No Bhajji, Yuviin Test squadto Australia

Mumbai: Out of form off-spinner HarbhajanSingh was on Saturday ignored while pacerPraveen Kumar and Rohit Sharma were recalledin India's 17-member Test squad for next month'sgruelling tour of Australia.

Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who missedmost part of the England tour and ongoing se-ries against the West Indies because of ham-string and ankle injury, has been provisional-ly named in the squad subject to passing the fit-ness test.

Bengal wicketkeeper WriddhimanSaha wasalso named in the squad ahead of Parthiv Pa-tel but there were no major surprises in the teamannounced by the BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdaleafter a meeting of the selection committee.

Young leg-spinner Rahul Sharma, who fea-tured in India's squad for the ongoing seriesagainst West Indies, has been excluded from theteam, to be captained by Mahendra SinghDhoni with VirenderSehwag as his deputy.

The selectors more or less retained the coreof the team that has been doing duty in the on-going series against the West Indies whichmeant that Harbhajan continued to be in thewilderness.

Though Harbhajan has a good track recordagainst the Australians, the selectors reposedfaith in the new spin combination of PragyanO-jha and R Ashwin, who have done exceeding-ly well in the ongoing series against the West In-dies.

"Unfortunately, we cannot help it as theteam selects itself. In Australia, you cannot havemore than two spinners. PragyanOjha andAshwin are doing an excellent job. Sometimesit becomes bad luck and sometimes people missout. I'm sure everyone has their own time andspace to come back," chief selector KrisSrikkanth told reporters after the meeting.

Srikkanth said Zaheer will have to prove hismatch fitness before he gets the clearance to trav-el to Australia.

"Zaheer will play in a couple of Ranji Trophymatches. And once he is fully match-fit andeverything is fine, he will join the side. He mayalso go with the team as by the time (the teamleaves) he would have played a couple ofmatches by that time," said Srikkanth.

Yuvraj Singh, who was not considered for selection for the ODI series against the West Indies after he declared himself unfit, was also not included in the team which has five pacers, including Zaheer, and two specialist spinners.

The batting heavyweights like Sachin Ten-dulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Gau-tamGambhir were expectedly named in thesquad.

Mumbai batsman AjinkyaRahane, who hasmade quite an impression in the few opportu-nities he has got, has been retained in the teamwhile fit-again Rohit was recalled.

The Test series against Australia will beginwith the Boxing Day (December 26) Test in-Melbourne, followed by three other matches inSydney (January 3-7), in Perth (January 13-17) andin Adelaide (January 24-28).

Srikkanth said the selectors have chosen abalanced side and he hoped the team will dowell in Australia.

"We have chosen a very balanced side. Wehave taken everything into account, includingfitness and Australian conditions. If you ask metoday whether this team can beat Australia inAustralia, I would say I'm very confident. Weshould beat Australia in Australia in a Test se-ries," he said.

"Our batsman are in form, our bowlers are inform. And now we have all kinds of bowlers. Wehave fast bowlers, medium fast bowlers, we haveswing bowlers, spinners -- left arm and off-spin,"said Srikkanth.

"So depending on the conditions there theteam management will select the team on amatch-to match basis. Let's hope that this sidebeats Australia in Australia, which has been avery cherished dream for every Indian cricketer,and every Indian fan," he said.

Indian squad: MS Dhoni (Capt.), Virender-Sehwag (vice-Capt.), GautamGambhir, RahulDravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Vi-ratKohli, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, UmeshYa-dav, Varun Aaron, Rohit Sharma, PragyanOjha,Praveen Kumar, AjinkyaRahane, Wriddhi-manSaha, Zaheer Khan (provisional).

Traders call forbandh on Dec 1

New Delhi: Traders' association CAIT hascalled for a nation-wide bandh on December 1to protest the government's decision to allow 51per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brandretail.

"To lodge their strong protest against FDI inretail trade, CAIT and Bharat Udyog VyaparMandal have called a Bharat Vyapar Bandh onDecember 1," Confederation of All India Traders(CAIT) Secretary General Praveen Khandelwalsaid in a statement.

More than 30 students from GKVK of University of Agricultural Scienceswhen this bus overturned at Vijayanagar underpass this morning. The buswas carrying 46 students to Abbey Falls near Madikeri when the accident

occurred. None of the students is injured seriously.

Harish D LBangalore Beat Bureau

Bellary: Bellary Rural by-election inde-pendent candidate B Sriramulu and his fol-lowers, who are still in the BJP, have decid-ed to form a state-level party soon.

Indicating this, Sriramulu’s sister andBJP MP from Bellary J Shanta today said thatonce the by-elections are over, a group ofelected representatives from the BJP gov-ernment would walk away and form the re-gional party.

Shanta was piqued that the BJP sus-pended her and five other elected represen-tatives from the party for supporting Srira-mulu, who has been contesting against BJPofficial candidate Gaadi Lingappa.

Apart from Shanta, the BJP yesterdaysuspended Raichur MP Sanna Phakeerappa,MLAs G Somashekara Reddy, T H SureshBabu and B Nagendra and MLC Mruthyun-jaya Jinaga. Party state president K S Esh-

warappa sent aletter recom-mending their sus-pension to MPSushma Swaraj,who is a memberof the BJP parlia-mentary board.Sushma forward-ed the letter toboard president LK Advani, who ac-cepted it immedi-ately.

Shanta todaysaid that the rul-

ing party whileshowing uncharacteristic haste in sus-pending them, had not taken any actionagainst a group of ministers, who stayed awayfrom the public rallies during Advani’s JanaChetana Yatra early recently.

The consequence of Sriramulu and his fol-

lowers leaving the party would be the col-lapse of the first BJP government in South In-dia. The former health minister has alreadyformed a new party, Swabhimana Sriramu-lu, with fan as his party symbol.

Sources said Sriramulu started working forthe election soon after he resigned from theMLA’s post in September, though it was ac-cepted a month later.

The strategy of Sriramulu’s group now isto wait for the release of their mentor Gali Ja-nardhana Reddy from the Chanchalaguda jailin Hyderabad and then announce the newparty. Reddy has been behind bars for near-ly two months now for his alleged illegal min-ing activities. The Central Bureau of Inves-tigation arrested him on September 5 and theCBI special court has put him under judicialcustody since then.

The Sriramulu and his followers believethat the day is not too far for Reddy’s release,but the special court has repeatedly deniedhim bail.

Pakistan stops NATO suppliesafter raid kills up to 25 troopsYakkaghund: NATO helicoptersattacked a military checkpoint innorthwest Pakistan on Saturday,killing up to 25 troops andprompting Pakistan to shut thevital supply route for NATOtroops fighting in Afghanistan,Pakistani officials said.

The attack comes as relationsbetween the United States andPakistan, its ally in the war on ter-ror, are already badly strained fol-lowing the killing of al-Qaidaleader Osama bin Laden by USspecial forces in a secret raid onthe Pakistani garrison town ofAbbottabad in May. Pakistancalled that raid a flagrant viola-tion of its sovereignty.

A Pakistani militaryspokesman confirmed Saturday's

pre-dawn cross-border attack inthe tribal region of Mohmandand said casualties had been re-ported, but gave no details.

"NATO helicopters carried outan unprovoked and indiscrimi-nate firing on a Pakistani checkpost in Mohmand agency, casu-alties have been reported and de-tails are awaited," the spokesmansaid.

Two military officials said thatup to 25 Pakistani troops hadbeen killed and 14 wounded inthe attack on the Salala checkpost, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles)from the Afghan border.

"We have heard about heavycasualties but can't provide youwith the exact number of casu-alties of our troops as the post is

far away, locatedin the mountains and is difficultto reach at the moment," a mili-tary spokesman in Peshawarsaid. The attack took placearound 2am in the Baizai area ofMohmand, where Pakistanitroops are fighting Taliban mili-tants.

Another senior Pakistani mil-itary officer said efforts were un-der way to bring the bodies of theslain soldiers to Ghalanai, theheadquarters of Mohmand trib-al region.

"The latest attack by NATOforces on our post will have se-rious repercussions as they with-out any reasons attacked on ourpost and killed soldiers asleep,"he said, requesting anonymity

because he was not authorised totalk to the media.

About 40 Pakistani armytroops were stationed at the out-post, military sources said. Twoofficers were reported amongthe dead.

NATO supply trucks and fueltankers bound for Afghanistanwere stopped at Jamrud town inthe Khyber tribal region nearthe city of Peshawar hours afterthe raid, officials said.

"We have halted the suppliesand some 40 tankers and truckshave been returned from thecheck post in Jamrud," Mu-tahirZeb, a senior government of-ficial, said.

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Pale Kattaappears in court

Bangalore: Former minister Katta SubramanyaNaidu, who is being treated at a hospital in Mum-bai for cancer, made anappearance before theLokayukta special courtthis morning.

Katta was just a shadowof his earlier self and haslost a lot of weight. Helooked emaciated becauseof his treatment.

Other accused in thescandal, Katta’s son Ja-gadish Naidu and Itascamanaging director Srini-vas, were present at thecourt.

Special court judge putoff the hearing in the case to December 2.

The Karnataka High Court had granted a three-month bail to Katta Subramanya Naidu as he hadrequested time to get his condition treated. The for-mer minister, who was being treated at Victoria Hos-pital, was shifted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai onOctober 18. Though Katta had requested for per-mission to go abroad for treatment, the high courthad denied it.

Katta has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type ofcancer, for a while and had undergone surgery atLilavati Hospital in 2004.

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NEW PARTYFROM RAMULUMay lead to fall of govt; Shanta says elected

representatives will break away from BJP

30 studentshurt as busoverturns

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: More than 30 students wereinjured, three of them seriously, when abus carrying them for a trip turned turtlehere this morning.

The injured students were treated at aprivate hospital nearby.

The accident occurred at the Vi-jayanagar underpass, throwing the earlymorning traffic out of gear. The police saidthe accident occurred around 7.15 amwhen the driver was driving fast throughthe underpass.

The vehicle hit a streetlight pole and themedian before overturning.

The bus was carrying 46 students fromGandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra of the Uni-versity of Agricultural Sciences. Theywere heading to Abbey Falls in Madikerifrom the campus at Hebbal.

The police arrested the driver and werequestioning him about the incident.

Eyewitnesses said the driver, who wasdriving fast, tried to overtake another buswhen the accident occurred.

The police diverted the traffic throughother smaller roads.

The traffic piled up as the underpass isone of the main thoroughfares that con-nect Malleswaram, Rajajinagar and oth-er areas to Magadi road.

Cong, Ramulu trying to

topple govt: CMBangalore Beat Bureau

Bellary: “The Congress and Sriramulu areplotting to bring down the government.But our government is stable, nothing candestroy it,” said chief minister D VSadananda Gowda here today.

Gowda, who cancelled all his engage-ments in Bangalore to campaign for par-ty candidate Gaadi Lingappa in the Bel-lary Rural by-election, said, “The Con-gress and Sriramulu have come to a tac-it understanding and working in unisonin the by-poll. Their main aim is to top-ple the government.”

Sriramulu, who was minister in the BJPgovernment, resigned from his MLA’spost from the Bellary Rural assembly con-stituency in September which has ne-cessitated the by-election.

Gowda said, “The people here knowwhat Siramulu has done. They will teachhim a fitting lesson in this election.”

“The party has suspended electedrepresentatives from the party who werecampaigning for Sriramulu. Further ac-tion will follow soon,” he added.

The entire top leadership of the BJP wasin Bellary to campaign for Lingappa.Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa,party state president K S Eshwarappa, for-mer minister Aravind Limbavalai andmany more were present.

D V Sadananda Gowda

Rich tributes to martyrs on third 26/11 anniversary

Mumbai: Maharashtra governor KSankaranarayanan and chief ministerPrithvirajChavan today led the state in pay-ing tributes to the 26/11 martyrs on thethird anniversary of the terror attacks inMumbai. The governor and chief minis-ter laid wreaths at the Police Memorial

here this morning and maintained silencefor a while in memory of the 18 securitypersonnel, including then ATS chief He-mantKarkare, who died fighting the Pak-istani terrorists during the three-day siegein November 2008.

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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)

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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)

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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)

Mela tofind jobsfor 5,800

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The directorate ofemployment and training hasorganised a job mela at Rajaji-nagar assembly constituency onDecember 17.

More than 50 companies fromdifferent industries are expectedto take part in the job mela.

More than 5,800 candidateswould be given employmentthrough the job mela, said urbandevelopment minister SureshKumar here yesterday.

The companies will conducton-the-spot interviews and willalso give employment letters onthe spot, he said.

The mela will take place atVenkat International School atRajajinagar, he added.

The jobs on offer: IT and BPOsector – 3,158, retail sector – 510,marketing sector – 755, manu-facturing sector – 403, banking– 106, automobile – 37, privatesecurity – 300 and hospitality –500.

Conductedtour

to ShirdiBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Karnataka StateTourism Development Corpora-tion (KSTDC) is introducing anew five-day tour package onevery Wednesday from Novem-ber 30 from Bangalore, coveringShirdi, Nasik, Shanisinganapurand Pandarapur and back.

The busses will depart fromBadami House at 1.30 pm on dayone and return at 10.30 pm onday five. The travel is by AC deluxe bus,and the fare is Rs 5,700/- perseat (including accommodation).For details, contact: BadamiHouse, Opposite BBMP, N RSquare, Bangalore - 560 002 orcall 080 -22275869, 22275883,43344334 and 8970650070.

Infy ScienceFoundation

lectureBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Infosys ScienceFoundation (ISF), a not-for-profittrust, set up by the managementof Infosys, is organising a publiclecture in association with IndianInstitute of Science in Bangalorethat will delve on the emblematicmysteries of cosmic explosionsand nova-supernova gap in thetransient sky.

The ‘Infosys Prize Lectures’ isa series of public talks, that willshowcase research and experi-ences of the laureates and dis-tinguished jurors of the InfosysPrize, with the aim to motivateand encourage young talent toundertake research as a career.

Prof Srinivas Kulkarni, FRSjury chair, Infosys Prize, willtalk on The Restless Universe onTuesday from 4 pm at the FacultyHall, Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore.

EPC awardson Dec 17

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Forty companies andindividuals with exemplaryachievements in the field of in-frastructure and constructionwould be honoured with IPC In-ternational award in the city onDecember 17, editor-in-chief, EPCWorld magazine,Tejasvi Sharmasaid.

“We have received 375 appli-cations. Of them, 40 would beshortlisted for the awards. Theawards will be presented by chiefminister D V SadanandaGowda,”she said.

Achievements in building en-vironment-friendly structures,real estate and infrastructurewould be considered before se-lecting the award winners, shesaid.

M S Srihari, advisor to thestate government on infrastruc-ture, and Builders’ Associationof India chairman Mahesh MMudda were present at the pressconference.

Bangalore: The AkhilBharatiyaVid-yarthiParishadhas demanded a policeinquiry into the suicide of a student atPESIT in the city recently and to actagainst the management for causing hisdeath.

The student, Pranay Singh, was foundhanging from the ceiling of his room athis college hostel on Tuesday. After thesuicide, students went on the rampageon the campus and prevented the policefrom entering the premises by lockingthe gates.

The ABVP said the spurt in number ofsuicides among the students pursuinghigher education is a serious issue. It al-leged that there has been a spurt in thenumber of suicides at autonomous insti-tutions, which have no government con-trol, and the issue has to be discussedand addressed.

It said student suicides have soaredby 25% in the last five years, and it istime now to rethink the education system,rise in its commercialisation, way studentsare “harassed” by managements and lec-turers; and pressures due to our exami-nation system.

It said suicidesat prominent institutionsof the city have exposed the black face ofthese commercial institutes. The Dur-giShekawat case of MSRamaiah MedicalCollege exposed the harassment medicalstudents undergo because of examinationpressure. Later, suicides of nursing studentKRaju and now Pranay’shave alarmedthe entire higher education system ofour state.It said the behavior of manage-mentsafter the suicides is painful anddisgusting and needs some seriousaction.It alleged that the managementsshowed their inhuman face and tried totarnish the image of students who com-mitted suicide.

ABVP said the PES management hadcollected Rs 13 lakh from Pranay, andagreed to return it after protests by stu-dents.

The ABVP said the higher educationministry should act and take measuresto prevent any more suicides at institutionsin the state.

The ABVP will also submit memoran-dums to the higher education counciland the higher education minister to im-mediately step inand take action.

Bangalore:“The role in Dirty Pic-ture was the toughest I haveplayed till now,” said VidyaBalanduring her visit to the city yes-terday to promote the movie.

Actor VidyaBalan said, “I amplaying Silk, a dancing star ofthe 80’s who wears her heartand mind on her sleeve. However,the film is not based on the lifeof the famous actress Silk Smitha.The film is just about a dancing

star, but the name Silk was usedsince everyone associates SilkSmitha as a star of the 80s.”

“This was my toughest roletill date since the character ofSilk is a woman who is volatileabout her sexuality and is yetchildish. So striking the balancewas difficult.”

She also spoke about her fa-vorite songs and scenes from themovie.

The film “The Dirty Picture”is an interpretation of the char-acter types like Silk Smitha, fromthe southern film industry butis not a biopic of the actress aspeople believe it to be, she said.

The Dirty Picture is alreadyin the limelight and has grabbedthe audience’s attention, becauseof BappiLahiri’s catchy number“Ooh La La”.

Dirty Picture role toughestI have played: Vidya

ABVP demands probeinto PESIT suicide

Actor Vidya Balan dances for “Ooh la la” number from her movie Dirty Picture in the cityyesterday.

BDA to build Kempegowda towers in city

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Bangalore De-velopment Authority has drawnup a plan to beautify the entrypoints to the city by buildingstructures commemorating therule of 14th century king Kem-pegowda. These structures willbe built at points where nationaland state highways reach thecity.

The authority will build Kem-pegowda towers in the 20 kmradius of the city. These towerswill be housed in beautifullylandscaped parks.

In the first stage, parks andtowers will be built on Tumkurroad (National Highway 4), Bel-lary road (NH 7), Old Madrasroad (NH 4), Hosur road (NH 7)and Mysore road (state highway17).

These parks will have sculp-tures and paintings depictingthe rich heritage and history of

the city. They will inform visitorsabout the city and its grandeur.The Tumkur road park will havesculptures and paintings depict-ing the history of the city, whilethe Bellary road park will high-light the city’s achievements inaeronautics, science and tech-nology.

The BDA has been thinkingof building the Kempegowdatowers using metal and is draw-ing up estimation.

The project has been conceivedby BDA commissioner BharatLalMeena. The project will betabled before the BDA committeeafter it is finalised. Later, it willbe sent to the government forapproval.

A public announcement re-garding the project had beenmade in September. Views andcriticisms had been invited forthe project, and replies from thepublic have started coming inin the last 15 days.

No power in these areasBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There will be no power in following areas from 11 am till 5 pm tomorrow.The load shedding is due totheemergency maintenance worktaken up by Bescom, said a pressrelease.

Bommasandra Industrial area,Hebbagodi, Keerthi Layout, Ra-masagara, Neraluru, Attibele,Attibele Industrial Estate,Mayasandra, Dommasandra, Bil-lapura, Electronic City, Veerasan-dra Industrial Estate, Anekal,South Madiwala, Jigani industrialarea, Bannerghatta, Gollahalli

and surrounding areas.Byadarahalli: There will be

no power from 10 am till 4 pmon November 29 at Pillanna Es-tate, Vigneshwaranagar, Laksh-mananagar, Sunkadakatte,Sollpuradamma Temple Exten-sion, Hegawarahalli and sur-rounding areas.

CITYSaturday, November 26, 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.

Indian IT cos among worldʼslowest‑paying employersIndia Inc is among the world’s lowest

paying employers in the IT space,with their mid-to- senior level staff

getting an average salary of $36,120(about Rs 18.5 lakh) per annum – lessthan one-fourth of the IT pay packageat globally top-paying Swiss compa-nies.

The IT sector salaries are highest inthe world in Switzerland at an averageof $167,890 (about Rs 87 lakh) per an-num, as per a study titled ‘World wideIT Salary 2011’.

The study, conducted by global re-cruitment service provider MyHiring-Club.com, found that India is rankedseventh on a list of the 10 worst IT pay-masters globally.

On the other hand, Switzerland standsat the top spot among the top-payingnations in the IT sector.

The study took into account the av-erage salaries for people with six andmore years of experience for the Indianand other companies.

The report compared the total annualcash compensation and total remuner-ation information for IT staff in morethan 6,000 companies across 41 differentcountries and found that employers inwestern Europe are the best paymas-ters.

It also found that compensation indeveloped countries focus more on vari-able factors, such as bonus schemes,to attract staff.

At the same time, the emphasis re-mains on cash compensation in thelower-paying countries.

“The impact of outsourcing and off-shoring on IT roles in North Americaand Western Europe helps explain thepattern of global pay. Lower-level rolesare being moved to regions where talentis cheaper,” MyHiringClub.com CEORajesh Kumar said.

“India continues to be amongst theleading destinations for IT development,given its cost advantage. However, salaryinflation and talent shortage couldemerge as major challenges in main-taining this position in future,” headded.

IT managers in India, however, farebetter than their peers in Vietnam, Bul-garia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailandand Malaysia, where the average annualsalaries were even lower at $28,940,$32,560, $32,980, $33,000 and $35,870,respectively.

Also, large pay gaps exist betweenthe junior and senior career streams inIndia, Indonesia, Chile, Brazil and Viet-nam, the survey said.

Among the best IT salaries paying countries, Switzerland was followed by Belgium at the second spot with an average annual salary of $1,42,570.

Denmark came third in the best-paidlist with average IT sector salary of$1,32,430, followed by the UK and the US in the to-five, with average packages of $1,26,570 and $1,21,460 re-spectively.

Others on the top-ten included Ire-land, Canada, Germany, Australia andHong Kong.

Enough evidence given toPak on 26/11: Krishna

New Delhi: Three years after Mumbai’s 26/11terror attack, external affairs minister SMKrishna has sent out a tough message,urging Pakistan to act against the perpe-trators of the attack. “I call upon Pakistanto bring the perpetrators and conspiratorsof this crime to speedy justice,” he said onSaturday.

Speaking on the fight against terror, hesaid, “There cannot be a selective fightagainst terrorism.”

He also said that the use of terrorism asan instrument of state policy can be self-destructive. “Issues have to be resolvedthrough dialogue,” he said.

He pressed on the fact that Pakistan needsto act decisively, claiming that the evidenceprovided by the Home Ministry is sufficientfor any normal civilian court to prosecutethe perpetrators of the crime.

This came a day after Pakistan asked

India to provide ‘credible evidence’ againstthose accused in the 2008 Mumbai terrorattacks.

He also expressed hope that the US willextend help in probing the 26/11 terrorattacks. “ Our agencies were given access tointerrogate David Headley. If there are anyadditional inputs that we would like to have,I am sure US, a friendly country to us, willcooperate with us,” he said.

Earlier, on Friday Pakistan Interior MinisterRehman Malik said, “Pakistan took actionagainst Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mo-hammad Saeed and others accused of in-volvement in the Mumbai attack on thebasis of evidence provided by India but thesuspects were released because the infor-mation given by New Delhi was vague andinsufficient.”

Mumbai was under siege for almost threedays that left 170 people dead.

Pak stops NATO supplies after attackAnother official said the supplies had

been stopped for security reasons.Pakistan is a vital land route for 49 percent

of NATO’s supplies to its troops inAfghanistan, a NATO spokesman said.

A spokesman for the NATO-led Interna-tional Security Assistance Force in Kabulsaid the coalition there was aware of “anincident” and was gathering more informa-tion.

The incident occurred a day after US Gen-eral John Allen met Pakistani Army Chief ofArmy Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayanito discuss border control and enhanced co-operation.

The Afghanistan-Pakistan border is often

poorly marked, and differs between mapsby up to five miles in some places.

A similar incident on Sept 30, 2009, whichkilled two Pakistani troops, led to the closureof one of NATO’s supply routes throughPakistan for 10 days.

NATO apologised for that incident, whichit said happened when NATO gunships mis-took warning shots by the Pakistani forcesfor a militant attack.

The attack is expected to further worsenUS-Pakistan relations, already at one oftheir lowest points in history, following atumultuous year that saw the bin Ladenraid, the jailing of a CIA contractor, and USaccusations that Pakistan backed a militant

attack on the US Embassy in Kabul.An increase in US drone strikes on mili-

tants in the last few years has also irritatedIslamabad, which says the campaign killsmore Pakistani civilians in the border areathan activists. Washington disputes that,but declines to discuss the drone campaignin detail.

“This is an attack on Pakistan’s territorialsovereignty,” said Masood Kasur, the gov-ernor of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

“Such cross-border attacks cannot be tol-erated any more. The government will takeup this matter at the highest level and itwill be investigated.”

Tributes paid to26/11 martyrs

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Home Minister R RPatil, PWD Minister ChhaganBhujbal,Minister of State for Home SatejPatil, Member of ParliamentNiteshRane, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Umesh-Sarangi, DGP K Subramanian,ATS chief Rakesh Maria, Mumbai Police CommissionerArup Patnaik and family mem-bers of the martyrs were amongthose who paid tributes.

Senior Government officialsand top police officers also at-tended the event. The Police Me-morial in Marine Drive, south

Mumbai, will remain open todayfor public to enable them to payrespects to the bravehearts.

On November 26, 2008, Ajmal Amir Kasab and nine other heavily-armed gunmen,who arrived here by sea, attacked various places, including the TajMahal Hotel,Nariman House, Oberoi Hotel and Mumbai CST railwaystation, killing 166 people andinjuring several others.

Kasab, who was caught aliveand sentenced to death by a trialcourt, is currently lodged in thehigh security Arthur Road Jailhere.

Chain snatchers strikeBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A woman was robbedof her chain when she hadstepped out of her house at Ko-ramangala last evening.

Kumari was coming out of herhouse around 7.45 when two per-sons riding a motorbike snatchedher chain, weighing around 10gm and worth over Rs25,000,and fled.

TT ranking tourney in cityfrom tomorrow

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Indian Oil Corpora-tion, in association with the Kar-nataka State Table Tennis Asso-ciation, has organised a state-ranking table tennis tournamenthere from tomorrow till Novem-ber 30.

The tournament will be inau-gurated at the Bangalore MedicalCollege and Research Instituteon K R road at 10.30 am tomor-row.

Over 500 players from acrossthe state are expected to takepart.

National table tennis cham-pion Sharat Kamal, internationaltennis player from Bangalore Ro-

hanBopanna, All-England cham-pion PullelaGopichand, formerhockey Olympian M P Ganeshand others will be part of thetournament.

MLA: No irregularity in works at Malleswaram

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Funds allocated forthe development of theMalleswaram assembly con-stituency have been utilised prop-erly and allegations of irregu-larities running into several hun-dreds of crores is not true, clari-fied area MLA C N Ashwath-narayana here this morning.

He said that media have beenreporting that the Bruhat Ban-galore Mahanagara Palike hadallocated Rs 497 crore, while theallotment has been only Rs 235crore.

The MLA said that all the sevencorporators coming under theassembly constituency metBBMP commissioner Siddaiahand gave him written clarificationon the funds utilised. But thecommissioner has not issued aclarification, he added.

The commissioner has saidthat there have been a large-scale irregularities in the workscarried out in the city, runninginto several hundred crores.

There is a huge difference be-tween the Malleswaram assem-bly constituency and division.In the Malleswaram division,wards from other constituencytoo are included. For theMalleswaram assembly con-stituency, only Rs 235 crore hasbeen allocated till now, he said.

“Even with Rs 235 crore, a lot

of development works have beentaken up in the constituency.The people too have respondedfavourably.

“We are satisfied with the qual-ity of works carried out. Theworks had been handed over toCivil Aid Technoclinic Pvt Ltd.This shows our commitment toworks in the constituency,” he

said.Some of the works that have

been carried out include mod-ernisation of dhobi ghat in Ko-dandarampura, gymnasiums atvarious places, shelters for theelderly and the needy, 200 housesfor the economically weaker sec-tions, conversion of Sankey Tankinto a tourist attraction, setting

up of organic waste converter atMalleswaram market, rain waterharvesting systems, school mod-ernisation, construction of foot-paths, asphalting of 250 km ofroads and others.

The BBMP has released Rs4,825 crore for all the divisonsand Malleswaram has been al-located Rs 235 crore, he said.

MLA C N Ashwathnarayana addresses the media in Bangalore today. He denied that large-scale irregularities have been committed in the works carried out in his constituency.

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Balagangadharanath Swamiji inaugurates the BGS Utsav and admin and library blocksin the city today. BGS Group of Institutions managing director Prakashnath Swamiji,

chief minister of a Sri Lankan province Mahiepala Herath and Visvesvaraya Technologi-cal University vice-chancellor H Maheshappa look on (bottom). Students take part in

the cultural programmes at the utsav.

Cultural fest

Paes‑Bhupathi enter semis at Tour finalsLondon: India's Leander Paes and Ma-hesh Bhupathi have entered the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tourfinals doubles, defeating top seeds andthree-time winners the Bryan twins,Bob and Mike, 6-4, 6-2.

Had the Bryans - who had alreadyqualified after winning the first tworound-robin matches - beat Paes andBhupathi in straight sets, then seventhseeds Austrian Jurgen Melzer and hisGerman partner Philipp Petzschnerwould have qualified for the semifinals.

The Indians will face Poland's MariuszFyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski inthe semifinals on Saturday.

In the other semifinal, the Bryanbrothers play Max Mirnyi of Belarusand Canadian Daniel Nestor, whotopped Group B beating among othersIndia's Rohan Bopanna and his Pak-istani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi,who have played in the Tour finals forthe first time.

Earlier in the day, Melzer and Pet-zschner beat sixth seeds Swede Robert

Lindstedt and Romanian Horia Tecau6-3, 6-4.

It was an unexpectedly easy victoryfor the fourth-seeded Indians over theWorld No 1 pair at Arena O2 here on

Friday and the victory gave them thetop spot in Group A with two victoriesand one defeat. Bryans finished second.

Bhupathi and Paes - losing finaliststo Americans Rick Leach and Jonathan

Stark in 1997, to another American pairSebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in1999 and to American Daniel Johnsonand South African Piet Norval in 2000- won the match in a shade less than

an hour. Bhupathi and Paes, who have decided

to split after this tournament, producedtheir best tennis when it mattered themost. The Indians beat the Bryans whenthey last met at the Cincinnati Mastersearlier in the year, had an early breakand that was enough for them to takethe first set. The Bryan brothers, whohave just finished at the top of the dou-bles rankings for a record seventh timein nine years, were sluggish and strug-gled to stay in the hunt.

Another quick break and the matchwas gone for the Americans.

Bhupathi and Paes are playing to-gether in the end-of-season event forthe first time in a decade after revivingtheir successful partnership which dom-inated the doubles play in the 1990s.Bopanna and Qureshi, who lost all theirthree matches to finish at the bottomof the Group B standings, have also de-cided to end the successful tie-up withthe Indian partnering Bhupathi at theChennai Open next month.

Donʼt sully judiciary forfew erring judges: CJI

New Delhi: Chief Justice of IndiaS H Kapadia today said the entirejudicial system cannot be broughtto disrepute because of few erringjudges.

"We do not mind studied andfair criticism but attempt shouldnot be made to generalise thewrong doings by few," Kapadiasaid on the occasion of the LawDay celebration here.

The CJI said anybody comingout with allegations against anymember of the the judiciaryshould keep in mind that theyhave solid material to back it in-stead of painting everyone withthe same brush.

"If you feel that a judge is cor-rupt then take a stand and namehim in public and tell the ChiefJustice instead of making a gen-eralisation. But do not put alljudges in one basket. Do notbring the entire judiciary in dis-repute. Please do not dismantle

the established system and in-stitution unless and until youhave something better to offer,"he further said.

Kapadia stressed the need foruplifting the integrity, excellence

and competence of the judiciary,saying this would enable themto maintain the confidence andtrust of the people.

"People have faith in judgesand because of the wisdom ofjudges they rely in judiciary," hesaid, adding the integrity of thejudges is more important thanthe accountability.

"If judges are of integrity, theywill not worry on accountabilityand the Judicial AccountabilityBill," he said.

He said judicial independenceis the most important aspect ofthe rule of the law and for that"we need public confidence andpublic trust". The CJI said aware-ness of rights have gone up andthe nature of litigations particu-larly the PILs have undergonecomplete change which requireda careful handling as the conse-quences of the judicial ordershave far reaching consequences.

Maya: FDI decision to helpRahulʼs foreign friends

New Delhi: Slamming the Centrefor its decision to allow ForeignDirect Investment (FDI) in retailsector, Uttar Pradesh Chief Min-ister Mayawati has appealed tothe government to roll back thedecision.

Taking the war of wards be-tween her and Congress GeneralSecretary Rahul Gandhi evenfurther, Mayawati said that thedecision on FDI has been takento help Rahul's foreign friends.

"Rahul Gandhi has alwaysstayed abroad and earlier heused to get his foreign friends tostay in the houses of poor peoplein Uttar Pradesh, make fun ofpoverty and now they are getting

foreign companies into India,"Mayawati said.

She claimed that the govern-ment allowed FDI in spite of ob-jection from its allies. "The de-cision to allow FDI in retail issuicidal and will affect smallbusinesses, poor and farmers,"she said.

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Min-ister also made it clear that shewill not let foreign companiesto do business in the state tillthe BSP government is in thestate.

Warning the government,Mayawati said, "We will take astrong stand aganist the Congressif the government does not take

a decision to roll back FDI in re-tail."

The Union Cabinet on Thurs-day cleared 50 per cent foreigndirect investment (FDI) in mul-ti-brand retail and 100 per centFDI in single brand retail despitedivision within the UPA on theissue.

The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), the Left, UPA ally Tri-namool Congress along withsome Cabinet ministers VeerappaMoily and Mukul Wasnik hadopposed it.

While the BJP feels that theFDI will lead to unemployment,the Left has said that it may leadto price rise.

EC to use social mediafor spreading messages

New Delhi: The Election Com-mission of India plans to usethe social media for spreadingthe message of higher partici-pation of voters in elections andethical voting practices.

Highlighting the strength andspread of the social media, ChiefElection Commissioner SYQuraishi said "the Election Com-mission can’t overlook its reach."

Inaugurating a day-long work-shop on the social media for vot-ers' participation at the India In-ternational Institute of Democ-racy and Election Management

(IIDEM), the CEC said measureslike engagement with the socialmedia will contribute to India sstep-up from being the largestdemocracy to the "greatest"democracy.

The workshop discussedmodalities of Election Commis-sion of India s engagement withinternet-based social media siteslike Facebook, Twitter, Youtubeand other blogs on which it soonplans to commence its campaign.

Quraishi said higher partici-pation of voters and ethical vot-ing are key to strengthening elec-

toral democracy and underlinedthat the Commission has devel-oped and implemented a strongagenda on voter s education andexpenditure control and wouldlike its proposed reforms on de-criminalization of elections tobecome a reality at the earliest.

He also asked voters to turnoutin high numbers in electionsand select good candidates in-stead of castigating politiciansand said voter education willaddress the citizen s need in allthree areas: information, moti-vation and facilitation.

Cash‑strapped airlinechiefs meet Singh

New Delhi: Prime Minister ManmohanSingh will meet with the heads of all In-dian airlines on Saturday in an attemptto chart a way out for the cash-strappedaviation industry.

Top bosses of Indian air carriers todaymet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh toseek government help for the cash-strapped airline industry including ra-tionalisation of taxes on jet fuel.

Those who attended the hour-longmeeting included Jet Airways chairmanNaresh Goyal, Indigo promoter RahulBhatia, Spice Jet CEO Neil Mill and GoAir owner Jeh Wadia.

The meeting comes in the wake ofsome airlines demanding change in theaviation policy to allow foreign airlinesto pick up stake in Indian carriers.

Ahead of the meeting, civil aviationminister Vayalar Ravi had noted yesterdaythat the airline sector in the country isrunning at loss posing a "problem". "PMis concerned about it, it's the major in-stitution of connectivity, supporting thedevelopment of the country," he added.

To a query about moves to go for foreign

direct investment (FDI) in the aviationsector, the minister had said that hecannot make any comments since Par-liament is in session.

The Prime Minister had said on No-vember 12 that Government will explore"ways and means" to help the privateairlines.

Singh had said that private sector air-lines should be managed efficiently.

"But if they do get into difficulties, wehave to find ways and means to helpthem get out of the process," he added.

Kingfisher chief Vijay Mallya has ques-tioned whether it was his airline's "duty"to fly on loss-making routes. Thousandsof passengers were affected after the pri-vate airline cancelled hundreds of flights.

The Industry Ministry has moved adraft Cabinet note on allowing 26 percent FDI by foreign airlines in the domesticcarriers. "Private airlines in the countryare in dire need of funds for their opera-tions and service upgradation to competewith other global carriers," the note cir-culated by the department of industrialpolicy and promotion (DIPP) had said.

6 Indian Americansnamed 2012

Rhodes scholarsWashington: Six Indian Ameri-can university students havebeen chosen the AmericanRhodes Scholar Class of 2012 outof a pool of 830 candidates whohad been nominated by theircolleges and universities.

Ishan Nath, Aysha Bagchi,Nabeel Gillani, Anand Habib,Mohit Agrawal and Tenzin Sel-don are among 32 students cho-sen for the prestigious scholar-ship for two or three years studyat Oxford University at about$50,000 per year.

Ishan Nath, a senior at Stan-ford double-majoring in eco-nomics and earth systems witha concentration in energy sci-ence, will earn an MSc in eco-nomics for development at Ox-ford.

Aysha Bagchi, also from Stan-ford, graduated in June with adouble major in philosophy andhistory before shifting toJerusalem, Israel, where she cur-rently studies at its Hebrew Uni-versity. She will earn an M Philin political theory at Oxford.

The son of an Indian motherand Bangladeshi father, NabeelGillani is a senior at Brown Uni-versity majoring in applied math-

ematics and computer science.At Oxford he plans to do his MScin computer science and MSc ineducation.

Another Stanford graduate,Anand R. Habib, is the son ofGeetha Habib, a native of Madu-rai, and Mohamed Habib, bothbiochemists in Austin. Habibplans to earn masters' degreesin public policy and medical an-thropology at Oxford.

Mohit Agrawal received hisBA in mathematics at Princetonlast year and is currently doinga master's degree in economicpolicy evaluation at the NationalUniversity Tenzin Seldon, a na-tive of Dharamsala, HimachalPradesh, immigrated to the USafter her mother, a Tibetanrefugee, won a visa lottery. Ma-joring in comparative studies inrace and ethnicity, she will earnan MSc in refugee and forcedmigration studies and an MScin modern Chinese studies.

Previous Rhodes Scholars in-clude Lousiana Governor BobbyJindal, Indian filmmaker GirishKarnad, surgeon and author AtulGawande and Pulitzer Prize-win-ning author Sidhartha Mukher-jee.

Kasab unawareof 26/11 third

anniversaryMumbai: It was a routine dayin prison for 26/11 convict Mo-hammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, whoappeared unaware about thehavoc created by him and nineother Pakistani terrorists in thecity, three years ago.

The security personnel guard-ing the lone surviving Pakistanigunman at the high-securityArthur Road jail, had not in-formed him anything about thecompletion of three years of theMumbai terror attacks, a seniorjail official told PTI on Satur-day.

"His day began like any otherday. He had breakfast with ba-nana, milk and Poha (made ofpuffed rice flakes & potatoes)this morning and lunch in theafternoon. Going by his mentalstatus, we do not think we shouldtalk to him or inform him aboutthe third anniversary of 26/11,"the official said.

The Indo-Tibetan Border Po-lice (ITBP) men guarding thehigh-profile prisoner, who is con-fined in a bomb proof egg shapedcell, also kept mum about theanniversary, he said.

"Our priority is to protectKasab in the jail. Going by theserious nature of their job, whyany security man closely guard-ing him would strike a conver-sation with him on the attacksor anniversary?" the officialasked.

Kasab, the sole terrorist caughtalive during the terror attacks,and convicted for the three-dayterror siege in November 2008,had on July 28 this year writtena letter to the Supreme Courtchallenging his conviction anddeath sentence. He was sen-tenced to death by a special anti-terror court on May 6 last year.His death penalty was later up-held by the Bombay High Court.

BJP: Perpetratorswalking free in Pak

New Delhi: The Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) on Saturday paidhomage to those killed in the2008 Mumbai terror attacks.However, the party also hit outat the UPA, saying it was sadthat the government had failedto secure India against terroristattacks.

Speaking on the issue, BJPspokesperson Prakash Javadekarsaid that despite the governmentannouncing many measures andforming the National Investiga-tion Agency (NIA), but not a sin-gle case was solved and no ter-rorist was arrested.

He further said that the worsewas that the perpetrators of 26/11were walking free in Pakistan,despite India handing over suf-

ficient evidences against them."Pakistan is sheltering the ter-

rorists. And in spite of this, thePrime Minister is certifying thatthe Pakistan PM as an man ofpeace is ridiculous," saidJavadekar.

"In India Pandit Nehru iscalled the man of peace. Is thePM comparing the Pakistani PMwith him?" he further said.

Javadekar said that the BJPwould raise the issue of Pakistannot taking action against theperpetrators of 26/11.

"We should have contestedRehman Malik's statement thatthere is no credible evidence in26/11. The evidences given toPakistan should be made opento world," he said.

Anti‑POSCO leader Abhaya Sahu held

Paradip: Anti-Posco leader Ab-haya Sahu was arrested in Tirtolarea near Paradip in Jagatsingh-pur district of Odisha, the policesaid.

"Sahu, President of PoscoPratirodh Sangram Samiti(PPSS), was held by a policeteam at Nuapokhari last nightwhen he was returning fromBhubaneswar to his village," IICof Tritol police station DebaduttaKar said.

The police team stoppedSahu's car on Manijanga -Erasama road near the proposed

project site of South Korean steelmajor Posco following an infor-mation and took him into cus-tody, he said. The PPSS presidentwas arrested in connection withseveral cases pending againsthim, Kar said.

The cases slapped by policeagainst Sahu related to allegedassault and imposition of fineon people who did not supporthim, police said adding that theanti-Posco leader faced about adozen cases of varied nature.

Sahu, however, refuted thecharges and claimed that he was

arrested in false cases. The PPSS chief has been lead-

ing an agitation for the last sixyears against land acquisitionfor the proposed Rs 52,000 crorePosco steel project.

Earlier, Sahu had been arrest-ed by police in October, 2008.He was released after obtainingbail from the court in August,2009, sources said.

The arrest of Sahu, who wouldbe produced before court shortly,has triggered tension in the areawith PPSS activists protestingthe move.

Milk man of India Dr Verghese Kurien turns 90Anand (Gujarat): The father ofIndia's white revolution, DrVerghese Kurien, who turned 10million farmers into a legendarycooperative, turned 90 on Sat-urday.

Everyday at the crack of dawn,more than 10 million dairy farm-ers in Gujarat begin a journeythat has given them economicindependence.

Kurien was 28 when he cameto Anand in 1949, and was soon

working hard to help a buddingcooperative to grow. For him thedairy farmers were the rightfulowners of the milk business.

In a buffalo dominated coun-try, Kurien revolutionised themilk industry when he producedmilk powder from buffalo milk.The rest of the world used cowmilk to make milk powder.

“They saw powder coming. Isaid this is powder from buffalomilk for the first time in the

world,” said Kurien.By 1955, the co-operative

owned Asia's largest dairy andwas producing more than 20,000litres of milk a day. It was timeto give themselves a name.

“We all knew that to sell wemust have a brand and one ofour chemists suggested AnandMilk Union Limited or Amul,which meant Amulya or pricelessin Sanskrit,” said Kurien.

Kurien soon replicated the

Anand model throughout Indiaas operation flood, making Indiathe world's largest producer ofmilk. Today over 10 million farm-ers across the country at 200dairies produce over 20 millionlitres of milk a day.

As the milk man of India cel-ebrates his 90th birthday, he alsohas an honest confession tomake.

"I don't drink milk. I don'tlike it," said Kurien.

S Radhakrishna