Siddu, Hegdeconspired tosend me to

jail, says BSYShimoga: “Opposition leader in the assemblySiddaramaiah, Congress state president Para-meshwara and former Lokayukta Justice San-tosh Hegde conspired to send me to jail,” saidformer chief minister B S Yeddyurappa here thismorning.

“I comfortably spent my time in the jail. I amgrateful to them,” he said sarcastically.

Yeddyurappa was sent to judicial custody andhad to spend time at the Parappana AgraharaCentral Jail for his alleged involvement in ille-gal land denotification cases. Justice Hegde hadmentioned Yeddyurappa’s name in the reporton illegal mining report presented to the gov-ernment, which led to the BJP strongman re-linquishing his post soon after.

Advocate Sirajin Basha too obtained per-mission from governor H R Bhardwaj to prose-cute Yeddyurappa who was the chief ministerthen. Basha later filed five private complaintsagainst Yeddyurappa before the Lokayuktaspecial court, which sent him to judicial custody.

“I have written a diary of my 24-day stay inthe jail. I will publish my accounts very soon,”Yeddyurappa said. He came out of the jail afterobtaining bail in two cases from the KarnatakaHigh Court.

KSE doesnʼtknow law, saysMP Vishwanath

Mysore: BJP state president K S Eshwarappa isignorant of law and Constitution. He has beentalking like a jungle ka raja, criticised MysoreMP H Vishwanath here today.

He was reacting to Eshwarappa’s statementthat the state government could close down theLokayukta, the anti-corruption institution, ifthey could not find any right candidate tohead the corruption watchdog.

“The BJP is trying to shake the very basis ofdemocracy. They might think that they couldshut the Lokayukta before they would all go tojail. The state will be ruled by corrupt elementsif the Lokayukta goes. The government has suchbad attitude and does not respect democracy,”he said.

Taking on JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda,Vishwanath said, “He is acting like a street row-dy and a gang leader. How can he threaten a po-lice officer connected to the Lokayukta?”

Gowda recently called up Lokayukta ADGPJeevan Gaonkar and allegedly threatened himto go slow on the investigation against his firstson H D Balakrishne Gowda, who is facingcharges of amassing wealth disproportionate tohis known sources of income.

Gaonkar has since been shifted from theLokayukta.

Reddyʼs custodyextended

Hyderabad: The CBI special court today ex-tended the judicial custody of former ministerand mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy by an-other 14 days.

The case came up for hearing before the spe-cial court, situated at Nampallin on the outskirtsof the city, today as the custody term for Ja-nardhana Reddy and managing director ofObulapuram Mining Company Srinivasa Red-dy ended today.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested the two for their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, bor-dering with Karnataka.

The CBI special judge conducted the hearingof the two accused through video-conferencing.The two accused have been lodged at theChanchalaguda Central Jail.

The CBI arrested the two on September 5 fromBellary and they have been in custody sincethen.

Inflation rises to 9.73% in Oct

New Delhi: India's wholesale price index (WPI)rose 9.73 per cent in October from a year earli-er, government data showed on Monday. The fig-ure was higher than the median forecast for a9.61 per cent rise in a Reuters poll.

The WPI is more closely watched than theconsumer price index (CPI) in India as it coversa higher number of products.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised in-terest rates 13 times since early 2010 to combathigh inflation and a deputy governor has saidthat rates may have peaked.

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BSY SAYS NO,KSE SAYS YESConfusion over ex‑CM campaigning in by‑poll

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There has been a huge confusionwithin the BJP over former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa campaigning in the BellaryRural by-election.

While Yeddyurappa himself said that hewould not be able to canvass for the party of-ficial candidate Gaadi Lingappa due to per-sonal reasons, party state president K S Es-hwarappa announced that the BJP strong-man would take up active campaigningfrom November 18.

Eshwarappa said at Udupi that it was Yed-dyurappa who was at the forefront of the by-election strategy and he would call a meet-ing of all the ministers and area MLAs tochalk out a plan for the by-poll campaigning.“The meeting has been convened for No-vember 17, and Yeddyurappa would start thetour of the area the next day.”

Yeddyurappa, who was at his home con-stituency of Shikaripur in Shimoga, said thathe would not be able to canvass in the by-election.

Eshwarappa also said that the party wouldnot invite any national party leader for theby-election campaigning. “The party has nev-er had the precedent of calling these leadersfor by-polls and there is no necessity now.”

He categorically said: “No. (Party nation-

al general secretary) Sushma Swaraj will notcampaign there.”

It is known that the BJP wave was creat-ed in the region after Swaraj started takingpart in the Vara Mahalakshmi puja organisedby Reddy brothers and former minister B Sri-ramulu.

Sriramulu has now parted ways with the BJP and has been contesting as an independent from the constituency that he held before resigning as an MLA. But po-

litical observers say that the former ministeris a formidable force in the area and all can-didates have to look to defeat him to win theelection.

Even when Gaadi Lingappa filed his nom-ination papers, Yeddyurappa was conspic-uous by his absence. Party sources said thereason behind the former chief minister re-fusing to campaign could be that the Lin-gappa was not his candidate.

Keen on green energy? Head to this unique park in city

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Renewable and en-vironmental friendly energy hasto become way of life, said stateenergy minister Shobha Kar-nadlaje, inaugurating an EnergyPark located adjacent to IndiraGandhi Musical Fountain Park,here today.

“It is good to see that variousequipment, powered by solarenergy, are seen in the energypark. At a time when we are fac-ing a huge deficit of power, peo-ple must, in a small way, try tomake use of solar energy. Thiswill reduce pressure and de-pendence on hydro-electricity,thermal and nuclear energy,”she said.

Karandlaje urged citizens toadopt solar energy to meet the

domestic energy needs. “Today,our people build house costinglakhs, but fail to install solarsystems with few lakhs. Thesesources of energy can meet do-mestic requirements,” she added.

Ever since a policy on solar en-ergy was formulated, the energydepartment has been pushing

this alternative source, she said. “We have decided that in the

future, the park will have variousimplements that run on solarand other forms of renewable en-ergy. It will also have stalls to sellthese products,” she added.

Energy Park has displayedhuts with solar panels on top,

children’s pool with a solar wa-ter heater, test facility, battery-operated vehicles to take youaround the park and a windmillthat pumps borewell water.

The park has highlightedstreet lights and garden lightsthat can work with the help of so-lar panels on top of them. Aerogenerators (miniature version ofwindmills) have been put up atvarious places in the park tocreate energy through wind.

There are also biogas plants,biomass gasifiers, biofuel ener-gy plants, box type solar cooker,digital weighing machine pow-ered by solar power etc.

The Rs 1.5-crore project hasbeen executed by the KarnatakaRenewable Energy DevelopmentLimited, in association with thehorticultural department.

Arson suspected; 8 vehicles burnt

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: In a suspected case of arson,eight vehicles, including a four-wheeler,were found destroyed at an apartmentcomplex in Raja Rajeshwari Nagar thismorning.

Seven two-wheelers were found com-pletely burnt at Namma Mane Apart-ment. There is a transformer just next tothe parking lot, but the residents saidshort-circuit might not have triggeredsuch a huge blaze.

The residents were woken by a hugebang, created by bursting tyres, around

5.15 this morning. When they rushed to theparking lot, the vehicles were all foundburning.

The residents reasoned that if it was dueto a spark from the transformer the vehi-cles would have caught fire one by oneand not all of them would be burning atthe same time. The residents said somemiscreants might have set fire to the ve-hicles. Kiran, who lost his year-old mo-torbike, said, “It looked like a case of ar-son. It looked intentional. I don’t think ithas been caused by the transformer.”

The police visited the apartment andregistered a case.

Hundreds of people take part in an early morning walkathon to create awareness about diabetes on the World Diabetes Day today. Chief minister D V

Sadananda Gowda flagged off the rally, while veteran actors Shivaram and Leelavathi were present on the occasion.

Take care!Gangadhar Pujar

KF board meetsto resolve crisis

New Delhi: The Kingfisher Airlines boardis holding an internal meeting as the cri-sis concerning the airline refuses to end.The board is expected to explore ways outof the turmoil during the meeting.

According to reports, the board is like-ly to look at options of selling property,converting loans from its parent compa-ny into equity, and changing the terms un-der which it leases aircraft.

The airline has cancelled 200 flights inthe past one week.

The meeting has been called even asthe government remains non-committalon the issue of allowing direct investmentby foreign airlines in the aviation sector.

Meanwhile, the opposition parties – theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left– remain opposed to any governmentbailout package to help the cash-strappedairline.

Even business leaders appeared not tobe in support for a bailout for Kingfisher.Rahul Bajaj, the outspoken chief of BajajAuto, spoke on the crisis at the India Eco-nomic Summit in Mumbai. He said, "If Ba-jaj Auto gets into a mess, would you bailme out? If it's a free market economy, thosewho die, must die."

Reacting to the opposition, Kingfisherchairman Vijay Mallya lashed out atthose calling the need for financial aid a'bailout'.

He posted a tweet saying, “Why do yousay bail out? There's no bail out involvingtax payers money. We want working cap-ital management assistance.”

Referring to the statement of Prime Min-ister Manmohan Singh that he would ex-plore ways to help the cash-strapped air-line, Mallya said that Singh understoodthe importance of the issue.

Rs 60 lakh setaside for SC/ST

studentsʼ trip, says CM

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The government has set asideRs 60 lakh to take SC/ST students on studytours across the state, said chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda while flagging off astudy tour in front of Vidhana Soudha to-day.

He said Rs 2 lakh has been set aside for30 districts for the purpose. Today, 40 stu-dents from across the state went on a tour.

“Students will be selected from differentschools for the trip and the government willbear the entire expenses. This is to bring thedowntrodden sections into the mainstreamby providing them enough opportunities,”he added.

Earlier in the day, he offered floral trib-utes to a portrait of former Prime MinisterJawharlal Nehru in front of Vidhana Soud-ha. “He was a great leader and a visionary.His ideals are relevant even today. Theyshould be followed by our politicians,” hesaid.

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Energy minister Shobha Karandlaje looks at solar-poweredlamps at the Energy Park in the city inaugurated today

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TRAIN SCHEDULE

MADHUVE MANE (U)Ganesh, Avinash, Shraddha AryaAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10 am, 1,5, 8 pm) Eshwari (11.15 am, 2.30,6.15, 9.15 pm) Cinepolis (3.55 pm,5.40, 7.20, 9.20 pm) Fame (Lido)(10.25 am, 3.35 pm) Fame (White-field) (3.45 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (12 pm, 7.15 pm)Gopalan (Mysore Road) (10.15 am,1.15, 3.50 pm) Gopalan (Rajarajesh-wari Nagar) (1 pm, 3.45 pm) Goverd-han (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm) HMTCinemas (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) Inox(Jayanagar) (7.10 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(1.30 pm, 4 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(12.50 pm, 6.20 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.45 am, 7, 9.35pm) Kapali (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Maruthi (11 am, 2.30, 6,9.30 pm) Navrang (10.15 am, 1.15,4.15, 7.15 pm) Prasanna (10.15 am)

BODYGUARD (U)Daisy Shah, Jaggesh, Spoorthi Cinepolis (1.10 pm, 6.35 pm)Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)

(12.15 pm, 7 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(1.15 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.10 am,6.45 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10.10am, 3.45, 6.25 pm) Nandini (11 am,2, 5, 8 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am,2.40, 7.20 pm) Rajarajeshwari (Mal-lathahalli) (1.30 pm, 4.30, 7.15, 9.30pm) Srinivasa (Gowdanapalya) (11am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Siddhesh-wara (11.00 am,2.30 pm) Triveni(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Veeresh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Venkateshwara (Avalahalli)(11.15 am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm)

KAANCHAANA (U) Ragini Dwivedi, Diganth Anupama (10.30, 1.30, 4.30, 7.10pm) Siddhalingeshwara (11, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) Vinayaka (MysoreRoad) (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

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)

TOWER HEIST (A) Cinemax (1.15 pm, 10 pm) Cinepolis(12.10 pm, 5.15 pm) Fame (Lido)(1.10 pm, 5.35, 10 pm) Fame (White-field) (10.15 am, 3.30, 5.40, 7.50,10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 2 pm) Inox(Jayanagar) (10.30 am, 6.50 pm)Inox (JP Nagar) (4.25 pm, 9.45 pm)Inox (Magrath Road) (10.05 am,4.55 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (12.55pm, 7.55 pm)

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)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

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MILEY NAA MILEY HUM (U/A)Kangna Ranaut, Kabir BediApsara (11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Bhu-mika (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Cinemax (3.30 pm) Cinepolis(1 pm, 10 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 5.15 pm)Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(10 am, 3 pm) PVR Cinemas (12.40pm)

RA.ONE (U/A) Shah Rukh Khan, KareenaKapoor ‘3D’ Abhinay (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Anand (10am, 1, 4, 7 pm) Cinepolis (10 am,11, 1, 4, 7, 10 pm) Cinemax (10 am,1, 4, 7, 10 pm) Everest (11.30 am,2.30, 6.15, 9.30 pm) Fame (Lido)(11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45, 9 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45,9 pm) Gopalan (BannerghattaRoad) (10 am, 1, 10 pm) Gopalan(Rajarajeshwari Nagar) (10 am,9.40 pm) HMT Cinemas (4 pm, 7,

9.30 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45, 9 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (11.15 am, 2.30,5.45, 9 pm) Lakshmi (BTM Layout)(10 am, 11.15, 5.15, 8.30 pm) Lak-shmi (Gottigere) (10 am, 1, 5, 8pm) Lakshmi (Taverekere) (10 am,1, 5, 8 pm) PVR Cinemas (10.20am, 3.40, 9 pm) Rex (10.15 am,1.10, 4.05, 7, 9.50 pm) Vaibhav(Sanjay Nagar) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6,9.30 pm) Veeresh (10.30 am) VisionCinemas (10 am, 1, 7, 9.45 pm) Ur-vasi (10.45 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm)Fame (Lido) (10.05 am) Fame(Whitefield) (10.15 am, 10.55, 12.25,1.30, 2.25, 4.45, 5.40, 8, 8.55 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(10 am, 7, 9.45 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10.25 am, 12.40, 3.45, 9 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.15 am, 12.55, 2.30,5.45, 9 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.15 am, 1.30, 4.45, 8 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (12.55 pm, 5, 6.40pm) PVR Cinemas (1.20 pm, 2,3.25, 4.40, 5.20, 8. 8.40, 8.50 pm)

HINDI

TAMIL

7AUM ARIVU (U/A) Suriya, Shruthi HassanAjantha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Amruth (10.30 am, 2, 5, 8 pm)Cinemax (12 pm, 3.15, 6.30, 9.45pm) Cinepolis (10.10 am, 1.10, 2.15,4.10, 7.10, 10 pm) Fame (Lido) (10.45am, 2.05, 5.25, 8.45 pm) Fame(Whitefield) (10.15 am, 1.40, 5.05,8.30 pm) Gopalan (BannerghattaRoad) (4 pm, 7, 10 pm) Gopalan(Mysore Road) (1 pm, 4, 6.45, 10pm) Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(10.10 am, 6.30, 10 pm) Inox (Jayana-gar) (1.40 pm, 5.05, 8.30 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.15 am, 1.40, 5.05,8.30 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10.45am, 2.05, 5.25, 8.45 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.30 am, 1.55, 5.20,8.45 pm) Maheshwari (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Pushpanjali(BN Pura) (6, 9pm) Pallavi (10 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) PVR Cinemas(10.40 am, 10.45, 2, 5.20, 5.30,

8.40, 8.45 pm) Sampige (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Vinayaka (SultanPalya) (11.15 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm)

VELAYUDHAM (U/A)Vijay, Genelia, HansikaCinepolis (10 am, 4.10, 9.40 pm)Fame (Lido) (6.20 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (3.30 pm) Lavanya(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Ma-hadeshwara (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm) Natraj (10.30 am, 1.30,4.45, 7.45 pm) Prithvi (11 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) Poornima (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Pushpanjali(BN Pura) (11 am, 2.30 pm) Push-panjali (Sultanpalya) (10.45 am,2.15, 6, 9.15 pm) PVR Cinemas (2pm, 3.40, 9 pm) Srinivasa (SG Palya)(10 am, 1, 5, 8 pm) Vaibhavi (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Vijay (11.15am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Vision Cin-emas (10 am, 1, 4, 7 pm)

LOOT (U/A)Hansika Motwani, Govinda, Mahaakashay Chakroborty

Cinemax (11 am, 5.45 pm) Cinepolis(11 am, 3.20, 7.10 pm) Fame (Lido)(1.10 pm, 9.30 pm) Fame (White-field) (10 am, 9.50 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (4 pm) Inox

(Jayanagar) (9.50 pm) Inox (JP Na-gar) (9.50 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.15 am, 3.45, 9.15 pm) PVR Cin-emas (10.15 am, 1.20, 6.45 pm)Vision Cinemas (4 pm, 9.45 pm)

Contestants flex muscles at the state-level amateur body-building competition at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium at Hanumanth Nagar today. The compeition was inaugurated by

MLA Ramalinga Reddy. Corporator Thamme Gowda and Sneha Chaitanya Seva Trust president Sidde Gowda were present.

Flexing their muscles Nethralaya, KarolinskaInst join hands for R&D

Bangalore: NarayanaNethralaya, a super-specialtyeye hospital, and Karolinska In-stitute, Sweden, better knownas the home of Nobel Prize inmedicine and physiology, havejoined hands to foster researchinto regenerative medicine, re-garded as the “future medicine”for various pathological condi-tions of the eye.

The joint initiative involvesexchange of medical knowledgethrough various forums for thebenefit of medical students, spe-cialist physicians in training,doctoral students, basic scienceadvanced students andnon�physicians.

As a first step, Karolinska Institute and NarayanaNethralaya are jointly hosting an interaction/workshopwith experts from world-renowned institutes on “Regen-erative and Transplantation Med-icine in Ophthalmology”.

“This interaction is a primerto prepare our Indian medicalas well as biological sciencesstudents to embrace the knowl-edge of regenerative and trans-plantation medicine. The forumwill focus on the basics as wellas the recent advances of trans-plantation research includingstem cell biology, tissue engi-neering, and gene therapy,” saidDr K Bhujang Shetty, chairman& managing director, NarayanaNethralaya.

The interactive forum waslaunched at NarayanaNethralaya under the aegis ofNarayana Nethralaya Post-Grad-uate Institute of Ophthalmology,Hosur Road, Bangalore, on Sat-urday. The interaction/workshopwill conclude on Wednesday.

Padmashree Dr Ashok KGrover, president, All-India Oph-thalmic Society, and PadmashreeProf M R S Rao, Bhatnagarawardee and president, Jawa-harlal Nehru Centre for AdvancedScientific Research, Dr Bhujang

Shetty, Dr Matti Nikkola, directorof education, Karolinska Insti-tute, Prof G Kumarmanickavel,director of research, NarayanaNethralaya, and Dr DebashishDas, chief scientist, NarayanaNethralaya, were among thosewho exchanged their views onthe first day.

“Regenerative medicine is tocreate organs to be re-grownfrom the patient's own cells (stemcells, or cells extracted from thefailing organs). The cornea andmusculoskeletal grafts are themost commonly transplantedtissues; these outnumber organtransplants by more than ten-fold,” pointed out Dr Shetty.

Prof May Griffith (artificial

cornea), Prof Iqbal Ahmad (bi-ology of retinal cells), Prof DBalasubramanian (guidelines ofstem cell research in India), DrVirendra Sangwan and Dr Hi-manshu Matalia (Limbal stemcells and corneal surface recon-struction), Prof Graziella Pelle-grini (gene therapy and ocularstem cells) Dr Ani V Das (microRNA regulation in photorecep-tors), Prof Katarina Le Blanc(mesenchymal stem cell thera-py), Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta(commercialisation of regener-ative medicine), Prof PaturuKondaiah (cancer), Prof RamaS Verma (cardiac stem cells) areamong the experts who will fea-ture in the interaction/workshop.

5,000 people learnkriya from Sri Sri

Bangalore: The Art of Living ashramplayed host to 5,000 people from allwalks of life as after almost two decades,Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankartaught Sudarshan Kriya directly to thegathered congregation.

People from all over the country andstate, Egypt, Russia, UAE, Australia etc.,took part.

For Mongolian citizens, Tseegii andSelbe, both 21 years old, it was a completestress-free experience.

They said, “We came down to India to attend this course for the first time. We both used to be stressed and our friend asked us to come to this course. Now we feel very relaxedand peaceful after doing the SudarshanKriya taught by Sri Sri.”

The programme taught activities to relax, rejuvenate and refresh with meditations, yoga and various interactiveprocesses.

Independent medical research has demonstrated significant fall in cortisol levels, known as the ‘stress hormone’, among Sudarshan Kriya practitioners.

This suggests greater levels of bothrelaxation and resilience to stress. It is

also found that it improves the bloodcholesterol profile with significant dropin total cholesterol and LDL (harmful)cholesterol, as well as increase in HDL(beneficial) cholesterol.

Mridula from Nagpur (41) reported aneasing of her medical condition peripheralneuropathy and said, “It’s not easy to siton this wheelchair all the time. But Su-darshan Kriya has worked wonders forme. It has given me strength to live mylife with courage and pride.”

It was in Shimoga in 1981 that Sudar-shan Kriya – the powerful, rhythmicbreathing technique – was revealed toSri Sri after 10 days of silence on thebanks of the Bhadra river and The Art ofliving was born. In the beginning, Sri Sriused to teach the entry-level programme,but as the movement grew bigger, hetrained teachers to conduct the pro-grammes.

Since its inception, the Art of Livinghas undertaken a journey with a visionthat encompasses the whole world inservice, celebration and joy. After 30years of being in service to humanity,the organisation has touched the livesof 300 million people, spanning 151 coun-tries across the globe.

Janapadaacademywebsitelaunched

Bangalore: A website containingall information about the Kar-n a t a k aJanapadaAcademyw a slaunchedrecently.It willco n t a i ninforma-t i o nabout the academy director,awards being offered and more.

Kannada and culture depart-ment secretary Basavaraju inau-gurated the website in the pres-ence of department commission-er Manu Baligar, academy chair-man Go Ru Channabasappa, reg-istrar B N Paraddi and others.

“The website has been devel-oped with the help of KannadaGanaka Parishat experts. Theywill also run and update thewebsite regularly. Rs 1 lakh hasbeen spent on the website at theinitial stages and Rs 10,000-15,000 is needed per month torun it,” Paraddi said.

“This is only a symbolic in-auguration and the website willbe available to the people soon”he added. The website addressis: www.karnatakajanapadaa-cademy.org.

Padmashree Prof M R S Rao, Bhatnagar awardee and presi-dent, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Re-

search, Padmashree Dr Ashok K Grover, president, All-IndiaOphthalmic Society, Dr K Bhujang Shetty, chairman and

managing director, Narayana Nethralaya. Prof Iqbal Ahmad,University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA, Dr Matti

Nikkola, director of education, Karolinska Institute, inaugu-rate the “Regenerative and Transplantation Medicine in

Ophthalmology”at Narayana Nethralaya.

A large number of people from across the state, country and world take partin the Sudarshan Kriya, taught by Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar

at AoL Foundation on Kanakapura road, Bangalore.

Team Lease, IIJT offerjobs to 220 youngsters

Bangalore: Team Lease Services,a staffing solutions company,and Indian Institute of Job Train-ing, a vocational skills trainingcompany, organised a job fairfor youth in the city recently.

The job fair was conducted toconnect job aspirants with em-ployers, assessment counsellorsand training professionals. Com-panies like Value Point Systems,Linkin Consulting, Karvy Con-sultants, TSG Global, Ascent con-sulting, Avishkaar Techno Solu-tions, Puma and Trimax Infra-structure took part.

The job fair drew around 220candidates, and around 70 were

shortlisted.Shajan Samuel, divisional

head, IIJT Education, said, “Thisis the third successive job fair inthree consecutive months in Ban-galore. At all these job fairs, oureffort has been to align job pro-files with domain knowledge.With the influx of engineeringcolleges that don’t have a tightentry gate, campus placementsare becoming a huge challenge,leaving students in the lurch andwith no options but to attendjob fair’s to get placed. The worsthit are BTech students as qualityteaching has been circumspectand promises are not being kept

by substandard engineering col-leges which have mushroomedover the last five years. Engi-neering colleges in India nowhave seats for 1.5 million stu-dents, nearly four times the3,90,000 available in 2000, ac-cording to the National Associ-ation of Software and ServicesCompanies. But 75% of technicalgraduates and more than 85%of general graduates are unem-ployable by India's high-growthglobal industries, including in-formation technology and callcenters, according to results fromassessment tests administeredby the group.”

Childrenʼsparliamenttomorrow

Bangalore: A children’s parlia-ment, as part of Children’s Daycelebrations, has been organisedat Vidhana Soudha tomorrow.The parliament will be held from11 am till 1 pm. It has been or-ganised by the Child Rights Trustand Legislators’ Forum for Pro-tection of Child Rights. Around80 children will interact withchief minister D V SadanandaGowda, said Vasudeva Sharmaof CRT. The list of children forthe parliament will be decidedat Ashirwad auditorium on StMark’s road today, he added.

S Radhakrishna

CITYMonday, November 14, 2011 3CITY EVENTS

GeneralBhoomi Pooja of new campusof KID: By chief minister D VSadananda Gowda, Old TBSanatorium campus, OldMadras Road, 4.30 pm.

Unveiling of new campus ofKID: CM and medical educa-tion minister S A Ramdas toparticipate, Banquet Hall, Vid-hana Soudha, 5.30 pm.

Bangalore Rural Administra-tion: Santha ShrestaKanakadasa Jayanthi celebra-tions, Minister Bachche Gowdato participate, DC (Rural) officepremises, Podium Bank, VVTowers, Dr Ambedkar Veedhi,4 pm.

Central Ground Water Board:Statelevel painting competi-tion on ‘Conserve Water forthe Future’, Minor IrrigationMinister Govind Karjol to par-ticipate, Karnataka Govern-ment Secretariat Club, CubbonPark, 4 pm.

European Business and Tech-nology Centre: Introductionof innovative clean technologyto the State, Tarun Kapoor,joint secretary, Ministry of Newand Renewable Energy, Gov-ern-ment of India, K M Shiv-akumar, Additional Chief Sec-retary of State to participate,Bangalore Chamber of Indus-try and Commerce, BoardRoom, 1-A, Bharat Apartments,44/1, Fairfield Layout, RaceCourse Road, 2.30 pm.

Indian Medical Association:Talk by Dr S T Yavagal on ‘Pri-mary Prevention of CAD in In-dia’, ‘Victory Over CongenitalHeart Disease’ by Dr Vijay-alakshmi Suresh, IMA, Dr MA Narashimachar Auditorium,MA House AV Rao Road,Chamarajpet, 5.30 pm.

Rotary Club of Bangalore:Talk by Y V S Vinod on ‘Sus-taining Charities beyond a Lifetime’, a case study of TataSons and Gates Foundation,Rotary House of Friendship,No 20, Lavelle Road, 7.15 pm.

Akhila Karnataka MakkalaKoota: Children’s Day cele-bration, Makkala Koota Au-ditorium, Chamarajpet,4.30pm.

Kotekala Academy Trust:Bannada Rajyotsava, KusumaSadana, Banashankari 3rdstage, 5 pm.

Lions Club of BangaloreMaruthi Seva Nagar: 56thKannada Rajyotsava Celebra-tion, CRPF Manoranjan Kaksh,GC-CRPF, Yelahanka, 6 pm.

CulturalGallery Time & Space: Exhi-bition of recent works by EllingReitan, Gallery Time & Space,55 Lavelle Road NationalSchool of Drama RepertoryCompany: ‘Repertory in yourCity’ drama festival, GuruNanak Bhavan, No 6 Miller’sTank Bund Road, VasanthaNagar, 7pm.

Shivapriya School of Dance:

Bharatnatya Rangapraveshaof Kruthi M, Ravindra Kalak-shetra, JC Road, 6.15pm.

INK conference in associationwith TED: Children fromParikrama school and Inven-ture Academy along withemerging artist Shilo Shiv Sule-man will paint a wall at INK,397, 9th main, 1st cross, HALII stage, Indiranagar (nearShristi Jewelers), 4.30 pm.

Kala Nadam: ADA Ranga-mandira, a festival of classicaldance and music featuringperformances by K Murali Mo-han, Priyadarshini Smita Srini-vasan, Tandava, Arif and manymore. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Eating outThe Grand Indian Lunch Buf-fet: Turquoise, No 9, 2nd &3rd Floors, Koramangala. Ex-perience the Grand IndianLunch buffet, consisting ofover 35 dishes every weekdaywith around five starters, four

vegetarian gravies, two non-vegetarian gravies, sevendesserts and lots more. noonto 3 p.m.

Lunch Buffet: Applewood,100 Feet Road, Indiranagar.A global and Indian lunchbuffet, which includes soups,starters, main course anddesserts, priced at Rs. 299 plustaxes per head.

Lebanese Food Festival:Mynt, The Taj West End, No25, Race Course Road, presentsthe flavours of Lebanon, cour-tesy of visiting chef SimonChakour. On offer are dishestypical of the region. Till 11:30p.m.

Strawberry Promotion: Sugar& Spice, Vivanta by Taj - MGRoad. A new menu to celebratethe strawberry season. On offerare goodies such as freshstrawberry tuxedoes, artisanchocolates with strawberryfillings and mascarpone andstrawberry cakes. Till 11:30p.m.

The Grand Trunk Road: Lido,Ista Hotel. A trip down theGrand Trunk Road, throughits kitchens. The chefs rustleup specialities from Kabul toKolkata. 7:30 p.m. to 11:30p.m.

Children's Day Dinner Buffet:Grand Mercure, 3rd Block, Ko-ramangala. A special dinnerbuffet, featuring kiddyfavourites, and priced at Rs699 plus taxes per head.

Mediterranean Set Lunch:Fireflies, Walton Road, LavelleRoad, A set lunch consistingsoups, salads, appetisers, maincourse and dessert. The twocourse meal is priced at Rs299, and the three course mealis priced at Rs 399. Till 3 p.m.

Rajasthani Thaat: The RajPavilion, ITC Windsor, GolfCourse Road. A festival fea-turing regional delicacies fromRajasthan. The dinner buffetis priced at Rs 1,350 plus taxes.7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

New Soups and Starters: TheTasty Tangles, UB City, VittalMallya Road introduces newsoups and vegetarian starterson its menu. Guests can expectpicks like Wonton NoodleSoup, Spinach and Sweet CornSoup, and Seafood CilantroBroth, as well as Sweet andSour Crispy Vegetables andSpicy Lemongrass PaneerCakes. Till 11:30 p.m.

Night lifeThai & Mongolian Night: Fu-sion Lounge, 185, Deena Build-ing, Brigade Road, DJs Pareshand Karthik play a set of Thaiand Mongolian tunes to kick-start the week. From 8 p.m.

Lounge Night: Ice, Vivanta byTaj, MG Road, , DJ Vanshi setsthe mood for the night withlounge music. From 8 p.m.

Monday Blues: Indi, GarudaMall, Magrath Road. DJ Nayanspinning commercial and Bol-

lywood. 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

House Night: Hypnos, GemPlaza, Infantry Road, DJ Sidspinning House and Hip Hopat Hypnos. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m.

Minimal Monday: Pebble, No3 Palace Ground, Ramana Ma-hashi Road, Sadashivanagar.DJ Imdad spinning house andmore. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Chillout Session: XtremeSports Bar, 4th Floor, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar. DJ Cheek-O Dread spins house. 7 p.m.to 11:30 p.m.

Retro Night: The Beach, No1211, 100 Feet Road, Indirana-gar. DJ Deepak spins goldenoldies at The Beach. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m.

Rock 'n' Retro: Banana BeachBar, No 54 6th Block, CanaraBank Road, KoramangalaRetroand rock tunes with DJ Rajeshthis Monday. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m.

Congress state president G Parameshwara offers floral tributes to the portrait of formerPrime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the occasion of his birth anniversary which is alsocelebrated as Children’s Day, at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office in

Bangalore today.

Rememering NehruS Radhakrishna

Bangalore police commissioner Jyothiprakash Mirji interacts with children on the Chidren’s Day at his office today.

Celebrating their dayS Radhakrishna

AYUSH docs demand payparity with other physicians Get a salary of Rs 11,000 as against Rs 27,000 for allopathy practitioners

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: They are exponents of an-cient systems of medicine. But doctorspursuing Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha,Homeopathy (AYUSH) have been com-plaining that they face a huge disparityas compared to physicians practisingother systems of medicine.

While allopathy doctors get aroundRs 27,000 per month, AYUSH practi-tioners numbering around 700 in dif-ferent parts of the state have to be sat-isfied with just Rs 11,000.

“Such discrimination exists only inKarnataka. In other states, like Maha-rashtra and Gujarat, AYUSH doctorsare treated well,” said Dr Mallikarjuna,who has been a government doctor inBangalore Rural district.

Similar grievance was also expressedby Dr Manjunath and Dr Sanjiv Kumar,who have been working at Bagalkotedistrict.

They said AYUSH doctors have beenproviding best medical care and serviceto the people in hinterlands. “Our serv-ices have been hailed by the people inthe north Karnataka region and fromvillages,” they added.

The Nanjundappa Committee thatwent into the issue has recommendedthat “those who have served under andbeing back bone of healthcare serviceneed to be treated on par in terms of

the scale of the salary paid and benefitsthey are entitled to get”.

But what is being practised in thestate is exactly the opposite, AYUSHdoctors lament. “Any medical need giv-en under AYUSH should be consideredas general medical care provided tothe people. Especially through Ayurve-da, far-reaching and significant medicalcare is being given to patients, especiallythose suffering from arthritis, asthmaand others. Ayurvedic medicines workquickly without side-effects and at amuch lower cost to patients,” said DrSanjiv Kumar

“When AYUSH doctors have beencarrying out their work, despite lapseson the part of the government in reach-ing medicines to us, is it right on thepart of the government to make us sur-vive on a meagre salary of Rs 11,000?”he questioned.

The cost of living has gone throughthe roof. “Our doctor friends outside ofAYUSH are getting a salary of Rs 27,000.The government should seriously con-sider our request and the recommen-dations of the Nanjundappa committeeand bring parity,” he added.

“Medical education minister S A Ra-madass and AYUSH director have totake an immediate decision,” he said.

AYUSH doctors today began a protestat Banappa park in the city, demandingthat their grievances be addressed im-mediately.

BGS Global organises training fortraffic cops in life‑saving methods

Bangalore: BGS Global Hospitals, towardsits corporate social responsibility initiative,organised training programmes on basiclife support for the city traffic police. Theprogramme would be conducted every week-end for small groups and over a period oftime would train all the 3,000 traffic policein the city.

The training will help them to learn specialskills required to deal with emergenciesfaced by accident victims at the accidentsite. Skills to perform cardio pulmonary re-suscitation (CPR) through chest compres-sions, maintaining accident victims’ breath-ing by providing appropriate rescue breaths,relieving choking, etc can help increasechances of survival and save many lives.Trained doctors from the hospital will usevideos, practice demos, presentations etc.,to impart these skills. The participants alsoget hands-on experience.

Inaugurating the programme, M A Saleem,additional commissioner of police-traffic,said, “The traffic policeman is generally thefirst person to reach a road accident spot.One of his important responsibilities is toprovide medical aid to the injured personinvolved in an accident by quickest means.It involves providing first-aid and shiftingthe patient to the hospital. Many a time,the traffic policeman is not sufficientlytrained to handle medical emergencies. BGS

Global Hospitals is filling up this gap.”Dr Arun L Naik, consultant neurosurgeon,

BGS Global Hospitals Group, said, “BGSGlobal Hospitals has also collaborated withRotary Club to support “Needy Hearts Foun-dation”, where we will perform subsidizedpaediatric cardiac surgeries.”

BGS Global Hospitals will provide free

first-aid kits to be placed at all city trafficpolice jeeps and about 1,000 autorickshawsin zones specified by the traffic police tobegin with. In a phased manner, other autoswill also be provided with these kits.

More thana 100 traffic policemen tookpart in the training programme on the in-augural day yesterday.

CCB police foil murder, robbery bid

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The City CrimeBranch police foiled a murderand robbery bid by a gang atChamrajpet on Saturday.

The seven-member gang waswaiting in a car near IdgahGrounds with deadly weaponswhen the police arrested them.

The police said Kiran aliasJimmy was the leader of the gangwho had incited six others to bepart of a murder-cum-robberyplot.

The police said Kiran had fall-en victim to a lot of bad habitsand had run out of money. Hehad plotted to carry out an attackon a hotel employee, whosemovements had been trackedfor a while. Kiran had come toknow that the employee carriedcash from the hotel to the bankat a stipulated time every dayand lay in waiting.

The CCB sleuths said Kiranhas an assault case against himat the Chamrajpet police.

The arrested are: Syed Ali (33),a resident of Gandhinagar, Ashok(26), a resident of NanjappaBlock, Lokesh alias Kurup Loki

(31), a resident of T R ShamannaNagar, Deva (37), a resident ofJayanagar 9th Block, Dattatreya(27), a resident of Konanakunte,and Kumara (38), a resident ofHulimavu.

The police said several casesof murder and assault have beenregistered against Syed at variouspolice stations in the city. He isfacing four murder, one kidnap-ping, one attempt to murder andone assault cases. He is alsonamed in the rowdy sheet atViveknagar police station.

Ashok has one murder, oneattempt to murder and one at-tempted dacoity cases againsthim. Dattatreya is facing a mur-der and dacoity case.

Gambling den raidedThe police raided a gambling

den, arrested 11 persons and re-covered close to Rs 3.5 lakh worthof cash and mobile phones bidmoney from them at Padarayana-pura in the city on Saturday.

The police got specific infor-mation about the gambling denhosting andar-bahar card gameand raided a house where thegame was being played.

Over a 100 policemen took part in a programme organised by BGS Global Hospitalto train them in life-saving techniques in Bangalore yesterday.

The seven-member gang that was plotting to murder and roba hotel employee at Chamrajpet.

CMʼs didnothing in

last 100days: Cong

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “Chief minister D VSadananda Gowda does not haveany clue about governing andadministering the state. His per-formance has been zero,” saidCongress state president G Para-meshwara here this morning.

He said that Gowda has completed 100 years in office.“Forget development, we are not even seeing signs of governance. The people have been kept in the dark aboutthe administration of the state. He has not contributedanything for the welfare of thestate in these 100 days.”

“There are number of prob-lems in Bangalore. Thousandsof crores have been swindled bycontractors and BBMP officialsfrom three assembly constituen-cies, but the chief minister hasfailed to do anything about it,”he said.

“The law and order situationin the capital has been worsen-ing. A murder is reported everyday. But Gowda has failed totake any action,” he added.

The government itself has de-clared that 90 taluks are droughthit due to failure of rain. Thegovernment has said that peoplehave been migrating as there isno food or water in these regions.“But the government has noteven taken basic measures totackle the problem. The firstthing the state should have donewas to send a report to the Centreabout the drought situation inthe state and to seek funds. Butthey have not done that. Theyshould estimate the extent ofdamage and the cost involvedand requisition the Centre,” hesaid.

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Dancers perform during a jatha to mark Kanakadasa Jayanti in Mysore today. The pro-cession began from the Kote Anjaneya Swamy temple at Mysore Palace and reachedKala Mandira after winding through main streets of the city. Medical education and

Mysore district in-charge minister S A Ramadass, opposition leader in the assembly Sid-daramaiah took part.

Kanaka Jayanti celebrated

Rahul picks Nehru‑Gandhibastion to take on Maya

Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh: RahulGandhi heads to Phulpur todayto formally launch his party'sUttar Pradesh election campaign.The state votes in a few monthsand expected today, and in thedays ahead, is a blistering attackon UP Chief Minister Mayawati.

The choice of venue is strate-gic. Phulpur, 30 km from theNehru base of Allahabad, wasthe constituency from where for-mer prime minister and RahulGandhi's great grandfather, Pan-dit Jawaharlal Nehru, was electedto Parliament in the first LokSabha elections in 1951. The Con-gress' UP managers hope to re-ignite the Nehru-Gandhi familyconnect with the people of thestate.

In an indication of how theparty has lost base in UP inrecent years, the last time

Phulpur voted for a Congresscandidate was in 1984. But today,it is awash in Congress colours,crowds are gathering, the stageis set; and nothing could be moretelling that Rahul is making hispolitical presence felt than thearrest in Allahabad of 12 Sama-jwadi Party workers for burninghis effigy and trying to disrupthis first poll rally today.

All of UP's big players are al-ready in election mode. The BJP'sLK Advani will end his anti-cor-ruption yatra in Ayodhya on No-vember 20, Samajwadi Partyleaders plan yatras of their own,CM Mayawati of the BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) has made aslew of announcements and nowRahul is expected to flag offabout 10 yatras at today's rally;the Congress in UP hopes hewill also give the party a new

mantra to win.Rahul Gandhi has been ag-

gressively building up to this.The Congress General Secretaryhas been focussed on UP, ofteninviting much criticism for it.The 41-year-old has been assid-uously working on reviving theparty at the grassroots in thestate, even as he has kept up avolley of attacks on the Mayawatigovernment. The most prominentof the issues he has taken onMayawati over is land acquisition- an emotive issue with farmers,that saw major unrest in severalparts of the state against the ad-ministration.

The party expects much fromtheir leader's campaign. Seniorleader Digvijaya Singh tweeted,"All set to launch campaign inUP with Rahulji's Rally inPhulpur Allahabad. Rallies to

be held in each Assembly fornext 2 months." And then, "Fi-nally a Maha Rally in Lucknowin Jan/ Feb and we shall submitour Charge Sheet of corruptionagainst BSP Govt to the GovernorUP. (sic)"

UP Congress leader Jagdambi-ka Pal, famous for having beenCM of the state for a day, is inPhulpur putting last minutetouches for the big Rahul rallyand said that the party was look-ing to Mr Gandhi to galvanizecadres into a winning team. Healso admitted that it would dothe party's fortunes in UP a lotof good if Rahul Gandhi were toassume a bigger role in the Con-gress. He does hastily add thatwhen that happens is really upto Mr Gandhi.

Pal said the Congress is notworried about Ms Mayawati's

neat caste-based electioneeringin a state where the caste factorhas traditionally played a bigrole in elections. "People are fedup of caste politics... Governanceis on the verge of collapse in UPand Mayawati has not addressedany real crises or challenges,"he said, as he waited for RahulGandhi to arrive.

Mayawati is not imperviousto the damage the young Con-gress leader can wrought. OnSaturday, she asked him to focusmore on Delhi than on her stateUP. "Instead of expressing hisanger here, it would be better ifthe Yuvraj of Congress vents hisire at the Congress-led Centralgovernment for its failure to con-tain inflation and adopting step-motherly treatment towards thedevelopment of the state,"Mayawati said.

Obama to China: Behave like ʻgrown upʼ economyHonolulu: President Barack Obamatold China on Sunday that the UnitedStates was fed up with its trade andcurrency practices, as he turned up theheat on America's biggest economicrival at an Asia Pacific summit.

"Enough's enough," Obama saidbluntly at a closing news conference atthe annual Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting where he scored asignificant breakthrough in his pushto create a pan-Pacific free trade zone.

Using some of his toughest languageyet against China, Obama - a day afterface-to-face talks with President HuJintao - demanded that China stop 'gam-ing' the international economic systemand create a level playing field for USand other foreign businesses.

"We're going to continue to be firmthat China operate by the same rulesas everyone else," Obama said. "Wedon't want them taking advantage ofthe United States."

There was no immediate responsefrom China, which has in the pastshrugged off US demands that it allowits currency to float freely and takesteps to reduce its huge trade surplus.

And it was unclear how much ofObama's tough rhetoric was, at least inpart, political posturing aimed at eco-nomically weary US voters who willdecide next November whether to givehim a second term.

Obama insisted that China must letits currency rise faster in value, sayingit was being kept artificially low andwas thus hurting American companiesand jobs. He said China, which oftenpresents itself as a developing country,is now 'grown up' and should act thatway in global economic affairs.

Obama's remarks came as Asia-Pacificleaders sought to present a unifiedfront, with a pledge to bolster theireconomies and lower trade barriers inan effort to shield against the falloutfrom Europe's debt crisis.

The 21 members of APEC - which ac-counts for more than half of the world'seconomic output - said they had agreedon ways to counter "significant downsiderisks" to the world economy.

That followed an appeal by Obama,seeking to reassert US leadership tocounter China's expanding influencearound the Pacific Rim, for a commit-

ment to expand trade opportunities asan antidote to Europe's fiscal woes.

It is a "time of uncertainty" for theglobal economy, the summit's final

communique said, with growth andjob creation weakened not only by theeuro zone crisis but by natural disasterslike Japan's devastating earthquake and

tsunami. "We recognize that further trade lib-

eralization is essential to achieving asustainable global recovery in the af-termath of the global recession of 2008-2009," the leaders said after talks inHonolulu.

The communique expressed a firmresolve "to support the strong, sustainedand balanced growth of the regionaland global economy" - a clear referenceto US concerns about a huge tradedeficit with China's export-driven econ-omy.

In another bow to US pressure, APECcommitted, albeit in somewhat vagueterms, to reducing tariffs on environ-mental goods and services, even thoughChina had resisted the idea. APEC alsocommitted to support clean energy.

Differences persist over currenciesand trade - a point hammered homeby US-China tensions at the summit -and the question remains how far lead-ers will be able to go in turning promisesinto action when they return home.

Many, Obama included, will face re-sistance to opening markets further toforeign competition.

Rahul ʻreadyʼ for Congpresident role: DigvijayNew Delhi: Adding credence toreports that Rahul Gandhi wouldmove up the ladder in the Con-gress, Digvijay Singh on Mondaysaid that the Gandhi scion isready to take over as workingpresident of the party.

Singh said that Rahul is readyfor working president responsi-bility but it is for the Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi andRahul himself to decide on thematter.

The timing of Digvijay Singh’sassertion is important as it comeson a day when Rahul Gandhi iskick-starting his party’s ‘Mission2012’ to bring back the grandold party to power after 22 yearsin the state.

Prime Minister ManmohanSingh has also welcomed themove to give bigger responsib-nility to Rahul.

“It is a party matter. I cannottalk about the party. If RahulGandhi assumes any responsi-

bility, I will welcome it," Singhsaid when asked whether Gandhiwas going to assume the post ofworking president of Congress.

He also said that he had re-

quested Rahul Gandhi on a num-ber of occasions to join the Cab-inet but he had not accepted it.

ahul Gandhi, 41, who was ap-pointed party general secretaryin September 2007 with thecharge of the student and youthwings - the National StudentsUnion of India (NSUI) and theYouth Congress - has workedhard to promote the youth intoleadership positions in the partyand legislatures.

During the past four years, hetravelled to colleges and univer-sities across the country to urgestudents and youth to enter pub-lic life and join developmentalactivities.

Although voices have beenraised in the past too demandingthat he takes over as the partychief but he had remained non-committal on it owing to hisfocus on building the party fromthe grassroots, especially amongthe youth.

Not playing politicswith security: OmarNew Delhi: Jammu and Kashmirchief minister Omar Abdullahtoday met Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh and Union HomeMinister P Chidambaram on theissue of revoking of Armed ForcesSpecial Power Act (AFSPA) inJammu and Kashmir.

Addressing mediapersons afterthe meetings, the J&K chief min-ister confirmed that the discus-sions were centred on AFSPA,adding that he had made hispoint very clear.

He pointed that there were nounified command of forces inplaces where he was asking toremove AFSPA.

Omar said, "We are trying towork out a situation where boththe forces and us are happy."

The J&K chief minister furthersaid that his main purpose ofvisiting Delhi and meeting CCSmembers was to explain the sit-uation.

W h e nasked if hewas tryingto deviateattentionfrom someother is-sues in thestate, Omara s s e r t e dthat he was"not in thebusiness of

playing politics with nationalsecurity:.

The army had earlier opposedthe move, fearing there wouldbe a flood of cases against itonce AFSPA was removed. TheAct gives immunity to the defenceforces in areas where it is inforce. On Sunday, Omar hadmet Defence Minister A K Antonypossibly over the issue of AFSPA.

Both Antony and Omar weretight-lipped about the meeting.

Don't think I wasmisquoted: Bajaj

New Delhi: Bajaj Auto chiefRahul Bajaj on Monday clarifiedhis comments on the issue ofthe government giving a bailoutto the cash-strapped KingfisherAirlines.

Bajaj said that he did not thinkhe was misquoted, adding thathis comment was not in referenceto Kingfisher but to the wholeprivate sector.

He said, "I don't think I wasmisquoted. 'Dies or not dies' isnot in reference to Kingfisher."

"I believe in the private sector,so does my friend Vijay Mallya…he himself said he did not wanta bailout," he said.

The Bajaj Auto chief furthersaid that he was also against abailout to Air India, however,refused to speak much on theissue. Bajaj had, speaking at theIndia Economic Summit in Mum-bai, said, "If Bajaj Auto gets intoa mess, would you bail me out?If it's a free market economy,those who die, must die."

Airlines may loseRs 15K cr this

fiscal: Assocham

New Delhi: Pitching for openingof the domestic airlines for for-eign investment, industry bodyAssocham Sunday warned thatthe airlines could suffer a lossof Rs 15,000 crore this fiscal withAir India accounting for half ofit.With the Kingfisher Airlineslanding into a severe financialproblem, the chamber said taxesmust be reduced on the jet fuelto make the airlines viable sothat the industry can grow com-mensurate with the expansionof the traffic. "Airlines couldsuffer losses worth about Rs15,000 crore in the current fi-nancial year with Air India alonelikely to account for more thanhalf of it," Assocham secretarygeneral DS Rawat said. Latestestimates show that Air Indiawas had a net cumulative lossof Rs 20,320 crore between April2007 and March 2011. Assochamsaid the aviation industry hasall ingredients to grow, but air-lines are facing huge losses asover one-third of operating costs

are on account of aviation turbinefuel (AFT) which is heavily taxed.He said foreign airlines are notallowed to invest directly or in-directly in domestic carriers, "arule the government should scrapfor healthy growth of civil avia-tion sector". Further, airportcharges must come down andground handling operations needto be streamlined. India's sched-uled airlines have 430 planesnow, it said adding that the figureis likely to go up to 1,500 by2025. "India's unique geograph-ical position offers an opportu-nity to become a global hub forinternational airlines as well,"Rawat said. The increase in trafficand aircraft fleet will require sig-nificant investments in terms ofexpanding and upgrading ex-isting infrastructure facilities be-sides creating new ones. "Forthat, a right policy mix, an en-couraging tax structure and ahealthy regulatory mechanismare essential," he said.

Rahul Gandhi

SC to hear PIL on stay ofproposed nuclear plants

New Delhi: The Supreme Courtis scheduled to hear a Public In-terest Litigation seeking a stayon all proposed nuclear powerplants on Monday. The petitionwas filed by a civil society groupwhich includes former bureau-crats, scientists and NGOs.

A three-judge bench headedby Chief Justice SH Kapadia willtake up the joint petition urgingthe apex court to declare as "un-constitutional" the Civil Liabilityfor Nuclear Damage Act, 2010and "appoint an expert inde-pendent body to conduct a thor-ough safety reassessment of allexisting and proposed nuclearfacilities across the country".

The petitioners, including for-mer Cabinet Secretary TSR Sub-ramanian, former Chief of NavalStaff L Ramdas, former ChiefElection Commissioner NGopalaswami, KR Venugopal -former Secretary to the PrimeMinister, and nuclear scientistPM Bhargava, have said an expertnuclear regulator, independentof the government be set up toconduct comparative cost-benefitanalysis vis-a-vis other sourcesof energy.

They submitted the apex courtshould declare that in the caseof a nuclear accident, all nuclearoperators and nuclear supplierswould be jointly and severally,and absolutely liable for civildamages, and their financial li-ability would be unlimited.

"Issue an appropriate writ can-

celling clearances given to pro-posed nuclear power plants andstay all proposed nuclear powerplants till requisite safety as-sessment studies, thorough com-parative cost-benefit analysis andmeaningful

public hearings are carriedout by or under the supervisionof an independent expert body,"the petition said.

The members have also plead-ed the apex court to quash allthe agreements signed betweenthe government and private com-panies for supply of nuclear re-actors and equipment based onprivate negotiations, without anycompetitive process and

safety evaluation."The government's plans for

expansion of nuclear power pro-gramme and construction ofnewer and huge nuclear power

plants without undertaking athorough safety and comparativecost-benefit analysis, clearlymade under the influence of for-eign countries and multi-billiondollar nuclear industry, showsarbitrary decision-making, basedon extraneous considerationsand non-application of mind,"the petition said.

"The Civil Liability for NuclearDamage Act, 2010 by cappingthe financial liability of operatorsand by making suppliers not li-able, violates the polluter paysprinciple and the absolute lia-bility principle which have be-come recognised as part of thelaw of the land and puts to graveand imminent risk the right tosafety, health, clean environmentand life of the people," it said.

It pointed out Nuclear PowerCorporation of India Ltd is plan-ning to construct 36 importedreactors by 2032. Four 700 MWPressurised Heavy Water Reac-tors, two each at Rawatbhata inRajasthan and Kakrapur in Gu-jarat are under construction. Tworeactors each in Tamil Nadu'sKoodankulam district and WestBengal's Haripur district are un-der construction based on Russ-ian design, the petition said.

The Koodankulam plant hasmet with stiff opposition frompeople in the area and the projectwork has come to a standstillsince last month as the agitatorsintensified their protest by block-ing roads leading to the site.

Hyderabad: Hours after PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh spokeof going ahead on Telanganaonly after a consensus, pro-Telan-gana leader KT Rama Rao lashedout at what he saw as the Con-gress doublespeak, saying therehave been five different state-ments on this issue by the partyin recent weeks.

"We totally condemn the atti-tude of Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh and his statementmade yesterday. The Prime Min-ister refuses to see the reality;he is in a state of denial is whatwe believe. He has got scant re-spect and utter disregard for thedemocratic aspirations for thepeople of Telangana. With hisone statement, the Prime Ministerhas insulted the people of Telan-gana and their democratic aspi-ration. The Prime Minister's state-ment truly reflects the mindsetof the Congress party which is

full of hypocrisy and doublestandards," the TRS MLA said.

Telangana Congress leadersalso warned that matters couldget worse for the Congress partyin the region. Said Madhu Goud,a Telangana Congress MP,"Repercussions will be harsh.By this statement of the PrimeMinister, there may be muchmore hatred feeling among theTelugu people. The so-called'movement' which goverment istaking shelter under is orches-trated and funded by rich Con-gress MPs like Lagadapati to KVPto Jaganmohan Reddy and evenChandrababu Naidu.''

Goud and other Pro-Telanganamembers say UPA chairpersonSonia Gandhi is now their onlyhope. Prime Minister Dr Man-mohan Singh, on his way backto India last night from theSAARC Summit, had told jour-nalists that there won't be any

final decision about the separatestatehood for Telangana unlessthere is consensus from all con-cerned.

"Telangana is a complicatedmatter and we are trying to evolvea consensus where all shades ofpublic opinion would agree thatwhat is being done is in interestof each and everyone. We cannotsolve the problem of Telanganaby agreeing to Telangana beingwhile there is disquiet and unrestin other regions of AndhraPradesh from frying pan to thefire is not an appropriate solutionto national problem," Prime Min-ister said onboard his specialaircraft.

Dr Singh was replying to aquestion from journalists whilereturning from Maldives as towhat his government was doingin Andhra Pradesh where a se-rious situation has evolved onTelangana issue.

TRS lashes out at PM'sstatement on Telangana

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