 volunteers,who dedicatedly worked without any rest to make thiscampaign successful, returnedto their work today after a busy schedule of nearly a fort-night.

When some of these IndiaAgainst Corruption volunteersmanaged vehicles at the park-ing lot, others helped by stick-ing posters across the venue.

Some volunteers served wa-ter to thirsty protesters, whilesome took care of mobile toi-lets. Many others were seencontinuously cleaning thepark.

“Battle won, but the war isyet to be!!!!” chorused the vol-unteers who returned back totheir works today.

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Heavy rains paralyse Mumbai;BMC issues high tide alert

Mumbai: The BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation (BMC) to-day issued a high tide alert afterheavy rains lashed the city forthe third consecutive day dis-rupting train services on the Cen-tral and Harbour line, throwingnormal life out of gear.

According to Met Department,Colaba recorded 178.6 mm ofrainfall and Santacruz received232. 6 mm of rainfall since 8.30am yesterday leading to water-logging in several areas.

Following this, the civic bodyissued a high tide alert.

“A tide measuring 4.63 mtrwill hit the coast around 12.15pm. Any tide above 4.50 mtr is ahigh tide,” a civic official said.

The weather bureau forecastsintermittent rains in parts of cityand suburbs besides heavy tovery heavy rains accompainedby strong gusty winds will occurin some areas. Following inces-sant rains, the water levels atMithi river have rose to 4.2 mtr.

“Several hutments near theMithi river have been evacuated,”civic officials said.

Also, 33 people from a resortin Palghar were evacuated bythe Mumbai Fire Brigade.

The BMC has also closed allits civic-run schools in the citytoday due to heavy downpour.

Trains services on Central andHarbour line were closed tem-porarily following water logging

on railway tracks.“Train services on Central Rail-

way and Harbour line are closedfor sometime. We are continously

monitoring the situation. Once the water recedes on

tracks, we will start the services,”Central Railway PRO A K Singh

said.However, train services on the

Western line are running late byonly 5-10 minutes. .Water logginghas been reported from areaslike Hindmata, Milan subway,Vileparle, Dadar, Andheri, Kurla,Santacruz, Vikhroli, Chembur,Sion, Parel and others inconve-niencing daily commuters.

Rains also affected the air traf-fic. “Visibility is normal butflights are delayed by 10 minutes.Due to Kochi airport closure twoarrivals and four departures ofthat sector have been cancelled,”a MIAL spokesperson said.

So far, no incidients of houseand tree colllapse have been re-ported, officials said. PTI

GAMBHIR LIKELY TO COME BACKLeicester: With little improvement inhis agonising condition in the last 10days, India’s opener Gautam Gambhircould be packing his bags to returnhome.

In what could be a big blow to thecampaign of the defending world cham-pions in the forthcoming one-day series,Gambhir is likely to suffer the fate ofthe likes of Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh,Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwagwho came or joined the Indian squadand left without lending significantlyto the team’s cause.

India has been whitewashed 4-0 inthe Test series; lost their number oneTest rankings and is in danger of sufferinga similar debilitating fate in the one-day series, starting with the first gamein Chester-le-Street on September 3.

Gambhir had backpedalled to catcha pull by Kevin Pietersen at mid-on onthe second day of the final Test at theOval on August 19 but tripped and fellon his head and subsequently suffered

from a blurred vision.He didn’t open in both innings of the

Oval Test and came down late in the or-der, contributing little by way of runs.

Since then, he has visited doctors andgot MRI scans done which have shownclean results, yet Gambhir’s conditionhasn’t improved.

Gambhir’s case could be similar tothe one suffered by South African fastbowler Dale Steyn during the Champions’league last year when he too hadbackpedalled to take catch MichaelHussey in a semi-final clash betweenChennai Super Kings and Royal Chal-lengers bangalore and fell on his head.

Steyn’s MRI scans too showed littlebut the paceman took 3-4 weeks to gethimself sorted out.

By the looks of it, Gambhir could alsosuffer a similar fate and be out of actionfor 3-4 weeks, putting in doubt even hisparticipation when England pay a returnvisit to India for a one-day series inearly October. PTI

NRIs seek time line for Jan Lokpal bill

Washington: Indian-Americanshave asked Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh to issue a timebound plan to discuss and passthe Lokpal bill, as being soughtby anti-corruption crusader AnnaHazare and agreed upon by theParliament this week.

“We hope the Parliamentkeeps up this spirit of healthydiscussion rising above party-lines and show the same deter-mination in legislating and ulti-mately passing the Janlokpaland lokayukta bills. We demandthat very soon the governmentreleases a time-bound plan todiscuss and pass the bill,” they

said in a memorandum ad-dressed to the Prime Ministerand submitted to the Indian em-bassy here. A small group of In-dian-Americans and mostly In-dian students studying in variousuniversities in and around Wash-ington held a “victory meeting”in front of the Gandhi statue atthe Indian Embassy in Wash-ington.

About 50 Gandhi aka “Anna”caps were flown in by courierservice from New Delhi for theoccasion for the small gatheringof die-hard Anna supporters.

Sweets were distributed,wherein the attendees discussed

the future course of action andhow they can contribute in theirown small way for the anti-cor-ruption movement in India.

“Anna Hazare has done some-thing for India, which was neveraccomplished in post-indepen-dent India. We all should comeforward to support him,” saidJanak Arora, who had flown inthe trademark “I am Anna” capfrom India. “We hope the IndianParliament will discuss the Janlokpal bill and present astrong anti-corruption law to thenation soon,” said Umang Agarwal, from the University ofMaryland. PTI

A seminar on the Students’ Role Against Corruption was organised by the Anti-Corruption Forum at the Legislators’ Home this morning. Freedom fighter H SDoreswamy, former minister B T Lalitha Naik and litterateur Prof Chandrashekar

Patil took part in the seminar.

Students fight against graft Gangadhar Pujar

NarangconferredKhel Ratna

New Delhi: Ace shooter GaganNarang, who notched up fourgold medals at last year’s Com-monwealth Games, was on Mon-day conferred the country’s high-est sporting honour – the RajivGandhi Khel Ratna award – in aglittering ceremony at the Rash-trapati Bhawan here.

The 28-year-old rifle shooter,who was the first Indian marks-man to qualify for next year’sLondon Olympics with a bronzein the World Championships lastyear, was an automatic choicefor the prestigious award.

Narang, who was disgruntledat being :”ignored:” for the awardlast year, collected the trophythat consists of a medal, citationand cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakhfrom President Pratibha Patil.

Besides winning four goldmedals in the 2010 CWG, Narangbagged a silver in the men’s 10mair rifle singles event at the AsianGames last year. He also won ateam silver at the Asian Gameswhen he combined with AbhinavBindra and Sanjeev Rajput inthe 10m air rifle event.

Among the Arjuna awardees,the most high-profile among theones chosen this year – Indianpace spearhead Zaheer Khan –could not attend the function ashe recently underwent surgeryon his injured ankle in England.

Others who were also not pres-ent due to varied reasons weretennis ace Somdev Devvarman,gymnast Ashish Kumar and dis-cus thrower Vikas Gowda.

Badminton ace Jwala Guttaand India’s first woman worldchampion Tejaswini Sawant,who clinched the top honoursin the 50m rifle prone event,were among the star athleteswho received the Arjuna award.

Suranjoy Singh (Boxing), SunilChhetri (Football) and RajpalSingh (Hockey), also collectedtheir trophies personally. PTI

BSY runs totemple aftergetting outof hospital

Continued from page 1After the special puja, he cameto the Race Course residence andheld talks with his supportersand some legal experts. Thosewho came to visit him are: min-isters Renukacharya, Umesh Kat-ti, Laxman Savadi, Revu NaikBelamagi and Raju Gowda, MLABelur Gopalakrishna, MP P CMohan and others. After this,Yeddyurappa decided to attendthe Lokayukta special court. Yed-dyurappa got discharged fromthe hospital at 11 am after hisanticipatory bail petition was re-jected by the Karnataka HighCourt. It was the third time thatYeddyurappa got admitted toSagar Hospital since the Lokayuk-ta court started hearing his cases.

No power to alter Prezorder on clemency: Jaya

Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief min-ister J Jayalalithaa today saidshe has no power to alter thePresidential order rejecting theclemency plea of the three RajivGandhi assassins.

Making a suo moto statementin the Assembly, Jayalalithaasaid, “I don’t have any power toalter the Presidential order re-jecting the mercy petitions ofthe three,” -- Murugan, Perari-valan and Santhan.

She appealed to political par-ties “not to send signals” thatshe had powers to overturn thePresidential orders and save thethree from the gallows.

The three, sentenced to deathin the Rajiv Gandhi assassinationcase, are scheduled to be hangedon Sept 9.

The President had twice re-jected their mercy petitions ofthe three who were awarded thecapital punishment by a SpecialCourt here, which was upheldby the Madras High Court andthe Supreme Court.

Charging the DMK presidentM Karunanidhi with adopting“double standards” and enactinga “fake drama”, Jayalalithaa saidKarunanidhi, when he was ChiefMinister, had recommended to

the Governor to reject the mercypetitions of the three and com-mute the death sentence of Nali-ni, to life.

A decision in this regard wastaken on April 19, 2000 at a cab-inet meeting chaired byKarunanidhi, she said.

It is wrong to say that theChief Minister had powers tocommute the death sentenceand save the three lives, Jay-alalithaa said and expressed sur-prise why some political leaderswere making such remarks while“knowing well the legal issuesinvolved”.

Only the President and the

Governors has the powers tocommute death sentences, shenoted.

She rejected the contentionof political leaders that Consti-tution gives powers to the Stategovernment under Article 161.

She said the Union Home Min-istry had in 1991, made it clearthat when a petition for grant ofpardon in death sentences hasearlier been rejected by the Pres-ident, it would not be open forthe State government to invokeArticle 161 to commute the deathsentence.

“However, if there is a changeof circumstances or if any newmaterial is available, the con-demned person himself or any-one on his behalf may make afresh application to the Presidentfor reconsideration of the earlierorder. Once the President hasrejected a mercy petition, all fu-ture applications in this behalfshould be addressed to andwould be dealt with by the Pres-ident,” she quoted the HomeMinistry’s directive.

Almost all major political par-ties, barring the AIADMK andthe Congress have appealed tothe Chief Minister to interveneto save the life of the three. PTI

9 huntersarrested

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Chikmagalore: Nine persons,who were out on a hunting ex -pedition, were arrested here lastnight. The police recovered fourcountry made pistols, two bigguns and a jeep from the arrested.

The accused had gone insidethe Thimmlapura forest in theBhadra forest reserve and werecaught before hunting down wildanimals.

The Panchanahalli police, whogot a specific tipoff, venturedinto the forest and arrested thenine.

The nine accused had enteredthe forest without proper per-mission and were carryingweapons to kill animals, the po -lice said.

Sensex recovers 352 pts

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Ex-change benchmark sensex re-covered sharply by 352 points inthe early trade in view of all-round buying from operatorsand investors triggered by firmAsian cues.

The Sensex resumed higherat 16,080.74 and shot up furtherto 16,242.91 before quoting at16,200.85 at 1015hrs, showing anet gain of 352.02 points or 2.22per cent from its last weekend’slevel. The National Stock Ex-change 50-share Nifty also shotup by 102.55 points or 2.16 percent to 4,850.35 at 10.15 am.

Most Asian stock marketsgained after Federal ReserveChairman Ben Bernanke on lastFriday said that the US economicrecovery will accelerate and thecentral bank has more means toprop up growth if appropriate.

The benchmark indices inHong Kong, Japan, Singapore,South Korea and Taiwan rose bybetween 0.76% to 2.81%. IT stockssurged after Bernanke said he is“optimistic” about the long-termprospects of the US economy.

Privilege notices in Parl against OmPuri & Kiran Bedi

New Delhi: Members in bothHouses of Parliament have givenPrivilege notices against actorOm Puri and civil rights activistKiran Bedi for using “derogatoryand defamatory” languageagainst politicians and the mat-ter is under consideration of theChair.

In the Rajya Sabha, a memberalso attacked lawyer activistPrashant Bhushan for reportedlysaying that legislations arepassed by Parliament after tak-ing bribe. Lok Sabha SpeakerMeira Kumar today said in theHouse that notices for movinga Privilege Motion against Puriand Bedi for “allegedly” using“derogatory and defamatory”language against politicians havebeen received. Kumar said shehad received notices from P LPunia, Jagadambika Pal, Ra-mashankar Rajbhar, LalchandKataria, Mirza Aslam Beg,Praveen Aron and Shailendra

Kumar. “The matter is undermy consideration,” Kumar said.

During Anna Hazare’s agita-tion at Ramlila grounds on theLokpal issue, Puri and Bedi hadallegedly targeted politiciansand used derogatory and defam-atory language against them.

In the Rajya Sabha, DeputyChairman K Rahman Khan toldagitated members that the priv-ilege notices given by RamgopalYadav (SP) and Md Adeeb (Ind)were under consideration of theChairman. Raising the issue dur-ing Zero Hour in the UpperHouse, Yadav said that the filmactor dubbed Parliamentariansas “thieves” and “incompetent”while speaking from the stageof Hazare on August 26. He saidsuch statements by the actor isa privilege of MPs and requestedthe Chair to refer his notice tothe Privilege Committee amidthumping of desks by membersfrom all parties. PTI

Seerʼs massive celebration

Massive celebrations were held tomark the 96th birth anniversary of Shivarathrishwara Rajendra

Swamiji at the JSS Mahavidhyapeetha at Mysoretoday. MLA H S Shankarlinge

Gowda, Mysore mayor Pushpalatha Chikkanna and others

took part. A procession with cultural troupes was taken out

through main thoroughfares of thecity.

Photos: G S Ravishnakar

Shivaʼs mace processionbegins in Himachal

Chamba (Himachal Pradesh):The procession of the holy maceof Lord Shiva during the Man-imahesh pilgrimage started fromhere today amidst beating ofdrums and playing of ‘shehnais’.

“The procession of the ‘CharriYatra’ (holy mace procession)started from the 1,000-year-oldLakshmi Narayan temple inChamba town,” Additional Dis-trict Magistrate Neeraj Kumartold IANS.

It would reach ManimaheshLake on Radhashthmi, the birthday of Krishna’s consort Radha,Sep 5, when more than one lakhdevotees are expected to take adip in the oval-shaped, glacier-

fed holy Manimahesh Lake.The 15-day Manimahesh pil-

grimage in the interiors of Cham-ba district officially began Aug22. Kumar said more than threelakh people have undertakenthe pilgrimage to the Manima-hesh Lake so far.

Every year, devotees under-take an arduous 14-km trek fromthe Hadsar base camp, some 65km from here, to the lake fromwhere they can see MountKailash, believed to be the abodeof Lord Shiva, and offer prayers.

It’s believed that the devoteescan have a view of the MountKailash only if the lord ispleased. When the peak is hid-

den behind clouds, it is a signof the lord’s unhappiness, thebelievers say.

The state government hasalso allowed private heli-taxioperators to ferry people duringthe pilgrimage.

The choppers ferry devoteesbetween Bharmour town,known for ‘chaurasi’ or 84 Hindutemples, and Gauri Kund, justone km short of the lake. Theto-and-fro fare per person isRs.7,500.

According to organisers, fourpeople have lost their lives dur-ing the pilgrimage. Two pilgrimsdied when they were hit byrolling boulders. IANS

Day after: Ramlila Maidan deserted, clean up on

New Delhi: After being the site of Anna Hazare’santi-graft campaign for the last 10 days, theRamlila Maidan wore a deserted look today, evenas civic workers were busy clearing the sprawlingground of garbage.

Traffic around the ground was back to normalas the numerous police barricades on the roadswere removed, while a posse of policemen manned

the area.Winding up the piled carpets and tents, a

worker at ground said: “The carpets are stilldamp. The ground is expected to be clean by theend of the day.” The Municipal Corporation ofDelhi (MCD) and Delhi Waste Management PrivateLimited (DWMPL) were collectively cleaning upthe sprawling ground.

Beyond BeatMonday, August 29, 2011

Bangalore Beat Bureau

It is as fast as blink of an eye… and youhave the solved Rubik’s Cube beforeyou. If you are among the majoritywho failed to put the stubborn coloursof the cube on the same side, you will

develop an inferiority complex readingthis.

A Bangalore lad at a recent competitionfor the fastest fingers solved the Cube in14.56 seconds flat. If you think you could

have come second, think again. The secondboy was just a whizz slower at 17.03 secondsand the third place went to a girl who fin-ished it in 17.86 seconds.

The winner of this super kid show, Ber-nett Orlando, talks about logical thinkingand algorithmic calculations to solve a merepuzzle. The competition was BangaloreCube Challenge 2011, and 75 Rubik’s Cubelovers participated in the event held re-cently at Forum Mall in Koramangala.Most of them were young students from dif-ferent schools across the city. It was con-ducted as per the norms stipulated by theWorld Cube Association (WCA).

The contest was held at two levels, am-ateur and professional. Children in the agegroup of four to 14 participated. Sreeramstood second, while Manasi came third.

Bangalore Beat asked Orlando whatmade a champion like him? “It is nothingbut constant practice every day. I wascompletely preoccupied with the cubeand practiced for almost eight hours a day.That is what helped me. But I need to thankmy father John Louis who put me ontomind games when I was just seven. He en-couraged me to solve the Rubik’s Cube. Asthe years progressed, I picked up speed.”

Bernett Orlando is already an estab-lished name in the cube challenge circuit,having taken part in various formats of thecompetition nationally and international-ly. He was the winner of National CubeChallenge thrice, winning the competitionin 2008, 2009 and 2010. This is his fourthvictory.

The first time he won the internationalcompetition at Hague in the Netherlands in2006. He clocked 14 seconds to win thecompetition. He followed it up with anothervictory in the 4th Rubik’s cube worldchampionship in 2007 in Budapest, Hun-gary, by clocking 14 seconds again in the3x3x3 category.

In the blindfolded, 5x5x5 category, hewon the competition in 55 seconds. Askedhow he could do it despite being blind-folded, the 15-year-old Orlando, who isstudying in the 10th standard at MontfortSchool in Bangalore, said: “My father isknown as an authority in memory map-ping. He trained me to focus using this skill.Before going for blindfolded contest, onehas to study the cube for nearly 10 minutesto understand the position of differentblocks. Once you know, the colours, youjust plunge into it. You should under-stand where the cubes are falling with eachmove and calculate the next move.”

Women waste50bn litres

of water shaving legs

London: Women who shave their legs in theshower waste about 50 billion litres of water a yearthat is equivalent to four weeks of supply in a citylike London, a new research has claimed.

Thames Water, the UK’s largest water and sew-erage company which commissioned the study,said the amount of water wasted in the showerwould be enough to supply the whole of Londonfor about 25 days, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The research also found that one in four peo-ple leave the sink tap running while they brushtheir teeth, which accounts for around 120 billionlitres of water wasted per year.

A spokesman for Thames Water said: “It mayseem like it’s always raining, but we’ve had belowaverage rainfall across our region for nine of thepast 12 months.

“Our research proves that the majority of peo-ple have a ‘water conscience’ with more than 90per cent of people saying they would feel guiltyabout wasting water.

“We now need to help our customers use evenless of it.” PTI

People choosehigher‑paying

jobs even if theyare unhappy

London: “Lack of money is the root of all evil”,Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said.Now, a new survey has found that most people intoday’s world prefer higher-paying jobs even if theyknow it can make them unhappy.

Economists at Cornell University asked morethan 2,500 people what would make them happier– 50,000 pounds job with “reasonable” hours al-lowing them 7.5 hours sleep or one paying 90,000pounds with “unusual” hours allowing them sixhours of shut-eye.

The subjects were asked, if push came toshove, which of the two jobs they would actual-ly choose.

The economists found that more respondentchose the higher income job than thought itwould make them the happier, showing thatsome people pick it despite knowing it would leadto a less happy life, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ report-ed.

Pressed about their motivation many said theyfelt picking the better paid job would make theirfamily happier.

Others said they would enjoy the greater socialstatus that came with the role while some said itwould give them a greater sense of purpose.

Alex Rees-Jones, one of the researchers, said hebelieved that the findings had political implica-tions.

“Our research suggests that if governmentschoose to design policies to maximise happinessmeasured in their surveys, they might impose poli-cies that people would not want for themselves,”he said. PTI

SOLVING RUBIKʼS CUBE IN 14.56 SEC FLAT!

Here is a boy who is superfast in solving the Rubikʼ Cube challenge. Bernett Orlando,who is a well‑known name in the cube circuit, has won several national and

international competitions. You need to have logical thinking and algorithmic calculations to complete the puzzle, he tells L Raghunanda

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Planet made of diamonds!London: In what could be called agem of a discovery, astronomersclaim to have found a planet entire-ly made of diamonds.

An international team of scientists,who reported their discovery in thejournal Science, said they have un-earthed a once-massive star in theMilky Way that has been trans-formed into a small planet made ofthe precious rock.

The team – made up of scientistsfrom Australia, Italy, Germany,Britain and the US – first detected anunusual star, called a pulsar, and fol-lowed up their discovery using a tel-escope based in an observatory inCheshire.

It led the scientists to discover thegravitational pull of a small com-panion planet orbiting the pulsar, theDaily Mail reported.

Pulsars are small spinning starsmore than ten miles in diameter – thesize of a small city – that emit a beamof radio waves.

The researchers think that the“diamond planet” is all that remainsof the original star, most of whosematter was siphoned off towardsthe pulsar.

The companion planet is small, atless than 40,000 miles wide – aboutfive times the diameter of Earth.

But it is so close to the pulsar thatif it were a bit bigger it would havebeen ripped apart by the gravita-tional force of the star, which rotatesmore than 10,000 times per minuteand has a mass of about 1.4 timesthat of the sun.

“This remnant is likely to be large-ly carbon and oxygen, because a starmade of lighter elements like hy-drogen and helium would be too bigto fit the measured orbiting times,”said research team member DrMichael Keith of the Commonwealth

Scientific and Industrial Research Or-ganisation in Australia.

The density means that this ma-terial is certain to be crystalline,that is, a large part of the star may besimilar to a diamond, the researcherssaid.

The pulsar, dubbed PSR J1719-1438, and its planet are part of theMilky Way’s plane of stars and lie4,000 light-years away in the con-stellation of Serpens.

The modulations in the radio puls-es told astronomers a number ofthings about the planet.

It orbits the pulsar in just twohours and ten minutes, and the dis-tance between the two objects isabout 373,000 miles – a little lessthan the radius of our sun.

Despite its small size, the planethas slightly more mass than Jupiter.About 70 per cent of millisecond pul-sars have companions of some kind.

Astronomers think it is the com-panion that, in its star form, trans-forms an old, dead pulsar into a mil-lisecond pulsar by transferring mat-ter and spinning it up to a very highspeed.

The result is a fast-spinning mil-lisecond pulsar with a shrunkencompanion – most often a so-calledwhite dwarf. PTI

Bernett Orlando amazes all by solving a Rubik’ s Cube by covering his eyes at the 4th Rubik’s cube world championship at Budapest in Hungary in 2007.

Bernett Orlando wins the first place at the 4th Rubik’s cube world championship at Budapest in Hungary.

Evolutionary change takes 1m yrsWashington: Although it’s aconstant and sometimes rapidprocess, evolutionary changestakes one million years, say sci-entists.

A new study, published in the‘Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences’ journal,combined for the first time datafrom short periods such as 10 to100 years with much longer evi-dence found in fossil record overmillions of years.

It determined that rapidchanges in local populations of-ten don’t continue, stand thetest of time or spread through aspecies.

In other words, just becausehumans are two or three inchestaller now than they were 200years ago, it doesn’t mean thatprocess will continue and peoplebe two or three feet taller in2,000 years. Or even as tall in onemillion years as we are now, saythe scientists.

“Rapid evolution is clearly a re-ality over fairly short time peri-ods, sometimes just a few gen-

erations,” said lead author JosefUyeda of Oregon State Universi-ty.

“But those rapid changes donot always persist and may beconfined to small populations.For reasons that are not com-pletely clear, the data show thelongterm dynamics of evolutionto be quite slow,” he added.

Across a broad range ofspecies, the study found that fora major change to persist and forchanges to accumulate, it tookabout one million years. PTI

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Revellers dance as they paradethrough the street during the childrenday of Notting Hill Carnival in London,

yesterday.

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world briefs

Three die in Pakistan

train attackIslamabad: Firing and rocket attacks on apassenger train in southwest Pakistan Sun-day left three people dead and 19 othersinjured, a media report said.

The Quetta Express was on its way toPeshawar when it was attacked near Machin Kachhi district of Balochistan province.The Baloch Liberation Army has claimedresponsibility for the attack, Daily Timesreported.

“First they (rebels) fired three to fourrockets at the train and later opened indis-criminate fire from a sub-machine gun onthe passengers seated in the train,” saidBolan assistant commissioner Qaim Ali.IANS

Khamenei pardons 1,200

prisonersTehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader AyatollahAli Khamenei has pardoned 1,218 prisonersas a goodwill gesture on the occasion ofEid ul-Fitr, a media report said.

The announcement comes following arequest from judiciary chief Ayatollah SadeqAmoli Larijani to grant clemency to theprisoners as part of the celebrations tomark the end of the holy month of Ramadan,ISNA news agency reported Sunday.

Muslims across the world end theirmonth-long fast with the celebration of Eidul-Fitr. IANS

Man getsdeath for

killing IranianTehran: A man accused of killing an Iraniannuclear physicist in 2010 was Sunday sen-tenced to death, a media report said.

Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, a professorof Tehran University, was killed in a blastnear his home in Tehran in January 2010.

Ali Jamali-Fashi was sentenced to deathafter he confessed his role in the assassi-nation plot during a trial Aug 23, Xinhuareported quoting the Mehr news agency.

Iran has accused Israel of killing its nu-clear physicist. The West suspects Iran’snuclear programme may be meant for pro-ducing weapons. Tehran says it is only forpeaceful use. IANS

20 perish inNigeria flood

Moscow: At least 20 people have died in aflood in southwestern Nigeria, media reportssaid.

“The death of 20 people has been officiallyconfirmed. The situation is very serious,”said Yushau Shuaib, an official of the coun-try’s emergency agency.

Torrential rain which began Friday trig-gered the flood.

Thousands of people have been evacuatedfrom the area. IANS

Persian cairnwall found

Tehran: A cairn wall belonging to theParthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD) in ancientPersia was discovered in northern Iran.

A coin and a copper artifact of the me-dieval Islamic civilization were also foundat the archaeological site in Nowshahr inMazandaran province, the Iran CulturalHeritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organi-sation said.

The Affelle archaeological site is aboutfive sq km which had been used as a met-al-melting shop in ancient Persia, directorof the study team, Mohammad GhamariFatideh said.

“Pottery and other surface evidencesshowed the site dates back to the Parthianperiod,” the official IRNA news agencyquoted the official as saying.

The Parthian Empire was a major Iranianpolitical and cultural power in ancient Per-sia. IANS

Chinese militarycourt gets head

Beijing: Liu Jixing has been appointed asthe new president of the People's LiberationArmy's (PLA) military court. Liu, a formervice president of the PLA military court,replaced Su Yong for the top job. IANS

London: Earning less seems to be ablessing in disguise – the richer peoplebecome the lesser they care for theirelderly parents, a new study hasfound.

The study of 2,790 American menand women found that increasing ofwages leads to a significant drop inthe amount of time people spend inhelping their parents with householdchores, errands and transport.

According to the research, for everyten per cent rise in their salary, womenwill spend 36 per cent less time pro-viding care and men will reduce theirinput by 18 per cent, the Daily Tele-graph reported.

The findings also showed that hav-ing a sibling or other person equippedto help out makes the effect evenmore severe.

Lead researcher Olena Nizalova,from the Kiev Economics Institute,said the study showed that currentglobal policies towards making careaffordable are not compatible witheach other. Providing care for the

elderly is becoming an ever more dif-ficult problem because birth rates aredeclining and people are living longerand reaching retirement in recordnumbers.

Economists have suggested that

the burden could be reduced by en-couraging more women to take jobsand raising the retirement age inorder to increase the workforce, andurging the families and friends of theelderly to provide more informal carethemselves.

But the new study indicated thatearning more money would be likelyto lower rather than raise the amountof time people spend looking aftertheir elderly relatives.

Involving an elderly person’s widerfamily and friends in their care couldalso cause their children to dramati-cally reduce the amount of time theyspend helping out as their earningsrise, it said.

The findings will be presented at ameeting of economics Nobel Laureatesin Lindau, Germany. PTI

Antidepressantscould reduce bowel,

brain cancer riskLondon: A type of drug com-monly prescribed to treat de-pression and migraines couldalso reduce the risk of bowelcancer by up to fifth, a new studyhas claimed.

Researchers at three Britishuniversities, who looked at dataof about 93,000 people, alsofound that tricyclic antidepres-sants also reduce the risk ofglioma – the most common typeof brain cancer – by up to two-thirds.

Taking larger doses for longerincreases the preventative effect,the researchers said.

Although the results are star-tling, it is highly unlikely suchdrugs, many of them are seda-tives, would be widely prescribedto those without mental healthproblems because of their side-effects.

However, the researchers areexcited because they say peopleat a genetically higher risk ofthe two types of cancer could beprescribed them, the Daily Tele-graph reported.

The finding, published in theBritish Journal of Cancer, couldalso lead to the development ofspecifically designed pharma-ceuticals to tackle bowel andbrain cancer, said Dr Tim Batesof Lincoln University.

He explained that tricyclic an-

tidepressants worked by attack-ing the “Achilles’ heel” of somecancer cells, or their mitochon-dria that enable them to func-tion.

“As cancer mitochondria arebiochemically different from mi-tochondria in normal non-cancercells, they represent an Achilles’heel,” he said.

Tricyclic antidepressants ap-peared to interfere with the nor-mal working of mitochondria inbowel and glioma cancer cells,he said.

“The cancer prevention actionof these drugs may translate intoone that is also useful in treatingglioma, both in adults and inchildren, and colorectal cancer,”he added.

The study compared about31,500 people with cancer withabout 61,500 people without,and was adjusted for age, gender,smoking, obesity and other fac-tors.

It showed that people on tri-cyclic antidepressants were be-tween 16 and 21 per cent lesslikely to have developed bowelcancer, with those who had beentaking them at higher doses forlonger receiving greater protec-tion. Bowel cancer is the secondbigger cancer killer after lungcancer, which kills 16,000 peoplea year in the UK alone.

Undernutrition in teen years can lead to heart disease

London: Teenage girls whostarve themselves to remain slimcould up their risk of heart dis-ease by up to a third later in life,a new study has claimed.

The study of almost 8,000women by researchers at theUniversity Medical Centre inUtrecht, The Netherlands, foundthat severe undernutrition duringadolescence, even for short pe-riods, can have severe conse-quences later in life.

It found that women who wereseriously deprived of food duringtheir teens, had a 27 per centhigher risk of coronary heart dis-ease in later life, rising to 38 percent in those who had been aged10 to 17 years.

Those who had suffered mod-erate hunger and weight losshad a slightly higher risk of heartdisease, though the study alsofound that the risk of stroke waslower for women who had beenundernourished than for thosewho had not, the Daily Telegraphreported.

Annet van Abeelen, who ledthe study, said: “Our study pin-points the crucial role childhood

plays in adult health.“Growth that has been ham-

pered by undernutrition in laterchildhood, followed by a sub-sequent recovery, may have meta-bolic consequences that con-tribute to an increased risk ofdiseases later in adulthood.”

For the study, published inthe European Heart Journal, theresearchers studied almost 7,845women who had been aged upto 21 during the Dutch famine in1944-45, during which officialrations slumped as low as 400-800 calories a day before thecountry was liberated from Nazi

occupation.The participants were divided

into three groups – those whohad been “severely” exposed tofamine, those who had been“hardly” exposed and thosewhose experience fell in between.

Figures showed that womenwho were severely exposed tothe famine had a 27 per centhigher risk of coronary heart dis-ease than those who were un-exposed, rising to 38 per cent inthose who were aged 10-17 atthe start of the famine.

“The Dutch famine of 1944-45 is a ‘natural experiment’ inhistory, which gave us the uniquepossibility to study the long-termeffects of acute undernutritionduring childhood, adolescence,and young adulthood in other-wise well-nourished girls andwomen,” the esearchers said.

They observed that stress during the famine may also have led to changes in behaviourwhich could impact on a person’srisk of heart disease later in life. PTI

Irene toll risesto 18 in US

Washington: The death toll in theUnited States from Hurricane Irene hasrisen to 18, with four new fatalities re-ported in the state of Pennsylvania, USofficials have said.

Six deaths have been recorded inNorth Carolina, where Irene made land-fall early Saturday morning with 85-mile (140-kilometre) per hour winds,before heading up the eastern seaboardand scoring a rare hit on New York.

Four more deaths were recorded inPennsylvania, including two men, onein a tent and another in a camper whowere crushed by falling trees.

The toll rose from eight overnightwith new fatalities including men hitby falling trees in North Carolina andVirginia, a woman in Maryland struckby a falling chimney, as well as onevictim in New Jersey.

The breakdown of fatalities was: sixin North Carolina, four in Virginia, fourin Pennsylvania, one in New Jersey,and one each in Connecticut, Floridain Maryland.

The youngest fatalities were a boykilled by a falling tree in his apartmentin Newport News, a city on a coastalpeninsula in Virginia, and a girl whodied in North Carolina.

“A 15-year-old girl was killed in a caraccident on her way back from thebeach after vacationing in North Car-olina,” explained emergency officialPatty McQuillan.

“The traffic light at the intersectionwas not working, the power was out.”

North Carolina emergency manage-ment spokesman Brad Deen said

one of the six victims in his state was a man who had a heart attack on Friday while nailing plywood over his windows in preparation for the hurricane.

Two people were also killed in thestate in separate driving accidents. An-other North Carolina fatality was a manstruck by a falling tree limb while outsidefeeding his animals. AFP

A bicyclist makes his way past a stranded taxi on a flooded New York CityStreet as Tropical Storm Irene passes through the city yesterday. Although

downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, Irene’s torrential raincoupled with high winds worked in concert to flood parts of the city.

Humans got immunityboost from Neanderthals

London: The key immunitygenes that help us fight virusestoday may have been passeddown by our extinct relatives,including Neanderthals, scien-tists have claimed.

Cross-breeding between an-cestors of modern humans andtheir extinct close relatives passeddown specific genes which canstill be found in our DNA, theresearchers believe.

They think that improvementsin the immune system of Homosapiens’ may also have been in-herited from the Denisovans –a now-vanished human sub-species from eastern Asia, theDaily Mail reported.

Last year, scientists discov-ered that ancient intimate rela-tions meant as much as fourper cent of the DNA of somepeople living today was Nean-derthal. A similar genetic studyshowed that up to six per centof the modern human genome,

or genetic code, was Denisovanin origin. Lead researcher DrPeter Parham, of Stanford Uni-versity, California, said cross-breeding contributed to our genepool.

He said: “The cross-breedingwasn’t just a random event that

happened, it gave somethinguseful to the gene pool of themodern human.”

Neanderthals, who lived inwestern Asia and Europe, co-existed with early modern hu-mans for several thousand yearsbefore dying out around 30,000years ago.

It is believed that Homo sapi-ens, Neanderthals and Deniso-vans split into different popu-lations from a common Africanancestor around 400,000 yearsago. For the research, publishedtoday in the journal Science,the researchers focused on im-mune system elements calledHLA genes, which are criticalto the body’s ability to identifyand destroy harmful foreign in-vaders. They are among themost variable and adaptable ofhuman genes and being flexiblehelps them stay ahead in thearms race with rapidly evolvingviruses.

Emergency not over,

says ObamaWashington: US PresidentBarack Obama has said that theHurricane Irene recovery effortcould go on for days or weeks,but hailed the disaster responseoperation as an “exemplary” dis-play of good government.

The president, who took painsto show Americans he was incharge of the emergency effort,amid memories of the botchedresponse to Hurricane Katrinain 2005, also remembered the14 people killed in the storm.

“I want people to understandthat this is not over. Responseand recovery efforts will be anongoing operation,” Obama saidin a short statement in the WhiteHouse Rose Garden.

“I do want to underscore thatthe impacts of this storm will befelt for some time. And the re-covery effort will last for weeksor longer. Power may be out fordays in some areas,” Obamasaid yesterday.

The president returned earlyfrom his vacation on Friday todeal with the Hurricane Ireneresponse and led top homelandsecurity officials in a massivefederal and local operation onyesterday.

“Our thoughts and prayersare with those who’ve lost lovedones. And those whose liveshave been affected by the storm,”Obama said.

“You need to know that Amer-

ica will be with you in your hourof need. While the storm hasweakened as it moves north, itremains a dangerous storm thatcontinues to produce heavyrains.”

Obama, flanked by homelandsecurity secretary Janet Napoli-tano and Federal mergency Man-agement Agency chief Craig Fu-gate, said he remained concernedby flooding and widespread pow-er outages. AFP

Rich people less likely to care

Sound raises hopeon Chinese miners

Beijing: The knocking soundfrom a flooded coalmine in north-east China has raised hopes that22 miners trapped there sincepast one week could still be alive.

The sound was heard around2 a.m. Monday in response torescuers’ knocking at a 270-plusmeter deep hole that had beendrilled Sunday night, rescuerssaid.

The hole can supply ventila-tion to the area where the minersmight be trapped, and it can beused to send water and food,China Daily reported.

The flooded mine in Hei-longjiang province belongs tothe Hengtai Coal Mining Co. Theflooding occurred last Tuesdaywhen the miners were workingunderground.

Nineteen other miners man-aged to escape. Three otherswere rescued Saturday while abody of another miner was re-trieved Sunday.

The provincial governmentordered the mine to stop pro-duction in 2007, but its ownerresumed production without per-mission, the work safety bureausaid.

The accident happened whenworkers mistakenly drilled intoa neighbouring mine, the news-paper said. IANS

Novel way to control dengue

fever discoveredWashington: Scientists claim to have found a newand effective way to control dengue fever by infectingmosquitoes with a bacterium that suppresses thevirus which causes the deadly disease.

Australian and US researchers, who detailed theirstudy in the journal Nature, found that populationsof mosquitoes which cause dengue become ineffectivewhen infected with the bacterial parasite Wolbachia.

Once infected, the bacterium prevents mosquitoesfrom becoming infected by the dengue virus and itspreads rapidly through the wild mosquito population,the researchers said.

“The results show we can completely transformlocal (mosquito) populations in a few months,” saidMichael Turelli, a biologist at the University of California,Davis. “It’s natural selection on steroids.”

Dengue fever is caused by four virus strains spreadby the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The disease causeshigh fever and has been called “breakbone fever” be-cause of the joint aches and muscle pains it causes.

Dengue viruses can also cause a fatal disease,dengue hemorrhagic fever, in people who have previ-ously been infect-ed with a differentstrain of the virus.

According tothe researchers,Wolbachia istransmitted by fe-male mosquitoesto their offspring.A pair of infectedmosquitoes pro-duce slightly few-er eggs than anuninfected cou-ple, but when aninfected malemosquito mates with an uninfected female, she pro-duces no eggs at all.

That provides a big reproductive advantage to thespread of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes, generationby generation.

It turns out that Wolbachia also suppresses variousother microbes living in the same mosquito, includingthe dengue virus. As these virus-resistant mosquitoesspread through the wild population, dengue trans-mission should dry up.

The promising results grew out of work more than20 years ago by Dr Turelli and Ary Hoffmann, now atthe University of Melbourne in Australia, who firstdescribed what turned out to be Wolbachia spreadingamong Drosophila flies in California’s Central Valleyin 1991.

“At the time, none of us expected that this researchmight contribute to human health. This is very exciting,once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Turelli said. “Wenever thought this would turn into an (dengue) erad-ication project.”

The researchers, however, said the process is com-plicated because Wolbachia is rare and its spreadthrough an insect population is disadvantaged becauseinfected mosquitoes lay fewer eggs than the uninfect-ed.

But once the frequency of the infection crosses acertain threshold, there is a strong advantage to itsspread, they hoped. PTI

28 die inBaghdadmosqueattack

Baghdad: A suicide bomberkilled 28 people including a member of parliament and wounded 37 others at a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad today evening, an interior ministry official said

“A suicide bomber enteredUmm al-Qura mosque and blewhimself up, killing 28 people andwounding 37,” the official said,speaking on condition ofanonymity.

Among the dead were Khaled al-Fahdawi, an MP from western Anbar province allied with the Sunni-backedIraqiya bloc, he said.

Elderly men and children werealso among the casualties, hesaid.

The Umm al-Qura mosque,located in the Ghazaliyah neighbourhood, is the main headquarters of the Sunni Endowment, which is responsible for maintaining Sunni Muslim religious sites across Baghdad.

The head of the Umm al-Qura mosque is Ahmed Abdulghafur al-Samarrai, who is reputed for his sermons against violent extrem-ism.

Yesterday’s attack came towards the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, just days before the Eid festival that follows it. AFP

Beachgoer slook at a deadsea turtle that washed up on

the beach after HurricaneIrene, yesterday, in Ventnor

City, New Jersey.

AP-PTI

LIFESTYLE 7Monday, August 29, 2011

Pop diva Madonna was spot-ted enjoying some qualitytime with her rumoured

boyfriend Brahim Zaiba inFrance.

The pop queen, 52, was seengiving her dancer lover a rideon a jet ski in the south of France,

while Zaiba, 24, held tightly, re-ports mirror.co.uk. Madonna’s14-year-old daughter Lourdesalso joined the couple on holiday.She spent the day soaking upthe rays and taking dips in thewater. Madonna and Zaiba laterwent for dinner together.

Former glamour modelKatie Price is set tolaunch her magazine

called “Katie Price”.The mother-of-three

turned into chief editor,writer and picture editor forher magazine. The first issueof the magazine gives a peakinto her wardrobe, a “Jordanmakeover” of her friendsand a tell-all interview abouther love life, reportsnews.com.au.

“This is a chance to getmy opinions across. I’m thechief editor, writer and pic-ture editor so I’ve writtenall the features and chosenthe photos myself,” Pricesaid of the magazine.

DiCaprio, Lively tomove in together?

At 37, actress HilarySwank can easily flaunta bikini, and she has

her fitness regime to thank forit.

The actress was pictured onthe Hawaiian island of Kauaiwearing a skimpy black two-piece with her long-time agentand boyfriend John Campisi,dailymail.co.uk reported.

When the Los Angeles-basedgirl is not on a holiday, Swankworks hard at maintaining herfigure with rigorous workoutsessions. She wakes up at thecrack of dawn most days andheads to Santa Monica for anhour-long workout.

She often meets her personaltrainer for a gruelling session,including a mix of boxing andsparring and free weights.

“She is also a big fan of thespin class,” a fellow gym-goersaid.

“Hilary just looks incredible.She is tiny and so toned. Every-one looks at her with these en-vious eyes, but when it comesto her exercise she is not theone to hold back. She goes forit full throttle,” said the source.

HATHAWAY SINGS WITH BENJI BOKO

Katie Price tolaunch her magazine

Olivia Wilde tostar in ʻChemistryʼ

Teen sensation JustinBieber will record aspecial album to raise

money for charity thisChristmas. The “Baby” hit-maker has been secretlyrecording tracks for the al-bum, but unveiled his planson microblogging site Twit-ter, reports dailystar.co.uk.

“So it’s true... been inthe studio doing somethingspecial for Christmas. Weare going to try and raise alot of money this year forcharity! “Trying to figureout the name of this Christ-mas album. It is special.We are going to raise a lotfor charity with it. What isa good name,” Bieberasked.

Actress Anne Hathaway maycollaborate with British rap-per Benji Boko to record her

first ever song - “Pap Rap”.Hathaway recently admitted she

loves rapping and wrote her owntrack about the paparazzi attentionshe gets, reports contactmusic.com.

“I’m over the moon to potentiallybe working with one of Hollywood’sA-Listers,” said Boko.

The song features the lines: “YoI’m a paparazzi/I don’t play noYahtzee/I go pap-pap-pap my cam-era’s up your crutch/See I tell thetruth from what I see and sell it toPerez Hilty... Pap-pap-pap-papscream all you want won’t makeme stop/Pap-pap-pap-pap I knowyou love to feel my pop.”

Secret behind Swankʼs svelte frame

Madonna takesbeau on French ride

A ctress Olivia Wilde isreportedly set to replaceJennifer Garner in “Bet-

ter Living Through Chemistry”.Wilde is believed to be in

negotiations to star in the darkcomedy thriller, which hadoriginally lined up Garner, be-fore she recently became preg-nant with her third child.

The movie tells the story ofa prudish pharmacist - whowill be played by Sam Rockwell- stuck in a love-less marriage,who starts having an affairwith a female customer whotakes him on a whirlwind rideof sex, drugs and possibly mur-der when they begin plottingto kill her husband.

Dame Judi Dench is in lineto be the film’s narrator andMichelle Monaghan will playSam’s onscreen wife.

Actors Leonardo Di-Caprio and BlakeLively are said to be

thinking of moving in to-gether to prove their com-mitment to each other.

“Leo and Blake are reallyhappy right now. They’vebeen discussing their fu-ture, and that includes cre-ating a home together. Leotold Blake that she can trusthim,” contactmusic.comquoted a source as saying.

DiCaprio who has previ-ously dated supermodelGisele Bundchen and cat-walk beauty Bar Refaeliwants to prove his commit-ment to Lively by movingin with her.

“He’s actually really tak-en with her and wants herto know that he’s commit-ted and not going any-where,” the source added.

Bieberʼs Christmasalbum for charity

After “Raaz” and“Raaz 2”, VikramBhatt is looking for-

ward to the release of thethird part of the horrorfilm - it comes out July 6next year.

“The filming of ‘Raaz3’ begins on 15th January...releases on July 6th 2012!”Bhatt posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

The movie will star Em-raan Hashmi and Jacque-line Fernandez along withBipasha Basu, who willmake a comeback in theBhatt camp after report-edly turning down a leadrole in “Murder 2”.

“So it official now.. thecast of Raaz 3 - Emraan,Jacqueline and ... BipashaBasu,” Bhatt posted.

The filmmaker also de-clared the name of thecharacter which the castwill play on-screen.

“Shanaya it is for Bi-pasha’s name in Raaz 3!!Jacqueline’s name is San-jana. The Hero of Raaz 3is Emraan Hashmi andthe name of his characteris Aditya, much likeRaaz...” Bhatt posted.

The film will also seeBhatt returning to VisheshFilms after 2003 movie“Footpath”.

ʻRaaz 3ʼ to release NEXT YEAR

Socialite Paris Hilton’s realityshow has been axed afterjust one season, according

to a report.Dailystar.co.uk reports that

Hilton’s TV venture, “The World

According to Paris”, will not bereturning for a second season.

“The show just recently com-pleted its run and no pick up de-cision has been made,” said arepresentative of the series.

No second season ofHiltonʼs reality show?

Monday, August 29, 2011 8LIFESTYLE

Vidya Balan has never ex-posed as much - but inthe first look of “The Dirty

Picture”, inspired by late south-ern sex icon Silk Smitha’s life,she has painted a perfect picturein an itsy-bitsy red blousematched with luscious red lip-stick.

The actress stands undauntedeven as three men - NaseeruddinShah, Tusshar Kapoor and Em-raan Hashmi - get too close forcomfort in the poster, whichwas released on social network-ing sites Friday.

“The poster and the logo of

the film has a very 1980s feel toit because the movie is set inthat period.

We will be launching the firsttrailer of ‘The Dirty Picture’ inMumbai August 30,” Girish Jo-har, head of acquisition anddistribution, Balaji Motion Pic-tures, told IANS over the phonefrom Mumbai.

The film is set to release Dec2, the birth anniversary of SilkSmitha, who became a symbolof sensuality after featuring inbold and semi-nude roles.

Later, financial crises andpersonal problems took a toll

on her life.It is this moving story that

has been captured in this latestoffering by Ekta Kapoor.

In tune with the period thatthe movie is set in, the Balajiunit has chosen to launch thefirst trailer at Galaxy, a singlescreen theatre in Mumbai.

“It is because the movie hasthe 1980s charm of Indian cin-ema, we chose not to go to anyfive star hotel or a multiplex tolaunch the first teaser. The the-atre will be set up in a way thatreminds people of good oldtimes,” said Johar.

AS SULTRY AS IT GETS... VIDYA INʻThe Dirty Pictureʼ

Alba doesnʼtwant ʻtime

consumingʼ jobActress Jessica

Alba, who gavebirth to her sec-

ond daughter, says shedoesn’t want to take upprojects that are “timeconsuming”.

“It’s more about thetime commitment andthe people I’m workingwith more than any-thing. I won’t just take a

job for a pay cheque nec-e s s a r i l y , ”contactmusic.com quot-ed

“So I’ve taken jobsthat aren’t really timeconsuming and are morecreatively fulfilling,” shesaid.

The actress recentlywelcomed her seconddaughter Haven with

Actor Mark Wahlberg isplanning to open a burgerrestaurant with his broth-

ers Donnie and Paul Wahlberg."It just works, it's a good

sounding brand we could putout the product with, a greatname people could relate to"Mark's business partner Ed St.Croix told Boston Herald.

The brothers are planning toname their restaurant "Wahlburg-er". The name was previously

trade marked by a burger chainin New York run by Tom Wahlbut St. Croix said that after somehard work they were able to ob-tain the naming rights addingthat it has "worked out well forboth sides", reports contactmu-sic.com .

Their burger joint would have80 people inside and 40 peopleon an outdoor patio with theolder brother Paul serving ashead chef.

Actor-filmmaker Anuj Saxenahas words of praise for Kan-gana Ranaut with whom he

was rumoured to have had an al-tercation over his film "One AndOnly". He admits that with a starlike Kangana date issues are boundto happen, but she was very pro-fessional and helpful throughoutthe making of the film. With hitslike "Once Upon A Time In Mum-bai" and "Tanu Weds Manu" be-hind her, Kangana is one of thebusiest actors in Bollywood nowa-days. Hence she was facing dateproblems with "One And Only",the launch pad of Chirag Paswan,son of politician Ram Vilas Paswan.

"When we signed Kangana shewasn't such a big name. She wasknown, but she wasn't what sheis today. We signed her, and thenshe did other films that went onto become hits and she becamethe Kangana Ranaut she is today.So maybe it's our lucky charm thatworked for her," a smiling Anuj,told IANS.

"She has been very professionaland helpful. She is a very busystar so in between we did havedate problems but that happenswith most films when one workswith a star. But eventually it allworked well," he added.

Kangana is very professional,helpful: Anuj Saxena

Mark Wahlbergplans burger chain

Singer Ashlee Simpsonreportedly wants to re-unite with her es-

tranged rocker husband PeteWentz.

Ashlee, who filed for di-vorce from former Fall OutBoy rocker in February aftertwo years of marriage, is saidto have made a late nightphone call to Pete to tell himthat she "misses" him.

"Ashlee was telling Petehow much she misses himand wants him back," show-bizspy.com quoted a sourceas saying. She has apparentlyasked her sister Jessica tohelp her win him back.

However, Pete's friends re-vealed he will "never" getback with Ashlee.

"He will never go back toher," a source said. "He's ina good place," said a friend.

Ashlee Simpson to goback to Pete Wentz?