Bangalore Beat 19.10.2011

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Annaʼs cover

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is like-ly to review providing security to anti-corrup-tion crusader Anna Hazare.

According to sources, a team of the Maha-rashtra Police may visit Ralegan Siddhi for thesecurity review.

Maharashtra DGP K Subramaniam told CNN-IBN that there was a constant review of the se-curity of Anna Hazare that was underway.

He further said that security had already beenprovided at Ralegan Siddhi.

This comes after attacks on key Team Annamembers Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejri-wal and few other supporters of the team.

Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan was at-tacked inside his Supreme Court chamber bythree men on October 12 over his comments call-ing for plebiscite in Kashmir.

On the next day, Anna supporters protestingoutside the Patiala House court were also as-saulted by the members of the Bhagat SinghKranti Sena.

Days after the attacks, a slipper was hurledat core Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal dur-ing a public gathering in Lucknow on Tuesday.

All these attacks were condemned by all thepolitical parties.

Two womenburied alive

in HubliHubli: Two women, who were trying to dig outmetal pieces out of a coal dump, died when thehillock came tumbling down, burying them herethis morning.

The incident occurred at Pachapura railwaygate on Mantoor road of the city. The deceasedhave been identified as Channamma (55) andPadmatvathi (45).

Normally, labourers look for copper, iron andother metals from the coal dump. The dump hadbeen dug at the bottom, while the top was stillstanding precariously.

When the two women were scrappingthrough the dump, it tumbled down. The earthwas also loose as the city had received heavyrains two days ago.

Fire brigade officials dug through the col-lapsed coal heap for more than an hour beforedigging out the bodies.

The Bendageri police booked a case and shift-ed the bodies for post-mortem.

Engg studenthangs self

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bagalkote: A first-year engineering studentcommitted suicide at her college hostel here thismorning.

Jyothi (19) was studying in the first year atBasaveshwara Engineering College. She seemedokay in the morning and had breakfast beforeheading to her room for studies.

Her classmates said she was tense about herexams as she had told them that she had notstudied well. She hanged herself from the fanin her room No. 38.

ʻDifferencesexist, but not

personalʼ New Delhi: Team Anna has taken a hit in re-cent days - two key members quit yesterday;there have been overt differences with a third,Prashant Bhushan, and his continuing in theteam is uncertain. On the NDTV Indian of theYear 2011 stage, chief strategist Arvind Kejriw-al admitted there were differences, but tried toplay them down. Magsaysay Award winnerand India's "Water Man" Rajinder Singh and PVRajagopal quit Anna Hazare's core committeeyesterday. Page 4

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BSY BACK IN JAILIf I die, I will at prison hospital, says ex‑CM beforegetting himself discharged from Victoria Hospital


Bangalore: “If I die, let me in jail hos-pital.” With a message aimed at stok-ing emotions of the people, formerchief minister B S Yeddyurapa, whomade a tour of hospitals in the city,went back to Parappana AgraharaCentral Prison from Victoria Hospital to-day.

It was a morning of high drama. Yed-dyurappa claimed that he had beenhurt by the comments made by the me-dia about his shift from Sri Jayadeva In-stitute of Cardiovascular Sciences andResearch to Victoria Hospital, and gothimself discharged and went straightback to the jail.

He told housing minister and histrusted lieutenant V Somanna whovisited him early in the morning that hewould rather be in the jail rather thanthe hospital as people seem to believethat he was faking his illnesses toavoid spending time in jail.

Somanna coming out of the hospitalsaid, “He was reading all the newspa-pers since early morning. He told methat he came to the hospital as he wasnot well and doctors advised him to getcontinue with the treatment.”

He told Somanna: “I am 69 years oldnow and despite all my problems let meget treated at the jail hospital. My en-tire political career and achievementswould come to naught by this one in-cident. The people are being fed withhalf-truth.”

Somanna said, “This looks like a con-spiracy against our leader Yeddyurap-pa.”

Forest minister C P Yogeshwar, whotoo visited Yeddyurappa in the hospi-tal, said, “He has been very upset with

the entire development. He told me thathe would rather be in the jail and gethimself treated at the prison hospital.”

Excise minister Renukacharya said,

“Last evening, we convinced Yeddyu-rappa to get himself shifted to VictoriaHospital as he was not in good health.We will try to convince him to stay on

at Victoia Hospital.”Shivarathir Deshikendra Swamiji of

Suttur Math said, “He seemed quite up-set. His followers told me that he wouldsoon be shifted to the jail.”

The swamiji, who manages a seriesof professional colleges and hospitals,said, “I only wish the facilities im-proved at Victoria Hospital.”

The Lokayukta special court on Sat-urday sent Yeddyurappa to judicialcustody for his alleged involvement inillegal land denotification cases. Sincethen, it has been a series of dramaticevents for the BJP strongman.

Yeddyurappa, who spent only a fewhours at the jail, was shifted to Jayade-va in the night when he complained ofvomiting sensation, high blood pres-sure, severe back pain, diabetes-relat-ed complications and frequent urina-tion because of the bloated bladder.

After checking all the parameters,Jayadeva Institute had discharged himlast evening. Institute director Dr C NManjunath said Yeddyurappa’s heartwas in a stable condition, but addedthat since his BP and sugar levels con-tinued to fluctuate, he had been re-ferred to Victoria Hospital.

Yeddyurappa was shifted in astretcher from Victoria Hospital to awaiting ambulance at the back en-trance. While the police took care notto allow the media get access to himyesterday, today he was wheeled outquite in the open.

From the hospital he was takenstraight to the jail, where only the am-bulance was allowed in. Jail authoritiesindicated that Yeddyurappa, who isprisoner no. 10642 would be lodged inthe same room that had been pre-pared when he was shifted on Saturday.

LAND GRABcharges nowhaunt Ashok

Court to decide on petition tomorrow


Bangalore: It is now the turn of R Ashok, home and trans-port minister, to face allegations of land grabbing.

Jayakumar Hiremath has filed public interest litigation be-fore the Lokayukta special court that the minister hasbought lands already acquired by the Bangalore Develop-ment Authority and denotified them.

Hiremath stated in his petition that Ashok bought nineguntas of land in 2003 and 14 guntas in 2007 at Lottagere onthe outskirts of the city. The lands had already been notifiedby the BDA for layout formation.

The lands were later denotified.Ashok has been named the main accused, while former

chief minister Yeddyurappa has been named the second ac-cused.

The PIL alleges that Yeddyurappa had asked the originalowners to file an application for denotifiying the lands andwas instrumental in clearing the land for sale. Thepetitioncomplains that the ultimate gainer was Ashok.

The Lokayukta special court has posted the case for ad-mission tomorrow. The court will also decide whether to ac-cept the complaint or not.

Earlier, another person Manjunath from the area had fileda complaint charging the minister with land grabbing, butlater withdrew it.

If the case proceed, Ashok would be the latest in a seriesof minister from the BJP government to face allegations ofland grabbing and denotifying acquired properties. Already,Yeddyurappa and former minister and Malur MLA Ess EnnKrishnaiah Shetty are facing charges of illegally denotifyingland. Former IT-BT minister Katta Subramanya is facingcharges for grabbing land through Karnataka Industrial AreaDevelopment Board while he was the minister. His son Ja-gadish Naidu and Itasca managing director Srinivas Rao toohave been cooling their heels in jail.

Basha moves HC, wantsothersʼ bail cancelled


Bangalore: In a legally strategic move, advocateSirajin Basha today moved the Karnataka HighCourt seeking cancellation of bail to other ac-cused in illegal land denotification cases. He has filed criminal petition against Yeddyu-rappa’s sons B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vi-jayendra and his son-in-law Sohan Kumar, whotoo hav been named accused in the cases.The main accused and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and former minister and MalurMLA Ess Enn Krishnaiah Shetty have been de-nied bail and sent to judicial custody. They arenow at the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail.

Legal experts said Basha’s petition is to pre-vent former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, whohas moved the high court seeking conditionalbail, from getting out of jail. His petition, seek-ing interim bail, is coming up for hearing to-morrow. The high court also took up Shetty’s bailpetition today and posted it for hearing tomor-row. Since the two petitions are similar and per-tain to the same case, the high court is likely toclub them together for the hearing.

Since Basha’s petition objects to bail for theaccused in the cases, the court may have to con-sider his plea to before passing a judgment. Thecourt could adjourn the entire set of petitions for

a later date, which would ensure that the formerchief minister would not get out of jail in a hur-ry.

Basha’s petition says that the reasons citedwhile denying bail to Yeddyurappa and Shettyhave to be applied for the other accused too.

While passing the order, Lokayukta specialjudge N K Sudheendra Rao had stated thatYeddyurappa and Shetty could tamper with wit-nesses and denied bail to them.

Basha has said Yeddyurappa’s sons and son-in-law are the direct beneficiaries of the scam andtheir bail too should be cancelled.

Jaya moves SC, seeks toskip trial inBangalore


Bangalore: Tamil Nadu chief minis-ter J Jayalalithaa, who has been fac-ing trial in alleged disproportionateassets cases, has approached theSupreme Court seeking exemptionfrom attending court proceedings inBangalore tomorrow.

The AIADMK leader has claimedthat she is busy with her work andwill not be able to travel to Bangaloreto attend the court proceedings.

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Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa being wheeled out of VictoriaHospital on a stretcher today. (Another photo on page 3)

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Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur Math emerges out of Victoria Hospital aftercalling on former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who is in judicial custody, in city today.

Swamiji calls on BSY

PARAMATHMA (U) Puneeth, Aindrita Ray, DeepaSannidhi, Ramya Barna Cauvery (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30pm) Ganesh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Goverdhan (11.30 am,2.30, 6, 9 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10am, 12.50, 3.40, 6.30, 9.20 pm)Lakshmi (BTM Layout) (10 am, 1, 5,8 pm) Lakshmi (Tavarekere) (10 am,1.30, 5, 8.30 pm) Manasa (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Navrang(10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15, 10 pm)Srinivasa (Gowdanapalya) (11 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Siddheshwwara(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Uma (1 pm, 4, 7 pm) Vajreshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Vi-jayalakshmi (Garudacharpalya) (11am, 2.30 pm) Veeresh (10.30am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Venkatesh-wara (Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30,6, 9 pm)

SAARATHEE (U/A)Darshan, Deepa, RangayanaRaghuAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10 am, 1,5, 8 pm) Mohan (11.30 am, 2.30,6.15, 9.15 pm) Nalanda (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.40 pm) Nartaki (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Prasanna

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MARYADE RAMANNA (U/A)Komal Kumar, NishaAnupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Siddalingeshwara (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Uma (10.15am ) Vaibav (11 am, 2.30 pm)

KALLA MALLA SULLA (U)Ravichandran, Ramesh Aravind,Vijay RaghavendraBharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Gopal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (3.40 pm)Krishna Triveni (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm)

LIFEU ISHTENE (U/A)Diganth, Samyuktha BelawadiGopalan (10.05 am, 3.45 pm)

THREE MUSKETEERS (U/A)Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray StevensonInox (Jayanagar) (10.30 am, 3, 5.15,9.45 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 2.40, 5, 9.45 pm) Rex (1.15,5.30, 9.45 pm) Tribhuvan (10.15 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Veeresh (10.20am, 1.20, 4.20, 7.20, 10 pm )

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JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (U/A)Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund PikeInox (Magrath Road) (12.20 pm,4.55 pm)

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MY FRIEND PINTO (U/A) Prateik Babbar, Kalki Koechlin,Manisha Koirala, NaseruddinShah, Divya Dutta Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am, 2.55,5.05, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (9.30pm) Rex (11.15 am, 3.50 , 7.45 pm)

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YOU ARE A YOGIWhat does this spiritual path

do to an individual? Itmakes your body vibrantand resistant to disease.

It brings radiance in your aura andmakes your voice very sweet and melo-dious. It improves your circulation,makes you skillful, intuitive, efficient,capable, and compassionate and bringsthe Siddhis (perfections) in you. Thenbefore you want something, it alreadystarts coming to you. But there is adoubt that raises its head in a fewpeople. It is discussed in the BhagwadGeeta, when Arjuna says, “Will a per-son who walks on a path or does notperfect it, will fall from it and he willbe nowhere? He will be neither herenor there? So what to do? This is mydoubt and only you can solve this.Because you know you are a yogi andyou are also in the world. Suppose Istart the path of yoga and I lose mykingdom, my work, my job, everythinghere, that I have been doing and I amdoing neither this nor that, will I notbe in between somewhere?”

Lord Krishna answers, “My dear

don’t worry, because anyone who doessomething good, something beneficial,will never suffer. You cannot perishin this path. It is impossible. If youare not successful now, never mind,you can be assured you will come anddo it again because there are manylifetimes. ” Spiritual practices are calledSadhana. This means the real currency,which you can take to the other sidealso. The bliss that you carry will gowith your spirit into the next life.Someone who has not completed thejourney of yoga, has not attained theself, has fallen from there, due to what-ever reason, will be born in a goodfamily or a yogi’s family because ofgood karma earned. People can beborn in many rich families, but theymany not be intelligent. They are notthe yoga brastas (fallen yogis). Theseare those who are intelligent and areborn in yogis family or in well to dofamilies. But this doesn’t mean thatyogis are not born in poor families.Due to the past life’s experience, thosesanskaras (impressions) will againmake them go in the path of yoga to

complete their journey. So, spirituality brings strength and

you will progress in the world. If youfind any doubt, just know that it istemporary. Even a mere enquirer afteryoga transcends the intellectual knowl-edge. Verily, a yogi who practices,being purified by all sins, is perfectedthrough many births and then attainsthe supreme goal. The yogi is regardedas greater than ascetics, greater thaneven men of knowledge, greater alsothan those devoted to work. Such aperson does not crave for anythingbecause he/she is in the state of ful-fillment. Abundance is a sign of yogiand a sign of true spiritual growth.Not a sense of lack or despondency ordesperateness. Wherever you put yourattention to something, that thing willgrow. If you put your attention on thelack of something, the lack will in-crease.

Tonight, just before going to sleep,sit your bed, with a big smile on yourface, relax, and think , “I am a yogi, Iam lucky.” Don’t doubt that you are ayogi. You are a yogi. That is why you

are reading this, hearing this. Youshould know that you are lucky. Aftersaying this, think of all the things youcan be grateful for in this life. Don’tsit and worry about your mistakes.Mistakes have taught you some lessonsand the good deeds have expandedyour vision and shown your possibil-ities. We will honour everything inlife. That is where we get into choicelessawareness. So be in the present mo-ment where we are hollow, empty andlight. However nice something is, how-ever ugly something is both will dis-appear into thin air. Knowing this youget back to the self, the source of allwealth, happiness and joy which isdeep within you. Then you realise thatyou have gained an ability to smilethrough everything and nothing both-ers you or touches you. You are unitedwith nature, nature loves you, andbrings Sukhamatyantikam (unbeliev-able pleasure beyond the senses) andabundance and to your life.

This is a weekly column that appears every Wednesday

DIVINEQUEST

By Sri Sri Ravishankar

CII organises womenentrepreneursʼ meet

Bangalore: The CII Women Busi-ness Leaders’ Forum (CII-WBLF)organised a seminar on ‘Womenin Business – Wantrepreneurshipand Innovation’ yesterday.

The session brought togethereminent speakers from the in-dustry and domain experts toshare their views on entrepre-neurship and emerging devel-opments for the benefit of thewomen in business.

The programme focused onfour pillars – the criticality of fi-nance, technology, innovationand mentorship in the growthas an entrepreneur.

The conference featured speak-ers from organisations who spokeon creating a sustainable plat-form for wannabe and youngentrepreneurs.

The programme provided aplatform to those women whoare keen to explore entrepre-neurship as a career, or growand scale up their present busi-ness, but is often confused ashow to move forward.

Priya Chetty-Rajagopal, con-venor, Women Business LeadersForum CII Karnataka and VP &partner, Stanton Chase Interna-

tional; S Chandrasekhar, chair-man, CII state council and MeenaGanesh, CEO & MD, Pearson Ed-ucation Services and, promoter& board member TutorVista,addressed the inaugural session.

Meena Ganesh stressed on theneed for evaluating what youneed to give up, in order to startor sustain business, as well asthe need to stay in the now tofocus, succeed and grow.

Priya Chetty-Rajagopal saidthat with India’s fast-pacedgrowth, and its preemptive placein the knowledge economy, sheexpected to see a large escalationin the number and variety ofwomen entrepreneurs, given thefavorable business and financialclimate.

The goal of Women BusinessLeaders Forum is to become theunited voice of Women in Busi-

ness and the needs to be skilledand nurtured for growth, sheadded. The half-day conferencecame to an end with an objectiveto scale up entrepreneurship intothe value chain by building inmore services, knowledge base,and investment in innovation.The session saw the participationof over 100 delegates, includingentrepreneurs and executives.

A seminar on ‘Women in Business – Wantrepreneurship and Innovation’ organised by theCII Women Business Leaders’ Forum being inaugurated.

New office‑bearers for

Indo‑Ameri‑can chamber

Bangalore: New office-bearershave been elected for the Indo-American Chamber of Com-merce, South India Council, aswell as Karnataka Branch for2011- 2012.

A Gurudutt, director (finance),Levi Strauss India, is the chair-man. V Srinivasan, director, SJSEnterprises, and RabindraSrikantan, managing director,ASM Technologies, are vice-chair-men.

A Gurudutt

Rabindra V Srinivasan

BMTC to run 1248Metro feeder

services per dayBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: As the Metro Rail isall set to be inaugurated tomor-row, the Bangalore MetropolitanTransport Corporation is running60 buses from different destina-tions to Metro stations as feederservices.

The Metro feeder services willbe inaugurated tomorrow in theafternoon.

The Metro feeder services willferry passengers from nearby ar-eas to Metro stations at MG Road,Trinity Circle, Ulsoor, Indirana-

gar, S V Road and Byappana-halli.

The BMTC is operating 24routes for six Metro stations. Thebuses that ply every 10 minuteswill run 1248 services per day.

The routes have been designedafter studying the surroundingresidential areas and after con-sulting the Bangalore Metro RailCorporation Ltd and police.

The services would be re-viewed after two to three weeksand after getting feedback fromthe passengers, traffic police andBMRCL, would be reworked.

Jockey Suraj Narreduon a winning spree

Bangalore: Jockey Suraj Narredu,the youngest Indian jockey inthe racing circuit to cross morethan a 1,000 winning races inrecord time, is on a winningspree after he crossed the fin-ishing line at the Irish Thorough-bred Marketing Million astridetrainer Malesh Narredu’s ShivalikHero in Pune this weekend.

It was Suraj’s second majorwin within the past week, afterhe garnered his first North Amer-ican victory when he guided AlAli’s Invisible Star to a 1 1/2-length score in the first race atArlington Park, in Chicago earlieron this season in America.

He had recently won the PuneDerby astride Hills and Starstrained by Vinayak.

“Riding Shivalik Hero was adream and he broke out welland was in ideal position thewhole way,” Narredu said.

“I would definitely considermyself in good form this seasonand my recent stint and debutwin in America is certainly to becredited for my improved per-formance,” says Narredu.

Suraj Narredu, 26, began hiscareer at the BARI riding schoolin Bangalore as a 12-year-old andhas been riding professionallyfor eight years.

11K appearing for K‑SET in city

Bangalore: More than 11,00 stu-dents are appearing for the Kar-nataka State Eligibility Test(KSET-2011), an essential require-ment for those seeking teachingpositions in universities and col-leges in the state.

The test will be held at 17 col-leges across the city on October23. All the hall tickets have beendespatched to the candidates.Those who have not received

their hall tickets can contact thenodal officer in the departmentof political science, BangaloreUniversity, Jnana Bharathi, beforeThursday for issue of duplicatehall tickets.

For any clarification, contactthe nodal officer of the Bangalorecentre, D Jeevan Kumar, on 080-2296-1733 during working hoursand on his mobile phone: 99724-96362 after working hours.

CITYWednesday, October 19, 2011 3CITY EVENTSArtSharpen our creative: without display of new paintings‘fiest of art’ , 10am at gallerythird Eye, Yemlur.

Van golhs: art gallery, presentsan exhibition cum-sale of ex-ceptional thought process andnon-verbal expression withemotions by nature lovers atCKP, 11am.

Launch EventThe Launch of IRRa’s GoldJewellary: will be launchedat ORRA Commercial street,Asha Center point, 12 pm.

MusicBangalore Gayana Samaja:will host its 43rd Junior concertpromoting young artist, atBangalore Gayana Samaja KRraod, Basavanagudi, 4.15pm

Eating Out

Breakfast at Midnight @Cubbon Pavilion: 18th,2011. to 2:30 a.m. CubbonPavilion, ITC Gardenia, No1, Residency Road Indiansignatures, breakfast clas-sics, and desserts come to-gether to create a buffetthat starts when the clockstrikes midnight.

Mexican Fiesta: 18th,2011. noon to 11:30 p.m.Sports Bar and Lounge, LeMeridien, No 28, SankeyRoad, High Grounds A spe-cial menu, which pairsMexican cuisine with bev-erages. Combos includeTequila with Tacos andBeer with Burittos.

Lunch Buffet @ Apple-wood: 18th, 2011. 12:30p.m. to 3 p.m. Applewood,No 760, 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar A Global and Indian lunchbuffet , which includessoups, starters, maincourse and desserts,priced at Rs. 299 plus taxesper head.

New Italian Menu @Mocha: 18th, 2011. 11:30a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Mocha,Lavelle Road, Mocha hasintroduced a new Italianmenu, which pays homageto the vibrant flavours andhearty dishes of the coun-try. On offer are disheslike Bruschette Di Po-modoro e Basilico, Peper-oncino Della Cucina Mes-sicana, Risotto alla Mi-lanese and Fettucine conPollo.

New Vegetarian Menu atNando’s: 18th, 2011. 11a.m. to 11 p.m. Nando's ,No 1/A, Church Street ,Nando’s gives vegetariansa reason to smile with ameat free menu. On it aregrilled burgers and wraps,and specialities like theVeg Espetada, Veg Platter,and Roasted Veg Meal.

Chocofest: 18th, 2011. 11a.m. to 11 p.m. BaskinRobbins, No 218, New BELR o a d , Chocolate lovers are treated to a host of indul-gent flavours like chocochips mousse, chocolateice cream, three cheers chocolate,malted choco fudge, world class chocolate, mint milk chocolate chips andmore. There's also an offer where patrons can takehome a family pack on thepurchase of a party packof any of the chocolate fla-vors.

Festive Sweets @Caramel: 18th, 2011. 9 a.m.to 11:30 p.m. Caramel, Vi-vanta by Taj - Whitefield,ITPB, Near Big Bazaar,Whitefield Caramel wel-comes this festive seasonwith a choice of hampersof chocolates and Indiansweets. Prices start fromRs 1250.

Shopping Calvin Klein Fall 2011: 18th,2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. CalvinKlein Jeans, The Forum ValueMall, No 62, Whitefield MainRoad, Whitefield CK One Jean-swear presents a new rangesuited for the urban explorer,while the men's range hasbold prints and neon colours,across all its outlets.

The Great Forum ShoppingFestival: 18th, 2011. 10 a.m.to 11 p.m. The Forum Mall,

No 21, Hosur Road, , Kora-mangala A month-long shop-ping festival that has greatdiscounts and prizes worth 50crores for shoppers. Addingto the festivities are dancetroupes from all over the coun-try and live music perform-ances.

Wrangler’s Autumn WinterCollection: 18th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 9 p.m. Wrangler, No 777,100 Feet Road, IndiranagarThe collection depicts the char-acter that denim acquires afterenduring an adrenaline fueledroad trip and shows the rela-tionship it shares with its wear-er.

Swarovski Charm Collection:18th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 11:30p.m. Swarovski, 1st Floor,Monarch Plaza, Brigade Road,Symbolic, quirky, feminine oroffbeat, the charm collectionallows wearers to express theirpersonalities through minia-ture works of art.

Samriddhi Offer : 18th, 2011.11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Gitanjali, No3049, 80 Feet Road, Indirana-gar Gitanjali offers discountsof up to 20% on its Diya rangeof jewellery.

The Swadeshi Store's AnnualSale: 18th, 2011. 10 a.m. to6:30 p.m. The Swadeshi Store,No 31 Towards Dairy Circle,Hosur Main Road, Krishnana-gar Indutrial Layout Up to 50%off on the entire range of hand-crafted cotton home furnish-ings and accessories.

Exhibitions Nirantara @ Galleryske: 18th,2011. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Galleryske, No 2, Berlie Street,Langford Town Galleryskepresents 'Nirantara' by Srini-vasa Prasad. The artist em-ploys materials that highlightthe organic growth cycle oflife, death and continuation.

Painting Exhibition: 18th,2011. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. KynkynyArt, No 148 Embassy Square,Infantry Road, Kynkyny Artpresents an exhibition of paint-ings by Yuvan Bothi Sathuvarand Dhrubajyothi Baral.

Next In Line: 18th, 2011. 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Gallery BlueSpade, The Chancery, 10/6Lavelle Road, This exhibitionfeatures work by 13 womenartists such as Sonia Jose, Dim-ple B Shah, Pooja Iranna, Proy-anka Govil, Ritu Kamath, Shiv-ani Aggarwal and others.

Fiesta of Art: 18th, 2011. 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallery ThirdEye, No A-1 Epsilon OfficeBlock, Yemalur Main Road,Yemalur An exhibition ofpaintings by Ashok Kumar G

Hiremath and Swapan Sarkar.

Nightlife Kroaknight with Sheridanand Carlton: 18th, 2011. 9p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Opus InThe Creek, No 2 Dod-danekkundi Industrial Area,Whitefield Road, Mahadeva-pura Sing along with Sheri-dan and Carlton all night.Request for your favouritesongs and bring alive the starin you.

Karaoke Night with KJ Val:18th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Xtreme Sports Bar, 4thFloor, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar Test those vocalchords at karaoke night withKJ Val.

Fantastic Friday with DJArin: 18th, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Lounge 579, No218 Sunshine Complex, HRBR3rd Block , KammanahalliMain Road, Kalyannagar DJArin spinning house this Fri-day at Lounge579.

Kannada Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj protests in front of the Metro Rai station on MG Road today.

Orientation programme held

RV‑VLSI ties up with JSS,IGNOU, offers MTech course


Bangalore: RV-VLSI Design Cen-tre, in association with the JSSMahavidyapeetha and IndiraGandhi Open University, hascome forward to offer a first ofits kind M Tech programme inVLSI and embedded system de-sign which aims at enhancingthe employability of candidates.

At the launch, VenkateshPrasad, CEO, RV-VLSI, said, “Ca-reers in VLSI and embedded sys-tem design companies mandatesa thorough understanding of de-sign concepts, technology expo-sure and current industry trends.Skills like these are not impartedin academics or at work. ThisMTech programme is exclusivelydesigned for the fresh engineer-ing graduates and working pro-fessionals who are planning fora career shift.”

The participating instituteshave ensured the best of infra-structure, including an exclusivepowerful data centre catering toindustry standard processingneeds and runtime. “The MTechprogramme is centered aroundthe Deep Submicron Technology

and prepares students to meetthe design challenges of the semi-conductor and VLSI industry.Students will have access to thelabs at RV-VLSI which has equip-ment worth more than Rs 400crore,” Venkatesh Prasad said.Students with degrees inBE/B.Tech in computer science,electronics, telecommunications,

IT, ISE and Electrical, MSc (com-puter science), MSc (IT) are eli-gible for the MTech programme.Classes for the first batch com-mences from November firstweek. The first and fourth se-mesters will be conducted at RV-VLSI, whereas the second andthe third semesters will be dealtwith at JSS Academy of Technical

Education in the city. Classeswill be held in the evening be-tween 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm. Thetwo-year programme involves Rs1.5 lakh per year.

The students will be awardedthe MTech degree by IGNOU.This will be a flexi-time courseand not a distance-educationprogramme.

RV-VLSI Design Centre, in association with the JSS Mahavidyapeetha and Indira GandhiOpen University, has come forward to offer a first of its kind M Tech programme in the city

yesterday.

Bangalore: T John Institute ofTechnology organised an orien-tation programme for the firstyear MBA, MCA and MTech stu-dents, parents and staff.

The senior MBA and MCA stu-dents, along with HoDs and stafforganised the programme.

TJIT principal Murthy said,“Going away to college is a bigtransition, and the objective ofthe orientation programme is tomake the transition easier.”

He emphasised on the needfor hard work, dedication and openness to receive sugges-tions.

The programme started witha devotional song by the seniorstudents of MBA and lighting ofthe lamp by the dignitaries.

T. John Group of Institutionsadministrative officer Vasee-garan, G. Nagarajan Prof & HoD,MBA; Prof. Sunil Kumar, HoD,MCA; Mahabaleswara Bhat, HoD,EC department; SathyanarayanaRao, coordinator for M Tech andProf H P Srinivas, HoD, computerscience department, were thechief guests on the event.

They delivered talks on valuesof education, work culturegrowth, ethics to be followed,professionalism, leadership qualities, dos and don’ts in bothpersonal and professional fields to the freshers so that theycan inculcate and follow the val-ues to enhance their skills in adisciplinary way throughout theircollege journey.

Instts to educate public on gems, diamonds

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Now you will not befooled into buying pieces of glassas precious stone.

Two leading institutions ondiamonds and other preciousstones are offering a trainingprogramme to the common pub-lic to detect fake precious stonesand to avoid getting duped.

The Gemological Institute ofAmerica (GIA) and InternationalGemological Institute (IGI) areoffering their services at a timewhen authenticity of preciousstones is being questioned.

“We cannot say that today’scustomer is knowledgeable aboutprecious stones. There is everychance of his being misled andcheated. In most cases, cus-tomers go around looking forexaminers only after they buythese precious stones, includingdiamonds. This is where we wantto step in and create awarenessamong customers,” said K MThakshak, business developmentexecutive, GIA, Mumbai.

GIA and IGI now have officesin Mumbai and plan to expandthem to other parts of the coun-try, including Bangalore.

Earlier, the institutes offered

consulting services to major jew-ellery manufacturers. Over theyears, such services have becomea necessity. Examiners gradeprecious stones and jewellery atthese outlets. The jewellery in-dustry is growing at an unprece-dented pacei n the country. Ithas become a norm now for lead-ing jewellery to give certificatesof authentication with each piece

of jewellery. He said that thoughthe two institutes never claimthemselves to be an authority,they have been accepted worldover for certifying jewellery,gems, stones and diamonds thatcome into a country. IGI andGIA will offer courses for thosewho are interested in gettinginto this industry as designers,examiners or marketers. The two

institutions have designed cours-es for diploma, graduate andpost-graduate degrees.

“We are sure that the studentspassing out of our institutes canbe placed in some of the bestjewellers in Mumbai, Delhi andother places of the country.Courses will offer courses fromthe rudimentary to higher stagesof marketing” he said.

100% jobs at Metro stationsmust for Kannadigas: Vatal


Bangalore: Karnataka VatalPaksha presidentVatalNagaraj today demanded that all jobsat Metro Rail stations should be given toKannadigas. VatalNagaraj, a veteran pro-tester by now, has timed the agitation onthe eve of commercial operations of MetroRail to begin.

“There should be 100 employment oflocals at these stations.

“The Bangalore Metro Rail CorporationLtd has to reveal what is the percentage ofjobs given to the locals. If it is not up to themark, we will protest again in a month,” hesaid.

“Fifteen years ago, I had travelled toKolkata and admired the Metro rail network

there. I had suggested that it should cometo Bangalore too.

t is a happy occasion that my dream hasbeen fulfilled. But at the same time, au-thorities should give priority to the locals,he said.

He also demanded that all the signboardsand nameboards at Metro Rail stationsshould be in Kannada to help the locals.

STATE BOASTS OF 18% FOREST

COVER: MINISTERBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: It is one of the rareoccasions when art, science,culture and joy come together,said urban affairs and law andparliamentary affairs ministerSuresh Kumar said, while in-augurating an international con-ference on “Rediscovering Artand Joy of Wood” in the city to-day.

Inaugurating the conferenceat the Indian Institute of WoodScience at Malleswaram, hesaid, “The state boasts of 18percent forest cover. We havebeen taking steps to plantsaplings at empty spaces in ur-ban areas. All sorts of trees havebeen planted in urban areas.Trees reduce pollution and re-lease oxygenated air into theatmosphere.”

He said, “Nowadays, treesare being planted scientifically.That should be our agenda. Onecan see uniformity of trees incities and towns. The state isrich in temple forests and treesplanted around religious places,like churches and mosques.Wood is good for not just now,but forever.”

P J Dilip Kumar, director-gen-eral, Union ministry of envi-

ronment and forests, said, “In-cidents of sandalwood smug-gling have gone up across thecountry. This rich resource isfast depleting. We must con-serve forests and work towardsprotecting them.”

He said, “Wood still provides60-70 percent of energy needsin the country. We should getaway from it and as far as pos-sible stop entry of humans intoforests.”

The focus now should begreening empty spaces in urbanareas. Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh is heading the Green-ing India Project and the thrustis being given from the centralgovernment to increase greencover in cities and towns, headded.

Delegates from across theworld are taking part in thethree-day conference. Variousseminars and papers will bepresented at the conference.The topics that would be dis-cussed at the seminar includedifferent role of wood in sus-tainable development, what canbe done with wood etc.

An exhibition of wood prod-ucts too has been organised atthe venue with an aim to pro-mote wood culture.

Jaya moves SC Continued from page 1

The trial was to be conductedat the Parappana Agrahara Cen-tral Jail and all preparations werebeing made for the D-day to-morrow. The Tamil Nadu policetoo have arrived here and arelooking at the security arrange-ments.

The police have declared banorders in the 500 metre radiusof the jail. Yesterday, city policecommissioner Jyothiprakash Mirjihad visited the jail premises andinspected the preparations.

Bangalore Beat was the firstnewspaper to report that the cen-tral jail could be the venue forthe proceedings at a time whenthe police and other authoritieswere looking at various venuesincluding Bala Brooie guest-house, Judicial Academy and ahouse at the Judicial Layout onthe outskirts. The thought was

also to conduct the trial at theCity Civil Court complex on aSunday t avoid the crowds.

What had been worrying thepolice was the “Z” category se-curity that needed to be providedto Jayalalithaa. Finally, the centraljail was chosen as it was secureand the route was relatively freeduring the peak hours.

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Metro inauguration tomorrow

Preparations are going on for the inauguration of Metro Rail service at the Metro stationon MG Road today. The Metro will be inaugurated tomorrow

Sexual harassment victimat Mysore varsity protests


Mysore: A victim of sexual ha-rassment at Mysore Universityprotested in front of the deputycommissioner’s office here today,condemning the revocation ofsuspension order against theperpetrator.

Saritha, a PhD student, herhusband Vijayakumar and moth-er-in-law Rathnamma sat on adharna demanding continuedaction against her former guideShivabasavaiah. She had accusedher guide of seeking sexualfavours from her and tried tocommit suicide.

Immediately after the scandalbroke out six months ago, Shiv-abasavaiah had been palced un-der suspension. But now thatthe issue has faded from publicmemory, the authorities have

tried to revoke the order insteadof punishing the guilty professor,she alleged.

Saritha and Vijay Kumar hadapproached the university vice-chancellor and even called onseveral ministers at VidhanaSoudha demanding justice.

Saritha was supported bySamata Dal members, who de-manded that the universityshould take back its order andcontinue with the action againstthe perpetrator.

Saritha said Shivabasavaiahwas transferred to the UniversityPress on Saturday.

When she complained to the officials, they said no gov-ernment employee can be placedunder suspension for more than six months and the uni-versity had to revoke the sus-pension order.

The officials also told her thatthe lives of six research studentswho are pursuing PhDs underShivabasavaiah would be jeop-ardised if he continued to besuspended.

“But a committee formed tolook into the allegations hadsubmitted a report more thanthree months ago.

“Based on that, the universityauthorities could have taken ac-tion against the guilty professorbut they did not. It is a sheertravesty of justice.”

Sartiha said she had soughtpermission to protest in front ofuniversity administrative build-ing Crawford Hall, but was al-lowed to protest in front of theDC’s office.

She said a case has been filedbefore the Karnataka High Court,but has been stayed.

Differences exist, butnot personal: Kejriwal

New Delhi: Team Anna has tak-en a hit in recent days - two keymembers quit yesterday; therehave been overt differences witha third, Prashant Bhushan, andhis continuing in the team isuncertain. On the NDTV Indianof the Year 2011 stage, chiefstrategist Arvind Kejriwal ad-mitted there were differences,but tried to play them down.

Magsaysay Award winner andIndia's "Water Man" RajinderSingh and PV Rajagopal quitAnna Hazare's core committeeyesterday objecting to the move-ment taking what they called a"political turn". Mr Singh saidhe believed it was not right forthe team to have campaignedagainst one political party, theCongress, in Hisar.

There was regret when he said,"This is one of the best move-ments after Independence. Butafter some incidents in the lastfew days, I have decided that Icannot be a member of this teamanymore...Without any regardfor democratic values, if youstart campaigning against oneparty, it is not right."

Sources say the two activistshave pointed out that the deci-sion to campaign against theCongress in the Hisar bye-elec-tion was not taken by the corecommittee.

Key Team Anna activists ledby Arvind Kejriwal and KiranBedi had campaigned vigorouslyagainst the Congress in the recentbye-election, asking the votersto defeat the party to send acrossthe message that unless it de-livers the anti-corruption LokpalBill in the winter session of Par-liament, bigger elections comingup in the next few months willalso humble the Congress. When

the results were announced, theparty's candidate fared so poorlythat he even lost his deposit.

The Congress has shruggedsaying this was one election itdid not expect to win, but seniorparty leaders have been scathingabout what they call TeamAnna's partisan involvement.

For Team Anna, the loss ofthe two key, respected memberscomes close on the heels of overtdifferences cropping up betweenclose Anna aide PrashantBhushan and other members ofthe team, including Anna Hazare.

There has been controversyover Mr Bhushan's remark thatthere should be referendum inJammu & Kashmir. After thesenior lawyer and advocate wasattacked in his chamber lastweek by miscreants, who saidthey objected to his statement

on J&K, other members con-demned the attack but said theydisagreed with his opinion.Speaking to NDTV, Arvind Ke-jriwal said most members of theteam disagreed with Mr Bhushanand there would be a decisionon Mr Bhushan soon.

The core committee, he said,would discuss the differences tofind common ground if any onceMr Bhushan was back from theUS.

In the meantime, Anna Hazareseemed to take a swipe at MrBhushan when he wrote a blogpost on Kashmir, saying "Somepeople talk incoherent thingsabout Kashmir..."

Admitting there are differ-ences, Arvind Kejriwal said yes-terday that these were not per-sonal and that "it is alwayshealthy to have a difference of

opinion." Kiran Bedi too tried toplay down the decision of thetwo senior members to quit. "Weare team of volunteers and eachvolunteer is coming for causesof their own. Somebody's comingwith a kisan (farmers') move-ment, somebody for agriculture,somebody for tribal movement,and some for human rights. It'sa group of volunteers and there-fore you can always volunteerout for your own personal rea-sons," she said.

Arvind Kejriwalwants police to release his attackerNew Delhi: Team Anna memberArvind Kejriwal was attackedand heckled on Tuesday as hewas preparing for a meeting inLucknow. The attempted attackcame a day after the drubbingCongress party got in Hisar by-poll and a few days after the at-tack on Prashant Bhushan andAnna's supporters.

Speaking about the incident,Kejriwal on Thursday said, "Po-lice must release the attacker. Ifhe hurled the slipper, we haveto sit with him and talk peace-fully, we shouldn't attack himback. We should be prepared asattacks will happen. We shouldbe tolerant to anyone who wantsto insult us."

"I just want to appeal to thepublic to not fall into any politicalplot and to join hands with usin this moment. This is a goldenopportunity to get rid of corrup-tion from our country," addedKejriwal.

Pathak's uncle Kailash Pathakreacted strongly to the attackand said, "What Jitender did waswrong. He is my nephew but

does not stay here in this village.We have not been in touch withhim for a long time. I have noidea which political leader he isassociated with or which politicalparty he belongs to. He used towork for BJP's Ramprakash Tri-pathi. What he did with the TeamAnna member was wrong."

Fellow Team Anna memberKiran Bedi said, "It appears thatthe Prashant incident was notan isolated one."

There is some ambiguity aboutthe affiliation of the man, JitendraPathak, who attacked Kejriwal.He is known to be close to theBJP and has also appeared inmany of Congress's rallies.

Pathak said, "I attacked Ke-jriwal because he said he hadcome to speak about corruptionbut then never addressed the is-sue."

A little later Kejriwal continuedwith his meeting - this time mix-ing his anti-Congress rhetoricwith some Mayawati bashing.

In his speech Kejriwal said,"We are not permanently op-posed to the Congress. If theydon't bring the Jan Lokpal Bill,don't vote for the Congress.Mayawati, herself, is guilty ofcorruption."

Anti-corruption crusader AnnaHazare also came out in strongsupport of Kejriwal and threat-ened to start his campaign inUP earlier than scheduled.

Anna said, "People have takenbullets, what about a few lathis?After I finish my 'maun vrat', Iwill go to UP."

Team Anna caught the na-tion's imagination by creatingstrong emotions against the gov-ernment. Now it seems the sameemotion is turning against themeven if it's at a small level.

3rd ODI: India favourites to wrap up seriesMohali: Having comprehensively beatenEngland at Hyderabad and Delhi, Indiawill be overwhelming favourites toclinch the one day international series,when the two teams resume battle inthe third match at Mohali on Thurs-day.

England have found their dealingwith the world champions in their ownbackyard to be a completely differentkettle of fish, after having outplayedthe Indians in all three formats of thegame at home.

The visitors have failed miserably inboth the batting and bowling depart-ments which has clearly highlightedtheir inability to cope with the condi-tions.

After conceding 300 runs in the firstODI, the English batsmen failed to riseto the occasion and were bundled outfor 174; and unfortunately for the Poms,there was no turnaround in fortunes inthe second game at the Feroz Shah

Kotla, as a below par score of 237 waschased down with the minimum offuss, thanks to the sublime batting per-formance of Virat Kohli and GautamGambhir.

However, the Englishmen can takeheart from the fact that in both gamesthey were in a position of strength, be-fore allowing the advantage to slipaway.

At Hyderabad, India were 123/4 inthe 29th over, before skipper MahendraSingh Dhoni decided to take mattersinto his own hands with a blisteringknock of 87 from 70 balls.

England were also well placed inDelhi, with five wickets in hand andthe score over the 200 mark in the 42ndover, before losing their way to bebowled in the 49th over.

The Indians on their part will be overthe moon with their performance inthe ODI series so far.

Apart from the middle order which

seems to be solid as a rock, their bowlershave also been on song, especiallypacer, R Vinay Kumar who notched upcareer best figures of 4/30 in the previousgame.

Spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja have also not faredtoo badly and clearly had the measureof the Englishmen in the series open-er.

The fact that the bowling attackwhich terrorised and tormented Indiajust a month ago can't find the answersthis time around must be on playingon captain Alastair Cook's mind. Cookis also the only England batsman tohave got to a half century in the twomatches so far.

As the two teams gear up for the Mo-hali clash, Team India without gettingto ahead of themselves, could well beentertaining thoughts of a whitewash,even though the fate of the series is yetto be decided.

US must focuson Afghan, not

Pak: KayaniIslamabad: Pakistan's army chieftold parliament's defense com-mittee the United States shouldfocus on stabilising Afghanistaninstead of pushing Pakistan to attack militant groups in a crucial border region, a com-mittee member told Reuters onWednesday.

Army chief General AshfaqKayani also said Pakistan alonewill decide if and when to launcha full-scale offensive in the NorthWaziristan region to attack Is-lamist militants.

He also said the United Stateswould have to think "10 times"before taking any unilateral ac-tion there. Pakistan is not likeIraq or Afghanistan, the parlia-mentarian quoted Kayani as say-ing. The MP spoke on conditionof anonymity.

"The problem lies inAfghanistan, not Pakistan," theparliamentarian quoted Kayanias telling the committee in abriefing on national security mat-ters held at army headquarters.

Such views could deepen ten-sion between the United Statesand its uneasy but importantally Pakistan.

The United States, the sourceof billions of dollars in aid, hasurged Pakistan over the yearsto go after militant groups in

North Waziristan who cross theborder to attack Western andAfghan forces in Afghanistan.

The pressure has becomeacute since US special forceskilled Osama bin Laden in Mayin a Pakistani town where hehad apparently been living foryears. Admiral Mike Mullan saidbefore retiring as chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff last monththat a militant group which at-tacked US targets in Afghanistanwas a "veritable arm" of Pak-istan's Directorate of Inter-Ser-vices Intelligence (ISI).

The remarks infuriated Pak-istani leaders, who denied linksto the group - the Haqqani net-work - and said Pakistan hassacrificed more than any othercountry that joined the US "waron terror" after the September11, 2001 attacks.

"All intelligence agencies havecontacts. Don't the CIA and (theBritish spy agency) MI6 havesuch contacts? It is through thesecontacts that we get informa-tion," the parliamentarian quotedKayani as saying.

"The nice guys don't give youinformation. It is contacts likethis that yield intelligence. It isabout whether you use this in-formation positively or negative-ly."

Reforms must to strengthen governance, says President

Mumbai: Underlining the needto stand up to the challenges toeffective democracy in an evolv-ing nation, President PratibhaPatil on Tuesday pitched for elec-toral reforms saying the country'sinstitutions should be rebuilt inaccordance with demands of thechanging times.

"We need to deliberate anddebate on ways to strengthengovernance, legislative system,as well as judicial system.

There is an urgent need for undertaking electoral reforms.

"Alongside, there is also aneed to reform our educationsystem. The governments, leg-islators, social activists and me-dia should come together to chartthe future course of action," thePresident said, inaugurating plat-inum jubilee celebration of theMaharashtra legislature.

Terming social harmony andtolerance as the bedrock of In-dian democracy, Patil said cul-tivating the knack of understand-ing the other persons viewpoint

is a must for a democracy to besuccessful.

"It is not necessary to be incomplete agreement, but weshould not be obstinate andthink that I am right and theother person is wrong.

“If we develop intolerance,we shut the door on understand-ing. Everyone needs to knowabout this," she said in herspeech delivered in Marathiamidst huge round of applausefrom dignitaries attending it.

Noting that socio-economicconditions in the country have changed rapidly in the last two decades, Patil, who is on a two-day visit to the state, said increasing industri-alisation, rise of money power,decline of value system, tech-nological innovations, informa-tion explosion have all broughtforth new challenges.

"These challenges becomemagnified in a pluralistic societylike ours as sensitivities of variousgroups also need to be takencare of," the President said.

Global crisis will hit growth: PranabNew Delhi: Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee rang the alarmbell on Thursday and said thatglobal financial crisis will slowdown India's growth to below 8per cent this year.

While addressing the AnnualEconomic Editors Conference inDelhi, Mukherjee conceded theIndia growth story has been hitby the global economic slow-down. "8% growth in 2011-12will be a cause for celebration. "

He said he expects inflationto decline from December; to be

7 per cent by March-end."Foreign direct investment in

April-August doubled to $ 16.8billion, " said Mukherjee

Mukherjee said, "Let me nothide from you that I am disap-pointed by India's economicgrowth over last few months. Itis evident that India's growthrate in 2011-12 will be less thanwhat we projected in February.In the last few months numberof factors both international anddomestic have impacted oureconomy."

MIG 29 crashesin Himachal,pilot missing

Lahaul Spiti: An Indian Air Forcefighter aircraft, MIG 29, crashedduring a night flying exercise inthe Lahaul Spiti region of Hi-machal Pradesh on Tuesdaynight.

The fighter aircraft was headedto Leh when the mishap tookplace.

The pilot of the aircraft, whowas the only person on board,went missing after the aircraftcrashed.

The aircraft lost radio contactat about 8.30 pm on Tuesdaynight.

Two aircraft of western aircommand took off from Adampurin Jalandhar

A search for the pilot and the

plane fuselage is underway.Lahaul-Spiti DSP Khajana Ram

said that they were informedabout the crash at 11 pm on Tues-day night and the rescue teamshad reached the area by 3 am."As it is a high altitude area, weare facing difficulty in locatingthe wreckage," he said.

The IAF said the second planereturned safely and the exercisewas not called off.

This is the seventh air crashinvolving IAF's fighter aircraftin 2011 and the second in Octo-ber.

On October 7, a MIG-21 aircraftcrashed near Uttarlai airport inRajasthan's Barmer district, butthe pilot ejected safely.

Pawar makes strongremarks against UPANew Delhi: Agriculture MinisterSharad Pawar said the Centrehas not demonstrated the sortof leadership needed to handlethe fallout of the telecom scam,reported to be India's largestswindle. Mr Pawar's NationalistCongress Party (NCP) is a crucialpartner in the UPA coalition.

"There was a loss of publicopinion due to this 2G scam,and the public questioned whythe Prime Minister was not in-tervening," Mr Pawar said at afunction organized by theMarathi daily, Loksatta. "Atsuch a time, it is important tohave a strong central govern-ment. But it does not seem to be

the case." The telecom scam — also re-

ferred to as the 2G scam becauseof the type of spectrum in-volved — was designed and ex-ecuted in 2008. As Telecom Min-ister, A Raja allegedly conspiredto give mobile network licensesand accompanying spectrum ata pittance to companies thatwere ineligible. Mr Raja is nowin jail; so are many executivesof some of India's biggest tele-coms. The telecom scam haspummeled the government, forc-ing ministers' resignations, andallowing the opposition to accusethe PM of being permissive ofcorruption in his cabinet.

Bengal on edge, astruce deadline nears

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Min-ister Mamata Banerjee's deadlineto Maoists to cease fire ends onSaturday. The West Bengal ChiefMinister has said last week: ''Idon't want trouble in Junglema-hal. So I am giving you sevendays.''

But so far the Maoists seemin no mood to come forward fortalks. Instead, on Tuesday, theyengaged security forces in a gunbattle. And adding fuel to thefire writer esteemed tribal rightsactivist and writer MahaswetaDevi joined the Maoist chorus

for the withdrawal of the armedforces from the Maoist affectedareas of the state.

With already tense situationin the state it was no surprisethat state appointed interlocutorsappointed to talk to the Maoistscame away with little result.Though Sujato Bhadra, one ofthe interlocutors has stressed:"The dialogue is on and will con-tinue," talks seem to be makinglittle headway. The state gov-ernment has asked the Centrefor two additional battalions ofparamilitary forces.

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