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Evening daily I won’t join politics: Hegde P 3 Vol. 1, Issue 314 n Thursday n July 7, 2011 No. of pages: 8 n Price: Rs 2 Vishwanath: HDK fast meaningless Bangalore Beat Bureau Mysore: H Vishwanath MP from Mysore & Kodagu has said that the JDS state president H D Kumaraswamy is solely responsible for the sorry state of affairs in Kar- nataka. Addressing media this morning, Vishwanath said Kumaraswamy’s proposed fasting in front of Vidhana Soudha is meaningless as also his father Deve Gow- da’s decision to write a letter to Kumaraswamy not to go ahead with his fasting. FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4 Rain mars opening dayʼs play after Indiaʼs early strikes Roseau (Dominica): Indian bowlers domi- nated a rain-truncated opening day, landing early blows to leave West Indies at a precar- ious 75 for three in their first innings in the third and final cricket Test here. Sent into bat, the hosts were struggling in the 31.1 overs of play that was possible when the heavens opened up shortly after the lunch break, and it stayed that way till the day’s play was finally called off at 4.15 pm lo- cal time yesterday. Darren Bravo was batting on 22 while Shiv- narine Chanderpaul was unbeaten on 17, with the two adding 40 runs for the fourth wicket in 14.2 overs. FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4 SC seeks status re‑ port on probe into ʻcash‑for‑voteʼscam New Delhi: The Supreme Court today di- rected the Delhi Police to place before it the status report on the probe conducted by it in the “cash-for-vote” scam during the trust vote faced by the UPA government in July 2008. Not satisfied with the Centre’s contention that an FIR has been lodged in the case and probe will be completed within two months, a bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam ordered the police to file the status report by July 15. FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4 CBI to supply Radia tele scripts to 2G accused New Delhi: The CBI today told a Delhi court that it will supply to the 2G scam case accused by July 12 the transcripts of tapped tele- phonic talk of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with various people. “We will supply Niira Radia’s tape by July 12,” CBI prosecutor A K Singh told Special CBI Judge O P Saini. The agency told the court that it will also be supplying some additional doc- uments to the accused on July 12. FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4 Bangalore Beat Adele turns veggie P8 NOBLE INITIATIVE for a Nobel cause He has grandiose plans of turning our coun- try into a hub of Nobel laureates. He has an ambitious target of producing 100 such lau- reates by the end of 2020 and 2,500 by the end of the century. You might say it is crazy, but Basavaraj A Patil’s Think and Ink Foun- dation has already started working ground up, L Raghunanda Page 5... Beyond Beat Higher education minister V S Acharya greets a student, who was at the CET cell, waiting for counselling session this morning. Gangadhar Pujar ISRO weighs options on human space flight programme Bangalore: India is weighing the pros and cons of going in for collaboration for its ambitious human space flight programme but a final decision would be driven by the extent of technological gains ac- crued to New Delhi from it. Different models are possible in undertaking the proposed mission, first mooted nearly a decade ago, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Radhakrishnan said. Radhakrishnan, also Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of Space Commission, said there is a lot of discussion globally on collabora- tion in human space flight programmes (not India- specific, but general in nature). “So, then, we should decide what we have to do in this area. There are different models available,” he said. One possibility is to have a human being (Indi- an) flown in Soyuz (Russian rocket) or some oth- er system. “It’s like paying the money, getting into it, conduct a small experiment and come back. That’s one part of it,” he said. Another model is to make a crew module in- digenously and use a man-rate vehicle (rocket) of a foreign space agency, and the third option for In- dia is to develop the rocket and associated tech- nologies on its own and undertake the mission. “All these things are there. The question is how much technology you will earn, what benefit you will get out of it (in case of collaboration). One has to weigh it because you (India) must have a long- term programme for it (human space flights). We are not doing for the sake of doing it (the human space flight mission) actually,” he said. Continued on page 4 MAJOR FIRE BREAKS OUT AT BBMP OFFICE Bangalore Beat Bureau Bangalore: A major fire broke out at the BBMP office at Se- shadripuram this morning. Im- portant documents related to khatas were gutted in the fire that started in the wee hours of the morning. Joggers and walkers in the park next door noticed smoke bellowing out of the BBMP of- fice and informed the fire brigade around 7 am. Four fire engines were pressed into service and the fire was brought under con- trol. Fire brigade officials said the fire might have started due to an electric short circuit, but the exact reason had to be as- certained yet. The BBMP premise housed the office of assistant regional officers. Fire officer Eeerappa said, “There were important docu- ments and we have taken care to preserve many of them. We were careful as we knew the documents were important. We fought fire for more than an hour before containing it. The fire started in the north east cor- ner of the building.” The fire has started after the BBMP offices closed last evening, he said. 33 KILLED IN UP CRASH 35 injured as train rams into bus at unmanned crossing Kanshiram Nagar: At least 33 people were killed and 35 others injured when a train rammed into a bus at an un- manned crossing near here in Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours today. The accident occurred at around 2.20 am when the train on its way from Mathura to Chapra in Bihar rammed into the bus carrying a marriage party from Adupura village at the crossing in Dariyawganj area in this district. Additional superintendent of po- lice Daddan Prasad said the bus was carrying around 68 passengers. “33 people have been killed and 35 others injured in the mishap,” he said. Shailaja Kumari, district magistrate, Etah, said the injured have been ad- mitted to various hospitals in Etah and Farukkhabad districts. “The injured have been taken care of and they are now in various hospitals. Everybody is out of danger,” she said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed extreme grief at the loss of life and announced ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of each person killed, Rs 50,000 each for seriously injured and Rs 10,000 each for those with simple in- juries.Singh, who holds the Railway portfolio, also ordered a high-level in- quiry by the Commissioner of Rail Safe- ty into the mishap. A Railways spokesman said the in- quiry will go into the causes of the ac- cident. Maran may quit anytime now New Delhi: A day after he was nailed by the CBI in the 2G spec- trum allocation scam, DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran's fate is likely to be decided anytime soon. It is now left for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to drop the tainted minister. A cabinet meeting this morn- ing was also attended by Maran, who holds the textiles portfolio. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s residence on 7, Race Course road, today. Opposition leader Arun Jaitley and AIADMK leaders have been demanding the resignation of Maran immediately. The DMK, meanwhile, has refused to defend Maran, and has left it to his re- sponsibility. Yesterday, the CBI told the Supreme Court that its prelimi- nary inquiry into the allegation of Sivasankaran, a serial entrepre- neur known as Siva in business circles, suggested that Maran starved Aircel of new licences to bully him into selling out. A major fire broke out at the BBMP office in Seshadripuram this morning. Important documents, khatas and revnue records were burnt in the fire. Man with revolver detained at Rahulʼs rally Tappal (UP): In a security scare for Rahul Gandhi, a young man carrying a licensed revolver was detained while trying to move close to the Congress leader during his padayatra today in Uttar Pradesh. The man with a licensed .32 bore revolver was nabbed in this village by SPG personnel accompanying Rahul when he was found heading towards the second ring of the AICC General Secretary’s security cordon. Harikrishan Sharma was picked up at around 8.30 AM and was immedi- ately handed over to the UP Police. Locals said he belonged to Tappal vil- lage and claimed that he is a Congress worker. The UP police claimed that the incident was not a “blatant se- curity breach” and that Sharma is a “properly verified” resident of near- by Udaipur village. It however utilised the incident to slam the padayatra from the securi- ty point of view, saying this kind of “risks” are very much there when there is an “unannounced” move- ment. It is also a “free for all kind of a thing,” Aligarh SSP Satyendra Vir Singh said. Sharma is currently being interro- gated by the police. He reportedly did not attempt to brandish or use the firearm. The incident took place two hours after Rahul resumed his footmarch to Aligarh to make common cause with farmers in the state over Mayawati government “forcibly” acquiring land from farmers at cheap prices. Pro- hibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC remains in force in Aligarh where the padayatra will culminate in the kisan mahapanchayat on Sat- urday. SSP Singh said, “It is not blatant se- curity breach. He (Sharma) is a prop- erly verified person. There is nothing adverse against him in the police records, that is why he was issued a license for his revolver after proper po- lice verification. His intentions of being present there are absolutely clear. There is no malafide.” Continued on page 4 CET ENGINEERING COUNSELLING BEGINS Bangalore Beat Bureau Bangalore: The CET engineering coun- selling to fill 83,489 seats in 188 col- leges across the state began today. This year, six new colleges have been added to the list, increasing the intake of students. Jyothi Institute of Technology, Ban- galore; G Made Gowda Institute of Technology, Maddur; Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology, Bangalore; Jain Institute of Technol- ogy, Davanagere’ Lingarajappa Engi- neering College, Bidar and Aakar Academy of Architecture, Ban- galore. During this round, 47,697 seats would be allotted under the govern- ment quota, and number of candi- dates who are eligible for electronics and computer science is 979. The number of seats allotted for physically disabled is 103 (medical 22 and engineering76), 172 for NCC quo- ta (medical 10, engineering 162) and sports person’s quota 52 (medical 6, dental 1, engineering 45) CET Cell director V Rashmi said, “We express regret for the delay in starting the second round of coun- selling due to unforeseen circum- stance. Elephant attacks pregnant woman Anekal: A pregnant woman was attacked by a wild elephant here this morning. Lakshmamma, who had gone to attend nature’s call in the morning, was attacked near the river, the villagers said. The spot of incident is hardly 200 metres from her residence. Her family and neighbours rushed her to a private hospital nearby and she is out of danger. Doctors said even her baby in the womb appeared to be safe. Villagers complained that ele- phant attacks had been on the rise in the area over the last few months and forest department of- ficials should take steps to con- trol the menace.

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Evening dailyI won’t join politics: Hegde P 3

Vol. 1, Issue 314 n Thursday n July 7, 2011 No. of pages: 8 n Price: Rs 2

Vishwanath:HDK fast

meaninglessBangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: H Vishwanath MP from Mysore &Kodagu has said that theJDS state president H DKumaraswamy is solelyresponsible for the sorrystate of affairs in Kar-nataka.

Addressing media thismorning, Vishwanathsaid Kumaraswamy’s

proposed fasting in front of Vidhana Soudhais meaningless as also his father Deve Gow-da’s decision to write a letter to Kumaraswamynot to go ahead with his fasting.

FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4

Rain mars openingdayʼs play after

Indiaʼs early strikesRoseau (Dominica): Indian bowlers domi-nated a rain-truncated opening day, landingearly blows to leave West Indies at a precar-ious 75 for three in their first innings in thethird and final cricket Test here.

Sent into bat, the hosts were struggling inthe 31.1 overs of play that was possible whenthe heavens opened up shortly after thelunch break, and it stayed that way till theday’s play was finally called off at 4.15 pm lo-cal time yesterday.

Darren Bravo was batting on 22 while Shiv-narine Chanderpaul was unbeaten on 17,with the two adding 40 runs for the fourthwicket in 14.2 overs.

FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4

SC seeks status re‑port on probe into

ʻcash‑for‑voteʼscamNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today di-

rected the Delhi Police to place before it thestatus report on the probe conducted by it inthe “cash-for-vote” scam during the trustvote faced by the UPA government in July2008.

Not satisfied with the Centre’s contentionthat an FIR has been lodged in the case andprobe will be completed within two months,a bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam orderedthe police to file the status report by July 15.

FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4

CBI to supplyRadia tele scripts

to 2G accusedNew Delhi: The CBI today told a Delhi court

that it will supply to the 2G scam case accusedby July 12 the transcripts of tapped tele-phonic talk of corporate lobbyist Niira Radiawith various people.

“We will supply Niira Radia’s tape by July12,” CBI prosecutor A K Singh told Special CBIJudge O P Saini. The agency told the court thatit will also be supplying some additional doc-uments to the accused on July 12.

FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4

BangaloreBeatAdele turns veggie P8

NOBLE INITIATIVE for a Nobel cause

He has grandiose plans of turning our coun-try into a hub of Nobel laureates. He has anambitious target of producing 100 such lau-reates by the end of 2020 and 2,500 by theend of the century. You might say it is crazy,but Basavaraj A Patil’s Think and Ink Foun-dation has already started working groundup, L Raghunanda Page 5...

Beyond Beat

Higher education minister V S Acharya greets a student, who was at the CET cell, waiting for counsellingsession this morning.

Gangadhar Pujar

ISRO weighs options on humanspace flight programme

Bangalore: India is weighing the pros and cons ofgoing in for collaboration for its ambitious humanspace flight programme but a final decision wouldbe driven by the extent of technological gains ac-crued to New Delhi from it.

Different models are possible in undertaking theproposed mission, first mooted nearly a decade ago,chairman of Indian Space Research OrganisationK Radhakrishnan said.

Radhakrishnan, also Secretary in the Departmentof Space and Chairman of Space Commission, saidthere is a lot of discussion globally on collabora-tion in human space flight programmes (not India-specific, but general in nature). “So, then, weshould decide what we have to do in this area. Thereare different models available,” he said.

One possibility is to have a human being (Indi-

an) flown in Soyuz (Russian rocket) or some oth-er system. “It’s like paying the money, getting intoit, conduct a small experiment and come back.That’s one part of it,” he said.

Another model is to make a crew module in-digenously and use a man-rate vehicle (rocket) ofa foreign space agency, and the third option for In-dia is to develop the rocket and associated tech-nologies on its own and undertake the mission.

“All these things are there. The question is howmuch technology you will earn, what benefit youwill get out of it (in case of collaboration). One hasto weigh it because you (India) must have a long-term programme for it (human space flights). Weare not doing for the sake of doing it (the humanspace flight mission) actually,” he said.

Continued on page 4

MAJOR FIREBREAKS OUT ATBBMP OFFICE

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A major fire brokeout at the BBMP office at Se-shadripuram this morning. Im-portant documents related tokhatas were gutted in the firethat started in the wee hours ofthe morning.

Joggers and walkers in thepark next door noticed smokebellowing out of the BBMP of-fice and informed the firebrigade around 7 am.

Four fire engines werepressed into service and thefire was brought under con-trol. Fire brigade officials saidthe fire might have started due

to an electric short circuit, butthe exact reason had to be as-certained yet.

The BBMP premise housedthe office of assistant regionalofficers.

Fire officer Eeerappa said,“There were important docu-ments and we have taken careto preserve many of them. Wewere careful as we knew thedocuments were important. Wefought fire for more than anhour before containing it. Thefire started in the north east cor-ner of the building.”

The fire has started after theBBMP offices closed lastevening, he said.

33 KILLED IN UP CRASH35 injured as train rams into bus at unmanned crossing

Kanshiram Nagar: At least 33 peoplewere killed and 35 others injured whena train rammed into a bus at an un-manned crossing near here in UttarPradesh in the wee hours today.

The accident occurred at around2.20 am when the train on its way fromMathura to Chapra in Bihar rammedinto the bus carrying a marriage party

from Adupura village at the crossing inDariyawganj area in this district.

Additional superintendent of po-lice Daddan Prasad said the bus wascarrying around 68 passengers.

“33 people have been killed and 35others injured in the mishap,” he said.

Shailaja Kumari, district magistrate,Etah, said the injured have been ad-

mitted to various hospitals in Etah andFarukkhabad districts.

“The injured have been taken care ofand they are now in various hospitals.Everybody is out of danger,” she said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singhexpressed extreme grief at the loss of lifeand announced ex-gratia relief of Rs 2lakh for the kin of each person killed,

Rs 50,000 each for seriously injured andRs 10,000 each for those with simple in-juries.Singh, who holds the Railwayportfolio, also ordered a high-level in-quiry by the Commissioner of Rail Safe-ty into the mishap.

A Railways spokesman said the in-quiry will go into the causes of the ac-cident.

Maran may quit anytime now

New Delhi: A day after he wasnailed by the CBI in the 2G spec-trum allocation scam, DMKleader Dayanidhi Maran's fateis likely to be decided anytimesoon. It is now left for PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh todrop the tainted minister.

A cabinet meeting this morn-ing was also attended by Maran,who holds the textiles portfolio.The meeting was held at thePrime Minister’s residence on 7,Race Course road, today.

Opposition leader Arun Jaitleyand AIADMK leaders have beendemanding the resignation ofMaran immediately. The DMK,meanwhile, has refused to defendMaran, and has left it to his re-sponsibility.

Yesterday, the CBI told theSupreme Court that its prelimi-nary inquiry into the allegation of

Sivasankaran, a serial entrepre-neur known as Siva in businesscircles, suggested that Maranstarved Aircel of new licences tobully him into selling out.

A major fire broke out at the BBMP office in Seshadripuram this morning. Important documents,

khatas and revnue records were burnt in the fire.Man with revolver detained at Rahulʼs rally

Tappal (UP): In a security scare forRahul Gandhi, a young man carryinga licensed revolver was detainedwhile trying to move close to theCongress leader during his padayatratoday in Uttar Pradesh.

The man with a licensed .32 borerevolver was nabbed in this village bySPG personnel accompanying Rahulwhen he was found heading towards the second ring of the AICC General Secretary’s securitycordon.

Harikrishan Sharma was picked up

at around 8.30 AM and was immedi-ately handed over to the UP Police.Locals said he belonged to Tappal vil-lage and claimed that he is a Congressworker. The UP police claimed thatthe incident was not a “blatant se-curity breach” and that Sharma is a“properly verified” resident of near-by Udaipur village.

It however utilised the incident toslam the padayatra from the securi-ty point of view, saying this kind of“risks” are very much there whenthere is an “unannounced” move-

ment. It is also a “free for all kind ofa thing,” Aligarh SSP Satyendra VirSingh said.

Sharma is currently being interro-gated by the police.

He reportedly did not attempt tobrandish or use the firearm.

The incident took place two hoursafter Rahul resumed his footmarch toAligarh to make common cause withfarmers in the state over Mayawatigovernment “forcibly” acquiring landfrom farmers at cheap prices. Pro-hibitory orders under Section 144

CrPC remains in force in Aligarhwhere the padayatra will culminatein the kisan mahapanchayat on Sat-urday.

SSP Singh said, “It is not blatant se-curity breach. He (Sharma) is a prop-erly verified person. There is nothingadverse against him in the policerecords, that is why he was issued alicense for his revolver after proper po-lice verification. His intentions ofbeing present there are absolutelyclear. There is no malafide.”

Continued on page 4

CET ENGINEERINGCOUNSELLING BEGINS

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The CET engineering coun-selling to fill 83,489 seats in 188 col-leges across the state began today.

This year, six new colleges havebeen added to the list, increasing theintake of students.

Jyothi Institute of Technology, Ban-galore; G Made Gowda Institute ofTechnology, Maddur; Dayananda

Sagar Academy of Technology,Bangalore; Jain Institute of Technol-ogy, Davanagere’ Lingarajappa Engi-neering College, Bidar and Aakar Academy of Architecture, Ban-galore.

During this round, 47,697 seatswould be allotted under the govern-ment quota, and number of candi-dates who are eligible for electronicsand computer science is 979.

The number of seats allotted forphysically disabled is 103 (medical 22and engineering76), 172 for NCC quo-ta (medical 10, engineering 162) andsports person’s quota 52 (medical 6,dental 1, engineering 45)

CET Cell director V Rashmi said,“We express regret for the delay instarting the second round of coun-selling due to unforeseen circum-stance.

Elephant attacks

pregnantwoman

Anekal: A pregnant woman wasattacked by a wild elephant herethis morning.

Lakshmamma, who had goneto attend nature’s call in themorning, was attacked near theriver, the villagers said. The spotof incident is hardly 200 metresfrom her residence.

Her family and neighboursrushed her to a private hospitalnearby and she is out of danger.

Doctors said even her baby inthe womb appeared to be safe.

Villagers complained that ele-phant attacks had been on therise in the area over the last fewmonths and forest department of-ficials should take steps to con-trol the menace.

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MAAGIYA KAALA (U)Nishanth, Bindhu ShriKailash (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

I AM SORRY MATTHE BANNI PRITH-SONA (U)Premkumar, Karishma Inox (Malleswaram) (8.45 pm)

OSCAR (A)Ashok Kumar, Priyanka Venkatesh-wara (Avalahalli (11.30 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) Vishal (11 am, 2.30,6, 9.15 pm)

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THEMOON (U/A)Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley“3D” Cinemax (2.15 pm, 7.15, 10pm) Fame Lido (10.45 am, 4, 9.15pm) Fame (Shankarnag) (6.30 pm)Fun Cinemas (10 am, 1, 4, 7, 10 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (BannerghattaRoad) (10 am, 4.30, 7.15, 10 pm)

Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(11 am, 1.45, 9.30 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (10.25 am, 3.50, 9.15 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10 am, 4.35,9.25 pm) Laxmi (Tavarkere) (11 am,1.45, 5, 8.30 pm) Mukunda (11 am,2, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Navrang (Rajaji-nagar) (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am, 1, 6, 9pm) Rex (10.15 am, 3, 9.45 pm) Ur-vashi (11 am, 3, 6, 9.30 pm) “2D”Fame Forum Value Mall (10 am,12.45, 3.35, 6.25, 9.15 pm) FameLido (4 pm, 9.15 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10 am, 3.35, 6.25, 9.15 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.10 am, 3.25, 6.20,9.15 pm)

CARS 2 (U)Owen Wilson, Michael Caine“3D” Fame Lido (1.40, 6.55 pm)Fame (Shankarnag) (1.20 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (BannerghattaRoad) (12.45 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (10 am, 12.20, 2.55, 7.15 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (12 pm, 3.50,7.40 pm) “2D” Fame Forum ValueMall (2.50 pm, 5.05, 7.20 pm).

Movie ListingsKANNADA

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DELHI BELLY (A)Imran Khan, ShehnazAbhinay (4 pm, 6, 8 pm) Apsara(11.30 am, 2.15, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Cau-very (11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Cinemax(10.45 am, 1, 3.15, 4.15, 5.30, 7.45,10 pm) Cinepolis (10 am, 11.55,1.50, 3.45, 5.40, 7.35, 9.30, 10 pm)Everest (4.30 pm, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Eshwari (11.15 am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15pm) Fame Forum Value Mall (10.25am, 12.40, 2.55, 5.10, 7.25, 9.40pm) Fame Lido (10.25 am, 12.40,2.55, 5.10, 7.25, 9.40 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (4 pm, 10 pm) FunCinemas (10.30 am, 12.40, 5.15,7.30, 9.40 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Bannerghatta Road) (10 am, 12, 2,4, 6, 8, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Mysore Road) (12.20 pm, 5.30,7.30, 9.45 pm) HMT Cinemas (Jala-halli) (10.45 am, 1.30, 4.15, 7.15 pm)Innovative Multiplex (11 am, 1, 5.30,8, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10.20

am, 12.40, 2.50, 7.25, 9.30 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.50 am, 1, 3.10, 5.20,7.30, 9.40 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10 am, 12.15, 2.30, 3, 4.45, 7, 7.30,9.30 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10am, 12.10, 2.50, 5, 7.30 pm) PVRCinemas (10 am, 12.20, 12.45, 2.40,3, 5, 5.15, 7.20, 7.30, 9.30, 9.45 pm)Rex (1.10 pm, 5.55, 7.50 pm) Vaibhav(6 pm, 9.30 pm) Veeresh (4.30 pm,7.30 pm) Vision Cinemas (10.30 am,12.30, 2.45, 5, 7.15, 9.45 pm)

DOUBLE DHAMAAL (U/A)Sanjay Dutt, Arshad WarsiFame Lido (12.45 pm, 3.30, 6.15,7.05, 9.15 pm) Fame (Shankarnag)(10.35 am, 3.45, 6.30, 9.15 pm )Fun Cinemas (1.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road) (12.10pm, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Mysore Road) (10 am, 4.40 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (12.55 pm) Inox (JPNagar).

HINDI

TAMIL

PILLAIYAR THERU KADAISI VEEDU Ramesh, Sanchita PadukoneAruna (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15 pm)Amruth (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Ajantha (10.30 am, 1.30 pm)Lavanya (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Ma-

heshwari (10.15 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Madheshwara (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Pushpanjali (Sultan-palya) (11 am, 2.15, 6, 9.15 pm)Pushpanjali (BNPura) (11.30 am,2.30 pm) Poornima (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Vijay (10.45 am, 1.45,5.45, 8.45 pm)

ADIMAI PENN (U/A)M G Ramachandran, JayalalithaNataraj (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.45, 7.45pm)

AVAN IVAN (U/A)Arya, Vishal Krishna, Janani IyerFame Forum Value Mall (2.25 pm,7.10 pm) Fame Lido (1.40 pm, 6.55pm) Krishna (Bommanahalli) (11am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm) Krishna (11.30am, 2.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (1.15pm, 7.05 pm).

BBUDDAH HOGA TERA BAAP (U/A)Amitabh Bachchan, Prakash Raj, Hema Malini

Abhinay (10.30 am, 1.30 pm)Anand (3 pm, 7, 10 pm) Aruna (11am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm) Cauvery (6pm, 9.30 pm) Cinemax (11.30,4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm) Cinepolis (10am, 2.45, 7.30, 9.50 pm) Everest(11.30 am, 2.15 pm) Fame Lido(10.10 am, 12.25, 2.40, 5, 9.50pm) Fun Cinemas (11 am, 3, 9.20pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 2.50 pm)

Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(10 am, 2.30, 7.30 pm) InnovativeMultiplex (10.15 am, 12.30, 5.15,10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 12.20, 2.40, 5, 7.25, 9.50 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10 am, 2.45,5.50, 9.50 pm) Parimala (11.30am, 2.30, 5.45, 8.45 pm) Shobha(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, pm) Vaibhav(11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Vision Cine-mas (10.30 am, 9.45 pm).

START‑UPS, SUBSIDIARIES will DRIVE INDIAʼS INNOVATION: STUDY

Bangalore: Start-up and MNCecosystem in India is likely todrive India’s future innovationgrowth, ably supported by ahuge domestic market with immense untapped potential,according to a study releasedhere.

India is increasingly shiftingtowards becoming a technolo-gy-enabled economy which isevident by some of the government initiatives and budg-eting, as per the study conductedby Zinnov Management Consult-ing, a leading globalisation ad-

visory firm.According to the study, India

today is at the cusp of becomingan epicentre for global innova-tion, which is driven by the time-ly amalgamation of multiple fac-tors viz domestic market, globalaspirations of Indian firms andthe need for innovation to suc-ceed.

While the private sector hasalways rooted for technologyadoption, the government tooseems to be making the strategicshift.

The Indian Government has

earmarked USD 9 billion for in-vestment in IT initiatives overthe next five years; 12 per centy-o-y rise in IT spending alloca-tion to States.

“The next decade will play acrucial role in the evolution ofIndia’s IT ecosystem, which willalso have a significant bearingon the innovation growth story,”Pari Natarajan, co-founder &CEO, Zinnov Management Con-sulting, said.

Highlighting the synergies thathave also spurred the MNC &Start-up ecosystem in India, the

study says India has over 2,50,000 professionals workingin R&D related services acrosscaptive centers and serviceproviders.

The study also takes note ofthe contribution of second generation entrepreneurs in In-dia.

Successful IT companyfounders like Narayana Murthyand Azim Premji have startedventure funds to encourage en-trepreneurs resulting in thegrowth of the start-up ecosystem,the study states.

State receivesfour percentexcess rain

Bangalore: The state as a wholehas received 244 mm rain duringthe kharif season, an excess offour per cent compared to theaverage rainfall of 235 mm, staterevenue minister KarunakaraReddy said.

So far 745 rain guage centreshad been set up and an addi-tional 670 would be established,he said.

Out of the 74.65 lakh hectaresof kharif-crop covered land, 32.20lakh hectares had been sown,he said.

Reddy said the state did not face any issue related to shortage in drinking water except in Kolar where 36 villageshad been supplied water throughtankers.

Chief minister B S Yeddyurap-pa is expected to inaugurate theonline registeration of propertysystem in August second weekin the city, he said.

On the Ashraya housingscheme, he said 36,000 housesout of the total 59,000 targetedhad been delivered. By thismonth end 90 per cent of thetarget was expected to covered.

Reddy, however, declined tocomment on the V Balsubra-manian report relating to en-croachment of land, saying itwas not official.

According to Balasubraman-ian, Chairman of the Taskforcefor Recovery and Protection ofGovernment land, only four percent of the grabbed governmentland has been recovered. PTI

French dairymajor Danoneforays into city

Bangalore: French dairy majorDanone forayed into this techhub with a range of products,including flavoured yoghurts, aspart of its India expansion plans,the Fortune 500 firm saidWednesday.

“Our fresh dairy products have been developed speciallyfor the Indian market, keepingin view the needs of health-con-scious consumers and have been fortified with essential nutrients such as iron, zinc and vitamin A,” the Indian sub-sidiary of the French food prod-ucts multinational said in a state-ment here.

The euro 17-billion French ma-jor also formed 50:50 joint ven-ture with Yakult Honsha of Japanin 2005 to set up a state-of-the-art facility to produce a range ofdairy products at Rai, Sonepatdistrict, in Haryana.

With 160 dairy plants in 120 countries and employingabout 80,000 people, Danone has presence in all fivecontinents. IANS

LG targets 17% market sharein business solutions this year

Bangalore: L G Electronics hassaid it targets a market share of17 per cent in business solutionsby this year-end, following theintroduction of new business so-lutions for Indian business ver-ticals.

Showcasing LG’s end-to-endsolutions for different businessprocesses, Hemendu Sinha, Busi-ness Head, B2B sales, said theproduct offering includes tech-nologically updated digital de-vices and solutions for verticalslike hospitality, hotel, education,retail, office and banking.

With the introduction of newtechnology products like VideoWall, Procentric TV and 3D FHD

cinema projects, he said the com-pany was targeting a totalturnover of Rs 800 crore in thebusiness solutions category byend of 2011.

The company hoped to capture25 per cent of the market in busi-ness solutions category by 2015,Sinha said.

Explaining that LG was in-vesting in R and D and nearly 4per cent of its revenues were be-ing pumped back into research,he said the company had a robustbusiness network and proposedto have regional distributors andsystem integrators to push itsproducts in the market.

Government, education and

security were three main seg-ments LG was looking at for fur-ther business momentum, Sinhasaid, adding, the company wasin indirect talks with some ofthe state governments for someof its products pertaining to se-curity and education.

Currently, about 30 templesin the country, including a bulkin Rajasthan, had installed theLG surveillance system, he said,observing that temples were oneof the growing sectors in termsof demand for surveillance sys-tem. Sinha added LG was alsoin talks with the Airport Authorityof India for its security and sur-veillance products. PTI

Seven‑city concertto pay tribute toBhimsen Joshi

Aconcert of abhangs anddevotional songs dedicat-ed to Lord Vithal ‘Bolava

Vithal’ will be organised to paytribute to legendary vocalist Pan-dit Bhimsen Joshi, organisershave said.

Featuring top artistes likeShankar Mahadevan, SureshWadkar, and Rahul Deshpande,the concert will be a seven citytour to pay tributes to the PanditBhimsen Joshi, event organisersPancham Nishad said.

The late singer popularisedabhangs (devotional songs inpraise of Lord Vitthal) not onlyin India but across the worldthrough his thematic concert‘Santawani’. This time, PanchamNishad is taking this concertacross the border of Maharashtrato Dharwad, Bangalore andChennai, they said.

The concert is not only fordevotees of Lord Vitthal, butalso for music lovers in general.

The tunes and classical finessepromises a resplendent evening.‘Bolava Vitthal’ was initiatedwith the objective of giving arare opportunity to music loversand devotees to listen to suchmaestros singing praise of LordVitthal. The tour begins on July9 in Goa, followed by Mumbai,Pune, Nasik, Dharwad, Banga-lore and Chennai. Shankar Ma-hadevan said, “‘Bolava Vitthal’gives me a chance to sing ab-hangs and get back to my clas-sical roots. It’s an honour to

perform in memory of PanditBhimsenji.” PTI

Toyota to expandcapacity of plant

Kolkata: Toyota Kir-loskar Motor PrivateLimited will expandthe capacity of its sec-ond plant on the out-skirts of Bangalore, in-vesting a total ofRs.275 crore, a top ex-ecutive of the compa-ny has said.

“We will expandthe capacity of our second planton the outskirts of Bangalorefrom the present 70,000 unitsto 120,000 units. The total in-vestment for that will be Rs.275crore. The expansion will becomplete by second quarter of2012,” Sailesh Shetty, vice-pres-ident for sales, Toyota KirloskarMotor, said here on the occasionof launch of Etios Liva hatchbackhere.

The company’s first plant, alsoon the outskirts of Bangalore,

has a total capacity of90,000 units.

“The first plant iscurrently operating atfull capacity,” Shettysaid.

He said in the sec-ond plant they wereproducing Etios sedanand Etios Liva hatch-back.

The company was eyeing atselling 60,000 Etios and EtiosLiva cars this year, he added.

Stating that the company wasfacing no impact on its sales dueto the recent petrol price hike inthe country, Shetty said, “Wehave been able to sell what weare producing. Diesel version ofLiva will be launched at the righttime.”

The company, which now has175 dealers, will add 25 moredealers this year, he added.

Apollo startsnear robotic

heart surgeryBangalore: Apollo Hospitals haslaunched the totally endoscopictechnology for cardiac surgery.

“In order to rectify a problemdeep in the heart, traditionalsurgeons had to open up thechest, making an incision fromthe lower throat region right upto the navel. Endoscopic or key-hole surgery implies that the op-eration will be less traumaticthan traditional surgery. Thistype of surgery involves makingsmaller incisions facilitatingquicker recovery and fewer side-effects. This technology focuseson providing an enhanced op-erative experience to the patientand an improved quality of life,”said Dr Sathyaki Nambala, seniorconsultant cardiovascular & tho-racic surgery, Apollo Hospital.

Totally endoscopic technologyis a near robotic technology andresults in faster recovery, shorterhospital stay and minimum riskfor complications.

Mahindra rolls outdouble‑cabin pickup

Bangalore: Mahindra & Mahin-dra Ltd has rolled out its premiumdouble-cabin pickup vehicle Ge-nio DC that can carry cargo aswell as passengers.

“We have designed and de-veloped the pickup truck to en-able small and medium entre-preneurs (SMEs) offer efficientcargo movement and cabin com-fort for passenger travel as well,”company’s marketing vice pres-ident Vivek Nayer told reportershere at a preview of the productlaunch.

Priced at Rs 5.46 lakh in theKarnataka market (basic version),the fourth product from the com-pany’s new Chakan plant in Ma-harashtra is equipped with 75horsepower (HP), 220 Nm (New-ton meters) torque and adjustablepower steering to negotiate ter-rain area with ease.

The 4+1-seater double cabinpickup has also a two din musicsystem and power windows tomake driving in it pleasurablefor passengers.

“As a leader in the pickup seg-ment, we are committed to offersuperior products to our cus-tomers and elevate their statusand lifestyle,” Nayer said.

Packed with utility, technologyand comfort features, the GenioDC creates a new benchmarkwith dual benefit of being an ef-ficient cargo and comfortablepassenger mover.

The $12.5-billion Mahindragroup has a presence in the au-tomotive industry, agri-business,aerospace, components, consult-ing services, defence, energy, fi-nancial services, industrial equip-ment, logistics, real estate, retail,steel and two-wheelers. IANS

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Ranga Shankara hasorganised painting day on Sat-urday. The event, which is opento all, will be held between 2

pm and 6 pm. This is a pre-eventfor the launch of AHA! Interna-tional Theatre Festival for Chil-dren. More than 300 childrenare expected to participate inthe event.

Painting day atRanga Shankara

CITYThursday, July 7, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralBishop Cotton’s Girls School:Prize distribution ceremony,Susan Thomas Jose, IRS JointCommissioner of Income Taxto participate, School prem-ises, St Marks Road, 5 pm.

Poornaprajna Institute of Sci-entific Research: Valedictoryof Founders Day, Minister V SAcharya, Justice M Rama Joisto participate, Institute prem-ises, Bidalur, Devanahalli, nearInternational Airport, 4.30 pm.

National Institute of Ad-vanced Studies: Lecture on‘Social Benefits of Earth Sys-tem Science’ by ShaileshNayak, Secretary, Ministry ofEarth Sciences, Governmentof India, JRD Tata Auditorium,IISc campus, 4.30 pm.

BMTC: B R Ambedkar birthanniversary, prize distributionceremony, MLA Nehru ChaOlekar, MLA M Krishnappa toparticipate, Nayana, J C Road,4.30 pm.

Seshadripuram IndependentPre-University College: Ori-entation programme, presen-tation of SET Merit scholarship,T V Raju, Director R V Instituteto participate, College prem-ises, 10th Cross, Magadi Road,12 noon.

Rotary Bangalore, Brigades:Installation of office-bearers,Rtn Panduranga Potnis, RtnD A Biradar to participate, Ho-tel Solitaire, 34, Ku mara KrupaRoad, Madhavanagar, 7.30 pm.

CulturalPercussive Arts Centre: ‘Tha-la-vadyotsava 2011’ - PercussiveArts Festival and Music Con-ference, vocal by SukanyaPrabhakar, Gayana Samaj, KR Road, 6.45 pm.

ReligiousThe Indian Institute of WorldCulture: Discourse on ‘Emerg-ing Careers’ by Ali Khwaja, 6,B P Wadia Road, Basavanagu-di, 5 pm.

Vijayanagar Sri Madhwa SevaTrust: Discourse on ‘Mangalas-taka’ by Ambarishachar, 37/2,Gangadhar Layout, 2nd MainRoad, Vijayanagar, 6.30 pm.

Sri Ramakrishna Seva Trust:Discourse on Bhagawad Gitaby Swami Abhaya Chaitanya,SBI Officers Community Cen-tre, 57, Sneha Sadan, SBI Of-ficer’s Colony, Basavesh-waranagar, 6.30 pm.

Kannada Yuvajana Sangha:Discourse on ‘Karnataka Free-dom Struggle’ by H S Dore-swamy, 1, H Siddaiah Road,Hombegowdanagar, WilsonGardens, 6.30 pm.

ExhibitionsPhotographs by HomaiVyarawalla: Thursday, July7th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.National Gallery of ModernArt, No 49 Manikyavelu Man-sion, Palace Road, The Na-tional Gallery of Modern artis hosting an exhibition oficonic photographs taken byHomai Vyarawalla, India's firstwoman photojournalist, whostarted working in the 1930sand was instrumental in trac-ing the lives and work of po-litical leaders through her lens.

Negotiated Positions @Gallery Blue Spade: Thursday,July 7th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7p.m. Gallery Blue Spade, TheChancery, 10/6 Lavelle Road,An exhibition of contemporaryart by Babu Eshwar Prasad,V G Venugopal, Sunoj D,Suchender P, Gurusidappa GE, Murali Cheeroth, ChandraBhattacharjee, Prasanta Sahu,Farhad Hussain and RajibaLochan Pani.

Group Show @ Sumukha:Thursday, July 7th, 2011. 10:30a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallery Sum-ukha, No 24/10, BTS DepotRoad, Wilson Garden An ex-hibition of sculptures, paint-ings and photographs by tentalented artists.

Cultural Connections: Thurs-day, July 7th, 2011. 10 a.m. to6 p.m. Gallerie Third Eye, NoA-1 Epsilon Office Block,Yemalur Main Road, YemalurAn exhibition of contemporaryIndian paintings by ParmeshD Jolad and Sudeep Mukerjee,curated by Jasmine Khanna.

The Art Mix @ Caperberry:Thursday, July 7th, 2011. 12:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caperberry,No 48/1 Ground Floor, The Es-tate, Dickenson Road, Caper-berry and Art Chutney present'The Art Mix', a group showfeaturing artwork by artistssuch as HR Das, Nagesh Goud,Amol Pawar and others.

Confluence @ KCP: Thursday,July 7th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 6p.m. Karnataka ChitrakalaParishad, Art Complex, Ku-mara Krupa Road, HighGrounds An exhibition of

paintings by Shiben Moitraand Marietha Restrepo.

ShoppingCrimson's Annual MonsoonSale: Thursday, July 7th, 2011.11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Crimson ArtGallery, The Hatworks Boule-vards, No 32, CunninghamRoad, Vasanthnagar Paintingsat discount rates, along withan additional offer where pa-trons get 50% off every secondpurchase.

Crocs Candy Collection:Thursday, July 7th, 2011. 11a.m. to 9 p.m. Crocs India Re-tail Limited, Mantri Square,No 1, Sampige Road, Mallesh-waram A collection of light-weight, stylish footwear inbright, candy colours.

Celio End of Season Sale:Thursday, July 7th, 2011. 11a.m. to 9 p.m. Celio, BrigadeRoad, Discounts up to 70%on all apparel and accessories.

Lifestyle presents Watch Fest:Thursday, July 7th, 2011. 10a.m. to 9 p.m. Lifestyle, AdarshOpus, Campbell Road, AustinTown Offers and discounts ona wide range of watches.

The Big Wrangler Sale: Thurs-day, July 7th, 2011. 10 a.m. to9 p.m. Wrangler, No 777, 100Feet Road, Indiranagar Wran-gler kickstarts its end of seasonsale, with discounts of up to50%.

Pepe Sale: Thursday, July 7th,2011. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pepe,No 2, Brigade Road, Discountsof up to 60% on all merchan-dise.

Sale @ Esprit: Thursday, July7th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Esprit, No 10 Ananda Bhavan,Vittal Mallya Road, Esprit an-nounces a sale where patronscan avail discounts of up to50% on apparel and acces-sories, and a flat 25% offwatches.

Lee Sale: Thursday, July 7th,2011. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lee,Royal Meenakshi Mall, NoE1/16, Syndicate Bank Colony,1st Cross, Bennerghatta RoadLee merchandise at discountsof up to 50%.

Reebok Sale: Thursday, July7th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Reebok, Royal MeenakshiMall, No E1/16, Syndicate BankColony, 1st Cross, BennerghattaRoad Reebok announces a saleacross all its outlets, whereshoppers can get merchandiseat flat 40% off.

3 for 2 offer: Thursday, July7th, 2011. 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.Landmark, The Forum Mall,No 21, Hosur Road, Koraman-gala Landmark presents the 3for 2 offer, where readers canchoose from a collection ofover 200 best sellers and newreleases and get three bookswith the offer sticker for theprice for two.

TheatreHeegadre Hege? @ RangaShankara: Thursday, July 7th,2011. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Ranga Shankara, No 36/1 2ndPhase, 8th Cross, JP NagarThe play, a comedy, followsthe humorous lives of an eld-erly couple.

Eating OutPower Lunch: Thursday, July7th, 2011. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, UBCity, No 24, Vittal Mallya Road,Now be connected even duringthe quick business lunch. Freewi-fi access while you fill upin the middle of the day. De-lectable starters with a varietyof veg/ non veg main courseoptions along with draughtbeer.

Themed Dinner Buffets:Thursday, July 7th, 2011. noon24 @ 43, Crowne Plaza Hotel,43 Hosur Road, Electronic CityAdd some variety to the week.Try a new cuisine everyday.Woks and more on Mondays,Mediterranean Paradise onTuesdays, Barbeque Nights onWednesdays and Taste of Indiaon Thursdays.

Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Thursday, July 7th,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.

Monsoon Menu @ Shiro:Thursday, July 7th, 2011. 12:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Shiro, UBCity, No 24, Vittal Mallya Road,Shiro introduces 'Flavour ofthe Month An ExtraordinaryCulinary Journey'.

Burger-Binging Monsoon Me-nu @ Mocha: Thursday, July7th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Mocha, Lavelle Road, Mochaintroduces a special menu forthe monsoons. On it are specialburgers like the Mexican Burg.

SBI INTRODUCES DEBIT CUM TRANSITCARD, CLAIMS IT IS FIRST IN WORLD

Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Whether the state govern-ment is going to roll out the much-awaited Metro rail this year or not, theState Bank of India in association withBangalore Metro Rail Corporation Lim-ited (BMRCL) launched first of its kind‘Debit cum Transit card’ here in thecity yesterday.

What’s the purpose ofthis card?

This debit-cum-transit card is de-signed to facilitate easy travel in ‘NammaMetro’. The card holder need not buytickets in the Metro rail counters. Youcan swipe the card and board the trainand the amount would get debited fromyour bank account. This is the firstsuch multi-utility card in the world.SBI claimed it has beaten even the de-veloped countries with this smart card.

This is multipurpose card can beused to shop, to draw money fromATMs and also at bank’s green channelcounters. Initially, this card can beused at six Metro Rail stations. Bankofficials said they are working towardsextending this facility to other services,like KSRTC, BMTC, auto rickshaws, cabservices etc.

Where can you get thiscard?

It will be available at all SBI from to-day. The existing SBI account holderscan apply for the card at their respective

branches. You can get the card by open-ing an account too. The card will reachyou within 7-10 working days.

Those SBI customers who alreadyhave the bank’s debit card can surrendertheir earlier card and obtain the latestcard. They can also carry both the cards.An annual maintenance charge of Rs100 is deducted for the new card.

For those who are not SBI customers,the BMRCL will issue ‘plain transitcards’ at the stations which can be

used to travel in Metro trains alone.

How does this card work?This card has an inbuilt near field

communication radio chip. The cardholders have to add the desired moneyto the card. Once that is done they canswipe this card at the automatic gatesat Metro rail stations. Your entry willbe recorded once you ‘touch and go’the card at one station and while you

get down you ‘touch and go’ the cardat the automatic gates again. This willrecord the place where you got in andgot down. Since it had already recordedthe place where you boarded, it willautomatically calculate the amount ofyour journey and the prescribed farewill be deducted from your card.

Any number of persons can travelalong with you by using this card. As-sume that you are travelling with yourfriends. Once one person uses the card

and gets through the gate he can passthe card to his friends and they canuse the card one after the other.

How do you recharge yourcard?

It is just like recharging your mobilephone. You can enter any SBI ATMsand get it recharged by selecting the‘services’ option and choosing BMRCL.You have to enter your 11-digit NammaMetro card number and select theamount you desire to recharge in mul-tiples of fifty. You can also get itrecharged through internet, mobilebanking etc. You can also directly trans-fer the amount from your account tothe card.

Even you can recharge it at the coun-ters at the metro station which will bededicated for this purpose.

The minimum recharge amount mustbe Rs 100 in all cases.

You also have an option where youcan get the recharge done when yourmoney falls below certain value say Rs20 or Rs 50. You can select the amountyou wish to be automatically rechargedto the card when it reaches it saturationand there will be no service chargelevied on that. You can recharge up toRs 1000 per single transaction.

How do I check theamount left in my card?

You can check your balances at theticket office machine at the stationsafter the journey. You can also check itat SBI ATMs too.

India in danger of missingʻnano busʼ: C N R RaoBangalore: India could miss the “nano bus”it it did not catch up soon with China, Japanor the US that were making rapid strides inthe field of nanotechnology, the next frontierof science, says top scientist C.N.R. Rao.

India, which had made rapid strides inIT and space technology, was not doingenough in the nanotechnology sector, com-pared to China, Japan or the US, said thechairman of the scientific advisory committeeto the prime minister.

“This is the only field in which we can dosomething. And if we don’t catch up withothers in the next 10 years, we may missthe ‘nano’ bus too,” Rao said in an interviewhere.

Rao lamented that India was languishingat the 10th or 12th position in the world inconducting research in nano-science andcontributing papers in the field.

“In terms of publication of papers, re-search wise, we are way behind others, inthe 10th or 12th in the world, while Chinais at the top, followed by the US and Japan,”Rao said in an interview.

Nanotechnology, a sun rise industryworldwide, manipulates matter on an atomicand molecular scale. It deals with structuresbetween 1-100 nanometre and its materialslike nanotubes are measured in one billionthof a metre. Nanotech has a vast range ofapplications in medicine, electronics, bio-materials and energy production.

Though the nanotech industry worldwideis still nascent, the global market for its

products and applications is estimated tobe about $1.6 trillion by 2015, with a 50percent CGPA (cumulative growth pointaverage) over the next five years.

Noting that China, Japan, Korea and evenTaiwan had invested heavily in nanoscience,Rao said China had already overtaken theUS in using nanotechnology and its appli-cations in diverse areas.

“The amount of research being done inChina in nanotech is more than any othercountry. Though collaboration with Chinamay not be possible because they (its sci-entists) think we are competitors, we cancollaborate with other countries as the fieldis capital intensive and requires more sci-entists and technologists to join the stream,”Rao pointed out.

Terming nanotechnology as the nextfrontier of science to be pursued aggressivelyas it changes the world in a big way, theeminent scientist said not many people,including scientists, understood the mag-nitude of what it could do for humankind,environment and climate.

“In India, the understanding of this fas-cinating field is very poor. Many peoplestill think it is a science fiction and a fantasy.But if we can catch on, it can change theway we live, we develop and improve thequality of life,” Rao asserted.

Referring to the critical problems of en-ergy, drinking water and environment/cli-mate faced by India and many countries inthe world, the Linus Pauling research pro-

fessor said the prime minister had set anambitious target of producing about 800,000mw of power by 2020. But there was noway of reaching even half the target withthe available resources, including fossil fu-els.

“Even with the use of nuclear energyand renewable energy like solar and wind,we may touch 400,000 mw as other sourcesof energy such as coal, thermal and naturalgas is limited. If we have to achieve the na-tional mission target, set by the prime min-ister, we have to split water to produce hy-drogen energy using silicon-based nanoparticles,” Rao noted.

In this context, he mentioned that USPresident Barack Obama had recently grant-ed $120 million to the US department ofenergy for undertaking research projectsto produce hydrogen energy from water.

“This is the kind of work we should bedoing in India because hydrogen energy isgoing to be the future energy the worldover. Artificial photosynthesis is anotherarea in which we can take out hydrogen assoon as it comes out by splitting water intohydrogen and oxygen using solar energyand nano materials,” Rao added.

The state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Centrefor Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)on the outskirts of the city, headed by Rao,has initiated several research projects todevelop applications like carbon nanotubesfor water purification, cosmetics, computerdiscs, textiles and bleach-making. IANS

Great balls of fire

BMRCL managing director N Sivasailam, finance department principal secretary L V Nagarajan, SBI chairmanPratip Chaudhuri and others during the launch of SBI debit and transit card in the city.

Detailed project reportsfrom state not exhaustiveenough: Central official

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat

Bangalore: The state governmentneeds to prepare proper detailedproject reports and submit themto the central government if theprocess of releasing funds hasto be speeded up.

The state has got 17 projectsfor approval under the PM pack-age, including multi-purposeand minor irrigation projects.

But these projects have beenput on the backburner and notbeing cleared by the ministry ofwater resources, though theyhave been cleared by the Plan-ning Commission. The reasonbehind this is the lack of a properdetailed project report to supportthe state’s claim to these projects,said M K Sinha, chief engineerat the Central Water Commission(CWC), New Delhi.

“Officials from Karnataka havebeen submitting the proposalstime and again, but a realisticassessment of the projects hasnot been submitted,” he said.

What has been noticed is thatthere is no substantial data onthe command area, flood reliefmanagement for downstreamlands and the management ofsubmerged areas.

“The Krishna River Water Tri-bunal too has not been able togive proper reports to the CWC.This lack of information is clearlyvisible in Ghataprabha, Mala-prabha projects. There are nodetails about displaced farmers,submergence of land, and theextent of lands to be used up forthe projects,” he said.

Any project with the completedetailed report would get ap-provals from the central waterresources ministry in nine weeks.

I wonʼt join politics: HegdeBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Lokayukta Santosh Hegdetoday categorically said that he willnot enter politics after his term as thestate’s corruption watchdog ends onAugust 8. “I am a critic of politics andpolitical parties. I don’t like any politicalparty. How can I join politics?” heasked. Talking to students at BaldwinMethodist College, where newly electedstudents’ union leaders were being in-ducted, he said, “Youth should takethe lead in bringing down corruptionin the country. We have reached ourlimit and it cannot go on any further.The youth should fight against corrup-tion from today and change the attitudeof the society towards corruption.”

He said this is his 236th visit to an

educational institution in the state sincehe took over as the Lokayukta. “I havebeen visiting so many institutions as itis important to convey the messageagainst corruption to the youngsters.They are the ones who can bring in achange in the system.”

Narrating an incident, he said thatonce a student asked him whether therewas any department that did not havecorruption. “It is like the Buddha storywhere he asked a woman to get somesesame seeds from any house that hadnot seen a death.”

Youngsters should jump into politics,executive and judiciary to transformthe system. They should catch hold ofelected representatives, question themand seek their performance report.They should have the courage to do it.

“In a democratic system, people arekings. Elected representatives are an-swerable to them.”

There have been so many scandalsrocking the nation. In so many cases,you cannot even count the number ofzeros involved in the scam. The samemoney could have been used for thedevelopment of the country. With thatillegal wealth, the country could haveeasily removed slums and improvedour villages, he added.

“But it does not mean that all isbleak. Honest people can still live inthis country. There is nothing wrongin earning money legally. With legalmoney one should live a dignified life.One should have the contentment ofearning money through legal means,”he said.

Fire brigade officials fight fire at the BBMP office in Seshadripuram this morning. Important khata papers and

other documents were destroyed in the fire.

Gangadhar Pujar

Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde greets student union members of Baldwin Methodist College today. He urged youth to take on corruption

and to bring in a change in society.

Gangadhar Pujar

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Members of BSP staged a protest against steep hike in diesel, petrol, kerosene and LPGprices by the Central government near Gandhibazar circle this morning.

Stir against price hike

SC seeks status report on probe into ʻcash‑for‑voteʼscam

New Delhi: The Supreme Courttoday directed the Delhi Policeto place before it the status reporton the probe conducted by it inthe “cash-for-vote” scam duringthe trust vote faced by the UPAgovernment in July 2008.

Not satisfied with the Centre’scontention that an FIR has beenlodged in the case and probewill be completed within two

months, a bench headed by Jus-tice Aftab Alam ordered the po-lice to file the status report byJuly 15. “Two months is a longtime. Tell us about the presentstatus of the probe,” the benchsaid, while posting the matterfor further hearing on July 15.

Solicitor general Gopal Sub-ramanium said the status reportwill be filed within the stipulated

period in a sealed envelope.The court passed the order on

a petition filed by former ChiefElection Commissioner J M Lyn-gdoh seeking its directions tothe government to take actionagainst politicians in the scam.

The petition says that thoughthe entire nation was shockedby the spectacle of three BJPMPs displaying wads of currency

notes in Parliament as bribemoney to vote in favour of theUPA during the 2008 trust vote,no action has so far been takenagainst those guilty.

The petition says that thoughthe incident occurred on July 22,2008, neither the Delhi PoliceCrime Branch nor the chairmanof the Joint Parliamentary Com-mittee taken any tangible step.

New MUDA membersfelicitated

Mysore: The newly nominatedmembers of MUDA were felici-tated by MLC Tondadarya thismorning. The four new members are

Vishveshwarayya, T Ramesh,Shanta Somashekhar and Ra-janna. MUDA commissioner Bettsurmattand president Nagendra were

present on the occasion besidesMLC Siddaraju. The new members were nomi-nated by the government recently.

Vishwanath: HDKfast meaningless

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: H Vishwanath MP fromMysore & Kodagu has said thatthe JDS state president H D Ku-maraswamy is solely responsiblefor the sorry state of affairs inKarnataka.

Addressing media this morn-ing, Vishwanath said Ku-maraswamy’s proposed fastingin front of Vidhana Soudha ismeaningless as also his fatherDeve Gowda’s decision to writea letter to Kumaraswamy not togo ahead with his fasting.

He said the father and son areresponsible for BJP to come topower in Karnataka and nowthey are opposing the govern-ment. Kumaraswamy wants toprove in front of the public nowthat he is honest and clean.

However, people of Karnatakaare aware what Kumaraswamydid when he was the chief min-ister and how corrupt he was.

Referring to Kumaraswamy’sallegation that Vishwanath ismeeting the chief minister onlyduring night times, he said unlikeKumaraswamy, he does not haveany illegal businesses like sandmining or land encroachment.As such he would meet the chiefminister any time without hesi-tation as and when necessary.

He however, agreed that Ku-maraswamy is a villain and heis a comedian. Referring to Bal-asubramanyam report on illegal

land encroachments, that over12 lakh acres of government landhas been illegally encroached,Vishwanath said the BJP gov-ernment itself constituted thecommittee to look into encroach-ments. Instead of giving statutorypowers to the committee to pe-nalise and prosecute the culprits,the government is neglecting thereport, he alleged.

“The committee should takestern action against culprits ir-respective of their positionwhether they are MP, MLAs orothers,” he said.

Terming the BJP government’srecent decision that elected rep-resentatives must visit one gov-ernment school every month asa gimmick, Vishwanath said infact this programme waslaunched by the previous Con-gress government. However theCongress did not give any pub-licity while the BJP thrives onlyon publicity, he said.

Rain mars opening dayʼsplay after Indiaʼs early strikes

Roseau (Dominica): Indianbowlers dominated a rain-trun-cated opening day, landing earlyblows to leave West Indies at aprecarious 75 for three in theirfirst innings in the third andfinal cricket Test here.

Sent into bat, the hosts werestruggling in the 31.1 overs ofplay that was possible when theheavens opened up shortly afterthe lunch break, and it stayedthat way till the day’s play wasfinally called off at 4.15 pm localtime yesterday.

Darren Bravo was batting on22 while Shivnarine Chanderpaulwas unbeaten on 17, with thetwo adding 40 runs for the fourthwicket in 14.2 overs.

Before that, the Indian seam-ers had West Indies in a spot ofbother, picking up three earlywickets. In-form pacer IshantSharma struck twice whilePraveen Kumar chipped in withone as West Indies went to lunchat 64 for three at the WindsorPark. After Mahendra SinghDhoni decided to bowl with thehope that his seamers would getthe team some quick wickets,Ishant and Praveen lived up tothe skipper’s expectations by re-moving Adrian Barath and debu-tantes Kieran Powell and KirkEdwards.

Ishant showed no after-effectsof a facial injury he suffered on

Monday, returning figures of twofor 23.

While Kumar gave the teamits first breakthrough by havingPowell caught at second slip byV V S Laxman, Ishant, bowlingthe bouncers to good effect, sentback Barath and Edwards. Is-hant, who rattled the hosts witha 10-wicket haul in the drawnsecond Test at Kensington Oval,looked in good nick here as well.

Munaf Patel, playing in hisfirst Test of the three-match seriesat the expense of Abhimanyu

Mithun, bowled economically,though without success.

If Praveen and Ishant beganwith maiden overs, Munaf, whoreturned to Test cricket after twoyears, did even better as firstchange by bowling three maidenson the trot.

Earlier Powell, who got hisfirst Test runs – a three off apush into covers against Ishant– didn’t get to score any furtheras Praveen found the edge ofhis defensive bat with a peachof a delivery.

Barath, after being flusteredwith a caught behind appealdown the legside by Ishant,edged a pull onto his stumps offthe very next delivery.

Ishant picked up his thirdwicket of the morning when hehad Edwards who was unluckyto be judged caught behind bydebutant Test umpire RichardKettleborough of England as therising delivery hit his helmet,and not the bat, on way to Dhoni.

West Indies would now lookto Bravo and veteran Chander-

paul to bail them out.This is Chanderpaul’s 133rd

Test match, the highest by anyWest Indian cricketer. CourtneyWalsh, with 132 Tests under hisbelt, held the previous record.

Bravo looked the best of allhome batsmen and scored twofours – a square cut against Is-hant past point and then, a back-foot cover drive against Harb-hajan Singh. The two had addedcollected their runs in a rathersecure manner on a pitch thatdidn’t live upto its reputation ofbeing quick and bouncy.

Bravo had struck three foursin his knock and Chanderpaulone, before the weather gods in-tervened. Ironically, the day hadbegun in complete contrast as abright, sunny day greeted thetwo sides.

West Indies began cautiouslyon a pitch that was fairly dampbut did not offer much sidewaysmovement to India’s pacers.

But West Indies still lost threewickets early in the day andfound the going so tough thatonly two boundaries – both byleft-hander Bravo – were scoredin the two-hour session.

While Munaf is the onlychange in the Indian line-up,West Indies made two changes,with Powell and Edwards beingpreferred over Lendl Simmonsand Ramnaresh Sarwan. PTI

S Rashakrishna

Praveen Kumar celebrates with Ishant Sharma, right, after taking the wicket of West IndiesKieran Powell, not shown, on the first day of the third cricket Test match in Roseau,

Dominica, yesterday.

CPM members hold a protest this morning against Trinamul Congress-led West Bengalgovernment for atrocities and murders committed on their cadres.

CPM protestsS Radhakrishna

CBI to supply Radiaʼstele transcripts to 2G case accused

New Delhi: The CBItoday told a Delhicourt that it willsupply to the 2Gscam case accusedby July 12 the tran-scripts of tappedtelephonic talk ofcorporate lobbyistNiira Radia withvarious people.

“We will supply Niira Radia’stape by July 12,” CBI prosecutorA K Singh told Special CBI JudgeO P Saini. The agency told thecourt that it will also be supplyingsome additional documents tothe accused on July 12.

The development comes inthe wake of some of the accusedsubmitting to the court that theCBI was not providing them thetranscripts of Radia’s conversa-tion, despite she having beenmade a key prosecution witnessin the case with her statements

to the CBI often re-ferring to those con-versations.

Swan TelecomPvt Ltd, named asan accused in thescam, had yester-day told the courtthat the CBI shouldsupply to them allthe documents,

which it has filed in the courtalong with the charge sheet, sothat they could respond.

The counsel for other accusedalso pointed out to the court thatthe CBI is withholding from themsome of the documents whichthey have filed in the court.

The CBI, however, had coun-tered these allegations sayingthere are some documents onwhich they have not relied uponand thus the accused were notsupplied the copies of such doc-uments. PTI

Man with gun detained at Rahulʼs rallyContinued from page 1

Rahul is in Tappal on the third day of hispadayatra and was headed towards Ali-garh town for the Congress-backed ‘kisanmahapanchayat’ on Saturday. Five per-sons, including a policemen and fourfarmers, were killed in violent protestsat Tappal in August 2010 during the agi-tation by farmers. SSP Singh said that

as a professional police officer he cansay that “proper” security norms forRahul’s padayatra have not been followedat all. He said Sharma belonged to nearbyUdaipur village and that he was passingby in his own Alto car with his wife whenhe saw some VIP movement.

“It was by chance that he(Sharma)was passing through that route. He stood

there just out of curiousity to meet theVIP. He got out of anxiety. It was out ofchance that he was carrying his licensedweapon, a revolver. The SPG personnelcaught hold of this man and handed himover to the local police,” he said.

Referring to Rahul’s unannouncedmovement, Singh said “We do not knowthe route he is taking, the places he is

going to visit, the places he is going tohalt. So it is a free for all kind of a thing.”

Singh further said that the personssurrounding Rahul are not securitycleared.“They have not been frisked orchecked. It is the job of the local policebut for that we must be informed of theroute he is going to take. All these routesshould be cleared and sanitised.”

Chamundi Hills fiasco: Cong‑JDSprotest ban on private vehicles

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The Congress and JDSleaders held a massive protestdemonstration this morningagainst district incharge ministerS A Ramadass for his unilateraldecision to ban private vehiclesto Chamundi Hills on AshadaFriday’s. Members of both partiesled by former Congress MLA MK Somashekhar, JDS city presi-dent Rajananna, Deputy MayorChenni Ravi and Mrs. BhanuMohan demanded that privatevehicles be allowed on toChamundi Hills in the interestsof the tourists and for the con-venience of devotees.

They pointed that though thegovernment has offered the serv-ices of 40 KSRTC Volvo buses to

Chamundi Hills free of cost onFridays, however the buses can-not ply at a time as there is nospace on the road to the hillsnor parking facility at the top.

They said like every year whereAshada Fridays are observed nor-mally, this year also the govern-ment should not meddle withtemple affairs or against thewishes of the devotees.

Running 40 KSRTC Volvo bus-es free of cost is an unnecessaryloss to the government and Ra-madass should not indulge incheap publicity at the cost ofwasting public money, they said.

The leaders will meet chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa whenhe arrives in Mysore this after-noon and will appeal to him towithdraw ban.

Congress and JDS members protest government’s decision toban private vehicles on Chamundi Hills on Ashada Friday in

Mysore this morning.

Uttar Pradesh is runby dalals, says Rahul

Kirpalpur: Firing a fresh salvoat the Mayawati Government,Congress leader Rahul Gandhitoday said “dalals” were runningUttar Pradesh as people of thestate are “divided”.

“You are not together. UttarPradesh is divided and that iswhy dalals (touts) are runningthe state,” Gandhi said, address-ing people in this village on thethird day of his padayatra to Ali-garh. “You may not like it. Butthis is true. Since you are not to-gether that is why this is hap-pening here. Unless you unite,you will continue to suffer. Unlessyou don’t understand what ishappening, the train will notcome on its track,” the youngCongress leader told the villagers.

Rahul began his footmarchtoday from Sarole village in the

district at 6.30 am and walkedabout 7 km to reach here on hisway to Aligarh, where he is slatedto address a ‘kisan mahapan-chayat’ on July 9.

He said he came all the wayfrom Delhi to convey his concernto farmers and people of UttarPradesh.

“I started my padayatra fromBhatta-Parsaul which saw theoperation by the Mayawati Gov-ernment on farmers in whichmany people were killed,” hesaid.

“I wanted to meet you per-sonally and hear to your prob-lems,” he told the farmers.

Gandhi told the farmers andvillagers that they are being “firedupon” by police while protestingagainst taking their land forcibly.PTI

Sachanʼs kin moves SC, seek CBI probe

New Delhi: Family members ofUttar Pradesh’s deputy chiefmedical officer Y S Sachan todaymoved the Supreme Court for aCBI probe into his mysteriousdeath inside the Lucknow jail.

An advocate, appearing forthe Sachan’s family, apprised thebench of justices Altamas Kabirand Cyriac Joseph about a petitionfiled in the court’s registry andsought its urgent hearing. The

bench, however, asked the ad-vocate to tell the registry to slatethe petition for proper hearing.Arrested for his alleged role inthe murder of Lucknow CMO BP Singh, purportedly to suppressa scam involving financial irreg-ularities and embezzlement ofNational Rural Health Missionfunds, Sachan was found deadinside the toilet of Lucknow dis-trict jail hospital.

ISRO standon man to moon

Continued from page 1“The question is when you takeit (the programme) into futuredirection, how does it help you,”Radhakrishnan said.

All these models are possible.We are not closed on any of theseoptions. But one has to study asto how does it lead you to the fu-ture,” he added.

Asked if ISRO would initiatediscussions with US and Russianspace agencies for possible col-laboration, he said, “All thesediscussions will take place,” andadded that the entire space com-munity is generally interestedin such programmes (interna-tionally).

On whether India is open tocollaboration on this programme,Radhakrishnan said “there areno hard positions on this. Butone has to look at it.” “We haveto weigh pros and cons. Finally,(the decision depends on) whatbenefit India gets in the imme-diate term and in the long term.”

Even as it weighs options,ISRO is busy working on criticaltechnologies needed for this com-plex mission. The programmeenvisages the development of afully autonomous orbital vehiclecarrying two or three crew mem-bers to about 300 km low earthorbit and their safe return.

Three major areas that ISROneeds to master are, environ-mental control and life supportsystem, crew escape system andflight suite and its currently work-ing on them.

G S Ravishankar

G S Ravishankar

PM callsfor probeinto trainaccident

New Delhi: Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh today asked thecommissioner of railway safetyto probe the train-bus collisionin Uttar Pradesh, in which 31people were killed, and an-nounced compensation of Rs.2lakh each for the next of kin ofthe deceased.

“The prime minister is extremely grieved at the loss of lives in the accident involvinga bus and a train collision at an unmanned railway crossing,”a statement from ManmohanSingh’s office said.

The statement said that theprime minister had directed Rail-way Board Chairman Vinay Mittalto proceed to the accident siteand asked “the commissioner ofrailway safety to hold an en-quiry”.

Besides ex-gratia relief of Rs.2lakh each for the next of kin ofthe deceased, Mamohan Singhhas announced Rs.50,000 eachfor seriously injured andRs.10,000 each for simple in-juries.

At least 31 people were killedand over 30 injured in UttarPradesh’s Kanshiram Nagar dis-trict around 2 a.m. at the unmanned railway crossing in Thanagaon, about 250 km from Lucknow, when the Chhapra Mathura expresstrain rammed into the bus car-rying members of a wedding par-ty. IANS

Beyond BeatThursday, July 7, 2011

Bangalore Beat Bureau

You might think he is over ambi-tious. But Basavaraj A Patil, an in-formation technology scientist atSalzburg University, believes thathe can help make Nobel laureates

rolling out of a conveyor belt from our coun-try.

Producing Nobel laureates is fine, butwhat would raiseyour eyebrows isthe number heaims to achieve:A hundred No-bel laureates by2020 and 2,500by the end of the21st century!

But Patil, whois a researcher re-turning from Ger-many, cites theexample ofDeutschland toprove that he is

not way off the mark. He says Germanystands next only to the US in the numberof Noble laureates and in 2010, it got 16medallions as against US’s 29.

He has founded Think and Ink ScienceFoundation to nurture potential Nobel tal-ent. He is inspired by Madam Curie, whosefamily won six Nobel prizes and over 600patents. Ask him how it could be done, andhe quotes the quotes: “Where is will, thereis a way” and “Reach for the stars and youmay land up in moon.”

He says, “The way science is taught in ourschool is through rote learning method. In-dian schools are helping students only topass the exams and not develop interest inthe subjects. Is this the way to teach sci-ence?”

“At Think Ink Science Foundation, we be-lieve that experimental and experiential,hands-on learning of science enhancescreativity, innovation and leadership insolving numerous problems of the realworld, leading to a beautiful inclusiveworld.

“If the goal we have set for ourselves atThink Ink Science Foundation is to beachieved then we have to catch children ata very young age. From class one up, weteach science under ‘No Cost Experiments’and ‘Kitchen Chemistry’. If we need goodresearch scientists then that is where the fo-cus should be. For example, we teach stu-dents how solar eclipse take place with theuse of playing balls with the light placed atone end. In the case of light, we teach themhow white light is a combination of all sev-en colours – violet, indigo, green, blue, yel-low, orange and red. How to show this toa child? We pain the common playing topwith seven colours. When we spin thetop, all the colours appear merged intowhite.

Outlining how the foundation is cours-ing ahead, he said, “Already, in more than50 schools in the state and outside, we havetaken some well-known names in scienceand asked them to give lectures and con-duct workshops to children.”

The foundation shows students some ex-periments, and then ask the students to de-velop at least one experiment by them-selves. At the end of each session, a science

kit is given to each student. The foundation conducts regular field

trips. “We took Sahakar Nagar School stu-dents to Kokkre Bellur to show them mi-gratory birds like storks, pelicans and oth-er species. We have set up labs at mostschools and teach popular science to stu-dents in association with school authorities.

The club has done well at Sahakar Na-gar school in Bangalore, Kollegal govern-ment school, Maha Bodhi School in Mysore,the Lucknow School in Lucknow, UttarPradesh, etc. We want to spread the net-work and it will take time.”

“We are always reminded about thegrand vision we have of getting Nobelprize for our country. We have set up a thinktank under the foundation to pursue thisdream,” he said.

The advisory panel for the think tank in-volves, Dr Martin Lessiler, professor incomputer science from Germany; Dr RobertKlaus, space scientist, NASA; Dr NageshKelkar, environmental scientist etc. The ad-visory board is growing by the day becauseof the good work we have done,” he con-cluded.

May a 100 Nobel laureates be born!

Be optimistic,keep your

heart healthyLondon: Research involving thousands of civil ser-vants in Britain revealed that the more self-satis-fied they were, the fewer problems they had withtheir hearts.

Researchers from the Harvard University, US,couldn’t explain why this is the case, especially asthe finding still stood when factors such as weightand blood pressure were taken into account.

Almost 8,000 civil servants were quizzed abouttheir satisfaction with seven areas of their every-day lives – love and relationships, hobbies, stan-dard of living, job, family, sex life and one’s self,the European Heart Journal reports.

Data on their heart health was then takenfrom their medical records over the following sixyears and the two compared, according to the Dai-ly Mail.

Those who were highly satisfied with their livesoverall were 13 percent less likely to have sufferedheart problems, with self-satisfaction, happyworking, family and sex lives being particularly im-portant.

Studies also show that pessimists and peoplewho lack self-confidence have a greater risk ofheart attacks and strokes than their more optimisticfriends.

Harvard researcher Julia Boehm said: “Thesefindings suggest that interventions to bolsterpositive psychological states, not just alleviate neg-ative psychological states, may be relevant amonghigh-risk individuals.” IANS

Poor diet pre‑pregnancy

ups babyʼs risk of diabetesLondon: A poor diet before conception could putthe baby at risk of developing type II diabetes andobesity, researchers say.

Mice that were fed a low protein diet for 10 weeksbefore conception (but had a normal diet duringpregnancy) gave birth to offspring that had low-er birth weights, showed catch-up growth afterweaning and increased insulin sensitivity.

Humans and mice respond in the same way topoor diet during pregnancy; their offspring showlow birth weights and increased risk of obesity,type II diabetes, the most common form of the dis-ease and cardiovascular disease.

“If humans respond in the same way as mice topre-conception diet as well then women shouldnot only consider what they eat during pregnan-cy but also before pregnancy. . .,”

says Anete Dudele from the University ofAarhus, Denmark, who conducted the study.Cardiovascular disease is often associated withobesity and type II diabetes and future researchby the team will determine whether offspring bornto mothers who had poor pre-conception diets arepredisposed to these types of problems as well, anAarhus statemen said.

These findings were presented at the Society forExperimental Biology Annual Conference in Glasgow. IANS

New bionic specs may soon allow blind to see

London: Scientists are developing smartand sleek bionic spectacles which theysay could soon be on sale and helphundreds of thousands of blind peoplesee.

The “smart spectacles”, being devel-oped by a team at the Oxford Universi-ty in the UK, uses tiny cameras and apocket computer to alert wearers to ob-jects and people ahead.

The cheap and lightweight glasses,which could be on sale by 2014 follow-ing successful trials, would make it eas-ier for the blind to navigate roads in busyareas and even read bus numbers, the re-searchers said.

Elderly people with age-related mac-ular degeneration are likely to be thebiggest beneficiaries, the Daily Mail re-ported.

Past attempts to create such a devicehave resulted in large dark glasses withclunky cameras and bulky computers.

But advances in technology mean itshould be possible to create bionic spec-tacles that look almost indistinguishablefrom standard glasses.

Importantly, a price tag of less than1,000 pound should make them afford-able, the researchers told the Royal So-ciety’s Summer Science Exhibition.

“It is satisfying to think that we will beable to produce this at a cost that is go-ing make it available to the people whowill benefit the most,” Dr Stephen Hicks,who has completed the basic researchand is now working on prototype spec-tacles.

He envisages transparent glasses withlenses studded with small light-emitting

diodes and cameras the size of a pinheadat the outside top corners of the frame.

The cameras will take in the infor-mation the eyes should see and send itdown a cable to a mobile phone-sizedcomputer in the wearer’s pocket.

The computer will process the infor-mation and simplify it into a pattern ofdots. The LEDs in the lenses then lightup in that pattern, giving the wearer vi-tal information about what lies ahead.

A flickering light could mean there isa person ahead, while a solid blockmight signify an object such as a flightof stairs.

While such information may seemunimpressive to the sighted, it could al-low those who have lost much of their vi-sion to regain sufficient independenceto go shopping alone or take publictransport.

Adding in an earpiece could allow

more complex information to be trans-mitted.

For instance, the cameras could cap-ture bus numbers or information onrailway departure boards to be analysedby the computer. Once processed, the in-formation would be passed on to thewearer via a voice in their ear.

In time, the same principle could beused to help blind people to “see” thescreens on cash machines outside banksor ticket dispensers at train stations.

The bionic spectacles rely on thewearer being able to perceive light, sowill not be suitable for those who are to-tally blind.

Dr Hicks plans to do small-scale lab-oratory tests on the blind this year, be-fore enrolling 120 people in a two-year tri-al that will explore the use of the spec-tacles in shopping centres and at home.PTI

London: Artificially intelligent machines thatcan interact and even argue with you are justyears away, as scientists have launched amega project to develop a new technology thatwill allow devices to talk to the users.

The technology equipped with artificial in-telligence will help machines become familiarwith a user’s voice, with the ultimate goal thatit can understand, speak and behave like a hu-man.

Although the the five-year, 6.2-million-pounds project is still in its infancy, researchersfrom the Universities of Edinburgh, Cambridgeand Sheffield believe the technology will havemany benefits.

It could improve voice-activated computers,develop web search engines for audio clips andcreate voice-controlled devices that could helpolder people stay independent at home forlonger, the Daily Mail reported.

“We are working to develop technologies thatcan recognise and generate natural-soundingspeech,” said Dr Steve Renals of Edinburgh Uni-versity’s School of Informatics.

“This could open the door to computerspeech technology becoming commonplacethroughout our lives – at home, at work, andin our leisure time.”

Besides recognising the users’ voice and be-coming familiar with their vocabulary, accentand vocal expressions, the technology couldalso be able to follow the flow of a conversationand to gloss over changes in backgroundnoise.

Dr Thomas Hain, of the University ofSheffield’s Department of Computer Science,added: “Speech technology is clearly on its wayinto the mainstream, but the key to its successis human-like performance.

“We are working on the foundations oftechnology that will bring speech to new users

and exciting new applications, from clinical as-sistive technology to robotics, from schools toboard rooms.” PTI

He has grandiose plans of turning our country into a hub of Nobel laureates. He hasan ambitious target of producing 100 such laureates by the end of 2020 and 2,500 bythe end of the century. You might say it is crazy, but Basavaraj A Patilʼs Think and Ink

Foundation has already started working ground up, L Raghunanda

Machines that arguewith you coming soon

NOBLE INITIATIVEFOR A NOBEL CAUSE

Basavaraj A Patil

A hands-on science experiment session organised by the Think and Ink Foundation (top). Students take part in a solar eclipse viewing programme

organised by the foundation for schoolchildren.

28 killed in Karachi violence

Karachi: At least 28 people losttheir lives in Pakistan’s com-mercial capital in target killingsand fresh bout of violence, while30 others were injured, as polit-ical tensions escalated betweenthe ruling PPP and its estrangedally the MQM.

Sindh chief minister Qaim AliShah held a meeting to reviewthe situation in the city that hasshown no signs of improvementin the last 48 hours.

The chief minister directedthe para-military Rangers forstrict action against the miscre-ants. By late last night, policeand rescue officials said the num-ber of victims of the violencethat included drive by targetkillings had risen to 28 witharound 30 injured as well.

The day started with bodiesof five people being recoveredfrom a mini-bus on Shabbir Us-mani Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.The bodies were shifted to hos-pital by ambulances.

All five people met their deathsby receiving gunshots. A manwas shot to death in Baldia Townlater this afternoon.

The worst affected flashpointwas Orangi Town, where at least

14 people were killed in firingincidents in different areas sinceyesterday.

The escalation of violencecame a week after the Mutthai-da-e-Qaumi Movement brokeranks with the Pakistan People’sParty-led government and optedto sit in opposition.

MQM leader, Altaf Hussaindelivered a stark warning fromLondon, saying if his party work-ers continue to be targetted,strike calls would be given untilthe government was broughtdown.

In tragic developments high-lighting the growing ethnic di-vision between the Urdu-speak-ing MQM and Pashtun speakingAwami National Party, a numberof bodies were recovered sinceyesterday.

Tension still prevails in thearea with shops and marketsclosed today. People who livein the area are still besieged attheir residences due to regularfiring by miscreants.

Police said they had arrestedat least 20 suspects from theOrangi Town area, who were in-volved in target killings in themetropolis. PTI

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A prison inmate, Juan Ramirez Tijerina, is curled inside a suitcase

after he tried to escape from a prisonin Mexico.

AP-PTI

world briefs

UK official saysAfghanistan

making progressin security

United Nations: Britain’s permanent rep-resentative to the UN has praised stepstaken towards making Afghanistan moresecure, a media report said.

“Despite the challenges, significantprogress has been made on the road to asecure and viable Afghanistan,” Xinhuaquoted Mark Lyall Grant as saying at a Se-curity Council meeting yesterday.

Afghanistan is due to take over its ownsecurity duties from international coalitionforces by the end of 2014. The Afghan Na-tional Security Forces are due to grow insize as the coalition forces withdraw fromthe country in the coming years.

Agreeing on settlements regarding out-standing political issues in Afghanistan isessential to the embattled country’s success,Grant said.

“An Afghan-led political process is neededto underpin the military progress. To bedurable, any political settlement must beinclusive and must respect the interestsand rights of all Afghan citizens,” he said.

He said the UN Assistance Mission inAfghanistan (UNAMA) must support politicalprogress towards a democratic and inclusivestate that can hold free and fair elections.IANS

Seven killed in Bangladeshboat capsize

Dhaka: At least seven people were killedwhen a ferry with over 50 passengers onboard capsized in a Bangladesh riverWednesday evening, officials said.

The vessel capsized around 7 p.m. inSitalakhya river in Narayanganj district, 17km from the capital Dhaka, after beingstruck by an oil tanker, Xinhua reported.

“We’ve so far recovered seven bodiesfrom the sunken ferry,” said Sheikh MdMizanur Rahman, a senior fire brigade of-ficial.

Many passengers were able to swim tothe shore after the accident. But dozenswere still missing, he said. IANS

UN chief tovisit Sudan

Khartoum: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Khartoum tomorrow,to hold talks with Sudanese officials on is-sues between north and south Sudan, theofficial SUNA news agency reported.

Ban Ki-moon’s talks would focus onprogress of the implementation of the Com-prehensive Peace Agreement and issues ofdifferences between north and south Su-dan.

The UN secretary-general would thenleave to Juba, capital of South Sudan, toparticipate in the declaration of South Su-dan’s independence July 9.

South Sudan would officially declare itsindependence according to the results ofthe referendum on self-determination forSouth Sudan, conducted Jan 9, 2011, duringwhich more than 98 percent of the south-erners voted for separation. IANS

Plane forcelandsin Russia

Moscow/Makhachkala: A Russian planewith 165 people on board made a safe emer-gency landing in Russia’s North Caucasusrepublic of Dagestan, a spokesman for thelocal emergencies ministry said today.

“The Tu-154 aircraft en route from Moscowhas made an emergency landing inMakhachkala at 0:02 Thursday [20:02 GMTyesterday] after a failure in one of its engines.According to preliminary information, theaircraft carried 165 people, including thecrew and 14 children,” Kantemir Davydov,a spokesman for the North Caucasus Emer-gencies Ministry’s department, said.

He said no one was injured upon thelanding adding that “the crew’s coordinatedefforts prevented a possible emergency sit-uation.”

Rescuers, firefighters and ambulanceswere dispatched to the landing stripe atthe Makhachkala airport after traffic con-trollers received an emergency warningfrom the

aircraft yesterday at 11.30 p.m. Moscowtime.

This was a second emergency landingof a Tu-154 aircraft in Russia within a week.

Last Saturday, a Tu-154 passenger jetwith 116 passengers on board made a safeemergency landing in the Urals city ofYekaterinburg after one of its engines failed.IANS

Pigeon vision can teach autopilots fly more accuratelyWashington: Pigeons’ ability to navigatethrough forests quickly and accuratelyis inspiring new developments in roboticsand autopilot technology.

Scientists from Harvard Universitytrained pigeons to fly through an artificialforest with a tiny camera attached totheir heads, literally giving a bird’s-eyeview.

“Attaching the camera to the bird aswell as filming them from either sidemeans we can reconstruct both whatthe bird sees and how it moves,” saysHuai-Ti Lin, who led the research, withhis background in flying remote controlairplanes himself.

The methods pigeons use to navigatethrough difficult environments could be used as a model for autopilot technology.

Pigeons, with 300 degree panoramicvision, are well suited to this task becausethis wrap-round vision allows them toassess obstacles on either side.

They can also stabilise their visionand switch rapidly between views usingwhat is called a “head saccade”, a small

rapid movement of the head, accordingto a Harvard statement.

Researchers also showed that thebirds have other skills that would beimportant for

autopiloted machines, for examplethey tend to choose the straightest routes.

“This is a very efficient way of gettingthrough the forest, because the birdshave to do less turns and therefore useless energy,” says Lin.

“Another interesting find is that pi-geons seem to exit the forest heading inexactly the same direction as when theyentered, in spite of all the twist andturns they made in the forest,” he says.

When using a robot or an unmannedaircraft it would be invaluable to simplyprovide it with the coordinates of thedestination without having to give it de-tailed information of all the obstacles itmight meet on the way.

“If we could develop the technologyto follow the same methods as birds,we could let the robot get on with itwithout giving it any more input,” saysLin. IANS

Gastric bug protectsagainst asthma

London: A gut bug,H. pylori, which in-fects half the globalpopulation and causesgastritis, gastric andduodenal ulcers andstomach cancer, hasbeen found to protectagainst allergy-in-duced asthma.

Scientists from the Universityof Zurich, Switzerland and Jo-hannes Gutenberg University,Germany, now reveal that thedramatic increase in asthmacould be tied with the disap-pearance of H. pylori from West-ern societies. Asthma symptomsare shortness of breath, wheez-ing, coughing, etc.

H. pylori is often killed offwith antibiotics as a precaution,even if the patient does not haveany complaints or symptoms,

reports the Journal of ClinicalInvestigation.

When researchers infectedmice with H. pylori, a day or twoafter birth, they developed tol-erance to the bug and tookstrong, asthma-inducing aller-gens in their stride, accordingto a Zurich statement.

Mice that were not infectedwith H. pylori until they hadreached adulthood, however,had a much weaker defence.IANS

Coral genome ʻsequencedʼMelbourne: Australian scientistsclaim to have for the first timesequenced the genome ofstaghorn coral Acropora mille-pora – a major component ofGreat Barrier Reef and coral reefsworldwide.

Corals are the backbone ofthe Great Barrier Reef, fascinatingmillions of visitors with spec-tacular variety of shapes andflamboyant colours. However,they are under threat from theeffects of climate change, pol-lution, and disease.

Now, a new research showsthat corals may look like simpleanimals but their DNA is sur-prisingly complex.

In fact, corals have about thesame number of genes as man,and many of them are remark-ably like ours, say the scientists.

Prof David Miller of JamesCook University, one of the sci-entists in the project, said: “ThePacific coral, Acropora millepora,

is already the best-characterisedcoral at the molecular level andhas yielded insights into the evo-lution of all animals.

“The availability of thegenome sequence will enablemajor advances in the understanding of many aspectsof coral biology, including the responses of corals to climatechange, ocean acidification, pol-

lution and disease.”The coral genome, comprising

28 chromosomes, is among thefirst animal genomes in the worldto be sequenced entirely usingIllumina sequencing technology,a recently emerging “next gen-eration sequencing” method thatproduces huge numbers of shortsequence reads each of around100 letters.

Cows have bestfriends, get

stressed whenseparated

London: Cows are more clever than you thought –they also have best friends and become stressed ifthey are separated, a British scientist has claimed.

Krista McLennan, who made the discovery whileworking on her PhD at Northampton University,believes her findings could help improve milk yields.

In her study, the 27-year-old measured the heartrates and cortisol levels of cows to see how they copewhen isolated.

Cattle were penned on their own, with their bestfriend or with another cow they did not know for 30minutes and their heart rates were measured at 15-second intervals.

The research showed cows were very social animalswhich often formed close bonds with friends in theirherd, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported.

She said: “When heifers have their preferred partnerwith them, their stress levels in terms of their heartrates are reduced compared with if they’re with a ran-dom individual.

“If we can encourage farmers to keep an eye out forthose cows which like to keep their friends with them,it could have some real benefits, such as improvingtheir milk yields and reducing stress for the animals,which is very important for their welfare.

“I’ve spoken to a number of farmers who have saidthey do notice bonds building among their cows andsome spending a lot of time together.”

McLennan pointed out that modern farming practicesmean cows are often separated for visits from the vetor by farmers moving their stock around.

“We know re-grouping cows is a problem, becausethere’s a high level of stress among animals as theytry to integrate into a new group,” she said. PTI

Khan: N Korea paid toPak army for N‑info

Washington: North Korea paid severalmillion dollars to top Pakistani Armyofficials to gain access to secret nucleartechnology and sensitive equipmentsrequired in manufacturing a nuclearbomb, disgraced nuclear scientist A QKhan has claimed by releasing a secretletter in this regard, a major Americandaily has reported.

According to the letter posted by ‘TheWashington Post’ on its website, whichis accompanied by a story, Jon ByongHo,Secretary of the Workers party of (North)Korea, in a letter dated July 15, 1998asks A Q Khan, who then was the projectdirector of the Kahuta Research Center,to give “agreed documents” and “com-ponents” to a North Korean Embassyofficial in Islamabad.

In the letter, the authenticity of whichaccording to The Post has been con-firmed by senior US and western offi-cials, Jon says that “3 millions dollars

have already been paid to Army ChiefGen J Karamat and half a million dollarsand 3 diamond and ruby sets have beengiven to Gen Zulfiqar Khan”.

Both Karamat and Khan have refutedthe allegations.

In an e-mail from Lahore, Karamatsaid that Khan, as part of his defenseagainst allegations of personal respon-sibility for illicit nuclear proliferation,had tried “to shift blame on others”.

He said the letter’s allegations were“malicious with no truth in them what-soever”, The Post said.

Khan called the letter “a fabrication”.A senior Pakistani official, who asked

not to be named “to avoid offending”Khan’s supporters, said the letter “isclearly a fabrication”. PTI

Salt safe to eat, says studyLondon: For years, doctors havebeen saying that too much saltis bad for health. Yet, a newstudy claims that it’s safe to eat– and cutting its daily intakedoes nothing to lower the riskof developing heart disease. Highlevels of salt have long beenlinked to a greater risk of devel-oping hypertension, heart attacksand strokes. Now, researchersat the University of Exeter claimto have found evidence that al-though blood pressure is reducedwhen salt intake is cut, there’reactually no long-term health ben-efits, the ‘Daily Express’ report-ed.

They reviewed seven research-es that looked at 6,489 people,which they said was a largeenough set of data from whichto draw conclusions. Most re-searches recommended a reduc-tion of 50 per cent of normal saltintake. A person’s daily salt in-take from the research papersreviewed was on average 8-9g aday, so the reduction was to

around 4g.But this had no long-term

health benefits that may usuallybe expected from eating less salt,findings revealed.

“Intensive support and en-couragement to reduce salt intakedid lead to a reduction in salteaten and a small reduction inblood pressure after more thansix months.

“What we wanted to see waswhether this dietary change also

reduced a person’s risk of dyingor suffering from cardiovascularevents,” lead author Prof RodTaylor was quoted as saying. .Most experts say too much salthas detrimental health effectsand cutting one’s intake mayhave beneficial effects in peoplewith normal and high blood pres-sure. But Prof Taylor said hecould not find enough evidencefor the theory.

He said: “We believe that wedidn’t see big benefits in thisstudy because the people in thetrials we analysed only reducedtheir salt intake by a moderateamount, so the effect on bloodpressure and heart disease wasnot large.

“(But) it’s really importantthat we do some large researchtrials to get a full understandingof the benefits and risks of re-ducing salt intake.”

The findings have been pub-lished in the latest edition of‘The Cochrane Library’ journal. PTI

WAsia Quartet to hold

discussionWashington: The Middle EastQuartet, comprising the Euro-pean Union, the UN, the US andRussia would meet next Mondayin Washington and take stockof the current situation betweenIsrael and Palestine, a top USofficial said.

US State Department spokes-woman Victoria Nuland saidWednesday that since PresidentBarack Obama outlined his vi-sion in March about peacemak-ing between Israelis and Pales-tinians based on the 1967 bor-ders, many of the Quartet mem-bers have been engaged in effortsto get them back to the table.

“With regard to the Quartetnext week, the ministers are go-ing to come together and takestock of where we are. So it’s agood opportunity for stock- tak-ing among the major ministersinvolved,” Xinhua quoted Nu-land as saying.

But she acknowledged it ishard to get the parties to resumetalks. “You can see that this ishard work getting these partiesback to the table, and that hardwork will continue not only inthe US but by all the Quartetpartners.” She said it was not“a good idea” for the Palestiniansto try to seek recognition of theirstatehood when the UN GeneralAssembly meets in September.

Panel summons 16scribes in Shahzad caseLahore: The Pakistani commis-sion investigating the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad today summoned 16 reporters to appearbefore it on July 9 to record theirstatements.

Following a meeting of thepanel held in the Supreme Court'sLahore Registry, the commis-sion's secretary Taimur Azmatsaid it had also asked the publicto submit any information theymay have on the abduction andkilling of Shahzd but only twopersons had approached thebody in this regard.

"Therefore, the commissiondecided to summon individualsso that their statements couldbe recorded," he said. JournalistsHamid Mir, Naseem Zahra, Talaat

Hussain, Najam Sethi, UmarCheema and Imtiaz Alam wereamong those who have beensummoned to record their state-ments, Azmat said.

Azmat, who is also the federalInformation Secretary, said theChairman of the PakistanTelecommunication Authorityhad informed the commissionthrough a report that the records of two mobile phonesbeing used by Shahzad had been preserved.

The interior ministry and theFederal Investigation Agency hadbeen directed to access Shahzad’semail accounts in the commis-sion's presence, he said.

The next meeting of the com-mission will be held in Islamabadon July 9. PTI

A Tibetan exile tussles with Nepalese police as she is prevented from proceeding to the venue where a birthday celebration for spiritual leader theDalai Lama was held, in Katmandu yesterday. Nepalese authorities preventedexiled Tibetans from celebrating the Dalai Lama’s birthday over concerns that

gatherings will turn anti-Chinese.

AP-PTIFight for Dalaiʼs bʼdayEgypt denies

being sourceof E.coli

Cairo: Egypt has denied reportsthat the country’s fenugreekseeds exported to Europecaused the E.coli infections thatclaimed dozens of lives.

Officials from the Central Ad-ministration of AgriculturalQuarantine took and analysedfenugreek seeds from the ware-house of the exporter and allresults were negative, Xinhuareported citing a statement fromthe agricultural ministry.

“E.coli strain has not beenreported in Egypt and no illnesscases have been found,” it said.

If fenugreek sprouts are suspected to be contaminatedwith E.coli strain, it could be related to different handlingprocesses, such as re-packingor water used for sprouting, it added.

The European Union hasagreed to ban import of certainseeds from Egypt. IANS

London: A new versatile designof micro air vehicle (MAV) is in-spired by a particular bird calledSwift. This design of MAVs orunmanned aerial vehicles, wouldenable them to flap their wings,hover and glide to ensure goodquality images from any on-boardcamera. “In birds, the combina-tion of demanding tasks like take-off, travelling long distances, ma-noeuvring in confined areas andlanding is daily practice,” ex-plains doctoral researcher WilliamThielicke, from Biomimetics-In-novation-Centre in Germany.

“This innovative design wasinspired by one bird in particular,the Swift. We know that Swiftsare very manoeuvrable and they

can glide efficiently,” he adds. “So we thought these birds

would be a very good startingpoint for an energy efficient flap-ping-wing MAV,” says Thielicke,according to an Innovation Centrestatement. While fixed wingMAVs are energy efficient, theirmanoeuvrability is low. The newdesign would allow the flappingwing MAV to glide, improvingenergy efficiency and ensuringgood images but when needed itcan also slow its flight and ma-noeuvre in confined spaces.

“Although the models are notyet ready to be used, initial testsare positive and we hope thatthis design will combine the bestof both worlds,” says Thielicke.

Bird inspires aircraftthat can fly, hover, glide

36 trapped as coal mine catches fire in ChinaBeijing: A fire broke out Wednesday night insidea coal mine in China, leaving at least 36 peopletrapped underground, officials said today.

The incident took place in eastern Shandongprovince, Xinhua reported citing the State Ad-ministration of Work Safety.

An air compression device 225 metres under-

ground caught fire, trapping the miners workingin the area, it said.

An expert team has rushed to the scene and arescue operation has begun.

The coal mine had completed a technical revampin June 2010 to expand production capacity to150,000 tonnes a year. PTI

A Q Khan

LIFESTYLE 7Thursday, July 7, 2011

Gossip Girl actress BlakeLively will never hire a styl-ist because she loves put-

ting outfits together herself.The 23-year-old is often voted

as one of the world's most fash-ionable women.

She says she does not wantadvice from anyone else when itcomes to styling, reports female-first.co.uk.

"It's a world that inspires andexcites me. Some people don't

love clothes - they hire stylistsand leave it to them. I've neverhired one and I don't plan to,"said Lively.

"I have a pretty good under-standing of what I've been ableto put out there so far.

I'm on a show 10 months ofthe year that's in people's homesonce a week, and the show isdefined by its fashion, so that'swhat people know me most foralready," she added.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow hasadmitted her marriage toColdplay singer Chris Martin

is not so perfect.The “Iron Man” actress married

Martin in 2003, and their busy sched-ules and pressures of fame meanthey have to work hard at their re-lationship, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Paltrowm, who has two children- Apple, seven, and Moses, five -with Martin, said: “Chris and I haveour ups and downs - a long rela-tionship takes a lot of twists andturns. We both have a lot going onso we just have to make it work.”

“I am very happy to support any-thing that Chris is doing and viceversa. I think the reason it’s workedso far is because we are very openwith each other and communicatewell. I think in many ways I’m atraditional wife. I believe that I havea responsibility to make a homeand protect my family,” she added.

S inger-turned-fashion de-signer Victoria Beckhamhas described husband

David as her soul mate andan amazing father.

The former Spice Girl, whois expecting a daughter withthe soccer superstar, says herlove for David has grown evenmore since they got married12 years ago, reports female-first.co.uk.

“I love David for David. He’smy soul mate, my numberone. He’s the most amazinghusband, father, he’s talented,he’s kind. He ticks all the box-es. He’s an amazing soul andhas an amazing heart,” she

said.“That’s what I fell in love

with 14 years ago and that’swhat I still love now,” sheadded.

David is my soul mate:

Victoria Beckham

CELINAʼSColombo woes!

Douglas, Zeta‑Jones holidaying in Turkey

Actress Elizabeth Hurley hasbeen roped in to appearin the upcoming season

of hit TV show “Gossip Girl”.Hurley would be playing New

York media mogul Diana Paynein the fifth season, reports con-tactmusic.com

“Diana’s entrance on the UpperEast Side will change the lives ofall our characters - including,and especially, Gossip Girl her-self,” said a joint statement fromthe show’s executive producers,Stephanie Savage and JoshuaSafran.

“Elizabeth’s sense of humour,intelligence and beauty fit theGG world perfectly. We feel veryfortunate to have her.”

Paltrowʼs marriedlife not so perfect

Hurley to star inʻGossip Girlʼ

Nicolas Cageʼs son arrested

Actor Nicolas Cage’s son We-ston and his wife NikkiWilliams have been arrest-

ed on felony and domestic vio-lence charges.

Weston had an altercation withWilliams, which resulted in sus-taining a cut on his arm with abottle and her threatening to jumpoff a balcony, contactmusic.comreports.

Police arrested them at theirLos Angeles apartment.

Their bail was set at $50,000,but so far only Weston has man-aged to post a bond and be re-leased. As he emerged from thepolice station, Weston showed hisbleeding arm to photographersand said: “I’m not OK, man. Don’tget married.”

Actor Michael Douglasand his wife Cather-ine Zeta-Jones are

having a relaxed and veryhappy time in Turkey.

The couple and their chil-dren - Dylan, 11, and eight-year-old Carys - were seenshopping in the resort townof Bodrum, where theyseemed happy and relaxed,reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“They ate fish in a localrestaurant and they visiteda nightclub. They seemedrelaxed and very happy,”said an onlooker.

Celina Jaitley was recentlystuck at the Colombo airportfor 11 hours when she was re-turning home from a trip to theMaldives.

The 29-year-old was on herway home when she had tostop over at the airport for aconnecting flight to Mumbai.Her flight duration from Mal-dives to Colombo took less thanestimated time, but her flightto Mumbai was delayed by 11hours, said a statement.

As Celina didn’t have SriLankan visa, she couldn’t goout of the airport and had tokill time in a small rented roomat the airport.

No stylist for Lively

Dog inspires Adele to turn veggie

Thursday, July 7, 2011 8LIFESTYLE

Singer Rihanna is looking fora guy who can earn her af-fection.

“I’m open to love. But guysshould have to earn it. Becausethe minute they get it, they wantsomething else,” femalefirst.co.ukquoted Rihanna as saying.

“Men are like hunters; they likethe chase. So you have to keepthem guessing. Actually, I’m likethat too. I get bored quickly. So ifsomeone can make me laugh,that’s the best,” she added.

The singer was assaulted byher ex-boyfriend Chris Browm in2009 and ever since she has stayedaway from being in a relation-ship.

S inger Adele has been inspiredby her pet dog Louis to becomea vegetarian.

“I’m trying to be veggie. For whatI want to do next year I have to be re-ally healthy and stuff like that,” fe-malefirst.co.uk quoted her as say-ing.

“I can find another way of gettingall the stuff out of meat you need. Ihate that tofu stuff though. WheneverI’m about to eat meat I always seemy little dog’s eyes,” added the singerknow for the hit “Set Fire to theRain”.

CRAIGʼS MARRIAGEstuns ex‑fiance

Actor Daniel Craig’s mar-riage to actress RachelWeiz has left his ex-fiance

Satsuki Mitchell stunned.Mitchell’s father Christopher

revealed that his daughter is soupset that she has forbiddenfamily members from mentioningCraig’s name.

“His sudden marriage cameout of nowhere. We heard aboutit like everyone else - by readingthe newspapers. She doesn’tmention his name now and tellsme off if I do,” dailymail.co.ukquoted the father as saying.

“Satsuki has only just reached

a happy place. She has sincesaid, more than once, that thebreak-up was the best thing forher. She knew he was not theman she wanted him to be andthere was something wrong inthe relationship,” he added.

Mitchell, 32, and Craig, 43, gotengaged in 2007. They split lastNovember.

Iʼm open to love:RIHANNA

Bollywood is coming alive in fine print.A spate of innovative books is notonly documenting Indian moviedom

for posterity but also throwing meaningfullight on the evolution of mainstream cinema.“I think for the first time there is a wholerange of books now that reflects the in-credible range of Bollywood itself,” UdayanMitra, publishing director at Penguin India,said.

“Readership of film books has grown.The top three trends seem to be visualbooks, star biographies and memoirs.”

Bollywood became a literary inspiration

in the early 1990s with books like “StarryNights” by Shobaa De and “Show Business”by Shashi Tharoor. On offer now are popularmovie screenplays, pictorials and racy nov-els. Lipika Bhushan, chief marketing man-ager at Harper Collins, told IANS: “Ourbooks under ‘Film Series’ sell more thangeneral books. Our title ‘R.D. Burman: TheMan And Music’ is in its third reprint,having sold more than 5,000 copies. Wehave published three non-fiction volumeson individual blockbusters.”

The series so far has covered three land-mark movies – “Deewar”, “Jaane Bhi Do

Yaaron” and “Disco Dancer”. While “AmarAkbar Anthony” releases in December, acoffee table book on silent cinema and avolume on Navketan Films are in thepipeline. Penguin has published three majorfilm titles this year – a biography of K.L.Saigal by Pran Nevile, “Flashback”, the au-tobiography of Bob Christo, and “First Day,First Show” by Anupama Chopra.

Two more books, “The Greatest Showon Earth” edited by Jerry Pinto, and “Sound-ing Off”, an autobiography of Oscar-winningsound designer Resul Pookutty, are slatedfor release this year.

Actress Jennifer Anis-ton is planning totake a year-long

break from work “to enjoyherself”.

“Jen’s taking a year offfrom work to enjoy herself,”usmagazine.com quoted aninsider as saying.

Another source revealedthat after “Horrible Bosses”and “Wanderlust”, the onlyproject that would be lefton her platter is “The GoreeGirls”, her production com-pany’s long delayed proj-ect.

ANISTON planning a break

I hope ʻChillar Partyʼgets tax exemption: Director

Chillar Party director Vikash Bahlsays that Information and Broad-casting Minister Ambika Soni has

recommended tax exemption for his debutfilm and that he and his co-director NirajTiwari are hoping that the states act on it.

The film is Salman Khan’s debut pro-duction and he screened it for AmbikaSoni in Delhi.

“Ambika Soni has recommended thattax should be exempted. It’s only the stateswho have the right, the central governmentdoesn’t have the authority. They can onlyrecommend. Hope that tax is exempted.If it happens, it would be really good,”Bahl told IANS.

Releasing July 8, “Chillar Party” is abouta gang of innocent yet feisty kids wholead a carefree and fun-filled life. It showshow they fight together the big bad worldof politics when a mean politician endan-gers their friend Bheedu’s life.

“It’s a story of friendship and bondingand how far they can go for it,” said Bahl.

Bahl, who had been creative producerof films like “Dev D”, “Udaan” and “NoOne Killed Jessica”, has teamed up withad-man Niraj Tiwari to jointly write thestory and direct the film.

Taking up direction was not a very con-scious decision, said Bahl.

“Nitesh and I were writing the story fora year-and-a-half every weekend. Whenwe finished writing the story we thoughtof writing the screenplay. When we gotthe screenplay we thought lets write thedialogues. Once we finished that we saidwhen we have shaped the story let usdirect the film,” Bahl said.

Gaga worshipsMadonna

Pop star Lady Gaga saysshe worships Madonnaand she is also inspired

by the likes of BarbraStreisand, Cher and Blondie.“They’re my sisters. I haveworshipped Madonna and Ifeel connected to Barbra, andI feel connected to Cher andBlondie and all of the womenwho came before me,” fe-malefirst.co.uk quoted Gagaas saying.“I would never be where Iam today without all of themto inspire me. I feel so gratefulthat I have such strongwomen to look up to,” sheadded.

Booking Bollywood:A new literary

genre in making