Evening dailyNearly 40% in city live in slums P3

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BSY casesput off

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Bangalore: TheLokayukta spe-cial court todayadjourned hear-ing in denotifi-cation casesagainst formerchief minister B SYeddyurappa toOctober 15.

Special judgeA SudheendraRao posted thecase to a laterdate as the Kar-nataka HighCourt has stayed

proceedings in the cases related to the formerCM.

A high court single judge bench of Justice BS Patil stayed hearing in denotification casesagainst Yeddyurappa till October 14 when it willcome up for hearing.

Yeddyurappa today appeared before thecourt for hearing in cases PCR 2 and 3. The cas-es of illegal denotification of lands have beenfiled by advocates Sirajin Basha and K N Balraj,who had obtained permission from governor HR Bhardwaj to prosecute Yeddyurappa when hewas the chief minister.

They have alleged in their petition that Yed-dyurappa misused his powers, violated rulesand regulations to denotify lands in favour ofhis family members. They were clear cases offavouritism and nepotism, the two lawyershave alleged.

Yeddyurappa’s advocate Ravi B Nayak todayfiled a caveat in the high court for the stayagainst cases.

The caveat was filed as Basha had appealedbefore the high court to vacate the stay againstproceedings in Lokayukta special court.

Court admitsSanjeev Bhatt's

bail pleaAhmedabad: A Gujarat sessions court on Mon-day admitted the bail application of suspend-ed IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who was arrestedon September 30.

The court also sent a notice to the Gujarat gov-ernment and the state Director General of Po-lice.

Bhatt was arrested in Gandhinagar on chargesof fabricating evidence and wrongful confine-ment.

The arrest came after one of his juniors, KDPant, alleged that Bhatt had forced him to filea false affidavit against Chief Minister NarendraModi.

The suspended IPS officer had accused ChiefMinister Narendra Modi of abetting the 2002 ri-ots.

On Sunday, Bhatt got a reprieve when acourt rejected an application seeking his policeremand and was sent to judicial custody.

Nutraceuticalpark to

boost industryBangalore: The world is taking a lead in nu-traceuticals and nutritional sector, with a bigshare being garnered by China and the US. ButIndia’s share in this sector is just 1 percent of theworld share.

But this could change with the setting up ofa Nutraceutical Park in Mysore at a cost of Rs 20crore in an area spread over 50 acres. It was an-nounced by former chief minister B S Yeddyu-rappa, raising the hopes of industry represen-tatives and researchers. Page 3

Natarajʼs killersto be nabbed in

48 hours: CMBangalore: On the backdrop of the brutal mur-der of Congress corporator S Nataraj, Congressrepresentatives, headed by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshawara, met chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda at his residence Anu-graha this morning.

The chief minister assured us that the culpritswould be nabbed within 48 hours, said MLA Di-nesh Gundurao after the meeting. Page 3

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BʼLORE1 TO BE24x7 CENTREFacilities to be opened at all towns: CM

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Bangalore: The Bangalore One andother One centres in other citieswould be made round-the-clock serv-ices in the near future and the facil-ities would be extended to smallercities and towns across the state,said chief minister D V SadanandaGowda here this morning.

At a crucial meeting held at Vid-hana Soudha for effective adminis-tration at Vidhana Soudha this morn-ing, he said, “Majority of taluks at Chi-tradurga, Kolar, Chikballapur, Gadag,Bellary, Tumkur and Bangalore Ruraldistricts are drought affected. Prop-er relief measures would be given tothese taluks very soon.” Oppositionparties had demanded that 70 dis-tricts should be declared droughtaffected.

On the flipside, some areas of thestate have been affected by rain andfloods. “The government has enoughfunds and government agencies andofficials concerned should assess

the damage and extend aid to the af-fected people. They should draw upan action plan and provide water, fod-der to cattle and relief to the peopleas soon as possible.”

Taking officials and ministers totask, a tough-talking chief ministersaid, “The ministers have to clear fileswithin 15 days like I am doing now.Clearing files does not mean justputting in their signatures. They haveto make detailed notes and proper ob-servations. That goes for officialstoo.” On extending benefits of RightTo Information, he said, “A dayshould come when officials could giveinformation over the phone. Theyshould not make people run aroundfor the details they seek.”

Stressing on the use of Kannadasoftware, he said, “All government of-fices should use the software exten-sively. All officials should use com-puters.”

On e-governance, he said, “E-gov-ernance should be adopted exten-sively. All tenders should be through

the electronic process to bring intransparency in the administration.”

Deputy commissioners and chiefexecutive officers have to spend atleast three days in a week at theirheadquarters to address grievancesof the people. They have to serious-ly take up Jana Spandana pro-gramme, which has been put on thebackburner for a while now, he said.

He also directed all officials to ef-fectively implement the programmesannounced in the budget.

Eleven ministers, including homeand transport minister R Ashok, en-ergy minister Shobha Karandlaje,major industries minister MurugeshR Nirani, urban development minis-ter Suresh Kumar, PWD minister C MUdasi, rural development and pan-chayat raj minister Jagadish Shettar,horticulture minister Ravindranath,were present. Chief secretary S VRanganath, additional chief secre-taries, principal secretaries, secre-taries and other top officials werepresent at the crucial meeting.

Major fire breaks out at city hotel

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Bangalore: Another major fire broke out in thecity today, when a hotel on the busy Avenue roadat KR Market was completely gutted.

A cylinder exploded, triggering a short circuitat Chandra Vihar Hotel this morning. The short-circuit burnt down the entire place. Furniture,

computers and other valuables worth severallakhs were gutted.

Fire brigade officials said a leaking LPGcylinder exploded in the hotel kitchen startinga short-circuit.

Three fire engines with more than 25 firebrigade officials fought fire for more than threehours before bringing it under control.

Sadananda Gowda

MP Ananth Kumar and home and transport minister R Ashok inaugurate the new premises of Jayanagar road transport office on top ofBMTC TTMC at Jayanagar IV Block this morning. The RTO was earlier at the Jayanagar BDA complex.

New Jayanagar RTOS Radhakrishna

Metro to get`700‑cr loanfrom Hudco

The Housing Urban DevelopmentCorporation (Hudco), a central gov-ernment subsidiary, will extend aloan of Rs 700 crore to the “NammaMetro” project.

The loan agreement will be signedbetween Hudco and Bangalore MetroRail Corporation Ltd shortly, a pressrelease from chief minister D VSadananda Gowda’s office.

The chief minister had a detaileddiscussion with Hudco chairman andmanaging director V P Baligar onSaturday at New Delhi about variousHudco-assisted schemes in the state.

Full report on page 2

CBI raidsReddyʼs

wife, aidesBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Central Bureau ofInvestigation officials today raid-ed seven places across the stateto dig out more connections anddealings associated with formerminister and mining baron GaliJanardhana Reddy this morn-ing. His wife Lakshmi Aruna,who partly owns the AssociatedMining Corporation, too wasraided.

The raids were carried out atthree places at Bellary, two inDharwad and one each at Shi-moga and Davanagere.

Twenty-five officials formingseven teams raided carried outnear simultaneous raids. The of-fices and residences of human re-source development officials ofJindal Steel Works were raided.Offices and residence of DeccanMining Syndicate owner Rajen-dra Jain on Martin Road at Bellarywere searched and importantdocuments seized.

The CBI raided AssociatedMining Company which is said tobe owned by the Janardhan Red-dy's wife Lakshmi Aruna. The CBIalso raided people who are saidto be close associates of Reddy.

The CBI officials raided the res-idence of Kudiligi MLA B Na-gendra's residence at Nehrunagarin Bellary. The officials were seensearching for important docu-ments.

Conservator of forests Mutha-

iah, who was earlier DFO in Bel-lary, who allegedly has helpedthe Reddy brothers in their illegalmining activities, too was notspared. Muthaiah had left toDehradun for a training, leavinghis assistant to guard his home.The officials raided Muthaiah'shouse at Neralagunte and a guesthouse at Gongrahatti both atDharwad.

Deccan Mining Syndicate,owned by Rajendra Jain, wasalso raided. Officials raided theresidences of Reddy's associateParvathamma, who owned theMMC Mining Company earlier. Itmust be noted that the MMCMining Company is owned byReddy's wife Lakshmi Arunanow.

The CBI officials who startedtheir raids early in the morningby about 6am verified the docu-ments and other important pa-pers.

Gali Janardhana Reddy

`32 cap forpoor goes

New Delhi: The government to-day removed the Rs 32 yardstickfor poverty. This developmentcomes after Planning Commis-sion deputy chairman MontekSingh Ahluwalia and rural devel -opment minister Jairam Rameshreached an agreement on the is-sue of the per capita Below Pover-ty Line cap in a meeting.

Ahluwalia and Ramesh agreedboth on entitlement as well and

the BPL cap. It was the first meet-ing between them after a con-troversial affidavit, endorsed byPrime Minister ManmohanSingh, was filed in the SupremeCourt. The matter will come up inthe court on October 11. The viewof the Planning Commission thata person can meet expenditurewith Rs 32 in cities and Rs 26 invillages had sparked widespreadcondemnation. (See Page 4)

Fire brigade officials examine the hotel on Avenue road in K R Market area where a firebroke out this morning.

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Seshadripuram Education Trust president N R Panditaradhya, member T V Subba Rao,general secretary Wooday P Krishna and joint secretary A R Srinivasaiah inaugurate a

workshop on research methodology for faculty members of SET Institutions at Seshadripuram College today.

Talking about research

SAARATHEE Darshan, DeepaAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Eshwari (9.15 pm) HMT Cinemas(Jalahalli) (10.45 am) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (1 pm) GopalanCinemas (Rajarajeshwari Nagar) (10am, 6.30 pm) Goverdhan (11.30 am,2.30, 6, 9 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(12.30 pm, 3.15, 8.50 pm) Mohan(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Nar-taki (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Navrang (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15,10 pm)

LOKAVE HELIDA MAATHIDU Ravi Teja, AnithaKailash (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Ranganath (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Vishal (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

MARYADE RAMANNA (U/A)Komal Kumar, NishaAnupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Banashankari (Hongasan-dra) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30

pm) Rajarajeshwari (Mallathahalli)(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.15, 9.30pm) Siddalingeshwara (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Ullas (11.30am, 2.45, 5.45, 8.45 pm) Uma (10.15am) Veerabhadreshwara (10.45 am,1.45, 4.45, 7.45 pm) Venkatesh(Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Vijayalakshmi (Garu-dacharpalya) (11 am, 2.30 pm)Vaibav (11 am, 2.30 pm) Veeresh(10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

MANASALOGY (U/A)Rakesh, AmoolyaNalanda (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.40pm) Tribhuvan (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm)

KALLA MALLA SULLA (U)Bharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Gopal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (6.30 pm)Krishna (KR Puram) (10.30 am, 2, 8pm) Prasanna (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Siddheshwwara (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Triveni (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Uma (1pm, 4, 7 pm)

LIFU ISHTENE (U/A)Diganth, Samyuktha BelawadiCinepolis (5.10 pm) Eshwari (11.15am, 2.15, 6.15 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(1.10 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.45 am,6.10 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10am, 12.35, 6.20 pm) Krishna (Bom-manahalli) (11.15 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Sagar (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Sri Eshwari (11.15am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm)

90 (U/A)Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu KokilaSanthosh (10.30 am, 1.30).

DRIVE (U/A)Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan,Bryan Cranston, Albert BrooksInox (Magrath Road) (12.40 pm,7.25 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am, 2,6, 7.25, 10 pm)

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (U/A) Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund PikeCinepolis (10 am, 3.05, 7.40 pm)Fame (Lido) (2.50 pm) Fame (ValueMall) (2.45 pm, 7.40 pm) Fun Cine-mas (1.15 pm, 6.50 pm) Inox (Jayana-

gar) (1.35 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (4pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am,2.45, 5.05, 10 pm) Inox (Malles-waram) (10.10 am, 2.40 pm) Push-panjali (11 am, 2.15, 6, 9.15 pm)PVR Cinemas (12 pm, 4, 10 pm)Santosh (2 pm, 6, 9 pm)

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES “3D” PVR Cinemas (10 pm)

KUNG FU PANDA 2“3D” Cinepolis (5.05 pm)

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Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (12.30 pm, 10 pm) InnovativeMultiplex (10.10 am, 12.20, 7.45 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (1.20 pm, 3.45, 9.30pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10 am, 3.50,9.15 pm)

HUM TUM SHABANA (U/A)Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade,Minissha LambaAbhinay (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Anand (12 pm) Apsara (10.45am, 1.45 pm) Cauvery (2.30 pm,9.30 pm).

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MURAN (U)Cheran, Prasanna, NikithaAjantha (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Balaji(Tavarekere) (10 am, 1, 5, 8 pm)Cinemax (3.45 pm) Cinepolis (12.35pm, 3.45, 6.25 pm) Fame (Lido)(1.05 pm) Fun Cinemas (4.25 pm)Gopalan (Bannerghatta Road) (1.10pm, 4 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ra-jarajeshwari Nagar) (1.15 pm, 5.05pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (3.45 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (6.40 pm)

Inox (Malleswaram) (6.35 pm) La-vanya (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) Sribalaji(Vannarpet) (10.45 am, 1.45 pm)Vaishnavi (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm) Vinayaka (Mysore Road) (10.30am,1.30 pm)

VEDI (U)Vishal, Sameera ReddyAmruth (10.30am, 2.15, 5.15, 8.15pm) Ajantha (10.30 am, 1.30 pm)Aruna (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Cinepolis (10.30 am, 12.30,9.05 pm) Fame (Lido) (12.15 pm,7.10 pm) HMT Cinemas (Jalahalli)(4.15 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (7 pm)Inox (JP Nagar) (10.30 am, 6.30 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (1.05 pm, 9.20pm) Keshava (11 am, 2.15, 5.30,8.30 pm) Lavanya (4.30 pm, 7.30pm) Mahadeshwara (11.15 am, 2.15,6.15, 9.15 pm) Maheshwari (Jayana-gar) (10.15 am,1.15, 5.15, 8.15 pm)Natraj (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.45, 7.45pm) Poornima (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Pushpanjali (BN Pura)(2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm).

FORCE (U/A)Genelia D’Souza, John Abraham

Anand (3.30, 7, 10 pm) Bhumika(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Cauvery (11.30 am, 6 pm)Cinemax (11 am, 1.45, 7, 9.45 pm)Cinepolis (10 am, 12.35, 4.20, 7.15,10 pm) Fame (Lido) (10.35 am,1.15, 4, 6.45, 9.30 pm) Fame (ValueMall) (10.30 am, 1.15, 4, 6.45, 9.30pm) Fame (Shankarnag) (10 am,9.20 pm) Fun Cinemas (10.35 am,1.25, 7.10, 10 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 4.55, 7.25,10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (1.15 pm, 4, 6.45, 9.30 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Rajarajeshwari

Nagar) (10 am, 4.10, 7.35, 9.45pm) HMT Cinemas (Jalahalli) (1.30pm, 7.15 pm) Innovative Multiplex(12 pm, 5, 10 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (10.35 am, 4, 6.45,9.30 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10 am,3.55, 6.40, 9.25 pm)Inox (Magrath Road) (10.05 am,12.55, 3.45, 6.35, 9.25 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.05 am, 12.40, 6.15, 9.30 pm) Narendra(KG Halli) PVR Cinemas (10.20 am, 1.05, 1.15, 3.30, 7.15, 9.20,9.25 pm) Rex (1.30 pm, 4 pm)Vaibhav (Sanjay Nagar).

Metro to get `700‑crloan from Hudco

Defence accounts deptcelebrates annual day

Bangalore: The Defence Accounts Department(DAD), one of the oldest departments under thecentral government, celebrated its 60th annualday at the principal controller of defence accounts(PCDA) office in the city recently.

Chief secretary S V Ranganath was the chiefguest, while the function was attended by headsof the various defence units and formations locatedin Bangalore and other senior officials of the de-partment. Ranganath lauded the department forutilising developments in the IT sector to implementthe monthly pay system for Army jawans andhelping them redress their grievances on a real-time basis through official websites of the de-partment.

He presented the award of excellence to the of-ficers and staff for their outstanding contributionin their area of work.

Sudhansu Mohanty, IDAS, principal controllerof defence accounts (PCDA), was present.

The defence accounts department, which haslived through more than 250 years, is one of theoldest departments of the government. Its origin

can be traced back to the military pay mastersunder East India Company. The department whichwas earlier known as military accounts departmentwas rechristened defence accounts departmenton October 1, 1951.

1,200 givenfree yogatraining

across city

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Ayush depart-ment held Yoga Utsav at differentyoga centres across the city fromSeptember 24 till Saturday.

More than 1,200 people weretaught pranayama, yogasana andmeditation by 31 different yogaorganisations from across thecity free of cost.

The valedictory function washeld at the Sri JayachamarjendraIndian Medicine Association onDhanvantri Road.

Beli Math seer ShivarudraSwamiji said yoga is a holisticapproach to life. It will keepone’s mind clear. If herbs andtraditional medicines are usedaccording to the season, peoplecan keep themselves healthy. Headvised on how to collect andpreserve traditional herbs.

International yoga athleteAnkitha and Niranaja Murthygave a demonstration of variousyogasanas.

Ayush department director GN Srikantaiah and GovernmentAyurveda University and Gov-ernment Ayurveda College S GMangalagi spoke.

Blood donation

camp held

Bangalore: A blood donationcamp was organised on the oc-casion of Gandhi Jayanti on thepremises of NIAM College ofManagement Studies, Jayanagar7th Block, on Saturday.

The camp was organised byNarain Sewa Sansthan in asso-ciation with Indian Dental As-sociation & National Medicos or-ganisation with the support ofRashtrottanna Blood Bank.

Students and staff of NIAMCollege participated in the vol-untary blood donation camp.

Doctors created awarenessamong students and staff re-garding blood and its disorders,and importance of iron supple-ments. During the check-up atthe camp, it was found that 40%of girls and women, who cameforward to donate blood, hadless haemoglobin percentagedue to metro lifestyle, sleeplessnight and improper diet.

Dr A M Suresh, Dr Sachin Sin-ha, Sadhana Sharma, ProfSumandiran, Amol Sinha, DrJayakanth, Dr Usha, Dr Prakrithi,Dr Udhay, Shivaprasad, Shankar,M S Yogesh, Lakshminarayanan,Dr Sumithra were present.

Bangalore: The Housing Urban Devel-opment Corporation (Hudco), a centralgovernment subsidiary, will extend aloan of Rs 700 crore to the “NammaMetro” project.

The loan agreement will be signed be-tween Hudco and Bangalore Metro RailCorporation Ltd shortly, a press releasefrom chief minister D V Sadananda Gow-da’s office.

The chief minister had a detailed dis-cussion with Hudco chairman and man-aging director V P Baligar on Saturday atNew Delhi about various Hudco-assistedschemes in the state.

Urban development minister SureshKumar, Kannada and culture ministerGovinda Karjola and state government’ssecial representative in New Delhi VDhanajaya Kumar were present in themeeting.

Hudco assistance to state

Hudco has supported a total of 1,437schemes in the state, involving Rs 71,026crore which include a loan componentof Rs 14,779 crore. Out of Rs 14,779 croreloan, Rs 8,357 crore has been released sofar.

Hudco has sanctioned Rs 4,179.99 crorefor housing projects and has released Rs3,672 crore.

A total of 21,83,153 housing units havebeen supported by Hudco. Of which 96.77% pertained to economicallyweaker sections and low-income groupcategories.

Hudco has sanctioned 165 urban in-frastructure projects in the state with atotal cost of Rs 62,962.81 crore, which in-clude a loan component of Rs 10,599.41crore.

These infrastructure projects mainlyconsist of 42 water supply schemes, 15 ITparks, 21 roads and bridges, 27 commercialand 29 social infrastructure projects.

Economic growthuseless if humanindicators low,

opines NadkarniBangalore: High rates of eco-nomic growth have no meaningwhen indicators of human de-velopment like infant mortalityand maternity mortality rates inIndia were among the highestin the world. The current modelof development being followedall over the world, including In-dia, is not right, opined M VNadkarni, former vice-chancellorof Gulbarga University and hon-orary visiting professor at theInstitute of Social and EconomicChange, Bangalore, during Gand-hi Jayanti celebrations at Ban-galore University yesterday.

The major gains of develop-ment are confined to the citiesand towns, whereas the ruralareas are actually witnessing asharp decline in income. Glob-alisation is promoting homogeni-sation, at the expense of diversity,he said.

Speaking on “Gandhian Ap-proach to Development”, Nad-karni identified as many as sevenmajor characteristics of GandhianDevelopment: It is not only in-clusive but is positively pro-poor;it is democratic, as it believes in‘development by the people’; itis decentralised, diffused andrural-oriented; it believes in trans-parency, and leaves little scopefor corruption; it respects humanrights of the vulnerable sectionsof the people, in particular, thefarmers, forest dwellers and thepoor; it believes in ecologicalsustainability and is eco-friendly;and upholds the well-being ofall species that inhabit Earth.

According to Nadkarni, it isabsolutely necessary in the pres-ent context to recollect Gandhi’sprophetic wisdom. As early as1909, he made it clear in ‘HindSwaraj’ that he believed in amodel of development that washolistic, social and moral, onethat had as its focus, the upliftof the poor. In the 1920s, he wasemphatic that if India followedthe Western/British model of de-velopment, it would “strip theworld bare like locusts”, given

its size, population, and con-sumption requirements.

Gandhi believed in trade thatwas non-exploitative, in self-suf-ficiency, and in local initiativeand enterprise. When viewedfrom this perspective, Gandhiandevelopment is ethical, moraland environmentally benign. Itprioritises the fulfillment of theneeds of the poor. The Gandhian‘talisman’ is also worth recallingin the present context: Do PolicyInitiatives help the poor? Willthey end poverty? Will they helpthe poor to gain control overtheir lives?

Nadkarni recalled Gandhi’sinfluence on two great econo-mists, J C Kumarappa and E FSchumacher. Dr Kumarappaclearly exposed the organised,systematic way in which the de-veloped economies exploited theweaker ones, in the evolution ofthe stages of economic growthand development, from the par-asitic economy and predatoreconomy to the enterprise andhoneybee ones. While the en-terprise and honeybee economiesdid have their merits, there wasno alternative to that of the sevaEconomy in which concepts like‘public welfare’ and ‘commongood’ transcended individualand selfish interests. Dr Kumarap-pa advocated the need for amass-based village movement.The All-India Village IndustriesFederation was started by Dr Ku-marappa with the intention ofprivileging village and rural de-velopment.

Bangalore University vice-chancellor N Prabhudev spokeabout the power of non-violence,and how important it is to spreadits virtues in the context of ter-rorism.

He expressed the need forGandhian Studies to be taughtin all Universities, so that theyouth, who are generally far re-moved from the influence ofGandhi and the Freedom Move-ment, can be suitably inspired.

S Radhakrishna

Chief secretary S V Ranganath and principalCDA Sudhansu Mohanty light a lamp at the

inauguration of 60th annual day of the Defence Accounts Department.

Beli Math seer ShivarudraSwamiji and Ayush

department director G NSrikantaiah at the valedic-

tory of Yoga Utsav at Sri Jayachamarjendra IndianMedicine Association on

Dhanvantri Road in Bangalore.

Students and staff membersof NIAM College of

Management Studies,Jayanagar, donate blood

on the occasion of GandhiJayanti on Saturday.

CITYMonday, October 3, 2011 3

Shivajinagar MLA R Roshan Baig leads a protest against the arrest of former police officer Sanjay Bhatta by the Gujarat police. The protest was held in front of Townhall

in Bangalore today.

Sanjay Bhattʼs arrest condemned

CITY EVENTSGeneral Union and State Departmentsof Labour: Inauguration ofthe National Health InsuranceScheme by Union minister forLabour Mallikarjun Kharge,chief minister D V SadanandaGowda, ministers B NBachegowda, R Ashoka andothers to take part, JnanaJyothi Auditorium, Central Col-lege campus, Palace Road, 3pm

Indian Academy of Echocar-diography - Karnataka Chap-ter: Symposium on ‘Myocar-dial Contrast Echo —cardiog-raphy in Coronary Artery Dis-ease-Clinical Utility’ by DrRoxy Senior, Prof of ClinicalCardiology at Imperial College,London, Hotel Le Meridien,near Golf Grounds, 7.30 pm

CulturalConsulate General of the Fed-eral Republic of Germany:Concert by Deutsche Philhar-monie Merck on the occasionof the Day of German Unity,Chowdiah Memorial Hall, GD Park Extension, Vyalikaval,7 pm.

Shivarama Dasara Vedike:Dasara celebrations, Govern-ment Primary School ground,Next to Adi Kabir Ashram, J CNagar, 6 pm.

Shankaraa Foundation:Soma, the festival of arts, Car-natic vocal recital and fluteJugalbandi, Doddakalasandra,Kanakapura Road, 7 pm.

Gandhi Sahitya Sangha:‘Makkala Gandhi’, a pro-gramme on Mahatma Gandhiby BES schoolchildren, 8thCross, Malleshwaram, 6.30 pm.

Sree Sringeri Shankara Math:‘Veenavaadana’ at ShreeSharada Sharannavarathri cul-tural programme, ShankaraMath Road, Shankarapuram,7 pm.

TheatreHamlet The Clown Prince:7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Addi-tional Timings: Also at 3:30on Oct 6 & 8 Ranga Shankara,No 36/1 2nd Phase, 8th Cross,JP Nagar. A comic adaptationof Hamlet by actor and direc-tor, Rajat Kapoor. The playshows Shakespeare's classicthrough the eyes of a clown.K H Kala Soudha, Raman-janeya Temple Compound,Hanumanthnagar. A take onprevalent political scenarios,and a love story at the sametime.

Eating outMexican Fiesta: Noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien, No 28, SankeyRoad, High Grounds A specialmenu, which pairs Mexicancuisine with beverages. Com-bos include Tequila with Tacosand Beer with Burittos.

Navrathri Special: 7:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Southindies, No840/A, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar. Southindies' specialmenu is designed to recreatethe authenticity of traditionalNavrathri fare. All dishes pre-pared without onions or garlic.

Special Vrat Thali: Noon to11 p.m. Mast Kalandar, An-janeya Complex, Old AirportRoad, Kodihalli Mast Kalandaroffers the traditional NavratraThali, prepared as per tradi-tional norms for the vrat (fast-ing) season. The thali is avail-able across all the outlets.

Chinese Food Festival: 7:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The RajPavilion, ITC Windsor, No 25Windsor Square, Golf CourseRoad, High Grounds TheRaj Pavilion, at ITC Windsor,is hosting a Chinese food fes-tival. On the menu are disheslike the classic Peking Duck,Lamb Shank Tian Fu Style,Sichuan Traditional MapoTofu, and Cantonese RoastedChicken. The buffet is pricedat Rs 1350 plus taxes.

Vietnamese Food Festival atSheraton: Noon to 11:30 p.m.Feast, Sheraton Bangalore AtBrigade Gateway, 26/1, Dr Ra-jkumar Road, Malleswaram-Rajajinagar Feast hosts a Viet-namese food festival with spe-cial menu that features thetraditional delicacies of thecountry. The meal is priced atRs 850 per person for lunchand Rs 950 per person for din-ner.

Hyderabadi Food Festival:Noon to 11:30 p.m. Khayal,

The Chancery, 10/6 LavelleRoad, Khayal, at TheChancery, celebrates the 400-year-old culinary history ofHyderabad with a special foodfestival. On the menu are sev-eral types of kebabs, biryaniand dessert. Meals are pricedat Rs 599 with two lagers perhead during lunch, and Rs699 with four drinks of choicefor dinner.

New Italian Menu @ Mocha:11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Mocha,Lavelle Road, M o c h ahas introduced a new Italianmenu, which pays homage tothe vibrant flavours and heartydishes of the country. On offerare dishes like Bruschette DiPomodoro e Basilico, Peper-oncino Della Cucina Messi-cana, Risotto alla Milaneseand Fettucine con Pollo..

Nightlife Thai & Mongolian Night: 8p.m. Fusion Lounge, 185,Deena Building, Brigade Road,DJs Paresh and Karthik play aset of Thai and Mongoliantunes to kickstart the week.

Lounge Night: 8 p.m. Ice, Vi-vanta by Taj - MG Road, No41/3, MG Road, DJ Van-shi sets the mood for the nightwith lounge music.

Monday Blues with DJ Nayan:8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Indi,Garuda Mall, Magrath Road,Ashoknagar DJ Nayan spin-ning commercial and Bolly-wood this Mon @ Indi.

House Night with DJ Sid: 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Hypnos,Gem Plaza, Infantry Road, DJSid spinning House and HipHop at Hypnos.

Minimal Monday with DJ Im-dad: 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Peb-ble, No 3 Palace Ground, Ra-mana Mahashi Road,Sadashivanagar DJ Imdadspinning house and more, atPebble.

Chillout Session with DJCheek-O Dread: 7 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Xtreme Sports Bar,4th Floor, 100 Feet Road, In-diranagar DJ Cheek-O Dreadspins house this Monday.

Retro Monday with DJ Rajesh:8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. BananaBeach Bar, No 54 6th Block,Canara Bank Road, Kora-mangala Retro and rock tuneswith DJ Rajesh this Monday.

Shopping Calvin Klein Fall 2011: 11 a.m.to 8 p.m. Calvin Klein Jeans,The Forum Value Mall, No 62,Whitefield Main Road, White-field CK One Jeanswear pres-ents a new range suited forthe urban explorer, while themen's range has bold printsand neon colours, across allits outlets.

ExhibitionsPhotos for Rato @ Tasveer:11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tasveer, No26/1, Kasturba Cross Road,Photos for Rato is a collectionof twenty rare photographsby Nicholas Vreeland, takenduring the 26 years he hasbeen a Rato monk. They pro-vide a glimpse into daily lifein a monastery, which onlyan insider could have experi-enced.

Painting Exhibition: 10 a.m.to 7 p.m. Kynkyny Art, No148 Embassy Square, InfantryRoad, Kynkyny Art pres-ents an exhibition of paintingsby Yuvan Bothi Sathuvar andDhrubajyothi Baral.

Next In Line: 11 a.m. to 7p.m. Gallery Blue Spade, TheChancery, 10/6 Lavelle Road,This exhibition features workby 13 women artists such asSonia Jose, Dimple B Shah,Pooja Iranna, Proyanka Govil,Ritu Kamath, Shivani Aggar-wal and others.

Solo Show by Paresh Maity:10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. GallerySumukha, No 24/10, BTS DepotRoad, Wilson GardenGallery Sumukha hosts an ex-hibition of paintings, sculptureand installation by artistsParesh Maity.

Nutraceutical Park tospur industry: Expert

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The world is takinga lead in nutraceuticals and nu-tritional sector, with a big sharebeing garnered by China andthe US. But India’s share in thissector is just 1 percent of theworld share.

But this could change withthe setting up of a NutraceuticalPark in Mysore at a cost of Rs 20crore in an area spread over 50acres. It was announced by for-mer chief minister B S Yeddyu-rappa, raising the hopes of in-dustry representatives and re-searchers.

“The Central Food Technologyand Research Institute at Mysorehas been working with variousstakeholders for more than threedecades, tapping our potentialin nutraceuticals. The experiencehas given us some hope,” saidDr V Prakash, food scientist atthe Centre for Scientific and In-dustrial Research (CSIR), speak-ing on the sidelines of a curtain-raiser to 7th Nutra India Summit,which is going to be held in Ban-galore from March 15-17 nextyear.

The first-of-its-kind exhibitionwill have experts and industryrepresentatives from nutraceu-ticals and functional foods, di-etary supplements, ingredientsand health food industries.

“So far, those working in thehealth sector, except few excep-tions in Ayurveda Yoga UnaniSiddha and Homeopathy streamsof medicine, have ignored nu-trition as part of the treatmentpackage. They do not prescribenutrition as part of the diet to

treat patients,” he said.While patients need right nu-

trition to recover fast, a healthyperson needs it to stay fit andprevent diseases, he added.

“With proper nutrition, thebody would have necessary mol-ecule constituents, supplyingparticular vitamins, proteins andminerals sufficient to fight dis-eases and keep one fit. Millionsof such molecules would beworking in the body to keep onefit after being recommended toconsume a particular diet,” hesaid.

But nowadays, instead of prop-

er diet and nutrition, drugs arebeing looked at as solution tokeep oneself healthy. “Is this theanswer?” he asked.

Appreciating British Biologicalbeing the first food, functionalfood industry to export dietarysupplements to Europe and theUS, Dr Prakash said, “Many com-panies, like Himalaya Drugs Com-pany, Amway Nutraceuticals,Avestagen and others who haveentered the food and dietarysupplements industry of late,need to work more on that.”

Ancillary agriculture industrywill be given boost

Outlining the road map forthe ancillary agriculture industry,Vasanth Kumar G K, additionalsecretary to agriculture, saidthose engaged in bee keeping,animal husbandry, and horti-culture and are self-employedwould be given thrust.

With proper linkages, the an-cillary industry can grab a biggerpie of the health food industry,by supplying and offering serv-ices to food processing industryin many ways.

The agricultural departmentis thinking of various means toachieve it, he added.

CM: CorporatorNatarajʼs killerswill be nabbed

in 48 hoursBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore:On thebackdropof the bru-tal murderof Con-gress cor-porator SN a t a r a j ,Congressrepresenta-tives, head-ed by Kar-n a t a k aP r a d e s hCongressCommitteepresident G Parameshawara, metchief minister D V SadanandaGowda at his residence Anugrahathis morning.

Gandhinagar constituencyMLA Dinesh Gundu Rao, Ne LaNarendra Babu and other cor-porators also met the chief min-ister and expressed shock overthe state of security in the city.

The representatives said lackof security for elected represen-tatives led to crimes against themin the city. They alleged thatthere was a political hand behindthe act and said that the oneswho have lost the elections havevented their anger by killingNataraj.

After the meeting, Paramesh-wara said, "We have given lettersto both the chief minister andhome minster regarding the mur-der of Nataraj. We requestedthem to trace and convict the

persons behind this murder asper the law".

Dinesh Gundurao, who wasclose to Nataraj, said, "How canelected representatives come outand work for the welfare of thepeople when incidents like thesecould not be brought under con-trol? We have seriously discussedthis issue with the chief ministerand have requested him to takeserious action against those whohave committed the crime. Thechief minister assured us thatthe culprits would be nabbedwithin 48 hours.”

Home Minster R Ashok said,"We have got the clues and willnab the people who were in-volved in this act at the earliestand serious action will be takenagainst them. Powers behindsuch acts will be destroyed."

Nearly 40% in citylive in slums: NGO

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Nearly 40 percent,or 40 lakh people, in the cityare living in slums without properaccess to basic amenities, saidVenkatesh, director of NGOParaspara Trust, today.

On the World Habitat Day,which is observed on the firstMonday of October, said amongthis 40 percent population, thecondition of 10-20 lakh peopleis pathetic. More than 37 percentof the population is living withouthabitation of any kind, he added.

This day is being observedsince 1985 when the United Na-tions declared it. This brings tofocus the rights of the deprivedand highlights their condition,he added.

A one-day interactive sessionto discuss the way forward forthose deprived of habitat wasorganised by Indo-Global SocialService Society in collaborationwith CSO Forum for the CityMakers Karnataka chapter.

The conference discussed var-ious facets of cities where thedeprived people are facing likelack of drinking water and sani-tation facilities, inadequate andinsecure housing and living con-ditions, limited access to em-ployment opportunities and in-come.

“Poor health, lack of educa-tion, drug addiction, police atroc-ities and brutalities, lack of iden-tities etc., have been affectingthese deprived sections,” he said.

There is much to be discussedabout the reasons behind theexodus of people from rural partsto urban areas.

This is due to lack of livelihoodopportunities, breakdown of fam-ilies with no one to care for andhopes of enough opportunitieshave triggered mass migration,he said.

The session discussed meas-ures to ensure habitats for thosedeprived of basic necessities,homeless citizens and legal per-spective to shelter homeless.

Officials from the BBMP andNGOs working in the field – Ni-ranthara Social Welfare Society,Niranthara Bangalore and Odan-

ta Seva Samsthe – took part inthe session.

Clifton DRozario, state advisorto the commissioner SupremeCourt, Gopinath of Sparsha Trustand Jaiprakash, chairman, Auditand Accounts Committee, werepresent.

108 ambulance staff to continue strike

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Workers of 108 am-bulances, who have been protest-ing for the last six days demand-ing better salaries and workinghours, today continued with theirstrike.

They were expected to call offtheir agitation today.

More than 3,000 members ofthe Karnataka State ArogyaKavacha 108 Helpline EmployeesUnion have been protesting atFreedom Park. They have beendemanding that their employ-ment should be converted fromcontractual to permanent andbrought under the state govern-ment jurisdiction and workinghours should be limited to eighthours.

KSVDA president Naraya -naswamy, “It is dishearteningthat we are the lifeline of reliefand medical care in cities andvillages, but we have been madeto suffer. The work has taken itstoll on us.

“Employees of 108 ambulanceservice from across the state areprotesting here. We are workingfor 12 hours now.

“The EMR Institute that is run-ning the service has adoptedtwo, 12-hour shifts. We demandthat it should be turned intothree shifts with eight hourseach. If we are working beyondeight hours, we should be paidover time.”

He said, “The staff should beemployed in places where theyhail from. If an employee is com-ing from Davanagere, she shouldbe given employment in thattown.”

“The 108 emergency call serv-ice, under the Arogya Kavachascheme, should be brought un-der government workers cate-gory. The government should

take it over from GV Krishnared-dy (GVK), which is the contractfirm.”

The staff is also paid meagresalaries. A driver gets Rs 5,700,while a nurse Rs 6,500. Withhigh inflation, it hardly lasts.Our protest will continue till thechief minister addresses our is-sues and finds a solution, headded

Kambar: Govtstopping useof Kannada

softwareBangalore Beat Bureau

Hubli: The state government it-self is creating hurdles for thedevelopment of Kannada soft-ware, alleged Jnanpith awardwinner Chandrashekar Kambarhere today.

Interacting with media menafter a felicitation by the HubliJournalists’ Association, he said,“The people of Karnataka shouldfight for the existence of Kanna-da. It is now losing out to Englishmedium teaching.”

“Because of the influence ofEnglish medium teaching, young-sters are adopting Western cul-ture which is a threat to healthysociety,” he added.

“Today, folk art and Yaksha-gana have remained visual me-dia. It has not developed properly.No new folk literature is comingout nowadays,” he said.

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S Nataraj

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Govt removes Rs 32 BPLcap, to set up new panel

New Delhi: Facing severe criticism overits Rs 32 cap in urban areas for deter-mining the poverty line, the Governmentfinally decided to remove the conditionon Monday. The decision to remove theBelow Poverty Line (BPL) cap cameafter Planning Commission deputy chair-man Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Unionrural development minister JairamRamesh reached an agreement on theissue in a meeting in New Delhi.

"We are clearly, categorically, andunequivocally saying that there is nolink between the state wise poverty es-timates and the selection of beneficiaries.A new expert committee will be set upso that no poor and deprived householdis excluded," said Ramesh while ad-

dressing a press conference jointly withAhluwalia.

Ramesh then went on to say that theRs 32 cap would be removed.

"No caps will be externally imposed.The Planning Commission and the RuralDevelopment Ministry will work out anew method so that no poor householdis excluded," said Ramesh.

Clarifying that the Planning Com-mission had not fixed the Rs 32 cap tobe categorised as a BPL, Ahluwaliasaid, "This is the lowest level. This isnot the view of the Planning Commis-sion. It was fixed in 1973. Clearly it isrock bottom level of existence. PlanningCommission has not taken the viewthat benefits should be restricted to

BPL."It was the first meeting between them

after a controversial affidavit, endorsedby Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,was filed in the Supreme Court. Thematter will come up in the court on Oc-tober 11.

The view of the Planning Commissionthat a person can meet expenditure of'food, health and education' with asum of Rs 32 in the cities and Rs 26 inthe villages had sparked widespreaddisbelief and condemnation forcing theCongress party to go into damage con-trol.

Congress General Secretary RahulGandhi, too, was reportedly unhappywith these figures.Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Omar refutesmurder chargeslevelled by PDP

Srinagar: Amid the strident cam-paign by the People's DemocraticParty (PDP) over the alleged cus-todial death of National Confer-ence (NC) worker, Jammu andKashmir chief minister Omar Ab-dullah on Monday refuted allthe charges levelled against him,accused the opposition of twist-ing all the facts, and said thathe had nothing to hide, and hadinitiated a probe into the inci-dent.

Terming it to be an unfortunateincident, Omar Abdullah said:"As a chief minister I took ap-propriate action in the case. Iordered a judicial probe imme-diately. If I had to hide anythingthen I would not have orderedfor a probe. The opposition hasbeen twisting the facts and theyconsidered my silence as my in-action."

"It is important to know thatif we had anything to hide wewould not have ordered a judicialinquiry," he added.

Omar further hitting out atthe PDP said that the accusationlevelled by the opposition, thatthe deceased was tortured iswrong, as it is not based on anyfacts.

He said that action would betaken against people responsibleif such allegations are proved.

"I have absolute faith in med-ical inquiry. I have no hesitationin bringing out the truth," headded. Urging the people of Jam-mu and Kashmir to wait for theinquiry commission to submitits report before raising any ques-tions, Omar said: "With this in-

quiry the lies that I have beensubjected to since last Fridaywill be exposed."

"Whatever allegations weremade against me outside theParliament today, I will not re-spond to them through the mediaor in person. The response willbe sent by my lawyers in theform of a defamation case formaking claims without any evi-dences," he added.

PDP president MehboobaMufti had earlier in the day ac-cused Omar Abdullah of beinginvolved in corruption, as shehit out at the ruling party overthe custodial death issue.

"This is matter of chief minis-ter's involvement in corruption,misappropriation of millions ofrupees and various other issues.Therefore, how can the opposi-tion be assured that the investi-gation will be free and fair andhow is our security ensured?"Mufti told media persons here.

National Conference workerSyed Muhmmad Yusuf Shah diedallegedly in police custody aftertwo fellow party workers hadaccused him of taking Rs 1.18crore from them for getting themberths in the Legislative Coun-cil.

According to the governmentversion, the accused was sum-moned to the camp office of thechief minister where he was con-fronted with the allegation abouttaking money.

Yusuf had admitted to takingmoney after which he was hand-ed over to IGP crime branch forfurther investigations.

Sensex registers sharpfall, Europe slides

Mumbai: The market extendedits downtrend in the afternoontrade led by a fall in global mar-kets. Among Asian markets,Hang Seng and Jakarta droppedover 4.5 per cent; Nikkei, StraitsTimes and Taiwan were down2-3 per cent.

European markets like FTSEand CAC fell 2.5 per cent in theopening trade. The 30-share BSESensex fell 372.97 points to16,080.79 and the 50-share NSENifty slipped 111.60 points to4,831.65.

Heavyweights like RelianceIndustries, ICICI Bank, SBI, NTPCand L&T crashed 2.5-4 per cent.ITC, Infosys, HDFC, BHEL andHDFC Bank plummeted 2-2.5 percent.

Among largecaps, DLF andJindal Steel were top losers,falling 5 per cent each. Wipro,Hindalco and Tata Steel plunged4-4.5 per cent.

However, Reliance Infrastruc-ture, Reliance Capital, BPCL, Re-liance Power and Reliance Com-munications were top gainers -rallied 1-2 per cent.

India Securities, SBI, Reliance

Capital, JSW Steel, L&T, Coal In-dia and Infosys were most activeshares on exchanges.

About 732 shares advanced

as against 1790 shares declinedon BSE. The BSE Midcap Indexwas down 2 per cent and Small-cap down 1.4 per cent.

Rajinikanth drops bysets, ʻblessesʼ Ra.One

Mumbai; Shah Rukh Khan'sRA.One has been formally'blessed' by none other than leg-endary actor, Rajinikanth.

The Thalaivar reportedlydropped by the sets of RA.One,confirmed by none other thanShah Rukh on Twitter.

"RA.One completed today. Ra-jini sir blessed it. Have tears inmy eyes of gratitude and onlyprayers and love for his wholefamily. You complete us sir," hetweeted.

Shah Rukh also thanked theThalaivar's daughter Soundarya,for enabling the visit from thelegendary actor. "Misconcepts,misunderstood. Stressed andthen Rajini sir walks on sets andyou know why God made films.Thanx Soundarya for makingare dream com true," SRK tweet-ed.

There is some speculation thatRajinikanth has a cameo inRA.One as SRK has spoken of a"tribute" to him in the film.

Meanwhile, Rajinikanth's pe-riod flick Rana, abandoned dueto his ill-health will now resume

in December. The film has musicby A.R. Rahman and will be di-rected by K.S. Ravikumar.

The shooting of the film wasdelayed as the superstar fell ill

on the very first day of the shootin April this year. He is currentlyrecuperating in Chennai aftertreatment in India and Singa-pore.

DASARA DAZZLE CONTINUES

Mysore Palace, which is completing 100 years this year, looks grand from top of Chamundi Hills. The palace was illuminated as part of Dasara festivities,that will culminate with grand Jamboo Savari on October 6.

G S Ravishankar

Scion of Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar performs puja insidethe Mysore Palace as part of Navarathri festival today.

Elephants take part in the rehearsals for Jumbo Savari onMysore Palace premises today.

Policemen carry out rehearsals for the Jumbo Savari on Vijaya Dashami Day on October 6, the concluding day of Dasara festivities, at Mysore today.

Cong MPs fromTelangana won'tcelebrate Dasara

New Delhi: Congress MPs fromTelangana are stepping up pres-sure on the Centre for a separatestate by bifurcating AndhraPradesh. The MPs from the Telan-gana region have decided notto celebrate Dasara this year toprotest against the delay in theformation of the new state.

Senior Congress MP V Hanu-mantha Rao after meeting PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh overthe Telangana state issue madethe announcement. Singh as-sured the Congress MPs thattheir demands would be put be-fore party chief Sonia Gandhiand Congress Core Committee.

Congress leaders from Telan-gana region have been campingin Delhi for the last few days topress for the demand of separatestatehood.

Congress is caught in a trickysituation in Andhra Pradesh withTelangana region observing anindefinite bandh over the issueof separate statehood, a demandbeing opposed by the party in

coastal Andhra and Rayalseemaregions of the state.

The Telangana agitation, nowin its 21st day, has crippled nor-mal life in Andhra Pradesh.

The Central Government hasbeen buying time saying the is-sue is a complex one and needsdetailed discussion.

Living up to Home Minister PChidambaram's assurance offinding a solution to the Telan-gana agitation, an all-party meet-ing was held in the capital onOctober 1 to discuss the issue.

Congress' Andhra Pradesh in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad whosereport on the issue was foundinconclusive, was present at themeet along with Defence MinisterAK Antony and Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee, among oth-ers. Meanwhile, Bringing hisfight for a separate Telanganato the national capital, TRS chiefK Chandrasekhar Rao stages asit-in at Rajghat, rejecting Cen-tre's decision to hold "furtherconsultations".

Govt may remove FDI capon single‑brand retail

New Delhi: India is consideringopening fully its single-brandretail sector to foreign direct in-vestments.

The announcement was madeon Monday by the Industry Sec-retary, R P Singh.

The step is being seen as apossible boon to the govern-ment's reform programme, whichhas appeared on the backburn-er.

India currently allows 51 percent foreign direct investment(FDI) in single-brand retail and100 per cent in wholesale oper-ations.

The government has consid-ered allowing foreign firms suchas global retail giant Wal-Martto invest in supermarkets, butlack of political consensus andconcerns of small-shop ownershave so far prevented the move.

In the absence of supermarketreform, the government may freeup the single brand sector tosend a positive signal about thecountry's investment climate,the Economic Times reported onMonday.

"It is under consideration,"

said R P Singh. However, he de-clined to provide a time frame.

A slew of corruption scandalsin the Congress party-led coali-tion have sparked huge streetprotests, rattled investors andstymied policy making in recentmonths, smothering hopes thatManmohan Singh's governmentwould press ahead with a reformagenda.

Key economic policy changes,from tax reform to lifting invest-ment caps in the banking andinsurance sectors, are seen ascrucial to maintaining the mo-mentum of one of the world'sfastest growing economies.

The industry secretary hadlast week dismissed talk the su-permarket reform was on thebackburner, telling Reuters in

an interview that it was moving"very fast" although fears of joblosses in the unorganised retailneeded to be addressed.

Foreign retailers such as Wal-Mart, Carrefour SA , Tesco Plcand Metro AG see India's 1.2 bil-lion population as one of theworld's last largely untappedmarkets.

The move is seen by many ingovernment as crucial to tamehigh food prices, but the planhas not yet been approved bythe cabinet, with job-loss con-cerns ahead of state elections in2012 and a general election in2014 slowing policy.

Currently, up to 40 per cent ofIndia's harvests rot because ofinadequate cold storage and sup-ply bottlenecks, a situation someeconomists say foreign moneyin supermarkets will help re-solve.

A committee of top civil ser-vants, of which R P Singh was amember, in July agreed to rec-ommend to the cabinet allowingforeign firms to take a 51 percent stake in multi-brand retailoperations.

Gilaniready fortalks with

TalibanIslamabad: Pakistan Prime Min-ister Yousuf Raza Gilani has saidthat his government is ready tostart parleys with Taliban, butevaded questions whether thereconciliation would include the-Haqqani faction.

For the first time, Gilanidropped his earlier pre-conditionof militants giving up arms beforeany talks, but warned that if theparleys fail to work, the militarywill launch operations in thetribal areas. "If negotiations failto work, the government willlaunch military operations inthe tribal areas," he told a smallgroup of journalists at his resi-dence inLahore last night.

Gilani provided details abouthow the talks would be conduct-ed for the first time, days after ameeting of Pakistan's politicalparties called for peace talks toend unrest in the militancy-hittribal belt.

"We will not ask them (mili-tants) to disarm before the ne-gotiations since this is againstthe tribal culture,” he said.