Sonia not neglecting

state leaders,says Siddu

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Hubli: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is notignoring state party leaders, said oppositionleader in the assembly Siddaramaiah here thismorning.

Siddaramaiah said he could not meet Soniawhile he was in New Delhi for the last three daysas the party president was down with fever. “Itshould not be construed as neglect of party lead-ers,” he added.

Siddaramaiah rushed to New Delhi on Tues-day evening after he was summoned by SoniaGandhi. Despite waiting for more than threedays he could not meet her. Sonia had also can-celled her visit to Orissa two days ago.

Rs 1.15 cr property

recoveredBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Bangalore Rural police have re-covered Rs 1.15 crore worth of properties and ar-rested 169 persons.

At a property parade today, the police saidthey have solved 61 cases of theft, robbery andother crimes. The police have recovered 1.63 kgof gold ornaments, 5.38 kg of silver articles andRs 7.21 lakh cash.

The police have also recovered 11 four-wheel-ers, 25 two-wheelers, one autorickshaw, threelaptops and nine mobile phones.

No hike inprices of

diesel soonNew Delhi: As the UPA government is under at-tack for the fourth petrol hike this year and isstruggling hard to bring down the prices,sources have told NDTV that there will not beany hike in the prices of diesel in the near fu-ture.

Top government sources say that it's a polit-ically difficult situation as several states are go-ing to polls in the coming year. And hike in dieselprices usually pushes up the prices of food itemsparticularly the vegetables and fruits becausethe transportation costs go up.

The decision to increase petrol prices by Rs.1.82 a litre last week provoked a confrontationwith Mamata Banerjee, who is the biggestpartner in the union government after the Con-gress.

There has been a 40 per cent hike in petrolprices in the last one year.

iPhone 4S maybe launched

on Nov 25New Delhi: Aircel India has just announced onits official Facebookpage that it will bebring the iPhone 4Sto India.

While the compa-ny did not reveal anydetails about an of-ficial launch date,but our sources pointtowards a November25th launch.

According to BGRIndia the iPhone 4Sthe 16GB variant willretail as close to Rs40,000. The top ofthe line 64GB variantwill most likely crossthe Rs 50,000 mark.

Previously, Aircel had released the iPhone 4in May after the phone had already been avail-able internationally for almost a year.

The iPhone 4S features a dual-core processor,a 8 megapixel camera and also a revolutionaryartificial intelligence based personal assistant called Siri which works via voicerecognition.

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RAMULU MENMAY ROCK GOVT17 MLAs could put their force behind ex‑minister,

resign en masse once Bellary Rural poll is overD L Harish

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Sriramulu storm might ul-timately claim the first BJP government in theSouth. If the indications are anything to goby, the former minister contesting the BellaryRural by-election as an independent couldrock the government if he asks all his sup-porters and elected representatives fromthe BJP and representing the Bellary regionto quit the party.

But the consolation for the BJP govern-ment is that the countdown might begin onlyafter the by-election to the Bellary Rural as-sembly constituency on November 30. Thecounting will take place on December 3.

There are 17 BJP MLAs from Gadag,Raichur, Bellary and Chitardurga districtswho have put their force behind B Sriramu-lu, who has come out of the BJP saying hisself-respect was dented by saffron partysenior leaders. Sources in the Sriramulucamp said that all these MLAs could resignen masse once the by-election is over.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has 120 MLAsnow. Of them one is a Speaker, who cannotvote in case of a trust vote. If the 17 MLAschoose to part ways with the party, the

strength could come down to 103, falling farshort of the half-way mark of 113.

The indications are already clearly visible,many party elected representatives refusedto be part of the team that went with the of-ficial candidate Gaadi Lingappa while he filedhis nomination papers yesterday.

They have openly revolted against thestate BJP. Some of those prominent are Sri-

ramulu’s sister and Bellary MP J Shanta,Kampli MLA T H Suresh Babu, who is Ra-mulu’s brother-in-law, Raichur MP SannaPhakeerappa, who too is related to the Bel-lary strongman, and Kudligi MLA Nagendra.

At the same time, there are differenceswithin the BJP over campaigning for the of-ficial candidate. Former chief minister B SYeddyurappa was conspicuous by his ab-sence at Bellary yesterday when Lingappawas filing nomination papers. His support-ers in the area too chose to stay away. Par-ty state president K S Eshwarappa has saidhe would seek an explanation from themonce the election gets over.

Yeddyurappa cancelled his visit to Vaish-no Devi yesterday. Despite the cancella-tion, he chose to stay in Bangalore. Partysources said he has decided to distancehimself from the poll tamasha for now.

But for the BJP, winning the constituen-cy has become a prestige issue. It has to now prove that it can win the election in the stronghold of Sriramulu and his mentor Gali Janardhana Reddy, a former minister and mining baron who is in jail forhis involvement in alleged illegal mining op-erations.

Continued on page 3

Is it our duty to fly loss‑makingroutes? Tweets Vijay Mallya

New Delhi: Hours after the gov-ernment made it clear that adebt recast like was done for AirIndia was not possible for King-fisher, the airline's owner andliquor baron Vijay Mallya tweet-ed, "Is it Kingfisher's duty to flyon loss-making routes whenstate governments tax heavily?Or should we be financially pru-dent and fly profitably?"

In another post that came inminutes after the first one,Mallya seemed unhappy overthe taxes. "Every governmenthas gone out of the way to sup-port airlines and connectivity. InIndia, airlines are over-taxedand over-charged. Wonderwhy?" he said in the tweet.

Cash-strapped Kingfisher Air-lines has been in the news for nu-

merous flight cancellations in thepast few days. Over the last fourdays, it has grounded more than120 flights. On Friday, at least 40flights were cancelled and scoresof pilots and other ground-staff

called-in sick. Kingfisher says flights had to

be cancelled because of route ra-tionalisation and due to the air-line's efforts at improving pro-ductivity. In a statement, theairlines said, "As per the revisedschedule, it will offer 300 dailyflights connecting 54 cities ascompared to its previous sched-ule of 340 flights."

"Kingfisher has been in busi-ness for six years and it will con-tinue to be around. There is nodoubt in our mind as a manage-ment team or Dr Mallya as apromoter of the airline aboutthe credibility or the future of theairline," Kingfisher's CEO SanjayAggarwal said.

Sources say the airline hassought Finance Ministry's help

on its loans. But the airline main-tains it hasn't asked for a gov-ernment bailout; it says it hasasked banks to increase limits inorder to meet escalating opera-tions costs. Civil aviation minis-ter Vayalar Ravi said on Fridaythat "There is no package andgovernment of India has no plansfor a package. He (Vijay Mallya)did not ask for a package. But thisis one of the major airlines andthe government did not want tosee it close down. I hope thebanks will come forward. Wewill talk to them."

He said he might speak tobanks for the airlines and addedthat he had spoken to financeminister Pranab Mukherjee andOil Minister Jaipal Reddy afterMallya spoke to him.

After confusion,Lingappaʼs

papers acceptedBangalore Beat Bureau

Bellary: The Bellary Rural by-poll re-turning officer today accepted the can-didature of official BJP candidate GaadiLingappa after some initial confusion.

The confusion was created when sup-porters of independent candidate and for-mer minister B Sriramulu raised objectionsaying that Lingappa had not cancelledhis contractor’s licence before filing hisnomination papers.

The election rules states that the can-didates should not hold any trade li-cences at the time of contesting for theelections.

Sriramulu’s lawyers submitted a peti-tion to the election officer that Lingappawas violating the norms and his candi-dature has to be cancelled. But the re-turning officer accepted the papers.

Lingappa had taken some works oncontract from the railways and is also acontractor who ran a sand business.

14 contestants have filed 20 nominationpapers for the by-election that will be heldon November 30. The counting will be onDecember 3. Tomorrow is the last day forwithdrawing nomination papers.

The by-election here has been neces-sitated with the resignation of Sriramuluas the MLA from the constituency.

Women delegates from the Kodava community take part in the centenarycelebrations of Kodava Samaj at the Bangalore Palace grounds in

Bangalore today. Governor H R Bhardwaj inaugurated the function.

100 years of Kodava SamajGangadhar Pujar

Shootout nearWhite House,

AK47 recovered

Washington: There was security breachin Washington DC when shots were firednear the White House sending the stateinto panic, sources said on Saturday.

Secret Service officers said they saw twocars fleeing at high speed. One of the cars,a Honda, was eventually found aban-doned.

An AK 47 was found in it. A suspect wasalso spotted running away - he or she re-mains at large.

No injury has been reported from theincident so far.

US President Barack Obama was not in

the White House at the time. Obama is cur-rently in California on his way to Hawaiito attend the APEC Summit there.

As a precautionary measure, a fewstreets, in particular Constitution Av-enue between 15th and 17th streets, nearthe White House have been shut down.According to reports, a police chase fol-lowed after the firing.

Officials pointed out that there was noevidence that the shots were fired at theWhite House. The suspect, it is believed,was last seen running across RooseveltBridge in Washington DC.

Top Lokayuktacop shifted tosabotage BSYprobe: Hegde

Bangalore: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice NSantosh Hegde has hitout at the state gov-ernment for transfer-ring Lokayukta officialJeevan Kumar VGaonkar, alleging thatit was an attempt to"sabotage" the probeagainst former ChiefMinister BS Yeddyu-rappa and his family.

yesterday, the stategovernment trans-ferred Gaonkar, whowas serving as Addi-tional Director Generalof Police, KarnatakaLokayukta, and brought in Satyanarayana RaoHN, Additional DGP, Crimes & Technical Services,Bangalore, in his place.

Hegde said the Lokayukta police was conduct-ing investigation against "quite big and powerfulpeople". Continued on page 4

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TRAIN SCHEDULE

MADHUVE MANE (U)Ganesh, Avinash, Shraddha AryaAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10 am, 1,5, 8 pm) Eshwari (11.15 am, 2.30,6.15, 9.15 pm) Cinepolis (3.55 pm,5.40, 7.20, 9.20 pm) Fame (Lido)(10.25 am, 3.35 pm) Fame (White-field) (3.45 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (12 pm, 7.15 pm)Gopalan (Mysore Road) (10.15 am,1.15, 3.50 pm) Gopalan (Rajarajesh-wari Nagar) (1 pm, 3.45 pm) Goverd-han (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm) HMTCinemas (10.30 am, 1.30 pm) Inox(Jayanagar) (7.10 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(1.30 pm, 4 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(12.50 pm, 6.20 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.45 am, 7, 9.35pm) Kapali (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Maruthi (11 am, 2.30, 6,9.30 pm) Navrang (10.15 am, 1.15,4.15, 7.15 pm) Prasanna (10.15 am)

BODYGUARD (U)Daisy Shah, Jaggesh, Spoorthi Cinepolis (1.10 pm, 6.35 pm)Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)

(12.15 pm, 7 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(1.15 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.10 am,6.45 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10.10am, 3.45, 6.25 pm) Nandini (11 am,2, 5, 8 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am,2.40, 7.20 pm) Rajarajeshwari (Mal-lathahalli) (1.30 pm, 4.30, 7.15, 9.30pm) Srinivasa (Gowdanapalya) (11am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Siddhesh-wara (11.00 am,2.30 pm) Triveni(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Veeresh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Venkateshwara (Avalahalli)(11.15 am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm)

KAANCHAANA (U) Ragini Dwivedi, Diganth Anupama (10.30, 1.30, 4.30, 7.10pm) Siddhalingeshwara (11, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) Vinayaka (MysoreRoad) (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

NAANALLA (U/A)Tarun, Shubha Poonja, AnanthNag, Rangayana Raghu, RameshBhat Savitha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)

IN TIME (U/A) Justin Timberlake, AmandaSeyfriedCinemax (2.15 pm, 7.30 pm) Cinepo-lis (10 am, 2, 7.10, 10 pm) Fame(Lido) (3.20 pm, 7.45 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (12 pm, 6, 8pm) Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(5, 10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(2.40 pm, 9.30 pm) Inox

(Malleswaram) (2.55 pm, 10 pm)PVR Cinemas (10.30 am, 3, 7.35pm)

TOWER HEIST (A) Cinemax (1.15 pm, 10 pm) Cinepolis(12.10 pm, 5.15 pm) Fame (Lido)(1.10 pm, 5.35, 10 pm) Fame (White-field) (10.15 am, 3.30, 5.40, 7.50,10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 2 pm) Inox(Jayanagar) (10.30 am, 6.50 pm)Inox (JP Nagar) (4.25 pm, 9.45 pm)Inox (Magrath Road) (10.05 am,4.55 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (12.55pm, 7.55 pm)

THE RUM DIARY (U/A) Johnny Depp, Aaron EckhartInox (Magrath Road) (10.15 am,1.30, 4.45, 8 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(10 am, 9.45 pm)

DOLPHIN TALE (U)Cinemax (10 am, 8 pm) PVR Cinemas(10.20 am, 2.55, 7.25 pm)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

ENGLISH

MILEY NAA MILEY HUM (U/A)Kangna Ranaut, Kabir BediApsara (11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Bhu-mika (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Cinemax (3.30 pm) Cinepolis(1 pm, 10 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 5.15 pm)Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(10 am, 3 pm) PVR Cinemas (12.40pm)

RA.ONE (U/A) Shah Rukh Khan, KareenaKapoor ‘3D’ Abhinay (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Anand (10am, 1, 4, 7 pm) Cinepolis (10 am,11, 1, 4, 7, 10 pm) Cinemax (10 am,1, 4, 7, 10 pm) Everest (11.30 am,2.30, 6.15, 9.30 pm) Fame (Lido)(11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45, 9 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45,9 pm) Gopalan (BannerghattaRoad) (10 am, 1, 10 pm) Gopalan(Rajarajeshwari Nagar) (10 am,9.40 pm) HMT Cinemas (4 pm, 7,

9.30 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(11.15 am, 2.30, 5.45, 9 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (11.15 am, 2.30,5.45, 9 pm) Lakshmi (BTM Layout)(10 am, 11.15, 5.15, 8.30 pm) Lak-shmi (Gottigere) (10 am, 1, 5, 8pm) Lakshmi (Taverekere) (10 am,1, 5, 8 pm) PVR Cinemas (10.20am, 3.40, 9 pm) Rex (10.15 am,1.10, 4.05, 7, 9.50 pm) Vaibhav(Sanjay Nagar) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6,9.30 pm) Veeresh (10.30 am) VisionCinemas (10 am, 1, 7, 9.45 pm) Ur-vasi (10.45 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm)Fame (Lido) (10.05 am) Fame(Whitefield) (10.15 am, 10.55, 12.25,1.30, 2.25, 4.45, 5.40, 8, 8.55 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(10 am, 7, 9.45 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10.25 am, 12.40, 3.45, 9 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.15 am, 12.55, 2.30,5.45, 9 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.15 am, 1.30, 4.45, 8 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (12.55 pm, 5, 6.40pm) PVR Cinemas (1.20 pm, 2,3.25, 4.40, 5.20, 8. 8.40, 8.50 pm)

HINDI

TAMIL

7AUM ARIVU (U/A) Suriya, Shruthi HassanAjantha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Amruth (10.30 am, 2, 5, 8 pm)Cinemax (12 pm, 3.15, 6.30, 9.45pm) Cinepolis (10.10 am, 1.10, 2.15,4.10, 7.10, 10 pm) Fame (Lido) (10.45am, 2.05, 5.25, 8.45 pm) Fame(Whitefield) (10.15 am, 1.40, 5.05,8.30 pm) Gopalan (BannerghattaRoad) (4 pm, 7, 10 pm) Gopalan(Mysore Road) (1 pm, 4, 6.45, 10pm) Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(10.10 am, 6.30, 10 pm) Inox (Jayana-gar) (1.40 pm, 5.05, 8.30 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.15 am, 1.40, 5.05,8.30 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10.45am, 2.05, 5.25, 8.45 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.30 am, 1.55, 5.20,8.45 pm) Maheshwari (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Pushpanjali(BN Pura) (6, 9pm) Pallavi (10 am,

1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) PVR Cinemas(10.40 am, 10.45, 2, 5.20, 5.30,8.40, 8.45 pm) Sampige (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Vinayaka (SultanPalya) (11.15 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm)

VELAYUDHAM (U/A)Vijay, Genelia, HansikaCinepolis (10 am, 4.10, 9.40 pm)Fame (Lido) (6.20 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (3.30 pm) Lavanya(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Ma-hadeshwara (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm) Natraj (10.30 am, 1.30,4.45, 7.45 pm) Prithvi (11 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) Poornima (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Pushpanjali(BN Pura) (11 am, 2.30 pm) Push-panjali (Sultanpalya) (10.45 am,2.15, 6, 9.15 pm) PVR Cinemas (2pm, 3.40, 9 pm) Srinivasa (SG Palya)(10 am, 1, 5, 8 pm) Vaibhavi (11.30

LOOT (U/A)Hansika Motwani, Govinda, Mahaakashay Chakroborty

Cinemax (11 am, 5.45 pm) Cinepolis(11 am, 3.20, 7.10 pm) Fame (Lido)(1.10 pm, 9.30 pm) Fame (White-field) (10 am, 9.50 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (4 pm) Inox

(Jayanagar) (9.50 pm) Inox (JP Na-gar) (9.50 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.15 am, 3.45, 9.15 pm) PVR Cin-emas (10.15 am, 1.20, 6.45 pm)Vision Cinemas (4 pm, 9.45 pm)

Bangalore: The first Ekya School in the city, a joint venture of CMR Group of Institutionsand National Public Schools, celebrated its first annual day yesterday. The theme of theannual day was “Incredible India.” Folk dances, Rabindra Sangeet and yoga perform-ances formed part of the celebrations. Students also performed bhangra, koli dance,

garba, fashion show. The function was attended by K E Radhakrishna, founder of Samu-dra Foundation and advisor to Bangalore North Education Society, Tristha Ramamurthy,

director of Ekya School, and Sabitha Ramamurthy, president of CMR Group.

Ekya school celebration Dip in industrialproduction

worries FKCCIBangalore: As expected, indus-trial production growth in thecountry continues to be on adownslide. The latest data onindex of industrial productionfor September indicates that theindustrial production registereda two-year low of 1.9%. Mininghas registered a significant de-cline (-5.6%) in this month.

FKCCI is worried with the con-tinued decline in industrial pro-duction over the past threemonths. It feels that this is mainlydue to the RBI’s restrictive mon-etary policy of increasingly con-tinuously. The high interest ratesare contributing to significantfinancial cost increase on thesupply side and high interestcosts on loans to consumers onthe demand side. The high coston loans to consumers has re-flected in the continuous fall inthe sale of passenger cars from

July 2011 onwards.Adding fuel to this is the con-

tinued double-digit inflation.FKCCI appeals to the govern-

ment and RBI to take necessarycorrective steps immediately toarrest this slide.

Admission for varsity courses

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Karnataka State Open University has invitedapplications for BA, B.Com, M.Com, M.Sc, diplomaand other courses and has an-nounced the last date for sub-mitting the forms.

For BA and B.Com courses,the last date for submitting ap-plications with a fine of Rs 200is November 24 and with Rs 400fine, December 9.

M.Com and MA courses thelast date with a fine of Rs 200 isNovember 23 and with a fine ofRs 400, December 12.

The admission fee for BA andB.Com courses is Rs 3600 underRule 1 and Rs 3,100 under Rule2. For MA and M.Com courses,the fee is Rs 5,100 under Rule 1and Rs 4,100 Rule 2.

The filled application formsshould be submitted at respectiveuniversity regional centres. Thecandidates will be given studymaterial and identity card onthe spot, a university press re-lease stated.

For more information, contact:Bangalore Regional Central Of-fice, No. 61, 5th Main road, 5thCross, Chamrajpet, Bangalore –18 or call: 08026606860.

AIIMS to take a leafout of Jayadeva bookBangalore: The famed All-IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences (AI-IMS) has decided to follow themodel adopted at Sri JayadevaInstitute of Cardiovascular Sci-ences & Research in the city.

A team headed AIIMS medicalsuperintendent Dr D K Sharmavisited Jyadeva Institute recentlyand studied the working methodsadopted here.

Jayadeva doctors have beenproviding healthcare to patientswithout leading to any conflicts,which is commendable, the vis-iting team felt.

Giving information to the AI-IMS team, Jayadeva Institute di-rector Dr C N Manjunathan said,“Last year, 19,000 people weretreated as inpatients. Of them,13,000 were treated at discountedrates, while angioplasty and by-pass surgeries were conductedon a 1,000 patients free of cost.”

He said, “This could be theonly health institute in the coun-try that has been collecting feed-back from the patients. Teamsfrom the institute have also beenvisiting homes of these patientsafter treatment and gatheringfeedback. We collect information

on the quality of nursing careand the behaviour of the hospitalstaff during their stay at the hos-pital. We collect feedback from300 patients every month.”

He said, “Normally, in otherorganisations there is a vacancyof 30-40 percent. But at our in-stitute, we have created enoughposts allowing greater chances

of promotion for our staff. Thishas reduced, almost eliminated,disagreements and clashesamong our staff.”

The hospital has also reno-

vated its food court allowingseating capacity for more than250 people at a time. Preparationof food is monitored by food ex-perts. Tasty treats are being pro-vided to patients and their rela-tives at affordable prices, headded. “We are also starting aseparate library for patients andtheir relatives. The library withover 5000 books will be inaugu-rated on Thursday,” he said.

The AIIMS team studied andappreciated the basic infrastruc-ture, working style, patient careand the steps taken to motivatethe staff. It also decided to adoptsimilar methods of functioningat the premier institute in NewDelhi.

“There is a lot of allocatedfunds that has been lyingunutilised at AIIMS. We will dis-cuss new measures with the ad-ministrative committee and tryto bring in reforms. Essentialsfor the hospital would be pur-chased on the model adoptedat the Jayadeva Institute,” DrSharma said.

Prominent among the AIIMSteam were Dr Sanjay Arya andDr Parameshwara Kumar.

Toll‑freeNo.s forpoliceplaintsBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: To allow people tofile complaints and get help fromthe police, toll-free numbers –18004250100 and 155365 – havebeen started.

The calls will be received atthe control room situated at theDG&IGP’s office on Nrupathungaroad. Free calls can be madefrom anywhere in the state andthe country from BSNL and anyother phone connections. Theinformation about the callerwould be kept a secret.

The staff at the control roomwill note down complaints andpass them on to respective policestations, a press note stated.

New schedules

from KSRTC

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Karnataka StateRoad Transport Corporation hasannounced new Karnataka Vaib-hava services to Shimoga,Kanchipuram and Mysore.

Along with the present serv-ices, the new schedules com-menced from yesterday, KSRTCpress release stated.

The schedule for Bangalore-Mysore route: departure 7 amand 3 pm and arrives at Mysoreat 10 am and 6 pm. From Mysorethe service leaves at 10.30 amand 6.30 pm and arrives in Ban-galore at 1.30 pm and 9.30 pm.

Bangalore-Shimoga schedule:departure from Bangalore at 10.45pm, 11.19 pm, 8.30 am and 11am. The bus arrives in Shimogaat 5.15 am, 5.50 am, 3 pm and5.30 pm. From Shimoga, the serv-ice leaves at 8.30 am, 10 am, 10pm and 10.35 pm. They arrive inBangalore at 3 pm, 4.30 pm, 4.30am and 5.05 am.

Bangalore-Kanchipuramschedule: departure from Ban-galore at 12 noon and arrival atKanchipuram at 7.30 pm. Thebus leaves Kanchipuram at 11pm and arrives in Bangalore at4.15 am.

Tickets can be reserved 30days in advance. For more in-formation, call:7760990562/7760990561 and 080-22870099. E-ticket and for pay-ments, you can log on towww.ksrtc.in.

ISRO to launch new

satelliteBangalore Beat Bureau

ISRO is getting ready to launchRadar Imaging Satellite (RI-sat)that will function in all seasons,said Prof Satish Dhawan Chairprofessor Dr K N Shankar.

It is an integrated satellite andcontains a special design. Earliersatellites used to function onlywhen there is sun light, but theRI-Sat will have microwave loadand can function through allseasons and during day andnight, he said. The satellite willbe launched in January, headded.

3‑D photoworkshop

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Bharatiya VidyaBhavan has organised a 3-D pho-tography workshop from Novem-ber 27.

The workshop will help inlearning the new dimensions ofphotography, a Bhavan press re-lease said. The last date for ad-mission is November 25. Inter-ested can call: 95353225446.

Britannia offers 1mhealth check‑ups

Bangalore: Britannia Nutri-Choice, along with Thyrocare,is offering one million healthcheck-ups across the countryover three months from thismonth till January. The pro-gramme aims to increase aware-ness about diabetes and to in-spire people to take the first steptowards managing diabetes.

Visit http://www.ihealthu.com/checkdiabetes for informa-tion and to get a 50% discounton an exclusive check-up.

Anuradha Narasimhan, cate-

gory director – health & wellness,Britannia Industries Ltd, said,“Our vulnerability to modernday ailments, like diabetes, isconstantly on the rise, due tovarious factors led by poorlifestyle choices. This makes itimperative for everyone to optfor regular health check-ups, todetect early warning signs of dis-eases that can be cured if iden-tified on time & administeredthe appropriate treatment.”

Diabetes is growing at analarming rate across the globe

(it affects 3-4 % of the worldpopulation) and specifically soin our country. India is the dia-betes capital of the world withthe highest number of diabetics(around 40 million people). Ahigh percentage of individualsliving with this disease are noteven aware of the fact that theyare suffering from the condition.Regular health check-ups are anideal way to ensure one is up-dated about the changes in one’sbody and the impending risksfrom various critical diseases.

CITYSaturday, November 12, 2011 3CITY EVENTS

GeneralBengaluru Habba: Mela inthe Mall, Mantri Square, 1 pm

CulturalIndiranagar Welfare Associ-ation: Musical concert byShanti Rao, KrishnamurthyAchar, C Anand, Parimala Sab-hangana, Raghavendra Tem-ple, Indira Nagar, 5.30 pm.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: Folksongs by Ravi Garwale, IndianInstitute of World Culture, BPWadia Road, Basavanagudi,6 pm.

ReligiousGita Gnana Yagna: BhagvadGita – 18th chapter, SreeKanyakaparmeshwari temple,Ravishankar Hall, 8th cross,Malleswaram, 6.45 pm.

Vishwa Jagriti Mission Trust:Amrit Gyan Varsha, AcharyaSadguru Sudhanshuji Maharajto participate, Mud Ground,Near Hockey Stadium, ShantiNagar, 5.30 pm.

Music Junkyard Groove Live @ HRC:Hard Rock Cafe, 08:30 pm4124-2222.

Champagne Showers: Hip-hop with DJs Prashanth &Sash at Blue Waves, 8 pm.Ladies drink for free till 10pm.

Retro Thursdays @ City Bar:City Bar Karaoke + Grill (InUB City) , 07:00 pm, 4277-3636, features original videosof yesteryears topped off withDJ Praful's twist to the music.

New disco: Indie, new disco,electro, breaks, and synthpopwith Bess at Bacchus. There'sa 1+1 offer all night.

ExhibitionLafz: Words: The Art Corridorat The Taj West End presents'Lafz::Words', an exhibition ofworks of contemporary art byleading and upcoming artistsfrom across India....

Eating outLebanese Food Festival atMynt: Mynt, at The Taj WestEnd, presents the flavours ofLebanon, courtesy of visitingchef Simon Chakour. On offerare dishes typical of the region.

The Grand Indian Lunch Buf-fet : Turquoise, experiencethe Grand Indian Lunch buffetconsisting of over 35 dishesevery weekday with around 5starters, 4 vegetarian gravies,2 non vegetarian gravies , 7desserts and lots more.

Lunch Buffet: Applewood, aGlobal and Indian lunch buf-

fet, which includes soups,starters, main course anddesserts, priced at Rs. 299 plustaxes per head. ...

Rajasthani Food Festival:Umerkot presents a RajasthaniFood Festival. The specialmenu, designed by chef SanjayTyagi, showcases dishes thattrace their roots back to theVaishnav, Jain, Rajput, Mar-wari communities, and somehave Mughal influence as well.

The Grand Trunk Road: Lido(In Ista Hotel), a trip downthe Grand Trunk Road,through its kitchens. The chefsrustle up specialities from Kab-ul to Kolkata.

Loy Krathong: Rim Naam (InThe Oberoi), on the occasionthe Loy Krathong, the Thaifestival of lights, Rim Naamserves delicacies such as whitefungus with shrimps andsteamed fish on banana leaf.

Loi Krathong: Zen (in TheLeela Palace Kempinski), aspecial buffet to celebrate LoiKrathong, the Thai festival oflights, priced at Rs 2150.

ShoppingSwarovski Charm Collection:Symbolic, quirky, feminine or offbeat, the charm collection allows wearers to express their personalitiesthrough miniature works ofart.

High on Heels by Mochi: Acollection of stilettos, wedgesand pumps in the colours ofthe season.

Members of the Home Guards hold a demonstration during the National Calamity Reduction Day and Rally at the Bangalore Home Guards premises in the city today.

Guarding the peopleS Radhakrishna

Women wear Santa Clause caps on the first day of the Community Service of Bangalorecharitable exhibition on Bangalore Palace Grounds. More than 50 stalls have come up andthe proceeds from the sale would be given to the SCB, which will in turn donate it to other

not-for-profit organisations. The stalls offer various Christmas related goods.

Chirstmas is here!Gangadhar Pujar

Coffee planters may getgood prices this year

Shortage in global market could help, says Coffee Board chief L Raghunanda

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Except some parts of cof-fee-growing regions in the state, wherethe production has been affected dueto rain, the general output of the beanis good this season, said Jawaid Akhtar,chairman, Coffee Board India.

“The post-monsoon estimation ofcrop, capturing the impact of monsoonrain, is under progress. Once it is com-pleted, the Coffee Board will have acomplete picture of and can think ofdamage-control measures. We cannotmake any flimsy assumptions as ofnow,” he said.

On the scenario in the global market,he said Indian growers can expect goodprice this year. This is because coffeeproduction in South American countries,like Brazil, Columbia and Costa Rica,has been affected with the crop failingdue to rain and snow.

But he warned that the global marketcannot be predicted. Sometimes, theprices won’t move up. The positive pre-diction is that there will be a deficit ofcoffee as compared to the demand inthe global market. While coffee pro-duction across the globe is going upby 1 percent per annum, the demandis increasing by 2 percent.

“But if we have to maintain theshare of exports and sustain domesticmarket requirements, we need increaseproduction by about 5 percent per an-num, which is a big challenge. Producersworldwide have started taking bettercare of their crops, increasing thechances of overall production by 2012-13. Added to this, 2012-13 will be yearfor the Brazil crop with estimations of

all-time record crop of about 60 millionbags. Vietnam is also expected to delivera bumper crop of about 20 million bags.Columbia, which had been reelingunder crop setbacks for the past threeyears, may also recover by croppingseason next year. In India, we are ex-pected to get 30 million bags (each bagwith 60 kg) and produce a high crop.This may take us to the surplus levels.

On the market scenario, he said, “Myfeeling, which is shared by other experts,

is that one should be cautious in gaugingthe market.”

The scenario is rosy this year as thedemand for coffee is more. The pro-duction target needs to be enhanced.The exports, till September, has been60,09,017 metric tonnes. Export fromBrazil is 3,42,89,152 MT, Vietnam1,68,50,000 MT, Columbia 80,64,439MT, Indonesia 5,487,357 MT, Honduras38,66,002 MT, Guatemala 36,53, 933MT, Peru 35,56,338 MT, Uganda

31,50,090 MT and Ethiopia 30,22,385MT.

Asked about the progress the boardhas made in fulfilling the demandsmade by coffee-growers on freezingtheir loans as many of them have turneddefaulters, Akhtar was quick to react.“The board has made a lot of progress.Many small and large growers havebenefited by freezing of loans since2004. Representatives from the boardand planters associations, like the Unit-

ed Planters Association of South India(UPASI) and Karnataka Planters’ As-sociation (KPA), have approached thegovernment. The government was readyto freeze loans and also share the bailoutburden. It has already pumped in Rs450 crore towards bailing out theplanters. Banks too have pitched in byextending loans of 150 crore. Over1,20,000 coffee planters have benefitedby debt-relief package and resurgencemeasure taken by the government andthe board.”

On the board’s move to address short-age of labour which has been affectingall levels of planters, he said, “Coffeeplantations can’t go without labour.But look at countries like Brazil, CostaRica, Columbia etc., which have largerareas under coffee cultivation. Theyare not facing such severe problem oflabour as they have opted for mecha-nisation.

“They have been conducting researchand coming out with machines for mostof the work, reducing dependence onmanual labour. There are a lot of ma-chines which can take up sprayingwork and removing weed. There aremachines for even drying. Now, soonafter the cherry is picked, it can bepulped and put to dryer. Dryers havecome as a great boon to majority ofplanters as during rainy season youcannot dry coffee in the yard. The ma-chine costs Rs 4 lakh and every growershould install them.”

The government and the board havebeen helping planters with procurementof machines. For those planters withless than 20 acres of land, the govern-ment is giving a subsidy of 50 percentfor purchasing machinery, he added.

Kodavas known for theirvalour, discipline: Guv

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Kodavas are knownfor their valour and discipline,and have made name in servicessports, academics and other ar-eas of importance, said governorH R Bhardwaj inaugurating the100-year celebrations of KodavaSamaj at Bangalore PalaceGrounds today.

Bhardwaj said he came toknow about the late GeneralThimmaiah, the much feted chiefof service staff, when he was atShimla. “I was studying in schoolthen. We were all very proud ofhim. Soon after I was made thegovernor of Karnataka, I paid avisit to Madikeri to meet someof his relatives. But I could not.”

“Kodavas are in the forefrontin many fields. I will put in a

word with the government toextend benefits to them,” headded. “Kodavas are a beautifulpeople who have come from abeautiful land.”

He said during his visit to Ko-dadu district, he interacted withsome tribals who have been liv-ing under pitiable condition.“The government, forest officers

and commissioners should dosomething to improve their con-dition. They should be accom-modates in the forested areasthey have been living in as theyare not harming the environ-ment,” he said.

The Kodava Samaj was startedin 1911 by Field Marshal GeneralM C Kariappa, who wanted to

foster the community’s interest.He requested and obtained per-mission from then Mysore ma-haraja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar.The samaj got land during thetenure of then chief miniter Gun-du Rao. The Samaj now has itsown office and a spacious build-ing at Vasanthnagar in Banga-lore. Cultural programmes andmarriages are held there through-out the year.

Ichettira Prema Cariappa, vice-chairperson, Central Social Wel-fare Board; Avaremadanda KMonapppa, managing director,Hutti Gold Mines; Muruvanda KAiyappa, deputy commissioner, Bangalore Urban district; BrigKodandera Arjun Muthanna ofKarnataka State Counter TerrorResponse Team, and others werepresent at the function.

Ramulu menmay rock govtContinued from page 1

The BJP made it a show ofstrength yesterday at Bellary withchief minister D V SadanandaGowda, Eshwarappa, ministersJagadish Shettar and GovindKarajol, and senior leaderPrahlad Joshi accompanying theofficial candidate to the by-pollreturning officer’s office.

Sadananda Gowda decided toleave quite late after he came toknow that Yeddyurappa wouldnot be part of the team. He can-celled all his engagements inBangalore and took a helicopterto Bellary.

Gaadi Ningappa’s choice toocame with great difficulty as Es-hwarappa wanted BJP ST Morchanational secretary Nagendra,while Yeddyurappa supportingthe candidature of BJP state STMorcha president Ashok Kumar.The two filed the nominationpapers, but now have to with-draw as the B form is denied toeither of them.

The decision was taken afterlocal BJP leaders advised Esh-warappa and Yeddyurappa notto support candidates who arenot from Bellary. Nagendra isfrom Bangalore, while AshokKumar is from Gowribidanur.

The Bellary leaders said any out-sider would not be able to con-vince the voters as the problemshere are unique.

Lingappa was chosen as hehas been the party district pres-ident and has moved with Sri-ramulu quite closely. The thoughtwas that Lingappa would be thebest person to take advantageof Sriramulu’s follies, if any.

Eshwarappa is planning totake action against all those whohave thrown their weight behindSriramulu, but has decided towait till the election. He fearsthat any move could adverselyaffect the prospects of the partycandidate.

Poll observers say that theywould rather put their moneybehind Congress candidate Ram-prasad, who could be the un-likely winner in the fight betweenthe official and rebel BJP sectionsin Bellary Rural constituency.

During the last assembly elec-tion, Ramprasad lost to Srira-mulu by a margin of over 25,000votes. He will campaign on theplanks of large scale illegla min-ing in the area by Sriramuluand Janardhana Reddy, corrup-tion cases against BJP ministersand “inaction” of the BJP gov-ernment on development.

Op Lotusforced 19by‑polls on state

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state has faced21 by-elections since the BJP gov-ernment came to power in 2008.Of them, only two are for genuinereasons as the two sitting MLAspassed away.

Rest of them have been forcedbecause of the Operation Lotusby the ruling party, which hadthe habit of poaching legislatorsfrom other parties.

Operation Lotus gave the ma-jority to the ruling party, but losta lot of political mileage amongthe public.

Even the Bellary Rural by-elec-tion is because former ministerB Sriramulu chose to quit theparty and win back the seat asan independent.

Of the two “genuine” cases,the by-poll in Chitradurga Southconstituency was held becauseof the death of sitting MLA Chan-drashekar Patil Revur, while inKadur it was held after the demiseof K M Krishnamurthy.

Governor H R Bhardwaj inaugurates the centenary celebra-tions of Kodava Samaj at Bangalore Palace grounds today.

CSB expo for charityBangalore: The Community Serv-ice of Bangalore (CSB) today be-gan an exhibition to sell good toraise revenues for their charitableinitiatives.

The exhibition, being held atEden Gardens at BangalorePalace Grounds, is on till Christ-mas. The exhibition is being heldsince 1998. Clothes, toys, food

items, cosmetics and other goods are being sold at the ex-hibition.

Anyone who is above 18 yearscan put up a stall, and the exhi-bition has 50 stalls as of now.

The proceedings from the ex-hibition are donate to CSB, whichin turn will donate it to organi-sations.

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Students pose with certificates after attending a free music camp organised by the SwaraSinchana Kala Balaga, supported by Adamya Chetana Trust, in Bangalore today.

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Sorry for not informingDGCA: Kingfisher CEO

New Delhi: Ailing Kingfisher AirlinesCEO Sanjay Agarwal put up a bravefront on Friday and while speaking ex-clusively to Network 18 defended theflight cancellations as part of strategy.Agarwal said, "Cancellation of flightswas a well thought, pre-determinedplan. Cancelled flights on non-profitableroutes and for reconfiguration of seats."

Agarwal said that they had firstplanned to cancel flights for a shorterduration so thought need not be re-quired to notify the Directorate Generalof Civil Aviation (DGCA).

"We apologise to DGCA for not keep-ing them in loop, " added the CEO.

Nine more flights were cancelled inMumbai and 40 flights withdrawn fromall over the country on Saturday.

DGCA on Friday said Kingfisher Air-

lines have assured it that at any givenpoint of time not more than three oftheir aircraft would be out of use andmaintained the government is keepingan eye on whether airlines were usingtheir slots.

Pointing out that Kingfisher Airlineshas sent a reply explaining why its air-craft were not flying, DGCA head BharatBhushan said the airline has given re-configuration of the planes as the rea-son. The ground staff have not beenpaid for three months.

With his cash-strapped airline hittinga air pocket, Kingfisher chief VijayMallya tweeted on the crisis. He said,"Is it Kingfishers duty 2 fly on loss-making routes when State Governmentstax heavily? Or should we be financiallyprudent and fly profitably? Every Gov-

ernment has gone out of the way tosupport airlines and connectivity. InIndia airlines are over taxed and over

charged. Wonder why?"The stocks of the airline plunged to

an all-time low to 19.1 per cent in early

trading on the Bombay Stock Exchangeto a record low before recovering to9.45 per cent. Kingfisher needs over Rs1000 crore in working capital loans totide over its current crisis.

Oil companies to whom Kingfisherowes over Rs 200 crore have alreadythreatened to stop supplies, and airportstoo could follow.

Reaching out to the Aviation Ministrywas the last resort.

With employees also agitated overdelayed salaries, troubles are far fromover for the airline that once flew thegood times.

And it is not just Kingfisher Airlinesin trouble. Even Jet Airways has flowninto bad weather, posting a net loss ofRs 714 crore for the quarter ending inSeptember.

Federer pockets 800th career win Paris: Tennis icon Roger Federer wonthe 800th match of his storied careeron Friday with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Ar-gentine Juan Monaco to set up a semi-final at the Paris Masters with TomasBerdych.

The Swiss holder of a record 16 GrandSlam titles, who lifted his 68th trophylast weekend in Basel, claimed bothhis first and his most recent wins inFrance, scoring his first ATP success inSeptember, 1998, in Toulouse overFrenchman Guillaume Raoux.

Federer ended after just under 90minutes against Monaco with his sev-enth ace, lifting his record to 57-12 onthe season. He is the seventh man intennis history to break the 800-winbarrier.

He has also won his last 62 matchesagainst players ranked outside the Top20 as he beat number 34 Monaco.

Federer said: "It's nice. It's a lot ofmatches, a lot of tennis I've played, Iknow that. But I know there are manyother players that have played moretennis than I have.

"It's just another win, but it's a special

one nevertheless, because 800 is defi-nitely a big number."

Earlier Berdych outlasted secondseed Andy Murray in a marathon battleof missed opportunities 4-6, 7-6 (7/5),6-4.

Federer admitted their semi-finalcould keep fans on the edges of theirseats.

"I like to take it to Tomas, as well,and he does the same thing. So I thinkon an indoor court which we both like,it could be really quite spectacular, Ithink," added the Swiss.

The frustrated Murray ended with aforehand wide on a second match pointfor fifth seed Berdych, who qualifiedinto the field for the year-end WorldTour Finals starting a week from Sundayin London.

The struggle lasted for nearly three-and-a-quarter hours, with Murray miss-ing on 15 of 17 break point chancesand Berdych managing to break onlytwice from 14 opportunities.

"At this stage of the season, and howI have been feeling this week, it's tiring,"said Murray, whose 18-match win streak,

which included three Asian titles, wasended.

"At the end I was just fighting. Iwasn't hitting the ball unbelievable. Iwas just fighting, making a lot of balls."

Murray will head home to Londonto prepare for the eight-man seasonwrap-up without having ever reacheda semi at the Bercy arena.

"I got good practice going into Lon-don, but I'll need to work on a fewthings. I was moving much better thanI did in my first match by the end ofthis one.

"I was really unhappy with the wayI hit my backhand today, which is nor-mally my most solid shot, so that'ssomething I'll look to work on."

Berdych now stands 3-1 over Murrayin their series, winning their last threedating to 2006 and including a victorylast year at Roland Garros.

"It was really one of the best three-set matches I played, with the quality,"said the Czech.

"This kind of match cannot happenwith just one player, Andy played agood game, as well.

"I'm the happier one today. I lovegoing to the court to try to play matcheslike that. It's the best feeling."

Off court, top seed Novak Djokovicpulled out to hand Frenchman Jo-Wil-fried Tsonga a walkover into the lastfour due to a shoulder injury.

The Serb world number one said hisshoulder had worsened after his 4-6,6-3, 6-1 victory over compatriot ViktorTroicki on Thursday.

"I have pushed myself to the limitby playing, and after the match yester-day my shoulder got worse," Djokovicannounced on his official website.

ATP officials said Friday Djokovicflew directly to his Monte Carlo base tobegin treatment by the same specialistswho somehow got him fit for a Parisstart after re-injuring the shoulder inlast weekend's Basel semifinal loss toKei Nishikori. With players for the eight-man World Tour Finals due in Londonon Thursday, the timetable givesDjokovic at least six treatment days.

Tsonga next plays American JohnIsner who ousted fourth seededSpaniard David Ferrer 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Maya takeson Rahul

ahead of pollNew Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chiefminister Mayawati on Saturdaylashed out at the Congress aheadof the UP assembly elections.

The UP Chief Ministerslammed the Congress's latesttactic of sprawling solo postersof Rahul Gandhi being usedacross the state.

Mayawati called it a merehistrionics and said that Gandhishould concentrate on Centre'sactions.

Taking a no holds barredswipe at the Congress GeneralSecretary, Mayawati said heshould stop his antics in thestate.

Mayawati said the CongressGeneral Secretary should alsohelp on the issue of inflationand rising petrol prices whichwere posing immense hardshipsto the people in UP.

"As an MP from the state heshould exert pressure on theunion government for releasingfunds for the welfare works andprojects for Uttar Pradesh," shesaid.

Speaking at a function to ded-icate UP Viklang UddharShakuntala Misra University onthe outskirts of the state capitalin Lucknow, she also questionedRahul's "silence" on "attacksand harassment" on the peoplefrom Uttar Pradesh when theygo to Congress ruled states likeMaharashtra and Delhi in searchof livelihood.

She also said that Gandhi doesnot get angry at his party ruledgovernment in Haryana whenDalits are "uprooted" there.

Taking potshots at the Con-gress for stating that there was

'jungle raj' in UP, she referredto various incidents taking placein the earlier Congress govern-ments of the state saying at thattime it was regarded the rule oflaw.

On charges of corruptionagainst her government, the chiefminister said that Congress hashad a "long history of corruption"and it is unbecoming of them tocomment on our government.

Addressing a press conference,Mayawati said, "About the UPgovernment, Rahul is directinghis anger towards the state gov-ernment. He should rather aimit towards Congress-led govern-ment at the Centre. Rahul shouldmake efforts to bring down theprice of petrol and other com-modities which are affecting thecommon man. It surprises methat Rahul Gandhi is not verykeen on solving such issues."

Singh 1st foreignleader to address Maldives House

Male: Prime Minister ManmohanSingh was on Saturday accordedthe "unique" honour of beingthe first foreign dignitary to ad-dress the multi-party 'People'sMajlis', Maldives' Parliament, af-ter it came into being in 2009.

Singh read out his speech out-lining the "time-tested" relation-ship India had with this pictur-esque island nation as all the 75MPs of the Majlis listened in raptattention. On his first visit toMaldives as the prime minister,Singh said it was an "unforget-table journey" to the country forhim which he will cherish.

"I am overwhelmed by thebreathtaking beauty and seren-ity" of this country, he said.

Majlis Speaker AbdullahShahid welcomed him sayingthat his country has lot to learnfrom India, a leading economicgiant and the largest democracyin the world.

Singh acknowledged that itwas a unique honour for him toaddress the Majlis.

"I am truly honoured by thisgesture accorded to me and mycountry," he said.

The prime minister also con-veyed belated greetings to thepeople of Maldives on their Re-public Day, which was celebratedon Friday.

Singh's wife Gursharan Kaurand Maldivian President Mo-hammed Nasheed's wife LailaAli Abdullah were present at theMajlis during the address.

2nd Test: Indialook to wrap itup with spin

Kolkata: A buoyant India willhope to dominate the West Indiesagain with spin as they bid tosecure a series-clinching win inthe second Test starting at theEden Gardens in Kolkata on Mon-day. The latest spin duo ofRavichandran Ashwin andPragyan Ojha shared 16 wicketsto help India cruise to a five-wicket victory in the openingcontest of the three-match seriesin New Delhi on Wednesday.Left-arm spinner Ojha had a six-wicket haul in the first inningsand debutant off-spinner Ashwinalso took six in the second in-nings on a low, slow turningtrack to trouble the West Indiesbatsmen. The duo's success cameat the right time for India, whohad been looking for match-win-ning spinners after the retirementof Anil Kumble in 2008 and Harb-hajan Singh's recent slump inform.

Ashwin, who replaced Harb-hajan, did not let the selectorsdown with match figures of 9-128, the second-best haul by anIndian debutant after leg-spinnerNarendra Hirwani's 16-136against the West Indies in 1988.Ashwin, who is getting marriedon Sunday, was lauded by thelegendary Indian off-spinner Er-apalli Prasanna for his disci-plined performance whichearned him the man-of-the-match award. "I am impressedwith the way Ashwin bowled inthe first Test," said Prasanna."His line and length was impec-cable, his basics were right andhe used his height well to gen-erate spin."

The Eden Gardens wicket hastraditionally helped spin and itis unlikely to be any differentthis time, leaving the touristswith a tough task if they are tobounce back in the series. Indiaalso batted well in the secondinnings in New Delhi when theycomfortably chased a challenging276-run target on the difficultpitch.

Batting superstar Sachin Ten-dulkar, who is on the verge ofan unprecedented 100th inter-national century, showed theway with a solid 76 before V V SLaxman completed the win withan unbeaten half-century.

Opener Virender Sehwag pro-vided brisk starts with Gautam

Gambhir in both the inningswith a pair of half-centuries,while veteran Rahul Dravidcracked a fighting 54 in the firstinnings.

The West Indies had seizedthe early advantage when theybowled India out for 209 afterposting 304 in the first innings,but failed to capitalise on it andcrashed to 180 in the second in-nings.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul of-fered the main resistance, scoring118 and 47 in the match.

West Indies skipper DarrenSammy conceded his batsmenneeded to solve the Indian spinpuzzle soon to stay alive in theseries.

"We need to find a way toscore against spin. Attackingagainst the spinners could bean option like Chanderpaulshowed in both the innings," hesaid.

"We could have been morepositive without being reckless.That is something we can lookat for the second Test. We willwork hard at the nets to get itright.

"We were ahead for a portionof the match and we should havemaintained that advantage. Inmany ways we see this as an op-portunity missed as we let Indiaback into the match and theytook it away from us," said Sam-my.

West Indies seamers Sammyand Fidel Edwards, and leg-spin-ner Devendra Bishoo impressedin the last Test, but they willneed to keep constant pressureon the formidable Indian battingline-up.

The squads: India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(capt), Virender Sehwag, GautamGambhir, Rahul Dravid, SachinTendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman,Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, AjinkyaRahane, Ravichandran Ashwin,Pragyan Ojha, Rahul Sharma,Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav,Varun Aaron.

West Indies: Darren Sammy(capt), Adrian Barath, CarltonBaugh, Devendra Bishoo, KraiggBrathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shiv-narine Chanderpaul, Fidel Ed-wards, Kirk Edwards, KieranPowell, Denesh Ramdin, RaviRampaul, Kemar Roach, MarlonSamuels, Shane Shillingford.

ISI will beunder meif I'm PM,

says ImranIslamabad: Pakistani oppositionleader and Tehreek e Insaaf chiefImran Khan said he will rein inthe Pakistani Army and the ISIif he becomes Prime Minister.

Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Imran said that if and whenhe becomes Prime Minister theneverything that happens in thecountry will be his responsibilityand hence, the Army will be un-der him.

"Unless I can implement myagenda, which means that I takeresponsibility of everything thathappens in Pakistan, it meansthat the Army is under me," hesaid.

On being asked if he will havethe courage and strength to chal-lenge General Ashfaq ParvezKayani and the core command-ers, Imran said that if he is thePrime Minister then the Armyand the ISI will be under him,which means that the ISI willnot be able do anything without reporting to him.

Imran maintained that he hasnever been controlled by anyone,so if he becomes the leader ofPakistan then he will be boss.

He said, "I have never everever been controlled by anyone,I will be the leader."

Hegde:Gaonkarlooked

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The conduct of Gaonkar"looked positive" going by news-paper reports and "whatever hesubmitted to the Special Lokayuk-ta Court".

"That has created a lot of angerin the political administration,"the former Supreme Court judgesaid.

Without naming Yeddyurap -pa, who he indicted in his illegalmining report, Hegde said,"Some people ultimately got bailand they came out but inquiryagainst them and their familyand former colleagues is con-tinuing".

Hegde also claimed that somenewspapers have reported thatthe Chief Secretary had objectedto Rao's name and questionedthe "sudden transfer withoutthere being a Lokayukta, withouthis opinion". The post is vacantright now.

"All this leads to one and onlyconclusion that this was donefor collateral purpose...to sabo-tage the investigation", he said.

Dr Manmohan SinghChannels get notice for

Bhanwari CDNew Delhi:  The government hastaken serious note of the telecastof a CD purportedly showingnurse Bhanwari Devi and formerRajasthan minister MahipalMaderna in a compromising po-sition and issued show causenotices to two news channels.Official sources said that the no-tices have been sent to newschannels P7 and Sahara Samaywho have been directed not torepeat the telecast of the same.

The charges against the twochannels are with regard toshowing content which is againstgood taste and decency, not suit-able for unrestricted public ex-

hibition, obscene and not meantfor viewing by children.

The two channels have beengiven time till 4 pm on November14 to showcause why action hasnot not be taken against them.They can also present their caseto an inter-ministerial committeeat 4 pm on November 14 if theywant.

"It has come to the notice ofthe Ministry of Information andBroadcasting that two televisionchannels namely, P7 News andSahara Samay, have shown aprogramme allegedly involvingMs Banwari Devi," the sourcessaid last night.

Turkish forcesshoot hijacker

Ankara: A senior official saysTurkish commandos stormed thehijacked ferry and shot the lonehijacker.

Habib Soluk, undersecretaryof the transport ministry, saysnone of the 18 passengers orcrew members were hurt duringthe raid.

Soluk told state-run TRT tele-vision that security forces weretrying to verify whether or notthe hijacker possessed a bomb,as he claimed.

TRT said the hijacker was

dead. It says some people jumpedinto the sea during the raid. Theferry was anchored just off thecoast of the town of Silivri, onIstanbul's outskirts.

Coast guard boats and a helicopter were chasing the ferry since it was hijacked on Friday evening after it set sailfrom the northwestern port ofIzmit.

Authorities said a suspectedKurdish rebel hijacker, claimingto possess a bomb, had com-mandeered the ship.

War of wordsbetween KiranBedi, Kejriwal

New Delhi: Another rift has hitTeam Anna – this time involvingkey members Arvind Kejriwaland Kiran Bedi.

A day after Kejriwal disap-proved of Bedi's overchargingher hosts by inflating travel billssaying she was wrong in doingso, the former cop hit back atthe social activist saying hewould not have made such acomment if he had comprehend-ed the issue fully.

"The only problem is that hedidn't understand the issue ful-ly... If he had more understand-ing of the issue, then his answerwould have been different," Bedisaid

Asked about the controversyover Bedi's flying economy classand charging her host-organisersfor business class tickets, Kejriwalhad yesterday said that "sheshould not have done it. Shehas said it will not happen again.I would not have done what Ki-ran Bedi did".

However, he said she had onlycommitted a "technical irregu-larity" and was not a personalbeneficiary of the money. Bedihad yesterday posted on Twitterthat "Arvind has informed methat it's a spin for a purpose".

Rahul Gandhi

Kiran Bedi

No weddingbells yet,

says BeboMumbai: Recently crownedNawab of Pataudi Saif Ali Khanmight have been earnestly want-ing to get married to his ladyloveKareena Kapoor, but the prettylass is in no hurry to tie the nup-tial.

alking to a daily, Bebo said,“Wrong! It`s great that peoplehave set my wedding date, havedesigned my wedding dress andplanned my honeymoon withoutme being aware of it! It`s flatter-ing, but no, I`m not getting mar-ried, yet!”

The Kapoor girl, who is on acareer high at the moment, hasbig projects in her kitty oppositeand is in no mood for a ‘big fatwedding’.

Talking about her relationshipwith Saif, the girl said, “Saif andI are happily in love and happywith each other; we are takingour time. And I assure you, noth-ing - absolutely nothing - is fixedas yet: no marriage date, no mar-riage dress, nothing!” Showingleast inclination to get hitchedwith her beau Saif, Kareenaspoke more about her upcomingfilm ‘Agent Vinod’.