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for an offence under Prevention of Corruption Act,” the
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Lokayukta had alleged.
Yeddyurappa will give resignation Cabinet approved lokpal bill
on 31st July draft
Purva Vergadia (purvavergadia12@gmail.com) Ankit Agrawal(ankitagrawal1806@gmail.com)
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 29: Under sharp criticism for
his alleged role in the illegal mining scam, a
defiant Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa
issued a statement on late Thursday night, saying he will
tendered his resignation on July 31.
Yeddyurappa sent his resignation to BJP president Nitin
Gadkari after he met the party high-command late
Wednesday night. He is believed to have told Gadkari that
his future in the southern state must be protected. Nitin
Gadkari’s office is yet to confirm the development. The
development came as shock as the Karnataka CM seemed
defiant earlier in the day. The beleaguered Yeddyurappa
on Thursday said that he is ready to step down only if his
close associate Sadanand Gowda is chosen to succeed The contentious Lokpal Bill draft was approved by the
him. Union Cabinet on Thursday, keeping outside its purview a
serving Prime Minister, the higher judiciary and the
The announcement from Yeddyurappa came hours after conduct of MPs inside Parliament. The Lokpal committee
the BJP’s central leadership asked him to step down with would be headed by the chairman with eight members to
immediate effect in light of his indictment in the illegal assist him. The chairman would be from judiciary. Only a
mining report submitted by state’s Lokayukta N Santosh retired Supreme Court judge or a retired chief justice of a
Hedge on Wednesday. high court would be considered for the chairman's post.
Moreover, the candidate should also have at least 25 years
of experience on anti-corruption policies.
Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde had on
Wednesday indicted Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa for Fifty per cent of the Lokpal committee members would be
his role in the state’s illegal mining business and had from the judiciary.The Lokpal Bill was part of the United
alleged that he received kickbacks for favouring mining Progressive Alliance's (UPA's) common minimum
barons. “The illegal mining business has caused a loss of programme. The Bill will be introduced in Parliament in
Rs 16,085 crores to the state’s exchequer between 2006 the first two days of the monsoon session.The Lokpal
and 2010,” Hegde had said addressing a press conference would have a five-year tenure. It would not have the
after submitting a huge 25,228-page long explosive report power to independently prosecute. It could recommend
on illegal mining before the chief secretary SV prosecution to the Supreme Court. The Lokpal will also
Ranganath. have powers to attach the property of corrupt public
servants acquired through corrupt means.
In damning evidence against the Chief Minister, Justice
Hegde had claimed that Yeddyurappa and his family have
been beneficiaries of the largesse of mining companies.
“A mining company named the South West Mining
Company, owned by Jindals, and had donated Rs 10 crore
to a trust owned by Chief Minister's family members. The
company also purchased one acre of land for Rs 20 crore
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Arun Jaitley met Yeddyurappa Saturday morning, their
After a theatrical sequence of second meeting in two days.
incidences, B S Yeddyurappa Legislators and ministers supporting Yeddyurappa ,
however, appeared to change their tack Saturday.
finally vows to resign tomorrow On Friday, their assertion was 'no question of
Yeddyurappa resigning'.
Anshul Khandelwal(Ansh_khandelwal@yahoo.in) 'Yeddyurappa met our central leaders Saturday morning.
He said he would resign on July 31. He would do so,'
Bangalore. After the report submitted by the Lokayukta, Eshwarappa told reporters.
Santosh Hegde which alleged BS Yeddyurappa, the CM He also maintained that Yeddyurappa had not placed any
of Karnataka to be involved in illegal mining scam on condition for resigning.
Friday, senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh
were continuously trying to persuade BSY to resign.
Twin terrorist attack in Norway
However the MP’s and MLA’s of Karnataka BJP Varleen Batra(varleen.batra@gmail.com)
Avani Rathore(rathore.avani@gmail.com)
retorted in a completely unexpected way as they supported Surbhi Parnerkar(parnerkar.surbhi@gmail.com)
BSY and asked the BJP high command to not to sack him.
This seemed to be a quite big trouble for BJP on their
titulary being a disciplined party.
The whole drama seemed to end with the signed
statement read out to media outside the Chief Minister's
residence by loyalist Minister Basavaraj Bommai,
Yeddyurappa said he had already issued a statement on
Thursday that he would tender his resignation on July 31
following the decision of the party's parliamentary board
and instruction from BJP central leaders.
But despite the statement, he blamed the media for 22nd June 2011, people of Norway Confronted two
misleading the public that he is not resigning. sequential deadly attacks which lead to the death of about
77 people and 96 were severely injured. The first attack
"I, hereby, again clarify that I am submitting my was a car bomb explosion in Regjeringskvartalet, the
resignation on the afternoon of 31-3-2011", he said. executive government quarter of Oslo, at 15:25:19,
outside of the office of Prime Minister Jens Stolenberg
When being asked if the Yeddyurappa’s demands were
and other government buildings, where 8 were killed and
accepted by the party high command, he replied in a
30 got injured.In not less than two hours the second attack
philosophical way that the communication is going on and
occurred at a youth camp organized by the youth
is in a positive direction.
organization of the ruling Norwegian labour Party on the
island of Utoya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud.
Yeddyurappa not to pick his
successor The Norwegian Police arrested Anders Behring Breivik, a
32 year old Norwegian right-wing extremist who
Shivangi Gupta(shivangigupta.sg@gmail.com) disguised himself as a policeman and came to the island
Nifaz sheikh (nifazsheikh@gmail.com) where around 600 teenagers were attending the camp.
Bangalore, July 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party When Breivik arrived at the island he represented himself
(BJP) Saturday ruled out allowing as a police officer who came there for routine check and
scam-hit Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to then started firing at the public, killing and wounded
pick his successor, numerous people.
even as it continued efforts to make him quit without
conditions. The survivors of the Norwegian attack mentioned the
threatening experience in their blogs and how they acted
'The new chief minister will be decided based on the as dead in order to save their lives from the brutal
opinion of all legislators, gunman. The attack on Utoya is recorded as the most
' state Home Minister R. Ashoka told reporters after a deadly attack by a single gunman in the history.
meeting of senior state party
leaders.
To help elect a new leader of the legislature party, central
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The 50 crore Khan The Olympic Coverage
Purvi Kala(mpurvisheenu@gmail.com)
M. Vignesh ( mvignesh1990@gmail.com )
Mayuri Shrivastava ( m29hina@yahoo.co.in )
Salman has increased his fees, cashing in on his recent
success at the box-office, becoming one of the highest One of the most extravagant events of the sports universe
paid actors in bollywood. With Aamir Khan and Shah that takes place once in every four years it the grand
Rukh Khan taking full control of their box-office OLYMPICS. With its roots in Ancient Greece at about
successes and turning it into a financial gold mine, how 776 B. C., it consisted of participants from the
can Salman Khan be left behind? The actor enjoying his neighboring city and states. During this time no kingdom
recent success run in Bollywood, with two back to back would wage a war against each other and ongoing wars
hits in Dabangg and Ready, has decided to demand a were postponed. This was hence an event to promote the
whopping Rs 50 crore for his next project. friendly ties between the kingdoms. The modern Olympic
era began in the year 1894 with Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Salman who used to charge around Rs 40 crore for his founding the International Olympic Committee which
films, has now increased his fees and is charging Rs 50 governs the Olympic Games.
crore per film. At present Salman is in a commanding The 20th and 21st centuries saw the bloom of new form of
position at the box-office. And his business manager Olympics such as the Winter Games consisting of ice and
Matrix is ensuring that Salman's market demand translates snow events, Paralympic Games consisting of physically
into big bucks. Two filmmakers who have recently signed disabled participants and the Youth Olympic Games
on Salman, alleges that the star has indeed hiked his price. where all the participants are teenagers. A decree passed
Also, following in the footsteps of his Khan counterparts, in 2008 states that the host country of any year’s Olympic
the actor is taking more than a keen interest in all his will also host the Paralympics of the same.
upcoming projects by calling the shots in terms of casting
of the film. The 2012 Olympic Games is to be held in London, U. K.
and commences on 27 July 2012 and the Paralympics on
29 August 2012. Wenlock and Mandeville are the mascots
for the Olympics and Paralympics respectively.
A source says, "Salman is not only quoting a fee close to
Rs 50 crore, he is also recommending directors for these
films. Like, for the T Series project Salman has put
forward the names of two directors and has asked
producer Bhushan Kumar to choose from one of them.
Furthermore, he insisted on Sonakshi Sinha for Kick and
now he's recommending Zarine Khan to his prospective
producers." Filmmaker Bhushan Kumar admits that
Salman's price is being re-negotiated and restructured. Wenlock(L) and Mandeville® the mascots of London
"When Salman did Ready the film industry was facing a Olympics 2012
huge financial crunch. But he agreed to cut down his price
Indian Glory:
from Rs 40 crore to Rs 17 crore. This was the only way
we could have made Ready at that time. Now the market Pistol Shooter Annu Raj Singh wins Silver medal at
has changed for the entire film industry. So, we are World Cup and also secures 2012 Olympic quota spot.
currently re-negotiating with him for our next film," he Supported by Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ), she became
says. the first Indian pistol shooter to qualify for the 2012

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an
London Olympics, after winning the silver medal in the
10m Air Pistol at the ISSF World Cup in USA. Annu shot
Apple leads the US federal
an impressive 389 in the qualifying round and was placed towards development of
second. She then shot 97.6 in the final round for a total
score of 486.6 to win the silver. This is also her personal iAmerica
best score and came against all the world's top pistol
Zainab pakiza(zainab.pakiza@gmail.com)
shooters. Annu, who hails from Haryana, had last year Ashwani Jain(j.ashwani57@gmail.com)
won the CWG Gold medal in 10m Air Pistol Pairs event.
Olympic Gold Quest had provided Annu with a new
world class pistol and ammunition. Annu is the third
shooter supported by OGQ after Gagan Narang and
Sanjeev Rajput to win an Olympic quota for India.
Indian swimmer Virdhawal Khade has qualified for the
2012 London Olympics in the 100-metre freestyle event at
the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai
Wednesday. Khade clocked 50.34s and is the second
Indian to qualify for the Olympics. Sandeep Sejwal was
the first swimmer to qualify for the 2012 mega event in
the 100 metres breaststroke event. Following their
phenomenal performances at the World Championships, BBC reports that the company's financial report shows
Khade and Sejwal now continue to be part of the Top 150 that the mother of i-technology, i.e. the software company
list. Khade is ranked 122 in the 50m butterfly event while apple is richer than the US federal government .
Sandeep is 128th in the 100m breaststroke event.
These days, Apple is worth about $375 billion, with
Sharath Gayakwad earlier qualified for the London shares up about 25 percent, to $403, this year . It has been
Paralympics 2012 in the 100m breaststroke event. "It's a assumed that if teh company gets a rise of 12percent more
then it would hold the world's largest market value . A
great feeling to win a medal for your country, and I was
well known stock analyst Brian J. White states that “I
particularly happy that I improved on my timings. It's a don’t remember a company of this size growing at this
long season ahead and I hope to continue doing well for pace,” and predicts that it could reach $617 billion within
India," said Sharath who has already clocked a time under a year — the Street’s highest target . The apple ipads ,
the Minimum Qualification Standard for the 2012 London ipods , iphones. are traping the world at a fast pace. This
Paralympic Games. company's revenue is more than $100 billion this year —
roughly what Microsoft and Intel take in combined , also
the profir is expected nearly double, to $27 billion . Apple
just had its best quarter ever, posting sales of $28.57
billion, compared with Wall Street’s consensus view of
$25 billion, with earnings per share of $7.79, fully a third
higher than expectations . The 20 million iPhones the
company sold topped predictions of 17 million .
International credit rating agencies warns a threat to the
federal government to come up witha better plan to uplift
the national economy and overpower the national debt , to
From left: Annu Raj Singh, Virdhawal Khade and set back the financial crises .
Sandeep Sejwal and Sharath Gayakwad.

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I swear, i m not going to tolerate this injustice any more.
A voice against eve-teasing Yours Me.
Teena Balani(teenabalani5555@yahoo.in)
Eve-teasing is a punishable crime. Don't tolerate injustice
Usually when Arpita (21), name is changed, walks from because we girls and women are equally important, equal
Regal to Dawa Bazaar towards her classes, a nearly one in status, have equal rights.
and a half km walk, she used to hear the songs in a loud
voice, to avoid the cheap comments of the people pass by! A Fiction Story
One day she read an article in Hindustan Times on 25 July nisha chodhary(choudhary2nisha@gmail.com)
2011, she came to know that public sexual harrassment,
street harassment, molestation of women by men and There was a worshiper named Shiva in a small village. He
delinquency by youth comes under eve-teasing. She got to was more sophisticated with villagers. He used to give
know the worst scenerio of city and growing eve-teasing. spiritual experience to peoples and place reliance on god.
She got to know that since she avoided the people Once an incident occurred in the village there was an
commenting on her and fondling her in public places or extreme scarcity of water. All the peoples were affected
public transport, she was also responsible for this because by this trouble. They seemed no solution to overcome
he had avoided it for so long time. from this situation. They heard chant pravachans were
She sat on internet and searched for the laws and told by Shiva in which a Lord curbed on famine by
punishments against eve-teasing. She found that section abandoning food and water. All the peoples were thinking
298 A and B of Indian Penal Code(IPC) has written that no one can do this excepting Shiva they were looking him
man found guilty of making a girl... Or women the target like a lord. They appealed to Shiva to do this same for
of obscene gestures, remarks, songs or recitations can be them. They were expecting from him to cope. But Shiva
jailed for maximum three months. Under IPC 292, was starting to have second thoughts about accepting there
showing pornographic or obscene pictures, books or slips offer because he kept crews in a dark. He knew that he
to women draws a fine of Rs. 2000 and 2 years of rigorous was a criminal having illicit affairs. Police is searching
imprisonment. Repeated offense may cause 5 years him and have incriminated against him. To hide himself,
rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 5000. he came in the village was in saffron clothes that’s why
Here an incident happened to her after that which was villagers mistook him for a monk. He was only pretending
written in her personal diary. She has given me her diary them. This think perturb him. He was thinking that how
to share it with the readers. would he present himself in front of villagers, how would
28 July 2011 he say that he is not a lord even he was accused by lot of
Dear Diary, crimes. For a moment he thought to refuse their request
Today was not a usual day. Today when I got down from wanted to run away from that place but his ears were
city bus and started to walk towards my class, three playing tricks with him by sounding “please pray for us by
morons started to follow me. They first overtake me then doing this job, we beg for our life”. His spiritual intuition
stop at a distance and wait for me to pass by. They were said him to do help by doing brace this is the atonement
on bicycles. This happens four times. I stared at them for your sins if could soothe them. He decided to keep fast
angrily but it made no difference to them. Finally when I without taking any drought of water till the rain would
was about to reach Dawa Bazaar Chouraha one of the come. Day by day he was going to faint. He sustained on
three touched me on my back and shoulder and tried to his promise till 15 days. On the 15th day god accepted his
pass by. I lost my temper And i shouted at them loudly, prayer and rain came there. Everyone were enjoying that
"stop, u rascals." The traffic police standing there heard moment but Shiva have gone near god.
my scream, he ran towards them and stopped them. I went
to police officer, told him the whole incident. They tried
to justify by telling false stories. It increased my rage. I
slapped hard to the guy who touched me. That voice was
everywhere in the air. Police officer also scolded them and
threatened them that they would be jailed. I told them
laws i had read earlier.
Finally i got relieved because today i was able to protect
my dignity and self-respect.