Bangalore Beat 07.10.2011

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Kidwai docs advice court onKattaʼs health

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The bail plea of former minister Kat-ta Subra-m a n y aNaidu hasbeen post-poned to to-day after-noon by theLokayuktas p e c i a lcourt. Thespecial courtheard the

case after re-ceiving a de-

tailed report on Katta’s cancer treatment by Kid-wai hospital director Dr Vijaykumar.

Lokayukta special court judge N S Sud-heendra Rao, who heard the prognosis of thedisease in detail from the doctor and after see-ing all the reports, posted the bail plea case tothis afternoon. Naidu; his son, corporator Kat-ta Jagadish and ITASCA managing director, S VSrinivas Rao are all in jail for their illegal landscam in KIADB.

In spite of applying for bail on many previ-ous occasions, the Lokayukta special courthad not favoured the applications. Naidu is ina special ward of Victoria hospital for the treat-ment of cancer and other health problems likekidney failure and high blood pressure. Naiduhas been at Victoria for more than one month.The court however, tended to not completelytrust the views of Victoria hospital superinten-dent, Dr B K Tilak about Naidu’s state of health.The judge asked that the oncology specialistsof Kidwai hospital should venture an opinionon Naidu’s state of health last Tuesday.

Today, Dr Vijaykumar, Director of Kidwai hos-pital submitted his report on Katta Naidu to thecourt.

Special courtadjourns

HDK hearing Bangalore: The Lokayukta special court ad-journed thecase of formerchief ministerH D Ku-maraswamyand his wifeAnitha to Oc-tober 17 in theJantkal miningcompany case.The court ad-journed thecase today dueto the absenceof HDK,Anitha andVinod Goel.The Ku-maraswamy couple’s advocate submitted amemo to court requesting that his clients could-n’t be present. However, the third accused, Goelwho is the managing director of the Jantkal min-ing company did not attend the hearing. JusticeSudheendra Rao, tended to view this unfavor-ably and said as much to Goel’s counsel. He di-rected that Goel must be brought to court on Oc-tober 17 as two continuous absences are notgood.

The Lokayukta special court was hearing thecase when a private complaint filed by M V Vin-odkumar alleged that HDK had favored the Jan-tkal mining co and Vishwabharati house co-operative society, Girinagar by violating legalnorms when he was chief minister.

The Lokayukta special court is in the processof hearing the cases filed against Kumaraswamy,his wife Anitha and Vinod Goel.

Three injuredas Tirupati seeslakhs of visitors


Tirupati: Three persons were injured when surg-ing crowds tried to have a glimpse of the deityat Tirupati Tirumala temple this morning.

The day after Vijayadashami, this templetown saw huge crowds coming in from all overthe country. The officials said lakhs of peoplehave descended on the town.

The incident today occurred near thePushkarni and all the three injured have beenadmitted to a local hospital.

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DARSHANGETS BAILActor may be let out of jail today; fans, wife rejoice


Bangalore: The Karnataka HighCourt has finally granted condition-al bail to actor Darshan today.

A single bench at the court whichwas hearing the case over the last fewdays spelt the verdict of his bailplea. The court has ordered the actorto deposit Rs 25,000 as a personalbond for surety. The court has di-rected him not to destroy any evi-dence that is pertinent to the case. He

has also been asked not to leave thecountry any time soon.

Further hearing in the case hasbeen posted to October 13. On thatday, the court has directed both Dar-shan and wife Vijayalakshmi to bepresent. The matinee idol was ar-rested on September 9 on charges ofassaulting his wife and injuring herseriously. The Vijayanagar policehad arrested him based on the fivepage complaint filed by his wife.

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6 robbers held, 2006 murder case solved


Bangalore: Six persons who were hatchinga robbery plot were arrested at HRBR Layoutsixth block early this morning.

With the arrests, the police claimed to havesolved a murder.

The police recovered lethal weapons fromthe arrested – Prakash alias Hal Prakash (27),a resident of Andhra Halli; Shekar aliasSendhi Shekar (40), a resident of Hero Hal-li; Ranjith alias Ranju (32), a resident of Ken-geri; Prasanna alias Mullu (20), a residentof Chikka Banswadi, and Muthu Kumaralias Muthu (22), a resident of Janaki RamLayout.

The police said Prakash and his associateshad murdered his wife in 2006 and thrownher body in a Bhadra canal. Prakash, whowas selling milk, cement and other articlesat Sunkada Katte near Magadi road, had fall-en in love with Roopa, who was living nearhis house. After the registered wedding,Roopa’s parents had vacated the area fear-ing attacks from Prakash, the police said.

Prakash had got married to Roopa for mon-

ey and when her parents went away from thearea, he realised he would not get any mon-ey and started hatching another plot. He

wanted to kill Roopa and get married to an-other girl for dowry.

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Prakash alias Hal Prakash (27), Shekar alias Sendhi Shekar (40), Ranjith aliasRanju (32), Prasanna alias Mullu (20), and Muthu Kumar alias Muthu (22), who

were arrested from HRBR Layout yesterday while hatching a plot to rob.

CID arrestsKPSC ex‑chief

Krishna Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: FormerKPSC chairman Dr H NKrishna was arrestedtoday by the Crime In-vestigation Departmentfor his alleged involve-ment in the recruitmentscam in the state publicservice commission dur-ing his tenure.

CID inspector gener-al of police Padma Nayana ar-rested Dr Krishna and interro-gated him.

Dr Krishna, who resigned asstate information commissionerrecently, allegedly committed ir-regularities during the Karnata-ka Public Service Commission ex-ams held in 1998, 1999 and 2004.During 1998 and 1999, he wasmember of the commission,while in 2004 he was its chair-man.

The arrest came fol-lowing Karnataka HighCourt orders. Some ofthe affected candidateshad approached thecourt and alleged ir-regularities in the post-ings.

Recently, whiledenying anticipatorybail to Krishna, thehigh court had madestrong observations

against him. The high court con-tinues to monitor the case.

The CID too had independ-ently taken up investigationsagainst Krishna for his “involve-ment” in the scandals.

Opposition parties had raiseda hue and cry over his appoint-ment as information commis-sioner and demanded his resig-nation.

Following which he had toquit the coveted post.

CM: Weʼre notgetting powerfrom CentreBangalore Beat Bureau

Anekal: The state governmentwill call a meeting to discussthe purchasing of power fromother states, said chief ministerD V Sadananda Gowda. He wastaking part in the silver jubileecelebrations of VivekanandaYoga Centre at Prashanti Ku-teera at Jigani Industrial Area.

He said, “The government isthinking of purchasing powerfrom other states as there is a se-vere shortage of coal and we arenot getting power from the cen-tral government.”

“Next week, with the con-cerned department ministers andofficials a meeting will be calledto discuss the power shortage is-sue as the demand is increasingeach day. Due to Telanganastrike, the coal is not comingthrough. The production in RTPShas reduced.”

Reacting to opposition leaderin the assembly Siddaramaiah’s

statement that large scam hastaken place in the energy de-partment in the purchase of coal,he said, “All these allegations arefar from the truth. Siddaramaiahdoes not know what is going onin the Congress.”

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Sadananda Gowda

Sibal to flag off Metro ifPM not available: CM


Bangalore: Union human resourcedevelopment minister Kapil Sibalmay inaugurate the Metro Rail, prob-ably on October 20, said chief minis-ter D V Sadananda Gowda here thismorning.

After conducting an inspection ofthe Metro preparations on MG Road,he said, “The Railways would givesafety certificate to the Metro Rail ina day or two.

He said, “We are waiting for con-firmation from Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh for the inauguration. Ifthe Prime Minister cannot make itthen Sibal would represent the PMand inaugurate the Metro Rail. We arestill waiting for the PM to inauguratethe Metro. I cannot say much onthat.”

Asked when would the Metro Railrun, he said, “Most probably on Oc-tober 20. This is my third inspectionsince I took over as chief minister. Of-ficials from BMRCL here apprisedme that they are still waiting for thesafety clearance from the Railways.”

Officials from the railway safety de-

partment are in the city. “It is their in-spection. We are all waiting for theirword. Once they give the green signal,the Metro would run,” he said .

The reach 1, stretching 7.2 km fromByappanahalli to MG road, is gettingfinishing touches with the interiors ofstations being finished.

On the third rail system that hasbeen adopted by the Bangalore MetroRail Corporation Ltd, that could killa person if he falls on the track, itsmanaging director Sivasailam said,“The answer lies in the safety aspect,which we are looking into. At allstations we will put up boards in Kan-nada, English and Hindi asking com-muters to stay away from the tracks.”

He said, “All the passengers wouldalso be monitored. Closed circuit tel-evision sets have been installed atevery point. The BMRCL has thoughtabout these issues and we are plan-ning to put up platform screen doorsat each station at Rs 12 crore. Thisplatform is necessary as someonecould accidentally fall off the platforminto the lower track area. This wouldalso curb suicide and homicide at-tempts.”

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Urban development minister Suresh Kumar and chief minister D VSadananda Gowda inspect the Metro Rail works on MG road today.

Actor Darshan’s brother Dinakar addresses the media outside theKarnataka High Court today.

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Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar plays the Veena at the Navratri celebrations atthe AoL centre in the city. Thousands from across the globe took part in meditation,

prayers and pujas led by Sri Sri.

Sri Sri enthralls crowds

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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SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER (A)Jimmy Sheirgill, Mahie GillApsara (5.30 pm, 8.30 pm) Cinemax(12.15 pm, 5, 10 pm) Cinepolis (10am, 12.05, 3.15, 9.45 pm) Everest(11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Fame (Lido)(10.25 am, 1, 6.50, 9.30 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (3.20 pm) Fame (ValueMall) (10 am, 2.55, 4.55, 9.40 pm)Fun Cinemas (11 am, 4.30, 9.45 pm)Gopalan (Bannerghatta Road) (10am, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Mysore Road) (10.10 am, 9.15 pm)

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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TAMIL

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).

Entriescalled fordisabilityawards

Bangalore: Nominations havebeen invited for the 10thCavinKare Ability Awards, insti-tuted jointly by FMCG companyCavinKare and NGO Ability Foun-dation to honor achievers withdisabilities.

A person may nominate him-self or herself or someone theyknow. The awards will be pre-sented in February next year inChennai. Log on towww.cavinkare.com andwww.abilityfoundation.org orcall 044 24452400 to find outdetails about the application andnominations. The completednomination forms must reachAbility Foundation on or beforeOctober 30.

CavinKare Ability Awards in-clude a total of four awards. Theawards come in two categories.Cavinkare ability award for em-inence is given to one individual.The award carries a citation, atrophy and a cash prize of Rs 2lakh. CavinKare ability masteryawards, which are given to threeindividuals in recognition of theirachievement in field of theirchoice – arts, film, medicine,science, industry, technology,education, community develop-ment, human rights, sports ormore. The awards carry a citation,a trophy, and a cash prize of Rs1 lakh, each.

Rel, Infyplayers win

snookertourney

Bangalore: Vadhiraj from Re-liance won the Infycup – InterCorporate Snooker Tournament2011, while Nasrulla Shariff fromInfosys was the runner-up.

Infosys organised the tourna-ment, at its Bangalore campusin Electronic City on September24 and 25 and October 1 and 2.

Employees from nine compa-nies, including Oracle, Honeywelland Reliance, took part in thistournament. The third and fourthplaces were taken by Vasanthfrom Jovas and Raghavan Sub-ramanian from Infosys.

Shankaralingam from Infosyscompiled the highest break ofthe tournament, a 51 in a leaguematch.

Accenture,TCS winCrucible

quiz contestAccenture Delhi managed toclinch the title of business quizchampions after a hard foughtbattle that lasted two months.Anish Raju and Rohan Khannaemerged as grand winners ofthe non-Tata track after compet-ing against regional winnersfrom 18 cities across the country.

Jayakanthan and Sreekanth,who represented Tata Consul-tancy Services Chennai, won theTata track by beating eight fi-nalists of the Tata Crucible Busi-ness Quiz 2011.

The 8th edition of the TataCrucible Business Quiz, spreadacross two months, witnessedstrong participation with over1500 teams contesting betweenthe two tracks for Tata and non-Tata employees

Honouring the winners at theprize distribution ceremony,Prasad Menon, Chairman, TataConsulting Engineers Limited,said, “I believe today there areabundant opportunities to beexplored globally and like in anycorporate, the learning phasewill be the first five years toshape up the career.

“The teams displayed excellentform of lateral thinking and thecompetitive spirit between themwas commendable. My congrat-ulations to all the winners and Iwish them great success in fu-ture.”

On winning the national finalsAnish Raju and Rohan Khannafrom Accenture said, “After win-ning the gruelling regionalrounds, we knew the finals wouldbe much more challenging. Weare happy that we won the chal-lenge. We will cherish this victoryfor a lifetime”.

Cos spending Rs 12K cr onsocial media: Assocham

Bangalore: Companies in India havegauged the might of social networkingand are currently spending over Rs 1,200crore with 30 to 40 percent of marketingbudget on digital media, according tothe findings of a study titled ‘Explosionof Social Media: Transforming The Cor-porate Business Scenario,’ by the Asso-ciated Chambers of Commerce and In-dustry of India (Assocham).

Releasing the highlights, Assochamsecretary-general D S Rawat said, “Goodsand services worth about Rs 23,000 croreare traded currently on the social networksacross the world and the figure is likelyto swell to about Rs 1.35 lakh crore by2015 with India’s share likely to cross Rs10,000 crore mark during the course ofnext three to four years.”

It was observed that majority of start-ups, leading national and internationalcompanies operating in the country areembracing the social media to enhancetheir business and on an average spendinganywhere between Rs 2 lakh to Rs 50lakh a year on social marketing cam-paigns.

A large number of national and multi-national corporations in India are usingthe services of social media managementcompanies that help small, large brandsto manage, heighten their social networkpresence and maximise their exposurein the newsgroups and newsfeeds of thepeople logged on the social networks.

“Significance of social media in thecurrent scenario can be gauged from thefact that the department of informationtechnology (DIT) has recently advised allgovernment departments to make the

most of social media in their day-to-daywork and communicate with citizens ef-fectively,” said Rawat.

Assocham interacted with about 1,400directors, chief executive officers, chieffinancial officers, chairmen, managingdirectors, executive directors et al fromsectors as diverse as BFSI (banking, fi-nancial services and insurance), auto,FMCG, manufacturing, IT, telecom,biotech, education, infrastructure, con-sumer packaged goods and healthcareto ascertain the extent of their spendingon online activities and about 75 percentof them said they have doubled theirspending on social media this year.

“Companies both large and small areturning to social media platforms as thepercentage of internet users on socialnetworking sites continues to climb,”

said Rawat, while releasing the surveythat was carried out in Ahmedabad, Ban-galore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbaiand Pune between April and August.

“Brands today cannot afford to ignorethe significance of social media as a keymedium to target their identified cus-tomers and connect with them,” saidRawat.

Companies are taking advantage ofsocial media to advertise, launch newproducts, study consumer behaviour pat-tern and communicating, interacting di-rectly with their customers and wooingnew clientele.

Assocham interacted with 200 repre-sentatives of various companies in Delhiand about 60 percent of them said theyhave a dedicated staff who work round-the-clock and are constantly plugged into

the web to monitor online traffic on theirweb portals. As many as 110 respondentssaid they have hired employees speciallyfor their social and interactive media cellwho perform the task of tracking conver-sations, blogs, discussions, chats onsocial networks to ascertain the consumerpreferences and perceptions towards theirproducts and services.

Nearly 40 percent of respondents inthe city said that started their campaignson social networking websites with a tinybudget and clocked revenue of aboutthree to four times their budget in a spanof about five to six months terming it asuccessful venture.

Almost all the respondents said thattheir dependency on traditional printmedia for advertisements has reduceddrastically and people logged on socialnetworks are their core target group andsocial media allows them to directly in-teract with consumers

Currently, there are over six crore mobileinternet users and about eight crore usersusing internet across India.

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+,Linkedin, Orkut, Hi5, Friendster and Bi-gAdda are certain popular social networksused by companies in Delhi to carry outtheir social media campaigns.

“Low cost coupled with higher visibilityand wider reach on social media is thegrave reason behind this surge in numberof companies cashing in on inevitablesocial media platform to reach youngcustomers as highest number of activesocial media audience in the country isin the age group of 15 to 25 years,” pointsout the Assocham study.

Fruit, energy drink marketto reach `11k cr by 2015

Bangalore: The non-alcoholicbeverage market in India is likelyto reach Rs 11,000 crore markby 2015, apex industry body As-socham has said.

Growing at a CAGR of about20 percent the non-alcoholic bev-erages sector is currently poisedover Rs 6,000 crore, accordingto a study on ‘Opportunities inIndian Non-Alcoholic BeverageMarket’ by the Associated Cham-bers of Commerce and Industryof India (Assocham).

“The domestic consumptionof non-alcoholic beverage cur-rently stands at about 17,500crore litres and is likely to cross35,000 crore mark by 2015,” saidD S Rawat, secretary-general,Assocham, while releasing the

findings of the study.The non-alcoholic beverage

industry includes carbonatedbeverages, sparkling beverages,still beverages like distilled water,fruit juices, fruit-based drinks,energy and sports drinks, sodas,hot beverages like tea and coffeeand other drinks that have noalcohol content.

Assocham analysed return onsales, investment, expenses,turnover and working capitalmanagement ratios and inter-acted with representatives ofabout 70 companies operatingin the non-alcoholic beveragesegment.

“Emerging wellness trends,higher expenditure for healthylifestyle by India’s rising mid-

dle-class and overall strong do-mestic economy are certain keyfactors driving the non-alcoholicbeverage market in India,” Rawatsaid.

Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd., Dabur and Godrejare leading players in the domestic non-alcoholic beveragecircuit, highlights the Assochamstudy.

Carbonated or the aerateddrinks account for about 30 per-cent of the total non-alcoholicbeverage market and the segmentis currently estimated at aboutRs 1,800 crore, while the fruitdrink segment is estimated atabout Rs 1,200 crore and the en-ergy drink market is estimatedat Rs 600 crore.

Eurofins opensnew lab in city

Bangalore: Eurofins Global Cen-tral Laboratory has opened anew laboratory in the city. Thenew facility complements theEurofins Global Central Labora-tory current global footprint ofwholly-owned laboratory facili-ties in the US, Europe, Singaporeand China.

René van Erp, managing di-rector, Eurofins Global CentralLaboratory, said: “The lab is sole-ly dedicated to providing labo-ratory testing in clinical trials.Eurofins is uniquely positionedas only few contract research or-ganisations (CROs) offer a similarglobal footprint.”

The city facility will operatecongruently with the other Eu-rofins labs. Lab director DrRaghavendra Karanth said: “The

Bangalore facility operates likean extension of the other Eurofinscentral labs as all laboratoryequipment, methods, operatingprocedures and quality standardsare identical to those in our sisterlaboratories. Sponsors can expectsimilar results in India, with thebenefit of having a reduced costof transportation to either Europeor United States.”

Operational since September1, the Bangalore laboratory offersa full package of safety testing,as well as biomarker testing.Upon its launch, the facility iscertified with the National Gly-cohemoglobin StandardisationProgram (NGSP) Level 1 accred-itation, and should achieve NABLand CAP accreditations withinits first year of operation.

Dr Raghavendra Karanth, laboratory director, Eurofins(right) shows new lab facilities at Bangalore to René van Erp,MD, Eurofins Global Central Laboratory (centre) and Robert

Willis, V-P, global laboratory operations & development.

CITYFriday, October 7, 2011 3CITY EVENTS

TheatreHamlet The Clown Prince:7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Addi-tional Timings: RangaShankara, No 36/1 2nd Phase,8th Cross, JP Nagar. A comicadaptation of Hamlet by ac-tor-director Rajat Kapoor. Theplay shows Shakespeare's clas-sic through the eyes of a clown.

Eating outBreakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: Till 2:30 a.m.Cubbon Pavilion, ITC Garde-nia, No 1, Residency Road. In-dian signatures, breakfast clas-sics, and desserts come to-gether to create a buffet thatstarts when the clock strikesmidnight.

Mexican Fiesta: Noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien, No 28, SankeyRoad. A special menu, whichpairs Mexican cuisine withbeverages. Combos includeTequila with Tacos and Beerwith Burittos.

Lunch Buffet @ Applewood:12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Apple-wood, No 760, 100 Feet Road,Indiranagar. A Global and In-dian lunch buffet, which in-cludes soups, starters, maincourse and desserts, priced atRs 299 plus taxes per head.

Chinese Food Festival: 7:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The RajPavilion, ITC Windsor. The RajPavilion at ITC Windsor ishosting a Chinese food festival.On the menu are dishes likethe classic Peking Duck, LambShank Tian Fu Style, SichuanTraditional Mapo Tofu, andCantonese Roasted Chicken.The buffet is priced at Rs 1350plus taxes.

Hyderabadi Food Festival:Noon to 11:30 p.m. Khayal,The Chancery, Lavelle Road,Khayal. The Chancery cele-brates the 400-year-old culi-nary history of Hyderabad witha special food festival. On themenu are several types of ke-babs, biryani and dessert.Meals are priced at Rs 599with two lagers per head dur-ing lunch, and Rs 699 with

four drinks of choice for din-ner.

New Italian Menu @ Mocha:11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Mocha,Lavelle Road. Mocha has in-troduced a new Italian menu,which pays homage to the vi-brant flavours and hearty dish-es of the country. BruschetteDi Pomodoro e Basilico, Peper-oncino Della Cucina Messi-cana, Risotto alla Milaneseand Fettucine con Pollo areon offer.

Nightlife Thai & Mongolian Night: 8

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

Lounge Night: 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 Dread

spins 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 amto 8 pm. 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.

The Great Forum ShoppingFestival: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.The Forum Mall, No 21, HosurRoad, Koramangala. A month-long shopping festival thathas great discounts and prizes

worth Rs 50 crore for shoppers.Adding to the festivities aredance troupes from all overthe country and live musicperformances.

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.

Nirantara @ Galleryske: 11am to 7 pm. Galleryske, No 2,Berlie Street, Langford Town.

Galleryske presents 'Nirantara'by Srinivasa Prasad. The artistemploys materials that high-light the organic growth cycleof life, death and continua-tion.

Painting exhibition: 10 am to7 pm. Kynkyny Art, No 148Embassy Square, InfantryRoad. Kynkyny Art presentsan exhibition of paintings byYuvan Bothi Sathuvar andDhrubajyothi Baral.

Fiesta of Art: 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallerie Third Eye, No A-1 Epsilon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur An exhi-bition of paintings by AshokKumar G Hiremath and Swa-pan Sarkar.

Group Show @ Renaissance:11 a.m. to 7 p.m. RenaissanceGallerie, No 13 Westminster,Cunningham Road, An exhi-bition of paintings by AnupGomay, Anvesh P, RameshNambiar, Sneha Nadig Yadav,N Swetha, and photographsby Piyush Goswami at Ren-aissance.

Keeper of stateʼs history Expert hired by archives dept details how to preserve documents

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: He is the keeper of state’shistory. P Ranganathan of PhotolamSystem Ltd, Chennai, has been main-taining and restoring the great treasureof photos, documents and records ofthe state since 2006.

Ranganathan told Bangalore Beatthat documents valued over Rs 50 lakhin the state archives department, cov-ering documents, photos, books,gazetteers etc., are being preserved forposterity. He is also instrumental inpreserving the rare documents, photos,paintings, books and gazetteers, housedat Mysore museum and valued over Rs25 lakh.

Basically from Chennai, Ranganathanis credited with restoring the works inChennai, at the National Archives ofIndia in New Delhi, Zakir Husain Library,New Delhi and Indian Institute of As-trophysics, Bangalore.

“I have been following this professionfor the past 25 years. I have been re-sponsible for the upkeep and restorationof documents at the Oriental ManuscriptLibrary, Government Museum, SanskritCollege and Madras Literary Society inChennai,” he said.

“The most challenging has been thepreservation of books as the pageswould be brittle with age. If one tries to

turn pages, they crumble. Among thetried and tested methods is the lami-nation of the paper. But the documentbecomes bulky and obviously takestime. We insert tissue paper, importedfrom Japan, between the sheets. Thetissue paper is stuck between the sheetsusing Carboxy Methyl Cellulose, whichis a sticking agent. With this, books,old newspaper cuttings, letter etc., canbe kept intact for the next 30 years.

Even under humid conditions of Chen-nai, these documents remain safe forthat long.”

Reminiscing, Ranaganath said, “Theoldest document we have tried to restorewas a book on mythology, dating backto 1780 at the Madras Literary Society.”

He lamented that not many young-sters are taking up restoration as a pro-fession. “Probably that is because whatI am doing may not be interesting

enough for youngsters. In general, thecountry has very few professional re-storers. But this trend has to change.”

On digitisation of documents, throughscanning and making digital copies ofthe documents, he said, “It is good andvery useful for future generations.”

But before documents are scanned,paper used in these priceless pieces ofhistory has to be tested for acid content.It then has to be acid neutralised. Only

then, one can proceed with the sec-ondary stage, to either laminate or scanthem.”

He said, “We need to follow variousmethods of conservation while restoringthese documents. We opt for duplicatingthese documents and then wash andclean them. We have to fumigate thedocuments, de-acidify, encapsulate andthen bind them for filing.”

Three houses robbed in city


Bangalore: The festive spiritsdulled for three families whosehouses were robbed in the cityon the Vijayadashami day yes-terday.

At Yelahanka New Town, rob-bers broke into the house ofSrinivasamurthy and took awayvaluables worth over Rs 6 lakh.The family had gone to a relative’shouse around 9.30 am and whenthey returned home around 9.30they found the window broken.

Gold ornaments weighing 249gm and silver articles weighing3 kg have been stolen, a police.The house is situated in the thirdcross, HIG, B-sector.

In another break-in, the houseof R K Rajkumar burgled andvaluables of unspecified amount

stolen in Jayanagar last night.Rajkumar’s family too had goneto their relative’s house aroundnoon yesterday.

When they returned home around 10 last night, theyfound the house door brokenand valuables stolen from theirhouse on 22 Cross in 6 Block,Jayanagar.

In yet another incident of bur-glary, the residence of S SVenkatesh at Girinagar was bur-gled last night and valuablesworth over Rs 1 lakh stolen.Venkatesh has complained tothe police that the burglary mighthave occurred between 1 pm and6 pm yesterday when the familywas away from home in 4 phase,Girinagar. 68 gm gold ornamentshave been stolen.

Show jumpingtourney begins


Bangalore: The South IndiaEquestrian Championship 2011opened at the Palace Groundsthis morning.

The Equestrian Centre for Ex-cellence (ECE), Bangalore’s ishosting the event, which willrun for another two days. Overthe course of three days, horsesand riders will compete in thedisciplines of dressage, equi-tation and show-jumping.Theriders’ categories will range fromchildren through juniors toopen.There will also be confinedevents exclusively for young hors-es / riders taking part for thefirst time in competitive eques-trian sports.

Prominent riders like NitinGupta - 2010 National ShowJumping Champion, Rushil Patel– the 2010 National Children’sShow Jumping Champion,FouadMirza – National YoungRiders Show jumping medalist,Nadia Haridass – National Dres-sage medallist and AjaiApachu– leading Cross Country riderare participating in the event.

Abhijith Kartikeya, memberof ECE said “Riders below 12years and above 18 years takepart in this event. We have more

than a hundred participants thisyear. We train and prepare thecandidates to excel in nationaland international champi-onships. We undertake rehabil-itation of injured horses whichhave no future use and we usethem for these kinds of events.We have horses from Germanyand many other places in theworld. We do not have any specialbreeding program for the horses.This is one of the most demo-cratic sports in the world, onlytalent rules, without any kindof gender bias. There is a myththat this is only for the affluent.But now, we are creating subsi-dies and are trying to includethe masses.”

Prominent horses like Bar-rassie the 2010 National Grade 2Champion;Zubana and Dub-cashiel, National Cross Countrymedal winners; Polina andColumbus, National Show Jump-ing medal winners were presentat the event. The show is intend-ed to provide a debut and much-needed competition experiencefor budding horses and riders,to help further the standards ofequestrian. It is also intendedas a regional platform to helpuncover budding equestrian tal-ent in South India.

Murdercase

solvedContinued from page 1

He joined hands with his asso-ciates Sendhi, Shivanna, who isabsconding, and Shivakumaralias Payas, who died in an ac-cident three years ago, to executethe murder. He convinced Roopathat they were going on a tourin the third week of October2006. He took her to VaddaraDibba near Tarikere in Chikma-galur district. He pushed Roopainto the deep canal. Her bodywas found by the Bhadravati Ru-ral police, the release said.

The police had registered acase and were conducting in-vestigations into the murder.

Ranju belongs to a ShimogaNaga and Prashant alias Pachigangs and has committedheinous crimes in KumaraswamyLayout, Subramanya Pura, Cub-bon Park and Hebbal police sta-tion limits. He revealed his in-volvement in these crimes duringinterrogation, the police stated.

All the accused have been sentto judicial custody.

No power: CMContinued from page 1

First let him know that andthen talk about the government.”

Asked about dropping of forestminister C P Yogeshwar from thecabinet for his alleged involve-ment in the Megacity scam, hesaid, “The case is in court andI’m not ready to talk about this.”

On appointing a successor toJustice Shivaraj Patil, who quitrecently over possession of resi-dential sites more than the limit,he said, “I’ve written a letter toboth opposition leaders, whoare part of the committee thatselects the Lokayukta. I will ap-prove the new name once I get areply from them.”

GST will cut goods prices by 10 percent: Assocham

Bangalore: Industry body As-socham said the Goods and Serv-ices Tax (GST) likely to be intro-duced next year will lead to buoy-ancy in government revenues byRs 1.5 lakh crore and increasethe country’s GDP by 1.4 to 1.6per cent.

With Indian economy inte-grating with world markets, man-ufacturers have to compete with-in and outside the country. Toget a competitive edge, the in-troduction of GST will be a crucialreform to remove cascading oftaxes, leading to reduction inprices of most manufacturedgoods by about 10 percent, saidthe Associated Chambers of Com-merce and Industry of India (AS-SOCHAM).

“Once GST replaces all multi-ple taxes, it is going to be thebiggest tax reform in independentIndia’s history,” it said in a recentstudy titled ‘GST – BeyondGrowth.’ A simplified tax struc-ture will lead to annual savingsof Rs 1.2 lakh crore at the currentnominal rate of GDP. Reductionin tax cost will lead to afavourable impact on tax com-pliance, economies of scale, sup-ply chain efficiencies and thushigher economic growth.

The tax GDP ratio too may goup by 1.5 to 2 per cent with netrevenue jumping by Rs 1.5 lakhcrore a year, said the Assochamstudy. The GST will create a singleIndian common market and therewill be no distinction betweengoods and services with seamlessinput tax credit allowed through-

out the supply chain.While a constitutional amend-

ment is being considered by aParliamentary standing commit-tee, next financial year (April2012 to March 2013) is the timeset for implementing GST, whichis a comprehensive value addedtax on goods and services leviedat each stage of supply chain.However, approval from two-third of parliamentarians andhalf of the 29-plus states is amust for it to take shape.

Thus GST will be a destina-tion-based consumption taxborne by ultimate consumer. “Itwill be the biggest game changerfor all stakeholders – centraland state governments, industry,trade, investors and consumers,”said the chamber that has or-ganised over 30 conferences on

the subject in various states.The GST will be an indirect

tax imposed by all states andthe central government and re-place existing levies such as cen-tral sales tax, state sales tax, en-tertainment tax, lottery tax, elec-tricity duty, stamp duty and valueadded tax. Exports and directtaxes such as income tax, cor-porate tax and capital gains taxwill not be affected, said thestudy.

The tax will be collected ongoods and services at each stageof sale or purchase in the supplychain and there will be a taxcredit mechanism set in place.The end consumer – as the lastperson in the supply chain –will bear the final tax.

The Assocham study said arobust information technology

infrastructure called GST Net isbeing put in place for imple-mentation of the GST. Some stategovernments have been con-cerned about a loss in their rev-enue and worry that the tax re-form will give too much powerto the central government. Taxrates under the GST regime arelikely to be between 16 percentand 20 percent.

Initially, petroleum productsand alcohol will be kept out ofthe purview of GST. More pro-fessions in the services sectorwill be brought under the taxnet. This is tough to do becausegoods are sometimes classifiedas services and vice versa.

A fairly complicated structurewill be needed to take into ac-count all the information relatingto inter-state transactions. Sincethere are a very large number ofimporters and exporters dealingwith each other in each state,all trade statistics and taxespayable should be recorded formore transparency.

Under the proposed GST ratestructure, all services will attracta standard rate of 16 per centwith a negative list being con-sidered for exemption of few.There could be a lower rate of10 to 12 percent for specifiedgoods like basic food items andvery low rate for precious metalsand stones.

Other goods will be taxed at astandard rate declining from 20to 18 percent in second year andfurther to 16 percent in thirdyear.

P Ranganathan, who has been hired by the state archives department (right), works in Bangalore. Rare documents that are being preserved.

No one ruled Hampi:Chidananda Murthy


Bangalore: Bangalore Universityorganised a special lecture whereNadoja Dr M Chidananda Murthygave a lecture on his researchfindings at the historical city ofHampi.

Narrating the story of the cityMurthy said “Hampi is one ofthe very old tourist spots in theworld. No king ruled Hampapura.The people of Hampapura con-sidered Lord Virupaksha as theirruler/patron. Hampi was like theVatican, which is not ruled byItaly and their head of state isthe Pope.

“After the advent of Islamicinvaders in 1336, the people ofHampapura gave treasures fromtheir temples to the brothersHakka and Bukka to cement theirrule. In order to carry on the tra-dition of sanathana dharma, thepeople invited Hakka and Bukkato rule over them, which wasthe moment the grand Vijayana-gar empire was born with Hampias its capital.”

When asked about his reasonsfor choosing Hampi as his re-search subject, Murthy said “Howmuch ever research you conduct,you will find something new inHampi. It is one place everybodymust see. It is not just about thebuildings and the places. Thecity has life. I have been to manyother places like Chennai andKolkata but only Hampi has thepower that forces ne to visit itagain and again. One shouldstay two or three days in Hampiand climb Patangapura hill andsee the view which will showoff the beauty and historical sig-nificance of Hampi.”

Also speaking at the event,Bangalore University vice-chan-cellor N Prabhudev said, “NadojaChidananda Murthy has openedall our eyes and has given us somuch information on Hampi.We will be glad to publish hisresearch findings if he will allow

us. He also has pictures of de-scendents of the Pampa familywho are alive today, which isvery interesting.”

Professor Murthy also suggest-ed that Murthy should conductresearch into the history of Ban-galore city.

Nadoja award winner M Chidananda Murthy (left) and Bangalore University vice-chancellor N Prabhudev at a

special lecture on Murthy’s findings on Hampi, at Jnanajyothi auditorium in the city today.

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Obama to Pakistan: India not an enemy

Washington: The US hasturned the heat up on Pakistanonce again with the latest rep-rimand coming in from USPresident Barack Obama him-self, who was concerned aboutthe ISI links with terror groups.He even said that Pakistanmust adopt a peaceful ap-proach towards India.

Afghan President HamidKarzai's visit to India and thesigning of the Strategic Part-nership Agreement foundechoes in Washington.

Briefing journalists inWashington, US PresidentObama, without naming theHaqqani network, hinted atits linkages with Pakistani in-telligence.

"There is no doubt thatthere is some connection thatthe Pakistani military and in-telligence services have with

certain individuals that wefind trouble. I've said that pub-licly and I've said that privatelyto Pakistani officials as well.They see their security interestthreatened by an independentAfghanistan in part becausethey think they will ally them-selves to India and Pakistanstill considers India their mor-tal enemy," Obama said.

He added, "A part of whatwe want to do is actually getPakistan to realise that a peace-ful approach towards Indiawould be in everybody's in-terest."

US President Obama alsoindicated his determinationto defend America's interestin the Afghanistan-Pakistanregion by acting unilaterally,which only underscored therift between Washington andIslamabad.

Peace Nobel for Liberia PrezOslo: The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awardedtoday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee andTawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work onwomen's rights.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored thethree women "for their non-violent struggle forthe safety of women and for women's rights tofull participation in peace-building work."

"I am very very happy about this prize," saidKarman, a 32-year-old mother of three who headsthe human rights group Women Journalists withoutChains.

She has been a leading figure in organisingprotests President Ali Abdullah Saleh that kickedoff in late January as part of a wave of anti-au-thoritarian revolts that have convulsed the Arabworld.

Johnson Sirleaf, 72, is a Harvard-trained econ-omist who became Africa's first democraticallyelected female president in 2005.

She faces a presidential poll this month.She was seen as a reformer and peacemaker in

Liberia when she took office. But recently, oppo-nents in the presidential campaign have accusedher of buying votes and using government fundsto campaign. Her camp denies the charges.

Liberia was ravaged by civil wars for yearsuntil 2003.

The country is still struggling to maintain a fragile peace with the help of United Nationspeacekeepers.

Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, or-ganized a group of Christian and Muslim womento challenge Liberia's warlords. In 2009 she wona Profile in Courage Award, an honor named fora 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book written byJohn F. Kennedy, for her work in emboldeningwomen in Liberia.

Karman's father is a former legal affairs ministerunder Saleh. She is a journalist and member ofIslah party, an Islamic party.

J&K death: Victim's son implicates Omar

New Delhi: Trouble mountsfor Omar Abdullah in the caseof controversial and mysteriousdeath of the National Conferenceworker in police custody aftervictim Haji Saeed Yusuf's sonTalib Hussain directly implicatedthe Jammu and Kashmir ChiefMinister.

Hitting out at the Chief Min-ister, Hussain accused him ofhiding the truth about his father'sdeath and demanded a CBIprobe.

Hussain has even claimed tohave seen torture marks on HajiYusuf's body.

"Omar's statement is wrongas there was torture marks onthe body," he said.

"My father had close relationwith Abdullah family. He usedto visit Omar on regular bases,"said Hussain.

Hussain even went on to saythat the Inspector General of Po-lice allegedly told him that hisfather was beaten at the chiefminister's residence.

"Every thing took place at theChief Minister's residence, IGtold me this," he claimed.

The victim's family wantsOmar Abdullah to step downsince they want the matter in-vestigated first.

"I demand CBI probe in his

death, we don't trust state gov-ernment probe or judicial probe.The Chief Minister should quitfor independent probe," saidYousuf's son.

Earlier, party member AbdulSalam Reshi, who claims to bean eyewitness, also said Yousufwas beaten at the Chief Minister'soffice-cum-residence, that hehad money deals with Omar Ab-dullah.

Reacting to Reshi's statement,Hussain said, "He was vomiting

blood when he came out of theChief Minister's residence andwe trust the statement given byeyewitness Abdul Salam Reshi.We have photos to prove this...hewas assaulted. My father had noheart ailments," he said.

Haji Saeed Yousuf died in po-lice custody after he was allegedlyhanded over to the police byOmar Abdullah. Yousuf had al-legedly taken money from twopeople while promising themministership and an MLC seat.

Darshangets bail

Continued from page 1Due to differences between hus-band and wife, Vijayalakshmiand her son were living sepa-rately at a friend’s house. Onthe afternoon of September 8, adrunken Darshan had arrived atthis friend’s house to begin abrutal assault that was to lasttill late into the night. The actorhad forcibly taken his wife outfor a drive in his car, where heallegedly beat her up, bit her,kicked her, burnt her with ciga-rettes and finally threatened tokill her by pointing his gun ather and at their child. A batteredVijayalakshmi had then filed apolice complaint in the middleof the night and fearing for herlife, had insisted on a police es-cort to go to hospital.

Soon after his arrest, whenthe actor entered ParappanaAgrahara jail, he was overcomeby shivering and breathlessnessand had to be admitted to Vic-toria hospital. He managed towhile away 15 days in jail beforethe doctors gave him a clean billof health and he was forced tomake his way back to jail.

Darshan’s initial bail applica-tion was denied by the 1st JMFCcourt with the public prosecutorcalling his attack on his wife‘animal-like’. He then appliedfor bail at the high court, where-upon the HC postponed the bailhearing by 15 days.

This morning, the cine starand his wife attended court,where justice B V pinto dictatedthe bail verdict. Darshan maybe released from jail today, ifthe bail verdict, along with itsconditions reaches the jail au-thorities by today afternoon. Atthe time of going to press itlooked like he may be releasedfrom jail by evening. If the judg-ment copy does not reach thejail authorities in time, then theactor may be released by 7 to-morrow morning.

Mathur laid to restwith state honours


Shimoga: Eminent Sanskritscholar and director of BharatiyaVidya Bhavan Mathur Krishna-murthy was laid to rest with gov-ernment honours at his hometown of Mathur in this districttoday.

Krishnamurthy (82) died yes-terday at a private hospital inBangalore after a heart attack.He is survived by his daughterJanaki.

BJP state president K S Esh-warappa, legislative councilchairman D H Shankara Murthy,Shimoga MP B Y Raghavendraand other dignitaries attendedhis last rights.

Krishnamurthy, a well-knownscholar of Sanskrit, was an au-

thority on Vedas, Mahabharata,Upanishads. He was called theambassador of Indian cultureand tradition.

He served as the registrar ofBharatiya Vidya Bhavan. He wasinstrumental in opening the Bha-van centre in London, and con-tinued in that position from 1972till 1995. He was also close toformer UK Prime Minister Mar-garet Thatcher, thinkers JamesCallaghan and others.

He came back to Bangalorein 1995 and was the director ofBhavan till his death. He openedone more branch in Bangalore,and also centres at Bagalkote,Hassan and Madikeri.

Krishnamurthy translated theautobiography of former PrimeMinister P V Narasimha Rao.

Modi marks adecade in powerAhmedabad: The arrest of sus-pended Gujarat IPS officer San-jeev Bhatt has been just one ofthe controversial decisions inChief Minister Narendra Modi'slong 10-year rule in the state. Adecade later, will Modi's dreamof entering national politics al-ways remain a dream? The roadahead for the Chief Minister maynot be that easy.

When asked whether he willtake moral responsibility for whathappened in 2002, Modi repliedwith a question, "What is moralresponsibility?"

For most politicians, such areply would go down as defiance,but for Gujarat's Chief Minister,this is his characteristic style.Offence has always been the bestform of defence for NarendraModi. As he marks his tenthstraight year in power in Gujarat,it's this trait which has givenhim the mantle of an unbeatableleader in the state.

But despite a landslide victoryin last elections, Modi is still along way off from realising hislong cherished dream of beingthe BJP's face at the centre. Hislatest face-off with Sanjeev Bhatthas been symbolic of how toughModi's road really is for the fu-ture. Even within the Sangh Pari-vaar, there are many who have

been questioning whether Modiis simply a man in a hurry. Hisrefusal to attend the BJP nationalexecutive meet and his formermentor LK Advani getting hislatest rath yatra flagged off byModi's arch rival, Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar, haveadded to his woes.

On his own home turf inAhmedabad, those who sufferedduring the riots of 2002 are alsonot really buying the rhetoric ofModi, the CEO of Gujarat.

But criticism has not managedto curb the growing number ofhis supporters from the capitalistclass.

Lakhs of crores of rupees havebeen pledged by top industrialistsfrom India and other parts ofthe world, from the Tatas to theAmbanis, everyone has been apart of a chorus of Modi for thePrime Minister's post.

Though experts feel that theModi story is still a well craftedillusion.

On the one hand, Modi's imageevokes extreme adulation on theother it evokes an extremely neg-ative sentiment. It is as if thestate has remained divided be-tween the pro vs anti-Modi lines,with Modi's image remaining asbig a success as a failure.

Barack Obama

Engg studentmowed

down by bus Anekal: An engineering studentdied on the spot when a bus ranover him this morning. The de-ceased has been identified asChetan (20), a student of APSCollege, Kaggalipura. The inci-dent occurred near the boy’s col-lege in Kaggalipura when he waswalking to college. The bus camefrom the opposite side andmowed him down, killing himon the spot.

A case has been registered inTalagatpura police station. Thebus was seized and the bodywas shifted to a government hos-pital, pending post mortem, po-lice said.

Naxals kill 3CRPF men

Bastar (Chhattisgarh): The Nax-als on Friday carried out carriedout a fresh attack on the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF) per-sonnel in Chhattisgarh.

They attacked a CRPF pa-trolling party, killing at least fourpersonnel, in Dantewada.

According to Additional Di-rector General (Naxal Operations)Ram Nivas, the vehicle wasblown up by the Maoists in Bas-tanar area under Geedam policestation in Dantewada. Severalothers suffered injuries in themine attack by the Naxals.

The incident took place at Na-tional Highway-16, 15 km fromDantewada.

Spectacle comes to an end

Elephant Balarama carries the golden howdah weighing over 700 kg through the main thoroughfares of Mysore during Jamboo Savari, part of the VijayaDashami day celebrations on the last day of the nine-day Dasara yesterday. Nearly five lakh people witnessed the spectacle.

Cultural troupes perform during the procession on the Vijaya Dashami day celebrations on the last day of the Dasara festivities at Mysore yesterday.Nearly five lakh people witnessed the spectacle.

Scion of Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar performs puja during private Dasara at the Mysore Palace yesteday.

Athletes fight it out during the traditional wrestling, kusti, competition onthe Mysore Palace premises yesterday.

Photos: G S Ravishankar

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Bangalore Beat 07.10.2011