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Investigator forcommuting

death penaltyNew Delhi: Amid a raging debate on the issueof clemency for killers of Rajiv Gandhi, themain investigator in the 20-year-old case D RKarthikeyan says that he will be happy if thedeath penalty of the three accused is com-muted to life sentence.

With the demand for commuting theirdeath sentence becoming an emotive issue inTamil Nadu, he suggested that Parliamentshould convene a special session to discussthe policy with regard to capital punishmentas decisions taken on regional basis would seta dangerous precedent.

“I have nothing personal against them. I didmy duty, let the government do their duty now.I will be happy if their death sentence is re-duced to life imprisonment,” Karthikeyan said.

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Bond film trainsequence

planned nearDudhsagar fallsPanaji: The picturesque Dudhsagar waterfall,situated on the Goa-Karnataka border and 60km from here, is one of the few locations in In-dia selected for a train sequence to be shot forthe 23rd James Bond movie.

Sources stated that recce of the spot, locatedin the thick jungles on the state border, has al-ready been done and the railway ministry hasalso given its approval. The South-WesternRailway operates train services from near thewaterfall. However, some issues related toshooting, are yet to be sorted out.

“Height is an issue. For the sequence, theyrequire a particular height, which is not therenear this spot. But they have still listed thisplace,” a source stated.

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It is Cong Bureauof Investigation,says Sriramulu

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The CBI is Congress Bu-reau of Investigation and is out ona witch hunt, alleged formerminister B Sriramulu, referring tothe arrest of his mentor and min-ing baron Janardhana Reddy bythe CBI at Bellary early this morn-ing.

Sriramulu, who resigned fromMLA’s position yesterday, washere to offer prayers to GoddessChamundeshwari today.

He said the CBI should haveserved a notice on Reddy beforearresting him.

“The Congress has been nurs-ing a grudge against the Reddybrothers as we have been able toroot out that party from Bellaryby hoisting the BJP flag. Bellarydistrict was once a stronghold ofthe Congress. We have demol-ished their fort.”

He said, “The CBI had notdone any inquiry against Reddy,nor had they summoned himfor questioning. They descendedon his residence all of a suddenthis morning and arrested him.Reddy was also responsible forthe BJP to come to power in thestate. The Congress has not beenable to stomach that and has setthe CBI on Reddy’s heels.”

“The police have committed alot of atrocities against us. We are

prominent mine owners. We havenot committed any mistake, norhave we carried out illegal min-ing. The police have attacked us16 times. They have harassedour families. They even searchedthe schoolbags of our children. Itis highly condemnable,” headded.

The UPA government is cor-rupt and has been facing chargesof corruption and scandals.

The central government hasbeen protecting its own people,while attacking prompt politi-cians like us.

Only cheats are running thegovernment at the Centre, hesaid. “Today’s arrest is a ploy bythe central government to pulldown the democratically electedBJP government in the state.Since the UPA government itselfis corrupt, it does not have anymoral right to speak against cor-ruption,” he added.

“My friend Janardhana Reddyis a prompt man. He has not vi-olated any norms, nor has hechanged the borders betweenKarnataka and Andhra Pradeshfor mining activities,” he said.

“We are not scared. We areready to face any legal battle. Letthe CBI conduct its inquiry. Whyshould we be afraid when wehave not done anything wrong,”he added.

Former MLA B Sriramulu, a loyalist of mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy, addresses a press

meet at Mysore this morning.

Lokayukta courtputs off HDKcase to noon

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Lokayukta spe-cial court today posted hearing inthe case of former chief ministerH D Kumaraswamy and his wifeAnita to 3 pm today.

The court that met at 11 thismorning to hear cases of allegedfavours by Kumaraswamy to Jan-takal Mining Company and al-lotment of a site from the dis-graced Vishwabharati HousingCooperative Society to Anita putoff the case to 3 pm.

The couple was supposed toappear before the court in person,but did not. They got summonsfrom the Lokayukta special courton August 30. But they are yet toappear before the court in personas they fear arrest. Though theycomplained that their health didnot permit them to attend, thecourt ordered them to appearbefore it today.

Advocate Vinod Kumar hadfiled the case before the Lokayuk-ta on the involvement of Ku-maraswamy in Jantakal and Vish-wabharati housing scandalswhile he was the chief minister.In the Vishwabharati case, theJD(S) state president had re-turned a residential site, citing

Vaastu problems and had gotanother site allotted in the nameof Anita’s aunt.

The Lokayukta court rejectedthe anticipatory bail applica-tions of the couple. The Kar-nataka High Court too had re-jected their plea for quashing ofproceedings by the Lokayuktacourt against them. Now, theyhave filed a bail petition beforethe high court which is yet tocome up for hearing.

Anita Kumarswamy

H D Kumaraswamy

REDDY HELDCBI men wake up mining baron in dead of night,produce him before special court in Hyderabad

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore/Bellary: In an early morningoperation, the CBI today arrested min-ing baron and former minister JanardhanReddy for illegal mining through Obu-lapuram Mining Company (OMC). Hewas also slapped with the prevention ofcorruption, forest acts and cheatingcases.

His house ‘Parijata’ near Basavesh-wara Circle in Bangalore and ‘Kutira’ onSiraguppa Road at Bellary were raidedin the wee hours today. Sources told Ban-galore Beat that the CBI sleuths knockedon the doors of the billionaire at 2.40 am.There was a scuffle between JanardhanaReddy and CBI officials, who put hand-cuffs on the strongman of Bellary.

The CBI team was led by DIG Laksh-minaraya Reddy. The CBI had obtainedrequired permission from the CBI specialcourt at Nampalli on Saturday to raidReddy’s properties. They left Hyder-abad around 10 last night and reachedBellary early in the morning. The teamhad 10 members. Soon after the arrest,Reddy was taken to Nampalli, where theCBI court is situated, by road.

As one of the rooms at Parijata waslocked, the CBI officials got locksmithsfrom Shivajinagar to unlock the doors.While that was on, the CBI officialsseized Reddy’s favourite helicopter,named Rukmini, at Bellary. They also re-covered 3 kg gold, Rs 1.5 crore cash, lap-tops containing crucial information,ledgers and documents of propertiesworth several crores.

Along with Janardhana Reddy, OMCmanaging director Srinivasa Reddy toowas arrested. From his residence, Rs 3crore cash, gold and other ornaments,property documents were recovered.

The arrests led to widespread protestsby the Reddy supporters at Bellary.They blocked roads, burnt tyres on theroad and forcibly shut some of the busi-ness establishments in the mining town.

Janardhana Reddy was taken to Nam-

palli via Kurnool and Guntakal. He maybe immediately put behind the bars.

Reddy’s lawyers could apply for bail.But taking the recent precedents intoconsideration, it is unlikely that hewould get bail. Sources said lawyer Ra-

machandra Reddy has been taken to Hy-derabad along with Janardhana Reddy’skin Somashekara Reddy to represent thecase at the CBI special court.

Chief minister D V Sadananda Gow-da, who was at Hubli, said, “We cannot

say that Janardhana Reddy is guiltyjust because his name has been men-tioned in the illegal mining report. He isonly an accused. Let the courts decidethe future course of action.”

Puzzled by media men, Gowda saidhe would not like to comment on Ja-nardhana Reddy’s arrest. “However,we are not justifying his arrest.”

Opposition leader in the assembly Sid-daramaiah said, “Janardhana Reddyhad made lot of money through illegalmining in the name of ObulapuramMining Company. He was carrying onmining activities in the Karnataka partof the forests too. His name was men-tioned in the Lokayuka report. The offi-cials are going in the right direction andwe expected this. Reddys had said thattheir mining activities were limited toAndhra Pradesh and they did not haveany interests in Karntaka. But that is nottrue. Resources worth thousands ofcrores have been looted by them. We hadbeen consistently demanding a CBI en-quiry for a long time. That is the point westressed upon when we went on a pa-dayatra from Bangalore to Bellary.”Congress state president G Paramesh-wara said, “We had been stating for along time that Reddy brothers were in-volved in illegal mining activities, haveevaded a huge amount of taxes and hadbeen collecting hafta from other mineowners. Those who have violated lawmust be taken action as per law. We hopethe central government and the CBI dothat.”

JD(S) state president H D Ku-maraswamy said, “Nobody is biggerthan law. All are equal before the law andall must bow to the law.”

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Local police provide protection at mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy’s apartment, Parijata, at Basaveshwara Circle in Bangalore as CBI sleuths carry out raids this morning.

MOTHER BREATHES LAST, SIS‑IN‑LAW KILLS SELF AFTER UNDERTRIAL DIES

Manjunath SharmaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The death of an undertrialtriggered a series of his relativesbreathing their last in the city. Un-dertrial Vasu (24) alias “Patient”Vasu alias “Vale”, who was facingcharges of murder, died after hecould not recover from pulmonary tu-berculosis at the Rajiv Gandhi Me-morial Hospital for Chest Diseases inthe city yesterday.

His mother Honnamma (52), whowas caring for him and was waitingon the hospital corridor, started beat-ing her chest when she heard thenews of her son’s death. She col-lapsed and the doctors at the hospi-tal gave her first-aid and asked the rel-atives to rush her to Jayadeva Hospi-tal. But she passed away on the wayto hospital.

Vasu’s sister-in-law Padma (40),who was treating him like her son,poured kerosene and set herself onfire. She suffered 82 percent burnsand was rushed to St John’s Hospitalwhere she died this morning. In her

death statement to the police, Padma,who was married to Vasu’s elderbrother Chinnaswamy, treated Vasulike her son as she had lost two of herchildren over the last few years.

She told the police that Vasu wasthe sole earning member of the fam-ily as Chinnaswamy had stopped

working because of nerve problemsover the last few years. Vasu was a tai-lor by profession and had earnedquite a name for his embroider skills.

Vasu, who had been lodged inthe Parappana Agrahara CentralPrison, was brought to the RajivGandhi memorial hospital on August

28 night after his condition due to TBdeteriorated. A resident ofKodichikkenahalli, he was arrestedon September 29 of last year. An en-thusiastic participant in the Ganeshafestivals in the locality, he had takenpart in the last year festivities too. Dur-ing the procession to immerse theidol, some friends in the area hadclashed, leading to the murder of Di-nesh.

The police had picked up Vasu forthe murder. But Padma told the po-lice that her brother-in-law was in-nocent and a false case had beenfoisted against him. Vasu had not gotbail, and his mother had spent all hersavings and took loans to seek bail forhim. Padma said that Vasu developedhealth complications after he waslodged in the jail. “He contracted a lotof diseases, including TB, from oth-er inmates at the jail,” she told the po-lice. Funeral for Honnamma washeld this morning, while the bodiesof Vasu and Padma are still lying atthe government mortuary, as their rel-atives were yet to arrive to claim theremains.

Manjunath Sharma

Relatives of Vasu and Honnamma wait near Rajiv Gandhi MemorialHospital for Chest Diseases in Bangalore.

S Radhakrishna

G S Ravishnakar

Assembly may be dissolvedD L Harish

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A rebellion has beenbrewing within the BJP. More than 25MLAs have thrown their weight be-hind the Reddy brothers. The falloutcould be that the government may bedissolved.

The BJP central leadership hasasked chief minister D V SadanandaGowda to consider the possibility of

dissolving the assembly after holdingconsultations with his cabinet col-leagues. To discuss the grave issue,Gowda has called an emergency cab-inet meeting tomorrow.

The cabinet may move a resolutionasking governor H R Bhardwaj to dis-solve the assembly. The BJP highcommand fears that with the exit oflegislators loyal to the Reddys, thegovernment would be reduced to aminority and would not win the trust

vote if moved by the opposition onthe floor of the House. To preemptsuch a possibility, the high com-mand is thinking of dissolving thefirst BJP government in the South.

Former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa, who still commands a lotof influence within the party, hasbeen told by party president NitinGadkari to work towards re-buildingthe party. Yeddyurappa met Gadkariat Nagpur in Maharashtra yester-

day, and pleaded his case for the par-ty state president’s post. That upsetthe party president, who slammed theLingayat leader, saying the partyhad to face such a critical junctureonly because of his wrongdoings,sources in the party told BangaloreBeat. Gadkari told Yeddyurappa thathis focus now should be handling thecrisis arising out of the resignation offormer minister B Sriramulu and fac-ing the Koppal by-election. Page 4

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SWAYAMKRUSHI (U/A)Chiranjeevi, VijayashantiInox (Malleswaram) (1 pm) Krishna(KR Puram) (10.30 am, 2, 8 pm )Kamakya (10.45 am, 2.45, 5.45, 8.45pm) Nartaki (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Nalanda (11am,2.30,6,9.15pm)Nandini(11am,2.30,6,9.30pm) Prasanna(10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Prakash (10 am, 2.30, 6,30,9.30pm) Siddheshwara (11.30 am, 2.30pm) Uma (10 am) Ullas (10.45am,2.45, 5.45, 8.45 pm)

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BADHRA (U) Prajwal Devaraj, Daisy ShahBharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Govardhan (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9pm) Maruthi (11.30 am, 2.30 pm,6.30 pm, 9.30 pm) Menaka (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm).

CONAN THE BARBARIAN (A)Jason Momoa, Leo Howard‘3D’ Cinemax (10.15 am, 3.30, 7.45,10 pm) Cinepolis (10 am) Fun Cine-mas (5.10 pm, 9.45 pm) GopalanCinemas (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(1.15 pm, 7.30, 9.45 pm) InnovativeMultiplex (11.30 am, 1.30, 5.45, 10pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10.30 am,2.45, 9.50 pm) Inox (J.P.Nagar) (10.10

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BAD TEACHER (A) Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, JustinTimberlakeInnovative Multiplex (10 pm)

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THAT GIRL IN YELLOW BOOTS (A)Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah

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BODYGUARD (U/A)Salman , Kareena, Lovely Singh, Divya Mahesh Manjrekar

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nerghatta Road) (10 am, 1.15, 4.45,7.15, 9.30 pm) Inox (Jaynagar)(10.15 am, 1, 3.45, 6.30, 8.30, 9.20pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10 am, 12.15pm, 1.05, 3, 3.50, 5.45, 6.35, 8.30pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10.01am, 11.30 am, 12.50 pm, 1.35,2.20, 3.40, 4.20, 5.10 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.01 am, 12,12.50, 2.35, 2.50, 3.40, 6.30, 8pm) PVR Cinemas (10.15 am, 10.40am, 1, 3.45, 6.30, 6.40, 9.15, 9.20pm) Rex (11.30 am, 2, 4.30, 7.10,9.45 pm) Srinivasa (SG Palya)(11.15 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Urvashi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm).

IT hiring down 49% in Aug amid US, Europe crisis

New Delhi: Recruitment by In-dian IT companies witnessed aslowdown in the month of Au-gust, owing to the crisis in theUS and Europe region, but theoverall hiring mood in the coun-try is upbeat, says a survey.

It might take 2-3 months forrecruitment activities in the ITsector to gain momentum, ac-cording to recruitment tenderingplatform MyHiringClub.com,which said hiring activity saw a49% drop in the IT and ITes sec-tors in August vis-a-vis the pre-vious month. The US accountsfor almost 60 percent of the rev-enues of the $60 billion IndianIT industry. In contrast, otherindustries such as FMCG, bank-ing, telecom and automobilessaw 14% more recruitment inAugust, compared to July.

“This data shows the strongimpact of the US and Euro crisisin Indian IT sector hiring. Wehad seen the overall hiring trend

was healthy in the previousmonth, except the IT and ITeSsectors,” MyHiringClub.com CEORajesh Kumar said.

“When discussed with someemployers, they indicated it willtake 2-3 more months for hiringfrom these sectors,” he added.

A city-wise analysis showsthat most cities experienced alull in hiring activity in the ITand ITes sectors in August, 2011.The IT hub of Bangalore saw a29 percent decline in hiring vis-a-vis the previous month.

Among the metros, the Del-hi/NCR region saw a 19 percentdrop in hiring in August com-pared to the preceding month,while Chennai witnessed a fallof 15 percent. Mumbai and Hy-derabad saw a drop of 13 percentand 8 percent, respectively, inAugust. The survey was conduct-ed among 353 employers, in-cluding 127 employers from theIT and ITeS sectors. PTI

Khosla goes sober with menswearManoviraj Khosla’s name

is synonymous withbright colours, and this

time too at the Van Heusen IndiaMen’s Week yesterday in NewDelhi, the designer didn’t shyaway from splashing hues onthe runway, although in a subtlemanner.

This is the third time the Ban-galore-based designer is partic-ipating in the mens week. In thepast two seasons, he has alwaysbeen making bold choices – beit bright colours or letting theboys wear hot-pants. His fortelies in being different.

This time too Khosla usedcolours like pink, yellow, orangeand purple for some of the outfits,and balanced his line by usingshades like beige, black, whiteand grey. “There were coloursin my line, but yes, not thatmuch because I didn’t want tobe repetitive and predictable. Sothe idea was to keep the signaturethere and work more on thewearability factor,” Khosla said.

“The line was about cool guys,nothing over the top. There wasan Indian influence in it but witha bit of contemporary twist,” headded. The designer had usedthe tie-and-dye technique andkept the length of the jacketsshorter than normal. Foldedpants, zipper jackets, waist-coats,crushed cotton shirts and linenpants teamed with funky printedshoes and bags are sure to starta new trend for men. IANS

Bangalore-based designer Manoviraj Khosla leads models showcasing his creations at theVan Heusen India Fashion Week in New Delhi.

Maini bros emerge winnersChittesh Mandodi from Kolhapur

and Bangalore siblings Arjun andKush Maini, emerged champions

in the senior, junior and micro max cate-gories respectively, in the JK Tyre-FMSCINational Rotax Max Karting Champi-onship that concluded in Hyderabad yes-terday.

The three champions, however, weremade to work hard for their success asgoing into the fifth and final round hereover the weekend, none enjoyed clear-cut leads.

Kush Maini, the 10-year old schoolboy,had to wade through stiff opposition,and though he won both the finals, itwas still touch-and-go right through.

“Next year, I will be moving into the

junior category and I am looking forwardto competing with my brother Arjun. Myexperience of competing in a few inter-national events in Malaysia and Singaporehelped me to come through tight situa-tions,” said Kush, who will turn 11 onSeptember 11.

Arjun Maini won the first final quitecomfortably from Jehan Daruvala wholed briefly exiting turn 1, but concededlead to the Bangalorean who graduallybuilt up a winning lead.

In the second final, Jehan jumped intothe early in the race and opened up asizeable gap while Arjun, who finishedsecond, drove sensibly with an eye onthe championship.

“It was a tough weekend and Jehan

was very fast in both the finals. In thesecond final, Jehan opened a big leadand I couldn’t catch up. Also, I wantedto finish the race and win the champi-onship,” said Arjun.

The first final in the Senior Max categorywas hard-fought from start to finish. RajBharath took an early lead but eventuallydropped out of contention as ChitteshMandody (Mohite’s Racing Academy),Ameya Bafna and Vishnu Prasad, whohad started from eighth position, slippedpast him.

Bafna, the schoolboy from Mumbaiand Vishnu Prasad, the 18-year old studentof SRM University, Chennai, were theninvolved in a tense battle.

Prasad overtook Bafna with a brilliant

move on the inside, but later ran overthe kerbs to lose position. Bafna movedinto second spot, but could not catch upwith Mandody.

In the second final, Mandody movedahead exiting the first turn, but Bafnatook back the lead. Thereafter, it was aprocession as the 18-year-old Mandodyeschewed all risk in a bid to finish therace while the other championship con-tender Prasad retired in the first lap dueto mechanical problem.

“I have been waiting for this momentfor a long time. It was a difficult weekend,but I was determined to be consistentthrough the races, and I am happy towin the championship,” said Mandodyfrom Kolhapur.

Notice slapped onChandregowda

Bangalore: BJP state presidentK S Eswarappa has slapped anotice on the party MP from Ban-galore North Lok Sabha con-stituency D B Chandregowdaseeking explanation on his re-ported statement favouring for-mer chief minister B S Yeddyu-rappa leadership to fight thecoming Koppal assembly by-poll.

Eswarappa in his letter hastaken exception certain remarksby Chandregowda who expresseddoubts about the party success-fully fighting the by-electionwithout Yeddyurappa.

Chandregowda had aired hisviews to media yesterday after abreakfast meeting held at theresidence of Yeddyurappa, whois trying to stage a comeback inthe party, which forced him toquit a month ago following his

indictment in lokayukta reporton illegal mining.

The BJP is likely to filed KaradiSanganna in Koppal bypoll beingheld on September 26. PTI

D B Chandregowda

Tigress dies in BʼghattaBangalore: A 16-year-old tigress sufferingfrom bone cancerdied today at the res-cue centre in Ban-nerghatta NationalPark (BNP) here.

“Tigress ‘Bhavani’was in the advancedstages of bone cancer

and was undertreatment for thepast few days. Thetigress died at therescue centre to-d a y , ” Executive DirectorBNP, N Raju saidin a statement.PTI

Post‑graduatecounseling for science

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Counseling for cen-tralised admis-sion to variouspost-graduatescience coursesfor 2011-12 willbe conductedfrom Wednes-day till Satur-day at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium,Central College Campus.

Candidates who have appliedshould be present 30 minutesbefore the scheduled time onthe premises.

MVJCEʼs orientationday for new

studentsBangalore: MVJ College of En-gineering celebrated the orien-tation day for its new batch ofstudents at the college auditori-um recently.

More than 400 first year stu-dents along with their parentsattended the programme.

Higher education minister VS Acharya, MLC Bharathi Shetty,TCS head (talent acquisition) ES Chakravarthy, college principalK S Badrinarayan, MVJ grouppresident M V Ramani, collegechairman M J Balachandar andcollege director Varun Melantatook part. Badrinarayan said,“In the last four years, MVJCEstudents have secured 25 uni-versity ranks and the college had96% results in the last academicyear. Seven departments ofMVJCE have research facilities.In 2010, it secured two goldmedals in aeronautical engineer-ing and is the only college inthe state to offer aeronauticalengineering at both under grad-uate and post-graduate levels.”Acharya advised the new batchto take full advantage of collegefacilities.

“You need to aim to be thebest to be successful in life. Ifyou aim to be the second best,your opportunities will also besecond best. So strive to be thebest in everything you do.”

Chakravarthy said, “MVJCE isthe most trusted academic part-ner of TCS in the state. This ismainly because of the credibilitythat the institution has createdin the past.” He emphasisedthe importance of technical ed-ucation and communicationskills, which is essential for stu-dents to imbibe and practice.

K S Badrinarayan gave an in-troduction to various collegeclubs, including the robo club,literary club, theater club anddance club, amongst others. Heencouraged students to take ac-tive part in these clubs. He alsoshared the details of the annualsports and other events.

CITYMonday, September 5, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralElection Commission of Indiaand Janaagraha: Celebrationof completion of Phase 1 ofestablishing a model frame-work of Managing Urban Elec-trol Process in ShanthinagarAssembly constituency signingof MoU between Election Com-mission of India and Janaa-graha Centre for Citizenshipand democracy, Chief ElectionCommissioner of India S YQuraishi, Chief Electoral Offi-cer C S Suranjana, Karnataka,Chairman Emeritus of InfosysN R Narayana Murthy to par-ticipate, Shri Krishna Hall,Woodlands Hotel, No 5, Ra-jarammohan Roy Road, 2 pm.

Indira Gandhi National OpenUniversity: 24th Convocation,Minister of State for HRS DPurandeswari, Minister of Statefor HRD and External AffairsE Ahamed participate, JSS Ma-havidaypeetha, ShivarathreeInthe City today pate, Tripu-ravasini, Palace Grounds, 2pm.

Rotary Club of Bangalore:Talk on ‘Indian Diaspora inAustralia’ by Shabbir Wahid,Australian Consul General andTrade Commissioner to India,Rotary House of Friendship,No 20, Lavelle Road, 7 pm.

ReligiousMeditation and Study Circle:Discourse on ‘Jainism’ by SSitaramu, SSMRV PU College,26th Main, 4th T Block, Jayan-gar, 6.30 pm.

Eating OutPower Lunch: Monday, Sep-tember 5th, 2011. 1 p.m. to 4p.m. City Bar Karaoke + Grill,UB City., No 24, Vittal MallyaRoad, Now be connected evenduring the quick businesslunch. Free wi-fi access whileyou fill up in the middle ofthe day. Delectable starterswith a variety of veg/ non vegmain course options alongwith draught beer.

Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Monday, September5th, 2011. noon to 3 p.m. Man-chester United Restaurant Bar,The Manchester United Restau-rant and Bar launches a week-day lunch buffet priced at Rs350 plus taxes right fromstarters to desserts.

Tapas at Caperberry: Monday,September 5th, 2011. 12:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Caperberry, No48/1 Ground Floor, The Estate,Dickenson Road, Caperberryis hosting a special promotionthat revolves around tapas, tooffer regulars something newand popularise this integralaspect of Spanish culture inthe city. On offer are tapas likeCherry tomatoes, blue cheeseand mixed herb tartlets, Chick-en croquetas, and Crabmeat,avocado and coriander stuffedmini brioche.

Mexican Festival at HardRock Café: Monday, Septem-ber 5th, 2011. 12:30 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Hard Rock Cafe, No40, St Marks Road, Hard RockCafé's special Mexican menufeatures dishes like the Leg-endary Beef & Smoky BeanBurger, Grilled Bahama MamaChicken Tender Burrito servedwith spicy fries, AlbequerqueCottage Cheese and VegetableBurrito, Spicy American cornand Danish MozzarellaSamoset and desserts such asthe Black & White. Also onoffer is a wide range of specialcocktails, flair bartending andLatin dancers.

Mexican Festival at HardRock Café: Monday, Septem-ber 5th, 2011. 12:30 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Hard Rock Cafe, No40, St Marks Road, Hard RockCafé's special Mexican menufeatures dishes like the Leg-endary Beef & Smoky BeanBurger, Grilled Bahama MamaChicken Tender Burrito servedwith spicy fries, AlbequerqueCottage Cheese and VegetableBurrito, Spicy American cornand Danish MozzarellaSamoset and desserts such asthe Black & White. Also onoffer is a wide range of specialcocktails, flair bartending andLatin dancers.

Shahi Dastarkhwan at Bar-beque Nation: Monday, Sep-tember 5th, 2011. 12:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Barbeque Nation,No 67 3rd Phase, 15th Cross,6th B Main, JP Nagar The fes-tival includes a range ofstarters made with age-oldrecipes, as well as dishes likethe traditional Gushtaba, Sul-tani Murg, Tabq Maas andDhingri E Khaas and Dahi keSholey.

Chocoholic Festival at CityBar: Monday, September 5th,2011. 12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, UBCity., No 24, Vittal Mallya Road,Featured on the menu aresweet treats like pastries, tarts,flavoured chocolates, and pud-ding.

Nightlife

Minimal Mondays: Monday,September 5th, 2011. 7 p.m.Pebble, No 3 Palace Ground,Ramana Mahashi Road,Sadashivanagar Kickstart yourweek with DJ Imdad spinningsets of uplifting house andmore.

Thai & Mongolian Night:Monday, September 5th, 2011.8 p.m. Fusion Lounge, 185,Deena Building, Brigade Road,DJs Paresh and Karthik play aset of Thai and Mongoliantunes to kickstart the week.

Lounge Night: Monday, Sep-tember 5th, 2011. 8 p.m. Ice,Vivanta by Taj - MG Road, No41/3, MG Road, DJ Vanshi setsthe mood for the night withlounge music.

Monday Blues with DJ Nayan:Monday, September 5th, 2011.8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Indi,Garuda Mall, , Magrath Road,Ashoknagar DJ Nayan spin-ning commercial and Bolly-wood this Mon @ Indi.

House Night with DJ Sid: Mon-day, September 5th, 2011. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Hypnos,Gem Plaza, Infantry Road, DJSid spinning House and HipHop at Hypnos this Monday.

Chillout Session with DJCheek-O Dread: Monday, Sep-tember 5th, 2011. 7 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Xtreme Sports Bar,No 30, HRBR Layout, 2ndBlock, 4th Main, KalyannagarDJ Cheek-O Dread spins housethis Monday.

Retro Night with DJ Deepak:Monday, September 5th, 2011.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The Beach,No 1211, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar DJ Deepak spins gold-en oldies at The Beach tonight.

ShoppingFall Winter 2011 Collection:Monday, September 5th, 2011.11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Esprit, No 10Ananda Bhavan, Vittal MallyaRoad, Stripes, florals, wool,tweed, retro and preppy cometogether in Esprit’s new FallWinter 2011 Collection.

OWW Sale: Monday, Septem-ber 5th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.One Wit Wonders, No 32 ACRTowers, Residency Road, Flat50% off on selected productsat One Wit Wonders.

Lustrous Moon Collection:Monday, September 5th, 2011.10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Collage, No21/1, Wood Street, AshoknagarThe Lustrous Moon Collectionby Bharathi Raviprakash payshomage to the glow of themoon. The collection includesgold jewellery with pearls incolours of golden, black andchocolate, and diamonds aswell.

ExhibitionsThe Eye of Graciela Iturbide:Monday, September 5th, 2011.10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tasveer, No26/1, Kasturba Cross Road, Acollection of black and whitepictures shot by Mexican pho-tographer Graciela Iturbide,in locales across the world.

Now and Tomorrow: Monday,September 5th, 2011. 10 a.m.to 7 p.m. Kynkyny Art, No148 Embassy Square, InfantryRoad, An exhibition by elevenemerging artists, which travelsinto contemporary territoryand throws up a commentaryon the rapidly changing, con-tinually shifting here and nowof modern India.

Showers Of Tranquility: Mon-day, September 5th, 2011. 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallerie ThirdEye, No A-1 Epsilon OfficeBlock, Yemalur Main Road,Yemalur A rare collection ofpaintings for the monsoonseason, by HS Manjunath andRanjan Paul.

FoodMiddle-Eastern Festival: Per-sian Terrace presents Middle-Eastern Festival, which in-cludes the varieties of Arabicexoticness, the Persian Terracehas to offer is enough to takeyour mind away from the hus-tle and bustle of the city. UptoThursday, Sep 8 7:00 PM On-wards Sheraton Bangalore Ho-tel at Brigade Gateway, 26/1Dr Rajkumar Road, Mallesh-waram, Rajajinagar, Mallesh-waram, Bangalore, BangalorePhone: 42521000, 42520100

Come Celebrate your age !!!!:Aug 31 2011 To Sep 30 2011AllDay, Event occurs daily OysterBay Seafood Restaurant withLounge Bar Cygnus Chambers,Next to Bhima Jewellers, JyothiNivas College Road, Koraman-gala Bangalore

ArtShowers of Tranquility ArtExhibition: Sep 01 2011 ToSep 30 201110:00 AM, Eventoccurs daily (Event duration:08:00 hrs) Gallerie Third Eye2nd Floor, Yemlur Main Road.

BBMP organises freetuitions for students

Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: BBMP schools areaiming to catch up with privateeducational institutions in thecity that supposedly have betterfacilities as compared to thesepalike-run schools.

BBMP pre-university collegessaw a 4 percent leap in the resultsthis year as compared to 2009-10 results in. 12 students passedwith distinction, while 484 se-cured first class.

While that itself was a bigachievement, the BBMP standingcommittee on education is aim-

ing up to achieve 65-70% resultsthis year. The BBMP has 33schools and seven colleges underits care. Standing committeechairman Ramesh Raju told Ban-galore Beat: “Last year, our stu-dents achieved 57% results. Wewill surely reach new heightsthis year as we are conducting

regular special classes to bothSSLC and PUC students everySaturday between 3.30 pm and5.30 pm. Students for free coach-ing will be selected by their ownteachers on the basis of theirperformance in regular testsevery month.” “Every Mondayand Tuesday, tests will be con-ducted and test papers will beevaluated on Wednesday andThursday. The results will begiven to the students and par-ent-teacher meetings will be heldwhere the progresses of studentsis discussed. On Saturday, mem-bers from the standing committeewill meet to chalk out our futureprogrammes,” he added.

The palike is organising coach-ing classes for all subjects freeof cost and also provides snacksto the students. The standingcommittee is all set to run thesecoaching classes with some se-lection-grade faculty as they canfine tune the students in all man-ners to face their board examsand that will commence fromOctober.

The BBMP has taken the stepsas SSLC results witnessed a hugedip to 33% from the regular 50%which it used to maintain in theSSLC board exams.

Kempabudi lake to be developed

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Bruhat BangaloreMahanagara Palike Commission-er Siddaiah along with other of-ficials inspected the Kempabudiand Karithimanahalli lakes re-cently.

“Five acres of land surround-ing Kempabudi lake has not beendeveloped for the last manyyears. Different varieties ofsaplings will be grown here andwill be developed as a park. BothKempabui and Karithimanahallilakes will be developed which

can receive rain water from near-by areas. This will check floodingof the low-lying areas. The lakeswill be surveyed across the lengthand breadth and would befenced,” Siddaiah said.

He inspected the desiltingworks at the Vruhsabavati canalnext to the famous Gali AnjaneyaTemple on Mysore road. “Thereis a need to take up desilting ac-tivity to control the fury causedby rains. Also desilting workswould be extended whereverneeded across the city,” headded.

State industry welcomes SCdirective on releasing iron oreState’s steel industry, hit

hard by shortage of ironore, has welcomed the

Supreme Court’s direction to re-lease 1.5 million tonnes of theraw material every monththrough e-auction.

This will increase the totalsupply to the industry to 2.5 mil-lion tonnes per month as thestate-run NMDC has been al-lowed to do mining of up to onemillion tonne a month.

The apex court had earlierbanned mining in Bellary,Tumkur and Chitradurga districtsdue to large-scale environmentaldegradation of the areas.

On Friday, however, it hadaccepted the recommendationsof the Central Empowered Com-mittee (CEC), which had saidthat 1.5 MT iron ore per monthcan be released for the industrythrough e-auction route fromthe stock of 25.88 million tonnes,

lying at the mines in the state.“It’s a great relief. Now, we

can run our plants at 80 per centcapacity as the iron ore supplieswill be somewhere about 2.5 mil-lion tonnes per month for theindustry (in Karnataka),” saidMVS Seshagiri Rao, Joint Man-aging Director of JSW Steel,which runs a 10 million tonnesper annum (MTPA) plant in thestate.

Expressing similar sentiments,a senior official of an affectedcompany said, “Taken together,the production of NMDC at 1 MTper month, the supplies will beabout 2.5 MT in a month againsta demand of 2.9 MT. So, againstnothing, we will at least getsomething to run our units.”

However, small and mediumsize companies are not that op-timistic as they feel that the e-auction route will increase theprices of iron ore significantly

and the input costs of the com-panies will increase manifold.

“Only big producers wouldbenefit (from the e-auction) asthey can bid for any amount tosecure supplies. The biddingroute will increase our produc-tion costs by many times andultimately, our plants may getinto the danger zone of becomingunviable,” said an official of an-other company, which runs ablast furnace of one milliontonnes capacity in the region.

Adding that quality of the rawmaterial is also a concern as thestock is a mix of iron ore lumpsand fines, the official furthersaid that smaller companies didnot have the capability of run-ning their units on fines (lowergrade iron ore).

Both the officials, however,refused to be identified as thematter was subjudice.

Besides releasing the stocks,

the CEC had also recommendedthat iron ore from Karnataka’smines will not be exported, andlease-wise and grade-wise re-serve price for iron ore for biddingwill be fixed after consideringthe sale price obtained by Na-tional Mineral Development Cor-poration (NMDC).

NMDC is the only companyallowed by the apex court to domining in the state, while MSTC– a mini-ratna PSU specialisedin e-commerce – has been giventhe responsibility of doing theauctions for iron ore stocks.

Due to ban on mining, theiron and steel industry in Kar-nataka has been witnessing se-vere shortages of iron ore.

According to the BangaloreChamber of Industry and Com-merce (BSIC), daily supplies wereabout 41,000-42,000 tonnes ofiron ore till last week for the ironand steel units against a dailydemand of 1,04,000 tonnes.

22 of 60 sponge iron plants inthe state have shut their opera-tions for want of the raw material,while many other firms like JSWSteel, MSPL, BMM Ispat, Sathava-hana Ispat among others haveresorted to operating at reducedcapacities due to paucity of theraw material, industry sourcessaid. The state produces 16 mil-lion tonnes iron and steel in ayear, which is a little less than25 per cent of the country’s totalproduction.

The state also produces morethan a fifth of India’s total ironore production, which is around220 million tonnes annually. Ofthis, about 80 per cent comesfrom Bellary-Hospet region atabout 40 million tonnes per an-num, Tumkur and Chitradurgadistricts meet rest of the require-ments. PTI

Focus of partiesnow shifts to

Koppal by‑pollD L Harish

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There has been ahectic political activity with theannouncement of by-electionsto the Koppal assembly con-stituency.

All the three major politicalparties – BJP, Congress and JD(S)– are desperate to grab the seat.This is the first election in thestate after former Lokayukta Jus-tice Santosh Hegde submitted areport on illegal mining that costthe BJP strongman B S Yeddyu-rappa the chief minister’s post.The report has turned out to bea millstone for all political parties.A victory here could lift the bur-den a bit.

The Congress has already an-nounced that it is fielding formerMLA Basavaraj Hitnal for theby-poll, which is scheduled tobe held on September 26.

The Congress, which seemsto largely unaffected by the min-ing report, is confident of win-ning the election by focusing onillegal mining report, illegal landdenotification and the selectionof a “weak chief minister”,Sadananda Gowda, to succeedYeddyurappa. The Congress willalso highlight how the BJP gov-ernment has been chanting onlythe development mantra withoutcarrying out any developmentworks.

The BJP wants to field formerMLA Karadi Sanganna, whosedefection to the saffron partyfrom the JD(S), necessitated theby-election.

But the party is yet to finalisehis name. Despite the huge hur-dles it has to cross, the partywants to get back the seat. AndYeddyurappa wants to have hissay here too.

That’s what led to a separatemeeting at his residence on Sat-urday with his loyalists, whileparty president K S Eshwarappaconducted another meeting atthe party headquarters.

Yeddyurappa, during histenure as chief minister eversince the BJP came to power in2008, has been winning all theelections for the party, whichhas made him the most powerfulleader in the saffron party.

He again proved his mettle

when he elected his candidateSadananda Gowda for the chiefminister’s post.

The JD(S), which fell victimto the Operation Lotus orches-trated by the BJP, has kept a lowprofile.

Party state president H D Ku-maraswamy has not been en-thusiastic about selecting a can-didate for the by-poll.

But the former chief ministerhas really a lot to worry aboutother than the polls at this junc-ture.

The Lokayukta has found himguilty of favouring the JantakalMining Company and getting asite allotted to his wife Anitafrom the Vishwabharati HousingCooperative Society, whosefounder B Krishna Bhat has beenarrested for illegalities concern-ing the distribution of sites.

He is now facing cases filedbefore the Lokayukta specialcourt.

Sources close to the leadersay that Kumaraswamy firstwants to clear all his cases beforehe starts focusing on the electionand other political activities.

His father and JD(S) strong-man H D Deve Gowda has askedKumaraswamy to keep awayfrom the by-election and not tobother about campaigning toofor the party candidate in Koppal.

Gowda is now worried thatthe presence of his “tainted” soncould damage the poll prospectsof the party here.

Gowda, who is usually vocalabout issues concerning thestate, has been keeping quieton the latest developments.

He has been watching the de-velopments within the BJP andCongress, party sources said.

Political pundits say if Gowdais quiet, then certainly there issomething big brewing, whichwill be announced at the righttime.

One‑day conference onprotection of cows held

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A one-day conferenceon protection of cows was heldin the city today. The programmehad been organised by the Kar-nataka Go Rakshana Samiti.

Swamijis from across the state,samiti president D Shivakumarand others were present on theoccasion.

They stressed on the impor-

tance of protecting cows. Children from different schools

wore masks of cows to spreadthe message of cow protection.A cow was brought on the stageby the seers and a puja was per-formed for it.

Speakers said the civil societyhas to work hard to protect theseprecious animals, consideredthe national wealth.

The protests against slaughter

of cows started in 2007 duringthe tenure of H D Kumaraswamyas chief minister.

Later a “global conference”was held at Hubli highlightingthe importance of Indian breedsof cows.

Delegates from the US, Kenya,Uganda, Brazil and Hungary,and representatives from respec-tive governments of Gujarat, Del-hi and Maharashtra took part.

Reddy arrested in Bellary

Continued from page 1Medical education minister S ARamadass said in Mysore: “Youcan easily see the hand of Con-gress behind the arrest of Ja-nardhana Reddy in the weehours. TheUPA gov-e r n m e n t ,along withthe CBI, hasconspiredto carry outthe arrest.The CBIs h o u l dhave givena prior no-tice beforecarrying out the raids againstJanardhana Reddy. It should becondemned by all.”

Tapal Ganesh, a mine ownerwho played a crucial role in giv-ing direct clues of illegal activitiesby the Reddy brothers, said,“This is a first level victory. Westirred the action in 2006 itselfand have got the results now.We are waiting for our full vic-tory.”

It was Tamil Nadu governorRosaiah, who as chief ministerof Andhra Pradesh ordered a CBI inquiry against the Reddybrothers for illegal mining and destroying the borders between Karnataka and AndhraPradesh.

Students wear masks to spread the message of protection of cows, during a one-day conference organised by the Karnataka Go Rakshana Samiti at Townhall today.

S Radhakrishna

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Train sequence of Bond film might be shot near Dudhsagar fallsPanaji: The picturesque Dudhsagar wa-terfall, situated on the Goa-Karnatakaborder and 60 km from here, is one ofthe few locations in India selected for atrain sequence to be shot for the 23rdJames Bond movie.

Sources stated that recce of the spot,located in the thick jungles on the stateborder, has already been done and therailway ministry has also given its ap-proval. The South-Western Railway op-erates train services from near the wa-terfall.

However, some issues related to shoot-ing, are yet to be sorted out.

“Height is an issue. For the sequence,they require a particular height, whichis not there near this spot.

“But they have still listed this place,”a source stated.

But, even though the EntertainmentSociety of Goa (ESG), a nodal agency

which gives permission for film shootingin Goa, is yet to receive an applicationfor the shooting,sources said that thenext Bond movie would be shot over 40days from January to March.

“As and when we receive the applica-tion, we will consider it,” ESG Chief Ex-ecutive Officer Manoj Srivastava said,adding that they are yet to receive theshooting schedule.

According to sources, a few places inBangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabadhave also been short-listed, where thetrain sequence could be shot.

Indian railway ministry has alreadygiven its approval for the shooting of thesequence, although it has asked the film-makers not to show people traveling ontrain roof tops.

The 23rd Bond film, which is yet to benamed, will be directed by Sam Mendesand released on 9 November 2012. PTI

After surgery, Salman toresume shooting in a weekMumbai: Actor Salman Khan,who recently underwent a nervesurgery in the US, would resumeshooting in a week’s time, familysources said.

Salman, who has been suf-fering from Trigeminal Neuralgia,a nerve disorder that causes in-tense pain in the face, had leftfor the US on August 29 and suc-cessfully underwent the first sur-gery two days later.

“He is much better now andhas been advised to take restbefore he starts shooting for ‘EkTha Tiger’. Doctors are reviewinghis health. This is not like yougo for one sitting and it isdone...hope all goes well,”Salman’s brother-in-law Atul Ag-nihotri said. “He should resumeshooting by September 10,” headded. Salman would head toSouth Africa to shoot for YashChopra’s ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.

The ‘Dabangg’ star has beensuffering from the pain in hisjaw since 2007 while shootingfor ‘Partner’.

It got worse last year, followingwhich, he decided to undergo asurgery.

Salman’s recent release ‘Body-guard’ is on a record breaking

spree.“He is updated every day

about ‘Bodyguard’. He is verymuch happy. This was an im-portant release for him. He takesgood and bad films in equal spir-

it,” Atul said.‘Bodyguard’, starring Salman

and Kareena Kapoor was re-leased on Eid and has surpassedthe record of ‘Dabangg’ and ‘MyName is Khan’. PTI

RAHUL RETURNS AFTERMEETING MOM IN US

New Delhi: Congress generalsecretary Rahul Gandhi, whohad gone to the US to bring backhis mother Sonia, has returnedto the national capital.

Rahul had gone to the USsome days back amid clear in-dications from the party that theCongress president was recov-ering well post surgery and ex-pected to be back in the nationalcapital by the first week of Sep-tember.

Highly placed party sourcesconfirmed the return of the AICCgeneral secretary. They said thatSonia Gandhi has not yet re-

turned, but indicated that shecould be back here shortly.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, whowas staying with her mother,was also back here some tendays back in an indication thatthe Congress president was re-covering well. The 64-year-oldCongress president had under-gone a surgery for an undisclosedailment in a US hospital on Au-gust 4. Sonia Gandhi had con-stituted a four-member team ofRahul Gandhi, A K Antony,Ahmed Patel and JanardhanDwivedi to look after party affairsin her absence. PTI

Plane removed, operations resumeat Mumbai airport

Mumbai: Nearly 75 hours afterit skidded and got stuck in mud,the stranded Turkish Airlinesplane was finally removed fromthe Mumbai airport runway earlytoday, an official said.

Normal flight operations soonresumed. The plane was removedfrom the spot near the main run-way at around 1 a.m. and towedto the Air India hangar at 6.45am.

Just before 7 a.m., the mainrunway – 0927 – was handedover to the Air Traffic Control toresume normal operations.

The first flight to take off wasa Mumbai-Kolkata Air India flightAI-675 at 7.07 a.m. The first arrivalwas from Hyderabad, SG 403,at 7.12 a.m., the official told IANS.

The runway was shut early

Friday after the Turkish Airlinesplane skidded off after landingand got stuck in the mud fol-lowing heavy rains. All 104 pas-sengers, including 11 crew weresafely evacuated.

In the past three days, the air-port had a harrowing time as alloperations had to be diverted tothe secondary runway.

Over a dozen flights were di-verted and around half a dozencancelled. Besides, the airporthad to deal with one emergencylanding (Spicejet on Saturday)and a bomb scare (Jet Airways,Sunday). During the same period,the airport was forced to suspendall operations on at least fiveoccasions due to poor visibilityand heavy rains lashing the citysince Sep 1. IANS

Dasara lead elephant Balarama carries a weight of around 700 kg, equivalent to that of the golden howdah, during the trial run of the world famousDasara procession at Mysore this morning.

Trial run for jumbosG S Ravishnakar

The crest gate No. 1 at Krishna Rajendra Sagar dam at Mandya district was opened todayas inflows into the reservoir across the Cauvery river. The inflow was recorded at 41,844

cusecs, while outflow was46,111 cusecs, while the water level stood at 124.15 ft at the dam.

More inflowsG S Ravishnakar

Main investigator forcommuting death penaltyNew Delhi: Amid a raging debateon the issue of clemency forkillers of Rajiv Gandhi, the maininvestigator in the 20-year-oldcase D R Karthikeyan says thathe will be happy if the deathpenalty of the three accused iscommuted to life sentence.

With the demand for commut-ing their death sentence becom-ing an emotive issue in TamilNadu, he suggested that Parlia-ment should convene a specialsession to discuss the policy withregard to capital punishment asdecisions taken on regional basiswould set a dangerous prece-dent.

“I have nothing personalagainst them. I did my duty, let

the government do their dutynow. I will be happy if theirdeath sentence is reduced to lifeimprisonment,” he said.

Karthikeyan was asked to takecharge of the Special Investiga-tion Team, a day after Rajiv Gand-hi’s assassination on May 21,1991. Within a year on May 20,1992, a day before the first an-niversary of the assassination,his team filed the charge-sheetnaming 41 people as accused.

The former IPS officer saidthe commutation of Nalini Sree-haran’s death sentence may helpthe other three accused, whosemercy petition has been rejectedby President Pratibha Patil. TheSupreme Court had sentenced

Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalanand Nalini to death in 1999.

The Madras High Court hadrecently granted an eight-weekinterim stay on the execution ofthe convicts which was sched-uled for September 9.

“They have got a case, as oneof the condemned prisoners’death sentence has been com-muted to life. Moreover, theyhave been in jail for 20 years,and their mercy petitions havetaken 11 years, which was a longperiod of uncertainty,” he said.

Karthikeyan, a Padma Shriwinner, professed the need toformulate a uniform policy oncapital punishment while cau-tioning against any selective

treatment. “A special session ofParliament should be called todiscuss the policy on deathpenalty. It should not be decidedon the basis of region. That willbe a dangerous precedent andcan divide the country,” he said.

Expressing disappointed overthe delay in deciding clemencyapplications, he blamed the gov-ernment for not taking decisionsin reasonable time.

“The delay by the governmentmakes the whole effort of theinvestigators look meaningless.It certainly demoralises the in-vestigators. Because of delay intaking decisions it has resultedin confusion,” he said. TheSupreme Court, in its judgement,

had appreciated the the “metic-ulous investigation” and “assid-uous work” of the SIT team head-ed by Karthikeyan. He main-tained that despite being advisedby several officials to drop fromthe case after LTTE’s involvementwas found, he continued theprobe. “I had more problemswith certain high-profile politi-cians than the LTTE. They weretrying to distort, derail the in-vestigation so that their politicalobjectives were achieved. It wasmental agony for me,” he said.

He said that challenging theverdict of Supreme Court after11 years would lead to contemptof court and demoralise the in-vestigators. PTI

Impeachment:Speaker holds talks

New Delhi: Lok Sabha SpeakerMeira Kumar is holding consul-tations with the representativesof government and political par-ties to take a decision on whetherto go ahead with impeachmentof Justice Soumitra Sen in LokSabha.

“I have to consult becausethere have been new develop-ments. I will be talking (to polit-ical parties and government),”Kumar told reporters outsideParliament before the House be-gan.

Asked whether an all-partymeeting will be called to discussthe issue, she said nothing wasscheduled but she will be talk-ing.

Meanwhile, a senior UnionMinister has indicated that theimpeachment was unlikely asthe judge has already resigned.

The government had yesterdaynotified the resignation of JusticeSen of the Calcutta High Court.

In the normal course, such anotification is not required sincethe resignation of a constitutionalauthority is deemed to be ac-cepted if it is in order.

Attorney-general G E Vahan-vati had opined on Friday thatthe impeachment proceedings,having already been completedin the Rajya Sabha, should becompleted by the other house.

This opinion appears to have been based on the premisethat the resignation letter axed by Sen to Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday could notbe taken cognisance of sincesuch letters must be written in the hand of the judge as perArt 217 (a) of the Constitution.PTI

Medical education and Mysore district in-charge minister S A Ramadass and other dignitaries garland the statue of journalist M Venkatakrishnaiah, popularly known asThathaiah, in front of the city bus-stand at Mysore today. It was the birth annivesary

Thathaiah.

Thathaiah remembered G S Ravishankar

Ex‑ministerʼsbrother held

Kochi: Former DMK minister KN Nehru’s brother, against whoma lookout notice was issued byTamil Nadu Police in a land grabcase, was today detained by im-migration officials at the airporthere before he was to fly to Dubai.

Airport sources said K N Ra-majayam was handed over toairport police, and would laterbe taken into custody by Tiruchi-rappalli Police of Tamil Nadu.

Ramajayam is an accused,along with 10 others includingNehru, in an alleged land grabcase where 13,290 sqft of land inTiruchirappalli was forcibly ob-tained for construction of DMKparty office.

Nehru was arrested on August25 in connection with the samecase in Tamil Nadu. PTI

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The president also beratedYeddyurappa, saying he shouldtake care of the cases being heardbefore the Lokayukta specialcourt and come out clean. Hewas also given a warning thathe has been meddling with thegovernment and should take hishands off, the sources said.

Gadkari also spoke to partystate president K S Eshwarappaand told him not to worry aboutthe resignation of Sriramulu andto work for the next assemblyelection. Sadananda Gowda toowas supposed to meet Gadkariyesterday.

But he was told to stay backand discuss the possibility ofdissolving the House, the sourcessaid.