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Monday, Oct 18, 2004

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Lucky escape for air passengers

BELGAUM OCT. 17. The passengers on board an Air Deccan flight from Bangalore to Belgaum had a miraculous escape when one of its tyres got punctured while landing at Sambra Airport, 10 km from here, today morning. Confirming the incident, reliable sources told The Hindu that the tyre got punctured while the aircraft was landing. But there was no casualty or injury to the passengers on board, they said.

Sources said the aircraft landed at the airport at about 7.10 a.m. Apart from the crew, about 20 passengers were on board when the incident occurred. With no official available for comment at the Air Traffic Control, the exact reason for the puncture of the tyre could not be known immediately. However, the tyre was replaced with a new tyre brought in a helicopter from Mumbai. Subsequently, the plane was delayed by five-and-a-half hours on its return flight to Bangalore. It took off at 1 p.m. instead of 7.30 a.m.

Historian denies charges

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE OCT. 17. The Chairman of the textbook committee and noted historian, Suryanath Kamath, on Saturday denied the charges made against him by the Director of Textbooks in the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT) and wanted to know why the Director had assigned to him the work of writing Social Studies textbook of standard X if he (Director) was not satisfied with his work done between 2000 and 2002. In a rejoinder to the press statement given by Jagannatha Rao, Director of Textbook, Dr. Kamath said: "the Director is covering his callousness by calling me names like I have a "pro-Brahmin" bias. This does not look nice in the mouth of an officer of the Education Department." Dr. Kamath had criticised the officials of the DSERT for errors in the textbook. But the DSERT officials defended the changes made in the textbook.

D. Pharm results

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE Oct. 17. The results of the D. Pharm part-II supplementary examination held in September will be announced at 5 p.m. on October 18 at the office of the Board of Examining Authority, Government College of Pharmacy, Subbaiah Circle, P. Kalingarao Road, a press release said.

Names missing in voters' list

TUMKUR OCT. 17. More than 10 per cent of voters, who possessed valid photo identity cards, were turned away from booths in the polling for the byelection to Ward No. 17 of the Tumkur City Municipal Council on Sunday. Five booths were set up in three centres and there was commotion at all the booths. About 380 voters, of the total electorate of 3,864, did not find their names in the electoral rolls. Polling officers at the booths faced the wrath of the disappointed voters. The voters told the officials that they had cast their votes in the April general elections. They were dismayed to find their names missing in electoral rolls in a span of six months. Holding their identity cards, they were seen running around. In contrast, a few voters were surprised to find their names in more than two booths. Some of those, who cast their votes, alleged that officials had failed to make proper arrangements for smooth polling. In all, 1,860 voters cast their votes. The polling percentage was 48.33. The byelection was necessitated following the to the death of Gopalaiah, Janata Dal (Secular) member.

BESCOM cash collection centres

CHITRADURGA OCT. 17. The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) will open two cash collection centres near Santhe Honda and Rangaayyana Bagilu at Dodda Pete in Chitradurga town for the convenience of consumers on October 19.

The counters will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All consumers are requested to make use of the facility to pay their bills on time, an official press release from the Executive Engineer, BESCOM, said.

Workshop

CHITRADURGA OCT. 17. The Department of Backward Classes and Minorities, Chitradurga, has organised a two-day "Career Excellence" workshop for wardens and supervisors of the hostels, and extension officers in the department on October 18 and October 19.

All the officials of the department are expected to attend the workshop, Y. Eranna, district officer of the department, said in a press release.

Byelections

DAVANGERE OCT. 17. Only 46 per cent of polling was recorded at the byelection in Ward 15 of the Davangere City Municipality held here on Sunday.

Of the 4,690 voters, only 2,145 cast their votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress, and the Janata Dal (Secular) have fielded their candidates in the elections.

However, in Harpanahalli there was good turnout in Ward 11 where 79 per cent polling was recorded. Of the 1,277 voters, 1,010 people cast their votes.

Directive

HUBLI Oct. 17. The Commissioner of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has asked traders and shopkeepers to use Kannada name boards in front of their shops.

In a circular issued here on Sunday, the Commissioner has said the use of Kannada is mandatory under Section 24 and 24A under the Karnataka Shops and Business Establishments Act, 1961.

Kannada should be given prominence in name boards and if needed, names in other languages can be used in small letters.

The Commissioner has asked the traders and the concerned to comply with the provisions within a week, failing which action under the law will be taken.

Seminar

MYSORE OCT. 17. The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) will conduct a seminar on "Current Status of Research in the Area of Nature and Management of Fluency Disorders" at the AIISH Gymkhana on October 19 and 20.

More than 150 delegates from all across the country will participate in the seminar. The seminar will provide a forum for professionals to highlight the status of research in the area. Eminent scientists will deliver lectures on selected topics in the area of fluency disorders.

The director and Vice-Chancellor of the National Institute of Medical Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, D. Nagaraja, will inaugurate the seminar. The programme has been sponsored by the Medical Council of India, New Delhi, and the Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi.

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