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District Armed Reserve policemen march through Mission Road at Mysore this morning. A massive police route marchwas taken out in the city in preparation for the Dasara festivities that are beginning on September 28. More than 1,750

personnel from different forces took part in the 4-km march that began at 7.45 am.

March ahead of DasaraS Radhakrishna

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Youth Congpresident pollon Oct 12, 13

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The election for president of Kar-nataka Youth Congress will be held on October12 and 13, said Indian Youth Congress PRO V KHari Vazhagan here this morning.

Addressing the media at the KPCC office, hesaid the election at the booth level has beencompleted. Whoever has been elected at thebooth level can contest for the president’spost, he said. The last date for filing nominationsis September 25.

The counting will be on October 15. The IYC announced yesterday that of the 28

assembly constituencies four would be re-served which would be represented by SC/STs.The reserved seats are Kolar, Haveri, Mysoreand Bagalkote, he said. There are many candi-dates for the president’s post, including actressRamya, Union labour minister MallikarjunaKharge’s son Priyank and an aspirant fromMysore Pradeep Gowda, who is backed by as-sembly opposition leader Siddaramaiah.

Ramya recently got the eligibility to contestthe presidential polls after winning booth lev-el polls from Shantinagar.

Illegal iron oreseized in Bellary

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bellary: Mines and geologyofficials seized iron ore thatwas being transported ille-gally, despite the ban, inthe district this morning.

The incident occurred atNavalahalli of Bellary taluk.

The iron ore seized was of fine quality andwas being transported in four lorries.

Department officials received a tipoff on themovement of illegal iron ore and seized the lor-ries. Lorry drivers managed to escape from thespot.

Villagers attackmedia men

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Koratagere: Villagers attacked media personswho had arrived here to cover a bandh calledin protest against lack of development in thetaluk here this morning.

The villagers said that the BJP governmenthas ignored the taluk, while G Parameshwara,who is from the constituency, too has not paidany attention to development works.

Most villages in the taluk lack basic facilitieslike water, roads and electricity, they said.

The protesters shouted slogans against thegovernment and stopped the media from cov-ering the event.

Rlys checks for ticketless

travellers Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The railways carried out a drive to catchticketless travellers near the Mysore railway sta-tion this morning.

In all, 44 ticket checking inspectors, 22 rail-way police force men and a dog squad werepressed into service to check trains early thismorning.

The railway officials stopped the trains nearJawa factory, just a short distance from the cen-tral railway station, and conducted checks. Di-visional railway manager Anup Agarwal said thechecks were conducted as a deterrent.

Pvt sector hasfostered Indo‑UStrade ties: Burns

Washington: The private sector in India and theUnited States has succeeded in fostering historictrade relationships between the two largestdemocracies of the world, a top Obama Ad-ministration official said yesterday.

“Your companies and the private sectorsthey represent have succeeded in fosteringhistoric trade relations among our two coun-tries,” US Deputy Secretary of State WilliamBurns said in his address to the US-India CEOForum meeting here.

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SC bench differs onCentre's plea on SITNew Delhi: A two-judge bench of theSupreme Court today gave a split verdicton the maintainability of government's ap-plication seeking recall of the apex courtorder on constitution of an SIT to probeblackmoney cases.

The order was passed by a bench com-prising justices Altamas Kabir and S S Ni-jjar on the Centre's plea for recall of thecourt's July 4 decision.

While justice Kabir pronounced hisverdict in favour of the government, say-ing the Centre's plea was maintainable,Justice Nijjar refused to hear the applica-tion, saying it is not maintainable.

In view of the split verdict, the benchreferred the matter to the Chief Justice forconstitution of a larger bench to decide the

maintainability of the Centre's plea.The apex court had on July 4 recast the

high-level committee, formed by the Cen-tre earlier to track blackmoney stashedaway abroad, by setting up a Special In-vestigation Team and making ex-apexcourt judges B P Jeevan Reddy and M BShah as its chairman and vice-chairmanrespectively. The others in the 13-memberSIT are directors of CBI, Intelligence Bu-reau, Enforcement Directorate, Chair-man of CBDT, Director General of RevenueIntelligence, Director General of Nar-cotics Control, Director of Foreign Intel-ligence Office (FIO) and Joint Secretary ofForeign Trade, besides the Research andAnalysis Wing (RAW) director.

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HDK: How many villages in Koppaldoes DVS know?

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Hospet: How many villages does chiefminister D V Sadananda Gowda know inKoppal constituency, asked JD(S) statepresident H D Kumaraswamy this morn-ing.

Addressing the media on by-electionsto Koppal, he said, “The BJP has beenclaiming that it would win the polls here.They have to wait till the results come out.Gowda has been saying that he is confi-dent of winning the polls here. But howmany villages does he know in this con-stituency?How many villagers has hehelped in this region?” he asked.

The Koppal by-poll has been forced onthe people due Operation Lotus carriedout by the BJP. The voters here are frus-trated with the government. The BJP isbribing the voters with money and otherlures. But voters are intelligent and knowwhom to choose, he said.

“The Congress has been making base-less allegations against me that I don’thave moral right to canvass for our par-ty candidate as I face cases in theLokayukta court. But the court will decidethe issues against me. The Congress doesnot have any other issue to highlight. Ifthe truth comes out, the Congress wouldshut its mouth. That party has joinedhands with the BJP for the by-electionhere,” he alleged.

The Congress which is the official op-position party in the state has failed mis-erably in carrying out its duties. It has tilltoday failed to expose any scandalsagainst the government with solid docu-ments. “According to my knowledge the

Congress has not worked as the opposi-tion party. Many top leaders of that par-ty have received favours from Yeddyu-rappa (former chief minister),” he said.

The JD(S) is the only party that has ex-posed scandals involving the ruling par-ty and its members, he added.

BJP candidate Karadi Sanganna joinedthe saffron party from the JD(S) only formoney. Now, he is chanting the mantraof development. But Koppal voters knowthat Sanganna grew in politics only be-cause of the JD(S), he said.

“Sanganna will be defeated in the by-poll for sure. The voters here will teachhim a lesson. There is no question of tak-ing him back into the JD(S),” he said.

Asked about former minister B Srira-mulu joining the JD(S), he said, “So far,I don’t have any information regardingthat. Even Sriramulu has said that hewants to leave the BJP.”

No comment onPapu: KambarʻGovt must work on classical status to Kannadaʼ

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Jnanpith award win-ner Chandrashekar Kambar to-day refused to be dragged into acontroversy on litterateur PatilPuttappa’s (PaPu) comment thatS L Bhyrappa should have got thehonour ahead of Kambar.

Kambar, who is known forhis folk-based literature, wastalking to the media at an inter-action organised by the Banga-lore Press Club.

“Patil Puttappa’s is his per-sonal opinion. I would not like tocomment on it,” he said.

Kambar said the state gov-ernment should work hard to-wards getting classical status toKannada, which has been pend-ing for a long time now. “Kan-nada deserves the classical sta-tus. Everyone should put in theirefforts towards that,” he said.

He said Kannada should betaught compulsorily at allschools from first to tenth stan-dards. “Only then will Kannadagrow. Even English can be taughtin Kannada. The governmentshould take over schooling ofchildren till tenth standard and

implement the Kannada rule.”He said, “The people nowa-

days have been veering back to-wards Kannada and expressingtheir love for the language. Wewere being ruled by the Britishfor long. We had adopted our-selves to the Western culture. Butthere has been a change andthe people are showing love to-wards our language. If the lan-guage grows, the people too willgrow. They will become more cre-ative. This award is not person-ally for me, but for Kannada. Itwill help the language grow. Ithas only made the languagericher,” he said.

On the people behind his suc-cess, he said, “My father, moth-er, Busanur and Savalagi maths,my high school teacher Krish-namurthy and great writer A KRamanujam nurtured me andmade me grow.”

Asked about the present po-litical situation, he said, “I wouldnot like to react on that.” Whenpointed out that he was an MLCat one time, he said, “I was nom-inated by the government. Iserved my constituency peoplethen that is all.”

Pak lashes out at US forlinking ISI, terror groupsIslamabad: Pakistan and the US appeared head-ed for a fresh collision course as foreign ministerHina Rabbani Khar today lashed out at Americafor accusing the country's powerful spy agency ISIof ties with terror groups, warning it risked losingIslamabad as its ally.

"We have conveyed to the US that you will losean ally. You cannot afford to alienate Pakistan, youcannot afford to alienate the Pakistani people," shesaid, adding "If they are choosing to do so, it willbe at their own cost."

Khar's remarks came a day after US military chiefAdmiral Mike Mullen accused the ISI of support-ing the Haqqani network in carrying out a stringof deadly terror attacks, including an assault onthe US Embassy in Kabul on September 13.

He said the Haqqani network, a powerful fac-tion of the Taliban, was a "veritable arm" of Pak-istan's spy agency.

Mullen's tough words marked the first time a USofficial had linked ISI directly to these terrorgroups, signaling a significant change in theAmerican approach to Islamabad.

The Pakistan Foreign Minister, who is in New

York to attend the UN General Assembly meeting,told Geo News channel that though militantsbased in Afghanistan had carried out cross-bor-der attacks on Pakistan, Islamabad had not re-sorted to a blame game even though US forces areresponsible for security on the Afghan side.

It is in the interest of both Pakistan and the USto retain their relationship, Khar said. "So, if it isnot a relationship of complete equals, them beinga superpower and us not, but it is (a relationship)of sovereign equals."

Both countries need each other and Pakistanwants its relationship with the US to remain intact,she said. But Pakistan?s sovereignty must be re-spected by the US, she added.

Pakistan is fighting the war on terror in its owninterest and the US may be a superpower but Pak-istan is not dependent on it alone, Khar contended.

"Our Pakistani brothers and sisters shouldknow that their country is not dependent onAmerica, there is no economic or military de-pendency. Assistance has been coming fromthem and we would want this aid to come in a bet-ter way," she said. PTI

PDS riceseized in city

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: In all, 1500 kg of ricemeant for ration shops that wasbeing transported illegally wereseized in the city this morning.

Police officials stopped the lor-ry transporting rice near KG Hal-li and seized the contraband. Lor-ry driver Muniswamy, who was arrested, told the police that the consignment was lifted at theKarnataka Warehouse Corpora-tion and was being taken to Ban-garpet.

The rice was in 150 bags of 100kg each. The police also arrestedMohammed Zacharia, while twoothers managed to escape.

The police have also seized thelorry.

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Jnanpith award winner Chandrashekar Kambar interactswith media persons at the Bangalore Press Club today.

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MARYADE RAMANNA (U/A)Komal Kumar, NishaAdarsh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Anupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Balaji (Tavarekere) (10.30am, 1.45, 5.15, 8.15 pm) Ba-nashankari (Hongasandra) (11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Cinepolis(10.30 am, 6.50 pm) Gopalan Cine-mas (Mysore Road) (10 am, 6.45,9.40 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ra-jarajeshwari Nagar) (10.10 am, 4,9.20 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.15 am,3.40 pm) Inox (Magrath) (12.05 pm)Inox (Jayanagar) (3.10 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10 am, 3.20, 9.05pm) Kamakya (2.15 pm, 6.15, 9.15pm) PVR Cinemas (1 pm, 3.50, 6.40pm) Rajarajeshwari (Mallathahalli)(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.15, 9.30pm) Siddalingeshwara (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Ullas (11.30am, 2.45, 5.45, 8.45 pm) Uma (10.15am ) Veerabhadreshwara (10.45 am,1.45, 4.45, 7.45 pm) Venkatesh(Avalahalli) (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Vijayalakshmi (Garu-

dacharpalya) (11 am, 2.30 pm)Vaibav (11 am 2.30 pm) Veeresh(10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

MANASALOGY (U/A)Rakesh, AmoolyaInox (Malleswaram) (12.50 pm) Na-landa (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.40pm) Navrang (1 pm, 4, 7 pm) Trib-huvan (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) PVR Cinemas (12.20 pm, 4.50pm)

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) (1 pm) Kr-ishna (KR Puram) (10.30 am, 2, 8pm) Mohan (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.15,9.15 pm) Prasanna (10.30 am,1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Siddheshwwara(11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm)Triveni (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm) Uma (1 pm, 4, 7 pm) Va-jreshwari (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30pm)

JOHNY ENGLISH REBORN (U/A)Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund PikeCinepolis (10 am, 1.10, 4.55, 9.35pm) Fame (Lido) (10 am, 1.45, 3.50,6, 10 pm) Fame (Value Mall) (10.25am, 12.35, 2.45, 7.40, 9.40 pm)Fame (Shankarnag) (10 am, 6.40pm) Fun Cinemas (12.45 pm, 7.30

pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (12.10 pm, 5.05,10 pm) Inox (Magrath) (10.15 am,3.15, 7.45, 10 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(10 am, 2.35, 7.20 pm) Inox(Malleswaram) (10.35 am, 5.30, 10pm) Pushpanjali (11 am, 2.15, 6,9.15 pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am, 2,6, 10 pm) Santosh (2, 6, 9 pm)

ZOO KEEPER (U)Rosario Dawson, Leslie BibbCinemax (12.30, 3, 8.05 pm) Cinepo-lis (1.45, 4.30 7.30 pm) Gopalan(Innovative Mall) (2, 5, 6.05, 8.10pm) Gopalan (Arcade) (3. 10 am,7.30 pm Gopalan (Rajarajeshwari)(2.15 pm, 4.20 pm) Innovative Mul-tiplex (1.45, 6.10, 8.05 pm) PVR Cin-emas (12 pm, 4, 8 pm)

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SANCHALANAM (U)Saikumar, Kamalakar, VenumadhavBalaji (Chikkalasandra) (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Murali (4.30pm, 7.30 pm) Pallavi (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)

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7.15 pm) Innovative Multiplex (11.15am, 7.10, 10 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(11 am, 12.35, 2.15, 5.30, 8, 8.45pm) Inox (Magrath) (11 am, 12.20,2.15, 3.30, 5.30, 6.45, 8.15, 8.45pm) Inox (Jayanagar) (11 am, 2.15,5.30, 8.45 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(11 am, 2.15, 5.30, 8.45 pm) Laxmi(5 pm, 8 pm) Parimala (11 am, 2,5.30, 8.30 pm) PVR Cinemas (10.40am, 2, 5.20, 8.40, 9 pm) Rex (1pm, 9.50 pm) Vaibhav (6.15 pm,9.30 pm) Vision Cinemas (10.30am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm)

ABB wins$71m orderfrom SAIL

Bangalore: ABB has won a $71million order from Steel Authorityof India Ltd to supply a sub-sta-tion package for its Bhilai SteelPlant in Chhattisgarh.

The new high voltage sub-sta-tions would enable the additionalpower supply needed to support a planned increase inthe plant’s annual productioncapacity from five million to sev-en million tons, the companysaid in a statement.

ABB would design, supply, in-stall and commission the sub-stations as part of a turnkey so-lution. PTI

Recessionary trend inUS likely to impact IndiaBangalore: India is likely tosuffer a significant slowdown inexports, higher interest rates, in-stability in financial markets, in-creased unemployment and low-er growth should the US go intoa recession, according to a newreport by consultancy firm De-loitte.

Along with global integration,dependence of the Indian econ-omy on the US has grown, as isevident from the fact that theUS is the second-favourite des-tination for exporters and thethird-largest source of FDI inflowsin India, Deloitte’s ‘D’conomics’report said.

“With such deep interconnect-edness through trade, financeand confidence channels, itwould be naive to presume thatIndia will be unaffected by thedevelopments in the US econo-

my,” the report said.With a high degree of global

financial integration, any reduc-tion in US balance of trade wouldhave negative effects on manycountries. A depreciated dollarwould diminish the value of re-serves held by various countries,including India.

This would also impact theimport capabilities of variouscountries, as their import appetitewould be dependent on the USdollar, as well as the value of in-ternational forex reserves.

“However, it is possible thatthe buoyancy in agricultural sec-tor growth, major infrastructureinvestments, improvements inmanufacturing sector yields andthe robust services sector mayhelp India weather the negativerepercussions that may arisefrom the US,” the report said.

The report also indicates In-dia?s global competitiveness issuffering while other countriesare effectively eating into India’sglobal share of world trade.

Recently concluded trade andeconomic cooperation agree-ments with Singapore, Japanand Malaysia and Free TradeAgreement with ASEAN are im-portant steps for Indian busi-nesses to capitalise upon andimprove productivity such thatthe economy can continue to ex-pand its productive capacity, itwas stated.

The report concluded the timeis right to frame policies and re-main optimistic about economicprospects as building and restor-ing consumer confidence is crit-ical to avoid the consequence ofa prolonged economic slowdown.PTI

RCB keen to start on positivenote; end trophy drought

Bangalore: Having comepretty close to winning inthe IPL on two occasions,Royal Challengers Banga-lore will be desperate toclinch a major champi-onship title when they be-gin their campaign in theChampions League Twen-ty20 against Warriors at theM Chinnaswamy stadiumhere today.

“We don’t have a trophyyet. But we have the guysin form and I hope we cango all the way this time,”said AB de Villiers, echoingthe sentiment of the seniorpros in the team.

The franchisee has de-manded dividends for theirhuge investment but some-how RCB have not been able todeliver the much-sought aftersilverware.

Finishing runner-up is notwhat Vijay Mallya would like.

There will be pressure onDaniel Vettori and gold and red-clad legion to lay their handson the elusive title.

There are quite a few stars inthe RCB ranks, including themarauding West Indian ChrisGayle who had set the standsafire during the fourth editionof the IPL, but the team will cer-tainly miss the services of theIndian pacer Zaheer Khan.

The dreaded and shrewd left-arm seamer has been under re-habilitation since breaking downduring the first Test against Eng-land at Lord’s in July.

Apart from Vettori, the vastly

improved Sreenath Arvaind andAbhimanyu Mithun would misstheir mentor in Zaheer. In manyways, Zaheer’s absence couldimpact RCB’s fortunes in the fort-night-long T20 bash.

Unlike RCB, who fit into theCLT20 as a club outfit, the JohanBotha-led Warriors have the ad-vantage of playing as a provincialunit.

Vettori admitted that the lackof match practice, cohesion areissues to contend with at thestart of the tournament.

A defeat could dampen RCB’schances of qualifying for the titleround as every match is crucialin this format.

Man-to-man, Warriors are abetter side, with the nucleus ofthe South African national play-ers forming the core of this pow-

erful side. But Botha andhis accomplished Warriorswould be wary of the big-hitting Chris Gayle.

If the towering Jamaican,who is although desperatelyshort of match practice, getscracking, the Warriors couldbe blown over the IndianOcean.

Tillakartane Dilshan, whoarrived last night, and DeViliers can also be ruthlesson their day, but Gayle is ofanother league when itcomes to power batting. Theleft hander can be brutallyaggressive.

No bowler would like tobowl at him when he is infull flow. RCB would be hop-ing that he does just what

he did in the last edition of theIPL.

The contest might well be be-tween Gayle and the Warriors.

Squads:Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Daniel Vettori (Capt), Chris Gayle,AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dil-shan, Virat Kohli, MohammadKaif, Mayank Agarwal, SreenathAravind, Arun Karthik, RajuBhatkal, Abhimanyu Mithun,Dirk Nannes, Asad Pathan, Ja-maluddin Syed Mohammad,Saurabh Tiwary.

Warriors: Johan Botha (Capt),Nicky Boje, Mark Boucher, ColinIngram, Andrew Birch, JustinKreusch, Lyall Meyer, MakhayaNtini, Wayne Parnell, AshwellPrince, JJ Smuts, Kelly Smuts,Rusty Theron, Craig Thyssen,Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Printer copier, multifunction product market shrinks by 0.8%

Bangalore: The combined serialinkjet and page printer, copierand multifunction product (MFP)market in India totalled 666,859units in the second quarter of2011, a 0.8 per cent decline vis-a-vis the same period of the pre-vious calendar year, accordingto research firm Gartner, Inc.

Some of the ripples causedby uncertainty in the global econ-omy, primarily on account of the

downgrade of the US sovereignrating and European debt crisis,found their way to the Indianeconomy, Gartner said, assertingthat as a result, economic activ-ities slowed down slightly andprinter equipment purchases asa discretionary spend were af-fected. The unprecedented highinflation in the country also af-fected consumer spending onprint devices.

“Overall, HP, Canon, Samsung,and Epson continued to be thetop four vendors, accounting for92 per cent of the total Indiaprinter market in the secondquarter of 2011,” said Gartnerresearch analyst Amrita Choud-hury. HP maintained its leader-ship position in the India printer,copier and MFP market, account-ing for 53.1 per cent of shipments,followed by Canon with 22.9 per

cent, Samsung with 8.5 per centand Epson with a 7.7 per centmarket share.

In the A4 MFP segment also,HP was the market leader witha 58.3 per cent share, followedby Canon with 20.7 per cent,Samsung with 7.4 per cent andEpson with a 5.3 per cent shareof the market in the second quar-ter of 2011 were the other topvendors in the segment. PTI

CM to PC:Amend

Art 371 toallow quota

Bangalore: Chief minister D VSadananda Gowda has urgedUnion home minister P Chi-dambaram to expedite amend-ment to Article 371 to providefor regional reservation in partsof north Karnataka.

In a letter to Chidambaram,he said his predecessor B S Yed-dyurappa had submitted a mem-orandum to the Centre on March22 regarding introduction of asuitable Amendment to Article371 of the Constitution on thelines of Article 371-D (which Gov-erns Andhra Pradesh) to providefor regional reservation in Kar-nataka.

“I once again request you tokindly expedite the Amendmentin the interests of securing justiceto the people of northern kar-nataka districts of Gulbarga, Yad-gir, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal andBellary. This will go a long wayin fulfilling the long pending as-pirations of the people of thisRegion”, he said.

Tata Comm,yuMobile

ink strategicsourcing dealBangalore: Tata Communica-tions and Essar Telecom Kenya(yuMobile), a unit of EssarGroup, yesterday announcedthe signing of a mutually bene-ficial strategic sourcing agree-ment.

Under the deal, yuMobilewould, exclusively, route all itsinternational voice trafficthrough Tata Communications?network. yuMobile continues tobe one of the company?s keysuppliers of telecommunicationservices throughout Kenya.

The partnership would allowyuMobile to tap into Tata Com-munications? voice infrastruc-ture, enabling it to deliver in-ternational calls at compete tiverates to customers in Kenya, aTata Communications statementsaid.

“Through yuMobile, TataCommunications will benefitfrom the increasing demand forhigh quality voice services inAfrica generated by a rapid risein the number of mobile sub-scribers on the continent”, itsaid.

Ask Somasekharto quit as KMFchief, say NGOs

Bangalore: Two non-governmen-tal organisations yesterday urgedKarnataka chief minister D VSadananda Gowda to removethe “tainted” Somashekhar Red-dy from the chairmanship of Kar-nataka Milk Federation (KMF)and initiate criminal proceedingsagainst him for illegal miningas per the second Lokayukta re-port.

“In fact, Somasekhara Reddyhad laid the foundation for car-rying out illegal mining activitiesin Bellary and Sandur areas ...Therefore he must be removedand initiate criminal proceedingsagainst him,” National Commit-tee for Protection of Natural Re-sources (NCPNR) convenor S RHiremath told reporters here.

Somashekhar Reddy is abrother of former Karnataka min-ister and mining baron G Ja-nardhana Reddy, now in CBIcustody.

NCPNR, along with Jana San-gram Parishat (JSP) are pressingfor the removal of Reddy fromthe chairman’s post at KarnatakaMilk Federation (KMF), he said.

He urged the state governmentto take action against 700 offi-cials, including the then Bellarydeputy conservator of forests SMuthaiah for allegedly colludingwith illegal miners.

“Irrefutable evidence” of il-legal mining and gross abuseof power by Somasekhar Reddyhas been established in the sec-ond Lokayukta report submittedby Justice Santosh Hegde, hesaid.

The report confirms the “high-handed” behaviour of So-mashekhar Reddy trying to in-fluence officials so as to carryout illegal mining activities inBellary district, he claimed.

The report also “confirms theaudacity of Somashekhar Red-dy” to ask a senior investigatingofficer whether he had the per-mission of district in-charge min-ister (Gali Janardhan Reddy) toenter Bellary, Hiremath said.

Somashekhar Reddy had“misused his powers” to get hisname deleted from the complaintlodged by Ramalingaiah, a ge-ologist in the office of the deputy

director of mines and geology,he alleged.

“When Ramalingaiah cameacross cases of illegal mining,he was informed it was beingdone at Reddy’s behest,” Hire-math said, charging that the“inordinate delay” in completinginvestigation and chargesheetingSomashekhar Reddy shows the“high-handedness” of the stategovernment.

Hiremath also demanded thatCBI should probe alleged illegalmining done by the JanardhanReddy-owned Associated MiningCorporation (AMC).

“I am optimistic that SupremeCourt’s environment panel Cen-tral Empowered Committee (CEC)will plead for court-monitoredCBI enquiry into illegal miningcase,” he said.

Court-monitored CBI enquiryalone can lead to effective anddecisive action against influentialpoliticians and officials who ei-ther connived with the miningmafia and exhibited derelictionof duty by inaction, Hiremathsaid.

Earlier, NCPNR had urged theKarnataka government to ap-proach the Supreme Court andseek a court-monitored CBI en-quiry into illegal mining in thestate. PTI

Somashekara Reddy

CITYFriday, September 23, 2011 3

GeneralAll India Federation of Mas-ter Printers: National Awardsin Printing, Hans Raj Bharad-waj to participate, NIMHANSConvention Centre, WilsonGarden, Hosur Road, 4 pm.

Indian Institute of MaterialManagement: Lecture on ‘Re-newable Energy’, WoodlandsHotel, Rajaram Mohan RoyRoad, 6.30 pm.

Indian Institute of World Cul-ture: ‘Developing an Index ofDemocratic Governance in In-dia’, Wadia Hall, Wadia Road,6.15 pm.

CulturalSahithya Akademi: Discus-sion on translating Thakahai,Southern Regional Office, Cen-tral College, B R AmbedkarVeedhi, 3.30 pm

MES Kalavedi: Cultural Fest,MES College, Vidyasagara Sas-try Road, 15th Cross,Malleswaram, 6.30 pm.

Seshappa and SundarammaTrust: Bhadrachala RamadasCharitramu, Khincha Audito-rium, BVB, Race Course Road,6.30 pm.

H S Renuka Prasad SocialCultural Association: Poetsmeet, Former Secretary Jara-ganahalli Shivashankar toparticipate, J S S College JuniorHall, 38th Cross, KanakapuraRoad, Jayanagar 8th Block, 6pm.

ReligiousSharada Tutorials: ‘Transcen-dental Meditation’. 4th Cross,Malleswaram, 6 pm

Eating Out

Power Lunch: Friday, Sep-tember 23rd, 2011. 1 p.m. to 4p.m. City Bar Karaoke + Grill,UB City, No 24, Vittal MallyaRoad, Now be connected evenduring the quick businesslunch. Free wi-fi access whileyou fill up in the middle ofthe day. Delectable starterswith a variety of veg/ non vegmain course options alongwith draught beer.

Weekday Lunch Buffet @ManU: Friday, September23rd, 2011. noon to 3 p.m.Manchester United RestaurantBar, The Manchester UnitedRestaurant and Bar launchesa weekday lunch buffet pricedat Rs 350 plus taxes right fromstarters to desserts.

Breakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: Friday, Septem-ber 23rd, 2011. to 2:30 a.m.Cubbon Pavilion, ITC Garde-nia, No 1, Residency Road In-dian signatures, breakfastclassics, and desserts cometogether to create a buffet thatstarts when the clock strikesmidnight.

Chocoholic Festival at CityBar: Friday, September 23rd,2011. 12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.City Bar Karaoke + Grill, UBCity, No 24, Vittal MallyaRoad,Featured on the menuare sweet treats like pastries,tarts, flavoured chocolates,and pudding.

Burger Fiesta: Friday, Sep-tember 23rd, 2011. 12:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Herbs & Spice,No 39 HAL 3rd Stage, 80 FeetRoad, Indiranagar A specialmenu dedicated to differenttypes of burgers, includingThe Big Beef Burger, JalapenoStuffed Burger, Thai- styleBeef Burger, and AmericanCheeseburger.

Salmon Specials: Friday, Sep-tember 23rd, 2011. 8 p.m. to11:30 p.m. Le Jardin, TheOberoi, No 37/39, MG Road,A special menu that revolvesaround salmon, housesmoked with asparagus, horseradish and roe, or slow cookedwith citrus lobster butter andfennel.

Mexican Fiesta: Friday, Sep-tember 23rd, 2011. noon to11:30 p.m. Sports Bar andLounge, Le Meridien, No 28,Sankey Road, High GroundsAspecial menu, which pairsMexican cuisine with bever-ages. Combos include Tequilawith Tacos and Beer with Bu-rittos.

Nightlife Kroaknight with Sheridanand Carlton: Friday, Septem-ber 23rd, 2011. 9 p.m. Opus InThe Creek, No 2 Dod-danekkundi Industrial Area,Whitefield Road, Mahadeva-pura Sing along with Sheridanand Carlton all night.

Request for your favouritesongs and bring alive the starin you.

Karaoke Night with KJ Val:Friday, September 23rd, 2011.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. XtremeSports Bar, 4th Floor, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar Test thosevocal chords at karaoke nightwith KJ Val.

Eve Night: Friday, September23rd, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Ice, Vivanta by Taj - MGRoad, No 41/3, MG Road,House and commercial tunesby DJ Vanshi. Ladies drinkfor free till 9:30 pm.

Ladies Night with DJ Dev:Friday, September 23rd, 2011.8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Bacchus,F&B Excellency, No 8, Papan-na Street, St Marks Road Dub-step and hip-hop tunes withDJ Dev. Free cocktails for theladies.

Shopping

OWW Sale: Friday, September23rd, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.One Wit Wonders, No 32 ACRTowers, Residency Road, Flat50% off on selected productsat One Wit Wonders.

Modern Heritage Collection:Friday, September 23rd, 2011.10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Pepe,No 2, Brigade Road, Pepe in-troduces the Modern HeritageCollection for women, thatdraws its inspiration from thedesigns of the 90s. The col-lection includes masculine el-ements and relies on shadesof red, black, navy blue andsoft nude.

Colors by Lifestyle: Friday,September 23rd, 2011.Lifestyle, Adarsh Opus, Camp-bell Road, Austin Town Anannual cosmetics fest thatpromises a plethora of offers.Experts like Ojas Rajani andother celebrity make-up artistsadd to the experience.

Calvin Klein Fall 2011: Friday,September 23rd, 2011. 11 a.m.to 8 p.m. Calvin Klein Jeans,The Forum Value Mall, No 62,Whitefield Main Road, White-field CK One Jeanswear pres-ents a new range suited forthe urban explorer, while themen’s range has bold printsand neon colours, across allits outlets.

Exhibitions Unfolding OfThe Self: Friday, September23rd, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Galerie De’Arts, Barton Centre,11th Floor, MG Road, A tenyear retrospective by artistShan Re, featuring rare andunseen works from 2001 to2011.

Showers Of Tranquility: Fri-day, September 23rd, 2011. 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallerie ThirdEye, No A-1 Epsilon OfficeBlock, Yemalur Main Road,Yemalur A rare collection ofpaintings for the monsoonseason, by HS Manjunath andRanjan Paul.

Modern Masters @ Apparao:Friday, September 23rd, 2011.12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. ApparaoGalleries, No 82 The Presi-dency, St Marks Road, An ex-hibition of paintings by artistsincluding Arpita Singh, GulamMohammed Sheikh, JehangirSabavala, Krishen Khanna,SH Raza, KG Subramanyan,and Akbar Padamsee at Ap-parao Galleries.

Photos for Rato @ Tasveer:Friday, September 23rd, 2011.11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tasveer, No26/1, Kasturba Cross Road,Photos for Rato is a collectionof twenty rare photographsby Nicholas Vreeland, takenduring the 26 years he hasbeen a Rato monk. They pro-vide a glimpse into daily lifein a monastery, which onlyan insider could have experi-enced.

Nirantara @ Galleryske: Fri-day, September 23rd, 2011. 11a.m. to 7 p.m. Galleryske, No2, Berlie Street, Langford TownGalleryske presents Nirantaraby Srinivasa Prasad. The artistemploys materials that un-derscore the organic growthcycle of life, death and con-tinuation.

Talent Unlimited: Friday, Sep-tember 23rd, 2011. 11 a.m. to7 p.m. Renaissance Gallerie,No 13 Westminster, Cunning-ham Road, Renaissance Gal-lerie presents Talent Unlimited, an exhibition ofworks by artists like Sreekant Kurva, Kumaraswamy, Kappari,Chary, Chippa Sudhakar,Fawad.

Jayanagar MLA B N Vijayakumar distributes clear sale deeds to six SC/ST beneficiaries form Marenahalli Kere Angalaand 15 cars under the self-employment programme at the Pattbhiram Nagar this morning.

Helping the poor

CITY EVENTS

Bangalore: Forest minister C PYogeshwar has denied irregu-larities in the Mega City projectpromoted by him, a day afterUnion corporate affairs ministerM Veerappa Moily asserted actionwould be taken against him.

Yogeshwar alleged that JD(S)leader H D Kumaraswamy hasbeen levelling allegations againsthim to taint his image.

He said about 15 years agoland was purchased for the MegaCity project and the KarnatakaIndustrial Area DevelopmentBoard (KIADB) acquired a partof the land.

The acquisition of land by KI-ADB has been challenged in acourt, he said and added thatthere was no dispute between

the project promoter agency andthose invested in it.

Of the 3500 investors, 1650have already been given sites,he said.

“I am only one of the directorsof the firm”, he said.

On Tuesday, Moily said thecorporate affairs ministry hassubmitted a report on the MegaCity project irregularities and ac-tion would be taken by the gov-ernment.

In another development, Governor H R Bhardwaj said he had no information about theMega City project and would act if any one complained aboutit, while speaking to the presson the sidelines of a function.PTI

BIKE EXPEDITION TO COVER SOUTHERN PENINSULABangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: A motorcycle expe-dition, “Vayusena DakshinParikrama” – organised by theNo 2 Air Force Selection Board,Mysore – arrived at the Air ForceStation, Chimney Hills in Ban-galore yesterday. The expeditionwas flagged off from Mysore.

From Bangalore, the expedi-tion headed off to Mangalore.Air Marshal S P Singh, Air OfficerCommanding-in-Chief, SouthernAir Command, flagged it off fromhere.

The expedition would traversethe seven southern states – Kar-nataka, Goa, Maharashtra,Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Naduand Kerala.

A group of 15 Air Warriors in-cluding Group Capt I V R Raowill cover approximately 5,000

km in about a fortnight.The expedition is aimed at

serving a two-fold objective: tohonour their unit and its achieve-ments over the last five decades,and to encourage youth to jointhe forces for valour and dignity.

“The expedition is destinedto leave an indelible impressionon the youth and encouragethem to fulfill their desire for alife enriched with quality, ad-venture and immense satisfac-tion,” said Air Marshal S P Singh.

The No. 2, Air Force SelectionBoard is a premier institution ofthe IAF which was establishedin 1962.

It is entrusted with the re-sponsibility of selecting potentialofficers of the forces. It is theonly air force institution of itskind in the entire southern penin-sula.

Air Marshal S P Singh AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command,being introduced to the Motorcycle Expedition team in city.

Air Marshal SP Singh, AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command,flags off the expedition in Bangalore yesterday.

Govt must address direct selling sector issues: Secy gen

L RaghunandaBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The governmentneeds to address key issue withdirect selling and not to equatethe sector with retail sector, saidIndian Direct Selling Associationsecretary-general Chavi He-manth.

“The government should giveclarity on the definition of directselling, which does not exist tillnow. There is ambiguity on mon-ey back guarantee, leading tosprouting of a number of fly-by-night or Ponzi scheme, op-erators, who are out to make afast buck. These operators bringa bad name to the entire sectorand the government must takesteps to stop them,” she said.

All those affiliated with IDSAwork on the principle of “coolingoff period”. IDSA companies arebound to give back the moneytaken from their agents andmembers once the latter decideto discontinue with a particularproduct, she said.

“But the government has beenasking us a lot of questions. Itis ready to listen to the retailsector players, but not directsellers, even though there islack of clarity in the former sec-tor.

The war of words between usand the government has been

going on for long now. The government has just re-

fused to listen to us. What is itthat the government wants fromus?” “We need to address theseissues as a lot of people who areinto direct selling business havesuffered. Many multi-nationalcompanies have shown interestin entering the Indian direct sell-

ing market. But lack of clarityin the regulatory framework ishindering them from entering,”she said. Though direct sellingcompanies have spread their op-erations wide, the governmenthas clubbed them under “testmarketing” companies as perthe rules framed by the ForeignInvestment Promotion Board.

Those rules made under the industrial policy and pro-motion wing of the commerceministry have come under scruti-ny, she added.

Direct selling marketwill become cash cowDirect selling market registered

a 24 percent growth in 2009-10with a turnover of Rs 4,120 crore.With the number of unemployedyouth growing, direct selling in-dustry is providing an employ-ment to them unconditionally.The sector will become a cashcow for the country. Those en-gaged in the business will reapbenefits, she said. India is quitehigh at 11th position among topdirect selling countries as perthe figures available for 2009-10.

The direct selling industry isexpected to grow to Rs 7,100crore by 2012-13, according tothe Indian Council for Researchon International Economic Re-lations (ICRIER).

She claimed that there is acraze among all to buy goodssold through direct sellers. It ismore evident among urban buy-ers than rural customers.

On top of the list are health,kitchen and cosmetic products.

The Purchasing Power Parity(PPP) of the country is the thirdlargest in the world.

“By this yearend, we willpush down Japan, which is inthe second place after the US,”she added. As of now, theworldwide direct selling marketis estimated at $14 billion.

The country’s share in it isjust $1 billion, says a report re-leased by the Indian Council

for Research in InternationalEconomic Relations (ICRIER) inFebruary this year.

About IDSAIDSA is affiliated to the WorldFederation of Direct Selling As-sociation (WFDSA), US. It has18 member companies whichare both Indian and multi-na-tional.

The 18 member companiesare: Altos Enterprises Ltd., Lud-hiana; AMC Cookware India PvtLtd, Bangalore, Amway IndiaEnterprises Pvt Ltd. Noida; AvonBeauty Products India Pvt Ltd,Gurgaon; CNI Enterprises IndiaPvt Ltd, Bangalore; CNI Enter-prises India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore;Daehsan Trading India Pvt Ltd,New Delhi; Elken InternationalIndia Pvt Ltd, Bangalore;Herbalife International IndiaPvt Ltd, Bangalore; HindustanUnilever Network, Bangalore;Jafra Ruchi Cosmetics India PvtLtd, Delhi; K Link HealthcareIndia Pvt Ltd, Chennai; MaryKay Cosmetics Pvt Ltd, Gura-gaon; Max New York Life In-surance Co Ltd, Gurgaon; Modi-care Ltd. Delhi; Oriflame IndiaPvt Ltd, Delhi; Tianjin TianshiIndia Pvt Ltd, Delhi; TupperwareIndia Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon; and4Life Trading India Pvt Ltd.Mumbai.

Mega City projectis OK: Yogeshwar

Rs 25 cr fundto treat kidswith cancer

Bangalore: A fund of Rs 25 crorewill be set up at Kidwai cancerhospital to treat poor children.The fund is being set up by NGOAsare with donations.

Medical education minister SA Ramadass granted Rs 5 lakhfor the fund.

He said, “Big pharmaceuticalcompanies are acquiring smallercompanies, which used to man-ufacture low-cost generic drugs,and are jacking up the prices ofessential drugs. This is a bigproblem for the government asit cannot promise drugs at lowprices for the people. We are tak-ing steps to start medical shopswhich stock low-cost genericdrugs at all state-run hospitals.The government is also planningfood courts and rest rooms forthe people at these hospitals.”

He interacted with cancer af-flicted children and gave themroses to observe the Rose Day.

Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) secretary-general Chavi Hemanth, vice-chairman SSubramanian and chairman Yoginder Singh at a meet to create awareness about direct

selling, in Bangalore.

PC must quit for2G scam role:Ananth Kumar

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Hubli: Union home minister PChidambaram should step downimmediately for his alleged rolein the 2G spectrum scandal, de-manded Bangalore South MP HN Ananth Kumar here this morn-ing.

Kumar, who wason his way to cam-paign in the Koppalby-election, said, “IfChidambaram con-tinues as minister, itwould hamper inves-tigations into the Rs1.76 lakh crore 2Gspectrum allocation scam. Hemight destroy evidence and in-fluence CBI officials who areprobing the scandal. He couldhave direct influence over inves-tigating officials as CBI is underhis ministry.”

“At the time the 2G spectrumscam took place, Chidambaramwas the finance minister. A notefrom the present finance ministerPranab Mukherjeee clearly states

that Chidambaram could havestopped then telecom ministerA Raja and prevented the scan-dal,” he said.

Reacting to Kumar’s state-ment, Union corporate affairsminister Veerappa Moily said,“Why should Chidambaram re-

sign? He should notquit just because someopposition party menare seeking his resig-nation. The law of thisland is powerful andit will deal strictly withthose involved in thescanlda.”

On the rath yatra ofBJP senior leader L K Advaniagainst corruption, he said, “Ad-vani does not have any moralright to go on the yatra as hispartymen are involved in a lotof scandals, including the illegalmining and transportation ofiron ore. Let Advani direct theKarnataka government to takeaction on the Lokayukta reporton illegal mining and hand overthe cases to the CBI.”

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BRICS to support global eco stability through IMF

Washington: The finance min-isters of BRICS countries Brazil,Russia, India, China and SouthAfrica yesterday said they areopen to the idea of providingsupport through the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) or otherfinancial institutions to addressglobal economic challenges.

“The BRICS are open to con-sider, if necessary, providing sup-port through the IMF or otherinternational financial institu-tions in order to address thepresent challenges to global fi-nancial stability, depending onindividual country circum-stances,” said a joint commu-nique issued by the BRICS fi-nance ministers after their meet-ing here.

“We underscored the contin-uing need to maintain interna-tional policy coordination andcoordination through the G-20,”said the communique issued onthe sidelines of the annual meet-ing of the International MonetaryFund and the World Bank.

“We also expressed our con-cern over the slow pace of quotaand governance reforms, includ-ing in the area of surveillance inthe IMF, and for the need formultilateral development banksto mobilise more resources forlow income and developingcountries,” finance ministerPranab Mukherjee told a crowdedpress conference addressed bythe BRICS finance ministers atIMF headquarters here.

Responding to questions,Mukherjee said the issue wasraised and the consensus was

that there should be serious ef-forts made by Europeans andothers of the international com-munity. . “BRIC will be part ofthat consensus building andBRICS will contribute its ownmight and its own contributionto resolve the crisis along withG-20 and other members of theinternational community,” hesaid. “We discussed in terms ofpreparation, in terms of mutualwork on those threats which weare facing. We are trying to escapethe use of words like aid assis-tance, so on and so forth. Wewill work on the issue togetherwith the European Union andbetween ourselves,” the RussianDeputy Finance Minister, SegeyStorchak, said.

“We must also move aheadwith the comprehensive reviewof the quota formula by January,2013, and the completion of thenext review of quotas by January,2014. This is needed to increasethe legitimacy and effectivenessof the fund,” the communiquesaid. “We reiterate our supportfor measures to protect the voiceand representation of the IMF’spoorest members. We call on theIMF to make its surveillanceframework more integrated andeven-handed,” it said.

While BRICS countries recov-ered quickly from the 2008-09global financial crisis, some ofthem are now grappling with in-flationary pressures and thegrowth prospects of all the coun-tries have been dampened byglobal market instability, thecommunique said.

“In advanced countries, thebuild-up of sovereign debt andconcerns regarding the mediumto long-term plans of fiscal ad-justment are creating an uncer-tain environment for globalgrowth.

“Also, excessive liquidity from

aggressive policy actions takenby central banks to stabilise theirdomestic economies has been spilling over into emergingmarket economies, fostering excessive volatility in capitalflows and commodity prices,” itsaid. PTI

Rural development and panchayat raj minister Jagadish Shettar inaugurates astate-level seminar organised by the Weavers’ Education and Culture Foundation

in Bangalore today.

Massive route march in Mysore ahead of Dasara

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: A massive route march was takenout in the city today, in preparation for theDasara festivities that are beginning onSeptember 28.

More than 1,750 personnel from differentforces took part in the 4-km march thatbegan at 7.45 am. The march was carriedout to instill confidence among the peopleand to display the security preparationsfor the festivities that attract lakhs of touristsfrom across the country and globe.

More than 60 jeeps, Garuda and Cheetah

patrol vehicles, and police vans too tookpart in the march.

Personnel from civil, traffic, DistrictArmed Reserve and mounted police werepart of the march.

Except the skeletal staff at each of the400 police stations from the city, the restmarched in the morning.

The march was flagged off from EDGAGrounds at Tilak Nagar and passed throughMission Hospital, Ashoka road and Akbarroad before entering the Mysore Palacethrough Balarama Gate.

Later addressing his men, city police

commissioner Sunil Agarwal said, “Securityis not the responsibility of the police forcealone.

The public too should cooperate in main-taining law and order in the city. We havemade massive arrangements to preventany untoward incidents during the ninedays of the festivities.”

He said, “There is no specific threat tothe celebrations this year. The force willmaintain security that is required for thecelebrations of this scale. We are ready toface any eventuality. We will ensure thatthe celebrations will go on without a hitch.”

Photos: G S Ravishnakar

Forces march through main streets of Mysore.

Police personnel take part in a route march ahead of the Dasara festivities in Mysore today.

Washington: Finance ministerPranab Mukherjee on Thurs-day warned the internationalcommunity that there is dan-ger of a currency war if theongoing economic crisis deep-ens.

Such a currency war canbe avoided through dialogueand not through competitivedevaluations, Mukherjeestressed at a crowded pressconference of finance ministersof BRICS nations Brazil, Rus-sia, India, China and SouthAfrica at the headquarters ofthe International MonetaryFund here.

“Yes, if the crisis deepensfurther and there is greatervolatility in financial flows,there is an increased risk ofthis (currency war) happen-ing,” Mukherjee said in re-sponse to a question.

“But our view is that if such

tensions arise, it should beeased through the dialogueand not through competitivedevaluations,” he said.

Mukherjee pointed out thecurrencies used in BRICS coun-tries should be widely appre-ciated and should be taken into account while de-termining the ingredients ofspecial drawing rights (SDR)maintained by the IMF, asthese nations’ contributionsto global output and the econ-omy is increasingly substan-tially.

“But we are not suggestingright now, because there aremany other factors whichought to be taken into account,including free convertibilityand other things which arenot uniform, but the impor-tance of these currencies hasincreased,” Mukherjee said inresponse to a question. PTI

Danger of currencywar if crisis deepens:

Pranab Mukherjee

Pvt sector has fostered historic India‑US trade ties: BurnsWashington: The private sectorin India and the United Stateshas succeeded in fostering his-toric trade relationships betweenthe two largest democracies ofthe world, a top Obama Admin-istration official said yesterday.

“Your companies and the pri-vate sectors they represent havesucceeded in fostering historictrade relations among our twocountries,” US Deputy Secretaryof State William Burns said inhis address to the US-India CEOForum meeting here.

“The CEO Forum is a uniquechannel that allows each of ourgovernments to hear from a di-verse representation of the privatesectors of both of our countries.

Your recommendations haveinformed us and challenged usto tackle the persistent hurdleswe oftentimes face in implement-ing our shared vision of evergreater US-India cooperation,”he said.

Created in July, 2005, and re-constituted in November, 2009,the CEO Forum is an initiativetaken up by the two governmentsand the private sector to enhancebilateral trade and investment.

The forum last met in Novem-ber, 2010, in New Delhi.

While the Indian CEOs wererepresented by Tata Group Chair-man Ratan Tata, those from theUS were led by Honeywell In-ternational Chairman David Cote.

“2010 was a record-breakingyear in US-India trade, with tradein goods up 30 per cent to a highof some USD 49 billion, movingIndia up two notches to becomeour 12th largest trading partner.This is excellent progress,” Burnssaid.

“But we all recognise that thepotential for our relationship isso much greater,” he added.

Burns said the two govern-ments have created and continueto create new opportunities forgreater interconnectedness be-tween the two economies, suchas the historic civil nuclear deal,the decision of President Obamato remove Indian governmententities from export control lists,the rapid growth in defence salesand cooperation, the Partnershipto Advance Clean Energy and abilateral aviation safety agree-ment.

“And as industry leaders, youcontinue to play a critical rolein highlighting the importanceof our ties to our two publicsand to the US Congress and In-

dian Parliament. Tens of thou-sands of jobs are created in theUnited States and surely as manyin India by our respective in-vestments in each other’seconomies.

This needs to be better un-derstood,” he said.

Observing that India is pro-jected to become the world’sthird-largest economy by 2030,Burns said to reach this goal,India will obviously need sus-tained growth over the comingyears and the US will have to bepart of that equation if India isto realise this potential.

“Prime Minister (Manmohan)Singh has remarked that US pros-perity is in India’s national in-terest and the same is also truefor us – India’s rise and its con-tinued economic growth is deeplyin the American national inter-est,” he said.

At this time of global economicanxiety, the two governmentsare committed to working to-gether in fora such as the G-20,where advanced economies andthose still emerging can learnfrom one another and can forgecoordinated responses to the challenges before them, hesaid. PTI

Katrina kaif finalisedto play for ʻDhoom 3ʼ

Mumbai: After an extensive huntfor a new face to star oppositeAamir Khan in 'Dhoom 3', thefilm makers have finally decidedon actress Katrina Kaif to playthe female lead in the upcomingsequel of the blockbuster series.

Yash Raj Films made the an-nouncement today after directorVijay Krishna Acharya (popularlyknown as Victor), and producerAditya Chopra decided to go withthe leggy beauty.

"After almost a year of search-ing for a new face for 'Dhoom 3'we were still unable to find theperfect debutant to play the leadrole. We even reached out to in-ternational talent but were stillunable to find someone whostood out.

Both Adi and I really wantedto be sure that the person wechose would be perfect for the role," Victor said in a state-ment.

"Once we decided to go witha known face and not pursuethe new-comer route, Katrinawas the obvious choice for all ofus. She is someone who we allknow will bring tremendous en-

thusiasm and commitment tothe film.

The first time pairing of Aamirwith Katrina will also certainlyadd value," he said.

The theme of the 'Dhoom' se-ries centres around thrill, action,bike chases, handsome thieves,smart and daring stealing plans.

After the success of 'Dhoom'(2004) and 'Dhoom-2' (2006),

there is much buzz in B-townregarding the next sequel.

Aamir would be seen as thebaddie in the film while actorsAbhishek Bachchan and UdayChopra would be continuingwith their famous pair of 'Jai'and 'Ali'.The shooting will beginin the end of this year and it isslated for a 2012 Christmas re-lease.

SC dismissesbail plea of

Sadhvi PragyaNew Delhi: The Supreme Courttoday refused to grant bail toSadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur,who is facing charges underMCOCA for her alleged involve-ment in the 2008 Malegaon bombblast case.Dismissing her bailplea, a bench of justices J M Pan-chal and H L Gokhale said,“There is no merit in the peti-tion”. The bench passed the orderon a petition filed by Thakurcontending that Maharashtra’sAnti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) hadfailed to file the charge sheetagainst her within the mandatory90 days of her arrest on October23, 2008. Counsel for Thakur hadfurther pleaded with the courtto grant her bail, saying she hadbeen subjected to “harassment,physical torture and verbalabuse” by the ATS squad duringher “illegal” custody from Octo-ber 10, 2008 onwards. The Ma-harashtra government had, how-ever, told the court that Thakurwas arrested on October 23 andproduced before a magistrate asrequired under the law. Thebench had reserved its order onSeptember 1 after hearing all theparties, including Maharashtragovernment which opposed thebail plea.

Hearing on caseagainst Varun

posted for Oct 10Bareilly (UP): A local court today posted for Oc-tober 10 hearing on the case against BJP leaderVarun Gandhi for allegedlyviolating the model code ofconduct and making inflam-matory speeches during LokSabha polls.

Chief Judicial Magistrate,Pilibhit, Ajay Krishna postedthe matter for October 10after Varun's lawyer told thecourt that the BJP leadercould not be present in court due to his busyschedule.

An FIR was lodged against Gandhi in Pilibhitduring the Lok Sabha polls for allegedly makinginflammatory speeches and violating the modelcode of conduct. PTI

Rlys checks for ticketlesstravellers in Mysore

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The railways carried out a driveto catch ticketless travellers near theMysore railway station this morning.

In all, 44 ticket checking inspectors, 22railway police force men and a dog squadwere pressed into service to check trainsearly this morning.

The railway officials stopped the trainsnear Jawa factory, just a short distancefrom the central railway station, and con-ducted checks. Divisional railway managerAnup Agarwal said the checks were con-ducted as a deterrent.

“Last year, 1,38,829 cases of ticketlesstravel were booked and Rs 2.4 crore wascollected in fines. This year, till last month,

4,395 cases have been booked and Rs 95lakh fine collected.”

He said that Mysore division has 15personnel to check tickets, and 15 are de-puted as required. The railways is nowplanning to hire more staff to check tick-etless travel.

The aim is to have at least one staff forevery three bogies.

Mysore division has some of the lowestfares starting at Rs 2.

“The fare is really low. The passengersshould make use of the facilities providedby the railways and travel only after buyingtickets.

Passengers should cooperate with therailways and not misuse the facilitiesprovided by us,” he added.

SC benchdiffers onCentre's

plea on SITContinued from page 1

The apex court had recast theCentre's high-level committeeexpressing dissatisfaction overthe pace of its functioning andsaying the money stashed awayreveal a degree of "softness ofthe State". The Centre subse-quently moved the apex court,seeking recall of its order. Butthe apex court, before going intothe merits of the Centre's appli-cation, had agreed to adjudicatewhether it is maintainable assenior advocate Ram Jethmalaniand others questioned its main-tainability. The Centre had in itsrecall application contended thatthe SIT was formed without beingprayed for. It has also questionedthe Court's remarks that probeinto the issue of black moneystashed abroad was moving ata "laggardly pace". During anearlier hearing, the Centre hadalso told the bench that the SITset up by the apex court to probeand unearth black money needsto be scrapped as the investigat-ing agency cannot function likea "super power." PTI

Illegal mining: PAC report tobe tabled in Goa House on Oct 5

Panaji: The Manohar Parrikar-led Public Accounts Committee(PAC), investigating the increas-ing phenomenon of illegal min-ing in Goa, would be tabling itsreport on 0ctober 5 when thetwo-day State Legislative Assem-bly session begins here.

Leader of Opposition Parrikarsaid he would table the reporton the first day itself in the Houseahead of the Central govern-ment-appointed Shah Commis-sion which is expected to giveits report in one-and-a halfmonth.

According to sources, the PACreport speaks in detail about theillegal mining trade in Goa andpoints to exchequer losses onthis account which could besomewhere between Rs 1,200-

10,000 crore."The final report is ready but

has been kept under wraps as itcannot be made public beforepresenting it to Speaker's officeor tabling during the session,"sources said.

The investigations by PAC

(constituted by Goa Assembly)are based on the ComptrollerAuditor General (CAG) reportwhich had pointed out that from2003-2005, almost one croretones of Iron Ore was exportedfrom Goa evading royalty.

The Committee has already

sought data from state minesand geology and forest depart-ments on the matter, which haspointed out to the large-scale ir-regularities in mining trade.

Meanwhile, the Shah Com-mission probe is still midway.

The Commission members areinvestigating into each and everymining lease in the state.

Sources said that almost 75per cent of the total 90 miningleases in the state have been in-spected by eight teams whichare currently camping in thestate. During its initial investi-gations, the Commission has al-ready asked state mines and ge-ology department to act againsteight mines which were foundto be working in violation of var-ious laws.

Weavers must thrive with tech: ShettarBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: The young weavers shouldadapt themselves to new technologies ifthey want to compete in the changing world,said rural development and panchayat rajminister Jagadish Shettar here this morn-ing.

Inaugurating a state-level seminar or-ganised by the Weavers’ Education andCulture Foundation, he said, “The technol-ogy has been affecting the livelihoods oftraditional weaver communities. But theweavers too should adapt to new technolo-gies to face the competition. It is a changingworld and one should change accordingly.”The community members demanded reser-vation in textile and polytechnic colleges,25 percent of textile park to communitymembers, samudaya bhavans and schools.They also wanted the pending works to becompleted and problems addressed.

They said the Nekarara Bhavan at a costof Rs 50 crore is yet to be completed. Shettarsaid he would discuss the issue with financeand education departments.