Bangalore Beat 08.10.2011

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Forgive me,Darshan tells fans

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “I beg for forgiveness from thepeople of Kar-nataka and myfans,” said actorDarshan today.The actor wasyesterday re-leased from theParappana Agra-hara centralprison, where hespent 29 days forallegedly batter-ing his wife.

Darshan, who was released on conditionalbail, met his fans near his house in Rajara-jeshwari Nagar and greeted them this morning.

“I have committed a mistake by assaulting mywife. Now I have realised my sin. I beg my fansto forgive me. In future, I will look after my wifeVijayalakshmi very well and live happily,” hesaid.

“I could witness the love and affection of myfans today. I am fortunate to be alive to see this.Only dead personalities are shown such affec-tion,” he added.

Hundreds of fans had gathered outside hishouse this morning. With such great numberssurging forward, the compound wall of hishouse collapsed, injuring three persons.

After meeting his fans, Darshan left with hisclose family to pray before GoddessChamundeshwari on top of Chamundi Hills inMysore.

BJP men haveignored partyphilosophy:

Party LeadersBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: All is not well within the BJP, saidformer saffron party president B B Shivappa heretoday.

Addressing the media at the Bangalore PressClub, he said, “Today’s BJP leaders have beenneglecting RSS while organising the party.They have deviated from the party philosophy.The party got 110 seats and with the help of in-dependents secured the simple majority. Despitethat the leadership indulged in Operation Lo-tus, to grab leaders from other parties. This istotally against parliamentary democracy.”

“A leader in the BJP is using the party andMLAs for his own ends. Despite knowing aboutit, the party high command has kept quiet. No-body is above the party. Everyone should abideby party by-laws and go with the party,” saidShivappa, obliquely referring to former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa.

“Due to bad attitude and non-cooperation ofthe government, former Lokayukta Justice San-tosh Hegde put in his resignation before histerm. He agreed to withdraw the resignation onlyafter some central BJP leaders convinced him.Because of this one incident, the image of theparty came down. Some leaders, to save theirchair, misused the office of the Speaker. This isnot good for democracy. Today, the new entrantsto the BJP do not know the discipline and phi-losophy of the BJP. Because of this, the party hassuffered a lot of damage. The state cabinet alsohas many tainted ministers. They should be re-moved immediately,” said members of the BJPSenior Leaders’ Forum, of which Shivappawas a part.

“There is still time to stem the rot. Otherwisethere will be severe damage to the the party infuture,” they cautioned.

RSS leader Ram Bhakt, Govindappa andVinay Chandar were present at the press meet.

Bounty huntersheld near Kolar


Kolar: Five persons who came here in search oftreasure were handed over to the police lastnight.

The incident took place at Gaviappa Hills inAndra Halli of Vemagal taluk. The culpritscame to the hill top last night and started dig-ging looking for treasure.

The villagers who saw them going up the hillin the evening followed them. When they start-ed digging behind the temple, they were caughtand handed over to the police.

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LOOK BEYONDSODHI: GUVʻThere are many other retd SC judges for Lokayukta postʼ


Bangalore: If the state government isthinking of bringing Supreme CourtJustice (retd) N K Sodhi as Lokayuk-ta to the state, then it is total non-ap-plication of mind on their part, crit-icised governor H R Bhardwaj herethis morning.

“The government has so manychoices. They can look at manySupreme Court judges who have re-mitted office,” Bhardwaj, who him-self was an advocate of repute, said.

“I have been hearing the names ofJustice Bannurmath (former KeralaHigh Court judge) and Justice Sodhibeing floated around for the post ofLokayukta. But I don’t have anypending files regarding the issue be-fore me,” he said.

“When Justice Shivaraj Patil wasappointed the Lokayukta, I clearedthe file within five hours. I know Jus-tice Patil for the last many years. Heis an honourable man. After allega-

tions surfaced, he voluntarily choseto quit his post,” he said.

Justice Patil had to resign after al-legations surfaced over his and hiswife’s ownership of residential sitesin the city. Media reports said that Jus-tice Patil’s wife had wrongly men-tioned in an application for a hous-ing cooperative society that she didnot any land in the city previously.

On allegations of forest minister CP Yogeshwar’s involvement in theMegacity project scam, he said, “I’vealready informed chief minister D VSadananda Gowda about it. It is nowleft to the government and the CM totake action. It is the prerogative of thechief minister, who he includes andexcludes from the cabinet.”

“Beyond administering oath ofoffice to ministers, I am helpless. I amno Basavanna (14th century reformer)to clean up society. It is my duty to de-fend law and order and people of thestate,” he said.

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Apartment owners donʼt havedetails of murder suspect

Manjunath SharmaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Owners of flats at Polo GardenApartments in Seshadripuram, where bankstaffer Anasuya was murdered inside a liftyesterday, had not kept details of the mainaccused and security guard at the apart-ments, Ashraf, police sources have revealed.

Apartment owners did not even haveAshraf’s address in Assam, where he hailsfrom, the sources said.

Top police officials have been askingapartment and independent house ownersto collect details of their housemaids and oth-er support staff, like photographs and ad-dress, and submit the to the police.

Some of the residents of the apartment yes-terday afternoon saw the security guardrunning away from the scene of the crime.The police are now on the lookout for theguard, who was working with Polo Gardenfor the last eight years.

He first came to the apartment as securi-ty guard through a security agency. But soon,he quit and was hired by the apartment own-ers directly. Over the last eight years, he hadquit several times, but only to come back.

Sources said Ashraf was in good termswith Anusuya and many other apartmentowners, as he was trusted by them.

Anusuya’s neighbours said the mild-mannered woman had even helped Ashraf open an account with her branch of State Bank of Mysore where shewas a cashier.

Ashraf had claimed that he was not mar-ried. But the police suspect that theory as hewould often go back to his native place.

The police also denied that it was a mur-der for gain as only a small gold chain witha pendant, worth hardly Rs 12,000, hasbeen snatched from Anusuya.

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Jnanpith award winner Chandrashekar Kambar pays respects to PejawarMath seer Vishweshwara Teertha Swamiji at Jnanajyothi auditorium in thecity today. Kambar was feliciated by Bangalore University. (Report on P 4)

Getting ready for festival 3 RTPS units stoppower production


Raichur: Paucity of coal sup-plies has severely affected thepower generation at the RaichurThermal Power Station.

Today, power generation onunits 2, 4 and 8 were halted dueto lack of coal supplies. Unit 3 hasalready been halted for mainte-nance, said RTPS officials.

The state has been facing a se-vere power shortage as coal sup-

plies have been stopped. Chiefminister D V Sadananda Gowdahas written a letter to the centralgovernment requesting it to re-lease the state’s quota of coal sup-plies.

About a week ago, coal sup-plies had been held up due tostrike in Andhra Pradesh over theTelengana issue. The chief min-ister alleged the central govern-ment has stopped supplies tothe state.

Shobha: Teamled by CM to go to Delhi


Bangalore: A delegation led bychief minister D V SadanandaGowda will meet central minis-ters on coal supplies to the statewhich has severely affected pro-duction of power in the state, saidenergy minister Shobha Karand-laje here today.

She held a high-level meetingwith officials of the energy de-partment to find a solution to thecrippling power shortages in thestate. The meeting was held atShakti Bhavan on Race Courseroad.

The delegation would meetthe union minister concerned inNew Delhi and submit a memo-randum demanding the state’squota of coal, she said.

The central government issending coal to Andhra Pradesh,but meting out step-motherlytreatment to Karnataka, she said.

The state government hasbeen facing coal shortage forthe last one month. Power gen-eration has been affected due tothis. Power generation has beenreduced as there I no supply ofcoal. The demand has far out-stripped the supply, she said.

CM writes toCentre on

coal suppliesBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state govern-ment has written a letter to thecentral government, requestingfor state’s quota of coal suppliesfor continued production of elec-tricity as the state is facing severepower shortage, said chief min-ister D V Sadananda Gowda to-day.

Talking to reporters at his of-ficial residence Krishna, he said,“The state is facing a severeshortage of coal which is affect-ing the generation of electricity.Power generation of at theRaichur Thermal Power Stationhas been cut down due to pauci-ty of raw material.”

“We have spoken many timesto officials and ministries con-cerned at the central govern-ment, but it has been in vain. To-day again I am going to write aletter to the Prime Minister re-garding coal supplies. I will waitfor the reply and then decide onthe next course of action,” hesaid.

He said former minister B Sri-ramulu, who resigned fromMLA’s post, would withdraw his

resignation in two days. “I amconfident,” he added.

He was reacting to questionsabout Bellary MLA’s meetingwith him regarding developmentworks in the district.

Siraguppa MLA Somalingap-pa, Kudligi MLA B Nagendra,Kampli MLA T Suresh Babu werein the delegation that met thechief minister on Bellary devel-opment works.

Sadananda Gowda

Police search the premises of Polo Garden apartments at Seshadripuram.

Governor H R Bhardwaj meets a patient at the casualty, trauma andcancer care centre that he inaugurated at the Command Hospital in

the city this morning. Today is 79th Air Force day.

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TRAIN SCHEDULE

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)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

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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).

HINDI

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).

Sri Sri: Aimto take

Ayurveda torural massesBangalore: “A society’s healthis indicated by the number ofempty beds in the hospital. Thelast decade has seen a paradigmshift in the health of people. Inour Ayurvedic Science and Re-search Hospital, we have adoptedthe modern research with an an-cient soul. Our aim is to takethis system of medicine to therural population,” said Art ofLiving founder Sri Sri Ravis-hankar as he addressed a gath-ering at the Art of Living Inter-national Centre yesterday on‘Ayurveda – An ancient treasurefor global health’.

The talk followed the inaugu-ration of The Sri Sri College ofAyurvedic Science and ResearchHospital by Sri Sri in the presenceof medical education minister SA Ramadass former KarnatakaPradesh Congress Committeepresident R V Deshpande; Cen-tral Council of Indian Medicinepresident Raghunanda Sharma,VCP Cancer Research Institutefounder Balendu Prakash; ac-tress Jayanthi, Iskcon directorTiru Swamiji and senior Ayurve-da physician Suresh Chaturveditook part in the function.

Ramadass said, “The nextdecade belongs to Ayurveda. Wesee people from other countriescoming to India to learn this an-cient science.

“Research scholars of Ayurve-da and naturopathy should winthe Nobel and I hope that thisinstitute becomes a pioneer inthis direction.”

The new facility is an ISO-9001-2008 certified hospital thatprovides free consultation, hassix specialty clinics, offers morethan 100 Ayurveda treatmentsand unique projects on differentspecialties of Ayurveda and offersYoga consultation.

The Sri Sri College of AyurvedicScience & Research was estab-lished in 2004-2005.

Orientationday for PGstudents at MVJCE

Bangalore: The Orientation dayfor post-graduation students ofMVJ College of Engineering washeld over the last weekend atMVJCE. More than 200 studentstook admission in six differentbranches of engineering andMBA courses.

108 students joined the MTechcourses under various stream ofengineering, including computerscience and engineering, aero-nautical engineering, chemicalengineering, structural engineer-ing, thermal power and engi-neering, digital electronics andcommunication engineering andover 120 students took admissionin MBA courses.

Chaitanya Kumar M V, specialofficer, VTU Bangalore, said thatthe objective of students afterthey complete their PG coursesshould be to become an entre-preneur and provide jobs to theunemployed.

Dr K S Badrinarayan, MVJCEprincipal, emphasised the needfor students to be more creativeand hardworking during PGcourses as the amount of dedi-cation required is much morethan during the graduationcourses.

ʻBhoodanaʼscreening tomorrow

Bangalore: K V Subbana ApthaSamuha and Kannada informa-tion department have organisedScreening of Kannada featurefilm "Bhoodaana" at 3.30 pm to-morrow at K V Subbanna AapthaRangamandira. The movie is be-ing screened just after the birthanniversary of the movie’s di-rector G V Iyer.

The star cast includes Dr. Ra-jkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Uday Ku-mar, Leelavathi.

The auditorium is situated atTeachers' Colony 1st stage, nearDayananda Sagar College, op-posite Vasudha Bhavan, Kumar-swamy Layout.

The screening will be followedby discussion with the cast andcrew members.

For details, contact B RGopinath on 9242523523.

FKCCI: Bill to punish officialsfor delayed service welcomeBangalore: FKCCI has welcomed the pro-posed bill by the state government topunish government officials if the servicesare not delivered on time. This was longoverdue and the decision of is a welcomemeasure, said Federation of KarnatakaChambers of Commerce and Industrypresident J R Bangera.

This will minimise corruption, partic-ularly in the lower rungs of the ladder,and help the public get efficient services.If the officer responsible fails to providethe service in time he’ll have to pay afine of Rs 500 per day to a maximum ofRs 5,000. This legislation comes at a timewhen social activist Anna Hazare is de-manding a citizen’s charter for all gov-ernment departments that imposes penal-ty for delayed services.

The public on a day-to-day basis findsproblems in getting birth certificates,death certificates, caste and domicilecertificates. Added to this are the constantwoes of getting water and power con-

nections, driving licence, ration cardsamong others. These are critical for thecommon man for his living.

Such a citizen friendly act is alreadyin place in Himachal Pradesh, MadhyaPradesh, Bihar and Delhi. This will im-prove accountability and rid our systemof irregularities. The inclusion of depart-ments, like revenue, food and civil sup-plies, transport, APMC marketing andtaxes is a welcome move.

The objective is to improve the qualityof public service. This will also ensurecommitment of departments to standard,quality and time frame of service delivery,grievance redressal mechanism, trans-parency and accountability.

E-governance is very important in to-day’s age and time. This will not onlyeradicate the huge paper work in gov-ernment offices, but also ensure trans-parency and eradicate corruption. Theconcept of e-governance has to be takento its logical conclusion he added.

DIWALI: MALLS EXPECT 75% increased footfall Bangalore: With the onset ofannual festive season, swankymalls and shopping complexesin the city are expecting an in-crease of about 75 percent in thevisitor footfall as retailers alongwith the consumer durable firmsare offering a bevy of attractiveincentives like discounts, freegifts and interest-free financeoptions to rev up sales and perkup consumer confidence, ac-cording to a just concluded sur-vey by apex industry body As-socham.

“Malls in the city are likely tospend over Rs 120 crore on dec-oration, including contemporarylighting and promotional cam-paigns, during the festive seasonthat started in the last week ofSeptember and will continue tillearly November,” said D S Rawat,secretary-general, Assocham, re-leasing the findings of the survey.“Retailers and consumer durablegoods’ makers are expecting anincrease of about 45 to 60 percentin the sales during the period,”he said.

The Associated Chambers ofCommerce and Industry of Indiainteracted with about 250 leasingmanagers, representatives ofmalls’ management, strategist,marketers and supervisors in thecity to gauge their mood andpreparation to engage and attractconsumers during the traditionalfestival season.

Majority of respondents reck-oned that skyrocketing inflation,coupled with ever-rising fuelprices, interest rates and infla-tion, had shaken the buyers’confidence and they witnessed

a dip in the footfall by about 20percent during the first two quar-ters of financial year 2011-12.

Most retailers and consumerdurable goods makers said theyare gung-ho about brisk businessduring the third quarter and thusincreased their overall marketingbudget by about 30 percent forthis period alone.

Almost all the respondentssaid they have outlined market-ing strategies and innovativepromotional activities and offer-ing value-added services to drawcrowds and spur sales conver-sions during the upcoming festiveseason. These activities will con-tinue till early January.

Promotional activities by mallsinvolve product launches bycelebrities, food festival, mehndiand tattoo workshops by pro-fessional artists, cooking com-petition for women shoppers,exhibitions, gaming contests,tasks for kids, youngsters among

other fun activities and spon-soring gift vouchers, gift itemslike apparels, artificial jewellery,accessories and cosmetics forthose who win contests, high-lights the Assocham survey.

Majority of respondents saidthey have stepped up securitysystems and deployed additionalpersonnel, installed metal de-tectors and CCTV surveillancesystems across their malls tomanage anticipated heavy foot-falls and avoid any untowardincident.

Assocham suggests frisking,monitoring CCTV camera footageand deployment of paramilitarypersonnel, commandos, anti-sabotage teams and rapid actionforces to maintain vigil and putup barricades for thorough check-ing of the vehicles at heritagesites, vital installations, majormarkets, airports, railway sta-tions, parking lots and iconicbuildings in the city.

Bangalore: The annual RangaShankara Theatre Fest will beheld between October 15 and Oc-tober 23.

Six plays, street plays by col-leges, two films, a theatre andarts appreciation course, and anexhibition of political cartoonsare part of the festival. Festivaldirector Prakash Belawadi andRanga Shankara creative directorArundhati Nag unveiled the fest.

Belawadi said, “It is a festivalfor the young – for the way theyare, the way it was, the way itought to be.”

Tickets will be on sale fromOct 12 at Ranga Shankara, andfrom tomorrow on indianstage.inand bookmyshow.com.

In a tribute to Badal Sircar,the festival features his famous“Teesveen Shatabdi”, a playbased on the bombing of Hi-roshima and Nagasaki, and thecontinued effect it has on hu-mankind. Theatre stalwarts likeTom Alter and Sudeep Pandeyfeature in this presentation byRangshila Theatre Group ofMumbai. Three new plays are apart of the fare: S Surendranathof Sanket has written and di-rected “Nammoora Benkib -aakaru”in Kannada, Anmol Vel-lani has directed SlawomirMrozek’s “Tango” for Centre forFilm and Drama in English andNinasam’s Tirugata opens thefestival on Oct 15 with VivekShanbhag’s “Kantu”.

Ramu Ramanathan’s “Com-

rade Kumbhakarna” by NationalSchool of Drama repertory is di-rected by young director MohitTakalkar of Pune. The play aimsto demonstrate the political short-comings and self-delusions ofthe state. “Krishna Sandhana”in the interesting “Taala Mad-dale” form is presented by SAMudra Foundation of Bangalore.

This year’s theatre and artsappreciation course, facilitatedby Sadanand Menon, will havethe legendary Dhrupad singerRamakant Gundecha, Kudiyat-tam exponent Margi Madhu,painter-sculptor Balan Nambiarand art historian Sunil Kotharishare their journeys with regis-tered participants. Registrationsfor the course are open at RangaShankara.

Political cartoons from the In-dian Institute of Cartoonists willbe on display on the groundfloor of Ranga Shankara duringthe Fest. The cartoons have beenselected from the early periodof Shankar's Weekly. The exhi-bition has been curated by V.G.Narendra, member of the IndianInstitute of Cartoonists.

National College, Basavanagu-di; PESIT; JSS Academy of Tech-nical Education and BMS Collegeof Engineering have been select-ed to create street plays on poli-tics. The plays will be stagedaround the city and also at RangaShankara during the Fest.

The tickets have been pricedat Rs 100.

Ranga Shankarafest from Oct 15

Annual Ranga Shankara Theatre Fest director PrakashBelawadi and Ranga Shankara creative director

Arundhati Nag unveil the fest in the city yesterday.

Paradigm shift in IAF: Air MarshalBangalore: Indian Air Force en-ters the 79th year of its history.During this period the Air Forcehas been the lynchpin of India’sdefence. At the time of its incep-tion in 1932, the role of the AirForce was restricted to providingtactical support to the Army,while the strategic role of bomb-ing and providing was retainedwith the Royal Air ForceSquadrons in India, says Air Mar-shal D Kukreja, air officer com-manding-in-chief, training com-mand, Bangalore.

The past 79 years have wit-nessed the Indian Air Force trans-

form from a fledgling companionto the Royal Air Force to a mod-ern, first rate, professional force,with rich tradition and legacy.

The IAF today is poised onthe path of modernization andis transforming itself into a potentstrategic force, with full spectrumcapability. With the induction ofstate-of-the art platforms, equip-ment and weapons, we are wit-nessing a paradigm shift in ouroperational philosophy. Whilechange is the hallmark of growthand progress, the biggest chal-lenge facing us in the comingyears is to manage this fast-paced

change effectively, without com-promising on our high opera-tional standards. The new state-of-art systems would lead to amajor upgradation of our combatpotential, he said.

The future is certainly chal-lenging, yet it would provideenormous potential for growth.In times ahead, the IAF wouldbe simultaneously operating old,as well as newly-inducted aircraft and equipment. Operationsacross such a broad spectruminventory would constantly testour skills, our ingenuity and ourability to innovate.

CITYSaturday, October 8, 2011 3

Asphalting and concrete drain work of Amarjyothi Slum road was inaugurated by Dom-lur corporator Geetha Sreenivas Reddy today.

Inaugurating works

CITY EVENTS

GeneralBMS College of Engineering:National-Level CoA-NIASAAwards 2011: Trustee BMSEducation Trust DayanandaPai participates, auditorium,BMS College of Engineering,Bull Temple Road, Basa-vanagudi, 6 pm

Azim Premji University: Talkon development betweenCliche and Creativity, by an-thropologist Shiv Visvanathan,National Gallery of ModernArt, Manekyavelu Mansion,49, Palace Road, 5 pm.

CulturalNadaranjani Sangeetha Sab-ha: Vocal concert by RanjaniHebbar and others, DharaniMahila Sangha premises, Be-hind Post Office, Basavesh-waranagar, 5.30 pm

Indiranagar Sangeetha Sab-ha: Vocal by R Vedavalli, Pu-randara Bhavana, 8th MainRoad, HAL II Stage, 5.30 pm

Gallery Rasa: Exhibition ofminiature paintings by Ma-havir Swami from Bikaner, ArtGallery, 1st Floor, ‘B’Muniningappa Arcade, 3rdMain, 7th Cross, Chamara-japet, 5.30 pm

Sawanna Books: Launch ofthe book ‘On Cloud 9’ bySuresh Padmanabhan, Re-liance TimeOut, RoyalMeenakshi Mall, BannerghattaRoad, 6.30 pm

Religious Indian Institute of World Cul-ture: Devotional songs byPriyanka Nishith Jois, at No6, B P Wadia Road, 6.15 pm

Sri Prasanna VeeranjaneyaTrust: Vocal by Maithili Anan-

thraman and party, Mahalak-shmipuram,6.30 pm

Theatre Hamlet The Clown Prince:7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Also at3:30. Ranga Shankara, JP Na-gar. A comic adaptation ofHamlet by actor-director RajatKapoor. The play shows Shake-speare's classic through theeyes of a clown.

Kaifi Aur Main — Saga of aPoet: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Good Shepherd auditorium,No 25, Museum Road. KaifiAur Main is a celebration ofUrdu poet and film lyricistKaifi Azmi's life and works,seen through the eyes of hiswife, theatre and film actress,Shaukat Kaifi, and brought tolife by their daughter ShabanaAzmi and son-in-law JavedAkhtar.

Eating outBreakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: Midnight till2:30 am. Cubbon Pavilion, ITCGardenia, No 1, ResidencyRoad. Indian signatures, break-fast classics, and desserts cometogether to create a buffet thatstarts when the clock strikesmidnight.

Mexican Fiesta: Noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien. A special menu,which pairs Mexican cuisinewith beverages. Combos in-clude Tequila with Tacos andBeer with Burittos.

Chinese Food Festival: 7:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The RajPavilion, ITC Windsor, No 25

Windsor Square, Golf CourseRoad. 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.

Hyderabadi Food Festival:Noon to 11:30 pm, Khayal,The Chancery, Lavelle Road.The Chancery celebrates the400-year-old culinary historyof Hyderabad with a specialfood festival. On the menu areseveral 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 pm, 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. On offer aredishes like Bruschette Di Po-modoro e Basilico, Peperon-cino Della Cucina Messicana,Risotto alla Milanese and Fet-

tucine con Pollo.

NightlifeSaturday Sundowners @Highland Nectar: 7:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Highland Nectar,ITC Gardenia, Residency RoadSaturday. Sundowners features'Twist', a trio with an eclecticmusic style that includes reg-gae, classic rock and pop. Aspecial offer of 'more for less'where every drink gets patronsthe second on the house (onselect brands) through theevening.

Ash Roy (Jalebee Cartel) andDJ Clement Live: 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Ice, Vivanta by Taj- MG Road. House with Mum-bai's DJ Clement, along withJalebee Cartel's percussionistAsh Roy at Ice.

ShoppingCalvin Klein Fall 2011: 11 a.m.to 8 p.m. Calvin Klein Jeans,The Forum Value Mall, White-field Main Road, Whitefield.CK One Jeanswear presents anew range suited for the urbanexplorer, while the men's rangehas bold prints and neoncolours, across all its 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 prizesworth Rs 50 crore for shoppers.Adding to the festivities aredance troupes from all overthe country and live musicperformances.

ExhibitionsNirantara @ Galleryske: 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Galleryske,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.

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.

Fiesta of Art: 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallery 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.

Giving cancer patientsdignified life in last stagesToday is World Hospice Day that focuses on palliative care for patients

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Today is Word PalliativeDay today. October 8 is celebrated asthe day for providing relief from painto cancer and other patients.

The tradition of celebrating the daywas started last year to focus on theimportance of this form of treatment.The day is all the more important withthe increasing number of cancer casesacross the world.

The theme of this year’s World Pal-liative Day is: “Voices for the Hospice2011”. For Bangaloreans, the WorldHospice Day or World Palliative Dayand its celebration is significant fortwo respects.

A recent population-based cancerregistry data of the Indian Council of

Medical Research (ICMR) shows thatthe city has 113 male and 139 femalecancer patients per 1,00,000. This makesit the top city in the country to havethe largest number of cancer sufferers.

The data is in comparison with Chen-nai, which has 115 males and 121 fe-males, while Mumbai has 99 and 110respectively. Thiruvananthapuram dis-trict stands close to the city’s statisticswith 121 male and 108 female cancerpatients.

World over, several programmes arelined up for the day. Bangalore Beatgot in touch with oncologist Dr P PBapsy of Apollo Hospital.

“World Palliative Day is importantin respect to cancer patients whosenumbers run into lakhs. Overall, thenumber of cancer patients in the countryis high. Majority of male patients suffer

from stomach cancer. Among women,it is cervical and breast cancer. Ourhospital receives a large number ofthese categories of patients. We alsoget patients suffering from head andneck cancers,” he said.

“Terminally ill patients are sent tohospice centres as no treatment is pos-sible for such patients,” he said.

Asked how palliative care is admin-istered to patients, Dr Bapsy said, “Itcan be done either through the controltreatment, where preferably a patient’spain is relived by pain relieving tech-niques available by surgery, chemothe-raphy and healing the wounds. Withvery little time left for these patients,the only thing that can be done is tocare for them well and engaging themin spiritual and psychological treat-ment.”

Ad firms owe `2.45 cr to BBMP


Bangalore: Three advertisingfirms have to pay Rs 2.45 croreas tax to the Bruhat BangaloreMahanagara Palike.

The Karnataka High Court,which was hearing cases relatedto the tax payments, has askedthe railway department, in whosejurisdiction the ad space wastaken to freeze all hoardings forwhich tenders have been calledfor.

The railway department callsfor tenders for advertisementhoardings once every five years.Companies which take the spaceshould pay advertisement taxto the Palike.

But advertisement firmsLaksya Media, Avinash Ads andDiamond Publicity have failedto pay the taxes and approachedthe court. From December 1,2007 till December 1, 2010, thesecompanies had withheld pay-ments of Rs 4,05,39,999 to thepalike. The firms manage to pay

Rs 1,59,45,172 and the remainingRs 2,45,94,827 is yet to be paid.

The high court on October 4had ordered (WP No. 37828/2011)the railway department to freezethe hoardings.

In another case, Laksya Media,which owes Rs 92,77,222 to thepalike, had moved to High Court.The court directed the companyto pay the amount to the palike,said the deputy commissioner(advertisements) in a press re-lease.

No cutouts,banners till

Metro launch


Bangalore: 'Namma Metro', inall probability, will be launchedon October 20. While Bangalore-ans wait for the big day, theBruhat Bangalore MahanagaraPalike has not left any stone un-turned for the big show.

The palike has filled all pot-holes along roads connecting toMetro stations.

As many central ministers andother dignitaries are expectedfor the launch, BBMP commis-

sioner Siddaiah has warned se-rious action against those whoput up illegal advertisementhoardings, buntings and flexbanners, conveying best wishesand birthday wishes. He has alsobanned all cutouts on the way.

"The rule will be in force fromtoday till October 21. If any illegalbanner or hoarding is found atany place in the city, they willbe removed immediately and se-rious action will be taken againstthose who put them up,” Sidda-iah said in a press release.

Elder fallsvictim to

drop trick,loses `40K


Bangalore: Another person fellvictim fell to the drop trick by acabby in the city last night.

Chandrashekar, who had re-turned from Harihara, was wait-ing for a bus near a petrol bunkon Tumkur road around 11.30pm.

A cab driver, who pulled upnext to him, offered to drop Chan-drashekar to his house atMalleswaram.

The 65-year-old unsuspectingChandrashekar climbed into thecar. After travelling some dis-tance, the cab driver and fewothers who were in the car beatup Chandrashekar and snatchedRs 40,000 cash and his mobilephone.

They threw him out of the carand fled away, Chandrashekarsaid in a police complaint.

No detailsof suspect

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The police have rounded upall acquaintances of Ashraf andare interrogating them. Some ofthem were staying at PeenyaDasarahalli. Others, who weresaid to be close to Ashraf andwere staying at Marathahalli,have gone missing.

The neighbours said they wereat their residence till day beforeyesterday.

The police have also launcheda manhunt for them.

The police said Marathahallirelatives were instrumental ingetting Ashraf a job and helpinghim move to Bangalore eightyears ago.

Shobha misfit as energyminister, says Motamma


Bangalore: Shobha Karandlajehas failed to handle the energyportfolio effectively, alleged op-position leader in the councilMotamma today.

“The energy minister is busy making money every day and she is becoming richer.Shobha has time and money to buy 161 acres of land in Kodagu, but no time to managethe affairs of the crucial ministry,”she alleged.

“The BJP government has notgenerated a single unit of power

till today. The government hasfailed to supply power continu-ously to the people since theycame to power in 2008. Karand-laje is unfit to handle the port-folio, while other BJP ministersare busy in minting money. Theydon’t have any concern for thepeople of the state,” she said.

“Today, BJP minister are eatingfrom gold plates. They are in-dulging in petty politics and areblaming the central governmentfor all their ills. Instead of that,they should focus on governingthe state and developmentworks,” she said.Shobha Karandlaje

Venkatesh speaks thru his art Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: ‘Colours of Silence’, a painting exhibitionby physically challenged artist R Venkatesh, wasinaugurated today by urban affairs minister SureshKumar at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath today.

R Venkatesh, who is hearing impaired since birth,was born in Mysore in 1940. He took up paintingwhen he was just 14 and over the years masteredthe art.

His disability has not come in his way whilecompeting with others. He has experimented withthe art and has developed a style of his own.

Most of paintings depict rustic life of society,temple towns of not just Karnataka, but also someof the famous temple towns of the country, likeKashi, Kedarnath and Badrinath. He has paintedSubramanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district,Hampi in Bellary, Belur and Halebidu.

His paintings also has ‘nature’ and ‘natural ele-ments’ as theme.

The forests and waterfalls of the state have beenpainted with great accuracy. The world famous JogFalls is one of them.

Venkatesh was presented the R Madhyama Ved-hike award in 2008, Mysore Dasara ExhibitionAward in 2005. He has also won Dasara awards in1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1992, 1995, and 1996.

His paintings have been displayed at an interna-tional arts exhibition in Austria in 1995 and KarnatakaLalitha Kala Academy, Bangalore, in 1978, 1992,1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996.

More than 50 paintings are on display at the CKPand the exhibition will be on till October 11.

Suresh Kumar said, “It is great to see Shankar’works, which express his clarity of thought. Thoughhe is physically challenged, he has outclassed every-one with his paintings. His disability has not hinderedthe quality of his paintings. Some of his paintingsare much more than one can see of that place. Theyare more than photographs and make you feel youare in that place.”

Venkatesh, through an interpreter, said, “Fromthe very beginning, since my childhood, I had greatinterest in nature. I was a great traveller. I used tosee the life of the rural people and temple towns. Iused to sit in these temples and paint for hours.Animal life, be it domestic or wild, the birds andthe nature inspire me.”

Speech impaired artist R Venkatesh explains his works to urban affairsminister Suresh Kumar at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath today. The

show, Colours of Silence, is on till October 11.

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NEWSSaturday, October 8, 2011 4Actor seeks forgiveness S Radhakrishna AP may be slapped

with Presidentʼs ruleNew Delhi: The ongoing agitation for a sep-arate state of Telangana in Andhra Pradeshmay force the Central Government to imposePresident’s Rule in the Congress-ruled state.Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CentralGovernment is looking into the option ofimposing President’s Rule in Andhra Pradeshto tide over the crisis.

However, sources also added that theimposition of President’s Rule in a statehas to be ratified by Parliament and theOpposition may shoot it down with its com-bined numbers. There is tremendous pressureon the Congress to commit to the formationof Telangana state by dividing AndhraPradesh from both within the party as wellas from the Opposition.

But the party feels that creation of a sep-arate state of Telangana may be difficult atthe moment so the option of President’sRule is being considered.

The final call on the issue will be takenby the Congress Core Committee chaired byparty President Sonia Gandhi.

Congress’ Andhra Pradesh in-charge Ghu-

lam Nabi Azad, however, denied that theCentre was considering the option of Presi-dent’s Rule.

“This is a process of wider consultationsand consultations will continue. Where doesthe question of President’s Rule arise?” saidAzad.

Meanwhile, Minister of State for DefenceMM Pallam Raju said, “We are apprehensiveabout agitation. Investments are not possiblein this atmosphere and we are trying to re-solve the issue in an amicable manner.”

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Ku-mar Reddy, Governor ESL Narasimhan arein New Delhi to discuss the issue with theCentre and the Congress High Command.

Narasimhan met Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh and Union Home Minister P Chi-dambaram on Saturday morning and dis-cussed the law and order situation in Telan-gana, where the agitation seeking statehoodfor the region entered its 26th day on Satur-day. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjeewas also present during the Narasimhan-Singh meeting.

Pradesh Congress Committee presidentBotsa Satyanarayana, too, has been calledto New Delhi for a discussion with the partytop leadership on the contentious statehoodissue. All the Andhra ministers have alsobeen called to New Delhi and will meetMukharjee individually.

Congress MPs of the Telangana regionwho had tendered their resignations earlierhave threatened to step up their agitation.

“If the police suppression and oppressioncontinues, we are going to take a very toughaction on this front. We are considering toonce again submit our resignations andpress for acceptance of our resignations.And go on a fast,” said Congress MP GVivek.

Mukherjee had met the Prime Minister,Sonia Gandhi and Azad on how best to han-dle the agitation on Friday

Normal life in the region has been crippledfollowing the agitation for a separate stateof Telangana. The agitation has left all 10districts of the Telengana region, includingstate capital Hyderabad, paralysed.

J&K death: Witness puts

Farooq in dockSrinagar: The mysterious deathof National Conference workerHaji Yusuf continues to causetrouble for Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah.The opposition is now accusinghis father Union minister FarooqAbdullah of selling ministriesand assembly tickets.

A key witness in the NC work-er’s death case Salem Reshi hassaid, “When Omar told him togive back money to MohammadYusuf, he insisted he will speakto Farooq Abdullah. There areprice tags, Rs 40-50 lakh for MLAand Rs 1 crore for a minister.”

Salam Reshi’s allegationspoint to alleged political corrup-tion at the highest level. FarooqAbdullah’s purported close as-sociation with the slain NC work-er could well open him to furtherscrutiny.

PDP leader Muzzafar Baig said,“Omar Abdullah in a statementadmits that these people saidthat we had paid money as partyfunds and that it was given toFarooq Abdullah.”

Though Omar Abdullah hassaid Haji was just any other work-er, the opposition and Haji’s fam-ily claim he enjoyed a close rap-port with the senior Abdullahfor 40 years.

“He used to travel with themin his chopper, he was not an

ordinary worker. He was theirright hand man, and it is throughhim many things were done,”Baig said.

Though Farooq Abdullahscoffs at the allegation, seniorNC leaders insist the union min-ister is not dodging an investi-gation.

In New Delhi, the oppositionBJP demanded that Omar comeclean while the Congress iswatching from a distance un-willing to take stand for now. Ajudicial inquiry is likely to throwlight on the circumstances thatled to Haji’s death. Moreover, itis also expected to uncover themurky gratification deals in theruling National Conference.

Farooq Abdullah

Steep hike in watertariff condemned


Mysore: Members of the Mysore Welfare Committeefor All Communities today protested against four-fold increase in water tariffs in the city that hasbeen brought into effect recenty.

Over 60 members from the committee and thepublic sat on a protest at Gandhi Square, de-manding immediate withdrawal of steep increasein the water tariffs.

“The water works department has not heldany consultations with either Mysore City Corpo-ration officials or the general public before effectingtariff hike. The increase goes against the grain ofJn-Nurm project. Jn-Nurm norms have been com-pletely flouted. The quantum of increase in thetariff is unfair. The officials could have done it in

stages instead of doing it at one go. Mysore wasbrought under Jn-Nurm project six years ago,”they said.

Development works in the city have come to astandstill. The Vani Vilas water works departmentspent Rs 320 crore for taking care of its staff, buthas put all water supply related project on thebackburner.

Department officials have not helped, they al-leged.

This steep increase has not helped the commonman at all, who is already burdened with high in-flation. “Mysore district in-charge and medicaleducation minister S A Ramadass was busy posingfor photographs during Dasara festival. He hasnot bothered to hear the grievances of the peopleand find solution,” they added.

BU felicitates Kambar Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Jnanpith award winner Chan-drashekar Kambar was today felicitated bySamskruti Chintana or culture session, or-ganised by Bangalore University.

On the sixth edition of the chintana, uni-versity vice-chancellor N Prabhudev felici-tated Kambar at a function held at Jnanajyothiauditorium.

Chintana is being organised every yearby the University. It is an art, literary andcultural extravaganza. Every year, a promi-nent person is felicitated on the occasion.

Kambar, for a short while, worked asKannada professor at the university. “He isone of the finest Kannada lecturers,” Prab-hudev said.

“It is fortunate for all of us to have literarygiant of this stature standing among a pan-theon of literary greats, like Kuvempu,Ananthamurthy, Dara Bendre. Kambar’sworks, be it plays, poems or prose, depictthe folk culture, the oppression the minori-ties, colonialism and exploitation,” he said.

Udupi Pejawar Math seer VishweshaTeertha Swamiji, Kannada Books Authoritypresident Siddalingiaha, Rajyotsava awardwinner Jaraganahalli Shivashankar and uni-versity registrar (evaluation) Prof Chan-drashekar were present.

Parties petitioned

againstYogi: Guv

Contined from page 1“Two political parties ap-

proached me and complainedagainst Yogeshwar. The allega-tions against the minister havecome to my notice,” he said.

“Yogeshwar too came and metme. I told him about the allega-tions. He is not my choice, butthat of the chief minister. Whyshould I oppose any young manbecoming a minister? The Unionministry of corporate affairs islooking into the issue,” he said.

Earlier he inaugurated the ca-sualty, trauma and cancer centreat the Command Hospital on theoccasion of 79 Air Force Day. Healso interacted with patients atthe hospital.

Father of blastaccused saysheʼs innocent

Kishtwar (J&K): The family ofKashmiri medical student WasimAkram Malik, who has been ar-rested in the September 7 DelhiHigh Court blast case, claimsthat he is innocent. Wasim’s fam-ily members say that he volun-tarily appeared before the policeand the National InvestigationAgency (NIA). “I was informedby the NIA that Wasim is requiredfor questioning (in connectionwith the Delhi High Court blastcase),” he said.

Bangalore University vice-chancellor N Prabhudev honours Jnanpith award winner Chandrashekar Kambar at Samskruti Chintana at Jnanajyothi

auditorium today.

Members of the Mysore Welfare Committee for All Communities today protest against four-fold increase in water tariffs in the city that has been brought into effect recenty in Mysore.

Cong toAnna: stayaway from

politics New Delhi: The Congress partytoday asked social activist AnnaHazare to stay away from poli-tics.

“Anna should stay away frompolitics. Politics is our job. Hemust stick to social work. Let usdo our job,” senior Congressleader Salman Khurshid said inNagpur.

The Congress seems to be indamage-control mode followingAnna Hazare’s call to not votefor the party in the upcomingby-elections in Hisar, Haryana.

Maharashtra Congress chiefManickrao Thakre on Saturdayarrived in Gandhian’s hometownRalegaon Siddhi to speak to himon the issue.

Sources said that Thakre willbe meeting Anna and is likely tospeak with him about his campi-gan against the party.

This after, Anna Hazare issueda video appeal to the people ofHisar to not vote for the Congressin the upcoming by-polls on Oc-tober 13.

“We have appealed to peoplein this polls. Congress shouldbe defeated as it has failed tobring Jan Lokpal Bill,” he saidin the ten-minute CD named ‘TheGovernment of the Corrupt’.

From Saturday, Arvind Kejri-wal and Manish Sisodia will bein Hisar campaigning againstthe government.

Arvind Kejriwal has also ap-pealed to the people of Haryananot to vote for Congress party.“Congress should be taught alesson,” he said.

Kiran Bedi will also join thecampaign later.

DMK netaʼshouse raidedChennai: The directorate of vig-ilance and anti corruption todayconducted searches at the resi-dence of DMK leader and formerminister Suresh Rajan inTirunelveli and Kanyakumaridistricts on charges of possessingdisproportionate assets.

Six places in Kanyakumaridistrict and one in Tirunelvelicame under the vigilance scannerthis morning, sources said.

Rajan, who held the registra-tion and tourism portfolio, is thesixth former DMK ministeragainst whom action has beentaken by the Jayalalithaa gov-ernment.

Mumbai hope for finals date with RCBChennai: Mumbai Indians, face off againstthe English Friends Provident T20 Cham-pionship finalists Somerset. Mumbai havebeen severely weakened with a host ofregular players, Sachin Tendulkar, MunafPatel and Rohit Sharma amongst othersmissing while Somerset are without theirregular skipper Marcus Trescothick. Thewinner of the game will play Bangalorewho pipped New South Wales on theirway to the final with an incredible chase.

The Mumbai Indians have played theirlast 2 games on the slow pitch at the M AChidambaram stadium and they wouldhave acclimatized themselves to the con-ditions while this will be Somerset’s firstmatch at the stadium. Somerset haveplayed all their games at either Hyderabador Bangalore and will need to adaptquickly or else will find themselves board-ing a plane back home.

Mumbai have had to rely heavily ontheir foreign players especially after losingmany domestic players to injury, but theform of Andrew Symonds and KieronPollard will be a concern for the HarbhajanSingh led side. Symonds has been afailure with the bat on numerous occasionin the tournament and Mumbai will bedesperate for the Australian to get backto form and add steel to the vulnerablemiddle order. Pollard has failed to lightup the tournament barring his half century

against Cape Cobras, but he add balanceto the team with his ability to be effectivewith the bat, ball or on the field.

For Somerset, skipper Alfonso Thomasand Roelof wan der Merwe have been ingreat form. The latter has been key totheir title charge contributing heavilywith both bat and ball. Murali Kartik toohas been a vital cog in Somerset’s enginebringing in invaluable experience of play-ing on sub-continent tracks to help histeam out.

Mumbai’s performance so far has bor-dered on ridiculous for a champion sidebut have somehow held on to sneakthrough at the end. The side from India

would not want to leave it to luck todecide their fate against Somerset whohave impressed one and all with clinicalperformances with both bat and ball.

Somerset have been one of the mostunder-rated teams thus far, but have usedthat to their advantage upstaging somehighly fancied teams on their way to thesemi finals.

One of the reasons for Somerset’s suc-cess has been their superb batting per-formance at the top of the order, buttheir biggest test will come in the form ofLasith Malinga. Van der Merwe, CraigKieswetter and Peter Trego have been infantastic form and it will be upto Malinga

to stop them. The Sri Lankan has the po-tential to derail any batting line-up andMumbai will count on him to take quickwickets.

Both Somerset and the Mumbai Indianshave had a frustrating past few yearshaving come to the final stages of thetournament only to return empty handed.The Mumbai Indians failed in the knock-out stages of the Indian Premier Leaguein the last 2 years while Somerset toofailed to grab their chances five times inthe last 6 years; finishing second on all 5occasions. Having come this far, bothteams will be equally determined to notlet the chance slip by again.Teams:Mumbai Indians (From): HarbhajanSingh(c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kieron Pol-lard, Suryakumar Yadav, Aiden Blizzard,James Franklin, Lasith Malinga, AmbatiRayudu(w), Tirumalsetti Suman, AbuNechim, Andrew Symonds, RajagopalSathish, Dilhara Fernando, Sarul Kan-warSomerset (From): Alfonso Thomas(c),Alex Barrow, Jos Buttler, Nick Compton,Adam Dibble, George Dockrell, LewisGregory, James Hildreth, Chris Jones, Mu-rali Kartik, Craig Kieswetter(w), SteveKirby, Steve Snell, Arul Suppiah, PeterTrego, Roelof van der Merwe

Match starts at 8 pm.

Actor Darshan, who was released from the Parappana Agrahara central prison yesterday, greets his fans in front of his house at Rajarajeshwari Nagar this morning. The actor spent 29 days in judicial custody for allegedly beating up

his wife Vijayalakshmi. He asked for forgiveness from his fans and the people of Karnataka.

Actor Darshan inquires about the health of one of his fans, after a compound wall collapsed in front of his house thismorning. Three persons were injured in the incident.

S Radhakrishna

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