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JAGAN-KCR'S FOUR-HOUR GODAVARI-KRISHNA MARATHON MEIL BAGS POLAVARAM PROJECT WORKS Rs 628 crore Meg(h)a saving from reverse tendering SC notice to PNS n VIJAYAWADA Das in Jagan Megha Engineering and Pushpasri Vani Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) bagged the contract for DA case to ‘act' as Polavaram Project's hydel power VIJAYAWADA: Secretary of plant and main concrete works Water Resources Department school teacher worth Rs 4,358 crore. It has been Adityanath Das was on PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM awarded the coveted contract at Monday served a notice by 12.6 percent less than the cost Supreme Court in the dispro- YS Jaganmohan Reddy with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in Hyderabad on Monday Deputy Chief Minister projected by the previous con- portionate assets case of Chief Pamula Pushpasri Vani is to tractor. The State Government Minister YS Jaganmohan showcase her acting prowess has saved public money to the Reddy. The Central Bureau of as a teacher in a documentary tune of Rs 628 crore by inviting Investigation (CBI) went in for that propagates organic farm- fresh tenders for the two pro- the appeal after the High River linkage talks ing in the State. jects that are expected to cost Rs Govt justifies award of works to MEIL Court gave a clean chit to Das. District collector of 4,987 crore. After the AP gov- After hearing CBI's argu- Vizianagaram Dr M ernment called for the re-ten- he State Government has justified the award of Polavaram ment, the Supreme Court Harijawaharlal is acting as a dering, MEIL was the only Tcontract to Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), issued notice to Das seeking senior official in the film. company that took part in the by stating that the bid value is less than the IBM value. In a his explanation. remain inconclusive Professionals from film bidding. As soon as the court communiqué on Monday, the government has stated that it was Earlier in February 2018, PNS n HYDERABAD industry are working as cam- gives its clearance, MEIL will quite appropriate to award the contract to MEIL, considering the CBI and ED argued that Das l l erapersons, director and art able to begin the works. current status of the project works. The award of contract is subject On the agenda were Distribution of to bidder clearing the Technical/Commercial qualification criteria. had allowed more water sup- Telangana Chief Minister K diversion of Godavari assets of Schedule director. The State Government can- ply to India Cements' manu- Chandrasekhar Rao and his Shooting was held at celled the Polavaram contracts facturing units in the State and AP counterpart YS Jaganmohan water to Srisailam, IX, X institutions Thotapalle and Gorada vil- as part of reverse tendering and works to sub-contractors. With be transferred to Krishna River, in return the cement giant Reddy met for nearly four hours Nagarjuna Sagar main located in Hyderabad lage in Vizianagaram district accordingly called back the ten- this, the works proceeded at a above the Prakasam Barrage. invested in Jagathi Publications here on Monday to discuss and l l on Monday. ders. For the first time in the snail's pace. YS Jaganmohan About 23.44 TMC of water will Group, which is owned by resolve the contentious bifur- Centre's approach CMs agree for Titled 'Amrutha Bhoomi', country, the preliminary quo- Reddy's government cancelled be supplied to Visakhapatnam Jagan's family. cation-related issues between towards Telugu states more rounds of talks balladeer Vangapandu script- tation by an L-1 company was the works and called for reverse city for drinking purpose. both the states. ed the film's story-line. considered as base estimate tenders, with the value of the About 28.5 lakh people living Jagan — accompanied by The day's shooting sched- cost. The previous government works pegged at Rs 4,987 crore. in 540 villages adjacent to the TTD chairman YV Subba around Godavari-Krishna river not reach conclusion on any of ule began with Pushpasri paid Rs 2,346 crore to build a MEIL has already worked on Polavaram Canal will also get Boats used to Reddy, YSRCP MPs Peddireddy linkage, diversion of Godavari the issues and both the CMs felt Vani acting as a teacher in hydel power station along with the Pattiseema Lift Irrigation drinking water. According to Mithun Reddy, Vemireddy water to Srisailam and that there is a need to hold a few Gorada Tribal Welfare the Polavaram Project. Scheme (PLIS) in a record time government estimates, the con- distribute Prabhakar Reddy -- came to Nagarjunasagar on Krishna more rounds of discussion to School. TDP leader Rayapati and ALSO also built the world's struction of the Polavaram Pragathi Bhavan, the official res- basin, divisions of assets of find an amicable solution to the "I am excited to act in a Sambasiva Rao's company largest Kaleshwaram Lift Project is expected to begin by idence of KCR, at around 5.30 common institutions listed contentious bifurcation-relat- film that pertains to creating Transstroy, which won the Irrigation Project. the end of November. But before exam papers pm. Senior officials from both under Schedule IX and X of AP ed issues, especially with regard awareness about organic Polavaram construction con- The project was taken up to it begins, the agreement with the AGARTALA: Boats and the states were also present. The Reorganisation Act, mostly to sharing of assets of common farming and how it can tract in 2012, could not com- supply water to 7.2 lakh acre agri- contractor and the judicial indigenous ferries were meeting lasted for nearly four located in Hyderabad. institutions located in improve one's health,'' she plete the work. The cultural lands and to generate the review must be completed. The pressed into service to dis- hours. Official sources said the Sources added that the dis- Hyderabad. told reporters. Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP 960 MW of hydel power. Apart process is expected to be com- tribute question papers in discussions primarily centred cussions between the CMs did Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page 3 government had entrusted the from this, 80 TMC of water will pleted by October 1. many schools in remote areas in Tripura. In an uniform system, the State Government has intro- ‘CNG produced duced simultaneous exams Demolition drive at Vamsadhara Tribunal okays for the first time in the north- from mutton, eastern state in 4,500 schools. Earlier, until last academic fish waste to session school-wise question Naidu’s doorstep joint surveys by AP, Odisha papers were prepared in Tripura. PNS n Amaravati PNS n VIJAYAWADA run buses soon’ PNS n NEW DELHI Civic authorities on Monday Balakot camp The Vamsadhara Water started demolishing unautho- Dispute Tribunal (VWDT) in Reiterating the government's rized constructions on the reactivated by its judgment on Monday stand of replacing fossil fuels banks of Krishna river, in a upheld the directions issued in with alternative sources of clear indication that their next Tribunal Order dated April 5, energy, Union Minister for target could be the residence Pak: Rawat 2019, implying that the map Road Transport and of former Chief Minister and PNS n CHENNAI preparation and survey for Highways Nitin Gadkari on Telugu Desam Party (TDP) acquisition of 106 acres of Monday said that buses will President N Chandrababu Army Chief General Bipin land should be completed soon run on CNG produced Naidu. Rawat on Monday said within a period of six weeks, by processing stubble and Andhra Pradesh Capital Pakistan has reactivated the i.e, by the end of October, food waste. Region Development Balakot terror camp very 2019, under the active and The senior Union Minister Dutee wants to Authority (APCRDA) offi- 19 but pasted on September 21 recently and about 500 infil- direct supervision of the said that work to convert cials razed unauthorized con- has asked Lingamaneni trators were waiting to sneak Central Water Commission stubble, which is usually join politics struction belonging to a TDP Ramesh to remove the unau- into India. The response to the (CWC). The proceedings shall burnt after the crops are har- leader near Naidu's residence thorized construction within terror camp getting function- be listed for further directions TMC of water assessed up to Under Stage-II, it is pro- vested, into CNG has already BHUBANESWAR: Ace in Vundavalli village. seven days, failing which al again may go beyond India's on January 10, 2020. Gotta on Vamsadhara River posed to irrigate 1.07 lakh been initiated in Ludhiana. sprinter Dutee Chand has The workers dismantled the APCRDA will remove the previous response by way of an It may be noted that Basin on a 50:50 basis. As per acres with 16.048 TMC of Further, the process to con- expressed her interest to enter cement ramp amid tight secu- same. air strike in February, he told Vamsadhara is an inter-state the recent assessment of CWC water. vert the food waste such as the political fray after finish- rity. APCRDA officials said the The house owner was issued reporters here at the Officers river originating in the in 2007, the yield of The Phase-I of Stage-II mutton, fish, fruits, and veg- ing her athletic career. TDP leader P Koteswara Rao a show-cause notice on June Training Academy here. "Let Eastern Ghats of Kalahandi Vamsadhara is 105 TMC. comprises construction of etables into Bio-CNG will be "I have always wanted to had constructed the building 27. The latest order men- me tell you, Balakot has been district in Odisha. After flow- Due to the delay in obtain- Right Main Canal from Gotta launched in Maharashtra in join politics since childhood. in the river bed in violation of tioned that the reply submit- reactivated by Pakistan very ing for 154 km in Odisha, the ing 106 acres of land from the barrage to irrigate 0.62 lakh the next two months. The My family has also been rules and regulations. ted to the notice was not to the recently," he said apparently river flows over a stretch of 29 Government of Odisha for acres. The work is almost CNG thus produced by sep- involved in grassroots politics, The construction was with- satisfaction of the authority. stating that the terror camp km along the common construction of Neradi completed. The Phase-II of arating methanol and carbon with my mother being the out any prior permission from According to APCRDA, beyond the border has become boundary between Odisha Barrage, the Goverrnment of Stage-II comprises construc- dioxide (CO2) will be used as sarpanch of our village," Dutee competent authority and from provisional notices were issued operational again while and Andhra Pradesh and a AP has taken up the tion of Neradi Barrage, Flood fuel for buses. Gadkari, who tweeted on Monday. River Conservator as per River for 24 unauthorized con- answering a question on new further 82 km in Andhra Vamsadhara Stage-II in two Flow Canal and is also in charge of Ministry "Now, I am focusing on my Conservancy Act (Andhra structions along the river. terror camps. Pradesh before joining the phases. The Stage - I consist- Hiramandalam Reservoir of Micro, Small and Medium sprinting career. There is no Area) 1884, APCRDA said. 'Confirmation orders' were The Chief of Army staff, Bay of Bengal. ed of Gotta Barrage and the which will irrigate 45,000 Enterprises (MSME), said plan to join politics now," said Monday's development issued in respect of five con- obviously pointing to the hia- On September 30,1962, an Left Main Canal which irri- acres and stabilise ayacut that the ministry has given a India's fastest woman. Earlier came two days after Naidu's structions as Authority found tus in terror operations at agreement was concluded gate an ayacut of 1.48 lakh under LMC & RMC of Gotta green flag to finance the this year, Dutee openly residence was served fresh that there is no merit in any of Balakot following the cross between the states of Orissa acres by utilising 17.841 TMC Barrage. plant in Ludhiana where announced that she was in a demolition notice. the grounds mentioned in the border strike, said it highlight- and Andhra Pradesh to share of river water. The works stubble will be converted into same-sex relationship. An order dated September explanation by the owners. ed the IAF's action in February. the available yield of 115 were completed. Continued on Page 3 CNG. TODAY ALMANAC NPR data will be collected with 2021 Census: Shah T-Fibre project gets Month & Paksham: Bhdrapada & Krishna Paksha PNS n NEW DELHI l Panchangam Mobile app to be used for collecting data The 2021 census will be con- DoT approval Tithi : Dashami : 04:42 pm ducted through a mobile phone nation's progress," Shah said. Nakshatram: Punarvasu: 10:31 am application, moving away from Census data will be The home minister also said the PNS n HYDERABAD In this regard, Smart World Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start traditional pen and paper to give collected through a census will help in demarcating and Communication (SW&C) Digital India a boost, Union boundaries of municipal wards, The ball for the ambitious pro- and Power Transmission & any important work) mobile app. This is for the Home Minister Amit Shah said first time that the mobile assemblies and Lok Sabha con- ject of Digital Telangana was set Distribution (PT&D) busi- Rahukalam: 03:07 pm – 04:37 pm on Monday. stituencies. He appealed to cen- rolling on Monday as it finally nesses of L&T Construction Yamagandam: 09:08 am – 10:38 am The mammoth nationwide app will be used for the sus officials to carry out the exer- received approval from jointly started executing T- Varjyam: 05:59 pm - 07:28 pm exercise will be carried out in 16 census exercise. India will be cise sincerely as this is an oppor- Department of Fibre over 65,000 km length in languages and at a cost of Rs moving from the pen and tunity for them to do 'Punya' Telecommunications (DoT). the state. L&T in a statement Gulika: 12:08 pm - 01:37 pm 12,000 crore, he said after laying paper census to digital data, (holy deed), which will help in T-Fibre project which was wait- said, "The initial design and sur- Good Time: (to start any important work) the foundation stone of a new which will be a big nation building. ing for approvals from USOF vey works are being completed building of the Registrar General Earlier the government used and BBNL of DoT after a long and the roll out will establish IP- Amritakalam: 08:13 am - 09:45 am revolution in the country's Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:44 am - 12:32 pm of India and Census to do welfare schemes on a wait secured it a few days ago MPLS Infrastructure and Commissioner here. census exercise piecemeal basis and no com- on Thursday. Optical Fibre Network for VIJAYAWADA The census will have its ref- — AMIT SHAH, Union Home Minister prehensive planning was done According to IT department affordable High Speed erence date as March 1, 2021, by previous governments, Shah officials, the project will be Broadband Connectivity and WEATHER but for snow-bound Jammu said. "The whole approach was implemented by three compa- Digital Services across four Forecast: Thunderstorms and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh census exercise. India will be future planning of the country, about its benefits. How, the changed when Narendra Modi nies. While L&T Construction zones, 11 districts, 215 mandals, Temp: 32/25 and Uttarakhand it will be moving from the pen and paper especially for development ini- census data could be used for became prime minister in 2014. started work on Monday, 3,201 gram panchayats and Humidity: 88% October 1, 2020, Shah said. census to digital data, which will tiatives and welfare schemes, future planning, development The approach has been changed apparently TCIL and Sterlite approximately 8.65 lakh house- Sunrise: 06.05 "Census data will be collect- be a big revolution in the coun- and it will be a 'Jan Bhagidari' initiatives and welfare schemes. completely, the thinking has will implement the project in holds in the state of Telangana." Sunset: 06.11 ed through a mobile app. This try's census exercise," he said. (people's participation) exer- The utilisation of census data is been changed. Goals have been remaining 2/3rd of the state For L&T, the project is valued Current Weather Conditions is for the first time that the Referring to the 2021 census, cise. "India's total 130 crore multi-dimensional and will be a set to completely eradicate the soon. The distribution of the as significant, in the Rs 1,000 Updated September 23, 2019 5:00 PM mobile app will be used for the he said the data will help in population should be informed significant contribution to the problems," he said. work is geographical in nature. crore to Rs 2,500 crore range. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 vijayawada 02 Krishna dist in the grip of viral fevers BVF to celebrate G RAVI KIRAN n In rural areas, rainwater is n Officials are instructing n VIJAYAWADA not being cleared from employees concerned 150 years of Mahatma Krishna district is in the grip of roads, resulting in the to remove stagnant PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM vector-borne and viral fevers, breeding of mosquitoes. In rainwater from roads Vijayawada, too, there are thanks to the monsoon that has n They have even issued The Bala Vikas Foundation contributed in the increase of many places where (BVF) in association with mosquito breeding in the city. rainwater is getting stagnant. notices to vacant land ASARA, an NGO, will organ- Stagnant rainwater is a huge Many drains in the city are owners to remove ise a week-long programmes factor in the issue and the also overflowing rainwater from their and activities to celebrate the problem is severe in low-lying sites 150th birth anniversary of n areas. Hundreds of people are It has been raining n Mahatma from September 26 reported to have been affected intermittently for the past 15 Awareness to October 2 in schools and by dengue in the district. days. Because of poor programmes have also colleges. In rural areas, rainwater is drainage system, logging of been taken up by the The main thrust was to make not being cleared from roads, rainwater on roads has Vijayawada Municipal the younger generation aware of resulting in the breeding of become a common Corporation's Public the greatness of Mahatma and his mosquitoes. In Vijayawada, problem in the city Health Department contribution to get the indepen- too, there are many places dence to the country from the where rainwater is getting stag- also been taken up by the programme for the people to British rule through non- violence. nant. Many drains in the city Vijayawada Municipal avoid water-logging, but iron- "We are creating awareness issues effectively. As proper As a part of the programme, are also overflowing. Corporation's Public Health ically, it is unable to tackle the among people over rainwater drainage system is not in place Richard Attenborough's film n Gandhi movie to be at Government Home for Boys It has been raining inter- Department. problem. stagnation. We have taken up at many places, rainwater Gandh (Telugu) will be screened screened to create near Dinadayalpuram Central mittently for the past 15 days. Despite all these measures, Now, after the spread of a special drive to remove the remains on the roads for a long in selected schools and col- awareness about Prison road. Because of poor drainage sys- viral fever cases are increasing viral fevers, the Malaria stagnant rainwater, and also put time leading to mosquito- leges.The Telugu film was dubbed greatness of Gandhi The week long programme tem, logging of rainwater on in the city. The main problem Department is visiting all areas up signboards at vacant places breeding. by Akkeneni Kutumba Rao, Olga among GenNext will be inaugurated by VMRDA roads has become a common is that the Corporation is and enquiring with the people where rainwater is getting stag- DMHO Dr Murthy said, (writer) and SP Balasubramanyam Chairman Dronamraju Srinivas problem in the city. Officials unable to avoid rainwater-log- about fever cases and distrib- nant." "We registered more than 300 (playback singer. on September 26 at 11 am at Dr are instructing employees con- ging on roads. This apart, due uting medicines to the affect- The situation is even worse dengue cases in the district. All After the screening, compe- September 28 at Government VSK Govt Degree College. Dr cerned to remove stagnant to the failure of the under- ed. Mega medical camps are in villages. In the absence of other cases are viral fever cases. titions will be held and prizes Home for Girls, on September V Chandrasekhar, principal, rainwater from roads. They ground drainage (UGD) sys- also being conducted by the panchayat presidents, special We are trying to educate peo- will be given to the winners . 29 at NT School Akkayyapalem, will preside. A poster contain- have even issued notices to tem, overflowing drains has Corporation with the help of officers are running the admin- ple to stop mosquito breeding The film will be screened on on September 30 at PAPA ing the details of event was vacant land owners to remove become a common problem at private hospitals. istration. Due to lack of contact by removing stagnant water September 26 at Dr VSK Govt Home, Dabagardens , on released by BVF secretary rainwater from their sites. many places. The Corporation VMC Additional with the villagers, they are through our Primary Health Degree College, on September October 1 at BVF Bridge School, Narava prakasa Rao here on Awareness programmes have is conducting an awareness Commissioner Sakuntala said, unable to take care of local Centres (PHCs)." 27 at Mrs AVN College, on Beach Road and on October 2 Monday. Airtel partners with Deniveni raps ‘Happiness workshop' for cops to beat stress govt over PNS n MORADABAD ing degrees, is involved in it. Bharti AXA Life Insurance The only mantra for stress retendering Police stations in Uttar management that lies in Pradesh's Moradabad city con- ancient wisdom with modern PNS n VIJAYAWADA Prepaid bundle with inbuilt insurance cover launched ducted a 'happiness workshop' application," Kapoor said. with an aim to sort out per- "I asked the cops to first Former minister Devineni PNS n VIJAYAWADA sonal and professional prob- focus on resolving differences, Umamaheswara Rao lashed lems of police personnel. if any, they have in their per- out at the campaign of the Bharti Airtel, India's largest This is being done in the sonal lives, family and with State government that it integrated telecommunication wake of the recent increase in their junior or senior col- has saved on the irrigation services provider, and Bharti the number of police person- leagues. Start delegating tasks budget through reverse ten- AXA Life Insurance partnered nel committing suicide. to their life partners, family dering. to leverage the penetration of Inspector General (IG) of members and subordinates in Speaking to media persons mobile services to build a Moradabad Range Ramit order to keep their stress levels here on Monday, financially secure India. Sharma, said: "To deliver his best, Inspector General (IG) of Moradabad Range down. Once they are calm, they Umahaeswara Rao said that Airtel on Monday launched it is quite necessary for a police- Ramit Sharma, said: "To deliver his best, it is will be able to tackle even the the government had violated an innovative Rs 599 pre-paid man that he remains in a good most complicated matters." its own GO. No.67, in which bundle with 2 GB data/day, close to 830 million smart- Airtel Thanks App, or the state of mind and tension-free. quite necessary for a policeman that he The cops have been asked to single tender cannot be unlimited calls to any network, phone users by 2022. Airtel Retailer. Once a cop is cheerful and calm, remains in a good state of mind and tension- practice meditation to keep allowed in the reverse ten- 100 SMS/day for 84 days, and This innovative pre-paid The life insurance cover, only then he would be able to them relaxed. Another speak- dering process. "As MEIL is also Rs 4 lakh life insurance bundle combines Airtel's deep which is available to all cus- spread happiness among dis- free. Once a cop is cheerful and calm, only er Manu Misra, a physical the sole bidder for the cover from Bharti AXA Life distribution reach, including tomers aged 18-54 years, tressed people, who approach then he would be able to spread happiness trainer at a private university, Polavaram work, how can the Insurance. The recharge comes presence in rural pockets, with requires no paperwork or him in times of difficulties. With advised how policemen can government award the con- with a validity of 84 days and Bharti AXA Life's expertise in medical examination and the this cause in mind, we have among distressed people, who approach him keep themselves fit. tract to it?" he reasoned. the insurance cover continues insurance to make it very sim- certificate of insurance will be organised the 'happiness work- in times of difficulties” "For a policeman, physical fit- He said YSRCP had criti- automatically for three months ple for millions of uninsured instantaneously delivered dig- shops' where experts gave tips on ness comes first. It drives the cised the MEIL in the past for with every recharge. and underinsured Indians to itally. A hard copy of the well being and happiness." mental fitness. We see cops per- executing the Pattiseema Lift According to Insurance get a sizeable life insurance insurance will be delivered to The workshop, organised by Ruchi Kapoor from the be implemented in other dis- forming duty while standing for Irrigation Scheme (PLIS) Regulatory and Development cover every time they recharge customer's doorstep on recently, was attended by 190 Holistic Wellbeing Counselling tricts too. The workshop was six to eight hours and some- works and now it has award- Authority of India (IRDAI), their mobile phones. request. cops, including ASPs, Circle Services and Psychological an interactive session with times even beyond that. It ed the Polavaram project the insurance penetration in Airtel has engineered the The product is currently Officers, Station House Assessment Centre. police personnel who shared requires immense amount of work to the same contractor. the country is less than four entire process to be delivered available to customers across Officers, Sub-Inspectors, IG Sharma is convinced that difficulties they face every day. stamina. There are hundreds of He said because of the per cent (of the population), digitally in a matter of a few Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Constables and followers of this initiative would bring "Policing is highly stressful policemen, who spend nights in YSRCP government's deci- while mobile penetration is minutes. A customer needs to and its availability will be five districts under the fruitful results and once the and a challenging job. Huge police vans having little space sions, the Polavaram project close to 90 per cent. It is esti- enrol for the insurance after gradually extended to pan- Moradabad Range. pilot project is a success, he amount of public dealing, that even to stretch their arms and will be delayed by five more mated that country will have first recharge through an SMS, India in the next few months. The workshop was addressed would recommend the same to too of bizarre disputes of vary- legs," he said. years. Indian Navy hosts ship and submarine refit review ACB traps VRO PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM stakeholders for ensuring continuous availability of all The Mid-Year Refit Review operational platforms and (MYRR) and Mid-Year providing long-range sup- in Vizianagaram Infrastructure Review port for the implementation (MYIR) Conference of the of the Act East policy of the PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM to the VRO's office for muta- Indian Navy was inaugurat- government. tion of 0.87 cents of farm- ed at Headquarters, Eastern During the review, issues Officials of Anti- land under Burja village Naval Command (ENC), on timely completion of qual- Corruption-Bureau (ACB) acquired by him and his here on Monday. A two-day ity refit was discussed with on Monday arrested brothers through registered Wildlife week conference was chaired by special emphasis on achiev- Rayipalli Balaram, working sale deeds Vice-Admiral GS Pabby, ing synergy between mainte- as a village revenue officer, The VRO demanded a AVSM, VSM Chief of nance and logistics functions Burja cluster under bribe of Rs 9,000 to get the Materiel (COM), Integrated to tide over budgetary con- Seethanagaram mandal in job done. Acting on Bhaskar celebrations in zoo Headquarters Ministry of straints in meeting all oper- Vizianagaram district for Rao's complaint, ACB offi- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM tography and skit. Interested stu- Defence (Navy), to assess ational commitments. demanding and accepting a cials caught the village rev- dents and school and college the progress of refits of ships, Vice-Admiral GS Pabby, AVSM, VSM Chief of Materiel (COM), speaking at a The MYIR meeting will be bribe of Rs 9,000 from a enue officer red-handed Indira Gandhi Zoological Park authorities were asked to contact submarines and infrastruc- conference in Visakhapatnam on Monday held on September 24 to complainant for carrying out when he was accepting the is celebrating Wildlife Week the curator or zoo officials. ture projects. review modernisation and a routine duty. bribe from the complainant. from October 1 to 7 in the zoo Inaugural function will be held The review was attended Organisations from plimented all the stakehold- augmentation of repair/ refit- According to ACB offi- A case has been registered bioscope and campus with var- on October 1 from 9.30 am and by a high-level delegation Visakhapatnam and Port ers for ensuring quality refits ting infrastructure to ensure cials, one Dasari Bhaskara and the VRO has been taken ious competitions for school, the valedictory on October 7 from Naval Headquarters, Blair. of ships and submarines with and enhance operational Rao, a resident of into custody. He will be pro- college students, which include during which the prizes would ENC, Andaman and Nicobar Delivering the inaugural special attention to the safe- availability and combat Chellamnaiduvalasa village duced before the ACB court debate, quiz competition, essay be distributed to the winners of Command, Naval Dockyards, keynote address at MYRR, ty of personnel and material. readiness of assets of the under Seethanagaram man- in Visakhapatnam city on writing, painting, wildlife pho- various competitions. Repair Yards and Material the Chief of Materiel com- He also lauded all the Indian Navy. dal, had made several rounds Tuesday.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES GOLD All India dance festival ends on a scintillating note ` (10 gm) 37,990 n ` PNS VISAKHAPATNAM Akademi Award. They set it to Raga Kalavati 30 Rosen Longjamba from the Jawaharlal The first presentation, and Teen-tal in Drut Laya. SILVER The three-day All India Dance Nehru Manipur Dance Academy in 'Mahadeva Stuti', a tradi- Rosen Longjamba from the ` 47,300 (1kg) Festival Vysakhi Nrithyotsav- Imphal presented the breathtaking tional Dhrupad piece glori- Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur ` 1100 2019 came to a scintillating fied Mahadev. They depicted Dance Academy in Imphal end at the Kalabharathi traditional Manipuri Thang-Ta. Thang- omnipotence and divinity presented the breathtaking Auditorium here on Monday. Ta was a martial art developed for the through Kavit and Shlokas set traditional Manipuri Thang- CHICKEN The third day, showcased people to defend themselves from the to Raga Shankara and Ta. Thang-Ta was a martial art RATES `/KG Kathak, Kuchipudi and Bhoopali, and Bandish was developed for the people to Thang-Ta dance forms. The hostile neighbouring countries. ‘Thang' set to Raga Malkauns. Yugal defend themselves from the Dressed/With Skin `146 Ministry of Culture, Andhra means sword and ‘Ta' means spear Nritya was a harmonised pre- hostile neighbouring coun- Without Skin `167 Pradesh Creativity and Culture sentation competing through tries. 'Thang' means sword Broiler at Farm `101 Commission and Indian skilful choreography, subtle and 'Ta' means spear. Council for Cultural Relations Vysakhi Outstanding Service by renowned duo Nalini and movements, thrilling and Bhagiatha Vilasam, a (ICCR) supported the festival. to Dance Awards. Kuchipudi Kamalini, disciples of Kathak breathtaking footwork. They Kuchipudi dance ballet, The guests of the evening were guru Natyasri KV Lakshmi maestro Guru Jitendra Maharaj set it to raga Durga and depicting the story of EGG Nalini and Kamalini staging Kathak dance during the 12th All India Classical Dance `/ Naresh Penumaka, Chief from Visakhapatnam received of Varanasi Gharana. Kamalini Jhaptal. The duo then per- Bhagiratha bringing Goddess RATES 100 Commissioner of Customs and Festival at the Kalabharathi Auditorium in Visakhapatnam on Monday Vysakhi Natya Shiromani is the chairperson of Kathak formed a Thumri depicting Ganga to the earth was bril- HYDERABAD 368 Central Excise, Dr Ajit Pathak, Award, and Thang-Ta artiste Kendra, New Delhi, and Nalini expressions and emotions of liantly presented by the stu- VIJAYAWADA 410 National President of Public The guests honoured Maharaj with the Vysakhi Rosen Longjamba received is the director of Sangeetka Nayak and Nayika. dents of Nataraj Music and Relations Society of India, and D Sangeet Natak Akademi Lifetime Achievement Award, Vysakhi Natyasri Award. Institute of Performing Arts, 'Padasanyojan' was the equa- Dance Academy under the VISAKHAPATNAM 415 Satyanarayana Raju, Additional awardee and Kathak exponent and Kathak duo Nalini and The evening began with a New Delhi. Both of them are tion of foot expression with guidance and choreography of RETAIL PRICE `4.10 Commissioner of Income Tax. from New Delhi Guru Jitendra Kamalini from New Delhi with spectacular Kathak presentation recipients of the Sangeet Natak the jingling of ankle bells. Naatyasri KV Lakshmi. (IN VIJAYAWADA)

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CAPSULE Spandana comes in Village Sect posts: Options FTCCI, NALSAR to set up ADR centre exercised by candidates final HYDERABAD: The Federation PNS n VIJAYAWADA of Telangana Chambers of handy for elderly persons Commerce and Industry (FTCCI PNS n VIJAYAWADA balance amount. Merit-cum-preference exer- ) has officially launched in In another case, a couple cised by the candidate shall be Hyderabad on Monday among The Spandana programme from Kuchipudi of Movva taken as criteria for shortlist- dignitaries , officials and taken up by the YSRCP gov- mandal, Gangadhara Rao ing of candidates under corporate members. The ernment seems to have and Vimala, filed a com- Category I/II A/II B posts, a launch ceremony also become popular among plaint against their entire government communiqué said witnessed the FTCCI signing senior citizens in the State, as family. They alleged that on Monday. The preference for and exchanging of an MoU a large number of them have while they were trying to sell options as exercised by candi- with NALSAR University of been approaching the police a piece of their land due to dates at the time of submission Law for setting up of NALSAR seeking solutions financial problems, their of applications is 'final'. The and FTCCI International Centre to their problems. A large sons, grandsons and grand- selected candidates for Alternative Dispute number of elderly people daughters were threatening have to report on October 1 Resolution. Speaking on the attended the Spandana pro- the people coming forward to and 2, 2019 for induction occasion, Karunendra S Jasti, gramme in Machilipatnam buy it. training. However, 15 days president, FTCCI said “The on Monday. An old woman from maximum time period will Chamber of Commerce was In one of the cases, an old Nagayalanka, Punnamma, be given to candidates for n Collectors and will be sent as established in 1917, this couple Mastanbi and Subhani along with her grandchil- joining the posts from the The Grama an e mail to candidates short- Federation was first conceived of Chinnagoallapalem of dren, attended the Spandana date of issue of appointment Sachivalayam website listed. as a Chamber of Commerce Krittivennu mandal had filed n n programme and complained letter. will generate the The candidates will be representing the entire old a complaint stating that they A large number of elderly In another case, a couple that she had given her 36 A team consisting of offi- candidate-wise call informed by an SMS and email state of Hyderabad. This had been harassed by their people attended the from Kuchipudi of Movva acres of land for lease to a cers/staff well-acquainted with letters based on the about the certificate verifica- included parts of the present son and daughter-in-law for Spandana programme in mandal, Gangadhara Rao person by name of service matters from four venue details and time tion date and time. They can Karnataka, Maharashtra as well giving a share of their prop- Machilipatnam on Monday and Vimala, filed a Govardhan. But he sub- departments related to Cat I slot inputs by District also download the call letter as all the Telugu-speaking erty to their daughters, along complaint against their leased it to somebody else viz, PR, MAU&D, SW and from the Gram Sachivalayam n In one of the cases, an old Collectors and will be districts of the old Nizam's with their sons. entire family and was now not paying the Home departments, should sit sent as an e mail to website using hall ticket num- dominions. The year 1956 saw couple Mastanbi and Subhani Similarly, Bulliaiah of lease amount to the actual together and prepare the list of shortlisted candidates ber and date of birth. the formation of the linguistic Koduru mandal complained of Chinnagoallapalem of n They alleged that while owner. It was revealed that shortlisted candidates as per The candidate has to state, Andhra Pradesh, and the that his son had agreed to Krittivennu mandal had filed a they were trying to sell a the accused have tried to merit and preference exer- upload the certificates and name was changed to 'The purchase land from him and complaint stating that they piece of their land due to create duplicate documents cised by them. filled with local tribes only as also fill 'antecedents verifica- Federation of Andhra Pradesh had paid only Rs 2 lakh out had been harassed by their financial problems, their and sell them to another Similar teams may be con- per the notification. tion form' on the Gram Chambers of Commerce and of the total amount of Rs 8 son and daughter-in-law for sons, grandsons and party. stituted with respective depart- The preference of options Sachivalayam website. The Industry' in 1958. It started lakh. The amount was paid at giving a share of their granddaughters were SP Ravindranath Babu ments for Category II A and II exercised by candidates will be candidate has to download functioning with representation the time the victim's wife was property to their daughters, threatening the people assured that the police would B posts. sent to all District Collectors by the uploaded certificates from the entire state. The being treated in the hospital. look into it and solve all the As per the latest Supreme APCFSS, according to com- from the Gram Sachivalayam along with their sons coming forward to buy it Federation gradually evolved The accused later took away issues after examining the Court guidelines, there shall be muniqué. The District website and carry two sets of into an apex organisation the land without paying the complaints. 33 1/3 per cent reservations to Collectors shall shortlist the photocopies, along with orig- representing large, medium women horizontally as per candidates as per vacancies inals, to the verification cen- and small scale industries and GO 63 (GAD), dated April 17. notified and fix the schedule tre without fail. Such print- became one of the largest GARBAGE DUMPING If adequate number of women for the verification of certifi- ed copies of certificates will chambers in the Country". HC lawyers candidates are found eligible in cates. The verification dates are have the hall-ticket number. 'general' roster points based on flexible and can be fixed from After verification of certifi- stage protest merit of respective categories September 24 to 26, 2019 in a cates and credentials of the VMC to serve notice (among OC/BC/SC/ST), there staggered manner. candidates, appointment PNS n VIJAYAWADA is no need to specially allocate The Grama Sachivalayam orders will be issued by the Pushpasri Vani separate roster points for website will generate the can- the District Collector and the Advocates staged a protest on women. didate-wise call letters based Chairman, District Selection to ‘act' as on Hotel DV Manor Monday demanding that the ST posts reserved in on the venue details and time Committee, by September government not shift the Scheduled Areas should be slot inputs by District 28 or 29, 2019. school teacher PNS n VIJAYAWADA High Court from Amaravati. Continued from Page 1 The protest was staged in Vijayawada Municipal the wake of reports that the Actor Prasad Babu, playing Corporation (VMC) High Court may be shifted to TTD board the lead role, said food and Commissioner V Prasanna Kurnool from Amaravati. clothes are being laced with Venkatesh on Monday direct- Advocates said that they had members chemicals and it was high time ed officials to serve notice on come to Amaravati from they were discarded and soci- DV Manor Hotel manage- Hyderabad and set up their ety resorted to organic farming. ment regarding the illegal offices there. They will have sworn in Another schedule was shot dumping of waste at the to face difficulties if the gov- PNS n TIRUMALA at Thotapalle and hundreds of garbage transfer station. ernment shifts the High people from nearby villages The Commissioner suggest- Court to Kurnool, they con- The new members of the rushed to the spot to see the ed to officials to shift the tended. TTD Trust Board were collector Dr M Harijawaharlal garbage through bio-mining The Association of AP sworn in at the sanctum in the official role. procedure so that the dumping High Court advocates said sanctorum of Sri B Karunakar Reddy, Rakesh Sinha, AJ Sekhar, Kupender Reddy, Dushmanta "This documentary will place can be cleared regularly. that Amaravati is geograph- Kumar Das and Amol Kale, who have been appointed as special invitees by the Venkateswara Swamy tem- bring in a revolutionary change He also noticed logging of ically close to all the districts government in the TTD board, take oath at Tirumala on Monday ple at Tirumala on Monday. among the farmers,'' the rainwater at a vacant place at of Andhra Pradesh except for Among those who were Collector said. Ajit Premji Trust Andhra Prabha Colony and a few in Rayalaseema. But, it sworn in, three are ex-offi- has funded the documentary Ajit Singh Nagar, and directed may be convenient for them cio members - Chief and trustee of Jattu, an NGO, officials to serve a notice on the poor condition, with the sur- city chief planner Lakshmana as well after completion of the Secretary to Government of supervised the production part. owner of the site to construct roundings filled with thick Rao, executive engineers ASN construction of Anantapur- TTD special AP Manmohan Singh, EO Being produced by a soak pit within 15 days. growth of plants. He instruct- Prasad and Koteswara Rao, Amaravati Expressway. Anil Kumar Singhal and Prakruthi Adi Devo Bhava Later, he visited New ed officials to clean it up and AMHO Babu Srinivasan and Gudapati Venkateswara Endowments Productions, the film is direct- Rajarajeswari Peta and found raise a garden instead. others accompanied the Rao, DSNV Prasad Babu and Commissioner Padmaja. ed by A.B. Anand. vacant G+3 housing blocks in Chief engineer Marianna, Commissioner. others led the protests. invitees take oath Three of the members had already took oath on Saturday, while at Srivari temple the other 17, apart from the six, who were absent, also Vamsadhara Tribunal okays PNS n TIRUMALA Speaking on the occasion, took the oath on Monday. Karunakar Reddy thanked Among the 17, five ren- The special invitees appoint- Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy dered the oath in English joint surveys by AP, Odisha ed by the State government in for giving an opportunity to all while the remaining did it the TTD board took oath on the special invitees to render in Telugu. Continued from Page 1 to waste into the sea and also in requesting for constitution of a Monday at the Srivari temple. services to their best possible The members who took view of the abnormal delay in Tribunal and refer the complaint Out of seven invitees, six abilities. oath on Monday include Though Odisha has agreed in obtaining concurrence of the of Andhra Pradesh on Neradi took oath in the sanctum "We will definitely stand to UV Ramanamurthy Raju, principle for construction of the Odisha Government, the Barrage and side weir for adju- sanctorum, including local the expectations of Chief M Mallikarjuna Reddy, K Neradi Barrage, it has refused to Government of Andhra Pradesh dication. The GoI on February legislator B Karunakar Minister YS Jaganmohan Parthasaradhi, Murali Lensman Tamma Srinivasa Reddy showcasing his photographs at an give concurrence for its execu- has proposed to construct a 24, 2010 constituted the Reddy, Rakesh Sinha, AJ Reddy in safeguarding the Krishna, Narayanaswami exhibition in Vijayawada (file photo) tion on the ground of possibili- side weir and flood flow canal in Vamsadhara Water Dispute Sekhar, Kupender Reddy, interests of millions of pilgrims Srinivasan, J Rameswara ty of excess land acquisition AP territory at Katragadda vil- Tribunal (VWDT). Dushmanta Kumar Das and thronging Tirumala temple. Rao, Dr M Nichita, N Subba over the mutually agreed upon lage about 2 km upstream of the On September 13, 2017, the Amol Kale. Later, they were "Our priority is to provide Rao, G Venkata Bhaskar extent of 106 acres and backwa- proposed Neradi Barrage as a Tribunal prepared and pro- rendered Vedasirvachanam them all with amenities and a Rao, B Parthasarathi Reddy, City lensman bags ter effect due to barrage in the temporary structure to divert nounced its final order and by Vedic priests and offered hassle-free darshan besides D Damodar Rao, MS Siva wake of unprecedented floods in floodwaters into Hiramandalam decision by permitting the State theertha prasadams and a taking up Hindu sanatana Shankaran, Kumaraguru, C 1980. reservoir. to construct Side Weir and portrait of Lord dharma publicity activity in a Prasad Kumar, Mooramsetti To derive the early benefits of AP filed a complaint on July Neradi Barrage under Section Venkateswara by Special widespread manner," Reddy Ramulu, P Pratap Reddy, MFIP award river waters which otherwise go 28, 2009 with MOWR, GoI, 5(2) of ISRWD Act 1956. Officer AV Dharma Reddy. stated. and K Siva Kumar. PNS n VIJAYAWADA ated by a five-member jury con- sisting of highly respected emi- The Master of Federation of nent image-makers from differ- Indian Photography (MFIP) ent corners of the country. New board members exhorted to serve devotees award, the highest honour The award will be presented from the prestigious Federation to Reddy at a gala event to be PNS n TIRUMALA of Indian Photography (FIP), conducted in January 2020. TS TTD Chairman said has been conferred on Tamma Reddy joined as a member of TTD Trust Board Chairman the board had Srinivasa Reddy from Andhra FIP in 1993. Winning several YV Subba Reddy exhorted the Pradesh. He bagged the award laurels, he was awarded the new members of the board to resolved to build the for his photographs depicting Fellowship Honour of FIP in River linkage strive for the welfare of devo- Balaji reservoir in the lifestyle of tribals. 2002. tees, who throng Tirumala In a communiqué to TS He travelled across the coun- talks remain from all corners of the world, Tirumala to provide a Reddy, Dr Barun Sinha, try, covering the regions of to have darshan of Lord permanent solution to Secretary-General of FIP, said Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Venkateswara. that Reddy has been conferred Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, inconclusive He was addressing the first the drinking water with the highest distinction of Maharashtra, Odisha, Continued from Page 1 meeting of the 50th Trust needs of the hill shrine FIP- MFIP following evaluation Nagaland, Meghalaya, Board at Annamaiah Bhavan in of his portfolio consisting of 20 Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu The CAG report tabled in Tirumala on Monday. and estimates for the images in black and white cat- and Ladakh to capture the life the TS Legislative Assembly He requested the members same would be placed egory. The images were evalu- of tribals. on Sunday also talked about to fulfil their commitments to pending distribution of assets Lord Venkateswara by serving before the next of common institutions the people with the coordina- meeting of the board whose value was pegged at tion of TTD officials and nearly Rs 1.30 lakh crore. employees. With regard to diversion of Addressing the media, the Damodara Rao, MS Godavari water, officials from Chairman said that the board TTD Trust Board Chairman YV Subba Reddy addressing the Trust Board meeting at Tirumala on Monday Shivasankaran, Kumara Guru, both the states submitted in its maiden meeting had C Prasada Kumar, reports to their respective cleared many pending issues Venkateswara temple project at The introduction of electric Dr M Padma, TUDA Maremshetty Ramulu, C CMs on the financial and for the smooth running of the Amaravati was reduced from battery vehicles in Tirumala to Chairman and ex-officio mem- Pratap Reddy, K Shiv Kumar, execution issues. Officials TTD administration. Rs 150 crore to Rs 36 crore protect the environment was ber Dr C Bhaskar Reddy, TTD special invitees B Karunakar from both the states estimat- He said the board had with necessary amendments in discussed in the meeting and a Board members, UV Reddy, Rakesh Reddy, AJ ed the project cost of resolved to build the Balaji the design. sub-committee has been set up Ramanamurthy Raju, Meda Sekhar, Kupender Reddy, Godavari diversion at nearly reservoir in Tirumala to pro- The Avilala project has been to review the problems of con- Mallikarjuna Reddy, K Dushmanta Kumar Das and Rs 70,000 crore. vide a permanent solution to re-engineered as a park and tract and outsourced employ- Parthasarathi, Murali Krishna, Amol Kale were present. Discussion on how much the drinking water needs of the tank for benefit of citizens of ees of the TTD. N Srinivasan, J Rameshwar Tirumala Special Officer AV amount each State should hill shrine and estimates for the Tirupati. Similarly, the budget AP Government Special Rao, Dr M Nichita, V Dharma Reddy, Tirupati JEO bear for this project was dis- same would be placed before for the Garuda Varadhi project Chief Secretary Manmohan Prasanthi, N Subba Rao, G P Basant Kumar and CVSO Srinivas Reddy captures different shades of tribal women in his lens cussed, but no agreement the next meeting of the board. is to be revised in consultation Singh, EO Anil Kumar Singhal, Venkatabhaskar Rao, B Gopinath Jatti were also pre- was reached. Estimates for the Sri with the State government. Endowments Commissioner Parthasarathi Reddy, D sent. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 region 04 Agency villages remain Onion prices shoot to Rs 65 per kg, ginger @130 tense after encounter PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Odisha's art, PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Prices of onions shot up in the COPS YET TO IDENTIFY DEAD MAOISTS city markets as there has been culture to Tense situation is prevailing in a shortage of supply from the agency villages under G K Maharashtra, said government Veedhi, Koyyuru mandal and sources here on Monday. adorn Rajdhani Darakonda area on Monday, The present prices are Rs 46 day after three Maoists were a kg in Rythu Bazaar, which Express gunned in an exchange of fire was Rs 25 a month ago. In the PNS n BHUBANESWAR with the anti-Maoists police open markets, it varied from squads. The police are yet to Rs 55 to Rs 65 a kg. The onions Odisha's art, culture and identify the three Maoists sold in the Rythu Bazaars are heritage will be on dis- including two women who of very low quality as the best play on the exteriors of died in the firing. Sources said variety moves to the retail ply of the onions, some traders New Delhi- the man could be Hari, a Dal markets. The prices of in the wholesale markets are Bhubaneswar Rajdhani commander. The consumers are also onions and ginger blocking the onions stock to Express. The encounter took place in complaining about the restric- have been rising create the further shortage of East Coast Railway the reserve forest area near tion on the purchase quantity. the onions in the city, said offi- (ECoR) and National Madimalli area under Market sources said the for weeks now. cials of Vigilance and Aluminium Limited Gummarevula Panchayat of prices of onions and ginger Since they are Enforcement Department. Company (NALCO) on GK Veedhi Mandal, close to have been rising for weeks the main Vizag region has a require- Monday signed an the Darakonda in Vizag now. Since Onions and ginger ment of around 30 tonnes agreement in this Agency on Sunday. are the main ingredients for ingredients for onions everyday while the city regard. The tribals in the villages many dishes, the traders are many dishes, receives only 20 tonnes on a NALCO will sponsor are tense since the armed hamlets were not safe under completion of one year of the the agency was free from the taking the advantage by calling traders are taking daily basis. high-quality designs on police are looking for the the present situation. The killing of former Araku Valley Maoists, few rebels from across their own rates. Sources said that the supply vinyl wrapping sheets injured Maoists who could be armed police are questioning MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao the Odisha border might have "For onions and ginger, we the advantage by of onions from Maharashtra to drape the Rajdhani taking shelter for medical every able bodied person and the former Araku Valley entered the Visakha agency to are cutting down the purchase calling their own and Gujarat will come down trains. The ECoR has aid. On the other hand inquiring about strangers tak- MLA Siveri Soma by the create trouble and to make of other vegetables,'' says GV rates. further in the coming days. three sets of train rakes inclement weather also put ing shelter at gun point Maoists near Livitput under their presence felt. Laxmi, a housewife from East The government should of Rajdhani Express. the people indoors since ``The situation also com- Dumbriguda Mandal in Vizag They denied arresting any Point Colony. Ginger was sold supply quality onions at sub- The designs have Sunday evening. pounded as the Maoist are Agency on September 23, last person after the exchange of at Rs 130 a kg, she added. wouldn't improve until the sidized prices to consumers. been made such that Sources said all the youth observing 15th formation day year,'' said a teacher and mem- fire. But one of them admitted Sources in the market and situation in Maharashtra sub- The quality of the onions at each coach will have a fled to plain and populated of the outfit from September ber of HRF. that they have been question- horticulture department said sides. Taking the advantage of Rythy Bazars is not good, said distinct display. The villages for shelter as the 21. It also coincided with the Top police officials said since ing strangers. that the supply of onions gap between demand and sup- another consumer. designs will adorn the exteriors of the train, said an ECoR official. GODAVARI BOAT MISHAP The designs will pro- Single window help mote three themes - PR professional offers tips to students dance forms, archaeo- desk for kin of boat PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM logical monuments and Two more arrested capsize victims flora and fauna of the National President of the state. PNS n KAKINADA Association and remand. PNS n RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Public Relations Society of "This will go a long Yerramsetty Raja Rao The ASP clarified that India (PRSI) Dr Ajit Pathak way in promoting Two more persons con- president Papikondalu the boat operation on the The East Godavari and gave tips on PR activities and tourism potential of nected to unauthorized Boat Owners Welfare ill-dated day was carried Rajamahendravaram Urban Police its scope during his lecture on Odisha and promote operation of tourist boat Association. without any valued per- jointly arranged a single window insur- 'Opportunities in Mass traditional Odishan art," in river Godavari on mission and operated on ance coverage help desk at the Urban Communications and Public said Ajoy Behera, ECoR September 15 were arrest- the circular issued by state Police Commissionerate from Monday. Relations' organised by St principal chief commer- ed by police on Monday. port officer. East Godavari SP, Adanan Nayeem Joseph's College for Women cial manager. With this the number of Vakul Zindal said that Asmi and Rajamahendravaram Urban in Visakhapatnam in associ- These designs will be arrests in connection with police teams were sent to SP, Dr Shemushi Bajpai said on Monday ation with PRSI, placed between the glass the boat tragedy has gone different places to nab the that the help desk was started to provide Visakhapatnam Chapter, on PRSI President Dr Ajit Pathak addressing students from St Joseph's College for windows of the coach up to five. remaining accused in this relief to the kin of the deceased from the Monday. Women in Visakhapatnam on Monday on exterior side. There Disclosing details to case. Kachhuluru tourist boat capsize on With his extraordinary pro- will be two more strips, media persons ASP, The ASP also said that 15th of this month. The help desk pro- fessional experience as He presented Principal Dr Management Studies, Andhra one at the top and the Rampachodavaram in NDRF, SDRF, police, rev- vides information about the deceased in Manager (Corporate Shyji a copy of his well- University, D A Ramani, other at the bottom, East Godavari and inves- enue and fire service per- the provision of FIR, post-mortem, Communications, acclaimed book. He was HoD, Department of Office reflecting various tigating officer Vakul sonal are of 12 persons, inquest reports and allied documents. Administration and Welfare) accompanied by a conflu- Management, SJC, Dr Ragini designs in traditional Zindal on Monday said who are still missing. The police officials revealed that 26 in the Indian Oil ence of PR professionals, US Pathak and Narayana Rao, Pattachitra form. that the two accused Three days earlier boat On the issue of bringing were rescued on the first day, and 36 out Corporation, Pathak succinct- Sarma, Vice-President Assitant Professor in JMC in Nalco's designs and arrested are Geda Venkata owner Kodigudla Venkata the capsized boat out of of the total 77 died in the mishap .They ly presented the overview on (South) PRSI, Prof DVR St Joseph's College. logos will also feature on Ramana Satyanaga Murali Ramana, Yalla Prabhavati Godavari waters, the suspect that more bodies are hidden in the PR in the country. He delin- Murthy, Head, Department of He also gave an interview the coaches. Reputed alias Javasri Murali pres- and Yerramsetty investigating officer said capsized boat and all out efforts are being eated the qualities and atti- JMC, Andhra University, Prof to the students of JMC, who designers and agencies ident of Sir Arthur Cotton Atchutamani, owners of that efforts are being made made to bring the boat out of deep water tude necessary for a PR pro- N Sambasiva Rao, former asked him very pertinent have been engaged in AC Boat Owners KVR Travels were sent to with expert teams. at Kuchhuluru in Devfipatnam mandal. fessional. Professor in Commerce and questions on PR. the exercise. Bathukamma saree distribution begins BACK IN BUSINESS across all Telangana State districts n Minister for IT KT Rama Rao distributes sarees in Nalgonda

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TRS working president KT Rama Rao commenced distribution of the Bathukamma sarees among the bene- ficiaries at a programme held here on Monday. Because of the Huzurnagar by-election, distribution of the sarees in Suryapet district did not take place. The TRS government is distributing Fishermen getting ready to take their boats out at the fishing harbour in Visakhapatnam on Monday eight kinds of sarees among the – Photo: Tirupathi Rao G women of the state for Bathukamma festival. Because of the scheme, weavers of Telangana are able to earn at least Rs 16,000 to Rs 20,000 a month as against the earlier Rs 8,000-12,000 Collector finds rare Ravi Shankar a month. This year, the number of beneficia- ries is going to be at least Rs 1.02 Tribal Minister crore. Women and youth who memorabilia in scrap shop are above 18 years of age offers sarees to are going to get the gift PNS n MUMBAI material is so frail and delicate." of sarees for the fes- Wear handloom on Sammakka, Ravi Shankar, one of India's tival. Not less than A film archivist hoping to find best known musicians, died in 16,000 weavers Saralamma movie posters at a scrap shop 2012 at the age of 92. families worked Monday's: KTR stumbled on a treasure trove of Rare documents found in on 26,000 IT Minister KT Rama Rao called upon the people to wear handloom PNS n WARANGAL rare photographs of legendary junkyards and in scrap shops is power looms textiles to promote livelihood of weavers. Speaking on the occasion after sitarist Ravi Shankar as well as his not surprising, said Ausaja. to weave the distributing sarees, the Minister said that that not only Bathukamma sarees, will receive their sarees only after the Women and Tribal Welfare musical notes and illustrations. "That's how some of the rarest sarees. The the weavers have been entrusted to weave school students' uniforms."The elections. The number of beneficia- Minister Satyavathi Rathod A delighted S M M Ausaja of film posters were found. I weavers government has been forging ahead to improve living standards of weavers. The ries in the district are 3,69,703. on Monday offered said the unknowing scrap deal- remember I once found a fold- employed 10 Bathukamma sarees helped weavers augment their income. No state government As per the government rules, the Bathukamma sarees to the er in Mahim gave him a suitcase Posters" and "Bollywood: The ed poster of Basu Chatterjee's desgins and ever introduced an exclusive scheme for weavers," he said. Under 'Cheneta Mitra' beneficiaries should belong to a BPL Tribal deity Sammakka and and told him that it belonged to Films! The Songs! The Stars!", film 'Manzil', starring Amitabh used 10 scheme, the government extends 50 per cent subsidy on dyes, yarn and other family (white ration cardholder) and Saralamma in Medaram. a musician. and has a massive collection of Bachchan. It is the rarest poster colours to goods. For the benefit of their families, the government is implementing should be aged 18 years and above. The Tribal priests accorded Ausaja took it home and was rare Bollywood film posters. in my archive," he said. weave magic 'Netanna Cheyuta' and another scheme titled 'Cheneta Lakshmi.' Warangal In fact, 1,95,000 sarees reached the Minister warm wel- gobsmacked to find that it con- He has been following this The archivist said the condi- and make 100 district will soon have a mega textile park, he said and urged the all the Suryapet district. Because of the code come. The Minister offered tained rare documents of the late passion for 30 years. Asked how tion of restoration is really poor varieties of government servants to wear handlooms on Mondays. "When seven of conduct that came into force with prayers to the Tribal deities musician, credited with taking much he had to pay, Ausaja said, in India and the government is sarees. weavers committed suicide in 2001 and 2002, KCR raised funds effect from September 21, saree distri- on the occasion. She was the sounds of the sitar to music "That's immaterial. I could afford doing next to nothing. "Eighty The govern- begging from others and gave Rs 50,000 to each of the bereaved bution would have to wait in the dis- accompanied by MP Maloth aficionados across the world. this so I picked it up but what is per cent of silent films are lost. ment spent Rs 313 family. KCR resolved to provide livelihood to weavers then trict till the elections are over. Kavitha Bhadru Naik, ZP "When I opened the suitcase important is what is inside and Why would this happen if the crore to get the and there. Energy Minister Ketireddy Jagadishewar In Maheswaram mandal of chairman Kusuma and started going through the what has been saved. You can- government was so keen on sarees woven. During Reddy said that the sarees are not election their Rangareddy district, Education Jagadeesh, Former Minister documents, I realised how big a not quantify that. "This contains restoration. Why was the the past three years, the sarees, but gifts to women folks for saree Minister Sabita Indra Reddy distrib- Chandulal and Former MP part it was of our cultural her- his personal notes on some of the National Film Archives founded expenditure incurred on the Bathukamma festival. from the uted the sarees among women. The Seetaram Naik. Later, the itage. If this can happen to a greatest performances he had in 1960s when cinema in India sarees was Rs 715 crore. This relevant village women are elated over receiving the Minister formally launched Bharat Ratna, just imagine what given, musical notes written in started in 1913. Who is respon- time, the quality of sarees has been or ward committee sarees. Officials have made elaborate the Bathukamma saree dis- will happen to others when they his own handwriting and illus- sible for the films that are lost? We increased. Along with the saree, the members. arrangements for the distribution. tribution in the Mulugu are gone. It is really sad. I trations done by his son Shubho, cannot depend on the govern- beneficiaries are also going to get a The village committee will have vil- In Wanaparty, Agriculture Minister district headquarters. MLA thought it was my duty towards who was an illustrator. He had ment for this. "Individually also, blouse piece. The cost per saree lage panchayat officer, village revenue S Niranjan Reddy commenced distri- Seethakka and Mulugu dis- my nature to at least ensure that also made a sketch of his father." these things cannot be sustained worked out to be Rs 280 excluding the officer, village mahila sangham office- bution of Bathukamma sarees in a fes- trict collector Narayan this gets restored," Ausaja told The first step, Ausaja said, was because restoration work is very GST. bearer and ration-shop dealers as tival atmosphere. He said that at least Reddy were also present. PTI in an interview. restoring all the material in his expensive. Restoring a single As against the 1.02 crore sarees to members. On ward committees, bill 1.25 lakh sarees are being distributed During her visit to the "The guy who gave me the possession as it is not in a good poster costs about Rs 7,000- be distributed this time, 96.70 lakh Collector, ward women's association among women in Wanaparty alone. Jathara site, the Minister suitcase did not know about Ravi condition. 8,000. The corporates and NGOs sarees were distributed last year and office-bearer, and ration dealer will Minister for Transport Puvvada Ajay reviewed development pro- Shankar. He said this is about "There are pages which are should come forward. Collectors 95.48 lakh the previous year. Of the function as members. Kumar commenced distribution of grammes and preparatory some musician. But I was star- torn, photographs that need to like me are doing their own bit targeted 1.02 crore, 75 lakh have The by-election code of conduct sarees in Khammam and asked people programmes for the ensuing tled to see the material." restored and artworks in need of in a small way to preserve as already been dispatched to districts. poured cold water on the aspirations to celebrate Bathukamma festival with Medaram Jatara. Ausaja has authored two repair. After restoration, the sec- much as they can, but we are in The eligible women should collect of women of Suryapet district. They enthusiasm. books on cinema, "Bollywood in ond step is documentation. The a very slim minority," he added. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 nation 05

SHORT READS CLEANUP DRIVE PM Modi must shed Over 1,000 kg plastic waste found at Goa beach PNS n PANAJI lution," he said. The garbage was later handed over to the aversion Nehru: Cong Over 1,000 kg of plastic waste Corporation of City of Panaji PNS n NEW DELHI has been found at a beach for further processing, he said. stretch near Panaji by a team of The international coastal The Congress on Monday scientists and students of the cleanup campaign began over Ashok Gehlot hailed the US House Majority Goa-based National Institute of 30 years ago and since then, Leader's invoking of Jawaharlal Oceanography (NIO), an offi- plastic consumption has gone R’than CM holds Nehru in his speech at the cial said on Monday. up, the spokesperson said. 'Howdy Modi' event, saying it During a campaign as part "We know plastic has a neg- hearing to redress would have been better if of the International Coastal ative impact and we know people’s grievances Prime Minister Narendra Cleanup Day 2019 last where it is coming from. We JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Modi would have shed his Saturday, the NIO team col- need to prevent this pollution, Minister Ashok Gehlot held a aversion to India's first PM and lected garbage from the and more importantly, cut it off public hearing at his residence joined in endorsing what the Caranzalem beach for two- at the source," he added. here on Monday to redress American leader said. and-a-half hours and found Waste collected from around one-km The NIO, a constituent lab- grievances of the citizens. The Democrat Steny Hoyer, that the area was littered with stretch of the beach included 1,078 kg oratory of the Council of chief minister took while welcoming Prime various plastic material. Scientific and Industrial representations and complaints Minister Modi at the event on "The waste collected from of plastics, 486 kg of organic waste like Research (CSIR), undertook from people who came from Sunday, had invoked Asked about US Democrat Steny Hoyer's around one-km-long stretch of paper and other trash, 720 glass bottles the drive in association with various parts of the state. He Mahatma Gandhi and India's remarks, Congress' Anand Sharma said it the beach included 1,078 kg of the National Centre for Coastal issued necessary directions to first prime minister Nehru in plastics, 486 kg of organic and 125 metal cans, a spokesperson of Research and the Ministry of senior officials to redress the his speech. was nice to see leaders in US recognise waste including paper and National Institute of Oceanography said Earth Sciences. grievances, a release said. Asked about Hoyer's contribution of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi other trash, 720 glass bottles Over 130 staff members and Various individuals including remarks, Congress' senior and 125 metal cans," a students participated in the women, delegations of different spokesperson Anand Sharma and Jawaharlal Nehru, “like we respect spokesperson of the NIO said. spoons, cups, glasses, straws, "Our addiction to single-use drive, led by NIO's Director organisations apprised the chief said it was heartening to see Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela” The trash consisted of plas- pens, bags, toys and decorative plastic and lack of its waste Sunil Kumar Singh and senior minister of their issues at the that leaders in America recog- tics used for food and other items, fishing net pieces and management has resulted in a scientists Mahua Saha and Jansunwayi, it said. nise the contribution of lead- packagings, plastic caps, tarpaulin sheets, he said. global epidemic of plastic pol- Rakesh Sharma. ers like Mahatma Gandhi and and Mahatma Gandhi," he was reminded of the contri- Jawaharlal Nehru, "like we told reporters. butions of Nehru by the House Suspected cow respect Martin Luther King or Senior Congress leader Majority Leader in Houston," Nelson Mandela". Jairam Ramesh said he is glad he said. ABVP's march to smuggler beaten up "Jawaharlal Nehru (was) the that Modi was reminded of the Senior Congress leader by mob in Rajasthan front-ranking leader of the contributions of Nehru by the Abhishek Singhvi also took a Guj: Man lynched on suspicion Jadavpur varsity Indian national movement and American Democratic party swipe at Modi over Hoyer's JAIPUR: An alleged cow architect of modern India, we leader. remarks, saying, "It was stopped by cops smuggler was beaten up by a owe a debt of gratitude to him. "I recall L K Advani praising absolutely unexpected for of being thief, three arrested mob in Shahjahapur area of It would have been better that Nehru in a speech in New York Modi ji". PNS n KOLKATA Rajasthan's Alwar district, the the Prime Minister would have some years ago. Vajpayee's "While the achievements of PNS n JAMNAGAR police said on Monday. On a shed his aversion to Pandit tribute to Nehru is a master- Nehru and Gandhi ji were ABVP activists on Monday tip off that cows were being Nehru and joined in endorsing piece. Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh being mentioned, his (Modi's) A unidentified man was pelted stones at police officers smuggled in two jeeps, police what the US Senators were say- Din...," Ramesh said in a tweet. expressions were worth see- allegedly beaten to death by a and tried to break barricades had put up barricades on ing about Jawaharlal Nehru "I'm glad that PM Modi ing," he said. group of seven persons on sus- after their protest rally to Sunday night. While one of the picion of being a thief in Jadavpur University here was jeeps managed to dodge police Gujarat's Jamnagar district, stopped midway, sources teams, a group of villagers Guj: 4 crocodiles police said on Monday. said. managed to stop another jeep The incident took place at The right wing students' carrying 6-7 bovines in Fusa ki rescued in Moti Khavdi village on Sunday organisation took out the Dhani where they thrashed one following which three of the rally from Gariahat area in of the suspected smugglers Vadodara, 76 so accused were arrested, an offi- south Kolkata to protest identified as Munfed Khan, they cial at Medhpar police station against the September 19 said. "Khan holds a criminal far this monsoon said. attack on Union Minister record of smuggling cows. 6-7 PNS n VADODARA The man, who was appar- Babul Supriyo on Jadavpur bovines were recovered and ently mentally unstable and The man, apparently mentally unstable University campus. taken to a cow shelter. A cross Four crocodiles were res- around 35 years of age, tried to and around 35 years of age, tried to As soon as the Akhil FIR has been registered in the cued in the early hours of enter the house in which the Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad matter and the case is being enter a house in which the accused further investigated," Bhiwadi Monday from Vadodara and accused stayed by jumping (ABVP) activists reached SP Amandeep Singh Kapoor surrounding villages, taking the compound wall and break- stayed by jumping the compound wall Jodhpur Park, around 2km the total number of these rep- ing its window on Sunday away, police stopped them by said. Khan was admitted to a and breaking a window hospital in Shahjahapur. tiles saved during this year's morning, he said. putting up barricades on the monsoon to 76, a senior He then hurled abuses at road, the sources said. Gujarat forest department them following which the The protesters then pelted official said. accused, suspecting that the incident, he rushed to the spot Prakash Kumar, Santosh the police with stones and The four crocodiles were man was a thief, thrashed him and called the police. Maurya, and Shivaji Uadav, he tried to break the barricades, rescued from the campus of JEWAR AIRPORT with wooden and plastic sticks, Later, the police arrested said. An FIR was lodged on while raising slogans against a hostel, a railway crossing killing him on the spot, the three of the accused, Prabhakar Sunday evening against the the Trinamool Congress gov- and two villages, said Range official said. Tripathi (native of Deoria in seven accused under various ernment, they added. Forest Officer (RFO) Nidhi 47 farmers held during The accused worked as Uttar Pradesh), Yogesh Singh IPC Sections, including 302 Supriyo was last week Dave. supervisors at a private fabri- (from Sultanpur in UP) and (murder), 143 (unlawful heckled and held up for sev- "The hostel for resident cation factory nearby and lived Manoj Singh (hailing from assembly), 147, 148 (rioting) eral hours by the students of doctors of Sir Sayajirao in a rented house. Bihar), he said. and 323 (voluntarily causing Jadavpur University, where he Helicopter makes General Hospital is near protest to demand hike When they informed their Search was on for four oth- hurt), and the Gujarat Police had gone to attend a seminar emergency landing Vishwamitri river and the senior at the factory about the ers accused, Sahil Ansari, Act. organised by the ABVP. crocodile may have come in Kedarnath from there. One was caught in land compensation DEHRADUN: Six pilgrims on from the Kalali railway cross- board a private helicopter had a ing, while two others were PNS n NOIDA (UP) When farmers Rs 44 L robbed narrow escape on Monday rescued from Hansapura and Man climbs terrace of hotel to end when the tail end of the Kapurai villages," Dave said. Forty-seven farmers were proceeded to lay from LTT cash chopper hit an object while "It created panic among the arrested on Monday in Greater seige at Jewar toll making an emergency landing residents there. But teams of Noida after they held a protest counter, hunt at Kedarnath helipad soon after animal welfare NGOs and the in Jewar demanding increased plaza, they were life; rescued after 17 hours of talks take-off. The pilgrims were forest department rescued compensation for their land arrested as the on for culprit PNS n NEW DELHI returning from Kedarnath to them in an operation that last acquired for an upcoming air- demonstration Fata in the helicopter when the till 2am today," said Arvind port, officials said. PNS n MUMBAI A 31-year-old man climbed to pilot soon after the take off Pawar, a member of one of When the farmers pro- could’ve disrupted the terrace of a west Delhi hotel realised that it had developed a the rescue teams. ceeded to lay seige at the traffic, police said An unidentified person with the idea of ending his life technical snag, Rudraprayag Dave said incessant rains Jewar toll plaza, they were allegedly entered the but was finally persuaded not District Disaster Management this year has brought several arrested as the demonstra- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to do so after 17 hours of nego- Officer Harish Chandra Sharma crocodiles out of Vishwamitri tion could have disrupted traf- Ranvijay Singh told PTI. (LTT) cash counter here and tiations that carried on said. "As the helicopter was and Dhadhar rivers and near- fic movement, the officials While 5,000 hectare land is to decamped with around Rs 44 through the night, police said making an emergency landing by ponds onto streets and res- said. be acquired for the entire lakh, a Government Railway on Monday. on the helipad its rear portion idential complexes. The arrest comes at a time project, the first phase of the Police (GRP) said official on Sandeep alias Arman Malik hit an object, perhaps a railing," "Since August 1, we have when land acquisition is airport would be spread over Monday. first climbed the sixth floor of he said. "Luckily, all on board rescued 76 crocodiles, includ- underway for the Greenfield 1,334 hectare and is expect- The incident took place the hotel in Hari Nagar. He Sandeep alias Arman Malik first the helicopter are safe," he said. ing 41 after August 16," Dave International Airport in ed to be completed by 2023, late Sunday night but came to later climbed up to the terrace climbed to the sixth floor of the hotel in Seven persons, including the said. Gautam Buddh Nagar's Jewar according to district offi- light on Monday morning of the building and threat- pilot, were on board the Officials said Vishwamitri tehsil. The district adminis- cials. when the main counter ened to commit suicide after he Hari Nagar in west Delhi. He was helicopter when the incident and Dhadhar rivers are home tration has acquired more So far, the Gautam Buddh employee at the rail terminus had an altercation with his wife, finally persuaded not to do so after took place, he said. to more than 250 crocodiles. than three-quarters of the Nagar administration has found the cash missing, he police said. The Fire depart- land required for the first acquired 745-hectare land and said. ment said they received a call 17 hours of negotiations that carried phase of the airport. transferred its possession to He then alerted the about the incident at around 4 on through the night "There was a protest by the Yamuna Expressway Railway Protection Force pm on Sunday after which AVIATION SCAM farmers. 47 farmers have Industrial Development (RPF) officials who helped three vehicles carrying lad- been arrested. They were Authority (YEIDA), the offi- him approach the GRP in ders were rushed to the spot. the fire official said. He had Delhi from Ahmedabad. moving to block the Jewar cials said. Kurla, he said. The fire brigade, the police checked into the hotel at 1.30 Police said Sandeep is CBI files charges against toll plaza. The farmers were Jewar airport, second in the Footage of the CCTVs and a CAT ambulance were at pm on Sunday with his wife allegedly an accused in a case asked not to do so, but they National Capital Region after installed at the place was the spot the entire night trying Kritika Basera. She is his sec- lodged at Nihal Vihar police remained adamant on taking Delhi's Indira Gandhi being analysed, the official to convince the man so that he ond wife and their marriage station. He was rescued and lobbyist Deepak Talwar the law into their hands," International airport, will be said. could be brought down safely. had taken place a year ago in taken to Nihal Vihar police sta- PNS n NEW DELHI Greater Noida spread over 5,000 hectare and A manhunt was on to nab The man was finally rescued the same hotel, the police said. tion for further questioning, Superintendent of Police cost around Rs 15,754 crore. the accused, he added. at around 8.45 am on Monday, The couple had come to the police said. The CBI on Monday filed a charge sheet against corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar in connection with an aviation scam which allegedly led to Legendary cricketer Madhav Apte dies losses for Air India. The final report was filed PNS n MUMBAI He made his Test debut Batting icon Sachin before special judge Anil against Pakistan at the Cricket Apte made his Test debut against Tendulkar also condoled his Kumar Sisodia for the offence Veteran cricketer Madhav Apte Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai Pakistan at the Cricket Club of India death. punishable under sections 8 died after suffering a cardiac in November 1952 and played "Have fond memories of (taking gratification, in order arrest here on Monday morn- his last test against West Indies (CCI) in Mumbai in November 1952 and Madhav Apte Sir. I got to play to, by corrupt or illegal means, ing, a family member said. at Kingston in April 1953. played his last test against West Indies against him at Shivaji Park influence public servant) of Deepak Talwar He was 86. In his debut Test, he made 30 when I was 14. Still remember Prevention of Corruption Act, The former India and and 10 not out, respectively. at Kingston in April 1953 the time when he & Dungarpur besides other offences. missed his anticipatory bail Mumbai opener was admitted He was the first Indian open- Sir let me play for the CCI as Besides Talwar, who is cur- application. He was later sent to the Breach Candy Hospital er to aggregate over 400 runs in eran cricketersSunil Gavaskar, Rao Apte. Will treasure those a 15- year old. He always sup- rently in judicial custody in the to judicial custody on August where he breathed his last at a Test series (460 runs against Dilip Vengsarkar and former long discussions with you ported me & was a well wish- case, the charge sheet also 9. According to the agency, 6.09 am, his son Vaman Apte West Indies in 1953). Mumbai stalwart Milind Rege. cricket from your days!" he er. May his names his close aide Yasmeen Talwar had acted as a middle- told PTI. He also captained Mumbai Madhav Apte National selector Jatin tweeted. Soul Rest In Peace," Kapoor and Maya B Puri, man in negotiations to favour Madhav Apte played seven in domestic cricket. Paranjpe, his father Vasu and "Madhav Apte had a bag of Tendulkar said in a tweet. Stone Travel Private Limited, foreign private airlines, includ- Tests in which he scored 542 Madhav Apte was assigned He played the Kanga League noted cricket commentator stories. From Vinoo Mankad to Mumbai stalwart Amol Cedar Travels, Deepak Talwar ing Qatar Airways, Emirates runs, with a lone hundred and as the opening batsman by leg- till he was 70 years old. Harsha Bhogle were also pre- his buddy Subhya Fergie Gupte. Mazumdar also expressed grief & Associates and Asia Field and Air Arabia, by making three fifties to his credit. His endary Vinoo Mankad. Till his last breath, he was sent. To listen to him was rewinding over the death of another one Limited. national carrier Air India give highest score was 163 not out. He played along with sever- president of the 'Legends Club', Former Mumbai cricketer cricket history. Dignified affa- from the 'golden generation'. The court is likely to con- up profit making routes and He had a much better first al legendary cricketers, includ- a group formed to celebrate the Shishir Hattangadi took to ble yet accessible as senior. "Sad news indeed about sider the matter on October 1. timings. class record where he scored ing Mankad, Polly Umrigar, achievements of different Twitter to offer his condo- Passing Pedder Road and Madhav Apte sir. Shared many The agency had on July 26 The alleged deals took place 3,336 runs from 67 matches, Vijay Hazare and Rusi Modi. sportspersons. lences. Woodland Apartments each memories. Another of the gold- taken Talwar into custody during the Congress -led including six hundreds and He earlier also served as His funeralwas held in the "Another institution of time will bring back memories en generation of Mumbai inside the courtroom, United Progressive Alliance's 16 fifties. His highest first class president of the iconic CCI, an afternoon at Shivaji Park cre- Bombay and Mumbai Cricket with a smile.#RIP, Hattangadi Giants passes away. May his soul moments after the judge dis- (UPA) regime at the Centre. score was 165 not out. official said. matorium and attended by vet- comes to an end. RIP Madhav said in another tweet. rest in peace," he tweeted. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Convenient truths Both Modi and Trump have betted heavily on the Howdy Veiled plot in Kashmir event to shore up each other’s prospects via optics n the end, one has to give it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visually imprint the The abrogation of Article 370 has many virtues but one of its singular achievements Istrategic heft of the Indo-US relationship by almost becoming a master of ceremonies at has been that dishonest and hypocrite politicians from the Valley have been exposed the Howdy event in Houston. It takes panache to lead a US President, that too somebody like Donald Trump, on his turf, convince him to take a round of the NRG stadium hand-in-hand — much to the discomfiture of FBI bodyguards — and communicate a new mutual under- standing with a rockstar-like body language. Even Trump, for want of a better word, was “trumped.” Behind the optics of an Indian Prime Minister who scripted an orig- A SURYA PRAKASH inal moment, Modi sent all kinds of messages. For his audience back home, he ix weeks have gone by since the added to his list of many “firsts”, something that he feels had not been accom- Narendra Modi Government took plished by any of his predecessors, just like the statement of five-year accounts the historic step to abrogate Article 370 and bring the erstwhile State of he presented yet again. Harping on his “new India” theme — which in his book Jammu & Kashmir into the main- was achieving higher than what it had aimed no matter what the cold facts and Sstream. When one examines the global and figures — he clearly sought a renewal of faith from States going to the polls, domestic response to this momentous deci- knowing a mammoth audience would be clued into the telecast. For Trump, the sion, one realises what a heavy price India has paid for 70 years because of the indeci- optics put a clear pressure to stand by the bilateral spirit and not upend it through siveness of the then Prime Minister the other public medium he uses mostly to detrimental effect — Twitter. In fact, Jawaharlal Nehru and the Nehruvians, who with Trump sitting in the front row, Modi made some smart moves. First, he ran this country for close to seven decades. The spadework done by Prime Minister broke political protocol to openly campaign for Trump’s re-election, ill-advised Narendra Modi in terms of global diploma- but ego-boosting for the latter now, when India needs US support. Texas may cy over the last five years has really paid off be a red State but Houston is dominated by prosperous Indians who are large- when one sees how he has ensured that the international community accepts India’s ly Democrats. If the Modi magic does wash off even a bit on this electoral chunk, position that issues pertaining to Jammu & Trump would stand to gain and shed some of his anti-immigrant image. By cer- Kashmir are “an internal matter” of India. tifying the US President as worthy of India’s trust and giving out a rally cry of The historical fact is that in 1947, all Ab ki baar, sarkaar princely States in undivided India had the “ Trump ,” Modi has held him to account should he get re- option to either remain independent or elected and hinted that quid pro quos could follow only if he stayed as invest- accede to India or Pakistan. A total of 564 ed. Second, the PM deliberately linked 9/11 to 26/11, making both India and princely States acceded to the Indian Union. This included the State of Jammu & Kashmir, the US equal victims of jihadi terror that is bred in the same part of the world, which signed the Instrument of Accession ically insulate the State and pre- unconstitutional provisions that sion channels where these politi- a nation he carefully chose not to name. He implied that differential and prefer- on October 26, 1947. Pakistan was unhap- vent the blossoming of secular prevailed in the former State of cians were regular fixtures, failed ential standards should, therefore, not be applied as both were on the same boat. py with the decision of Jammu & Kashmir and democratic traditions with- Jammu & Kashmir. to ask them how India’s secular becoming a part of India; it sent the armed in its territory. Though some of Articles 370 and 35A also traditions could be preserved if Also, no matter what the US’ transgressions and bullyisms in other conflict zones, forces into the State and occupied a part of these leaders sometimes paid lip proved highly discriminatory for the Hindu minority in the only by calling Trump the crusader against global terrorism, Modi made sure that he its territory. Since the State acceded to India, service to the plight of the the citizens of India living in Muslim-majority State in the would not, at least overtly, mollify Pakistan at the expense of India. and part of its territory is in illegal occupa- Kashmiri Pandits — the Hindu other States. While Kashmiris country was hounded out of the tion of Pakistan, India has to re-acquire what minority which was driven out could study in the best of edu- Valley. These hypocritical media The PM also sought a public endorsement of his move to abrogate Article is now called Pakistan-occupied Kashmir of the State 30 years ago — they IT IS A MATTER OF cational institutions, secure outlets provided these politicians 370, saying it equalised democratic rights for all and strongly labelled it as an (PoK) and some of the territories ceded by did nothing to ensure their safe SHAME THAT employment and set up homes a regular platform to berate the internal issue of India in Trump’s presence, pre-empting any controversial con- Pakistan to China. This is what is meant by return. They were happy that the LEADERS IN THE all over the country, citizens rest of the country for any defi- versation on this subject hereon. The spot audience applause was a message “Kashmir dispute.” Valley had become a wholly from other States were prohib- ciencies in the working of This primer on what is the “Kashmir dis- Muslim territory. KASHMIR VALLEY, ited from securing admission in democracy without ever holding that the US should not fish in these waters. Of course, not that the US side did- pute” is necessary because the Congress, the Following the Government’s Kashmiri colleges or finding them accountable for the brutal n’t play up the anxieties that discomfitted Modi. A Democrat Senator reminded Nehruvians and the Marxists, who consti- decision to abrogate Article 370, WHO CRY HOARSE employment there. They were assault on the Hindu minority in the gathering of the liberal and secular character of India and invoked both Mahatma tuted “the Establishment” in Delhi until 2014, India has got to know how ABOUT also expressly barred from buy- their State. allowed Pakistan to get away with the argu- unconstitutional and discrimi- ing property in that State and The abrogation of Article Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru as laying that vision, the latter the subject of many ment that the State, which legitimately natory these provisions were. For DEMOCRACY, settling down there. Again, while 370 has many virtues but this recent barbs by the Modi-Shah duo. Also, given the recent “one language” rants acceded to India, was in dispute. The Modi example, it came as a shock to NEVER STOOD UP you find Kashmiri business- writer would say that one of of neo-bhakts, Modi played up the plurality and multi-culturalism of India by greet- Government has done remarkably well in the people to know that many of men everywhere in India, espe- its singular achievements will correcting this position and that is why, for the provisions relating to the FOR THE RIGHTS cially in all major tourist loca- be to expose these dishonest, ing in several languages. It seemed too reactive to appear well-meant but one the first time in 70 years, many nations have reservation of educational seats tions, Indians from other States hypocrite politicians of the that was intended to assuage doubts. Besides, by bringing up Kashmir in front declared that matters pertaining to Jammu and jobs for certain classes of OF THE HINDU were prohibited from setting up Kashmir Valley, who while of Trump, Modi sought to up the ante before Pakistan PM Imran Khan could. & Kashmir are India’s “internal matter.” This people, including the econom- MINORITY OR THE businesses in Kashmir. denying the rest of India includes Russia, the US, Australia, France, ically backward classes, were It is indeed a matter of entry into the Valley, have Modi summarised the US-India ties through a final banter, where he said that Germany, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab never enforced in the Jammu & VALMIKIS OR THE shame that political leaders in acquired permanent residen- though Trump felt he was a tough negotiator, the former was an authority on Emirates, to name a few. Closer home, Sri Kashmir. KASHMIRI the Kashmir Valley, who cry cy status in Lutyens’ Delhi! the art of deal-making from whom he was still learning lessons. Clearly, that is Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Second, while the Valmiki hoarse about democracy, never Equally shameful is how Maldives have unequivocally taken the community lived in the State and WOMEN. NOR DID stood up for the rights of the the so-called “secular funda- what will set the tenor of future relations, how much both can gain from each stand that this is India’s internal issue. The attended to scavenging and THEY SEE ANY Hindu minority or the Valmikis mentalists” admit these rank other through defence, energy and gas deals and concessions of an incremen- international community also knows now other municipal works, they or even the Kashmiri women. Muslim communalists as very tal nature in the offing. By leveraging data as the new gold, Modi presented the that the Valley comprises just 14 per cent of were not given permanent res- REASON FOR Nor did they see any reason for special citizens of the Lutyens’ the land area of the former State and much idency in the old regime. Equally ENDING THE ending the discrimination zone and even parade them as prospects of a digital market, too. Trump, stuck as he is in a trade row with China, of the mischief is engineered in just five dis- absurd was the fact that while against other Indians. But these the symbols of secularism. needs market access to India to show that he is thinking of “America first.” As tricts of the Valley. Thanks to the incompe- they had the right to vote in the DISCRIMINATION politicians, who lacked the Thanks to Prime Minister for Modi, Trump listening in on Kashmir patiently in the audience and their mutu- tence of the Nehruvians, the world had Lok Sabha election, they were AGAINST OTHER decency and political will to pro- Modi and Home Minister believed that the entire State was in strife. not entitled to vote in the State tect the minority, have the Amit Shah, these hypocrites ally orchestrated camaraderie as the world’s “two greatest democracies” would This stands corrected now. Assembly elections. INDIANS temerity to speak about democ- from the Valley stand com- blunt the edge of any offensive on the subject. Besides, trade deals would make As regards the internal situation in Third, a Kashmiri woman, racy and secularism and shed pletely exposed. They must India look like a recipient of investment, something which it needs to offset the Jammu & Kashmir, it must be noted that who married outside the State, tears over the alleged depletion now be delegitimised in gloomy economy. Both pandered to each other in a token display of realpolitik since the days of Sheikh Abdullah, the so- would lose her right to perma- in secular values in other parts Lutyens’ Delhi as well. called political leaders of that State — actu- nent residency and her progeny, of the country. (The writer is an author and opportunism. Who wins and loses is a question for another day. ally leaders from the Kashmir Valley — too, would be disentitled. These It is even more shameful specialising in democracy stud- developed a vested interest in preserving are just three of the many such that many media organisations, ies. Views expressed are per- In tears over onion Articles 370 and 35A in order to demograph- extremely discriminatory and especially some English televi- sonal) While we have learnt many lessons from waves of crisis, S O U N D BITE the Govt has hardly implemented them on the ground I believe protests are There was a time when I was The US and India have a In cricket, there will always t is ironical that India experiences spikes in important in a democracy. told to accompany a film great partnership and it has be an odd person who will be onion prices nearly every third year despite The day protests lose director for a recce and I was only strengthened with the swayed by greed. Could be told ‘I want to know every friendship of Donald Trump some other reason that might impressive growth in the production of the their value, India will I stop being India. inch of your body.’ and Narendra Modi. force him to do something. bulb, which has gone up from below 5.5 mil- West Bengal Chief Minister Actor Former US Ambassador Former Indian captain lion tonnes in 2003 to above 19 million tonnes —Mamata Banerjee —Surveen Chawla —Nikki Haley —Sunil Gavaskar in recent years. This time around, the spike is being attributed to uneven distribution and supply in wholesale markets and floods in major supplier States of Maharashtra, L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Of course, storage and maintenance of buffer stocks have Railway tech upgrade must propel our team to do some Crackdown on campus politics essential self-introspection. Also, if we improved and there is enough supply of stored have to put our best foot forward onions of the previous year’s crop. However, in the absence of an evenly dis- Sir — In a game-changing move, olitics has long been a part of campus life in most for the ICC World T20, which is tributed and uniform warehousing network, transportation has been affected like the Indian Railways has decided Indian cities. Students, teachers, politicians and ruf- scheduled next year, team man- to upgrade all existing Linke Pfians, all involve themselves in what they believe agement and selection are impor- no other. Rising onion prices are, therefore, politically explosive for the ruling BJP, Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches is politics: Fisticuffs and fights. India's temples of edu- tant tasks that need a strategy. which is eyeing a return in State elections. with the Head on Generation cation have developed multiple crevices, thanks to Despite being given enough A worried Centre has responded with copybook measures. It has a buffer (HOG) technology. This develop- unending political interferences. Student unions have chances to prove his mettle, wick- ment will certainly make the ended as offshoots of political parties. Therefore, it is etkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, stock of 56,000 tonnes of which 16,000 tonnes have been offloaded through Railways, often referred to as the not surprising that the idealistic spirit of the youth is has not been able to deliver. Sanju agencies like NAFED and NCCF. Imports are arriving from Afghanistan and Egypt. lifeline of the nation, become aligned with the ideology of parties. But what about the Samson and Ishan Kishan, who It has discouraged exports and is cracking down on black marketeers. But is more cost-efficient, less polluting teachers and Vice-Chancellors? Their very names once have a very good record in domes- and passenger-friendly. used to be respectable. Distinguished gentlemen and tic cricket, must be given a chance this desperate fire-fighting enough? Why can’t India increase the acreage under The new system will make ladies from various walks of life graced the post of a to show their calibre. onion cultivation? NITI Aayog member and eminent economist Ramesh Chand use of overhead electricity to Vice-Chancellor. They went about their tasks method- Tushar Anand had suggested promoting onion cultivation in States like Uttar Pradesh and pop- supply power to the entire train ically, without any fear or favour, not relenting to any Patna ularising it in the kharif season as well. Why can’t we promote modern cold stor- and thus end the need for LHB political pull or pressure and having abundant moral adjusted themselves accordingly. Brainwashed students, rake trains that required two courage. Visitors to universities carried fond memories timid principals and a tarnished academic atmosphere Unemployment woes age facilities in States like Madhya Pradesh, which has emerged as a big onion- power cars for the same purpose. of these great personalities and scholars. are destroying the culture of serious study. To reverse producer after Maharashtra and Karnataka? To keep stocks healthy, we need In place of two generator cars, Now with a mushrooming number of universities, the situation, engagement has to begin from the top level. which would make a lot of noise there is not enough talent to occupy the top post. Past Academicians must shun escapist attitudes and try to Sir — This refers to the article, dehydrating units across the country, set up processing plants so that the crop besides emitting fumes, the HOG standards of instruction, too, have taken a severe beat- bring about a change by staying within the system. One “What’s a degree worth?” has a longer shelf life and, therefore, correct the demand-supply mismatch. A technology will come with a sin- ing. Conversely, increasing politicisation of centres of cannot be cynical. We must restore standards of excel- (September 23) by Rinku Ghosh. whole host of allied products can keep the demand sustainable among large con- gle silent generator car that will learning has meant that pliable people have gotten into lence in our higher institutions. I, too, frequently use Uber and Ola sumers like restaurants, hotels, fast food chains, the Army, hospitals and so on. be used only during emergencies universities as Vice-Chancellors. They, too, are accus- Ganapathi Bhat cabs. While speaking to owner- to begin with. tomed to the trajectory of the “political winds” and have Akola drivers, most being young, I came Besides, we should look at a trade policy for price stabilisation. The Government The move from EOG to to know that most of them were must immediately break the handful of cartels that pocket a major share of trade HOG is definitely going to reduce forced to take this job because in big markets like Maharashtra and Karnataka and set up Agriculture Produce expenditure cost, lessen noise Learn from mistakes played at Mohali and Bengaluru having won the toss, where India they were pushed out of their jobs. and air pollution and will be a against Team India. opted to bat first, we just could- Indeed a sad state of affairs. Market Committees (APMCs), just as was suggested by the Bengaluru-based boon to passengers. The railways South Africa made an out- n’t get going and could manage Alisha Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC). When it comes to onions, the has pegged annual savings to the Sir — The newly-appointed standing comeback to end the just 134 runs from 20 overs. Via email Government is not short of well-intended suggestions, advice and reason. Isn’t tune of `800 crore per year. Proteas skipper Quinton de Kock series 1-1, beating India by nine Barring Shikhar Dhawan, none of M Pradyu must be lauded for his valuable wickets at the Chinnaswamy our cricketers could score more Send your feedback to: it time it started acting on some of them? Kannur innings in both the T20 matches Stadium in Bengaluru. Despite than 20 runs. The current loss [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN A move towards POINTCOUNTERPOINT FRIENDS, WE IN INDIA HAVE CONNECTED WELL WITH PM VIOLATED THE TIME-HONOURED PRINCIPLE OF optimal taxation AMERICA. THE WORDS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, ‘AB KI INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY OF NOT INTERFERING IN BAAR TRUMP SARKAR', RANG LOUD AND CLEAR. DOMESTIC ELECTIONS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY. Current tax cuts will expand the role of the private —PRIME MINISTER —CONGRESS SENIOR SPOKESPERSON sector in our economy and create adequate opportunities in the non-farm employment sector NARENDRA MODI ANAND SHARMA GST math gone haywire KARAN BHASIN The Centre and States must introspect as to why despite the regime being in place rgumentative Indians; it is true that most of us just love to have a debate on everything and anything. So much so that for over two years, the desired buoyancy in tax revenue has not been achieved Aat times we’ve found ourselves getting embroiled in debates over facts, data and technical concepts. Something similar seems to be happening with the corporate tax cuts recently announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as there seems to be some confusion on whether they are a supply side response or a demand side response. One wonders how anyone, who has studied eco- nomics, can view it as a supply side intervention? Economics 101; tax cuts put more money in the hands of people and, therefore, it is a demand side response. This is important because of the cur- rent slackness in demand and, therefore, a demand side interven- tion is critical towards addressing the current economic slowdown. This makes tax cuts an important part of the counter-cyclical UTTAM GUPTA policies that are required in order to kickstart the Indian economy at the moment. At a 22 per cent tax rate, India now has an extreme- major reason for the delay in taking up ly competitive taxation policy compared to other countries in the the Constitutional Amendment Bill for enactment of the Goods and Services region. The fact that there is a lower tax rate for fresh manufactur- A Tax (GST) was the reluctance of the then ing companies at 15 per cent makes it all the better as we are wit- United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nessing a massive reorientation of global supply chains. These Government at the Centre to agree to the changes ensure that India is a tax-competitive country thereby send- demand of the States. The latter wanted com- ing a signal to the world that we mean business — which will give pensation of the loss of revenue that would arise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favourite initiative ‘Make in India’ with its launch vis-à-vis the revenue they would a big push over the next few months. get under the subsisting dispensation of excise There are two aspects to the current tax cuts that are impor- duty, sales tax or value-added tax plus a host AT PRESENT, tant to appreciate. First, before the tax rates were reduced, Indian of other local taxes. This hesitancy came although the concept was first introduced by PETROLEUM firms had some of the lowest retained earnings among compara- PRODUCTS HAVE ble economies. Consequently, a bulk of the fresh investments had then Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his Budget speech on February 28, 2006 with an BEEN KEPT OUT to be financed by the banking system as our corporate debt mar- ambitious launch target of April 1, 2010. OF THE PURVIEW kets aren’t deep enough. This meant that the capacity for private The Narendra Modi Government, by OF THE GST, sector investment was constrained by the health of our banking agreeing to this demand achieved a fair degree BECAUSE BOTH system. This brings us back to why we didn’t witness private invest- of success in building consensus among all the THE CENTRE AND ments over the last couple of years even when we had robust demand States. Within two years of taking charge in STATES GET — because of the Non-Performing Assets (NPA) crisis and the exist- 2014, it was able to steer through the MAXIMUM TAX ing capacity from investments made between 2009-13. Constitutional Amendment Bill (in August- REVENUE FROM The output gap has increased of late and one waits for our mon- September, 2016) leading to its launch from July 1, 2017. The GST Compensation Act (2017) THESE etary policy to take note of it, but the lower tax rate for manufac- PRODUCTS, turing companies will act as an attractive pull factor for firms leav- was passed to provide for compensation for five years, till 2021-22, to be calculated as the dif- WHICH WILL BE ing China. These investments will very likely reduce the output gap ference between actual collection and the rev- SEVERELY over subsequent quarters. Similarly, a lower level of corporate taxes enue they would have got with growth at 14 per IMPACTED IF will enable firms to have more retained earnings which can be utilised cent over the 2015-16 level. THEY ARE in the short run to deleverage or absorb any short-term shock over Being an uncharted territory and the BROUGHT UNDER the past two quarters. Both will be critical towards strengthening Centre not confident that under the GST THE GST REGIME. To make up for this, the collections in having a heyday. According to a state- get reflected in credible action and our private sector, going forward. scheme of things, it would be able to generate HOWEVER, THE the remaining seven months of the ment by Minister of State for Finance, concrete results on this most crucial A medium-term implication of this is an increase in equity enough surplus to pay for the shortfall faced year will have to be at the rate of Anurag Thakur, in reply to a question front. ECONOMY IS ` financed projects, thereby expanding the role of the private sector by States, it also passed an amendment to the 16,500 crore a month, which is near- in the Rajya Sabha, loss to the exche- Apart from enabling smooth tran- GST Compensation Act (2018) to levy a cess PAYING A HEAVY ly impossible to achieve in view of the quer due to frauds under GST (includ- sition to a scenario of no compensa- in our economy. This will lead to creation of opportunities in the PRICE AS non-farm employment sector and will help shift our surplus labour on the supply of certain goods and services. The current nominal GDP growth. ing bogus claims of input tax credit) tion beyond 2021-22 and modest tax cess is levied on demerit goods (those which CONTINUED Even as the shortfall persists, was about `45,500 crore since the roll- rates (we should be aiming to abolish from the primary to secondary sector. We’ve discussed the skewed fall in the 28 per cent tax slab) such as auto- EXCLUSION OF being a constitutional obligation, the out of the tax reform on July 1, 2017. the 28 per cent slab altogether and dependence on agriculture for employment in nearly every Five- mobiles, tobacco, drinks and so on with a pro- THESE PRODUCTS Centre will have to pay compensation According to the West Bengal Finance merging 12 per cent and 18 per cent Year Plan or every Union Budget and this is for the first time we’re viso to use the proceeds for compensating the FROM THE GST to the States from out of its own kitty Minister Amit Mitra, this could even into a single say 15 per cent), this is seeing a proactive policy response that’s capable of finally mak- States who face shortfall. The cess was to RESULTS IN which by itself is dwindling, courtesy touch the `100,000 crore mark. crucial from yet another angle. ing it happen. The second aspect that needs to be discussed is remain in force for five years. SHARP INCREASE declining collection of both indirect as At present, the number of entities At present, petroleum products the systematic overhaul of India’s taxation policy — and the think- The rationale behind withdrawing this levy IN THEIR PRICES well as direct tax. This in turn, will lead registered under the GST is about 12 like crude oil, gas, Aviation Turbine ing behind the reforms. For far too long, people thought that the on completion of five years is that by this time, DUE TO THE to huge slippage in the fiscal deficit tar- million. This is five million more than Fuel (ATF), petrol and diesel have been relationship between tax revenue and tax rate is linear. That is, to meaning 2021-22, the GST dispensation would get of 3.3 per cent already threatening the registered entities under the erst- kept out of the purview of the GST. have become buoyant enough to yield sufficient SHEER to go out of control due to a spate of while dispensation prior to July 1, This is because both the Centre and get higher revenue increase taxes and for lower revenue decrease CASCADING them. We were either oblivious or ignorant of the Laffer’s Curve resources for the States to meet their budgetary expenditure-raising and revenue-for- 2017. States get maximum tax revenue from requirements within prudential limits set EFFECT OF EXCISE going commitments made by Finance There is an apprehension that a these products, which will be severe- as at one point we had taxes equivalent to more than 90 per cent under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget DUTY AND Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (the slice of the increase could be fake enti- ly impacted if they are brought under of the income. Clearly, this thinking has changed as we’re now talk- Management Act (FRBMA), thereby obviating VALUE-ADDED mother of all being a steep cut in the ties which were set up only to perpe- the GST regime (this will happen even ing about lower tax rates with better tax compliance resulting in high- the necessity of compensation. TAX corporate tax rate). trate fraud. It shows the extent of rot if these are put under the highest tax er tax revenues. The fact that we chose 22 per cent as the Corporate There are still three years to go before the Both the Centre and the State in the system as without connivance slab of 28 per cent, which is signifi- Tax Rate should not come as a surprise or as a coincidence, as deadline; yet, they have raised a demand for Governments need to seriously intro- of officials in the department, fraud- cantly lower than the current incidence 22 per cent is the optimal tax rate based on the Laffer Curve analy- continuing this for five more years. Already, spect as to why despite the GST ulent claims of this magnitude won’t of over 50 per cent under the existing sis done in a previous article. We’re now looking at greater rev- they have made a submission to the 15th regime being in place for more than be possible. dispensation). enue mobilisation through promotion of economic growth and tax Finance Commission in this regard. This is not two years, the desired buoyancy in tax No wonder then, the actual collec- However, the economy is paying a unusual as the States are prone to looking for revenue has not been achieved. An tion under GST has been hovering heavy price as continued exclusion of compliance. Therefore, the focus of our taxation policies has shift- ` ed towards acting as enablers of growth rather than focussing on a safe harbour perennially. overarching objective behind launch- around 100,000 crore a month (in these products from the GST results However, the big worry is the subdued col- ing this transformative reform — an some months, for instance, August, in sharp increase in their prices due to revenue mobilisation. This is important as it signals a departure lections, a trend which shows no sign of abate- epitome of “one nation, one tax” — 2019 it is even less) whereas the the sheer cascading effect of excise from our conventional way of economic and taxation policies. ment. Apart from overall growth in tax collec- was to increase revenue manifold by Government should be aiming at a duty and value added tax. On the revenue foregone, many have quoted the figure pre- tions under GST being less than five per cent boosting the GDP growth on the one minimum of `150,000 crore a month This can be avoided if GST sented in the note as is but it is important to understand the non- against the target of 12 per cent, even the pro- hand and bringing millions — hither- (assuming tax to GDP ratio at the rate acquires the robustness and the linear relationship between tax rate and tax revenue. Post the reduc- ceeds from cess, which are meant to be utilised to evading the taxman — under the tax of ten per cent). resilience needed to yield the desired tion of rates, economic sentiment is upbeat and as economic activ- for compensating the States for the shortfall, net on the other. On both counts, the To get there, it should undertake revenue which in turn, will help in per- ity picks up, we will see growth revive. Revival of growth combined are trailing far behind. performance has been far below expec- complete overhauling of the adminis- suading State Governments to agree to with improved tax compliance will perhaps make up for a major During April-August, 2019 against the tations. trative machinery to prevent frauds their inclusion. ` part of the revenue forgone by the tax cuts. We’ve officially moved requirement of 65,000 crore (at the rate of On curbing evasion and widening and plug leakages (mere sacking of a How will Team Modi make it hap- `13,000 crore a month), the actual collection the tax net, the situation is far more few commissioners here and there pen? One can only guess. towards an optimal and modern taxation regime. ` ` The writer is a New Delhi-based policy researcher was only 41,000 crore (or about 8,000 crore serious than initially thought. It seems won’t do the job). The Prime Minister’s (The writer is a New Delhi-based ( ) a month) leaving a shortfall of `24,000 crore. dubious businessmen and traders are zero tolerance for corruption should policy analyst) Old Ottoman habits die hard FOREIGN EYE The Turkish President’s party lost control of all big cities in the last poll so it's time to beat the Kurds. This time it's going to be the Kurds, who live in northern Syria, just across the border from the Turkish ones

like that, he’ll dump another million ity to genuinely to win and need- with strong air support and some Syrian Kurds who fought alongside or so Arabs in Europe. “Either this believe whatever ed to appeal to ground support from the United American troops to destroy the happens (in Syria),” he said recent- he happens to be Turkish national- States of America. Islamic State. To solve that problem, ly, “or we will have to open the gates saying at the ists. Now he’s in However, there is no gratitude in Erdogan is threatening to send a mil- (to Europe).” This is a blackmail moment. trouble again: His politics. Erdogan now wants to evict lion or so Arab refugees west into A DOUBLE-EDGED threat with teeth: it was the sudden To be fair, the party lost control the Syrian Kurds from their homes Europe. They’ll panic and make the arrival of a million Syrian refugees Kurds are a real of all Turkey’s big and drive them south, away from the Americans go along with his plan, or SWORD in Europe in 2016 that energised problem for the cities in the last Turkish border. And to make sure so he believes. He’s probably right. The promise of AI is that it DYER extreme Right-wing populists from Turks. They are election. Time to they don’t come back later, he wants The European Union promised will imbue machines with GWYNNE England to Hungary. about a fifth of whack the Kurds to settle a million Arabs there per- Turkey six billion euros to keep the he Ottoman Empire, like many Very few of those refugees ever the country’s pop- again, and this manently instead. Arab refugees in Turkey in 2016, but the ability to spot patterns of its Middle Eastern predeces- wound up in either England or ulation, concen- time it’s going to There are four and a half million Erdogan claims that half of it was from data and make Tsors, had the bad habit of Hungary — the great majority of trated mostly in be the Syrian Syrian Arab refugees in Turkey. never paid (which, if true, was very decisions faster and better moving entire peoples around if them were given shelter in Germany the southeast, and Kurds, another They’d like to go home, of course, but stupid of the Europeans). He does- than us. What happens if they were causing trouble. And — but their arrival gave nationalists they have been fragment of the most of them are afraid of living n’t owe the EU any favours, and it they make bad decisions sometimes, as happened to the and racists all over Europe a stick to mistreated and Kurdish people under the control of Bashar al- truly will panic if he opens the gates Armenians during the First World beat their opponents with. Erdogan, their very identi- that lives in Assad, the cruel dictator who has and sends the Arabs west. faster? Governments need War, what started as deportation who is an accomplished nationalist ty denied by the Turkish state for so northern Syria, just across the bor- won the Syrian civil war. And here’s Donald Trump wants US troops to pause and take stock of ended up as genocide. rabble-rouser himself, knows exact- long that many of them would rather der from Turkey’s Kurds. But not for that nice Mr Erdogan, offering them out of Syria before next year’s elec- the societal repercussions The empire collapsed a centu- ly what he is doing, and he may well be independent. Some of them have much longer, if Erdogan has his way. homes in a “safe zone” in northern tion, so he’ll probably give in to of allowing machines over a ry ago but old habits die hard. succeed. even taken up arms against Turkey The Turkish strongman says Syria. Erdogan (and the Europeans). But Turkish President Recep Tayyip All this is happening because in an organisation called the PKK that the Syrian Kurds are really “ter- That’s not where their real homes the Syrian Kurds, who are yet to few decades to replicate Erdogan (whose admirers often call Erdogan is obsessed with the Kurds (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), which is rorists” allied to the PKK, although are, but maybe they’ll be happy respond, will probably fight to pro- human skills that have been him ‘Sultan’) has a new plan: He’s — or at least he knows that a lot of now mostly based across the border there have been absolutely no attacks there once Erdogan has driven the tect their homes. evolving for millions of going to move a million Kurds away other Turks are obsessed about the in Kurdish-speaking northern Iraq. on Turkey from Syria during the Kurds out. As he said recently in (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is years. But individuals and from Turkey’s southern frontier with Kurds and he’s in political trouble at There was a ceasefire and peace talks entire eight-year Syrian civil war. Ankara, “We can build towns there Growing Pains: The Future of firms must take Syria and replace them with a mil- home, so he needs to feed their fan- early in this decade, but Erdogan What the Syrian Kurds were actual- in lieu of the tent cities here.” The Democracy and Work) lion Arabs. tasies. You can never tell with the started bombing the PKK again in ly doing was defeating the real ter- only hitch in the plan is that the US responsibility too. And if his Western allies don’t ‘Sultan’, who has a Trump-like abil- 2015 when he had a tricky election rorists of the Islamic State in Syria, may feel queasy about betraying the (The Guardian editorial) VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 money 08 39,090.03 ‘Economic

Sensex zooms 1,075 pts; SENSEX + 1,075.41 slowdown due to Nifty reclaims 11,600 11,600.20 structural changes’ PNS n MUMBAI NIFTY PTI n KOLKATA Market continued to rally on Monday + 326 Coming up from Extending gains for the sec- as investor sentiment remained West Bengal Finance Minister the U-curve, the ond consecutive session, euphoric for the second session in Amit Mitra on Monday said rising growth rate domestic equity benchmark that the current slowdown in was hit by demonetisation BSE Sensex skyrocketed 1,075 a row, traders said the economy is due to "struc- which caused GDP points on Monday driven by tural" changes and not "cycli- growth to fall from 8.15 continued euphoria over the while the NSE Nifty zoomed NTPC, Bharti Airtel, Tech cal". government's tax booster. 569.40 points or 5.32 per cent Mahindra, TCS and HCL Tech He said the structural per cent to 7.17 per cent After soaring over 1,426 to end at 11,274.20. tanked up to 4.97 per cent. Minister changes have been ushered in —AMIT MITRA points during the day, the 30- Over the past two sessions, Market continued to rally slashed the base due to demonetisation and West Bengal Finance Minister share index ended 1,075.41 the Sensex has gained 2,996.56 on Monday as investor sen- corporate tax "faulty" GST implementation points or 2.8 per cent higher at points or 8.30 per cent, while timent remained euphoric for existing along with the collapse of ready for its implementation 39,090.03. The broader NSE the Nifty advanced 895.40 for the second session in a companies to 22 IL&FS which crippled the on the scheduled date". Nifty reclaimed the 11,600 points or 8.36 per cent. row, traders said. per cent from 30 NBFC sector. "But a singular decision in level, zooming 326 points or 2.9 Top gainers in the Sensex Bulls took over Dalal Street per cent; and for new manu- "The slowdown in the econ- the democracy was taken by per cent to settle at 11,600.20. pack included Bajaj Finance, on Friday after Finance facturing firms, incorporated cerns omy is structural and not the government and GST was In the previous session on L&T, Asian Paints, ITC, Axis Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after October 1, 2019, to 15 in a slow- cyclical. This structural change implemented from July 1, Friday, the BSE barometer Bank, Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, delivered a surprise cut in per cent from 25 per cent. ing economy. has been brought about by 2017", he said. logged its biggest single-day HDFC twins, Maruti and SBI, corporate tax rates. Further, the GST Council Meanwhile, demonetisation, hasty and Lastly, the collapse of IL&FS jump in over a decade by rallying up to 8.70 per cent. Announcing the latest set of slashed the same on hotel tar- the rupee was trad- faulty implementation of GST crippled the NBFC sector surging 1,921.15 points or On the other hand, Infosys, measures to jump-start flag- iffs and some goods with a view ing flat at 70.92 against and the collapse of the IL&FS," which is now facing huge liq- 5.32 per cent to 38,014.62, RIL, Tata Motors, PowerGrid, ging growth, the Finance to addressing sectoral con- US dollar. Mitra said at the annual gen- uidity crunch, he said. eral meeting of Bengal Regarding the direct tax Chamber of Commerce & collection, he said the gov- Industry here. ernment could mop-up only CAPSULE CORP TAX CUT He said that when the econ- 4.7 percent more so far this Govt estimates omy was "coming up from the year. U-curve, the rising growth rate In order to meet the bud- kharif crop was hit by demonetisation getary target of 17.3 per cent, PNB Housing Fin's effective tax output at 140.57 which caused GDP growth to the growth in direct tax col- fall from 8.15 per cent to 7.17 lection will have to be 27 per per cent". cent in the remaining months MT in 2019-20 "Another massive structur- of this fiscal, Mitra said. rate to come down by 8-9 % points PTI n NEW DELHI al change came from the GST "Is it possible to meet the implementation," he claimed. target for an economy which PTI n NEW DELHI slew of measures have been The country's foodgrain pro- Mitra said that he had spo- is witnessing slowdown", he DBS expects modest For 2018-19, the taken by the government to duction is estimated slightly ken to Goods asked. PNB Housing Finance on effective tax rate of PNB revive the economy and hous- lower at 140.57 million tonnes and Services Regarding GST, he said that rate cut at RBI's MPC Monday said the company's Housing Finance on ing finance sector. in the kharif season of 2019- Tax Network collection of the indirect tax is meeting in October effective tax rate will come "This includes measures like 20 crop year on likely fall in (GSTN) not meeting its target. down by 8-9 percentage points consolidated basis was relaxation in minimum hold- rice and pulses output, accord- Chairman Talking about West Bengal, SINGAPORE: The Reserve following the government's 31.30 per cent ing period to six months for ing to a latest data released by who told he said that the state cabinet Bank of India's Monetary decision to slash corporate tax securitisation, additional liq- the Agriculture Ministry. him that had cleared the proposal of Policy Committee will go for a rate. uidity support to NHB for Foodgrains production the country Tata Metaliks' expansion plan modest rate cut at the October For 2018-19, the effective tax further lending to HFCs, on- stood at 141.71 million "was not in Kharagpur and the compa- meeting following the rate of PNB Housing Finance lending of housing loans up to tonnes (MT) in the kharif ny will invest Rs 600 crore for corporate tax rate cut on consolidated basis was 31.30 Rs 20 lakh to be qualified season of the 2018-19 crop this. announced by the per cent. under PSL (priority sector year (July-June). The expansion pro- government, Singapore's DBS On September 20, Finance lending), relaxation in ECB Sowing of the kharif (sum- ject will create job Bank has said. Minister Nirmala Sitharaman end use and fund for real mer) crops is almost com- opportunities for "With this fiscal boost focused announced slashing the basic estate sector, which are all plete and harvesting will 3,500 people, he on investment revival and not corporate tax rate for domes- positive for housing finance begin from October onwards. added. consumption (hence not tic companies to 22 per cent sector," Gupta said. inflationary), we reckon that from 30 per cent. The effective est investment boosting such companies will be 17.01 These measures will boost the RBI MPC might proceed tax rate for domestic compa- measure, new manu- per cent, inclusive of liquidity in HFCs (housing with a modest cut at the nies reduced to 25.17 per cent facturing companies surcharge and cess. finance companies) and shall October MPC," the bank's from 34.94 per cent inclusive that start produc- This is a very pos- immensely help in enhancing Average flat sizes shrink economist Radhika Rao wrote of surcharge and cess. tion on or before itive move and is the sector's fund position and in commentary on the Indian "Considering the tax reduc- March 31, 2023 and expected to result in further strengthen the asset lia- economy on Monday. tions per the announcement, are incorporated on enhanced economic bility management. "(RBI) Governor Shaktikanta the expected reduction in the or after October 1, activity along with Moreover, the reduction in 27% in 5 yrs: Anarock Das also reinforced his dovish effective tax rate for PNB 2019 will have an the reduction in tax corporate tax rate will be a big bias due to weak inflation and Housing can be anywhere option to pay tax at 15 rates, PNB Housing boost to the capital base and PTI n NEW DELHI cent and, 12 per cent, respec- negative output gap," Rao between 8-9 per cent," it said per cent if they do not avail any Finance said. help revive the growth and tively, over the past five years. noted in the report on the in a regulatory filing. exemption/incentive. Company's Managing employment generation across As builders seek to reduce The current average size of Indian government's corporate As per the government's lat- The effective tax rate for Director Sanjaya Gupta said a all sectors, Gupta added. apartment sizes to boost properties in Hyderabad (at tax rate cuts. affordability, the average area 1,570 sq ft) is the maximum of residential flats has shrunk among the top seven cities. 27 per cent over the past five Similarly, the average size of Rel Cap falls years in seven major cities, but properties in Bengaluru is also Mining industry in India still dimensions in the NCR region comparatively bigger at about 8% after ratings have fallen merely six per cent, 1,300 sq ft while in Chennai it according to Anarock. Pune registered is about 1,190 sq ft. downgrade "The liquidity crisis, changing 38 per cent Meanwhile, Kolkata saw sizes highest taxed in world: FIMI buyer preferences, and growing reduction in reduce by 9 per cent over the ICICI Bank to set up PTI n NEW DELHI concerns about affordability... past five years to 1,120 sq ft now PTI n NEW DELHI Now, the effective have caused real estate devel- sizes during this against 1,230 sq ft in 2014. 450 new branches Shares of Reliance Capital on opers to rethink the conven- period, with the "Among the major factors this fiscal Monday dropped 8 per cent Mining industry in India is still tax rate in India tional wisdom of 'bigger is bet- contributing to the escalating after CARE Ratings down- the highest taxed in the world works out to be ter', and significantly moderate average 'claustrophobia effect' of shrink- NEW DELHI: ICICI Bank on graded the company's long- despite the government's deci- 58 per cent for unit sizes across seven major apartment size ing apartment sizes, demand for Monday said it will expand its term debt program. sion to slash corporate tax cities," Anarock Chairman Anuj currently at affordable homes in metros retail network by adding 450 The stock tanked 7.50 per rate, mining body FIMI said existing mines Puri said in a statement. tops the list," Puri said. new branches this financial cent to close at Rs 29 on the on Monday. and 54 per cent The property consultant said, 600 sq ft Also, buyers are increasing- year. Of these, the bank has BSE. During the day, it While addressing the media for new mines the average apartment sizes in ly looking to avail the govern- made 320 branches operational cracked 11.32 per cent to Rs here, FIMI Vice President Rajib the top seven cities - Mumbai cities, and also recorded the ment's credit subsidy benefits for customers and in the 27.80 -- its 52-week low. Lochan Mohanty said there was granted through Metropolitan Region (MMR), highest drop of 45 per cent – for affordable housing. These process, it has crossed the On the NSE, it plunged a need for rationalising the tax- auction Delhi-National Capital Region from 960 sq ft in 2014 to 530 require a home to be priced milestone of having 5,000 7.98 per cent to close at Rs ation structure in mining sector (NCR), Pune, Chennai, sq ft in 2019. less than Rs 45 lakh and not branches, ICICI Bank Bank said 28.80. for sustainable development India works out to be 58 per mining, he said. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata Pune registered 38 per cent exceed 60 sq mt carpet area or in a statement.Another set of In terms of the traded vol- and deriving long-term benefits cent for existing mines and 54 Mohanty further said many - have shrunk by 27 per cent reduction in sizes during this approximately 850 sq ft built- 130 branches will also be ume, 47.26 lakh shares were in terms of sustained raw mate- per cent for new mines grant- of the existing private non-cap- over the past five years from period, with the average apart- up area (including overall load- customer-ready by the end of traded on the BSE and over rial security for industries. ed through auction. These tive working mines will expire 1,400 sq ft in 2014 to nearly ment size currently at 600 sq ing). the current financial year, it three crore units on the NSE "The government needs to taxes include corporate tax, in March next year and it is 1,020 sq ft in 2019 so far. ft. Moreover, the goods and said. With this, the bank has a during the day. realise that the taxation regime District Mineral Fund and apprehended that such blocks "Surprisingly, NCR – one of Anarock said that the aver- services tax (GST) for afford- wide network of over 5,190 CARE on Friday down- for mining in India affects all National Mineral Exploration may not resume operations in the worst-hit residential markets age sizes in both MMR and able housing is one per cent as branches, extension counters and automated teller machines graded rating for the compa- downstream industries and Trust, he explained. next two-three years even after in recent years - has seen the Pune are calculated on the car- against five per cent for mid- (ATMs) across the country and ny's long-term debt program, employment opportunities in All levies, payments to the their successful auction. least decline of merely 6 per cent pet area while for the remain- segment homes. nearly half of the branches are market-linked debentures the economy, while fuelling the government make domestic "This Federation earnestly during this period," he added. ing cities it is based on the "In short, buyers get reduced in rural and semi-urban areas and subordinated debt to already skewed balance of pay- raw materials costly, resulting requests that the tenure of the The current average size of built-up area. costs and added benefits, but to facilitate financial inclusion CARE D, due to the alleged ment through additional import in costlier finished products in non-captive mining leases flats in NCR is nearly 1,390 sq ft. Chennai, Bengaluru and lose out on space. Developers in the country, it said. "delay" in payment of inter- of minerals," Mohanty said. the economy and leading to (merchant mines) be extend- MMR has the least average Hyderabad have seen size get to attract more buyers," he est by one day. Now, the effective tax rate in import and reduced GDP in ed till March 31, 2030. apartment size among all top reduction of 8 per cent, 9 per added. Roche Diabetes Petronet Board rejected $2.5 bn US LNG deal; now signs MoU appoints Omar PTI n NEW DELHI signed during the Congress-led Petronet is a firm promoted by GAIL, UPA regime. Sherief GM for The Petronet LNG Board had Petronet had first signed a KTM drives 790 Duke just six months back dis- IOC, ONGC and Bharat Petroleum Corp broader agreement in February. India biz into Indian market favoured a USD 2.5 billion deal Ltd (BPCL), and Secretary to Ministry The sources said India is PTI n NEW DELHI priced at Rs 8.63 lakh to buy 18 per cent stake in US of Petroleum and Natural Gas, looking at reopening pricing of firm Tellurian Inc's proposed Government of India, is its chairman previously entered LNG import Roche Diabetes Care India on NEW DELHI: Austria's sports Driftwood LNG terminal, and deals with the US and Petronet Monday announced the appoint- bike maker KTM on Monday import 5 million tonnes LNG board was of the majority view ment of Omar Sherief launched its super bike 790 a year from it for 40 years as the that locking in quantities and Mohammad as General Manager Duke in India priced at Rs 8.63 gas was available in plenty and was not favoured, they said, Natural Gas, Government of price for 40 years was not a for its India business. He will report lakh (ex-showroom). The bike no longer required equity adding Petronet's promoters, India, is its chairman. good option at this point of to Pedro Goncalves, Head of is powered by a four-stroke investments, sources said. including state-owned gas util- The officials said the deal time. Petronet signed the MoU Roche Diabetes Care (Interna- 799-cc engine with 105 BHP of Petronet on September 21 ity GAIL India Ltd, refiner with Tellurian is far from on sidelines of Prime Minister tional), and will be a member of power. It comes with features signed a Memorandum of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Oil closed and will require negoti- Narendra Modi's visit to the Roche Diabetes Care Asia like motorcycle stability control Understanding (MoU) with and Natural Gas Corp ations. The deal will go through Houston. Pacific leadership team, Roche with cornering anti-lock Tellurian "wherein Petronet (ONGC), were all against the if the government was to push GAIL had in 2011 signed a Diabetes Care India said in a braking system, motorcycle and its affiliates intend to nego- The Indian firm on Sunday board meeting in April/May deal. for it, they added. 20-year deal to buy 5.8 million statement. Mohammad joins traction control, motor slip tiate the purchase of up to five evening in a regulatory filing and members felt that the Company managing director If concluded, this would be tonnes per year of US LNG, from Novo Nordisk where he regulation and four-ride mode. million tonnes per annum (5 said it had signed a "non- company should not go ahead and CEO Prabhat Singh nei- the first long-term LNG import split between Dominion held the role of General Mana- Bookings for the bike have mtpa) of liquefied natural gas binding" MoU with Tellurian at with the deal due to changing ther answered calls and nor contract signed since the Energy Inc's Cove Point plant ger, Southeast Asia Emerging been opened on Monday (LNG) from Driftwood, con- Houston, USA. "The process is global gas market dynamics, replied to text messages sent for Narendra Modi government and Cheniere Energy Inc's Markets from 2015, it added. "I across nine cities - Bengaluru, current with its equity invest- subject to due diligence and where the fuel is available in comments. came to power in 2014. All the Sabine Pass facility in am excited to be heading the Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, ment, which remains subject to approval of respective Board of abundance at rock bottom Petronet is a firm promoted previous deals - 7.5 million Louisiana. That deal prices of India operations of Roche Dia- Surat, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai further due diligence and Directors," it had said. prices. by GAIL, IOC, ONGC and tonnes with Qatar, 1.44 million LNG were at 115 per cent of betes Care, and I look forward and Guwahati. approval of its board of direc- Officials privy to board Locking imports for 40 years Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd tonnes with Australia, 2.5 mil- prevailing Henry Hub price of to driving the development of tors," according to a joint deliberations said the issue together with an equity invest- (BPCL), and Secretary to lion with Russia and 5.8 million gas plus USD 5.05 per million integrated diabetes manage- statement. was discussed at the company's ment in the LNG terminal Ministry of Petroleum and tonnes with the US - were all British thermal unit. ment solutions," Omar said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Tuesday September 24, 2019

Everyone loves inspiring stories which motivate them to push boundaries to achieve their goals despite setbacks. But have you ever imagined listening to 15 inspiring stories back to back? That is exactly what happened as over 2,500 people attended the 5th edition of TEDxHyderabad. Featuring 15 speakers from City folk gets their dose of various walks of life, each presented their unique interpretation of the theme ‘Limitless' to illustrate their personal journeys of overcoming limitations in their own minds. People are now eagerly waiting for the 6th edition of TEDxHyderabad which will be held on September 20, next year, reports V SATEESH REDDY INSPIRATION

BELIEVING INDIGENOUS HELPING THE STORY OF SAILING AHOY! IN YOURSELF yderabad-based sailor Suheim Sheikh TECHNOLOGY UNDERPRIVILEGED A SINGER received a standing ovation after he aj Rachakonda, who directed a movie udhanshu Mani, General Manager, ayesh Ranjan, IT Secretary, Government ndian Idol 5 winner Sreerama Chandra Hspoke on how he helped students on the life of Chintakindhi Mallesham Integral Coach Factory Chennai and the of Telangana, shared his contribution Mynampati shared his story of his transi- from deprived backgrounds get into the R— the man who made the Laxmi Asu Sman behind Vande Bharat Express, a Jtowards helping the poorest of the poor Ition from a traditional Brahmin boy to national champions in sailing. Suheim said, Machine to help handloom weavers — said, world class train completely made with during his tenure in Chittoor district. playback singer. Sreerama Chandra says, “To date, through the Hyderabad Yacht “After listening to Mallesham’s indigenous technology, said, “The Vande He shares, “In the year 2000, the World “Since childhood I wanted to do something Club, we have produced six national cham- TEDxHyderabad talk, I decided to make a Bharat Express is special because right from Bank started a project in Andhra Pradesh to different and did not want regular jobs like pions, 25 national medallists and 10 state movie on his life to inspire people. I shared the design to delivery, everything was con- help the poor. In our enquiry about the engineering. I gave my first performance in champions. I have been in sailing for over the idea with many filmmakers and most of ceived and made in India. Until now, place, we found that the poor were not ben- Ravindra Bharati during school. I missed 30 years. Now we have over 150 sailors in them said it won’t work out.” nobody believed that India could build a eficiaries of welfare schemes owing to cor- Indian Idol auditions in Hyderabad due to our organisation and we aim to improve the “Later, I decided to make it on my own and world class train on its own.” ruption, delay in procedures and other some issues. In 2010, I won the title and it count every year.” Meanwhile, Society for did some research about weavers by staying He adds, “Since my childhood, I always issues. We deployed many youth who were was a great moment in my life.” After his Advancement of Human Endeavour, an at Pochampally village for many months. wondered why our trains looked very old. willing to volunteers as community coordi- story, he also entertained the audience by NGO that organises TEDx Hyderabad During the stay I learned about scroll paint- So we worked hard on a modern train and nators to understand the ground-level situa- singing a few hit Bollywood numbers. announced the launch of ‘Hyderabad Cares’. ings which explains stories through scrolls. make it possible. This train can cross the tion. They lived with the economically back- It is like a power point presentation,” he 180 kmph mark. The train has since been ward sections for many months to better adds. “Making a biopic is not an easy task renamed as ‘Train 18’ and would be understand their problems.” Jayesh said that because it’s someone else’s life. Even though unveiled on October 27, 2019.” Chittoor district is the second largest pro- it did not break even, I was happy it inspired Other speakers including Sri Priyatam, ducer of milk in India. He adds, “We dis- EMINENT SPEAKERS AT THE TEDxHYDERABAD TALKS INCLUDED many people,” he says. Chintakindi graphic illustrator who worked for Netflix’s tributed cows to the people to do dairy busi- Dr ARCHANA SHARMA: A SENIOR STAFF SCIENTIST AT CERN, Mallesham said, “Before inventing the Asu series Stranger Things, Neha Aggarwal, ness. After our efforts, illicit liquor was machine, making one saree took six hours. India’s ace table-tennis player, Dr R.S. completely banned in many areas of RACHEL THOMAS: FIRST WOMAN FROM INDIA TO SKYDIVE OVER Now, it can be done in one-and-a-half- Praveen Kumar, IPS officer and others Chittoor. Later, Andhra Pradesh emerged as THE NORTH POLE, Dr RS PRAVEEN KUMAR IPS, SUHEIM SHEIKH hours. Many were inspired to make a social shared their inspiring stories to an the fastest state in transforming those living change after they saw my machine.” awestruck audience. below poverty.” WATER SPORTS COACH WHEN CORPORATES GET TOGETHER TO PLAY BALL othing brings a together. The TVAGA ious events such as trade munity to make Indiajoy team together, announced that more than exhibitions, product Festival a grand success.” to bond over 30 studios and 20 acade- launches, B2B and B2C something mies from the AVCG events. N beyond a pro- industry took part in the The cricket tournament THE TELANGANA fessional work Indiajoy Cricket tourna- was won by DNEG by environment, like team ment, 2019, with an beating Rotomaker in the VFX, ANIMATION sporting events. increase in the participa- finals. Corporates dedicate a tion from last year. Expressing his view on AND GAMING considerable amount of Indiajoy Cricket the importance of collabo- ASSOCIATION, their budget each year Championship (IJCC) is ration, Madhav Reddy, towards organising sport- associated with Indiajoy general secretary of ORGANISED A ing tournaments to boost Festival (www.indiajoy.in) TVAGA said, “Despite CRICKET TOURN- fraternity among co-work- which will be held from being a debut event, we ers. November 20 to received outstanding par- AMENT RECENTLY The Telangana VFX, November 23 in HICC ticipation from all compa- TO BRING ALL Animation and Gaming Novotel, Hyderabad. nies in Hyderabad last Association (TVAGA), India. The organisers of year. It is good to see that MEMBERS OF THE organised their annual Indiajoy hope to attract the companies are prepar- ANIMATION VFX cricket tournament investors, corporations, ing their teams by allow- recently to bring all mem- studios, content develop- ing the players to practice COMIC GAMING bers of the Animation ers, delegates, consumers, during the working hours. VFX Comic Gaming hardware manufacturers Hope to see some enthusi- COMMUNITY (AVCG) community and students for their var- asm from TVAGA com- TOGETHER 10 celeb talks Vijayawada Tuesday September 24, 2019

JHARREL BECOMES YOUNGEST ACTOR JULIA GARNER TO BAG EMMY AHEAD OF GOT AWARD hen They See Us star Jharrel Jerome made histo- STARS FOR ry by becoming the youngest person to win an Emmy in Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category. MAIDEN EMMY stars, W Game of Thrones He is also the first Afro-Latino to win for act- ing. He won the award for his portrayal of ctress Julia Garner beat Exonerated Five member Korey Wise, who was 16 when including Sophie Turner, Lena Headey, jurors wrongfully convicted him of assault, sexual abuse, and Maisie Williams, to win her first rioting in the 1989 Central Park jogger case. Emmy in Supporting Actress in a “It’s a blessing and I hope this is a step forward for A Drama Series category at the 2019 Dominicans, for Latinos, for Afro Latinos. It’s about time Emmy awards here. we’re here,” deadline.com quoted Jerome as saying backstage The first-time Emmy nominee was in after accepting the award. contention with Gwendoline), Headey ( GameChristie of After learning that he was also the youngest to win, the (Game of Thrones Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), 21-year-old said, “Well damn, that’s incredible.. kids are Thrones), and Williams smart too.” Turner (Game of Thrones) The Netflix four-part series tells the true story of five (Game of Thrones). teens — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef She won it for her character of a com- Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise, who were plex young woman Ruth Langmore, wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in 1989. They who gets involved in a money laun- were referred to as the Central Park Five or the Exonerated Five. dering scheme and a drug cartel The actor also opened up about the Academy recognising dark along with Jason Bateman’s charac- narratives when it comes to stories about people of colour. ter. “Unfortunately, I think our strongest stories are the stories of While accepting the trophy, she pain considering that’s what we go through on a daily basis. It is said she wished that it was made unfortunate that comedies or light pieces of work aren’t as of chocolate so she could share it praised and aren’t sent to the award season. with others. “The truth is our pain needs to be told. So if it has to “This looks like a piece of be for the next 20 years where we are just painfully chocolate and I want to give a telling our stories until we can move on then I guess it piece to everyone that has been has to be,” he said. involved in my life,” said the Jerome was pitted against Mahershala Ali (True actress. Detective), Benicio Del Toro (Escape at Dannemora), She thanked Bateman, calling Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal), Jared Harris him “a guiding light through the (Chernobyl) and Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon). He beginning”. “I love playing Ruth accepted the award from Angela Bassett, with attendees so much. Every single day I giving him a standing ovation. feel so lucky to be doing this. On stage, he dedicated the award to the I’ll remember this forever.” Exonerated Five. "I feel like I should just be in the Bronx right now, chilling, waiting for my mom’s cooking or something,” Jerome said as he fought back tears.

BILLY PORTER BECOMES FIRST OPENLY GAY, BLACK MAN PoseTOat the 71stWIN BEST ACTOR IN DRAMA ctor Billy Porter took home the trophy of best actor in drama for his role in Primetime Emmy Awards, becoming the first openly gay, black man, to win the prize. Pose, created by Ryan Murphy and Steven Canals, focuses on the extravagantThey Can’t subculture of the LGBTQ ballroom scene in late 1980s and early 1990s New York, as well of the lives of the A people of the community. On the show, Porter plays the gregarious emcee Pray Tell.

In his acceptance“It took manyspeech, years the actorof vomiting quoted up from all theJames filth Baldwin’s I’d been 1960taught essay about myself, Turn Back. and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as if I had a right to be here,” Porter said as he recited Baldwin. “I have the right. You have the right. We all havePose theand right,” conclud- he added. The actor, who attended the ceremony dressed in a shimmery black outfit adorned with over 130,000 crystals and a matching custom hat, thanked his husband, his manager and cast of ed his speech with a call to action. “We are the people. We as artists are the people that get to change the molecular structure of the hearts and minds of the people who live on this planet. Please don’t ever stop doing that. PleaseThis don’t Is ever stop telling the truth,” he said. Porter beat out fellow nominees JasonBob (Ozark), Sterling K Brown ( Bateman Game of andThrones), Milo Kit Harington ( Us), Better Call Saul), received six Odenkirk ( (This Is Us). Pose Ventimiglia Emmy nominations thisThe year, second including season of the FX drama Porter’s category and drama wrappedseries. last month and has been renewed for a third season. The ceremony took place at the Microsoft Theater here.

AN ACTOR SHOULD BE PRETENDED TO BE SHAMELESS: CHUNKY PANDEY ON IN PAIN SO THAT SAILING THROUGH LOW PHASE BRUCE LEE HOLDS e was one of the top heroes of late ’80s and early ’90s, but a sudden ME FOR LONGER: H dip in his Bollywood career hit Chunky Pandey hard. JACKIE CHAN The actor says he didn’t hesitate to start anew as a struggler in movies eteran action star Jackie Chan has revealed that and the results have been positive. during the filming on Enter the Dragon he pre- After cementing his position in tended to be in pain to be close to legendary mar- Bollywood with films like Tezaab, tial artiste Bruce Lee. Aag Hi Aag and Aankhen, Chunky V In a video shared by Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee stopped getting work and then on Instagram, Chan remembered him as a dedi- moved to star in Bangladeshi film for cated and concerned co-actor. a few years, only to return with mem- “I was young doing Enter the Dragon fighting with Bruce orable roles in the Housefull series Lee. I was behind the camera and I would just see Bruce and Begum Jaan. Lee... Then I ran and suddenly it was all black in front of my “In 1993, after giving a blockbuster eyes. He had hit just one stick right on my head. I felt dizzy Aankhen, I had no work. I was sitting and I looked at Bruce Lee he kept acting until the director at home for a year. I only had one said cut,” Chan said. film titled Teesra Kaun?. That’s when “You get into depression “He then threw his stick, turned around and said Oh my I got the opportunity to work in told PTI in an interview. when you are sitting at home and God and ran to me and lifted me up and said sorry. I was not Bangladesh and my first film was a The actor said filmmakers Harry have no work, especially after being in pain anymore. I was a young guy and very tough. But I superhit. I worked there for three- Baweja, Subhash Ghai and Sajid at the top of your game... Where you pretended to be in pain so that Bruce Lee holds me for as four years. Nadiadwala helped him restart his have seen the highs and people were long as he can. I kept pretending the whole day,” he added. “After marriage, my wife told me, career in Hindi cinema. chasing you.” Chan worked as a stuntman on Enter the Dragon, which ‘Bollywood is my actual identity’. “Then there was no looking back. I The actor believes the key to sur- released in 1973 a month after his death. When I came back to Hindi cinema, I believe an actor should be shameless. vive is to keep yourself busy. realised a generation had forgotten I am a thick skull,” he added. “One should take up small roles, me completely. I had to start strug- Chunky said after tasting stardom do work related to films, like I started gling. I would meet people, ask for it was hard to sit at home with no an event management company and a work and luckily I got it,” Chunky work. restaurant. I kept myself busy.” 11 tollywood Vijayawada Tuesday September 24, 2019 RAJAMOULI pioneered For her T'wood debut, Tollywood’s overseas trail: SUKRUTHA gets a pay cut

oted Kannada actress Sukrutha Wagle, who has done a handful of Kannada CHIRANJEEVI n films, is now making her Tollywood debut with Rama Chakkani Seetha. Made At the pre-release event for Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Chiru under Crocodile Creations and Leo Celluloids, the film marks the directorial debut reminisces about his 15-year wait to get the film off the pages of Sriharsha Manda while Indhra, a relative of Dasari Narayana Rao’s family, is the male lead. and on to film sets, reports NAGARAJ GOUD Sukrutha recalls, “The film’s producer is a dis- tant relative and a family friend. I saw his egastar Chiranjeevi went down the memory ma to spread across India. It also showed us that produc- Whatsapp status looking for a female lead for lane at the pre-release event of Sye Raa ers can get back whatever they’ve invested. Hats off to him,” Rama Chakkani Seetha and I straightaway Narasimha Reddy in Hyderabad on Sunday the 151-films-old veteran rhapsodized. approached him. But the director was adamant M evening. Speaking at the event, the actor said, It was Charan, Chiru added, came forward to produce on a Telugu- September 22 holds a special place in his heart. it. “When Charan put a proposal saying he wouldn’t com- speaking girl “It’s a landmark day in my career as my debut promise on the scale of the subject, I said, ‘Sye (ready)’. as the leading film Pranam Khareedu released on the same day in Next began, our hunt for a director. Initially, Paruchuri lady who can FOR SOMEONE WHO 1978. I was nervous and equally excited Venkateswara Rao asked me to direct. I told him, perform heavy about the film and how the audience ‘It’s not that I can’t, but direction is a full- dialogues. But IS NEW TO THE will take to my performance. Forty time job and if I had to do it, I have to after two rou- TELUGU INDUSTRY, one years later, as I await the BUNNY's sideline acting’. He relented and nds of audi- release of Sye Raa Narasimha asked me to spearhead the film as tions they liked SUKRUTHA, WHO Reddy, I’m going through a absence raises an actor.” my acting and WAS ALSO A PART OF gamut of emotions similar “As we were tossing up chose me.” to that of my debut film,” names, Charan mentioned In the film, KANNADA BIGG BOSS said Chiru amid a thun- eyebrows Surender Reddy. I knew his which features 4 AS A WILD CARD derous response from hile the pre-release event was attended by Pawan work ethics and after Charan Priyadarshi, his fans at the LB WKalyan, Varun Tej, Sai Dharam Tej and Vaisshnav Tej, Allu stressed that Reddy would be Rahul Sipli- ENTRANT, SPEAKS Stadium. Arjun's absence raised a low of eyebrows. He was very much in the right man for the job, I gunj, Kasi He recalled how the city shooting for Ala Vaikunthapuramlo at Kompally. His gave my nod. I thought he Viswanath and GOOD TELUGU Paruchuri brothers first absence has again sparked rumours that all is not well between would jump with joy at the Bullet Bhasker spoke about freedom him and Charan. In fact, while Varun and Sai Tej raved about opportunity but in a in supporting roles, she plays Anu who plays fighter Uyyalawada Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy trailer when it was released last restrained manner said he main character’s love interest. “Harsha is a big Narasimha Reddy to him week, Arjun failed to even say a word till now. Sye Raa will need a week or more to fan of Tholi Prema which is why he named our 15 years ago. “They felt Narasimha Reddy is a prestigious film for Chiranjeevi make up his mind. He did characters after the lead characters of Pawan that the role came with a lot and a section of mega fans believe that if he has finally say yes. He began his Kalyan’s film. The film is a nice romantic com- of variations and it is tailor- any issues as such with Charan, he research for the film and taking edy blended with family emotions,” the made for me. He was an should've kept it aside and attended the help of senior writer Bhupathi Mangalore girl, who had a brush with model- unsung hero. The stories and sac- the pre-release event. Raja and young writers Kannan and ing before Sandalwood called her, shares. rifices of Chandrashekar Azad, Madhu, he went to Goa and came with For someone who is new to the Telugu indus- Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose a screenplay. In the first narration itself, I try, Sukrutha, who was also a part of Kannada and Mahatma Gandhi are well-document- gave my consent. Without deviating from what Bigg Boss 4 as a wild card entrant, speaks good ed but Uyyalawada’s story was lost in the annals of his- occurred for real, he made it commercial, ticking all the Telugu. When quizzed about her language tory for a major part. As he is a Telugu, I felt the need to boxes,” Chiru pointed out. skills she says, “Our producer issued a warning tell his story,” he recalled. Earlier, a brief spell of rain threatened to play spoilsport saying that if we don’t speak Telugu on sets, our Chiru said 15 years ago, the film would’ve cost Rs 60- but braving the weather, many mega fans waited patient- remuneration would be deducted. In fact, I even 70 crore but he couldn’t ask any producer to pump in such ly to see their beloved star reach the venue at around 8 lost Rs 50,000 once. It left me with no option but amount of money. pm with brother Pawan Kalyan and son Ram Charan in to learn the language,” she chortles, further “So we had to wait. This film getting backed now has tow. Fortunately with clouds opening up again, promi- revealing that as the film boasts of many close- a lot to do with what S.S. Rajamouli achieved with nent guests like S.S. Rajamouli, V.V. Vinayak and Koratala up shots featuring her Baahubali. In fact, it wouldn’t have been made if it was- Shiva kept their speeches brief, with only Pawan Kalyan so she had to pick n’t for Baahubali. Rajamouli laid a path for Telugu cine- and Chiranjeevi speaking at length. up the language at any cost. — NG GADDALAKONDA GANESH ontroversies over its last minute title change notwithstanding, Varun Tej-starrer Gaddalakonda Ganesh had a fairly decent run in the weekend. Trade sources indicate that the first three days has a good c share from both the Telugu states stood at somewhere around Rs 13.5 crore. Combining that with revenue from overseas market, the total amount stands at Rs 15.19 crore. Varun’s major hits Fidaa and Tholi Prema made Rs 13.9 crore and Rs 9 crore respectively in the first weekend weekend. “The word-of-mouth has been extremely positive for the film. The remix of Yelluvachi Godaramma yellakila paddadammo from Devatha has been Including the revenue a big draw with the audience as youngsters are keen to watch it on big screen again. If it wasn’t for rains in parts of from overseas, both the states in the last three days, the num- Varun’s movie bers would’ve been bigger. However, with no other major release till Sye Raa managed to Narasimha Reddy’s release, Gaddalakonda Ganesh could end up rake in over Rs being a highly profitable venture for 15 crore during its distributors,” adds a trade source. On the other hand, Suriya- the weekend starrer Bandobast is staring at huge losses. The collections have been abysmal till now and there is no sign of improvement. The actor’s last release NGK was a total POSANI headlines debacle. a web series eb series are catching Shankar in supporting roles. The up with Telugu view- interesting feature about the w ers. With actors like series is that prominent director Jagapathi Babu, Maruthi has conceptualized it Srikanth, Satyadev while Chinni Krishna, who has backing content for the digital helmed films like Veedu Theda platforms, prominent character and the soon-to-release Akshara, actor Posani Krishna Murali too has directed the series. jumped on the bandwagon. He According to production has headlined a quirky comedy house iDream Media, the series drama Bhajana Batch, which revolves around a bunch of con also features Getup Srinu, artists who are experts in dis- Gemini Suresh, Ajay Ghosh, Jogi tracting and tripping people to Krishnam Raju, Jabardasth deceive them. Sony LIV is Venu, Raghava, and Shakalaka streaming it. MAHESH shoots at ‘Kondareddy Buruju’ he makers of superstar Mahesh Babu-starrer Sarileru Neekevvaru posted this picture on their Twitter handles on Monday. Art director A.S. t Prakash has created a replica of Kurnool’s Kondareddy Buruju for the action-comic enter- tainer at RFC, Hyderabad. Mahesh had shot at the real Kondareddy Buruju for his Okkadu alongside Bhumika and Prakash Raj and sequence is still fresh in the mem- ory of the audience. "16 years ago, this location became iconic on the silver screen. Now we are back to the same location. This time we aim to make it bigger. Our pro- duction designer A.S prakash garu recreated the loca- tion spectacularly. The man who brought Kurnool Kondareddy Buruju to Ramoji Film City (sic),” film’s director Anil Ravipudi wrote after sharing the sil- houette image his leading man at the fort. VIJAYAWADA| TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 sport 12

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is eyes trained on next year’s T20 World Cup, skipper Virat Kohli His willing to take risks in order to mould his India players into an “unfazed” unit, one that is able to “take toss out of the equation”. No risk, no gain His bold but surprising decision to bat first in a venue always known to favour the chasing teams may have back- fired during the third T20l against South Africa, but Kohli said they will Kohli’s mantra heading into T20 World Cup have to take risks to find the best com- bination. “Look, we will have to take risks. Even when you want to win a game of cricket you have to take risks, so noth- Miscommunication ing is a given, nothing is a guarantee before you start playing,” Kohli said at leads to confusion the post-match press conference on Sunday. “I think as a team if we are willing between Pant, Iyer to get out of our comfort zone a lot more, India’s batting coach Vikram Rathore, right, gives a pat on the back then we will be unfazed with what hap- PTI n BENGALURU of Rishabh Pant during a training session AP pens at the toss. That’s our basis idea: try- ing to take the toss out of the equation iscommunication” between as a side.” “MRishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer Pant should drop His long batting line-up gives him nearly saw both players walking out to the leeway to experiment but India still bat at the same time, creating confu- lost the series’ final game by nine wick- sion during the third T20I between ets to settle for a 1-1 stalemate. India and South Africa on Sunday. down from 4: VVS “That’s why we are trying to play the After the dismissal of opener best combination we can, (with) people Shikhar Dhawan, both Iyer and Pant PTI n NEW DELHI batting till nine. So that if you bat first seemed headed towards the pitch or bowl first, you know we are in a good before the latter eventually walked in ishabh Pant’s natural aggressive game is not position,” Kohli said. to join his captain at the number four Rworking for him at the No 4 position, says Indian “Mentally, if we put ourselves in a position. batting great VVS Laxman, who feels the youngster situation where we are ready to do any- Kohli was asked about it at the can regain his form by coming in lower down the order. thing rather than wanting to do one post-match press conference after He said the solution to Pant’s problems could be thing, we will be in a better position as South Africa emerged winners by as simple as dropping down the order. a side to capitalise on any situation that nine wickets. “I think there was a mis- “The nature of Rishabh Pant’s batting is that he we are in. communication. That was what I plays aggressive shots...Unfortunately at the interna- “Unless you do that, unless you start understood afterwards,” he said. tional level he is not able to succeed at the number four taking those risks, you are always going “The batting coach had a word position,” Laxman said on Star Sports. to be put under somewhere or the other. with both of them. There was a mis- “Pant should bat at number 5 and 6, where you We want to make sure that we iron all understanding over who has to go at have the license to go out and express yourself and at those out before we head into the AP what stage,” Kohli said. “It was a little the moment he doesn’t know the right method of scor- World Cup.” Proteas skipper Quinton de Kock talks to his batting partner Reeza Hendricks as they await the decision of TV umpire for a review asked by India funny as well afterwards because they ing runs at number 4,” he pointed out. No team had ever chosen to bat first criticised on defending this low total. We think the kind of start we got, 63 for one case in a big tournament.” both wanted to walk in. So it would However he said that the 21-year-old shouldn’t be in six previous T20Is at this ground, but didn’t have enough runs on the board, after that, I think we could have The focus now shifts to the three- have been very funny if both reached put under too much pressure as every player goes Kohli wants his team to also become so the bowlers are always under pressure reassessed, thing about 170 rather than match Test series and Kohli expressed the pitch, you know three batsmen in through rough patches at some point. stronger in defending totals. knowing that one or two overs can take 200.” confidence, which stemmed more so the field.” “Every player goes through this phase, his natur- 134 was not a good score on this sur- the game away from you. He acknowledged the South Africans from the bowling attack at his disposal. Asked who was originally slated to al game is free flowing but suddenly he is not gaining face, admitted Kohli but refused to be “But I think they have done decent- executed their plans better. “Our Test team is as strong as it gets bat at number four, Kohli said they the same results (which he did with Delhi franchise harsh on his bowlers after the big nine- ly well (in the series overall), we will have “Not to take anything away from in world cricket, especially in our con- “had plans” according to phases. in the IPL),” Laxman said. wicket drubbing. to be patient with the combination we South Africa, they hit the right areas, they ditions we are one of the best teams. We “I think after 10 overs what we had “He is trying to evolve and trying to add differ- “Bowlers coming out of their com- are playing at the moment. We will have bowled really well, understood the pitch. know exactly what we need to do,” he decided was that Rishabh would walk ent dimensions to his game by rotating the strike that fort zone mean at least they get 160 (to to strengthen one or two things.” So it was a combination of good bowl- said. in, and before that, Shreyas had to walk we saw in the previous match but unfortunately, his defend). You can’t defend 130, we did- At the toss, in the presentation as ing, not great decision-making but, as I “The kind of bowling attack that we in. But I think both of them got con- shot selection at the start of the innings has not been n’t get it right with the bat and you can’t well as the post-match media conference, said, these kinds of games will keep hap- have is always going to be challenging, fused and didn’t realise who has to walk great,” he added. Laxman said Shreyas Iyer and Hardik be too harsh on the bowlers in a T20 Kohli said he doesn’t want his team to pening,” Kohli said. but at the same time, you have to in at what stage of the game,” Kolhi Pandya seem better options for the No 4 slot as of now. game with this kind of total when there be in a comfort zone. “As long as we are wanting to come respect all opposition and make sure that said. “There are other people to bat at number 4 like is a bit of dew as well. “... But quickly we realised the pitch out of our comfort zone and putting our- you are playing consistent, solid cricket Dhawan got out the eighth over Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer who are experienced “They should not be analysed or didn’t allow us to keep doing that. So I selves in situations which could be the in all the sessions.” with India at 63 for two. and could play at that spot,” he said. Archer’s best is yet Eves face SA in 1st T20 Bumrah’s awkward action PTI n SURAT to come: Morgan ndia women can’t afford to take South Africa worked as advantage: Zaheer Iwomen lightly despite their recent domination PTI n MUMBAI “We have 18 T20 over the visitors in T20Is when the two sides face to learn and drive to excel. He has been work- International games from off in the first game of the five-match T20I series ing on his fitness, adding new things to his ngland captain Eoin between now and then and we here today. bowling. He has evolved as a bowler in a short EMorgan on Monday said will try to build a squad that In the last five matches between the two sides, time, that have been the keys to success,” Zaheer Jofra Archer has proved to be can potentially win that tour- India women won three while lost one with the other said on Monday. an ‘X-factor’ in his short career nament (World T20),” Morgan game ending in no result. “It is about how you take things into stride so far but insisted that the best told a group of reporters. Playing on familiar home conditions, India and what kind of approach you have. I think of the tearaway pacer is yet to “Realistically we do (stand women would definitely have an edge over the vis- Bumrah has shown all the attitude of achiev- come. a chance of winning). We came itors in the upcoming series but they can’t take things ing that success,” added the 40-year-old for- Archer was rewarded with to India in 2016 and made it to for granted as South Africa women have proved how mer pacer. a central contract for Test and the final. We had a similar dangerous they can be in the second warm-up game Zaheer has also a piece of advice for young white-ball cricket by the squad during the World Cup in played on Sunday. South African pacer Kasigo Rabada, that he England and Wales Cricket England this year. The Proteas would be brimming with confi- should quickly adapt to conditions and use the Board (ECB) recently for his “If we can build our dence and will depend on opener Lizelle Lee, who reverse swing to be successful in India in the superb performances in the momentum and gel together as scored a quick 65 in the second warm-up game, and upcoming Test series, which begins in ODI World Cup and the Ashes. a side, it will give us the best Mignon du Preez to take the responsibility of their Visakhapatnam on October 2. And, Morgan was full of chance,” added the left-handed batting department in the company of skipper Sune Rabada is one of the top bowlers in the praise for the 24-year-old fast batsman. Luus. world. In 37 Tests, he has taken a staggering bowler, stating that Archer Asked whether they would Harmanpreet Kaur-led India women, on the 176 wickets. managed to overcome every create another such template other hand, would heavily rely on opener Smriti “There are so many good bowlers and obstacle that was thrown on for the World T20, Morgan Mandhana for a good start, while Veda Zaheer Khan and Jasprit Bumrah during Mumbai Indians (Kasigo) Rabada has been right up there and him to make his name in world answered in the affirmative. Krishnamurthy, the skipper herself and Jemimah nets session IPLT20.com you have seen that in such a short time. He has cricket. “It will be very similar Rodrigues too would need to be at their best to help made such massive impact on Test cricket and “I think it is fantastic. Jofra because we have some excep- India dish out a fine batting effort in the absence PTI n MUMBAI the numbers are a reflection of that fact. is very exciting to watch and he tional T20 players and we will of a reliable Mithali Raj, who retired from T20 crick- “In India, we will have to see how he adapts bowls fast and has an X-factor. try to get them in the best pos- et recently. escribing Jasprit Bumrah as a “special tal- to conditions. You have to adapt to conditions He can bowl in any format of sible position in our team and India’s bowling attack will be led by pacer Shikha Dent”, former India speedster Zaheer Khan and for any fast bowler to be successful in India, the game and any circum- need to find out how it looks Pandey and fast bowling colleague Pooja Vastrakar. feels that his awkward action has worked as an he should possess the ability to bowl with the stances and to any plan,” like,” he said. The spin department will be spearheaded by leg- advantage rather than a weakness. old ball and use the reverse swing. So, I am Morgan said. “Over the last two years in spinner Poonam Yadav, while the likes of Anuja Patil, “He (Bumrah) is a special talent, he has got looking forward to see how Rabada goes about “Every obstacle that is particular, we have always seen all-rounder Deepti Sharma and Anuja Patil will also that awkward action which works as an it and how quickly he adapts in the (Test) being put in front of him, he T20 cricket as an opportunity Smriti Mandhana bats during India’s nets session BCCI/Twitter shoulder the responsibility. advantage for him over the batsmen. He is keen series,” said Zaheer. overcame that. We haven’t seen to give young guys a game sim- the best of him, he still wants ply because our main focus has to learn all the time.” been the 50-over World Cup. Archer was England’s lead- “Our strategy will change ing wicket-taker in their tri- in the new year towards the Vinesh eyeing to make up for Afghanistan sweat umphant World Cup campaign (T20) World Cup. It is been at home. long summer for some of us He then followed up his and some need rest. I think, in Rio disappointment in Tokyo over Rashid fitness World Cup performance by the immediate future, we might scalping 22 wickets at an aver- experiment a little bit. But Asian Games last year in the 50kg catego- AFP n DHAKA age of 20.27 in the four Ashes next year, we will definitely be PTI n NEW DELHI ry. Tests against Australia. working towards building a In the-recently concluded World fghanistan captain Morgan also hailed Ben strong team.” n Olympic berth already secured, Championships, the star wrestler qualified ARashid Khan said he is Stokes’ heroics this summer, AWorld championship Bronze medal- for the 2020 Olympics before winning the unsure he will play in the tri- terming him as an excep- list wrestler Vinesh Phogat says she has Bronze medal in the 53kg. nation Twenty20 internation- tional cricketer. unfinished business to attend to in 2020 Relieved to have sealed an Olympic al final against Bangladesh “Who would have Tokyo. berth, Vinesh said the injury in Rio moti- today as he is nursing a ham- thought after the The fear of 2016 Rio Olympics injury vated her to make a strong comeback. string injury. World Cup final per- still playing on her mind, Vinesh on “After my injury in Rio I never Rashid left the field formance that took Monday said she is eyeing to complete her thought I’d be able to go back to the injured against the same absolutely every- bout in next year’s Tokyo Olympics. Olympics. Somewhere in my mind I felt opponents in their last match thing that he could One of India’s biggest medal prospects incomplete. That feeling always kept on of the league phase in come up with, on at the Rio Olympics, Vinesh’s campaign driving me to do better. I am very stub- Chittagong on Saturday, his own we would ended in agony in the quarterfinals of the born, I motivated myself to do better and before returning to bowl two win a game (third women’s 48kg freestyle category after suf- that is why I am going to the Olympics,” overs and picking 2-27 in Ashes Test) at fering a career-threatening knee injury. she said. their four-wicket loss. ACB/Twitter Headingley. “Hopefully in Tokyo I will play the Vinesh, who was earlier competing in “I can’t say anything right Rashid Khan bats at nets “The innings exposed entire six minutes of a bout. A lot was left the 50kg category but switched to 53kg now,” Rashid said Monday ity of the injury,” he said. every attribute that you out for me to achieve in Rio. I was not able early this year, said the shift has been ben- about his chances of playing “The physio and coaches need to be a Test match to play my entire match. There are a lot of eficial for her. in the final. didn’t want me to bowl. I was batsman. It was exception- things going in my mind regarding the “The change in weight category has “I had some work on my OK with the first two overs, al,” he said. Olympics,” Vinesh said on the sidelines of has been advantageous for me. I have won hamstring yesterday and but after going for a run it got Morgan said that the launch of Zee Kushti Dangal. back-to-back medals,” she said. today. We will decide tomor- worse. “I think I shouldn’t England have now set “So whatever the results, whether I lose Asked about the competition at the row.” have bowled, but when the their sights on next or win I want to complete my six minutes. Olympics, Vinesh said playing at home, the Rashid said he would team needs you, you have to year’s World When I do that whatever questions I have Japanese wrestlers will be top contenders. rather not have bowled in the be there. We give our all for Twenty20 after ful- in my mind right now will be cleared,” she “I feel everyone is strong in the 53kg previous game, but the team the country.” filling their long- added. category. Japan, of course, is the power- needed his services. Rashid said that if he cherished dream However since then, the 25-year-old house and will also have the home advan- “The main reason to even had a “10 percent of winning the ICC has made a strong comeback, winning tage. I would love to beat them and win come back to bowl was that chance” to take to the field, ODI World Cup. Golds in the Commonwealth Games and Vinesh Phogat poses with World C’ship Bronze PTI the Gold,” she said. I wanted to know the sever- he would give it a shot.