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Elephants go on rampage

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Hassan: Four elephants went on the rampageand destroyed crops worth lakhs of rupees atAldur taluk in this district today.

The elephants strayed into Hale Onkarahallifrom Sakleshapura forests and entered theplantations on the fringes of the jungles, for-est department officials said. The pachy-derms have destroyed cardamom, ginger,coffee and pepper crops.

Plantation workers, who reported to workin the morning, were scared by the sight of themammoths in the fields and immediately in-formed the forest department officials. The of-ficials rushed to the spot and chased away theelephants back into the forest.

In another incident, six wild elephants en-tered Gajnur village in the Malavalli taluk ofMandya district. They destroyed paddy and ba-nana plantations worth lakhs of rupees. Theelephants might have come from Kollegalforests, the villagers said.

Recommendationsnot ready: Mediators

New Delhi: The group of interlocutors on Jam-mu and Kashmir today said its final recom-mendations do not exist “even in their em-bryonic form”, contradicting media reportsthat pre-1953 status will be the way forward inresolving the sensitive problem.

The report is purely speculative in nature.The group of interlocutors is presently engagedin preparing a draft of its final report whichis expected to be submitted to the governmentof India before its term ends on October 12,2011. P 4

Hazare inspiresMarathi movie

Pune: In a celluloid tribute to Anna Hazare’sresolve to fight corruption with non-violentmethods, a Marathi film is being produced tocapture the inspirational and magnetic pullof the anti-graft crusader’s personality that hascaught the imagination of the country.

Message the film wants to convey is that theGandhian philosophy of ‘ahimsa’ and ‘satya-graha’ (peaceful resistance) is more powerfulthan terrorist ideologies that are spreading inthe world, pursuing the goals with violentmeans, according to Ganesh Shinde, directorand script writer of ‘Mala Anna Vhaychay’ (Iwant to become Anna). P 4

MLAs with BJP,not Sriramulu,says MinisterBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “We MLAs are notpurchasable commodities. Wedon’t switch sides just becausewe are offered money,” said an-imal husbandry minister RevuNaik Belamagi here today.

He was reacting to media re-ports that former minister B Sri-ramulu had the support of 30 BJPMLAs and would decide on thenext course of political action,along with Reddy brothers, intwo days.

Belamagi said, “We, the MLAsof north Karnataka, are united.We will not leave the party to jointhe Reddy group. We will re-main with the BJP and there is nodoubt about that.”

He said that it is only a pres-sure tactic being adopted by Sri-ramulu to win political browniepoints. “This is a ploy to rejoin thestate cabinet. Chief minister D VSadananada Gowda has chosento drop them for their indict-ment in the illegal mining reportsubmitted by former LokayuktaJustice Santosh Hegde.”

“The Reddy brothers want to

be in the cabinet desperatelyand are adopting blackmailingtactics. They are playing theirgame through their aide Srira-mulu. The party’s decision is fi-nal on taking back Reddy broth-ers into the cabinet. There is noquestion of yielding to pressuretactics.”

Bhushan gets breach of

privilege noticeNew Delhi: Lawyer PrashantBhushan today said he has re-ceived a breach of privilege no-tice for his remarks against Par-liamentarians, the second TeamAnna member to get such a no-tice.

Bhushan said he has been ac-cused of using derogatory wordsagainst MPs and has been askedto file a reply.

Terming the notice as “totallyunjustified”, he told PTI that“speaking the truth in public in-terest does not amount to breachof privilege”.

“If speaking truth in public in-terest amounts to breach of priv-ilege, then time has come forthe country to review the wholenotion of Parliamentary privi-leges,” he said.

Yesterday, former IPS officerKiran Bedi had received breachof privilege notice for her re-marks against Parliamentarians.

“Received Breach of Privilege.Shall respond appropriatelyrecording the distrust ‘we thepeople’ were suffering,” Bedihad tweeted.

Bedi had said that she willnot “apologise” for her remarksagainst politicians, but intends toshow a “bigger mirror” to theHouse on the conduct of law-makers.

“If I get a notice, I would say Iam sorry I will not be able to say

sorry. If I get an opportunity I willgo before the Committee andwill show a bigger mirror to Par-liament,” she had said.

She said whatever she hadsaid was in reference to a situa-tion, where it was needed to besaid. “The truth has to be said. Ididn’t have any other option aswe didn’t know whether wewould have a resolution,” shesaid.

The privilege notice againstBedi came as she accused politi-cians of wearing “several masks”at the same time, drawing the ireof MPs from both Houses. PTI

B Sriramulu

Cong to start campaign from Sept 11Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Congress will startits election campaign at Koppal,which is going for by-election, fromSeptember 11, said Congress statevice-president B L Shankar here thismorning.

He said the Congress has alreadyannounced that former MLABasavaraj Hitnal would be the can-didate from the party. “We are con-fident of winning the by-electionshere,” he added.

“The Congress will make the ruralpopulation aware of the scandalsby the BJP government. We will

make them realize how there hasbeen no development in the statesince the BJP took charge. The BJPgovernment has lost its significanceand this time, it will definitely lose theseat here,” he predicted.

“The Congress is sure to win, as theJD(S) does not have a voice as its statepresident H D Kumaraswamy toohas been indicted in the illegal min-ing report filed by the Lokyaukta. Ku-maraswamy does not have any faceto go in front of the people and seekvotes from them,” he said.

“The Congress is a national party,which takes immediate action if anymisappropriation happens. It stands

for social justice and is committed todevelopment. These are the reasonswhy the Koppal electorate wouldvote for the Congress candidate,”he said. “The people outreach pro-gramme of the Congress, where ourrepresentatives met the voters acrossthe state at the district level, wouldconclude on September 12 at Ku-dala Sangama,” he said.

Nearly five lakh people from dif-ferent parts of the state would gath-er at Kudala Sangama for the func-tion. All India Congress Committeegeneral secretary Rahul Gandhi willtake part in the valedictory func-tion, he said.

Prashant Bhushan

Members of the Yuva Chethana Yuvajana Kendra today demonstrated in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue on MG road in the city today, urging the people to cut down air pollution.

Rally stresses need to cut pollutionBangalore: Members of the Yuva Chethana Yu-vajana Kendra (YCYK) today urged the people totake measures to reduce air pollution. They helddemonstrated in front of Mahatma Gandhi statueon MG Road air this morning.

Over 50 students gathered in front of the stat-ue and shouted slogans “Ulise Ulise ParisaraUlise, Vayumalinya Thadegatte”.

They also carried placards giving information

to the public on cutting down air pollution. Theyurged the people to use public transport system asthey impacted the environment less.

Environmentalist Nandidurga Balu Gowda said,“We engage students from schools and collegesfrom across the city throughout the year in suchenvironment related programmes. We will forma human chain, where not just school and collegestudents, but also NCC cadets, Scouts and Guides,

autorickshaw drivers and common public will takepart. It will be an awareness campaign to makepeople realise the importance of protecting the en-vironment.”

“We want to convey to the people that everyoneshould help in containing air pollution, protect and conserve our natural environment, forest and use public transport as much as possi-ble,” he added.

BSY STILL HOLDS SWAY, CALLS MEETCounters move in BJP to keep him out of Koppal by‑poll campaigning

D L HarishBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Former chief minister B SYeddyurappa is no spent force. To provethat he is still a man to reckon with in-side the Bharatiya Janata Party, he helda meeting with his aides at his DollarsColony residence this morning.

This was even as party state presidentK S Eshwarappa was chairing a gather-ing at the party headquarters atMalleswaram. Both meetings had thecommon agenda of discussing the by-elections at Koppal on September 26. Butthat is where the similarity ended.

Party sources told Bangalore Beatthat Eshwarappa and his men brain-stormed as to how to keep Yeddyurap-pa out of the political campaign, as theyfelt his presence could damage theprospects of the party. This is mainly dueto his indictment in the illegal mining re-port filed by the Lokayukta to the gov-ernment.

Yeddyurappa had to face the ig-nominy of being named in the report,and had to quit his post. If he took partin the election canvassing, people would

see the party as condoning corruption,it was felt.

At Yeddyurappa’s residence, the dis-cussion centred around possible movesby the rival faction to keep him out of theimportant election. The team with himwas sure that Yeddyurappa should notbe ignored by the party or the electorateat any point in time.

Though the party is yet to announcethe candidate for the by-election, all in-dications are that Karadi Sanganna,who defected to the saffron party from

the JD(S) necessitating an election,could be fielded at Koppal.

Yeddyurappa’s argument is that hewas instrumental in getting Sangannato join the BJP during his tenure as chiefminister.

Yeddyurappa is heading to Nagpur,where RSS headquarters is situated,this evening to meet BJP national pres-ident Nitin Gadkari to brief him about thegoings on in the party at the state level.

Yeddyurapa wants to impress uponGadkari that he is only an accused and

not guilty in illegal minig related cases.He would also point out that the advo-cate-general did not mention his namein the report on illegal mining present-ed to the state government recently.Though the report specifically says themining barons and former ministersReddy brothers should not be includedin the cabinet, it does not make a men-tion about Yeddyurappa. The formerchief minister wants to tell Gadkari thathe was attending the cases at theLokayukta court, which is hearing thecases related to illegal mining.

Yeddyurappa is likely to tell Gadkarithat the group led by Eshwarappa is try-ing to push him to the sidelines, whilehe is confident of emerging out of thepresent crisis unscathed.

Emerging out of the meeting, Esh-warappa said, “Our candidate would filethe nomination on September 9. We willhold a massive procession while filingthe nomination.”

On the meeting at Yeddyurappa’shouse, he said, “The party knows whoto use for what purpose. There are onlyallegations against Yeddyurappa. He isonly an accused and not guilty. There is

nothing to stop the party from using himfor the by-poll campaigning.”

On Reddy brothers’ alleged threat toleave the party, he said, “They will notleave the party. I held a detailed dis-cussion with them last evening. But theynever indicated to me that they wereplanning to quit the party. There aresome legal issues to take them back tothe cabinet. Once they are resolved, theReddys would be inducted.”

The meeting at Yeddyurappa’s housewas attended by higher education min-ister V S Acharya, energy minister Shob-ha Karandlaje, excise ministerRenukacharya, housing minister V So-manna, agriculture minister UmeshKatti, major industries minister Mu-rugesh Nirani, animal husbandry min-ister Revu Naik Belagamgi and small-scale industries minister Narsimha Naikaka Raju Gowda. MPs D B ChandreGowda, B Y Raghavendra, Aiynoor Man-junath and G M Siddesh and MLAs tookpart.

Chandre Gowda said, “Without Yed-dyurappa, the BJP cannot win the elec-tion. It is necessary that he is part of theelection campaign.”

B S Yeddyurappa K S Eshwarappa

Cong leader B L Shankar

BSY case deferred to September 22

Bangalore: The Lokayukta spe-cial court today adjourned hear-ing in the Upper Bhadra projectcase to September 22.

The case was postponed asLokayukta superintendent of po-lice Girish said the investigationinto the case was still going on.

Lokayukta advocate PramodChandra said that as per the di-rections of the court, theLokayukta police had registeredthe case and filed first informa-tion report.

Complainant and JD(S)spokesman Y S V Datta was pres-ent at the court and gave detailsto judge N S Sudheendra Rao.

Dattta had filed the complaintbefore the Lokayukta on July 27alleging that former chief minis-ter B S Yeddyurappa and familyhad taken Rs 13 crore as kickbackfrom contractor R N Shetty, pro-moter of R N S Jyothi, for award-ing the contract in the UpperBhadra project construction tothe group.

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Actress Deepika Padukone poses with founder director of b.blunt Salons and Academiesand b.blunt partner Brent Barber in the city after the inauguration of the salon’s branch

in the city yesterday.

Stress on tress

Hegde moots auditing toassess neta performance

Bangalore: Taking on a section of po-litical class which questioned the needfor civil society to contribute in law-making, Team Anna member N SantoshHegde today sought annual auditingof Parliamentarians to assess their per-formance.

The former Supreme Court judge toldPTI that if democracy was functioning“normally”, he might have agreed withthe view of those who say “you can’tmake laws in maidan and can’t makelaws through agitation” in the contextof the recent Anna Hazare-led anti-cor-ruption campaign.

Hegde, who retired as KarnatakaLokayukta a month ago, referred tolaw-making processes in some coun-tries, including in the UK, where a lotof importance is given to public opinionsbecause “it’s for the people that lawsare made”.

Quoting ‘Election Watch’ magazine,

Hegde said from 2004 to 2009, out of asample of about 500 members in bothLok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, only 174spoke during Parliamentary proceedingsin those five years.

“What a disgrace... And who are these people who beat their chest and say we are the law-makers;who are you (civil society)?... unelectedtyrants. Are they doing their job,” Hegde commented, apparently referringto some politicians targeting the anti-corruption campaign, demanding strongLokpal.

He suggested annual auditing of Par-liamentarians and its publication intheir constituencies to give an idea topeople on how many times their repre-sentatives spoke in Parliament or inassembly and on what subject, “apartfrom increase in their allowance andsalary”. .

The auditing would show how much

each Parliamentarian contributed tolaw-making, Hegde said, and criticisedthe tendency that “once you elect some-body, there is nothing more to bedone...you leave everything to the think-ing of these so-called elected represen-tatives”.

In India, he said Parliamentarians(legislators at the state level) are electedto conduct Parliamentary proceedings,and not for governance for which thereis a separate system — cabinet and bu-reaucrats.

While, the only business of Parlia-mentarians or legislators is to conductproceedings, they have been conferredwith “so many other things — they arepart of committees, transfers are madeat their behest” and they interfere inappointment, among others.

“But in reality Constitution framersnever thought of these powers to them,”he added. PTI

Abdulla Saleem new traffic headfor city, Sood in computer wing

Bangalore: The Karnataka gov-ernment yesterday transferredfollowing IPS officers.

Dr R E Umapathy, ADGP, di-rectorate of civil rights & en-forcement, Bangalore is trans-ferred as additional director gen-eral of police, research and re-structuring, Dharwad in the re-designated post of ADGP.

K S N Chikerur, ADGP, forests,Bangalore is transferred as ADGP,directorate of civil rights & en-forcement, Bangalore.

K A Hafeez, ADGP and com-missioner for traffic & road safety,Bangalore is transferred as ADGP,railways in the existing vacancy,a notification said here.

Praveen Sood, IGP and addi-tional commissioner of police(traffic & security), Bangalore isposted as ADGP, police computerwing, Bangalore in the upgradedpost of IGP vice Sanjay Sahaytransferred.

Padam Kumar Garg, IGP &managing director, Mysore PaperMills Ltd, Bangalore is promoted

is posted as ADGP & managingdirector, Mysore Paper Mills Ltd,Bangalore, it said.

The services of Dr Rajvir PratapSharma, IGP, planning & mod-ernisation, Bangalore are placedat the disposal of urban devel-opment department for beingposted as IGP, Bangalore Metro-

politan Task Force, Bangalorein the existing vacancy.

Sanjay Sahay, IGP, police com-puter wing, Bangalore is trans-ferred as IGP, eastern range, Da-vanagere vice Kamal Pant.

Kamal Pant is transferred asIGP, administration, Bangalorevice Dr Abdulla Saleem M.

Sunil Agarwal, IGP and com-missioner of police, Mysore, istransferred as IGP, head quar-ter-i, Bangalore in the existingvacancy. Pratap Reddy C H, IGPis posted as IGP & commissionerof police, Mysore.

Dr Abdulla Saleem M, IGP, ad-ministration, Bangalore is trans-ferred as IGP and additional com-missioner of police (traffic & se-curity), Bangalore vice PraveenSood.

The services of Bijay KumarSingh, deputy inspector generalof police, head quarters-II, Ban-galore are placed at the disposalof transport department effectand until for being posted asdeputy inspector general of police& director, (security and vigi-lance) KSRTC, Bangalore in theexisting vacancy.

Rajendra Prasad, deputy com-missionerof police, crime & traf-fic, Mysore, is transferred andposted as supreintendent of po-lice, Uttar Kannada district, Kar-war vice Ramesh.

Praveen Sood, IGP and additional commissioner of police(traffic & security), Bangalore is posted as ADGP, police computer wing, Bangalore in the upgraded post of IGP

Traffic tipsto jumpover jam

Bangalore: With the opening ofone ramp on HSR flyover, com-muters can directly go towards SilkBoard from Agara junction.

However, this will create extra vehicular pressure on SilkBoard during morning as well asevening peak hours. Commuterscoming from Agara after drivingdown the HSR ramp are advisedto turn left on HSR 5th main; con-tinue till the dead end; turn righton Mangammanapalya road andthen turn left to join Hosur mainroad. With this, they can avoid ma-jor junctions of Silk Board andBommanahalli, said a press notefrom city police commissioner Jyoth-iprakash Mirji.

While coming from Hosur roadtowards Silk Board, commuterscan take “U” turn at Bommanahallijunction, take left on Mangam-manapalya, again left on HSR 5thMain Road and join Outer RingRoad. This will avoid waiting atBommanahalli as well as Silk Boardjunctions.

Next gen takingup leadershiproles in ISRO

Bangalore: A quiet transforma-tion is underway at the IndianSpace Research Organisation,where the “new generation” istaking up leadership roles withthe old guards leaving the scene.

“Group that was with us from1970s is moving out (retiring).The new generation is taking upleadership roles. That is takingplace,” ISRO chairman K Rad-hakrishnan said here.

The Bangalore-headquarteredspace agency has formed a 225-member strategy group compris-ing mostly the middle-level em-ployees.

ISRO had a major intake inthe 1970s. “That generation heldleadership roles; they are almostthrough (most of them retired),”he said.

The next major intake was inearly 1980 and mid-1980s, andalso in 1999. “So, we wantedthese two groups (selected onesin the strategy group) to be en-abled, empowered, trained totake leadership roles,” Radhakr-ishnan said.

This strategic group is beingfacilitated to take up leadershiproles. Members of this group

have been told to widen theirhorizon, understand things in alarger framework and acquireinterpersonal and managerialskills, among other things.

“Our idea is that the transitionshould be seamless”, added Rad-hakrishnan, who is also chair-man of Space Commission andsecretary in the department ofspace. PTI

Minister: Wonʼtgive away

G‑category sitesBangalore: The state govern-ment has decided against allotment of sites underdiscretionar y quota in KarnatakaHousing Board’s Mysore and Bangalore areas, state hous-ing minister V Somanna saidyesterday.

“Henceforth, there will be nodiscretionary quota allotment ofsites in Mysore and Bangaloreby the Housing Board. The de-cision will be made applicableto other districts in a phasedmanner”, he told reporters here.

The government’s decisioncomes in the wake of such allot-

ments triggering controversy es-pecially in Bangalore andMysore.While Somanna faced al-legations of allotting sites underdiscretionary quota in Bangalore,former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa also came under firefor similar allotments.

Somanna has rescinded dis-cretionary allotment of sites or-dered by him in Suryanagar lay-out formed by the KarnatakaHousing Board.

He said the government hasdecided to construct five lakhhouses for the poor by Marchnext. PTI

Record performanceBangalore: Samashti, a Kannadatheatre group in the city, willplay two shows of Miss Sadarameon September 6 and 7 at Ran-gashankara. Directed by Man-junath L Badiger, this humorousstory revolves around criticisingthe present social conditions ofthe city. This time, the show willcreate a new record in the Kan-nada theatre industry by show-casing the play’s performancefor the 25th time. Miss Sadaramewas first staged in 2007 and sincethen it has been played all overthe state. At the state-level dramacompetition at Rangabhoomi,Udupi, it stood second.

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

JOGAYYA (U/A) Shivraj Kumar, Sumith KumarAthwarBanashankari (Hongasandra) (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Cinemax(1 pm) Cinepolis (6.50 pm) Eshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) FunCinemas (11.30 am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30pm) Ganesh (10.30 am) Govardhan(11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm) HMT Cin-emas (10.45 am, 1.30 pm) Inox(J.P.Nagar) (1.25 pm, 7 pm) Inox(Jayanagar) (10 am, 3.45, 6.30 pm)Inox (Magarath Road) (4.40 pm)

Inox (Malleswaram) (10 am, 12.45pm, 3.35, 5.35, 6.25 pm) Kapali(10.30 am, 1.30 pm) Lakshmi (Got-tigere) (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Lakshmi (Rammorthinagar)(11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Mo-han (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15 pm)Navrang (1.15 pm, 4.15, 7.15 pm)Pushpanjali (Sultanpalya) (11 am,2.15, 6, 9.15 pm) Santhosh (1.30pm, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Srinvasa (Gow-danapalya) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Tirumala (10 am, 1.45,5.30, 8.45 pm) Vaishnavi (11.15 am,2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Veerabhadresh-wara (10.45 am, 1.45, 4.45, 7.45 pm)Veeresh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Venkatesh (Avalahalli) (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Venkatesh-wara (Konappana Agrahara) (11 am,2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm)

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

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

am, 2.35, 9.45 pm) PVR Cinemas(11 am, 4.20, 9.40 pm) ‘2D’ GopalanCinemas (Mysore Road) (11.45 am,2.15, 8 pm) HMT Cinemas (9.45 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (10.10 am, 3.55,9.40 pm)

THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE (A) Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Mimoun OaissaGopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (10 am) Inox (Jayanagar)(10.10 am, 2.50, 9.50 pm) Inox (JPNagar) (12.25 pm, 4.50, 9.30 pm)Inox (Magrath Road) (1.05 pm) PVRCinemas (10.30 am, 3, 7.40 pm)

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

SPY KIDS (U/A) Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, RowanBlanchard, Mason Cook ‘4D’ FunCinemas (10.30 am, 12.45, 3, 7.35).

Movie ListingsKANNADA

ENGLISH

BOL (U)Humaima Malick, Atif Aslam,Iman AliCinepolis (10.20 am, 4.10, 9.30pm) Cinemax Fame (Lido) (7.05pm) Fame (Value Mall) (2.10 pm,7.05 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (2.30 pm) Inox(Jaynagar) (2.15 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(12.40 pm, 9.15 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (3.15 pm, 9.15 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (11.55 am, 5.10pm)

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

Fame (Value Mall) (10 am, 12.05,5, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10 am,6.20 pm) Inox (J.P.Nagar) (10 am,4.05 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 1.05, 9.55 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.45 am, 9.50pm)

STAND BY (U) Siddharth Kher, Adinath KothareAbhinay (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) In-novative Multiplex (2.30 pm) Inox(J.P.Nagar) (10.10 am) GopalanCinemas (Mysore Road) (2.45 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (7 pm) Vaibhav (Sanjay-nagar) (11.30 am, 2.30 pm)

HINDI

TAMIL

MANKATHA (U/A) Ajith, Arjun, Trisha, Lakshmi RaiAjantha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Vannarpet) (10.30 am,

1.45, 5.15, 8.15 pm) Cinepolis (10am, 11.30, 1, 1.10, 3., 3.50, 6, 9,9.55 pm) Fame (Lido) (2.30 pm,5.45, 9 pm) Fame (Value Mall) (11.45am, 2.50, 5.55, 9 pm) Gopalan Cin-emas (Bannerghatta Road) (10.45am, 11.45, 6.15, 9.45 pm)Inox(Jayanagar) (11 am, 5.15 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45, 9pm) Inox (Malleshwaram) (11.15 am,2.30, 5.45, 9 pm) Nataraj (10.30am, 1.30, 4.45, 7.45 pm) Poornima(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Pushpanjali (BN Pura) (11.15 am,2.45, 6.15, 9.30 pm) PVR Cinemas(1.20 pm)

MAASI (U) Arjun, ArchanaSiddalingeshwara (11.30 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) Vaibhavi (11.15 am,2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm)

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

Apsara (11.30 am, 2.30, 5.45, 8.45pm) Cinemax (1.30, 4.15, 7, 9.50pm) Cinepolis (12.10 pm, 12.30,2.40, 4, 5.10, 6.30, 7, 7.40, 9, 9.30,10 pm) Cauvery (11.30 am, 2.30,6, 9.30 pm) Everest (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Fame (Lido)(12.50 pm, 3.40, 5.40, 6.30, 8.30,9.20 pm) Fame (Shankarnag)(12.55 pm, 3.45, 6.35, 9.25 pm)Fame (Value Mall) (10 am, 10.30,12.30, 1.05, 2.30, 3.25, 3.50, 5.15,6,6.35, 8, 8.35, 9.20 pm) Fun Cin-emas (10 am, 11, 12.55 pm, 2.15,3.50, 4.35, 5.30, 6.50, 8.30, 9.50pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-

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

CITYSaturday, September 3, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralNational Gallery of ModernArt: Panel discussion on theoccasion of centenary cele-brations of internationallyrenowned artist K K Hebbar,National Gallery of ModernArt, Manikyavelu mansion, 47,Palace Road, 6.30 pm.

Cryo Save: Inauguration ofCord Blood Stem Cell Aware-ness Month, actress MandiraBedi participates, Garuda Mall,Magrath Road, 4 pm.

Sankara Eye Care Institu-tions: Eye donation throughart campaign, The IndianChristian Cemetery, HosurRoad, 9.30 am.

Bangalore International Cen-tre: Discussion on ‘Can Indiabe a global leader on HumanRights?’ by Salil Shetty, Sec-retary General Amnesty Inter-national, Justice M N Venkat-achalaiah to participate, TeriComplex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross,Domlur 2nd Stage, 6 pm.

South India Cell for HumanRights: Education and Moni-toring: Valedictory of seminaron ‘Role of Youth in PromotingRights of Children’, SeniorCounsel, High Court Prof RaviVarma Kumar participates, StJoseph’s College of Commerce,No 163, Brigade Road, 4 pm.

Suchitra Kala Kendra: Dis-cussion titled ‘Triveni OnduNenapu,’ on the works of NGayathri Triveni, Prof S NShankar and Meera Triveniparticipate, Kee Ram Nudi-mane, Suchitra premises, No36, 9th Main, Banashankari2nd Stage, 5.30 pm.

CulturalShree Vidyaranya YuvakaSangha: Celebrations of 49thBengaluru Ganesh Utsava,artistes Ramesh Arvind, ManoMurthy, Rajesh Krishnan,Chaithra, Chetan and Nanditato participate, National CollegeGrounds, Basavangudi, 6 pm.

Sri Raja Rajeswari Kalanike-tan: Bharathnatyam Ran-gapravesham of ShwethaKasetty, Managing Director,Bangalore Metro Rail Corpo-ration Limited, Sivasailam par-ticipates, JSS Auditorium, 1stMain Road, Jagadguru Shiv-arathreeshwara Circle, Jayana-gar 8th Block, 6 pm.

Devagiri Sri VenkateshwaraTrust: Staging of the Yaksha-gana play ‘Thaarashashaan-ka,’ Temple premises, Ba-nashankari 2nd Stage, 6 pm.

Kannada and Culture Depart-ment: Dance programme‘Lasyotsava’ directed by LalithaSrinivasan, Glass House, RajBhavan, 6.30 pm.

Ranga Varthula: Staging ofJayanth Indian Council of Cul-tural Relations: Staging of thedance-drama programme‘Dream Fulfilled’ choreo-graphed by Usha Venkatesh-waran, Ravindra Kalakshetra,J C Road, 7 pm.

Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandi-ra: Workshop on Trinity Com-positions (Muthuswami Dik-shitar, Thyagaraja and Sham-ashastri) by R K Srikantan,Kala Mandira premises, 9thMain Road, Banashankari 2ndStage, 6 pm

ReligiousDevagiri Sri Guru SevaSamithi: Discourse on ‘Rag-havendra Vijaya’ by R Venkate-shmurthy, 24th Main, Ba-nashankari 2nd Stage, 7 pm.

Sri Shirdi Sai Samaj: Bhajanprogramme by Sant SriNamdev Maharaj, No 377, Shir-di Sai Babamandir Road,Someshwarapura, 6.45 p

TheatreLights Out @ Alliance: Sat-urday, September 3rd, 2011. 4p.m. to 9 p.m. Additional Tim-ings: 4 pm and 7:30 pm Al-liance Francaise de Bangalore,No 108, Off Queens Road,Thimmaiah Road A gritty de-scription of a society that talksbut never does anything. Writ-ten by Manjula Padhmanaban,'Lights Out' is a comedy in itswriting and a tragedy in itspulse

The Other Side of History:Saturday, September 3rd, 2011.7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Addi-tional Timings: 3:30 pm and7:30 pm Ranga Shankara, No36/1 2nd Phase, 8th Cross, JPNagar An English adaptationof Badal Sircar's Bengali playBaki Itihas, a ruthless inter-rogation of the Sixties, theplay is a call to conscience,addressing the Indian middleclass and its set of frustrations.

The Bald Soprano: Saturday,September 3rd, 2011. 8 p.m.to 10 p.m. Jagriti, VarthurMain Road, Whitefield TheBald Soprano is a hilarious‘anti-play’ written by EugeneIonesco. A comedy in the Ab-

surd Theatre tradition, it isrife with humour and follyand anti-war, anti-bourgeoisand anarchist in manner andtone.

Eating OutPower Lunch: Saturday, Sep-tember 3rd, 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.

Breakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: Saturday, Sep-tember 3rd, 2011. to 2:30 a.m.Cubbon Pavilion, ITC Garde-nia, No 1, Residency Road In-dian signatures, breakfast clas-sics, and desserts come to-gether to create a buffet thatstarts when the clock strikesmidnight.

Tapas at Caperberry: Satur-day, September 3rd, 2011. 12:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caperberry,No 48/1 Ground Floor, The Es-tate, Dickenson Road, Caper-berry is hosting a special pro-motion that revolves aroundtapas, to offer regulars some-thing new and popularise thisintegral aspect of Spanish cul-ture in the city. On offer aretapas like Cherry tomatoes,blue cheese and mixed herbtartlets, Chicken croquetas,and Crabmeat, avocado andcoriander stuffed mini brioche.

Mexican Festival at HardRock Café: Saturday, Septem-ber 3rd, 2011. 12:30 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Hard Rock Cafe, No40, St Marks Road, Hard RockCafé's special Mexican menufeatures dishes like the Leg-endary Beef & Smoky BeanBurger, Grilled Bahama MamaChicken Tender Burrito servedwith spicy fries, AlbequerqueCottage Cheese and VegetableBurrito, Spicy American cornand Danish MozzarellaSamoset and desserts such asthe Black & White. Also onoffer is a wide range of specialcocktails, flair bartending andLatin dancers.

Mexican Festival at HardRock Café: Saturday, Septem-ber 3rd, 2011. 12:30 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Hard Rock Cafe, No40, St Marks Road, Hard RockCafé's special Mexican menufeatures dishes like the Leg-endary Beef & Smoky BeanBurger, Grilled Bahama MamaChicken Tender Burrito servedwith spicy fries, AlbequerqueCottage Cheese and VegetableBurrito, Spicy American cornand Danish MozzarellaSamoset and desserts such asthe Black & White. Also onoffer is a wide range of specialcocktails, flair bartending andLatin dancers.

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

Chocoholic Festival at CityBar: Saturday, September 3rd,2011. 12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, UBCity., No 24, Vittal Mallya Road,Featured on the menu aresweet treats like pastries, tarts,flavoured chocolates, and pud-ding.

NightlifeMafaiza Live: Saturday, Sep-tember 3rd, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. F Bar & Kitchen,No 18, Ali Askar Road, Cun-ningham Road EDM meetsstyle, with DJ Mafaiza and hostRahul Dev Shetty. Electronicais the music of the night.

Tito's Party Project: Saturday,September 3rd, 2011. 7:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Ice, Vivanta byTaj - MG Road, No 41/3, MGRoad, Commercial and housewith DJs Ajit, Rohan Kapoorand Vanshi at Ice.

Commercial Night with DJDarsh: Saturday, September3rd, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Coco Bongo, 4th Floor, Com-mercial Complex, NationalGames Village, 80 Feet Road,Koramangala DJ Darsh spin-ning commercial this Saturday@ Coco Bongo.

Shararat featuring DJ Who-sane!: Saturday, September3rd, 2011. 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Sutra, The Lalit Ashok, KumaraKrupa Road, High GroundsBollywood with DJ Whosane!at Sutra this Saturday.

After Hours with DJ DR.A:Saturday, September 3rd, 2011.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Amnesia,The Chancery Pavilion, No 135,Residency Road, House withDJ DR.A.

Making people ʻseeʼ thru graffiti

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Sankara Eye Hospi-tal, Karnataka ChitrakalaParishath students and artistsfrom across the city today tookpart in a programme to spreadthe message of eye donationthrough graffiti on the occasionof Eye Donation Fortnight to-day.

Around 50 students and artistsgave creative expression to theidea of gift of sight through graf-fiti on a 200-metre wall alongthe Indian Christian Cemeteryon Hosur road.

The programme was to en-courage eye donation amongthe general public.

Sanakara Eye Hospital chiefmedical officer Dr Umesh said,“It is important for us who seeto become more sensitive to-wards those who have neverknown what it feels to see. Corneal blindness, to a large ex-tent, is needless and we havethe means to eradicate it to asignificant if only we show thewill to pass on our eyes after weare gone.”Any person can donate eyes,even if they have a medical his-tory such as diabetes, hyperten-sion, asthma or tuberculosis.

Even spectacle wearers orthose who have undergonecataract surgery can donate theireyes.

BBMP organises freetuitions for students

Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CM OKs panel forKannada‑Tamil harmony

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Members of the Kan-nada-Tamil Harmony and SocialWelfare Trust met Karnatakachief minister D V SadanandaGowda here yesterday and sub-mitted a memorandum askinghim to consider their demands.

The members requested thechief minister to set up a Kan-nada Tamil coordination com-mittee that will ensure harmonybetween people of Karnatakaand Tamil Nadu.

The committee can work forthe welfare of both states andcould be a bridge, developingharmony, culture and businessbetween the neighbours.

The chief minister gave hisassent for the committee. Theybriefed the chief minister aboutthe status of Tamil schools alongthe border areas which are in abad shape.

“As there are no post-gradua-tion or research courses here in

Tamil language, we requestedthe chief minister to start thesecourses.

He said that he would imple-ment them once directions camefrom the chief minister of TamilNadu. Also some Kannada as-sociations are threatening thepeople who offer prayers in theirmother tongue at Jakkahalli vil-lage in Kollegal taluk.

We asked for a solution to itfrom the chief minister as thecourt has given directions sayingthat people can offer prayers intheir own language,” said N Ra-machandran, president, Kanna-da-Tamil Harmony and SocialWelfare Trust.

The relief amount has notbeen distributed to the victimsof the Cauvery water riots in1991.

The chief minister assured themember that he would transfer the files to the legal department to take necessarysteps at the earliest.

Kempabudi lake to be developed

Bangalore Beat Bureau

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

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

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

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

ASHA workers protest, demand salaryBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Accredited SocialHealth Activist (ASHA) workerstoday took out a rally from thecity central railway station tothe Freedom Park, asking thegovernment to meet several oftheir demands, including betterwages.

Over 200 ASHA members par-ticipated in the rally. The workerssaid they are the backbone ofrural healthcare facilities acrossthe state.

They take care of maternityand child care in the rural parts.But they have been deprived ofa decent salary and facilities,they added.

The ASHA programme wasstarted under the National RuralHealth Mission by the centralgovernment in 2005 and by thestate government in 2010. Thestate has around 38,000 workeracross the state.

Their numbers are goingdown, while there is a huge ne-cessity for such workers in ruralareas, they said. ASHA Workers’Federation president H K Ra-machandra said, “It is disheart-ening that the dedicated workof ASHA workers is not recog-nised by the state and central

governments. The workers arenot paid even the basic minimumwages. No salary has been fixedfor us. The only way the workersmake money is when there is acall for delivery.

They get Rs 200 from maternitycases. Is it that an ASHA workerhas to wait for months beforesomeone gets pregnant and only

then gets paid?” It is absurd. The government should fix a

salary of Rs 3,000 for these work-ers, who have been working un-der harsh conditions, he said.“ASHA workers should also getpension, gratuity and bus passesto make visits to hospitals.

A mobile phone is also nec-essary as they can rush to the

spot immediately,” he added.When an ASHA worker goes

to a hospital, she is paid Rs 200.The government should fix betterremuneration for her and thereshould be some incentive thatone can depend on throughoutthe year, he added,

“ASHA workers should alsobe allowed to possess medicines

and drugs necessary at her dis-posal for taking care of pregnantwomen and child. There shouldbe a room allotted for ASHAworkers in hospitals,” he said.

The government should fulfilour demands.

Otherwise, similar protestswill be held in all districts acrossthe state, he added.

ASHA workers walked from the City Central railway station till Freedom Park in Bangalore today, demanding basic salary.

Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath students and artists spread message of eye donation through graffiti painted on the cemetery walls on Hosur road today.

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Protestagainsttransfer

in Mysore

Mysore: The Uppara Sangha hasstaged a protest against transferof commissioner of police SunilAgarwal this morning.

Sangha secretary Arun Kumarsaid that at a time when thepreparations for Mysore Dasaraare in full progress, the govern-ment is not justified in transfer-ring the top cop. He said SunilAgarwal had made elaboratepreparation for security coverfor Dasara and his transfer atthis point of time will pose a se-curity risk for Navarathri cele-brations. The sangha has threat-ened a statewide protest if thegovernment fails to withdrawthe transfer order immediately.

Recommendations notready: J&K interlocutorsNew Delhi: The group of inter-locutors on Jammu and Kashmirtoday said its final recommen-dations do not exist “even intheir embryonic form”, contra-dicting media reports that pre-1953 status will be the way for-ward in resolving the sensitiveproblem.

“The report is purely specu-lative in nature. The group ofinterlocutors is presently engagedin preparing a draft of its finalreport which is expected to besubmitted to the government ofIndia before its term ends onOctober 12, 2011.

“The three members of thegroup are yet to enumerate, letalone discuss and finalise therecommendations.

They will do so after they re-turn from their last visit to Jammuand Kashmir in the later half of

this month,” the interlocutors –Dilip Padgaonkar, Radha Kumarand M M Ansari – said in a state-ment.

They were reacting to a mediareport that said that the inter-locutors are likely to recommendthat the Jammu and Kashmirgovernment be given exclusivejurisdiction of all departmentsexcept defence, foreign affairsand communications, which isvery close to the position pre-vailing in the state prior to 1953.

“So”, the interlocutors said,“There is no question of anyonein the government, let alone out-side the government, being privyto the final recommendation.These recommendations do notexist in their embryonic form atpresent,” the statement said onthe media report which had quot-ed highly placed sources in the

government. The interlocutors have so far

made 10 visits to the state andcovered 18 of the 22 districts dur-ing which they have met nearly5,000 people which includes po-litical leaders, trade unions,lawyers, student unions andnewly-elected panchs andsarpanchs.

The panel had submitted itsinterim report nearly 10 weeksback.

However, the separatists in-cluding both factions of HurriyatConference led by Mirwaiz UmerFarooq and Syed Ali Shah Gee-lani have not met the interlocu-tors.

Former Hurriyat Chairman anda prominent Shia leader MaulanaAbbas Ansari had met one ofthe interlocutors but in his indi-vidual capacity. PTI

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NEWSSaturday, September 3, 2011 4

The Krishna Rajendra Sagar dam across the Cauvery river in Mandya district is full. With heavy downpour in the catch-ment areas of Kodagu district and surrounding areas, the inflow to the dam is at 33,183 cusecs, while the outflow has been

36,710 cusecs. The water level at the dam has reached 124.14 ft. No loss of life has been reported and boating at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary has been cancelled. The officials have issued flood warning to the people downstream.

KRS in full glory G S Ravishankar

Mumbaiairport

still shutMumbai: The main runway ofthe international airport here re-mained shut this morning as in-cessant rains hampered towingaway of a Turkish Airline planestuck in mud near the taxiway,officials said.

Continuous rain in the airportarea has made the ground nearthe main runway more slushy,preventing movement of equip-ment for towing away the strand-ed plane. Therefore, the mainrunway is likely to resume oper-ations only by noon, a MumbaiInternational Airport Ltd (MIAL)spokesperson told PTI.

A Turkish Airlines aircraft fromIstanbul, with 104 passengersand crew on board, skidded offthe taxiway at the internationalairport in the wee hours yester-day. The landing gear of the Air-bus 340-300 got stuck in mudnear the runway, disrupting flightoperations.

The arrival and departure offlights from the second runwayis getting delayed by around 30minutes, the spokesperson said.

Last night, the airport author-ities had said that the main run-way will be reopened for flightsat 10 am today. PTI

5 womendrown in UP

Muzaffarnagar: Five womendrowned and 12 others were in-jured when a vehicle in whichthey were travelling lost controland plunged into a canal nearKadhal town in the district, policesaid today.

The incident took place lastevening when the victims werereturning in a ‘jugaad’ (locally-made motor vehicle) after at-tending a funeral ceremony.

While the bodies of three vic-tims were fished out this morn-ing, rescue workers are trying toretrieve two other bodies, saidofficials.

The victims – Kailashu, Vi-mala, Rameshu, Sumitra andKaushal – were all residents ofTiterwara village in the district,they said. PTI

Cape buffaloes arrive at

Mysore zoo

Karthik GowdaBangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: There is one more at-traction at the Mysore Chama-rajendra Zoological Gardens. Thezoo has just received a pair ofAfrican buffalos, or Cape buffa-los.

These animals have come hereon an exchange programme withthe Thiruvananthapuram zoo,which has received a pair of In-dian gaurs and a pair of red jun-gle fowl.

This is the latest in a series ofanimal exchange programmesthe zoo has taken up, increasingthe variety of species at one ofthe better maintained facilitiesin the country.

African buffalos weigh be-tween 300 kg and 500 kg andstand 100 to 170 cm at the shoul-der level. Their colour variesfrom dark brown, black to brightred.

The body is heavy set withstocky legs, large head and shortneck the ears are large. Bothmale and female have horns.The lifespan is about 18 to 20years and it attains sexual ma-

turity in 3.5 to five years. Theybreed during rainy season.

A unique feature of these largeanimals is that they keep movingand grazing through the morningand well into the night, spendingalmost 18 hours in these activi-ties. In the wild, they move ingroups of 50 to 500. In the wild,these large animals are found

These large animals, found inopen Savannah, woodlands andrainforests, are hunted down bylions and crocodiles.

In the zoo, it is fed with wheatand rice bran, groundnut cake,carrot, cut branches, paddy strawand green grass. The buffalosare being temporarily housed inthe zebra enclosure. A new en-closure is being built and wouldtake at least two to three monthsfor completion.

Zoo executive director andconservator of forests B P Ravisaid the new arrivals would notface any problems getting ad-justed to the local climate. “Wehave appointed extra staff totake care of these animals.”

The zoo will also get a pair ofanacondas, the world’s largestsnake, soon.

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down silkgodown

Hosakote: A woman has alleged-ly set fire to a silk godown atGumdur village of Hoskote talukthis morning. Silk yarn worthRs 3 lakh has been gutted.

The woman, identified asBhagyamma from Shidlaghattataluk, was taking revenge againstthe godown owner, the policesaid. A house next to the godowntoo has been burnt down in thefire. The incident occurred at theAnukogondanahalli police lim-its.

Jaganʼspartyslams

CongressKadapa (AP): YSR Congress hashit out at ruling Congress inAndhra Pradesh, saying it is cre-ating problems for their PresidentY S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who isfacing CBI probe over his assetsand investments by companiesin his business entities.

Under the guise CBI probe,the Congress is trying to createproblems for Jagan. People ofthe state are unhappy over re-ported naming of Y S R Reddy,late father of Jagan, in an FIRfiled by CBI, YSR Congress leaderKonda Surekha said here.

“If unforeseen circumstancesprevail around YSR CongressPresident Jagan Mohan Reddy,his mother and YSR’s widow YS Vijayamma will lead the party,”the former Andhra Pradesh Min-ister said.

She was speaking to reportershere yesterday after paying trib-utes to YSR on his second deathanniversary.

Surekha lambasted AndhraPradesh Congress PresidentBosta Satyanarayana, who leda signature campaign to makeJagan the chief minister after thedemise of YSR in 2009.

The Congress leaders, whowere loyal to YSR when he wasalive, are now criticising himand levelling baseless chargesagainst him and his son.

Hazare, his methods inspire a Marathi moviePune: In a celluloid tribute to AnnaHazare’s resolve to fight corruptionwith non-violent methods, a Marathifilm is being produced to capture theinspirational and magnetic pull of theanti-graft crusader’s personality thathas caught the imagination of thecountry.

Message the film wants to conveyis that the Gandhian philosophy of`ahimsa’ (non-violence) and `satya-graha’ (peaceful resistance) is morepowerful than terrorist ideologies thatare spreading in the world, pursuingthe goals with violent means, accordingto Ganesh Shinde, director and scriptwriter of `Mala Anna Vhaychay’ (Iwant to become Anna).

The movie’s theme revolves arounda teenager from a poor family wholooks up to the Gandhian and aspiresto follow his ideals, overcoming per-sonal frustrations. The Anna appealleads him into joining the anti-cor-ruption movement and a sense of ful-filment of the social mission.

Shinde said he had conceptualisedthe film last year before Hazare’s anti-graft movement gathered a sustainedmomentum this year. “We will makea request to Anna to take part in someof the scenes of the proposed venture.The idea is project Anna’s philosophyand endeavour as an activist workingfor the welfare of the society.”

Being made under the banner of M

S Films, the film has a budget of Rs 60lakh and is expected to be releasedon Nov 13 all over Maharashtra.

The script of ‘Mala Anna Vhaychay’is being revised to incorporate the dra-matic arrest, protests, release, and thehistoric fast undertaken by the veteransocial activist in Delhi last month insupport of his cause.

Parts of the 74-year-old Gandhian’slife journey and formative years willbe interwoven in the protagonist’sstory as flashbacks, running alongwith the teenager’s trials and tribula-tions after failing a board examinationand rejection in a love affair.

The film will go on floors shortlyafter the ongoing Ganesh festival and

some sequences will be shot in andaround Ralegan Siddhi, the native vil-lage of the Armyman-turned- activistin Ahmednagar district of WesternMaharashtra.

Shinde said his unit had shot someevents of the Ramlila Ground agitationin Delhi that stole the national lime-light, and some parts of the footagewould be included in the film. “Weare also seeking Anna’s audience todiscuss the film project.”

Noted Marathi actor Arun Nalavadewill the play the role of Hazare in thefilm, the cast of which includes eminentMarathi film personalities like MohanJoshi, Vikram Gokhale, Priya Berdeand Ramesh Bhatkar. PTI

LIC opens zone officeMysore: The Life Insurance Corpo-ration has opened a customer zone-office in Saraswathipuram, Mysorethis morning.

A K Shaoo Zonal Manager, southcentral zone Hyderabad inauguratedthe new office. He said LIC is givinggood service to public. The

objective of setting up zone officein Mysore is to serve public in abettermanner, he said. The office will befunctional from morning 8 am to 8pm which will facilitate people to getinformation required on their policiesand other details.

The LIC has opened such officesin Bangalore and plans to open twomore in Karnataka. The Mysore officecan be contacted on 0821-2341096.

Tobacco generating `16K cr for govtBangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The tobacco industry is generating Rs16,000 crore through excise duties to the centralgovernment, said Tobacco Institute of India directorUdayan Lal here this morning.

After distributing awards to tobacco growers here,he said that nearly 3.8 crore farmers are growing to-bacco in their farms in the country.

“India is the third largest producer of tobacco inthe world after Brazil and Zimbabwe. It is the secondlargest tobacco consumer after Brazil.

If tobacco growers adopt scientific methods soas to protect the fertility of the soil, India could be-come the No. 1 producer in the world,” he said. The12th Tobacco Growers’ awards were distributed to14 farmers of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka byTobacco Board chairman and Chamrajanagar MP RDhruva Narayana. Mysore MP H Vishwanath, HDKote MLA Chikkanna, Hunsur MLA H P Manjunathand others were present.

G S Ravishankar

G S Ravishankar

Inauguration of the first year B E and B.Arch classes at the BMS College of Engineering thismorning. Mallikarjuna Babu, principal, BMS, Ragini Narayan, member secretary, BMS

Educational Trust, Dr P Dayananda Pai, trustee, BMS, and B V Acharya, chairman, BMS,and advocate-general of the state take part in the event.

Welcoming new students

Commandotraining forLeT cadresinside Pak

Washington: LeT is engaged inimparting commando trainingto its recruits, includingteenagers, at its terror camps in-side Pakistan, besides being in-volved in their religious indoc-trination, according to an FBIcomplaint.

In the complaint submittedbefore a federal US court in Vir-ginia yesterday, the FBI said thisis reflected in the communicationof Jubair Ahmad, a Pakistani na-tional on legal permanent resi-dency in the US who was arrestedon charges of providing materialsupport to Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The FBI said a review of im-migration records indicated thatJubair was born in Sialkot andresided in Pakistan until the ageof 19. According to admissionshe made during a number ofcommunications analysed by theFBI, he received indoctrinationand training from LeT while helived in Pakistan. “These com-munications demonstrate that,as a teenager, in or about 2004,Jubair attended an LeT trainingcourse known as ‘Dora Suffa’where he received instruction inreligious dogma and proselytis-ing,” it said. Thereafter, Jubairattended LeT’s basic trainingcamp known as ‘Dora A’ama’,where he received additional re-ligious indoctrination, physicalconditioning and weapons in-struction. For example, whendescribing his training at DoraA’ama, Jubair stated in one ofthe communications that recruits“listen to lectures, offer yourprayers, exercise, study guns,fire them” and added that “whereI got training from they do thecommando training there now,”the FBI said.

Subsequent to attending DoraA’ama, Jubair reported for thenext stage of LeT training — thecommando course known asDora Khasa. “He spent only aweek at that course, however,because an instructor at the train-ing camp told Jubair that he wastoo young, that he needed tocontinue his studies, and thenhe could return to complete DoraKhasa,” said the complaintsigned by FBI Special Agent,Daudshah S Andish.

A K Shaoo, zonal manager, south central zone, Hyderabad, inaugurates the new office ofLife Insurance Corporation of India at Mysore this morning.

Shammiʼsashes

immersed Mumbai: Late Bollywood actorShammi Kapoor’s ashes were to-day immersed in the river Jhelumin Jammu and Kashmir, familymembers said.

Kapoor, who passed away onAugust 14 at the age of 79, hadspecial affinity for the pictur-esque northern state, where someof his hit movies were shot. “Wehave immersed his ashes in theriver Jhelum that flows in Pak-istan also. He romanced withKashmir,” son Aditya Raj Kapoorsaid from Srinagar. PTI