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Obamaʼs fatherwanted to puthis son up for

adoption: Book

Boston: US President Barack Obama’s fatherhad intended to put his unborn son up foradoption as the senior Obama tried to appeaseUS immigration officials who raised con-cerns about him having two wives as well ashis “playboy ways”, a new book has re-vealed.

Details about Obama senior have emergedin a book by Boston Globe reporter Sally Ja-cobs. Titled ‘The Other Barack, The Bold andReckless Life of President Obama’s Father,’ thebiography is slated for release next week.

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Rain, bad lightstall Indiaʼs

reply on day 2Roseau (Dominica): Indian bowler Harbha-jan Singh achieved his 400th Test wicket whileIshant Sharma grabbed a five-for as India bun-dled out West Indies for 204 before rain andbad light stalled the visitors’ reply on day 2 ofthe third and final match here.

At stumps, India were eight for no loss, withAbhinav Mukund and Murali Vijay batting onsix and one, respectively. India now trail by196 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the firstinnings. Only 49.2 overs were bowled on the second day, leading to a loss of a total ofninety-seven overs in the last two days.

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NEVERTHELESS, they fight for a cause

A campaign involving more than six lakh stu-dents across the state on the inclusion of thedisabled in the mainstream kicked off today.The drive, over the next three weeks, willhighlight the difficulties faced by the differ-ently abled and invites suggestions on howto be “inclusive” Page 5...

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Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and medical education and Mysore in-charge minister SA Ramadass offer prayers to the presiding deity on top of Chamundi Hills in Mysore on

the auspicious occasion of Ashada Friday today. A large number of devotees also offeredpujas on top of the hill today.

CMʼs special puja at Chamundi

Donʼt open vaultat temple: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today re-strained the seven-member committeefrom opening vaults of the Sree Pad-manabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvanan-thapuram, which according to various es-timates contains wealth worth over Rs 1lakh crore.

A bench of justices R V Raveendran andA K Patnaik asked the petitioner RajaMarthanda Varma, erstwhile Prince ofTravancore, and the Kerala governmentto come out with appropriate suggestionsfor ensuring sanctity and security of theancient temple which has come to thelimelight following discovery of the hugewealth.

The apex court while restraining theopening of vault (B) and also the vault (A)posted the matter for further hearing onnext Thursday.

During the arguments, senior counselK K Venogopal, appearing for the erst-while prince, clarified that the temple wasa public property and no member of theroyal family claims any ownership or rightover the huge property.

“The royal family is not claiming anyownership. It is a public temple. It is notclaiming any ownership of property.

No part of it belongs to any member of

the family. The property belongs to LordPadmanabhaswamy,” he told the bench.

The royal family which is the trustee ofthe temple has challenged the Kerala gov-ernment’s decision to take over the ad-ministration of the temple which was ear-lier upheld by the Kerala High Court.

During today’s arguments, the benchobserved that utmost security should beensured in and around the temple in viewof the discovery of the huge wealth.

Emphasising on security measures,the bench observed, “Instead of havingtheir eyes on the deity or sanctum sanc-torum, the eyes of many people will nowbe on these kallara (vaults).” PTI

BJP GIVES GITA SHOCKAsks schools to teach Bhagawad Gita for one hour everyday

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state government could be stir-ring a communal pot with its new order tomake it mandatory to teach Bhagawad Gita atall schools for one hour a day.

In a circular, the government has said the students between fifth and eighth stan-dards should be taught Bhagawad Gita at all primary and secondary educationschools.

A similar plan was being put forth four yearsago during the BJP-JD(S) coalition government.But it did not come into force.

Primary and secondary education minister Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri refusedto accept that it is a government-backed pro-gramme. “It is a private initiative, and the government has only given an approval forit.”

“Some math seers approached the gov-ernment and requested us to allow them toteach Gita at all primary and secondaryschools. We have asked all schools to do

that. If anyone tries to stall it, the governmentwill take severe action against them,” hesaid.

“We allowed it as there was a representationfrom math heads. If a similar request comesfrom other communities we will considerthem too. We don’t mind asking schools toteach either Bible or Quran every day,” he tried

to justify.There were voices opposing and supporting

the move by the government. Kannada litterateur M Chidananda Murthy

said, “There is nothing wrong in teaching Gitato schoolchildren. More than being a religioustext, it is a philosophical tome. Why shouldanyone oppose it?”

But the move is sure to draw the ire of mi-nority communities across the state.

Some of them said it is not the job of the government to promote a religious agen-da. It could be a government run by the BJP, but it should not put forth the ideas of the party in running the government they felt.

BSY, Gowda one‑on‑one todayBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Chief minister B S Yeddyurappaand JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda arescheduled to have a one-on-one this eveningto discuss issues related development of Has-san district.

Gowda will meet Yeddyurappa at the lat-ter’s official residence at 5.30 pm. Yeddyurappa invited Gowda to discuss Has-san-related issues, officials in the government said. Recently, Gowda had saton a fast to put forth his demand for betterdevelopment of his parliamentary con-stituency.

Gowda had alleged that the BJP govern-

ment had been discriminating against theconstituencies that have been won by op-position party leaders.

He had said development activities had completely stopped in the last three years since the BJP government came to pow-er.

Gowda has fixed a deadline to the chiefminister to take up development works in hishome constituency.

Gowda has 12 demands for the BJP gov-ernment, including Rs 100 crore grants forHassan zilla panchayat, 350 more beds to theHassan district hospital, commencementof works for Hassan medical and engineer-ing colleges, etc.

PROPERTIES WORTH OVER`1.86 CR RECOVERED

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Properties worth over Rs1.86 crore that were recovered by theSouth division police were put on displayin the city today.

Different police stations in the divisionarrested 106 accused in cases of theft, rob-bery, dacoity, chain snatching and mug-ging.

The seized properties were put on dis-play at the Jayanagar police stationgrounds. DCP Sonia Narang inspected theproperty parade.

In all, 150 two-wheelers, eight au-torickshaws, five cars, one tipper lorry, oneMaruti van, one lorry and 35 gas cylindersand gold and silver ornaments worthlakhs of rupees were put on display.

Kannada filmpersonalitiesraided in city

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The income tax de-partment today carried out mas-sive raids against film personali-ties in different parts of the city.

Department officials raided theresidences and offices of produc-er K Manju, telefilm director andactor Sihi Kahi Chandru, film dis-tributor Basha, music directorGuru Kiran.

The residence of Manju is inJayanagar, Chandru’s residence inJP Nagar and Kiran’s in ChandraLayout.

The officials seized all theirdocuments and pored over themto get details on any tax evasionor accounting anomalies.

The officials did not reveal as towhat they are looking for andseized all the documents.

The raids were still going on atthe time of going to the press.

Joint commissioner of police (crime) Alok Kumar and DCP south Sonia Narang inspect the property parade at Jayanagar police station today.

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High Court blasts home secy for notarresting Reddy

Serves notices on DGP, state govtBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Karnataka High Courttook the state government to task for nottaking action against tourism minister Ja-nardhana Reddy and not arresting him de-spite several nonbailable warrants is-sued against him.

A division bench, hearing a public in-terest litigation on the issue today, servednotices on the home secretary, the gov-ernment and the director general of po-lice.

The bench said the Sandur court has is-sued 35 NBWs against Reddy, but no ar-rest has been made so far. It rejected anaffidavit filed by the secretary and said thegovernment has to go into the issue andsubmit it a report within the next sixweeks. The PIL has been filed by advocateG R Mohan.

The high court questioned how couldthe warrants be not served on a state min-ister, who attended cabinet meetingsregularly and came to Bangalore often.

“He has a house in Bellary and a promi-nent public figure. How can he not bereached by the police?” it questioned.

“The whole state and country have seenhis presence in numerous functions. Howcan you say he is not available?” it asked.

In the affidavit, the secretary stated thatone assistant commissioner of police,two sub-inspectors and six police con-stables had been placed under suspensionfor failing to deliver the warrant. But thecourt said, “These are lower level officials.How could they be responsible for it? Ithas to happen at the top level, includingthe director general of police”, and or-dered issuance of notices against thethree.

The court said, “There is no differencebetween individuals in law. All are equal,be it a minister or a common man.”

When the secretary offered to submit the affidavit again, the bench re-jected and said a detailed investigation re-port should be filed before it in the nextsix weeks.

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Bangaloreanʼs hand inSouth Sudan constitutionAs South Sudan celebrates its formal birth

as Africa’s newest nation tomorrow, its con-stitution, in the process of being drafted,

will have a Bangalorean’s hand in it.“South Sudan has watched the political and

constitutional developments in India with greatinterest and believe that there is a lot that acountry like South Sudan can gain from that ex-perience,” said Sandeep Shastri, pro vice-chan-cellor at Jain University who is helping draft thestatute of the country.

“South Sudan is looking at the experience ofdemocracies like India,” Shastri said.

An international consultant with the Forum ofFederations, a Canada-based think-tank, Shastriis the only Indian involved with public debatesbeing held across South Sudan, a country of overeight million people, in the run-up to framing the

constitution. Interestingly, India’s first election commissioner

Sukumar Sen conducted elections in undividedSudan nearly 60 years ago.

The Republic of South Sudan that came intobeing after residents of the land-locked territoryvoted overwhelmingly in a referendum to secedefrom the rest of Sudan, will officially celebratethe founding of the nation tomorrow in its capitalJuba as Africa’s 54th nation.

Vice-President Hamid Ansari will representIndia at the celebrations.

Shastri said he had an intensive dialogue withpolitical parties, including the Sudan People’sLiberation Movement (SPLM), the ruling party inSouth Sudan, on the federal process and underlinedthat federalism could be a solution to challengesfaced by multi-ethnic, multi-religious, plural so-

cieties.Shastri, whose interest in Sudan was kindled

way back when he struck friendship with Sudanesewhile studying in Afghanistan in the seventies,said the powers-that-be in South Sudan werelooking at the Indian constitution and the Indianexperience, with a special focus on federalism.

“Like the Indian Constitution, the interim con-stitution does not refer to the country as federaleven though (like in India) all the features of atypical federal system are enshrined in the con-stitutional document,” he said.

He pointed out to an intense debate in SouthSudan on a feature of their interim constitutionwhich permits the president to dismiss the stategovernments, which is very much similar to Article356 in the Indian constitution.

With capacity building a major thrust of India’s

Africa policy, Shastri plans to host a two-year MAin public administration to officials from Africancountries at Jain University, a deemed university.

“Bureaucrats, civil society activists and youngpoliticians are enthusiastic of looking to countrieslike India as they believe that experience ofsocieties like India would be very useful to them,”he said.

Some sceptics have voiced doubts that given formidable developmental challenges, South Sudan, whose territory is roughly the sizeof France but lacks in roads and basic infrastruc-ture, may not survive for long as an independentnation.

But such cynicism is not for Shastri. “I wouldprefer to be an `incorrigible optimist` on thispoint and believe that South Sudan has a greatfuture as a nation,” he said. IANS

PuttappahospitalisedBangalore: Veteran journalistPatil Puttappa has undegonesurgery for prostrate gland in ahospital here and has been re-covering, a doctor attending onhim said.

Puttappa (92), who has alsobeen spearheading a movementfor correcting regional imbalancein the backward North Karnatakadistricts, underwent the surgeryat the state run Institutue ofNephro and Urology three daysago.

“He is recovering. He will beshifted to ward in another twodays” Dr G K Venkaesh, Directorof the Hospital said. PTI

Tiger Air toreaunchservice

Bangalore: Tiger Airways todayannounced that from October31, it would re-launch a directservice between Singapore andBangalore.

“Given its potential as a des-tination that attracts both busi-ness travel and leisure, we arepleased to resume our servicesto this city,” said Stewart Adams, Managing Director ofTiger Airways Singapore, in astatement.

Bangalore is the fourth desti-nation in Tiger’s India “pawprint”, following Chennai, Thiru-vananthapuram and Tiruchira-palli.

The service would be launchedwith four flights a week - Mon-days, Wednesdays, Fridays andSundays. PTI

UNIQUE DANCE‑DRAMA TO BE STAGED IN CITY TODAY

Bangalore: Trikon – The War Within, adance-theatre production by Mudrika Foun-dation for Indian Performing Arts, Bangalore,and Shrutilaya Dance School, Singapore,will be staged at 7 pm today at ChowdaiahMemorial Hall.

This version of Mahabharata is a uniquepresentation of an age-old story, retold inan engrossing and seamless reverie of danceand drama. The show was first staged inSingapore in January.

Scripted by Sunita Sharma, the production presents three strong femaleprotagonists in the narrative, the righteousGandhari, the implacable Kunti and thetempestuous Draupadi. Various flashpointsin the epic are attributed directly or indirectlyto the actions of the three queens. Using a

mix of Indian dance styles, choreographedby Minal Prabhu of Mudrika Foundation,and Gayatri Sriram of Shrutilaya, and the-atrical direction by Shalaka Ranadive, thedance drama showcases the epic in a newperspective combining English theatre tech-niques with live music and Indian classical

dance. In the city, the dance drama will be

staging 50 artistes – dancers, theatre actors,musicians and light technicians, both fromIndia and Singapore. Mudrika director MinalPrabhu said, “It is an exciting opportunityto be associated with this unique productionas choreographer. Earlier, with ‘MokshaMudra’, we had experimented with theblending of two forms of dance –bharatanatyam and modern contemporarydance. This time, we have tried fusing twodifferent art forms – theatre and dance which involved long sessions withmusicians for composing the music, gruelingrehearsals with theatre artists and dancers from and in two countries. The ex-perience has been both challenging andsatisfying.”

De‑regulate sugar industry: ISMABangalore: The apex organisation ofsugar mills, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), has asked the gov-ernment to lift stock holding limit onsugar traders and permit immediate exportof another 10 lakh tonne to prevent anycrisis.

Demanding de-regulation of the in-dustry, ISMA president NarendraMurkumbi said the industry has had asurplus sugar production and is burdenedwith unprecedented stocks.

Most of the mills neither have adequatestorage capacities nor cash flows to man-age the surplus inventories, which maytrigger distress sale, he said.

Currently, the value of stock balancewith sugar mills is approximately Rs

30,000 crore.Despite the recent permission to export

five lakh tonnes of sugar, the openingbalance for 2011-12, would be about 60lakh tonnes, which is about 10 lakhtonnes more than the normative threemonth consumption opening balance forthe next year.

Considering a surplus production thisyear, and likely high sugar productionnext year, there is a need to immediatelyreduce sugar stocks held by sugar millsand permit export of additional 10 lakhtonnes, by removal of stock holding limiton traders, he said.

He added that with improving inter-national sugar prices and low domesticex-mill prices, it would be prudent to

permit export of maximum possible quan-tities of sugar immediately (July to Sep-tember) to enable the stakeholders togain.

Murkumbi further warned of a crisis ifsuch export was not permitted. Due tosurplus sugar in the country and contin-uance of stock-holding limit on traders,the ex-mill sugar prices are below thecost of production.

Such a situation would adversely im-pact the paying capacity of sugar millsto farmers.

With surplus sugar production next year and lack of opportunities toexport sugar, the mills would no longerbe in a position to pay farmers, he said.PTI

Meeting ofex‑naval

personnel Bangalore: Principal director ofnaval ex-servicemen commanderMVS Kumar will visit the city onJuly 18.

Arrangement for an interaction with ex-naval per-sonnel has been made at the di-rectorate, dept. of sainik welfareand resettlement, FD, MarshallK M Cariappa Bhavan, CariappaRoad.

All ex-naval personnel anddependents have been asked totake part from 9.30 am, a pressrelease said.

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SHRIMATHI (A)Upendra, Priyanka UpendraAdarsh (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9 pm)Bharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Eshwari (11.00 am) Inox (Malle-swaram) (12.35 pm, 6 pm) Manasa(11.30 am) Mohan (11 am, 2.30, 6,9.15 pm) Nartaki (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Navrang (Rajajina-gar) (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Parimala (11.30 am, 2.30, 5.45,8.45 pm) Prasanna (10.15 am, 1.15,4.15, 7.15 pm) Rajarajeshwari (11

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KIRATAKA (U/A) Yash, Oviya Helen, T S NagabharanaGoverdhan (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Kapali (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm)

DHAN DHANA DHAN (U)Prem Kumar, Sharmila MandreBanashankari (Hongasandra) (11am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15 pm) Gurusid-heshwara (11 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm)

LARRY CROWNE (U/A)Tom Hanks, Julia RobertFame Lido (12.35 pm, 7.35 pm) FunCinemas (10 am, 2.20, 7.20 pm)Inox (Magrath Road) (12.40 pm,5.20, 10 pm) Inox (Mall-eswaram)(12 pm, 5, 10 pm)

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CARS 2 (U) Owen Wilson, Michael Caine“3D” Fame Lido (1.10 pm) Fame(Shankarnag) (1.20 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road) (12.45pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (6.55 pm)“2D” Fame Forum Value Mall (12.45pm, 4.40 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am,4.55 pm)

X-MEN - FIRST CLASS (U/A)James McAvoy, Michael Fassben-der, Bill MilnerCinemax (12 pm, 10 pm) Cinepolis(12.45 pm, 6 pm) Innovative Multi-plex (12.45 pm, 10 pm).

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CHILLAR PARTY (U)Irrfan Khan, Divvji Handa,Vedant DesaiCinemax (1.15 pm, 6.15 pm) Cinepo-lis (10 am, 1, 4.55 pm) Fun Cinemas(12.30 pm) Fame Forum Value Mall(10 am, 2, 6.50 pm) Fame Lido(10.45 am, 6.30 pm) Gopalan Cine-mas (Bannerghatta Road) (10 am,2, 7.10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (My-sore Road) (10, 2.25, 6 pm) Inno-vative Multiplex (10.15 am, 12.30,7.45 pm) Inox (Jaynagar) (10.25 am,6.30 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.15 am,2, 7 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 2.45, 7.25 pm) Inox (Malle-swaram) (10 am, 2.55, 7.35 pm) PVRCinemas (12.30 pm, 7.30 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (BannerghattaRoad) (10 am, 2, 7.10 pm) GopalanCinemas (Mysore Road) (10, 2.25,6 pm)

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

Aruna (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm)Cinemax (2.45 pm) Cinepolis (2.50,7.40, 9.45 pm) Fame Forum ValueMall (12.55 pm) Fame Lido (10.10am, 12.25, 2.40, 5, 9.50 pm) FunCinemas (11 am, 3, 9.20 pm)Innovative Multiplex (5.45 pm) Inox(Jaynagar) (1 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(9.50 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 12.20, 2.40, 5, 7.25, 9.50 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (5.20 pm) Pari-mala (11.30 am, 2.30, 5.45, 8.45pm) PVR Cinemas (10.10 am, 5.10pm) Shobha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Vision Cinemas (2.45pm, 7 pm)

DELHI BELLY (A)Imran, Shehnaz TreasurywalaCinemax (10.15 am, 12.30, 3, 7, 10pm) Cinepolis (12.45 pm, 3.30, 10pm) Everest (11.30 am, 4.30 pm)Eshwari (11.15 am, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15pm) Fame Forum Value Mall (10.15am, 12.30, 2.45, 5, 7.15, 9.30 pm)Fame Lido (10.05 pm, 1.15, 3.20,5.30, 7.40, 9.50 pm).

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KILLER (A)Sindhura, Ravi Prak-aashAnupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)

BABLOO (U/A)Manotej, Aditi Sharma Chandrodaya (11.30 am, 2.30pm)

Murali (Gokula) (11 am, 2.30pm)Renukaprasanna (11am,2.30pm)Radhakrishna (RT Nagar) (2.30pm, 6.15, 9.30 pm Tulasi (Maratha-halli) (11.30 am, 2.30pm) Venka-teshwara (KR Puram) (6.30, 9.30pm)

VIRODHI (A)Srikanth, KamalineeChandrodaya (4.30 pm, 9.30 pm)Murali (Gokula) ( 6,30, 9.30 pm)Renukaprasanna (6, 9.15 pm) Tu-lasi (Marathahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm)

180 EE VAYASUKI RAADHUSiddharth, Nitya MenonCinemax (1 pm, 1.30, 6.25, 6.30pm) Cinepolis (10 am, 2.40 pm)Fun Cinemas (4.25 pm) GopalanCinemas (Bannerghatta Road).

MURDER 2 (A)Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez

Apsara (11.30 am, 2.15, 5.30, 8.30pm) Abhinay (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Abhiman (Gori-palya) (11 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm) Anand (3.30 pm, 6.30, 9.30pm) Cauvery (11 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Everest (2.15 pm, 6.45,7.30 pm) Fame Forum Value Mall(10.30 am, 2.50, 4, 7, 9.30 pm)

Fame Lido (10 am, 2.35, 5, 9.35pm) Fame (Shankarnag) (2 pm)Fun Cinemas (10.10 am, 4.30,7.30 pm) HMT Cinemas (Jalahalli)(10.45 am, 9.45 pm) Manasa (2.30 am, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Navrang(10 pm) Rex (9.50 pm) Veeresh(10 pm) Vaibhav (2.30 pm, 6.30,9.30 pm)

Hyundaifelicitatescricketers

Bangalore: Indian fast bowlingtrio of Zaheer Khan, AshishNehra and S Sreesanth was todayfelicitated by Hyundai Motor In-dia Limited (HMIL) for winningthe cricket World Cup after 28years.

The three cricketers were pre-sented the recently launched‘Fluidic Verna’ cars.

HMIL had announced that ifIndian team could win the 2011World Cup then the memberswill be felicitated with the AllNew Hyundai Verna cars.

“It gives us immense pleasureto present the members of theICC Cricket World Cup 2011 win-ning team with the All New Ver-na, that bears Hyundai’s newfluidic design philosophy andoffers best-in-class design, qualityand technology,” Arvind Saxena,Director- Sales and Marketing,HMIL, said. PTI

Forms forlegal

training Bangalore: The backward classesand minorities welfare depart-ment will train different lawgraduates from the two categoriesin legal administration. Thosewith earnings of less than Rs15,000 per annum and under 30years can apply. The candidateswill be given an assistance of Rs1,000 per month. Interested cancontact the backward classesand minorities welfare depart-ment, Bangalore Urban district,first floor, Podium Block, Visves-varaya Towers.

Training fordistance

educationBangalore: The Bangalore Col-lege and Research Centre is pro-viding training for those studentswho have taken distance edu-cation courses offered by Ban-galore University. Training willbe given in BA, BCom, PGDP,PGDBM from BU and BCom andBSC from Kuvempu University.You can contact the BangaloreCollege and Research Centres atMathikere, Yelahanka, JalahalliCross, KR Puram and Hanuman-thnagar or call 9916372961.

CITYFriday, July 8, 2011 3CITY EVENTSGeneralPublic Relation Council ofIndia: Daughter’s day - talkon ‘Stop Female Foeticide!Protect Rights of Girl Child,by Dr Priti Venkatesh, MangalaSridhar, Chairperson Karnata-ka Scheduled Tribes Develop-ment Corporation and formerminister Rani Satish to par-ticipate, Chancery Hall, HotelAtria 4 pm.

CulturalInstitute of Social Sciences:Release of book undermininglocal democracy Parallel gov-ernance in contemporarySouth asia, panel discussionon parastatals and panchayatsin karnataka, by former min-isters B K Chandrashekar, Lee-ladevi R Prasad, KERC Chair-man M R Srinivasamurthy par-ticipate, British Council Li-brary, Kasturba Road, 4 pm.

Department of Kannada andCulture: Bharatanatya by NG Nananya, Yavanika, Nrupa-thunga Road, 6.30 pm.

Ajitkumar Smaraka Samskri-tika Vedike: Presentation ofAjitkumar Memorial Award toLeela Ramanathan and others,Justice M N Venkatachalaiahand Minister Suresh Kumar toparticipate, Ravindra Kalak-shetra, J C Road, 6.30 pm.

Percussive Arts Centre: Thala-va-dyotsava 2011, veena bySuma Sudhindra, GayanaSamaj, K R Road. 6.30 pm.

Bangalore International Cen-tre: Vocal by Vrinda Acharya,Auditorium, TERI Complex,4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur2nd Stage, 6.30 pm.

Karnataka Chalanchitra Aca-demi: Programme in memoryof Lingadevaru Halemane,SCM House, near PriyadarshiniChitramandira, 4.30 pm

ReligiousKarnataka Government Sec-retariat Club: Discourse onNatakadinda Shikshana bySubraya Shetty, club premises,Cubbon Park, 6 pm.

The Indian Institute of WorldCulture: Talk on RabindranathTagore by Shudra Srinivas, 6,B P Wadia Road Basavanagu-di, 6.15 pm.

Sri Ramakrishna Seva Trust:Discourse on Bhagawad Geetaby Abhaya Chaitanya, SBICommunity Centre, 57, SnehaSadana, SBI Officers ColonyBasaveshwaranagar, 6.30 pm

Lakshmi Kali Trust: Chantingof vedas by devotees, templepremises, Kaliamman TempleStreet, Halasuru Market, 4 pm.

MusicIn the mood for music: JagritiVarthur Road, Ramagondana-halli, Whitefield, July 8, 8 pmSulaiman Jamal on harmonica,Sam Rajkumar on keyboard,Imran Jamal on percussion,Divyanka doing the vocals,Bharat on guitar and Tommy'Guitar Boogie' Smith fromAustralia on lead guitar willenthral the audience withshow tunes.

Funky evening: Opus, 4Palace Cross Road, SankeyRoad, Vasanth Nagar July 8, 7pm French guitarist Titi Robinwill entertain music loverswith gypsy, oriental and Ara-bian music.

Music of the world: Bflat, 100Feet Road, Indira Nagar, July9, 8.30 pm Tarun Balani Col-lective, a group of artists andmusicians comprising BrunoRaberg on bass.

Bolava vitthal: Chowdiah Me-morial Hall, July 14, 6 pmSingers Rahul Deshpande, De-vaki Pandit and Jayateeth Me-vundi will pay tribute to leg-endary vocalist, the late PanditBhimsen Joshi.

Classical concert: BangaloreGayana Samaja, KR Road,Basavanagudi, July 10, 6 pmNithyashri Mahadevan, an em-inent Carnatic musician andplayback singer, will entertainthe audience.

Naadbrahma: Khincha Audi-torium, Bharatiya Vidya Bha-van, Race Course Road, July10, 5 pm. A classical vocalduet by Anurita Rai and Anu-ratn Rai.

ArtPicture perfect: HomaiVyarawalla, A Retrospective,National Gallery of ModernArt, 49, Palace Road, 10 amto 5 pm The exhibition show-cases photographs taken byHomai Vyarawalla, the firstwoman photojournalist of in-dependent India and capturesthe years before and after Indiagained independence.

A glass apart: Glassics Fusione

Art, Pratima’s Art Gallery, 104,Andrews Building, MG Road,Till July 13, 11 am to 8 pm Theexhibition aims to present aconcept in glass fusion usedas a connotation of art.

Draw!: Cartoon exhibition, In-dian Institute of Cartoonists,1, Midford House, Midford Gar-den, Off MG Road, Till July 23,11 am to 7 pm American artistMelvin Mathew is showcasinghis cartoons in a bid to exposethe art of cartooning to a wideraudience and to highlight thetalents in the Gulf region.

Build up: Aakar, MagnitudeArt Gallery, 140/13, 27th Cross,3rd Block, Jayanagar, Till July31, 10 am to 8 pm Aakar is anexhibition showcasing originalpaintings based on architec-tural wonders. These worksprovide an aesthetic continu-um that extends from earlycivilizatios to the present day.

All for art: Tete-a-tete, ApparaoGalleries, Ground Floor, ThePresidency, 82, St Marks Road,Till July 31, 12.30 pm to 7 pmThis exhibition comprisesworks from artists spanningthree generations. It includessculptures by Muralidharam,Shipra Bhattacharya, LaxmaGoud, Anjolie Ela Menon.

Group up: Cultural Connec-tions, Gallery Third Eye,Yemalur Main Road, Till July31, 10 am to 6 pm. GalleryThird Eye presents a groupshow of paintings by estab-lished and upcoming artists.

NightlifeSound of silence: Pebble,Princess No. 3, Ramanama-harishi Road, Bellary Road,Palace Grounds, Sadashivna-gar, July 8, 6 pm to 11.30 pmGoa’s headphone parties areback in town, with Justin Ma-son, Vachan and Kay Mikado.

Turn up the heat!: The Zuri,Whitefield, July 9, 6 pm. Entryshuts at 10 pm It’s party non-stop as DJ Ma Faiza bringsdown the house with someelectronic dance music. 080-66657272

Smashing Saturday: D3, CK-27, 60, Laskar, Hosur Road,Adugodi signal, July 9, 8 pmto 11.30 pm. Rock and roll tohot numbers of Lady Gagaand Kesha with DJ Mark.9742480718

Party hard: Lounge 579, 218,Sunshine Complex, HRBR Lay-out, 3rd Block, KammanahalliMain Road, Kalyan Nagar, Ba-naswadi Jive on WickedWednesdays with DJ Pras-hanth playing the best andlatest of hip-hop. 8971717771

Swing to item numbers: I-Bar, The Park, July 8 It’s thewar of item bombs as DJ Hus-sain pits Sheila, Munni, JalebiBai against Tai Tai phish, IHate you and Bbuddha for anight of complete mayhem.25594666

Saturday night fever: i-Bar,The Park, July 9 Get ready foran acoustic high, as Pearl andNikhil Chinapa come togetherat i-Bar. 25594666.

ExhibitionsPhotographs by HomaiVyarawalla: Friday, July 8th,2011. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NationalGallery of Modern Art, No 49Manikyavelu Mansion, PalaceRoad, The National Gallery ofModern art is hosting an ex-hibition of iconic photographstaken by Homai Vyarawalla,India's first woman photojour-nalist, who started workingin the 1930s and was instru-mental in tracing the lives andwork of political leadersthrough her lens.

Negotiated Positions @Gallery Blue Spade: Friday,July 8th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7p.m. Gallery Blue Spade, TheChancery, 10/6 Lavelle Road,An exhibition of contemporaryart by Babu Eshwar Prasad,V G Venugopal, Sunoj D,Suchender P, Gurusidappa GE, Murali Cheeroth, ChandraBhattacharjee, Prasanta Sahu,Farhad Hussain and RajibaLochan Pani.

Group Show @ Sumukha:Friday, July 8th, 2011. 10:30a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallery Sum-ukha, No 24/10, BTS DepotRoad, Wilson Garden An ex-hibition of sculptures, paint-ings and photographs by tentalented artists.

Cultural Connections: Friday,July 8th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallerie Third Eye, No A-1 Epsilon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur An exhi-bition of contemporary Indianpaintings by Parmesh D Joladand Sudeep Mukerjee, curatedby Jasmine Khanna.

The Art Mix @ Caperberry:Friday, July 8th, 2011. 12:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caperberry,No 48/1 Ground Floor, The Es-tate, Dickenson Road, Caper-berry and Art Chutney.

Weʼll help organise next GIM better, says BCIC

Bangalore: The Bangalore Cham-ber of Industry and Commercehas been chosen as the partnerorganisation by the state gov-ernment to stage its second edi-tion of Global Investors’ Meetplanned for next year.

"We have been chosen aspartner for the next GIM by thestate government. We will workwith the government in makingthe event successful and bringin more investors to the event,"BCIC president Vindo Nowalsaid.

Nowal, the director and CEOof Jindal Steel Works, said Kar-nataka is at the cusp of oppor-tunities to grow and attract moreinvestments in the wake of con-ducive atmosphere it has.

He wanted government toidentify barren land and evolve

a mechanism for hassle-freeland acquisition for industries.

Nowal said BCIC would holda dialogue with the governmenton offering a package of incen-tives for investors setting up in-dustries in other parts of thestate.

He said the governmentshould learn from the mistakescommitted in the last year’s GIMand correct them.

The BCIC would help the gov-ernment in organising it muchmore effectively next year.

On the acquisition of land forindustries, he said the govern-ment should constitute nodalagencies with concerned offi-cials to resolve problems.

“Farmers should be happy tohand over the lands and shouldgain by the process. For this,

the government should identifyonly barren lands and handthem over to industries,” hesaid.

The country should move intoGST regime and promote moresteel industries, he suggested.

On Bangalore Metro rail, hesaid, “It is better if it is finishedearly. People are waiting eagerlyfor it and this would bring downcongestion Bangalore roads toa large extent.”

The newly elected team ofBCIC told reporters that Indiawould become the third largesteconomy after the US and Chinaby 2020.

The country is fourth largestmanufacturer of automobilesand second largest in lifts. Theseopportunities should be grabbedwith both hands, otherwise they

would go to Brazil and Korea. Nowal said except Tata Steel

and SAIL, none of the othersteel companies in the countryare competitive.

He said the mining policy hasto be tweaked and the taxes re-duced. With the present hightaxes, miners hardly gained.

The government should aimto attract industries at the taluklevel.

A lot of people are migratingfrom villages to urban areas,creating pressure on cities. Withtaluk level industries, they canstay nearer home and work inthese units, he added.

He said law and order in Indiais good as compared to the sit-uation in other countries. Thegovernment should make useof it to attract industries.

BBMP receives NagarRatna Award from Prez

Aknisree Karthik Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: You may criticise theBruhat Bangalore MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) all you want, butour city corporation has beenhas been selected by the All-India Institute of Local Self-Gov-ernment to receive the ‘NagarRatna Award’ at a function inMumbai this afternoon.

The institute has selected theBBMP under the individual cat-egory.

“We were selected for thisaward in an individual category.This was for the better imple-mentation of our projects andbased on overall performance”

said, Ram Prasad, chief financeofficer, JNNURM, to BangaloreBeat.

The first citizen of the countryPresident Pratibha Patil will con-fer the award to BBMP. MayorSharadamma and deputy mayorS Harish are already in Mumbaito receive the prestigious award.

The All India Institute of LocalSelf-Government, established in1926, is a premier autonomoustraining and research institutein the country.

AIILSG desires to recognisesuch municipal corporations thathave responded to the needs oftime and have come up with theout-of-the-box ideas to deliverbeyond what is expected out of

them under the extant laws. The best municipal corpora-

tions are being conferred the“Nagar Ratna Award” for 2010-2011. The award carries a trophyand a cash prize.

The AIILSG committee inspect-ed Solid Waste Management proj-ect, implementation of e-gover-nance projects and otherschemes in all the 65 JawaharlalNehru National Urban RenewalMission (JNNURM) cities.

The award winners were de-cided by an evaluation committeewhich was chaired by a retiredSupreme Court judge.

The committee also had urbanexperts, professionals and somesenior bureaucrats.

BAL‑GAME BY BALRAJ

Kannada and culture minister Govinda Karajola and Suttur Math seer Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji release a Veerashiva heritage dictionary at JSS Mahavidyalaya

in Bangalore today. Karnataka Sanskrit University vice-chancellor Prof Mallepuram GVenkatesh looks on.

Veerashaiva dictionary released

Stamp on theologicalcollege released

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A commemorativestamp to celebrate the 101st yearof United Theological College(UTC) of Bangalore was releasedin the city today.

Releasing the stamp, chiefpost master general of Karnatakacircle Yashodara Menon said,“UTC holds the distinction ofbeing one of the foremost col-leges in the country which hasbeen imparting education forover a century. It is not just aboutreligion, but is also involved indissemination of knowledge.”

The stamp is of Rs 5 denomi-nation and carries the façade ofthe college. Rev P Surya Prakash(retired), president of UnitedTheological College (UTC),Roshan Baig, MLA, and Rev J RJohn Samuel Raj, principal ofthe college, and students werepresent on the occasion.

Massive drive for inclusion of disabled launched

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A massive campaigntermed Nevertheless for includingthe disabled in the mainstreamwas launched across the statetoday.

The launch in the city washeld at Kamalabai school offQueen’s Road in the city thismorning. More than six lakhchildren across the state andscores of volunteers, NGOs andcorporate houses would be partof the campaign that is beingpromoted by Fourth Wave Foun-dation in association with theSarva Shiksha Abhiyan of thestate government.

Launching the campaign,commissioner for disabilities KV Rajanna said, “This campaignwill help bring down inequalitiesamong other and disabled stu-dents. Such drives will in facthelp increase the number of foot-falls into schools. This will go a

long way in ensuring educationfor all.”

The campaign will ask stu-dents between the fifth andeighth standards to depict theirfeelings about the including thedisabled in the mainstream. Theywill put down their ideas in anart form in A4 sized sheets, whichwill be collected by volunteersacross the state.

Many corporate houses havecome forward to digitize theseimages and convert the best ofthem as wallpapers. The cam-paign is to grab the attention ofthe government and force it topass inclusive policies. This isalso to highlight the plight ofthe disabled without facilitiesfor them in public transport,public places etc.

Taking part in the inaugura-tion, school teachers Revannaand Mallikarjun said, “When wedon’t discriminate on the basisof caste, creed or colour, why

should disability be any different?We have removed all those dif-ferences now, and we should dothe same with the disabled. Thedisabled children too shouldstudy with other children. Thiswill bring down their inferioritycomplex, if any, and will allowthem to mingle in the societyeasily.”

Mahalakshmi, eighth standardstudent, said, “We will not lookat the disabled students differ-ently. I don’t think we will haveany problem in playing withthem, talking to them or inter-acting with them. We will putdown our thoughts on the policyof inclusion through our draw-ings.”

Another eighth standard stu-dent Sai Krishna said, “We havelearnt from so many movies thatwe should not discriminateagainst the disabled. We don’thave any problem in includingthem in our school activities.”

A campaign to bring the disabled into the mainstream in educational institutions was inaugurated at Kamalabai school in the city today. More than six lakh children across the

state will be part of the campaign.

Gangadhar Pujar

Gangadhar Pujar

Rev P Surya Prakash (retired), president of United Theological College (UTC), Roshan Baig,MLA, Rev J R John Samuel Raj, principal of the college, and post master general of Karnataka

circle Yashodara Menon release a commemorative stamp today.

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NEWSFriday, July 8, 2011 4

Members of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike protest demanding jobs for Kannadigas at alllevels in the state. They wanted Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to reserve 677 jobs at all the

HAL units in the city.

ʻMore jobs for KannadigasʼS Rashakrishna

Jayanagara MLA B N Vijayakumar (left) inaugurates a BangaloreOne Centre at JP Nagarthird phase this morning. The MLA sat at he centre and received cheques and bills from

the customers in a unique inauguration.

Leading by exampleS Radhakrishna

Canara Bank opens 14 branches in TN

Bangalore: Canara Bank as partof its national campaign underfinancial inclusion opened 14branches in Tamil Nadu recently.The branches were inauguratedby bank’s executive directorArchana S Bhargava. The branch-es opened are spread across 12districts in Tamil Nadu. Withthis, the total number of brancheshas gone up to 3286, of which834 are rural branches.

On the first day of operation,the branches could open morethan 1,000 accounts and netteda deposit of more than Rs 1 croreeach and microfinance loanswere distributed.

Canara Bank has opened 19microfinance branches, has 3.51lakh self help groups, 3.21 lakhcredit linked, and has issued 33lakh Kisan Credit Cards. TheBank has over Rs 70,000 croreunder priority sector lending, ofwhich, Rs 30,000 crore in agri-culture.

Canara Bank plans another100 branches by March 2012.

CJ SURPRISES ALL, SITS IN LOK ADALAT

Manjunath SharmaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: There was a surprise waitingfor all those who took part in the LokAdalat on Wednesday. Chief justice of theKarnataka High Court J S Khehar Singh,who is also the patron in chief of highcourt legal services committee, attendedthe proceedings and swiftly gave judg-ments.

This is the first time that the Chief Justicehas taken part in the Lok Adalat proceed-ings.

He was accompanied by Karnataka HighCourt Judge N K Patil, who is also chairmanof the legal services committee. They hadlined up 50 cases related insurance andclaims. 45 of those cases were settled.

The cases were related to General In-surance Company and United InsuranceCompany. They had come from different

part s of the state. The insurance companies have been

given six weeks time to deposit the amountswith the committee within six weeks.

Lok Adalat settles insurance cases in a jiffy

An accident victim, who had not beengiven the full insurance after meeting withan accident four years ago, returned homea happy man after the Lok Adalat at theKarnataka High Court settled his case inthe presence of the state-run insurancecompany.

Mahadeva Rao met with an accident in2007 when a lorry hit him while riding amoped. He was badly injured in the legand had to be operated upon at SanjayGandhi Hospital.

But after the surgery, Rao could notbend his knees. He was bedridden for al-

most 21 months and had to sell the provi-sional store, which was his sole source ofincome. A married man with two children,Rao suffered financially as his immobilityclosed avenues of income. At the LokAdalat he presented a doctor’s certificateto prove that he is handicapped.

The insurance company representativessaid that he was a handicap because ofthe negligence of doctors and they had al-ready paid Rs 90,000 to cover his medicalexpenses, said his lawyer Mallaiah. Thetotal insurance is for Rs 3 lakh and thecompany cannot pay more than they alreadyshelled out. Chief justice of Karnataka HighCourt J S Khehar Singh, who is also thepatron in chief of legal services committee,and Justice N K Patil, who is the chairmanof the committee, told both parties to settlethe case and asked the insurance companyto pay Rs 1.1 lakh. The compromise wasacceptable to both parties.

Chief justice of Karnataka High Court J S Khehar Singh, who is also the patron in chief of legal services committee, andJustice N K Patil, who is the chairman of the committee, resolve cases at a Lok Adalat on the high court premises recently.

It was the first time that the chief justice took part in the proceedings.

Canara Bank executive director Archana S Bhargava inaugurates Sadurangapatnam branch in Tamil Nadu.

Obamaʼs father wanted to puthis son up for adoption: Book

Boston: US President Barack Obama’sfather had intended to put his unbornson up for adoption as the senior Obamatried to appease US immigration officialswho raised concerns about him havingtwo wives as well as his “playboy ways”,a new book has revealed.

Details about Obama senior haveemerged in a book by Boston Globe re-porter Sally Jacobs.

Titled ‘The Other Barack, The Boldand Reckless Life of President Obama’sFather,’ the biography is slated for releasenext week.

“In the spring of 1961, President Oba-ma’s father revealed a plan for his unbornson that might have changed the courseof American political history,” Jacobssaid in an article in the Boston Globe.

The elder Obama, who was at the timea sophomore at the University of Hawaii,had come under scrutiny by federal im-migration officials who were concernedthat he had more than one wife.

When questioned by the school’s for-eign student adviser, the 24-year-old Oba-ma insisted that he had divorced his wifein his native Kenya.

Although his new wife, Ann Dunham,

was five months pregnant with their child‘Barack Obama II’, Obama declared thatthey intended to put their child up foradoption.

“Subject (Obama senior) got his USC(United States citizen) wife ‘Hapai’ (Hawai-ian for pregnant) and although they weremarried they do not live together andMiss Dunham is making arrangementswith the Salvation Army to give the babyaway,” according to a memo describingthe conversation with Obama senior writ-ten by Lyle Dahling, an administrator inthe Honolulu office of the US Immigrationand Naturalization Service.

The Salvation Army had operated nearlya dozen residential maternity homes

throughout the US and made arrange-ments for adoption through local agencies.

Dunham, who died in 1995, was 18years old when she gave birth to BarackObama.

While neither Obama nor his wife puttheir baby up for adoption, it is unclearwhether the young couple actually con-sidered such a step, or the elder Obamamade the story up in order to appeaseimmigration officials who at the timewere considering his request for an ex-tension of his stay in the United States,Jacobs said.

“But his statement provides a uniqueglimpse into the relationship betweenthe president’s parents and the fragility

of his connection to the father whom hewould little know,” Jacobs added.

At the time that he made his statementabout adoption in spring 1961, Obamawas in the midst of applying for an ex-tension of his stay in the United States.

He had two children in Kenya and wasfacing severe financial problems.

“Obama would have wanted to presenta case that would impress immigrationauthorities. A bigamist with a mixed-racebaby, if that is how authorities chose tosee him, was not likely to be the strongestof candidates.”

University of Hawaii and federal im-migration authorities were alreadyalarmed about Obama’s relationshipswith women and also had doubts abouthis marital status.

When he married Dunham in February1961, school administrators began toprobe his status in earnest, Jacobs said.

According to Dahling’s memo, “... (Obama) has been running around withseveral girls since he first arrived hereand last summer (he was) cautionedabout his playboy ways. (Obama) repliedthat he would ‘try’ to stay away from thegirls.” PTI

Train, air trafficdisrupted dueto heavy rains

in Mumbai

Mumbai: Heavy rains continuedto lash several parts of the me-tropolis for the second consecu-tive day today, disrupting railand air traffic, causing incon-venience to a lot of commuters.

According to Met departmenthere, Colaba recorded 162.8 mmof rainfall and Santacruz received116 mm of rainfall from 8.30 amyesterday to 8.30 am today.

Train services on Central rail-ways are running late by at least15 minutes, while traffic on West-ern line is late by five-ten min-utes, officials said.

Road traffic was slow but therewere no snarls on any of the ar-terial routes. However, air trafficwas disrupted for a while thismorning on account of the in-cessant rains.

“Due to sudden drop in visi-bility of 300 mtrs all flight oper-ations were suspended at theinternational airport here be-tween 1000 to 1017 hours. Butnow it’s all normal,” a MumbaiInternational Airport Limited(MIAL) spokperson said.

Complaints of water loggingwere reported from areas likeVileparle, Borivali, Kandivali,Malad, Andheri, Malad, Dharaviand few other areas. No incidentsof house and wall collapse werereported, officials said.

But over ten incidents of treecollapse were reported.

The weather bureau forecasts,intermittent rain or showerswould occur in parts of city andsuburbs. Heavy to heavy rainswould occur in some areas. PTI

India rejects PCBʼs proposalKarachi: Pakistan Cricket Board chiefIjaz Butt had suggested that Pakistanwould go and play in India in a bid to re-sume bilateral cricketing ties but want ashare of the revenues from the series, aproposal that India has straightaway re-jected.

“We told them we are ready to play inIndia but we should have media rightsand it could be a 50-50 affair. But theydidn’t accept the proposal,” Butt said.

Butt, in a television interview Thursdaynight, said that the PCB had also suggested to the BCCI to split the revenuesfor scheduled series in March-April 2012so that Pakistan could make some finan-cial gains.

India had called off a scheduled futuretour program to Pakistan in early 2009due to the Mumbai terror attacks andthis led to the PCB losing anticipatedrevenues.

Butt said PCB had suggested splittingseries or sharing revenues to not onlyget some compensation for the cancelledseries but to also push forward resumptionof bilateral ties with India.

He admitted that playing India meanta financial boost for Pakistan.

“Compared to what we earn when weplay any other top country we earn manytimes more if we play India,” he said.

Butt said after the World Cup semifinal

in Mohali even Pakistan’s Prime Ministerhad advised that we should go and playin India if necessary but also suggestedto the Indians to come and play a fewgames in Pakistan.

“But what they say is basically a one-sided affair,” he added.

Butt also explained that the PCB onlywrote to the Sri Lankan board to send itsteam to Pakistan for the scheduled serieslater this year. PTI

Davy case: India maymake fresh move

New Delhi: The government may make a freshdiplomatic move with Denmark after it refused tofile an appeal in its Supreme Court for the extra-dition of Kim Davy, an accused in the Puruliaarms drop case, to India.

The CBI is also mulling other options to bringDavy to trial, including through video conferencing,after weighing other legal options.

Jorgen Steen Sorensen, Denmark’s Director,Prosecution, also acknowledged that a case againstDavy has been made.

“...both the District Court and the High Courtagreed for example, that the evidentiary basis forextradition is sufficient, that the double criminalityrequirement of the Extradition Act is satisfiedand that the case is not time barred,” Sorensensaid in a statement last night.

In a separate statement, the Danish ForeignMinistry asked India to “appreciate” the Danishjudiciary.

Official sources here said a diplomatic contactwith the Danish Government was necessary toimpress upon the fact that Davy alias Niels Holckhad admitted before a Danish court about his in-volvement in the Purulia arms drop case.

The sources said post-9/11 attacks, Denmarkhad amended its Constitution thereby agreeingto extradite any person involved in any act ofterror. The arms dropping was aimed at fomentingterror activities mainly in Purulia in West Bengal,they said.

India’s hopes of extraditing Davy were dashedlast night when the Director of Public Prosecutionssaid that the Prosecution Service will not to seekpermission to bring the question of extradition ofDavy to India before the Supreme Court.

Sorensen said he fully understands the attentionwhich this case has attracted in Denmark as wellas in India.

Sorensen said: “The Eastern High Court has,without any dissent, however, reached the sameconclusion as the District Court and the HighCourt’s ruling is based on a specific assessmentof all the circumstances of the case, includingthe current conditions in India.

“Against this background I do not find that thequestions involved in this case are of a naturethat will justify an application for permission tobring it before the Supreme Court.”

In April 2010, the Danish Ministry of Justice

had decided that Davy had to be extradited toIndia for prosecution for offences committed in1995, involving an arms drop and participation ina conspiracy to wage war against the country.

This decision was brought before the DistrictCourt of Hillerod according to the rules of the Ex-tradition Act. In November 2010, the District Courtruled that this decision could not be upheld. OnJune 30, 2011, the Eastern High Court affirmedthe District Court’s decision.

Both the courts, while rejecting that plea, hadsaid, however, on the basis of a specific assessmentof the conditions under which Davy may be ex-pected to be detained after prospective extraditionto India, that there is a real risk that he will be ex-posed to inhuman or degrading treatment or pun-ishment in India.

India had lodged a strong protest with Denmarkover the remarks made by the Danish court andthe External Affairs Ministry summoned the Charged’Affaires on Monday and conveyed in no uncertainterms that such remarks about India’s humanrights records and prison conditions were unac-ceptable.

Home minister P Chidambaram also termedthe Danish High Court’s observation as “disap-pointing” and rejected the argument that prisonersare subjected to torture here.

However, in the statement, the Danish ForeignMinistry asked India to respect the verdict ofDanish courts.

The statement said the Danish minister of justice decided that Niels Holck (Davy) could be extradited to India for the purpose ofprosecution.

RAIN AND BAD LIGHT STALLINDIAʼS REPLY ON DAY 2Roseau (Dominica): Indian bowler Harb-hajan Singh achieved his 400th Testwicket while Ishant Sharma grabbed afive-for as India bundled out West Indiesfor 204 before rain and bad light stalledthe visitors’ reply on day 2 of the thirdand final match here.

At stumps, India were eight for noloss, with Abhinav Mukund and MuraliVijay batting on six and one, respective-ly.

India now trail by 196 runs with 10wickets remaining in the first innings.

Only 49.2 overs were bowled on the second day, leading to a loss of a total of ninety-seven overs in the lasttwo days.

Even as the officials seemed optimisticdespite a sharp shower interrupting playin the post-tea session, the light wasdeemed too poor for umpires to resumeplay.

The poor weather apart, the facilitiesat the Windsor Park could be termedprimitive as carts were used to scoop thewater from the covers.

The drainage facility is quite good but

it proved to be of little use as water fromcover-sheets took a long time to be re-moved.

Earlier, Harbhajan became the thirdIndian and 11th overall to reach the land-mark, while Ishant continued from wherehe had left off on day 1, as the duo has-tened the West Indies’ collapse.

Just as the West Indian innings foldedup, a slight drizzle again brought thecovers on, and an early tea was taken.

West Indies were in the middle of a re-vival of sorts when the gritty Harbhajanclaimed two quick wickets.

Though Harbhajan achieved a mile-stone, the wrecker in chief was onceagain Ishant, who claimed five for 77 inyet another inspirational display of fastbowling.

Resuming at an overnight 75 for three,West Indies lost two of their most experi-enced batsmen in a rain-curtailed openingsession.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (23) and Mar-lon Samuels (9) fell to Munaf Patel andPraveen Kumar even as Darren Bravo(50) and Calrton Baugh (60) stood firm.

But the hosts, 128 for five at lunch, be-gan the afternoon session with a flurryof shots, to entertain the sparse crowd.

Baugh was the aggressor as he flexedhis arms to good effect, and no less than37 runs came from the first four overs.

Baugh survived a caught-behind appealoff Munaf Patel but then decided to cutloose, crashing Ishant for three fours inone over.

He first produced a back cut, steeredthe next one over slips, and then crashedone past the extra cover boundary.

He didn’t hold himself back againstMunaf either, managing two fours pastthe slip cordons.

Meanwhile Bravo, unbeaten on 41 atbreak, completed his half century whenhe flicked Ishant to square leg for a sin-gle.

Bravo, though, departed to Ishant indramatic fashion after he had put on 59runs for the sixth wicket with Baugh.

In a tense Sharma over, he first edgeda delivery to slips, where Rahul Dravidcaught it, but promptly indicated hewasn’t sure if he had caught cleanly.

The replays proved that Dravid hadn’tcaught it cleanly but Bravo made littleuse of it, departing in the same overwhen he inside edged a catch to MahendraSingh Dhoni.

Bravo made 50 from 134 balls witheight fours and this was his second suc-cessive fifty against the tourists after hismatch-saving 73 not out at KensingtonOval last week.

Baugh then found an unlikely supportin Darren Sammy as the two added 41runs for the seventh wicket.

Sammy, as he had indicated beforethe start of the match, looked to playdown the ground before hitting Ishantfor a huge six.

But Harbhajan ended Sammy’s innings,having him caught at forward shortlegfor 20 and later, clean bowled Baugh (60)for his 400th wicket.

Baugh played only 79 balls during hisknock and hit six fours and a six.

This is Harbhajan’s 96th Test and hefollows Anil Kumble (619) and Kapil Dev(434) in the exclusive club of 400-wickettakers for India. PTI

Manjunath Sharma

Beyond BeatFriday, July 8, 2011

Bangalore Beat Bureau

It is a campaign of a humongous scale,engaging six lakh school and col-lege students along with corporate em-ployees, managements and local com-munities. The goal is to create aware-

ness and sensitise people about inclusionof persons with disability in their immediateenvironments.

The campaign, termed ‘Never-the-less’,ran across 6,000 government, aided andprivate schools in urban and rural Banga-lore, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri today. Itis the initiative of Fourth Wave Foundationin partnership with Sarva Shiksha Ab-hiyan. Over 200 colleges across Bangalorewill conduct the campaign on July 15.

The programme kicked off with art ac-tivity involving students across the state.Those between fifth and eighth standardswere asked to depict ‘inclusion’ and ‘di-versity’ and interaction with persons withdisabilities. The art work, a sketch, paint-ing etc, on an A4 sheet. The physical artworks would be collected and displayed inBangalore. Some of the companies havealso come forward to digitize these worksand put them on the web.

The campaign is also supported by thedepartment for the empowerment of the dif-ferently abled and senior citizens; ChristUniversity; office of the state commissionerfor persons with disabilities; Bangalore Uni-versity; Nasscom and is driven by over 1,500volunteers, supported by 50 NGOs.

Diana Vincent Joseph, director of Fourth-wave Foundation, said: “A small change ofperception can make a big difference in thelife of persons with special needs and dis-abilities. If we could walk hand-in-hand,provide the same opportunities and con-veniences, it can make life less of a battleand more of a healthy challenge for all. Inaddition to physical infrastructure for thedisabled, the cornerstone of this idea is forinclusion of you and me. It is up to us toopen our minds to people with disabilityand understand them for what they are.Never-the-less is a movement to make uslook beyond their disability and the seethem for what they are capable of.”

The campaign on Saturday will involvevolutneers giving away handouts to peo-ple at public places, like railway stations,bus-stands and malls. These handoutscontain information on how to include dis-abled in the mainstreatm. The handoutsand posters will ask people to take part inan SMS campaign by sending in their sug-gestion on inclusion of the disabled.

“More than 800 volunteers will join themovement tomorrow. These volunteershave been made to go through an orien-tation course about a week ago. Some of thevolunteers from corporate houses weretaken through the steps over mail, as it wasimpossible to gather up all those workingprofessionals and ask them to be physicallypresent for the orientation programme,” shesaid.

Mphasis, IBM and other corporate hous-es, through Nasscom, have extended theirhelp for the programme.

Over the next three weeks, volunteerswill conduct programmes stressing thenecessity of bringing the disabled to themainstream.

At Christ Collge, one of the prominentpromoters of the campaign, students willhold activities that highlight the difficulties

faced by the disabled. Some of the studentswould be made to sit on the wheelchairatnd asked to maneuvre it, others would beblindfolded and asked to read texts throughbraille. The campaign covering Banga-

lore Urban and Rural areas would be heldon July 15.

Diana Vincent Joseph said it is also anopportunity for many corporate houses,schools, colleges and other institutions to

come forward and present as to how theyhave adopted inclusive policies withintheir organisations.

The campaign, culiminating in a halfday Conference of various stakeholders on

July 22 at Christ University will showcaseindividual and institutional success storiesand set a five year agenda to promote in-clusion of persons with disabilities inmainstream society.

Eating less saltwonʼt prevent

strokes, heart attacks

London: There’s bad news for those who have cutback on salt due to health concerns. A study sayseating less salt will not stave off heart attacks,strokes or early death.

Research involving nearly 6,500 people con-cluded that there was “no strong evidence” thatlowering levels of salt in the diet reduced the riskof heart disease or premature death.

These findings contradict all official recom-mendations and medical profession urging thepublic to reduce the amount of salt they consume,reports the journal Cochrane Review.

In fact, it found that cutting back on salt actu-ally raises the likelihood of death in some patientswith heart problems, according to the Daily Mail.

Researchers from Exeter University say that thebenefits of cutting back on salt may have been“overestimated”.

They looked at seven published studies in-volving 6,489 people. Some had high blood pres-sure, others had normal blood pressure and theyhad all been put on salt-reduction diets.

But the authors found that there was no evi-dence that cutting down reduced deaths or heartdisease in either group.

And they found that patients with heart failurewho cut back on salt were actually at higher riskof death – possibly because the change in diet issuch a shock to the body.

Lead researcher Rod Taylor, from Exeter, said:“Perhaps surprisingly, we didn’t find any statis-tically significant reduction in death or cardio-vascular events such as heart attacks and strokes.”IANS

Casting votecauses stress

hormone levelsto shoot up

Washington: Voting in elections is stressful, evento a point of causing hormonal changes among vot-ers.

The level of cortisol – a hormone releasedwhen a person is under pressure and whichhelps the body cope with threats – immediatelyprior to casting a vote was significantly higher thanwhen the same individuals were in non-voting con-ditions.

“It is important to understand that emotions canaffect biological processes, which in turn can in-fluence our decision-making processes,” said Is-rael Waismel-Manor of the School of Political Sci-ence, University of Haifa, who led the study.

The main hormone is cortisol, also known as the“stress hormone”. The present study set out to de-termine whether voting in elections is a stressfulexperience, the journal European Neuropsy-chopharmacology reports.

The survey was conducted on the day of Israel’s2009 national elections. One hundred and thirteenvoters just about to enter the ballot booth wereasked to provide a saliva sample to be examinedfor cortisol levels, according to a Haifa statement.

The results show that the level of cortisol in in-dividuals immediately before voting was almostthree times higher than in the following day.

The study also found that voters who saidthey would vote for a party which polls predictedwill lose seats, had higher levels of cortisol thanthose who intended to vote for a party which pollspredicted were to gain seats. IANS

Broader faces likely to cheatfor financial gain, says studyWashington: A man’s face might hint ifhe is bad to the bone, as a new study hasfound that people with wider faces tendto be more devious and more willing tocheat.

Researchers at the University of Wis-consin-Milwaukee in the US found thatmen with broader faces were approxi-mately three times as likely to lie in ne-gotiations than their narrower-facedpeers to gain more financial benefit.

For their study, the researchers carriedout several experiments to analyse ifmen’s facial structure has anything to dowith their personality traits, LiveSciencereported.

In one experiment, the researchersmeasured the facial width-to-height ra-tio of 192 students, 115 of whom weremen, and randomly assigned them toplay either buyers or sellers role in ne-gotiations over emails as part of a class-room exercise.

It was found men with broader faceswere approximately three times as like-ly to lie in the negotiation than narrow-er-faced men. Facial width was notlinked to either deception or trustwor-thiness in women.

In another experiment, the re-searchers analysed how willing volun-teers were to cheat. They had 103 stu-dents, 50 of whom were men, and askedthem to roll a pair of dice to see howmany times they would be entered intoa lottery.

All the participants had the chance tolie about their dice roll to increase theirchances of winning.

Men with broader faces overstatedtheir dice rolls by an estimated 18.6 percent, while narrow-faced men overstat-

ed their rolls by less than 2 per cent,Michael Haselhuhn, who led the re-search, said.

“We demonstrate that men with widerfaces feel more powerful, and thesefeelings of power lead directly to less eth-ical behaviour, including lying andcheating. Perhaps some men truly arebad to the bone,” he said.

However, the researchers cautionedthe public not to take their findings to ex-tremes.

“While our findings provide com-pelling evidence that men’s facial struc-ture is a reliable physical cue of the like-lihood of engaging in ethically ques-tionable behaviour, we stress that it is but

one of many factors that affect unethi-cal judgement and action,” Haselhuhnsaid.

The researchers also noted that menwith broad faces are not all bad.

“In other research, we have found thatthe facial structure of Fortune 500 CEOspredicts firm financial performance,such that CEOs with relatively wider facesachieve greater financial success fortheir firm,” Haselhuhn noted.

“We believe that men’s facial structureshould be used as one important cue indetecting liars and cheaters, but cautionshould be taken in automatically la-belling relatively wide-faced men asbad seeds.” PTI

Washington: Want to be a mother? Then besure that your oral hygiene is well maintained,as for the first time scientists have found thatwomen with gum disease take an average oftwo months longer to conceive.

Periodontal disease, also known as gum dis-ease, is a chronic infectious illness that occurswhen the bacteria in one’s mouth creates in-flammation around a tooth and can spread intothe circulatory system.

Previous studies have linked gum diseasewith type 2 diabetes, heart disease, respirato-ry and kidney disease, and problems in preg-nancy such as miscarriage and prematurebirth.

This is the first time, researcher from the Uni-versity of Western Australia have found thatgum disease affects the time it takes women tobecome pregnant, LiveScience reported.

For their study, the researchers monitoreda group of 3,416 pregnant women and analysedtheir pregnancy planning and outcome infor-mation.

The findings, presented at the annual meet-ing of the European Society of Human Repro-duction and Embryology, showed that womenwith gum disease took an average of just overseven months to become pregnant, whichwas two months longer than the average of fivemonths it took women without gum disease toconceive.

The researchers also found that non-Cau-casian women with gum disease were morelikely to take more than a year to become preg-nant compared to those without gum disease.

This may be because the non-Caucasianwomen appeared to have a higher level of in-flammatory response to gum disease, saidRoger Hart, who led the study.

“Our data suggest that the presence of pe-riodontal disease is a modifiable risk factor,

which can increase a woman’s time to con-ception, particularly for non-Caucasians.

“It exerts a negative influence on fertility thatis of the same order of magnitude as obesity.”

The researchers recommend that womenwho are planning to becoming pregnant shouldconsult with their dentist to make sure that theydo not have any gum disease. PTI

A campaign involving more than six lakh students across the state on the inclusion of the disabled in the mainstream kicked off today. The drive, over

the next three weeks, will highlight the difficulties faced by the differently abled and invites suggestions on how to be “inclusive”

Want a baby? Takecare of your gums

NEVERTHELESS, THEYFIGHT FOR A CAUSE

A college student addresses a session as Fourth Wave Foundation director Diana Joseph, second from left, looks on. The foundation has been working on the inclusion of the disabled in the mainstream and has started a massive campaign across the state today.

Ex‑editor maybe held over

phone hackingLondon: A former editor of

the News of the World is currentlyfacing arrest over charges ofphone hacking, even as reportsemerged that Sunday’s editionwould be the last of the 168-year-old paper.

Andy Coulson, 43, has beenasked to present himself at a po-lice station in Central London.He could also face a perjury ¬in-vestigation over his testimonyduring the trial of a Scottish MPwho was jailed for lying in adefamation case against theNews of the World, the DailyMirror reported.

Coulson is also expected tobe quizzed by police over claimsthat journalists under his watchmade secret payments to policeofficers.

Sources said another formersenior journalist will also be ar-rested. Coulson quit the daily inJanuary 2007 just weeks beforeroyal editor Clive Goodman andprivate investigator Glenn Mul-caire were jailed for phone hack-ing. The News of the World or-

dered Mulcaire to hack into voice-mail messages left on a mobilephone belonging to a murderedteenager, Milly Dowler, in 2002,the Guardian reported.

Mulcaire may also have tar-geted relatives of British service-men killed in Afghanistan andIraq.

Media mogul Rupert Murdochbought the newspaper in 1969and made his foray into Britishjournalism.

His son James told the 200British staff that Sunday’s editionof the paper, which sells 2.6 mil-lion copies a week, would be itslast.

“The good things the News ofthe World does... have been sul-lied by behaviour that was wrong.Indeed, if recent allegations aretrue, it was inhuman and hasno place in our company,” JamesMurdoch was quoted as sayingby the Guardian.

“The News of the World is inthe business of holding othersto account. But it failed when itcame to itself,” he said. IANS

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world briefs

Libya rebelsbattle in plainssouth of TripoliGualish (Libya): Rebels battling MuammarGaddafi pressed ahead today with day twoof a NATO-backed offensive after seizing adesert hamlet south of Tripoli and reportedgains in their push along the coast fromthe east.

Reinforced with weapons from a Frencharms drop and backed by NATO-led airstrikes aimed at destroying Gaddafi’s front-line armour, they attacked regime forcesin the plains southwest of the capital.

The area targeted by that offensive isseen as strategic as it also features the gar-rison city of Gharyan, a government strong-hold in the Nafusa mountains.

In Washington, the US House of Repre-sentatives debating an annual Pentagonspending bill voted 225-201 today to forbidthe Pentagon from providing military equip-ment, training, advice or support to theLibyan rebels.

An AFP correspondent embedded withthe rebels reported intense exchanges ofartillery, mortar and cannon fire aroundGual-ish on Wednesday.

NATO listed seven targets where Gaddafi’smilitary equipment had been attacked, in-cluding eight armoured vehicles and militaryrefuelling equipment near the eastern oiltown of Brega. An anti-aircraft gun wasalso destroyed near Gharyan. Eight armedvehicles were also hit in the Zlitan area.AFP

Syrians flee,Friday rallies

reject dialogueDamascus: Hundreds of people have fledSyria’s central city of Hama, fearing a mili-tary crackdown ahead of Friday demon-strations under the banner of “no to dia-logue” with President Bashar al-Assad’sregime, activists said.

The US ambassador to Damascus wasin Hama today to express “our deep supportfor the right of the Syrian people to assemblepeacefully,” State Department spokesmanVictoria Nuland said in Washington.

A senior US official, speaking on conditionof anonymity, said Ambassador Robert Fordvisited the tense city “to make contact”with opposition leaders.

Syrian authorities have been trying toquell protests in Hama, traditionally acentre of opposition to central government,and had positioned tanks on the main en-trances to the city except in the north.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rightssaid that about 100 families – or 1,000people in total – had left Hama, where itsaid Syrian troops had killed 23 civilianssince Tuesday.

The crowds leaving Hama were headedfor Salamiyah, some 30 km (18 miles) tothe southeast.

Ammar Qorabi, head of the National Or-ganisation for Human Rights, said onWednesday there had been a worsening ofthe security situation with the “pursuit ofsearch operations, assassinations and arrestsin this city.”

Hama has been a symbol of oppositionsince the 1982 crackdown on a revolt bythe banned Muslim Brotherhood againstthen-president Hafez al-Assad, father ofthe present leader, in which some 20,000people were killed. AFP

Russia plans tosend Olympic

torch into spaceDurban: Russia is planning to send theOlympic flame into space ahead of the 2014Winter Games in Sochi, the deputy primeminister said here.

Alexander Zhukov said at an InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC) meeting in SouthAfrica Thursday that Russia aims to be thefirst country to take the flame into spaceas part of the longest-ever Olympic torchrelay, Xinhua reported.

Zhukov said Sochi organisers also planto take the torch to the top of Russia’shighest mountain and the bottom of theworld’s deepest lake.

The Olympic flame would go on a 120-day, 28,000-km journey with 14,000 torchbearers in the leadup to the Sochi games.

Benefits of drinking outweigh flip sideWashington: Some people continueto drink heavily as they perceive pos-itive effects like better conversationaland joke-telling abilities, improvedsex and more energy to stay up latepartying – despite experiencing hang-overs and fights.

“This suggests why some peoplecan experience a lot of bad conse-quences of drinking but not changetheir behaviour,” said Kevin King, co-author and University of Washingtonassistant professor of psychology.

“People think, ‘It’s not going tohappen to me’ or ‘I’ll never drink thatmuch again’. They do not seem to as-sociate their own heavy drinking withnegative consequences,” he said.

Nearly 500 college students com-pleted an online survey measuringtheir drinking habits during the pre-vious year, the journal Psychology ofAddictive Behaviours reports.

The survey assessed how often the

participants had experienced 35 dif-ferent negative consequences of drink-ing, such as blackouts, fights, hang-overs, missed classes and work, andlost or stolen belongings, accordingto a University of Washington state-ment.

It also gauged 14 positive effects ofdrinking, including better conversa-tional and joke-telling abilities, im-proved sexual encounters and moreenergy to stay up late partying anddancing.

Researchers measured the partici-pants’ beliefs about how likely allthese drinking consequences wouldhappen again and how positive ornegative they were.

“It’s as though they think that thegood effects of drinking keep gettingbetter and more likely to happenagain,” said Diane Logan, clinicalpsychology graduate student, wholed the study. IANS

How hot wasearth 50myears ago?

Washington: A much clearerpicture of the Earth’s temperaturenearly 50 million years ago, whenCarbon Dioxide (CO2) concen-trations were higher than currentlevels, has emerged.

A new study by researchersfrom Syracuse and Yale Univer-sities may shed light on what toexpect in the future if CO2 levelskeep rising.

“The early Eocene Epoch (50million years ago) was about aswarm as the Earth has been overthe past 65 million years, sincethe extinction of the dinosaurs,”says Linda Ivany, associate pro-fessor of earth sciences at Syra-cuse University, who led thestudy, reports the journal Geol-ogy. “There were crocodilesabove the Arctic Circle and palmtrees in Alaska. The questionswe are trying to answer are howmuch warmer was it at differentlatitudes and how can that in-formation be used to project fu-ture temperatures based on whatwe know about CO2 levels,” she

said.Previous studies have sug-

gested that the polar regions(high-latitude areas) during theEocene were very hot - greaterthan 30 degrees centigrade (86degrees Fahrenheit), accordingto a Syracuse statement.

However, because the sun’srays are strongest at the Earth’sequator, tropical and subtropicalareas (lower latitude) will alwaysbe at least as warm as polarareas, if not hotter. Until now,temperature data for subtropicalregions were limited.

The Syracuse and Yale re-search team found that averageEocene water temperature alongthe subtropical US Gulf Coasthovered around 27 degrees centi-grade (80 degrees Fahrenheit),slightly cooler than earlier studiespredicted.

The new results indicate thatthe polar and sub-polar regions,while still very warm, could nothave been quite as hot as previ-ously suggested. IANS

Fish offer clues on deadly liver cancerLondon: The commonest typeof liver cancer, hepatocellularcarcinoma (HCC), is a leadingcause of deaths related to thedisease worldwide. Researchershave now used fish to collectnew information that might helpdiagnose and treat it.

Although there are severaltreatment options available, theyare largely unsuccessful becausethe disease is so poorly under-stood.

Clinical studies of patientswith HCC, combined with studiesusing mice and other animalmodels, have provided someclues but many questions abouthow to diagnose and treat thisdeadly form of cancer remain.

Zhiyuan Gong and SergueiParinov from the National Uni-versity of Singapore decided topursue these questions using ze-

brafish as a model system, re-ports the journal Disease Modelsand Mechanisms.

Their study uncovers new in-formation that might help diag-nose and treat HCC in humans,and shows that zebrafish are a

powerful and cost-effective mod-el to study liver cancer, accordingto a National University state-ment.

Previous work indicated thatcancer cells from patients withHCC always have abnormallyhigh activation of a cellular path-way called Ras.

However, whether and howthe Ras pathway actually causesliver cancer was not clear. Tofocus in on this issue, Gong andParinov created genetically en-gineered zebrafish to express acancer-causing form of Ras(krasV12) in the liver.

Fish having the highest ex-pression of krasV12 died rapidlyof malignant liver cancer (mostlywithin 30 days), whereas fishwith lower krasV12 expressionsurvived longer and did not de-velop full-blown disease. IANS

Tool to detect contaminants incow, human milkLondon: Scientists have developed a method thathelps in simultaneous detection of 20 kinds of con-taminants in milk from humans, cows and goats.

These three kinds of samples showed that they allcontain antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, antiseptics,lipid regulators, beta-blockers and hormones, althoughthe largest number of drugs was found in whole cowmilk.

The method was developed by researchers at theuniversities of Jaen and Cordoba in Spain and the Ab-delmalek Essaadi University in Morocco.

“We used this methodology to analyse 20 samplesof cows’ milk, goats’ milk and breast milk from humanvolunteers,” said Evaristo Ballesteros, researcher atthe University of Jaen, the Journal of Agricultural andFood Chemistry reports.

“We found that the drug content differs accordingto the type of milk,” said Ballesteros, who also led thestudy, according to a Jaen statement.

Human milk too contained anti-inflammatory drugs(such as ibuprofen and naproxen), as well as the an-tiseptic triclosan and some hormones.

The scientists believe the new methodology willhelp provide a more effective way of determining thepresence of these kinds of contaminants in milk orother products. IANS

Pak govt may have OKedjournoʼs murder: Mullen

Washington: The abduction and thesubsequent murder of noted Pakistanijournalist, Syed Saleem Shahzad mighthave been approved by the Pakistangovernment, a top US military leadersaid yesterday. “It’s been reported re-cently and I haven’t seen anything thatwould disabuse that report,” AdmiralMike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chief ofStaff, told reporters in response to aquestion during a luncheon with thePentagon Press Association.

At the same time, the top Pentagonofficial noted that he hasn’t seen anyconcrete evidence in this regard eitherof the Pakistan government or that ofthe Inter Services Intelligence, as re-ported by The New York Times recently.“The reports that he was killed andthere were government officials whohad sanctioned that,” Mullen said when

a s k e dabout whatreports hewas refer-ring it. “Ihave notseen any-thing todisabusethe reportthat theg o v e r n -ment knewabout this.But I can’t,would notbe able towalk inthat here is

the string of the evidence that I have toconform it,” Mullen said.

However, Mullen said he has not seenany evidence of ISI’s involvement in it.“I haven’t seen anything that conformsthat (ISI was responsible for the killingof the Pakistani journalist,” Mullen saidin response to a question about the re-cently published New York Times reportin this regard.

“I am hugely concerned about obvi-ously his death. His isn’t the first. For,whatever reason it has been used as amethod historically. There are otherscertainly claims historically. I have seenPakistani officials – I just gave them aroom – who deny it,” he said.

“Certainly from my perspective, it’ssomething we all need to pay our at-tention to including the Pakistanis. It’snot a way to move ahead. It’s a way tocontinue to quite frankly spiral in thewrong direction,” Mullen said. PTI

Natural vitamin E protectsbrain cells after stroke

Washington: A natural form ofVitamin E called alpha-to-cotrienol can activate mecha-nisms that clear toxins from nervecells, preventing their death fol-lowing a stroke.

This process is one of threeidentified so far that this formof Vitamin E uses to protect braincells after a stroke. It might bemore potent than othter drugstargeting single mechanisms forpreventing stroke damage.

Ohio State University re-searchers previously reportedthat the alpha-tocotrienol pro-tects the brain, post stroke, byblocking an enzyme from releas-ing toxic fatty acids and inhibit-ing gene activity that can leadto neuron (nerve cell) death, ac-cording to a university state-ment.

Its symptoms are sudden,caused by an abrupt interruptionof blood flow to the brain. The

process only takes a few secondsto shut down the affected brainpart.

Symptoms include weaknessor numbness of the face, armand or leg on one side of body,inability to speak, write or graspspoken language, double visionand unusually severe headache.

Alpha-tocopherol is the mostcommon form of vitamin E,found abundantly in palm oil,vitamin supplements and forti-fied foods.

Alpha-tocotrienol from palmoil has up to 60 times the an-tioxidant activity as alpha-toco-pherol. IANS

No worriesover Pak

nukes, saysMullen

Washington: Dismissing con-cerns about the safety of Pak-istan’s nuclear weapons, a topPentagon official has said thathe is confident that theseweapons of mass destruction aresafe and Islamabad has takenadequate steps in this regard inrecent years.

“I’m as comfortable as I canbe that they have taken signifi-cant steps, including steps in re-cent years to improve the securitywith respect to their nuclearweapons,” Admiral Mike Mullen,chairman of the US Joint Chiefsof Staff, said.

At the same time he concededthat there are limits to what heknow and to what anybody out-side Pakistan knows.

“But I know that they haveinvested a great deal, improvedtheir procedures and they takeit very seriously,” he said.

“There have been investmentsmade by our governments in im-proving security, not throughthe department of defense, butthrough the department of energyto improve security through thelast several years,” he said.

App Store croses 15b downloads

New York: In another milestonefor the world’s top technologycompany, Apple has announcedthat its App Store has crossed 15billion downloaded apps.

App Store now offers morethan 425,000 apps and there areover 200 million iPhone, iPadand iPod users in over 90 coun-tries, according to Apple.

In a statement, the Cuperti-no-based tech giant said, “Over15 billion apps have been down-loaded from its revolutionaryApp Store by the more than 200million iPhone, iPad and iPodtouch users worldwide. The AppStore offers more than 425,000apps and developers have cre-ated an incredible array of over100,000 native iPad apps.’’

Over 100,000 apps have beendeveloped specifically for thelarger screen of iPad.

Apple said it has paid over$2.5 billion till now to app de-velopers who get 70 percent ofall revenue generated by the saleof apps.

Apple’s apps come in 20 broadcategories, including games,business, news, education,sports, health, reference andtravel.

Philip Schiller, Apple’s seniorvice president of WorldwideProduct Marketing, said, “In justthree years, the revolutionaryApp Store has grown to becomethe most exciting and successfulsoftware marketplace the worldhas ever seen. IANS

A calf, used as a game to amuse revelers, jumps to the arena after the runningof the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain.

AP-PTIBull rideS Sudan tobecome newnation amidwar worries

Juba (Sudan): The people ofSouth Sudan finally get theirown country on Saturday, anemotional independence cele-bration few thought possibleduring a half century of civilwars and oppression that leftmore than 2 million dead.

Military parades and celebrations will burst forth tomorrow in front of dozens of visiting world leaders. Butwhen that party ends, South Sudan must face grim realities: It will be one of the most underdevelopedcountries on the planet, only15 per cent of its citizens canread and fears of renewed con-flict abound.

South Sudan’s successful in-dependence drive was madepossible by a 2005 peace dealbetween Sudan’s north andsouth.

New York jihadist faces life termNew York: A US-born jihadi,who wanted to attack US soldiersin Afghanistan and Iraq, wasconvicted here Wednesday.

Betim Kaziu (23), a Brooklynman, was convicted by a federaljury for trying to join Islamicmilitant groups and plotting toprovide them material supportto attack US forces abroad.

Like Pakistani-born TimesSquare bomber Faisal Shahzadwho was jailed for life, Kazia

also faces life behind bars whenthe court sentences him in au-tumn. During his two-week trial,the jury found Kaziu guilty ofplotting to commit murder in aforeign country and provide ma-terial support to terrorists.

Kaziu showed no emotion afterthe verdict even as one of hissisters began to cry. Instead, hesmiled and waved while beingescorted out of the courtroomby US Marshals, according to

the New York Post.He was convicted after his for-

mer friend and fellow jihadi Sule-jmah Hadzovic turned witnessagainst him and testified aboutKaziu’s avowed radicalism.

Kaziu, who was radicalizedby the al-Qaeda propaganda onthe Internet, went to Cairo inFebruary 2009 to try to join Al-Shabbab and then traveled toKosovo where he was arrestedand handed over to the FBI. IANS

Mike Mullen

LIFESTYLE 7Friday, July 8, 2011

Singer Peter Andre says heis not looking to get intoany relationship anytime

soon because he does not havetime to date. After separatingfrom model Katie Price, the singerlast dated model Elen Rivas, buttheir relationship broke down inApril due to their hectic careers.

“Why should someone put up

with only seeing me on my terms?Any girl I see now, I can’t see itdeveloping into a relationship.How can it?” he told new! maga-zine.

“I don’t know where I’m atpersonally at the moment. (I’dlike a girlfriend) but it’s not prac-tical. I think I’d be asking toomuch from someone,” he added.

Nicole Scherzinger, who re-placed Cheryl Cole on theUS version of “The X Fac-

tor”, has praised the singer andsays she can relate to her. “She’slovely. We really relate - we bothfind it very hard to say, ‘No’ tothe contestants; we both go at itfrom the same place; we bothgive heartfelt and constructivecriticism,” femalefirst.co.uk quot-ed Scherzinger as saying.

The 33-year-old recently saidthat she was delighted to be madea judge on the show because itmeant she had more of a voice,and claimed Cole left the show“for herself”.

“I have no idea. I think shemade the decision ultimately forherself. I heard that maybe GirlsAloud are going back on tour,”she said.

T roubled rocker Pete Doherty,who was jailed for cocaine pos-session, has been released after

serving just over a month of a six-month sentence.

He was sentenced to six monthsin jail May 20. Though he was notexpected to serve his full sentence,his release still comes a month earlierthan had been predicted, reportscontactmusic.com.

“On this bright sunny morningPeter was released from prison andthanks everyone for their valuedsupport whilst inside,” read a state-ment posted on his Albion Roomswebsite.

Doherty’s manager Adrian Hunterlater used the pseudonym “Baby-bear” to post thank you messageson the French Dog Blues website.

“Peter has been released aswas reported there hours ago. Longday folks but a happy one. Manygood things done. All’s good andpeace and quiet shall now ensue. Abit of ‘bedding in’ and reflection ison the cards and so much the better,”wrote the manager.

Despite being released, the singercould face jail again soon on chargesof burglary after being accused ofbreaking into a record shop in Ger-many and stealing a guitar.

Pete Dohertyreleased from jail

Children arescared of me:

Emma Watson

KIM CATTRALL HOPES TO GET MARRIED AGAIN

Singer Cheryl Cole has listed demandsthat her former husband, soccer aceAshley, has agreed to fulfill for them

to reunite. The demands include a newhouse and a dream honeymoon that couldcost him close to 10 million pounds, butAshley has agreed.

The former “X Factor” judge insistedfor a lavish new family home, a hi-techcustomised recording studio, a pad in LosAngeles, a top secret wedding ceremonyabroad as well as a luxurious honeymoon,reports thesun.co.uk.

The conditions are apart from a demandof a ring that must be more expensivethan her previous two rings which cost150,000 pounds and 160,000 pounds re-spectively.

The 30-year-old soccer ace must alsolet his mother-in-law move back in withthem if he wants to reunite with Cheryl.

A confidante of the footballer said Cherylmade it clear the list was “not open fornegotiation or compromise”.

“If Cheryl is to face public scrutiny overtaking Ashley back she wants to know heis prepared to put his money where hismouth is. Ash has got no choice - he mayhave got Cheryl back but it comes at a sig-nificant price,” said the friend.

Ashley, 30, has already had propertiesscouted in Los Angeles, and he has alsolooked at holiday homes in Dubai to shareonce they marry again.

Cheryl Cole is lovely:Nicole Scherzinger

Cherylʼs puts£10m worth of demands

Witherspoonshows off

stomach tattoo

Actress Reese Witherspoonput her new, bold stomachtattoo on show during an

outing to a beach in Malibu.Witherspoon got herself inked

across her stomach, and revealedthe tattoo as she wore a whitebikini and denim shirt, reportscontactmusic.com.

The 35-year-old was at the beachwith new husband Jim Toth andher two children, Ava, 11, andDeacon, seven.

She was spotted playing withher kids on the beach.

The actress earlier had a smallblue tattoo on her left hip.

Despite three failed marriages, actressKim Cattrall says she has not givenup on the institution and hopes totie the knot again.“It hasn’t put me off at all. In face,my attitude is I’m quite hopeful. Ithink I’m in a really good place and Ihope I’ll meet someone who’s in agood place too. Who knows whatwill happen?” she told Stylist maga-zine.The “Sex and the City” star admitsher career can be “lonely”. So shehas learned to use her free time tokeep herself busy and stop missingher loved ones when she is awayfrom home, reports femalefirst.co.uk.“I have learned that acting is yourcraft but you also need to have a life.You need to recognise that threemonths on location in the middle ofnowhere, far from your family, is veryuprooting and that you need to havehobbies and surround yourself withpeople who support you because itcan be a very lonely lifestyle,” shesaid.

Actress Emma Watsonsays that little childrensometimes get scared of

her as they think that she hasthe powers of her “Harry Potter”alter-ego and is going to cast aspell on them.

Watson is seen as HermioneGranger in the “Harry Potter”franchise since the age of 10and in the film she often usesher quick wit and encyclopedicknowledge to help her closefriend.

“Some little children aresometimes scared of me becausethey think I can do a spell, andthat I really am magic in reallife. And I’ve always found thatreally funny, and I try and kindof say, ‘I won’t do anything toyou. It’s OK’,” femalefirst.co.ukquoted the 21-year-old as say-ing.

“Sometimes you can’t con-vince them, because they be-lieve in it. They really believein it. They really think that I’mHermione in real life, which Ilove. It’s funny,” she added.

Peter Andre doesnʼthave time to date

AAMIR THANKS AKSHAT,Abhinay for ʻDelhi Bellyʼ success

Depp in ʻPirates of the Caribbean 5ʼ?

Friday, July 8, 2011 8LIFESTYLE

Actor Johnny Depp,who was keen toplay other charac-

ters, is reportedly in talksto star in the fifth instal-ment of the “Pirates ofthe Caribbean” franchise.

According to The Wrap,the Oscar-nominated staris “close to signing a deal”for the movie whichwould be produced by Jer-ry Bruckheimer again.

Screenwriter TerryRossio scripted part fiveeven before “Pirates ofthe Caribbean: OnStranger Tides” hit thetheatres, reports aceshow-biz.com.

It was reported thatDepp wanted a break fromthe Captain Jack Sparrowrole so that he has timeto play other characters.He had asked movie boss-es to slow down the paceand give a space in be-tween the fourth and fifth.

While first movie titled“Pirates of the Caribbean:The Curse of the BlackPearl” came out in 2003,the fourth in the franchise“Pirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides” re-cently hit the screens.

Delhi Belly has rocked the box office andan overwhelmed Aamir Khan, the pro-ducer of the adult comedy, gives maxi-

mum credit to writer Akshat Verma and directorAbhinay Deo for delivering such an entertainingfilm.

Aamir enjoyed the public reaction in personby sneaking into different theatres in the city.

“Well, I am very happy to see that peopleare loving this film so much. I am going fromtheatre to theatre to see public reaction. It’samazing to see houseful audiences laughing,whistling in the halls,” Aamir told reportersat the success bash here Wednesday night.

“The work that Akshat, Abhinay has doneis praise worthy and the actors too pulled offtheir vision very well. I am thankful to themfor giving such a wonderful film,” he added.

If the film is produced by Aamir, the youth-centric bold drama stars his nephew Imran inthe lead role along with Vir Das and KunalRoy Kapoor. Made at a budget of Rs.25 crorethe film triumphed in the opening weekendby grossing over Rs.26 crore.

At the bash, Aamir walked up to every tableand introduced all crewmembers and thankedthem personally for making the film so suc-cessful.

Buoyed by the success of “Delhi Belly”,Aamir now wants to experiment with moreunique ideas.

“I have always experiment with films sowhenever I venture for films I make sure Idon’t repeat myself. Every time I want to chal-lenge myself doing unique films,” said the 46-year-old filmmaker who produced films like“Peepli Live”, “Dhobi Ghat”, “Taare ZameenPar”, “Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na” and “Lagaan”.

The invitees at the party were friends andfamilies of Aamir as well as the crew membersof the film.

WINFREY TO TEACHschool students

Former talk show queenOprah Winfrey is now setto teach students of her

school, which she establishedin South Africa.

Winfrey opened the OprahWinfrey Leadership Academy forgirls in Henley on Klip, south ofJohannesburg, in 2007, and shewill teach a lesson titled “It’sLife 101”. “(Teaching) should be

fun since I love to teach. Andthey’re like sponges. Like 12thgraders everywhere, this firstclass is both anxious and excitedabout going to college,” contact-music.com quoted her as say-ing.

“Most will be the first in theirfamily. So it’s a very big deal forthem, and they’re feeling thepressure,” she added.

Oscar winner NataliePortman and her fianceBenjamin Millepied

have reportedly decided to calltheir son Alef.

Contactmusic.com reportsthat the couple have namedtheir first child, born lastmonth, after the first letter inthe Hebrew alphabet.

They have decided that theirson will adopt both their lastnames, with the surname Port-man-Millepied.

S inger Taylor Swift, who cancelled ashow in Kentucky last week, haspostponed three more concerts as

she is suffering from bronchitis. The con-certs were scheduled to take place in NorthCarolina and Georgia, reports contactmu-

sic.com. “It breaks my heart to miss outon this weekend’s shows with my friendsin Charlotte and Atlanta. I would nevercancel if I thought I was physically able toperform these shows. I am so sorry to thefans, but I look forward to seeing you

when we come back through your towns,which we will do,” said Swift in a pressstatement. This was the first time that the21-year-old has ever been forced to cancela show due to ill health. Swift hopes to re-sume her tour in Montreal July 14.

Taylor Swift postpones shows

Preity brushing up Frenchfor ʻIshq In Parisʼ: Director

Director Prem Soni says that by the timethe shooting of “Ishq In Paris” starts,lead actress Preity Zinta would have

got her French absolutely right. He also saysthat in spite of the costs involved, there wasno other city he would have shot the film in.

“Ishq In Paris”, an Indo-French project, isPreity’s first production venture and she playsa half-Indian half-French girl who falls inlove in one of the most expensive cities inthe world to shoot in.

“From the start, we were very sure thatPreity would get her French absolutely rightwith the correct accent and pronunciation.We did not want to dub her French dialogues.By the time we start shooting, I am dead surePreity will know as much French as anynative and speak the language fluently enoughto pass off as a Frenchwoman,” said Soni.

He thinks there’s something distinctlyFrench about Preity’s looks and added: “Somany people have commented on how Frenchshe looks. I couldn’t have cast anyone else inthe role.”

So expensive is Paris to shoot in that SanjayGadhvi had to shelve his Katrina Kaif-ImranKhan romance “7 Days In Paris” due to thecosts involved.

“I’m aware of this. But for ‘Ishq In Paris’, itwas always Paris or nothing. I couldn’t locatethis love story anywhere else. I started writingthe script two years ago. From the start I wassure it had to be Paris or nothing,” says thedirector who spent his formative years inSpain.

Though the director doesn’t want to revealthis, there will apparently be two differentversions of the film – one for the Indian andthe other for the international market.

Timberlake, Beil giving their love second chance

Former couple JustinTimberlake and Jes-sica Beil is reportedly

giving their relationship an-other chance.

“Timberlake, 30, andBiel, 29, are quietly seeingeach other again”, us-magazine.com quoted asource as saying.

“They have been talkingthe whole time and decidedto give it another shot. Jes-sica really wanted to getback together with him andJustin realized single life isnot what it’s cracked up tobe,” the source added.

But another insider saidreconciliation won’t be easy,adding, “they’re just spend-ing time together and takingthings slowly”.

Portman, Benjaminname their son Alef