Volume - 1
Briefs
Supreme Court cancels
Bail for Satyam’s Raju
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has ordered former
Satyam
C E O
Ramalinga
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images.com five others
to surrender by November 8.
Raju was granted bail in
August by the Andhra
Pradesh High Court. The
Supreme Court has over-
ruled that decision. It has also
ordered a court handling the
Satyam case to complete its
trial by July 31, 2011.
CARTOON
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Karnataka’s mining barons in I-T net
Bangalore: Income Tax
officials on Tuesday carried out
for the second day
simultaneous raids at the
premises of seven ruling BJP
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MLAs and mining firms in
Bellary district, including
ministers and mining magnates
G Janardhana Reddy and his
brother G Karunakara
Reddy.
Ten search teams,
including three from Delhi and
one from Chennai, assisted by
the Indo-Tibetan Border
Police, raided the premises of
Janardhana Reddy and
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Issue 48
UGC nod for varsity on SET
Mysore, Oct 25 (UNI)
The University Grants Com-
mission (UGC) has granted
accreditation to the University
of Mysore as a nodal agency
for conducting State Eligibility
Test (SET) for appointing
teachers within the state.
This was announced by the
Vice Chancellor of Mysore
University Prof V G Talwar at
a university academic council
meeting here.
The University of Mysore
also decided to open a satel-
Rs 23,000 crore paid as bribe : CBI
Bangalore, Oct 25 (UNI)
Mr R Hitendra, DIG, Anti-
Corruption Branch, CBI, to-
day said Transparency Inter-
national had found that a total
of at various check points
across the country, every year.
Speaking after inaugurat-
ing the ''Vigilance Awareness
Week 2010'' at the
Mangalore Refinery and Pet-
rochemicals Ltd (MRPL), a
subsidiary of ONGC near
Suratkal on ''Corruption and
Preventive Vigilance'', he
Karunakara Reddy and their
business associate B
Sreeramulu in Hospet taluk
and district headquarters,
Bellary.
The raids
continued in at
least four
mining firms in
Hospet, the
sources said,
adding “the
raids are likely
to continue till
the evening”.
At least
60-55 premises, mainly in
Bangalore, Bellary, Hospet
and Sandur in the home district
of Reddy brothers who have
been accused by the
opposition of trying to lure
away their MLAs, came under
the I-T scanner on Monday.
The I-T raids came
against the backdrop of the
political turmoil in the state
which saw 16 MLAs
Mysore 26 October 2010
lite centre at Chama- of land for the purpose. meeting also decided to
rajanagara in the neighbouring The Centre would come up change pattern of instituting
during the endowment gold medals in the
next one university.
year. At It was decided to increase the
present, the endowment to Rs one lakh for
university instituting an endowment gold
had already medal since the gold rates had
started M. doubled.
Com, MBA Presently the univer-
and MSW sity was unable to match
Courtesy MysoreUniversity.com courses in the endowment gold medal
a rented deposits with higher
district and government had building, he added. prices of gold, the VC
come forward to allot 67 acre The academic council pointed out.
No stake in Kochi team:
pointed out that the preven-
tive vigilance can deliver to the
bottom lines as it prevents loss Sunil Gavaskar
of quality and money. Kochi:SunilGavaskarhastold Gaikwad made it clear that the
He urged all to refer to to reporter that he does not have offer to Gavaskar was made only
CBI in case they come across any stake in the Kochi cricket after he exited the IPL governing
corrupt practices and called council last month.
on the employees to blow the Hours later, Gavaskar
whistle in case they find any said, “The association with
corruption happening. Kochi is up in the air, since
Mr P P Upadhya, Direc- I am yet to decide. I have
tor (Technical) MRPL also been approached by many
called on all employees to play franchises, Kochi is just
a proactive role in preventive Courtesy profilepictures.com one of them.”
Vigilance. Had Gavaskar helped
team, and that he has not accepted the Kochi group put together its
an offer to head the franchise’s bid, or advised them in other ways
withdrawing their support to cricket operations. in March, he could be accused of
the B S Yeddyurappa Satyajit Gaikwad, a co-owner a serious conflict of interest since
Government forcing it to face of the Kochi franchise, told at the time, he was a part of the
two floor tests in the 224- NDTV this morning that he has council that decided on guidelines
member Assembly. Four asked Gavaskar to look after its and other key factors for groups
MLAs have deserted the cricketing operations. However, making bids for new IPL teams.
opposition ranks by giving up
their memberships. HAL Chairman calls for leveraging
The Congress and JD(S) technology for transparency
have accused the BJP of poaching
on their MLAs to shore up its B a n g a l o r e , O c t 2 5 the thrust of the Vigilance
numbers in the House, but the (UNI) Hindustan Aeronau- Department in HAL.'' HAL
ruling party has hit back at the tics Limited (HAL) Chair- Chief Vigilance Officer
opposition, charging it with trying man Ashok Nayak today Anurag Sahay said ''The
all means to topple the state said there was need for us- thrust of the Vigilance De-
government. ing modern technology to partment is preventive vigi-
Though the BJP maintain transparency. lance and it is the responsi-
Government has won the trust Speaking after inaugu- bility and moral duty of each
vote, a cloud of uncertainty still rating the Vigilance Aware- employee of HAL to con-
looms large with the ness Period here, he said, tribute towards making it an
Karnataka High Court ''There is a need for lever- integral organisation.'' V2-
reserving its verdict on the plea aging technology to enable Vigilance Voice, a vigilance
of 11 rebel BJP MLAs transparency and fairness in fortnightly bulletin focused
challenging their decision making, procure- on enlightening the employ-
disqualification by the Speaker ment and awarding con- ees of HAL on specific
and pendency of petitions filed tracts.'' He said ''Preven- topic or police related ref-
by five disqualified tion is better than cure and erences was released to
Independents. the preventive vigilance was mark the occasion.
 Mission Kashmir: Interlocutors reach
out to jailed militants
Srinagar: On its maiden
visit to the state the three-
member interlocutor team has
been trying to get all shades
of opinion in Jammu and
Kashmir. Just how far are the
interlocutors willing to go to
gather, as per their state brief,
all shades of opinion?
learnt that the team and
jailed militant commanders
have talked about involving
not just Pakistan but also
holding talks with the United
Jehad Council, the PoK-
based alliance of anti-India
militant groups headed by
Salahuddin.
On Monday, Delhi’s
interlocutors met some top
jailed commanders of Hizbul
Mujahideen and a Lashkar
commander Shabir Bukhari.
PM's alma mater in UK announces
CM's plea to allow only 2 major political parties
scholarships named after him
New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI)
The Cambridge University
college where Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh studied for
a First in economics in the late
1950s, has announced three
prestigious scholarships
named after him for the 2011-
12 session.
St John’s College, a lead-
ing college of Cambridge, will
award £35,000 scholarships
to each Ph.D student for up
to three years.
The programme was first
launched at the Prime
Minister’s residence in New
Delhi in 2007.
The scholarship pro-
gramme has been set up ex-
clusively for Indian students
who are currently based in
India. The scholarships are
intended to support those who
wish to pursue Ph.D and
M.Phil degrees at St John’s
College, Cambridge, in areas
WEATHER
Oct 26 (UNI) Following is
the summary of observations
recorded by the weather
office in Chennai at 0830 hrs
today.
Isolated rainfall occurred
over Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh and Karnataka.
Mainly dry weather prevailed
over Kerala and Dry weather
prevailed over Lakshadweep.
Mahabalipuram and
Puducherry Airport recorded
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New VC to
improve
infrastructure
Sources say, the commanders in 2000. about Pakistan you are Dharwad, Karnataka,
interlocutors told the militants But speaking to militants is a suddenly getting irritated. Oct 25 (UNI) The newly-
that they should convince their sensitive issue. It comes in the Pakistan has role in J&K issue appointed Vice-Chancellor
backdrop of the and you can’t ignore it...” of Karnataka University Dr
controversy over the The interlocutors end their B H Walikar here today
interlocutors’ chief first visit today. So far, they have said he would try sincerely
saying a permanent managed to reach out to various to improve the infrastruc-
peace would not be sections, from top politicians to ture for the student commu-
possible with students and other ordinary nity in the near future and
involving Pakistan. citizens. This, despite a call by enhance the quality of edu-
“You talked to the separatists for a boycott of cation.
Pakistan every time the interlocutors. Talking to newspersons
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on Kashmir after In fact, in an attempt to win after assuming charge as the
PoK-based leadership to talk. Shimla agreement. Didn’t the confidence of separatist new Vice- Chancellor, he
In the past, the government Vajpayee talk with Pakistan on families, the three interlocutors said he would try to solve all
has called upon militants to give Kashmir when he visited visited the ailing mother of jailed the existing problems of the
up violence and come to talks Lahore? asked Omar Abdullah, separatist Shabir Shah. students in phased manner.
but such offers have been Chief Minister, J&K. Afterinitialcynicismandroad He would launch mid day
rejected. Omar further said, “Isn’t blocks, the Centers’ interlocutors meals project for the stu-
Now, it’s the first attempt to there a resolution passed by havefinallybeenabletoestablish dents in University Campus
reach out to militants after the Parliament demanding Pakistan contacts and they are making at a cost of mere Rs five to
aborted dialogue with some to vacate PoK, there you noises and striking a chord for prompt them to be regular
Hizbul Mujahideen involve Pakistan and when once they have started to think to their classes and take in-
interlocutors are talking here out of box. terest in studies.
Haveri, Karnataka, Oct 25 growth of regional parties cratic and the opposition
such as science and technology, (UNI) Chief Minister B S like JD(S) led by ''father should allow the ruling party
economics and social sciences. Yeddyurappa here today ap- and sons''. to work for full term and then
The scholarships would be pealed to the people to allow He said JD(S) had been face the election, he felt.
based on merit through a spe- only two major national politi- working as destructive Referring to Opposi-
cial test. cal parties in the course of state force in the process of de- tion leader Siddaramaiah,
Large organisations like administration. velopment and trying to he said he had no moral
Rolls-Royce India, BP Foun- Addressing various func- destabilise the present right to speak against de-
dation and others are sponsor- tions, he said the voters should elected government. fection ''as he himself was
ing this scholarship. Tata and reject the mushrooming This was totally undemo- a defector''.
Sons have sponsored this
scholarship in the past.
This scholarship programme
Aspirin may boost prostate
is administered by the British
Council, which has managed
cancer treatment - study
prestigious scholarships like the WASHINGTON, Oct 25 American Society for Radia- this may be why previous clini-
Commonwealth Scholarship (Reuters) Cheap, easy-to-take tion Oncology meeting, which cal trialswithanticoagulationmedi-
and Fellowship Plan, British aspirin tablets may help men starts next week in San Di- cations produced mixed results,
Chevening Scholarships and being treated for prostate can- ego. since most patients in these trials
others. cer live longer, already had metastasis. If the can-
A selection committee, US researchers cer has already metastasized, then
comprising a nominee from reported today. anticoagulants may not be as ben-
each sponsor, a panel of aca- Prostate eficial.'' Choe's team looked at a
demics and others selected by cancer patients study of 5,275 men whose can-
the college will be set up in In- who had been cer had not spread beyond the
dia to make recommendations treated with ei- prostate gland. Of the men, 1,982
to the college regarding the pro- ther surgery or were taking anticoagulants.
file of applicants. radiation, and Those taking aspirin or other
who took aspirin drugs to reduce clotting were far
or other antico- less likely to have the prostate tu-
agulant drugs mors pop up elsewhere in their
a heavy rainfall of 9 centimetre such as warfarin, bodies and were less likely to die,
each. were far less Courtesy images.com Choe's team said in materials pub-
The other chief amounts of likely to die of cancer, the re- ''Evidence has shown that lished ahead of the meeting.
rainfall recorded in Centimetres searchers said. anticoagulants may interfere ''The benefit was most
are: Uthiramerur, Tirukoilur and Those who took the drugs with cancer growth and prominent with aspirin use
Tiruvannamalai 6 each, had a 4 per cent risk of dying spread,'' Dr Kevin Choe of over other anticoagulants,''
B.durga, Chengalapattu and from prostate cancer after 10 the University of Texas Choe told a news briefing.
M a d u r a n t a g a m , years, compared to 10 per cent Southwestern Medical ''Findings from this study are
Kancheepuram, Cuddalore and for men who did not take anti- School in Dallas said in a promising. However, further
Sathanur dam 5 each, coagulants. statement. studies are necessary before the
Dharward, Davanagere, Men with high-risk prostate ''If the major effect of an- addition of aspirin to prostate
Sriperumbadur, Panruti, Arani cancer benefited the most, the ticoagulants is preventing cancer therapy becomes stan-
and Srivilliputhur. researchers said ahead of an metastasis (tumor spread), dard treatment,'' he added.
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