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Now, no pre‑payment

penalty onhousing loans

New Delhi: Thereis good news formillions of houseowners, who haveacquired theirhomes on EMIs,before Diwali.

The housing fi-nance regulator,National HousingBank, has bannedthe levy of pre-payment penalty.

As per the newnorm, there willbe no penalty charges even if the pre-paymentis made through funds from other banks and fi-nance companies.

This move will help all the homeowners whohave availed loans from any of the 54 housingfinance companies.

Adding to Diwali cheer, the regulator has alsoasked housing finance companies to ensure thatall borrowers pay the same interest rate irre-spective of when the loan was taken.

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Cane charge, clashes at Jaya trial venue

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The police had toresort to a mild lathichargeand two groups clashed in frontof the Parappana AgraharaCentral Jail, where Tamil Naduchief minister J Jayalalithaa ar-rived this morning to attend thetrial of disproportionate assetscases against her.

As the surging crowds tried to get past throughthe barricades put up at the central jail, the po-lice resorted to the lathicharge.

At the entrance, Samata Sainik Dal and DalitSangharsha Samiti members protested by wav-ing black flags for the AIADMK leader’s in-volvement in the cases. Local members of herparty, clashed with the DSS and Dal workers,who were slapped and beaten up.

The protesters were demanding that Jay-alalithaa should own moral responsibility andresign from her chair. They felt that since she isin power, she could influence the witnesses andtamper with evidence.

The police arrived just in time to break up thetwo groups.

The hearing in the two disproportionate as-

sets cases was heard by JusticeMallikarjunaiah, who after theinitial hearing adjourned thecase to afternoon.

Earlier, Jayalalithaa arrivedby a special flight at the HALairport and from there in aconvoy of 20 vehicles to the tri-al venue.

A tight security cordon hadbeen thrown around the jail.

The Karnataka police had stationed over 1,000personnel, while their Tamil Nadu counter-parts too had brought in 500 policemen.

Fearing trouble, the police had declared sec-tion 144 in the 500 metre radius of the central jail.This is to ensure that nothing untoward hap-pened to the Tamil Nadu leader, who enjoys Z cat-egory security.

The cases related to alleged acquisition of ahotel worth Rs 57 crore in 2001 and possessingillegal properties worth over Rs 97 crore in 1991-96.

DMK state general secretary Anbazhaganhad filed the cases against Jayalalithaa. TheSupreme Court had ordered that the cases beheard in Karnataka as the AIADMK was inpower at Tamil Nadu then.

HDK: Itʼs a personalmatter Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: “My marriage is a per-sonal issue and would not like to com-ment on it in the public domain,” saidJD(S) national president H D Ku-maraswamy today.

A city-based advocate has filed awrit petition before the KarnatakaHigh Court against Kumaraswamy forhis alleged second marriage andseeking a direction to the Lok SabhaSpeaker to disqualify the MP on thiscount.

Advocate Shashidhar Belagumbahas alleged that Kumaraswamyshould be disqualified as he hascommitted a crime by marrying ac-tress Radhika during the life time ofhis present wife Anita.

He got support from BJP state pres-ident K S Eshwarappa too. Talking tothe media at Shimoga, he said, “Thereare bound to be flaws in everyone’slife. But since a public personality’sissues are highlighted they seem big-ger. It is Kumaraswamy’s personal is-sue and should not be discussed inpublic,” he added.

DREAM ROLLSMetro Rail service begins; Union minister Kamal Nath presses button

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: With the press of a button,the dreams of Bangaloreans startedrolling this morning. The much-await-ed Metro Rail was inaugurated byUnion urban affairs minister KamalNath at the Metro station on MG Roadat 11.10 am.

Soon after the inauguration, Nath,chief minister D V Sadanandga Gow-da, Union railway minister DineshTrivedi, Union corporate affairs min-ister Veerappa Moily, Bangalore SouthMP Ananth Kumar, MPs H Vish-wanath, P C Mohan and D B ChandreGowda, BJP national general secretaryArun Jaitley, home miser R Ashok, firstcitizen of Bangalore Sharadamma,deputy mayor Harish and a host of of-ficials and leaders travelled in thetrain to Byyappanahalli.

But Union minister of state for rail-ways K H Muniyappa missed the in-augural ride as he came to the stationlate. He had to take the next train toByappanahalli.

With this, Reach 1, Phase 1 of theMetro Rail project, stretching up to 6.7km, has been commissioned. Thereach 1 runs from MG Road to Byap-panahalli. Rs 1,500 crore have beenspent for the first phase, the con-struction of which began in 2007.

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corpora-tion Ltd will run a train every 15 min-utes. The fares from MG Road havebeen fixed at Rs 10 for Trinity Circle, Rs12 for Ulsoor and Indirangar and Rs 14for Swami Vivekananda circle sta-tion, Rs 15 for Byyappanahalli.

The Metro Rail services will operatefrom 6 am till 10 pm. Each train willhave three bogies and can carry a1,000 people at a time. According toBMRCL estimation, more than 30,000people will use the mass transit sys-tem.

The Bangalore Metropolitan Trans-port Corporation too is running 60 spe-cial feeder buses for these Metro sta-tions.

Today, the services opened for thepublic from 4 pm. The central minis-ters and dignitaries were given a tra-ditional welcome at the MG Road sta-tion that had been decked up for theoccasion.

From Byyappanahalli, the digni-taries travelled back in a BMTC MetroRail feeder service bus to ManekshawParade Grounds on MG Road, wherea massive public function was held.

Give credit to BSY, Ashok for Metro: Ananth Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A major part of the cred-it for the inauguration of Metro Railshould go to home and transport min-ister R Ashok and former chief minis-ter B S Yeddyurappa, said BangaloreSouth MP H N Ananth Kumar takingpart in the inauguration of Metro Railhere today.

“It was in 2001 when I was the ur-

ban development minister that thenPrime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayeeasked me to prepare a project reportand to think of starting Metro Rail serv-ices at all cities with a population ofover 10 lakh. Vajpayee was clear thatthe Metro Rail would be a necessity. Weapproached Delhi Metro Rail Corpo-ration managing director E Sreedha-ran, who gave us a detailed project re-port focusing mainly on metros like

Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad andHyderabad.”

“The initiation for the Metro projectscame during the Vajpayee era and suc-cessive governments followed it up.The present chief minister D VSadananda Gowda too worked hard toget it cleared from the Union ministry.This is the first Metro to roll in SouthIndia. When I questioned Hyderabadauthorities, they said soil testing was

still going on at several places. But wehave succeeded in running it already.”

The Metro Rail should evince in-terest among global investors to comeinto Bangalore and the state, saidmajor and medium scale industriesminister Murugesh Nirani.

There are a lot of opportunities forcompanies to invest in Metro-relatedprojects in Bangalore, which has al-ready made its name as the IT capital

of the country. This is the first MetroRail service in South India and it is anew feather in the city’s cap, he said.

The state government will invite in-vestors from across the globe withopen arms. They can come here andinvest freely. “We are looking forwardto the Global Investors’ Meet to be heldin June next year,” he added.

Energy minister Shobha Karandla-je said, “I am very happy that the

Metro has been inaugurated whenour government is in power. The sta-tion and the train look very good.Metro will certainly bring down traf-fic congestion on Bangalore roads. Itis a very good facility for the people ofthe city. The BMRCL has providedthe best service. It will become the cen-tral attraction of the city that alreadyhas been endowed with many other at-tractions.”

Union urban development minister Kamal Nath, BJP national genral secretary Arun Jaitley, chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Bangalore South MP Ananth Kumar inaugurate the Reach 1, Phase 1 of the Metro Railservices at the MG Road station this morning. Later, They went on a ride till Byyappanahalli.

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Kannada Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj burns an effigy of Tamil Nadu chief minister JJayalalithaa, who has been attendig court proceedings in disproportionate assets cases in

Bangalore, today.

Vatal protests against Jaya

PARAMATHMA (U) Puneeth, Aindrita Ray, DeepaSannidhi, Ramya Barna Cauvery (11.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30pm) Ganesh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Goverdhan (11.30 am,2.30, 6, 9 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (10am, 12.50, 3.40, 6.30, 9.20 pm)Lakshmi (BTM Layout) (10 am, 1, 5,8 pm) Lakshmi (Tavarekere) (10 am,1.30, 5, 8.30 pm) Manasa (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Navrang(10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15, 10 pm)Srinivasa (Gowdanapalya) (11 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Siddheshwwara(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Uma (1 pm, 4, 7 pm) Vajreshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Vi-jayalakshmi (Garudacharpalya) (11am, 2.30 pm) Veeresh (10.30am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Venkatesh-wara (Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30,6, 9 pm)

SAARATHEE (U/A)Darshan, Deepa, RangayanaRaghuAdarsha (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10 am, 1,5, 8 pm) Mohan (11.30 am, 2.30,6.15, 9.15 pm) Nalanda (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.40 pm) Nartaki (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Prasanna

(10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15 7.15 pm) SriLakshmi (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm) Ullas (11.30 am, 2.45, 5.45,8.45 pm) Veerabhadreshwara (10.45am, 1.45, 4.45, 7.45 pm)

LOKAVE HELIDA MAATHIDU (U/A)Ravi Teja, AnithaKailash (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Ranganath (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Vishal (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

MARYADE RAMANNA (U/A)Komal Kumar, NishaAnupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Siddalingeshwara (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Uma (10.15am ) Vaibav (11 am, 2.30 pm)

KALLA MALLA SULLA (U)Ravichandran, Ramesh Aravind,Vijay RaghavendraBharathi (11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm)Gopal (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (3.40 pm)Krishna Triveni (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm)

LIFEU ISHTENE (U/A)Diganth, Samyuktha BelawadiGopalan (10.05 am, 3.45 pm)

THREE MUSKETEERS (U/A)Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray StevensonInox (Jayanagar) (10.30 am, 3, 5.15,9.45 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (10am, 2.40, 5, 9.45 pm) Rex (1.15,5.30, 9.45 pm) Tribhuvan (10.15 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Veeresh (10.20am, 1.20, 4.20, 7.20, 10 pm )

SUPER 8 (U/A)Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka,Kyle ChandlerInox (Jayanagar) (12.45 pm, 3 pm)

Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am, 2.45,9.50 pm)

REAL STEEL (U/A)Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly,Dakota GoyoInox (Magrath Road) (12.15 pm, 7.15pm) Vinayaka (DG Halli) (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (U/A)Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund PikeInox (Magrath Road) (12.20 pm,4.55 pm)

Movie ListingsKANNADA

ENGLISH

MY FRIEND PINTO (U/A) Prateik Babbar, Kalki Koechlin,Manisha Koirala, NaseruddinShah, Divya Dutta Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am, 2.55,5.05, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (9.30pm) Rex (11.15 am, 3.50 , 7.45 pm)

MOD (U)Rannvijay Singh, Ayesha Takia Azmi,Raghuveer Yadav, Tanvi AzmiInox (Magrath Road) (4.50 pm)

MUJHSE FRAAANDSHIP KAROGESaqib Saleem, Saba Azad, NishantDahiya, Tara D'SouzaInox (Jayanagar) (4.05 pm) Inox (Ma-grath Road) (10 am, 2.40, 7.10, 9.30pm)

RASCALS (U/A)Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, KangnaRanautAbhinay (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Anand (3.30 pm, 7, 10 pm)Apsara (10.45 am, 1.45 pm) Everest(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)

Fame (Lido) (10.50 am, 1.30, 4.10,6.50, 9.30 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10.20 am) Inox (Magrath Road)(10.05 am, 7.15 pm) Navrang (10pm) Pushpanjali (Sultanpalya) (11am, 2.15, 6, 9.15 pm) Rex (1.30 pm,9.55 pm) Veeresh (10 pm) VisionCinemas (10 am, 12.15, 2.45, 5, 7.30,9.45 pm)

FORCE (U/A)Genelia D’Souza, John AbrahamBhumika (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (7.15 pm)Narendra (KG Halli) (11.30 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (10.10am, 1.15, 9.20 pm)

SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER (A) Jimmy Sheirgill, Mahie GillVaibhav (11 am, 2 pm) Vinayaka (DJHalli) (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm)

MAUSAM (U/A) Shahid Kapur, Sonam Kapoor,Anupam KherLaxmi (5 pm, 8 pm)

HINDI

TELUGU

OOSARAVELLI (U/A) Tamanaah, Shaam, PrakashEshwari (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (12.55 pm) Ka-pali (10.15 am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15 pm)

Krishna (Bommanahalli) (11.15 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Pushpanjali(BN Pura) (6 pm, 9.30 pm) Rad-hakrishna (11.15 am) Rajarajeshwari(Mallathahalli) (1.30 pm, 4.30, 7.15,9.30 pm) Rex (10.30 am, 3.55, 6.55pm) Tirumala (10 am, 1.45, 5.30,8.45 pm) Urvashi (10.45 am, 2.30,6, 9.30 pm) Sangeet (11.30 am,2.45, 6.15, 9.30 pm) Vaibhav (SanjayNagar) (10.30 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm)Vaishnavi (11.15 am, 2.15, 6.15,9.15 pm)

MADATHA KAAJA (U/A)Allari Naresh, Sneha UllalPrakash (10 am, 2.30, 6,30, 9.30pm)

DOOKUDU (U/A) Mahesh Babu, SamanthaInox (Jayanagar) (6.15 pm) Mukunda(11 am, 2, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Murali(Gokula) (11.30 am, 2.30 pm) Pallavi(10 am, 1.15, 4.30, 7.45 pm) Rad-hakrishna (11.15 am, 2.30, 6,9.30 pm) Renukaprasanna (10.30am, 1.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm) Venkatesh-wara (KR Puram) (6 pm, 9.30 pm)

AZAAN (A)Sachiin Joshi, Dalip Tahil

Inox (Magrath Road) (9.45 pm)

DHARWAD STUDENTSWIN RURAL IT QUIZ

Bangalore: Students ofRashtrothana Vidya Kendra,Dharwad, emerged winners inthe national rural IT quiz yes-terday.

Swapnil U Mankame &Supreeth R from the school beatsix other finalists to win the pres-tigious quiz competition.

Palash Agrawal and AbhishekNaik from Atomic Energy CentralSchool, Indore, were the firstrunners-Up, while AbhishekBhattacharya and DhavalChauhan from DAV PublicSchool, Ranchi, were the secondrunners-up.

The quiz programme was con-ducted by Giri Balasubramaniam.The first round had Cryptic Bytes,a crossword software with cluesfor teams to crack. This was fol-lowed by Visual Bytes – a visualround covering several aspectsof computing and IT. Rapid Bytes– was a round on the buzzer.Lateral Bytes: A Connect roundon the buzzer required teams tothink out of the box. The finalround was Bits & Bytes: a Multi-ple Clues round on the buzzer.

The winners received a trophyand cash scholarships of Rs

75,000, first runners-up got Rs40,000 and second runners-up

Rs 20,000, besides cellphonesand Ipods. All the finalists also

received Rs 10,000, cellphones,Ipods and haversacks. The quizwas part of the event Bangalor-eIT.biz 2011 being held in thecity. The quiz, which had a suc-cessful run in the state for overa decade, has now become a na-tional programme, covering Gu-jarat, Madhya Pradesh, Ra-jasthan, Maharashtra and Jhark-hand, besides Karnataka. Theregional rounds of the pro-gramme were conducted in allstates between August and Oc-tober for students from eighthto 12 standards. It has earnedan entry in the Limca Book ofRecords as the first IT Quiz forrural students in the country.

Chief secretary S V Ranganathgave away the prizes. IT-BT de-partment principal secretary MN Vidyashankar and others werepresent.

Vidyashankar said, “In ourconcerted efforts to promote ITamong the rural youth we havescaled up the event to nationallevel. The response from Gujaratand Maharashtra has been verygood this year.”

Infy strengthenspresence in SE Asia

Chopper unit goes on bike expedition

Bangalore: As part of the ongoinggolden jubilee celebrations of the 109Helicopter unit of IAF, a motorcycleexpedition covering approximately1,750 km through, hills, ghats, forests,plantations and other historical andheritage sites across the state wasflagged off by Air Commodore B SYadav, air officer commanding, AirForce Station Yelahanka.

The expedition will travel throughMysore, Kodagu, Mangalore, Udupi,Chikmaglore, Hassan, Belur andHelebidu and terminating at Sravan-abelagola.

Air Commodore Yadav said sportsand adventure must form an integralpart of our lives.

The team of 20 riders is headed byWing Commander V S Srihari, com-manding officer, 109 Helicopter Unit.The expedition will meet studentsfrom schools and colleges to motivatethem to take up armed forces.

109 Helicopter Unit is the only op-erational twin engine helicopter unitof the Indian Air Force in the southernpeninsula and is located at the AirForce Station, Yelahanka.

Bangalore: Infosys Limited to-day inaugurated its new devel-opment center at the ChangiBusiness Park Crescent in Sin-gapore.

It will serve as its regionalhub in South-East Asia and willplay a strategic role in the com-pany’s operations, said a pressnote from the company. Infosysboard member Ashok Vemuriand CEO and Country Head UBSSingapore Gerald Chan inaugu-rated the new centre.

The new centre is spread over25,000 sqft of space and can cur-rently seat up to 450 people. In-fosys plans to expand the facilityto 1,000 people 2012-end.

The company is also strength-ening its employee base in Sin-gapore and has already hired 34graduates from the top three Sin-gaporean Universities. Over thenext six to nine months, Infosysplans to hire over 600 fresh en-gineers as well as experienced

professionals at the developmentcentre.

Vemuri said, “Infosys has beenpresent in Singapore for the pastseven years and the countryserves as our regional hub, al-lowing us to address businessdemands in the South-east Asianmarket. We now plan to makeSingapore our innovation huband deliver high-quality servicecapabilities to clients across ver-ticals. With its excellent infra-structure and a large talent poolof over 8,000 fresh IT engineersentering the market each year,it offers a conducive environmentto drive business opportunitiesin the region.”

Feroz Syed, delivery manager,Infosys, is the head of the Sin-gapore centre.

A veteran in the IT industry,Feroz takes over this role fromhis current role of delivery man-ager, financial services and in-surance unit at Infosys.

Pulitzer winning playto be staged tomorrow

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: One of the mostawarded plays of the last decade– ‘August: Osage Co unty’: aPulitzer winning play by TracyLetts, directed by LilleteDubey,will be staged at Chowdaiah Me-morial Hall tomorrow.

The play strikes a chord withtoday’s audience. Set in Goa,August: Osage County portraysa family in a state of near melt-down. Funny, potent, vicious,completely volatile and lush witha sparkling disparagement of

the modern family, the play haswon universal critical acclaim.

The play features some of thebest known actors on the Indianstage – LD, SandhyaMridul, Ki-tuGidwani, MeetaVashist, AmarTalwar, SuchitraPillai, and IraDubey. The cast brings to lifethe darkly comedic life of August:Osage County’s characters andtheir myriad stories.

In India, the play will run ini-tially for 13 shows across Delhi,Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai,Hyderabad, and Kolkata throughOctober to December 2011.

Applicationsinvited forTipu award

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Disha CharitableTrust has invited applicationsfor the Mysore Tiger Tipu Sultanawards for this year.

Those who have done com-mendable service to the societyhave been asked to send in theirentries.

The selected persons wouldbe honoured at an award cere-mony at ADA RangamandiraonNovember 10.

Interested can send their ap-plications with details of theirachievements.

Contact Irshad Ahmed Shaikh,president,Disha Charitable Trust,No. 70, third cross, ManjunathaLayout, Bannerghatta road, orcall: 9448352427.

Akashvanicalls for

applicationsBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Bangalore Akashvanihas invited applications for tem-porary news readers and trans-lators.

Candidates should be eithergraduates or diploma holders injournalism from a recogniseduniversity. They should haveknowledge of computers andability to translate from Kannadato English and vice-versa. Inter-ested can send their applicationswith a photograph before October31. They should send the appli-cations to the director, news di-vision, Akashvani, RajbhavanRoad, Bangalore.

They can either hand over theapplications personally or sendit through registered post.

Scholarshipsfor blind girl

studentsBangalore: The VidyaVikas Trusthas invited applications fromblind girl students for scholar-ships. Those interested in gettingthe scholarship should havepassed SSLC and should be fromeconomically weaker sections.

They can sent the applicationsbefore November 11, stated apress note from trust presidentM R S Murthy. Call 080-23320918.

Radio Cityhosts finale ofʻComedy Starʼ

Bangalore: Bangaloreans weregiggling, cackling, and chortlingall of July as Radio City 91.1 FMbrought radio’s biggest laughterchallenge, ‘Comedy Star’. RadioCity’s Comedy Star is a talenthunt for the wittiest KannadaRadio Jockey. The city-wide au-ditions for ‘Comedy Star’ startedfrom July 14 and the grand finaleended amidst great fanfare withestablished comedian Komal.The winner of Comedy Star wasVyas Raj. The winner of RadioCity ‘Comedy Star’ will get anopportunity to be a part of RadioCity 91.1 FM Bangalore and sharetheir jokes with the listeners on-air and there would be a special‘Comedy Star’ PPF for a year.

The entire theme of ‘ComedyStar’ reflects the Radio City spiritof fun and entertainment as thecrux for a successful radio sta-tion. Radio City presents a perfectplatform for listeners to exhibittheir talent on a wider scalethrough the ‘Comedy Star’ hunt.Close to 1000 aspirants fromBangalore had participated thisyear for the hunt.

College inaugurationBangalore: Karnataka StateTigala Education Society is in-augurating its women’s pre-uni-versity college set up in Vijayana-gar on October 23.

The college will be inauguratedby external affairs minister S MKrishna. Students who passedfrom the Rajajinagar branch ofthe college and who have reachedgreat heights will be honouredat the function, said society chair-man S Siddalingaiah.

Home and transport ministerR Ashok, law and parliamentaryaffairs minister Suresh Kumarand opposition leader in the as-sembly Siddaramaiah will takepart in the function.

The Motor Cycle Expedition team of 109 Helicopter Unit,which was flagged off from the Air Force Station

Yelahanka.

CITYWednesday, October 19, 2011 3CITY EVENTSMovieA film by Alejandro Carde-nas-Amelio will be screenedby Max Mueller Bhavan. 6pmMax Mueller Bhavan, 716,CMH Road, 1st Stage, Indi-ranagar.

Hosmat Hospital: examina-tion will be done at varioushospitals in the city as partof Pond’s Breast CancerAwareness Week between Oc-tober 18 and 24. Those inter-ested in availing the freecheck-up may contact Naren-dra on 9845438063 for moreinformation 10am to 5pm Var-ious hospitals in the city.Pixel B, PESSE Campus, AzimPremji University, HosurRoad, Electronic City

MusicOff The Hook with AdityaMenon: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.Kyra Theatre, No 2001 KattimaCenter, 100 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar Singer Aditya Menonperforms solo on stage aspart of the acoustic Thursdaynights at Kyra.

Eating OutMexican Fiesta: Thursday,October 20th, 2011. noon to11:30 p.m. Sports Bar andLounge, Le Meridien, No 28,Sankey Road, High GroundsA special menu, which pairsMexican cuisine with bever-ages. Combos include Tequilawith Tacos and Beer with Bu-rittos.

Lunch Buffet @ Applewood:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Apple-wood, No 760, 100 Feet Road,Indiranagar A Global and In-dian lunch buffet, which in-cludes soups, starters, maincourse and desserts, pricedat Rs. 299 plus taxes per head.

New Vegetarian Menu atNando’s: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Nando's , No 1/A, ChurchStreet, Nando’s gives veg-etarians a reason to smilewith a meat free menu. On itare grilled burgers and wraps,and specialities like the VegEspetada, Veg Platter, andRoasted Veg Meal.

Chocofest: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Baskin Robbins, No 218, NewBEL Road, Chocolate loversare treated to a host of in-dulgent flavours like chocochips mousse, chocolate icecream, three cheers choco-late, malted choco fudge,world class chocolate, mintmilk chocolate chips andmore. There's also an offerwhere patrons can take homea family pack on the purchaseof a party pack of any of thechocolate flavors

Festive Sweets @ Caramel:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caramel,Vivanta by Taj - Whitefield,ITPB, Near Big Bazaar, White-field Caramel welcomes thisfestive season with a choiceof hampers of chocolates andIndian sweets. Prices startfrom Rs 1250.

Dine by the Street: Thursday,October 20th, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Terracotta, Vivantaby Taj - Whitefield, ITPB,Near Big Bazaar, WhitefieldKebabs from the streets ofAmritsar, Lucknow and La-hore under the star-studdedsky, paired with an expansivecollection of whiskeys.

Festive Hampers: Thursday,October 20th, 2011. 10 a.m.to 11:30 p.m. Mynt, The TajWest End, No 25, Race CourseRoad, High Grounds Gifthampers for the festive sea-son, composed of gourmettreats. They can be person-alised as well.

NightlifeJolly Good Bollywood:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.8 p.m. Opus In The Creek,No 2 Doddanekkundi Indus-trial Area, Whitefield Road,Mahadevapura Bollywoodmusic comes back with theage old game of Antakshari.A musical quiz where the an-swers to the questions are allBollywood songs.

Booze and Brains with MarkRego: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 9 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Opus, Chakravarty Lay-out, 1st Cross, Palace CrossRoad, Sankey Road A quizand a dance party all rolledinto one. A mentally stimu-lating experience coupledwith a whole lot of fun andmusic.

Retro Thursdays @ City Bar:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. City BarKaraoke + Grill, UB City, No24, Vittal Mallya Road, CityBar hosts Retro Thursdays,featuring original videos ofyesteryears topped off withDJ Praful's twist to the music

in his unique style.

Future Retro with Bess:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Bac-chus, F&B Excellency, No 8,Papanna Street, St MarksRoad Indie, new disco, elec-tro, breaks, and synthpopwith Bess this Thursday atBacchus. There's a 1+1 offerall night.

Champagne Showers withDJs Sash & Prashanth: Thurs-day, October 20th, 2011. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m. BlueWaves, Shelton Grand Hotel,No 73, MG Road, Hip-hopwith DJs Prashanth & Sashat Blue Waves. Ladies drinkfor free till 10:00 pm.

Karaoke with MartinDsouza: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Herbs & Spice, No 39HAL 3rd Stage, 80 Feet Road,Indiranagar Karaoke withMartin Dsouza this Thursdayat Herbs and Spice.

ShoppingThe Great Forum ShoppingFestival: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.The Forum Mall, No 21, HosurRoad, Koramangala A month-long shopping festival thathas great discounts and prizesworth 50 crores for shoppers.Adding to the festivities aredance troupes from all overthe country and live musicperformances.

Wrangler’s Autumn-WinterCollection: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Wrangler, No 777, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar The col-lection depicts the characterthat denim acquires after en-during an adrenaline fueledroad trip and shows the re-lationship it shares with itswearer.

Swarovski Charm Collection:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Swarovs-ki, 1st Floor, Monarch Plaza,Brigade Road, Symbolic,quirky, feminine or offbeat,the charm collection allowswearers to express their per-sonalities through miniatureworks of art.

Samriddhi Offer: Thursday,October 20th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 9 p.m. Gitanjali, No 3049,80 Feet Road, Indi-ranagar Gitanjali offers dis-counts of up to 20% on itsDiya range of jewellery.

The Swadeshi Store's Annu-al Sale: Thursday, October20th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6:30p.m. The Swadeshi Store, No31 Towards Dairy Circle, Ho-sur Main Road, KrishnanagarIndutrial Layout Up to 50%off on the entire range ofhandcrafted cotton home fur-nishings and accessories.

Landmark's Biggest EverSale: Thursday, October 20th,2011. 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.Landmark, The Forum Mall,No 21, Hosur Road, Kora-mangala Discounts of up to70% on books, toys, DVDs,music and more at Landmark.

ExhibitionsNirantara @ Galleryske:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Galleryske,No 2, Berlie Street, Lang-ford Town Galleryske presents'Nirantara' by SrinivasaPrasad. The artist employsmaterials that highlight theorganic growth cycle of life,death and continuation.

Fiesta of Art: Thursday, Oc-tober 20th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallery Third Eye, NoA-1 Epsilon Office Block,Yemalur Main Road, YemalurAn exhibition of paintingsby Ashok Kumar G Hiremathand Swapan Sarkar.

Group Show @ Renaissance:Thursday, October 20th, 2011.11 a.m. to 7 p.m. RenaissanceGallerie, No 13 Westminster,Cunningham Road, An exhi-bition of paintings by RhemaMathews, Surajit Chatterjee,Jaidev S Gurudev, and San-tanu Sarkar at Renaissance.

Fluid Xpressions:20th, 2011.10 a.m. to 8 p.m. MagnitudeGallery, No 140/13 3rd Block,27th Cross, 13th Main, Jayana-gar A set of paintings thatshowcase non-objective andnon-figurative use of colour,shades and media.

The Sartorial World @ Ap-parao: 20th, 2011. 10 a.m. to8 p.m. Apparao Galleries, No82 The Presidency, St MarksRoad, Apparao hosts 'TheSartorial World', a cross dis-ciplinary art show exploringthe body as a museum.

Two Man Show @ GalleryTime & Space: Thursday, Oc-tober 20th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7p.m. Gallery Time & Space,No 55, Lavelle Road, A col-lection of selected works byrenowned artists AmitabhSengupta.

Ramya not doing item numberfor Kavitha Lankeshʼs next

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: If you wanted to seemore of Ramya in ‘Padmavathi’kind of item numbers, you haveto wait for a while.

A skimpily-clad, sizzlingstardid a number for JohhnyMeraNaa-mand it became an instant hit.

But now Ramyawants to bechoosy and would not like to bepart of every item song comingher way.

The actress who was back fromPortugal after spending some goodtime with her boyfriend wasshocked to read that she's shakingleg for an item number in Kavitha-Lankesh's Crazy Lokha. Sourcesclose to her told us that she'squite miffed with director Kavithaand producer of the film for gain-ing publicity using her name.

In fact, the actress was ap-proached by Kavitha for a special

song which she had not con-firmed. But the makers had al-ready spread the news to get pub-lic attention, which according toRamya is not professional.

The star is not new to publicity.She’s most talked about actressin the Kannada industry, be it foracting, her political career or herpersonal life.

But Ramya feels that peopleinvolved in spreading such ru-mours should also be aware whatit would do an actor’s career.

The actress has made it clearthat she would not “stoop” tosuch levels as to do an item num-ber when her acting career isgoing pretty well.

Ramya, who has completeddubbing for Siddlingu, will soongo back to Portugal to completea song shoot for Lucky after whichshe will start off Munirathna'sfilm opposite super star Upendra.

METRO IS HERE...

Centre releasedcrores for Metro,says Motamma

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The central UPAgovernment has been releasinghundreds of crores for urbandevelopment projects throughits Jnnurm.

The state government andthe BBMP have to make bestof it, said opposition leader inthe council Motamma, takingpart in the ceremony to inau-gurate the Metro Rail servicesin the city today.

A lot of effort and funds havebeen released by the centralgovernment for the Metro Railproject too, she said.

“During the 1990s, thendeputy chief minister Siddara-maiah had dreamt of bringing

Metro Rail to Bangalore. Healso conceptualised the project.I am happy that it has come tofruition now,” she said.

When S M Krishna becamethe chief minister, he took alot of interest and pushed theproject forward. He felt thatBangalore, which came to beknown as the silicon city duringhis tenure, has a Metro Railservice of international stan-dards, she said.

When the popularity of Ban-galore began to grow duringthe Krishna regime, peoplefrom across the country andworld came to settle down here.All should remember the con-tributions made by these lead-ers, she added.

Metro Rail that began commercial operations today begins its maiden journey. The train was flagged off from MG Road to Byyappanahalli. The Metro services are expected to bringdown congestion on city’s roads.

Union company affairs minister Veerappa Moily greets Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty, and Bioconfounder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw at the Metro Rail stationon MG Road before the services were inaugurated today.

People near the Metro Rail station on MG Road watch excitedly. The services were opened for public from 4 pm today.

It was a traditional welcome for delegates who arrived at the Metro station.

Photos: Gangadhar Pujar & S Radhakrishna

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Hillary to arrive in Pakistan today for talks

New Delhi: US Secretary of StateHillary Clinton is scheduled toarrive in Islamabad on Thursdayas part of her tour of Islamiccountries. Clinton is likely tomake a policy statement on Pak-istan and Afghanistan.

Clinton’s visit comes at a timewhen Pakistan has warned theUS against unilateral military of-fensive.

Talks will be aimed at pressingthe Pakistan’s leadership to crackdown on the Haqqani networkto facilitate the process of rec-onciliation in neighbouringAfghanistan. Clinton is expectedto meet with Pakistan’s President

Asif Ali Zardari, Prime MinisterYousufRazaGilani and Army chiefGen AshfaqParvezKayani.

Kayani told members of two

parliamentary panels during abriefing on Tuesday that Pakistanwas a nuclear power that couldnot be compared to Iraq orAfghanistan.

Clinton arrived in Kabul onWednesday on an unannouncedvisit to bolster the flagging rec-onciliation process with theAfghan Taliban as the US ad-ministration presses on with itsplans to withdraw troops.

Her trip to Islamabad was keptunder wraps due to security con-cerns, diplomatic sources said.The US plans to withdraw mostof its forces from Afghanistanby 2015.

French first lady givesbirth to a girl: reports

Paris: French first lady CarlaBruni-Sarkozy gave birth to ababy girl on Wednesday night,the first infant born to a sittingpresident of modern-day France,according to media reports.

President Nicolas Sarkozy wasreturning from a meeting inFrankfurt on the euro debt crisiswhen the child was born around8 pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday,according to BFM TV.

Europe 1 radio said the birth“went well” for the 43-year-oldmother, a singer and former su-permodel. She entered the small,private Muette Clinic in late morn-ing, according to the reports.

The presidential palace didnot immediately confirm thereports. The presidential en-tourage reiterated earlier onWednesday that no birth an-nouncement would be forth-coming. The couple had beencoy about the impending birthfrom the start, with measureddoses of information.

The infant would be the firstchild born to the first lady andthe 56-year-old president. Thecouple married less than fourmonths after Sarkozy took officein May 2007. The Italian-bornfirst lady has a 10-year-old sonfrom a previous relationshipand the president has threesons from two previous mar-riages - and is a grandfathersince January.

Sarkozy was seen enteringthe medical facility in westernParis in late afternoon, thenleaving about 30 minutes later- before rushing off to Frankfurtfor a meeting on the euro debtcrisis. With a scheduled visitThursday morning to Nor-mandy, Sarkozy was taking agamble.

It was not immediately clear

whether he would cancel hisvisit to Normandy.

The birth ended sometimesbreathless speculation aboutBruni-Sarkozy’s due date. Pho-tographers staked out the clinicsince early October, with a se-curity detail limiting their ac-cess. Bruni-Sarkozy has saidthat she was staying mum aboutthe event because she’s super-stitious. The couple also decidednot to find out the baby’s sexin advance.

“You don’t have a child forthe gallery,” Bruni-Sarkozy toldFrench TV network TF1 earlierthis month. “I will do everythingto protect this child. I will notshow photos of this child, I willnever expose this child.”

J&K: 600 students barred from taking exams

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kash-mir education department hasrefused to acknowledge the CBSEcurriculum, barring over 600students from taking their annualexaminations.

The move is slated to resultin the students losing an entireacademic year.

The department decided notto entertain students followingthe CBSE syllabi, followed inonly a few KendriyaVidyalayasand private schoo

Among the 600 students isone ShujaatFarhan, a 17-year-old student who fears for his fu-ture as he doesn’t know if hewill be able to sit for his Class XIexams. “They should have told

us before giving provisional ad-mission in April. Now we are ina lurch as no school is takingus. We are totally frustrated,”said Shujaat. “Our future is indark. Poor families cannot affordto go out and study. The HRDMinistry must intervene,” saidanother affected student, Mu-nazah. Angry parents and stu-dents alleged that they were in-formed at the last hour, and thatit was too late to get enrolled inschools outside the state even ifthey tried.

“We were shocked to hear thatthe state board has not admit-ted/registered these students forPUC examinations,” said Shu-jaat’s father.

Agitated students even tookto the streets, blocking the Sri-nagar-Kishtwar road.

The education department of-ficials, meanwhile, said theywere trying to iron out sometechnical issues of syllabi com-patibility.

According to sources, CBSEofficials from Delhi will take upthe issue with the state govern-ment.

“This matter has come to mynotice. I assure their careerswon’t be spoiled,” said Syed Ki-fayatRizvi, district magistrate,Anantnag.

Until the matter is resolved,students like Shujaat are leftstaring at an uncertain future.

Siddu: Govt must waive offdrought‑hit farmersʼ loans

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The state governmentshould waive off the loans offarmers as they are sufferingfrom crop loss due to drought,said opposition leader in the as-sembly Siddaramaiah.

He said, “Nearly 50 percentof the taluks in the state are fac-ing drought. Farmers have suf-fered loss of crops running intoseveral crores. They have not gotany yield this year because ofdrought. Rain has been erraticin the state. But the governmentis not serious about tacklingthese issues.”

“If the problem continues,farmers will face severe short-ages. The government shouldimmediately open cattle centresand start distributing foodgrainsand fodder. The governmentshould release funds immediatelyand take steps to overcomedrought effects. It should also

make arrangements to supplydrinking water, medicines andother supplies to drought-affectedregions.”

He said that there is a lot ofscarcity of a lot of basic amenitiesin many areas. There has been acrippling shortage of poweradding to drought woes.

The government should callfor an emergency legislature ses-sion immediately to discuss thesepressing problems. Replying tochief minister D VSadanandaGowda’s statementthat opposition parties did notallow the sessions to run smooth-ly, he said, “When we bringpressing issues to the notice ofthe government, it refuses totake either corrective action ordiscuss about it. When we protestdemanding discussion on theseissues, they adjourn the House.When a session is called for astipulated period, the session isadjourned sine die even before

all the issues are taken up. InParliament, the BJP-led opposi-tion protested for 23 days de-manding the constitution of aJoint Parliamentary Committeeto look into 2G spectrum issue.The government agreed to it. Buthow many times has the stategovernment agreed to the op-position demand?”

The BJP government has been

claiming that since it came topower in 2008, the state has gen-erated 2,600 mw of electricity.“We demand that the chief min-ister release a white paper onthe present power situation with-in 10 days.”

Siddaramaiah said he visitedthe Raichur Thermal Power Sta-tion recently, and found thatonly one lakh metric tonne ofcoal was in the storage. “Whenwe were in power, the RTPS hada minimum of 7-8 lakh metrictonnes of coal. The governmentis saying that we are facing prob-lems because of the pro-Telan-ganastrike in Andhra Pradesh.But it should have made alter-native arrangements and sourcedcoal from Maharashtra and Oris-sa. The government has createdan issue when there is, in fact, asolution.”

The government has boughtpower and coal worth hundredsof crores of rupees. Huge kick-

backs have been paid. Thereshould be an inquiry into theentire deal, he demanded.

The government is now sayingthat it will buy power from privatesuppliers. But for the last sixmonths, these suppliers havenot been paid. The governmentdoes not have any money to paythem.

The government has spent Rs7,615 crore to buy power. Withthe same amount, 2000 mw ofenergy could have been producedwithin the state.

Since their own party govern-ment is in power at Chhattisgarh,the BJP government here thoughtthey could source power fromthat state. But except for settingup an office at Chhattisgarh,nothing has happened. The statehas not bought a single acre ofland in the hilly state. “This isproof that the government is notserious about solving the powersituation,” he added.

Elephantsrun rampage

in HassanBangalore Beat Bureau

Hassan: Crops worth lakhs ofrupee were destroyed as ele-phants ran rampage at Kanigerevillage of Aldurtaluk here lastnight.

Eight wild elephants strayedinto the village and destroyed

paddy, banana, ginger, coffeeand other commercial crops.

Labourers and farm ownerswho came to their fields in themorning were shocked to seethe elephants and immediatelyinformed the forest officials, whochased away the elephants.

The farmers held a protestand demanded immediate com-pensation for destroyed crops.

Encephalitis:Rahul steps in

New Delhi: In a move that’s likely to embarrass theMayawati government, the Con-gress today dispatched two topleaders to Gorakhpur to lookinto the deaths caused by Japan-ese encephalitis.

Congress general secretaryDigvijaya Singh and health min-ister GhulamNabi Azad accom-panied by a health team are ex-pected to reach Gorakhpur laterin the day.

Sources said Rahul Gandhihad asked them to review thesituation.

The epidemic has claimed over500 children’s lives in the pasttwo months. CNN-IBN was thefirst news channel to report onthe epidemic, prompting the Op-position to target Uttar Pradeshchief minister Mayawati forsplurging on a Dalit memorialpark in Noida last week insteadof investing in healthcare.

Rrotestors stop Rahulʼs

convoyAmethi: A convoy of Congressgeneral secretary Rahul Gandhiwas today stopped by some pro-testors just as it was about toenter Amethi. Ticket seekers hadsurrounded Rahul as the convoyentered. Tickets for some areasin his constituency are yet to bedistributed.

The protestors shouted slogansdemanding that tickets must begiven to people with clean image.It was an unexpected welcomefor Rahul in his constituency ashe arrived for a day-long visit.

The Congress general secretaryhad arrived in Amethi to reviewthe status of the schemes of thecentral government.

Media personstoo must declareassets: RenukaBangalore Beat Bureau

Chamarajanagar: Media personstoo should declare their assetsbefore the Lokayukta, demandedexcise minister M PRenukacharya here today.

Today, many media personshave taken money from politi-cians. They too should declaretheir assets before the Lokayukta,he added.

Reports being carried by mediapersons are false and withoutany basis. He said these falsereports are being spread by vest-ed interests to sully the imageof former chief minister B S Yed-dyurappa, who supposedly shift-ed from Victoria Hospital to theParappanaAgrahara Central Jailto serve out his judicial custodyafter reading damning reportsin newspapers about the truthbehind his illnesses.

The Lokayukta special courtsent Yeddyurappa to custody forhis alleged involvement in illegal

land denotifica-tion cases.

Renukacharyasaid reports of ameeting betweenJD(S) state presi-dent H D Ku-maraswamy and

Yeddyurappa are not true. “Thisis a conspiracy by those tryingto pull down Yedyurappa andthe media is supporting them.”

Yeddyurappa does not haveany business with Kumaraswamyand it is a lie being spread bythe media, he added.

Yeddyurappa is now in jailthanks to the conspiracy hatchedby opposition parties, governorH R Bhardwaj and others. “Ourleader will come out of jail un-scathed soon. I have the confi-dence as Yeddyurappa has theblessings of all math heads. Oncehe emerges out of this crisisclean, he will again don a topposition in the government,” hesaid.

Sachin fined `4.35 lakhfor his new home

Mumbai: Mumbai civic authoritieshave slapped a fine on cricketer SachinTendulkar for his new home in thecity.

The master blaster paid the BMCRs 4.35 lakh for staying in his four-storeyed bungalow in Mumbai’s sub-urb Bandra, sources said.

The batsman received a shock ashe moved into his five-storeyed homein Bandra (West). Chief Engineer (de-velopment plan) R Kukanur, said, “Hewill be penalised Rs 4.75 lakh for in-habiting a house before getting theOC. It was due in procedure and hewould have got the OC in the nextfour days.”

As per the law, one cannot enter aflat or building without receiving anOC for it. A senior official from thebuilding proposals department said

action could be initiated againstSachin by slapping a notice un-der Section 350 (A) of the BMCAct for occupying premiseswithout an OC.

The state government hadasked BMC commissioner Sub-odh Kumar to waive the penalty.textiles minister MohammedArifNaseem Khan, who is theguardian minister for Mumbaisuburbs, said he had spokento Kumar.

“Sachin is an icon who hasbrought international laurelsto the country. Subodh Kumartold me that he would examinethe issue and act accordingly,”Khan said. The minister saidSachin had complied with for-malities for getting the OC.

Carla Bru ni-Sarkozy

Kher teamsup with De Niro

New Delhi: Noted Bollywoodactor and motivational speakerAnupam Kher will be seen shar-ing screen space with actorRobert De Niro soon.

Anupam lately posted on twit-ter, “Dream finally coming true.Will be acting with Robert DeNiro in David O Russell’s (TheFighter) The Silver Linings Play-book next week.”

Anupam Kher has done a va-riety of roles. Be it comedy orserious roles, Anupam has al-ways wooed everyone with hisperformances.

Other actors in the star castare Jennifer Lawrence, BradleyCooper, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tuck-er and Julia Stiles.

Sandalwooddealers held

Chintamani: Ten persons whowere selling illegal sandalwoodwere arrested today.

They were transporting san-dalwood billets worth lakhs fromAjjiAderanahalli village in Sid-dlaghattataluk when they werearrested.

Chintamani assistant super-intendent of police Ramesh, whogot specific information, arrestedthe sandalwood smugglers.

No inflatedtravel expense:

Kiran Bedi

New Delhi: The government to-day targeted key Team Annamember KiranBedi for showinginflated travel expenses.

The former IPS officer was ac-cused of traveling economy forevents concerning her NGO, evenafter getting the allotment totravel in the business class.

Hitting out at the social ac-tivist, Congress general secretaryDigvijaya Singh said that Bedishould clarify on such seriousallegations.

Later, Bedi released a state-

ment dismissing the reports ofshowing inflated travel expenses,saying that “travelling economyis a choice despite entitlementonly to ensure that savings re-main with the NGO”.

She denied any personal gainsand claimed that the “detractors”had tried “real hard to find asmoking gun”.

“However, I accept this kind of coverage as a part of the challenges which being in public life poses. Best wishes,”she added.

Dawood aide IqbalMirchi gets bailLondon: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’saide IqbalMirchi has been granted bail bya court in London. He was arrested earlierthis month for allegedly threatening to killhis associate.

Mirchi, whose real name is IqbalMenon,is wanted by India in multiple cases ofmurder and extortion. The 61-year-old re-portedly manages Dawood’s drug busi-ness.

Mirchi was granted bail by a court inLondon on Tuesday, October 18. He wasreportedly released shortly after gettingbail. After his arrest on October 13, he wasremanded to judicial custody till October20. It is still unclear why his bail hearingwas pre-poned. The British police havecharged him with threatening to kill hisassociate Nadeem Kader. According to

some reports, Kader had called off themarriage between his daughter and Mirchi’sson.

Mirchi escaped from Mumbai in the early90s and has been on the run since then.He was arrested from his six-bedroom man-sion where he has been living for morethan 20 years now.

An Interpol Red Corner Notice - whichis like an international arrest warrant -was issued against him in 1994. He has re-portedly been moving between Dubai andLondon. Sources in CBI have said theywould approach the UK police throughthe Interpol and diplomatic channels toseek his extradition or deportation to India.He acquired the moniker Mirchi becausehis family originally traded red chilli powder.

CBI raids Jagan Reddyʼsresidence in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A Central Bureauof Investigation team today raid-ed the Hyderabad residence ofYSR Congress leader Jaganmo-han Reddy, as part of investiga-tions into his assets.

Jagan Reddy, the son of formerAndhra Pradesh Chief MinisterYSR Reddy, is accused of havingassets disproportionate to hisknown sources of income.

Sources said the CBI team,that included officials from dif-ferent government teams, wastrying to assess if the declarationsmade by Mr Reddy matched in-dependent assessments.

The investigating agency hasbeen ordered by the Andhra HighCourt to examine the sources ofthe MP’s enormous fortune. The

CBI has said those who investedin Jagan’s companies had donethat as a quid-pro-quo for favoursextended by his father Y S Ra-jasekhara Reddy when he wasthe chief minister of AndhraPradesh. The CBI has, however,not named YSR in its FIR.

A case filed by a Congressminister Sankar Rao had allegedthat several investors who pouredfunds into Jagan Mohan’s dif-ferent businesses were returningillicit favours granted by his fa-mous father, a Congress leaderwho served as the Chief Ministerof Andhra Pradesh and died ina helicopter crash in 2009.

Jagan’s business empire in-cludes a vernacular newspaper,a TV channel, a cement plant

and a power project, and is esti-mated to be worth more than afew hundred crores. Earlier thisyear, he declared assets amount-ing to 365 crores.

Jagan himself has appealedto the Supreme Court to stop theinquiry against him and has de-scribed the case against him asa “witch-hunt” being conductedby the Congress, the party whichhe quit late last year.

Jagan has also said that iffavours were granted via gov-ernment decisions that benefitedhim, YSR’s entire cabinet shouldbe investigated. The governmenthowever says it is only Jagan’sphenomenal economic growththat is being probed and no oneis pointing fingers at YSR.

US releasesHeadley tapes

Washington: US federal prose-cutors have released interroga-tion tapes of admitted Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley,who helped plot the November2008 Mumbai terror attacks, aftera Chicago judge’s order.

Headley, son of a Pakistanidiplomat and an American moth-er, who changed his given nameof Daood Gilani to scout targetsin Mumbai without arousing sus-picion, is heard speaking publiclyfor the first time in the just re-leased clips, ABC News report-ed.

Wednesday’s release of theFederal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) tape came after a not-for-profit investigative journalismgroup, Pro-Publica, filed a courtmotion along with the PBS showFrontline.

The government argued thatHeadley’s family would be en-dangered if the video was re-leased. Judge Harry Leinenwebersaid he wasn’t convinced of that.

Headley is heard on the tapesaying: “I want some, I meanwould like, I know it doesn’t

matter what I want, but I’d like,from my eyes, I want some kindof bust to happen.

“I don’t want to keep on & Imean I know you have plenty ofevidence against me but reallyI’m just providing you more andmore evidence against me andyou aren’t making any arrests.”

During questioning, Headleywas told that he had to tell au-thorities everything he knew andthat any plea bargain would bebased on the importance andquality of the information.

That is when Headley made amotion to suggest a plea deal toavoid the death penalty and thendecided to turn on his boyhoodfriend, Pakistan born CanadianTahawwur Rana, who providedHeadley the cover of his Chicagobased immigration business.

Headley would go on to gethis plea deal in exchange fortestifying against Rana, who wascleared in June of his role in the26/11 Mumbai attacks but con-victed of providing material helpto Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Food inflationup to 10.60 pc New Delhi: Food inflation isback in double digits after a gapof a month-and-a-half and stoodat 10.60 per cent for the weekending October 8 on the back ofcostlier vegetables, fruits, milkand protein-based items.

Food inflation, as measuredby Wholesale Price Index (WPI),stood at 9.32 per cent in the pre-vious week.

The rate of price rise of food items stood at 15.72 per centin the corresponding week of2010.

As per data released by thegovernment on Thursday, veg-etables became 17.59 per centmore expensive year-on-year dur-ing the week ended October 8.Fruits grew dearer by 12.39 percent, milk by 10.80 per cent andeggs, meat and fish by 14.10 percent on an annual basis.

Pulses also became dearer by7.42 per cent and cereal priceswere up 4.73 per cent year-on-year.

However, onions became 11.27cheaper and wheat prices weredown 0.18 per cent during theweek under review.

Food inflation had previouslycrossed the double-digit markin the week ended August 20.