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CBI grills AP home minister Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investiga- tion (CBI) questioned Andhra Pradesh Home Minister SabitaIndra Reddy in connection with an illegal mining case involving former Kar- nataka minister and mining baronGaliJanard- hana Reddy, sources said. A team of CBI officials Friday night questioned the minister in her office for two hours till 11 p.m., sources said. The investigating agency quizzed Sabita re- garding the mining leases given to Janard- hana'sObulapuram Mining Company (OMC), al- legedly involved in illegal mining in Anantapur district bordering Karnataka. Sabita was minister for mines in Y.S. Ra- jasekhara Reddy's cabinet from 2004 to 2009, when OMC was granted leases and permits for iron ore mining. The home minister was questioned soon af- ter CBI once again grilled Indian Administrative Service officer Srilakshmi for four hours at its office. She was the mining secretary when OMC was granted leases. The federal agency had already questioned Srilakshmi and former director of mines and ge- ology V.D. Rajagopal in connection with the al- leged violation of rules for granting mining leas- es to OMC. Janardhana, who owns OMC, and his broth- er-in-law and OMC Managing Director Srinivasa Reddy are already lodged at Chanchalguda Central Jail here. They were arrested by CBI Sep 5 from Bellary in Karnataka. By questioning Sabita and Sriklakshmi, the CBI has stepped up investigations into the illegal mining case registered in 2009. CBI joint director V.V. Lakshminarayana had said Oct 27 that they would soon file the chargesheet in the case. The investigating agency had already told the special court here that the illegal mining was car- ried out in collusion with several public servants. Police seize goods worth Rs 1.9 crore Bangalore: The east division police today claimed to have solved 109 cases, including the heist at a jewellery shop in Halasur few days ago. The police at a property parade put on display gold and silver ornaments, four-wheelers, two- wheelers and other valuables recovered from the 64 accused. The police have recovered 23 motorbikes, five cars, 20 mobile phones, 4 kg of gold and 15 kg of silver articles, worth over Rs 1.9 crore from the accused. The police claimed that they have solved the burglary at a jewellery shop on June 24. The property parade was held at the Ulsoor police station. 8th std student kills self Puttur: A 13-year-old student committed suicide, unable to bear the pressure of studies near here last night. Sharan, an eighth standard student at Vidyalakshmi Vidyalaya in Savanur village, hanged himself at his hostel room. In his death note, the boy has said that no one was to blame for his suicide and he was com- mitting the act as he could not bear the pressure of studies. Kadaba police have filed a case and sent the body for post-mortem. His parents have been in- formed about the incident. Sree Saila Peetha swamiji dies Bangalore: Dr Umapathi Panditaradya, the 30th Peethadipathi of Sree Saila Peetha, passed away after a prolonged illness here this morn- ing. He was being treated at a private hospital here. The cremation will take place on the math premises at Davanagere at 10 am tomorrow, math officials said. Various math heads, political leaders and a large number of people are expected to attend the cremation. Evening daily Girl found with burns P 3 Bangalore Beat Vol. 1, Issue 363 n Saturday n October 29, 2011 No. of pages: 4 n Price: ` 2 India aim for whitewash P4 Members of the Youth Congress wear masks of senior BJP leader L K Advani, who is visiting Bangalore as part of his Jana Chetana Yatra, and Bangalore MP Ananth Kumar ridicule the anti-corruption yatra, at Bangalore today. Youth Congress members suggested that it is better for Advani and Kumar to visit their party representatives at the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, where they have been lodged for illegal land denotification and other cases. Ridiculing them S Radhakrishna DVS govt may hand over denotification cases to Lokayukta To cover instances from Krishna regime D L Harish Bangalore Beat Bureau Bangalore: The BJP government is seri- ously thinking of handing over all illegal land denotification cases dating back to the S M Krishna regime to the Lokayuk- ta. The issue is likely to come up for dis- cussion during the next cabinet meeting, sources told Bangalore Beat. Pressure has been mounting on chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda to get the proposal ap- proved before the cabinet and hand over the cases to the Lokayukta, which is turning out to be a nightmare for ruling party leaders. Former chief minister B S Yeddyurap- pa, former ministers Katta Subramanya Naidu and Ess Enn Krishnaiah Shetty and Katta’s son Jagadish Naidu have been jailed for alleged illegal land denotifica- tion. Now, ministers R Ashok and Mu- rugesh Nirani have also been facing al- legations. Think tanks within the BJP opine that opposition parties have been using the Lokayukta to browbeat ministers and other functionaries. They feel that large areas were denotified during the S M Kr- ishna period, running into almost 800 acres, and that ‘G’ category sites were handed over indiscriminately. Denotification also continued during the Dharam Singh and then H D Ku- maraswamy governments, they feel. The highest number of land were denotified during the Kumaraswamy during his 20- month rule, they say. With this “counter-move”, the BJP and its government could get even with opposition parties, sources said. The Lokayukta has been probing sev- eral cases of illegal land denotification cases against ministers and former min- isters. There has been a virtual parade of BJP leaders to the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail over the last few months. FIR FILED AGAINST NIRANI Bangalore Beat Bureau Bangalore: The Lokayukta police today filed an FIR against industries minister Mu- rugesh Nirani for his alleged involvement in illegal land denotification case. The Lokayukta police, who were follow- ing the orders of Lokayukta special court, to- day filed the FIR into denotification of 27 acres of land at Dobbspet and Devanahalli. The FIR mentions the minister as ac- cused No.1 and his brother H R Nirani as ac- cused No. 2. Seven others have also been named in the FIR. The FIR has been filed under the Criminal Procedure Code Section 156(3) as per the or- ders of Lokayukta special judge N K Sud- heendra Rao, who accepted the complaint filed by industrialist Alam Pasha. The court has also ordered the police to submit a report in the case by November 16. Confirming this, Lokayukta ADGP Jeevan Kumar Gaonkar said that the investigation will be taken up by Bangalore district Lokayukta superintendent of police Shiv- ashankar. Pasha said, “I salute the Lokayukta spe- cial court for the initiative taken. It is now left to the police to conduct the probe.” “The case is not against any individual, but against corruption. Corrupt practices should be put an end to. The Lokayukta police should file a detailed report on the illegali- ties committed. I am one of the affected due to the land dealings and corrupt practices. There could be many who are affected, but are scared to come out,” he said. On his allegations that he has been re- ceiving threats and he and his family being followed by some unknown persons after he filed the case, Pasha said, “The Bangalore po- lice commissioner provided me enough se- curity and now we are safe.” He said, “My duty is over. Now it is left to the Lokayukta police to come to the right con- clusion. There has been complete misuse of government office in allotting and denotifi- cation of this land. Some government officials have also colluded in this. The police should bring out all the persons who have benefit- ed from this illegal transaction. The public money has been looted.” “Our fight is against corrupt practices. Cor- ruption should be completely eliminated. I am glad that the process has started now. It is the collective responsibility of all citizens. The guilty should be taught that the gov- ernment machinery can be misused. “I am ready to go before the court and fight out the case. I cannot say more as it could amount sub-judice,” he said. Nirani also faces allegations of allotting over 1,100 acres of land to defunct companies owned by his relatives. We wanted you to be safe, secure: Metallica to fans Gurgaon: Metallica has said, “We arrived in Delhi on Friday very excited and ready to play our first show ever in India at the F1 Rocks concert. However, im- mediately at the end of our af- ternoon press conference at a ho- tel near the venue, we were no- tified that there was a serious question as to whether the show could proceed with regard to the safety of the concert audi- ence. And our first and foremost concern is always for the safety of you, the fans. “Once we, along with DNA, the promoters of the show, de- termined that there was a failure of a security barricade in front of the stage that could not be ade- quately repaired, the promoter reluctantly announced the post- ponement of the show until Sat- urday. Unfortunately, on such short notice the promoters were unable to secure a permit for a show on Saturday. Therefore, DNA announced that we would not be able to play in Delhi. Within the next 24 hours a noti- fication will be issued by DNA re- garding the process for full re- funds. “We are deeply disappointed with this news as we were look- ing forward to our first experi- ence in India as much as you guys were. Keep watching for up- dates here as additional details are determined and confirmed.” 4 organisers held Four members of the organis- ing team of the Metallica concert that was supposed to be held in Gurgaon have been arrested for cheating public. Notices have also been served to the owners of Bangalore-based DNA event management company, which was organising the concert. The much-awaited Formula One concert by the American heavy metal band had to be can- celled last night after a reported 'gate crash' by hundreds of fans queuing up at Leisure Valley in Gurgaon since morning. The organisers cited 'technical difficulties' as the reason to ini- tially postpone the concert till 4 pm on Saturday. But the concert was later cancelled. But the fans had a different story to tell as they blamed the or- ganisers. The fans had gathered to wit- ness the band's lead guitarist Kirk Hammett (who joined the band in 1983), bassist Robert Trujillo singing and playing alongside Hetfield and Lars Ul- rich. Metallica came to the fore in 1981 and has not lost its shine even after a three-decade-long journey. The band is known for albums like 1986 release "Master of Puppets", 1991 album "Metal- lica", which reportedly sold over 15 million copies in the US and 22 million copies worldwide and their last release "Death Mag- netic". 40K expected for Advaniʼs rally Bangalore Beat Bureau Bangalore: The BJP is expecting a crowd of over 40,000 people for L K Advani’s public rally at the National College Grounds in the city tomorrow. Advani, who is arriving here as part of his Jan Chetana Yatra, will arrive by a spe- cial flight at the HAL airport around 4 pm, said Prahlad Joshi, convener for the state leg of the yatra and Hubli-Dharwad MP, here today. Briefing reporters about Advani’s itin- erary in the state, he said Advani’s yatra will enter the state through Kasargod in Kerala and reach Mangalore. Soon after he would take the special flight to address the massive public rally in the city, he added. The BJP has made arrangements to seat 1,000 VIPs and 30,000 members of the public at the venue. All the ministers, including home min- ister R Ashok, would be on the dais dur- ing the function, he said. Continued on page 3 Industries minister Murugesh Nirani

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Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investiga-tion (CBI) questioned Andhra Pradesh HomeMinister SabitaIndra Reddy in connection withan illegal mining case involving former Kar-nataka minister and mining baronGaliJanard-hana Reddy, sources said.

A team of CBI officials Friday night questionedthe minister in her office for two hours till 11p.m., sources said.

The investigating agency quizzed Sabita re-garding the mining leases given to Janard-hana'sObulapuram Mining Company (OMC), al-legedly involved in illegal mining in Anantapurdistrict bordering Karnataka.

Sabita was minister for mines in Y.S. Ra-jasekhara Reddy's cabinet from 2004 to 2009,when OMC was granted leases and permits foriron ore mining.

The home minister was questioned soon af-ter CBI once again grilled Indian AdministrativeService officer Srilakshmi for four hours at itsoffice. She was the mining secretary whenOMC was granted leases.

The federal agency had already questionedSrilakshmi and former director of mines and ge-ology V.D. Rajagopal in connection with the al-leged violation of rules for granting mining leas-es to OMC.

Janardhana, who owns OMC, and his broth-er-in-law and OMC Managing Director SrinivasaReddy are already lodged at ChanchalgudaCentral Jail here. They were arrested by CBI Sep5 from Bellary in Karnataka.

By questioning Sabita and Sriklakshmi, theCBI has stepped up investigations into the illegalmining case registered in 2009.

CBI joint director V.V. Lakshminarayana hadsaid Oct 27 that they would soon file thechargesheet in the case.

The investigating agency had already told thespecial court here that the illegal mining was car-ried out in collusion with several public servants.

Police seizegoods worthRs 1.9 crore

Bangalore: The east division police todayclaimed to have solved 109 cases, including theheist at a jewellery shop in Halasur few days ago.

The police at a property parade put on displaygold and silver ornaments, four-wheelers, two-wheelers and other valuables recovered from the64 accused.

The police have recovered 23 motorbikes, fivecars, 20 mobile phones, 4 kg of gold and 15 kgof silver articles, worth over Rs 1.9 crore from theaccused.

The police claimed that they have solved theburglary at a jewellery shop on June 24. Theproperty parade was held at the Ulsoor policestation.

8th std studentkills self

Puttur: A 13-year-old student committed suicide,unable to bear the pressure of studies near herelast night.

Sharan, an eighth standard student atVidyalakshmi Vidyalaya in Savanur village,hanged himself at his hostel room.

In his death note, the boy has said that no onewas to blame for his suicide and he was com-mitting the act as he could not bear the pressureof studies.

Kadaba police have filed a case and sent thebody for post-mortem. His parents have been in-formed about the incident.

Sree Saila Peetha swamiji dies

Bangalore: Dr Umapathi Panditaradya, the30th Peethadipathi of Sree Saila Peetha, passedaway after a prolonged illness here this morn-ing. He was being treated at a private hospitalhere. The cremation will take place on the mathpremises at Davanagere at 10 am tomorrow,math officials said.

Various math heads, political leaders and alarge number of people are expected to attendthe cremation.

Evening dailyGirl found with burns P 3

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India aim for whitewash P4

Members of the Youth Congress wear masks of senior BJP leader L K Advani, who is visiting Bangalore as part of his JanaChetana Yatra, and Bangalore MP Ananth Kumar ridicule the anti-corruption yatra, at Bangalore today. Youth Congressmembers suggested that it is better for Advani and Kumar to visit their party representatives at the Parappana Agrahara

Central Jail, where they have been lodged for illegal land denotification and other cases.

Ridiculing themS Radhakrishna

DVS govt may hand over denotificationcases to LokayuktaTo cover instances from Krishna regime

D L HarishBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The BJP government is seri-ously thinking of handing over all illegalland denotification cases dating back tothe S M Krishna regime to the Lokayuk-ta.

The issue is likely to come up for dis-cussion during the next cabinet meeting,sources told Bangalore Beat. Pressure hasbeen mounting on chief minister D VSadananda Gowda to get the proposal ap-proved before the cabinet and hand overthe cases to the Lokayukta, which isturning out to be a nightmare for rulingparty leaders.

Former chief minister B S Yeddyurap-pa, former ministers Katta SubramanyaNaidu and Ess Enn Krishnaiah Shetty andKatta’s son Jagadish Naidu have beenjailed for alleged illegal land denotifica-tion. Now, ministers R Ashok and Mu-rugesh Nirani have also been facing al-

legations.Think tanks within the BJP opine that

opposition parties have been using theLokayukta to browbeat ministers andother functionaries. They feel that largeareas were denotified during the S M Kr-ishna period, running into almost 800acres, and that ‘G’ category sites werehanded over indiscriminately.

Denotification also continued duringthe Dharam Singh and then H D Ku-maraswamy governments, they feel. Thehighest number of land were denotifiedduring the Kumaraswamy during his 20-month rule, they say.

With this “counter-move”, the BJPand its government could get even withopposition parties, sources said.

The Lokayukta has been probing sev-eral cases of illegal land denotificationcases against ministers and former min-isters. There has been a virtual parade ofBJP leaders to the Parappana AgraharaCentral Jail over the last few months.

FIR FILEDAGAINST NIRANI

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Lokayukta police todayfiled an FIR against industries minister Mu-rugesh Nirani for his alleged involvement inillegal land denotification case.

The Lokayukta police, who were follow-ing the orders of Lokayukta special court, to-day filed the FIR into denotification of 27acres of land at Dobbspet and Devanahalli.

The FIR mentions the minister as ac-cused No.1 and his brother H R Nirani as ac-cused No. 2. Seven others have also beennamed in the FIR.

The FIR has been filed under the CriminalProcedure Code Section 156(3) as per the or-ders of Lokayukta special judge N K Sud-heendra Rao, who accepted the complaintfiled by industrialist Alam Pasha.

The court has also ordered the police tosubmit a report in the case by November 16.

Confirming this, Lokayukta ADGP JeevanKumar Gaonkar said that the investigationwill be taken up by Bangalore districtLokayukta superintendent of police Shiv-ashankar.

Pasha said, “I salute the Lokayukta spe-

cial court for the initiative taken. It is now leftto the police to conduct the probe.”

“The case is not against any individual, butagainst corruption. Corrupt practices shouldbe put an end to. The Lokayukta policeshould file a detailed report on the illegali-ties committed. I am one of the affected dueto the land dealings and corrupt practices.There could be many who are affected, butare scared to come out,” he said.

On his allegations that he has been re-ceiving threats and he and his family beingfollowed by some unknown persons after hefiled the case, Pasha said, “The Bangalore po-lice commissioner provided me enough se-curity and now we are safe.”

He said, “My duty is over. Now it is left tothe Lokayukta police to come to the right con-clusion. There has been complete misuse ofgovernment office in allotting and denotifi-cation of this land. Some government officialshave also colluded in this. The police shouldbring out all the persons who have benefit-ed from this illegal transaction. The publicmoney has been looted.”

“Our fight is against corrupt practices. Cor-ruption should be completely eliminated. Iam glad that the process has started now. Itis the collective responsibility of all citizens.The guilty should be taught that the gov-ernment machinery can be misused.

“I am ready to go before the court and fightout the case. I cannot say more as it couldamount sub-judice,” he said.

Nirani also faces allegations of allottingover 1,100 acres of land to defunct companiesowned by his relatives.

We wanted you to be safe, secure: Metallica to fans

Gurgaon: Metallica has said,“We arrived in Delhi on Fridayvery excited and ready to playour first show ever in India at theF1 Rocks concert. However, im-mediately at the end of our af-ternoon press conference at a ho-tel near the venue, we were no-tified that there was a seriousquestion as to whether the showcould proceed with regard tothe safety of the concert audi-ence. And our first and foremostconcern is always for the safetyof you, the fans.

“Once we, along with DNA,the promoters of the show, de-termined that there was a failureof a security barricade in front ofthe stage that could not be ade-quately repaired, the promoterreluctantly announced the post-ponement of the show until Sat-urday. Unfortunately, on suchshort notice the promoters wereunable to secure a permit for ashow on Saturday. Therefore,DNA announced that we would

not be able to play in Delhi.Within the next 24 hours a noti-fication will be issued by DNA re-garding the process for full re-funds.

“We are deeply disappointedwith this news as we were look-ing forward to our first experi-ence in India as much as youguys were. Keep watching for up-dates here as additional detailsare determined and confirmed.”

4 organisers held

Four members of the organis-ing team of the Metallica concertthat was supposed to be held inGurgaon have been arrested forcheating public. Notices havealso been served to the owners ofBangalore-based DNA eventmanagement company, whichwas organising the concert.

The much-awaited FormulaOne concert by the Americanheavy metal band had to be can-celled last night after a reported'gate crash' by hundreds of fans

queuing up at Leisure Valley inGurgaon since morning.

The organisers cited 'technicaldifficulties' as the reason to ini-tially postpone the concert till 4pm on Saturday. But the concertwas later cancelled.

But the fans had a differentstory to tell as they blamed the or-ganisers.

The fans had gathered to wit-ness the band's lead guitaristKirk Hammett (who joined theband in 1983), bassist RobertTrujillo singing and playingalongside Hetfield and Lars Ul-rich.

Metallica came to the fore in1981 and has not lost its shineeven after a three-decade-longjourney. The band is known foralbums like 1986 release "Masterof Puppets", 1991 album "Metal-lica", which reportedly sold over15 million copies in the US and 22million copies worldwide andtheir last release "Death Mag-netic".

40K expected forAdvaniʼs rallyBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The BJP is expecting a crowdof over 40,000 people for L K Advani’spublic rally at the National CollegeGrounds in the city tomorrow.

Advani, who is arriving here as part ofhis Jan Chetana Yatra, will arrive by a spe-cial flight at the HAL airport around 4 pm,said Prahlad Joshi, convener for the stateleg of the yatra and Hubli-Dharwad MP,here today.

Briefing reporters about Advani’s itin-

erary in the state, he said Advani’s yatrawill enter the state through Kasargod inKerala and reach Mangalore. Soon afterhe would take the special flight to addressthe massive public rally in the city, headded.

The BJP has made arrangements to seat1,000 VIPs and 30,000 members of thepublic at the venue.

All the ministers, including home min-ister R Ashok, would be on the dais dur-ing the function, he said.

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(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Gopalan (Bannerghatta Road) (4.15pm) Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(4 pm, 7.25 pm) Gopalan (MysoreRoad) (3.50 pm) Goverdhan (11.30am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm) InoxMalleswaram) (6.20 pm) PVR Cine-mas (10 am, 1, 6.30 pm) Santhosh(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Uma(10.15 am, 1, 4, 7 pm) Vajreshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)Veeresh (10.20 am, 1.20, 4.20, 7.20,10 pm )

SAARATHEE (U/A) Darshan, Deepa, RangayanaRaghuAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10 am, 1,5, 8 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (12.25pm) Mohan (11.30 am, .30, 6.15,9.15 pm) Mahadeshwara (11.15 am,2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Nalanda (10.15am, 1.30, 4.45, 7.45 pm) artaki 7.30pm) Prasanna (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15,7.15 pm)

LOKAVE HELIDA MAATHIDU (U/A) Kailash (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

KALLA MALLA SULLA (U)Bharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Krishna (KR Puram) (10.30 am, 2, 8pm) Triveni (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,)

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (A)Katie Featherston, Sprague Gray-denCinemax (1.15 pm) Cinepolis (12.30pm, 7.40 pm)

THE WHISTLE BLOWER (A)Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucciand Vanessa RedgravePVR Cinemas (9.50 pm)

THREE MUSKETEERS (U/A)Logan Lerman, Matthew Mac-fadyen, Ray Stevenson‘3D’ PVR Cinemas (10 am, 6.35 pm)

REAL STEEL (U/A) Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly,Dakota GoyoPVR Cinemas (9.40 pm)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

ENGLISH

TELL ME OH KKHUDA (U/A)Esha Deol, Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra, Rishi KapoorCinemax (10.30 am, 10 pm) Cinepolis(10 am, 3.30 pm) Fame (Lido) (9.40pm) Fame (Whitefield) (9.40 pm)Gopalan (Bannerghatta Road) (1.15pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (9.40 pm)Inox (JP Nagar) (1.05 pm) Inox (Ma-grath Road) (10.20 am, 9.30 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10 am, 9.40

pm) Tribhuvan (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm)

DAMADAMM (U/A)Himesh Reshammiya, Sonal Se-hgal, Purbi JoshiCinemax (7.40 pm) Cinepolis (10.05am, 9.25 pm)

SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTERJimmy Sheirgill, Mahie Gill, Ran-deep HoodaAbhiman (2, 5, 8 pm)

HINDI

TELUGU

SEVENTH SENSE (U/A)Suriya, Shruthi HassanMurali (Gokula) (11.30 am, 2.30 pm)Vinayaka (Marathahalli) (11 am, 2,5.30, 8.30 pm) Tirumala (10 am,1.45, 5.30, 8.45 pm) Venkateshwara(KR Puram) (11 am, 2.45, 6.15, 9.30pm

OOSARAVELLI (U/A) Tamanaah, Shaam, PrakashKapali (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15pm) Krishna (Bommanahalli) (11.15

am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Rajara-jeshwari (Mallathahalli) (1.30 pm,4.30, 7.15, 9.30 pm) Srinivasa(Thaverekere) (10 am, 1, 5, 8 pm)Vaishnavi (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm)

DOOKUDU (U/A) Mahesh Babu, SamanthaBanashankari (Hongasandra) (11,2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm) Lakshmi (Ram-morthinagar ) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Movieland (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

RA.ONE (U/A) Shahukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor

‘3D’ Abhinay (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Anand (10 am, 1, 4, 7pm) Cinemax (10 am, 1, 4, 7, 10pm) Cinepolis (10 am, 11, 1, 2, 4,5, 7, 8, 10 pm) Eshwari (11.15 am,2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Everest (11am, 2.15, 6, 9.30 pm) Fame (Lido)(11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45, 9 pm) FameShankarnag) (11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45,9 pm) Fame (Whitefield) (10.10am, 10.45, 11.15, 2, 2.30, 4.45,5.15, 5.45, 8, 8.30, 9 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (10 am, 1, 4,7, 10 pm) Gopalan (RajarajeshwariNagar) (10 am, 1, 4, 7, 10 pm) HMTCinemas (4.15, 7.05, 9.45 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.05 am, 11.15, 2.30,4.30, 5.45, 7.45, 9 pm) Inox (Ma-grath Road) (10.45 am, 2, 5.15,8.30 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (11.15am, 2.30, 5.45, 9 pm) Lakshmi

(Gottigere) (10 am, 1, 5, 8 pm)Manasa (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am,10.40, 12.15, 1.20, 2, 3.25, 4.40,5.20, 8, 8.40, 8.50 pm) Vaibhav(Sanjay Nagar) (11.30 am, 2.30,6, 9.30 pm) Urvasi (10.45 am,2.30, 6, 9.30 pm) Rex (10 am, 1,4, 7, 9 pm) ‘2D’ Cinepolis (12.30pm, 9 pm) Fame (Lido) (10 am,12.55, 3.30, 6.45 pm) Gopalan(Mysore Road) (10 am, 12.55, 7.10,10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (11.15 am,2.30, 3.25. 5.45, 9 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (10 am, 11.5, 1.15, 2.30, 4.30,5.45, 7.45, 9 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(10.45 am, 12.25, 2, 3.30, 5.15, 6.35,8.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am, 10.45,12.30, 3.30, 5.15, 6.40, 9 pm)Renukaprasanna (10.30 am, 1.30,)5.30, 8.30 pm)

Early detection is answerto treat breast cancer

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: With the increasingnumber of breast cancer cases,the entire month of October isdedicated worldwide for thosediagnosed with the disease andthose who have lost their lives.

The rise in number of breastcancer is higher in urban Indiaas compared to rural areas. Sincemedical facilities are not availablein most parts of rural India, thepopulation here approaches thehospitals at advanced stages ofcancer, making it almost impos-sible for doctors to cure them.

As compared to the worldwidestatistics, the number of breastcancer patients in the countryis not high, but increasing. Highernumber of cases are being re-ported from Mumbai, Bangalore,Chennai and Kolkata.

“One in every 22 women inIndia is diagnosed with breastcancer, while it is 1 in every ninewomen in the USA. In Sweden,it is even higher at 1 in every 7women being diagnosed withbreast cancer,” said Dr P P Bapsiof Apollo Hospital.

“According to World HealthOrganisation statistics, breastcancer will overtake cervical can-cer as the largest claimant ofwomen’s lives,” she said.

Asked about the reason behindincreasing number of breast can-cer cases, she said, “We cannotascertain as to the reasons forbreast cancer cases. But someof the causes are: giving birthto a child at an advanced age,fewer children and shorter du-ration of breast-feeding. Ofthese, the first seems to be themost important factor. In addi-tion, early-age menarche andlate age menopause add to therisk to some extent.”

Family history of breast cancerincreases the risk as follows. Ifa woman has a mother who hassuffered from breast cancer, herrisk increases about three-fold,while having a sister with cancer,the risk increases by about 2-3fold. About 5 percent of breastcancer cases are hereditary andit is due to a gene being trans-mitted either from the father orfrom the mother. Typically, thesefamilies have many memberswho fall victim to the disease,which tends to occur at a rela-tively young age and often affectsboth breasts.

The presence of two faultygenes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, hasbeen identified as the main rea-son for disease occurrence.

The best way to prevent lossof life to the disease is throughearly detection. “If it is detected

e a r l yenough,

the breastcan be con-

served by re-moval of the

lump alonewithout mastec-

tomy. The glands in the armpittoo can be removed. Women

must get mammography, or X-ray of the breast, done at regularintervals, say, once every twoyears. It is popular in the West,but not yet in our country,” she

said.“The second method is

for a woman to get herselfexamined clinically froma breast specialist. If clin-ical examination is doneproperly, it may be as ef-fective as mammography.

The third method is self-examination, where a

woman examines her ownbreasts once a monthafter taking lessonsfrom an expert. Many

women, how-ever, do notlike doingself-exami-nation of-ten out offear offindingt h e

cancer,” shesaid.

Most modernmedicines and treat-ment methods are available totreat breast cancer. But a life canbe saved only through early de-tection. One must be cautiousthat the cancer can spread toother parts of the body fast and

should not go for treatmentaimed at relieving the symptoms.

Dr Bapsi said radiotherapy,chemotherapy and oestrogen re-ceptor tests can be done for de-tection and cure of the cancer.Sometimes, chemotherapy isused first to reduce the size ofthe tumour so that breast con-serving surgery can be per-formed.

Leading hospitals in the city,like Apollo and HCG, organisedseminars, conducted awarenesscampaigns and free tests allthrough October. Last week, Apol-lo had organised a seminar onbreast cancer.

Tomorrow, Healthcare GlobalEnterprises (HCG), one of theleading cancer hospitals in thecity, is organising breast cancerscreening camps at Sullivan Po-lice Grounds opposite to MantriMall in Malleswaram.

The biggest human chain, orhuman awareness ribbon, willbe formed during the event.

Dr B S Ajaikumar, chairman,HCG, said, “The human aware-ness ribbon is being formed tocreate awareness.

The human ribbon may createa Guinness or Limca records.Now, a human ribbon formedby 4,000 persons in Saudi Arabiain 2010 holds the Guinness recordas the biggest.”

Blind, disabledstudents get

call centre certificates

Bangalore: Samarthanam, anon-governmental organisation,held a graduation ceremony forstudents who have received callcentre training and who are dis-abled.

Shrishti is an initiative of theSamarthanam Trust formed incollaboration with the state socialwelfare department, KarnatakaVocational Training & Skill De-velopment Corporation Ltd, sup-ported by the Union ministry ofpersonnel and pensions dept.of administrative reforms andpublic grievances.

Shrishti was started with anintention to train the differentlyabled citizens in soft skills andcall centre training.

This is a six-month course isto hone customer relations andtechnical skills of visually im-paired and disabled students.This year, 23 students receivedcertificates.

The graduation ceremony wasinaugurated by executive directorof the Karnataka VocationalTraining and Skill DevelopmentCorporation Keshavamurthy,managing director of TE Con-nectivity Raj Rajkumar, Dr. Pri-yaranjan Mishra of Philips andMadhusudan Rao of Philips andfounder managing trustee Ma-hantesh G K.

CRPF calls for

applicationsBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The CRPF is carryingout a drive to recruit 124 maleand female constables for thetrade and tech divisions.

The last date for receiving theapplications is November 20,said a press release from theCentral Reserve Police Force.

The applications have to besubmitted to the deputy inspectorgeneral of police, Group Centre,CRPF, Yelahanka, Bangalore-64.

The aspirants have to affixtheir latest passport size photo-graph along with the application.The details are available onwww.crpf.nic.in.

The recruitment will be carriedout in December this year atYelahanka

All IndiaNCC camp

in cityBangalore: The All-India Vayu-Sainik Camp 2011 will be held atthe Jakkur Air Field from tomor-row till November 10.

Air Marshal DKukreja, air of-ficer commanding-in-chief, Head-quarters Training Command, willinaugurate the camp on Monday.

The air marshal will be re-ceived with a guard of honour.After the inauguration, he willvisit the camp.

About 600 NCC cadets from15 NCC directorates all over thecountry are participating in thecamp.

Theatreworkshop

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The information de-partment, Bangalore Urban andRural districts, and the KarnatakaJanapadaParishath have organ-ised a workshop for artists atJanapadaLoka from today tillSunday.

The workshop was inaugurat-ed by Karnataka Film Academypresident T S Nagabharana. Thefunction was presided over byinformation department directorMuddumohan.

Karnataka Janapada Parishath president G Narayanatook part.

Architecture, civilengg quiz to be

held in city

Bangalore: Archumen andBending Moment, one of thebiggest architecture and civil en-gineering quizzes in the country,returns to the city.

The southern interface andthe final of the quiz will be heldon Monday at Apex Auditoriumin MS Ramaiah Institute of Tech-nology.

The event is being held duringthe golden jubilee celebrationsof MSRIT. Over 300 teams tookpart in other regions and around150 teams per event are expectedfor the southern interface.

All colleges offering architec-ture and civil engineering coursesin Tamil Nadu, Kerala, AndhraPradesh and Karnataka havebeen invited for the event. Reg-istrations have come in from col-leges in Coimbatore, Salem,Kozhikode, Hyderabad, Vi-jayawada, Guntur, Gulbarga,Tumkur, besidesBangalore,Mysore and Chennai.

Teams from SPA Delhi,Sushant School of Architecture,

Gurgaon, JadhavpurUniversity,Kolkata, IIT-Kharagpur, PVPCOA,Pune and PICA,Panvelhave qual-ified for the finals of Archumen1112. MSIT, Kolkata, JadhavpurUniversity, BIET, Jhansi, IIT-Delhi,AISSM Pune and GEC Au-rangabad are the finalists for theBending Moment 1112 quiz.

The prize money for nationalchampions is Rs25,000, for firstrunners-upRs15000and for sec-ond runners-up Rs10,000.

Quiz master Giri, “Pickbrain”Balasubramaniam, well-knownin the quizzing circuit, will bethe host.

Ethos, founded by Kolkata-based architect Gita Balakrish-nan, is building awareness onbuilt environment among stu-dents of architecture and civilengineering.

The event has been organisedin association with ROCA, AkzoNobel, TATA Tiscon, Bell Ceram-ics and Grundfos Pumps. Theevent is also supported by YoungArchitects Committee of The In-

Winners of last year’s Archumen and Bending Moment, one of the biggest architecture and civil engineering quizzes

in the country.

Traffic arrangementsfor Advaniʼs public meet

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Traffic police haveannounced some changes inroutes and parking arrangementsin view of BJP senior leader L KAdvani’s public rally at the Na-tional College Grounds tomorrowevening.

Those arriving from Mysoreroad, Tumkur road, Magadi road,Bellary road on BMTC buses andvans have to park the vehiclesnear Shivashankar Circle andhave to walk up till the venue.Empty BMTC and private busescan be parked at CAR Grounds.

Those coming from Kanaka-pura road, Bannerghatta road,Hosur road and from Kolar inBMTC buses can get down nearDewanMadhavRao circle on KRroad and have to walk up to thevenue.

Empty BMTC and private busescan be parked NMKRV Grounds,Jayanagar third block and at Cor-poration grounds behind Cos-mopolitan Club.

Those coming to attend therally in their own cars, vans andmotorbikes can park their vehi-cles at Kote School grounds inChamrajpet.

VIPs can park their vehicleson Uttaradhi Math main road

and 2, 3 and 4 cross roads.Parking arrangements for cars

have been made on Shankara-puram main road and for two-wheelers on 2, 3, 4 and 5 crossroads, a press note from thetraffic police department said.

The police have banned ve-hicular movement from 6 pm to10 pm tomorrow from Townhalljunction on NR road till Marketflyover, from Briand Circle tillRyan circle, from Ryan Circle tillMinto Hospital junction onChamrajpet 1Main road, fromMinto Hospital junction to Na-tional College Grounds on PMKroad, from Lalbagh main gatetill Basappa Circle on LalbaghFort road, from Basappa Circletill MakkalaKoota junction onKondajjiBasappa road, and fromSubbaiah circle till Lalbagh maingate on Lalbagh road.

Members of the Dalita Rakshana Vedike members protest with black bands against BJPsenior leader L K Advani’s visit to the city tomorrow. Advani is visiting the city as part of

his nationwide Jana Chetana Yatra against corruption.

Black flag for Advani

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CITYSaturday, October 29, 2011 3CITY EVENTSCulturalIndian Air Force: Musical ex-travaganza by Air WarriorsSymphony Orchestra, Manek-shaw Parade Groud, 6 pm

Reliance Timeout: Launch ofchildren books, ‘Clever Cure’and ‘Uprooting and GuardianAngels’, B K Bhattacharya,former chief secretary, Cun-ningham Road, 3.30 pm.

Suswaralaya College of Mu-sic: 12th anniversary celebra-tions, Devagiri Sabhangana,9th Main, 2nd Stage, Ba-nashankari, 6 pm.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: Hin-dustani music concert, Khin-cha Hall, Race Course Road,6 pm.

Jazz and BluesAll That Jazz with PaulBeaudry & Pathways: Satur-day, October 29th, 2011. 7 p.m.to 10 p.m. Good ShepherdAuditorium, No 25, MuseumRoad, Paul Beaudry and Path-ways is a New York City-basedquartet deeply rooted in jazzand blues traditions. Theirrepertoire balances originalcompositions and arrange-ments with selected standardsfrom jazz’s broad stylisticrange.

MusicJourney through India withAruna Sairam: Saturday, Oc-tober 29th, 2011. 7:30 p.m. to9:30 p.m. Chowdiah MemorialHall, Gayathri Devi Park Ex-tension, 2nd Main Road, 16thCross, Malleshwaram A vividillustration of the country,Journey through India trav-erses the length and breadthof India's diversity throughmusic with classical musicianAruna Sairam, who sings inover 12 Indian languages.

Eating OutBreakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: Saturday, Oc-tober 29th, 2011. to 2:30 a.m.Cubbon Pavilion, ITC Garde-nia, No 1, Residency Road In-dian signatures, breakfast clas-sics, and desserts come to-gether to create a buffet thatstarts when the clock strikesmidnight.

Mexican Fiesta: Saturday, Oc-tober 29th, 2011. noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien, No 28, SankeyRoad, High Grounds A specialmenu, which pairs Mexicancuisine with beverages. Com-bos include Tequila with Tacosand Beer with Burittos.

New Vegetarian Menu at Nan-do’s: Saturday, October 29th,2011. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nando's, No 1/A, Church Street, Nan-do’s gives vegetarians a reasonto smile with a meat free menu.On it are grilled burgers andwraps, and specialities likethe Veg Espetada, Veg Platter,and Roasted Veg Meal.

Chocofest: Saturday, October29th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Baskin Robbins, No 218, NewBEL Road, Chocolate loversare treated to a host of indul-gent flavours like choco chipsmousse, chocolate ice cream,three cheers chocolate, maltedchoco fudge, world classchocolate, mint milk chocolatechips and more. There's alsoan offer where patrons cantake home a family pack onthe purchase of a party packof any of the chocolate flavors

Festive Sweets @ Caramel:Saturday, October 29th, 2011.9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caramel,Vivanta by Taj - Whitefield,ITPB, Near Big Bazaar, White-field Caramel welcomes thisfestive season with a choiceof hampers of chocolates andIndian sweets. Prices startfrom Rs 1250.

Dine by the Street: Saturday,October 29th, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Terracotta, Vivantaby Taj - Whitefield, ITPB, NearBig Bazaar, Whitefield Kebabsfrom the streets of Amritsar,Lucknow and Lahore underthe star-studded sky, pairedwith an expansive collectionof whiskeys.

Festive Hampers: Saturday,October 29th, 2011. 10 a.m. to11:30 p.m. Mynt, The Taj WestEnd, No 25, Race Course Road,High Grounds Gift hampersfor the festive season, com-posed of gourmet treats. Theycan be personalised as well.

NightlifeSaturday Sundowners @Highland Nectar: Saturday,October 29th, 2011. 7:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Highland Nectar,ITC Gardenia, No 1, ResidencyRoad Saturday Sundownersfeatures 'Twist', a trio with aneclectic music style that in-cludes reggae, classic rock andpop. A special offer of 'morefor less' where every drinkgets patrons the second on

the house (on select brands)through the evening.

Halloween Party ft. Ma Faiza& Lost Stories: Saturday, Oc-tober 29th, 2011. 6 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Sutra, The LalitAshok, Kumara Krupa Road,High Grounds EDM and trancewith DJs Ma Faiza and LostStories at Sutra's Halloweenparty. The dress code for thenight is spooky!

ShoppingThe Great Forum ShoppingFestival: Saturday, October29th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.The Forum Mall, No 21, HosurRoad, Koramangala A month-long shopping festival thathas great discounts and prizesworth 50 crores for shoppers.Adding to the festivities aredance troupes from all overthe country and live musicperformances.

Wrangler’s Autumn/WinterCollection: Saturday, October29th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Wrangler, No 777, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar The collec-tion depicts the character thatdenim acquires after enduringan adrenaline fueled road tripand shows the relationship itshares with its wearer.

Swarovski Charm Collection:Saturday, October 29th, 2011.10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Swarovs-ki, 1st Floor, Monarch Plaza,Brigade Road, Symbolic,quirky, feminine or offbeat,the charm collection allowswearers to express their per-sonalities through miniatureworks of art.

Samriddhi Offer: Saturday,October 29th, 2011. 11 a.m. to9 p.m. Gitanjali, No 3049, 80Feet Road, Indiranagar Gitan-jali offers discounts of up to20% on its Diya range of jew-ellery.

Landmark's Biggest Ever Sale:Saturday, October 29th, 2011.10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Land-mark, The Forum Mall, No 21,Hosur Road, Koramangala Dis-counts of up to 70% on books,toys, DVDs, music and moreat Landmark.

ExhibitionsFiesta of Art: Saturday, Octo-ber 29th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallery Third Eye, F-2 Ep-silon Villas, Yemalur MainRoad, Yemalur An exhibitionof paintings by Ashok KumarG Hiremath and SwapanSarkar.

Fluid Xpressions: Saturday,October 29th, 2011. 10 a.m. to8 p.m. Magnitude Gallery, No140/13 3rd Block, 27th Cross,13th Main, Jayanagar A set ofpaintings that showcase non-objective and non-figurativeuse of colour, shades and me-dia.

The Sartorial World @ Ap-parao: Saturday, October 29th,2011. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ApparaoGalleries, No 82 The Presiden-cy, St Marks Road, Apparaohosts 'The Sartorial World', across disciplinary art showexploring the body as a mu-seum. The ritual of adornmentis highlighted through culturalvestiges, artifacts, ancient ob-jects and modern art.

Ornaments: Paintings andSculpture by Joe Demetro: Sat-urday, October 29th, 2011. 10a.m. to 8 p.m. Alliance Fran-caise de Bangalore, No 108,Off Queens Road, ThimmaiahRoad This exhibition of paint-ings and sculpture by Ameri-can artist Joe Demetro cele-brates and questions the roleof God and ritualised spiritualpractice that permeates hu-man societies both past andpresent.

I've Seen The Tiger @Sumukha: Saturday, October29th, 2011. 10:30 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallery Sumukha, No24/10, BTS Depot Road, WilsonGarden Gallery Sumukha pres-ents ' I've Seen The Tiger', anexhibition of sculptures inglass by Sisir Sahana.

Group Show @ Renaissance:29th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Renaissance Gallerie, No 13Westminster, CunninghamRoad, An exhibition of paint-ings by Nalla Tambi, Tilly Clif-ford and collections by So-maansh Art at Renaissance.

Karnataka Chitrakala Paris-hath: Sojourn III an art exhi-bition by Sajal K Mitra andSanjay Mehta. Art Complex,Kumara Krupa Road, 11 am to7 pm.

Gallerie Third Eye: Coloursand Hues an exhibition byartists Kanthraj N, Rima Rayand Rakesh Mandal. 2nd Floor,Yemlur Main Road, next toLogican IT Park, behind HALAirport. 10 am to 6 pm

Sumukha Gallery: I’ve seenthe Tiger an exhibition ofsculptures by Sisir Sahana.24/10, 7th Main, BTS DepotRoad, Wilson Garden.

Girl found with burns, Good Samaritan made to run around

Manjunath SharmaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A small girl, who had suf-fered abuse from her own parents, wasfound in the city on Wednesday evening,and a Good Samaritan who tried tohelp her was made to run from onehospital to another for over six hours.

The police though said that theywould come to register the case andtake care of the girl were nowhere tobe seen through the entire ordeal.

The girl, whose name is withheld, isaged around three-and-a-half to fiveyears. She was found crying near theAyyappa temple on KR Puram-Hoskoteroad on Wednesday evening around 6.A crowd gathered around her, eager tohelp.

The girl had suffered burnt markson her hands, legs and back. She hadalso been branded with hot iron onseveral places and her legs looked frac-tured. Janardhan, who was on his wayfor Deepvali shopping, stoppedlookingat the crowd. He found the girl cryinguncontrollably. When he examined thegirl, he found bite marks too below herear.Janardhan works at a private firmsituated in UB City complex. He is fromUdupi and stays at Hoskote extension.

Some policemen arrived at the spot.They told Janardhan to take the girlimmediately to a hospital and theywould come and meet them.They gavethe police station number to him andleft.

Janardhan took the girl to a privatehospital in Hoskote, where the doctorsgave first-aid. They asked Janardhan toshift the girl to the bigger MVJ MedicalCollege and Hospital. There too, thedoctors told the Good Samaritan thatthe hospital did not have specialists totreat the girl and asked him to take herto St John’s Hospital in Bangalore.

At St John’s, the girl was treated forabout one and a half hours and advisedJanardhan to take her to Bowring Hos-pital. It was 12.30 am by then. Or-thopaedics who examined hersaid shemight have suffered a broken bone inthe legs and bandaged them.

The girl speaks fluent Telugu, but asmattering of Kannada. She could nottell the doctors her parents’ name, norcould she identify the area where houseis located. She only told the doctorsthat her house had a single windowthrough which the road could be seen.They have to walk a little distance toreach the bus-stand nearby. She waskept in a dark room with her legs tiedto a chain. The girl said she was beatenup, burnt and branded regularly. Neitherwas she sent to any school.

The doctors told Janardhan that theycannot treat her as an in-patient asthey did not have the facility and askedhim to shift the girl to a children’s hos-pital. Janardhan again took her in anautorickshaw to Indira Gandhi GeneralHospital. All the while, Janardhan keptcalling the police station, and the officerskept assuring him that their men would

reach them soon.At Indira Gandhi hospital, medical

officers said they cannot admit herwithout the police presence as it was amedico-legal case. The doctors told himthey could admit her if Janardhan gavean affidavit that he is her caretaker.They asked him to shift the girl to VaniVilas Hospital.

By then, it was 8 am and Janardhanwas tired after all the running around.He took her back to KR Puram policestation, but the policemen said the areawhere she was found fell within theHoskote police limits.

They even came to the spot and toldJanardhan where exactly their jurisdic-tion ended. When he took the girl toHoskote police, they admitted that itwas their case.

They gave a mobile phone numberto Janardhan and asked him to dropthe girl at a house in Mandur. At thehouse, a woman, Lakshmamma, re-ceived the child and said she ran anNGO. She told Janardhan that the girlwould be taken care of till the policemenarrived.

Bangalore Rural additional superin-tendent of police Kumaraswamy toldBangalore Beat: “We are conductinginvestigations into the ill-treatment ofa girl found near the Ayyappa temple.We will track down the perpetratorsand her parents. A medic-legal casehas been registered at Bowring Hospital.We will take criminal action againstthe guilty.”

The girl who was found with burn and branding marks on her body nearHoskote on Wednesday. The Good Samaritan who tried to help her had to

run from one hospital to another throughout the night before he coudfind some succour to the child.

Manjunath Sharma

Research centres to be set up in10 medical colleges: Ramadass

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state government is setting up research centres at 10 medical colleges and 10 hospitals in the state. It will set up gynaecology, obstetricsand infertility divisions at all these hospitals,said medical education minister S A Ra-madass today.

He was inaugurating a three-day congresson “Life Sound Beyond Imagination 2011”onultrasound, infertility and foetal medicine,attended by some of the best practitionersfrom the country and abroad.

Kamini A Rao, Kuldeep Jain, MadhuriPatil, Anu Kottar and Preiti Venkatesh aresome of the well-known doctors taking partin the congress.

The government will seriously considerthe recommendations made in the congressand will formulate a policy related to infer-tility and foetal medicine. The governmentis trying to host another similar conferencefrom December 5 to 16 in the city, Ramadasssaid.

“It is known that research is going onrapidly in fields of infertility. Several issuesbeing faced by women as regards infertilityare being addressed with advanced treatmentmethods.

“The government will ensure that treat-ment options are available to all women,especially those from rural areas, he added.

“The government will hold a serious dis-cussion with the vice-chancellor of RajivGandhi Healht University and see how cours-es related to obstetrics, gynaecology andinfertility could be made a part of the trainingfor those in the medical profession,” hesaid.

Dr Kamini Rao suggested that the cost ofinfertility treatment is very high and it shouldbe covered under insurance. The governmentwill consider her suggestion and will put inefforts to cover infertility treatment too, hesaid.

To questions posed by media men on ir-regularities in Post Graduate Entrance Test(PGET) or recently with students offeringmoney to pass the examination, he said, “I

have received calls from students allegingthat the faculty was involved in the wholeracket. We have asked Sudha Rao to conductan inquiry,” he added.

However high and mighty they could be,but all guilty will immediately dismissed iftheir role in the PGET scam is revealed.They will be disqualified and their namestaken out of the medical lit, which is essentialfor practice. Their MBBS degrees too wouldbe derecognised, he warned.

The medical education department islooking at the transparency issue too. It hasalready installed CCTV cameras at exami-nation centres in Dharwad, Shimoga andMysore. The CCTV cameras would be in-stalled in other places too, he added.

To another question on the level of trans-parency in the appointment of director totop state-run hospitals like, Kidwai Instituteof Oncology, he said, “It is very transparent.Only those who are qualified and who haveresearch papers presented in national andinternational conferences would be selectedfor these posts.”

Huge turnout expected for rallyContinued from page 1

Earlier, there was speculationthat Ashok, who has been ac-cused in an illegal land denoti-fication case, would be kept outof the dais so as not to embarrassAdvani.

BJP workers from Mahadeva-pura and CV Raman Nagar willreceive Advani at the airport andbring him to National CollegeGrounds through a motorbikerally. Another procession of two-wheelers will start from the BJPoffice, Baburao Deshpande Bha-van, at Malleswaram, he said.

The five mini-raths, whichwent around the 28 assemblyconstituencies in the city, toowill arrive at the venue tomorrow.These raths have conducted overa 100 small public meetingsacross the city and exhorted peo-ple to take part in Advani’s anti-corruption rally.

Joshi said Advani’s yatra isnot against any individual andwas a fight to root out corruptionfrom the country. The BJP leaderhas been asking the central gov-ernment to reveal the amountof black money in foreign banksand to announce the list of thosewho have stashed away theirmoney.

Advani’s fight is for good and

transparent governance. It is alsofocusing on political, electoraland judicial reforms.

After the Bangalore meeting,Advani will head back to Man-galore and hold a massive publicrally at Hampanakatta Grounds

at 11 am on Monday. The sameday, he will head to Udupi andhold another public meeting atRajanna Parking Lot at Udupiaround 2 pm.

On November 1, he will ad-dress another rally at Maniki

Grounds in Kumta at 10 am. Hewill then reach Honnavar, Karwarand enter Goa, he said.

Jayanagar MLA B N Vijay Ku-mar and MLC Ashwath Narayantoo were present at the pressconference.

Preparations going on for Advani’s public meeting at the National College Grounds in thecity today.

Advani sheddingcrocodile tears

on graft: PoojaryBangalore Beat Bureau

Mangalore: BJP senior leader LK Advani is shedding crocodiletears on the issue of corruption,while his party government inthe state is mired in corruption,ridiculed former KarnatakaPradesh Congress Committeepresident Janardhana Pujaryhere today.

Advani’s Jana Chetana Yatra,which will enter the state to-morrow, is a political gimmickand has got nothing to do withcorruption. “It is a last-ditch at-tempt by Advani that he is stillactive in politics,” he said.

If at all the former deputyPrime Minister wants to provethat he is serious about corrup-tion, then he should throw outthe corrupt elements from theparty in the state. The entiregovernment and its ministersare mired in corruption, he said.

It is better if Advani visitedthe Parappana Agrahara Central

Jail (whereformer chiefminister B SYeddyurap-pa and for-mer minis-ters are in ju-dicial cus-tody), hesaid.

A d v a n idoes not

have any rightto talk about corruption whilehe is being accompanied byscam-tainted Ananth Kumar dur-ing the entire course of the yatra.It is a well-known fact thatAnanth Kumar was involved inHudco scandal. The BJP has nottaken any action against the MPfrom Bangalore. “What fightagainst corruption is Advani talk-ing about?”

None in the BJP has any rightto talk against corruption. “Thosestaying in glass house shouldnot throw stones at others.”

Cong will hold black flag demoagainst Advani: Parameshwara

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Congress will hold a blackflag demonstration and shout slogans againstBJP leader L K Advani when he arrives inthe city tomorrow, said Karnataka PradeshCongress Committee president G Paramesh-wara here today.

Advani, who has taken out a countrywideJana Chetana Yatra, is coming to Bangaloreas part of his anti-corruption drive tomorrow.He is addressing a public rally at the NationalCollege Grounds tomorrow evening.

Congressmen will demonstrate near HALAirport, Town Hall, Basavnagudi and otherplaces, asking Advani to go back, he said.

The BJP government in the state is totallymired in corruption. Every day, their leadersare being shifted to the Parappana AgraharaCentral Jail for their involvement in corruptioncases. “What moral right does Advani have

to come to the state during his anti-corruptionyatra?” he asked.

“Would Advani, who is taking out theyatra against corruption, have the guts totalk against his own party members in thestate?”

The BJP that came to power in 2008 has

not fulfilled any promise made in the electionmanifesto. The government is not even con-cerned about development and the statehas hardly seen any works done, he criti-cised.

Till now, the government has not shownany interest in generating power, but is onlyinterested in buying power from other states.Till today, the state has spent over Rs 7,000crore for buying power along. It is a ploy toreceive huge kickbacks from these shadydeals, he alleged.

The government has not taken drought-relief works properly. Many people at manyplaces are struggling for food and water.Farmers are not getting fodder for their live-stock. But the government has been claimingthat it has released sufficient funds fordrought relief works. Why then the admin-istration speeded up relief works, he ques-tioned.

G Parmeshwara

Flesh racketbusted at

MalleswaramBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A high-tech prosti-tution racket was busted in thecity with the arrest of two women,who were luring girls with prom-ises of roles in movies. The policealso rescued three girls who werebeing used for the profession.

The narcotics bureau raideda flat in Sri Sai Krupa Apartmenton Sampige road in Malleswaramand arrested Shashikala (40)and Ruby (55).

The police raided the premiseson specific information that thetwo women were carrying outthe prostitution racket.

The police recovered Rs 12,000

cash and two mobile phones be-ing used for the flesh business.

The Malleswaram police haveregistered a case, a police pressrelease said.

Poojary

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CPM members today protest near SBM Cirlce in Bangalore against senior BJP leader L K Advani’s visit to the city tomorrow. Advani is on a nationwide Jana Chetana Yatra to

protest against corruption.

Protest against Advani S Radhakrishna

INDIA AIM TO COMPLETE WHITEWASH Kolkata: Brimming with confidence, MSDhoni and Co. will take on reigning T2OChampions England in a one-off T20 onSaturday at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.England, seeking their first win on thedisastrous tour, will be hoping to endthe tour on a high.

On the other hand India, after thenightmarish 0-4 loss in Tests, 0-3 in one-day internationals and also in the onlyTwenty20 international in England, wouldlove to continue their dominance andwould want to send England back withouta win. This Indian team is on a mission,even as skipper Dhoni insisted on notcalling it a revenge series.

As everyone who got an opportunityin the ODI series has come good, the In-dian team management has no dearth ofoptions. Two among Yusuf Pathan, RobinUthappa and Manoj Tiwary would fillup the batting slots after the certaintiesDhoni, Suresh Raina, ViratKohli, Ajink-yaRahane and RavindraJadeja walk intothe team. Dhoni, who is yet to be dis-missed in this series, has lived up to therole of a finisher, amassing 212 unbeatenruns from four innings. Kohli has matutredas a batsman and the Delhi lad has beenIndia's leading run-getter in the absenceof key players such as Sachin Tendulkar,VirenderSehwag and Yuvraj Singh.

India will also miss GautamGambhir,

who will remain absent because of hismarriage. But his absence can give achance to Uthappa who will be itchingto make a comeback in the playingeleven after three years. Yusuf Pathancan also make a comeback and Indiawill be hoping that he can unleash hisbig-hitting in the shorter format of thegame. RavindraJadeja will surely keephis place after a good one-day show.

The duo will also come in handywith their off-spin and left-arm ortho-dox, even as RavichandranAshwin willlead the slow attack. Touted as India'sfastest, Varun Aaron impressed in histwo outings in the one-dayers and itremains to be seen if Dhoni tests themettle of his statemate alongside pacespearhead Praveen Kumar.

The two sides have so far clashed inthree Twenty20 matches, with Englandtriumphing in two of them and Indiawinning the other.

However, the visitors may have togo into the match without their battingmainstay Kevin Pietersen, who missedthe final ODI having broken his thumbin the fourth game in Mumbai.Pietersen's fate depends on the resultsof a fitness test conducted on Fridayand his absence would deplete Eng-land's strength to a great extent as heis their best bet against spin. Offie

Graeme Swann, who would lead theside in the absence of injured regularT20 skipper Stuart Broad, has to de-liver the goods in bowling alongsidehis left-arm spin partner Samit Patelin what is likely to be another slowsurface, like the one seen on Tuesday.

One-day skipper Alastair Cook andJonathan Trott have returned home,big hitting Jos Buttler - the youngestmember of the side now - and 6-feet-5-inch tall top order batsman AlexHales joining the squad for this game.

Lanky pacer Steven Finn has beena revelation for England in the seriesand along with Tim Bresnan willonce again lead their pace batterythat also has Stuart Meaker.

SQUADS:India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(c&wk), Suresh Raina, AjinkyaRa-hane, ViratKohli, Yusuf Pathan,RavindraJadeja, R Ashwin, PraveenKumar, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary,Varun Aaron, Robin Uthappa, RahulSharma, S Arvind

England: Graeme Swann (c), CraigKieswetter (wk), Alex Hales, KevinPietersen, Ravi Bopara, JonathanBairstow, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan,Scott Borthwick, Stuart Meaker,Steven Finn, Graham Onions, JosButtler.

Pak appreciates Indiaʼssupport for UNSC bid

Karachi: Asserting that “friendswere no longer friends of thecountry”, Pakistan on Saturdaysaid India had played an“major”role in supporting its successfulbid to become a non-permanentmember of the UN Security Coun-cil.

“Many of the countries thatPakistan had considered asfriends were no longer friendsof the country. But India sup-ported us in becoming a non-permanent member of the 15-member security council andplayed a major role,” Pakistan’sambassador to the UN AbdullahHussainHaroon told at theKarachi airport early Saturdaymorning.

Pakistan, which was chal-lenged by Kyrgyzstan, wasbacked by 129 of the 193 member

states in the General Assembly.Kyrgyzstan polled 55 votes.

The country will replaceLebanon, which currently occu-pies the Asian seat, on January1, 2012, to begin a two-year term.Haroon said that Pakistan hadworked very hard in the past sixmonths to win votes for the pres-tigious post.

“I think we should not be dis-couraged by the reaction by someof the nations in the UN becauseI can say the world wants Pak-istan to play its positive role inthe global scenario,” he said.

Haroon said that Pakistan wascommitted towards multilater-alism and promoting the princi-ples and purposes enshrined inthe UN Charter.

Haroon, while commentingon the Drone attacks by the US

in Pakistan’s tribal areas, saidthat he could take up the issueif the government authorisedhim to do so.

“But we should not be scaredof these attacks,” he added. TheIslamic country has been on thecouncil six times earlier - 1952-53, 1968-69, 1976-77, 1983-84,1993-94 and 2003-04. It will bethe seventh time that Pakistanwould be on the council, andthe fourth time its term wouldoverlap with India. Both theSouth Asian neighbours haveshared terms on the SecurityCouncil in 1968, 1977 and 1984.

The Security Council has fiveveto-holding permanent mem-bers, the United States, Britain,France, Russia and China - and10 temporary elected memberswithout vetoes.

IAF requests US for 6more C‑130J airlifters

New Delhi/Washington: Indiahas asked the United States foranother six Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules special op-erations aircraft under a govern-ment-to-government foreign mil-itary sales (FMS) deal.

The request was conveyed re-cently, and in Washington, theDepartment of Defence (DoD)notified the US Congress Oct 27for approval as mandated by lawfor any FMS delivery of weaponsystems. The proposal is likelyto be cleared within a month asboth the Democratic and Repub-lican parties have extended bi-partisan support to strengtheningIndia-US relations.

The Indian Air Force (IAF)chief, Air Chief Marshal NormanAnil Kumar Browne, told IndiaStrategic defence magazine(www.indiastrategic.in) in an in-terview that he expected a formalagreement with the US by Janu-ary 2012.

He also disclosed that five ofthe six C-130Js ordered in 2008had already been received, onor before scheduled delivery time,and the last and sixth was ex-pected before November 11 inless than two weeks.

The first aircraft arrived inFebruary 2011, and pilot trainingwas completed before that.

According to the DoD notifi-cation, issued by the DefenseSecurity Cooperation Agency(DSCA) which negotiates and ex-ecutes military sales, the dealcould be around $1.2 billion,covering six aircraft with sixspare engines, eight AN/AAR-47Missile Warning Systems (twoof them spares), eight AN/ALR-56M Advanced Radar WarningReceivers (two of them spares),eight AN/ALE-47 Counter-Mea-sures Dispensing Systems (twoof them spares), eight AAQ-22Star SAFIRE III Special Opera-tions Suites (two of them spares),eight ARC-210 Radios (Non-COM-SEC), and 3,200 Flare Cartridges.

Capable of short takeoff andlanding from football size un-paved grounds or grassy fields,each aircraft is powered by fourRoyce AE 2100D3 engines.

The first six aircraft were ac-quired for $1.1 billion, inclusiveof training, a support package,spares, some special equipmentand also covered 30 per cent off-set investment back into India.Under that, Lockheed Martin has

set up an advanced simulator atIAF's Hindon airbase, where theC 130Js are located.

The second batch would belocated at Charbatia in Orissa toserve the country's northeasternregion and the Andaman andNicobar island territories.

According to Browne, as thesecond batch of the aircraft isbeing purchased under the op-tions clause in the 2008 contract,the basic price should be thesame. There could some equip-ment variations or additional re-quirements though. Offset detailscould also vary. The price indi-cated by DSCA is the maximumpossible, including also the 3.8per cent administrative fee itcharges on all FMS deals fromall the countries that buy USequipment. According to its no-tification, implementation of thisproposed sale may require theassignment of 10 US governmentand contractor representativesin India for a period of up tothree years besides periodic visits.Under an FMS deal, the IAF,through the defence ministry,would place an order with theUS Air Force, and DSCA wouldarrange for Lockheed Martin to

deliver the aircraft according tothe required specifications withinan agreed delivery time.

DSCA said that the prime con-tractors will be Lockheed MartinAeronautics Company in Mari-etta, Georgia, and Rolls-RoyceCorporation in Indianapolis, In-diana. Offset agreements asso-ciated with this proposed saleare expected, but at this timethe specific agreements are un-determined and will be definedin negotiations between the pur-chaser and the contractors.

All FMS deals are done withclearance from the US State De-partment, and the DSCA notifi-cation pointed out: "There willbe no adverse impact on US de-fense readiness as a result ofthis proposed sale.

A notification to the Congressalso means that it is part of legalprocedures and does not meanthat the sale has been conclud-ed.

Under the Indian system, theacquisition for another six air-craft, or more later, would needno tender but only proceduralclearance from the defence min-istry and then the governmentfor monetary allocations.

Arunachal CM Jarbom

Gamlin resigns

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh ChiefMinister JarbomGamlin resignedon Friday following the leadershipcrisis in the state.

Gamlin sent his resignation let-ter to the All India Congress Com-mittee (AICC). This came afterGamlin was told by the high-com-mand to resign to resolve the lead-ership crisis in Arunachal Pradesh.

Congress leaders fromArunachal Pradesh had met partypresident Sonia Gandhi over theissue in New Delhi last week.

The leadership crisis in the stateemerged when Gamlin was ac-cused of getting a senior stateCabinet minister, Chowma Mein,abducted. The minister was al-legedly abducted for a few hoursin state capital Itanagar at gun-point.

India, China to holdborder talks in Nov

New Delhi: With India’s energyexploitation bid in the SouthChina Sea threatening to cast afresh shadow on bilateral ties,India and China will hold the15th round of boundary talks inNew Delhi next month that couldalso see the sealing of a jointborder mechanism betweenthem. The Special Representa-tives of India and China willmeet November 28 to 29, highlyplaced sources tol. The two sideshave been in touch for sometime over the dates but the sched-uling was proving to be diffi-cult.

The talks will now take placeafter a likely meeting betweenPrime Minister Manmohan Singhand Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaoon the sidelines of the Nov 18-19East Asia summit in Bali, In-donesia. China’s State CouncillorDai Bingguo, who is Beijing’sspecial representative, will cometo Delhi for talks with IndianNational Security Advisor Shiv-

shankarMenon. The two coun-tries will focus on firming up aframework for resolving theirdecades-old boundary dispute,the second and crucial stage thatcould form the basis for the finaldemarcation of the boundaryand territorial give-and-take im-plicit in any final deal. Despitethe perception in strategic circles

that the 14 rounds of talks so farhave not made much headway,the Indian side believes therehas been incremental progress.It would be unrealistic to expectany dramatic breakthrough soongiven the political sensitivity ofthe issue, a government sourcesaid. The two sides are also fast-tracking a joint border mecha-nism with a view to sealing itduring the visit of China’s statecouncillor in November.

The mechanism would includediplomats from the external af-fairs ministry and military per-sonnel, including representativesof the paramilitary forces, tomaintain peace along the nearly3,500-km border.

The border mechanism is be-ing touted as an important con-fidence building measure thatwill help prevent misunderstand-ings arising out of incursions ineach other’s territory stemmingfrom the undemaracted Line ofActual Control.

Team Anna meets amid revamp callsNew Delhi: Amid deepening contro-versies over some of its most influentialmembers, Team Anna is holding itscore committee meeting near Delhitoday. Anna, 74, is not attending themeeting; he has extended his "maun-vrat" or vow of silence. MedhaPatkarand Justice SantoshHegde are alsoabsent.

There is much on the table for dis-cussion - reports of deep dissent withinthe team, accusations of financial mal-practices, and the group's agenda forthe next few months. A member ofthe core committee, which has 26 rep-resentatives including Anna, has askedthat the entire group be suspendedand replaced with a larger team.

In a letter sent to Anna yesterday,Kumar Vishwas has said that the Con-gress is trying to discredit membersof the core committee. "Such attacksand the subsequent clarifications willstrengthen the conspiracy to divertthe attention from the key issues. I re-quest you to give greater representationto the Core Committee consisting oflimited members," he wrote.

Vishwas, a college lecturer and poet,said the personal attacks on Core Com-mittee members by "corrupt forces"were proof that these people were try-ing to "neutralise and hurt" thosefighting graft.

Several other team members in-cluding Ms Patkar have also spoken

about the need for an overhaul. AnnaHazare's official blogger, Raju-Parulekar, has also said that the corecommittee would be expanded soon.He, however, declined to go into detailsof when and how the revamp wouldtake place.

The revamp exercise would be aimedat deflecting attacks on the existingcore group members.

Anna, sources say, wants focus backon the Jan Lokpal Bill. He is expectedto give the team a new structure overthe next few days.

Patkar, one of the most-respectedmembers of the committee, has talkedabout the revamp, but she has cate-gorically denied reports of deepening

divides within the group. "I don't thinkthere is a difference of opinion. Theonly thing is a bit of overhauling iscertainly becoming necessary because

there are a number of allegations andCore Committee members are beingtargeted," she said.

But Rajinder Singh, who quit thecore committee earlier this month andis known for his work in water con-servation, suggested that the reportsof rifts are not exaggerated.

He described KiranBedi and Arvin-dKejriwal, prominent faces of Anna'smovement, as "the most arrogantmembers in the habit of throwing theirweight about and imposing themselveson others."

Since April this year, Anna and hisgroup of civil society activists haveturned into national icons because oftheir India Against Corruption cam-

paign. Their agenda is to ensure thatthe government introduces a new anti-graft Lokpal Bill - named for the om-budsman agency or Lokpal that willhave the power to investigate corrup-tion among government servants.

The government says that TeamAnna's vision of the Bill is unrealisticand gives the Lokpal sweeping powers.The activists believe that the govern-ment has no interest in creating anagency that is truly equipped to takeon politicians and bureaucrats.

The clash between the two sidespushed Anna into two hunger strikesthis year - both reverberated acrossthe country, drawing lakhs to his sit-in protests in Delhi.

NGO contradicts

Jairamʼsclaim

Lucknow: Union MinisterJairam Ramesh’s letter to UttarPradesh chief minister Mayawatislamming the alleged irregular-ities in implementation of theNational Rural EmploymentGuarantee Act (NREGA) schemein her state has snowballed intoa major controversy. First, MsMayawati called the letter “po-litically motivated”, and now,an NGO mentioned by Jairam inhis letter has contradicted hisclaim, saying it never complainedagainst the BSP chief’s govern-ment.

In the letter written earlierthis week, Mr Ramesh accusedthe Mayawati government of“continuing inaction” in in-stances of “grave irregularities”in the implementation of thescheme. “I write to you in greatanguish regarding the imple-mentation of MG-NREGA in thestate of Uttar Pradesh,” Rameshsaid, adding, “It is true that anetwork of civil society organi-zations working through Nar-iSanghs has been able to bringabout a greater awareness of therights of MG-NREGA workers. Ihave myself interacted with onesuch organization called Vanan-gana which is active in Chitrakootand Banda. But the overall feed-back that we have so far revealsthat the implementation of MG-NREGA in Uttar Pradesh hasbeen far from satisfactory.”

But the NGO named byRamesh has now sought to dis-tance itself from the “politicalbattle” saying it never filed anycomplaint against the state gov-ernment for irregularities. Speak-ing to NDTV, MadhviKuckreja,the founder member of Vanana-gana, said, “It was completelyunnecessary for Jairam Rameshto name a single NGO in hisletter to the Uttar Pradesh chiefminister.”

“It’s a waste of time to bring asocial organisation into a politicalbattle. We would like to distanceourselves from any demand fora CBI probe. We are doing ourwork quietly. The scheme shouldnot get caught in a political cross-fire like this as it affects the peo-ple who it is benefiting.”

Man opensfire outsideUS embassy

in BosniaSarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina:A man armed with handgrenades and an automaticweapon opened fire outside theUS embassy in Bosnia on Fridayin what authorities called a ter-rorist attack. A policeman andthe gunman were wounded, butthe embassy said none of its em-ployees was hurt.

Sarajevo Mayor AlijaBehmensaid the gunman “got off a tramwith a Kalashnikov and startedshooting at the American Em-bassy.” Witnesses told BosnianTV that the man urged pedes-trians to move away, saying hewas targeting only the embassy.

He wore a beard and wasdressed in an outfit with shortpants that reveal his ankles -typical for followers of the con-servative Wahhabi branch of Is-lam. One police officer guardingthe building was wounded beforepolice surrounded the gunman.After a 30-minute standoff, thesound of a single shot echoedand AP video showed the shooterslump to the ground.

Police arrested the woundedman – who one of Bosnia’s threepresidents said is a foreigner –and took him away in an ambu-lance as pedestrians coweredbehind buildings and vehicles.

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief BalThackeray on Saturday demand-ed that the country's highestcivilian honour, the Bharat Rat-na, be conferred on AmitabhBachchan.

"Amitabh Bachchan is the last'Shahenshah' (emperor) of Bol-lywood. In many countries ofthe world, the people don't knowwho is the president or primeminister of the country, but theyknow Bachchan," Thackeray saidin an editorial in the party mouth-piece Saamna.

"He is a real jewel of Indiawho has brought laurels to thecountry... Bachchan truly de-serves the Bharat Ratna," Thack-eray said. Praising various qual-ities of the megastar, he pointedout that some time ago, anotherBharat Ratna, singer Lata-Mangeshkar, had also suggestedBachchan's name for the honour.Bachchan is "as deserving asSachin Tendulkar for the BharatRatna," but the central govern-ment and the Congress has ig-nored it in view of strained rela-tions between the Bachchan andthe Gandhi family, Thackeray

said.Thackeray referred to the

smear campaigns againstBachchan as recently someoneused a fake Twitter account inthe actor's name, tweeting ma-licious statements against theShah Rukh Khan starrer'RA.One'.

Actress SayaliBhagat hurledallegations of misbehaviour atBachchan, but she now deniedit, the Shiv Sena chief said.

"Who is this 'Ravana' behindthese slander campaigns against

a respected person likeBachchan? This should beprobed," Thackeray demanded,without naming anybody.

Thackeray's comments as-sume significance in view of theongoingMarathis versus north-Indians debate here that hasbeen kicked off by city CongressMP Sanjay Nirupam.

"We are not a burden on Mum-bai," the MP said on October 24adding, "If north Indians take asingle day off, Mumbai will bepractically paralysed."

Thackeray wants Bharat Ratna for Big B

Vettel secures pole forIndian Grand Prix

Greater Noida: Red Bull's Se-bastian Vettel grabbed his 13thpole of the season in the inau-gural Indian Grand Prix at theBuddh International Circuit onSunday.

By doing so, Vettel equalledthe record of the maximum num-ber of pole positions in a seasonheld by Alain Prost and the lateAyrtonSenna.

It was also a record for RedBull who claimed their 16th pole

in 2011, which is the maximumin a season for any team.

Vettel secured a time of1:24.178, ahead of teammate MarkWebber and Ferrari's FernandoAlonso.

Hamilton with a time of1:24.474 finished just behind Vet-tel, but due to his grid penaltythat was imposed on him in thefirst practice session on Friday,he will start at fifth position be-hind McLaren teammate Jenson

Button on race day.Ferrari's Felipe Massa qualified

sixth, but crashed on the finallap when his right-front suspen-sion broke going over a curb,sending him skidding into a bar-rier. Force India's Paul di Restadid better than the final practicesession in the morning but couldnot make the Q3 and settled for13th position after clocking1:26.503, just behind MercedesGP's Michael Schumacher.


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