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5 die after car plunges into canal

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Yadgir: Five persons of a family, who were head-ing for a pleasure trip, died when their car fellinto a canal near Shahajur early this morning.

The car dropped more than 50 feet straightinto the canal. All the occupants of the car diedon the spot near Mudahole village on Bidar-Sri-rangapatna highway.

The police said the car driver lost control andplunged into the canal.

The accident has taken place between 5.30 amand 6 am, they said.

The deceased were heading to Mysore on avacation when the accident occurred. They werefrom Venkatapura village of Medak district ofAndhra Pradesh.

The deceased have been identified as RamaRao, Prakash Rao, Lalitha, Jyoti and car driverVittal. The police had to deploy a crane to pullthe car out.

The car fell top down and crashed into thecanal, the Bheeramaranaygudi police, whohave registered a case, said.

Anti‑incumbencyup in state, says

CongressBangalore Beat Bureau

New Delhi: The feeling of anti-incumbency isincreasing by the day in Karnataka, said stateCongress president G Parameshwara here thismorning.

Parameshwara, who is here for the last twodays, met AICC president Sonia Gandhi and dis-cussed about the political situation in thestate.

Many corrupt ministers in the BJP governmenthave landed in jail due to their involvement inillegal dealings.

This shows that the entire BJP government isinvolved in corruption, he added.

Because of this the BJP has been facing an in-ternal strife. Chief minister D V Sadananda Gow-da does not have a free hand to run the gov-ernment as he is controlled by some unseenhands. Governance does not exist in the state,he alleged.

Because of all these problems the BJP gov-ernment may collapse and the state will haveto face mid-term elections, he said.

“I have discussed with the party president onthe next course of action for the party in the pres-ent scenario in the state. AICC general secretaryand Karnataka in-charge Madhusoodan Mistrytoo discussed the steps that need to be taken,”he said.

Lokpal at top of govt agenda: PMNew Delhi: Prime Minister Dr ManmohanSingh has reiterated the government’s com-mitment to curb corruption saying the govern-ment welcomes inputs from civil society andNGOs on how to fight it.

“We are on cusp of far reaching changes infighting corruption. The agitation launchedby Anna Hazare has made fighting corruptiontop agenda. Lokpal is at the top of government’sagenda,” he said.

The Prime Minister was speaking at the bi-ennial conference on the Central Bureau of In-vestigation (CBI).

“The RTI is a potent tool to ensure trans-parency and accountability in public life, wemust as a nation seize this moment,” Dr Singhsaid.

The Prime Minister will also present thePresident’s Police Medals for distinguishedService to CBI officers.

Hotel managermurdered


Bangalore: A hotel manager was found brutallymurdered by some unknown assailants on thepremises of Sri Sai Hotel at Jayanagar 9th blocktoday.

The deceased, Vinod (35), hailed from Assamand was staying at the same hotel.

The Tilaknagar police have registered a case.

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Land acquisition stopped P4

Law will takeits course,

says CM onAshok issue


Bangalore: It would be wrong for me to commenton cases against home minister Ashok. The issueis before the court and it will take its due course,said chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda here thismorning.

“At various times, we have seen Prime Ministersand Presidents facing charges in courts. The lawhas taken its course and taken decision. There areenough provisions in law to handle different cas-es,” he said.

“If I comment, it could be construed as influ-encing the judiciary. Let us wait for the judicial pro-cedure. It should not look like I am supportingsomeone,” he said.

The chief minister was refusing to comment oncases of illegal land denotification filed by a pri-vate complainant before the Lokayukta specialcourt. The complainant has alleged that Ashok ac-quired two pieces of land that had been notifiedby the Bangalore Development Authority andgot them denotified.

The complaint has been filed by Jayakumar Hire-math.

Ashok must quitimmediately: Siddu

Mysore: Home minister R Ashok should resign im-mediately for his alleged involvement in land grab-bing cases, demanded opposition leader in the as-sembly Siddaramaiah here today.

Full report on page 4

Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, home minister R Ashok and DG & IGPNeelam Achuta Rao pay homage to policemen who died during the call of

duty, at the Police Martyrs’ Park on the City Armed Reserve Police premiseson Mysore road today. Top officials from the city took part in the function.

Martyrs rememberedS Radhakrishna

One of Metro Rail stations to be named after Shankar Nag


Bangalore: One of the Metro Rail stations willbe named after Kannada film director and ac-tor the late Shankar Nag, who had dreamt ofMetro Rail in the city and prepared a projecton it, said chief minister D V Sadananda Gow-da here this morning.

After inaugurating the Fire Officers’ Mod-el Flats at Officers’ Colony on the West ofChord road at Rajajinagar, he said.

Shankar Nag, who was famous for screenadaptation of Malgudi Days and other path-breaking movies, had thought of bringingMetro Rail to the city in the mid-1990s. Nowthat the Metro Rail was inaugurated yester-day, the government is thinking of naming

one of the stations after him, he added.The model flats for fire officers have been

constructed in 17 days flat and modern

technology has been used in erecting thesestructures. The flats have been built by anAustralian company.

The government will import the technol-ogy and use it to build houses and flats forgovernment servants, he said. “This is thefirst time I am witnessing such technology.”

The model flats were built by the Kar-nataka State Police Housing Corporationalong with Pearl My Home, the Australiancompany.

After importing pre-cast materials, the flatswere built in 17 days.

Home minister R Ashok, top fire brigadeofficials, other police officers and Pearlmanaging director M K Mark Winfield werepresent.

Wonʼt hinderprobe: Ashok


Bangalore: “If the people feel that I havebeen affecting the judicial process in thecases filed against me then I would takethe next decision,” said home minister RAshok, who is the latest to cases of landgrabbing charges, here today.

He told media persons: “As you haveknown some elements have tried to foistcases against me. They failed in their ear-lier two attempts. They have succeeded af-ter trying again and again. Such things arecommon in a democracy,” he said.

“In a democratic system, I have to fol-low the will of the people. If there is anyanomaly in my functioning, I would takethe next decision,” he said without spec-ifying what that action would be, thoughit was apparent that he would quit his

post.“I will not disturb the investigation

process and not influence its outcome. Iwill cooperate with the investigation,” headded.

There have been concerns in somequarters that since he is the home ministerwith direct control over the police, hewould jeopardise the cases against him.

A private complainant, JayaprakashHiremath, on Tuesday approached theLokayukta special court and alleged thatthe minister has denotified two pieces ofland that were already notified by the Ban-galore Development Authority. He gotthem denotified later. The special court onThursday directed the Lokayukta super-intendent of police, Bangalore Urbandistrict, to investigate the complaintagainst Ashoka and file the report.

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HC quashescases againstHDK couple

Slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on complainantBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court to-day provided a huge relief to JD(S) statepresident H D Kumaraswamy and hiswife Anita in the two cases that were filedbefore the Lokayukta special court.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1lakh against the private complainant,Vinod Kumar, for trying to malign a pub-lic figure.

The court was hearing a petition filedby the Kumaraswamy couple seeking re-jection of the cases filed before theLokayukta special court.

The cases relate to Jantakal MiningCompany and Vishwabharati HousingCooperative Society, which the com-plainant had alleged that Kumaraswamyand his wife had obtained personal grat-ification in return for a favour done to thetwo companies.

The court said the cases could be po-litically motivated and slapped the fine.The court was furious that private com-plaints and in turn courts are being usedto sully the image of the people.

Reacting to the verdict, Kumaraswamysaid, “I kept insisting that I would comeout of this issue unscathed. We have

been provedright. The courthas even saidthat it shouldnot be takenlightly.”

On the handof political op-ponents behindthe case, hesaid, “The court has observed that it is politicallymotivated andhas slapped the fine against the com-plainant. This should teach them a goodlesson.”

The court was angry that the docu-ments provided by the complainant werenot in order. As per the legal requirement,he should have filed attested copies, ob-tained through Right To Information Act,as supporting documents.

The court said the documents weremere photocopies and added that even thecomplaint had not been drafted proper-ly. The complaint too was not specificabout the involvement of the couple in thecases.

BJP BIGGIES TELLASHOK TO QUITHome minister seeking bail wonʼt look good: Sangh Parivar

D L HarishBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Pressure is building on homeminister R Ashok to resign from his post. Thelatest member of the cabinet to face land-grabbing charges, Ashok has been asked bythe BJP high command and also the SanghParivar to put in his papers before the first in-formation report is filed in the land grabbingcases, sources told Bangalore Beat.

The Lokyukta special court yesterdayasked the Lokayukta superintendent of po-lice, Bangalore Urban district, to investigateallegations of illegal land denotification oftwo pieces of land at Lottegollahalli in Ban-galore North taluk.

Complainant Jayaprakash Hirematch hasnamed Ashok as the prime accused and Yed-dyurappa as the second accused. Formerowners of these pieces of land, G Shaman-na and Ramaswamy, are accused number 3and 4.

As the case has been referred to under Sec-

tion 156 of the CrPC, Lokayukta police willtake up investigation after filing a first in-formation report (FIR).

Hiremath’s counsel A K Subbaiah said theminister got these pieces of land, worthover Rs 15 crore, for Rs 44.77 lakh.

The high command told Ashok how would it look if he has to approach courts for anticipatory bail while being a home minister. The leaders were worried about the further damage to the party with the lat-est crisis.

They said already the party’s reputationhas been dragged through the mud with thearrests of former chief minister B S Yeddyu-rappa and former ministers Katta Subra-manya Naidu and Krishnaiah Shetty.

The delay in submitting the resignationwould only provide fodder for opposition par-ties and media to attack the party. They askedhim he could save some face if he resignedbefore the FIR is filed.

They felt that he would not have anymoral right to continue as home minister. Home minister R Ashok

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IndrajithLankesh, editor of LankeshPatrike, calls on chief minister D V Sadananda Gowdaat his residence this morning. Indrajith requested the chief minister to take action against

some persons, who attacked the offices of the weekly newspaper, claiming to be fans ofactor Ambarish recently.

Wants action against culprits

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PUTHRA (U)Diganth, Supreeta, Rupa SriAnupama (10.30, 1.30, 4.30, 7.10pm) Balaji (Chikkalasandra) (11 am,2.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(1.10 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (3.25pm) Vishal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)

PARAMATHMA (U) Puneeth Rajkumar, Aindrita Ray,Deepa Sannidhi, Ramya BarnaCauvery (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30pm) Cinemax (12.30 pm, 6.15 pm)Cinepolis (10.15 am, 12.55, 3.35,9.20 pm) Fame (Lido) (12.15 pm,4.40 pm) Fame (Whitefield) (10 am,12.50, 3.40, 6.30 pm) Ganesh (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Ganesh(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Goverdhan (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (10.45 am, 2, 5.30, 9 pm);

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THE WHISTLE BLOWER (A)Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucciand Vanessa RedgraveInox (Malleswaram) (9.50 pm) In-signia (12 pm, 6 pm)

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AZAAN (A) Sachiin Joshi, Dalip TahilInox (Magrath Road) (9.45 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (12.35 pm)

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MOD (U) Rannvijay Singh, Ayesha TakiaAzmi, Raghuveer Yadav.

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MURAN (U)Cheran, Prasanna, NikithaVinayaka (Mysore Road) (10.30am,1.30 pm)

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THE RETURN OF BIG ELEPHANT JUMBO 2 (U)Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Rajpal Yadav

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Low prospects worrycracker industry: Assocham

Bangalore: Greater environmental aware-ness, rising prices of firecrackers andconstant cracker-free Diwali campaignshave severely hit demand for firecrackerswhich is likely to drop by about 35 to 40percent during this year, according to ajust-concluded survey of apex industrybody Assocham.

The Associated Chambers of Commerceand Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in-teracted with about 250 firecracker man-ufacturers in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu andabout 500 fireworks’ dealers, traders,shopkeepers and retailers at Ahmedabad,Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi,Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbaiand Pune at various wholesale and retailmarkets between September and October15 to gauge the mood in the domesticfirecracker industry.

Abnormal increase in fuel prices, in-creased road freight, escalating raw ma-terial (sulphur, potassium nitrate andwaste paper) prices due to shortage, risingwages and lack of skilled labour, othermiscellaneous levies and recent bombblasts in the country are certain key rea-sons cited by majority of respondentsthat might lead to a slump in profits offirecracker industry this festive season,highlights the Assochamsurvey.

“Due to escalating fuel prices the roadfreight rates have also gone up alongwith other operational costs. Besides,prices of tyres, lubricants and the wagesof the drivers have also increased signif-icantly and all these issues are going toimpact margins of the firecracker indus-try,” said DS Rawat, secretary-general ofAssochamwhile releasing the findings ofthe survey.

“A considerable increase of about 30to 50 percent in the cost of crackers(across all range) since last year is expected

this Diwali,” said Rawat. “But Diwali isknown for lighting and fireworks, peopleare not going to call off their celebrationsbarely because of price rise, but are surelygoing to cut their budget for firecrackersconsiderably thereby dampening the fes-tive mood.”

The domestic firecracker industry,which according to an Assochamestimateis about Rs 1,200 crore, has been in thedoldrums for the past couple of years.Sivakasi is home to over 9,500 firecrackerfactories and produce almost 100 per

cent of total fireworks output in the coun-try. The fireworks industry employs about1.5 lakh people, including the organisedand unorganised sectors.

Nearly 55 per cent of firecracker man-ufacturers and wholesalers in Sivakasisaid there has been a drop of about 15percent in orders from northern states,which consume over 75 per cent of totalfireworks production.

Majority of firecracker manufacturesin Sivakasi said cost of producing crackershas gone up by about 25 to 30 per cent

this year due to rising labour wages andskyrocketing prices of raw material.

About 35 per cent of these said theyhave stepped up production of smokelessfirecrackers to lure buyers as they emanatevariety of colours and light and containmore herbs, less-smoke emitting chemi-cals and are less noisy.

Increase in number of illegal firecrackerunits in and around Sivakasi is also dent-ing the prospects of the industry and aredoing a brisk business thriving on cheapercost price of their product, said most ofthe respondents.

Nearly 65 per cent of traders, retailersat Bangalore’s Rajaji Nagar, ManjunathNagar and Govindarajanagar said busi-ness has been real slow and profits haveonly dipped since 2008-09 and resultantlythey are not even able to recover the costof investment incurred.

Majority of these said rising environ-mental awareness, competition and re-strictions of the local administration andfire department are largely responsiblefor this gradual slump inthe fireworks’industry. Over half of the respondentssaid for the last two years their profitmargins have trimmed by over 35 percent and they have been suffering badlosses. Almost all the fireworks’ tradersinterviewed said they are also informingthe customers about the details of decibellevel and manufacturing date, consideringpeople have started realising ill-effectsof crackers on the environment.

About 2,500 temporary stalls, shopscome up in the city every year to sell fire-crackers cashing in on the Diwali jubi-lance. For most of these shopkeepers,selling firecrackers is a traditional prof-itable business and they go slow on theirusual business or profession to make awindfall during the annual festival.

Allergy clinic opensat Hrudayalaya

Bangalore: Dr. Devi Prasad Shet-ty, chairman, Narayana Hruday-alaya, inaugurated the familymedicine and allergy clinic onNarayana Hrudayalaya Multi-speciality Hospital premises.

Dr. Shetty said the need to es-tablish an allergy clinic as morethan 70% of the population issuffering from different kinds ofallergy. Allergy is more of a nui-sance than a disease.

Allergies occur when your im-mune system reacts to a foreignsubstance such as pollen, petdander or bee venom.

Your immune system producessubstances known as antibodies.Some of these antibodies protectyou from unwanted invaders thatcan cause infection or make you

sick. When you have an allergy,

your immune system makes antibodies that identify your particular antigen as somethingharmful, even though it isn’t.

So when you come in contactwith the allergen again, your im-mune system’s reaction inflamesyour skin, sinuses, airways or digestive system.

The severity of allergies variesfrom person to person and canrange from minor nose and skinirritation to anaphylaxis a po-tentially life-threatening

emergency. While allergy cannot be cured,

a number of treatments can help relieve your allergic symp-toms.

TCS ranked worldʼs 7thgreenest firm by NewsweekT ata Consultancy Services

has announced that it hasbeen ranked the world’s7th

greenest company in Newsweek’sGreen Rankings 2011. TCS is alsothe highest ranked Asia-basedcompany and second highestranked globally in the informa-tion technology & services com-pany category.

Newsweek’s Green Rankingsassess each company’s environ-mental footprint, managementof that footprint, and transparen-cy.

The green rankings focus onthe largest publicly traded com-panies in America and world-wide.

Each list consists of the largest500 companies by revenue (mostrecent fiscal year), market capi-talisation, and number of em-ployees as of June 30, 2011.

“TCS’ corporate sustainabilityefforts are focused on the fourdimensions around the world –workplace, environment, com-munity, and marketplace. Thefirst three are how TCS is focusedon increasing our own greeningas a company and the fourthone is how we influence ourclients to be more green,” saidNChandrasekaran, CEO and MD,TCS.

Newsweek’s Green Rankingscompare the environmental foot-

print, management (policies, ini-tiatives, controversies) and trans-parency of the biggest companieson the planet.

Published annually since2009, this project is the first effortby a major media organisationto comprehensively rank com-panies this way.

Newsweek teamed up withtwo leading environmental re-search organisations, Trucostand Sustainalytics, to producethe rankingsof 500 global and500 US companies.

The methodology was devel-oped in collaboration with anadvisory panel of sustainabilityexperts.

Narayana Hrudayalaya chairman Dr Devi Shetty inauguratesthe family medicine and allergy clinic on Narayana Hruday-

alaya Multispeciality Hospital premises.

Hard workwill take

you places:Sreedharan


Bangalore: The hard work thatyou put in while working for anorganisation would take you tointernational level, advised DelhiMetro Corporation founder di-rector E Sreedharan.

He was taking part in theaward presentation ceremonyfor MS Ramaiah Engineering Col-lege for 2007-08.

Infosys’s N R Narayana Murthyand Wipro’s AzimPremji strivedhard for the overall developmentof their respective organisationsand now the results are therefor everyone to see. They arenow known internationally. Theyfocused on wealth and growthand stuck to principles of cleanadministration. They conductedtheir businesses with integrity,he said.

“Students must have timesense and be punctual. Metrotrains have an error margin ofonly 0.03 percent and have beenmaintaining time at 99.97 percentof instances,” he advised.

In all, 1,187 students from 12engineering streams were givencertificates. In the programme,MSRIT chairman M Jayaram,vice-chancellor M R Seetharamand others took part.

Higher education

trainingBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Applications havebeen invited from those inter-ested in pursuing higher educa-tion in business and commerceby AVAGMAH Internet School.The institutions will conductclasses over the internet for BBA,MBA, hospital management,banking and finance, sales andmanagement and other courses.The courses will help those whoare already working, said a pressnote from the institute. Interestedcan submit their applicationsbefore October 31. For more in-formation, call 92432 91184.

More KSRTCbuses for

Diwali Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: KSRTC will ply ad-ditional 500 services to variousdestinations from today till Oc-tober 26 to handle the Deepavalirush.

Those who have reserved tick-ets should check the pickuppoints mentioned on their tickets,a press note from Karnataka StateRoad Transport Corporation stat-ed.

From the Majestic bus-standbuses will head to Dharmasthala,KukkeSubramanya, Shimoga,Hassan, Horanadu, Mangalore,Kundapur, Sringeri, Davanagere,Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum, Bi-japur, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar,Raichur, Gulbarga, Bellary, Kop-pal, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupati, andother places.

From Mysore road satellitebus-stand, buses will go towardsMysore, Hunsur, Periyapatna,Virajpet, Kushalnagar, Madikeriand other places.

North West KRTC and NorthEast KRTC buses will start fromthe Mysore satellite bus-stand.But buses with reservation willleave from the Majestic bus-stand.

Changesaround KBS


Bangalore: The city police com-missioner has ordered changesin routes around Majestic bus-stand to handle the festival rush.

The changes will be in placeon today, tomorrow and Monday.

According to the changes sug-gested, buses plying towardsMysore, Kodagu and Kerala willleave from the Mysore road satel-lite bus-stand.

Those buses leaving towardsTamil Nadu will start from Shan-tinagar bus terminus. Busesheading towards Chennai, Coim-batore, Tiruchi, Karaikudi,Padukottai, Tanjore, Madhuraiand Kumbakonam will leavefrom here.

S Radhakrishna

Bangalore: Global demand formobile applications has surgedas people have become more de-pendent on technology in theirpockets.

According to a global studyfrom Nokia, 58 percent of smart-phone users in India believeapps truly benefit their lives, re-lying on them while at home (31per cent), travelling (24 per cent),or at work (10 per cent).

Nokia is working alongsideCornell University’s leading so-ciologist and professor of scienceand technology studies ProfessorTrevor Pinch to analyse the studyof over 5,000 smartphone usersin 10 countries and to investigatewhat our smartphone behaviour

says about who we are. The research shows that it

isn’t about the number ofapps people have, but aboutfinding ones that are mostuseful. 65 per cent haveup to 30 apps on theirsmartphones, with a fifth(21 per cent) saying thatthey delete all similarapps from their hand-set if they hear abouta better one.

“Apps are becom-ing intrinsic to theway we live,” saysProf Pinch.

“Our relation-ship with them hasturned from just occasional use

into a real de-pendency. It

is because ofthis that our

personal app‘collections’ rep-

resent our uniqueneeds, personality

and interests. Wecan learn much

about a person’s be-havior via a mix of

their choice of apps,personality variables,

use variables and com-petence variables.”

The study found that77 per cent of people in

India have up to 30 appson their smartphone, with

men more likely to downloadan app (93 per cent) vs. women(87 per cent).

The most popular apps todownload are music (41 percent), social networking (41 percent), business (27 per cent),photo/ personalization (22 percent) and games (22 per cent).

The most popular apps peo-ple actually use are social net-working (40 per cent), music(36 per cent), business (28 percent), utilities (21 per cent),games (21 per cent)

Women (43 per cent) are moreinto social networking than men(38 per cent)

The majority of 18-24-yearolds download and use social

networking apps. 58 per cent of people like to

download apps because theyknow they’ll benefit their life,48 per cent of Indians think it’simportant to have the most re-cent technology and applica-tions and 34 per cent feel theyneed to be able to downloadthe latest music releases.

Most smartphone users fre-quently rely on apps throughoutthe day (48 per cent), 22 percent log on and use them twoor three times a week.

31 per cent of people use theirapps at home, while 29 per centuse them while commuting toand from work.

17 per cent of Indians only

download the free apps avail-able for their phone via sitessuch as store.ovi.com.

The data reveal some factsabout the behaviour of SouthIndians.

40 per cent of southernersmake sure they tell as manypeople as possible when theyfind a great app.

Almost a third of those inSouth India (32 per cent) usethe apps on their smartphonemostly at home, whereas a fur-ther 29 per cent use them mostlywhile commuting to or fromwork

23 per cent of South Indiansmostly use gaming apps – thehighest of any region.

CITYThursday, October 20, 2011 3

CPI members protest agaist inflation and the alleged corrupt BJP state government, inBangalore today.

Protest against ʻcorruptʼ govt

CITY EVENTSGeneral Indian Economic Associa-tion: Valedictory of nationalseminar on ‘Land use andGlobalisation in India’ by Gov-ernor H R Bhardwaj, KAS Of-ficers’ Association, InfantryRoad, Opp Ashraya Hotel, 5.45pm.

Bangalore International Cen-tre: Talk on ‘An Evening ofPoetry’ by Carlos Reyes, Amer-ican Poet, Teri Complex, 4thMain, 2nd Cross, Domlur 2ndStage, 6.30 pm.

Sri Kalabhairava Kalaniketan:Valedictory of Kempegowdajayanthotsava, R Ashoka topatriciate, Ravindra Kalak-shetra, J C Road, 6 pm.

Mysore Silks: Vintage contest2011, Karnataka SecretariatClub, Cubbon Park, 3 pm.

Cultural Oak Tree Kitchens: ‘KarthikaDeepotsavam’, classical danceby Lakshmi Gopalaswamy andArushi Mudgal, The TamarindTree, Avalahalli, AnjanapuraPost, 7 pm.

Bengaluru Lakitha KalaParishat: Compositions ofHaridasara padagalu by DeepaKrishanamurthy and RoopaKiran, National College Cam-pus, Jayanagar, 6:30pm.

Sankula Theatre Institute:‘Achanak’, K H Kalasoudha,Ramanjaneya Temple com-pound, Hanumanthanagar,7.15 pm.

Religious Srirangam Srimad AndavanAshram: ‘Sri Andal Vaib-havam’, Srirangam Srimad An-davan Ashram, GaruthmanPark, Behind R V TeachersCollege, 6 pm.

The Indian Institute of WorldCulture: Devotional songs byAparna S, No 6, Shri B P WadiaRoad, 6 pm.

MusicIn The Still Of The Night withUNK: Friday, October 21st,2011. 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.BFlat, No 776, 100 Feet Road,Indiranagar BFlat hosts UNK- The Radha Thomas Jazz En-semble, which presents 'InThe Still Of The Night', anevening of jazz and blues, withvocalist Radha Thomas, Ram-jee Chandran on guitar, AmitMirchandani on drums, AmanMahajan on keyboards, MattLittlewood on saxophone, andSahil Warsi on bass.

Performing ArtsAn Evening of Poetry: Friday,October 21st, 2011. 6:30 p.m.to 8 p.m. Bangalore Interna-tional Centre - A TERI Initiative,Teri Complex, 2nd Stage, 4thMain, 2nd Cross, Domlur Well-known American poet CarlosReyes takes the stage.

Eating OutBreakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: Friday, October21st, 2011. to 2:30 a.m. CubbonPavilion, ITC Gardenia, No 1,Residency Road Indian signa-tures, breakfast classics, anddesserts come together to cre-ate a buffet that starts whenthe clock strikes midnight.

Mexican Fiesta: Friday, Oc-tober 21st, 2011. noon to 11:30p.m. Sports Bar and Lounge,Le Meridien, No 28, SankeyRoad, High Grounds A specialmenu, which pairs Mexicancuisine with beverages. Com-bos include Tequila with Tacosand Beer with Burittos.

Lunch Buffet @ Applewood:Friday, October 21st, 2011. 12:30p.m. to 3 p.m. Applewood,No 760, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar A Global and Indianlunch buffet, which includessoups, starters, main courseand desserts, priced at Rs. 299plus taxes per head.

New Vegetarian Menu at Nan-do’s: Friday, October 21st, 2011.11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nando's ,No 1/A, Church Street, Nando’sgives vegetarians a reason tosmile with a meat free menu.On it are grilled burgers andwraps, and specialities likethe Veg Espetada, Veg Platter,and Roasted Veg Meal.

Chocofest: Friday, October21st, 2011. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Baskin Robbins, No 218, NewBEL Road, Chocolate loversare treated to a host of indulgent flavours like chocochips mousse, chocolate ice cream, three cheers choco-late, malted choco fudge,world class chocolate, mint milk chocolate chips andmore. There's also an offer where patrons can take home a family pack on thepurchase of a party pack of any of the chocolate flavors

Festive Sweets @ Caramel:Friday, October 21st, 2011. 9a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caramel,Vivanta by Taj - Whitefield,ITPB, Near Big Bazaar, White-field Caramel welcomes thisfestive season with a choiceof hampers of chocolates andIndian sweets. Prices start fromRs 1250.

Dine by the Street: Friday,October 21st, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Terracotta, Vivantaby Taj - Whitefield, ITPB, NearBig Bazaar, Whitefield Kebabsfrom the streets of Amritsar,Lucknow and Lahore underthe star-studded sky, pairedwith an expansive collectionof whiskeys.

Festive Hampers: Friday, Oc-tober 21st, 2011. 10 a.m. to11:30 p.m. Mynt, The Taj WestEnd, No 25, Race Course Road,High Grounds Gift hampersfor the festive season, com-posed of gourmet treats. Theycan be personalised as well.

NightlifeKroaknight with Sheridanand Carlton: Friday, October21st, 2011. 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Opus In The Creek, No 2 Dod-danekkundi Industrial Area,Whitefield Road, Mahadeva-pura Sing along with Sheridanand Carlton all night. Requestfor your favourite songs andbring alive the star in you.

Karaoke Night with KJ Val:Friday, October 21st, 2011. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. XtremeSports Bar, 4th Floor, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar Test thosevocal chords at karaoke nightwith KJ Val.

Eve Night: Friday, October21st, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Ice, Vivanta by Taj - MG Road,No 41/3, MG Road, House andcommercial tunes with DJ Van-shi. Ladies drink for free till9:30 pm.

Fantastic Friday with DJ Arin:Friday, October 21st, 2011. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Lounge 579,No 218 Sunshine Complex,HRBR 3rd Block , Kammana-halli Main Road, Kalyan-nagar DJ Arin spinning housethis Friday at Lounge579.

Desi Night with DJ Hussain:Friday, October 21st, 2011. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. i-Bar, ThePark, No 14/7, MG Road, Desitracks with DJ Hussain thisFriday at i-Bar.

ShoppingThe Great Forum ShoppingFestival: Friday, October 21st,2011. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. TheForum Mall, No 21, HosurRoad, Koramangala Amonth-long shopping festivalthat has great discounts andprizes worth 50 crores for shop-pers. Adding to the festivitiesare dance troupes from allover the country and live musicperformances.

Wrangler’s Autumn/WinterCollection: Friday, October21st, 2011. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Wrangler, No 777, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar The collec-tion depicts the character thatdenim acquires after enduringan adrenaline fueled road tripand shows the relationship itshares with its wearer.

Swarovski Charm Collection:Friday, October 21st, 2011. 10a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Swarovski,1st Floor, Monarch Plaza,Brigade Road, Symbolic,quirky, feminine or offbeat,the charm collection allowswearers to express their per-sonalities through miniatureworks of art.

Samriddhi Offer: Friday, Oc-tober 21st, 2011. 11 a.m. to 9p.m. Gitanjali, No 3049, 80Feet Road, Indiranagar Gitan-jali offers discounts of up to20% on its Diya range of jew-ellery.

The Swadeshi Store's AnnualSale: Friday, October 21st, 2011.10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. HosurMain Road, Krishnanagar In-dutrial Layout Up to 50% offon the entire range of hand-crafted cotton home furnish-ings and accessories.

Landmark's Biggest Ever Sale:Friday, October 21st, 2011. 10:30a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Landmark,The Forum Mall, No 21, HosurRoad, Koramangala Discountsof up to 70% on books, toys,DVDs, music and more atLandmark.

ExhibitionsNirantara @ Galleryske: Fri-day, October 21st, 2011. 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. Galleryske, No 2,Berlie Street,Langford TownGalleryske presents 'Nirantara'by Srinivasa Prasad.

Fiesta of Art: Friday, October21st, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Gallery Third Eye, No A-1 Ep-silon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur An exhi-bition of paintings by AshokKumar G Hiremath.

IN SEARCH OF APPINESSSouth In dians addicted to gaming applications on smartphones

Jaya comes to court in city today too


Bangalore: Tamil Nadu chiefminister J Jayalalithaa arrived inthe city today to attend hearingin two cases of disproportionateassets going on at the Parap-panaAgrahara Central Jail.

The AIADMK leader was inthe city yesterday too and an-swered more than 370 questionsposed by Judge Mallikarjunaiah.

She arrived in the city on aspecial flight and headed straightto the special court set up insidethe jail premises.

The proceedings are in-cameraand media and others have beenbanned from attending it. Thepolice have enforced ban ordersunder section 144 around the500-metre radius of the jail.

Jayalalithaa answered morethan 200 questions today. Thoughthe judge had prepared morethan 1,000 questions, the processcould be completed for only 370questions. The process was de-layed as after each set of ques-tions Jayalalithaa had to put inher signature. She answered mostof the questions in monosyllableswith mere yes or no. She attendedcourt for more than six hours

with a break of only half an hourto 45 minutes for the lunch break.Through the entire proceedings,she was made to sit on a sofa.The Supreme Court has askedthe special court to finish thehearing in two days. A tight se-curity cordon has been thrownaround the jail. The Karnatakapolice had stationed over 1,000personnel, while their TamilNadu counterparts had broughtin 500 policemen. The heavy se-curity is because of the Z categorysecurity the leader enjoys.

The cases relate to alleged ac-

quisition of a hotel worth Rs 57crore in 2001 and possessing il-legal properties worth over Rs97 crore in 1991-96.

DMK state general secretaryAnbazhagan had filed the casesagainst Jayalalithaa. TheSupreme Court had ordered thatthe cases be heard in Karnatakaas the AIADMK was in power inTamil Nadu then. In 1996, JanataParty leader Subramanyam-Swamy too had filed cases ofdisproportionate assets againstJayalalithaa.Members of the Kamalanagar Block Congress Committee protest against the BJP

government for allegedly grabbing the lands of poor, in Bangalore today.

Protest against land grabbing S Radhakrishna

S Radhakrishna

GOVT WILL RELEASE RS 1 CRMORE FOR POLICE FUND: CM


Bangalore: The state governmentwill release Rs 1 crore more for thepolice welfare fund, said chief min-ister D V SadanandaGowda herethis morning.

Taking part in the Police Com-memoration Day at City Armed Re-serve police grounds on Mysoreroad, he said, “The police force isdoing well in the state. The policepersonnel are working hard tomaintain the law and order situa-tion.”

“Our police are capable of han-dling any situation. Eminent policeofficers have been putting theirlives at risk to protect the peopleof the state,” he said.

The state government will notinterfere in the transfers of thepolice officers below the rank ofdeputy commissioners of police.The Police Board will have a freehand in transferring their ranks,he added.

On the occasion, the police force gave a gun salute to their fel-low officers who died in the call ofduty.

Home minister R Ashok, DG andIGP NeelamAchutaRao, CID DGPShankar Bidari and other top policeofficers of the state and city tookpart in the function.

Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda plays a wreath at the memorial for martyrs at theMartyrs’ Park on City Armed Reserve police premises on Mysore road today.

S Radhakrishna

Gangadhar Pujar

Woman robbedof gold chain

Ashokmust quit:BJP brass

Continued from page 1

If he continues in the post, itwould createa lot of com-plications.

A s h o khad yester-day told me-dia personsthat hewould holda press con-ference today and reveal all de-tails about the case. It was sched-uled for the afternoon. But itwas cancelled at the last minute.

The party and Sangh Parivarleaders, who watched him givingstatements after the Police Com-memoration Day function in themorning, asked him to desistfrom making any further state-ments it is learnt. They evenasked him not to say anythingat the fire officers’ function laterat Rajajinagar.


Bangalore: A woman was robbedof her chain when she was onher morning walk at N R Colonythis morning.

Kausalya (60) was walking infront of Gowri Villa Apartmentswhen two motorbike-borne mis-creants snatched the mangala-sutra chain weighing 80 gm andworth over Rs 1.5 lakh from herneck. The incident occurredaround 6 am.

Houses burgledA house was burgled and goldjewellery worth over Rs 1.3 lakhwere stolen from ACL Layout at

Ramamurthy Nagar yesterday.House owner Chandrashekar

had gone to work around 8.30in the morning and when he re-turned around 8.30 in the night,he found the house front doorbroken open and the jewellerystolen.

In another burglary, a houseat Nanjappa Colony at NagawaraMysore road was broken intoand valuables worth over Rs 2lakh were stolen.

Owner Yasodha had steppedout of her house around 11.30am and returned around 4.30 pm to find the front doorbroken open. 98 gm of gold jew-ellery and DVD player have beenstolen.

Will not affect course of probe: Ashok

Continued from page 1The complainant has named

Ashok as the prime accused,while Yeddyurappa has beennamed the second accused. For-mer owners of these pieces ofland, G Shamanna and Ra-maswamy are accused number3 and 4.

As the case has been referredto under Section 156 of the CrPC,Lokayukta police will take up

investigation after filing a firstinformation report (FIR).

Hiremath’s counsel A K Sub-baiah said the minister got thesepieces of land, worth over Rs 15crore, for Rs 44.77 lakh.

Yeddyurappa allegedly deno-tified 14 guntas at survey number10/11F and 9.73 guntas on surveynumber 10/1 at Lottegollahalliin Bangalore north taluk on De-cember 31, 2009 to benefit Ashok.

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If plainspeak is harsh, then I plead guilty: Advani

Kolkata: If plainspeak is harsh,then “I plead guilty,” the BJP’s84-year-old yatri LK Advani hassaid in response to Prime MinisterManmohan Singh’s gentle sug-gestion that he not use harshwords.

Attacked by Mr Advani forbeing “the weakest prime min-ister the country has seen”, DrSingh responded on Wednesdayby saying “I wish Advaniji suc-cess in his yatra. I hope that hewould not use language at times,which appears to be intemperate.In politics, it is better to avoidsuch harsh words.”

Mr Advani had a ready re-sponse to that as his yatra rolledinto Kolkata. “My strongest crit-icism of him has been that he isthe weakest PM of all the countryhas had. If calling a spade aspade is wrong, then I pleadguilty, else there is no harsh-ness.”

Yesterday, on board his planewhile returning from a trip toPretoria, the PM had made clearhe would not counter criticismwith criticism. “It’s up to people

to decide, I am not going to crit-icize any national leader,” hesaid. Mr Advani had made his“weakest PM” remark on Tues-day on the ninth day of his JanChetnayatra which he has dedi-cated to the promotion of cleangovernance. He had declaredthat he did not expect the UPAgovernment to complete its termin office and asked his party toprepare for mid-term elections.Today he continued that attack,

“The Central government isshowing symptoms of decline,not only because their ministersare in jail and others are in queue,but also because I have neverseen senior ministers speak abouteach other the way they are do-ing...the state of affairs in thecentral government is equivalentto multi-organ failure.”

In West Bengal, Mr Advaniasked why his one-time politicalassociate Mamata Banerjee, ChiefMinister and now a partner ofthe Congress, was silent on cor-ruption at the Centre. “I missthe outspokenness of Mamata;which even my government hadto face...I don’t know why she isreticent on the massive centralgovernment scams.”

Mamata Banerjee’s TrinamoolCongress was a part of the BJP-led NDA government at the Cen-tre, before parting ways on anacrimonious note in 2001. TheTrinamool Congress is the secondlargest partner in the UPA gov-ernment. The Trinamool and theCongress are also coalition part-ners in West Bengal.

HC cancels acquisition of 3 Greater Noida villages

Allahabad: In a major setback for theUttar Pradesh government, the AllahabadHigh Court on Friday cancelled the landacquisition of three villages in GreaterNoida.

The land acquisition of Asadallapur,Devla and Saberi villages were cancelledby the court.

As per the order, the farmers who havealready taken the compensation, can re-turn the amount and claim back theirland.

The farmers in the remaining 37 villages,where planning has already taken place,will get 64 per cent additional compen-sation and 10 per cent of developed land.

The High Court further said that an of-ficer of the Principal Secretary level wouldbe appointed to look into the functioningof Greater Noida authority.

The order was passed by a specially-constituted three-judge bench comprisingjustices Ashok Bhushan, S U Khan andV K Shukla on the writ petition of 491farmers who had challenged the acqui-sition of more than 3000 hectares of landby the state government.

The court also ordered that "no furtherconstruction shall take place in the areaunless approval for the same is given bythe National Capital Region Planning

Board".The court took serious note of the fact

that vast tracts of land in the districtwere acquired by invoking the urgencyclause, for the purpose of "planned in-dustrial development". However, theywere later handed over to private buildersfor construction of residential complex-es".

"The Chief Secretary of the state ishereby directed to get an inquiry con-

ducted into the entire process of allotmentof land to private builders, by an officernot below the rank of Secretary, and sub-mit its report to the state government".

A lawyer representing the farmers said,"There was a kind of a mafia working incollusion with the officials of the authoritybecause the manner in which they hadtaken land was unfair".

"I have all sympathy with the investors,but the Supreme Court has said the

dispute is purely between the farmersand builders," he said.

SurenderYadav, a farmer whose landin Itara village would fetch him compen-sation said, "We are not satisfied withthis order. There is nothing new in it. Wewould have anyway got this deal two-three months back. If they don’t scrap it,we will go to the Supreme Court".

The invoking of the Land AcquisitionAct’s urgency clause by the state govern-ment had been a major cause of resent-ment among the petitioners who hadclaimed that this had deprived them ofan opportunity for raising objections andbargain for a better compensation.

Moreover, they had also been objectingto the change in "land use", pointing outthat while the government notificationsstated "planned industrial development"as the objective of acquiring their land,it was being later handed over to realestate developers for construction ofhousing complexes.

A number of builders and thousandsof flat buyers who had invested in theaforesaid housing projects had also ap-proached the High Court with the pleathat any adverse order would badly affectthem for no fault of theirs.

Strike at Maruti SuzukiManesar plant ends

New Delhi: The 14-day-longstrike at Maruti Suzuki India'sManesar's plant was called offon Friday morning following atripartite agreement between themanagement, workers and theHaryana Government.

As part of the agreement, themanagement agreed to take back64 permanent workers but an-other 30 will remain suspended.It was also agreed that around1,200 casual workers would alsobe reinstated, sources privy tothe talks said. The strike at theSuzuki PowerTrain and SuzukiMotorcycle plants has also beencalled off. The 15-day long agi-tation by workers cost the com-pany an estimated loss of Rs 825crore - that is Rs 55 crores perday.

Setting up of two committeesfor grievance rederssal andlabour welfare was also agreedin order to provide a harmoniousworking environment at theplant. The agreement came atthe end of several rounds oftalks, since Wednesday in thepresence of senior officials ofthe Haryana government.

Workers at the plant were onstrike since October 7 demandingreinstatement of about 1,200 ca-sual workers and 44 permenantworkers who were suspendedfollowing an agreement signedon October 1 to end a 33-day-long standoff, along with 50workers who were dismissed orsuspended during the currentstir. As per the agreement, work-ers will face no work, no pay forthe duration of the strike.

A 'Grievance Redressal Com-mittee' will be set up and it willhave representation from themanagement and workers.

Also, a Labour Officer fromthe state government will be apermanent invitee to the com-mittee and will review its pro-ceedings, the sources said.

The agreement also providesfor the setting up of a 'LabourWelfare Committee' to promotemeasures for good relations be-tween the management andworkers. The committee willcomprise members from themanagement as well as work-ers.

It is understood that the com-pany has also agreed to arrangefor transport services for workersin line with shift timings.

The agreement was signed inthe presence of senior State gov-ernment officials, includingDeputy Commissioner (Gurgaon)PC Meena, Sub Divisional Mag-istrate Satyendra Duhan, LabourCommissioner Smt SatwantiAhlawat and Assistant LabourCommissioner Nitin Yadav.

Workers at Suzuki PowertrainIndia Ltd (SPIL) and Suzuki Mo-torcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL)who had also gone on strikefrom October 7 in support oftheir colleagues at Maruti SuzukiIndia (MSI) have also agreed tocall off their strike.

The company said it produced1,997 vehicles at the Gurgaonand Manesar facilities on Thurs-day with the Manesar plantrolling out 200 cars with 600workers on duty.

Earlier in June, workers atManesar plant went on a 13-daystrike demanding the recognitionof a new labour union, the MarutiSuzuki Employees Union(MSEU). The stir had resulted ina production loss of 12,600 cars,which were valued at about Rs630 crore. From August 29, thecompany witnessed a 33-daystandoff when the managementprevented workers from enteringthe plant without signing a 'goodconduct bond'. MSI board willbe meeting on October 29 to con-sider among other things, a pro-posal for setting up of a newplant in Gujarat.

Newer methods must be evolved in Ayurveda: MMC dean


Mysore: Steps should be takento conduct more research inAyurveda and modernise thisancient form of medicine, saidMysore Medical College deanGeetha K Avadhani here thismorning.

Speaking at a one-day seminaron “Modernisation of Ayurve-da”here today, she said, “Ayurve-

da is as ancient as Indian culture.It is the face of Indian culture.”

Many students take up Ayurve-da as a subject and then leave itat that after graduating. Theyshould take steps and conductresearch as it is done in allopathyand other forms of medicine,she said.

Many people say that Ayurve-da does not cure illnesses. Butit is not true, there is a cure.

More importantly, the cure iswithout side-effects. It is imper-ative that this form of medicineis modernised. Newer methodsand treatments have to be found,she added.

The seminar was inauguratedby Mysore University vice-chan-cellor D G Talwar. The seminarwas held at Bhardwaj auditoriumat the Government Ayurveda Col-lege.

Mysore University vice-chancellor D G Talwar inaugurates a one-day seminar on mod-ernising Ayurveda at the Government Ayurveda College in Mysore today.

Protesters from the BahujanSamaj Party beat drums to highlight the plight of dalits in Mysore district. They alleged that there have been increasing incidents of

discrimination against the downtrodden in the district over the last few months. Thethree-day protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office at Mysore ended today.

Protest to protect dalits G S Ravishnakar

Ashok must resign immediately: Siddu


Mysore: Home minister R Ashokshould resign immediately forhis alleged involvement in landgrabbing cases, demanded op-position leader in the assemblySiddaramaiah here today.

He said there are a lot of cor-rupt ministers in the chief min-ister D V Sadananda Gowda gov-

ernment and they are comingout day by day. “It will be difficultfor Gowda to run the governmentif it continues. It is better forhim to dissolve the assemblyand go for elections.”

Since the BJP came to power,many of its ministers have re-signed for one or other reason,some are in jail and others arefacing court cases. The BJP gov-

ernment does not have any moralright to continue in power, hesaid.

Ashok should resign beforethe Lokayukta superintendentof police filed the first informa-tion report and face the investi-gation. If he continues as homeminister even after the FIR isfiled, then it is a shame on hisposition, he added.

Opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah listens to people from his constituency inMysore today.

I‑T dept asks Kejriwal topay `9.5 lakh by Oct 27

New Delhi: In what comes as afresh trouble for anti-corruptioncrusader Anna Hazare's key aideArvind Kejriwal, the Income Taxdepartment has issued a freshnotice to him.

Kejriwal has been asked bythe department to deposit Rs 9.5lakh by October 27.

On September 2, Kejriwal wasserved a notice in this regard bythe I-T department, accusing himof violating bond conditions.

Incidentally, Kejriwal is stillan IRS employee as the depart-

ment has not accepted his res-ignation tendered in 2006.

The earlier notice had saidthat his resignation would beaccepted only after the dues werecleared.

Reacting to the September notice, which was slapped almost a week before Hazare kicked off his Ramlila fast, TeamAnna had questioned the timingof it.

Team Anna member JusticeSantosh Hegde had said that thetiming was vindictive.

"At a time when he has doneso much in the movement ofAnna Hazare, the governmentseems to be taking vindictivesteps, it looks to me at the firstsight. I think people at large willmisunderstand this.

Five years back he left his job,he signed a bond and now whenamidst all these happenings,they slap him this amount andsay come and pay within a week,looks vindictive to me," JusticeHegde had said.

Gaddafi: who pulled the trigger?Sirte: Disturbing images of ablood-stained and shakenMuammar Gaddafi beingdragged around by angry fightersquickly circulated around theworld after the Libyan dictator'sdramatic death near his hometown of Sirte.

The exact circumstances ofhis demise are still unclear withconflicting accounts of his deathemerging. But the footage, pos-sibly of the last chaotic momentsof Gaddafi's life, offered someclues into what happened.

Gaddafi was still alive whenhe was captured near Sirte. Inthe video, filmed by a bystanderin the crowd and later aired ontelevision, Gaddafi is shown be-ing dragged off a vehicle's bonnetand pulled to the ground by hishair.

live and while he was beingtaken away, they beat him andthen they killed him," one seniorsource in the NTC told Reuters."He might have been resisting."

In what appeared to contradictthe events depicted in the video,Libya's ruling National Transi-tional Council said Gaddafi waskilled when a gunfight brokeout after his capture betweenhis supporters and governmentfighters. He died from a bulletwound to the head, the primeminister said.

The NTC said no order hadbeen given to kill him.

Gaddafi called the rebels whorose up against his 42 years ofone-man rule "rats", but in theend it appeared that it was hewho was captured cowering in

a drainagepipe full ofrubbish andfilth.

" H ecalled usrats, butlook wherewe foundhim," saidAhmed Al

Sahati, a 27-year-old governmentfighter, standing next to twostinking drainage pipes under asix-lane highway near Sirte.

On the ground, governmentfighters described scenes of sheercarnage as they told stories ofGaddafi's final hours.

Shortly before dawn prayers,Gaddafi, surrounded by a fewdozen loyal bodyguards and ac-companied by the head of hisnow non-existent army Abu BakrYounis Jabr, broke out of thetwo-month siege of Sirte andmade a break for the west.

They did not get far.France said its aircraft struck

military vehicles belonging toGaddafi forces near Sirte at about8:30 a.m. (0630 GMT), but saidit was unsure whether the strikeshad killed Gaddafi. A NATO of-ficial said the convoy was hit ei-ther by a French plane or a U.S.Predator drone.

Two miles (3 km) west of Sirte,15 pick-up trucks mounted withmachine guns lay burnt out,smashed and smouldering nextto an electricity substation 20metres from the main road.

They had clearly been hit bya force far beyond anything the

motley army the former rebelshas assembled during eightmonths of revolt to overthrowthe once feared leader.

But there was no bomb crater,indicating the strike may havebeen carried out by a fighter jet.

Inside the trucks still in theirseats sat the charred skeletal re-mains of drivers and passengerskilled instantly by the strike.Other bodies lay mutilated andcontorted strewn across thegrass. Some 50 bodies in all.

Fighters on the ground saidGaddafi and a handful of hismen appeared to have runthrough a stand of trees and tak-en refuge in the two drainagepipes.

"At first we fired at them withanti-aircraft guns, but it was nouse," said Salem Bakeer, whilebeing feted by his comrades nearthe road. "Then we went in onfoot.

"One of Gaddafi's men cameout waving his rifle in the airand shouting surrender, but assoon as he saw my face he startedshooting at me," he told Reuters.

"Then I think Gaddafi musthave told them to stop. 'My mas-ter is here, my master is here',he said, 'Muammar Gaddafi ishere and he is wounded'," saidBakeer.

"We went in and broughtGaddafi out. He was saying'What's wrong? What's wrong?What's going on?'. Then we tookhim and put him in the car,"Bakeer said.

At the time of his capture,Gaddafi was already wounded

with gunshots to his leg and tohis back, Bakeer said.

Other government fighterswho said they took part inGaddafi's capture, separatelyconfirmed Bakeer's version ofevents, though one said the manwho ruled Libya for 42 years wasshot and wounded at the lastminute by one of his own men.

"One of Muammar Gaddafi'sguards shot him in the chest,"said Omran Jouma Shawan.

There were also other versionsof events. NTC official Abdel Ma-jid Mlegta told Reuters Gaddafihad been finally cornered in acompound in Sirte after hoursof fighting, and wounded in agun battle with NTC forces.

He said Gaddafi kept repeating"What is the matter? What's go-ing on? What do you want?" andresisted as NTC fighters seizedhim. He added that Gaddafi diedof his wounds as he was beingtransported in an ambulance.

"He was bleeding from hisstomach. It took a long time totransport him. He bled to death(in the ambulance)," he said.

Another NTC official, speakingto Reuters anonymously, gavea violent account of Gaddafi'sdeath: "They (NTC fighters) beathim very harshly and then theykilled him. This is a war."

Video footage showedGaddafi, dazed and wounded,but still clearly alive and as hewas dragged from the front of apick-up truck by a crowd of angryjostling government soldiers whohit him and pulled his hair todrag him to the ground.

He then appeared to fall tothe ground and was envelopedby the crowd. NTC officials laterannounced Gaddafi had died ofhis wounds after capture.

Someone in the crowd shouted"keep him alive, keep him alive",but another fighter cried out ina high pitched crazed scream.Gaddafi then goes out of viewand gunshots are heard.

Further footage showed whatappeared to be Gaddafi's lifelessbody being loaded into an am-bulance in Sirte.

One of the fighters who saidhe took part in the capture bran-dished a heavily engraved goldenpistol he said he had taken fromGaddafi.

Fallen electricity cables par-tially covered the entrance tothe pipes and the bodies of threemen, apparently Gaddafi body-guards lay at the entrance toone end, one in shorts probablydue to a bandaged wound onhis leg.

Four more bodies lay at theother end of the pipes. All blackmen, one had his brains blownout, another man had been de-capitated, his dreadlocked headlying beside his torso.

Army chief Jabr was also cap-tured alive, Bakeer said. NTC of-ficials later announced he wasdead.

Joyous government fightersfired their weapons in the air,shouted "Allahu Akbar" andposed for pictures. Others wrotegraffiti on the concrete parapetsof the highway. One said simply:"Gaddafi was captured here."

Supreme Court says okto F1, with conditions

New Delhi: The Supreme Courthas said the F1 in Greater Noidacan take place as planned, butthe organisers need to deposit25% of the ticket sales in a specialbank account.

That money cannot be with-drawn by the organisers – theJaypee Group – till the court de-cides on whether the event is

entitled to exemption from en-tertainment taxes.

The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment's decision to forgo the en-tertainment tax has been chal-lenged in the Supreme Court bya Public Interest Litigation (PIL)."We want to get money for thestate but you don't," observedthe judges hearing the case.

The races will be held over aperiod of three days next week.

The JP Group told the courtthat so far it has sold ticketsworth 75 lakhs. Given that en-tertainment tax is applied at25%, the group will have to setaside 18 lakhs within two weeksin a special bank account. Thecase will be heard after a month.

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