Bangalore Beat 08.11.2011

16 killed inHaridwar stampede

New Delhi: At least 16 people have been re-portedly killed and 10 others injured in a stam-pede on Tuesday at Gayatri Sangh in Haridwar.

According to reports, tens of thousands ofpeople had gathered for the centenary cele-brations of religious Guru Pandit Sriram Shar-ma.

The centenary celebrations began on Mondayand are on till the November 11.

The stampede broke out when a large num-ber of followers tried to enter the gate of theShantikunj Ashram to take part in a 'yagya', re-ports said.

Security arrangements are largely handled byGayatri Pariwar activists, reports said.

The victims were removed from the site to am-bulances by volunteers of Gayatri Parivar,which had organised a five-day event aimed atpropagating Gayatri Mantra -- one of the fore-most chants in Hinduism - beginning Sunday.

Some of the injured limped as they tried towalk. Others were carried on stretchers. Manyothers looked frightened after escaping thetrauma.

The celebrations were to go on for five daysfrom November 7-11.

More than 50 lakh people were expected forthe celebrations. Spiritual guru Pandit SriramSharma, founded the Gayatri Pariwar, wasborn in 1911.

Among those set to attend were the chief min-isters of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan andChhattisgarh, anti-corruption activist AnnaHazare and the Dalai Lama.

Jaya to attendhearing

on Nov 22 Bangalore: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jay-alalithaa will appear before a Bangalore courton November 22 in connection with a dispro-portionate assets case against her. The AIADMKchief had attended two days of court hearingsin the same court last month.

On October 21, the court had adjourned thehearing in the case to November 8, as record-ing of Jayalalithaa's statement on 1,000-oddquestions framed in the case remained incon-clusive. The chief minister then filed an appealin the Supreme Court asking to be excused fromthe hearing.

She said she did not want to inconveniencethe people of Bangalore and sought permissionto answer questions in writing. The top courtturned down her appeal, but said she should begiven a date of her choice.

Jayalalithaa did not appear in court today. In-stead, she moved an application seeking post-ponement of the hearing. Her close aide,Sasikala, who has also been named in the case,attended the proceedings.

Jayalalithaa was forced to attend two days ofcourt hearings in Bangalore last month, after theSupreme Court over-ruled her concerns abouther security.

Around 1500 policemen, National SecurityGuard (NSG) commandos and a convoy of 20cars escorted the Chief Minister along a 60-kmroute from the HAL airport to Bangalore's Cen-tral Prison.

The trial court had framed 1,339 questions forJayalalithaa. She had replied to 567 questionson her last appearances before the court on Oc-tober 20 and 21.

Supreme Court judges have said that the Ban-galore court must finish its questioning of thechief minister at her next appearance.

Zawahiri set upOsama: Book

Washington: Eager to become the leader of alQaeda, the then number two Aymen Zawahiriset up Osama bin Laden by repeatedly sendinga courier to his hiding place in Abbottabad whohad been interrogated by the CIA, a new bookby a former SEAL has claimed.

"Despite knowing that this operative wasblown, Zawahiri used Abu Ahmed al Kuwaiti tomake repeated trips to Bin Laden's compound,"says the book 'Seal Target Geronimo' written bya former SEAL, Chuck Pfarrer.

"Based on this accumulation of information,one can draw conclusion that it was Zawahiriwho led the US to bin Laden's hiding place inAbbottabad, accomplishing this through acomplex and persistent series of lapses in se-curity," he said.

"Some of these slips were subtle and some ofthem were so obvious that they were laughable,"Pfarrer wrote in his book, which also claims thatZawahiri even tried to get the Russians kill binLaden and he also wrongly diagnosed BinLaden. Page 4

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BSY TO WALKOUT FREE

HC grants bail in 2nd case, makes strong observations against lower court order

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa got relief at last. After the Kar-nataka High Court today granted him con-ditional bail in the PCR 3 case related to al-leged illegal land denotification at Agara, al-lowing him to get out of the Parappana Agra-hara Central Jail after 24 days.

Yeddyurappa obtained bail in PCR 2 onNovember 3. Advocate Sirajin Basha has filedfive cases of alleged illegal land denotifica-tion by Yeddyurappa when he was the chiefminister. Basha had obtained permissionfrom governor H R Bhardwaj to prosecute thethen chief minister and filed cases before theLokayukta special court. The court, takingprima facie evidence, had ordered judicialcustody for Yeddyurappa and former min-ister Ess Enn Krishnaiah Shetty, who too gotbail in the case today.

A single-judge high court bench of JusticeB V Pinto ordered both the BJP men to pro-vide bonds of Rs 5 lakh each and to providetwo sureties.

While granting bail, Justice Pinto askedBasha’s made some strong observationsagainst the Lokayutka special court. Hesaid it is against law to consider the evidencefiled in a private complaint and to send theaccused to judicial custody.

In a short hearing, the judge asked Basha’s

lawyers not to argue and told them thatwould grant bail to Yeddyurappa and Shet-ty on technical grounds as Basha’s advocateshad not mentioned all the documents in thesworn statement made before the court.While the judge said it was necessary to men-tion all the documents, Basha’s counsel ar-gued that it was understood that the docu-ments would be part of the statement.

He said that since the accused do not haveany precedent of criminal activity, he wasgranting them bail with the confidence that

they would not tamper with the evidence andinfluence the witnesses. He also cautionedthe advocates of the two not indulge insuch activities while being large on bail.

He also asked the two to appear before theLokayukta special court whenever sum-moned.

The judge said that the lower court ob-servation that the accused would tamper withthe evidence was imaginary and not basedon reality. “Denotification in itself is not anoffence. The accused had powers to do that.But the case need not be argued on that ba-sis at this stage,” the judge said.

The judge observed that in criminal ju-risprudence, it is not right to send the accusedto judicial custody based on a private com-plaint. “It is against the law and it is not agood development

Basha’s lawyers said that they would ap-proach the Supreme Court soon after they getthe copy of the high court order, and seekcancellation of the interim bail granted toYeddyurappa and Shetty.

Yeddyurappa’s lawyers immediately ap-plied for the copy of the order which theytook to the Lokayukta special court, wherea release order for the two BJP leaders wasgiven. Yeddyurappa’s counsel Sandeep Patilsaid the court took cognisance of the bail pe-tition and questioned Basha’s lawyers aboutsome missing documents.

MJʼs doc guilty of manslaughter Los Angeles: Michael Jackson's personal doc-tor was found guilty yesterday of involuntarymanslaughter in the pop star's drug-relateddeath in 2009 but may not spend much timein jail.

Dr. Conrad Murray, 58, was led away inhandcuffs after the jury in Los Angelesreached a unanimous verdict. Dozens of fansoutside the court erupted in cheers andsome burst into tears.

"Justice was served. Michael is with us,"said Jackson's brother Jermaine.

Murray faces up to four years behindbars when he is sentenced on November 29but may spend only months in Los Angeles'overcrowded cells.

Murray pleaded not guilty to giving the"Thriller" singer a fatal dose of the powerfulanesthetic propofol — normally used in sur-gery — that was ruled the main cause of his

death at the age of 50.Prosecutors argued Murray was

grossly negligent in administering the propofol to help Jackson sleep. Defenselawyers claimed Jackson delivered the fataldose to himself.

The judge ordered Murray, who had beenfree on bail for two years, held in custody un-til his sentencing. The doctor did not testifyat the six-week trial and looked impassive asthe guilty verdict was announced in thepacked courtroom.

Jackson's mother Katherine and sisterRebbie cried silently at the result. Otherfamily members in court included his siblingsLa Toya and Randy, along with his father Joe.

"I am," Katherine Jackson said when re-porters asked if she was pleased with the ver-dict.

Jackson was found lifeless at his Los An-

geles mansion on June 25, 2009, about threeweeks before he was due to begin a series ofconcerts in London aimed at returning himto the limelight after the humiliation of his2005 trial and acquittal on child molestationallegations.

Murray admitted giving Jackson a smalldose of propofol to help him sleep. But hislawyers argued the singer was dependent onthe drug and likely gave himself an extra, fa-tal dose -- and swallowed a handful of seda-tives -- without Murray knowing.

Murray's lawyer J. Michael Flanagan wasasked by reporters if he was disappointed andhe replied: "Of course."

Prosecutors said Murray was negligent foradministering the drug in a home setting, fail-ing to monitor Jackson, delaying a call toemergency services and failing to tell med-ical personnel he gave the singer propofol.

Sriramulu: Willcontest by‑poll


Hyderabad: Former minister B Sriramu-lu today said he would contest the BellaryRural by-election, but did not revealwhether he would be an independent can-didate or would contest from the BJP.

Before meeting his mentor and formerKarnataka minister Gali Janardhana Red-dy at Chanchalaguda Central Jail, hesaid outside that he would seek the guid-ance of Reddy before taking his decisions.

There has been an intense speculationover who would be the BJP candidate fromthe seat vacated by Sriramulu last month.BJP observers had gone to Bellary twodays ago and tried to convince Sriramu-lu to contest the election from the BJP tick-et, or to field anyone close to him and notbe a rebel. But they had to return emptyhanded.

This morning, BJP state president K SEshwarappa said that the party electioncommittee would meet tomorrow to de-cide the candidate for the Bellary Rural by-polls. “It may or may not be Sriramulu.The decision would be made known to-

morrow,” he added.There was also speculation doing the

rounds that the BJP is now looking for analternative candidate.

B Sriramulu

Members of CITU and other trade unions court arrest protesting against rise in prices of essential commodities and disinvestment

policies of the government at SBM Circle in Bangalore today. (Another photo, report on page 3)

Going to jail for rising pricesGangadhar Pujar

Kalam skips visitto Kundapuranuke plant site


Kundapura (Chitradurga): Former Pres-ident A P J Abdul Kalam kept his counselon the nuclear power plant coming uphere and spoke to a group of teacherswithout broaching the subject.

The villagers too, who have beenprotesting against the plant, said theywould not hold any agitation as a respectto Kalam.

The nuclear power plant is coming upin the village and the government has al-ready proposed to acquire 9,000 acres ofland for the project, which is being op-posed by the villagers.

Earlier, a programme had been sched-uled for his visit to the power plant, butwas cancelled on the pretext that Kalamhad four engagements in Bangalore andwould get late for them.

Only on Sunday, Kalam visited the Ku-dankulam nuclear power plant in TamilNadu and had appreciated the safetymeasures taken up by the plant. Thoughhe gave a 10-point solution to resolve thedeadlock between the plant managers andvillagers, he refused to negotiate with theprotesters.

That could be the reason for Kalamskipping the plant visit here.

He spoke to over 400 teachers and stu-dents at the Challakere Science Centre andwas at his best interacting with the stu-dents.

A P J Abdul Kalam

B S Yeddyurappa

DVS: BSY willnot hinder

governance Bangalore Beat Bureau

New Delhi: Former chiefminister B S Yeddyurap-pa will not adversely af-fect the functioning ofthe government. Insteadhe will be helpful, saidchief minister D VSadananda Gowda herethis morning.

Emerging out of meet-ing with BJP nationalpresident Nitin Gadkari,he said, “We need theadvice of Yeddyurappa.During his nearly threeyears of ruling, Yeddyurappa has introduced pop-ular programmes. We are looking forward to his re-lease. Our governance will be strengthened with hisrelease.”

The Karnataka High Court today granted bail toYeddyurappa in a private complaint, allowing hisrelease from the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail,where he has been in judicial custody for the last24 days.

D V Sadananda Gowda

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NAANALLA (U/A)Tarun, Shubha Poonja, AnanthNag, Rangayana Raghu, RameshBhat Savitha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)

IN TIME (U/A) Justin Timberlake, AmandaSeyfriedCinemax (2.15 pm, 7.30 pm) Cinepo-lis (10 am, 2, 7.10, 10 pm) Fame(Lido) (3.20 pm, 7.45 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (12 pm, 6, 8pm) Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(5, 10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(2.40 pm, 9.30 pm) Inox

(Malleswaram) (2.55 pm, 10 pm)PVR Cinemas (10.30 am, 3, 7.35pm)

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THE RUM DIARY (U/A) Johnny Depp, Aaron EckhartInox (Magrath Road) (10.15 am,1.30, 4.45, 8 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(10 am, 9.45 pm)

DOLPHIN TALE (U)Cinemax (10 am, 8 pm) PVR Cinemas(10.20 am, 2.55, 7.25 pm)

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Organic foods at yourdoorstep at a click

Bangalore: Moraraka Organic, an organicfarming company, has announced thelaunch of its online shopping websitedowntoearthorganic.com that offers or-ganic food products to consumers at theclick of a mouse .

With this, Morarka Organic, whichhad been a player in the back end forover 18 years, would enter the retailmarket with its brand name Down toEarth.

The orders placed through the websitewill be executed by Morarka Organic atthe consumers door-step in the countryand select countries abroad.

While this initiative is expected to pro-vide direct linkages to the thousands ofcertified organic producers, it will alsoenable quality conscious consumers toaccess the very best quality of food de-served by them at reasonable prices.

Mukesh Gupta, director (operations)of Jaipur-based Morarka Organic FoodPvt. Ltd, said, “The online shopping ex-perience on downtoearthorganic.com isexpected to be India’s answer to theglobal organic revolution. It is dedicatedto bringing people back to the organicway of life. Down to Earth will continueto expand its large range of food products– cereals, pulses, spices, condiments,masala mixes, fruits, vegetables, oils,dairy products, ready-to-eat snacks, byadding various kinds of bakery products.”

Keeping the growing demand for or-ganic products in Karnataka, AndhraPradesh and Tamil Nadu, Morarka Or-ganic is signing new business agreementsto expand both its frontend and backend

operations. “The awareness about thehealth benefits of organic products inthe farming is higher in the southernstates where the literacy levels are higher,”said Mukesh Gupta .

Backed by the technological expertiseof the Morarka foundation , a non-profittrust Morarka Orgaincs is focussing onensuring quality products. All Down to

Earth products undergo the strictest qual-ity standard checks and are certified bythe stringent certification agencies in theworld. Down To Earth is certified byOneCert Asia Agri. Certification Pvt. Ltd.(a subsidiary of One Cert Inc. USA) asper NOP (USDA), NPOP (India) and EUstandards for organic certification.

Gupta said, “Down To Earth is the first

‘truly organic’ store chain where eachproduct that is stocked and sold is 100percent certified organic, as per the stan-dards applicable in USA and Europe.”

Morarka products are available at In-diranagar in the city. They are also avail-able at major supermarkets, modern tradeoutlets and standalone organic stores inthe country.

Encourageartists,

says music director

Bangalore: Artists should berecognised and encouragedeverywhere, said music directorSrinath said here.

He was inaugurating a freekaraoke singing training pro-gramme, organised by DevajnanaLalita Kala Academy, here re-cently.

Many artists veer away fromtheir profession due to lack ofopportunities. It is commendablethat the academy has organiseda free training programme topromote arts among the people,he added.

Film director Prakash Awaradisaid he would give a chance toacademy students in his forth-coming movie for children.

Actor Vijay Kumar said it wascommendable that Kannada isbeing promoted through suchprogrammes. When the trend isto charge for everything, it is en-couraging that the academy hasbeen offering a training pro-gramme free of cost, he added.

More than 20 students tookpart in the training programme.

Spinal cordpatientswelcome

govt moveBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Patients affected withspinal cord injuries have wel-comed the state health and familywelfare department decision toprovide some relief to them.

The department has orderedthat these patients should beprovided with medical beds,wheelchairs and antibiotics.

The patients can avail of thefacility by producing medicalcertificates at primary healthcentres, taluk and district gov-ernment hospitals and underthe NHRM programme, the pa-tients’ association has said.

For more information, contact:Karnataka State Spinal Cord Pa-tients’ Association, 7th Cross,5th Main Road, Chamrajpet orcall: 9845603719.

Kannadaquiz

contest heldBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Nearly 75 teams tookpart in a quiz programme or-ganised by the Aparna Groupon the occasion of Kannada Ra-jyotsava.

The teams that had passedthrough the written test weremade to take part in the quiz.The four finalists were asked 10round of questions. Kannadabooks were given away for everyright answer. Meenakshi KrishnaByregowda was the chief guest.

Specialtraining


Bangalore: The Noble InstituteFor Competitive Exams has or-ganised free training for KASpreliminary examination on No-vember 13.

The training will be for 30days and participating candi-dates will be given study material.

For information, contact, No-ble Institute For Competitive Ex-ams, o. 482, G K Arcade, in frontof Beml complex, Rajarajesh-warinagar, or visit www.no-bleias.com or call: 8762411712.

AnniversarycelebrationsBangalore: The South Realtors’Association has organised its an-niversary celebrations at Man-andi auditorium in Jayanagarfifth block at 5 pm tomorrow.

Realty workers have been con-ducting their business with self-respect and have banded togetherunder the association. It hasbeen one year since the realtorsassociation has registered itselfwith the government and we arecelebrating the occasion, saidassociation secretary Umesh.

Members of the Dalit Sangarsha Samiti protest allegedtransfer of lands from Dalits to the BBMP in front of Town

Hall in the city today.

Dalits protestS Radhakrishna

Members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike take out arally demanding that the Belgaum be dissolved

immediately for anti-state activities of its mayor anddeputy mayor. The KRS members later submitted

a memorandum addressed to chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda.

Rally for KannadaS Radhakrishna

Admissions open for diplomain embedded systems

Bangalore: The RV-VLSI, a pre-mier research and training centerand a unit of the Rashtriya Shik-shana Samithi Trust, has com-menced admissions for diplomain embedded systems (DEMS)as well as BE projects for eighthsemester students, studying en-gineering courses.

While classes for the first batchof DEMS will commence in No-vember first week, the BE projectswill start from January 2012.

Every year, tens of thousandsof engineering graduates enterthe job market with little or noexposure to technology. Conse-quently, a significant numbermove towards IT services com-panies. Plenty of jobs in theproduct firms, especially thoseinto VLSI and embedded systemsdesign remain vacant.

“The DEMS is the flagship em-bedded systems programme forengineering graduates lookingfor dream jobs in embedded sys-tems, with placement assistance.The DEMS will prepare the BEgraduates to find core jobs inproduct companies,” said S

Venkatesh Prasad, CEO, RV-VLSI.

DEMS is a three-month full-time programme. The eligibilityis BE, BTech, MTech with 60percent average from electronics,computer science and all theother related branches, includingmasters in computer applica-tions. The course began yester-day and will go on till Februarynext year.

The study modules includesystems development; program-ming in C/C++; designing mi-crocontroller based systems; em-bedded OS & RTOS; device driv-ers; internet protocol networking& applications (data/voice/video)and project work.

“There are several finishingschools specialising in semicon-ductor-related programmes. Thekey differentiators between themand the RV-VLSI are what weteach; how we teach; and whoteaches. DEMS offers the latestindustry knowledge to engineersthrough experts with more thantwo decades,” Prasad added.

Engineering students in their

eighth semester can better un-derstand theoretical knowledgedelivered in colleges, throughpractically experiencing it at RV-VLSI. It starts with a pre-projecttraining in January of every year(generally of 100 hours duration),and students will begin executingproject from February till April-end (about 180hours duration).

“Students will interact withindustry-experienced faculty andwork on industry relevant proj-ects to gain hands on skills andexperience on tools and practicesas seen in the industry,” Prasadsaid.

The eligibility is final year BE,from electronics and communi-cation, telecommunication andcomputer sciences. The pro-gramme will begin in January2012 and will end by May secondweek next year.

Admissions have begun forBE projects with a maximum in-take of 200 students.

RV-VLSI is a new concept inVLSI training. Managed exclu-sively by professionals from theindustry, it incorporates inno-vative teaching methods to en-hance the employabilityof newcollege graduates and IT/BPOengineers seeking a careerchange. RV-VLSI offers a varietyof post-graduate diploma pro-grammes in VLSI and embeddedsystems (PG diploma), short-term VLSI certificate courses anda range of corporate trainingprogramscovering the followingdomains: VLSI front-end design,VLSI back-end or physical de-sign, FPGA design methodolo-gies, full custom design method-ologies and EmbeddedSystems.

For more information callPuneeth on 95387 15733 or 080-40788574, email: [email protected] or visit www.rv-vlsi.com.

Workers sort products offered by Morarka Organic

CITYTuesday, November 8, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralBIISc and Bosch: Inaugura-tion of Robert Bosch Centrefor Cyber Physical Systems,by former president APJ AbdulKalam, Golden Jubilee Semi-nar Hall, ECE Department,IISc, 4 pm.

Inauguration of Centre of Ex-cellence in High Speed Aero-dynamics: by former presidentAPJ Abdul Kalam, Departmentof Aerospace, IISc, 3.45 pm.

Federation of KarnatakaChambers of Commerce andIndustry: Trade Meet, MaraPandiyan, Chairman Mormu-gao Port trust participate, Hotel

Lalit Ashok, 7 pm.

Sri Vidya Mandira Educa-tional Institutions: AnnualDay celebrations 2011-12,Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Vya-likaval, 6 pm.

CulturalArmy Public School: CulturalBonanza ‘Karnataka Vaibhava’and annual prize distribution,RSI multi purpose hall, MajGen A K Pradhan SM, GCCK&K Sub Area to participate,6 pm.

MS Ramesh Mitra Koota:Staging of devotional play ‘Be-dara Kannappa,’ Nayana Tan-ga Mandira, Kannada Bha-vana, JC Road, 6 pm.

Religious Devagiri Sri Guru Seva

Samithi: Talk on ‘YakshaPrashma’ by Ananthacharya,24th Main, Banashankari IIStage, 6:30 pm.

Geetha Gnana Yagna: Dis-course on Bhagwad Gita 18thChapter, by Sree Swami Ab-haya Chaitanya, Sree KanyakaParameshwari Temple, RPRavishankar Hall, 8th Cross,Malleshwaram, 6:45 pm

ShoppingSwarovski Charm Collection:10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Swarovs-ki, 1st Floor, Monarch Plaza,Brigade Road, Symbolic,quirky, feminine or offbeat,the charm collection allowswearers to express their per-

sonalities through miniatureworks of art.

ExhibitionsThe Sartorial World @ Ap-parao: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ap-parao Galleries, No 82 ThePresidency, St Marks Road,Apparao hosts 'The SartorialWorld', a cross disciplinaryart show exploring the bodyas a museum. The ritual ofadornment is highlightedthrough cultural vestiges, ar-tifacts, ancient objects and

modern art.

Paradise Regained: 10 a.m.to 7 p.m. Kynkyny Art, No148 Embassy Square, InfantryRoad, Kynkyny Art presents‘Paradise Regained’, a showdepicting the natural worldin its many shapes, forms,colours and patterns. Thepaintings tell stories of indige-nous ecosystems and familiarlandscapes.

Nostalgia Upfront and Per-sonal: Friday, November 4th,2011. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. CrimsonArt Gallery, Hatworks Boule-vard, No 32, CunninghamRoad, Vasanthnagar Crimsonpresents Nostalgia Upfront

and Personal, an art exhibitionfeaturing artists such as likeGopal Adivrekar, YusufArakkal, Azis TM, Badri-narayan and NS Bendre,among others.

Solo Show @ Renaissance:Friday, November 4th, 2011.11 a.m. to 7 p.m. RenaissanceGallerie, No 13 Westminster,Cunningham Road, An exhi-bition of paintings by GayatriShantaram from Paris at Ren-aissance.

The Keyboard of SmallThings: Friday, November 4th,2011. 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.Gallery Sumukha, No 24/10,BTS Depot Road, WilsonGarden An exhibition of paint-ings by Mukesh Sharma atGallery Sumukha.

ArtGoing back in time: Upfront

& Personal, Crimson, The Hat-works Boulevard, 32, Cunning-ham Road, till November 5,11 am to 7 pm On the occasionof Crimson's 22nd anniversary,the gallery presents an exhi-bition of works that have beendisplayed at Crimson over thecourse of two decades of itsexistence.

Art Classes: AKR School ofArt, RMV, 2nd Stage, IndiraNagar, Vidyaranyapura andJayanagar Founded by AshokKumar R, the institute con-ducts art classes for all agegroups above the age of six insketching, oil, watercolour,acrylic, portraits, charcoal,calligraphy and Mysore andTanjore style painting.9844141967,

Bond over Buddha: Buddhathe Enlightenment, KarnatakaChitra Kala Parishat, KumaraKrupa Road, till November 6,10.30 am to 7.30 pm Gansh P.Doddamani's paintings of theBuddha reflect how the spiritof his teachings are alive.

Paris, je t'aime: Solo show,Renaissance Gallerie, 104,WestMinster, 13, CunninghamRoad, till November 7, 11 amto 7 pm Renaissance Galleriepresents a solo show featuringthe works of Paris-based artistGayatri Shantaram.

Didnʼt discuss politics withBSY during my jail visit: KS


Bangalore: “I only inquired about Yed-dyurappa’s health, the facilities andother personal issues with him when Imet him at the jail yesterday. We didnot discuss any political issue, nor didwe have any fight over the candidatefor the Bellary Rural by-election,” saidBJP state president K S Eshwarappahere this morning.

Addressing the media at the BJPoffice Jagannath Bhava at Malleswramafter the Karnataka High Court grantedbail to former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa allowing him to get out ofprison after his 24-day stay, Eshwarappasaid, “Everyone is happy that Yeddyu-rappa is getting out. I am sure therewill be celebrations across the state.”

He said, “Yeddyurappa has been ourleader and will remain our leader. Hehas seen I and other party workersgrow over the last 30 years. I was happyafter meeting him yesterday, and I amhappier that he is being released today.”

Eshwarappa, who seemed irritatedwith the media for its reportage on hisvisit to the jail, had a word of advice.“You should not indulge in such gim-micks. The media should report eventsas it is and should not create mischief.I don’t have any right to control themedia. They have all the right to reportwhatever they want. But my only request

is that they do so judiciously.”To a question whether the BJP would

face the next general elections andother polls under the leadership of Yed-dyurappa, he said, “The BJP centralleadership has said that the state unitwould contest all elections under thecombined leadership. Yeddyurappa toowill be part of that combined leader-ship.”

He said that Yeddyurappa will fightthe cases legally and come out victori-ous.

On the Bellary Rural by-electionscheduled for November 30, he saidthat the party election committee ismeeting tomorrow and will decide onthe candidate. “I cannot say whether(former minister) or not B Sriramuluwould be the candidate for the by-elec-tion. I am also part of that committeeand we will take the decision tomor-row.”

Major and medium industries ministerMurugesh Nirani, referring to Yeddyu-rappa’s case, said that people shouldnot use the legal system for politicalgains. A private complaint has causedimmense mental trauma and pain toYeddyurappa.

“The former chief minister has beenresponsible for taking the state throughthe progressive mode. We are sure thatonce he gets out of jail, he will work forthe development of the state.”

CITU protests rise inprice, disinvestment


Bangalore: Central Indian TradeUnion (CITU) workers todayprotested in front of SBM Circle,demanding a reduction in risingprices of essential commoditiesand also a change in the gov-ernment’s approach to privatisingpublic sector industries.

The CITU took a decision tohold a nationwide protest andjail bharo agitation throughoutthe country today. The unionhas threatened to continue thestrike unless its five demandsare met by the government.

Members of the BharatMazadoor Sang, All-India TradeUnion and Hindustan MazdoorSangh extended support to theprotest.

State CITU secretary H VAnanth Subbarao said, “The UPAgovernment is not pro-welfare,but pro-capitalist. Despite callsby people’s organisation, tradeunions and opposition parties,the government went ahead withpetrol price hike.”

“The government has alsogone ahead with privatisationraising Rs 40,000 crore. It hasfailed to properly implementlabour laws, not provided socialsecurity measures and no per-manency of jobs. Though a lawhas been passed to provide gra-tuity, pension and provident fundto workers in the unorganisedsector, nothing has been done,”he said.

The CITU is demanding thatthe UPA government at the Centre

and the BJP government in thestate to not go ahead and bringpermanent jobs under the con-tract system.

They should also extend allbenefits available to permanentworkers to contract employeestoo, he added.

An amendment should bebrought in the minimum wagesact to fix the basic minimumsalary at Rs 10000 per month.Removal of ceiling for paymentof PF bonus and increase in theamount of gratuity, pension,compulsory registration of alltrade unions within 45 days andratification of decision of 87thand 98th conventions of Inter-national Labour Organsiation(ILO) are some of the other de-mands of CITU.

Womanrobbed ofher chain


Bangalore: A woman was robbedof her gold chain at Srinivas Na-gar this morning.

R Parimala, a housewife, wasreturning home after buying milkwhen two persons on a scootersnatched 15 gm gold chain fromher neck. The incident occurredaround 5.30 am.

Ayurveda campBangalore: People Trust VillageWelfare Help Centre has organ-ised a free Ayurveda health campon its premise on Yelahanka-Dodballapur main road between10 am and noon on November26. For more information contact:People’s Trust health centre, Sri-ramanahalli, Yelahanka-Dodbal-lapur main road, or call:9341305265.

Datta: BSY cantamper withcases now


Bangalore: Former chief ministerB S Yeddyurappa is a leader,powerful enough to pull stringsfrom within the jail. There is apossibility that he could influ-ence witnesses and tamper withevidence in legal cases againsthim, said JD(S) spokesman Y SV Datta here today.

“But at the same time, theKarnataka High Court has takena decision and granted bail tohim in a private complaint. Wewill respect the ruling of thecourt. But at the same time, theobservation that he did not haveany criminal precedent andwould not tamper with evidencemay not be right. There is a feel-ing among the people that he ispowerful enough to do anythingin this state,” he said.

“Even from the jail, Yeddyu-rappa was trying to decide whothe Lokayukta should be andhad almost got his wish pushedthrough. If he could wield suchinfluence over the government,it is sure that he would exhibithis power in other spheres onsociety too,” he said.

“He has only gotten out of jail

through conditional bail. It doesnot mean that he has been ex-onerated. There are many othercases he hast to face. These casescontain solid evidence of hiswrongdoing while being in pow-er,” he added.

Advocate Sirajin Basha hadbeen fighting the case at an in-dividual capacity without anypolitical affiliations. He will nowbe forced to go to the SupremeCourt to question the high courtruling and granting of bail toYeddyurappa, he said.’

The political fallout of the rul-ing too will be significant. A sec-tion within the BJP has declaredthat Yeddyurappa is their undis-puted leader. Neither L K Advaninor any other national party rep-resentative is bigger than Yed-dyurappa for them. Now threefactions, two others led byAnanth Kumar and Eshwarappa,would fight among themselves.The day is not too far when thedifferences within the ruling par-ty will spill out, also affectingthe governance in the state. Therehas also been speculation thatYeddyurappa has been demand-ing the party president’s post,he added.

Y S V Datta

Bail no proof BSY is innocent: CongBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Bail to former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa doesnot mean that he has been ex-onerated in these cases, nor doesit prove his innocence, said Con-gress state president G Para-meshwara here this morning.

The Karnataka High Court to-day granted bail to Yeddyurappaand former minister and MalurMLA Es Enn Krishnaiah Shettyin alleged land grabbing cases,

allowing them to get out of theParappana Agrahara Central Jail,where they have been in judicialcustody for the last 24 days.

Parameshwara said, “We aresure that he will be punishedwhen the trial in the cases getover. He has taken decisionsagainst law while he was in pow-er.”

Conditional bail to Yeddyu-rappa is being questioned in theSupreme Court now. “If BJPworkers are celebrating his re-

lease, it only proves that theyare ignorant of processes of law.They should know that it is onlya temporary relief and he has toprove himself innocent in othercases of alleged illegal land de-notification too. If the SupremeCourt passes an order againstthe high court ruling then Yed-dyurappa has to go back to jail.”

He said that it is not a victoryfor law. Victory will be whenYeddyurappa is punished by thecourts, he opined.G Parameshwara

Unscrupulouselements filedcases againstBSY: Renuka


Bangalore: Some unscrupulouselements have filed cases againstformer chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa and forced him tospend time in jail, said exciseminister Renukacharya here to-day.

The Karnataka High Court to-day granted bail to Yeddyurappain PCR 3 case of alleged illegalland denotification, allowinghim to get out jail.

Renukacharya, who organisedcelebrations in front of Yeddyu-rappa’s Race Course residence,said, “Yeddyurappa has been atall leader in the state. He is notin the habit of celebrating any-thing. For the last 40 years, eversince he has entered politics, hehas been working for the welfareof the party, state and people.”

“We are sure that Yeddyurappawill fight out the cases legallyand come out innocent,” headded.

Raghavendra: Sad, appajihad to spend Diwali in jail


Bangalore: “We were sad thatour father had to spend time injail during this Deepavali. Hehad celebrated the festival withthe family last year,” said formerchief minister B S Yeddyurappa’sson and Shimoga MP B YRaghavendra today.

He was reacting to the Kar-nataka High Court today grantingbail to Yeddyurappa in PCR 3case filed by advocate Sirajin

Basha, alleging illegal land de-notification in Agara on the out-skirts of the city. Yeddyurappawas lodged in the ParappanaAgrahara Central Jail under ju-dicial custody ordered by theLokayukta special court.

“We are happy that he is get-ting out of jail. We expect himto get out by 4 pm,” he said.

“We thank the people of thestate for keeping faith in himand praying for his release. Bailis proof that the god is with us.”B Y Raghavendra

BJP state president K S Eshwarappa addresses the media at the BJP headquarters Jagannath Bhavan in the city today.

S Radhakrishna

Members of trade unions court arrest as they protest against increase in prices of essentialcommodities and disinvestment near SBM Cirlce in Bangalore this morning.

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Gandhinagara Karnataka Rakshana Vedike president K C Murthy and others wish formerminister H M Revanna on his 63th birthday at Mahalaxmi Layout today.

Revanna celebrates bʼday

SC to Agnivesh: Public figuresmust watch what they say

New Delhi: The Supreme Court madestrong remarks against social activistSwami Agnivesh for his reported remarkson the Amarnath Yatra.

The two judges hearing the case, thatasks for criminal proceedings againstSwami Agnivesh, said, "You cannot takesentiments of the people for granted."They also warned that "A person in publiclife should weigh words ten times beforehe speaks" and added that if the activisthad made the remark attributed to him,he "cannot go scot free.'

The case will be heard next on Monday. For thousands of Hindus, this pilgrim-

age is a revered ritual. They trek to ashrine of Lord Shiva located at an altitudeof about 13,000 feet in a cave in Jammuand Kashmir, 140 km from Srinagar. In-side the main Amarnath cave lies an icestalagmite worshipped as the ShivaLinga.

Swami Agnivesh, during a trip to Jam-

mu in May, had allegedly said the Amar-nath Yatra is " a religious deception." Hesaid that he "does not understand whypeople go for such yatras" and had termedthe "Shivlingam" that forms inside theAmarnath cave shrine a geographicalphenomenon.

The apex court bench said that at thisstage, there is no need to interfere as in-vestigation is going on but adjournedthe matter when former Solicitor GeneralGopal Subramanium, appearing for Ag-nivesh, pleaded for a week's time to filean affidavit before it.

Subramanium contended that the statement was distorted and Agniveshhad immediately clarified it. It was not meant to hurt people's sentiments,he pleaded.

"The statement was made in the contextof arrangements made for the pilgrims.The intention was certainly not to hurt,"he said.

Sachin gets 15KTest cricket runs

New Delhi: While theworld is busy waitingfor Sachin Tendulkarto slam his 100th in-ternational hundred,the master blasterachieved another land-mark today. Sachincompleted 15,000 runsin Test cricket duringhis knock in India'ssecond inning on Day3 of the first Testagainst the West Indies at theFeroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi.

Sachin achieved the feat after

driving a DevendraBishoo delivery to extracover and taking a sin-gle to take his score to28 off 76 balls.

Sachin got to themark in his 182nd Testand 300th inning. Heis the highest run getterin Tests as well as ODIcricket and the manbehind him in the Testlist is the batsman who

was at the crease when the maes-tro reached the milestone —Rahul Dravid.

Raja‑PC notesto reach SwamyNew Delhi: A special CBI courton Tuesday deferred its hearingon Janata Party president Sub-ramanian Swamy’s plea to makehome minister P Chidambarama co-accused in the 2G case.

The court has asked the CBIto make available to the com-plainant a file apparently con-versation between Chidambaramand 2G accused former commu-nications minister A Raja.

Special CBI judge O P Sainiadjourned the hearing on theplea till Dec 3 after Swamy saidthat his application seeking aCBI probe against the ministeris pending before the apex court.

Swamy informed the courtthat the CBI should be directedto produce the file containingthe signature and endorsementof Chidambaram, a former fi-nance minister, which proveshis complicity in the 2G scam.

"The file contains a conversa-tion between Raja and Chi-dambaram during the allotmentof spectrum at each and everystage,” Swamy said.

On Swamy's bail application,the judge said: “After hearingthe complainant I am satisfiedthat a copy for the aforesaid filewould facilitate the prosecutionof the complainant's case.”

Accordingly, CBI is directedto supply a photocopy of the fileto the complainant at the earliest,said Saini while adjourningSwamy's plea to make Chi-dambaram a co-accused in thespectrum case.

Swamy had said the courtshould bring on record purported“new facts” that Chidambaramand former communicationsminister Raja had a “role” in de-ciding 2G spectrum entry fee.

“The fact that the abovenamed two ministers togetherdecided that the prices of spec-trum and entry fee should belumped together at the 2001 leveland decided against the marketprice of 2007-08 period for theentry fee, is confirmed by thespeech of the prime minister inthe Rajya Sabha Feb 24, 2011,”Swamy had said.

Zawahiri setup Osama,says book

Washington: Eager to becomethe leader of al Qaeda, the thennumber two Aymen Zawahiri setup Osama bin Laden by repeat-edly sending a courier to his hid-ing place in Abbottabad whohad been interrogated by theCIA, a new book by a formerSEAL has claimed.

"Despite knowing that thisoperative was blown, Zawahiriused Abu Ahmed al Kuwaiti tomake repeated trips to BinLaden's compound," says thebook 'Seal Target Geronimo' writ-ten by a former SEAL, ChuckPfarrer.

"Based on this accumulationof information, one can drawconclusion that it was Zawahiriwho led the US to bin Laden'shiding place in Abbottabad, ac-complishing this through a com-plex and persistent series of laps-es in security," he said.

"Some of these slips were sub-tle and some of them were soobvious that they were laugh-able," Pfarrer wrote in his book,which also claims that Zawahirieven tried to get the Russianskill bin Laden and he also wrong-ly diagnosed Bin Laden.

"Zawahiri tried to get the Rus-sians to kill Bin Laden; they didnot. He hoped that Addison'sdisease would take him, but itdid not. Now Zawahiri played isfinal card -- he deliberately useda blown courier to communicatewith Osama,

and the inevitable happened.The Americans found him," Pfar-rer wrote in his 225-page bookpublished by the New York-basedSt Martin's Press.

He said that for 30 years, Za-wahiri had been willing to useviolence to bring about his ideaof Islamic government.

Now, the Muslim faithful werethrowing off the chains of dicta-torship and calling out not forsharia law but for democracy,the book said.

"Zawahiri had worn himselfout trying to get Osama to esca-late his attacks against the West.Repeated plans to smuggle chem-ical weapons into the US hadcome to naught and now Za-wahiri had had enough. By latein 2009, he had determined towrest control of al Qaeda fromBin Laden," the book says.

"Zawahiri had several advan-tages over his boss. Besides aninnate viciousness, Zawahiricould speak and read English.He was an avid consumer ofAmerican news about al Qaeda.Moving between his own 1st-provided safe houses, Zawahirihad his messages delivered inAbu Ahmed al Kuwaiti's fantas-tically painted four wheel-drivetruck. The vehicle and its fre-quent destination soon attractedthe attention of American intel-

ligence," Pfarrer wrote."During the Afghan war, Za-

wahiri had continually urgedOsama forward into combat. Ashis personal physician from 1984to 2003, Zawahiri examined andtreated Osama frequently. Za-wahiri was a trained physicianwho studied at one of the finestuniversities in the Middle East.Yet he failed to diagnose Osama'sobvious symptoms of back pain,low blood pressure, and faintingspells," he said.

"All of these, and a telltalecraving for table salt led to a di-agnosis that was obvious, yetZawahiri never mentioned it toOsama and withheld from himthe easy-to-acquire medicationthat would have held his diseasein check," the former SEALswrote in his latest book.

Referring to the documentsand materials obtained from theAbbottabad compound, Pfarrersays that Osama bin Laden, him-self did not like Zawahiri andwas planning to exclude himfrom the new leadership struc-ture of the terrorist outfit thathe was making.

"SEALs would carry away fivehundred data systems, harddrives, computers, laptops, mon-itors, notebooks written in Arabicand English, papers, financialrecords, and wire diagrams of anew al Qaeda that Osama wasplanning one that

did not include Zawahiri,"Pfarrer said.

"Osama had watched thenews, too. He had considerednow that Egypt had its revolution,Zawahiri's principal qualificationfor being in the ranks of al Qae-da's leadership was gone. BinLaden did not want attacks car-ried out against Egypt, and doc-uments show that Zawahiri wasplanning a spectacular bombingin Tahrir Square," he said.

"Ironically, intel analysts read-ing through Bin Laden's paperswould discover that Osama wasplanning a full break with Za-wahiri. That move came too lateto prevent Zawahiri from movingagainst him," Pfarrer wrote.

4 Hindusgunneddown inPakistan

Islamabad: Four Hindu doctorshave been gunned down in Pak-istan's southern Sindh province,sparking fears and panic amongthe minority community.

The doctors were gunneddown yesterday at their clinic inChak town close to Shikarpur.Dr Ramesh Kumar, a formermember of provincial assemblyand chief patron of Pakistan Hin-du Council, confirmed that DrAshok, Dr Naresh, Dr Ajeet andDr Satia Paul were killed byarmed assailants while workingin their clinic.

"This is not the first time suchan incident has taken placewhere members of our commu-nity have been targeted. Whatis of concern is that the law en-forcement agencies tend to sup-port the criminals involved insuch acts," Dr Kumar said.

Dhoni was my go‑toman in team: ChappellMelbourne: He had a bitter stintas India's cricket coach but theone player for whom Greg Chap-pell has only admiration is cur-rent skipper Mahendra SinghDhoni as the Australian feels hebroke down a "hierarchical" sys-tem in the team by becomingthe voice of young players

Chappell, whose two year stintfrom 2005 to 2007 was marredby several controversies includ-ing the infamous public spatwith the then skipper SouravGanguly, recalls how Dhoni rosein stature in the side.

Writing in his autobiography'Fierce Focus', Chappell saidsuch was hierarchy in the teamthat youngsters were petrifiedof speaking before a senior suchas Sachin Tendulkar in the teammeetings.

"The real ray of hope for Indianteam was Mahendra SinghDhoni, one of the most impres-sive young cricketers I'd everworked with. He was smart, andable to read the game as per-ceptively as the best leaders,"Chappell wrote.

"If I wanted to know whatwas going on in the middle,Dhoni became my go to man.He would eventually breakdownone of the biggest problems inthe India teams," he added, re-ferring to the young players' re-luctance to express themselves.

"...the youngster would say, 'Ican't speak before so-and-so. IfI speak up before a senior player,they will hold it against me for-ever.' Some were petrified, flatout refusing to say a word in ameeting before, say, Tendulkarhad spoken. It was so hierarchi-cal, it made Australian teamslook like commune," he wrote.Chappell said he began to sepa-rate team meetings into threegroups -- senior, intermediateand junior -- so that he couldhear their thoughts, which werelater broken down by Dhoni ashe gained in confidence and as-serted his leadership.

Dhoni made his Test debutafter Chappell took over as coach.

Recalling his tumultuous sting with India, Chappell said at times he had to deal withmood swings, fluctuating com-mitment to fitness and seniorplayers' unwillingness to get outand mix with the local cultureand enjoy tours.

Chappell also delved on hisstormy relationship with Gan-guly.

Speaking about the unhappyrelationship, Chappell said al-though Ganguly's support wasone reason why he got the job

with the Indian team but it turnedbitter when the then skipperstarted expecting him to be hissaviour.

"His idea was probably 'youscratch my back, I scratchyours'," Chappell wrote.

"He expected I would be sograteful to him for getting methe job that I'd become his hench-man in his battle to remain cap-tain. I, on the other hand, tookon a job with the primary re-sponsibility to Indian cricket andthe Indian people.

"There were a billion of themand only one of Sourav. I wantedto help India become the bestcricket team in the world," hesaid.

"If that means eventually theycould only become that teamwithout Sourav, then so be it,"Chappell said, adding that onfield, "there was no bigger pan-icker than Sourav."

He described Ganguly as aplayer "caught with self-doubtand his own struggle to survive".

"Sourav had great batting andleadership talent, but never re-alised his potential because hewas consumed by what he sawas the threats around him," hewrote.

Chappell claimed that whenhe was asked to frankly give hisviews to the BCCI on the team'sfuture, he told the Board presi-dent Ranbir Singh Mahendrathat "I couldn't see this teamwinning the 2007 World Cup,but regeneration was possible ifit started with Sourav perma-nently handing the captaincy toRahul."

"I thought once Sourav is nolonger in charge, his battingwould improve and his followersmight be brought into line andmade better contributors to theteam," Chappell wrote.

"Sourav was reappointed forthe coming tour of Zimbabwe,after which he sent me a veryhurt text message asking why Iwasn't backing his captaincy,"he said.

Chappell said he had no bit-terness for Ganguly at that time.

"I did like Sourav," he wrote.Chappell blamed Ganguly's

attitude problem to the culturalupbringing, which he said wascommon in India.

"I felt strongly that if he gaveup the captaincy, he could finda way to batting greatness. Hedidn't want a coach, or an agentof change. He wanted a politicalally," Chappell said.

On the team's trip to Zimbab-we, Chappell described how the

daily results affected the moodsof players and accused Gangulyof confusing them with constantchanges.

"When I sat down and talkedwith him about it, he wouldagree to everything I asked, butthen go his own way. Some othersenior players were similarly ex-pert at Gandhian passive resist-ance: saying 'Yes yes yes' beforedoing the exact opposite. Eachtime he agreed, then didn't doit," he wrote.

"In a warm up for the Tests,against Zimbabwe-A at Mutare,Sourav went missing for the tossso I went out to do his duty forhim. I lost. When he learnt whatI'd done, he seemed more vexedthat I'd lost than that the coachhad had to do the captain's job,"he said.

During the match, Chappellalso accused Ganguly of fakingan injury and walking off afterfour overs.

"He was retiring hurt, yet heappeared to have no injury. Isuggested he go for an MRI scan,but he declined. I'd seen a lot ofexcuses over my years from guyswho didn't want to bat in difficultconditions, but normally theywere more subtle than this," hewrote.

"He, in my view, was simplyfrightened of a failure before thetest series," he said.

Chappell recalled that whenthat when he inquired aboutGanguly's actions from some ofhis teammates, they said it hadbeen going on for some years.

"...joking that he had a miracledoctor in Kolkata, because hisserious injuries always clearedup when he went home."

Chappell revealed that duringthe 2006 South African series,Ganguly sent him a text messagesaying he felt like his 'son' andwould do anything to come backinto the team.

"As I wasn't a selector, thatwasn't my decision, but it turnedout that a deal had been doneamong the panel and he waspicked as the 'all-rounder' forthe Test series against Sri Lanka,"he wrote.

Chappell said he feared thatGanguly's reinstatement woulddestabilise the new captain RahulDravid and jeopardise the im-provement that the team hadmade.

"Sure enough, the very com-plicated ducks and drakes beingplayed among the politiciansand administrators resulted inSourav's reinstatement as a play-er for our tour to Pakistan," hewrote.

Warne to make T20 comebackMelbourne: Spin legend Shane Warnesaid Tuesday he was still a match-winner as he announced his return tocricket, confirming he will play in Aus-tralia's new Twenty20 Big Bash Leaguewith the Melbourne Stars.

The 42-year-old had apparently endedhis stellar cricket career at the IndianPremier League in May, but said recentlyhe had never felt fitter and speculationwas rife he would return to the Twenty20format.

In confirming he had signed withthe Melbourne team, the leg spinnersaid he still had confidence in the abil-ities which had made him a superstar.

"I wouldn't be doing this if I didn'tthink I could be pulling my weight, be-ing able to go out there and change thecourse of a game," Warne told reporters.

"It has got nothing to do with money.If it was something to do with money, Iwould be still playing in the IPL."

Warne hasn't played Test cricketsince helping Australia to a 5-0 Asheswhitewash over England in January2007 but he led the Rajasthan Royalsin the Indian Premier League (IPL) untilearlier this year.

He said part of his desire to returnwas that he wanted his three childrento be able to see him at work and it

was an "added bonus" his fiancee LizHurley would be there too.

"My kids who are 14, 12 and 10 can'treally remember dad playing cricketthat much," he told a press conferenceat the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

"For my kids and Elizabeth to comeout and see me playing cricket here atthe MCG will be pretty special."

The flamboyant personality has alsoundergone a dramatic weight drop inrecent months, shedding about 12 kilo-

grams since dating Hurley, and saidhe was confident he could handle theworkload.

"I'm in such good shape at the mo-ment," Warne said. "I wouldn't be goinginto this and playing all nine games

hopefully (including a semi-final andfinal) without a sense of confidence inmy ability that I can actually go outthere and make a difference."

The leg spinner said he was injury-free and he did not rule out possiblyextending his contract with the Mel-bourne side if the 2011-2012 seasonwent well.

"I'm a young 42 at the moment, soI'll see how it goes this year," he said.

"This is something fresh, this is some-thing new and we're all learning straightaway. Let's see how it goes this yearand we'll take it from there."

Rated one of five cricketers of the20th century by Wisden, Warne willplay his first game in the revampedTwenty20 competition against the Syd-ney Thunder at the Melbourne CricketGround on December 17.

Cricket Australia has said the formerTest world record-holder's participationin the domestic Twenty20 league wouldbe a shot in the arm for the new com-petition which replaces a state-basedtournament.

Several overseas players have signedup with the eight franchises that willcontest the BBL, including South Africa'sHerschelle Gibbs, Paul Collingwood ofEngland, and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi.

Sachin

al Zawahiri

Court rejectsSalemʼs plea,trial to go on

Mumbai: A TADA court has re-jected underworld don AbuSalem's application to stop thetrial against him in view of thetermination of extradition orderpassed by Portugal's Lisbon HighCourt in September.

While rejecting Salem's ap-plication the court said that therewas no degree of finality in thetermination of extradition orderof the Lisbon High Court as theGovernment of India had chal-lenged that order in the SupremeCourt of Portugal.

Ordering that the trial wouldcontinue the court observed thattill the time a finality was reachedit would not be suitable to haltthe trial at this stage.

Salem's lawyers had filed anapplication for halting the trialagainst him after the Lisboncourt's termination of extraditionorder in September for allegedbreach of extradition terms.

Salem had claimed in his ap-plication that the trial againsthim in the 1993 Mumbai serialbomb blasts case cannot go onafter the Portuguese court or-der.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reply to the application had said that until and unless theSupreme Court of India or thegovernment of India pass an or-der to halt the trial the prosecu-tion can't be halted, as the Lisboncourt has no jurisdiction overthe TADA court.

Salem, a key accused in the1993 Mumbai serial blasts case,was extradited to India on No-vember 11, 2005, after a legalprocess in Portugal that lastedfor three years.

He has been accused in ninecases related to extortion, kid-napping and murder and is fac-ing trial in all of them.

Studentfalls to

death frombalcony

Mumbai: A 23-year-old womanfell off the balcony of her 11thfloor flat at Vaibhav building inGamdevi early on Monday.

Sharmi Doshi, a law student,was reportedly talking on hercellphone the mobile phone witha friend around 4 am when shelost balance and fell to her death.

The watchman at the buildingheard a thud and found Doshilying in a pool of blood, said thepolice. He informed Doshi's par-ents who rushed her to hospitalwhere she was declared deadbefore admission.

Said an officer attached to theGamdevi police station, TheGamdevi police conducted apanchnama of the spot.

"Prima facie, it is a case of ac-cidental death. However, it isunclear why she was on the bal-cony talking on the phone atsuch an odd hour."

Senior inspector S W Diwadkarof Gamdevi police said the post-mortem showed that it was anaccidental fall.

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