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Jaitapur site not immune to quake Bangalore: Two leading geologists have warned that a magnitude 6-plus earthquake cannot be ruled out in Jaitapur - the proposed site of In- dia's largest 9,900 MW nuclear power plant on the west coast that has seen protests against it for safety reasons - and that it could occur with- in the lifetime of the power plant. "Since Jaitapur lies in the same compressional stress regime that has been responsible for gen- erating both the magnitude 6.3 Latur and mag- nitude 6.4 Koyna earthquakes in the past five decades, it can be argued that a similar sized earthquake could possibly occur directly be- neath the power plant," they say in a report in the latest issue of Current Science published by the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore. "The probability of this earthquake occurring is low but it is nevertheless possible, and is an important consideration in the analysis of power plant safety," say its authors -- Roger Bil- ham in the department of geological sciences of the University of Colorado, US, and Vinod Gaur in the CSIR Centre for Mathematical Mod- elling and Computer Simulation in Bangalore. According to Bilham and Gaur, the Indian Plate is unique among the world's continental plates in that it is flexed by its collision with the Tibetan Plateau resulting in "belts" of buckling parallel to the Himalaya that extend southward, deep into the plate interior. This "flexural depression", they say, results in high compressional stresses that are believed to be responsible for the thrust faulting that pro- duced the Latur earthquake, and presumably for the faulting in the Koyna region. "The Jaita- pur region lies in this same compressional downwarp," the researchers warn. "The occurrence of earthquakes of up to mag- nitude 6.5 on faults near Koyna and Latur at ap- proximately the same latitudes of Jaitapur is of considerable concern, since the stress regime near Jaitapur cannot differ substantially from these two areas when viewed from a 'flexural' perspective," the scientists note. The occurrence of the nearby Koyna earth- quake has presumably loaded the Jaitapur re- gion closer to failure as a result of a process called "Coulomb stress transfer", they add. The Jaitapur site is 110 km from the Koyna earthquake of 1967, which was induced by the impounding of the Koyna reservoir. The authors say the Koyna earthquake signifies a region that was highly stressed prior to reservoir im- poundment. "As the stresses in the region are likely to be similar over hundreds of kilometres, the Jaitapur region must be considered to be sim- ilarly stressed," they say. Jaitapur has no record of local seismicity in the past century. However, moderate events such as the Koyna earthquake at distances less than 30 km and larger ones at distances greater than 100 km can also produce significant shaking, they say. This level of shaking can be easily ac- commodated by most nuclear power plants, but considering that Jaitapur lies in a tectonic set- ting similar to Latur and Koyna, an earth- quake of magnitude 6.5 is "not unlikely" there, they say. "It could occur within the lifetime of the nuclear power plant." The Nuclear Power Corporation that plans to house six French reactors in Jaitapur has said the reactors will not face a seismic risk as the site is in seismic zone three and not four. But Bil- ham and Gaur said the historical seismic record near Jaitapur extends reliably back for only 200 years and estimates of risk assessed from a short dataset of only the past few centuries, "may not represent the true risk to the plant", they say. Bilham and Gaur say the low strain rate and the rare incidence of recent or historical earth- quakes in the region means "there presumably exist numerous faults that represent seismic haz- ards we know nothing about". Many of India's faults do not reach the surface, and their ex- amination using traditional palaeo-seismic methods is not feasible, they say. "A knowledge of the distribution of surface and subsurface faults near Jaitapur is, therefore, an important factor in characterising local seismic hazards considering that the Latur earthquake occurred on an unmapped surface fault," the report says. The geologists caution that the apparent "seismic quietness" of Jaitapur does not mean that a severe earthquake cannot occur there. "If stress in the region is sufficiently mature to have brought an existing subsurface fault close to fail- ure, an earthquake may be imminent," they said. "It is our opinion that insufficient data are available to exclude this possibility." "While this may be considered of low prob- ability, it is nevertheless possible, and as the re- cent earthquake in Japan has demonstrated, it is relevant to plan for all possible futures in the design of nuclear power plants," they say. WILL EXPOSE CONG NETAS: BSY Bangalore Beat Bureau Bellary: “I will bring Congress leaders to the street and expose the irregularities commit- ted during their tenure,” thundered former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa here today. “I have got all the details of irregularities committed during the Congress regime. The highest level of illegal mining occurred dur- ing the former chief minister S M Krishna regime,” the BJP strongman, who is here to campaign for the party official candidate Gaa- di Lingappa for the Bellary Rural assembly by-election, said. “You danced and marched all the way till Bellary, protesting against illegal mining. But I was the one who took a landmark decision to ban illegal mining and export. I was a mod- el for the country,” he said. “Former minister B Sriramulu has creat- ed an atmosphere of terror here. People are scared to step out of their homes. I will teach him a lesson in this election. I will continue to campaign in the coming days. I will be here again on November 26 and 28,” he said. Referring to his term in jail for alleged in- volvement in illegal mining scandal, he said, “Congress president G Parameshwara has said that I have been taught a lesson. All opposition parties had conspired to send me to jail. I have come out of jail now. I am ready to face any punishment.” The last day for public campaigning for the by-election, which has been necessitated with the resignation of Sriramulu, is No- vember 28. The election will take place on No- vember 30 and the counting will be on De- cember 4. Sriramulu, who was representing the constituency from the BJP, is contesting as an independent. Putting a series of questions to former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde, whose re- port on illegal mining led to Yeddyurappa re- signing from his chief minister’s post and landing up in jail, he said, “Justice Hegde had made a serious allegation that the phones were tapped. Why does not that issue come to the fore now. Why is he keeping quiet? Why illegal mining during the tenure of S M Kr- ishna not probed? I was a chief minister at the time of the presentation of the report. Why was I not given a notice by the Lokayuk- ta, like all others?” He said that at least for courtesy’s sake, Jus- tice Hegde should have given him a notice. “It was my government which ordered the Lokayukta to investigate illegal mining cas- es. We did not request him to conduct the in- vestigation, but ordered him to do it.” Attacking the Congress, he said, “The party has been making allegations against maths and their heads. The leaders should apologise.” He said that JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda wanted to end his political ca- reer by sending him to jail. “But I will not quit politics. I will stay on to fight till the end. Even after 20 years from now, I will go around with the help of walking stick, but will continue to indulge in politics.” Darshan did not slap fan: Brother Bangalore Beat Bureau Bangalore: Though actor Dar- shan wants to forget the bitter past, the media is not going to let him off so easily. The latest is that Darshan, who got out of jail recently after facing charges of assault on his wife, slapped one of his fans during his visit to film theatres in the city to celebrate the success of his move Sarathy. Darshan’s brother Dinakar said, "We had gone on theatre visits to Bannuru and Malavalli in a mini-bus. There was a minor accident and one person had minor injury while the bus was reversing. We came to know about it only when we stopped at the next theatre. Immediately we went back and checked the person's condition and every- thing seemed OK." But when specifically asked about the alleged slapping inci- dent, he said, "There was no such incident during our trip. I don’t know how such rumours spread. Why is the media tar- getting Toogudeep's family? Why is media losing responsibility and creating false information? Do they have visuals of the al- leged incident? Let them show it to us. Then we are ready to take any punishment." Explaining the whole trip, Darshan's brother said, "On the way back from Malavalli, Dar- shan went and met one of his fans, who runs a tea stall and had fasted during Darshan’s stay in jail. My brother actually went to thank him. Where did the ques- tion of slapping him arise," he asks. Darshan is not talking about the incident, while Dinakar, who accompanied him during the trip, is quite upset. "We have really worked hard to come up and are still working hard. Is it wrong to be a celebri- ty? The family has just got to- gether. How can he even think of slapping somebody? I request the media to leave us in peace," he says. Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex slumped down over 500 points to below 15600 at midsession trading on Wednes- day. While Nifty fell below 4,700 to hit 2011 lows, amid worries about faltering glob- al growth. This is the lowest level in two years. Earlier the Sensex plummeted by over 220 points in opening trade, wiping out gains registered in yesterday's brief come- back following an eight-session losing streak on profit-booking ahead of month- ly expiry in the derivatives segment and negative US cues. The 30-share barometer, which gained 119.32 points in the previous session, was down by 220.70 points, or 1.37 percent, at 15,844.72 within minutes of the opening bell Wednesday. The wide-based National stock Ex- change Nifty index also fell by 67.45 points, or 1.40 percent, to 4,744.90. All the sectoral indices, led by metal, tech and banking stocks, were trading in the negative zone, with losses of up to 1.54 percent. Brokers said a fresh bout of sell- ing by funds and retail investors, cashing in on the brief recovery of the equity mar- kets yesterday amid a weak trend in glob- al markets, weighed down the trading sen- timent. In addition, they said, expiry of month- ly derivative contracts later this week and fresh concerns about the health of the global economy after a downward revision of the US growth rate in the third quarter of 2011. Jaya resumes deposition in city court Bangalore: Tamil Nadu chief min- ister Jay- alalithaa today re- sumed her deposition before a special court here in the dis- proportion- ate assets case, ap- pearing be- fore it for the fourth time since last month. She ap- peared before special Judge B M Mallikarjunaiah at the makeshift court hall at the Parapana Agra- hara Central Jail on city outskirts to reply to the remaining 192 ques- tions out of the 1,339 framed by the judge in the 15-year old case. Jayalalithaa, who returned to Chennai last evening after the dep- osition, arrived here by a special air- craft this morning. Continued on page 3 Actor Darshan (right) and his brother Dinakar. SC grants bail to 5 honchos in 2G case New Delhi: In the first bail in 2G case, the Supreme Court today ordered the re- lease of five top corporate executives from Tihar Jail, raising hopes of other ac- cused in the case including former Tele- com Minister A Raja and DMK MP Kani- mozhi who have been in prison for over six months. A bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and H L Dattu directed the release of the five corporate honchos – Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom di- rector Vinod Goenka and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group executives Hari Nair, Gautam Doshi and Surrendra Pipara. They were asked to furnish two sureties of Rs 5 Lakh each to the satisfaction of the special judge holding the trial of the case as bail condition. The operative part of the judgement was read by Justice Dat- tu. The accused had moved the apex court challenging Delhi High Court and trial court orders turning down their bail pleas. CBI had opposed their release on bail saying they could approach the trial court for relief. The accused, who have been charged with various offences under the Indian Pe- nal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act, had contended they should be grant- ed bail as charges have already been framed in the case and there is no chance of them tampering with evidence. The bail plea of Kanimozhi and four others is due to come up for hearing be- fore the Delhi High Court on December one. This is the first time that any of the accused in the 2G scam has been grant- ed bail. Other accused in the case include Raja's Private Secretary R K Chandolia, who is a suspended IRS officer, and for- mer Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Be- hura. Others arrested in the case include Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, his cousin Asif Balwa and their col- league Rajeev Agarwal, besides DMK-run Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar and Mumbai filmmaker Karim Morani. Three telecom firms Reliance Telecom Ltd, Swan Telecom and Unitech (Tamil Nadu) Wireless Ltd too have been listed as accused in the CBI cahrgesheet in the case. The CBI had chargesheeted 14 per- sons in the scam, with Raja being the first to be arrested on February 2, along with his former Private Secretary Chandolia and former Telecom Secretary Behura. The five executives, who were on Wednesday granted bail, were arrested on April 20. Besides Kanimozhi, the four others who have moved the High Court against the special court's order on bail are Kalaignar TV MD Kumar, Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt. Ltd. Directors Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal and film producer Morani. Evening daily City techies hack into Delhi airport P 3 Bangalore Beat Vol. 1, Issue 363 n Wednesday n November 23, 2011 No. of pages: 4 n Price: ` 2 Dravid gets Umrigar award P 4 Sensex, Nifty sink to two‑year low J Jayalalithaa Members of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee protest demanding that the alleged irregularities at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike be handed over to the CBI. It is reported that the BBMP has cleared bills for unfinished works, two bills for the same works, committing irregularities running into hundreds of crores in three assembly divisions of the city. ʻCBI must probeʼ S Radhakrishna B S Yeddyurappa

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Jaitapur site notimmuneto quakeBangalore: Two leading geologists have warnedthat a magnitude 6-plus earthquake cannot beruled out in Jaitapur - the proposed site of In-dia's largest 9,900 MW nuclear power plant onthe west coast that has seen protests against itfor safety reasons - and that it could occur with-in the lifetime of the power plant.

"Since Jaitapur lies in the same compressionalstress regime that has been responsible for gen-erating both the magnitude 6.3 Latur and mag-nitude 6.4 Koyna earthquakes in the past fivedecades, it can be argued that a similar sizedearthquake could possibly occur directly be-neath the power plant," they say in a report inthe latest issue of Current Science published bythe Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore.

"The probability of this earthquake occurringis low but it is nevertheless possible, and is animportant consideration in the analysis ofpower plant safety," say its authors -- Roger Bil-ham in the department of geological sciencesof the University of Colorado, US, and VinodGaur in the CSIR Centre for Mathematical Mod-elling and Computer Simulation in Bangalore.According to Bilham and Gaur, the IndianPlate is unique among the world's continentalplates in that it is flexed by its collision with theTibetan Plateau resulting in "belts" of bucklingparallel to the Himalaya that extend southward,deep into the plate interior.

This "flexural depression", they say, resultsin high compressional stresses that are believedto be responsible for the thrust faulting that pro-duced the Latur earthquake, and presumablyfor the faulting in the Koyna region. "The Jaita-pur region lies in this same compressionaldownwarp," the researchers warn.

"The occurrence of earthquakes of up to mag-nitude 6.5 on faults near Koyna and Latur at ap-proximately the same latitudes of Jaitapur is ofconsiderable concern, since the stress regimenear Jaitapur cannot differ substantially fromthese two areas when viewed from a 'flexural'perspective," the scientists note.

The occurrence of the nearby Koyna earth-quake has presumably loaded the Jaitapur re-gion closer to failure as a result of a processcalled "Coulomb stress transfer", they add.

The Jaitapur site is 110 km from the Koynaearthquake of 1967, which was induced by theimpounding of the Koyna reservoir. The authorssay the Koyna earthquake signifies a region thatwas highly stressed prior to reservoir im-poundment. "As the stresses in the region arelikely to be similar over hundreds of kilometres,the Jaitapur region must be considered to be sim-ilarly stressed," they say.

Jaitapur has no record of local seismicity inthe past century. However, moderate events suchas the Koyna earthquake at distances less than30 km and larger ones at distances greater than100 km can also produce significant shaking,they say. This level of shaking can be easily ac-commodated by most nuclear power plants, butconsidering that Jaitapur lies in a tectonic set-ting similar to Latur and Koyna, an earth-quake of magnitude 6.5 is "not unlikely" there,they say. "It could occur within the lifetime ofthe nuclear power plant."

The Nuclear Power Corporation that plans tohouse six French reactors in Jaitapur has saidthe reactors will not face a seismic risk as thesite is in seismic zone three and not four. But Bil-ham and Gaur said the historical seismic recordnear Jaitapur extends reliably back for only 200years and estimates of risk assessed from a shortdataset of only the past few centuries, "may notrepresent the true risk to the plant", they say.

Bilham and Gaur say the low strain rate andthe rare incidence of recent or historical earth-quakes in the region means "there presumablyexist numerous faults that represent seismic haz-ards we know nothing about". Many of India'sfaults do not reach the surface, and their ex-amination using traditional palaeo-seismicmethods is not feasible, they say.

"A knowledge of the distribution of surfaceand subsurface faults near Jaitapur is, therefore,an important factor in characterising localseismic hazards considering that the Laturearthquake occurred on an unmapped surfacefault," the report says.

The geologists caution that the apparent"seismic quietness" of Jaitapur does not meanthat a severe earthquake cannot occur there. "Ifstress in the region is sufficiently mature to havebrought an existing subsurface fault close to fail-ure, an earthquake may be imminent," theysaid. "It is our opinion that insufficient data areavailable to exclude this possibility."

"While this may be considered of low prob-ability, it is nevertheless possible, and as the re-cent earthquake in Japan has demonstrated, itis relevant to plan for all possible futures in thedesign of nuclear power plants," they say.

WILL EXPOSECONG NETAS: BSY

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bellary: “I will bring Congress leaders to thestreet and expose the irregularities commit-ted during their tenure,” thundered formerchief minister B S Yeddyurappa here today.

“I have got all the details of irregularitiescommitted during the Congress regime. Thehighest level of illegal mining occurred dur-ing the former chief minister S M Krishnaregime,” the BJP strongman, who is here tocampaign for the party official candidate Gaa-di Lingappa for the Bellary Rural assemblyby-election, said.

“You danced and marched all the way tillBellary, protesting against illegal mining. ButI was the one who took a landmark decisionto ban illegal mining and export. I was a mod-el for the country,” he said.

“Former minister B Sriramulu has creat-ed an atmosphere of terror here. People arescared to step out of their homes. I will teachhim a lesson in this election. I will continueto campaign in the coming days. I will be hereagain on November 26 and 28,” he said.

Referring to his term in jail for alleged in-volvement in illegal mining scandal, hesaid, “Congress president G Parameshwarahas said that I have been taught a lesson. Allopposition parties had conspired to send meto jail. I have come out of jail now. I am ready

to face any punishment.”The last day for public campaigning for the

by-election, which has been necessitatedwith the resignation of Sriramulu, is No-vember 28. The election will take place on No-vember 30 and the counting will be on De-cember 4. Sriramulu, who was representingthe constituency from the BJP, is contesting

as an independent.Putting a series of questions to former

Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde, whose re-port on illegal mining led to Yeddyurappa re-signing from his chief minister’s post andlanding up in jail, he said, “Justice Hegde hadmade a serious allegation that the phoneswere tapped. Why does not that issue cometo the fore now. Why is he keeping quiet? Whyillegal mining during the tenure of S M Kr-ishna not probed? I was a chief minister atthe time of the presentation of the report.Why was I not given a notice by the Lokayuk-ta, like all others?”

He said that at least for courtesy’s sake, Jus-tice Hegde should have given him a notice.“It was my government which ordered theLokayukta to investigate illegal mining cas-es. We did not request him to conduct the in-vestigation, but ordered him to do it.”

Attacking the Congress, he said, “Theparty has been making allegations againstmaths and their heads. The leaders shouldapologise.”

He said that JD(S) national president H DDeve Gowda wanted to end his political ca-reer by sending him to jail. “But I will not quitpolitics. I will stay on to fight till the end. Evenafter 20 years from now, I will go around withthe help of walking stick, but will continueto indulge in politics.”

Darshan did not slap fan: BrotherBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Though actor Dar-shan wants to forget the bitterpast, the media is not going to lethim off so easily.

The latest is that Darshan,who got out of jail recently afterfacing charges of assault on hiswife, slapped one of his fansduring his visit to film theatres inthe city to celebrate the successof his move Sarathy.

Darshan’s brother Dinakarsaid, "We had gone on theatrevisits to Bannuru and Malavalliin a mini-bus. There was a minoraccident and one person hadminor injury while the bus wasreversing. We came to knowabout it only when we stopped atthe next theatre. Immediatelywe went back and checked theperson's condition and every-thing seemed OK."

But when specifically askedabout the alleged slapping inci-dent, he said, "There was no

such incident during our trip. Idon’t know how such rumours

spread. Why is the media tar-getting Toogudeep's family? Why

is media losing responsibilityand creating false information?Do they have visuals of the al-leged incident? Let them show itto us. Then we are ready to takeany punishment."

Explaining the whole trip,Darshan's brother said, "On theway back from Malavalli, Dar-shan went and met one of hisfans, who runs a tea stall and hadfasted during Darshan’s stay injail. My brother actually went tothank him. Where did the ques-tion of slapping him arise," heasks.

Darshan is not talking aboutthe incident, while Dinakar, whoaccompanied him during thetrip, is quite upset.

"We have really worked hardto come up and are still workinghard. Is it wrong to be a celebri-ty? The family has just got to-gether. How can he even think ofslapping somebody? I requestthe media to leave us in peace,"he says.

Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensexslumped down over 500 points to below15600 at midsession trading on Wednes-day.

While Nifty fell below 4,700 to hit 2011lows, amid worries about faltering glob-al growth. This is the lowest level in twoyears.

Earlier the Sensex plummeted by over220 points in opening trade, wiping outgains registered in yesterday's brief come-back following an eight-session losingstreak on profit-booking ahead of month-ly expiry in the derivatives segment andnegative US cues.

The 30-share barometer, which gained119.32 points in the previous session, wasdown by 220.70 points, or 1.37 percent, at15,844.72 within minutes of the opening

bell Wednesday.The wide-based National stock Ex-

change Nifty index also fell by 67.45points, or 1.40 percent, to 4,744.90.

All the sectoral indices, led by metal,tech and banking stocks, were trading inthe negative zone, with losses of up to 1.54percent. Brokers said a fresh bout of sell-ing by funds and retail investors, cashingin on the brief recovery of the equity mar-kets yesterday amid a weak trend in glob-al markets, weighed down the trading sen-timent.

In addition, they said, expiry of month-ly derivative contracts later this weekand fresh concerns about the health of theglobal economy after a downward revisionof the US growth rate in the third quarterof 2011.

Jaya resumesdeposition in

city courtBangalore: Tamil Nadu chief min-ister Jay-alalithaatoday re-sumed herdepositionbefore as p e c i a lcourt herein the dis-proportion-ate assetscase, ap-pearing be-fore it forthe fourthtime sincelast month.

She ap-peared before special Judge B MMallikarjunaiah at the makeshiftcourt hall at the Parapana Agra-hara Central Jail on city outskirts toreply to the remaining 192 ques-tions out of the 1,339 framed by thejudge in the 15-year old case.

Jayalalithaa, who returned toChennai last evening after the dep-osition, arrived here by a special air-craft this morning.

Continued on page 3

Actor Darshan (right) and his brother Dinakar.

SC grants bail to 5 honchos

in 2G caseNew Delhi: In the first bail in 2G case, theSupreme Court today ordered the re-lease of five top corporate executivesfrom Tihar Jail, raising hopes of other ac-cused in the case including former Tele-com Minister A Raja and DMK MP Kani-mozhi who have been in prison for oversix months.

A bench comprising justices G SSinghvi and H L Dattu directed the releaseof the five corporate honchos – UnitechMD Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom di-rector Vinod Goenka and Reliance AnilDhirubhai Ambani Group executives HariNair, Gautam Doshi and Surrendra Pipara.

They were asked to furnish two suretiesof Rs 5 Lakh each to the satisfaction of thespecial judge holding the trial of thecase as bail condition. The operative partof the judgement was read by Justice Dat-tu.

The accused had moved the apex courtchallenging Delhi High Court and trialcourt orders turning down their bailpleas.

CBI had opposed their release on bailsaying they could approach the trialcourt for relief.

The accused, who have been chargedwith various offences under the Indian Pe-nal Code and the Prevention of CorruptionAct, had contended they should be grant-ed bail as charges have already beenframed in the case and there is no chanceof them tampering with evidence.

The bail plea of Kanimozhi and four

others is due to come up for hearing be-fore the Delhi High Court on Decemberone. This is the first time that any of theaccused in the 2G scam has been grant-ed bail.

Other accused in the case includeRaja's Private Secretary R K Chandolia,who is a suspended IRS officer, and for-mer Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Be-hura.

Others arrested in the case includeSwan Telecom promoter Shahid UsmanBalwa, his cousin Asif Balwa and their col-league Rajeev Agarwal, besides DMK-runKalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar andMumbai filmmaker Karim Morani.

Three telecom firms Reliance TelecomLtd, Swan Telecom and Unitech (TamilNadu) Wireless Ltd too have been listedas accused in the CBI cahrgesheet in thecase.

The CBI had chargesheeted 14 per-sons in the scam, with Raja being the firstto be arrested on February 2, along withhis former Private Secretary Chandoliaand former Telecom Secretary Behura.

The five executives, who were onWednesday granted bail, were arrested onApril 20.

Besides Kanimozhi, the four otherswho have moved the High Court againstthe special court's order on bail areKalaignar TV MD Kumar, Kusegaon Fruitsand Vegetables Pvt. Ltd. Directors Balwaand Rajeev Agarwal and film producerMorani.

Evening dailyCity techies hack into Delhi airport P 3

BangaloreBeatVol. 1, Issue 363 n Wednesday n November 23, 2011 No. of pages: 4 n Price: ` 2

Dravid gets Umrigar award P 4

Sensex, Nifty sink to two‑year low

J Jayalalithaa

Members of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee protest demanding that the alleged irregularities at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike be handed over to theCBI. It is reported that the BBMP has cleared bills for unfinished works, two bills for the

same works, committing irregularities running into hundreds of crores in three assembly divisions of the city.

ʻCBI must probeʼS Radhakrishna

B S Yeddyurappa

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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 (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Vijay (11.15am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Vision Cin-emas (10 am, 1, 4, 7 pm)

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)

City police top amongmetros in solving cases

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Bangalore police cannow boast of a feather in their cap. Theyhave been rated as the top force in crack-ing the cases.

According to the National CrimesRecord Bureau (NCRB), the Bangalorepolice have even beaten their Delhi coun-terparts.

The NCRB has a word of appreciationfor the Silicon City police in its report for2010. Of all the cities, Bhopal is the No. 1in detecting theft and other crimes, whileBangalore is in the eighth place. But ofall the metros, Bangalore comes on top.

In 2010, the Bangalore police have re-covered valuables worth Rs 5,881.1 lakhof the 12,783.5 lakh worth valuables stolen.The recovery stands at 46.8 percent, the

NCRB states in its report.Under the Bruhat Bangalore limits,

10,658 cases of theft, involving valuablesworth Rs 10,181 lakh, had been reported.In 66 cases of dacoity, Rs 216.6 lakh hadbeen stolen and in 641 cases of robbery,Rs 656.9 lakh worth of valuables hadbeen taken away.

In 1335 cases of break-ins, Rs 532.3 lakhworth of valuables had been stolen.

The police recovered 1,432 two-wheelersof the 5,232 stolen, and 235 four-wheelersof the 600 stolen. They also recovered 28vans, three-wheelers and other heavymotor vehicles.

The Bhopal police, who have stoodfirst, have an astounding record of 99.1percent recovery. The Delhi police havea dismal 4.4 percent recovery and are atthe bottom of the list.

Chemistry,BT meet

tomorrowBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Reva Instituteof Science and Management hasorganised a national conferenceon “chemistry, biotechnologyand healthcare – an interface”tomorrow and Friday.

Experts will give a series oflectures on various topics. Stu-dents from different schools andcolleges will take part. Quiz, de-bate, essay competition, paintingcompetition and poster contestsare part of the conference.

No poweron Nov 26

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There will be no pow-er supply from 6 am till 6 pm onNovember 26 in the Sarakki di-vision, covering Jaraganahalli,Jayanagar first to sixth blocks,Shanti Apartment, Kalyani Mag-num, Nanjundeshwara Exten-sion, Telecom Compound, Purv-abel Mount, N H Palya, Patte-nahalli and Jayadeva division,covering BTM Layout first andfourth stages, Puttenahalli, RBIExtension, Chunchunaghatta,Konanakunte, Bannerghattaroad, Tavarekere storm waterdrain, Tavarekere bus-stand, Su-per Hyper Market, Venkatesh-wara Extension, Old Madivala,New Gurappanapalya, B G road,behind IBM and surrounding ar-eas.

The loadshedding is due toemergency work at these stations,said a Bescom release.

ʻSeek IDs frommeter readersʼ

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Bangalore UrbanWater Services and SewerageBoard has asked customers toseek identity cards from meterreaders when they come to takethe readings at their houses everymonth.

The BUWSSB passed the in-struction to avoid the customersfalling prey to fake meter readersand paying them in cash.

BakingcontestBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Bakers and confec-tioners A B Mauri has organiseda bakery festival at the ExecutiveDevelopment Centre of the In-stitute of Hotel Management onNovember 28.

At the festival, competitionsfor new dishes, ideas for newdishes and cake decoration willbe held. In several competitions,the method of baking and pre-senting will be identified forhome baker awards.

Interested can call: 9741219354,9741324296.

THE WAYS OF KARMAEvery object in this universe is en-

dowed with four characteristics– dharma, karma, prema and

gyana. Of these, karma is the mosttalked about and the most misunder-stood. The Bhagawad Geeta says ‘Gah-na Karmanyo Gathi’ which means –unfathomable are the ways of karmaand yet it seems to be the only logic toexplain this whole creation, its exis-tence and the circle of life and death.

Karma is beyond all logic and rea-soning. The more you understand it,the more amazed you are. It causespeople to be together or separate. Itcauses some to be weak and some tobe strong. It makes some rich andothers poor. The literal meaning ofkarma is ‘action’. There are three typesof karma – Prarabha, Sanchita andAgami. The first is the latent karmawhich is karma as an impression orseed of action. The second is karmaas an action, and the third is karma asa result. Prarabha means ‘begun’; theaction that is already manifesting andthat is yielding its effect right now.You cannot avoid it or change it, as itis already happening. Sanchita is thegathered up or piled up karma. It islatent or manifested in the form of atendency or impression in the mind.Sanchita karma can be burned off by

spiritual practices before it manifests.Agami karma is the future karma ofthe action; that which has not yetcome and which will take effect in thefuture. If you commit a crime, youmay not get caught today, but will livewith the possibility that, one day youmay get caught.

Karma is also always bound by time,because every action has a limited re-action. If you do something good topeople they will come to thank youand be grateful to you as long as theyare experiencing the effect of your ac-tion. So, every karma has only a limitedsphere of its effect, be it good or bad.

It is often asked, “Why are people,who are good, made to suffer in theworld, while people who commit in-justice go unpunished?” Such questionsarise when we see an event in itslimited framework. No good actionwill yield a bad result and no badaction will bring a good result. This isthe law of karma. As you sow, so shallyou reap. If you sow a mango tree,some thorny bushes may come up be-cause of the seeds present in the ma-nure brought from somewhere else. Itis not the mango seed that brings upthe thorny bush. Your mango seed willbring mango fruit, in due course.

Karma is that which propels rein-

carnation. Why are some people bornin a very violent environment? Whyare some people born in a comfortableenvironment? It just indicates the im-pressions one has carried forward fromthe past. The stronger the impression,the greater the possibility of the next

life being according to that. So, oftenyou reincarnate like the person youhate or love. The mind which is full ofdifferent impressions leaves this bodybut the impressions and wait for aproper situation to come back. Andwhen there is proper womb formationthen it pulls the mind into that womb.So it is the last thought that is very im-portant. Whatever you do throughoutyour life, in the last moment your mindshould be free and happy.

Getting rid of karma means gettingrid of the impressions. Some karmacan be changed and some cannot be.Animals have no control over theirkarma; nature runs them. Only humanlife is blessed with the chance to befree from karma. And only a few thou-sand aim to be free from it.

That is why the human body is soprecious because in this body you havethe ability of erase all the unwantednegative impressions. The strongestimpression is of fear and the humansystem has the ability to erase fearthrough meditation. If you meditate,become hollow and empty, whateverthe fear is will just dissolve and disap-pear.

Our perception of suffering, of goodand bad, is always relative. God doesnot come within the purview of relative.

He is absolute reality – Sarva Sakshi –a witness of all. See God as movie di-rector, rather than as a judge. He hasno ill feeling for the villain and nospecial favour for the hero. Each oneis playing his/her role. If he wants tomake the movie a tragedy, he will pun-ish the hero. If he wants a happy end-ing, he will make the hero win overthe villain. In either case, the directoris happy and is doing justice to themovie.

The entire struggle in the world,whatever it may be is the bondage ofkarma. The awareness of dharma helpsin comprehending the strange waysof karma. Whenever you see a badkarma or someone suffering, you needto help him/her. That is your dharma.If you do not do your dharma, thenyou incur bad karma for not havingdone your dharma. Take recourse inyour dharma to transcend the bondageof karma and avoid getting stuck withevents or personalities. Skill is to livewith the karma and not be attached toit. ‘See action in inaction and inactionin action’ says the Bhagwad Geeta.Awareness, alertness, knowledge andmeditation will help erase past im-pressions. It has the strength to dissolveand destroy any karma and bring free-dom to you.

DIVINEQUEST

By Sri Sri Ravishankar

10K mw fromgreen sources

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state will get10,000 mw of energy from re-newable sources over the nextfive years, said Karnataka Re-newable Energy DevelopmentLtd managing director N SPrasanna Kumar has said.

He was speaking at a seminarorganised by the FKCCI on “Re-newable energy opportunities inthe state”.

Eleven districts in the state,including Raichur, Bellary andBijapur, have very high temper-atures. The state can producehigh amounts of solar powerfrom these places, he said.

The KREDL has decided togive approvals to companies thatcome forward to generate morethan 400 mw of electricitythrough solar-based units. Thestate is also planning to generate8 mw of power through garbage

collected in the city, he added.He advised corporates to set

up solar panels on top of theirbuildings to reduce power short-age. Households should switchover from CFL to LED bulbs thatconsume lesser amounts of pow-er.

There are several technologiesand options available to reduceconsumption of power, but thepeople are not coming forwardto adopt them, he lamented.

FKCCI president J R Bangera,senior vice-president K Shiv-ashanmugam and others werepresent at the seminar.

Minister for higher education V S Acharya inaugurates a national conference on “Mediaand Human Rights: The Global Scenario”, organised by the Karnataka Higher EducationCouncil, at the Government Institute of Printing Technology in Bangalore today. Kerala

University former vice-chancellor J V Vilanilam also took part.

Education meet opensGangadhar Pujar

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CITYWednesday, November 23, 2011 3CITY EVENTS

GeneralVijaya Evening PU College:Kannada Rajyotsava-2011, jour-nalist Nagesh Hegde to attend,Prof Narayana Rao Auditori-um, Jayanagar, 4th Block, 6pm.

Commercial Tax DepartmentEmployees’ Association: Tal-ent Awards-2011 and fruit andvegetable exhibition, Depart-ment building, 1st Main Road,Gandhinagar, 5.30 pm.

CulturalHAL Central Kannada Sang-ha: Eighth Kannada SahithyaSammelana, Prof Chan-drashekhar Patil, Prof H CShanthaveeraiah, RichardLouis participate, HMA Audi-torium, Near HAL Hospital,3.30 pm.

Magnitude Gallery: Exhibi-tion of paintings on the theme‘Just Reflections’, 140/13, 27thCross, 13th Main, 3rd Block,Jayanagar.

Kannada SangharshaSamithi: ‘Rajyotsava KaviGoshti’, poet MarkandapuramSrinivas presides, Kuvempuauditorium, 2nd Floor, Kan-nada Sahitya Parishath, Pam-pa Mahakavi Road, Chama-rajpet, 6 pm.

Reserve Bank Kannada Sang-ha: Karnataka Rajyotsava and42nd annual function, RBI Re-gional governor Uma Shankar,actor Ananth Nag and play-wright V Ramamurthy to par-ticipate, Yavanika, State YouthCentre, Nrupathunga Road,5.25 pm.

Sambhrama: ‘Karthika Ran-gotsava’ inauguration by Kan-nada Books Authority Chair-man Siddalingaiah, writer SG Siddaramaiah, Seva Sadan,14th Cross Road,Malleswaram, 6 pm.

KPTCL: Kannada Rajyotsava,M Chidananda Murthy to par-ticipate, Bharatiya Vidya Bha-van, Race Course Road, 3.30pm.

ReligiousChinmaya Mission: BhagwadGita discourse by Swami Ga-hanananda, Jayarama SevaMandali, 8th Block, Jayanagar,6.30 pm.

MusicDr Nithyashree MahadevanLive: 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.Chowdaiah Memorial Hall. Anight of Carnatic music withDr Nithyashree Mahadevan.Performances by NithyaShikaripur & Party (Hindus-tani) and and flautist MasterS Akash precede the event.

Dubstep & Drum 'n' BassNites: 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Bacchus. DJ Vachan treats thecrowd to dubstep and D'n'B .

Eating outThe Grand Indian Lunch Buf-fet: Noon to 3 p.m. Turquoise,Koramangala. The Grand In-dian Lunch buffet with over35 dishes with around 5starters, 4 vegetarian gravies,2 non vegetarian gravies , 7desserts and lots more.

Lunch Buffet: 12:30 p.m. to 3p.m. at Applewood. A Globaland Indian lunch buffet, whichincludes soups, starters, maincourse and desserts, priced atRs. 299 plus taxes per head.

Mediterranean Set Lunch:Noon to 3:30 p.m at Fireflies,Lavelle Road. A set lunch ofsoups, salads, appetisers, maincourse and dessert. The twocourse meal is priced at Rs299, and the three course mealat Rs 399.

New Soups and Starters: Till11 p.m. The Tasty Tangles, UBCity, introduces new soupsand vegetarian starters. Guestscan expect picks like WontonNoodle Soup, Spinach andSweet Corn Soup, and SeafoodCilantro Broth, as well as Sweet

and Sour Crispy Vegetablesand Spicy Lemongrass PaneerCakes.

Kebab and Wine Pairings:Till 11 p.m. Jashn Restaurant,Le Meridien. Kebabs to bepaired with Four Seasonswine. Salmon Tikka pairedwith Four seasons CheninBlanc, and mushrooms andbroccoli for the vegetarians.

Loi Krathong Festival: Till11:30 pm Benjarong, UlsoorRoad, HalasuruBenjarong cel-ebrates the Thai festival oflights with Thai delicacies.

Jashn-e-Lahore: Till 11:30 p.m.Great Kabab Factory, MantriSquare, celebrates the kababsof Lahore with a series of sig-nature menus, titled Jashn-e-Lahore.

Russian Food Festival: Till11:30 p.m. Touche, Indirana-gar, celebrates Russian farewith a menu that showcasescharacteristic dishes, such asBorsct, Okroshka, Kubasa andBlini.

Masala Klub: Till 11:30 p.m.Masala Klub, The Taj WestEnd, introduces a new menuthat highlights the cuisine inand around Amritsar, Jammu,and Srinagar. New additionsto the menu include Nadruaur Channe ki Tikki, KhadeMasale ka Murgh, Kalimirchaur Currypatte ka Jhinga, Teen-mirch Paneer, and RabriGulkand ki Chakki.

Night lifeLive night with David James:8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. BananaBeach Bar, Koramangala.David James performs reggaeand retro at Banana BeachBar.

Ladies Night: 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. The Beach, Indiranagar.DJ Deepak plays house at TheBeach. Unlimited drinks forthe girls till 10:30 pm.

Karoake Wednesday: 8 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Love Shack,Amarjyoti HBBCS Layout, Ko-ramangala. Martin Dsouzaspins. Girls get two drinks free,while guys pay Rs 1,000.

Retro Night at Retro Price: 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. i-Bar. DJVicky spins retro hits thisWednesday. Drinks at 50% off.

Ladies Night with DJ Rohit:8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Cirrus,100 Feet Road, Indiranagar.House with DJ Rohit. Ladiesdrink for free till 10:00 pm.

Wow Diva's Night: 7:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. F Bar & Kitchen,No 18, Ali Askar Road, Cun-ningham Road. A night dedi-cated to the ladies, who getfree cocktails while DJ Ivanspins the best tracks fromaround the world on LEDscreens.

Ladies Rock: 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Hard Rock Cafe. Cus-tomised cocktails, music and

tons of games.

ComedyLOL: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. UrbanSolace - Cafe for the Soul, Ul-soor Lake. A stand-up comedyand open mic night that fea-tures guest comedians and aplatform for the audience toshow off their entertainingskills.

ShoppingHigh on Heels: 10:30 a.m. to8:30 p.m. Mochi, CommercialStreet. A collection of stilettos,wedges and pumps in thecolours of the season.

Bangalore Book Festival 2011:Till 8 p.m. Palace Grounds,Jayamahal Road. 398 stallswith close to a million books,spread over more than 2.5 lakhsq. ft.

The Great Garuda ShoppingFest: Till 10 p.m. Garuda Mall,Magrath Road. A shoppingfestival with special discounts,decorations, and games forshoppers.

Members of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee protest demanding that the alleged irregularities at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike be handed over to theCBI. It is reported that the BBMP has cleared bills for unfinished works, two bills for the

same works, committing irregularities running into hundreds of crores in three assembly divisions of the city

ʻCBI must probeʼS Radhakrishna

Autorickshaw Drivers’ Union, associated with the CITU, protest demanding that theminimum fare should be increased, at SBM Circle in Bangalore today. The protestersalso wanted the government to withdraw the rule making education compulsory for

auto drivers, an end to alleged harassment by RTO officials and scrapping of cases filedthrough automated system.

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3 city techies hacked intoDelhi airport website, held

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: About four months ago,operations at the Indira Gandhi Inter-national Airport in New Delhi went intoa tailspin and there was a scare as cy-berattackers hacked at the website caus-ing disruptions. After a prolonged in-vestigation, it has now been found thatthese cyber attackers are techies fromBangalore, working for a reputed com-pany.

The case had then been handed overto the Central Bureau of Investigation.The premier investigating agency, aftera prolonged investigation, has nownarrowed down on three techies, in-cluding a woman, from the city as theperpetrators.

CBI sleuths swooped down on thecity and raided the residences of thetechies on Dinnur Main road and Kodi-gehalli recently. They were arrested onNovember 16 and CDs and hard discshave been seized from them. They have

been sent to different digital labs acrossthe country to dig out incriminatingdata from them.

The CBI has refused to divulge eitherthe names or other details of the ar-rested. The three techies had hackedinto the Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport website and thrown the pas-senger information into disarray. Thecyberattack has been considered a se-rious crime and cases under the Infor-mation Technology Act of 2008 havebeen booked.

The CBI sleuths tracking the sourceof hacking came down to Bangalore asthe CUPPS software installed at the air-port has been outsourced to Aeronau-tical Radio Incorporated (AIRINC) inassociation with the city-based WiproLtd. It still has to be investigated whetherthe same employees had hacked intothe network. But Wipro has clarifiedthat its employees were not involvedin the hacking. The three accused areout on bail now.

Hyundai launches i10 LPG versionBangalore: Hyundai Motor Indiahas launched the LPG versionof i10. The LPG variant is pricedRs 27,630 more than the existingpetrol model. The new LPG ver-sion of i10, christened i10 ‘bluedrive’ (blue drive is Hyundai’seco-friendly and fuel efficientrange) comes with a factory-fitted LPG kit and has featuresthat meet global standards inperformance and safety.

It has been introduced in its1.1 Era and 1.1 Magna variants.The ex-showroom prices for thei10 Era (1.1 ltr) is Rs 4,16,144 andi10 Magna (1.1 ltr) is priced at Rs4,30,659.

The i10 LPG is powered by the1.1 litre iRDE2 engine and comeswith an easy petrol to LPG shiftthat offers customers a uniquecombination of reliable perform-ance and unmatched fuel econ-omy. With separate petrol (35litre) and LPG (34 litre) tanks,the customers have an option tochoose from LPG and petrolmodes. The LPG tank in the i10

blue drive has a special ‘Toroidal’LPG tank that allows intelligentuse of space and makes for largerboot space than conventionalLPG-fitted models.

The Alternator ManagementSystem (AMS) is yet another in-

novative technology fromHyundai which controls deliveryof power to the battery. Whiledecelerating, the power supplyto the battery is normal and dur-ing acceleration it limits the pow-er – this gives extended battery

life and better mileage. The man-ual shift indicator which is afirst-in-class feature available inthe i10 helps to achieve maxi-mum fuel efficiency by optimumgear usage.

Announcing the launch, H WPark, MD and CEO, HMIL, said,“The LPG version of our NextGen i10 is a viable alternativefor customers looking at lowrunning cost. With the launchof the i10 Blue Drive, Hyundai isbroadening its eco-friendly ini-tiative. Hyundai believes in pre-serving the environment by mak-ing eco-friendly cars that run onlow-emission fuels."

The LPG kit in i10 blue driveis impact resistant and is ap-proved by DOE (Department ofExplosives). It is tested and cer-tified by ARAI (Automotive Re-search Association of India) –the country’s premier automobiletesting and certifying authority.The factory-fitted LPG system ini10 enjoys 2-year manufacturerwarranty.

CM seeks extrafunds to fight

droughtBangalore: Chief minister D VSadananda Gowda has soughtadditional assistance from theCentre to combat drought in thestate.

Losses due to drought are es-timated at Rs 4,544.84 crore. But,as per guidelines, an assistanceof Rs 723.24 crores has beensought. Gowda, in a letter toUnion agriculture ministerSharad Pawar, said it is becomingdifficult for the state governmentto cope up with the prevailingsituation without financial as-sistance from the central gov-ernment.

He said that major interiorparts of the state have recordeddeficit / scantly rainfall duringlatter part of kharif season com-mencing from September. Therainfall during October and No-vember continues to be scantyin rabi areas. The rainfall duringSeptember was one of the worstin the last four decades and thelate season drought is of rareseverity, he added.

The chief minister said thathe has reviewed the situationwith all the deputy commission-

ers and senior officers of theconcerned departments. “I havealso made field visits to the areasaffected by monsoon failure. Thefield conditions and the infor-mation available on drought in-dicators have compelled to de-clare 99 taluks in 23 districts bythe first week of November asdrought-affected taluks.”

The state government has tak-en measures to provide imme-diate relief to the people in pro-viding additional employmentto agriculture labourers, miti-gating the scarcity of drinkingwater, fodder and other droughtrelief measures.

Increase import duty on silk: DVS to Pranab

Bangalore: Chief minister D VSadananda Gowda has requestedUnion finance minister PranabMukherjee to increase customsduty on raw silk back to 30 per-cent to stabilize local prices assilk farmers are facing hardshipsdue to falling prices.

Gowda said the customs dutycut has affected the state gov-ernment’s plan to expand seri-culture, reduce dependence onimports and building up ofstocks.

He said that even after thestate government’s interventionfor market stability by purchasingsilk yarn through the KarnatakaSilk Marketing Board, the fallingprices of the cocoons has resultedin large-scale agitations by farm-ers and has created an alarmingsituation. The price realisationof cocoons is not in conformitywith the cost of production. Mul-berry farmers are resorting todistress sale and many of themare shifting to other crops for astable income.

He said the average price ofcocoons has come down fromRs 312.53 in February this yearto Rs 177.00 per kg in October.The average price of raw silk hascome down from Rs 2,707 in Feb-ruary this year to RS 1,892 perkg in October.

He said that if mulberry farm-ers shift to other crops, it wouldbe difficult to revive the silk in-dustry as it takes more than twoyears before mulberry reaches

the full bearing stage. The re-duction in customs duty has af-fected the livelihood of farmersand reelers severely. This willlead to severe shortage of rawsilk in the country.

During October, the cocoonrates have come down to an all-time low of less than Rs 100 perkg, resulting in distress sale andangry protests from the farmerscreating a serious law and orderproblem on November 6. TheAgitating farmers blocked theBangalore-Mysore highway forseven hours, protesting againstthe drastic dip in the prices ofcocoons.

The state government gave apackage of up to Rs 30 per kg ofcocoons on equal sharing basiswith the Central Silk Board foraddressing the distress sale whenthe cocoon prices go below Rs160 per kg. Though the state gov-ernment is making serious ef-forts, the farmers are not gettingconvinced and are on continuousstrike from November 14, he said.

House burgled

Bangalore: Thieves broke intoa house and decamped with jew-ellery, valuables and an iPadeven as the inmates slept insideat Vinayaknagar in Boopasandralast night.

House owner Sri Sathya Saihas complained that the thieveshave gained entry by cuttingopen the grill at the back of thehouse. They have taken awaythe valuables kept inside the bu-reau.

Sri Sathya Sai has said thatthey slept around 11 last nightand they discovered the theft inthe morning around 5.

School meetBangalore: Principals of allRashtriya Military Schools in thecountry are meeting at RashtriyaMilitary School in the city for atwo-day conference tomorrowand Thursday.

The conference aims to focuson improving academics, infra-structure, evaluation process andintegration of IT in schools.

The conference will be attend-ed by Maj Gen Pranab Chakrabor-thy, additional director general,army education, colonel com-mandant, Army Education Corpsand Col Gen Staff S S Shete andother senior defence personnel.

Jaya deposes againContinued from page 1

During the deposition yester-day, Jayalalithaa had answeredquestions mainly about the ex-travagant wedding of her es-tranged foster son V N Sud-hakaran in 1996 that landed herin a major controversy and abouttransactions by firms in whichshe was a 'dormant partner'.

In the closed-door hearingheld amidst tight security, Jay-alalithaa had faced 580 questions

taking the total queries answeredso far to 1,147.

She deposed in the court yes-terday for the third time afterSupreme Court rejected her pleafor exemption from personal ap-pearance and seeking permissionto submit written answers. Theapex court had given two days’time for the special court hereto complete the questioning.

The AIADMK supremo hadappeared before the court on

October 20 and 21 when shereplied to about 571 questions.

Senior counsel representingJayalalithaa B Kumar yesterdaysaid the questioning was incom-plete and hoped that the processwould be completed today.

Jayalalithaa has been chargedwith accumulation of wealthworth Rs 66 crore disproportion-ate to her known sources of in-come when she was the chiefminister between 1991-96.

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JSS Math seer Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji oversees signing of a memorandum of understanding between JSS group of institutions and representatives of Defence Research Development Organisation in Mysore today.

Landmark deal

Dravid to get Umrigar awardNew Delhi: Veteran batsman

R a h u lDravid willbe be-stowed the'Polly Um-rigar Awardfor India'sbest crick-eter of 2010-11' seasonduring the

BCCI's annual awards ceremonyto be held on December 10 inChennai.

The 38-year-old, who scored1258 runs in 15 Tests at an averageof 53 this season, notched upsix hundreds during the year.

Dravid was the only Indianbatsman who performed wellduring India's disastrous tour ofEngland earlier this year, whichcost them the top spot in theICC Test rankings after they werewhitewashed 0-4.

Only Dravid stood firm amongruins and hit three centuries asrest of the batting tumbled. The

Bangalorean will be honouredwith a trophy and a prize of Rs 5lakh.

India women's team captainJhulan Goswami will also be ho-noured at the annual awards.The pacer will be awarded the'M A Chidambaram Best WomanCricketer of 2010-11' trophy forclaiming 21 wickets in eightmatches, including a five-for.

The Col. C K Nayudu LifetimeAchievement award will be be-stowed on former captain andcoach Ajit Wadekar.

Col. CK Nayudu LifetimeAchievement Award: AjitWadekar

Madhavrao Scindia Award(Highest Scorer in the Ranji Tro-phy 2010-11): S Badrinath (922runs at a rate of 131.71 in ninematches, inclusive of four cen-turies and three half centuries).

Madhavrao Scindia Award(Highest wicket-taker in the RanjiTrophy 2010-11): Bhargav Bhatt(47 wickets at an average of 21.57in nine matches, inclusive of

four 5WI and one 10WM).MA Chidambaram Trophy

(Best Under-16 cricketer of 2010-11): Vijay Zol (858 runs at an av-erage of 85.8 in seven matches,inclusive of four centuries andtwo half-centuries).

MA Chidambaram Trophy(Best Under-19 cricketer of 2010-11): Avi Barot (971 runs at an av-erage of 88.27 in seven matches,inclusive of four centuries andthree half-centuries).

MA Chidambaram Trophy(Best Under-22 cricketer of 2010-11): Suryakumar Yadav (721 runsat an average of 80.11 in sevenmatches, inclusive of two cen-turies and four half centuries).

MA Chidambaram Trophy(Best woman cricketer of 2010-11): Jhulan Goswami (21 wicketsat an average of 7.62 in eightmatches, inclusive of one 5WI).

MA Chidambaram Trophy(Best woman cricketer (junior)of 2010-11): Mona Meshram (623runs at an average of 103.83 ineight matches, inclusive of one

century and five half centuries).Best Umpire in Domestic

cricket 2010-11: S RaviDilip Sardesai Award for In-

dia's Best Cricketer in the 2011Test series in the West Indies:Ishant Sharma (22 wickets at anaverage of 16.8 from three Tests,inclusive of two 5WIs and one10WM).

Dilip Sardesai Award for In-dia's Best Cricketer in the 2011-12 Test series against the WestIndies: To Be Decided at the endof the ongoing Test series

Lala Amarnath Award for theBest all-rounder in the RanjiTrophy 2010-11: Iqbal Abdulla(385 runs and 27 wickets from 8matches).

Lala Amarnath Award for theBest all-rounder in the DomesticTournaments 2010-11: SumitNarwal (163 runs and 13 wicketsfrom 6 matches).

Best Overall Performance in2010-11: Railways Sports Promo-tion Board and Delhi and DistrictCricket Association.

Roaming: Telecomthreaten to exit 3G

New Delhi: In a strongly-worded letter to PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh, three leading telecomfirms have slammed the government's move todisallow 3G intra-circle roaming saying it willdeter further investments. In the letter, the firmshave even threatened to exit 3G.

The letter is signed by Sunil Bharti Mittal,Chairman & CEO, Bharti Airtel; Kumar ManagalamBirla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group and VittorioColao, Group CEO, Vodafone.

The firms accuse the government of going backon its promise of allowing the 3G intra-circleroaming and are asking for refund of the spectrumauction payment along with compensation forall capital investments made by the telecom com-panies.

"...in the event that 3G Intra-Circle Roaming(ICR) is now deemed impermissible, then, it wouldbe a clear breach of our contract and the pre-auction confirmation given by the Government.In that eventuality, we request that our spectrumauction payments be refunded to us with interest(as) compensation for all the capital investmentmade by us," the letter said.

The telecom firms' decision to take the battleto the Prime Minister's doorstep is a big shockerfor the government considering representationshave been made before the telecom minister inthe past.

The move shows that the telecom firms arerunning out of patience; they want to know thegovernment's final stand on whether they willhave the permission to go ahead with the intra-circle roaming.

According to the telecom firms, this was some-

thing that was promised to them and the govern-ment is going back on its technology-neutralstand which it had earlier taken and even as partof the 2008 licences.

The Telecom Ministry and the regulator TelecomRegulatory Authority of India or TRAI have termedthe roaming pact among these players as illegalsaying this tantamount to spectrum sharing whichis not allowed as per the policy.

In the auction for 3G spectrum held last year,which had fetched over Rs. 68,000 crore for thegovernment, the operators had won certain circles.Later, they entered into roaming pacts with eachother for circles in which they could not win thebid.

Day two wasted, House adjourned till tomorrow

New Delhi: An aggressive andunited Opposition again forcedboth the houses of Parliament -Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha - toadjourn till Thursday, on the sec-ond day of the winter session,on various issues.

Earlier on the day, SpeakerMeira Kumar had adjourned theLok Sabha till 12 after oppositionMPs shouted slogans on pricerise. Trouble broke out in theLok Sabha soon after it mournedthe death of the seven passengersin Doon Express train accident,with even DMK members storm-ing the Well. DMK is part of theruling UPA.

The DMK members displayeda news item that had appearedin a vernacular newspaper. Party

leader TR Baalu was seen per-suading members to leave theWell and carry out the protestfrom the aisle.

Left parties and BJP hadmoved Adjournment Motions onprice rise and black money andwanted a discussion.

Several members from theTelangana region, including TRSchief K Chandrasekhar Rao, alsowalked into the Well and pressedfor a separate Telangana. Someheld placards saying "ImplementUPA's promise of introducing Billfor Telangana". NCP membersSameer Bhujbal and Sanjiv Naik,whose party is also part of theUPA - raised slogans and dis-played placards seeking scrap-ping of minimum export price

on onion. In the Rajya Sabha,BJP members were on their feetdemanding a discussion on blackmoney. They also wanted sus-pension of Question Hour to dis-cuss price rise. CPI-M memberstrooped into the Well, ignoringappeals of the Chair, demandinga discussion on price rise undera rule which entails voting. Homeminister P Chidambaram waspresent in the upper house ashe had to give replies to questionsrelated to his ministry, but noquestion could be taken up. Chi-dambaram had the first taste ofthe BJP-led NDA's boycott of himin the Lok Sabha on Tuesday al-leging his involvement in the 2Gscam during his tenure as financeminister.

G S Ravishankar

B.Pharama students hold an awareness rally in front of the Mysore University administrative office at Manasa Gangothri in Mysore this morning. They said patients should consult a pharmacist before consuming their medicines.

ʻ We are important tooʼ G S Ravishankar

Anna haltspoll tour

plan New Delhi: Gandhian Anna Haz-are has put on hold his plan totour five poll-bound states afterhe received a letter from PrimeMinister’s Office reiterating thatthe government’s commitmentto pass a strong Lokpal Bill inthe Winter Session of the Par-liament.

A new channel quoted Annaas saying, "When the country'sPrime Minister is giving the as-surance then we have to believein him, if we are in talks withthe federal government and theissue concerns the country andsociety, then we have to put ourplans on hold.

Earlier in the week, TeamAnna had accused the fearedthat the government will reducethe Lokpal Bill to “an empty tinbox with no powers and func-tions” if the citizen charter, whis-tle-blower protection and the ju-diciary are removed from theproposed anti-graft body.

The activists said this followingreports that the parliamentarystanding committee, which isdeliberating on the Lokpal bill,may advocate for removal ofthese sections from the anti-graftbody. They also remarked thatsuch action would be contraryto the ‘sense of house’ passedby parliament in August — whichPrime Minister Manmohan Singhreferred to as a “resolution” inhis letter to Anna Hazare - dueto which the social activist brokehis Ramlila Maidan fast.

However, later Team Anna ex-pressed its willingness to de-link citizen's charter from theproposed anti-corruption om-budsman provided that a sepa-rate bill on the lines of the onein Uttarakhand be introducedin Parliament along with theLokpal Bill.

Anna actinglike Taliban,

says CPINew Delhi: Anna Hazare onWednesday came under attackfrom CPI leader Gurudas Das-gupta, who called him mad.

“Anna pagal hai... Woh Tal-ibani farmaan sunata hai (Annais mad... he issues Talibani dik-tat),” Dasgupta said, adding heis overdoing it.

The CPI leader’s remarks camea day after Hazare said thosewho drink should be beaten andhumiliated in public, which, hebelieves, will force them to getrid of their habit of drinking.

The Gandhian made the con-troversial statement in an inter-view to a leading TV news chan-nel.

However, the Gandhian alsoadvocated giving prior warningsto drinkers before taking suchsteps.

In his reaction, Congressspokesperson Manish Tewari hadearlier equated Anna’s suggestionto the way Taliban used to punishthose who did not comply withthe Sharia law.

"I think the Taliban used tosay the same thing. By that anal-ogy, you will possibly have toflog half of Kerala, three-fourthof Andhra Pradesh and aboutfour-fifth of Punjab. So, I thinkthat is quite a tall order," he wasquoted as saying.

BJP spokesperson NirmalaSitharaman also ridiculed hissuggestion and said that herparty does not support such rad-ical methods.

Kayani refused to seizeLakhvi's phone in jail

Washington: Pakistan army chief GeneralAshfaq Pervez Kayani refused an Americanrequest to confiscate the cell phone ofjailed LeT commander Zaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi being used to direct the group'soperation from the Rawalpindi jail, re-flecting connection between the country'spowerful military and the terrorist out-fit.

"Kayani rejected a US request that au-thorities take away the cell phone Lakhviwas using in jail, according to the memoto secretary of stateHillary Clinton andthe National Security Council," said theinvestigative news report which was tele-cast by PBS's Frontline and posted onthe website of ProPublica on Tuesday.

As a result of this Lakhvi continues todirect the LeT operations unhinderedfrom the safe confines of a jail in Rawalpin-di.

According to the PBS/ProPublica jointinvestigation, during a meeting overseaslast summer, a senior US official andKayani, the chief of Pakistan's armedforces, discussed a threat that has strainedthe troubled US-Pakistani relationshipsince the 2008 Mumbai attacks blamedon theLashkar-e-Taiba militant group.

The senior US official expressed concernthat Lakhvi, a terrorist chief arrested forthe brutal attacks in India, was still di-

recting Lashkar operations while in cus-tody, according to a US government memoviewed by ProPublica.

Kayani responded that Pakistan's spyagency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Di-

rectorate (ISI), had told prison authoritiesto better control Lakhvi's access to theoutside world, the memo said.

The Kayani-US officials meeting, thememo said, was emblematic of the lack

of progress three years after Lashkar andthe ISI allegedly teamed up to kill 166people in Mumbai.

"The US government filed unprece-dented charges against an ISI officer inthe deaths of six Americans. Yet, Pakistaniauthorities have not arrested him or otheraccused masterminds. The failure to crackdown on the jailed Lakhvi, whose trialhas stalled, raises fears of new attackson India and the West, it quoted thecounter-terror officials as saying.

"Lakhvi is still the military chief ofLashkar," a US counterterror official isquoted as saying.

"He is in custody but has not been re-placed. And he still has access and abilityto be the military chief. Don't assume aWestern view of what custody is," the of-ficial said.

Sebastian Rotella – the investigativereporter for PBS Frontline and ProPublica- wrote that in the United States, stubbornquestions persist about the case's starwitness David Coleman Headley, a con-fessed Lashkar operative and ISI spy.

"The Pakistani-American's testimonyat a trial in Chicago this year revealedthe ISI's role in the Mumbai attacks anda plot against Denmark. It was thestrongest public evidence to date of ISIcomplicity in terrorism," Rotella wrote.

Rs 16 cr spenton Kasab

in three years Mumbai: The clamour for speed-ily sending him to the gallowsnotwithstanding, a staggeringRs. 16 crore has been shelledout for protecting the country'smost high-profile prisoner, AjmalKasab.

Sentenced to death by the spe-cial anti-terror court, Kasab, inhis mid-20s, is lodged in a specialcell in Mumbai's Arthur Roadjail, the construction of whichalone cost the state exchequerover Rs. 5.24 crore.

"Besides Rs. 5.24 crore thatwas spent on constructing thespecial cell at the Arthur Roadprison, Rs. 26,953 was spent ontaking care of his medical needs,"state Home Secretary MedhaGadgil said.

A whopping Rs. 10.87 crorewas spent between March 28,2009, and September 30, 2010,for providing him security coverby the Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP), she said.

However, after the state gov-ernment received the bill for Rs.10.87 crore to be paid towardsdeployment of ITBP, it wrote tothe Centre expressing its inabilityto make the payment, sayingKasab's security was not Maha-

rashtra's concern alone."The state government had

written to the Centre asking it toconsider waiving the amount.We have not received any com-munication so far. The issue re-mains unresolved," she said.

Gadgil said the expendituredoes not include the legal feesfor the court case.

However, contrary to claimsin the media by those demandingKasab's hanging without any fur-ther delay that the Pakistani ter-rorist was being fed delicacieslike biryani, Gadgil said a modestRs. 27 per day was spent on pro-viding him food.

India, UAE sign pact, tocooperate against terror

New Delhi: In what are seen as pacts of consid-erable significance, India and the United ArabEmirates (UAE) Wednesday enhanced their securitycooperation by signing two agreements, includingone on combating terrorism and organised crimes.

Home minister P. Chidambaram and and hisUAE counterpart Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif Bin ZayedAl Nahyan signed the agreements, the secondone being on transfer of sentenced persons totheir own countries.

The two leaders also held discussions on "issuespertaining to bilateral security cooperation betweentwo countries", a home ministry spokespersonsaid.

The spokesperson said the agreement on securitycooperation seeks to strengthen and develop theexisting bilateral framework and mechanism toenhance ties in areas such as "combating terrorismin all forms". The pact also seeks to address ac-tivities of organised criminal groups, such asmafias involved in cross-sea drug trafficking,illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition, ex-plosives and initiatives on training of police per-sonnel.

The agreement on transfer of sentenced persons

provides the framework to facilitate their socialrehabilitation in their respective countries bygiving citizens, who have been convicted andsentenced, the opportunity to serve the sentencein their own society.

The two sides reiterated their commitment forenhanced cooperation in the investigation of mu-tually relevant criminal cases and sharing of rel-evant information on them.

20 injuredin Valleyʼsfirst train

derailmentSrinagar: The engine and onecoach of the Qazigund-Srinagar-Baramulla train Wednesday de-railed in Anantnag district, in-juring 20 people, in the first railaccident since the train serviceswere launched in the KashmirValley in 2008, police said.

"The derailment took place atSadoora after the train left theQazigund railway station todaymorning," a police officer saidhere.

"Twenty people have sustained injuries. A relief and rescue operation was im-mediately started and the injuredare being shifted for treatment,"he added.

The officer said the derailmentwas accidental and ruled outany sabotage.

The train service between Qazi-gund and Baramulla connectsthe south and north of the valley.A 66-km section of the 119-kmrail line, which is yet to be linkedto the mainland rail network,was inaugurated on Oct 11, 2008,by Prime Minister ManmohanSingh.

In another train accident thismorning, a goods train collidedsideways with the SamaleswariExpress at Jharsuguda stationin Orissa, leaving seven peopleinjured.

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