e k i l u ` o 30 y s w e n e h t / m o c . k o o b e c a f . w w w www.thenews.co.in PAGES: 68 VOL.5|ISSUE: 5|JUNE 2017

Permit me to speak from Tellapur (Medak Dt): Mecca Masjid Victims of Redtape

The News You Like | June, 2017 EDITORIAL 3

n 23 May, the union government issued rules regu - lating the cattle market. The regulations seem to have affected the country even before they have been iOmplemented or even read. , and West Bengal protested though most people did not read or under - stood the rules. Congress party activists went further and slaughtered a VOL: 5 I SSUE: 5 I JUNE, 2017 `30 calf in public and distributed the meat to spectators of this

Editor perverted cruelty. SUDHAKAR Kerala has no licensed slaughterhouses except the ones Special Correspondent for export, so god knows what they were getting upset about. D Bal Reddy West Bengal and Tamil Nadu also protested– because they Senior Correspondent Mallesh Babu are the ones who run the most illegal cattle markets in Mattipati Yanadi Reddy and supply pregnant, sick, diseased and baby animals to Reporters M.Praveen Kumar, Bangladesh and Kerala respectively. P Vishnuvardhan Reddy Some strong opinions have been expressed by political Photographers leaders and students unions but are devoid of legitimate M Vijay S Sridhar, Shair Ali Baig content because almost none of these have observed or even Cover & Layout seen livestock markets. Unfortunately, what gets conveyed T. Srinivasa Rao and leads to mass hysteria is just political rhetoric. The General Manager Mohd Nizamuddin context and provisions of the rules have been slaughtered in Chief Executive (Marketing) the process. Venkata K Ganjam (GK) To understand the need to regulate the livestock markets Aravind K Balan (OSD, ) Chief - Business & LifeStyle we should know what happens with the animals sold for K. Bharath Reddy meat. The farmer usually sells his discarded cattle for meat Marketing Associate in intermediary markets to commission agents. These agents M. Akhil Raj Shaker buy a dozen or so and take them to bigger markets and sell The News You Like them to bigger agents. After many such transactions in many Phone: 9701141377, 9848133363 E-mail: [email protected] intermediate markets, at some point they are congregated, Website: thenews.co.in stuffed into trucks and taken to other states to be sold to Address for correspondance: #3-5-890, Flat No. 203, Paras Chambers, Beside bigger contractors. Tourism Bldg, Himayatnagar, -500029. The interstate movement of cattle requires extensive per - Phone: 98481 33363, 97011 41377. email: [email protected] missions from Animal Husbandry or Revenue Authorities. [email protected] While none of this is followed, a system of hafta exists and Printed, Published And Owned By police check posts simply let the overloaded trucks pass for Ramya Sree , Printed At S.M.S. Press, H.No.11-38, , P&T Colony, a fee in blood money. There is an organised cattle trafficking Saroor Nagar, Dist Ranga Reddy – 60, mafia that operates in every state in India. Published At The News Publications, H.No.334, The cruelty issues for cattle slaughter are huge. After B, Prajay Sai Gardens, Mandal, Dist - Ranga Reddy, Telangana having taken into account cruelty and grave issues such as

Editor : Sudhakar the threats of cattle smuggling and their implications on

Note: Focus/Infocus features are marketing people and animals, the drafting committee framed the rules. initiatives Any legal disputes comes under the jurisdiction of (Sudhakar) courts in Hyderabad 4 INDEX The News You Like | June 2017 Charges framed against LK Advani, others 10

Intelligence, city police orchestrate pro-government 8 Senior BJP leaders L K Advani, M M Joshi and demonstration at Dharna Chowk Uma Bharti were on Tuesday charged with In an apparent attempt to please political bosses, criminal conspiracy in the a couple of officials in the intelligence department 1992 Babri mosque in association with a couple of officials in the city demolition case by a police have allegedly orchestrated pro- special CBI Court in government demonstration at Dharna Chowk on Lucknow. May 15. Honour killing: was killed and burnt to ashes by 23 father-in-law

police officers suspended for links with Nayeem 18 The News You Like | June, 2017 INDEX 5 Woman transport official engages bouncers to extort money, booked 25

KCR tries to woo police officers into working Here is a woman officer from the Telangana for his party 32 Transport Department, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on May 19 who dares to break the showered Telangana police with praise in an rules. She engages apparent attempt to woo the police officers into bouncers allegedly to working for his party in the coming elections. He extort money from the was addressing the police officers conference transport operators. held at HICC at his instance. Rajinikanth hinting he may 38 enter politics

BJP expanding across the country, says Amit 36 6 RECOGNITION The News You Like | June 2017 Telangana police receive FICCI Smart Policing Awards

THE NEWS BUREAU Police, Cyber Crime, KCS Raghu police, J Parimala Hana Nutan, Vir received the award for cyber while Special Jury Award for elangana police on May 25 Forensics Lab initiative in the cat - Smart Innovative Policing was received FICCI Smart egory of Cyber crime. also conferred upon Telangana Policing Award 2017 in The Special Jury Award for police. fTive categories - two separate ini - Smart Police Officer, awarded to The awards were presented by tiatives besides three special jury Hyderabad City Police Commis - Meenakshi Lekhi, MP, Delhi, Y K awards out of 133 entries from sioner, M Mahender Reddy was Modi, Chairman, FICCI and G K various state police forces and received by Additional Commis - Pillai, Former Home Secretary of central armed police forces. sioner of Police, T Murali India during the ninth edition of Director General of Police, Krishna. the annual conference on home Anurag Sharma received the Another Special Jury Award land security held at the FICCI award for the initiative - smart for Finger Print Identification and (Federation of Indian Chambers passport verification process, Network System was presented to Of Commerce and India), New while Assistant Commissioner of Suryapet district superintendent of Delhi. The News You Like | June, 2017 CITY NEWS 7 TRS Corporators extort money from people

THE NEWS BUREAU Hanuman Nagar under Chaitanya - and also because of the pressure puri police station limits on the mounted by the media. t has been the practice of evening of 26 along with his fol - While this is the first incident in GHMC Corporators to levy lowers and asked the construction which police registered a case private tax on any construction workers to stop the work. against a Corporator for demanding Iwork taken up by the residents of When relatives of the site private tax, similar practice has Hyderabad. owner Vikrant tried to intervene, been going on across the city. For The corporators threaten plot the Corporator and his followers instance, TRS leader Rammohan owners through the official ma - manhandled the workers and also a Goud from , chinery by way of creating hurdles relative of the site owner and whose wife is a Corporator had on the pretext of violations or some threatened them with dire conse - also convened the meeting of con - other thing. Further, the corporators quences if the work was continued tractors and builders in his area and and their henchmen call the plot without paying the private tax. demanded private tax threatening owners through proxy numbers and Vikrant told media persons that that he would make their lives mis - threaten with dire consequences if the Corporator had been demand - erable if his demands were not met the ‘private tax’ was not paid to ing Rs 10 lakh as private tax and because he would be the next MLA them before going ahead with the threatened him several times that of LB Nagar. When news of this construction. he would stop the work if the tax emerged, Municipal Administra - But in a latest incident, TRS levied by him was not paid. tion Minister, K T Rama Rao had Corporator from Chaitanyapuri, Soon after the incident, Vikrant to reprimand Goud. Jinnaram Vitttal Reddy crossed all along with the victims reached Same is the case with a woman limits and physically assaulted the Chaitanyapuri police station and Corporator who is allegedly col - construction workers in Hanuman lodged a complaint. However, lecting private tax even from scrap Nagar area of Chaitanyapuri as the police did not register the case im - dealers. It appears that voters are plot owner Vikrant refused to pay mediately allowing the Corporator fed up with the corrupt and illegal the private tax. to compel the complainant with - practices of TRS Corporators and TRS Corporator from Chai - draws the case. they are only looking for next elec - tanyapuri, Jinnaram Vittal Reddy But police had to register a case tions to give a befitting message to reached the construction site in as the complainant insisted for FIR the TRS leaders. 8 DHARNA CHOWK The News You Like | June 2017 Intelligence, city police orchestrate pro-govern - ment demonstration at Dharna Chowk

THE NEWS BUREAU services were withdrawn from sources said. Lake Police and attached to the Further, the city police never n an apparent attempt to please central zone control room. gave permission to any one after political bosses, a couple of of - However, sources in the police March to hold protest at Dharna ficials in the intelligence de - department said the pro-govern - Chowk. Suddenly, the walkers Ipartment in association with a ment demonstration was orches - group and locals came into the couple of officials in the city police trated by a handful of officials in picture a few weeks ago and the have allegedly orchestrated pro- the intelligence wing and the city police permitted both the groups – government demonstration at police. the group that wants shifting of Dharna Chowk on May 15. Ever since the Telangana gov - Dharna Chowk and the groups that The handful of officials went to ernment decided to shift the venue have been protesting against shift - the extent of deputing some police for protests to the outskirts of the ing of Dharna Chowk – to stage personnel in plainclothes to take city citing law and order problems, protests on the same day which part in the pro-government protest there have been protests against the gives rise to suspicion, sources leading to sharp criticism from all decision. Some groups have even said. corners after videos and pictures of approached the High Court against Granting permission to two op - the police personnel in plainclothes the decision. But the ‘morning posite groups to hold protests on holding placards emerged. walkers group’ or the ‘locals’ were the same day at Dharna Chowk and Lake Police Inspector K Sridevi never in the picture. The police compelling some lower level offi - was one of the police personnel never made a mention that either cials to take part in the pro-govern - among the pro-government demon - the walkers or the locals wanted the ment demonstration in plain strators. Following criticism, her Dharna Chowk to be shifted, the clothes lends support for the theory The News You Like | June, 2017 DHARNA CHOWK 9

that it was orchestrated by the said. Police with immediate effect and police department itself, the Now that the police design has attached to the Central Zone sources said. been exposed, all the senior offi - Control Room,” the DCP said. Elaborating further the sources cers are tight lipped making the However, it appears the city said, two officials close to the po - lower level officials scapegoats. police need eternal time to com - litical bosses are calling shots in Deputy Commissioner of plete the enquiry which is evident the intelligence wing though they Police, Central Zone, Joel Davis, from the fact that though couple of are not heads of the department. who had no role in the plan, had to weeks have elapsed but the Those two officials in association issue a release as a cover up. enquiry has not been completed, with two senior officials of the city The release said that police per - which clearly shows that the lower police elaborately planned the pro- sonnel in plain clothes were de - level officials were only playing government demonstration. ployed at Dharna Chowk on the character they were given but However, their plan failed as Monday since two protest pro - the screenplay and direction was the local TRS leaders could not grammes were organised. Lake being done by somebody else. mobilize locals for the pro-govern - Police Inspector, Sreedevi was also It also shows how lower level ment demonstration. drafted for surveillance duty to officials are made scapegoats by Had the local TRS leaders watch over any anti-social ele - the seniors for their selfish ends. managed to mobilize huge number ments at Dharna Chowk. One of the intelligence officials of locals, the police personnel in “It has come to our notice that behind the plan wants a plum post, plain clothes would have remained during the bandobust Inspector, while one of the city police officer backstage boosting the morale of Sreedevi, was found holding a behind it wants to be in the depart - the TRS cadres. Unfortunately, the placard among the protestors. An ment as long as he can go to office. local leaders failed to execute the enquiry has been ordered for On the other hand, another plan designed by the handful of taking further action in this regard. officer behind the plan is vying to police officials thus bringing dis - Pending enquiry she has been become the top cop of the state, the repute to the department, sources withdrawn from the duties of Lake sources said. 10 AYODHYA The News You Like | June 2017 ChaRges fRaMeD againsT LK aDVani, oTheRs

THE NEWS BUREAU Vinay Katiyar (62), VHP’s Vishnu das, Dharam Das and Satish Hari Dalmiya, who is in his late Pradhan — were also charged with enior BJP leaders L K eighties, and one-time Hindutva conspiracy and offences such as Advani, M M Joshi and Uma firebrand Sadhvi Rithambara (53). promoting enmity between differ - Bharti were on Tuesday The accused had argued against ent groups on grounds of religion, Scharged with criminal conspiracy in the framing of charges against race, etc, and defiling a place of the 1992 Babri mosque demolition them, asserting that they had no role worship with the intent to insult a case by a special CBI Court in in the razing of the mosque and had religion. Lucknow. tried to stop it. Their discharge pe - Vedanti and the other five were, The Court, which earlier re - titions were rejected by the judge. under various IPC sections, also jected their discharge petition, The court is hearing two sepa - charged with imputations prejudi - framed charges against Advani rate cases relating to the demolition cial to national integration, commit - (89), Joshi (83), Union minister of the 16th-century mosque. ting deliberate and malicious acts Bharti (58) and three others under Six others accused in the second intended to outrage religious feel - Section 120 (B) of the IPC (crimi - case — Ramvilas Vedanti, ings, making statements leading to nal conspiracy). Baikunth Lal Sharma , Champat public mischief, rioting and unlaw - The three others are the BJP’s Rai Bansal, Mahant Nritya Gopal - ful assembly. The News You Like | June, 2017 FOCUS 11 He is a businessman with a human touch

THE NEWS BUREAU

he special thing about Abdur Rahman is that he is more a humane than a business man. He is enthused by the dictum that the real secret Tof happiness is not in what you have or what you receive, but what you share. Keeping this in mind, he started Helping 2 Hands The AR Foundation to help the helpless and empower the weak. Rahman’s foundation works mainly in the areas of child education, women em - powerment, career counselling, orphanage assis - tance, empowerment of children having special needs, health care services and old age assistance for the needy. Rahman’s foundation has so far successfully con - ducted more than 200 programmes since its inception in January 2016 besides running an orphanage for 130 children. The foundation has many rewards and recognitions to its credit. On his career front, Rahman is currently Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing Operation of Netmertic Info Solutions Private Ltd, a Leading

Technical Training Institute in Hyderabad. He leads the cycle from acquisition to delivery responsibility for business, training, networking, product functions, operational functions, spanning across Sales and Pre - sales. With a modest beginning in 2006, Rahman took over the responsibility of building business lines around core services Network Training Solution and Services. Since then, he has added several services – including ICT, Infrastructure Solutions and Profes - sional services. Over the years, He has a strong focus on infrastructure and has been instrumental in build - ing Technical Training Team and Networking. He is a graduate in Engineering from Quli Qutub shah Engineering College, and holds an MBA in Mar - keting from Xavier’s Institute of Business studies. He also has 5 certifications from CISCO USA and other certification in sales and Networking. 12 COVER STORY The News You Like | June 2017 The truth behind land scam

THE NEWS BUREAU not so simple. process. The sub-registrar offices Instead, sources say, the plan to mention only those lands in the he Miyapur land scam, de - grab the government lands was ac - prohibitory register against which scribed by the authorities as tually designed by some politicians the government publishes gazette a conspiracy between the di - in power. However, the plan declaring certain lands were gov - rTectors of a few private infrastruc - bounced back due to differences ernment lands. However, in the ture development companies and a over sharing the booty between the case of Miyapur lands, the people corrupt sub-registrar, appears to be officials involved in the entire behind the master plan ensured that The News You Like | June, 2017 COVER STORY 13 The truth behind Miyapur land scam 14 COVER STORY The News You Like | June 2017 Miyapur land scam: The story given out

THE NEWS BUREAU

yberabad police claimed on May 28 to have ar - rested the Sub-Registrar of and two dCirectors of real estate company Trinity Infra Ven - tures Limited on charges of fraudulent registration of 693 acres of government land causing revenue loss of over Rs 587 crore to the state exchequer. Police said Sub-Registrar of Kukatpally, Rachakonda Srinivasa Rao, directors of Trinity Infra Ventures Limited – P S Parthasarathy and PVS Varma were arrested. Searches carried out at the res - idences and offices of the accused persons resulted in the recovery of incriminating documents. Parthasarathy, in his capacity as the director of Trinity Infra Ventures Limited had executed four sale deeds in favour of Suvishal Power Gen Limited, represented by its director PVS Sharma on of Kukatpally was aware of the fact that the 693 January 21, 2016 selling 693 acres of government acres of land was government land and there have land in survey numbers 20, 28, 100 and 101 of been repeated instructions from the higher ups of Miyapur village in Mandal, police the revenue department issued in 2007 and 2011 to had claimed. that effect and the lands should not be registered. A week before executing the four documents, a The details were mentioned in the prohibitory reg - fake document was prepared showing that one ister, a record containing all those lands which Ameerunnisa Begum and seven others had given should not be registered at any cost, police said. GPA to Parthasarathy and others over the 693 acres Despite this, Srinivasa Rao colluded with the di - of land. Seven days later, Parthasarathy registered rectors of Trinity Infra and helped them execute sale the land in the name of Suvishal Power Gen deeds in violation of the provisions of the Registra - Limited, police said. tion Act and the Indian Penal Code causing a Interestingly, Sharma, who is the director of Su - revenue loss of over Rs 587 crore, police said. vishal Power Gen Limited is also one of the direc - However, the fraud was detected by the higher tors in Trinity Infra Ventures Limited in which ups of the stamps and registration department and a Parthasarathy is one of the directors. What more! complaint was lodged with the police. Based on the The Sub-Registrar Srinivasa Rao knew about the complaint, police registered a case and arrested the fraudulent deal since he was one of the conspirators, accused after investigation. Further investigations police said. were underway to ascertain the role of others in the Further, Srinivasa Rao, being the Sub-Registrar huge fraud, police had said.

the government did not publish Kukatpally police claims that the There is no mention of an offi - gazette declaring that the lands in Deputy Collector-cum-Tahsildar of cial gazette declaring the status of survey numbers 20, 28, 100 and Serilingampally mandal had the 693 acres land in the four 101 of Miyapur village in Ser - written letters to the sub-registrar survey numbers as government ilingampally mandal were govern - of Kukatpally and other jurisdic - lands. And a sub-registrar is not ment lands, sources said. tions that the lands were govern - bound by the letter of Tahsildar to Even the remand report of the ment porambok lands. refuse registration of a land. The News You Like | June, 2017 COVER STORY 15

Taking this loophole as advan - tage, those behind the scam de - aCB detects signed their plan to grab the 693 acres of land worth over Rs 10,000 crore. irregularities in uploading However, the land grabbers turned extra-greedy and tried to grab the land spending a pittance, documents by sRos sources said. Had they paid stamp fee at market rate for the land, there would have been no issue. However, the land grabbers tried to get rights over the entire land without mentioning the value of the land in the document and paid few thousands of rupees for the registration of Sanad Deed, which conveys all rights over the land to the buyer, sources said. Since it is in the hands of the government to publish gazette, vested interests in the power con - spired with the infrastructure com - THE NEWS BUREAU panies and some corrupt officials to grab the land. he ongoing searches at the sub-registrar offices (SROs) across It is because of this reason, sub- the state by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) revealed that the registrar, Rachakonda Srinivasa dTocuments presented for registration were not being uploaded online. Rao, who was suspended earlier Instead, the documents are kept offline giving rise for suspicions. while resorting to irregularities in ACB sources said this practice has been noticed in almost all the the same sub-registrar office, was SROs. But, the officials of the SROs are claiming that the delay was reinstated at the same place so that on account of workload and shortage of manpower and infrastruc - the huge scandal can be executed, ture. sources said. However, the ACB sleuths are not ready to buy the theory. The However, sources said, the offi - ACB sleuths are verifying every piece of paper and all the entries in cials in the stamps and registration its database and also on the website to check whether documents department wanted huge percent - related to current month were uploaded keeping the documents age out of the Rs 587 crore that was related to previous months in pending, sources said. saved in stamp duty. And differ - Keeping older documents offline would invite deeper investiga - ences developed in sharing the tion to find out whether there was any irregularity with respect to booty due to which the grave irreg - those documents, sources said. ularity saw the light. Meanwhile, a senior official said the local units of ACB were Even as the government trans - compiling reports based on the searches. Also, the ACB teams were ferred the case to Crime Investiga - assisting the teams investigating the Miyapur land scam in carrying tion Department (CID), some out searches at various places connected with the accused and other important accused like P S Prasad, related people. his wife Indrani Prasad and daugh - As part this, ACB sleuths accompanying the police, carried out ter-in-law Mahitha Caddel are on searches at the residence of TNGO president, Syed Mujeebullah, the run, political bigwigs behind acting sub-registrar of Vallabhnagar SRO, the official said adding that the scam remain unscathed, incriminating documents were found during searches. sources said. 16 COVER STORY The News You Like | June 2017 Miyapur land scam Clash of interests between two power centers

THE NEWS BUREAU name is found in the investigation, a decision would be taken whether to include his name as accused after media baron who owns a regional newspaper considering the evidence. and a senior politician in power facilitated the However, sources in the police department said real estate companies execute the massive that the stamps and registration department officials Aland registration scam now came to be called as played mischief by not including Prasad’s name as Miyapur land scam. accused. This gives him an edge in claiming before The nexus between the media baron, the the court that his name was not mentioned in politician and the real estate companies the FIR but subsequently added at the run by P S Prasad had been grabbing behest of vested interests. government lands, evacuee properties Sources also said that it has been and disputed properties by fabricating the practice of Prasad to play the documents with the help of revenue game very safe by getting the govern - and registration departments. Subse - ment lands registered in the name of quently, on the strength of the fabri - trusted people while being in the safe cated documents, the mafia has been zone. getting court orders and police protec - Meanwhile, sources said eight police tion, sources said. teams were at work to nab absconding This mafia group would have succeeded in accused. Also, process has been completed for grabbing 693 acres of government land. But, another the issue of red corner notice against the absconding power center in the state, that had its eyes on the same accused. However, the investigators are finding help - lands, was infuriated on realizing that the government less in issuing red corner notice against Prasad in this lands were already registered in the names of the com - case since he has not been named as accused. panies close to their rival power center, sources said. Unless the investigators get custody of the arrested Soon after this, the rival power center pulled its accused Rachakonda Srinivasa Rao, P S Parthasarathy strings due to which the district registrar N Saidi and PVS Sharma and they disclose information about Reddy, who remained silent for over despite knowing the involvement of Prasad, it would be difficult for the about the illegal registration done by the Kukatpally investigators to lay their hands on the alleged master - registrar, lodged a complaint with the police. mind, sources said. In quick succession, the government announced But, sources said that Prasad’s name has not been thorough probe by the CID and ACB into the irregu - mentioned in the complaint and the FIR because the larities. rival power center has tried to hit two birds in one shot. However, it is surprising to find that the district They want Prasad and his supporters come for nego - registrar’s complaint does not name Goldstone Infra tiations to arrive at a compromise and they can have a director P S Prasad as accused, though he is said to be smooth run in their future illegal operations, sources the boss of all the companies involved in the scandal. said. Police officials maintain that the complainant However, police officials feel suffocated between specifically named 11 persons as accused in the the two power centers. A senior official said they were written report. Based on the complaint, case has been being used as tools to settle the personal scores registered and investigations launched. If Prasad’s between the two groups.

18 NAYEEM FIASCO The News You Like | June 2017

police officers suspended for links with nayeem

THE NEWS BUREAU Chintamaneni Srinivas of CCS and promotions and medals by claim - M Srinivasa Rao of Mir Chowk di - ing credit for the anti-Maoist work fter dodging it for long, vision, Inspectors Masthan Vali of including encounters carried out by Telangana government has Sangareddy and Raja Gopal of Nayeem. finally suspended five Kothagudem. Five such officials were sus - pAolice officers including an addi - Sources said the SIT has identi - pended after the preliminary tional superintendent of police for fied some police officials who al - enquiry and evidence collected so their alleged nexus with late gang - legedly had nexus with Nayeem far established that they did have ster Nayeemuddin aka Nayeem. and amassed huge wealth making links with Nayeem and helped the Those who suspended include use of his illegal activities and gangster run the criminal empire. CID additional superintendent of helped him run a criminal empire It may be recalled some pic - police, Maddipati Srinivasa Rao, in return. It is also alleged that tures of the police officers rubbing assistant commissioners of police, some of the officials got rewards, shoulders with gangster Nayeem The News You Like | June, 2017 NAYEEM FIASCO 19

years ago were published in these also demanding the government to and ordered oral enquiry against columns along with the extent of make public Nayeem’s diary. It four police officers and issue nexus between them and the gang - appears the government, yielding charge memos for as many as 16 ster. The pictures gave ammunition under the pressure mounted by the police officials. for the Opposition parties to criti - Opposition parties, had suspended The oral enquiry has been cize the state government of shield - five officials and some more sus - ordered against three deputy super - ing the police officers and pensions are likely to follow. intendents of police – M Sai politicians who had nexus with the Reeling under pressure, the Manohar, G Prakash Rao and gangster. government finally suspended five Venkat Narsaiah and one inspector Opposition parties had been police officers for alleged links Venkaiah. A senior officer will be raising the issue time and again and with late gangster Nayeemuddin appointed as presiding officer to conduct the oral enquiry and the o Further, charge memos will be issued to 16 more police officers for their alleged links with Nayeem. The officers will be asked to submit their replies to the charge memos based on which minor pun - ishments such as postponement of increments or promotions will be awarded to them, a senior police officer said. 20 REDPATE The News You Like | June 2017 RED TAPE Govt harassing genuine land purchasers in Tellapur

have purchased the house sites with their hard earned money with a hope that the house site would provide them a shelter at the end of their lives. However, their hopes were shat - tered. They are made to borrow money to fight the legal battle so that they can hold on to the house sites and live in a hope that one day the government will become kind enough to the poor. This story dates back to 1982 when The Industrial Employees Cooperative House Building Society Limited (Redg. No. TG- 925), purchased lands in survey numbers 323, 343, 363 and 364 of Tellapur village in Ramachandrapu - ram mandal of from its owners and sold individual resi - dential plots of varying sizes to about 2000 members. After mutat - ing the purchased land in Revenue Records in its name, the society ob - tained lay-out permission, sanc - tioned and approved by Gram Panchayat Tellapur and named it as ‘Sree Saibaba Nagar’ and sold the plots to its members by executing registered sale deeds at Sub-Regis - trar office at Sangareddy. THE NEWS BUREAU poor industrial workers, who are The members of the association bonafide purchasers of house sites, are middle class industrial and other t a time when land sharks are forced to run from pillar to post establishments’ workers who pur - are getting registered hun - to get right over the house sites reg - chased the above residential plots dreds of acres of govern - istered on their names. for constructing their houses. The mAent lands in collusion with corrupt This is the pathetic story of hun - documents showing government babus and politicos, about 2000 dreds of industrial employees, who permission for conversion of land The News You Like | June, 2017 REDPATE 21

use into residential chairmanship of S K purpose, approval of layout Sinha. The Task Force by Gram Panchayat, Tella - recommended that the pur, registration and muta - Patta and alienable as - tion of the land in the name signment lands be of Society made members to handed over to the believe existence of mar - Society members im - ketable title. After obtaining mediately and in case of gov - permission from the District to a “House ernment land the same be Collector, the Society con - Committee of Assembly” con - regularised in the name of original structed a Saibaba Temple with do - sisting of 19 members on December purchasers by collecting conces - nations collected from all the 27, 1996 which found that the sional market value. Despite this, members in the layout during 1983. members purchased the land from the poor industrial workers are However, the members could the Society paying valuable sale being denied fruits of their labour. not construct their houses as the consideration and sale deeds regis - It appears some vested interests are government interfered alleging that tered were genuine and hence rec - behind the government’s adamant the land consists of assigned land ommended for regularising the attitude because the vested interests and is prohibited from alienation. lands in the name of purchaser- involved in land scams such as The Revenue department time and members, and wherever required by Miyapur land scam seem to be again tried to resume the land but collecting nominal government angling to grab the house sites of the purchasers obtained stay orders. market price prevalent in 1987. the poor industrial workers. At the end of prolonged litigation But the government, brushed Many of the members who pur - between government and pur - aside the recommendations of the chased the land in their youth are chasers, the High Court at Hyder - House Committee and illegally pro - now retired senior citizen, ex-ser - abad disposed the matter by passing ceeded handing over symbolic vicemen having this plot of land a common order in a batch of 39 custody of the land to the then alone as their old-age support. The writ petitions on February 21, 2014 HUDA (now HMDA), without fol - plot owners urge the government to in favour of the members upholding lowing due process of law. look at the issue with a humane their rights as owners and posses - After formation of Telangana, angle and resolve the same in the sors of the land. the government appointed a “Task best interest of the poor industrial Further, the matter was referred Force Committee on Lands” under workers. 22 SEX TRADE The News You Like | June 2017

Rachakonda police bust sex rackets run by Bangladeshi woman

THE NEWS BUREAU workers on certain websites known secure Aadhar card and PAN card for immoral activities and supply while carrying Bangladeshi pass - achakonda police busted the girls at the doorsteps for hand - port baffled the police authorities. two sex rackets and ar - some price. However, the local police are rested five persons includ - Rachakonda police carried out not in a position to understand the Ring a Bangladeshi woman who had decoy operation to arrest the rack - larger threat from Bangladeshi in - been visiting India frequently to eteers and rescued three girls – two filtrators. They simply look at the run the sex trade across the country. of them from West Bengal and one present case as an immoral traffick - Apart from the Bangladeshi from . ing case and not as an issue con - woman Akthar Shabana, police ar - Police recovered some cash, a nected with national security, a rested K Madhu, P Ramesh, B two wheeler, mobile phones, senior police official said. Muni and N Praveen. The kingpins Bangladeshi passport in the name The Bangladeshi woman will of the two sex rackets K Ramalinga of Shabana and fake Aadhar and now spread her network from the of Hyderabad, Sanjay and Rahul Voter ID cards secured by her in four walls of the prison where she aka Mohsin of were yet to India with a pseudonym. will come in touch with several be arrested, police said. The arrest of Bangladeshi people jailed in connection with According to the police, woman in the sex racket ones again various cases, the official said Shabana has contacts with local brought to fore the lurking threat to adding that it is time the govern - brothel organisers and supplies sex India’s internal security from ments at the center and states take workers to them. The local organ - illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators. The firm stand against infiltrators to put isers post the pictures of sex way Shabana has been able to a stop to the menace. The News You Like | June, 2017 HONOUR KILLING 23 Honour killing: Naresh was killed and burnt to ashes by father-in-law

THE NEWS BUREAU

wenty-three-year-old Amboji Naresh of Pallerla village in Yadadri district, Twho went missing on May 2 after he married an upper caste girl, was found killed brutally. Rachakonda police on May 27 recovered the charred remains of Naresh, bringing to a close the search operation launched to trace him after the suicide of his wife Swati on May 16. Rachakonda Police Commis - sioner, Mahesh M Bhagwat told media persons that Swati’s father T Srinivas Reddy and his relative N Sathi Reddy were arrested for killing Naresh and attempting to his father, Swati and Naresh arrived pretext of settling the issue, the wipe out all evidence. Naresh at Bhongir on May 2. However, police officer said. belongs to a backward community Naresh did not meet Swati’s father While Sathi Reddy was trying while his wife Swati belongs to at the bus stand who came to to reason things out, Srinivas Reddy community. The duo receive them. Reddy hit Naresh on his neck from married against the wish of Swati’s Srinivas Reddy and his relative behind with an iron rod he brought father, Srinivas Reddy. However, Sathi Reddy took Swati to their from home. The stroke was so Rachakonda police chose to evade home at Lingarajupalle around 8 strong that Naresh died on the spot. reply for the question whether it pm. Around 11 pm the same night, Then the duo set the body afire was an honour killing. they noticed a youngster waiting covering it with the husk in the Describing the sequence of outside their house under suspi - farmland but the body was only events that ended in a sad note, cious circumstances and tried to half burnt. Then they went to Mahesh Bhagwat said Naresh, 23 know his identity. However, the Atmakur and purchased 5 litres of of Pallerla village and Swati, 20 of biker sped away prompting Srini - petrol from the fuel outlet, doused Lingarajupalle of Yadadri district vas Reddy and Sathi Reddy chase some old tyres with the petrol and eloped in March this year and him, the police official said. used them to completely burn the married in Mumbai on March 25. On the way, they noticed body of Naresh, the police official Few days later, Swati’s father another young man trying to stop said. Srinivas Reddy persuaded her to the biker but to no use. It was then While leaving the place, Sathi come home promising that he Srinivas Reddy identified Naresh Reddy picked up Naresh’s phone would perform their marriage on a and made him to sit on their bike, and went home at . He grand note. Apparently believing took him to their farmland on the threw the phone near railway track 24 HONOUR KILLING The News You Like | June 2017

before the court by May 18, Swati allegedly committed suicide in her father’s house on March 16. On May 18, the court had di - rected police to probe the missing case and submit a report on June 1. It was then, Rachakonda police formed a special team and made serious efforts to trace Naresh. During investigation, Srinivas Reddy spilled the beans. Rachakonda Police Commis - sioner also said that Swati was pregnant when she committed in Moulali, while Srinivas Reddy Naresh accusing him of harassing suicide. He also said that the collected the remains of Naresh in Swati for dowry, while Naresh’s alleged video showing Swati level - a gunny bag from the farmland and father Amboji Venkataiah filed a ing allegations of harassment disposed the remains in the Musi missing case. As the local police against Naresh has been sent to River five kilometers away from did not take the case seriously, he forensic science laboratory for his house, Mahesh Bhagwat said. approached the High Court. Even analysis to find out whether it was In the meantime, Srinivas as the High Court directed the a selfie-video or she was forced by Reddy had filed a case against police to produce Swati and Naresh her father to speak that way. Triple Talaq not integral part of : Centre tells SC

THE NEWS BUREAU

s the Supreme Court continued to hear the Triple Talaq matter, the Centre said the practice was not an integral part of IAslam and abolishing it should not threaten its foundation. The Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi was quoted as saying that since triple talaq is not practiced in 25 Islamic countries, it cannot possi - bly be essential to the practice of Islam. He added that in , women used to practice Sati till the law termed it as illegal and obsolete, when Chief Justice JS Khehar asked him if any religious traditions had ever been set aside by courts before. Rohatgi also said the issue should not be viewed as discrimination towards the minority community. "It is an issue of a minority commu - nity and that of women within that community," he said. The News You Like | June, 2017 COP & CROOKS 25 Woman transport official engages bouncers to extort money, booked

THE NEWS BUREAU

ere is a woman officer from the Telangana Trans - port Department, who Hdares to break the rules. She engages bouncers allegedly to extort money from the transport operators. However, her filmy style of be - haviour landed her in trouble when she got her bouncers to beat and kick a transport operator outsider her jurisdiction recently. Rachakonda police on May 24 registered a case against Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector (AMVI), Swathi Goud, even as she was sus - transport operators for quite some Transport, Sharma directed pended by the authorities for time, sources said. the authorities concerned to take abusing her official position and On May 20, Swathi allegedly stern action against Swathi. collecting bribe. demanded the transport operator Following this, Joint Transport Swathi, attached to to the RTA, Reddy to double the bribe Commissioner, Administration, T , was accused of and stopped lorries owned by him Raghunath, suspended Swathi for using two private bouncers to man - from plying. When he refused to being reckless on duty and also for handle a private transport company pay the bribe, she got him beaten collecting bribe. She was found vi - owner after he refused to pay the black and blue through the private olating rules and checking vehicles bribe demanded by the AMVI at bouncers, sources said. without any directions from higher Sagar Ring Road on May 20. Srikanth Reddy lodged a com - officials, transport department offi - Swathi was not supposed to plaint with the LB Nagar police. cials said adding that further check vehicles at Sagar Ring Road However, police did not register a inquiry will be conducted against since the area does not come under case. Instead, they received a com - her. her jurisdiction. However, she plaint from Swathi accusing Following her suspension, LB engaged to private bouncers, one of Srikanth Reddy of obstructing her Nagar police also registered a case them said to be her brother and had duties. As the news went viral in against Swathi and launched inves - been collecting bribes from the the media, Principal Secretary, tigations. 26 AP NEWS The News You Like | June 2017 airport gets international status naidu also demanded that the gannavaram airport, which would be renamed the airport, be renamed the ‘nTR amaravati airport

THE NEWS BUREAU

he central government granted international status to the Vijayawada airport. The decision to upgrade the status of Vijayawada airport, as per the provisions of the Reorganisation Act, 2014 was taken by the Union Cabinet, whose meeting was chaired by Prime air travellers and give a boost to do - turn the old terminal into an inter - Minister Narendra Modi. mestic/international tourism and national one. The designs have "The proposal will add to im - socio-economic development of already been approved by AAI. We proved connectivity to the state Andhra Pradesh by bringing in in - plan to finish the works by July 31, capital," the Union Cabinet said in ternational passengers and cargo 2017.” a statement. traffic," the statement added. The international tag comes "It will provide wider choice of The airport director G Mad - months after state Chief Minister N services at competitive costs to the husudhan Rao said, “The plan is to Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated a new terminal building at the airport. The new terminal building at the airport, also known as Gan - navaram airport, had been com - pleted at a cost of Rs 135 crore, and has thrice the capacity of its prede - cessor. At the time, Naidu also de - manded that the Gannavaram airport, which would be renamed the Amaravati airport, be renamed the ‘NTR Amaravati Airport.’ "We want to promote Amara - vati, the brand name of the AP capital. And, NTR is our leader who belonged to this place. The people should remember him forever," he said. The News You Like | June, 2017 AP NEWS 27 Now Andhra Pradesh cattle to get unique number

THE NEWS BUREAU productivity of our animals is low,” region in the state, where several said Adinarayana Reddy. farmers sell their cattle in times of he Andhra Pradesh govern - The ministers also said that the crisis, to survive the summer. ment began the online regis - infrastructure related to cattle feed, Adinarayana Reddy also said tration of cattle in the state feed supplements, fodder seed etc that the government was making Tby issuing Aadhaar-like unique will also be made available to the more efforts to provide Rs 15,000 numbers under the Information farmers under the project. income to every farmer, by promot - Network on Animal Productivity This online registration of cattle ing milk production. and Health (INAPH). will also be linked to the local vet - Earlier, the Central government The state will now tag them, and erinary hospital, which would help proposed Aadhaar-like unique iden - also plans to keep a central data authorities monitor the animals in - tity system for cows in the Supreme bank with all the details collected. dividually with their personal Court, to prevent cow smuggling. The project was inaugurated in profile. The Centre said that the Unique Amaravati mandal of dis - This move came after the Centre Identification Number will consist trict by State Minister for Animal imposed new restrictions on sale of of all the records of identification Husbandry C Adinarayana Reddy cattle to slaughterhouses, in order to details such as age, breed, sex, lac - and Minister for Agriculture S stop the 'illegal transportation' of tation, height, body, colour, horn Chandramohan Reddy, under Pasu cattle. Andhra Pradesh had around type, tail switch, special mark etc. Sanjivani programme. 10.6 million cattle, which included The government said that the “Dairying is an important sector several rare breeds. identification numbers will help in our country as we are the highest This move will particularly hit track cows and prevent inter-state milk producers in the world, but the drought-prone and inter-country smuggling. 28 AP NEWS The News You Like | June 2017 Faction politics make a comeback in Rayalaseema

THE NEWS BUREAU Following the brutal of murder of Narayana Reddy, Opposition t appears the faction politics are YSR Congress Party demanded back in Rayalaseema region of imposition of President's Rule in Andhra Pradesh and the chief the state, alleging that there was a Iminister, N Chandrababu Naidu, breakdown of constitutional ma - who acted very firm against faction chinery. politics in the past, is going soft YSRCP President Y S Jagan - now. mohan Reddy met Governor ESL After losing prominent and Narasimhan and submitted a mem - strong leaders such as Paritala Ravi orandum, urging him to dismiss the of district during Y S (TDP) gov - Rajasekhara Reddy regime, it ernment. appears that Naidu had decided to He told the Governor that the look the other way as his party law and order situation was going leaders hack their rivals, in an ap - from bad to worse as evident from parent attempt to gain control over broad daylight murder of a YSRCP local politics in the next elections. was hacked to death about 500 leader and his follower in The recent murder of YSR Con - metres away, the report says. district on May 21. gress leader and his aide in He was on his way back to Kr - Terming it a pre-planned on May 21 is also ishnagiri after attending weddings murder, Jagan said the opposition viewed as a fallout of faction poli - in and Veldurthi when the party functionaries were eliminated tics. incident took place. at the instance of Chief Minister N A YSR Congress leader and his In the 2014 elections, Narayana Chandrababu Naidu. He demanded aide were brutally hacked to death Reddy had contested unsuccess - probe by the Central Bureau of In - by members of a rival faction at fully against Deputy Chief Minister vestigation (CBI), and said the Ramakrishnapuram in Krishnagiri KE Krishnamurthy as Congress party had no faith in the probe by mandal of Kurnool district on May candidate from the Pathikonda con - state agencies. 21. Cherukulapadu Narayana stituency and later joined YSR He said it was not an isolated Reddy, incharge of YSRC, Congress. incident and submitted details of Pathikonda constituency was bru - Some time ago, the rival group killing of 13 YSRCP functionaries tally hacked to death at Ramakrish - had attacked his house in Cheruku - across the state since 2014. Jagan napuram in Krishnagiri mandal of lapadu village and damaged vehi - alleged that the ruling party had let Kurnool district. cles on the premises. He was also loose a reign of terror and the After being hit by a tractor from acquitted by a court in the case in - police were booking false cases behind, Narayana Reddy’s car volving murder of Kappatralla against the YSRCP leaders and swerved off the road near a culvert. Venkatappaiah Naidu a few years workers. Following this, around 20 to 25 ago, the report adds. He told the Governor that the members of the rival group hurled Narayana Reddy had in fact TDP had been luring YSRCP leg - bombs, and attacked him and his alleged a threat to his life and urged islators and other leaders with aide Sambasivudu, with knives and the state government to provide money and positions to join the sickles. protection. He had also deposited ruling party, and those declining to While Narayana Reddy died on his revolver with the police for do so were being physically elimi - the spot, his aide who tried to flee, renewal of its licence. nated. The News You Like | June, 2017 ROAD RAGE 29 nishith was driving sUV at 146 kmph: Traffic police team

Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister Dr P Narayana’s son Nishith Narayana, 23 and his friend Raja Ravi Varma, 24 were killed when the SUV they were travelling crashed into a metro rail pillar No. 9 in at 2.41 am on May 10.

THE NEWS BUREAU

n analysis by Hyderabad City Police of the CCTV footage of the accident Afound that Andhra Pradesh Minis - ter P Narayana’s son, P Nishith Narayana was driving the car at 146 kmph when the accident oc - curred. On the morning of May 10, AP Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) Minister P Narayana's son, Nishit Narayana, and his friend Kamani Raja Ravichandra died after their Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ad - car crashed into pillar No.9 of the ministration and Urban Develop - Hyderabad Metro Rail. ment Minister Dr P Narayana’s son The traffic police team compris - Nishith Narayana, 23 and his friend ing inspectors Narsinga Rao and Raja Ravi Varma, 24 were killed Pratap arrived at the conclusion when the SUV they were travelling after analyzing the CCTV footage. crashed into a metro rail pillar No. According to officials, the dis - 9 in Jubilee Hills at 2.41 am on tance between Pillar No.8 and 9 is May 10. 75 feet. The car travelled the 75 As part of investigation into the feet in 0.56 micro seconds. case, the police have requested Because of the high speed, the Mercedes Benz and also the traffic CCTV camera, which has a capac - police to analyse the accident and ity to record 24 frames per second, give their reports. could record only 17 frames per Thus, the car was travelling at 146 While the technical team of the second. kmph, officials said. Mercedes Benz that inspected the Based on the analysis, the in - Based on the analysis, officials accident site and also the accident vestigators from traffic police said no car with any amount of se - vehicle on May 18 is yet to give its arrived at the conclusion that curity measures could save the report, the traffic police team sub - Nishith Narayana was driving the lives if a car with such speed rams mitted its report to the Jubilee Hills car at 2.43 kilo meters per minute. into metro pillar. police. 30 ROAD RAGE The News You Like | June 2017

The Mercedes Benz was at a been travelling at a high speed very high speed and Nishith, who ranging between 80 and 100 kmph was at the wheel, lost control and and the accident appears to have oc - hit pillar No.9 on the Jubilee Hills curred due to high speed,” Surender Check Post and Peddamma Thalli Reddy said. Temple stretch on Road No.36. Deputy Commissioner of Based on CCTV footages, police Police, West Zone, A Venkateswar said the accident occurred at 2.41 the front portion of the vehicle was Rao had said that the vehicle was am on Wednesday. crumbled. According to Dr Suren - returning from Narayanaguda to The impact of the accident was der Reddy, forensic expert at the Jubilee Hills when the accident oc - so huge that the front portion of the Apollo Hospital, who assisted the curred on Road No.36. SUV that comes with elaborate forensic experts from the Osmania “There is a curve at Pillar No.9 safety measures, crumbled and the General Hospital in conducting and it seems the man at the wheel steering wheel hit Nishith’s chest post-mortem on Nishith and Varma, lost control because of the high causing rib cage fractures. the duo suffered multiple fractures. speed and hit the pillar. The impact A security guard working for “They would have died within was so huge that the vehicle re - Metro Rail, who was sleeping near minutes or we can say instanta - coiled back after hitting the pillar the accident site told police that he neously looking at the injuries they and it took about an hour for our woke up to a huge sound between suffered. There were fractures on people to retrieve the bodies,” the 2.30 and 3 am and saw the car that rib cages, legs and arms. Nishith re - official said. rammed into pillar No. 9. The ceived what we call steering Nishith’s father, P Narayana, impact was so huge that chips of the impact. His lungs and liver were was on an official visit in London, solid concrete pillar came off and broken. The vehicle could have when the accident occurred. Maoists condemn Akshay, Saina for donating to Martyrs' families

THE NEWS BUREAU

he Communist Party of India (Maoist) has con - demned Bollywood actor ATkshay Kumar and badminton star Saina Nehwal's decision to support slain CRPF jawans who were re - cently martyred during a clash with the naxalites. The celebrities should use their Maoists. "We appeal to the actors, jawans, Nehwal donated ₹50,000 to resources to spread awareness on sports personalities, and celebrities each of the families. the brutalisation of tribals instead, to lend support to the people and The CRPF personnel were according to a statement from the the revolution. Stand against killed in March and their arms banned outfit’s local unit. human rights violations and police looted when Naxals ambushed "We condemn the assistance atrocities." their patrol party in the Maoist provided to the family members of While Kumar had earlier hotbed of Sukma in . those killed in the attacks," accord - donated ₹9 lakh each to the fami - Last month, 26 CRPF jawans were ing to a leaflet released by the lies of the 12 martyred CRPF killed in a similar ambush. The News You Like | June, 2017 NATIONAL 31

Indian Army destroys Pakistani Army posts THE NEWS BUREAU counter-insurgency operations, the "hit and tell." Earlier, the Indian Indian Army had launched a "puni - Army made public the surgical he Indian Army has said tive fire assault." strikes that were carried out across that it had destroyed the Major General Narula said, the LoC in retaliation to the Uri Pakistani Army positions "Pakistan Army was helping the in - Brigade Headquarters attack last Tacross the Line of Control (LoC) filtrators by firing at Indian Army year. And, rarely, if ever at all, has that were assisting terrorist infil - positions and even targeting Indian the ADGPI addressed the media of - trate across the border. The 749 km villages in the proximity of Line of ficially. LoC divides the state of J&K Control." Major General Narula said the between India and Pakistan. Making the assault public is im - Indian Army wants to curb "infil - And, in a very rare move, the portant for two reasons. One, the tration" and the initiative remains Indian Army released a 24-second videos released by the Indian Army with the Indian Army which domi - video that showed a Pakistan post- indicates the use of heavy weapons. nates the LoC. "Locations aiding cum shelter along the LoC being Sources said that Indian Army terrorist are being targeted and de - blown to smithereens. However, used recoilless guns and anti-tank stroyed to deny and advantage to Pakistan has denied the incident. guided missiles to destroy the Pak - terrorists," he said. Sources in the Army indicated istan Army position. As the social unrest and number that the firing had taken place in the The use of heavy guns in peace terror strikes in the Kashmir valley Naushera sector in the Jammu time will only escalate the on- increased over the last 18 month, region on May 9, days after two going conflict and unsaid war-like New Delhi has repeatedly blamed Indian soldiers were beheaded in situation along the LoC. And, Pakistan for helping terrorist infil - the Krishna Ghati Sector. despite grave provocation earlier trate and also funding the social Speaking to the media in New both India and Pakistan have re - unrest. Delhi, Major General Ashok frained from using heavy artillery. Speaking to reporters, Major Narula, Additional Director Two, and very importantly, the General Narula said, for peace and General of Public interface Indian Army making its fire assault tranquility in Jammu and Kashmir (ADGPI)-–a Military Intelligence on the Pakistan posts public shows "it is essential that the infiltration establishment--said as a part of the that India is more than willing to along LoC are controlled." 32 POLITRICKS The News You Like | June 2017

KCR tries to woo police officers into working for his party

THE NEWS BUREAU that creation of Telangana would ready to release Rs 500 crore for give momentum to Maoists. modernization of police depart - hief Minister K Chan - However, police have busted the ment and announced that 15,000 drasekhar Rao on May 19 myth wiping out Maoists, he said persons will be recruited in future. showered Telangana police adding that the excellent work done Acknowledging the Hyderabad city Cwith praise in an apparent attempt by the police department on police performance, the chief min - to woo the police officers into various fronts including the na - ister said that the TRS could win 99 working for his party in the coming tional security front brought laurels seats in GHMC elections as people elections. for the state. trusted their promise to control He was addressing the police He also had lot of praise for the crime against women. officers conference held at HICC at City Police Commissioner, M Ma - The meeting was convened to his instance. He said the police had hender Reddy and former commis - enable the lower level police offi - extended their support for the sioner of Cyberabad police, C V cers interact with the higher offi - Telangana movement despite being Anand indicating that the two offi - cers and also the chief minister in uniform. He went on to say that cers would get plum posts in the directly to freely express their his party could win the GHMC near future. problems and seek solutions. elections because people of the He also said that despite the However, it turned out to be a twin cities reposed confidence in modernization measures, much political meeting as the chief min - the city police. needs to be done to further ister went on showering praises on KCR said that his party had strengthen the department and the police officers for helping the promised to ensure peace and order address the problems faced by Telangana agitation and helping his and safety for the women if they women police personnel. party win the GHMC elections. In were voted to power in the GHMC He also asked the top brass to fact, it appeared like a meeting of elections. This election promise give promotions for all eligible per - the TRS workers where the party worked wonders for the party as it sonnel and the government was head was appealing for them to get won the polls. ready to create supernumerary ready for the next elections and Lauding the police personnel, posts if necessary. ensure victory for the party at all he said there was a misconception KCR said his government was levels by hook or crook. The News You Like | June, 2017 POLITICS 33

TDP demands Bharat Ratna for nTR

THE NEWS BUREAU the birth anniversary of the actor- Kala Venkat Rao said it was NTR turned-politician, who had launched who ended the Congress party's rule he Telugu Desam Party the TDP in 1982 on the slogan of in the country by bringing all non- (TDP) has urged the Centre Telugu self-respect and created a Congress parties on a common plat - to post-humously confer record of sorts by coming to power form.Meanwhile, rich tributes were TBharat Ratna on its founder and within nine months of forming the paid to NTR on his birth anniver - former Andhra Pradesh Chief Min - new party, ending the single-party sary across Andhra Pradesh and ister N.T. Rama Rao, without any rule of the Congress in the undi - Telangana. further delay. vided Andhra Pradesh. NTR's family members paid The TDP, a partner in the Na - Naidu said NTR created history floral tributes at NTR Ghat on the tional Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the politics and also served the edge of Hussain Sagar lake in Hy - government, unanimously passed a people by launching many innova - derabad. NTR's daughter N. Bhu - resolution on May 28 on the second tive schemes for the welfare of vaneswari, who is wife of day of its 'Mahanadu' or the annual poor. Chandrababu Naidu, her daughter- conclave in the coastal city of "NTR's name will remain in-law N. Brahmani and grandson . forever in the history of Telugu Devansh visited the Samadhi. TDP President and Andhra people," said Naidu, who is the son- NTR's another daughter and Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chan - in-law of the late NTR. former minister D. Purandeswari, drababu Naidu said the late leader While the TDP had been passing son-in-law D. Venkateswara Rao, deserved the highest civilian award the resolution to this effect at every sons N. Harikrishna and N. Ra - as he brought a revolution in Indian 'Mahanadu', the party is hopeful of makrishna also paid tributes to him. politics and played a key role in the an early decision. The TDP founder's grandson country's development, besides TDP leader and central minister and popular actor Junior NTR making huge contribution to Indian Y.S. Chowdary told reporters on the also offered floral tributes at the cinema. sidelines of the conclave that the ghat. Speaking on the occasion, Speaking on the resolution, he matter was before Prime Minister he said Telugu people could never said Bharat Ratna for NTR would Narendra Modi. forget NTR. NTR's second wife be an honour for the country. Speaking on the resolution, Lakshmi Parvathi also visited the The resolution was passed on TDP's Andhra Pradesh unit chief Samadhi. 34 POLITICS The News You Like | June 2017 BJP Vs TRS and TDP: What is Amit’s strategy?

THE NEWS BUREAU Despite claims by KCR, resent - ment among the people is growing he tour of BJP president against TRS for various reasons. Amit Shah in the last week People are getting frustrated with of May in the two Telugu the curtailment of freedom of ex - Tstates appears to have given the pression, freedom of protest and the desired results. growing corruption in the state. In While the party leaders in the this backdrop, BJPs attempts to two states mobilised booth-level groom itself into a perfect alterna - workers for the gatherings, the tive for the TRS naturally becomes parties in power in the two states – a cause of worry for the TRS lead - TRS and the TDP – reacted cau - ership. By impressing leaders in tiously to safeguard their interests. other parties and people from Amit Shah had called upon the various walks of life who are vying party members to make the two for political entry, BJP is trying to the BJP gateway to the attract leaders from all walks of life south. In his attempt to boost the into its fold while the TRS had the morale of the party workers, Shah bitter experience in the past wherein appears to have slipped his tongue its leaders were attracted by other when he said Narendra Modi gov - parties and one of its very important ernment was giving Rs 20,000 crore leader was about to change sides, additional funds for Telangana the TRS chief is trying to keep his every year. together. However, Telangana chief min - So, it is very natural for the TRS ister and TRS chief, K Chan - chief to call an urgent media confer - drasekhar Rao quickly reacted to the ence to condemn Amit Shah’s state - statement. He convened a media ments not to impress the people but conference to condemn Shah’s the rank and file of his party statement terming whatever he said members. He chose to criticise Amit was pack of lies. Shah but clarified that he has no It may be recalled Amit Shah’s enmity with Prime Minister Naren - strategy succeeded in giving victo - dra Modi. On the other hand, ries to the BJP one after the other in Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N several states. Sensing that the BJP Chandrababu Naidu asked his party was all set to make inroads in Telan - leaders not to criticise BJP even if gana, KCR tried to play down the the latter attacked the TDP. We have impact of Amit Shah’s strategic to wait and watch what transpires meeting with the party workers, said with the three parties in the coming political analysts. elections. The News You Like | June, 2017 POLITICS 35 Make AP ‘BJP’s gateway to the south’: Shah tells partymen

JP president Amit Shah on 1.75 lakh crore for AP in the last May 25 called upon the party's three years, which never happened Brank and file to strive to make since Independence. Andhra Pradesh the "BJP's gateway The BJP chief said the issue of to the south" by strengthening it at special category status (SCS) to AP all levels in the state. is no longer relevant as the Centre "In the south, the BJP will last year announced a development emerge the strongest in AP. This package for the state. will happen after the BJP is "Many people still keep ques - strengthened at all levels in the tioning about special category state," Shah told over 25,000 status to AP. Let them open their polling booth-level workers of the ears wide and listen. We have party at a `Maha Sammelan' in Vi - opened many national educational jayawada. institutions, sanctioned Rs 1 lakh Calling the Maha Sammelan a crore for roads." milestone and the beginning of a "The Centre is bearing the full new chapter for the party, Shah said cost of . Under efforts were on to strengthen the the special economic package an - BJP in AP for the last three years. nounced by the Centre, AP will not "The Narendra Modi govern - get even a single rupee less than ment sanctioned projects worth Rs what it would have got under SCS," the BJP chief asserted. He, however, evaded any refer - ence to the future ties with the TDP and merely said, "We are coalition partners and our two ministers in the AP government are doing a very good job". Talking about the three- year rule of the Modi government, Shah said it has launched as many as 106 new schemes for people's welfare since 2014. "There is a scheme for everyone -- the youths, farmers, women, the poor. Seven crore youths availed of loans under Mudra Yojana for self- employment and job provision. The Modi government works for the welfare of people." 36 POLITICS The News You Like | June 2017 BJP expanding across the country, says amit shah

THE NEWS BUREAU

JP national President Amit Shah on May 24 said the party was expanding across the country but felt that it has to become Bstrong in . Addressing a meeting of party workers in Hy - derabad to wind up his three-day visit to Telan - gana, he exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government in Telangana in the same way as it has done in many states during the last three years. Stating that BJP is expanding under the lead - ership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said while the party was not against anybody, it had every right to expand. Noting BJP formed governments in Maha - rashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Manipur and increased its vote share in Bihar, Delhi Kerala, West Bengal, and Tripura, he asked the party workers to work hard to reach every household in the state to inform people about the achievements of Modi government and to spread his message. Shah said his Telangana visit was part of the nation-wide campaign launched by BJP for expansion. Under this year-long campaign, four lakh BJP workers will run door-to-door campaign in 8.5 lakh booths to tell them about the achievements of Modi government. leadership India has emerged as the fastest growing The BJP chief said this 'yatra' was for expansion of economy in the world." Shah said he stood by his the ideology for which Jan Sangh was formed and later statement that the Centre gave Rs 1 lakh crore addi - BJP came into existence. tional funds to Telangana in three years. He said while He said that Jan Sangh made a beginning with just the Centre had done no favour to people of Telangana, 10 members and today BJP has become the world's the BJP had every right to say what the state was biggest party with 11 crore members. getting in the past and what it is getting now. Shah said BJP has 1,387 legislators in the country, He added, “Telangana people have a right over governments in 13 states and with 330 MPs is the Narendra Modi government and it’s the duty of the biggest party in Parliament. Centre to develop Telangana. But people should know Claiming that Modi government did in three years what Congress government gave and what we are what the previous governments could not in 70 years, giving. Should we tell the people or not? I modestly he said: "Today we can proudly say that under Modi's say we gave `1 lakh-crore more than the Congress.” The News You Like | June, 2017 POLITICS 37 Shah’s claim blatant lie: KCR

elangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on May 24 dubbed as a "blatant lie" BJP President ATmit Shah's comment that the Centre was providing additional funds of Rs 20,000 crore to the state every year. Rao said he challenged Shah to prove that even Rs 200 crore of additional funds were provided to the state. He said if the BJP leader could prove so, he was ready to resign as Chief Minister. "Whatever he said in the past three days is nothing but blatant lies. He should apologise to the people of Telangana," Rao told the media here. The Chief Minister said the Centre earned Rs 50,013 crore in taxes from Telangana during 2016-17 while it gave only Rs 24,561 crore under all central schemes. He said Shah should know that it is Telangana which gave Rs 25,452 crore to the Centre. Rao, President of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), said Shah was trying to spread "mis - "Whether the BJP is in power or not at the Centre, information about the newly created state". the state will get whatever it has to get. Like other The TRS chief said Shah was trying to damage the states, Telangana also got funds from the Centre but it state's progress for cheap politics. He said it was un - did not get even one rupee more," he said. becoming of the head of a ruling party at the Centre to He also took exception to Shah's comments that his make such comments. government had failed to implement welfare schemes. KCR said had Shah made personal comments The Chief Minister said Telangana is one of the only against him, he would not have reacted but since he six-seven states that were contributing to national tried to spread misinformation about Telengana, he growth and that Telangana is number one in imple - (Rao) decided to respond. menting welfare schemes. 'Don't criticise BJP: Chandrababu Naidu

ndhra Chief Minister and TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu told his party men on Monday, not to criticise the BJP, even if the latter tAook digs at them. The TDP and the BJP are in alliance in the state and the Centre, with the TDP being part of the NDA coalition. “We have been a disciplined partner in the alliance and supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government at every step. The alliance is meant to protect the interests of the TDP. Any decision on the continu - ance of the pact will be taken before the elections," Naidu was quoted as saying. Naidu was speaking at the third and final day of the Mahanadu, the TDP's annual conclave, which was being held in Visakhapatnam. 38 POLITICS The News You Like | June 2017 'Prepare for war' says Rajinikanth hinting he may enter politics

THE NEWS BUREAU office hit in real life, with a spate of statements on politics. He is amil Nadu is abuzz with also asserting his Tamil identity, speculation the veteran the bedrock of Dravidian poli - actor Rajinikanth has tics. Tdecided to throw his hat into the With his loaded statement political ring. Unconfirmed reports on Monday that he had no po - said he would soon meet Prime litical ambitions but would Minister Narendra Modi. nevertheless show the door If he does join politics, as he to all "money-minded hinted recently, Tamil Nadu politics people" if he did make may see a new alignment. the plunge, the actor Frenzied fans who had gathered seems to have here at a meeting with their hero touched a chord last week erupted in joy when with the Rajini asked them to prepare for common "war", taking it as a signal that he man on would join politics. Known for its galaxy of actor- turned-politicians, Tamil Nadu seems to be getting ready to welcome more star power. And Rajinikanth's hold over corruption. would have to assemble when the cinema and fans is legion, with his The system was "rotten", he battle was fought. July 2016 film Kabali earning said, despite the presence of "effi - In the olden days, he said, kings around Rs 650 crore. cient" leaders such as the DMK's seldom maintained standing armies His remarks are also well- M K Stalin and the PMK's Anbu - but the men turned up when duty timed, coming in the midst of a po - mani Ramadoss. However, not all called, he said. litical vacuum created by the death political leaders are as excited "When war comes they will of J Jayalalithaa and the absence in about Rajini's possible political come to the rescue of their mother - the public domain of the ailing move as his fans. land. I have a profession, work, nonagenarian DMK supremo M "Tamil Nadu does not need an duty and so do you. Go to your Karunanidhi. actor but an educated person," places, do your duty, take care of Rajini's fans believe their 'Tha - former Union Health Minister An - your vocation. Let us face the war laivar' or leader can fill that void. bumani Ramadoss of the PMK when it comes," he roared, sending Known for his crisp punch lines said. his fans into a frenzy. and inimitable dialogue delivery Rajini at the session with fans And when the actor, who enjoys style, Rajinikanth delivered at the had also asked them to prepare the a demi-God status among his fans, meet what could virtually be a box ground for a war, saying they brought up the sensitive topic of his The News You Like | June, 2017 POLITICS 39

linguistic identity, he more or less and Tamil Nadu peaks, such as onist's transformation from a care - sounded the war bugle. during the dispute over the free atheist to a believer, as he A man of Marathi roots origi - Cauvery River, which often divides came in touch with a wily politi - nally from Karnataka, Rajinikanth the people of the two states. cian. proclaimed himself as a true-blue There has often been specula - In the film, Rajini batted for a Tamilian. tion about the actor taking up a po - clean politician and, soon after the "Even though I am from Kar - litical career -- ever since he made man was killed, he was shown ap - nataka, still you have accepted me a political debut of sorts when he proaching the people, hinting he and you have made me into a asked the people not to vote for would lead them. Tamilian. I am a pure Tamil now." Jayalalithaa in 1996. Yet, whenever his fans asked "Naan pachai Tamizhan (I am a "Even God can't save Tamil him to be more active in politics, he pure Tamil)... If you ask me to get Nadu" if AIADMK was elected either remained silent or distanced out and throw me away, I will land again, he said. Jayalalithaa lost the himself from the topic. only in the Himalayas and not in assembly elections, and the DMK- has always had any other state," he said. TMC registering a landslide close links with politics, with It was often asked if Ra - victory. matinee idols such as the late M G jinikanth was Tamil, he said, and In the ensuing political devel - Ramachandran (MGR) and Jay - then provided his fans -- and the opments, he backed the DMK- alalithaa, besides script writer M state -- with the answer. TMC (Tamil Maanila Congress, Karunanidhi, having gone on to "I am 67 years old. For 23 years led by the late G K Moopanar) rule the state. I was in Karnataka and 44 in Tamil combine, which also cashed in on Ramachandran, in particular, Nadu. I grew up with you. I may the severe anti-incumbency senti - converted his huge popularity into have come here as a Kannadiga or ments against the ruling AIADMK. a springboard for his political Marathi from Karnataka but you The combine could not keep the launch, which was as successful as gave me love, support, name, fame momentum on as the AIADMK his cinema career. and prosperity and you have made staged a comeback in the 1998 Par - Rajini fans are eagerly waiting me a Tamil," he said amidst loud liamentary polls. to see if their 'Thalaivar' will do an cheers. In the meantime, the actor con - encore like MGR. Or like the ciga - The actor's roots often come to tinued to drop hints about a politi - rette that he flicks in the air in a the fore in political discussions cal entry. His film 'Baba' (2002), trademark style, the frenzied talk when rivalry between Karnataka for instance, dealt with the protag - will just end up in smoke. 40 BEAUTY The News You Like | June 2017 Sunscreens may cause Vitamin D deficiency

THE NEWS BUREAU outside and, when they do go out, dition, the study also showed that they're typically wearing sun - chronic diseases like Type 2 Dia - hile sunscreens are screen, which essentially nullifies betes and those related to malab - known to protect the body's ability to produce sorption, including kidney against skin cancer, Vitamin D," said Kim Pfoten - disease, Crohn's and celiac Wthey may be inadvertently making hauer, assistant professor at Touro disease greatly inhibit the body's you deficient in Vitamin D, University in California. ability to metabolise Vitamin D causing muscle weakness and "While we want people to from food sources. bone fractures, researchers protect themselves against skin Considered a hormone rather warned. cancer, there are healthy, moder - than a vitamin, Vitamin D is pro - According to the study, pub - ate levels of unprotected duced when skin is exposed to lished in the Journal of the Ameri - sun exposure that can sunlight. Vitamin D plays can Osteopathic Association, be very helpful a wide role in the nearly one billion people world - in boosting body's func - wide may be having deficient or Vitamin D," tions, including insufficient levels of Vitamin D Pfoten - cell growth due to inadequate sun exposure hauer modulation, related to sunscreen use. said. neuro - "People are spending less time In ad - muscular and immune function and in - flamma - tion reduction. Spending as much as five-30 minutes in midday sun twice per week may help increase and maintain healthy Vitamin D levels. However, it is important to forgo sunscreen during these ses - sions because SPF 15 or greater decreases Vitamin D3 production by 99 per cent, the researchers said. "You don't need to go sun - bathing at the beach to get the ben - efits. A simple walk with arms and legs exposed is enough for most people," Pfotenhauer noted. The News You Like | June, 2017 FASHION 41 Bahubali 2 inspires fashion trends THE NEWS BUREAU Krishnan looked every bit the “raja uppadas, benarasis, paithanis, tan - mata” in her deep hued mono - chois and , the focus was on he unique fashion sense of chrome sarees tastefully paired woven beauties signaling a come - the characters of the block - with benarasi and brocade back of handwoven fabrics. buster can be easily repli - silk blouses. The chunky, heavy If you were tired looking at the Tcated and worn off screen as well. gold jewelry were seldom OTT, beautiful drapes of Ramya - While the world was gushing over and balanced the simple silks rather nan and , there was Prabhas and , some nicely. None of the characters wore Prabhas sporting colours that most of us could not take our eyes off the kundans and blingy sequin en - heros may shy away from. From clothing sported by the cast of crusted clothes. pinks, purples to greens and mus - Bahubali 2. Even when choosing chunky tards, he wore them with much From the khun blouses worn by gold jewelry, the stylists seem to élan. While Rana’s outfits were the people of Mahismathi to the have gone for matte finish gold or subtler, sporting browns and regal silks worn by royalty, every kemp stones. The jewelry worn by creams, they were every bit as elab - frame was a visual treat. Ramya Devasena was refreshing - from the orate. One could spot benarasi and delicate septum rings (bullaku), tanchoi weaves in his wardrobe as maatals, to elaborate hair acces - well. sories, each different from the With the wedding season other, there was something to look around the corner, we may see a lot out for in every outfit she wore. of brides opting to look like From humble cotton ikkats, Devasena and grooms that look khuns, southern cottons, to like Prabhas. 42 LIFE STYLE The News You Like | June 2017

Stress Management How to relive STReSS

YOGI ASHWINI

tress is a state of the imbal - ance arising out of two vikri - tis, discontentment and Scollection. Discontentment nur - tures the desire for more, and the more you acquire, the more you fear losing. While the discontent - ment never subsides, the insecuri - ties continue to rise with progressive accumulation. The result is more stress. The key to managing stress thus lies in non-collection (aparigraha) and contentment (santosh) – both of which are integrated in the Sanatan Kriya as part of yam and niyam respectively. The regular practice of Sanatan Kriya thus has an automatic de-stressing effect, by removing imbalances wherever they exist. Chakra Santulan Pranayam as prescribed in the kriya; stimu - lates a redistribution of prana in the body, thereby inducing a state of balance. For this, sit in vajrasana. As you inhale, take your palms up stopping descend gradually once again stop - siddhasana. Plug your ears with the momentarily at each chakral point. ping at each of the chakras. Be thumbs; the fingertips rest on the Starting with the mooladhar at the aware of the internal chant of the head. Keeping your eyes shut take base of the spine, then two inches mantra ‘so’ as you go up and ‘hum’ a deep breath. As you exhale, above – the swadishthan, followed as you come down. Eyes remain produce a prolonged humming by manipoorak and anahat at the shut; the awareness is at the center sound originating from the navel and center of chest cavity re - of the palms and the individual stomach. Repeat seven times. spectively, moving on to the vis - chakras. This completes one cycle. The fingertips represent the five shudhi at the pit of the throat and The same has to be repeated seven elements that constitute your body. the ajna at the center of the brows, times. Through bhramari, you are able to finally stopping at the sahastrar, the Another effective technique to tune the frequency of these ele - palms facing upwards towards the whiz away stress is the BHRA - ments, which has an instant heavens. From here, exhaling MARI pranayam. For this, sit in calming effect. The News You Like | June, 2017 LIFE STYLE 43 Artificially sweetened sodas, aerated drinks lead to infertility

THE NEWS BUREAU natural and harmless when eaten in ents in a high pH atmosphere, combination with other amino sperm cells either get harmed ith sedentary lifestyle acids, the experts said when they leading to its abnormal shape and being one of the biggest are taken unaccompanied, it stimu - poor quality or eventually die. reasons causing infertil - lates the generation of free radicals "Moreover Bisphenol-A (BPA), Wity, doctors say consumption of ar - which leads to cell death. a chemical that reduces the male tificially sweetened sodas and "Sperm and ovum, being cells, semen quality, is found in the lining aerated drinks may also lead to in - have 90 per cent chances of dying of plastic bottles and most canned fertility in humans. when this is consumed in excess. It goods. Men who consume soft Aerated drinks contain an arti - is advised by many doctors and drinks more often are at 4 times the ficial sweetener, aspartame, which experts to avoid anything that helps risk of lowering their sperm count, can disrupt the endocrine system in the formation of free radicals in motility and concentration," said leading to hormonal imbalance and the body for the significance of re - Jaiswar. infertility issues in women. productive health," said Vaid. Doctors also said most of the "Almost all of the soft drinks and Rachna Jaiswar, associated with soft drinks are caffeinated and sodas contain aspartame which is Gynaecology Department of Saf - contain fructose, which are associ - linked to many health problems in - darjung Hospital, said consumption ated with a higher risk of ovulatory cluding infertility, malformations of sugary aerated drinks restrains disorders and infertility among and miscarriages," said Arvind the immune system causing weight women. Vaid, an IVF expert at city-based gain and hormonal imbalance, "Caffeine is known to be a Indira IVF. which strongly contributes to fertil - vasoconstrictor that reduces uterine "Excess consumption leads to ity issues. "Soda is a highly acidic blood flow thereby reducing men - hormonal imbalance and fluctua - beverage, which alters the pH level strual bleeding and shortening the tion that causes ovulatory disorders of the body with excess consump - duration of menses. Combination and even worsens PMS (Premen - tion," said Jaiswar. of caffeine, aspartame and fructose strual symptoms)," he added. Talking about the high affects the sex hormones and the Stating that phenylalanine consumption of aerated hormone receptors, even leading to and aspartic acids are the drinks and sodas by infertility," said Radhika Vajpayee, two amino acids present in men, Jaishwar said IVF expert based in Lucknow. aspartame considered due to lack of nutri - 44 LIFE STYLE The News You Like | June 2017

Virtual reality porn trying to cater women viewers

THE NEWS BUREAU around heterosexual men, despite troduced, it starts off by being avail - the increase in LGBT porn and ever able to its primary audience. So VR ith progress in technol - pervasive research, signalling that porn may initially serve to cater for ogy, people's view more women are consuming porn men because they are still the towards things change, than ever. largest group of porn consumers. Wof course on a positive note. This is While reasoning the same, Gallop further said that women no different when it comes to sex. Cindy Gallop, the founder of Make are currently at risk of being left Leaving top-shelf magazines Love Not Porn, a subscription behind when it comes to sex tech almost on the verge of extinction, website featuring 'real world sex,' unless female entrepreneurs in this porns have become yet more acces - said that a reason for this is because area get access to capital and sible now, courtesy internet. Ac - the tech world, as well as the sex funding and access to the business cording to a report in the tech world, typically operates infrastructure young white men are Independent, things will take an through a male lens. Hence, any typically granted. even further turn in the future with tech news about developments in Hence, virtual reality porn is virtual reality porn and sex robots, sex tech industry typically is geared being made for women, even if it is which are already available to towards men. in the minority. Kelly from AliceX, people. Some experts have also pre - Dr Michael Aaron, a therapist a virtual reality adult webcam dicted this will one day be the main - and author of Modern Sexuality: service, said that they are striving to stream. The Truth About Sex and Relation - cater for both female and male It often seems like these ad - ships, says women tend to be ex - members and one day hope to vances in technology, when it cluded from these developments launch a site specifically for comes to sex, largely revolve because when new technology is in - women. The News You Like | June, 2017 LIFE STYLE 45 HOW TO MELT YOUR BACK FAT

THE NEWS BUREAU

svelte back is not only quintessen - tial for that hour glass figure, but also makes you feel good. Most Awomen become conscious of their bodies when fat accumulates in this particular region. It requires some extra effort to get a well-toned back without any flab. Here are some effective ways of getting rid of back fat. Healthy lifestyle: If you are following an unhealthy and sedentary lifestyle, change it immediately. Healthy diet and ex - ercise leads to a healthy body. Avoid too much stress because it may trigger fat in - stigating hormones in the body. For this, it is advisable for you to do yoga and medi - tation every day. It is also important for you to sleep for at least 6 to 8 hours. Lack of sleep leads to weight gain. Drink a lot of water to remove all toxins from the body and helps in reducing fat. It is also advis - able to cut down on your alcohol intake. Regular exercise: Doing effective and physically intense exercise is a must if you want to get rid of fat. Go for workouts that focus on your back muscles. Exercises like biking, running, aerobics and swimming will help to cut the stored fat on your back. You can start with plank exercise, rowing and hanging abdominal leg raises. Eating habits: Include a lot of fruits and vegetables in your diet. You can consume a lot of protein delicacies and herbal drinks. Avoid consuming candy bars, soft drinks and fast food if you want a well-toned and healthy body. Sincere dedication has no substitute. It just needs you to be religious in following the tips! 46 HEALTH The News You Like | June 2017 Girls Beware! Think twice before taking diet pills

THE NEWS BUREAU teenagers, even a marginal reduc - researchers from the University of tion in energy intake can be associ - Minnesota said a startling 63 per s you are taking pills to shed ated with growth deceleration," cent of teenage girls use "unhealthy weight? Beware, you may be at dailymail.co.uk quoted the Cana - weight control behaviours" to main - an increased risk of harming dian Pediatric Society researchers tain a slim shape. hIormones, growth as well as mental as saying. About 22 per cent of teenage health, researchers warned. Weight loss pills are advertised females use "very unhealthy weight The findings showed that diet as the quick solution to shedding control behaviours". The use of diet pills are unsafe for all ages but es - pounds and obtaining the perfect pills in teenage girls had a signifi - pecially for teenagers due to the figure, but they come with poten - cant spike in a five-year span, presence of toxic chemicals in the tially dangerous side effects, includ - jumping from 7.5 per cent to 14.2 supplements. ing increased heart rate, fainting, per cent in 2006, they claimed. These pills interfere with the unusual bleeding and heart attacks. Instead of turning to diet pills, body systems and result in nutri - Diet pills can also cause and, in exercise, changing eating habits and tional deficiencies, particularly of extreme cases they can rip apart the drinking more water, mediation, are iron and calcium, the researchers stomach lining and even lead to other healthy ways to lose weight, said. "In growing children and death, the study showed. Further, the researchers said. The News You Like | June, 2017 HEALTH 47 Why women gain weight post-pregnancy

THE NEWS BUREAU nancy, but on your lifestyle choices watching a movie," Yakusheva post-delivery, researchers say. added. In addition, many women ontinuing to gain weight The findings showed that really crank up their diet and exer - post-pregnancy? Do not mothers keep the weight on by cise for a short time to get back to put the blame on your preg - eating food off their child's plate or their pre-pregnancy weight and C sitting down for longer periods of often get discouraged by the time. Further, sleep deprivation - results, leaving exercise all to - often found in new mothers - in - gether. creases food cravings and appetite However, if women want to even if they want a healthy diet, lose the weight, they should cut the leading to weight gain. calories and work out more as well "Mothers tend to put the needs as take a holistic approach focused of their children first, so they might on a long-term healthy lifestyle, the not be exercising or taking care of researchers suggested. For the themselves," lead author Olga study, the team looked at data for Yakusheva, associate professor at 30,000 women who had given birth the University of Michigan in the between one and four times. US, was quoted as saying to daily - Although all the women gain mail.co.uk. weight due to their age, there was "It might also be little things a sharp difference between those like finishing the food on their who gave birth and those who did child's plate or spending more time not. By the time their children were sitting with their kids reading or toddler age, mothers who had given birth had put on at least one pound more each year than those who were childless. 48 HEALTH The News You Like | June 2017 Beware! Food-borne bacteria can increase miscarriage risk

THE NEWS BUREAU can harbour listeria, because the the foetus, which usually prevents bacterium is known to cause mis - transmission of bacteria - as well as isteria, a common food- carriage and still-birth, and spur the endometrium, the lining of the borne bacterium, may pose a premature labour. But when it uterus. The researchers believe the greater risk of miscarriage in occurs, listeria infection in preg - inflammation caused by the mater - Lthe early stages of pregnancy than nancy may go unnoticed. nal immune response to the fast- previously thought, says a study. For the study, four pregnant moving listeria also affects the "For many years, listeria has rhesus macaques at the Wisconsin placenta, keeping it from protecting been associated with adverse out - National Primate Research Centre the foetus. comes in pregnancy, but particu - were fed doses of the listeria com - The results suggest listeria (and larly at the end of pregnancy," said parable to what one might en - perhaps other pathogens) may be one of the researchers Ted Golos, counter in contaminated food. the culprit in some miscarriages Professor at University of Wiscon - None of the monkeys showed that usually go without diagnosed sin-Madison in the US. obvious signs of infection before cause. "There are effective antibi - "What wasn't known with much their pregnancies came to abrupt otics available. It is treatable," said clarity before this study is that it ends, according to the results pub - lead author of the study Bryce appears it's a severe risk factor in lished in the journal mBio. Wolfe, a graduate student at Uni - early pregnancy," Golos said. But in tissue samples taken versity of Wisconsin-Madison. Pregnant women are warned to after each monkey experienced in - "The issue is that because it's avoid many of the foods - among trauterine fetal death, the re - asymptomatic, the foetus may be them unpasteurised milk and soft searchers found that listeria had infected by the time anyone re - cheese, raw sprouts, melon and deli invaded the placenta - the connec - alises the mother was infected," meats not carefully handled - that tion between the mother-to-be and Wolfe explained. The News You Like | June, 2017 BUSINESS 49

GST will make India tax-compliant society: FM

THE NEWS BUREAU GST regime, to be implemented as it evolves while administering. from July 1. The elimination of interaction he Goods and Services Tax, He said such training academies between the assessing authority to be rolled out in just over have a very vital role to play to and taxpayer will minimise harass - a month, will not only check forge a proper coordination ment and bring greater accountabil - Tevasions but also help India evolve between taxation authorities of the ity into the system, Mr Jaitley said. as a more tax-compliant society, Centre and the states, to implement He also said that there probably Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. GST, which is a product of federal would be a single interface of tax - "It certainly will be a more effi - India. ation authorities instead of multiple cient tax and one of the important "The new indirect tax is a interfaces. changes it will bring about is (that) product of federal India. Therefore, The GST Council had, at the it will not only check evasions, but the coordination between taxation end of its two day meet at Srinagar also help in evolving India as a authorities of states and the Centre on May 19, finalised four tax rates more tax complaint society," he will be important. It is therefore ex - of five, 12, 18 and 28 per cent for said. tremely important that tax training services including telecom, insur - Jaitley was speaking after inau - academies will have a vital role to ance, hotels and restaurants in the gurating the new campus of the Na - play," he said. biggest tax reform since Independ - tional Academy of Customs, The minister said the amalga - ence. The rates are in line with Indirect Taxes and Narcotics in mation of various indirect taxes those finalised for goods and with Bengaluru on May 29, which will under GST in one price is itself a this, rates of all items except a train officers of Central Board of monumental taxation change, handful including gold, have been Excise and Customs, besides offi - which requires personnel to decided ahead of the July roll out cers of VAT department in the new upgrade their skills and knowledge, of GST. 50 BUSINESS The News You Like | June 2017 States may gain `350-450 billion in revenue post GST

THE NEWS BUREAU "The report expects limited risk tates can look at a higher of slippage unless revenue of Rs. 350-450 several states unex - billion after GST imple - pectedly implement Smentation in mid-2017, says a salary increases mid- Standard Chartered report. year. Hence, addi - According to Standard Char - tional strain on fiscal tered Bank's report titled India - deficits can be easily States' Finances: The other half of absorbed, as impend - the story post GST implementa - ing GST implemen - tion states can look at a total gain tation in mid-2017 of Rs. 350-450 billion, roughly should mean higher around 0.2-0.3 per cent of GDP. of GDP as additional interest pay - revenues for all states," it said. The study that assessed under - ments on UDAY bond issuance Moreover, the Central govern - lying dynamics of various states' have been partially budgeted, ment has agreed to compensate finances over a decade said if they most states are still assessing Pay states for any revenue loss for five can keep their fiscal deficits Commission recommendations, years after GST implementation, within the budgeted target, and and additonal expenditure burden it added. the Central government adheres to of farm-loan waivers for most its target of 3.2 per cent of GDP, states (apart from Uttar Pradesh) the combined 2017-18 deficit is likely to be small, the report could be 6 per cent (or lower). said. The findings estimate that the 18 states tracked in the study aim to keep their 2017-18 fiscal deficit unchanged from 2016-17 at 2.7 per cent of GDP (excluding UDAY impact). It is estimated that the risk of slippage is limited to 0.1 per cent The News You Like | June, 2017 BUSINESS 51

GST execution from July 1 A challenge for industry: Assocham

THE NEWS BUREAU

mplementing Goods and Serv - ices Tax GST from July 1 will be a chal - Ilenge for the indus - try and the government should consider relaxing penal provisions for a couple of quarters to help it comply with the new tax regime, Assocham said. The government is working overtime to roll out the new indi - rect tax regime - GST - from July 1 and has held several workshops and seminars to familiarise traders and the industry about the new in - direct taxation structure. "Implementing GST from July 1 will definitely be a challenge for per cent of the all for sure the industry... there could be people tax due and there making genuine mistakes. I would subject to a could be say the department should be softer minimum of some posi - in the first quarter or two because Rs. 10,000. tives it is going to be a learning process," For various because the Assocham president Sandeep other errors, raw material Jajodia was quoted as saying to the penalty pricing, ores PTI. would be 10 per and coal have He sought relaxation on impo - cent of the tax due. come down." sition of penal provisions for at On the impact of However, the As - least a quarter or two, if not the GST on the steel sector, socham president said GST whole year. The GST law provides Jajodia, also the CMD of Monnet will provide a huge fillip to the in - for as many as 21 kinds of penalties Ispat and Energy Limited, said: "I dustry in the medium to long term for various offences. Short don't think there will be much (dif - as the tax compliance at present is payment will attract a penalty of 10 ference). There are no negatives at "quite tedious". 52 TOURISM The News You Like | June 2017 AP grabs Rank 3 in attracting domestic tourists

THE NEWS BUREAU its temple tourism, better air con - Karnataka State Road Transport nectivity and the state being a host Corporation (KSRTC). While the pearheaded by temple to several national and international KSRTC will look into the trans - tourism and aided by other events. portation aspect of pilgrims, the factors such as increased air Laxminarayana, consultant APTDC will take care of their Sconnectivity, Andhra Pradesh ranks (tourism) in the AP government, food, lodging and darshan. Further, third in the country in attracting do - told reporters that apart from the APTDC and OLA will also be mestic tourists. It’s neighbour temples, heritage sites in the state promoting each other. Telangana, in contrast, stands at a are also crowd pullers. AP has also been looking at distant 30th position. "While the Tirumala temple tourism as a major sector for in - These figures were tabled in the continues to attract chunk of vestment. In 2015, various compa - Rajya Sabha recently. Between tourists from across the country, nies signed MoUs with the state 2013 and 2015, AP saw a 20 Visakhapatnam and its surrounding government to invest Rs 3,745 percent increase in domestic tourist areas are also gaining popularity crore in the state in tourism sector. arrivals and an impressive 71 among tourists from West Bengal According to some officials, it percent rise in influx of foreign and Odisha. This is due to reason - is the lack of awareness about tourists. able packages offered in their leave tourism destinations in Telangana In comparison, Telangana has travel allowances for destinations that has led to such a dip in the put up an abysmal show. Not only in AP,” he said. number of tourists it has been re - did the state has a mere 1 percent The AP government is also ceiving. The Telangana govern - rise in domestic tourists visiting the looking for newer ways, including ment is now putting its best foot state, it also saw a 19 percent de - tying up with other organisations, forward in an attempt to increase crease in the arrival of foreign to attract more tourists to the state. the tourist turn out in the state. tourists. The Andhra Pradesh Tourism They are reportedly planning an APs rise as a popular destina - Development Corporation eco-tourism circuit at seven loca - tion for tourists can be attributed to (APTDC) is collaborating with the tions in the state. The News You Like | June, 2017 AGRICULTURE 53

ZBNF is the only solution to many problems: Subhash Palekar THE NEWS BUREAU The Padma Shree Awardee, 60 quintals of wheat per hectare however, said that ZBNF was a cannot be increased at any cost,” he proponent of Zero mass movement and it was not Palekar said. Budget Natural Farming against any one. He also said that after the indus - (ZBNF), Subhash Palekar “By 2050, world’s population is trial sector, agriculture sector was aTccused the governments with en - going to be 800 crore. It means fall responsible for global warming, couraging farmers’ suicides offer - in cultivable land. Added to this, which has turned out to be a major ing compensation after the agriculture production is constantly challenge. Due to chemical and debt-ridden farmers commit on the downtrend due to chemical organic farming, green house gases suicide instead of bringing a and organic farming and a serious such as Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous change in agricultural policy to food crisis is looming large on the Oxide, Methane and Chlorofluoro - ensure sustained agriculture. world. carbons (CFCs) are released into Popularly called as Krishi ka “The Punjab Agricultural Uni - atmosphere leading to global Rishi by his followers, Palekar versity, which is the nodal agency warming. accused Indian agricultural scien - in the country for the implementa - India has agreed at the 15th tists of causing immense harm to tion of Green Revolution, has ad - session of the Conference of the farmers by way of giving mitted that chemical farming has Parties (COP 15) to the United advises to continue chemical and reached a saturation point and the Nations Framework Convention on organic farming. yield of 61 quintals of paddy and Climate Change at Copenhagen 54 AGRICULTURE The News You Like | June 2017

that it will reduce Greenhouse contain residues of poisonous sub - were behind the government policy gases by 23 percent. It will not be stances and the same reach human in not promoting ZBNF, he said the possible to stick to the commitment body on consumption of such answer for it should be given by the unless chemical and organic produce. Thus, both the crops and government. farming are banned in India, humans become weak, lose immu - He said as many as 50 lakh Palekar said. nity and ultimately suffer with dis - farmers were practicing ZBNF Coming down heavily on the eases forcing the farmers to buy across the country and not a single agriculture scientists and policy more chemicals while humans are farmer who is practicing his makers, he said those who devise forced to buy allopathic medicines, method of cultivation had commit - policies in the name of offering so - he said. ted suicide ever, Palekar said lutions do not know agriculture. This way, lakhs of crores of adding that with one Indian cow, a Instead, policies such as compen - rupees are reaching multi-national farmer can cultivate 30 acres of sation to the farmers after they companies that manufacture and land without any additional costs. commit suicide are in a way en - sell the chemicals and medicines. He also said that cow was not couraging the debt-ridden farmers Indian currency is going out of the related to any religion but to related to take the extreme step. These country and this is the great ex - humanity and those who attach kind of wrong policies are boosting ploitation of Indian economy, cow with one religion are atheists. suicides, he said. Palekar said. Gow shalas cannot save cows but Chemical and organic farming Chemicals and medicines are only farmers can save cows. is a pre-planned conspiracy to not the solution. The solution lies The government should compel the farmers into purchasing in improving the resistance power promote ZBNF and initiate meas - chemical and organic fertilizers and in the crops and humans. And this ures to ensure that farmers across pesticides. Crops produced using is possible only by adopting ZBNF. the country own and rear local these fertilizers and pesticides Asked whether some lobbies cows.

56 FINAL JOURNEY The News You Like | June 2017 DasaRi CReMaTeD WiTh sTaTe honoURs

THE NEWS BUREAU

eteran film director and former Union Minister of State Dasari Narayana Rao Vwas cremated with state honours on May 31. Leading film personalities, politicians and fans besides family members, relatives and friends bid a tearful adieu to Rao, who breathed his last on Tuesday in a private hos - pital after prolonged illness. He was 75. The last rites were performed at Rao's farm house at Moinabad, about 60 km from Hyderabad. Rao's eldest son Harihara Prabhu lit the funeral pyre as a police con - tingent presented gun salute. The funeral was performed adjacent to the 'samadhi' of Rao's wife. Rao, who holds Limca World Record for directing the most films and directed generations of film stars -- from thespian N.T. Rama Rao to , died at a private hospital here on Tuesday following prolonged illness. He was 75. Earlier, he was shifted from his Jubliee Hills resi - dence to the office of the Film Chamber to enable people to pay their last re - that from Rao, Dil Raju, Mohan Babu, spects. Andhra Pradesh a modest background, Rao Krishna, Nassar and filmmaker Chief Minister N. Chandrababu become director, writer, actor and Trivikram paid their last respects. Naidu visited Film Chamber office later politician and worked hard for Actor Mohan Babu, whose and described Rao's demise as a the welfare of weaker sections. career was launched by Rao, broke great loss to Telugu film industry. Celebrities like , down. "Telugu film industry has lost a Junior NTR, Daggubati , "He was like a father to me. My pillar. He was institution in , Narayana Murthy, Naga entire family forever is indebted to himself," said Naidu. He recalled Babu, Vijayachander, Raghvendra him," Babu said. The News You Like | June, 2017 FINAL JOURNEY 57 DasaRi CReMaTeD WiTh sTaTe honoURs

Actress-filmmaker said she was "shaken" Dasari – A profile and that he always treated her like a sister. Having directed 151 films orn on May 4, 1942 into an ordinary family in , in Telugu, Tamil and , Rao Dasari grew amid problems, challenges and vicissitudes. produced 53 films and worked in BThere was a time when his parents couldn’t even afford to pay his more than 250 as a dialogue writer school fee. He worked as a clerk for a monthly salary of just one and lyricist. rupee. Some of his famous films From there, he groomed the careers of scores of directors and include "Premabhishekam", artistes. He chucked his job to enter films and braved many slights "Megha Sandesham", "Osey Ra - and challenges in the process. He reached a pinnacle of his career mulamma" and "Tata Manavadu". to reach a level where he could make and unmake heroes. He planned to make a biopic on His cine sojourn began with Tatha Manavadu. He is the only director to score 12 consecutive silver jubilees. The heights he scaled, the history he made, the awards he won are legion. He perhaps is the only director who gave hits to both fathers and their sons. He also penned dialogues for over 250 films and wrote many a hit lyric. Make small films and score big hits was his dictum. He brought a respect and craze to the very word Director. He is the first direc - tor whose images adorned the cinema publicity posters along with the heroes. He directed over 150 films and produced 53 films. He holds the Guinness record for directing most films. His films spoke of social justice and equal rights for all. He stood for the underdog and his films were trend setters. He gave late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. actors like Mohan Babu, Murali Mohan and R Narayana Murthy, Jayalalithaa. directors like Kodi Ramakrishna and Relangi Narasimha Rao. He A multi-faceted personality, he made Sridevi, and Jayaprada super stars. served as Union Minister of State He is respectfully addressed as Guruvu Garu in the film indus - for Coal in United Progressive Al - try. He also forayed into politics and journalism and carved a niche liance (UPA) government. It was for himself in these realms too. He was a union minister and during his tenure that the scandal brought out Udayam daily, which was a huge journalistic sensa - over coal blocks allocation rocked tion. the nation. 58 SERMON The News You Like | June 2017 hindu leader wants to speak from Mecca Mosque

Planning to contest polls from Hyderabad

THE NEWS BUREAU about Islam, Asaduddin Owaisi He said he had applied for per - starts making political speech and mission from the minority welfare non-Muslim and that too criticize the Prime Minister and department and also to the police Hyderabadi thinks twice other leaders of the country and the requesting them to allow him to before entering the historic states and provoke the Muslim fra - speak during Youmul Quran MAecca Mosque for purposes other ternity besides corrupting the address on the third Friday of than sightseeing. But, here is a non- minds of the young generation, he Ramzan month. Muslim who wants permission to address the Muslims from the Mecca Mosque during the Holy Month of Ramzan. A general physician by profes - sion, Dr A S Rao, a TRS leader from , has been sad - dened by the misuse of the law of the land by All India Majlis-e-Itte - hadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) by making political speeches and hate speeches from the Mecca Mosque. Speaking to The News, Rao said the MIM leaders Asaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi make political and hate speeches, praise terrorists like Viqaruddin, make provocative speeches calling for war against the lawfully elected governments, in the name of making religious speeches from Mecca Mosque. alleged. “There is no response from the “It is nothing but misuse of re - Though this practice has been officials so far. Currently, my appli - ligious places for the selfish ends. going on for several years and cation is pending with chief minis - Every year, the MIM gets permis - complaints were lodged against ter’s peshi since the minority sion in the name of Youmul Quran them, action was not initiated department is with the chief minis - Jalsa held at Mecca Mosque on against them. “Hence, I have ter. I am also taking the issue to the every Friday of the Ramzan month. decided to speak from Mecca High Court in order to get permis - That means, they should speak Mosque since I also know Islam as sion,” Rao said. about the best things in Islam and much as the Owaisi brothers and He is also planning to contest make an appeal to the Muslim fra - being a citizen of the country I have from Hyderabad Parliamentary ternity to follow the footsteps of the every right to address Muslim Constituency in the next elections great saints of the Islam,” Rao said. brothern from the Mecca Mosque,” to stop the MIM leaders from mis - But, after a few initial words Rao said. leading the Muslim community. The News You Like | June, 2017 FLIX 59

Mahanati shoot begins

THE NEWS BUREAU through the eyes of her character. decades, she donned the grease - Vijay Devarakonda plays paint for 264 films. ahanati, the biopic of Samantha’s beau in the film and Apart from acting, Savitri has late actor Savitri went veteran Prakash Raj will be seen also wielded the megaphone for on the floors in Hyder - in a prominent role as well. movies like Praptham, Chiran - Mabad on May 30. The film’s To be directed by Nag jeevi, Maathru Devatha, Vintha pooja was held at a studio in Hy - Ashwin of Yevade Subramayam Samsaram, and Kuzhanthai derabad. Mahanati will be shot fame, the film is being Ullam. In her illustrious career, simultaneously in Tamil and bankrolled by Vyjayanthi Movies she has been bestowed with Telugu and plans are on to dub on a huge budget. various prestigious awards in - the film in Malayalam as well. Born on December 6, 1936, cluding the Rashtrapati Award, While Keerthy Suresh will be Savitri made her debut in the the Nandi Award, and the playing the legendary actress film industry with Samsaram in Kalaimamani award. Savitri in the film, Dulquer 1950. She married actor Gemini A very talented actor, Savitri Salmaan will be seen as her Ganesan in 1955. Though Savitri had shared the screen space with actor-husband Gemini Ganesan. starred in Tamil and Telugu films almost all the leading heroes of Samantha has been roped in to predominantly, she has also her time including MGR, NTR, play a journalist in the film and acted in quite a few Kannada, , and Nageswara she has a pivotal role to play as Malayalam and Hindi movies. In Rao. Mahanati is slated to hit the the entire film is narrated a career spanning well over three silver screens next year. 2, Dangal box office collec - tions may touch Rs 2,000-crore mark

THE NEWS BUREAU to cross Rs 1,500 crore. latest box office reports. Aamir Khan's Dangal, however, Meanwhile, its producers are he past few days witnessed a has been playing a quick game of angling for an optimal China release. tremendous amount of inter - catch-up since its release in China in Initial news stories indicate that the est in the box office figures the first week of May. Having film could release across 6,000 fTor two Indian films — Baahubali: opened across a record 9,000 screens screens there. The Conclusion and Aamir Khan in China, Dangal quickly outstripped The release of Baahubali: The starrer Dangal. PK's landmark collections to earn Beginning had been delayed in China When Baahubali 2 was released close to Rs 900 crore from the China and it's performance was less than on 28 April 2017, the list of highest box office. This has helped push impressive. With Baahubali 2, the earning Indian films stood something Dangal's earnings to Rs 1,662 crore makers are hoping to avoid their pre - like this: Aamir Khan's PK was on overall as of May 29 - nudging aside vious mistakes, and have the film the top slot with Rs 792 crore in box Baahubali 2 to become India's perform significantly better. office collections. It was followed by highest earning film. Neither Dangal nor Baahubali 2 Khan's Dangal and then, Baahubali: Baahubali 2, however, isn't far have shown signs of slowing down The Beginning. behind. Its collections currently stand their box office domination just yet. Much has been said and written at Rs 1,633 crore. The Hindi dubbed The release of Pirates of the about Baahubali 2's unprecedented version alone has now come close to Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales success - it was the first Indian film grossing Rs 500 crore, as per the in China could possibly be a factor in stymieing Dangal's collections there, but for Baahubali 2, even a marginally better per - formance than Baahubali: The Beginning in China will reap rich dividends. Getting even a third of Dangal's collections in China — around Rs 300 crore — could comfortably put Baahubali 2 in a whole new category: the Rs 2,000 crore club. It's a space Dangal will have to fight just a little bit harder to reach, although reports indicate that China and Taiwan collections will hold steady for a while yet. What the film trade will be analysing now is which of these two films will get to the 2,000 crore mark — and who will get there first. 62 FLIX The News You Like | June 2017 Sachin abillion dreams ReAliSTic biopic

THE NEWS BUREAU field, Don Bradman’s laurels, the scintillating achin: A Billion innings against Pakistan in Dreams is a honest 2003 world cup semifinals and sincere bio-pic find a mention in the Son the legend of Indian movie that is sure to win cricket, who was the hope the hearts of his fans. For of a struggling nation in Sachin-lovers, the mention 90s and the messiah of of Sharjah will bring in the cricket-lovers when their minds his fiery on - the country was ready to slaught. take on the world a decade To listen from the crick - later. eter himself about the Directed by James innings (desert storm) is Erskine with music by A R sure to give them goose Rahman, the movie is straight from (his debut series against Pakistan), bumps. When hopes turn burden Sachin’s heart. Be it joy or disap - Sachin gets hit on the nose by on his shoulders, even the ‘God of pointment in his career that a nasty Waqar Younis bouncer, but Cricket’ was vulnerable to emo - spanned over 24 years, the ‘Mum - he carried on. “I could not let my tions. How the dream of winning baikar’ speaks out. country down and leave the World Cup remained elusive till From a prankster in his child - crease,” Sachin says at the time. 2011 and how the ‘master blaster’ hood to a young prodigy on field, Sachin narrates his personal at one stage even thought of the bio-pic traces his rise in a crisp life with all frankness. His love for hanging his boots, after he was manner. Anjali, admiration for his parents written off by critics are told Ramakanth Achrekar was im - and brothers are vividly narrated. without taking any sides. pressed with young lad’s batting Interestingly the movie His spat with Greg Chappell, technique in the nets and his world touches upon Sachin’s short stint who was the coach of Team record partnership stand with as Indian skipper during which India during 2007 World Cup Kambli for an inter-school match there was some indifference with find a mention. The World Cup win are captured well. seniors in the squad like Mo - in 2011, first ever 200 in an ODI The dreams and aspirations of hammad Azharuddin. Known for innings and 100 tons in cricket a middle class boy to make it big in staying away from controversies takes us on a nostalgic journey. cricket after watching Kapil Dev during his cricketing career, here And finally it ends with lift the World Cup in 1983 on TV too he plays it safe. ‘Saaachin Saaachin’ chants with sets the tone. The high point of the There are very little mention of a peppy tone by A R Rahman. movie is that it deals in detail about his spat with Azharuddin, Rahul Sachin: A Billion Dreams will the start to his international Dravid declaring innings when inspire audience for the glorious career. Sachin was on 194 against Pakistan journey of Sachin filled with hard Wasim Akram and Waqar and match-fixing episode that work and struggle have been Younis come charging at Sachin rocked cricket world then. chronicled in the most appealing on the field, during a match in 1989 Sachin’s war with Warne on way. The News You Like | June, 2017 MOUNTAINEERING 63 Six Ap students scale Mount everest

THE NEWS BUREAU being smalltime workers in their of Social Welfare. Of the 34, 14 stu - native Pulichinta village in Kurnool dents were chosen for advanced ix Andhra Pradesh youths district. mountaineering in Ladakh where who literally reached the top Principal, teachers and students they trained for two weeks in tem - of the world on May 14 by of AP Social Welfare Residential peratures often plummeting to -40 Sclimbing the Mount Everest had School in C Belagal celebrated degrees Celsius. one thing in common - they all had Babu's conquest. Kare Satya Rao of A batch of 13 students was then the rock-like resolve to overcome Visakhapatnam comes from a selected for the final expedition to their humble roots and modest family of fishermen and he was Mt Everest and six of them success - means to succeed. sponsored by the Youth Services fully scaled the peak. The two senior intermediate stu - Department. S Nagaraju, also from "Normally, they take 45 days to dents of AP Tribal Welfare Residen - Visakhapatnam, was a marathoner climb the Everest but these students tial Schools, Vooyaka Krishna Rao as well. did it in just 30 days, which is a and Kunja Durga Rao, who scaled Tammineni Bharat from creditable achievement," the expe - the world's highest peak are the Kurnool district could not conquer dition coordinator U Raghunadha sons of daily- wager, farm labour - the Mt Everest in his first attempt in Reddy, alluding to their rock-like ers, belonging to scheduled tribes. 2015 because of the devastating determination to succeed against all Krishna Rao's parents are agri - earthquake in Nepal but this time, odds. culture labourers in the Seetampeta as part of the six-member AP team, "These children have come Agency area in district he achieved the distinction. from humble backgrounds, born while Durga Rao's parents too eke The state government picked into families belonging to vulnera - out their living as daily wager. The out about 65 students from social ble social groups of Madiga, two were nurtured by the Social welfare and tribal welfare residen - and Savara. "Their parents eked out Welfare Department and the Youth tial schools for mountaineering and livelihood by working as hamalis Services Department to pursue their provided them basic training at the (daily labourers) and small farmers. dream. CBR Academy near Vijayawada. "The boys may not have even G Suresh Babu, who conquered Later, 34 of them were sent to imagined that one day they will the highest peak along with five the Himalayan Mountaineering In - become shining beacons for scores others from his state, too belongs to stitute at Darjeeling for further of underprivileged children," the the scheduled caste with his parents training, according to the Director social welfare official observed. 64 SPORTS The News You Like | June 2017 Mumbai Indians beat Pune by 1 run to win IPL-10

THE NEWS BUREAU rific show against the disciplined Simmons (3) in the third over. bowling from Pune and the former Parthiv pulled straight into the fter restricting Mumbai were left reeling at 79/7 in the 15th hands of Shardul Thakur at mid-on, Indians to a modest total of over. Allrounder Krunal Pandya while Simmons gave a return catch 129 runs, Pune Supergiant then came good and his 47 off 38 to Unadkat who dived low to the mAade a cautious start here at Rajiv deliveries pulled Mumbai out of left -- and Mumbai were reduced to Gandhi International Stadium on the hole. 8/2. May 21. But in the end, Pune lost Opting to bat, Mumbai had a Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma to Mumbai by just 1 run. disastrous start as left-arm medium (24) and Ambati Rayudu (12) then Earlier, Mumbai's top and pacer Unadkat (2/19) removed weathered the storm briefly but the middle order batsmen put up a hor - Parthiv Patel (4) and Lendl Pune bowlers continued to keep it The News You Like | June, 2017 SPORTS 65 Mumbai Indians beat Pune by 1 run to win IPL-10 IPL 2017 brings 500 mn interactions tight, not allowing the on Instagram Mumbai pair to free their arms. Young off-spinner he 10th edition of the Indian Premier Washington Sundar contin - League (IPL) concluded on May 21 with a ued to be impressive with Tdramatic final-over victory by Mumbai Indians his miserly bowling, giving over Rising Pune Supergiant in Hyderabad. away only 13 runs in his While cricket fever gripped the nation on four overs. and off the pitch for over six weeks; devoted The partnership lasted fans took to Instagram to discover all the for 33 runs as Rayudu was behind-the-scenes moments shared by their fa - caught short of the crease vorite cricket players and teams. while taking a single after Over the course of the tournament, 120 playing a delivery from million people had 500 million interactions on Lockie Ferguson to Steven Instagram related to the season on the platform. Smith, who made a direct With players, teams and the League itself throw from mid-off in the using photographs, videos, Instagram Stories eighth over. and Live; the sports community used Instagram Mumbai's batting ran to give fans authentic, behind-the-scenes into further trouble when access-from personal moments with family, to Rohit and Kieran Pollard (7) practice sessions, to moments of team bonding, fell to Australian leg- celebrations of victory - and everything in spinner Adam Zampa (2/32) between. in the 11th over which left The IPL teams shared engaging content, them reeling at 65/5. Rohit using Instagram to connect with fans, including pulled a half-pitched ball to this meeting between legends, a literal bird's Thakur at deep mid-wicket, eye view of practice from Rising Pune Super - while Pollard offered an giant, and a first look of Virat Kohli in the nets easy catch to pouch for from Royal Challengers . Manoj Tiwary at long-on. With 13.5m followers, Royal Challengers After Zampa, another Bangalore skipper Kohli is the undisputed king Australian Daniel Christian of Instagram followed by Rising Pune Super - (2/34) removed all-rounder giant Mahendra Singh Dhoni (5.1m followers) Hardik Pandya (10) in the and RCB's AB de Villiers (3.6m followers). second ball of the 14th over. Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma fill the other In the following over, Karn twospots in the list of top-5 most followed Sharma, a handy low-order batsman, was run out for a cricketers on Instagram. 1, to leave Mumbai at 79/7. Instagram is home to the most authentic Later, Krunal and Mitchell Johnson (13 not out) athlete moments on social media and IPL 10 shared a strong 50-run partnership to dig them out of was no exception. With over 165 IPL players trouble. Krunal milked three fours and two sixes to take on Instagram this season, fans were privy to an Mumbai to 129/8 -- which may not be enough. unprecedented inside look into the life of an Krunal was Christian's second victim falling on the IPL cricketer: last ball of the Mumbai innings. IPL teams and players used Instagram Brief scores: Mumbai 129/8 in 20 overs (Krunal stories and live to fun, creative giving a differ - Pandya 47: Jaydev Unadkat 2/19, Adam Zampa 2/32, ent perspective to their their most passionate Daniel Christian 2/34) vs Pune. fans.

The News You Like June, 2017 RNI No: APENG/2013/48048 P.R. No. LII/RNP/HD/1187/2017-19 (DOP: 1st of Every Month DOP : 8/9-06-2017)