Ex‑Andhra official jailed

in illegal mining case

Hyderabad: A special court dealing with CBIcases Monday sent a former Andhra Pradeshgovernment official to judicial custody in an il-legal mining case involving former Karnatakaminister G Janardhana Reddy.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pre-sented former director of mines V.D. Rajagopalin the court as his month-long custody endedMonday. The judge remanded him to judicialcustody till Friday.

The former official was then sent to Chan-chalguda Central Jail, where Janardhana Red-dy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivasa Reddyare already lodged.

The CBI moved a petition seeking Rajagopal'scustody for another week and the same willcome up for hearing Friday. CBI officials say theyrequire further custody of the accused to gath-er more information about the role of other pub-lic servants.

As the then director of mines, Rajagaopal al-legedly favoured Janardhana Reddy's Obula-puram Mining Company (OMC) by granting leas-es for iron ore mining in Anantapur district bor-dering Karnataka.

Rajagopal, who is the third accused in thecase registered by the CBI against OMC in2009, was arrested Nov 12.

Janardhana Reddy and Srinivasa Reddy werearrested from Bellary in Karnataka Sep 5.

On Dec 7, 2009, the CBI had registered a caseof cheating, criminal conspiracy, theft andcriminal trespass against OMC and others.

The CBI Sunday questioned senior Indian Ad-ministrative Service (IAS) officer M.G.V.K. Bhanuin the case. Bhanu was grilled for six hoursabout his alleged role in granting mining leas-es to OMC as the special secretary to thenchief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

The IAS officer of Assam cadre is currently thechairman of Tea Board. The investigatingagency has already questioned another IAS of-ficer Y. Srilakshmi, who also allegedly played akey role in granting mining leases.

Srilakshmi, who is accused number four inthe case, was then the industries secretary in-charge of mines. She is now the family welfarecommissioner.

The investigating agency has already ques-tioned Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy, whowas minister for mines from 2004 to 2009.

It also questioned late Y.S. Rajasekhara Red-dy's son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for his allegedbusiness links with Janardhana Reddy.

Fresh clashesat Tahrir Sq

in Egypt leave 13 dead

Cairo: At least 13 people have been killed in re-newed clashes in Egypt's Tahrir Square despitea truce announced today as dark clouds gath-ered over next week's first elections here sinceHosni Mubarak's downfall.

Police and military forces used batons, teargas and birdshot to clear the central square ofthousands of protesters demanding that the rul-ing military cede power to a civilian authority.

The state TV showed images of the square, thesymbolic heart of protests that toppled Mubarakin February, with tear gas canisters smoking.

Earlier in the day, a state TV station had re-ported a truce between the security forces andthe protesters on Tahrir, mediated by ShaykhMazhar Shahin, the Imam of Umar Makrammosque situated in the square.

The agreement stipulated the protesters to re-main in the square and the security personnelaround the ministry of interior with the army ina neutral zone.

The morning truce was announced after 13people were killed yesterday, kicking off a vio-lent countdown to the country's first electionssince the end of Mubarak's 30-year-rule.

Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators ral-lied in front of Port Said, city hall and securitydirectorate in protest against al-Tahrir Squareincidents.

In Alexandria, security forces have arrestedaround 80 people involved in the rioting in frontof the security directorate.

Also in Qena, security reinforcements weredeployed around the Qena security directorateto prevent protesters from storming into thebuilding.Clashes have erupted earlier betweenprotesters and central security forces in front ofthe directorate.

Overnight clashes left at least 13 dead and1,700 injured in Tahrir square.

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UP TO BE SPLITINTO 4 PARTSAssembly passes resolution amidst din

Lucknow: Amidst din, the Uttar Pradesh As-sembly today passed a controversial reso-lution on splitting the state into four parts byvoice vote minutes after which the lowerhouse was adjourned sine die.

Chief Minister Mayawati, who had an-nounced the proposal recently to split thestate into Purvanchal, Paschim Pradesh,Bundelkhand and Awadh Pradesh, pre-sented the resolution saying that it was be-ing forwarded to the Centre.

As soon as the proposal was passed byvoice vote amidst noisy scenes, Speaker Ra-jbhar adjourned the House sine die.

The Opposition, which wanted to bring noconfidence motion against the state gov-ernment, criticised the move to pass the res-olution by voice vote and then adjourning theAssembly.

Alleging that BSP government ignoredBaba Saheb's (Bhim Rao Ambedkar) Con-stitution and adjourned the House sine-die, Leader of Opposition Shivpal Singh Ya-dav told reporters that "The governmentshould have discussed the no-confidence mo-tion and go for voting".

He also accused the Speaker of acting asa BSP member.

About state's reorganisation, SP said thatpeople of the state were against splitting thestate.

CLP leader Pramod Tiwari said his partyfavoured constitution of state reorganisationcommission before taking the decision to splitthe state so that resources division and oth-er issues could be considered.

In the House of 403, BSP had 220 members(after six of its members have been disqual-ified recently), SP had 89, BJP 48, Cong 20,RLD 10, independent 9, RSP one.

Earlier, the Winter Session of the UttarPradesh Assembly started on a stormy not-ed with BJP members jumping into the wellof the House while SP members started slo-gan shouting against the government andwaved placards.

Parliamentary affairs minister Lalji Vermasaid the BSP government had full majority inthe House but opposition members did payheed to him. Amidst the din, SpeakerSukhdeo Rajbhar adjourned the questionhour till 12.20 pm.

Grand opening forKadlekai Parishe

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The renowned Kadlekai Parishe orgroundnut fair opened in the city today. The fairwas inaugurated in front of Basavanagudi tem-ple.

Hundreds of peanut sellers have come from vil-lages around the city, like Nelamangala, Maga-di, Kanakapura and Doddaballapur, to takepart in the fair. The rush started last night itselfwhen thousands of buyers thronged the mainstreets in front of the temple.

Home and transport minister R Ashok inau-gurated the fair with a puja at the temple in the

morning. A thula bara of the deity at the templetoo was conducted. The statue of the bull was dec-orated for the fair.

The fair is a throwback to the bygone era whenBangalore was still not the silicon city and wastouted as the pensioners’ paradise. The fairalso has different kinds of sweetmeats, playthings and toys.

As more than a lakh visitors are expected totake part in the fair, the police have made spe-cial security arrangements to avoid any untowardincidents. The police have also provided alter-native routes for vehicle users from Katriguppe,Girinagar and Hanumanth Nagar.

Ashok case put off to Dec 16

Bangalore Beat Bureua

Bangalore: The Lokayukta court today putoff hearing in the alleged land grabbingcase against home and transport minis-ter R Ashok to December 16.

The Lokayukta special court, whichheard the case today, went through theprogress report filed by the Lokayukta po-lice, which has been investigating thecase.

The Lokayukta police sought moretime from the court to submit the final re-port as there are still more witnesses to beinterrogated in the case related to deno-tification of lands in Lottegollanahalli on

the outskirts of Bangalore.The court considered the police’s re-

quest and put off the case, but orderedthem to file the final report on that date.

The case follows a private complaintfiled by Jaykumar Hiremath before theLokayukta court.

The court had asked the police to takeup the case under Section 356 (2). The po-lice filed FIR against Ashok and took upthe investigation.

The complaint alleges that Ashok ac-quired lands between 2003 and 2007 andgot the land already by the Bangalore De-velopment Authority denotified in 2009 atRajmahal Vilas extension.

Lokpal beingreduced toempty box:Team Anna

New Delhi: Accusing the govern-ment of reducing the proposed Lok-pal to an ''empty tin box with nopowers'', Team Anna today saidthey were surprised at the move to ex-clude Citizen's Charter and lower bu-reaucracy from the ambit of the om-budsman, contrary to a Parliamentresolution.

"The government proposes to re-move CBI, judiciary, citizen charter,whistle blower protection, Group Cand Group D employees and CBIfrom Lokpal jurisdiction. Wouldn’tthat reduce Lokpal to an empty tinbox with no powers and functions?"a Team Anna statement said.

The statement said Hazare sus-pended his fast in August on the ba-sis of a resolution passed by Parlia-ment which was termed as 'Sense ofHouse' by some people but was re-ferred to as a 'resolution' by PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh in hisletter to the Gandhian.

"This resolution clearly statedthat three issues would be addressedthrough the Lokpal Bill namelyLokayuktas in states would be cre-ated through the same bill and low-er bureaucracy and citizens charterwould be included in the lokpalbill. However we are surprised thatcontrary to that resolution, the gov-ernment proposes to exclude citizencharter and lower bureaucracy fromLokpal's jurisdiction and bring aweak and ineffective bill to dealwith citizens grievances," it saidnoting that the reports filtering outof Standing Committee discussionswere a cause of concern. Demandinginclusion of Group C and D employ-ees under Lokpal, Team Anna saidthey strongly oppose the move to ex-clude the lower bureaucracy.

"Would this mean that they couldindulge in corruption and they wouldnot be investigated by any agency?Aren't we giving them a license to in-dulge in corruption? A commonman has to deal with Group C andGroup D employees on a daily basis.Lakhs of people who participated inthis anti- corruption movement want-ed a solution to this day to day cor-ruption," they said.

On keeping CBI out of Lokpal'scontrol, Team Anna said the Stand-ing Committee proposal on theagency would reduce Lokpal to mere-ly a post office – receive complaints,forward it to CBI, receive CBI’s reportand present it before the court.

HC posts BSY bail petitionsto tomorrow

Bangalore: The Karnataka High Courtposted for orders to tomorrow, the antic-ipatory bail applications filed by formerchief minister B S Yeddyurappa and hisfamily members in two corruption cases.

Justice H Billappa, who commenceddictating orders in the morning, said hewould conclude it tomorrow as the workremained inclusive today.

Yeddyurappa, his two sons, B YRaghavendra, a Lok Sabha member, B YVijayendra and his son-in-law Sohan Ku-mar are seeking anticipatory bail in thecorruption cases in which they are themain accused, apprehending arrest.

Earlier, objections were raised by coun-sel for Sirajin Basha, the complainant, tothe judge taking up the fifth case.

The counsel stated that since differentaccused in the case had moved their an-ticipatory bail pleas before another judge,these petitions should also be taken by thesame judge as per a recent High Court cir-cular.

To this, the Yeddyurappa's counselsubmitted that there was no legal bar onthe petitions being taken up by this court,particularly when the matter has beencompletely heard and is in the process ofdictation of orders.

At this, Justice Billappa said the hewould commence dictation of the ordersin the two cases and would take a decisionon the last case tomorrow.

The fifth and sixth accused (Adarsh De-velopers) in the last case had filed their an-ticipatory bail pleas before Justice Hu-

luwadi Ramesh earlier, which was not re-jected on merit but the court directed themto go before the trial court.

Meanwhile, Yeddyurappa who wassupposed to appear before the Lokayuk-ta court as officially his judicial custodyended today even as the High Courtgranted him bail earlier, filed an appli-cation seeking exemption.

Lokayukta court had adjourned thematter to December 1 for appearance ofthe main accused, Yeddyurappa.

Sirajin Basha had filed in all five cas-es and Lokayukta court had ordered thearrest of Yeddyurappa in two cases.

Yeddyurappa was released from judi-cial custody on November 8 after he wasgranted bail in a case in which he hadbeen arrested on October 15.

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BODYGUARD (U)Daisy Shah, Jaggesh, Spoorthi Cinepolis (1.10 pm, 6.35 pm)Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)

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IN TIME (U/A) Justin Timberlake, AmandaSeyfriedCinemax (2.15 pm, 7.30 pm) Cinepo-lis (10 am, 2, 7.10, 10 pm) Fame(Lido) (3.20 pm, 7.45 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (12 pm, 6, 8pm) Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari Nagar)(5, 10 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(2.40 pm, 9.30 pm) Inox

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Hopcoms to setup outlets at 6

railway stationsBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The Hopcoms Societyis planning to open fruit andvegetable outlets at six railwaystations in and around the city.

The outlets will be openednext year to provide good qualityfruits, juices and water at thesestations. The society has sought10x12 ft space at these stationsand minister of state for railwaysK H Muniyappa has assured itthat the outlets would be allotted,said society officials.

The society officials are meet-ing the chief commercial officerof the railways at Hubli on No-vember 24, they added.

The outlets would be set upbetween Platform No. 7 and 8 atthe City Central Railway Station,Yeshwantpur Railway Station,Cantonment Railway Station,Kengeri, Channapatna and Ban-garpet.

The city had 100 ward andaccordingly, Hopcoms had setup 248 outlets. But with the num-ber of wards increasing to 198,there is a need to set up 70 morestores across the city, the officialssaid.

The officials have contactedthe Bruhat Bangalore Mahana-gara Palike and the commission-er has ordered joint commis-sioners at all divisions to providespace for these outlets. The de-cision will be taken by the month-end, they said.

Hopcoms is also setting up

an outlet at the Jayadeva Instituteof Cardiology by the beginningof next year. It will provide goodquality fruit juices and tendercoconut water to patients andtheir relatives. Discussions havealready taken place with thehospital director, they said.

The outlet will come up nextto the ATM centre on the prem-ises of the hospital. The outletis being constructed by the hos-pital. Hygiene and cleanlinesswill be given priority here, theysaid.

INDIA LEADS IN CLOUDSTORAGE ADOPTIONBangalore: India is leading in cloud stor-age and converged system adoption inAsia-Pacific, says a survey conducted byHitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS),a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi.

The survey also revealed that morethan 50% of large Asia-Pacific enterprisesthat participated in the survey are notanticipating or planning for the adventof “big data”. The survey clearly indicatedthat enterprises need to embrace advancedcloud technologies and solutions to man-age data growth, transform data into ac-tionable information and harness its pow-er as a strategic asset for business insightand innovation.

The survey results are published in anHDS-sponsored IDC whitepaper – “TheChanging Face of Storage: A Rethink ofStrategy that Goes Beyond the Data”.The survey was conducted by IDC fromAugust to September 2011 with 150 IT ex-ecutives from large enterprises in Aus-tralia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong,India, Malaysia and Singapore. HDS com-missioned the survey to better understandtheir storage management challenges,needs and strategies.

“The regional survey results revealvarying levels of maturity and under-standing of storage management. Thechallenge of ensuring data relevancy andmanaging data growth, which rankedamong the top five common issues faced,clearly indicates that the anticipatedtrend toward big data is something feware ready to take on,” said Simon Piff,associate vice-president, Asia/Pacific En-terprise Infrastructure Research, IDC.

The Indian market is the most maturein terms of the adoption of cloud tech-nologies and the highest usage levels ofconverged systems. 50% of respondentsin India are using or planning to use

cloud storage in the next six to 12 months.30% of respondents in India are usingconverged systems and 35% are eitherevaluating or planning to use such sys-tems.

The Indian market responses indicatethat the move to more advanced data-center architectures is under way, andthe growing pains are felt. Data manage-ment issues due to explosive growth andnew challenges uncovered through thevirtualisation of the server platform dom-inate concerns. However, fundamentalissues such as managing email growthand backup also remained high.

Having access to accurate data on atimely basis key to gaining deeper busi-ness insight. About 70% of respondentsin India stated that the demand of thebusiness for deeper analysis outpacesthe ability for their systems to ensure the

data they had is relevant, timely anduseful. Their data growth is outpacingtheir ability to effectively manage it.

Virtual server sprawl a key concern.70% cited problems from virtual serversprawl, as they are unable to keep a closetrack of the virtual platform assets andtheir alignment to storage.

Justifying storage investments a keychallenge as budgets remain tight. 60%cited aligning IT costs to business budgetsand growth as a main challenge to adopt-ing their IT strategy amid current marketconditions.

Insufficient backup window a key issue.Due to the nature of their business, 60%of Indian organizations do not haveenough time to back up systems.

Managing email is getting more difficultand expensive. 60% of respondents inIndia cited concerns over the rising costs

in managing email growth.In all Asia-Pacific markets surveyed,

IT executives are primarily concernedwith data growth, with 56% of respon-dents citing it as the main challenge;however, 39% cited increasing utilizationlevels and 36% cited managing storagefor virtualized servers as key challenges.Unstructured data is exploding but manyorganizations acknowledge that utilizationlevels have been notoriously low.

Of the respondents in Asia Pacific,67% believe their current storage infra-structure is sufficient for the next 12months; however, 72% do not have astrategy to cope with the anticipatedgrowth of unstructured data – the largemultimedia, internet-based or other typesof multi-gigabyte “big data” that is nowincreasingly important as a competitiveresource for data mining and other busi-ness uses.

Indeed, 64% of respondents in AsiaPacific stated that business needs fordeeper analysis outpace the ability oftheir systems to ensure the data theyhave is relevant, timely and useful. Theirdata growth is outpacing their ability toeffectively manage it.

“Data needs to be shared, compared,analyzed and visualized more holistically.Only then can data become informationused for insight, trending, and leveragedproactively in anticipation of things tocome,” said Eggleston. “There is a greatpotential for the information cloud be-cause it will analyze content independ-ently of applications or media and enableanalytics of ‘big data’ to better align itselfto human behavior for deeper, more rel-evant insight, driving innovation, ad-vancing research, enabling better col-laboration, and building more sustainablesocieties.”

NCC Day celebrated

NCC cadets take part in Run for Fun as part of the NCC Day celebrated by the NCC directorate of Karnataka and Goa yesterday. AIR Commodore S S Deshpande, deputy

director general of NCC directorate, Karnataka and Goa, flagged off the run from Home Guard Ground near Uloor Lake. The theme of the run was “understanding

thalessemia”. About 500 NCC Cadets and staff participated in the run. A Blood Donation Camp was also organised on this occasion.

Music festfrom

Nov 23‑27Bangalore: The Academy of Mu-sic is celebrating its golden ju-bilee by organising a music fes-tival from November 23 to 27 atChowdaiah Memorial Hall. Dur-ing the celebrations, it will alsogive away Rs 1 lakh K K Murthymemorial Chowdaiah award.

Seminars, quiz programmesand concerts by established andupcoming Hindustani and Car-natic musicians have been or-ganised during the celebrations.

The academy has been pre-senting the K K Murthy memorialaward for the last 49 years. Thisyear, the award will be presentedto Madurai T N Shesha Gopalanand Rudrapattanam Brothers, RN Thyagarajan and R NTaranathan.

From this year, the academyis planning to start a fellowshipto help those who are pursuinghigher studies and PhD in music,said academy president Veeresh.

Constructionexpo from

WednesdayBangalore: The Confederationof Indian Industry (CII) is organ-ising EXCON 2011 – South Asia’slargest exhibition on constructionequipment and constructiontechnology – from November 23-27 at the Bangalore InternationalExhibition Centre (BIEC).

The state government is thepartner state of EXCON 2011. In-dian Earthmoving & ConstructionIndustry Association Ltd (IECIAL)is the sectoral partner and theexhibition is supported by theBuilders Association of India(BAI).

EXCON 2011 will have the par-ticipation of more than 620 ex-hibitors, including 200 interna-tional companies. Spread over2,20,000 square metre of displayarea, EXCON will showcase theworld’s finest construction equip-ment / technology and also fea-tures the participation of who’swho of the construction equip-ment industry.

Pattapainting

workshopBangalore: Bharatiya Vidya Bha-van has organised a 12-day Pattapainting workshop. Renownedpainter and national award fromOrissa Rabindranath Sahu willtake part in the workshop.

It will train students in creatingtraditional Patta paintings oncanvass and telling mythologicalstories through a series of paint-ings.

The workshop will commenceon December 1. Interested canregister at Bharatiya Vidya Bha-van or call: 2267421, 222673030,9980055864.

Seminaron fashion

industryBangalore: The Indian Instituteof Fashion Technology has or-ganised a seminar on design,handicraft and readymade gar-ment industry to give informationto the public on job opportunities.The seminar will be held at theIndian Institute of Fashion Tech-nology, first cross, M C Road, Vi-jayanagar from 10 am on No-vember 26.

Those who have passed SSLC,PUC and pursuing courses intextile industry and their parentscan take part in the seminar. Formore information, call: 9008900072.

KPSC interviewson Nov 24‑26

Bangalore: The Karnataka PublicService Commission will conductinterviews for 100 posts of as-sistant engineers (division - 1civil) for the public works de-partment from November 24 to26. The interviews will be heldat the KPSC office, Park Housefrom 9.30 am and again from 2pm. The selected candidates havealready been sent intimation let-ters. For information on the list,the selection under different cat-egories, interview date and time,the list of rejected candidates,one can see the notice boards atregional centres.

CITYMonday, November 21, 2011 3CITY EVENTS

GeneralSahitya Suggi: Release of an-thology of poems penned byDoddarangegowda, Justice AJ Sadashiva to take part, Voiceof the Age, Kannada SahityaParishat, Chamarajpet, 5 pm.

Karnataka Janashakthi: Dis-cussion on closure of govern-ment schools, Kuvempu Au-ditorium, Kannada SahityaParishat, 4 pm.

South India Cell for HumanRights Education and Moni-toring: Free human rightscounselling and legal advicefor victims of human rightsviolation, I/F Anjanappa Com-plex, 35, Hennur Main Road,Lingarajapuram, St ThomasTown, 3.30 pm.

All India Veerashaiva Ma-hasabha: Felicitation of top-pers in SSLC and PU exams,Minister for Co-operation Lak-shman Savadi to take part,Hangal Sri Kumaraswamy Au-ditorium (ground floor),“Veerashaiva-Lingayat” Bha-van, No 17/4, Bellary Road,Sadashivanagar, 4 pm.

CulturalThe Indian Institute of WorldCulture: Talk on “Mind –House and Book” by Dr S MShivappa, No 6, B P WadiaRoad, Basavanagudi, 6 pm.

BuJazzO Live: Chowdiah Me-morial Hall. BuJazzO (Bun-desjazzorchester), Germany’sYouth Jazz Orchestra, performslive. The band is accompaniedby legendary Indian percus-sionist T A S Mani, and vocalistR A Ramamani. 7 p.m. to 8:30p.m.

An Arrangement of Shoes:Ranga Shankara. The playchronicles the lives of a familyagainst the backdrop of thehistory of modern India, andthe Gulf War. The play is struc-tured as a non-linear narrative,weaving together flashbacks,intercuts and close-ups. Thesame performer portrays allthe roles in the play. 7:30 p.m.to 9:30 p.m.

Kala Nadam: ADA Ranga-mandira. A festival of classicaldance and music, featuringperformances by K Murali Mo-han, Priyadarshini Smita Srini-vasan, Tandava, Arif and manymore. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Eating outThe Grand Indian Lunch Buf-fet: at Turquoise. Experiencethe grand Indian lunch buffetconsisting of over 35 disheswith around 5 starters, 4 veg-etarian gravies, 2 non vege-tarian gravies , 7 desserts andlots more.

Lunch Buffet: At Applewood,Koramangala. A global andIndian lunch buffet, which in-cludes soups, starters, maincourse and desserts, priced atRs. 299 plus taxes per head.

Strawberry Promotion: Sugar& Spice, Vivanta by Taj — MG

Road. A new menu to celebratethe strawberry season. Goodieson offer include strawberrytuxedoes, artisan chocolateswith strawberry fillings andmascarpone and strawberrycakes.

The Grand Trunk Road:  Lido,Ista Hotel. A trip down theGrand Trunk Road, throughits kitchens. The chefs rustleup specialities from Kabul toKolkata.

Mediterranean Set Lunch:Fireflies, Lavelle Road. A setlunch consisting of soups, sal-ads, appetisers, main courseand dessert. The two coursemeal is priced at Rs 299, andthe three course meal is pricedat Rs 399.

Rajasthani Thaat at Raj Pavil-lion: The Raj Pavilion, ITCWindsor. A festival featuringregional delicacies from Ra-jasthan. The dinner buffet ispriced at Rs 1350 plus taxes.7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

New Soups and Starters atTasty Tangles: The Tasty Tan-gles, UB City. The Tasty Tanglesintroduces new soups and veg-etarian starters on its menu.Guests can expect picks likeWonton Noodle Soup, Spinachand Sweet Corn Soup, andSeafood Cilantro Broth, as wellas Sweet and Sour Crispy Veg-etables and Spicy LemongrassPaneer Cakes.

Kebab and Wine Pairings:Jashn , Le Meridien, No 28,Sankey Road, High GroundsExotic kebabs paired with FourSeasons wine. What's on offerincludes Salmon Tikka pairedwith Four seasons CheninBlanc, and mushrooms andbroccoli for the vegetarians.7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

NightlifeDubstep & Drum 'n' BassNites: Bacchus, F&B Excel-lency, . DJ Vachan treats thecrowd to dubstep and D'n'B.8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Live night with David James:Banana Beach Bar, CanaraBank Road, Koramangala.David James performs reggaeand retro at Banana BeachBar. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Ladies Night with DJ Deepak:The Beach, Indiranagar 100Ft Road. DJ Deepak playshouse. Unlimited drinks forgirls till 10:30 pm.

Karoake with Martin Dsouza:Love Shack, Koramangala In-termediate Ring Road. Karaokewith Martin Dsouza at LoveShack. Girls get two drinksfree while guys pay Rs. 1000.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Retro Night at Retro Price: i-Bar, The Park. DJ Vicky spinsretro hits. Drinks at 50% off.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Ladies Night: Cirrus, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar. House withDJ Rohit. Ladies drink for freetill 10:00 pm. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m.

Wow Diva's Night: F Bar &Kitchen, Ali Askar Road, Cun-ningham Road. A night dedi-cated to women, who get freecocktails, while DJ Ivan spinsthe best tracks from aroundthe world. 7:30 p.m. to 11:30p.m.

Ladies Rock: Hard Rock Cafe.Customised cocktails, musicand tons of games for thewomen at Hard Rock Cafe. 8p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

LOL@Urban Solace: UrbanSolace, Annaswamy Mudaliarroad, Ulsoor Lake. A stand upcomedy and open mic nightthat features guest comediansand a platform for the audi-ence to show off their enter-taining skills. 8 p.m. to 10p.m.

ShoppingHigh on Heels by Mochi: AtMochi, Commercial Street. Acollection of stilettos, wedgesand pumps in the colours of

the season.

ExhibitionThe Keyboard of SmallThings: Gallery Sumukha,Wilson Garden. An exhibitionof paintings by Mukesh Shar-ma at Gallery Sumukha. 10:30a.m. to 6 p.m.

Recollections Reconnections:Kynkyny Art, Infantry Rd. ‘Rec-ollections Reconnections’, anexhibition of copper reliefs bySG Vasudev. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Harmony with Art: GalleryThird Eye, Yemalur Main Road,Yemalur. An exhibition ofworks by artists RD Roy andSatish Biradhar. 10 a.m. to 6p.m.

Depths of Field: Apparao Gal-leries, The Presidency, StMarks Road. 'Depths of Field',an exhibition of glass sculptureand installation works by An-jali Srinivasan. 12:30 p.m. to7 p.m.

Karnataka State Cricket Association president Anil Kumble and Jnanpith award winnerChandrashekar Kambar release four books brought out by the Bangalore Press Club

Releasing books S Radhakrishna

Riding on footpaths?Get your DL suspendedBangalore: Beware, if you are in thehabit of riding on footpaths to beattraffic congestion, your driving licencecould be suspended, apart from thefine.

The dangerous trend of driving onfootpaths has been dealt with merci-lessly. Driving on footpaths is nowconsidered as dangerous driving. Thedriving licence of driver who is indulgingin footpath driving is seized and sentto RTO for suspension under section20 of Motor Vehicle Act.

In a series of measures, the city trafficpolice have vowed to streamline ar-guably the biggest problem the city hasbeen facing.

As per these measures, all traffic of-ficers have adopted a road within theirjurisdiction. Efforts are being made toensure smooth flow of traffic on thesemodel roads by regulating traffic andenforcing traffic rules and regulations.Road markings and signages will alsobe provided to these roads.

Steps have been taken to removefootpath parking and other obstructions.At some places like Russel Market,Broadway road and Cockburn Road,all obstructions on road have been re-moved and BMTC busses are allowedto ply after more than 20 years.

Special drives have been conductedagainst all types of parking violations.A record number of 5,01,559 cases havebeen booked against violators of no-parking rule this year. This is thehighest number of cases in the historyof city traffic police.

Nine corridors have been identifiedfor signal synchronisation in the city.This will be implemented in a phasedmanner. Area traffic control system isbeing introduced on MG road corridoras a pilot project from December 1.

Opening of centre medians at frequentintervals leads to traffic jams and bot-tlenecks. The following measures havebeen taken to close opening of centremedian and ban U-turns and Rightturns. U-Turn on Palace Guttahalli onPalace Road has closed, U-turn on RTNagar on Bellary Road is closed, the

opening of 31st Main, BTM is closed,the right-turn on Koramangala innerring road at Egipura junction is banned,the Right turn on Sarjapura road atWater Tank junction will be closed, theRight turn on Ambedkar road at CoffeeBoard junction is banned, the illegalmotoring of median between NR Roadand SJP road is closed, the U-turn atIndiranagar 100 ft road flyover fromHAL Airport is closed, two openingson KR Road between South End Circleand Rajalakshmi Junction will be closed

after Metro works.The conservancy lanes have been

opened for two-wheeler parking on Se-shadripuram.

The following initiatives have beentaken to educate road users on roadsafety. Soft skill traffic programme forautorickshaw drivers has been takenup with the support of Indian Instituteof Job Training. The Students Associationof Road Safety has been strengthenedby involving more number of schools.A new book on road safety education

is printed with the support of TrafficWarden Organization. New hoardingson suspension of driving licence fortraffic violations and wearing seatbeltsfor safety have been erected across thecity.

The following New Traffic CirculationPlans have been prepared and beingimplemented. New Airport road corridorbetween Windsor Manner Junction toHebbal flyover, traffic management in-terventions at KR Puram, local areatraffic management plan for Benni-

ganahalli, and local area traffic man-agement plan for Nagapura.

Stringent action has been initiatedagainst youngsters who are involvedin drag racing and wheeling. RegularFIRs have been booked against themand their driving licences have beenceased for suspension. This menacehas come down significantly over thelast one month.

Following measures have been takento enhance the capability and to ensurewellbeing of traffic policemen. Basiclife support training to all policemenwith the support of BGS Global Hospital.Diabetes checkup for all traffic police-men during the second week of No-vember.

The traffic police have identified 122bus stops which are located at closeproximity of traffic intersections. A jointsurvey was conducted with the BBMPand BMTC to shift these bus stops to atleast 150 metre away from intersections.

To achieve greater compliance to traf-fic rules and regulations, the traffic po-lice have initiated strict action againstrepeated violations of traffic rules. Theirlicences will be impounded and sentto respective courts and RTOs for can-cellation / suspension. During the last10 days, already 265 driving licenceshave been sent for suspension.

Following steps have been initiatedto improve autorickshaw service in thecity in the last 1 month. Strict imple-mentation of auto display card systemand setting up of pre-fixed auto standsat important places in the city.

Safe routes to school project will beimplemented in the entire city for allschools from the next academic year.The project is aimed at reducing trafficcongestion around schools and ensuringgreater safety to schoolchildren. A pre-liminary meeting was held on November11 with principals of 16 schools whereinthis project was implemented in 2005.

The police have evolved a short-termtraffic management plan for the nextsix months. Efforts have been made todevelop a long-term traffic perspectiveplan.

Mathai: Indian map issueneeds greater attention

New Delhi: In the backdrop ofthe US State Department websitedisplaying a map with the north-western part of Jammu and Kash-mir as Pakistani territory, IndianForeign Secretary Ranjan MathaiMonday said such maps needto be corrected and the issueneeds greater attention.

"Yes, maps should be correct-ed...This is an issue we have tocontinue to give important at-tention to," Mathai said whiledelivering the Fourth MEA-IISS-IDSA Foreign Policy Dialogue onthe theme "Towards Stability inAsia" here.

Later, asked by reporters aboutthe US State Department's web-site showing parts of Jammu andKashmir, which India says hasbeen forcibly occupied since

1947, as Pakistani territory, Math-ai said the matter was now beingdiscussed in the external affairsministry.

"It is being discussed rightnow within the ministry. I canrespond to that question onlyafter getting back to the ministry,"he said. The foreign secretarysaid the ministry was "increas-ingly issuing demarches to mostof the world" for getting India'smap wrong.

"I have been in this businessand I have done this a couple ofhundred times over the last 35years. Cartography is not an exactscience, particularly whenviewed with a political outlookby various countries," he added.

The State Department website(www.state.gov) carries profiles

and maps of all countries withwhich the US has diplomatic re-lations bit in India's case, themap differs from the official In-dian map, completely ignoringNew Delhi's claims over that partof Jammu and Kashmir state.

Interestingly, the same websitecarries a pointer to the Indianclaim over that portion of AksaiChin in the Ladakh region ofJammu and Kashmir which iscurrently occupied by China.

Recently, a Chinese privatecompany distributed a brochureto Indian journalists with a In-dian map showing ArunachalPradesh as part of China, result-ing in a spat between Chineseambassador to India Zhang Yanand an Indian journalist, whoobjected to it.

Tahrir Square clashesleave 13 dead

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It was the second day of violencein the Egyptian capital, followinga peaceful anti-military massrally on Friday.

Egypt's cabinet, which heldcrisis talks for several hours be-fore moving en masse to theheadquarters of the rulingSupreme Council of the ArmedForces (SCAF) for another meet-ing, said in a statement that par-

liamentary elections scheduledfor November 28 would go ahead.

The SCAF, in a statement readout on state television, said it"regretted" what was happening.It said it was committed to theelections timetable.

Earlier Mohsen al-Fangari, a member of the council, insisted the election would go ahead as planned and thatthe authorities were able to guar-antee security.

"We will not give in to calls todelay the elections. The armedforces and the interior ministryare able to secure the pollingstations," Fangari told a talkshow on the Egyptian satellitechannel Al-Hayat.

Several prominent politicalfigures and intellectuals, includ-ing former UN nuclear watchdogchief Mohamed ElBaradei, earlierissued a call for a delay to thelegislative polls.

Manstabbed,

robbed ofvaluables

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A man, who waswalking home, was robbed ofvaluables worth over Rs 1.15 lakhearly this morning.

Yashasvi Nag, who had comefrom Mysore, got down at JawaCirlce around 2 this morning. Hehad taken an autorickshaw tillNalanda Talkies and was walkinghome when two persons attackedhim from behind.

The two assailants stabbedhim in the hands, legs and back.They took away his gold chain,a gold ingot, a laptop and cashof Rs 18,000.

The victim is a resident ofObalappa Garden in Basavanagu-di.

HDK will campaign for me: SriramuluBangalore Beat Bureau

Bellary: JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy will campaignfor me and will help me win,said former minister B Sriramulu,who is contesting the November30 by-election to the BellaryRural assembly constituency.

Criticising BJP state presidentK S Eshwarappa’s statement thatmany MLAs, MPs and other elect-ed representatives from the BJPwould resign in support of Sri-ramulu once the election is over,he said, “If all of them resign,then the BJP government in thestate would fall. But I am nottrying to do that. Eshwarappa’s

statement is to demonise us.They will go around saying thatwe are responsible for the down-fall of the state government.”

He said, “The JD(S) has ex-tended moral support to me andhave decided not to field a can-didate against me. They are sup-porting my candidature.”

Sriramulu quit as minister andlater also resigned as an MLAfrom the ruling party, allegingthat senior leaders from the partyhurt his self-respect.

The BJP has fielded Gaadi Lin-gappa from the constituency thatwas held by Sriramulu, whilethe Congress has fielded Ram-prasad. B Sriramulu

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Suu Kyi may run in by‑pollsYangon: Myanmar’s democracychampion Aung San Suu Kyiplans to run in upcoming by-elections, her spokesman saidtoday, days after her party de-cided to rejoin the official politicalarena.

The National League forDemocracy (NLD) move Fridayto end its boycott of the politicalprocess came on the same daythe military-dominated govern-ment received a seal of approvalfrom Washington for a string ofnascent reforms.

“Daw Suu said she intends totake part in the election,” NyanWin, spokesman for the NLD,told AFP. Daw is a term of respectin Myanmar.

Suu Kyi hinted that she wouldstand for office at a meeting ofparty delegates Friday, whenthey decided to re-register as apolitical party and contest elec-tions after boycotting last year’svote -- Myanmar’s first in 20years.

There are 48 parliamentaryseats available but no pollingdates have been set for by-elec-tions.

After speaking directly to No-bel laureate Suu Kyi for the first

time, in a call from Air ForceOne, US President Barack Obamasaid Hillary Clinton would nextmonth become the first US sec-retary of state to visit Myanmarfor 50 years.

Attending an Asian summitin Indonesia, Obama said Clin-ton’s December 1-2 trip was de-signed to stoke “flickers” of dem-ocratic reform in a country thatfor decades has been blightedby military rule and internationalisolation.

The NLD won a landslide vic-tory in polls in 1990 but the then-ruling junta never allowed theparty to take power. Suu Kyi, al-though a figurehead for the cam-paign, was under house arrestat the time.

Myanmar’s next election wasnot held until November lastyear, and the NLD boycotted it -- mainly because of rules thatwould have forced it to expelimprisoned members. Suu Kyiwas again under house arrest.

Although the election waswidely criticised as a sham,Myanmar’s military rulers gaveway to a nominally civilian ad-ministration which released SuuKyi from years in detention andhas since made a surprising se-ries of conciliatory gestures.

In developments Suu Kyi hasdescribed as “encouraging”, ithas passed a law giving workersthe right to strike, stopped workon an unpopular mega dam, re-leased about 200 political pris-oners and held direct talks withSuu Kyi.

After spending 15 of the past22 years in detention, the 66-year-old told her party on Fridaythat they should contest all theseats available in by-electionsand had implied that she wouldrun herself.

“Some people are worried thattaking part could harm my dig-nity. Frankly, if you do politics,you should not be thinking aboutyour dignity,” she said.

SIT says Ishrat encounterfake; HC orders fresh FIR

Ahmedabad: In a setback to the NarendraModi government, the special investigationteam probing the 2004 Ishrat Jehan casehas concluded that the college girl waskilled in a fake encounter, prompting theGujarat High Court to order a fresh FIRagainst accused policemen in the case.

The SIT in its report said Ishrat and threeothers were killed prior to the encounterdate of June 15, 2004.

A division bench of Justice Jayant Pateland Justice Abhilasha Kumari ordered thata separate FIR under section 302 (punishmentfor murder) should be filed in the concernedpolice station against those police officerswho were involved in the shootout.

The SIT had submitted its final report inthe high court regarding their findings onthe encounter on November 18.

The court is at present considering whichcentral agency – the CBI or the NIA – canprobe the case after the second FIR will befiled and it has sought suggestions fromthe petitioners and the state government.

The court said, "The probe agency wouldneed to find out who played the key role inthe encounter, what was the motive andwhat was the actual time of the death of thefour people".

The SIT team, which investigated thecase, is headed by R R Verma, while the

other two members of the team are IPSofficer Mohan Jha and Satish Verma.

Ishrat, a 19-year-old college girl, alongwith Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai,Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar was

killed in a shootout by Ahmedabad CrimeBranch on June 15, 2004.

Crime Branch had then claimed the fourwere LeT members and were on a missionto kill chief minister Modi.

A judicial inquiry report by metropolitanmagistrate S P Tamang submitted on Sep-tember 7, 2009 in the encounter case hadalso said that the shootout was fake andexecuted in cold blood by the police officialsfor their benefit.

The probe in the sensational case wassupervised directly by the Gujarat HighCourt which had constituted the SIT lastyear to investigate genuineness of the en-counter after petitions filed by Ishrat'smother Shamima Kausar and GopinathPillai, father of another victim of the en-counter — Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pil-lai.

Those accused in the case include thenJCP (crime branch) P P Pande, suspendedDIG D G Vanzara, then ACP G L Singhaland ACP N K Amin –

all IPS officers. There were total of 21 po-licemen, including the IPS officers, involvedin the encounter.

Vanzara and Amin are also accused inthe Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encountercase and murder of Sheikh's wife Kausar Biand are presently behind bars.

Ships threaten whalesalong Kerala coast

Thiruvananthapuram: Increas-ing number of deaths of marinemammals and stranding of en-dangered whale species alongthe Kerala coast in recentmonths, apparently due to col-lision with ships, has highlightedthe need to develop appropriatemitigation measures, a study hassaid.

In the past few months there have been reports of at least a dozen deaths of marinemammals along the coast. In addition to that, four whalesstranded in 2010 and this year were identified as Bryde'swhale, an endangered marinespecies, A Biju Kumar, Head ofthe Department of Aquatic Biol-ogy and Fisheries, Kerala Uni-versity, said.

Marine mammal mortality dueto fishing operations was iden-tified as a major threat to theirpopulation and this was truewith regard to death of dolphinsand porpoises in Kerala coast,Kumar, who conducted a studyon the issue, said.

However, he said many of thedeaths and ship strikes on mam-mals were not properly docu-

mented and identified. The highnumber of reported whale strand-ings in the past few years seemsto indicate that the frequency ofthese events have increased, hesaid.

While globally anthropogenicencroachments such as contam-inants and intensive sound dis-turbances, which derange thenatural behaviour of the whales,have been considered to be acause, along the Indian coast

the primary reason for the killingscould be collision with ships.

Several whales stranded werefound with serious injuries, prob-ably due to collision with pro-pellers, he said.

"Ship strikes can significantlyaffect small populations ofwhales, and in areas where spe-cial caution is needed to avoidsuch events, measures to reducethe vessel speed may be benefi-cial," he said.

Haqqaniready to

give phonefor probe

Islamabad: Pakistan's ambas-sador to the US Husain Haqqaniis willing to hand over his Black-Berry phone to help in the in-vestigation over a secret memoto Washington that claims Pres-ident Asif Ali Zardari feared amilitary coup, a media reportsaid.

Haqqani had met Zardari Sun-day and spoke to him about thesecret memo.

He then expressed his will-ingness to hand over his Black-Berry for investigation, reportedGeo News.

Pakistani businessman Man-soor Ijaz alleged last month thata senior Pakistani diplomat askedfor help in getting a messagefrom Zardari to then chairmanof the US Joint Chiefs of Staff,Admiral Mike Mullen.

Ijaz alleged that Zardari feareda military takeover following theUS raid that killed Osama binLaden in Pakistan May 2.

The businessman says he hasphone records of calls allegedlyfrom Haqqani and his US contactbetween May 9 and 10.

Prior to the memo issue, thePakistan Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) wereupset with Haqqani over issuanceof visas to Americans without"prior-scrutiny" by the Pakistanisecurity agencies.

Before leaving Washington forPakistan, Haqqani met US specialrepresentative to Pakistan andAfghanistan Marc Grossman.

IIIT to be setup in AssamGuwahati: An Indian Instituteof Information Technology (IIIT)would be set up at Mirza nearhere in Assam on the lines ofIIT, chief minister Tarun Gogoisaid today.

The project has been conceivedin public-private mode with cen-tral government and Assam gov-ernment and leading industrypartners as stake holders, Gogoitold reporters here. The IIIT isin response to the union HRDministry's decision to set up 20new IIITs across the country inaddition to the existing four in-stitutes of international standardin Hyderabad, Bangalore, Gand-hinagar and Delhi, he said.

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Narendra Modi

Qaida sympathiserheld in NY for plot

New York: A 27-year-old ‘‘al-Qaida sympathiser’’ whoplanned to carry out terror at-tacks in the US targetting policeand military personnel returninghome from Iraq and Afghanistanhas been arrested, US officialssaid.

Jose Pimentel of WashingtonHeights in Manhattan faces ter-rorism related charges, includingconspiring to build a bomb forterrorist purposes and possessinga bomb.

Pimentel, arrested by NewYork City police officers on Sat-urday from an apartment, is an“Al-Qaida sympathiser who wasplotting to bomb police patrolcars and also postal facilities,as well as target members of ourArmed Forces returning fromabroad” using pipe bombs, may-or Michael Bloomberg said at anews conference.

“The suspect was a so-calledlone wolf, motivated by his ownresentment of the presence ofAmerican troops in Iraq andAfghanistan, as well as inspiredby al-Qaida propaganda. He wasnot part of a larger conspiracyemanating from abroad,”Bloomberg said.

The terror suspect represents“exactly the kind of threat” au-thorities have warned about, asAmerican military and intelli-gence agencies have eroded al-Qaida’s ability to launch large-scale attacks, the mayor said.

Pimentel, an unemployed na-tive of the Dominican Republi-can, is a US citizen. He was underpolice surveillance since 2009and his extreme positions “madesome of his like- minded friendsnervous,” Police CommissionerRay Kelly said.

The commissioner said thatPimentel even talked aboutchanging his name to OsamaHussein in honour of two of hisdeceased idols al-Qaida leaderOsama bin Laden and Iraqi dic-tator Saddam Hussein.

Kelly said the suspect was afollower of al-Qaida leader Anwaral-Awlaki, the American-borncleric who was killed in a droneattack.

Last August, the suspect al-legedly decided to carry out thebomb plot. He “jacked up hisspeed” after September 30, whenal-Awlaki was killed in Yemen.

“We knew for the last twoyears, he’s been reading a lot ofjihadist information and talked

a lot of inflammatory rhetoric,”Kelly said.

“But it appears at this juncturethe death of Anwar al-Awlakimotivated him and made himincrease his tempo.”

Bloomberg said the latest ter-ror plot is the 14th that “lonewolves, al-Qaida, or al-Qaida af-filiates,” planned to carry out inthe city since 9/11.

The case was reminiscent ofanother lone wolf plot in 2004in which two New Yorkers angryover the treatment of prisonersin Iraq plotted to bomb a subwaystation.

“Because of such repeatedthreats, the NYPD remains fo-cused on preventing another ter-rorist attack,” he said.

Pimentel planned to test anexplosive device in a mailboxbefore using it against other tar-gets.

His aim was to show there

were “mujahedeen” – or Islamicmilitants – in the city ready towage “jihad.”

He was arrested after he beganto drill holes in the would-bepipe bomb, Kelly said.

While authorities had moni-tored him for over two years,they decided to move quicklyfor fear that device may explode,the commissioner said. “(He had)morphed from simply talkingabout such acts to actions –namely, bomb making.”

The suspect allegedly learnedhow to make a pipe bomb afterreading Inspire, the al-Qaida net-work’s English-language onlinepropaganda, recruiting and train-ing magazine.

“His stated desire to attackour servicemen and women ...could have come from an al-Qaida playbook,” ManhattanDistrict Attorney Cyrus Vancesaid.

The devices recovered from the 26-year-old Jose Pimentel of Washington Heights in Manhattan who faces

terrorism charges.

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Omar: No public debateon AFSPA revocation

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmirchief minister Omar AbdullahMonday said discussions on thepartial revocation of the ArmedForces (Special Powers) Act (AF-SPA) between the state and cen-tral governments were on andhe did not favour a public debateon the sensitive issue.

“The process is on, the dis-cussions are going on and wedo not want any public debateon this issue,” Omar Abdullahsaid during the inauguration ofan electric power grid station insouth Kashmir's Anantnag dis-trict.

The chief minister dispelledmedia reports that the move topartially revoke AFSPA from cer-tain areas of the state had metwith stiff resistance from somequarters.

“Nobody has opposed themove to partially revoke AFSPA.

Yes, apprehensions have beenexpressed over the issue and weare trying to address those ap-prehensions,” he said.

The chief minister said a jointteam of state government officials

would soon visit Delhi to carryforward the discussions with thecentral government.

Media reports here said a five-member team of state govern-ment officials, including State

Commissioner/Secretary(Home) B.R. Sharma and DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP) KuldeepKhoda would soon visit Delhi todiscuss the matter with unionhome and defence ministry of-ficials.

The state government has pro-posed revocation of AFSPA –which gives sweeping powers tothe army – from Srinagar andBadgam towns in the Valley andJammu and Samba towns in theJammu region.

However, the move has beenstrongly resisted by the army,which says it would impede theoperational capabilities of thesecurity forces.

Omar Abdullah

Dollu Kunitha and othercultural programmes

were part of the inaugu-ration of Kadlekai

Parishe, or groundnutfair, in front of Basa-

vanagudi temple in Ban-galore this morning

(top). The organisersgave away free hands-

full of groundnut tothose who had gatheredfor the inauguration ofthe fair. Hundreds of

groundnut farmers fromaround Bangalore havecome to take part in theannual fair. More than a

lakh visitors are ex-pected to take part in

the fair. The police havemade tight bandobastfacilties and diverted

traffic from Basa-vanagudi main road.