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Bangalore mayor Sharadamma leads a campaign on theoccasion of Civic Sense Day in the city today.

Taking the leadS Radhakrishna

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Hearing in 3rdcase againstBSY begins

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Lokayukta special court start-ed hearing the third case against former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa here today.

The third complaint, filed by advocate Sira-jin Basha, refers to land denotification cases.Though Yeddyurappa, who has sought ex-emption, skipped the court, his sons B YRaghavendra, B Y Vijendra, son-in-law SohanKumar and other accused Hemachandra Sagarwere present.

The case refers to denotification of land atRachenahalli and Agara in Bangalore.

At the beginning of the hearing counsel rep-resenting Yeddyurappa was not in court as hewas away at the Karnataka High Court filing abail application.

While seeking exemption from personal ap-pearance before the Lokayukta court, Yeddyu-rappa had said that he had been attending courtregularly and was busy with the Koppal by-elec-tion and would not be able to attend court.

Doreswamy: Lawmust fix min

number of votes Bangalore: There should be a law that stipulatesthe minimum percentage of votes before acontestant wins the election, said freedomfighter H S Doreswamy this morning.

Taking part in a one-day open session on elec-toral reforms, he said, “Our representatives getelected even if they get as little as 10-15 percentof the votes from the entire electorate. Thisshould change. It is no true representation of thepeople.” Page 3

5 spl trains between

Mysore‑BʼloreMysore: The south-western railway is intro-ducing five special trains between Bangaloreand Mysore on the last two days of Dasara fes-tivities on October 6 and 7, said divisional rail-way manager (commercial) S Anup Dayanandhere this morning. Page 4

Food inflationslips to 8.84%,

but no reliefNew Delhi: Food inflation in India fell to 8.84per cent in the week ended September 10 from9.47 per cent in the previous week, but providedno relief to the common man as prices of keycommodities continued to rule high.

Prices of most commodities, barring wheat,continued to remain firm on an annual basis,as per Wholesale Price Index (WPI) data releasedby the Indian government Thursday. Page 4

KTK players willget dues: Shukla

New Delhi: Interest of the players contractedwith terminated Indian Premier League (IPL)franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala will be pro-tected, assured the league's new boss Rajiv Shuk-la who Thursday promised to make the cash-richevent more attractive by bringing in "new ideasand elements." Shukla said protecting theplayers affected by Kochi's ouster is primary con-cern for the IPL authorities and that the Gov-erning Council will meet in the second week ofOctober to discuss all issues related to the ter-mination.

"Our prime concern will be the players' in-terest, their interest is not hampered in terms offinancial loses and also in terms of their par-ticipation in the tournament," Shukla in an in-terview here. Page 4

Army cares for 552 people Tung (North Sikkim): The army is taking careof 552 quake-hit residents of Chungthang villageincluding staff of Teesta hydel power project inNorth Sikkim where Sunday's strong temblor left17 of its 28 employees dead.

Chungthang is still inaccessible by roads dueto heavy landslides following the 6.8 magnitudequake, with its epicentre in North Sikkim, lefta trail of devastation in the state. Page 4

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Pranab refuses tocomment on letter

New York: Finance minister Pranab Mukher-jee today refused to comment on a letter sentby his ministry to Prime Minister ManmohanSingh on the 2G spectrum scam, saying he can-not make any remark on the matter as it is "sub-judice".

"The matter is subjudice. I cannot make anycomment on it. The whole matter is under thescrutiny of the Supreme Court of India. We can-not make any comment on any matter that issubjudice," Mukherjee, who is here to attendan India-US investor forum, told reportershere.

Separately, while addressing Indian andAmerican business leaders at a high-profile USI-BC roundtable, Mukherjee said the Finance Min-istry letter to the Prime Minister's Secretariat isout in the open only due to the Right to Infor-mation Act, which is one of the many steps thegovernment has taken to flush out corruptionand make governance transparent and ac-countable.

He said in the recent years, lot of authorityhas been given to the people of India throughthe RTI.

"In fact today a sensational news item hascome and it is through the exercise of the RTI.A note was sent by Minister of Finance to Prime

Minister. Somebody demanded through the useof RTI to have the copy of that note from thePrime Minister's Secretariat and... fact of thematter is somebody has produced that as a pieceof evidence in a particular case," he com-mented.

He said whether the letter can be used in sucha manner or not "is a different story."

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Pranab Mukherjee

Corruption case against GowdaʼsKAS officer son

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A private complainthas been lodged against formerPrime Minister H D Deve Gowda’sson H D Balakrishna at theLokayukta special court for al-legedly amassing wealth dis-proportionate to his knownsources of income.

The complaint, filed by a for-mer employee of VisvevarayaSteel Ltd S L Balakrishna, al-leges that Gowda’s son, who is aKAS officer, is in possession ofproperties worth several hun-dred crores. H D Balakrishnacan earn Rs 40 lakh from hissalary and other known sourcesof income. But he is found to beworth Rs 200 crore.

He has also committed fraud ofRs 500 crore. He has propertiesworth over Rs 70 crore in hisname, said the complaint filed bythe Bhadravati resident.

With this, the Lokayukta andcorruption cases have come backto haunt the Deve Gowda family.

Already, his other son and JD(S)state president H D Ku-maraswamy has been facing cas-es related to favouring JantakalMining Company and Vishwab-harati Housing Cooperative So-ciety.

Former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa too is facing cases ofcorruption before the Lokayuktaspecial court.

KEEP VAULT BSHUT, SAYS SCʻWill be opened only after proper documentation of

assets in other rooms at Padmanabhaswamy templeʼNew Delhi: The Supreme Court todaysaid the vault 'B' of the Sree Pad-manabhaswamy Temple will beopened only after substantial work re-garding documentation and preser-vation of assets unearthed from oth-er 'kalaras' (vaults) of the shrine iscompleted.

A bench headed by justice R VRaveendran turned down the plea ofan expert committee to hand over thesecurity of the temple to Centralparamilitary forces and directed thestate government to provide fool-proof cover to the temple to protect itsassets which are estimated to beover Rs 1.50 lakh crore.

The bench also said that the man-agement of the temple would providean amount of Rs 25 lakh per year forpreservation of assets and security ofthe temple and the rest of the amountneeded would be borne by the stategovernment.

The court said that no tendershould be floated for private playersfor giving contract for preservationwork of the assets and said that it hasto be done by Kerala State Electron-ics Development Corporation Limit-

ed (KELTRON).The court said it will take up the

matter again after three months.The apex court had on September

16 reserved its orders for security ofthe temple and opening of vault B. It

had said that tradition and customswould be protected as far as possiblein providing security to the Temple.

The court had on July 21 appoint-ed a five-member expert committeeto supervise the unearthing and

preservation of assets of the Templein Thiruvananthapuram.

The committee is headed by Di-rector General of National Museum CV Ananda Bose and comprises rep-resentatives of the ArchaeologicalSurvey of India (ASI) and ReserveBank of India (RBI).

The court had also appointed athree-member committee to overseethe work of unearthing of the temple'sassets. The overseeing committeecomprises retired judge of KeralaHigh Court, Justice M N Krishnan, theerstwhile Prince of TravancoreMarthanda Varma and a governmentrepresentative of the rank of secretary.

The apex court passed the orderson an application filed by Marthanda Varma and his familymembers challenging a Kerala HighCourt ruling of January 31 this year,ordering a takeover of the assets andmanagement of the shrine by thestate. The bench had earlier ex-pressed apprehension that the mas-sive wealth was perhaps at a "risk" inview of the widespread publicity giv-en to it in the media. PTI

PC speaks toPM over 2Gspectrum

allocation rowFrankfurt: Union home minister PChidambaram called Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and discussed withhim the issue of a Finance Ministry noteon allocation of 2G spectrum which ap-peared to raise questions on his role.

The telephone call last night lasted20 minutes during which the PrimeMinister is believed to have expressedfull faith in the integrity of the formerFinance Minister and that he was readyto say this, according to sources today.

The sources said the prime ministeralso counselled Chidambaram to be pa-tient till he returns home from New Yorkon September 27.

The "secret" note was not shown tohim, Singh is believed to have told Chi-dambaram, who was the Finance Min-ister during 2G spectrum allocation.

The March 25, 2011 document on al-location and pricing of 2G spectrumbroadly suggests that Chidambaramcould have insisted that the valuable re-source could have been auctioned atthe time the spectrum was sold on afirst come, first served basis by the for-mer telecom minister A Raja.

Govt must take time before appointing Lokayukta: Guv

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The government shouldtake its time before announcing thenext Lokayukta, said governor H RBhardwaj here this morning.

He said, “It should not be that aperson takes over as Lokayukta todayand resigns tomorrow.” He was re-ferring to the resignation of JusticeShivaraj Patil, who had step downfrom office after allegations over pos-session of residential properties in hisand his wife’s name. He was in pow-er only for 45 days.

The governor said the governmentshould discuss the list of probablewith all the stakeholders concernedbefore announcing the new Lokayuk-ta. Discussions should be held withopposition parties and then a deci-sion should be arrived at, he added.

He assured the government that hewould clear the name from his sideimmediately after it comes to him.

On the illegal mining report, hesaid, “Justice Santosh Hegde (formerLokayukta) was right when he saidthat he has given me and the gov-ernment report and it is now left to

the government to act on it. The gov-ernment now has constituted a com-mittee to look into it. I had warned thegovernment on several occasionsearlier about the involvement of Red-dy brothers in illegal mining activitiesand the necessity for the govern-ment to remove them from the cabi-net. But they did not listen.”

Former minister and mining baronGali Janardhana Reddy is now spend-ing time at the Chanchalaguda cen-tral prison in Hyderabad for

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pm)Uma (10.15 am ) Veeresh (10.20am, 1.20, 4.20, 7.20 pm)

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90 (U/A)Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu KokilaGopal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Santhosh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (A)Justin Timberlake, Mila KunisCinemax (12.45 pm, 5.15, 10 pm)

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CONTAGION (U) Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, JudeLaw, Gwyneth Paltrow,Cinemax (3 pm, 7.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (B’ghatta Road) (7.40 pm,10 pm) Innovative Multiplex (4, 6,8 pm) PVR Cinemas (10.45 am, 1,5.15, 7.30, 9.45 pm) Rex (5.30 pm)

THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE (A)Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sag-nier, Mimoun OaissaInox (Magrath Road) (10 pm)

SPY KIDS (U/A) essica Alba, Joel McHale, RowanBlanchard, Mason Cook ‘4D’ Inox(Magrath) (10 am) ‘3D’ PVR Cinemas(3.15 pm).

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am, 1.30, 4.15 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Mysore Road) (12.45 pm, 9.30 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (10.15 am, 7.30, 10 pm) HMTCinemas (10.45 am, 4.15 pm) Inno-vative Multiplex (11.30 am, 1.30, 5,7.30, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10.15am, 1, 6.45, 9.30 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(10 am, 1.15, 4, 6.45, 9.30 pm) Inox(Magrath Road) (10 am, 10.45, 12.40,3.40, 6.40, 8.15, 9.30 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.am, 12.45, 2.10,3.20, 5.55, 9.15 pm).

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MERE BROTHER KI DULHANImran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ali Zafar

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Nagar) (10 am, 1, 4, 7, 9.50 pm)HMT Cinemas (1.30 pm, 7.15 pm)Innovative Multiplex (11.30 am, 2,4.30, 7, 9.45 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10 am, 12.50, 3.40, 6.30, 8.30,9.20 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10 am,11.30, 12.50, 3.40, 5.25, 6.30, 8.15,9.20 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10am, 11.20, 12.50, 3.40, 4.55, 6.30,7.45, 8.30, 9.20 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (10 am, 10.55, 11.50, 12.50,2.35, 3.40, 5.25, 6.30, 7.15, 8.15,9.20 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am,10.15, 12.45, 1, 3.30, 3.50, 4.30, 6.35, 7.15, 9.15 pm) Rex (10.30am, 3, 9.50 pm) Vaibhav (11.30am, 2.30 pm) Vision Cinemas (10am, 1, 4, 7, 9.45 pm) Uvashi (11am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm)

They forget, but Alzheimerʼs patients should be treated humanely Dementia is a symptom of

a group of disorders char-acterised by progressive

decline in intellectual or cognitivefunctions, mainly memory im-pairment. It connotes a progres-sive dysfunction – failure if youwill – of the brain.

Alzheimer’s disease is onesuch condition. There are manyother conditions that manifestas dementia, such as multiplesmall strokes, vitamin B12 defi-ciency and as an accompanimentof certain types of Parkinson’sdisease. A few individuals withundiagnosed hypothyroidismcan be mistaken for dementia,so also some extreme forms ofdepression. The latter are exam-ples of “reversible dementias”,representing situations in whichthe individual is very fortunateto return to normal mentationwith appropriate treatment.Rarely brain tumors and in-creased fluid pressure in thebrain (hydrocephalus) can pres-ent with dementia.

In all such conditions, the ob-vious symptoms are a progressivedecline in memory, first for recentevents and as time goes on evenfor events of the remote past.The condition usually worsensleading to disorientation in theaffected person’s mind for words,names, faces and places whichcan be accompanied with varioustypes of behavioral changes. Thelatter generally tend to get worseafter the sun has set and theambient light is low. The affectedindividual’s use of language toocan be affected. In advanced

stages, activities like self-care,personal hygiene and even feed-ing can be impaired. Sleep gen-erally becomes a problem andcan be interspersed with delu-sions and nightmares.

In the case of Alzheimer’s dis-ease however, the dementia perse is not reversible to any signif-icant extent, though medicationsmay transiently alleviate symp-toms. Alzheimer’s generally af-flicts individuals who are pastsixty years of age.

From the foregoing it is clearthat when someone is found tohave dementia, it is importantto carefully look for any treatablecauses.

The entire responsibility of

taking care of an individual withAlzheimer’s disease generallyfalls on the immediate familymembers. The gradual break-up of the psyche is a distressingdevelopment both for the personaffected and for the immediatefamily members. When this hap-pens at the workplace, colleaguesmay notice a change in perform-ance and increase in errors asthe condition progresses. Mean-ingful interactions become moredifficult; the communication ofone’s needs becomes a challeng-ing task as time progresses. Thepatient mistakes his spouse andchildren for someone else.

The challenge for the familyis to meet the needs of the patient

in the most humane and digni-fied manner possible, no matterhow hard the situation wouldseem.

Dementia is generally man-aged by a neurological team.The physician can decide aboutthe use of various medicationsafter explaining to the immediatefamily of their rationale and pos-sible side-effects.

There is much research hap-pening globally to try and answerthe cause of Alzheimer’s disease,along with possible treatmentchoices.

Studies have shown that thosewho lead an active life, pursuemusic either in the form ofsinging or playing a musical in-

strument, exercise regularly(walking or cycling), take theirmedications for diabetes and hy-pertension regularly, sleep suf-ficiently and are not on tobaccoor alcohol, stand a good chanceof not being affected byAlzheimer’s disease. As the per-son with Alzheimer’s deterio-rates, he would see many faceswhose names he would graduallyforget – his close family mem-bers, his care-givers, his friendsand other relatives, the physicianand the members of the caringteam such as nurses, physio-therapists, occupational thera-pists, various technicians suchas from pulmonology, etc. Thereare many faces he would noteven see, such as those of thepathologist who is doing thetests on his blood or urine, theresearcher who is further tryingto understand the disease, themolecular biologist who is look-ing at the gene expression andthe proteins that are beingformed in the cell, the pharma-cologist who is testing new mol-ecules for treatment, the cell bi-ologist who is experimenting onvarious pluripotent cells thatmay be inserted in place of dam-aged brain cells and so on.

Perhaps, as major break-throughs occur in medical re-search, this dreaded diseasewould gradually be contained,sparing more and more individ-uals from this deadly cognitivedecline.

Dr. Chandran Gnanamuthu,senior consultant neurologist,Fortis Hospital, Bangalore

Global turbulence not to hitIndian IT industry this year

Bangalore: IT industry bodyNASSCOM today said the sectorwould not be impacted by theturbulent global economic andfinancial situation, particularlysovereign debt crisis in Europe,and stuck to its IT export growthtarget of 16-18 per cent for thefiscal.

“Currently, we do not see theindustry getting impacted ...”,Som Mittal, President of the ITindustry lobby group NASSCOM(National Association of Softwareand Services Companies), toldreporters here.

Exports in 2010-11 are estimat-ed to have grown by 18.7 percent to $59 billions in revenue.

“Our first two quarters havebeen good. Third quarter con-tinues to be (good). I don’t thinkwe would get impacted with any-thing in 2011-12”, he said, “...so,from a NASSCOM perspective,we continue to keep our forecastat 16-18 per cent.”

As for the next fiscal (2012-13), it’s a “wait and watch” situ-ation and the picture would beclearer in December when com-panies would review their ITbudget, he said, adding he didnot expect them to scale downthe spending.

“The kind of work that we aredoing is very essential for com-panies and hence they wouldthink twice before they cut backon it,” Mittal said.

He pointed out that last yearwhen there was lower economicgrowth in developed world, “our

growth from the US was 24 percent.”

Mittal added that Indian ITindustry “does not do muchwork” with “impacted” countriesof Greece, Italy and Spain.

He said hiring by the IndianIT industry this year has beenpositive. “Hiring for the next yearhas started,” he said, but added,“People will be more cautious”.PTI

Bangalore: The Indian cloudcomputing market opportunityis expected to reach $16 billionby 2020, a study said here.

The global cloud computingmarket was projected to growat 33 per cent compoundedannual growth rate and reach$680 billion by 2020 while thedomestic market opportunitymight touch $16 billion in thesame period. About two-thirdof this would be – new-busi-ness – and the rest wouldcome from existing servicelines, said the study titled,‘Deconstructing the ‘CLOUD:The New Growth Frontier forIndian IT-BPO Sector’, broughtout by Nasscom in associationwith Deloitte. Cloud computingcan be defined as “dynamicallyscalable, virtualised informa-tion services delivered on-de-mand over the network in apay-per-use model”. Cloudmorphs client-server environ-ment onto internet. It wouldenable businesses to rent re-sources and pay per use.

Launching the report on thesidelines of Nasscom Infra-structure Management Serv-ices Summit here, Nasscom

president Som Mittal saidcloud computing was reshap-ing the Indian IT market bygenerating new opportunitiesfor IT providers and drivingchanges in traditional IT of-ferings. “There are ample op-portunities for cloud in everyindustry, and with the in-creased preference of cloudadoption in the coming years,industry will have to invest incompetency building internal-ly to take advantage of cloudcomputing technologies,” hesaid. According to the study,Cloud computing is expectedto have a significant impacton current IT-BPO services in-dustry, in terms of types ofservices offered, delivery mech-anisms and business models.

He said that while securityis one of major hindrances tocloud adoption, policies needto be designed to help enter-prises execute a comprehen-sive security strategy that ad-dresses threats and potentialliabilities resulting from cloudcomputing. “India will defi-nitely have a leadership posi-tion in the cloud market intimes to come,” he said. PTI

Cloud biz to reach$16b by ʻ20: Study

Print media expectedto grow at 9‑10% dur‑ing 2011‑15: AIFMP

Bangalore: With the country’seconomy recording 8-9 per centgrowth and the increase in ad-vertising expenditures acrossmedia platforms, the print mediais expected to grow at 9-10 percent during 2011-15, All-IndiaFederation of Master Printers(AIFMP) said today. The printclassified market was worth $300million and the liberalised foreigninvestment policy had given theindustry leverage to expand fur-ther, AIFMP President Manoj BMehta told reporters here.

The country received nearly$150 million in 2009-10.

He said the Indian printingsector was growing at 12 per centper annum and had a marketshare of about 22 billion $whilethe packaging industry was also

growing at 14-15 per cent whichwas expected to double in thenext two years.

He said the Indian digital print-ing industry would achieve acompounded annual growth rateof 85 per cent in 2011-12.

Mehta said paper consump-tion was projected to reach 13.95million tonnes by 2015-16, makingIndia the world’s fastest growingmarket.

In view of the huge interna-tional costs of print machineries,AIFMP had requested the gov-ernment to increase the prevalent‘CLCSS’ scheme subsidy from Rs15 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, he said,adding “This measure will helpin importing latest technologyin pre-press, press and post-pressareas.”

Planetariumshow times

Bangalore: The Jawaharlal NehruPlanetarium has released new schedule for sky-theatreshow. ‘Solar system’ in Kannadaat 11.30 am, English at 12.30 pm, Moon A Scientific Story inKannada at 3.30 pm, English at4.30 pm. “Solar System” is a pro-gramme about the sun, constel-lations, comets, etc.

This programme is based onschool syllabus and is very pop-ular with students.

“Moon – a Scientific Story”deals with some of the facts such as phases, eclipses, earth shine and tides gatheredfrom antiquity to the present and the Chandrayaan –1 Mission are explained at a pop-ular level.

For information contact22266084 / 22379725 or visit:www.taralaya.org, says a pressrelease issued by JawaharlalNehru Planetarium.

Netas, mencall shotsin women

schemeBangalore: A “pioneering” gov-ernment scheme meant to pro-mote entrepreneurship amongpoor women in Karnataka is be-ing used by politicians to promotetheir electoral base even as themen folk call the shots in ven-tures of beneficiaries, a studyhas revealed.

In many districts, politicalleaders were using the schemeto build up their local ‘vote-bank’, exerting a lot of pressureon officials to identify candidatesof their choice for benefits underthe ‘Udyogini’ scheme, a popularcredit linked employment gen-eration programme, the studysaid.

The scheme is spearheadedby the Women Development Cor-poration (WDC) functioning un-der the aegis of Department ofWomen and Child Developmentin Karnataka to help women donentrepreneurship roles with bankcredit that have government sub-sidy component, and engage inincome-generating activities.

The study conducted by ProfK G Gayathridevi and Prof S Er-appa at the Bangalore-basedthink-tank, the Institute for Socialand Economic Change (ISEC) atthe behest of WDC to understandthe positive and negative aspectsof the scheme, threw up inter-esting findings, an ISEC releasesaid yesterday.

Carried out in eight districtsand 23 taluks, the study foundall decisions about the enterpriseare still taken by male membersof beneficiaries’ families andhusband/father/son managedthe entire process in 99 per cent

Brigadier A Dutta, officiating general officer commanding, Karnataka and Kerala subarea, spends time with the schoolchildren from Jammu and Kashmir who are on a na-

tional integration tour to South India when they visited the Army Sub Area in Bangaloreyesterday.

Trying to integrate them

State givesRs 5 cr

to SikkimBangalore: The state government

yesterday an-nounced a finan-cial assistance ofRs 5 crore toSikkim for provid-ing relief to earthquake victims.

Chief ministerD V Sadanandagowda directedthe finance department to releasethe aid immediately, officialsources said here.

Seventy-three people fromSikkim alone were killed in theSunday's powerful temblor.

CITYThursday, September 22, 2011 3

GeneralBengaluru International ArtsFestival: Yoshiko HaradaSione, Japanese drum per-formance at H N Kalakshetra,National College building, 36thCross, 2nd Main, Jayanagar,7th Block, 6.30 pm.

Concern India Foundation:Art for concern, annual showof Indian Art at Art Corridor,The Taj West End, Race CourseRoad, 7 pm.

The Institution of Engineers:Lecture on “Engineering andWisdom The Legacy of ProfSatish hawan” by PadmashriProf R M Vasagam, formerVice-Chancellor, Anna Uni-versity, The Institute premises,Karnataka State Centre, No 3,Dr B R Ambedkar Veedhi, 5.30pm.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: Car-natic music on Saxophone bySridhar Sagar at the IndianInstitute of World Culture, BP Wadia Road, Basavanagudi,6 pm.

Visthar: Lecture on “Happi-ness The Fate of an Idea,” byProf Ashis Nandy at the Insti-tute of Agricultural Technol-ogists, Queen’s Road, 5.30 pm.

SIRS Ramachandra Inde-pendent PU College: Dia-mond Jubilee celebrations andInter-Collegiate competitionat Prof M Shankaracharya Au-ditorium, 5 pm.

CulturalBharatnatyam Rangaprave-sha: Bharatnatyam Ran-gapravesha of Suchitra Di-wakar, disciple of Prof M RKrishna Murthy, Kalakshiti atRavindra Kalakshetra, JCRoad, 6 pm.

Theatre Gangaavatarana @ RangaShankara: Thursday, Septem-ber 22nd, 2011. 7:30 p.m. to9:30 p.m. Ranga Shankara,No 36/1 2nd Phase, 8th Cross,JP Nagar The play, written byDr BR Bendre, is enacted bythe Ranga Sourabha troupe.It suggests that the humanworld today is beset with somany evils, that one Bhaghi-ratha and one Ganga wouldnot be able to rid the world ofits plethora of evils.

MusicLe Chartier-Moqadem Duet:Thursday, September 22nd,2011. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Alliance Francaise de Banga-lore, No 108, Off Queens Road,Thimmaiah Road Eric LeChartier, solo trombone playerin the Opera de Lyon NationalOrchestra and pianist JamalMoqadem, often invited to theOpera de Lyon as a choirmas-ter, perform together. The firsthalf of the concert concen-trates on French music devot-ed to the trombone, and thesecond revisits jazz classicsas piano-trombone duets.

Eating OutPower Lunch: Thursday, Sep-tember 22nd, 2011. 1 p.m. to 4p.m. City Bar Karaoke + Grill,UB City, No 24, Vittal MallyaRoad, Now be connected evenduring the quick businesslunch. Free wi-fi access whileyou fill up in the middle ofthe day. Delectable starterswith a variety of veg/ non vegmain course options alongwith draught beer.

Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Thursday, September22nd, 2011. noon to 3 p.m.Manchester United RestaurantBar, The Manchester UnitedRestaurant and Bar launchesa weekday lunch buffet pricedat Rs 350 plus taxes right fromstarters to desserts.

Chocoholic Festival at CityBar: Thursday, September22nd, 2011. 12:30 p.m. to 11:30p.m. City Bar Karaoke + Grill,UB City, No 24, Vittal MallyaRoad, Featured on the menuare sweet treats like pastries,tarts, flavoured chocolates,and pudding.

Burger Fiesta: Thursday, Sep-tember 22nd, 2011. 12:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Herbs & Spice,No 39 HAL 3rd Stage, 80 FeetRoad, Indiranagar A specialmenu dedicated to differenttypes of burgers, includingThe Big Beef Burger, JalapenoStuffed Burger, Thai- style BeefBurger, and American Cheese-burger.

Salmon Specials: Thursday,September 22nd, 2011. 8 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Le Jardin, TheOberoi, No 37/39, MG Road, Aspecial menu that revolvesaround salmon, house smokedwith asparagus, horse radishand roe, or slow cooked withcitrus lobster butter and fen-nel.

Mexican Fiesta: Thursday,September 22nd, 2011. noon

to 11:30 p.m. Sports Bar andLounge, Le Meridien, No 28,Sankey Road, High GroundsA special menu, which pairsMexican cuisine with bever-ages. Combos include Tequilawith Tacos and Beer with Bu-rittos.

NightlifeParty at Tease this weekend:You'll be screaming your lungsout Come, Carlton Braganzaand Alex Kantor will host theKaraoke Night. A night dedi-cated to all you bathroom andcloset singers. So drop byTease, take the stage and setit on fire, on Saturday, 24thSeptember 2011 at Vivanta byTaj, Whitefield, Bangalore.

Jolly Good Bollywood: Thurs-day, September 22nd, 2011. 8p.m. Opus In The Creek, No 2Doddanekkundi IndustrialArea, Whitefield Road, Ma-hadevapura Bollywood musiccomes back with the age oldgame of Antakshari. A musicalquiz where the answers to thequestions are all Bollywoodsongs.

Booze and Brains with MarkRego: Thursday, September22nd, 2011. 9 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Opus, Chakravarty Lay-out, 1st Cross, Palace CrossRoad, Sankey Road A quizand a dance party all rolledinto one. A mentally stimu-lating experience coupled witha whole lot of fun and music.

Retro Thursdays @ City Bar:Thursday, September 22nd,2011. 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. CityBar Karaoke + Grill, UB City,No 24, Vittal Mallya Road, CityBar hosts Retro Thursdays,featuring original videos ofyesteryears topped off withDJ Praful's twist to the musicin his unique style.

Future Retro with Bess:Thursday, September 22nd,2011. 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Bacchus, F&B Excellency, No8, Papanna Street, St MarksRoad Indie, new disco, electro,breaks, and synthpop withBess this Thursday at Bacchus.There's a 1+1 offer all night.

ShoppingOWW Sale: Thursday, Sep-tember 22nd, 2011. 11 a.m. to8 p.m. One Wit Wonders, No32 ACR Towers, ResidencyRoad, Flat 50% off on selectedproducts at One Wit Wonders.

Modern Heritage Collection:Thursday, September 22nd,2011. 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.Pepe, No 2, Brigade Road,Pepe introduces the ModernHeritage Collection for women,that draws its inspiration fromthe designs of the 90s. Thecollection includes masculineelements and relies on shadesof red, black, navy blue andsoft nude.

Colors by Lifestyle: Thursday,September 22nd, 2011.Lifestyle, Adarsh Opus, Camp-bell Road, Austin Town Anannual cosmetics fest thatpromises a plethora of offers.Experts like Ojas Rajani andother celebrity make-up artistsadd to the experience.

Calvin Klein Fall 2011: Thurs-day, September 22nd, 2011. 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Calvin KleinJeans, The Forum Value Mall,No 62, Whitefield Main Road,Whitefield CK One Jeanswearpresents a new range suitedfor the urban explorer, whilethe men's range has boldprints and neon colours,across all its outlets.

ExhibitionsUnfolding Of The Self: Thurs-day, September 22nd, 2011. 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Galerie De'Arts,Barton Centre, 11th Floor, MGRoad, A ten year retrospectiveby artist Shan Re, featuringrare and unseen works from2001 to 2011.

Showers Of Tranquility:Thursday, September 22nd,2011. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. GallerieThird Eye, No A-1 Epsilon Of-fice Block, Yemalur MainRoad, Yemalur A rare collec-tion of paintings for the mon-soon season, by HS Manjunathand Ranjan Paul.

Modern Masters @ Apparao:12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. ApparaoGalleries, No 82 The Presiden-cy, St Marks Road, An exhibi-tion of paintings by artists in-cluding Arpita Singh, GulamMohammed Sheikh, JehangirSabavala, Krishen Khanna,SH Raza, KG Subramanyan,and Akbar Padamsee at Ap-parao Galleries.

Photos for Rato @ Tasveer:22nd, 2011. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Tasveer, No 26/1, KasturbaCross Road, Photos for Ratois a collection of twenty rarephotographs by Nicholas Vree-land, taken during the 26 yearshe has been a Rato monk.They provide a glimpse intodaily life in a monastery, whichonly an insider could have.

BBMP commissioner Siddaiah flags off a tree plantation programme at Jayanagar third block today.

Green programme

MEG to plant6,000 saplings

Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Madras Engi-neering Group (MEG) centre willplant around 6,000 saplings andcare for them.

The saplings, being providedby the Bruhat Bangalore Ma-hanagara Palike, will be plantedat the MEG centre in two days.

Nearly a thousand saplingswere planted yesterday at anevent in the presence of BBMPcommissioner Siddaiah and com-

mandant Pradhan.“We can plant and care for

6,000 saplings on our premisesat the centre. The BBMP willsupply the saplings to us andall the 6,000 will be planted intwo days by our personnel,” saidcommandant Pradhan.

Siddaiah said, “Roads in the2 km radius of MEG Centre wouldbe taken care of by MEG officials.The BBMP will provide the re-quired materials to fill the pot-holes, while MEG will supplythe manpower.”

Bosch launches initiative totrain ITI, polytech studentsAims to turn 5,000 youth employable in a year

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: As part of its corpo-rate social responsibility, BoschIndia is planning to train un-skilled technicians, artisans andothers who are passing out ofIndustrial Training Institutes andpolytechnics.Bosch India is the first machineand tool manufacturer and alsothe first multinational companyin the country to set up suchtraining centres.

Bosch has set up the trainingcentre at its head office in Adugo-di in the city. Spread over 700square meters, the centre willcater to training and develop-ment needs of over 5,000 peopleper year in India and SAARCcountries. It is expected to pro-vide training to approximately20,000 people in the next decade.

“Bosch initiative is intendedto reach out to 15 million un-skilled artisans in India. Ourstaff too will be trained at thecentre. But it will mainly assistretail customers, retailers anddealers. We can also train thosefrom premier Indian Institutesof Technology (IITs) and NationalInstitutes of Technology (NITs).Bosch will conduct Train-The-Trainer (TTT) programmes for

instructors and faculty, who inturn conduct similar programmesfor students and users,” said Vi-jay Pandey, vice-president, BoschPower Tools, India.

Pandey told Bangalore Beat:“Bosch’s focus on skill develop-ment initiatives will help us notonly to increase our customersbase in India, but also create apool of technicians and artisanswe can reach out to.”

The company has alsolaunched a mobile training van,Bosch Vahan, which is equippedwith power tools and accessoriesto train students, carpenters,

plumbers and electricians.Asked whether this is the first

such initiative from the company,Pandey said that in 2008, underthe rural artisanship develop-ment programme, Bosch tied upwith NGO LabourNet and trainedaround 100 rural artisans.

“In all, 700 workers, includingcarpenters, plumbers, electri-cians and mechanics, have beentrained in the state, Tamil Nadu,Andhra Pradesh and Kerala,”he said.

Training centres and commu-nity development help the soci-ety, leading to a highly trained

efficient work force. The skilland knowledge base in the coun-try needs to be doubled. It is notenough to gain knowledge, butto acquire skillsets. These work-ers need to be trained on modernequipment to increase their ef-ficiency and quality of work, headded. He said, “Equitable andjustifiable development shouldgo hand in hand. Disparitieslead to social unrest. Angry andunemployed youth create socialunrest, burdening the state. Thegovernment itself cannot handlethe burden. The Bosch initiativewould train youth who are inthe periphery of society andmake them employable.”

He said, “Last year, Bosch un-dertook a survey of slums in thecity with the help of NGO RuralEducation and Development So-ciety (REDS). It provided voca-tional training to seven REDSstaff, who in turn trained 175slum children in Bangalore andChennai between ages of 15 and19. They are now either self-em-ployed or working under some-one earning themselves a decentamount. We want to continuetraining REDS members and weexpect to train 15 of them in2011-12. This time, we want morethan 300 slum children trained,educated and employable.”

Members of the Samata Sainik Dal protest in front of Town Hall today, against the deaths seven persons in police firingat Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu recently. Dal president M Venkataswamy said Dal members will show black flag to TamilNadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa when she arrives in the city to attend a disproportionate assets case. He said that apeaceful meeting to observe the death anniversary of John Pandya at Paramkudi was broken up by the Tamil Nadu

police with bullets. Criticising the police for their action, he demanded that Jayalalithaa resign immediately.

Samata Sainiks protest TN killings

Managements have to addressissue of graft seriously: Venkatachala

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “If you want to betransparent, your ethics need tobe at the highest order. More im-portantly, there is a need to ad-dress corruption,” said formerLokayukta and Supreme Courtjudge Justice N Venkatachalahere this morning.

Inaugurating a one-day con-ferencd on ‘Transparency andEthics in Management’, he said,“There is a need for transparencyand ethics in management. Thepractices and principles thatwere adopted 50 years ago maynot be applicable today.”

The conference had top bu-reaucrats talking about ethics inmanagement, management toolsto combat corruption, trans-parency – key to good gover-nance, accountability and chal-lenges.

E-governance principal secre-

tary M N Vidyashankar, incometax department additional com-missioner K Parashivaiah andsecretary to the chief minister A

Ravindra spoke.Justice Venkatachala said,

“Managements should followthe highest ethical practices and

need to address corruption. Theprinciples should be relevant tothe present times. If issues relatedto corruption are not addressed,all efforts go a waste.”

He said that the TransparencyInternational has found that Den-mark, Singapore and NewZealand have zero corruption.But that is not the case withother countries, even if they aredeveloped. Even countries likethe US and UK are trying to grap-ple with this serious issues. Inthe US, corruption rate is at 27percent, while in the UK it is 24percent. But it is the highest incountries in the subcontinent.“In India, it is as high as 67 per-cent. Bangladesh has 76 percentcorruption, while in Paksitan itis 75 perecnt,” he added.

Additional chief secretary KJairaj and Bangalore Manage-ment Association president N DVeeranna Gowda were present.

Former Lokayukta N Venkatachala inaugurates a one-dayseminar on Transparency and Ethics in Management in thecity today. Additional chief secretary K Jairaj and BangaloreManagement Association president N D Veeranna Gowda.

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S Radhakrishna

Law must put min requirement of votesfor netas: Doreswamy

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There should be alaw that stipulates the minimumpercentage of votes before a con-testant wins the election, saidfreedom fighter H S Doreswamythis morning.

Taking part in a one-day opensession on electoral reforms, hesaid, “Our representatives getelected even if they get as littleas 10-15 percent of the votes fromthe entire electorate. This shouldchange. It is no true representa-tion of the people.”

“We all know how the politi-cians get elected. If they have towin certain percentage of votes,they have to spend a certainamount of money. It is commonknowledge,” he said.

“We all know how the BJPmanaged to win all the electionsafter it assumed power. It usedthe administrative machinery torig the elections. The governmentshould bring in laws that preventthe reigning government fromtransferring official in the 11thhour from areas going to thepolls. Normally, the governmentposts officials favourable to them

to these places as they allowflow of money, liquor and otherfreebies to coerce votes in theruling party’s favour,” he al-leged.

On BJP veteran politician L KAdvani, he said, “Advani isknowledgeable about the Con-stitution and electoral reforms.I got an insight into his thinkingwhen we spent time together atjail. He should have brought inreforms when he was the deputyPrime Minister, but he did not.He is not raising voice nowadayson the much-needed reforms, asit probably helps his party mendifferent parts of the countrywin elections through corruptmeans.”

“The people are to be blamedfor the present state of affairs.They write off the governanceof the state to elected represen-tatives for five years, withoutregularly questioning these netas.The people should be responsibleparticipants in a democraticprocess,” he added.

S R Hiremath, who exposedthe illegal mining scam in Bellarydistrict, and others were presentat the open session.

S Radhakrishna

Freedom fighter H S Doreswamy and S R Hiremath, who exposed illegal mining activities in Bellary region,

take part in a one-day open session on electoral reforms in the city today.

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NEWSThursday, September 22, 2011 4

New Delhi: Interest of the playerscontracted with terminated In-dian Premier League (IPL) fran-chise Kochi Tuskers Kerala willbe protected, assured the league'snew boss Rajiv Shukla whoThursday promised to make thecash-rich event more attractiveby bringing in "new ideas andelements."

Shukla said protecting theplayers affected by Kochi's ousteris primary concern for the IPLauthorities and that the Govern-ing Council will meet in the sec-ond week of October to discussall issues related to the termina-tion. "Our prime concern will be

the players' interest, their interestis not hampered in terms of fi-nancial loses and also in termsof their participation in the tour-nament," Shukla told PTI in aninterview here.

"Suppose these players are re-auctioned for some other fran-chise and if there is any differencewhat they are supposed to get,it will be compensated by us,"he explained.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala, a teamintroduced only last year thatconstantly hit the headlines forits ownership dispute, was ter-minated from the IPL after failingto pay its annual bank guaran-

tee.The termination leaves players

contracted with the franchisesuch as its Sri Lankan skipperMahela Jayawardene, Indian pac-er S Sreesanth and spin wizardMuttiah Muralitharan without ateam and an uncertain future."The status is that on the issueof non-payment, Kochi has beenterminated as per the agreementbetween franchise and BCCI.They were supposed to pay thebank guarantee... they have goneto the court, and the court didn'tgive them any relief and BCCI isentitled to encash the bank guar-antee," Shukla said. "We have

to protect the interest of the play-ers also. So after the terminationof this franchise, now nine teamsare left. The whole matter willgo to Governing Council andthey will take a view if we shouldgo for one more team or weshould stick to nine teams. I amokay with both the plans andwhatever the council decides wewill go by that. We have a planfor each situation," Shuklaadded.

Shukla, however, ruled outany immediate possibility of anew owner coming in to takeover Kochi.

"No, now if any decision is

taken, it has to be on the basisof a new bid," he said.

Shukla, also the Indian Min-ister of State for ParliamentaryAffairs, is looking forward to thenew job of running a league thathas redefined Indian cricket.

Talking about the enormity ofrunning an event, which has oflate been at the centre of financialrows, Shukla said, "IPL has beenfacing various challenges andthat is how it has come up andnow talked about all over world.This is one tournament which isrecognised, so such things willalways be surrounded with chal-lenges."

Typhoon buffetsTokyo, heads into

tsunami zoneTokyo: A powerful typhoonslammed into Japan on Wednes-day, leaving 13 people dead ormissing in south-central regionsand halting trains in Tokyo beforegrazing a crippled nuclear plantin the tsunami-ravaged north-east. Officials at the FukushimaDai-ichi plant, where engineersare still struggling with small ra-diation leaks due to tsunamidamage, expressed relief thatTyphoon Roke's driving windsand rains caused no immediateproblems there other than a bro-ken security camera.

"The worst seems to be over,"said Takeo Iwamoto, spokesman

for plant operator Tokyo ElectricPower Co., after the storm passedjust west of the plant and thenheaded north.

More than 200,000 householdsin central Japan were withoutelectricity late Wednesday.

Police and local media report-ed 13 people dead or missing insouthern and central regions,many of them believed sweptaway by rivers swollen with rains.

The storm, packing sustainedwinds of up to 162 kmph, made landfall in the early after-noon near the city of Hamamat-su, about 200 km west of Tokyo.PTI

Pranab an importantplayer in G‑20: US

Washington: Finance minister PranabMukherjee is an important player in theG-20 grouping of the top 20 economiesof the world, the US said on Wednesdayahead of meetings between finance min-isters of these countries here on the side-lines of the IMF and World Bank's annualmeetings.

Mukherjee, who arrived in Washingtonlate on Wednesday night after a successfulday-long trip to New York, is slated tomeet US Treasury Secretary Timothy Gei-thner on Thursday at the India-US CEOForum meetings.

"He (Geithner) looks forward very muchto seeing him again in Washington. Hesaw him a few months ago. They had avery robust dialogue. They've got a verygood, close working relationship," asenior treasury official said.

"And of course, Finance MinisterMukherjee is a very important player

within the G-20 as well," the Treasury of-ficial said on condition of anonymity,recognising the crucial role being playedby Mukherjee in international forumslike the G-20, where the US is increasinglylooking at India's support to address keyglobal challenges.

Yesterday, Mukherjee was slated to ad-dress two press conferences at the IMF.

After addressing the India-US CEO Fo-rum meeting at the Foggy Bottom head-quarters of the State Department, the Fi-nance Minister would head to the IMFheadquarters a few blocks away to holdcrucial meetings with his counterpartsfrom BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Chinaand South Africa) nations.

"Our expectations would be that asBRICS countries, we will take stock ofthe current global environment and lookat the consequences of the two-speed re-covery that we are experiencing at the

moment," said South African financeminister Pravin Gordhan.

"Secondly, I am still of the view thatwe do require a coordinated and coherentG-20 response to the post-crisis recoveryperiod. Gordhan said.

However, "That response would haveto be premised on the understandingthat each country on the G-20 table wouldhave its own national imperatives that itwould have to respond, but at the sametime would have to find the space to en-sure that the global coordination and aglobally agreed set of responses can beformulated sooner than later," he added.

Later in the afternoon, Gordhan wouldhand over the presidency of G-24 countriesto Mukherjee.

This would mark India's taking overpresidency of the G-24 after a gap ofalmost three decades. PTI

Pranab Mukherjee

25 Indianfishermen ar‑rested by PakIslamabad: Twenty Indian fish-ermen have been arrested andfour boats seized for allegedlyintruding into Pakistani waters,an official statement said today.

The fishermen were appre-hended by the Maritime SecurityAgency in the early hours yes-terday.The fishermen were ar-rested for their alleged "contin-uous intrusion of Pakistani wa-ters", officials claimed.

The fishermen were handedover to police in Karachi for "nec-essary action", the officials said.

India and Pakistan detain hun-dreds of fishermen every yearon charges of violating the mar-itime boundary.

The two countries have takensteps in recent months to expe-dite the release of fishermen whohave completed their jail terms.PTI

Corp America urges Obamaadmin to embrace India

Washington: As India's top Cab-inet Ministers and industry lead-ers landed in Washington forcrucial talks with their US coun-terparts in Washington, Corpo-rate America on Wednesdayurged the Obama Administrationto embrace India as a knowledgepartner.

"India's leadership has arrivedin the US this week. Americanbusiness and government offi-cials should reach out and re-mind them of the promise of theUS-India partnership – a closefriendship that will shape theeconomic destiny of the 21st Cen-tury," said Ron Somers, the Pres-ident of the US-India BusinessCouncil.

"We must embrace India asour knowledge partner by en-dorsing movement of technicalprofessionals, an activity essen-tial to our common, bright fu-ture," he said.

"Acknowledging that Ameri-can companies can more effec-tively compete on the world stageby teaming with their Indiancounterparts is a smart way tostart this constructive conversa-tion. "Such knowledge partneringwill propel growth, enabling ourcompanies to maintain their pri-macy. A 'win-win' dynamic ofjob creation will accrue to bothsides," Somers said.

Somers reminded the Ameri-can leadership that India is im-

plementing bilateral trade agree-ments with several countries,which would result in lost op-portunities for US firms unlesssteps were taken.

"A deal with Japan went intoforce in August. South Korea andSingapore, too, have executedagreements with India, whilenegotiations with Australia,Canada, and New Zealand con-tinue.

An expansion of an agreementwith ASEAN is in the offing.

Never to be accused of think-ing small, India is pressing aheadto negotiate an FTA with Europe.The point: ndia's trade agendais really on the move," he said.PTI

5 SPL TRAINS BETWEENMYSORE‑BʼLORE FOR DASARA

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The south-western rail-way is introducing five specialtrains between Bangalore andMysore on the last two days ofDasara festivities on October 6and 7, said divisional railwaymanager (commercial) S AnupDayanand here this morning.

As there will be huge rush atthe railway station on the twodays, the department has decidedto stop issuing platform tickets.Relatives can go to the platformfree of cost and see off the trav-ellers, he said.

Round-the-clock announce-ments will be made on thosetwo days at the railway stationto help passengers. There willalso be special trains from Mysoreto Shimoga, Bangalore andArasikere throughout the Dasarafestivities from September 28 toOctober 7, he added.

There will be additional se-curity and the railways havesought extra forces from the po-lice department. More metal de-tectors would be set up andchecking of baggage would bestrict. Additional mechanicaland technical too will be on call

on the two days, he said.The tourism department has

been requested to provide specialcabs for the benefit of visitors. Amoney exchange counter too isbeing set up to help foreigntourists.

Vikram Hospital has set up ahealth facility at the station tohandle any emergencies. Ticketscan be reserved at special coun-ters over the internet at Kuvem-purnagar, Yadavagiri, Gokulam,Vijayanagar and Chamundipu-ram in Mysore.Divisional Railwaymanager Sudhakar Naik too waspresent.

You can buy DasaraGold Card for `6KBangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: Dasara Gold Card thatallows entry to most of the touristdestinations in and around thecity was launched here this morn-ing.

The card, priced at Rs 6,000,

will allow free entry to two per-sons at the jumbo savari, MysorePalace, Brindavan Gardens, zoo,Chamundi Hills, Jagan Mohan Palace and other placesduring the Dasara festivities be-tween September 28 and October7. The card would be valid foronly those nine days.

To make it easier for touristscoming from other parts of thestate, country and world, an on-line registration for cards hasbeen made possible.

The card was launched byMysore in-charge and medicaleducation minister S A Ramadassthis morning.

Mayor Sharadamma and other well wishers greet MP and BJP national general secretaryAnanth Kumar on his birthday at his residene in Bangalore today.

Celebrating birthday S Radhakrishna

N Prabhudev VC & HR bhardhwaj & Ramesh Ramanathan Bangalore Civic Sense day at jnan jyothi Auditorium

Ganagdhar Pujar

Pranab refuses to comment on letterContinued from page 1

A finance ministry documentsubmitted to the Supreme Courtin India says the telecom ministrycould have gone in for auctionof 2G spectrum licenses had thethen finance minister P Chi-dambaram insisted on this.

"The point I am trying to makeis these are rights of the citizens.Today even an individual citizencan demand what is being writ-ten in the file of the government,what notes or instructions theminister is giving or departmentalsecretary is giving," barring casesinvolving defence and nationalsecurity.

"But in all other areas, thisright is being very frequently ex-ercised," Mukherjee said.

Mukherjee gave an extensiveoverview to his audience thatcomprised corporate honchosfrom India and the US, of thesteps the Indian government hastaken to tackle corruption, inthe wake of the recent spurt inscams that have launched citizen

movements across the country.He said the Indian government

has been putting into place anumber of legislations to"strengthen the system of ac-countability and transparencyboth at the legislative and exec-utive level."

He was quick to add that thegovernment has not initiatedthese measures merely in re-sponse to the "agitation" thathad engulfed the country butthat these were in the works forquite some time. "It is not be-cause of the agitation we haveinitiated these legislations. Theywere under the domain and un-der consideration of the govern-ment for quite some time," hesaid, adding that one of suchlegislation is the Lokpal Billwhich is to create an independentombudsman having high au-thority to deal with all cases ofallegations of corruption againstcivil servants, politicians, mem-bers of Parliament, ministersand the Prime Minister.

"Legislation is being workedout and is under the considera-tion of the standing committee.I hope we will get their recom-mendation in the next session."

Mukherjee said the demandthat the judiciary be broughtwithin the purview of the Lokpalbill to tackle misdemeanour inthe judicial system is being ad-dressed.

The government is making ajudicial accountability bill aswell as establishing a NationalJudicial Commission in regardto the appointment of judges ofthe High Court and SupremeCourt and second in regard tomisdemeanour in the judiciary.

"I would like to very franklyadmit that this is a new dimen-sion in our multi-party demo-cratic system. For the first timein India we were confronted witha situation where a section ofthe civil society demanded thata particular bill of legislation"is drafted by the government inconsultation with them.

He said this was an exceptionto a rule whereby traditionallyany legislation in the countrywas first initiated by the execu-tive, followed by inter-ministerialconsultations and once it gotCabinet approval it was sent tothe Parliament. If the Parliamentconsidered it necessary, it thensought opinion of the people atlarge.

Mukherjee said the govern-ment responded to the legislationthat the civil society group draft-ed. He himself was appointedchairman of the group, whichhad equal representation fromcivil society and government.The parties had a series of meet-ings and agreed on 34 out of 40basic principles for legislation.

"But apart from that engage-ment of the civil society, in anunprecedented manner govern-ment itself has taken initiativeboth administratively and leg-islatively to tackle the problemof corruption at high places," hesaid.

Listing the administrativemeasures taken by the govern-ment, Mukherjee said a PM-ap-pointed group had recommendedthat to deal with corruption al-legations against government of-ficials, 71 fast track courts shouldbe established all over the coun-try.

In respect of the sanctioningprosecution, sanction will haveto be given within a specific timeframe of not more than threemonths by the superior authori-ty.

Further all cases pending nowhave to be regularly monitoredand clearances have to be givenso that appropriate disciplinaryactions can be taken.

He added that along with theLok Pal bill, five other legislationsare being drafted. Other legisla-tions to check corruption in thecountry include a citizen rightscharter for every department anda whistle-blower legislation toprotect those who detect the cor-ruption. PTI

Food inflation slips to 8.84%,but no relief for common man

New Delhi: Food inflation in In-dia fell to 8.84 per cent in theweek ended September 10 from9.47 per cent in the previousweek, but provided no relief tothe common man as prices ofkey commodities continued torule high.

Prices of most commodities,barring wheat, continued to re-main firm on an annual basis,as per Wholesale Price Index(WPI) data released by the Indiangovernment Thursday.

According to experts, the fallin inflation on a weekly basis ison account of statistical reasons,called as "high base effect". Foodinflation was above 16 per centin the corresponding period lastyear.

As per the data, wheat prices

during the week were down 2.72per cent year-on-year.

However, onions became moreexpensive by 29 per cent andpotatoes 13.78 per cent. Overall,vegetables became 12.13 per centdearer.

Milk prices, too, were up by10.38 per cent, while fruits grewdearer by 17.67 per cent andeggs, meat and fish prices roseby 9.28 per cent year-on-year.

Prices of cereals also went up,by 4.13 per cent, during the weekunder review. Even the pricesof pulses, which had exhibiteda declining trend during recentmonths, rose by 1.49 per centduring the week ended Septem-ber 10.

Overall, inflation in primaryarticles stood at 12.17 per centfor the week ending September10, compared to 13.04 per centin the previous week. Primaryarticles constitute over 20 percent of the WPI basket.

Non-food articles, which in-clude fibres, oil seeds and min-erals, recorded 17.42 per cent in-flation during the week endedSeptember 10, up from 18.49 percent in the previous week, endedSeptember 3.

Meanwhile, inflation in thefuel and power segment wentup to 13.96 per cent during theweek ended September 10 from13.01 per cent in the previousseven-day period.

Experts are of the view thatdespite the latest fall, pressureon the food price front will con-tinue to keep the governmentand the Reserve Bank on theirtoes.

Headline inflation, which fac-tors in manufactured items, fuelsand non-food primary items, inaddition to food commodities,stood at a 13-month high of 9.78per cent in August.

The Reserve Bank has alreadyhiked policy rates 12 times sinceMarch, 2010, to tame demandand curb inflation. PTI

KTK players will get dues, Shukla

Donʼt be hasty: GovernorContinued from page 1

Alleged illegal mining activitieson the Andhra Pradesh-Karnata-ka border. Reddy, who was arrested on Sep-tember 5, has been sent on judi-cial custody.

Asked whether he would rec-ommend the government to seekthe resignation of minister C PYogeshwar for his alleged in-volvement in the Mega City proj-ect as revealed by Union corpo-rate affairs minister Veerappa

Moily, he said, “Moily must beaware of the developments inthe case.

But I am not. If the CM dis-cusses the issue with me or writesa letter to me, then I will take adecision.”

Sikkim quake: Army taking careof 552 people in Chungthang

Tung (North Sikkim): The armyis taking care of 552 quake-hitresidents of Chungthang villageincluding staff of Teesta hydelpower project in North Sikkimwhere Sunday's strong temblorleft 17 of its 28 employees dead.

Chungthang is still inaccessi-ble by roads due to heavy land-slides following the 6.8 magni-tude quake, with its epicentrein North Sikkim, left a trail ofdevastation in the state.

The army has given shelter to552 people of Chungthang inhouses which are still usable,an army officer in Chungthangsaid.

"Our main duty is to keep thepeople safe until they can beshifted to safer places," the officersaid. "We gave them food fromour ration and after that fromthe ration provided by the civiladministration. We are now try-ing to restore electricity and con-nectivity in the entire area," hesaid. The officer could not sayhow many people died inChungthang but Teesta-Urja Lim-ited, the company implementingthe 1200 MW Teesta III project,

said 17 of its employees havelost their lives in the quake.

Out of the 28 employees ofthe company and its contractor,17 died, one is missing, and 10have injured, the company saidin a press release.

All 10 injured employees havebeen rescued by relief workerswho came in choppers and havebeen shifted to hospitals in Silig-uri or to medical facilities atChungthang and Mangan areas,it said. West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee had told re-porters in Siliguri yesterday that14 or 15 persons from the state,who were working in the TeestaUrja project, were feared killed.

Stating that they were luckyto be in the 'safe hands' of thearmy, a senior geologist of theproject Soutik Bose said the proj-ect area was badly damaged.

"Water has entered the tunnelwhich we were constructing. Wedon't know whether anybody istrapped inside or not. The otherconstruction sites are also badlydamaged. We don't know whenwe can restore work," Bose, whogot a chance to make a call for

only a minute from a temporaryline set up by the army in the re-lief camp, told PTI.

It appeared it would take overa week to the open road link toChungthang which was 10 kmfrom Tung due to numerous land-slides along the road, said anarmy officer of the engineeringregiment engaged in clearing theroad.

Centre to give 50 crgrant to quake-hitSikkim: PCGangtok: The Centre would giveRs 50 crore immediately as grantfor relief and rehabilitation workin quake-ravaged Sikkim wherenine villages are still cut off inthe North district, Union HomeMinister P Chidambaram todaysaid. After assessment of the situation,medium and long term rehabil-itation programme would bedrawn up in the state, he said,adding the Centre would workshoulder to shoulder with thestate to restore normalcy.PTI