Aknisree KarthikBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Nearly 1,000 CCTVcameras are going to keep a watchover the city. The move by the city po-lice, in association with resident wel-fare and merchants associations, is toprevent the increasing number ofcrimes.

The city has been witnessing an in-crease in the number of crime as thepopulation has been zooming overthe last few years. The closed-circuitTV cameras across the city would actas a deterrent and would also help thepolice in crime detection.

Joint commissioner of police(crime) Alok Kumar told BangaloreBeat: “This is a private initiative. Wein association with resident welfareassociations, shop owners associa-tion, industrial associations etc willset up CCTV cameras across variouslocations of the city like industrial ar-eas, shopping complexes etc. This willhelp us monitor the city well and wehope to reduce thefts mainly of lap-

tops, mobiles etc. Theprocess of installing thecameras has already started.

“We will place the camerasin strategic positions. We will getthe responses from the people andwill come out with some modifica-tions according to the responses re-ceived. This initiative will help usmaintain law and order and caneven curb traffic violations across the

city.”Asked where the control room

would be situated and who wouldmonitor it, Alok Kumar said, “It is tooearly for that. We will first install thecameras and then see how they couldbe monitored.”

Evening dailyTelangana remains shut for 2nd day P 4

Vol. 1, Issue 313 n Wednesday n July 6, 2011 No. of pages: 8 n Price: Rs 2

Chairman forbackward

classes panelsoon: CM

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state government is serious-ly thinking of appointing a chairman for thebackward classes commission, said chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa here this morning.Offering floral tributes on the 25 death an-niversary of former deputy Prime MinisterBabu Jagjivan Ram in front of Vidhana Soud-ha this morning, he said the post that hadbeen lying vacant for more than six monthswould be filled as soon as possible.

FULL REPORT ON PAGE 3

C hatting up far mers, Rahul

continues marchAlawalpur (Uttar Pradesh): Walking andtalking with farmers, students, women, Con-gress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was offto an early start today, the second day of hismarch against forcible land acquisition in chiefminister Mayawati’s state. Clad in a starchedwhite kurta-pyjama and Nike sneakers, Gand-hi started the padyatra towards Shatbotavillage at 6.30 am – almost three and half kilo-metres away from his night halt at RampurBadli – and reached at 7.20 am.

FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4

Canada blacklistsPakistani Talibanas terrorist group

Toronto: Canada has banned the dreaded mil-itant outfit Pakistani Taliban, designating itas a terrorist group, linking it to New York’sTimes Square bombing plot and plans to blowup the country’s Parliament in winter.

Canada thus joins the US, UK and otherwestern nations in blacklisting the Tehreek-e-Taliban which is based in Pakistan’s restivetribal region bordering Afghanistan.

FULL REPORT ON PAGE 4

BangaloreBeatLewis’ group at Vienna fest P8

New DG&IGP takes charge

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Notorious rowdyPalani, who was involved in anumber of cases of extortion,goodaism, theft and murder,was arrested in the city today.Palani, who hails from TamilNadu, had been missing for along time. More than 15 crim-inal cases had been registeredagainst him at various policestations in the city. The policesaid that he used to sneak inand out of the city and oftenvisited Chennai, his home-town.City police commissioner JyothiPrakash Mirji, after takingcharge, had asked the CityCrime Branch officials to arresthim as he had become a pestto society. The CCB policespread the net, gathered in-telligence on his movementsand arrested him at KG Hallithis morning. The anti-social has beenbooked under Goonda Act. A press note from the policedepartment said that Palanistarted his criminal activity in1998 when he was 20 years old.He had formed groups andwas indulging in criminal ac-

tivities in KG Halli police lim-its. In 2006, he murdered Palani ofViveknagar in a daring attackwhile the victim was beingtreated at Hosmat. He was alsoinvolved in the murder ofFaizal in Mahalakshmi Lay-out along with his associateKata Ravi, who has also beendetained by the Bangalore citypolice under Goonda Act,Johnson and Susairaj.

PALANIheld underGoonda Act

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: JD(S) state presi-dent H D Kumaraswamy is firmon sitting on fast in front of Vid-hana Soudha de-manding a CBI in-quiry into thechargesheet releasedby the BJP allegingthat JD(S) nationalpresident H D DeveGowda and his fam-ily has acquiredproperties worthover Rs 1,500 crore.

Kumaraswamy today said, “Idon’t require the chief minis-ter’s permission to sit on dhar-na. I can sit wherever I want to.I will definitely start the fast infront of Basaveshwara statuenear Chalukya Circle from July9 till the allegations mentioned

in the chargesheet are handedover to the CBI for inquiry.”

Last week, chief minister B SYeddyurappa said nobodywould be given permission to

sit on dharna any-where near Vid-hana Soudha. Hehad suggested thatKumaraswamy siton his agitation atFreedom Park.

Kumaraswamysaid there is noquestion of with-drawing from the

protest at this stage. In the chargesheet released

by the BJP, the ruling partyhad said the family of son of thesoil Deve Gowda had only asmall land holding about 40years ago and it is worth over Rs1,500 crore now.

No goingback on

fast: HDK MONSOON IS ON,TAKE CARE

Rainy season brings with it a host of diseasesand one can never be careful enough. City doc-tors advise you to take some precautions tokeep yourself healthy this season, says Aknis-ree Karthik Page 5

Beyond Beat

Neelam Achuta Rao, a 1976 batch Karnataka cadre officer, (left) tookcharge as the new director general and inspector general of police

today. He took over from an interim DG&IGP S T Ramesh at a ceremonyat the DGP’s office in Bangalore. After assuming charge, he said, “I’ll

execute my responsibilities as per rules. I will protect law in the state.”

1,000 CCTVs toWATCH CITY

New Delhi: The Supreme Courttoday directed videography ofthe ongoing unearthing of treas-ure trove inside chambers of theSree Padmanabhaswamy Templein Kerala.

A bench of justices R V Raveen-dran and A K Patnaik also pro-posed the appointment of a cu-rator of a museum to preserve thetreasure being unearthed fromthe centuries-old temple in Thiru-vananthapuram.

The apex court’s directionscame during the hearing of apetition by the heir of erstwhileking of Travancore Raja RamaVarma, challenging a Kerala HighCourt ruling of January 31 this

year, ordering takeover of theassets and management of theshrine by the state.The court alsobarred the observer, supervis-ing the unearthing of the temple’streasure, from giving any inter-view of the process, saying thematter is related to the state. Af-ter brief proceedings, the courtposted the matter for furtherhearing on Friday.

Earlier on May 2, on a petitionfiled by Rama Varma’s elderbrother Marthanda Varma, theapex court, by an interim order,had stayed the high court’s orderfor takeover of the managementand assets of the temple.

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Video templetreasure: SC

Gangadhar Pujar

Police in association with resident, merchant welfarebodies installing systems to prevent crimes

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state gov-ernment has allotted Rs 5crore for strengthening sci-ence and technology infra-structure in higher educa-tional institutions and set-ting up five centre of excel-lence and 10 innovation cen-tres, said chief minister B SYedyurappa here today.

He was speaking at a func-tion to present the VisionGroup on Science and Tech-nology (VGST) awards for2010-11 to 78 researchers,teachers, science communi-cators and higher education-al institutions across six cat-egories.

Yedyurappa said, “The gov-ernment has been trying tofoster science and technology

in the state. We have consti-tuted a vision group for sci-ence and technology.”

He said, “Finishing touch-es are being given to Alexan-dria Knowledge Park at Elec-tronic City where research inbiotechnogy and related fieldswill take place.”

The government has allot-ted 1,500 acres to start anaerospace park and carry for-

ward related research andwill release Rs 4,250 crore.

VGST has been institutedunder the chairmanship of CN R Rao, Science AdvisoryCouncil chairman.

The awards are being givenaway to encourage and catal-yse quality research in scienceand technology and to recog-nise and reward outstandingresearchers, science teach-

ers and science communica-tors.

Individual awards involv-ing prize money of Rs 50,000and plaque were given. Ajjia-iaha of Baglakot, Keshav ABulbule Bangalore, T R Anan-tharamu of Bangalore, M Ab-dul Rehman Pasha of Banga-lore, Nirnajana Aradhaya ofTumkur, Prof Sudhindra Hal-dodderi of Bangalore and Sa-

tanur Devaraju of Mysore re-ceived the awards.

The National Institute ofEngineering, Mysore; Centrefor Wildlife Studies, Banga-lore; Centre for Wildlife Stud-ies, Bangalore; Amruta In-stitute of Engineering, Ban-galore; Mangalore Universityand Bangalore University willget Rs 20 lakh grant over thenext three years.

STATE GRANTS RS 5 CR TO STRENGTHENSCIENCE, TECH INFRA, SAYS CMRoseau (Dominica): Indian pace spear-

head Ishant Sharma is set to play the fi-nal cricket Test against the West Indieshere on Wednesday despite carrying theafter effects of a collision with team-mate Praveen Kumar on his face.

Ishant largely stood aside during theonly practice session ahead of the deci-sive Test at Windsor Park on Tuesday, giv-ing rise to speculation that he may not befit enough to bowl. That speculation wassoon put to rest when Ishant sent downdeliveries at full tilt to Rahul Dravid in thenets. Ishant was hit below his left eye bya leaping Praveen in a football session onMonday. It left a deep bruise around hiseye. Ishant carried a band-aid over his in-jury during the session but there is no wor-

ry on him missing out the final Test.Meanwhile, it almost looked certain

that Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli, twoyoung Indian batsmen who have been un-successful in the two Tests, would get an-other extension in the final game.

Parthiv Patel and Subramaniam Badri-nath, two options considered in place ofVijay and Kohli by experts, didn’t even getto bat in the net session, putting an endto all speculation on their inclusion.

Munaf Patel, who missed the first twoTests due to an elbow injury, bowled at fulltilt at batsmen and is favourite to replaceAbhimanyu Mithun in the playing eleven.

India are likely to go with three seam-ers and a spinner for the Test. India areleading 1-0 in the three-Test series. PTI

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TRAIN SCHEDULE

JOLLY BOYS (U)Diganth, RekhaAnupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Adarsh (11.30 am, 2.30,6, 9 pm Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (12.40 pm, 3, 7 pm) Nandini(11 am, 2, 5, 8 pm) Uma (10.15 am,1, 4, 7 pm) Vajreshwari (11 am, 2.30,6, 9.15 pm) Veeresh (10.30 am,1.30pm)

ATHEETHA Rajesh, Priyanka Banner Bhumika (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Cinepolis (12.20 pm, 5.00 pmGopal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (2.50 pm,9.20 pm) Prasanna (10.15am) PVRCinemas (12.45 pm, 5.45 pm) Srin-vasa (Gowdanapalya) (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Tribhuvan(10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

CHENNAMMA IPS AyeshaGanesh (11 am, 2, 6, 9 pm) Menaka(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Maruthi (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm) Siddhalingeshwara (11 am,2.30, 6, 9.15 pm) Ullas (10.45 am,1.45, 5.45, 8.45 pm) Veerabhadresh-wara (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

KIRATAKA (U/A) Yash, Oviya Helen Adarsh (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm

Bharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road) (4pm, 6.45, 9.45 pm) Goverdhan(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Ka-pali (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Krishna (KR Puram) (11 am, 2, 6, 9pm) Mohan (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15pm) Prasanna (10.15 am, 4.15, 7.15pm) PVR Cinemas (10.10 am) Sid-dheshwara (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Vaishnavi (11.30 am, 12.30,6.30, 9.30 pm)

DHAN DHANA DHAN (U)Prem Kumar, Sharmila MandreBalaji (Tavarekre) (11 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Banashankari (Hongasan-dra) (11 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm)Gurusidheshwara (11 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Kamakya (10.45 am, 1.45,5.45, 8.45 pm)

MAAGIYA KAALA (U)Nishanth, Bindhu ShriKailash (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

I AM SORRY MATTHE BANNI PRITH-SONA (U)Premkumar, Karishma Inox (Malleswaram) (8.45 pm)

OSCAR (A)Ashok Kumar, Priyanka Venkatesh-wara (Avalahalli (11.30 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) Vishal (11 am, 2.30,6, 9.15 pm)

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THEMOON (U/A)Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley“3D” Cinemax (2.15 pm, 7.15, 10pm) Fame Lido (10.45 am, 4, 9.15pm) Fame (Shankarnag) (6.30 pm)Fun Cinemas (10 am, 1, 4, 7, 10 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (BannerghattaRoad) (10 am, 4.30, 7.15, 10 pm)

Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(11 am, 1.45, 9.30 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (10.25 am, 3.50, 9.15 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10 am, 4.35,9.25 pm) Laxmi (Tavarkere) (11 am,1.45, 5, 8.30 pm) Mukunda (11 am,2, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Navrang (Rajaji-nagar) (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am, 1, 6, 9pm) Rex (10.15 am, 3, 9.45 pm) Ur-vashi (11 am, 3, 6, 9.30 pm) “2D”Fame Forum Value Mall (10 am,12.45, 3.35, 6.25, 9.15 pm) FameLido (4 pm, 9.15 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10 am, 3.35, 6.25, 9.15 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.10 am, 3.25, 6.20,9.15 pm)

CARS 2 (U)Owen Wilson, Michael Caine“3D” Fame Lido (1.40, 6.55 pm)Fame (Shankarnag) (1.20 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (BannerghattaRoad) (12.45 pm) Inox (MagrathRoad) (10 am, 12.20, 2.55, 7.15 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (12 pm, 3.50,7.40 pm) “2D” Fame Forum ValueMall (2.50 pm, 5.05, 7.20 pm).

Movie ListingsKANNADA

ENGLISH

DELHI BELLY (A)Imran Khan, ShehnazAbhinay (4 pm, 6, 8 pm) Apsara(11.30 am, 2.15, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Cau-very (11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Cinemax(10.45 am, 1, 3.15, 4.15, 5.30, 7.45,10 pm) Cinepolis (10 am, 11.55,1.50, 3.45, 5.40, 7.35, 9.30, 10 pm)Everest (4.30 pm, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Eshwari (11.15 am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15pm) Fame Forum Value Mall (10.25am, 12.40, 2.55, 5.10, 7.25, 9.40pm) Fame Lido (10.25 am, 12.40,2.55, 5.10, 7.25, 9.40 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (4 pm, 10 pm) FunCinemas (10.30 am, 12.40, 5.15,7.30, 9.40 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Bannerghatta Road) (10 am, 12, 2,4, 6, 8, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Mysore Road) (12.20 pm, 5.30,7.30, 9.45 pm) HMT Cinemas (Jala-halli) (10.45 am, 1.30, 4.15, 7.15 pm)Innovative Multiplex (11 am, 1, 5.30,8, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10.20

am, 12.40, 2.50, 7.25, 9.30 pm) Inox(JP Nagar) (10.50 am, 1, 3.10, 5.20,7.30, 9.40 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(10 am, 12.15, 2.30, 3, 4.45, 7, 7.30,9.30 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10am, 12.10, 2.50, 5, 7.30 pm) PVRCinemas (10 am, 12.20, 12.45, 2.40,3, 5, 5.15, 7.20, 7.30, 9.30, 9.45 pm)Rex (1.10 pm, 5.55, 7.50 pm) Vaibhav(6 pm, 9.30 pm) Veeresh (4.30 pm,7.30 pm) Vision Cinemas (10.30 am,12.30, 2.45, 5, 7.15, 9.45 pm)

DOUBLE DHAMAAL (U/A)Sanjay Dutt, Arshad WarsiFame Lido (12.45 pm, 3.30, 6.15,7.05, 9.15 pm) Fame (Shankarnag)(10.35 am, 3.45, 6.30, 9.15 pm )Fun Cinemas (1.30 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road) (12.10pm, 10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas(Mysore Road) (10 am, 4.40 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (12.55 pm) Inox (JPNagar).

HINDI

TAMIL

PILLAIYAR THERU KADAISI VEEDU Ramesh, Sanchita PadukoneAruna (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15 pm)Amruth (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Ajantha (10.30 am, 1.30 pm)Lavanya (4.30 pm, 7.30 pm) Ma-

heshwari (10.15 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Madheshwara (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Pushpanjali (Sultan-palya) (11 am, 2.15, 6, 9.15 pm)Pushpanjali (BNPura) (11.30 am,2.30 pm) Poornima (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Vijay (10.45 am, 1.45,5.45, 8.45 pm)

ADIMAI PENN (U/A)M G Ramachandran, JayalalithaNataraj (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.45, 7.45pm)

AVAN IVAN (U/A)Arya, Vishal Krishna, Janani IyerFame Forum Value Mall (2.25 pm,7.10 pm) Fame Lido (1.40 pm, 6.55pm) Krishna (Bommanahalli) (11am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm) Krishna (11.30am, 2.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (1.15pm, 7.05 pm).

BBUDDAH HOGA TERA BAAP (U/A)Amitabh Bachchan, Prakash Raj, Hema Malini

Abhinay (10.30 am, 1.30 pm)Anand (3 pm, 7, 10 pm) Aruna (11am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm) Cauvery (6pm, 9.30 pm) Cinemax (11.30,4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm) Cinepolis (10am, 2.45, 7.30, 9.50 pm) Everest(11.30 am, 2.15 pm) Fame Lido(10.10 am, 12.25, 2.40, 5, 9.50pm) Fun Cinemas (11 am, 3, 9.20pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 2.50 pm)

Gopalan Cinemas (Mysore Road)(10 am, 2.30, 7.30 pm) InnovativeMultiplex (10.15 am, 12.30, 5.15,10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 12.20, 2.40, 5, 7.25, 9.50 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10 am, 2.45,5.50, 9.50 pm) Parimala (11.30am, 2.30, 5.45, 8.45 pm) Shobha(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, pm) Vaibhav(11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Vision Cine-mas (10.30 am, 9.45 pm).

THE ART OF LIVING!Have you ever thought

what the purpose of yourlife is? What is life allabout? These questionsare very precious. When

these questions dawn in your mind,only then your life begins! These ques-tions help you improve the quality ofyour life. But, when these questionscome into your mind, do not be in ahurry to get an answer. Those whoknow will not tell you and those whotell you, do not know! These questionsare the tools by which you can digdeeper and the answers come fromwithin you. Once these questions comeinto your life then you start ‘living’life rather than just existing.

To know what you are on this planetfor, find out what you are not herefor! You are not here to grumble, youare not here to complain or blame.You are not here to hate. This willhelp you learn how to be happy inlife. Life involves ups and downs which

is very natural. Do not be afraid ofthis. Every pinch that you are havingin life is for the best, to make your lifemore lively and enjoyable. If there isa body, then it will get cold, cough,fever or something else and it will goaway. But take care to see that happi-ness is always established in you.

Make your smile cheaper. Learn tosmile more. Every day, every morning,look at the mirror and give a goodsmile to yourself. You know what hap-pens when you smile? All the musclesin your face get relaxed. The nervesin your brain get relaxed, and you getthe confidence, courage and energyto move on in life.

Enthusiasm is the nature of life.Take every opportunity to praise othersand support their enthusiasm, thismakes life lively. If you put down oth-er’s enthusiasm, the same may happento you. Become one whose enthusiasmnever dies.

Any joy you experience in life is

from the depth of yourself, when youlet go all that you hold on to and settledown being centered in that space. Iffor the whole day, you are engaged inonly gathering information; you donot take out time for yourself to thinkand reflect you feel dull and tired.The quality of your life deteriorates.So some time during the day, takeout some moments for yourself. Sitfor a few minutes, get into the cave ofyour heart, eyes closed, and kick theworld away like a ball. Only whenyou are calm and pleasant inside canyou spread it in your outside world.

The higher goals in life can only berealised through a few minutes ofmeditation and introspection. Thedeeper you are able to rest, the moredynamic your performance will beand the more dynamic will you be inactivity. Even though deep rest anddynamic activity are opposite values,they are complementary.

All our struggles in life are to know

more. There’s always something toshare, learn and teach. Always beopen to learn. Do not restrict yourself,don’t limit yourself. Communicatewith others, share ideas, share infor-mation and seek the same. When youare centered, you become a powerfulcommunicator. And when your com-munication improves, your life im-proves.You should plan your shortand long-term goals. Then, life gets achannel, a direction to flow. Give your-self the freedom to dream and thinkbig. Have the courage and determi-nation to achieve those dreams thatare dear to you. Then life will be asweet dream.

This world is varied and beyondour imagination. We are all born inthis world to do something wonderfuland unique; do not let this opportunitypass by. Start ‘living’ life rather thanjust existing. (This is a weekly column that appears

every Wednesday)

DIVINEQUEST

By Sri Sri Ravishankar

India opens up remotesensing data sector

Bangalore: Remote sensing dataand imagery with a very highresolution will now be madeavailable under a new policyunveiled by the government tobenefit more users in a movethat will help infrastructure de-velopment in urban areas.

The 2011 Remote Sensing DataPolicy (RSDP), which lifts somerestrictions in force for the past10 years, came against the back-drop of a CAG report had foundthat almost 80 per cent of imagesof Indian Space Research Or-ganisation (ISRO) were idling.

The earlier policy that allowedall data of resolutions up to 5.8metres to be distributed on non-

discriminatory and ‘as request-ed’ basis by ISRO has beenbrought down to up to one me-tre, K Radhakrishnan, Secretaryin the Department of Space,said.

The old 2001 policy mandatedthat ISRO could release onlydata up to 5.8 metre resolution.

Radhakrishnan said the newpolicy liberalises and opens upthe sector and would see more

users getting data.Restrictions as per the earlier

policy, enunciated in 2001, havebeen removed, he said, addingthat now, there is no bar onpublishing of high resolution,remote sensing data of up toone metre resolution.

The top space official saidhigh resolution data is requiredfor infrastructure planning andother development activities.

According to RSDP-2011, alldata of better than one metreresolution, however, shall bescreened and cleared by the ap-propriate agency prior to distri-bution with a view to protectnational security interests. PTI

219 MEG recruits pass out

Bangalore: At a colourful passingout parade held at the MadrasEngineer Group and Centre hereyesterday, 219 recruits took oathon completion of basic and fieldengineering training.

The parade, which markedthe culmination of one-and-halfyear of training of soldiers, wasreviewed by Lieutenant GeneralS S Sengupta, Colonel Comman-dant of Madras Sappers and com-manded by Sapper NVenkateswara Reddy.

Four contingents of smartlydressed soldiers with blue Doop-tas and Ceremonial Turban onthe heads, gold and marooncoloured jari bands on theirwaists and spotless white spadeon their boots marched proudlyto the tunes of military band,according to a Defence release.

The soldiers displayed highsprit and confidence when theymarched past the saluting dais.

The parade was also witnessedby the proud parents of the sol-diers who had finished the train-ing and joining the elite MadrasSapper units.

Lt Gen Sengupta exhorted thesappers to imbibe not only thetradition of valour and sacrificeof Madras Sappers, but also themodern day technology skills.

The chief guest also presentedthe trophies and medal to sap-pers who excelled in the training.The “Bhakthavachalam Trophy”for the best in overall perform-ance was presented to SapperMoresh Patel and Sapper Govin-da Raj.

The best in Drill medal waspresented to Sapper N Venkatesh-wara Reddy, the Best in PhysicalTraining to Sapper Jayesh, theBest in Weapon Training to Sap-per Pradeep and the Best in FieldEngineering to Sapper JanagarajM. PTI

Lt Gen S S Sengupta, Col Commandant of Madras Sappers,congratulates award winners at the passing out parade held

at the MEG & Centre in Bangalore yesterday.

Inaugural day for 1st year MVJPolytechnic students held

Bangalore: The Inaugural function for the firstyear polytechnic students for 2011-12, was heldon Sundayat Smt Rajalaxmi Jayaraman SeminarHall on the MVJ College campus.

Dr P S Harsha, DCP, south east region, exhortedstudents to focus on their career and utilise theenormous opportunities in the industry andsociety.

First-year students, parents and staff of MVJPolytechnic College attended the function. K SBadrinarayan, principal, MVJCE, K S Annadurai,dean, MVJCE, Professor Inayathulla Khan, principalMVJ Polytechnic, and Sasi Kumar, director, MVJPolytechnic, were also present.

Prof Khan said, “I welcome all the new studentsto the family of MVJ group of institutions. We atMVJ believe in providing quality education. Webelieve that our state of the art infrastructure, fa-cilities and our dedicated professors will benefitthe students to bring out the best in them.”

K S Badrinarayan, principal, MVJCE, lightsthe lamp, as K S Annadurai, dean, MVJCE,

P S Harsha, DCP, south east range, Prof Inayathulla Khan, principal,

MVJ Polytechnic, looks on.

Pick up in hiring activity: Naukri.comHiring activity picked up signif-icantly last month, with in-creased employment opportu-nities in the IT and ITeS sectors,says Naukri.com.

Indicating better labour mar-ket conditions, Naukri.com’s JobSpeak Index rose 4 percent inJune, compared to May.

Compared with June last year,the index climbed as much as19 percent.

The index is an indicator ofmonthly demand for jobs on-

line.According to leading job portal

Naukri.com, both the IT andITES sectors’ indices climbed 12percent last month in comparisonto May. “Key functional areaslike software services and sales

registered an upward movementin hiring activity in June,” it saidin a statement.

Further, recruitment activityimproved in the pharma, biotechand insurance sectors.

“The talent market is driven

by demand and supply,” InfoEdge India Managing Directorand CEO Hitesh Oberoi said.

“... Economic slowdown maynot necessarily affect the paceof hiring,” he added. Info Edgeowns Naukri.com.

However, the telecom sectorreported a 17 percent drop inhiring activities in June, the max-imum dip for the segment in thelast one year.

In terms of cities, recruitmentactivities were up in Hyderabad,Bangalore and Chennai, amongothers.

“... The job index for Kolkataand Delhi dipped by 6 percentand 4 percent, respectively, inJune over May,” the statementsaid. PTI

ITC Infotech,Intalio

strengthenpartnership

Bangalore: ITC Infotech, a globalIT services company and a fullyowned subsidiary of ITC Ltd, to-day announced expansion of itsglobal strategic alliance with In-talio Inc, a leading provider ofprivate cloud computing solu-tions.

The two companies would pro-vide comprehensive businessprocess management (BPM) so-lutions, BPM project manage-ment including consulting anddelivery, complete training andenablement, and support for es-tablishing client BPM Centres ofExcellence (COEs), ITC Infotechsaid in a statement.

S Janardhanan, senior vicepresident, ITC Infotech, said,“We aim to provide better BPMservices to a wide range of in-dustries, including banking, in-surance, engineering and travel& hospitality.

“With Intalio’s premium serv-ices and support, we can expandour portfolio of services and offerunique cost-effective solutions”.

Intalio and ITC Infotech wouldfocus on developing agile andinnovative business solutionsworldwide, across a wide rangeof industry verticals, it said.

Vijaya Banklaunches e‑deposit

Bangalore: Bangalore-head-quarteredV i j a y aBank to-day launched ‘e-Deposit’ fa-cility.

Under this initiative, cus-tomers with internet bankingfacility (V-Net Banking) canobtain fixed deposits at theclick of a button, speedily andconveniently from their homes,avoiding the hassle of makinga trip to the branch.

Instructions regarding in-terest and principal repay-ment, premature closure andrenewal can also be given on-line, the bank said in a state-ment. PTI

CITYWednesday, July 6, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneral

Rajya Vokkaligara Okoota:Felicitation to veteran achiev-ers in community and toppersin SSLC by former chief min-ister H D Kumaraswamy, Min-ister R Ashoka participates,Town Hall, J C Road, 5 pm.

CulturalIsha Foundation: Release ofSadhguru’s book by SudhaMurthy of Infosys Foundationfollowed by special interactivesession with the author, PalaceGrounds, Tripura Vasini En-trance, near Mekhri Circle,6.15 pm.

Kalavidara Ashraya Vish-wakaladhama: Musical pro-gramme by Jr Rajkumartroupe, K Golahalli, nearVivekananda College, Kum-balgodu, Kengeri Hobli, 5.30pm.

ReligiousVijayanagar Madhwa SevaTrust: Discourse on ‘Man-galashtaka’ by Ambarishachar,37/2, Gangadhar Layout, IIMain Road, Vijayanagar, 6.30pm.

ExhibitionsPhotographs by HomaiVyarawalla: ednesday, July6th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.National Gallery of ModernArt, No 49 Manikyavelu Man-sion, Palace Road, The Na-tional Gallery of Modern artis hosting an exhibition oficonic photographs taken byHomai Vyarawalla, India's firstwoman photojournalist, whostarted working in the 1930sand was instrumental in trac-ing the lives and work of po-litical leaders through her lens.

Negotiated Positions @Gallery Blue Spade: Wednes-day, July 6th, 2011. 11 a.m. to7 p.m. Gallery Blue Spade,The Chancery, 10/6 LavelleRoad, An exhibition of con-temporary art by Babu EshwarPrasad, V G Venugopal, SunojD, Suchender P, GurusidappaG E, Murali Cheeroth, ChandraBhattacharjee, Prasanta Sahu,Farhad Hussain and RajibaLochan Pani.

Group Show @ Sumukha:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011.10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. GallerySumukha, No 24/10, BTS DepotRoad, Wilson Garden An ex-hibition of sculptures, paint-ings and photographs by tentalented artists.

The Art Mix @ Caperberry:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011.12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Ca-perberry, No 48/1 GroundFloor, The Estate, DickensonRoad, Caperberry and ArtChutney present 'The Art Mix',a group show featuring art-work by artists such as HRDas, Nagesh Goud, AmolPawar and others.

Shopping Crimson's Annual MonsoonSale: Wednesday, July 6th,2011. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. CrimsonArt Gallery, The HatworksBoulevards, No 32, Cunning-ham Road, VasanthnagarPaintings at discount rates,along with an additional offerwhere patrons get 50% offevery second purchase.

Crocs Candy Collection:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011. 11a.m. to 9 p.m. Crocs India Re-tail Limited, Mantri Square,No 1, Sampige Road, Mallesh-waram A collection of light-weight, stylish footwear inbright, candy colours.

Celio End of Season Sale:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011. 11a.m. to 9 p.m. Celio, BrigadeRoad, Discounts up to 70%on all apparel and accessories.

Lifestyle presents Watch Fest:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011. 10a.m. to 9 p.m. Lifestyle, AdarshOpus, Campbell Road, AustinTown Offers and discounts ona wide range of watches.

The Big Wrangler Sale:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011. 10a.m. to 9 p.m. Wrangler, No777, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar Wrangler kickstartsits end of season sale, withdiscounts of up to 50%.

Pepe Sale: Wednesday, July6th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Pepe, No 2, Brigade Road, Dis-counts of up to 60% on allmerchandise.

Sale @ Esprit: Wednesday,July 6th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 9p.m. Esprit, No 10 AnandaBhavan, Vittal Mallya Road,Esprit announces a sale wherepatrons can avail discountsof up to 50% on apparel andaccessories, and a flat 25% offwatches.

Lee Sale: Wednesday, July 6th,2011. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lee,Royal Meenakshi Mall, NoE1/16, Syndicate Bank Colony,

1st Cross, Bennerghatta RoadLee merchandise at discountsof up to 50%.

Reebok Sale: Wednesday, July6th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Reebok, Royal MeenakshiMall, No E1/16, Syndicate BankColony, 1st Cross, BennerghattaRoad Reebok announces a saleacross all its outlets, whereshoppers can get merchandiseat flat 40% off.

3 for 2 offer: Wednesday, July6th, 2011. 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.Landmark, The Forum Mall,No 21, Hosur Road, Koraman-gala Landmark presents the 3for 2 offer, where readers canchoose from a collection ofover 200 best sellers and newreleases and get three bookswith the offer sticker for theprice for two.

ComedyLOL@Urban Solace: Wednes-day, July 6th, 2011. 8 p.m. to10 p.m. Urban Solace - Cafefor the Soul, No 32, An-naswamy Mudaliar Road,Ulsoor Lake A stand up com-edy and open mic night thatfeatures guest comedians anda platform for the audience toshow off their entertainingskills.

Eating OutPower Lunch: Wednesday,July 6th, 2011. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, Nowbe connected even during thequick business lunch. Free wi-fi access while you fill up inthe middle of the day. Delec-table starters with a variety ofveg/ non veg main course op-tions along with draught beer.

Themed Dinner Buffets:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011.noon 24 @ 43, Crowne PlazaHotel, 43 Hosur Road, Elec-tronic City Add some varietyto the week. Try a new cuisineeveryday. Woks and more onMondays, Mediterranean Par-adise on Tuesdays, BarbequeNights on Wednesdays andTaste of India on Thursdays.

Seafood Wednesdays at TheCubbon Pavilion: Wednesday,July 6th, 2011. 7 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Cubbon Pavilion, ITC Gar-denia, No 1, Residency RoadThe chefs unveil an interactivetheatre showcasing a bountifulsupply of exotic seafood onthe grill, and on the crepiere(crepe station) with exoticseafood fillings. They toss uprefreshing Salads, roll Sushi,and serve crispy Tempura,Paella, Risotto, and lots moreevery Wednesday night.

Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Wednesday, July 6th,2011. noon to 3 p.m. Man-chester United Restaurant Bar,No 1 KIRA Layout, Hosur MainRoad, Koramangala The Man-chester United Restaurant andBar launches a weekday lunchbuffet priced at Rs 350 plustaxes right from starters todesserts.

Monsoon Menu @ Shiro:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011.12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Shiro,Shiro introduces 'Flavour ofthe Month An ExtraordinaryCulinary Journey'. On the spe-cial monsoon menu are deli-cacies from Malay, Thai, Chi-nese and Korean cuisines.

Burger-Binging MonsoonMenu @ Mocha: Wednesday,July 6th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 11p.m. Mocha, Lavelle Road,Mocha introduces a specialmenu for the monsoons. Onit are special burgers like theMexican Burger, the AnimalBurger and the Cold Cut andCheese Burger. Coolers likePeach and Ginger Spritzer,Cranberry Orange Melange,and Mystic Mangoade are alsopart of the menu, which isavailable across all outlets ofMocha.

Skewer & Satay Festival:Wednesday, July 6th, 2011. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The GrillHouse, No 8/6 KengistonPoint, Ulsoor A Festival thatincludes dishes like Chicken& Olive Skewers, Thyme-scent-ed Chicken Skewers, MexicanChicken Skewers, Beer Mari-nated Beef Skewers, Smoth-ered Lamb Skewers, and FreshBoccochini Cheesy TomatoSkewers.

Kerala Konnections: Wednes-day, July 6th, 2011. 12:30 p.m.to 3 p.m. Vembanad, Vem-banad at The Paul hosts 'Ker-ala Konnections', a weekdaylunch buffet that featurescoastal dishes like Meen Man-ga Curry, Kozhi Roast, Tha-lassari Mutton Curry and Mam-pazha Pulissery.

American Chuck Wagon @Raj Pavilion: Wednesday, July6th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.The Raj Pavilion, ITC Windsor,No 25 Windsor Square , GolfCourse Road , High GroundsA spread dedicated to the ad-venturous spirit of the trav-ellers who braved the un-known and harsh lands ofAmerica.

Flagging off cleanliness drive

BBMP commissioner Siddaiah flagged of f cleanliness and tree planting drives at RBILayout in Jayanagar by planting a sapling in the city this morning.

W hy shouldmen have all thefun with Harley Davidson?City-based HR profession-al Sheeja Mathews yester-

day became the first woman in India toown the iconic cult motorcycle, thus break-ing the stereotype of only tattoo sportingmuscular hunks riding the bike.

The 34-year-old, who has been ridingto her office on her husband’s YamahaRajdoot 350 for the past 10 years, is nowlooking to cruise the new ‘Iron 883’ to herworkplace at least once a week.

“I didn’t know that I was the first womanto buy a Harley Davidson in India till thecompany people told me. I thought of up-grading to a Harley when they opened ashowroom here,” Mathews said.

When asked what prompted her to gofor a Harley Davidson, she said: “Well, Ihave been riding my husband’s bike forthe past 10 years and I thought it washigh time I upgraded.” Mother of a 7-year-

old son, Mathews said evenher son is excited about thenew bike, on which the familyhas spent about Rs 8 lakh intotal, although the ex-showroomprice of the bike is Rs 6.5 lakh.“Oh, he wants me to drop him toschool on the bike so that he couldshow off his mother’s bike to his friends,”she said, adding, she would be taking thebike on long rides on weekends.

A self-proclaimed foodie and a shopaholiclike any other woman, Mathews said shehas been a drag racer as well. “I do drive a(Tata) Safari and (Chevrolet) Cruze but Ilove bikes,” she said, adding, her busi-nessman husband chipped in 20 per centof the amount for her Harley Davidson.

The American cult bike maker startedselling its bikes in India from last year

and announced to set up an assemblyplant in India in order to cater to demandshere. The Iron 833 model is one of the twomodels to be assembled at the Bawalfacility in Haryana. The other model isthe Super Low.

The company offers a total of 15 modelsin India priced between Rs 5.5 lakh to Rs38.66 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). PTI

City womanin Harleyʼs

malecultdominated

Harley-David-son’s first

woman cus-tomer in India,

Sheeja Mathews,poses with hermotorbike in

Bangalore yes-terday.

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The NR Colony ma-ternity hospital will be convertedinto a hi-tech facility by enteringinto an agreement with promi-nent hospitals in the city, BBMPcommissioner Siddaiah has said.

Local corporator Katte Sathya-narayana said the hospital wasinaugurated by Mysore MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wadiyar in1962. There was a time whenmore than 1,500 deliveries wereperformed per year at this hos-pital. But with the private, hi-tech hospitals entering the scene,hardly few such procedures arebeing conducted now. The hos-pital does not have required staff.Prominent doctors and hospitalsin the city have been requestedto help upgrade the facilities

here and provide quality serviceto the people living nearby. Thedoctors have accepted the pro-posal, he added.

Dr Latha Venkataraman ofRangadurai Hospital said, “Weare forming a team of specialistswho will come on visits to thishospital. We will provide spe-cialty and superspecialty servicesat this hospital and try to upgradeit.”

Siddaiah said people livingnearby would soon get special-ized services at the hospital. Thepalike will extend all help to thespecialists. Renowned architectSri Prasad has offered to build aroom on the first floor of thehospital free of cost.

The palike will also install hi-tech equipment at the hospital,he added.

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state government is se-riously thinking of appointing a chairmanfor the backward classes commission,said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa herethis morning.

Offering floral tributes on the 25 deathanniversary of former deputy Prime Min-ister Babu Jagjivan Ram in front of Vid-hana Soudha this morning, he said thepost that had been lying vacant for morethan six months would be filled as soonas possible.

The BJP government is committed tothe development of backward classesand has done a lot of work for this com-munity, he claimed.

He praised the contribution of JagjivanRam in uplifting dalits and suppressedclasses while he was the Union minister.

Union labour minister Mallikarjun MKharge said, “He contributed a lot forthe uplift of the backward and dalit com-munities. As Union defence and agricul-ture minister, he handled his portfolioswith élan.”

On the illegal encroachment of 12 lakhacres in the state as pointed out by gov-ernment lands conservation task forcechairman V Balasubramanian, Yeddyu-rapa said that he would talk to the officialsconcerned and take action. “I would notlike to comment any further in front ofthe media,” he added.

Chairman for backwardclasses panel soon: CM

Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa offers floral tributes on the 25th death anniversary of former deputy Prime MinisterBabu Jagjivan Ram in front of Vidhana Soudha today. Social welfare minister Anekal Narayanaswamy, BJP leader

Madan Patel and former MLA H Anjaneya take part.

Womanhangs

self overdowry

demand

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Ramanagara: A womancommitted suicide by hang-ing herself from the ceilingfan at her residence here thismorning.

The deceased has beenidentified as Pushpalatha(22) from Hunasanahalli inChannapatna taluk, the po-lice said. Pushpalatha hadbeen married to Muthurajfor the last eight months. Hewas harassing her for dowryand there had been an on-going dispute betweenMuthuraj and his in-laws,the police added.

Muthuraj and his relativeshave fled the house after thesuicide, the police said.

NR Colonymaternity

hospital to be upgraded

Illegal sandlorries seizedDavanagere: Despite ban on il-legal mining of sand, it is con-tinuing unabated in the state.Today officials seized four lorriesand six tractors that were trans-porting sand llegally in Davan-agere district.

The tahsildar along with policeofficials raided Avaragoda villageand seized the vehicles and theconsignment.

The miscreants fled the placeonce the raid started.

Youth Cong protestsgovtʼs anti‑farmer policy

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Youth Congress work-ers today held a protest mockingat the government for its anti-farmer policies.

They alleged that the govern-ment in the name of developmenthas been acquiring fertile landsfrom farmers for industrial pur-poses and passing them to mul-ti-national companies. “The gov-ernment has been acquiringlands at a lower price from farm-ers, but selling them at inflatedprices to these private compa-

nies,” said senior Congress leaderV S Ugrappa who led the protest.

The acquisition is continuingdespite protests by farmers.“Chief minister B S Yeddyurappahad taken oath in the name offarmers. But within a week oftaking charge, the governmentordered police firing at protestingfarmers at Haveri and two died.Later a commission constitutedby the government said the twodeceased were not even farmers.This government is anti-farmer,”they alleged. Though the statedpolicy is to acquire lands that

are fallow and non-irrigated, thegovernment has been acquiringlands that are fertile, they alleged.

Many Karnataka IndustrialArea Development Board officialstoo are involved in the racketand are helping the politicalleaders, they alleged.

The protesters, who had gath-ered at Anand Rao Circle, woremasks of Yeddyurappa and Ku-maraswamy, and ridiculed theway the state politics being de-meaned.Youth Congress presi-dent Manohar and others tookpart in the protest.

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Members of the Nayakara Yuva Vedike protest, alleging that district in-charge and med-ical education minister S A Ramadass is giving wrong information to people about directloans being given to the backward communities. The protest was led by vedike president

Madhuvana Chandru.

Protest against Ramadass

TELANGANA REMAINSSHUT FOR SECOND DAYHyderabad: Life remained paralysed across Telanganaregion of Andhra Pradesh Wednesday, the second dayof the 48-hour shutdown called by Telangana JointAction Committee (JAC) to demand a separate state ofTelangana.

Public transport remained crippled in Hyderabadand nine other districts of the region as over 10,000buses of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corpo-ration (APSRTC) continued to remain off the roads.

Shops, business establishments, hotels, petrol bunksand educational institutions were shut on the secondconsecutive day.

Commuters in Hyderabad, especially those arrivingat railway stations had a harrowing time as APSRTCcity services remained suspended while a few autorick-shaws and cabs charged exorbitant fares.

The local train or Multi-Modal Transport SystemServices were also cancelled for the second day.

With APSRTC employees too joining the strike, not asingle bus can come out of bus depots.

The shutdown forced APSRTC to suspend all servicesbetween Hyderabad and other cities like Vijayawada,Visakhapatnam, Kurnool and Tirupati. The corporation,which suffered a loss of Rs.9 crore on the first day,plans to resume services in the evening.

The coal production in Singareni Collieries CompanyLimited was affected for the second day as a majorityof nearly 100,000 employees in the mines, spread overfour Telangana districts, refused to work. The companyis likely to suffer loss of another Rs.20 crore on thesecond day.

The usually busy roads in Nampallay, Basheerbagh,Khairatabad, Himayatnagar, Koti, Mehdipatnam, Se-

cunderabad and other areas in the state capital herewore a deserted look.

The shutdown badly affected the work in governmentoffices as a majority of about 300,000 employees in theregion stayed away from work.

However, the functioning of IT companies in Hyder-abad is normal as the companies made alternate arrange-ments for the employees to reach their work place. Thecabs carrying the techies left early in the day, avoidingroutes where trouble is feared. IANS

SC OKstrial in

Gujaratblast caseNew Delhi: The Supreme Courttoday paved the way for trial ofover 50 accused in the 2008 Gu-jarat serial bomb blasts whichkilled over 56 persons.

A bench of Justices AltamasKabir and Cyriac Joseph rejectedthe plea of the accused that thetrial in the BJP-ruled state couldnot be held in a free and fairmanner owing to the surchargedcommunal atmosphere in theaftermath of the 2002 Godhramassacre.

The apex court said thingshave considerably “settled down”after the Godhra killings andhence the claim of the accusedthat the trial could not be heldin a fair manner was mere ap-prehension.

It, however, granted liberty tothe accused to move the courtagain if and when there weregenuine apprehensions of thetrial being held in a vitiated at-mosphere.

The apex court had earlier in2009 stayed the trial against theaccused after the latter soughttransfer of the cases outside thestate on the ground that the pros-ecution and the investigatingagencies were totally biased infavour of the ruling party. PTI

6 cops hurt in J&K blastSrinagar: At least six policemenwere injured today when mili-tants triggered an IED explosionnear a police station in Soporein Baramulla district in Jammuand Kashmir, officials said.

Militants fired a rifle grenadeat around 9.05 am, which landedand exploded in the police sta-tion premises, the officials said.

As the policemen came out,the ultras triggered an IED plant-ed on a scooter parked near thepolice station.

Six policemen were injured inthe IED explosion, the officialssaid, adding that the conditionof four of them is stated to becritical.

Security forces have cordonedoff the area.

On Dalai Lamaʼs birthday,prayers for his long life

Dharamsala: Morning prayersfor the well-being and long lifeof Tibetan spiritual leader, theDalai Lama, began in this Hi-machal Pradesh town to markhis 76th birthday today.

The Nobel Peace Prize winneris not present here and will at-tend celebrations in Washing-ton.

Large crowds began to assem-ble in the morning at the Tsug-lagkhang temple, close to theofficial palace of the Dalai Lamaat McLeodganj, to join in thecelebrations.

“Special prayer sessions beganat Tsuglagkhang temple and itwould continue throughout theday,” Thubten Samphel, aspokesperson for the Central Ti-betan Administration, said.

“His Holiness will bless hisfollowers in Washington,” headded. The Tibetan cabinet, theKashag, expressed gratitude tothe spiritual leader for remainingwith them to dispel the sufferingof all human beings and espe-cially to guide Tibetans as longas possible, it said in a state-ment.“On this extraordinary day,the Kashag would wish to grate-

fully thank and remember thevisionary steps that His Holiness,

the Dalai Lama, took in the de-mocratisation of the Tibetan poli-

ty and devolving all his powersto the elected Tibetan leadership,which will represent the six mil-lion Tibetans living in and out-side Tibet,” the statement added.

The prayers to mark the DalaiLama’s birthday have been or-ganised by the Central TibetanAdministration (CTA) and theTibetan community. A largenumber of foreigners and wellwishers also gathered here toattend the celebrations.

Born July 6, 1935, at Taktserhamlet in northeastern Tibet,the Dalai Lama was recognisedat the age of two as the reincar-nation of the 13th Dalai LamaThubten Gyatso.

He fled Tibet after a failed up-rising against the Chinese rulein 1959, basing his Tibetan gov-ernment-in-exile here that neverwon recognition from any coun-try.He was awarded the NobelPeace Prize in 1989 for his non-violent campaign for democracyand freedom in his homeland.Since fleeing to India, he hasspent his time in exile pushingfor autonomy for Tibet.

India is home to around100,000 Tibetans. IANS

Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is being greeted onhis arrival in Washington. Today is the Dalai Lama’s 76th

birthday.

C hatting up far mers, Rahul continues march

Alawalpur (Uttar Pradesh):Walking and talking with farm-ers, students, women, Congressgeneral secretary Rahul Gandhiwas off to an early start today,the second day of his marchagainst forcible land acquisitionin chief minister Mayawati’sstate.

Clad in a starched white kur-ta-pyjama and Nike sneakers,Gandhi started the padyatra to-wards Shatbota village at 6.30am – almost three and half kilo-metres away from his night haltat Rampur Badli – and reachedat 7.20 am.

The 41-year-old Gandhi scioninteracted with villagers, stu-dents and women folk on hisway. The padyatra will culminateat a Congress Kisan Mahapan-chayat at Aligarh Saturday.

After reaching Shatbota, headdressed the village panchayatand had a glass of lassi offeredby a villager, Ved Prakash.

“I wanted to understand thesituation of farmers and that isthe reason I’m here betweenyou, to talk to everyone of you,”Gandhi told a gathering of 200villagers. Then, he walked an-other 5 km to Alawalpur.

Trudging the dust tracks ofrural Uttar Pradesh, not far fromthe national capital, Gandhi be-gan his march yesterday, walking19 km in six hours and visitingfive villages.

He made his night halt at afarmer’s home in Rampur Badli.

“He woke up at about 5 amtoday and asked for newspapers.I immediately sent my son toget it for him and he read it forsome half-an-hour,” VijaypalSharma, a local farmer and Con-gress supporter, in whose houseGandhi spent his first night, said.

The Sharma household wasall praise for the Gandhi scion.Aman, Vijay’s brother, said thathe easily intermingled with allthe family members.

Gandhi was asked by Shar-ma’s family members how hewas feeling after a tiring sched-ule. To this he replied: “Thik-thak hain” (I am okay).

He also took a quick bath onthe terrace of the double-storeyhouse before the dinner, said afamily member of the household.Sitting outside, elderly people

discussed about the Gandhi clan.“There has never been a leader

like Indira Gandhi. Let’s see whatRahul Gandhi does for the coun-try,” remarked Ramesh, a vil-lager. Gandhi’s march is clearlyaimed at giving the Congress anedge with an eye to the crucialelections to the state assemblynext year. IANS

Oz slashes aid budget forfast‑growing India, China

Melbourne: Australia today announced thatit was slashing the aid it provides to the fastgrowing economies of India and China,even as it boosts spending in South-EastAsia, the Pacific Islands, Middle East andAfrica.

According to a report in ‘The Australian’daily, the country’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has announced the government’s response to the first inde-pendent review of Australia’s aid programmein 15 years, accepting 38 of its 39 recom-mendations.

The review led by former Sydney Olympicsboss Sandy Hollway found the aid pro-gramme was good, but could be better withsome tweaks.

With the aid budget set to touch to over 8 billion Australian dollars over thenext five years, Rudd said Australia’s nearestneighbours -- Indonesia, Papua New Guineaand East Timor -- would remain its top fo-cus.

“It is the region which we believe that wecan be most effective in,” Rudd said.

He said, “It is the region where the rest ofthe world often expects Australia to provideleadership. And it is the region of the worldwhere our most direct, strategic and eco-nomic interests lie.”

Australia also will increase its aid to de-veloping nations in East Asia and SouthAsia, but China and India no longer quali-fy.

“They are respectively the second andsixth largest economies in the world. Bothhave considerable economic capacity,” Ruddsaid. “And both have begun their own in-ternational development assistance pro-grammes,” he noted.

Australia may continue to provide someassistance to the countries through multi-lateral organisations and regional pro-grammes.

The government will also boost its aid tothe Middle East and Africa.

The government said any future increasesto Latin America and the Caribbean will be“modest”.

It further added that it will make greater

use of multilateral partners, civil societyand Australian non-government organisa-tions to deliver its aid.

It also will develop a rolling four-yearwhole-of-aid budget strategy covering theaid efforts of all government agencies undera single coherent plan.

The government has pledged to analysethe aid programme’s progress every yearand scrap programmes that are not deliver-ing. It has also agreed to five-yearly inde-pendent reviews.

The government will consider at a laterdate the review’s recommendation that thename of the foreign affairs portfolio be ex-tended to include the words “InternationalDevelopment”.

The government this year boosted aid by almost half a billion dollars to Aus-tralian 4.84 billion in 2011/12 – about 0.35 per cent of gross national income (GNI).

Rudd said the government remained com-mitted to boosting aid spending to 0.5 percent of GNI by 2015-16. PTI

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacts with a vil-lager during his padayatra from Bhatta Parsaul village nearGreater Noida to Aligarhs Nagla Bhitouna Village yesterday.

Canada blacklists PakistaniTaliban as terrorist group

Toronto: Canada has bannedthe dreaded militant outfit Pak-istani Taliban, designating it asa terrorist group, linking it toNew York’s Times Square bomb-ing plot and plans to blow upthe country’s Parliament in win-ter.

Canada thus joins the US, UKand other western nations inblacklisting the Tehreek-e-Talibanwhich is based in Pakistan’srestive tribal region borderingAfghanistan.

The ban is part of “global effortto crackdown on terrorism wher-ever we find it”, Foreign MinisterJohn Baird was quoted as sayingby Canadian Broadcasting Cor-poration.

While the public safety Min-ister, Vic Toews, said that putting

the Tehreek-e-Taliban on the ter-ror blacklist is “an essential partof our efforts to combat terrorism

and keep our communities safe.” He noted the group has

claimed responsibility for “mul-tiple” suicide attacks in Pakistan,as well as a May 2010 bombingattempt of New York’s TimesSquare.

The TTP became the 43rdgroup on Canada’s blacklist,which includes Al-Qaeda, Colom-bia’s leftist FARC rebels andHamas, the Palestinian rulers ofthe Gaza Strip.

The move means that peoplein Canada and Canadians abroadare prohibited from “knowinglydealing with assets owned orcontrolled by the TTP” and thatit will now be an offense to“knowingly participate in, con-tribute to or facilitate certain ac-tivities of” the group. PTI

SC/ST youth must take advan‑tage of govt schemes: Minister

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: SC/ST youth should takeadvantage of government jobschemes and come up in life,said forests minister C H Vi-jayashankar here this morning.

Inaugurating a programme onawareness of job opportunities,he said, “Youngsters should haveconfidence and make use of gov-ernment schemes to come up inlife. They should develop their

skills to make themselves em-ployable.”

“Even Infosys founder memberN R Narayana Murthy ap-proached the Karnataka StateFinance Corporation for loan atthe time of starting the IT bell-wether. Youngsters should takea leaf out of his book and followin his footsteps,” he said.

He asked youngsters to ap-proach him if they had any prob-lem in getting loans from KSFC.

He rued that the small-scaleindustry segment is being ig-nored and asked the SC/ST youthto be self-employed to give boostto the sector. They should interactwith the government more andbring in changes.

Industrialist N Venkataramu,Institute of Engineers chairmanA S Satish, District IndustrialCentre joint director M Shiv-ashankar and others were pres-ent.

Forests minister C H Vijayashankar inaugurates an event to promote job opportunities forSC/ST youth in Mysore this morning.

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Video templetreasure: SC

Continued from page 1While hearing of the petition,

the court had directed that “thereshall be a detailed inventory ofthe articles, valuables and or-naments found from the temple’streasure trove.”

The court had also appointedretired judges of Kerala HighCourt Justice M N Krishnan andJustice C S Rajan as observers tosupervise unearthing of the tem-ple’s treasure and had said thatthe inventory list would be pre-pared in their presence.

The two petitioners in the mat-ter, including Marthanda Varma,were also authorised by the apexcourt to be present during thepreparation of the inventory list.

The court had also said thatthe inventory shall be made inthe presence of the DevaswomDepartment’s secretary or a rep-resentative nominated by it.

The court had also directedthe presence of a senior officerof the Department of Archaeologyduring preparation of the inven-tory list. The court had also madeJustice Krishnan as the in-chargefor organising the inventory andfixing of the schedule for its un-earthing. PTI

Jaya leavesfor Delhi

Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief min-ister Jayalalithaa today left forDelhi to take part in the finali-sation of annual plan by thePlanning Commission.Officialsources said Jayalalithaa was ac-companied by her close aideSasikala, Finance Minister O Pan-neerselvam and high rankingofficials. This is Jayalalithaa’ssecond visit to the national cap-ital since she came to power.Dur-ing her June 14 meeting withPrime Minister ManmohanSingh, Jayalalithaa had placeda demand for a special assistanceof Rs one lakh crore even as shehad been charging previous DMKregime with pushing the stateinto a ‘debt-trap.’ PTI

A policewoman tussles with a Left party activist during a two-day strike demanding the creation of anew state of Telangana, in Hyderabad yesterday.

Beyond BeatWednesday, July 6, 2011

Bangalore Beat Bureau

It is the monsoon season. As you enjoythe rain and the cool weather, bewareof the diseases this season bringsalong with it. Bangalore Beat spoke tosome of the doctors in the city, and

they caution you to take care of mainlythree categories of diseases.1Water-borne diseases: This includes

all types of gastroenteritis, typhoid,cholera, jaundice, food poisoning andothers where water is the main culpritand primary cause of all these diseases. 2Diseases spread by mosquitoes:

Dengue, malaria, chicken gunya, H1N1and few others. Mosquitoes are at their at-tacking best this season as they findenough puddles to breed.3Indoor spread of diseases: In this cat-

egory, those professionals who work incentralised air-conditioned offices shouldbe cautious. Common diseases like cold,cough etc spread fast in closed environs andhappens mainly indoors where there is lackof fresh air. More the room is crowded fasterthe spread of diseases. If any of your col-leagues sneeze without covering theirmouths properly, others too would get in-fected fast as there is no movement of freshair to carry away the bacteria.

“As compared to last year, the numberof cases of typhoid and hepatitis-b has re-duced this year. But we feel that the num-ber of food poisoning cases have beenmore. Always prevention is better than cure.So those who have not taken vaccinesshould do so now. Especially the elderlyshould get themselves vaccinated as theirimmunity is low,” said Dr Veerendra San-dur, gastroenterologist at Fortis Hospi-tals.

You can keep the diseases at bay by tak-ing these precautionary measures: lAlways consume freshly prepared food.Wash your hands cleanly after passing mo-tion. Wash your hands with an antisepticbefore consuming food.lDrink water only after boiling and cool-ing it. If it is difficult, you can consume fil-tered water.l Follow a healthy lifestyle. Do not con-sume uncovered foods which are sold onthe streets. Be cautious when consumingbakery products, preserved food andchaats.l Do not allow water to stagnate in andaround your premises as mosquitoes breedin these puddles. Make sure that all yourwater bodies like over head tanks, sump arecovered.l Control the mosquito menace by eitherusing a mosquito net or repellant. l If you are an asthma patient, get all yourjackets and mufflers which will keep youwarm as there could be sudden drop in tem-perature and drastic change in weather.l Do not ignore any symptoms like vom-iting and loose motion as these are symp-

toms for some life-threatening diseases.But there is some good news. “The in-

cidence of H1N1 of swine flu, which hadcaused a huge scare last year, has been low

this season. Following a healthy lifestyleand getting vaccinated could prevent youfrom most of these diseases. Health au-thorities should throw a light on these dis-

eases and educate the masses as to how toprevent them by taking precautions. Avoidspitting on roads. Cover your mouth andnose with a handkerchief when you are

sneezing. With this, you can avoid infect-ing others,” said Dr Murali Mohan, physi-cian and pulmonologist, Narayana Hru-dayala.

Late‑talking toddlers ʻdo fine

later in lifeʼMelbourne: Anxious parents of toddlers who starttalking late can now heave a sigh of relief! A newstudy claims your kids are not at risk of having be-havioural and emotional problems as they growup than chatty children.

Researchers at Telethon Institute for ChildHealth Research in Australia have found late-talk-ing children are no more likely to face behaviouraland emotional problems when they grow upthan toddlers who’ve normal language develop-ment.

The study is the first of its kind to track languagedelay from two years of age through to late ado-lescence, say the Australian researchers whosefindings have been published in the latest editionof the ‘Pediatrics’ journal.

Lead researcher Prof Andrew Whitehouse saidthat while late-talkers have increased levels of be-havioural and emotional problems at two years ofage, these problems tend not to continue.

He said: “Having a child who is not talking asmuch as other children can be very distressing forparents. Our findings suggest that parents shouldnot be overly concerned that their late-talking tod-dler will have language and psychological diffi-culties later in childhood.

“We suggest that the behavioural and emotionalproblems identified at two years are due to the psy-chosocial difficulties of not being able to com-municate. But when late- talking children ‘catch-up’ to normal language milestones, the behaviouraland emotional problems are no longer apparent.”

In fact, the study examined 1387 children,with 1245 children achieving “normal” languageby two years of age and 142 classed as late-talk-ers (9.9 per cent). The analysis was drawn from aparent-completed Language Development Surveyat two years of age and the Child BehaviourChecklist completed at 2, 5, 8, 10, 14 and 17 yearsof age.

Dr Whitehouse said the results offer reassuranceto parents of late-talkers that their language de-lay is not in itself a risk factor for later behaviouraland emotional problems.

“We assessed the children at two years of ageand at several time-points up to 17 years and foundthat while the late-talkers had increased levels ofpsychosocial problems at age two, they’re at nomore risk for these problems later.

“There is good evidence that most late-talkingchildren will ‘catch-up’ to the language skills of oth-er children. The best thing that parents can do isprovide a rich language-learning environment fortheir children.

“This means getting down on the floor and play-ing their child, talking with them, reading to them,interacting with them,” he said. PTI

Couch potatoesdouble risk of

lung blood clotsParis: Lying around for long stretches outside

of work doubles the risk of dangerous bloodclots in the lungs, according to a study amongwomen released today.

The study looked at the risk of pulmonary em-bolism – blood clots in the lungs that typically arisefrom a vein constriction in the legs – among 69,950female nurses over an 18-year period.

Previous research has highlighted a number offactors for this condition, including age, immobilityon long-haul flights, obesity, smoking and hy-pertension.

The new research suggests that a sedentarylifestyle can be added to the list.

Over the 18-year study period, there were 268cases of pulmonary embolism.

The risk more than doubled in women whospent more than 41 hours a week sitting down out-side the workplace compared to those who wereseated for less than 10 hours per week.

Results held even after age, weight and tobac-co consumption were taken into account.

The study, published online by the BritishMedical Journal (BMJ), is led by ChristopherKabrhel at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Researchers called for further work to see if theresults also applied to men, and to people not ofEuropean origin.

They also pointed out that the mean age of thewomen studied was 55, leaving open the questionof whether younger women would be subject tothe same risks. AFP

Rainy season brings with it a host of diseases and one can never be careful enough. City doctors advise you to take some precautions to keep yourself

healthy this season, says Aknisree Karthik

MONSOON ISON, TAKE CARE

Miscarriage is no bar tohave a baby: Scientists

London: Women with repeatedmiscarriages need not to be dis-heartened, as their chances ofhaving a healthy baby is thesame as those who have nevermiscarried, scientists haveclaimed.

The assurance, which comesfrom a Swedish conference, islikely to offer some comfort tothe one per cent of couples whohave lost three or more preg-nancies in a row through noknown cause, the BBC reported.

Most recurrent miscarriagesare unexplained, meaning thereis no obvious cause and notreatment to offer.

But researchers said they cannow offer couples more accurateinformation to help them whenthey are considering whether ornot they want to keep trying fora baby.

Two new studies, presentedat the European Society of Hu-man Reproduction and Embry-ology meet in Stockholm, fol-lowed the outcomes of womenwith unexplained recurrent mis-carriage.

The first – a Danish study thatinvolved nearly 1,000 women –found two-thirds went on tohave at least one child withinfive years of being referred to arecurrent miscarriage clinic, butoften within a year of being seen.

The second study, carried out in theNetherlands with 213 women, found morethan 70 per cent became pregnant after ayear of trying for a baby, rising to over 80per cent or eight out of 10 after two years

of trying.And over half of all the women in the

study gave birth to a healthy baby, with-in an average wait of 41 weeks.

Dr Stefan Kaandorp, who led this Dutchresearch, said: “Our results mean that

women with recurrent mis-carriage can be reassured thattheir time to a subsequent con-ception is not significantlylonger than that for fertilewomen without a history ofmiscarriage.

“Recurrent miscarriage isextremely stressful for thesewomen and we hope that ourstudy will give them hope andencourage them to keep tryingfor the baby they want somuch.” A spokeswoman forthe British Miscarriage Asso-ciation said: “One of the big is-sues for women going for in-vestigation for recurrent mis-carriage is that they expectanswers.

“For them, a diagnosismeans treatment and treat-ment equals a baby. But that isnot always the case.”

Finding no underlying causecould be good news because itmeans they have a goodchance in the future of be-coming pregnant and having ahealthy baby, she added.

Professor Siobhan Quenby,consultant obstetrician at War-wick Medical School in theUK, said she would be usingthe findings to help counsel herpatients.

“The majority of patients Isee with unexplained recurrent miscarriagefeel like giving up. I spend a lot of my timetrying to encourage them that they do havea good chance of going on to have a baby.It is good to have this latest data to put afigure on it,” she added. PTI

Air pollution maylead to depression

Washington: Prolonged exposure to dirty aircan have visible negative effects on thebrain which may lead to learning and mem-ory problems, and even cause depression,a new study has claimed.

Researchers at the Ohio State Universityin the US carried out tests on mice and foundthat long term exposure to air pollutioncaused physical changes to their brainwhich in turn had negative effects.

While other studies have shown the dam-aging effects of polluted air on the heart andlungs, this is one of the first long-termstudies to show the negative impact on thebrain, said Laura Fonken, lead author of thestudy that appeared online in the journalMolecular Psychiatry.

“The results suggest prolonged expo-sure to polluted air can have visible, nega-tive effects on the brain, which can lead toa variety of health problems,” Fonken said.

“This could have important and troublingimplications for people who live and workin polluted urban areas around the world.”

In this study, the researchers exposedmice to either filtered air or polluted air forsix hours a day, five days a week for 10months – nearly half the lifespan of the mice.

The polluted air contained fine particu-late matter, the kind of pollution created bycars, factories and natural dust, which areabout 2.5 micrometers in diameter and canreach deep areas of the lungs and other or-gans of the body.

After 10 months of exposure, the re-searchers performed a variety of behaviouraltests on the animals.

In a learning and memory test, micewere placed in the middle of a brightly lit are-na and given two minutes to find an escapehole leading to a dark box where they feelmore comfortable.

They were given five days of training to lo-cate the escape hole, but the mice who

breathed the polluted air took longer to learnwhere the escape hole was located. The miceexposed to polluted air also were less like-ly to remember where the escape hole waswhen tested later.

In another experiment, mice exposed tothe polluted air showed more depressive-likebehaviours than did the mice that breathedthe filtered air. The polluted-air mice showedsigns of higher levels of anxiety-like be-haviours in one test, but not in another.

But how does air pollution lead to thesechanges in learning, memory and mood?The researchers did tests on the hip-pocampal area of the mice brains to find theanswers.

Results showed that clear physical dif-ferences in the hippocampi of the micewho were exposed to polluted air com-pared to those who weren’t.

The researchers looked specifically atbranches that grow off of nerve cells (or neu-rons) called dendrites. The dendrites havesmall projections growing off them calledspines, which transmit signals from one neu-ron to another.

Mice exposed to polluted air had fewerspines in parts of the hippocampus, short-er dendrites and overall reduced cell com-plexity. PTI

40 militants killedin airstrikes,

clashes in YemenSanaa: At least 40 militantslinked to al-Qaida have beenkilled in two days of airstrikesand clashes with governmentforces, Yemen’s state newsagency said yesterday.

The report by the SABA newsagency said the government at-tacks began after militants triedto storm a military camp in thesouthern province of Abyan,where Islamist fighters haveseized control of several towns.

The militant takeovers are partof widening chaos in Yemensince protests broke out in Feb-ruary calling for the ouster ofPresident Ali Abdullah Saleh,who is being treated in SaudiArabia for wounds sustained inan attack on his palace lastmonth.

The SABA report added thattwo government soldiers werekilled and 20 others injured inthe Abyan fighting.

Al-Qaida’s followers in Yemen,known as al-Qaida in the ArabianPeninsula, is considered one ofthe terror network’s most activebranches and has been linked

to several attempts on US targets,including the plot to bomb a De-troit-bound airliner in December2009 and parcel bombs inter-cepted in Dubai and Europe lastyear.

The militant group leadingthe attacks in the Abyan area,Ansar al-Sharia, posted lastmonth the names of 12 militaryofficers it vowed to kill for takingpart in crackdowns against itsfighters.

In Saudi Arabia, the country’sforeign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said the health of Yemenpresident’s is “generally good.”He gave no further details onSaleh’s condition or plans. AP

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Alexandra Shevchenko, a member ofwomen’s activist group FEMEN, shoutslogans in front of parliament in Kiev,

Ukraine, yesterday. Ukrainians arefiercely opposed to the pension fund

reform, which parliament is set to con-sider this week, that is meant to raise

the retirement age for women.

AP-PTI

world briefs

Nearly 200drown as boat

catches fire off Sudan

Khartoum: Around 200 people, presumablyillegal migrants to Saudi Arabia, drownedwhen their vessel caught fire in the RedSea off Sudan late yesterday, Sudanese me-dia reported.

In all 197 people died in the incident,the Sudanese Media Centre news agencysaid. Three people were rescued, and asearch for possible survivors was launched,officials said.

The boat was flying a Cuban flag. FourYemeni nationals, suspected to be ownersof the boat, have been detained.

In another incident, a second boat with247 migrants onboard – mostly nationalsof Somalia, Eritrea, Chad, and Nigeria –was detained while travelling in the samesea area. IANS

Twin blast kills37 at Iraqi office

Baghdad: A car packed with explosivesand a roadside bomb went off back-to-backoutside a municipal building north of Bagh-dad yesterday, killing 37 people and wound-ing 54, Iraqi police and a hospital doctorsaid.

The twin blasts in Taji, a Sunni-dominatedtown about 20 km from the Iraqi capital,were the latest in a series of attacks acrossIraq.

They came at a time of public debateover whether to ask the United States tokeep some American troops here past theiryear-end withdrawal deadline from thecountry.

“It was awful ... some of the lightlywounded people were running in all direc-tions, either crying or screaming for help,”a policeman who identified himself onlyby his nickname, Abu Haider, said at thescene. He said he was not authorised togive his full name.

Burned bodies were lying on the groundand about 20 cars were on fire, witnessessaid.

The assailants first detonated the carbomb around noon in the parking lot ofTaji’s local council building, police said.When civilians and security forces rushedto the scene to help the victims, the secondbomb was detonated.

The Iraqi army later sealed off the area,and at one point four ambulances wereseen waiting for permission to evacuatethe wounded.

A doctor at Kazimiyah Hospital outsideBaghdad who saw the bodies confirmedthe casualty figures. He spoke on conditionof anonymity because he was not authorisedto brief the media.

Maj Gen Qassim al-Moussawi, aspokesman for Baghdad’s military opera-tions command, gave a lower count, saying27 were killed and 50 wounded. AP

Galileo papers toout for first time

Rome: Documents on the 17th century trialof Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei andand Britain’s 16th century monarch KingHenry XIII will now be exhibited outsidethe Vatican for the first time.

The exhibition marking the Vatican SecretArchive’s 400th anniversary will showcasearound 100 documents at Rome’s CapitolineMuseum from February next year.

The show titled “Lux in Arcana: The Vat-ican Secret Archives Revealed” will run tillSeptember. “The inherent richness of thisexhibition is amplified by the fact that it isbeing organised outside the Vatican, onthe Capitol Hill which symbolically repre-sents the heart of Rome and its relationshipwith the papal city down the centuries,”said Vatican secretary of state CardinalSecretary Tarcisio Bertone.

The exhibit will include documents fromWorld War II-era pontiff Pope Pius XII. Thearchive was founded in the early 17thcentury and contains 84 km of shelvesholding papal correspondence, state papers,books and records of ancient Christianity.

China landslideburies 18 alive

Beijing: At least 18 people were confirmeddead in a rain-triggered landslide in China,rescuers said today.

The landslides occurred in Lueyang coun-ty in Shaanxi province, Xinhua reported.

The local government has sent morethan 400 people to the spot for rescue op-erations. Rescuers pulled out 20 people, 17of whom were dead. One died after treatmentfailed, and two of the injured were beingtreated in hospital.

Global warming plateaulinked to air pollution

Washington: China’s rapid indus-trial growth helped ease the paceof global warming in the last decade,according to a new study. But green-house gases are heating things upagain.

While the decade of the 2000swas one of the hottest on record,the pace of warming had eased until2009 and 2010, when temperatures

lurched upward.The reason for the seeming

plateau, according to the study, wasthe added sulphur polluting the at-mosphere from the sharp increasein coal-burning industrial activityin China.

“What’s going on is, human ac-tivities do two things: They cool theplanet and they warm the planet.People normally just focus on thewarming effect of CO2 (carbon diox-ide), but during the Chinese eco-nomic expansion there was a hugeincrease in sulphur emissions,”which have a cooling effect, ex-plained Robert K Kaufmann ofBoston University, lead author ofthe new study published Yesterdayin Proceedings of the National Acad-emy of Science.

Chinese coal consumption dou-bled between 2003 and 2007, andthat caused a 26 per cent increasein global coal consumption, Kauf-mann said. That was about the sameas the worldwide increase in coaluse in the previous 22 years, hesaid. “So what took 22 years nowtook four years, and it started at ahigher level.”

Now, China has recognised theimpacts on its environment and onits citizens’ health and are installingequipment to scrub out the sulphurparticles, Kaufmann said.

Sulphur quickly drops out of theair if it is not replenished, whileCO2 remains for a long time, so thewarming from CO2 is beginning tobe visible again, he noted.

Indeed, NASA and the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Admin-istration, have listed 2010 as tiedfor the warmest year on record,while the Hadley Center of the BritishMeteorological Office lists it as sec-ond warmest, after 1998.

Some have even suggested thatinjecting sulphur compounds intothe atmosphere might help easeglobal warming by increasing cloudsand haze that would reflect sunlight,but an earlier study concluded thatwould be a bad idea.

Injecting enough sulphur to re-duce warming would wipe out theArctic ozone layer and delay recoveryof the Antarctic ozone hole by asmuch as 70 years, according to ananalysis by Simone Tilmes of theNational Center for Atmospheric

Research in Boulder, Colorado.“While climate change is a major

threat, more research is requiredbefore society attempts global geo-engineering solutions,” said Tilmes.

Overall, global temperatures havebeen increasing for more than acentury since the industrial revolu-

tion began adding gases like carbondioxide to the air.

But there have been similarplateaus, such as during the post-World War II era when industrialproduction boosted sulphur emis-sions in several parts of the world,Kaufmann explained. AP

Death toll up as Hamadefies Syria army

Damascus: Security forces killed atleast 11 people in Hama yesterday, whileresidents mobilised to keep Syria’s armyout, activists said as the United Statesurged the regime to withdraw from theflashpoint city.

The Syrian Observatory for HumanRights, quoting medical sources, saidthe casualty toll had risen to 11 deadand more than 35 wounded in Hama,the hub of an anti-regime revolt whichhas been surrounded by the military.

“Heavy gunfire has been heard inseveral districts” of the city, it said.

The group said the body of one ofthose killed was dumped in the Orontesriver of Hama, which is famous for itsancient watermills.

The activists, contacted by telephonefrom Nicosia, said a child was amongthree people shot dead by security forceson Monday on the outskirts of the city,north of Damascus, that is home to800,000 people.

“Tanks are now posted at accessroutes to the city except for the northernentrance,” said Rami Abdel Rahman,head of the London-based Syrian Ob-servatory.

“Residents have mobilised. They’re

prepared to die to defend the city ifneed be rather than allow the army toenter,” he said.

“Residents have been sleeping onthe streets and put up sand barriersand tyres to block any assault.”

Another activist insisted that Hama,where as many as 500,000 people tookto the streets for a demonstration onFriday against President Bashar al-As-sad’s regime, was putting up a “100percent peaceful” resistance. AFP

Gaddafi tostep downif security

guaranteedMoscow: Libyan leader Muam-mar Gaddafi has said he wouldstep down if his security is guar-anteed, a Russian official said.

“The colonel (Gaddafi) is send-ing signals that he is preparedto relinquish power in exchangefor security guarantees,” the un-named Russian official said.

The Russian newspaper de-scribed him as a high-level sourcein the Russian leadership. Francewas willing to provide these guar-antees, the official said.

Gaddafi wants his son Saif al-Islam to be allowed to run inelections if he steps down, theKommersant said.

The Libyan government hassaid it was in talks with opposi-tion leaders, but the rebels con-tinue to demand that Gaddafistand down and leave Libya.

The Interfax news agencyquoted Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, headof the world chess federationFIDE, as saying that Gaddafi’soldest son Muhammad Gaddafitold him that Western forces werestationed in the capital Tripolito kill the Libyan leader. IANS

Antibiotic dosingguidelines to helpcounteract superbugsSydney: Doctors can now moreconfidently administer a drugthat protects against bacterialsuperbugs, thanks to dosingguidelines for the antibiotic col-istin.

Colistin treats serious infec-tions in critically ill patients, in-cluding those with kidney failurewho are receiving dialysis.

Developed by Monash Uni-versity researchers, the guide-lines will allow for more effectiveuse of the drug and reduce thelikelihood of bacteria developingresistance to it, the journal An-timicrobial Agents andChemotherapy reports.

Prof Roger L Nation and as-sociate professor Jian Li, fromthe Monash Institute of Phar-maceutical Sciences, played akey role in initiating the inter-national research effort that ledto the current study, accordingto a Monash statement.

They said colistin was increas-ingly the last option availableto treat seriously ill patients whohave infections caused by animportant class of antibiotic-re-

sistant bacteria, known as gram-negative ‘superbugs’.

“Unfortunately, colistin wasdeveloped more than 50 yearsago when manufacturers werenot required to provide accuratedosing guidelines. This hasmeant doctors are often shootingin the dark with respect to howmuch colistin should be admin-istered to individual patients,”Nation said.

Insufficient dosage could leavepatients vulnerable to infectionand enable bacteria to becomeresistant, which could lead tomore powerful superbugs in thefuture, he said.

The research team based thedosing formula on a study of105 critically ill patients whowere administered the antibiotic.IANS

Illusion created as brainadapts to motion fast: Study

Washington: Ever wondered whystationary objects look as if mov-ing after watching something inmotion? It’s because your brainadapts to motion in fraction of asecond, scientists say. This visualillusion, which was first identifiedby Aristotle, has been recognisedfor a very long time. Now, a teamat the University of Rochesterfound that even a very briefglimpse of motion – for as littleas 1/40 of a second – can triggerthis illusion called the MotionAftereffect, LiveScience report-ed.

“It all comes back to a processcalled adaptation, the idea youchange the sensitivity of yoursenses based on the environmentyou are in, and you do this con-stantly,” Davis Glasser, who ledthe research, said.

For example, when you putyour clothes on in the morning,you only feel them against yourskin for a short time, or whenyou walk into a room with anoisy air conditioner, you onlyhear it for a short time, he ex-plained.

It is theorised that adaptationallows us to ignore a constantstimulus so we can detect other

things, Glasser said.The motion aftereffect is a vi-

sual evidence that our brainshave adapted to the motion wesee. By looking at a stationaryobject, we can “read out” thisadaptation, which appears asthe illusory motion, the re-searchers said.

Using tests in which partici-pants responded to videos, Glass-er and his colleagues found thatafter only a very brief exposureto an image in motion, the brainresponds to stationary objectsas if they are actually moving.

They found a correspondingpattern of activity in tests of in-dividual brain cells from a visualbrain region important for per-ceiving motion.

The motion needed to elicitthis response in the human par-ticipants was so brief that thehuman subjects could not con-sciously tell the direction inwhich it was going.

However, it still affected theirperception of a stationary image,said Glasser.

The brevity of exposure to mo-tion needed to stimulate theseresponses indicates this processis an automatic adaptation andcan happen anytime one seessomething moving, he added.

Glasser said he is now explor-ing the long-standing theory thatadaptation to a particular stim-ulus, such as motion in our visualfield, improves our sensitivity toother stimuli. PTI

Networking sitesare addictive, most

parents believeLondon: Worried for your child’s obsession for Internetand social networking sites? You are not alone, re-searchers say.

According to a British study, a third of all parentsin the country think Internet is a danger for their kidswhile 80 per cent believe their children are gettingaddicted to social networking sites such as Facebookand Twitter.

The study, commissioned by Internet charity theNominet Trust, also found that a third of parents evenbelieve that Internet can “rewire” a person’s brain,the Daily Telegraph repoted.

The Nominet Trust, however, said there is noevidence that social networks are harmful in themselves,and that there is no neurological evidence of the webchanging brains.

Facebook and Twitter, they suggested, usually infact reinforce existing friendships, while even playingvideo games has been show to improve coordinationand “visual processing skills”.

Critics such as Baroness Susan Greenfield have

called in the past for more rigorous examination ofthe effect growing up with the internet can have onchildren, but not studies have yet provided conclusiveevidence of any harmful side effects. Treatments forso-called internet addiction are now also offeredaround the world.

Annika Small, Director of the Nominet Trust, said:“The trust believes in the internet as a force for socialgood. Exaggerated fears about internet use can po-tentially deny its benefits to those most in need.

“I want to see a proper debate amongst policymakers, based on accurate research, about the effectsof using interactive technologies on young people’sbrains, behaviours and attitudes, without resortingto scaremongering that parents are being subjectedto on regular basis.”

The study also suggested, however, that 61 per centof parents distrust positive stories about the internet,believing them to be funded by interested parties. PTI

Painkillers linked to irregular heart rhythmLondon: Commonly used painkillers likeibuprofen and aspirin can increase therisk of developing an irregular heartrhythm by up to 40 per cent, accordingto a new study published in the BritishMedical Journal.

The anti-inflammatories have beenpreviously linked to a higher chance ofheart attacks and strokes.

Now, researchers at Aarhus UniversityHospital in Denmark have shown for thefirst time a connection between the drugsand atrial fibrillation, also known as ir-regular heart rhythm or flutter.

The condition is more common thanheart failure and stroke, and is linked toa higher long-term risk of developingboth, say the researchers.

Confirming the results, Prof HenrikToft S’rensen, who led the study, however,said that heart disease patients shouldnot stop taking the drugs, but they shoulddiscuss the potential risks with their doc-tor.

“The absolute risk is still low. It in-creases your risk from a very low level toa higher – but still low – level,” he was

quoted by ‘The Daily Telegraph’ as say-ing.

For their study, the researchers exam-ined the records of 32,602 hospital patientswith flutter between 1999 and 2009 andcompared each to 10 randomly selectedcontrol patients.

The subjects who had recently begunusing non-steroidal anti-inflammatorydrugs (NSAIDS), which include ibuprofenand aspirin, were found to have a 40 percent higher chance of flutter, equivalentto about four extra cases per year per1,000 people.

Newer forms of the drugs known asselective COX-2 inhibitors, were associatedwith a 70 per cent higher risk in newusers, or seven more cases per 1000people each year, the findings revealed.

Older people were found to be most atrisk from the drugs, and patients withchronic kidney disease or rheumatoidarthritis were particularly vulnerablewhen starting cox-2 inhibitors, say theresearchers.

However, the threat was lower in pa-tients who had been using the drugs forlonger than two months because peoplewho were susceptible were likely to ex-perience symptoms early on, the re-searchers said.

They claimed the study “adds evidencethat atrial fibrillation or flutter needs tobe added to cardiovascular risks underconsideration when prescribing NSAIDs.”

The researchers hope to do furthertrials to establish which patients are mostlikely to experience the dangerous sideeffects from the drugs, Prof S’rensen said.

In an editorial accompanying the study,Prof Jerry Gurwitz of Massachusetts Med-ical School in the US said doctors shouldbe cautious when prescribing NSAIDS toolder patients with a history of hyper-tension or heart failure.

He said the research had “importantclinical and public health implications”because of the high use of the drugs andthe increasing threat of flutter with ad-vancing age. IANS

A resident of Hama, injured in the strikes by the army, being shifted tosafety.

Warming factsChinaʼs emission

helped tame globalwarming!

Sulphur pollution cause behind the

steady temperature.

Increase in coal consumption in

China the reason.

CO2 remains for along time in air.

Warming signs havebegun again.

LIFESTYLE 7Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Singer Beyonce Knowles feelslike a mermaid when sheis surrounded by water. She

says spending time near the oceanmakes her feel grounded.

“I’m always happiest when I’msurrounded by water, I feel likea mermaid, I think I was a mer-maid.

The ocean makes me feel reallysmall and it puts my whole lifein perspective,” femalefirst.co.ukquoted the 29-year-old as saying.“It reminds me I’m a very littlepiece of this huge earth and ithumbles me and grounds me. Itmakes me feel almost like I’ve

been baptised and I’m born againwhen I get out of the ocean,” sheadded.

Beyonce, who is married toAmerican rapper Jay-Z, took ayear off from work last year. Shesays the experiences she had lefther feeling revitalised.

“I never realised I needed ayear off and I never realised Ididn’t know how to take a yearoff.

I went scuba diving in the redsea and the coral was spectacular,it was unreal that something thatbeautiful exists and I was so closeto it,” she said.

S inger-actress Selena Gomezhas given up surfing the in-ternet after receiving nasty

online comments from fans jealousof her romance with singer JustinBieber.

Gomez, 18, and Bieber, 17, wentpublic with their relationship thisyear. But the revelation infuriatedsome of the “Baby” hitmaker’s fans,who targeted Gomez online.

“It’s weird, it’s just weird, but Idon’t pay attention to it, I just try tolive my life as normal as possible. Ijust like to not focus on what thewhole world is saying about meand just be happy with myself,”contactmusic.com quoted Gomezas saying.

“I try to not read magazines orthe internet but it’s obviously un-avoidable. I mean, it’s everywhere,so there are moments where I readthings that hurt my feelings Butnot most of the time. I don’t surroundmy life with magazines or the in-ternet,” she added.

Newly-wed couple KateMoss and Jamie Hincehave reportedly headed

off to their honeymoon.The couple married in theBritish village of Little Faring-don in Gloucestershire July 1in front of guests that includedPaul McCartney and Jude Law.Contactmusic.com reportedthat after the nuptials, theyenjoyed two days of parties,starting with a reception tostretching with live music andperformances from stars in-cluding Iggy Pop, DameShirley Bassey and Bryan Fer-ry.The ceremonies finallywrapped up July 3, when Mossand “The Kills” frontmanboarded a helicopter to begintheir post-wedding vacation.

Moss, Hince go on honeymoon

Alcohol had cast spell onRADCLIFFE

NO MOREKIDS FORKLUM

Actress Scarlett Johansson’sdivorce from Canadian ac-tor Ryan Reynolds has

been legally finalised, which of-ficially ended their two years ofmarriage.Johansson, 26, and Reynolds, 34,started dating in 2007, before an-nouncing their engagement in2008. They married in a smallceremony in Canada in Septem-ber the same year. The couplethen moved into a $2.8 millionmansion in Hollywood Hills, Cal-ifornia.However, they split in November2010.According to documents filed incourt, the couple had no prenup-tial agreement. Hence the assetseach of them accrued during theirmarriage will be split evenly, re-ports femalefirst.co.uk.“Anyone who gets divorced goesthrough a lot of pain, but youcome out of it. I’m not out of ityet. At all. But I sense that as Ido come through it, there’s opti-mism. How can there not be?’ Idon’t think I want to get marriedagain. But you always re-evaluatethese things,” Reynolds spokeabout the separation last month.

Selena avoidssurfing net

Johansson,Reynolds

divorce finalised

KOURTNEY KARDASHIANabused by fan

Reality TV star KourtneyKardashian has beenverbally abused by a

drunken fan, who screamed“bitch” at her.

The incident happenedMonday at New York’s Hamp-tons district where Kourtneywas enjoying her holiday withher 18-month-old son, Mason,reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I love how I was walkingnicely w my son in the Hamp-tons and a drunk w***e yelledBITCH because I waved at herinstead of saying hi. #classy,”the 32-year-old posted on mi-cro-blogging site Twitter.

Supermodel Heidi Klum has hinted that sheand her singer husband Seal won’t be havingmore children.

The couple has four children – Leni, 7, Henry, 5,Johan, 4, and 20-month-old Lou.“I love my family life now the way it is,” the 38-year-old told People magazine. She also admittedthat she had to learn to be a “morning person” afterhaving children.“You have to be a morning person when you havechildren. Before you can go out late at night andsleep in a little bit, but when you have kids that getup at 5.30 or 6 o’clock you go to bed earlier!” sheadded.Actor Daniel Radcliffe re-

vealed he became de-pendent on alcohol

when he was 18 while strugglingto cope with the pressures offame. The 22-year-old actor, whorose to fame in 2001 when hefirst played the titular role in“Harry Potter and the Philoso-pher’s Stone”, says he starteddrinking heavily while workingon the sixth movie in the fran-chise, “Harry Potter and theHalf-Blood Prince”. “I becameso reliant on alcohol to enjoystuff. There were a few yearsthere when I was just so enam-oured with the idea of livingsome sort of famous person’slifestyle that really isn’t suitedto me,” femalefirst.co.uk quotedthe actor as saying.Radcliffe gave up alcohol in Au-gust last year.

BEYONCE FEELS like a mermaid

Marriage not troubled:SSHHIILLPPAA SSHHEETTTTYY

Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8LIFESTYLE

After “Heroine”, his “most ambitious project”,was put on the backburner indefinitely fol-lowing the news of his lead actress Aish-

warya Rai’s pregnancy, filmmaker Madhur Bhan-darkar says he went into depression and thathe’s upset that the “truth was hidden” from him.

“This decision of pulling the plug had a dev-asting effect on me … It was like an avalanchecollapsing on me… I was in a state of total shockand depression,” Bhandarkar posted on his blog.

The filmmaker had remained silent so far, eversince producers UTV took the decision to stallthe movie for the sake of Aishwarya’s health.

“It was a collective decision of the producersof the film to pull off the plug on the current as-sembled project…I am still reeling in a state ofshock…. But still chose to remain silent all thesedays; but was coerced into breaking my silence…as I realised that the truth deserved to be told,”he added.

Though Bhandarkar believes “motherhood ispious” and that women play an important role inhis personal and professional life, he feels thingscould have been altered if he would have beeninformed even after the film’s announcementMay 13 at the 64th Cannes International FilmFestival.

“The entire event would not have taken placeif on the onset the actress would have informedthe state of her health an impending maternity.The truth was hidden from us. We learnt aboutthe entire thing from news channels like the restof the world that the said actress was four months’pregnant and she was due on November. “Film-making in Mumbai film industry is not a merebusiness but one big fraternity who functions ontotal faith and trust. The film was announced inCannes on 13th May while we commenced shootingon 7th June. There was a gap of 24 days...even ifwe had known the truth behind the maternalstate of the actress, things could have been re-worked keeping the state of matters in mind ac-cordingly and this crisis could have been averted,”wrote Bhandarkar.

Bollywood actress ShilpaShetty has refuted re-ports that her marriage

is in trouble, saying that sheand her husband Raj Kundraare holidaying in the US. Shealso says that she is not preg-nant.

“First I hear am preggars(NOT true) Now I hear myhusbands havin an affair frmthe press. Common fr papers2 stoop low 2 sensationalisefalse,” Shilpa posted on herTwitter page Tuesday.

There were reports that Kun-dra had met a gorgeous ladyat a hair-transplant clinic inLondon and later gifted theclinic assistant a Europeanholiday.

But, the 36-year-old actresshas denied the reports.

“False news!grrrrrr:( 4 therecord, my husband and I areholidaying in USA and r veryhappily married. Sorry 2 burstthe newspapers bubble,” sheadded.

GAGA TO GUESTjudge dance showPop star Lady Gaga is all

set to judge an upcomingepisode of US dance re-

ality show “So You Think YouCan Dance”. Gaga will joinjudges Nigel Lythgoe and MaryMurphy. “Lady Gaga will give

great advice on how to handleyourself, how to be creativewith what you do, and how tobe a fabulous performer. Herhelp is going to be invaluable,”contactmusic.com quoted Lyth-goe as saying.

Madhur: Ashʼs pregnancywas hidden from me

Aamir: Writers, directors share max credit for my success

As an actor, producer and director,Aamir Khan hasn’t gone wrong inpast few years and the star says

the writers and the directors of his moviesshould be applauded for the success.

“If you are saying Aamir you have somany successes, I am not a solo player.It’s a team effort and in the team the twomain people are not me - one is writerand the other is director,” Aamir said.

In the recent past, Aamir has producedunconventional films like “Peepli Live”,“Dhobi Ghat” and recently released “DelhiBelly”. All the films set the cash registersringing.

“I don’t have the magic touch. Yes, Ihave accepted those films and I have ac-cepted the unusual films, so you can giveme credit for that. I had the good sense tosay yes to them, I had the good sense towork good in them and I was fortunate tohave a good team in these films,” he said.

Often referred to as Mr. Perfectionist,Aamir said: “There are many reasons forwhich the films have been successful.Every film of mine which has becomesuccessful has first originated in the mindof a writer with whom I have no connec-tion, neither have I given the idea to him.”

“‘Laagan’ came in Ashutosh’s mindand when he came to me, his script wastotally complete and I loved it. My contri-bution to the script is zero. ‘Peepli Live’,‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Taare Zameen Par’ allof these films are written by different writ-ers, some of them are writer-director to-gether.

“Now, had not these beautiful scriptsnot come to me, I would have not beenable to be part of these films. The othercreative talents who have contributed tothe success of the film also share theequal credit for it.”

Neil to be morevisible on big screen next year

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, who has justfinished shooting Abbas Mustan’s“Players”, says he has signed three

films and all of them will release next year.“There will be a lot of me next year. There

are three films that I have signed, but I amnot allowed to talk about them right now.All are very interesting subjects. You aregoing to see a lot more new avatars of me,”Neil said.

He was off the media glare for a long timeas he was busy shooting for “Players” untilnow, said Neil.

“This year ‘Players’ took a lot of my time.I was committed to ‘Players’ and I do onefilm at a time,” said Neil who was last seenin director Vishal Bhardwaj’s “7 Khoon Maaf”.

“Players” is the official remake of the Hol-lywood film “The Italian Job” where, apartfrom Neil, the cast includes AbhishekBachchan, Bipasha Basu and Sonam Kapoor.

Neil claims that, courtesy director duoAbbas Mustan, the film is shaping up quiteclose to its original version.

“It’s an official remake of ‘The Italian Job’and with Abbas bhai Mastan bhai making itin Hindi you can guess how close it could beof the original film,” said Neil. “Players” isset to hit theatres on December 23.

Bollywood choreographer Terence Lewis’ dancecompany has been invited to perform at theopening ceremony of the Impulstanz Dance

Festival in Vienna. He says it is a privilege to showcasethe Hindi film industry on an international plat-form.

Impulstanz Dance Festival, one of the largestdance festivals in the world, has been held everyJuly for the 28 years. Choreographers and teachers

from across the world teach and perform variousdance forms. Members of the Terence Lewis Contem-porary Dance Company will leave on July 9 for Viennaand their show is scheduled for July 14. “The TLCDCwill stage its production ‘Jhoom’ on July 14. It is a 30minute extravaganza, bringing to the stage the veryessence of India, wrapped in the colours and soundsof Bollywood. ‘Jhoom’ is the perfect ground whereIndian culture and tradition meet the new age glitz

and gloss of mainstream Bollywood,” Lewis, theartistic director of TLCDC, said. “It is an absoluteprivilege to showcase Bollywood on an internationalplatform. The production is an interesting colourfulpotpourri of folk, the classical form and the currentday kitsch. ‘Jhoom’ is an ode to this Bollywoodfantasy,” added the 36-year-old, who choreographedfor films like “Shikhar” and “Naach”.

Terence Lewisʼ group to perform at Vienna fest