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One killed, IMPACT OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN 5-8 big companies two injured in blast TS Govt launches raft of CBI arrests coming to Telangana PNS n SURYAPET One person was killed and austerity measures NAVEENA GHANATE two others sustained injuries bizman for n HYDERABAD in an explosion that ripped L VENKAT RAM REDDY FIGHTING SLOWDOWN offering bribe through a scrap shop near the n HYDERABAD Minister K T Rama Rao has Ayyappa temple at Suryapet n NEW DELHI: The CBI on declared that several major on Friday morning, leading The State government has No customary gifts, dinners for Friday arrested the vice-pres- companies are keen on setting to tension for some time. launched a raft of austerity MLAs, MLCs and officials for ident of Soma Enterprises, P up their business centres in The local police identified measures in a studied attempt Budget session R Rao, for allegedly trying to Telangana. He made this com- the man who died in the blast to curb unnecessary and avoid- n MLA/ MLC Constituency offer a Rs 2-crore bribe to its ment at a review he held with as Ramachandra Saahu, a able expenditure to the exche- DIG-ranked officer to clear a HoDs of IT and Industries native of Maharashtra. Those quer, considering the dwindling Development Funds slashed pending probe against the Department here on Friday. injured were identified as revenues from almost all sectors n Ban on purchase of new company, officials said. An official, speaking to The Bujjamma, native of due to economic slowdown. vehicles, furniture Rao was taken into custody Pioneer, revealed that about 5- Ramakoti thanda, and Chief Minister K following the arrest of MHA 8 big companies would be lay- Salman, another native of Chandrasekhar Rao, who pre- n Renovation of offices, official official Dheeraj Singh and a ing foundation or launching Maharashtra. Addressing sented a full-fledged Budget for residences on hold private person, Dinesh operations in the next 3- media persons, Suryapet 2019-20 on Monday last in the Minister K T Rama Rao held a review meeting with HoDs of IT and Industries n n Curbs on foreign junkets of Chand Gupta. Singh and 6months. These include Department here on Friday Deputy Superintendent of Legislative Assembly, detailed in No more meetings in star hotels Gupta were arrested on Welspun and Pepsico. The Police said that the blast his speech how the overall ministers/babus Thursday morning, they said. official said, "We cannot dis- could have taken place as a earnings of the state govern- Continued on Page 4 close the names of the com- Shall take up uranium result of heat generated while ment had been declining To begin with, the Finance sworn ministers have to make panies, as it plays around with crushing plastic containers sharply over the past few Department has decided to do do with existing vehicles. stock prices. Some of them and iron items. Saahu, who months, forcing the govern- away with the customary prac- Ministers and officials have have taken up office space, issue with CM, says KTR was operating the crushing ment to slash the budget out- tice of giving 'gifts' to MLAs and been advised not to go in for Tejas passes which are under various stages HYDERABAD: Telangana IT and Nallamala forest. Assure you all machine, died on the spot. lay by 20 per cent, compared to MLCs during the Budget ses- renovation of their offices and of approval. Hyderabad is Municipal Administration that I shall personally discuss The clues team members the vote-on-account sought by sion. Traditionally expensive official residences. Besides, critical test going to defy the gloomy cor- Minister K T Rama Rao on the matter with Hon'ble CM KCR collected evidence that will be the government in February gadgets, including iPhones, instructions are being issued porate sector, and it is going to Friday said he would discuss the Garu," Rama Rao, son of the sent to the forensic science this year. iPads, laptops and laser print- not to hold meetings in five-star NEW DELHI: In a major be lone star shining when it concerns being expressed over Chief Minister, tweeted. lab for analysis. The Chief Minister indicat- ers, are gifted to MLAs and hotels and to restrict foreign milestone in the develop- comes to investment." the proposed uranium Rama Rao is the working "The blast took place when ed that currently securing addi- MLCs on the last day of the travels by ministers and offi- ment of a naval version of At the meeting, the officials exploration in Nallamala forest in president of ruling TRS. the labourers were trying to tional loans from banks and Budget session. Besides, lavish cials. There will also be a ban Tejas, the aircraft on Friday informed K T Rama Rao that the state with Chief Minister K Several Telugu film personalities crush a plastic container other financial institutions, dinners are hosted for MLAs, on purchase of new vehicles successfully carried out a several companies which had Chandrasekhar Rao. and others have also expressed using a machine. The men apart from proceeds of sale of MLCs and senior officials of all and furniture in all government successful "arrested landing", approached the Telangana gov- "I hear all of your concerns on concern over the proposed who sustained injuries were government lands in departments upon conclusion departments. a key performance demon- ernment had received the issue of uranium mining in uranium exploration. shifted to a hospital and their Hyderabad, remained the only of the session. This time it is No funds will be allotted to strating its ability to land on approvals and they would be condition was stated to be out options before the government going to be a staid affair on MLAs and MLCs under the board an aircraft carrier. laying foundation stones in the of danger," sources said. to fund various welfare schemes September 21, when the session Constituency Development Military officials involved coming months. The Minister state will generate more coming up in Telangana. He Police searched the entire and developmental pro- concludes, with neither gifts nor Fund for 2019-20. MLAs/ in the first ever "arrested instructed officials to provide employment opportunities for asked the HoDs of various area for any explosives, but grammes. dinner. MLCs used to get Rs 1 crore landing" of the light combat complete assistance to the the locals," he said. departments to submit detailed did not find any, the DSP In this backdrop, the gov- Similarly, it has been decid- each towards constituency aircraft said the successful test companies coming forward to The Minister enquired reports on the developmental said. The police have regis- ernment has decided to intro- ed that no new cars would be development fund in undivid- has put India among a select invest in Telangana. "The new about the progress of work works taken up and plans for tered a case under section duce a slew of austerity mea- purchased for ministers and ed AP. group of nations having capa- companies coming into the relating to Industrial Parks the coming four years. 304A of IPC. sures. officials. Even the six newly- Continued on Page 4 bility to design a jet which can land on an aircraft carrier. They said the test at a MICROSOFT CEO SATYA NADELLA'S FATHER shore-based test facility in Goa demonstrated the air- It's a sign that you're craft's ability to halt at a short distance using wires BN Yugandhar attached to a hook mounted on its fuselage after landing. hiding real data: Rajan PNS n NEW DELHI Raghuraman Rajan on passes away Google to Commerce Minister Piyush Friday launched a PNS n HYDERABAD Goyal's "gravity" gaffe refuses scathing attack on promote to die down. Former RBI gov- Goyal dissecting every Retired IAS officer hailing ernor Raghuraman Rajan on from Anantapur, B N original content Friday launched a scathing word of his remark Yugandhar, father of Microsoft attack on Goyal dissecting and saying that he CEO Satya Nadella, died here SAN FRANCISCO: Original GHMC personnel clearing immersion-related garbage in the city on Friday every word of his remark and fails to understand on Friday. The accomplished reporting will be highlighted saying that he fails to under- civil servant was 80 years old. in Google's search results, the IMMERSION OF 55,000 GANESH IDOLS … stand the "gravity" of eco- the "gravity" of Sources close to him said company said as it nomic slowdown. economic slowdown Yugandhar had not been keep- announced changes to its "When you don't under- ing well for some time now. algorithm. The world's largest City carpeted with stand the #GRAVITY of the His wife predeceased him. search engine has come economic slowdown, the Raghuraman Rajan Newton's law of universal grav- Satya Nadella is their only under increasing criticism words stumble and reasoning itation states that every mass child. from media outlets, mainly becomes feeble. If someone enthusiasm believing that attracts every other mass in the Yugandhar held several key B N Yugandhar because of its algorithms -- a 8K MTs of garbage thinks that maths doesn't help nothing is impossible. And universe, and the gravitation- positions, including member set of instructions followed by understanding gravity and eco- together we can achieve that $1 al force between two bodies is of the erstwhile Planning Minister recalled the services computers -- that newspapers PNS n HYDERABAD This includes about 32,800 nomics, then it's a sign that you trillion target in five years. proportional to the product of Commission during 2004-09. rendered by the deceased and have often blamed for idols in the limits of are hiding the actual statistical Don't get into the calculations their masses and inversely He also served in the Prime conveyed his heartfelt condo- plumenting online traffic and Post Ganesh immersion, Hyderabad City Police data. Newton must be smiling," (that to have a Rs 5 trillion proportional to the square of Minister's Office during late lences to the members of the the industry's decline. GHMC was left with the Commissionerate, 12,000 in Rajan said in tweet. economy, the country will the distance between them. PV Narasimha Rao regime bereaved family, especially Explaining some of the unenviable task of disposing Rachakonda, and 10,116 in Goyal had on Thursday have to grow at 12 per cent The Minister was roasted on and as director of the Lal Yugandhar's son and changes in a blog post, of nearly 8,000 metric tonnes Cyberabad limits. inadvertently erred in attribut- today, but it is growing at 6-7 Twitter for his erroneous link- Bahadur Shastri National Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Google's vice president of of garbage virtually carpeting More than 15,000 idols ing the theory of gravity to per cent. Dont get into that ing, with netizens mockingly Academy of Administration at A 1962 batch IAS officer, news Richard Gingras said the city on Friday. were immersed in Hussain Albert Einstein while asking maths. Because maths never asking, "What did Newton Mussorie in Uttarakhand. Yugandhar was instrumental stories that were critically More than 4,500 metric Sagar alone. This year, 10,000 the industry not to get into helped Einstein discover grav- discover, if Einstein discovered Chief Minister K in getting an entire chapter on important and labor intensive tonnes of garbage are gener- idols were immersed addi- nitty gritties of calculations of ity.. if he had only gone by the theory of gravity?" Chandrashekhar Rao disability issues included in the -- requiring experienced ated every day. tionally compared to last economic growth, which structured formulae, and what Goyal later tried to wriggle expressed condolences over Plan. Condoling Yugandhar's investigative skills, for exam- However, since Thursday year. requires a rate of 12 per cent was past knowledge, I don't out of the embarrassment. the death of the former senior death, Telangana Chief ple -- would be promoted. GHMC collected additional A meeting was held by to achieve the envisaged $5 think there would have been "This is a very mischievous and IAS officer in the united Secretary SK Joshi said, "He Articles that demonstrated 8,000MT garbage and moved GHMC and city police on trillion economy mark. any innovation in this world." baseless narrative sought to be Andhra Pradesh state. The (Yugandhar) was doyen of "original, in-depth and inves- it to 17 transfer stations in the Thursday to celebrate the While speaking at the Board Albert Einstein's general presented at my closing com- Chief Minister said, IAS officers and a jewel in the tigative reporting," would be city. About 55,000 idols were overall success of the immer- of Trade meeting under his theory of relativity is one of the ments at the Board of Trade "Yugandhar was a sincere, crown of civil services offi- given the highest possible immersed in 35 lakes and sion programme. Ministry, Goyal said: "Let's towering achievements of meeting this morning. honest officer who was known cers." rating by reviewers. Hussain Sagar in the city. Continued on Page 4 work with a new spirit of 20th-century physics. While Continued on Page 4 for his simplicity". The Chief Continued on Page 4

TODAY RAPED & BEATEN ALMANAC Tipplers prefer Metro as a safer bet New cancer treatment Month & Paksham: PNS n HYDERABAD by the metro railway adminis- Terrified teen Bhdrapada & Shukla Paksha tration in this behalf." prevents hair loss Panchangam If you've had one too many and Meanwhile, a video of per- ran naked till n Tithi : Purnima : 10:02 am apparently not in a position to son making nuisance in a train PNS LONDON tell which platform you are on, in drunken condition is being her rescue Nakshatram: Purva Bhadrapada: 10:56 pm Hyderabad Metro employees circulated on social media. A novel method discovered Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start may not let you board the train. Responding to the issue, NVS recently by a group of PNS n JAIPUR any important work) It is a different matter that said, "This incident reported- researchers, including one of Rahukalam: 09:09 am – 10:40 am several representations have ly happened on 8th Sept and he Indian-origin, shows how hair A terrified teenager ran been made requesting HMRL seems not that drunk but more loss from chemotherapy can naked on the street as she Yamagandam: 01:42 pm – 03:13 pm to allow even drunk passengers pretentious to be drunk for be prevented during cancer tried to escape three men Varjyam: NIL to board the train. attention-seeking. This candi- treatment in patients, arguably who had kidnapped, beaten Gulika: 06:07 am - 07:38 am HMRL MD N V S Reddy date stood firmly, took a video one of the most psychologi- and raped her in a Rajasthan Good Time: (to start any important work) said, "Persons in inebriated of himself, and by the time cally distressing side effects of town on Monday evening. All condition are prevented by However, HRML has been Metro railway,- (a) is in a state some passengers complained at modern cancer therapy. three attackers have been Amritakalam: 01:57 pm - 03:45 pm our security from boarding the strict in not allowing people of intoxication (b) commits any the next station, he got down The study published in the found that CDK4/6 inhibitors arrested. Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:47 am - 12:35 pm train. In fact, I get a lot of under influence of alcohol to nuisance or vandalism or act of and slipped away". journal EMBO Molecular can be used temporarily to halt The girl, her cousin and requests and representations to commute. In fact Section 59 of indecency, or uses abusive or HRML will anyway create a Medicine. cell division without promot- her friend in Bhilwara were HYDERABAD be a bit liberal to allow pas- Chapter IX of Metro Railway obscene language … shall be WhatsApp facility soon for The research team has ing additional toxic effects in reportedly returning from a WEATHER sengers who consumed limit- (Operations and Maintenance) punishable with fine which may commuters to make instant exploited the properties of a the hair follicle. When we fair and were on their way to ed alcohol to travel by Metro Act, 2002, authorizes a Metro extend to five hundred rupees complaints so that such per- newer class of drugs called bathed organ-cultured human a temple when three men Forecast: Cloudy as drunk driving is not allowed official to throw out a person and shall also be liable to for- sons causing nuisance can be CDK4/6 inhibitors, which scalp hair follicles in CDK4/6 blocked her way. Temp: 29/22 by police in Hyderabad city. trying to take a ride under the feiture of the fare which he may caught and detained. block cell division and are inhibitors, the hair follicles While her cousin man- Humidity: 83% The other day I got an NRI influence of alcohol. have paid or any pass or ticket Meanwhile, as per liquor already medically approved were much less susceptible to aged to run away, the girl was Sunrise: 06.03 policy, commuters would be Sunset: group calling on me with a The section on drunkenness which he may have obtained or as so-called "targeted" cancer the damaging effects of tax- allegedly dragged to a desert- 06.19 similar request as world over or nuisance on Metro railway, purchased, or be removed from allowed to carry up to two bot- therapies. anes," study lead author ed spot, assaulted and raped Current Weather Conditions Updated September 13, 2019 5:00 PM this is allowed, as long as they reads, " If any person, in any car- such carriage or part by any tles on the Metro, only if they "Although at first, this Talveen Purba from the by the men. don't create nuisance." riage or upon any part of the metro railway official authorized are sealed. seems counterintuitive, we University of Manchester said. Continued on Page 4 HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 hyderabad 02

National Lok 20TH ANNIVERSARY Komatireddy slams KCR Adalat today PNS n HYDERABAD Lashing out at the Chief Minister K HYDERABAD: As per the Chandrashekhar Rao over the alleged rum- directions of National Legal blings, Congress MP from Bhongir Services Authority, the Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said that trou- Metropolitan Legal Services ble is brewing in the TRS party and said that Authority, Hyderabad will the party MLAs are opposing the attitude conduct National Lok Adalat of the KCR."One can understand the seri- for settlement of all ous situation prevailing in the TRS as KCR Compoundable Criminal deceived leader like former Home Minister Cases, NI Act Cases, Excise Naini Narsimha Reddy. He ridiculed saying Cases, Labour disputes, that the TRS is asking rebel leaders, who Matrimonial Cases on were opposing the leadership, to Telangana September 14 at Metropolitan Bhavan and touching their feet to make Criminal Courts Complex, them stay in the party," he said. He further Nampally, Secunderabad and said that the CM has won the elections by Erramanzil. In this regard, the deceiving the farmers. He further made it Metropolitan Legal Services Members of Telangana Development Forum, USA, with Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Friday. The forum members clear that the Congress will oppose proposed Authority, Hyderabad consti- invited the Chief Minister to attend the 20th anniversary of TDF in the US uranium mining in Nallamala forests. tuted 13 Lok Adalat Benches at Nampally, 2 Lok Adalat Bench at Erramanzil and 6 Lok Adalat Benches at Secunderabad, and 1 at Shah to miss BJP's Railway Court, Secunderabad. Chief Minister failed to Sept 17 meeting ‘Valmiki' row: PNS n HYDERABAD fulfil promises: Cong CBFC, Varun Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah will n skip the main Telangana TPCC chief demands 50 per cent reservation for BCs Tej get notice Liberation Day programme HYDERABAD: The planned by the State unit of PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana society. He Telangana High Court on BJP. alleged that Modi is Friday issued notices to the BJP leaders in Telangana Accusing the TRS gov- destroying the political state government, Central have been planning to cele- ernment of doing utter system in the nation with Board of Film Certification brate Telangana Liberation injustice to the Backward revenge politics. He said (CBFC) and actor Varun Tej, day on a massive scale to Classes in State, TPCC that the unemployed youth the lead actor in 'Valmiki', to draw political mileage, con- president and MP N may lose their job oppor- respond to a PIL filed by sidering that the ruling TRS the public meeting on Uttam Kumar Reddy has tunities with the policies of 'Boya hakkula porata has not been keen on official- Liberation Day, he is not vis- demanded the Chief Modi as said former Prime samithi'. ly celebrating the day. The saf- iting due to prior commit- Minister K Minister Manmohan The Samithi has urged fron party has been making ments and hectic schedule. Chandrashekhar Rao to Singh. the Court to grant stay on efforts to get BJP's strongman BJP senior leaders will be vis- give 50 per cent reserva- He said that the party the release of the film sched- Amit Shah to address a pub- iting various historic places tions to BCs on the lines cadre would hoist the uled for September 20 till lic meeting in the state on which witnessed Telangana of Maharashtra govern- national flag at all district the name was changed. The September 17. Liberation movement over the ment. head quarters on September notices were also issued to BJP state president K next three days," said G TPPC chief N Uttam Chief Minister deceived farmers by not giving 17 on the occasion of the producer, director of Laxman has gone on record Premender Reddy, general Kumar Reddy He reiter- Rythu Bandhu amount. He is not even Telangana Liberation Day. the movie and film chamber that Shah would address a secretary of Telangana BJP. ated that they would allo- On the same day, the party of commerce. A division massive public meeting on BJP leaders will visit cate 50 per cent seats to talking about loan waiver scheme will conduct a TPCC exec- bench of the High Court the Liberation Day and that Bairanpally in Siddipet, Veyi BCs and Minorities in UTTAM KUMAR REDDY utive meeting to discuss comprising of the Chief several "high-profile leaders Urula Marri in Nirmal, ensuing Municipal elec- TPCC president the issues like membership Justice of the state Justice RS from other parties" would join Yerrupalem in Khammam, tions. Addressing the drive and prevailing politi- Chauhan and Justice A BJP in Shah's presence. Appampally in Mahabubnagar gathering on Friday after scheme during elections, gap of six months, he cal conditions discussed in Abhishek Reddy heard the BJP leaders have been and other places that wit- inducting former police not even released Rs 16 alleged. He said that AICC meeting recently, he arguments made by the organising several pro- nessed historic events during official Bhumaiah from for this scheme. nobody expected that told. Uttam said that the counsel for petitioner SAV grammes in the run-up to the liberation struggle. Karimnagar district, The Chief Minister both Narendra Modi and party will conduct training Ratnam in the case. The theTelangana Liberation Day. "We want to create awareness Uttam alleged that Chief failed to implement his KCR governments will classes to the party activists petitioner's counsel told the However, due to hectic sched- about the sacrifices made by Minister deceived the assurances during elec- fail in this manner. He irrespective of elections. court that the said film ule, the Union Home Minister Telangana people for Telangana farmers by not giving tions, he alleged saying said that the TPCC is The party will celebrate would cause an irreparable will not be in a position to visit liberation. M KCR has gone Rythu Bandhu amount. that the Chief Minister organising a debate on 150th birth anniversary cel- damage to the sage 'Valmiki' Telangana on September 17. back on his word for celebrat- The Chief Minister is not reduced allocations in the financial status of the state ebrations of Mahathma belonging to Boya commu- "We will be organising a ing September 17 as Telangana speaking about loan waiv- budget to SC, ST and with the members of Gandhi on October 2. nity as the lead actor was a public meeting at Patancheru Liberation Day officially fear- er scheme, he pointed out BCs. The government TPCC, he revealed. Former CI Bhumaiah robber in the film titled on September 17. Though ing AIMIM,” said N Srivardhan slamming that the Chief lessened Rs 36,000 crore Uttam called upon the alleged that TRS rule after their sage. Union Home Minister Amit Reddy, Telangana Vimochana Minister, who assured when compared with Vote intellectuals to join reminding monarchic rule Shah was expected to attend Committee chairman. unemployment allowance on Account Budget in the Congress to rescue in the state. MANUU admissions Uranium mining: Congress ‘Hold SCB polls with party symbols’ PNS n HYDERABAD requested Defence Estates DG Deepa date extended Bajwa to hold the elections on party HYDERABAD: The last date invites BJP for all-party meet With elections for Secunderabad symbols. We have presented her let- for admission to various pro- Cantonment Board (SCB) expected to ter written by Chief Minister KCR on grammes of Maulana Azad PNS n HYDERABAD Kodandaram, CPI state secre- maximum to attend the all- be held in January 2020, TRS is bat- the subject. Already Cantonment National Urdu University's tary Chada Venkat Reddy, party meeting. ting for holding these polls on elections were held on party sym- (MANUU) department of Intensifying its struggle against CPM state secretary VH said that they would go to party symbols. Telangana bols in Maharashtra and Uttar distance education (DDE) for the State government, TPCC Thammineni Veerabhadram, people after all-party meeting. Planning Commission Pradesh states. She respond- the July 2019 session has been Committee for taking up agi- Telangana Inti Party chief Dr He opined that all have the vice-chairman B Vinod ed positively to our request," extended till September 30. tation against uranium mining Cheruku Sudhakar, former responsibility of protecting Kumar met Deepa said Vinod Kumar after According to DDE director in Nallamala Forests chair- MLC Prof K Nageshwar, Krishna River catchment area. Bajwa, director general meeting DG of Defence Prof PF Rahman, the UGC- man V Hanumantha Rao has Environmental activists Prof He said that the government may of Defence Estates in Estates. DEB has extended the date of said that they invited state Purushotham Reddy, Prof purchase uranium if it wanted Delhi on Friday and Elections for Secunderabad admissions for academic ses- BJP president Dr K Laxman to Anand Rao, Prof Laxmanna uranium for nuclear power gen- urged her to hold Cantonment Board (SCB) were sion 2019-20 considering the participate in the all-party and others already accepted to eration. “But is not possible to Cantonment elections on held in January 2015 last. There situation that arose due to meeting to be held on participate in the all-party purchase the forests and water if party symbols. SCB is governed by are eight wards in SCB limits and one natural calamity in various September 16. meeting to be held in a private they disappeared”, he asked. He Defence Ministry. board member is elected from each States across the country. VH said that Jana Sena chief hotel in Jubilee Hills. He said made it clear that they will not "Elections for Secunderabad ward. Board members elect a vice- The e-prospectus and online Pawan Kalyan, TTDP chief L that BJP state chief Laxman allow the government for ura- Cantonment Board are expected to be president, who is similar to GHMC's application forms are avail- Ramana, TJS chief Prof M assured him that he would try nium mining at any cost. held in January 2020. We have Mayor in SCB power structure. able on website https://manu- ucoe.in/ddeonlineadmis- sion19. Workshops on theatre, cal- ligraphy The MANUU ‘Democracy and extremism cannot go together' Centre for Urdu Culture Studies (CUCS) is organizing PNS n HYDERABAD important role in fighting LWE, two separate workshops on Dora paid tributes the ultimate success depends on Theatre and Calligraphy. HJ Dora, IPS (Retd.), former to the martyred their counterparts at grass roots These workshops, which con- DGP of AP & Chief Vigilance levels", Dora opined and added tinue till September 28, are Commissioner delivered "Sri P. forest officer, P that a police constable is a pre- being attended by 85 students Srinivas Memorial Lecture" on Srinivas, and cious resource in curbing LWE. from different departments of "How to Tackle Left Wing praised his Dora stated that enriching the MANUU. Extremism (LWE)" to the All courage and competence and commitment of India Services and Central Civil determination to police personnel at all levels was HYDERABAD Services Officer Trainees, includ- on the top of the agenda to ing IPS, IFS, IRS, ISS, IES, etc., nab Veerappan enhance their motivation and BULLION RATES who are attending the 15-week morale. Towards this, he added, GOLD long 94th Foundation Course continuous training became an (FC) at Dr. MCR HRD Institute. in dealing with insurgency is a integral part of man management. ` 38,060 (10 gm) ` Harpreet Singh, IAS, ADG and P mere myth rather than a reality. "Launching of a generous scheme 185 K Sharma, Chief Consultant, 94th "Do not blame politicians. of accelerated promotions and SILVER FC also graced the occasion. Instead, have dialogue with them. providing an array of facilities, ` 47,200 (1kg) M Venkateshwaran, IFS (OT) And in an overwhelmingly large including night vision goggles, ` 400 spoke about the life of late P HJ Dora, former DGP of AP & Chief Vigilance Commissioner, and others during a number of cases they would GPS, maps, etc. motivated them Srinivas, who was a distinguished lecture at Dr. MCR HRD Institute on Friday appreciate your point of view, to come forward to work in the officer of the 1979 batch of which, in turn, would add to your areasaffected by LWE and also in CHICKEN Indian Forest Service of role model to the young Officers. istrative will was the hallmark of strengths", he emphasised. contributing their best to their RATES `/KG Karnataka Cadre. He was mar- While speaking on tackling the strategy to successfully grap- "While police personnel at high- jobs", said Dora with a sense of tyred in his pursuit of arresting the LW Extremism he said that ple with the problem of LWE. He er levels of hierarchy play an pride. Dressed/With Skin `144 the notorious bandit, poacher, total unanimity in understanding also paid rich tribute to the brave Without Skin `163 and sandalwood smuggler, the problems of LWE by the hearts who laid down their lives Broiler at Farm `99 Veerappan, on 10th of November political parties in power and the in the service of the country 1991. He was posthumously bureaucracy, and a joint commit- while battling LWE. awarded the second highest ment on their part to respond to "There was no place for dilem- EGG peacetime gallantry award of the it with professionalism, were mas, inconsistencies, and ten- `/ country, the Kirti Chakra, by the greatly instrumental in enabling dency to succumb to pressures in RATES 100 Government of India in 1992. the combined State of Andhra the campaign against LWE", HYDERABAD 332 Speaking on this occasion, Pradeshin putting an end to this Dora stated and added that VIJAYAWADA 359 Dora paid tributes to the martyred menace and in emerging as a role democracy and extremism can- forest officer and praised his modelfor theLWE-afflicted not go together. Dora said, with VISAKHAPATNAM 370 courage and determination to States,across the country. a sense of confidence, that the RETAIL PRICE `3.32 nab the notorious smuggler Continuing his address, he said phenomenon of political inter- (IN HYDERABAD) Veerappan. He said that he was a that a strong political and admin- ference in the working of police

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According to country, the historic the police, the deceased was n GHMC project is in cold storage due to change in bureaucracy, sources say International Nagar Kirtan of identified as Anjamma, 45, wife Sri Guru Nanak Prakash Yatra of Chandraiah, a resident of (Sikh religious procession) NAVEENA GHANATE numbering as existing today. taken out as part of the 550th Champapet. "The body was n found around 11 am in a HYDERABAD However, the Municipal Act is Birth anniversary celebrations secluded part of a residential not applicable for GHMC and of first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak area here. She had injuries on Digital door numbering pro- the saga of pilot projects will Dev ji, founder of Sikhism, her head, mouth, left ear and ject for houses in Greater continue. from holy shrine of Nankana also near the private parts. It Hyderabad Municipal As was the case in previous Sahib, Lahore in Pakistan on was revealed during the Corporation (GHMC) lies in years, the DDN project was August 1will arrive in preliminary enquiry that she limbo. A pilot project was ini- confined to pilot projects Hyderabad on September 16. was a toddy addict and we are tiated in Moosapet last year alone. In 2016, GHMC had The historic International suspecting she had gone with and nothing progressed after it. conducted a pilot project in Nagar Kirtan is to commem- the attacker voluntarily to A Senior GHMC official said, Gaganmahal and Domalguda orate the 550th Prakash Purab participate in consentual sex, "The project which would cost areas. The project was shelved of Guru Nanak Dev ji, which parts of the country, it will from Nankana Sahib, the following which she was around Rs 15crore for 22 lakh due to alleged rift between pri- started from Nankana Sahib, reach Hyderabad on birthplace of the first Sikh murdered" said the ACP of households has the potential to vate agencies. Later in 2018, the birth place of Guru Nanak September 16. master on September 16 at 1 Malakpet, M Sudarshan. A case add Rs 500 crore to the revenue the project was piloted again Devji on August 1, 2019 to The Yatra will arrive from pm near Kandlaykoya Oxygen has been registered. of the civic body. The project which seems to be a mere eye- spread Guru Nanak Devji's Nagpur via Nizamabad on Park, CMR Group of would take six months to be wash by the civic body. Now teachings of eternal love, peace, September 15.The yatra from Institutions, Kandlakoya, Ganesh immersion: completed". Not only the civic body, even again the project is put on equality and brotherhood Nizamabad will be received by Medchal. Later, the yatra will This project would help in Electricity and Water Board too can backburner. across the globe and has the Sikh community of pass through ORR road and SHE Teams nab 84 recording all structures for It may be mentioned here entered India from Pakistan, Telangana by thousand of will arrive at Pillar Number143 persons property assessment and benefit through the project by tagging that the pilot project last year, through Wagah border in Sikhs by showering petals and on PVNR Expressway, Attapur, increasing the civic body's rev- all the structures and issuing power involved taking high-resolu- Punjab. After touring various flowers on the holy 'saroop' Rajendranagar at 4 pm. enue. Not only GHMC, even tion latest satellite images, pro- he SHE Teams and meters and water connections THyderabad City Police have Electricity and Water Board cessing images to identify caught 84 persons for too can benefit through the respectively unique properties, field verifi- misbehaving with women project by tagging all the struc- cation by teams comprising of PD act against during the final day of Ganesh tures and issuing power meters GIS team, tax inspectors by procession and immersion. and water connections respec- everything related to the digi- the geo-spatial and cloud com- concerned deputy commis- property “During the festival, some tively. tal door number was put in puting technologies. sioners. Special mobile appli- people were following the Instead of investing in DDN, place, but then there was not As per the new Municipal cation will capture entire data offender procession and sprinkling it has been re-verifying prop- enough push for the project. Act, QR code based door num- of each area, which will be PNS n HYDERABAD water on women, who were erties in range of Rs 3.5lakh This project from citizens bering shall be taken up in all automatically updated online. immersed in the Ganesh again to achieve its ambitious point of view would ease com- Municipalities in Telangana. It The digital house numbering is The Commissioner of sloganeering. Some were target of Rs1,800 crore through municating and locating will be digitally scientific, easy planned under the Unique Police, Cyberabad invoked throwing water packets. Some property tax. As per sources, address in newer areas. It was to locate and will hugely help Smart Addressing Solution for the detention order under were even caught for throwing the project is in cold storage aimed to create a uniform improve sanitation and other Urban Dwellings programme the PD act against a habit- paper pieces and flowers on due to the changes in bureau- addressing system for all hous- civic services. It will help get in the public-private partner- ual property offender on ladies and few were taking cracy. Sources claimed that es across Hyderabad, using over a very complex door ship. Friday. The accused was selfies with ladies without their identified as 31-year-old knowledge. We also noticed Amol Ashok Rao that some were blowing Mirzapure, a resident of whistles and shouting at Pvt hospital TAKING STOCK Yavatmal District in women, while some of them Maharashtra. Officials said followed and stalked women” staff booked that Ashok committed as said an official. Adding that, for negligence many as 15 property few others were trying to touch offences in 2018 and 2019. the women inappropriately in PNS n HYDERABAD inebriated condition. All these activities were video recorded The Panjagutta police have and they were caught red booked a criminal case handed with evidence. “Those against the management of arrested hailed from Telangana, Pragna Hospital in Jubilee Rajasthan, Bihar and other Hills here for alleged negli- States. There were also minors gence resulting in the death among those arrested” said of a 7-year-old boy on Friday. ACP SHE teams C Narmada. According to the police, the boy, M. Vignesh, was Techie commits suffering from high fever. He was admitted to the hos- suicide in pital on September 7 around Kukatpally 8:30 pm for treatment. Later, the family was informed that 23-year-old software the boy was diagnosed with Aengineer committed suicide dengue. by hanging himself at a private "There, the doctors at the hostel in KPHB. The deceased hospital examined my boy was identified as Gundla and informed that they found Venkata Naga Chaitanya, a dengue positive and they software employee at a private promised me to admit the firm in Jubilee hills. A native boy in for a week's medical Arvind Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, MA& UD, inspects East Anand Bagh road under bridge (RuB) works along with of Duvvada in Visakhapatnam, treatment and that they will R&B, HMWSSB and TSSPDCL officials on Friday he was staying in a private cure it. However, on hostel at road no 3 in KPHB September 9, he was shifted colony. According to the to ICU (Intensive Care Unit), police, Chaitanya was found under serious condition; hanging in his room by the again on the next day, he was hostel authorities. "On Friday, shifted to the ventilator. The Sikki Reddy instagram account hacked Chaitanya was not opening his management did not provide PNS n HYDERABAD thing," she tweeted with a room's door. The owner broke proper care for my son and he screenshot of the account open the door, only to find him was declared dead by the doc- Badminton doubles specialist which says "I am hacker. I sell hanging from the ceiling fan tors on September 11 night N Sikki Reddy on Friday said your account for $700. with a bedsheet" said S Laxmi around 9:30 pm," said M. her Instagram account was "Hi everyone my insta Narayana, Inspector of Radha, the mother in a com- hacked. account has been hacked so Police, KPHB. Officials plaint to the Panjagutta The 26-year-old please dont message or tag recovered a suicide note police. Following the com- Hyderabad-based player post- me. I will update shortly. from the scene in which plaint, the police booked a ed the information on her Thank you," she said in anoth- Chaitanya wrote that he was case under Section 304-Aof official twitter account. er tweet. disguted with his life as he the IPC against the manage- "@instagram please help Responding to her tweet, was unhappy with his job. ment of Pragna Hospital. me some hacker has hacked already reported too but no Hyderabad city police advised The KPHB police registered a case and are investigating The boy's body was shifted my account and sends me this response. He got my mail id her to contact the Cyber the incident. for postmortem examina- messages in Whatsapp. I have and phone number every- Crime Station. tion. Investigation is on. Experts back move to ban e-cigarettes MAYANK TIWARI tobacco trade. In Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, there are no n HYDERABAD n In Telangana, particularly in Hyderabad, restrictions to sell or even particularly in ENDS products are virtually smoke of ENDS products in As the Government deliberates Hyderabad, Electronic sold at every suburb without public. the details of a draft ordi- Nicotine Delivery any restriction or age limita- "E-cigarettes pose signifi- nance to curb the usage of E- Systems (ENDS) tion. ENDS products have been cant health risks to users that cigarettes, experts from various gaining alarming popularity are frighteningly similar to fields have welcome the move products are virtually among the youth not just in those of conventional ciga- and urged the government to sold at every suburb Hyderabad but across all major rettes. E-cigarettes also risk as pass the ordinance in the larg- without any restriction cities in India. a gateway to smoking imitation er interest of public health. or age limitation The committee of doctors for young people once they According to the reports, the n from All India Institute of have become addicted. They Ministry of Health and Family ENDS products Medical Sciences (AIIMS), are being marketed as a harm Welfare (MoHFW) has pro- gaining popularity National Centre for Disease reduction product which is posed making the production, among the youth Informatics and Research contrary to the truth. manufacturing, import, export, across all India (NCDIR) and public health Youngsters are being lured as transport, sale and distribution experts have concluded that it is easily available in different or advertisements of e-ciga- ENDS are as harmful as any flavors", Dr A Srikanth, rettes a cognizable offence, pun- earlier issued an advisory to all cluded that there is evidence to another tobacco product in Secretary, Indian Dental ishable with jail up to one year States and UT`s, to ensure prove that the ENDS and its terms of causing premature Association, Deccan Branch. or fine up to Rs 1 lakh or both that ENDS, including e- variants are harmful to users. deaths and morbidity. As per the ICMR's recent for the first-time offenders, and Cigarettes, Heat-Not-Burn Recently, the Gujarat Nearly 18 States and 2 Union paper, it was noted that e-cig- jail of up to three years and fine devices, Vape, e-Sheesha, e- Tobacco Merchants Association Territories in India including, arettes and other such devices up to Rs5 lakh for repeat offend- Nicotine Flavoured Hookah, (GTMA) and Gujarat Tobacco Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, contained not only nicotine ers. According to a draft ordi- and the like devices that enable Growers & Merchants Haryana, Mizoram, Kerala, solution, which was highly nance, the storage of e-cigarettes nicotine delivery are not sold Association (GTGMA) have Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar addictive but also harmful shall also be punishable with (including online sale), manu- questioned the need for the Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, ingredients such as flavoring imprisonment up to six months factured, distributed, traded, haste in banning e-cigarettes, in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, agents and vaporizers. or fine up to ?50,000 or both. imported and advertised in a letter to Prime Minister Himachal Pradesh, According to government data, To prevent the initiation of their jurisdictions. Narendra Modi. Bhikubhai N Puducherry, Rajasthan, more than 460 e-cigarette Electronic Nicotine Delivery A sub-committee group con- Patel, president of GTMA said Meghalaya, Nagaland and brands are available in India, Systems (ENDS) by non-smok- stituted by MoHFW, on health the ban will not serve any pur- Odisha already banned the with various configurations of ers and youth with special effects of ENDS, considered pose except to encourage the use and sale of ENDS products, nicotine delivery and in over attention to vulnerable groups, 251 studies reports and con- black market and hurt the while in Telangana, and 7,700 flavors. FOR SUBSCRIPTION, RENEWALS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT DELAYED PAPER DELIVERY, PLEASE CONTACT 040-23322341-43 HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 hyderabad 04

A step towards plastic-free dist Farmers stop UCIL to check for uranium Ministers' WANAPARTHY DISTRICT OFFICIALS’ convoy in INITIATIVE TO CURB USE OF PLASTIC YIELDING RESULTS Karimnagar PNS n KARIMNAGAR contamination in Kadapa PNS n WANAPARTHY also been roped-in to make awareness among the people in cloth bags from cloth materi- villages to shun plastic. This Ministers Errabelli Dayakar PNS n VIJAYAWADA Wanaparthy district adminis- al costing anywhere between way, art is also being encour- Rao and Koppula Eshwar APPCB's external advisory tration's initiatives to get rid of Rs 1 to Rs 50, which would aged to bring about a cultural faced the ire of farmers in The Andhra Pradesh Pollution committee, having experts of plastic are yielding results. soon find their way into mar- renaissance. Kodimyla Mandal of Jagtial Control Board (APPCB) on The initiative, which may be kets for people to buy, to avoid The collected plastic is being district on Friday when they Friday issued directions to the various fields, including nuclear called wishful thinking by pes- using plastic bags. With this sent to Hyderabad for recy- were heading towards Uranium Corporation of India chemistry, reviewed the damage to simists, launched by the dis- initiative, not only a new cling. In the last one month, Ramnagar village to create Ltd (UCIL) to check for ura- trict Collector Sweta Mohanty industry is being created, but 10,200 kilo grams of plastic awareness on the Gram nium contamination in the the bore wells and crops due to about a month ago is well on people are also being waste has been col- Panchayath comprehensive state's Kadapa district. discharge of process waste in the its way to becoming a reality in encouraged to use lected, out of plan. The APPCB's directions the long-term. alternative which 3,000 kilo The villagers stopped the came after an expert commit- tailing pond, in and around After being carved as a new method to grams have convoy of the Ministers and tee formed by it visited Kadapa Thummalapalli Project, Velpula, district after the formation of plastic usage been given to questioned why they were not district last week to look into Medipentla and Kottala villages Telangana, Wanaparthy has for their an organiza- provided drinking and irri- the complaints of groundwater undergone many transforma- day-to-day tion called gation water facility in their pollution caused by the urani- tions in irrigation, agriculture needs. This 'Hello dust- village. They asked the um mining and processing this month to study the impact characteristics from all moni- The UCIL was also asked to and other sectors. Recently, the is a produc- bin' and the Ministers to respond posi- project of the UCIL at of storage of process waste slur- toring boreholes and sur- develop rain water harvesting district administration has ini- tion effort rest has tively to their demand. They Tummalapalle. ry in the tailing pond on the rounding villages, rise in tail- structures of adequate capaci- tiated several steps to get the which is in been sent to even tried to block the road "Based on the review and ground water quality of the ing pond level since beginning ty at suitable locations. The rural areas free of single-use progress. Hyderabad for sometime before the findings of the expert com- surroundings. It visited the of operations and associated Corporation will have to carry plastic, which is the most In addition for recycling, so police entered the scene and mittee, APPCB issued direc- plant and surrounding agri- increase in surface area, inflow out health impact studies by dreaded health hazard for the to these efforts, that income forcibly evicted the villagers. tions to UCIL and will review culture lands on September 9 and outflow characteristics of dermatologist and radiologist people. The beginning of the the administration could be generated, The villagers alleged that the compliance of the direc- and 10 and submitted its report slurry to and from the tailings due to release of radionuclides effort started with a seminar has assigned one district which could be used to the four villages in Kodimyala tions periodically," said Vivek on September 11. pond.The Board directed if any to the environment and organised at the district head- officer as the special officer for fund campaigns like this. mandal were facing acute Yadav, Member Secretary, The Board asked the UCIL UCIL to fence to secure the take necessary action as quarters, which was attended 4-5 villages. These special offi- District Collector Sweta shortage of water and the APPCB.APPCB's external to form an environment man- entire area with adequate dis- required for their health. by thousands. Similar aware- cers would visit those villages Mohanty has been supervising Collector and local legislator advisory committee, having agement committee headed play of cautionary boards to The UCIL asked to expedite ness programmes were held in every Wednesday and would these efforts personally by vis- were showing less concern experts of various fields includ- by senior officials trained in ensure safety of humans and laying the pipelines from mandals and villages across the ensure that no plastic waste is iting several villages, in addi- towards resolving the matter. ing nuclear chemistry, environmental issues. It was livestock from undue exposure Chitravathi Balancing reservoir district. found in those villages through tion to encouraging people to The villagers said the water to reviewed the damage to the also directed to provide imper- to hazardous materials. to provide water to all seven For a start, school children cleanliness drives and would use toilets which were built as be released from Potharam bore wells and crops due to dis- vious discharge channels or use The UCIL shall complete villages as committed during from 120 government institu- also create awareness among part of Swachh Bharat Mission, reservoir was not released on charge of process waste in the hose pipes to prevent erosion greenbelt development of 360 the meeting with Kadapa tions were involved in making the people in those villages plant saplings as part of time and hence they stopped tailing pond, in and around of the abutments and conse- hectares in two years. It shall District Collector in July. one lakh paper bags, out of through various activities by Haritha Haram and to encour- the Ministers' convoy, they Thummalapalli Project, quent seepage. The UCIL was take up avenue plantation The UCIL shall file the req- which 58,000 bags have been involving people's representa- age people to keep their vil- said. The villagers said they Velpula, Medipentla and asked to share historical along both sides of haul roads uisition for land acquisition for distributed free of cost to tives. 'Telangana Samskruthika lages clean by preventing over- would intensify the stir if the Kottala villages. records of groundwater levels with double row staggered sys- 120 acres immediately as shops and markets. Women Saradhi,' a cultural troupe, has flowing drains and stagnation administration fail to resolve The panel was formed early and detailed water quality tem, the APPCB said. instructed during the meeting. from self-help groups have also been roped-in to spread of water. the matter amicably. TS Govt launches COURTESY CALL Terrified teen ran raft of austerity naked till her rescue Continued from Page 1 ran for half a km in that state until stringent law on sexual crimes measures she finally stopped and accepted against children and atrocity Continued from Page 1 will be no funds left under the Her cousin, who had reached clothes from the shopkeeper. against Scheduled Castes. It will Constituency Development a nearby market, told everyone A senior police officer in be fast tracked and a senior offi- After formation of Telangana Fund for MLAs/ MLCs for the about the teen being attacked and Bhilwara, Harendra Mahwar, cial will track the progress of the State, the TRS government financial year 2019-20. begged a shopkeeper for help. The said the girl and her two friends case. The police have taken the increased the sum to Rs 1.5 crore For the government, which is shopkeeper reportedly reached were on their way to a temple statements of the shopkeeper, the in 2014 and doubled it to Rs 3 considering to raise the retire- the spot to see the men thrash- when the three suspects, who teen and her friends. Deputy crore in 2016. ment age of employees from 58 ing the girl. They ran away when were drinking by the road, Superintendent of Police (DSP) There are 120 MLAs and 40 years to 60 years, it would be an they saw him. The shopkeeper chased them. "While her friends Bharat Singh the police had MLCs in Telangana and, at the advantage once the decision is told the police that the injured girl escaped, the teenage girl was collected broken bangles, liquor rate of Rs 3 crore each, it would made. For, it can defer payment started running without her abducted and taken to an iso- bottles and blood stains from the require Rs 480 crore. However, of retirement and terminal ben- clothes on because she was trau- lated place and raped," he said. spot where the horrific assault the Chief Minister has allotted efits to the retiring staff. This matized and afraid of him. She A case has been filed under a took place. only Rs 120 crore in the latest way, the government expects to budget, which would be just defer payment of at least Rs about enough to pay off arrears 5,000 crore by two more years, relating to the previous financial should the retirement age be Nizamabad MP D Aravind and his family members with Telanagana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at Raj Bhavan in year. This also implies that there increased by two years. Hyderabad on Friday It's a sign that you're CBI arrest bizman for offering bribe BN Yugandhar hiding real data: Rajan Continued from Page 1 duced Gupta, a representa- was recorded and the Singh tive of Soma Enterprises, to and Gupta were called at the passes away Continued from Page 1 It is alleged that Singh, him. CNG station near the agency Continued from Page 1 posted in the Police-I Singh and Gupta told headquarters at 11pm on The comment that I made had a certain Division of the Ministry of Garg that a CBI inquiry is Wednesday night. Garg Recalling his association context. Unfortunately some friends have Home Affairs, had called under way against the com- reached there at 11.15pm in with Yugandhar, former sought to remove the context, pick up one CBI Deputy Inspector pany and they wanted his his official vehicle along Uunion home secretary line and create a very mischievous narrative," General Asra Garg for a help in settling the matter in with the witness as his dri- K Padmanabhaiah said, he said. On Friday, however, Goyal accept- meeting where he offered Rs the company's favour for ver, and the verification offi- "He (Yugandhar) was a ed that he had "made a mistake". "Due to a 2 crore as bribe to settle the which they expressed readi- cer was sitting in the rear of committed and brilliant slip of tongue, I made a mistake yesterday. matter against Soma ness to pay Rs 2 crore as ille- the vehicle. Seeing Garg, officer. We all get opportunities to make mistakes. Enterprises. The offer was gal gratification, the officer the duo sat inside the vehi- He used to inspire In fact, Einstein said and I quote, 'A person made on behalf of Rao, offi- said in the complaint. cle where Gupta offered Rs young IAS officers. He who never made a mistake. Never tried any- cials said. The agency swung into 2 crore to settle the matter had Left-oriented ideas. It thing new.' I am not among those, who are Garg, a Tamil Nadu-cadre action after getting the com- against Soma Enterprises. is a loss for all of us." afraid of making a mistake. As soon I IPS officer, apprised his plaint and the case was After nearly 20 minutes of President of Telangana realised the mistake, I tried to explain the seniors and filed a complaint handed over to a different conversation, Gupta stepped IAS officers Association context in which I had made the statement. regarding the offer, they unit where an inspector was out of the vehicle and Singh BP Acharya condoled the Unfortunately, the context took a backseat said. deputed to verify the claims. told the officer he was ready death of the illustrious and the mistake was highlighted. I thought In his complaint dated As part of the verification to make an upfront payment civil servant. "He I should take this opportunity to accept on September 11, 2019, Garg, process, Garg was asked to of Rs 10 lakh, kept at his res- (Yugandhar) is a role a public platform that I made a mistake," the DIG of the anti-corrup- call the duo for a meeting idence.Gupta then made a model for the young offi- Goyal tweeted. tion branch of CBI, alleged during which an indepen- phone call to vice-president cers to emulate in terms of Earlier, Finance Minister Nirmala that Singh, whom he knew, dent witness armed with Rao and made him speak to his contributions to the Sitharaman too faced the wrath of Twitteratti contacted him to say he tapping devices would the officer during which he field of rural development. following her comment linking the mil- wants him to meet a person. accompany him, posing as confirmed Gupta was speak- May his 'atma (soul)' attain lennials' preference for Uber and Ola cabs Garg said Singh met him his driver. ing on his behalf and he 'sadgati (salvation)', he to the auto sector crisis. a few days ago and intro- The call from the officer agreed with the offer. said in a statement. ‘Green India Challenge' City carpeted with 8K crosses 3 crore mark MTs of garbage Continued from Page 1 GHMC engaged approxi- PNS n HYDERABAD mately 9,849 sanitation work- GHMC Commissioner ers across 391 km length of The 'Green India Challenge' of Lokesh Kumar said that over immersion route. Mayor planting saplings has reached 20,000 idols were immersed in Bonthu Ram Mohan, said, the 3 crore mark with young the 23 specially designed "On Thursday, 11,000 sanita- MP Joginpally Santosh Kumar immersion ponds that had tion and entomology staff planting a sapling here on been built as part of the drive have worked hard for the Friday. to prevent pollution of lakes. upkeep of sanitation". He "Every person should plant These immersion ponds would appreciated the efforts of trees with a missionary zeal. be used again for the upcom- GHMC officials for their effi- Not just planting but care ing Bathukamma celebrations. cient handling of 55,000 stat- should be taken to protect The Commissioner said that ues and sanitation work. them. Only by increasing the immersion ponds would be During the Ganesh immer- greencover we can make cleared and, in order to avoid sion, GHMC distributed 2 Telangana more livable and breeding of mosquitoes, gam- lakh basil and flowering plants improve quality of life. I am MP Joginpally Santosh Kumar takes a selfie after planting sapling on Friday busia fish would be used and free of charge at several proud to be part of Green anti-larval operations taken up. Ganesh Mandapas in the city. Challenge which led to the According to the challenge, a larising it. Our aim is to plant planting of three crore saplings person has to plant a sapling, 10 crore saplings in Telangana," and leading the change," said take a selfie with sapling and said M Karunakar Reddy, MP Santosh Kumar after plant- send it to three others, chal- founder of Igniting Minds ing the 30000001st sapling lenging them to plant a sapling. NGO, which initiated Green under Green Challenge at So on the chain goes on, lead- Challenge. Necklace Road. ing to a huge increase in the GHMC Mayor Bonthu "We have launched Green number of trees planted. Till Rammohan, GHMC Challenge initiative to support now we have ensured that 3 Enforcement Director Viswajith 'Telanganaku Harita Haram' crores trees are planted. MP Kampati, zonal commissioner programme aimed at increas- Santosh Kumar has helped Md Musharraf Ali and others ing the green cover in the state. the initiative hugely by popu- were present on the occasion. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 nation 05

SHORT READS HC vacates order Techie's death: HC frowns granting protection from arrest to ex-top cop KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday vacated its order granting protection from on illegal hoardings arrest to former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in PNS n CHENNAI ing of the illegal hoarding. connection with the Saradha "Just imagine the girl could chit fund scam. The court also Coming down heavily on the have contributed to the GDP of rejected Kumar's prayer for Tamil Nadu government over this nation. Couldn't that quashing of a CBI notice that illegal hoardings, the Madras politician have conducted the sought his appearance for High Court on Friday won- family marriage without ban- questioning in the case. Kumar, dered how many more lives ners?" the court asked. who is currently the West should be lost as a result of At least now the political Bengal CID Additional Director such banners, endangering the parties must start a movement General, was part of a Special lives of people. A day after a 23- against such illegalities, the Investigation Team set up by year old woman techie came court said. the state government to under the wheels of a water The bench then directed investigate the scam before the tanker after she fell down los- the appearance of police offi- Supreme Court handed over ing balance when an illegal cers and Chennai corporation the case to the CBI in 2014, hoarding crashed on her in a officials in charge the area along with other chit fund city suburb, the court asked if where the accident occurred to cases. The Saradha group of the government will take a firm least now Chief Minister K observed. The observations be present in the court later in companies has allegedly duped stand against such unautho- Palaniswami will be willing to were made came when the the day and adjourned the lakhs of people to the tune of rised banners. issue a statement against such bench heard a plea by social plea's hearing. Rs 2500 crore, promising "How many more litres of unauthorised banners. activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy The techie riding a two- higher rates of returns on their blood the state government "There is zero respect for and an urgent mentioning by wheeler lost balance and fell investments. needs to paint the roads with," lives in this country," the court advocates V Lakshminarayanan down after an illegal hoarding a Division Bench of Justices M said pointing to "sheer bureau- and V Kannadasan. put up by an AIADMK func- NCP's Supriya Sule Sathyanarayanan and N cratic apathy." They brought to the court's tionary crashed on her and she Seshasayee wondered. "We have lost faith in this notice the techie's death on was run over by a water tanker hits out at Maha govt The court asked whether at government," the court Thursday following crash- that came just behind her. for pot-holed roads MUMBAI: NCP MP Supriya Sule on Friday renewed her attack on the Maharashtra Flight ops government over potholed Disturbing that no one in SC to roads, and alleged it was not resume after adhering to its promise of getting them cleared by defend Forest Rights Act: Brinda seven months December 15. She asked PNS n PITHORAGARH people to click "selfies with PNS n NEW DELHI court hearing, there is a strong potholes" and share it on social feeling of unease that the Flight operations between media tagging the chief CPI(M) politburo member absence of top law officials is Pithoragarh and Dehradun minister's office. "Doubt crops Brinda Karat has written to not by coincidence but by were resumed on Friday up whether pothole-free Environment Minister Prakash connivance. This feeling gets after a gap of seven months. Maharashtra is a rarity or what. Javadekar, raising questions strengthened when it is known The Directorate General The reason is the condition of on the absence of a senior legal that the Ministry of Tribal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) the roads in the state due to representative of the central Affairs had specifically written had on February 9 this year potholes...Despite repeatedly government to defend the to people concerned to ensure suspended air services questioning the government, it Forest Rights Act in the the presence of the SG. between the two towns after gives the deadline of December Supreme Court. "In a recent response to my the door of an aircraft with 15 every year. The work, however, is not done," Sule Ever since the February concerns regarding the draft eight passengers on board tweeted. The Baramati Lok orders of the Supreme Court amendments to the Forest Act allegedly opened mid air, Sabha MP further said people for eviction of lakhs of tribal 1927, you had said that your forcing it to make an emer- should now remind the families, a sense of deep inse- Ministry is committed to pro- gency landing at Pantnagar. government about what curity and vulnerability haunts Brinda Karat tect the rights of tribal com- After immediate suspen- happened to the December 15 the tribal communities as the munities. I regret to say that sion of the flights following deadline it had set. subsequent stay order is tem- the court specifically asked this is not seen in the role of the mid-air scare, the porary and tenuous, Karat whether the solicitor general the MOEFCC in most critical DGCA sent a team of said in the letter. was present but he was con- issue of challenge to the Forest experts to look into the DUSU polls: ABVP "It is a matter of deep con- spicuous by his absence. Rights Act in the Supreme matter. bags 3 posts, NSUI 1 cern and objection that on cru- "There was no one to argue Court case. Flight operations cial dates of the court hearing, against the fresh applications "The next date of hearing is resumed on Friday after the NEW DELHI: The RSS-affiliated there is no senior legal repre- moved by the petitioners fixed for November 26th. I DGCA gave its clearance ABVP on Friday won three sentative of the central gov- against the interests of lakhs of hope you will personally give following a detailed scruti- posts, including that of the ernment to defend the law. tribal communities who are it some attention so as to take ny, private firm Heritage president, in Delhi University Yesterday, that is on September forest dwellers," she said. corrective measures," she Aviation's spokesman Milap Students Union (DUSU) polls 12th, while taking up the case, Karat said after Wednesday's wrote. Singh Dhami said. while the Congress-backed NSUI bagged the secretary's post. Ashwit Dahiya of the Akhil KOREGAON-BHIMA Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) defeated National Students Union of India HC refuses to quash case against Navlakha (NSUI)'s Chetna Tyagi for the top post by a margin of over PNS n MUMBAI "The offence is not Navlakha by the high court after 19,000 votes. The posts of vice he had filed the petition. president and joint secretary The Bombay High Court on limited to The bench agreed and were won by ABVP's Pradeep Friday refused to quash the case Koregaon-Bhima extended the protection from Tanwar and Shivangi Kharwal lodged against civil liberties violence. There are arrest to Navlakha for a period by a margin of 8,574 and 2,914 activist Gautam Navlakha in the of three weeks to enable him to votes respectively. NSUI Koregaon-Bhima violence and many more facets approach the Supreme Court in bagged the secretary's post for having alleged Maoist links, to it. Hence, we appeal against the HC order. with its candidate Ashish noting that there was prima feel investigation Navlakha and the other Lamba defeating ABVP's Yogi facie substance in the case. accused were booked under the Rathee by a margin of 2,053 "Considering the magnitude isrequired," the provisions of the Unlawful votes. The voter turnout in of the case, we feel a thorough Gautam Navlakha court said Activities Prevention Act DUSU polls on Thursday was investigation is required," a (UAPA) and the Indian Penal recorded at 39.90 per cent, division bench of Justices Ranjit Code. over four percentage points More and Bharati Dangre said. 2017 that had allegedly trig- Koregaon-Bhima violence. Navlakha's lawyer Yug down from the last year. Last year, the election saw a 44.46 The case is not without basis gered violence at Koregaon There are many more facets to Chaudhary had argued that per cent voter turnout. The and absence of material," it Bhima in Pune district the next it. Hence, we feel investigation the activistwas an author and a polling for four positions of the added. The bench dismissed the day. The police had also alleged isrequired," the court said. peace activist and was a spe- DUSU ended amid allegations petition filed by Navlakha seek- that Navlakha and other After the bench pronounced cialist on conflict zones. of EVM malfunctioning. Sixteen ing to quash the FIR lodged accused in the case had Maoist its judgment, Navlakha's coun- "He was in the past appoint- candidates, including four against him by the Pune police links and were working towards sel Yug Chaudhary sought an ed as a mediator by the gov- women, were in the fray and 52 in January 2018 after the Elgar overthrowing the government. extension of the interim pro- ernment of India when Naxals polling centres were set up. Parishad held on December 31, "The offence is not limited to tection from arrest granted to had kidnapped six policemen. From firewood to LPG connection, this octogenarian idli-maker comes a long way PNS n COIMBATORE She draws regular customers from Setting an example of selfless different walks of life such as students, service-cum-low margin busi- government employees and others every ness model, 85-year old Kamalathal has been selling day morning for the Re 1 idly, which is idlis, a staple south Indian well below the market rate ranging from breakfast delicacy, at Re 1 each and her three decades of noble Rs 10 in small time eateries to Rs 50 in effort sans modern kitchen high-end restaurants gadgets has now received sup- port from the government and industry leaders. one idli granny', Kamalathal's impactful as the work of peo- She will no longer have to travails went viral on the social ple like Kamalathal. use firewood for cooking and media recently following which "I notice she still uses a the grinding stone to make the Kamalathal Coimbatore District Collector wood-burning stove. If anyone idli batter, her daily routine for K Rajamani met her a few days knows her I'd be happy to the past 30 years, as help is 600 idlis every day, sells it for the side dishes at hermodest ago and assured all possible 'invest' in her business & buy pouring in from various quar- Re 1 a piece with 'sambar' and house, flocked by her cus- help, including a house under her an LPG fueled stove," he ters. 'chutney' side dishes, all of tomers. the PM Awas Yojana. said recently. Kamalathal, a widow and a which she prepares alone, yet She was initially selling idlis Mahindra Group Chairman Later responding to a tweet resident of Vadivelampalayam manages to earn some profit. for 25 paise per piece but Mahindra was moved by her by Bharat Gas-Coimbatore that on the city outskirts, has She draws regular customers increased the price to Re one story and noted she was still it had given a LPG connection recently got a cooking gas from different walks of life such over the years, due to hike in using firewood for cooking to the woman, Mahindra (LPG) connection and grinder as students, government cost of raw materials like rice, and offered to get her an LPG tweeted: "This is superb. Thank and mixer after her story went employees and others every urad dal, coconut and vegeta- stove, at the intervention of you Bharat Gas Coimbatore for viral on social media with day morning for the Re 1 idly, bles. Petroleum Minister giving this gift of health to Mahindra group chairman which is well below the market Her clientele includes stu- Dharmendra Pradhan, Bharat Kamalathal. Anand Mahindra taking the rate ranging from Rs 10 in dents, employees of govern- Gas provided her a cooking gas "As I have already stated, I lead and expressing his will- small time eateries to Rs 50 in ment offices and private com- connection. am happy to support her con- ingness to 'invest' in her busi- high-end restaurants. panies, drivers, daily wage Mahindra tweeted: "One of tinuing costs of using ness. It has been a gruelling daily earners, who prefer to pick up those humbling stories that LPG...And thank you @dprad- According to sources close to schedule for her as she gets up parcels. make you wonder if everything hanbjp for your concern and her, the woman sells around at 4 a.m and prepare idlis and Known popularly as 'Re. you do is even a fraction as thoughtfulness," he tweeted. 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SHORT READS SP seeks Shivpal's disqualification Gadkari says no We are all ‘Hairy Baboons' from UP assembly KASHMIRIS POST ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370 PROVISIONS need for odd-even

PNS n NEW DELHI mal life remains severely affect- ed due to shutdown in the scheme in Delhi Gehlot writes to PM, Sporting a beard may be a Valley which entered its 40th growing fashion statement, but day on Friday. requests constitutional for many Kashmiris it has Most of the top-level and recognition to become a sheer compulsion, second-rung separatist politi- and to some, a great deal of cians have been taken into pre- Rajasthani language consternation. ventive custody while main- JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Reeling under strict restric- stream leaders, including three PNS n LUCKNOW Minister Ashok Gehlot has tions with no access to com- former chief ministers - Farooq written to Prime Minister munication since August 5 Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and The Samajwadi Party (SP) Narendra Modi, requesting him when the Centre announced its Mehbooba Mufti - have also has moved an application that the Rajasthani language be decision to end Jammu and been either detained or placed seeking the disqualification of included in the 8th schedule of Kashmir's special status under under house arrest. Shivpal Singh Yadav from the the Constitution. The chief Article 370 and bifurcate the Omar, the clean-shaven Uttar Pradesh assembly minister has written that in his state into two union territories, National Conference vice-pres- under the anti-defection law. previous tenure, the assembly the people in the Valley have I have never looked so dishevelled. I haven't ident who is being held inside Shivpal Yadav, the PNS n NAGPUR transport and highways had unanimously passed a been facing a hair-raising chal- had a hair cut for nearly two months now. It is Hari Niwas, the last palace built estranged uncle of SP presi- Gadkari was speaking to resolution in the year 2003 and lenge of finding a hairdresser by the last Dogra Maharaja dent Akhilesh Yadav, was Hours after Delhi Chief reporters after inaugurating a sent it to the Centre requesting to have their unkempt beards hard to find a barber. They have either fled en Hari Singh around 1947, has elected from the Minister Arvind Kejriwal on CNG outlet in Nagpur. that Rajasthani be included in trimmed and unruly locks also grown "an unkempt Jaswantnagar assembly con- Friday said the odd-even road "Now there is no such need the 8th schedule of the chopped. masse or are too scared to open their shops beard", his family members stituency in the 2017 state rationing scheme will be (odd-even scheme) because Constitution. Apart from this, "I have never looked so said recently. elections. He floated a new implemented in the national the new ring road we have the state government has dishevelled. I haven't had a hair dent from Ganderbal district. bers from outside Kashmir According to the family party Pragatisheel Samajwadi capital from November 4 to built is helping reduce pollu- requested several times to give cut for nearly two months In Kashmir, a majority of the have been shut as they fled the members who were allowed to Party (Lohia) and had con- 15, Union minister Nitin tion in Delhi to a certain constitutional recognition to now. It is hard to find a barber. salons are run by people who Valley post August 5. meet him for the first time tested the recent Lok Sabha Gadkari said the move was not extent. Besides, my ministry is the Rajasthani language, They have either fled en masse are from outside the Valley, "My shop has largely early this month, Omar, 49, elections on its symbol. required. Under the scheme, pursuing road works of about Gehlot said. or are too scared to open their mostly from Uttar Pradesh remained shut from the day the looked unrecognisable at first The application from the odd and even numbered vehi- Rs 50,000 crore. Cleaning of shops," Shafat Ahmed, a gov- and Bihar. Almost every major restrictions were first imposed. glance and was sporting an leader of the SP in the assem- cles ply on alternate days. Yamuna and other works to ernment employee from dis- town and city in the Valley has I opened it last week to do "untrimmed white beard". bly, Ram Govind Chaudhary, While Kejriwal said the curb pollution are also under- CBI arrests GST trict Kupwara, told PTI over salons run by the non-natives. some cleaning, but not for "Beard doesn't lend any dig- has been received and a let- move was aimed at combating way," he said. Superintendent from phone. These expert hairdressers business. The entire market is nity to my face. Plus, I have ter seeking Shivpal Yadav's high levels of air pollution in "I think Delhi will be pol- "I have a date with my girl- have become synonymous with closed. There's no word from these white strands that are reply has been issued, sources winters when crop burning lution free in two years time," Meerut in Rs 3 lakh friend next week, but I think I latest hairstyles and fashion anyone, no communication," begging for dyeing... It is hard in the assembly said. takes place in neighbouring he asserted. bribe case may have to cancel it. She does- trends and have rendered local said hairstylist Wajid, who to find a well-trimmed clean- Speaker Hriday Narain states, Gadkari claimed works Speaking at the function, NEW DELHI: The CBI has n't quite like the bearded look barbers almost redundant. runs a salon in Ganderbal. shaven man on the streets. We Dixit will take a decision on underway in Delhi would Gadkari emphasised the use of arrested a superintendent in the and hates long matted hair. She According to Kashmir The restrictions were first are all Hairy Baboons here," the matter after receiving ensure it is pollution-free in CNG for public transport, Goods and Services Tax (GST) considers it uncouth," said Hairdressers Association, at imposed across Kashmir on said Khazir Mohammad, a Shivpal Yadav's reply, they the next two years. and said Nagpur would get Department from Meerut for Javid Reshi, a journalism stu- least 20,000 shops run by bar- August 5 and since then nor- government teacher. said. Union minister for road several electric buses soon. allegedly taking Rs 3 lakh to clear a pending case, officials said on Friday. Vikas Kumar Singh, posted at the GST ED secures Appointment for department, Meerut, was Issue of linking social media profiles with caught by the Central Bureau of conviction in Investigation (CBI) for allegedly political gains not receiving the bribe, they said. case linked to Aadhaar needs to be decided at the earliest: SC The agency's teams from the Ghaziabad unit carried out wildlife crime PNS n NEW DELHI ters rogatory "despite operating searches at the GST office in correct: Bombay HC on Indian soil" and have in all Meerut on Friday morning, the PNS n NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Friday cases "failed to provide complete officials said. PNS n MUMBAI said the issue of linking of social information". A man involved in smuggling media profiles with Aadhaar The state government had of tiger body parts has been The Bombay High Court on needs to be decided at the earli- also submitted that the transfer Delhi court allows convicted under the anti- Friday refused to quash the est. A bench of justices Deepak petition of Facebook Inc filed money laundering law and appointment of Radhakrishna Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said, before the court seeking to trans- Robert Vadra to travel sentenced to 4 years of rigor- Vikhe Patil and two others as "At this stage we do not know fer cases from Madras, Bombay abroad on business ous imprisonment along with ministers in the BJP-led whether we could decide this Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing and Madhya Pradesh High a fine of Rs 10,000, the ED said Maharashtra government but issue or the high court will for the Centre, told the bench that it has Courts is replete with "false and NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on on Friday. This is possibly the said such appointments made decide". misleading averments" and is a Friday allowed Robert Vadra, first conviction under the strin- for political gains was not moral- The bench further said it will no objection to transfer of the cases from blatant attempt to misguide the the son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, to travel gent criminal law of PMLA in ly correct. A division bench of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil not go into the merits of the case high courts to the top court Court for oblique motives. a case emerging out of the Justices S C Dharmadhikari and would simply decide the On August 20, the apex court abroad for business purposes. wildlife Act in the country. and G S Patel in its judgment opposition in the Maharashtra transfer petition filed by had sought response from the Special judge Arvind Kumar The agency has secured noted that after the Lok Sabha Assembly till he joined the BJP Facebook seeking transfer of were not complying with Indian due to the apex court's August 20 Centre, Google, WhatsApp, granted permission to Vadra to convictions in about a dozen elections held this year, the BJP and the ministry, was inducted such cases pending before high laws, resulting in "increased law- order, it had deferred the hear- Twitter, YouTube and others on travel to Spain from September cases till now since the Act got majority votes which might as the housing minister in the courts of Madras, Bombay and lessness" and difficulties in ings on those petitions, the state Facebook Inc's plea seeking 21 to October 8. Vadra is facing transfer of cases related to link- probe under the Prevention of was implemented in 2005. have inspired leaders from other Fadnavis cabinet in June. Madhya Pradesh to the top "detecting crimes". government had said. Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED files a money laun- political parties to join the party. "The ministers have been court. It had sought modification of Referring to different criminal ing of social media accounts with dering case taking cognisance The bench dismissed a peti- inducted in the state assembly Solicitor General Tushar the August 20 order of the apex cases, the state government had Aadhaar, pending in different of a predicate offence regis- tion challenging the appoint- merely for political gains and Mehta, appearing for the Centre, court directing the Madras High said local law enforcement high courts to the apex court. Clashes break out tered under various laws of the ment of Vikhe Patil, NCP- convenience. We do not endorse told the bench that it has no Court to continue hearing of authorities have attempted to Facebook Inc has contended IPC. The federal probe turned Shiv Sena leader Jaydutt this. What has been done may objection to transfer of the cases pleas for linkage of social media seek information from these that whether service providers between police and agency said in a statement that Kshirsagar and RPI (A) leader strictly not be morally correct from high courts to the top court. profiles with biometric ID companies for investigation and can be asked to share data with Left activists in Bengal the court of Additional Avinash Mahatekar as ministers and may have been a political The Tamil Nadu government Aadhaar but restraining it from detection of crimes on several probe agencies to help them in Session Judge, Patiala House in the Devendra Fadnavis-led plot but we cannot hold that the had on Thursday claimed in the passing any effective orders. occasions. criminal investigation needs to be HOWRAH: Clashes broke out here held Surajbhan alias Sarju government in the state. Vikhe ministers defected and are dis- apex court that Facebook Inc and The high court is at an It had said that these compa- decided by the apex court as it here on Friday between the guilty under the Prevention of Patil, who was the leader of qualified," the court said. other social media companies advanced stage of hearing but nies ask authorities to send let- will have a global effect. police and the Left Front Money Laundering Act activists, who were marching (PMLA) and ordered for the towards the state secretariat, confiscation of assets worth Rs demanding employment for the 52.7 lakh that were attached youth. Several people on the by the Enforcement Army's Northern command chief visits Kashmir, reviews security two sides suffered injuries in Directorate during the course the clash. According to of investigation in this case. PNS n JAMMU and public transport off the Kashmir deployed along the round-the-clock vigil on the sources, police lobbed tear gas The conviction came after roads, officials said. Line of Control and hinter- Line of Control and the shell and resorted to baton over four years the ED filed The chief of Army's Northern General Officer land, the Northern humanitarian assistance charge after activists of the a money laundering case Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Commanding-in-Chief, Command Defence being provided to the people CPI(M)'s student and youth against Surajbhan, Naresh Singh, reviewed the security (GoC-in-C) Northern spokesman said. of Kashmir. wings pelted stones at them. alias Lala and Surajpal alias situation in the Kashmir Command visited the Lt Gen Singh was briefed The Northern Army com- Members of the SFI and the Chacha, taking cognisance of Valley on Friday. Kashmir valley today to about the recent counter- mander also lauded the Democratic Youth Federation of a Delhi Police FIR that was Fresh restrictions were review the prevailing securi- infiltration and counter-ter- "exemplary" synergy amongst India (DYFI), took out a rally filed against the accused imposed in parts of Srinagar ty situation in the region, a rorist operations as also the all security forces and civil from Singur, the venue of the under the Wildlife Protection on Friday to maintain law Defence spokesman said. overall security situation by administration and rein- abandoned Tata Nano car plant, Act, 1972. A case was filed by and order in view of congre- The Army Commander respective commanders on forced the need to be fully on Thursday afternoon, the ED in 2013 after the trio gational prayers, even as the accompanied by the Chinar ground, he said. prepared to defeat the evil demanding job opportunities were apprehended by the stalemate following abroga- Corps Commander, Lt Gen The Army Commander designs of enemy and anti- for the youth of the state. Delhi Police for carrying tiger tion of Article 370 entered its KJS Dhillon visited forma- complimented the comman- national forces, according to body parts in a car. 40th day with schools closed tions and units in north ders and troops for their the Defence spokesman. Maha: NCP's Bhaskar Jadhav resigns as RAPE CASE MLA, joins Shiv Sena 11 dead as boats capsize during Ganesh immersion MUMBAI: NCP leader Bhaskar Jadhav joined the Shiv Sena in Chinmayanand grilled for PNS n BHOPAL among those rescued, said safe- cranes, he added. MP Public the presence of party chief ty equipment was not provided Relations Minister P C Sharma Uddhav Thackeray after Eleven people drowned after to those venturing into the lake and Revenue Minister Govind resigning from the Maharashtra seven hours, room sealed two boats carrying them cap- to immerse idols. Singh reached the site. Former Assembly on Friday morning. sized during Ganesh idol He said the two boatmen CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Jadhav, who represented Guhagar constituency, was part PNS n SHAHJAHANPUR to leave Shahjahanpur till the immersion at a lake here in the asked more people to come on met kin of the deceased at the of the Sena before joining the completion of the probe and wee hours on Friday, a police board to maintain the balance as hospital where the bodies were NCP in 2004. Speaking at The special investigation team policemen in large numbers official said. The incident took the boats sailed carrying the idol. kept. Jadhav's induction function, (SIT) probing a post graduate have been deployed in and place in Khatlapura on the A Jahangirbad police official Thackeray said the Sena-BJP student's rape allegation around his residence. The col- banks of the Lower Lake, said the two boatmen Akash alliance talks for the upcoming against BJP leader lege administration has Deputy Inspector General of Batham and Changu Batham PM expresses grief state Assembly polls were in Chinmayanand grilled him declared a holiday for today Police Irshad Wali told PTI. have been charged under section the final stages. "The list of n BHOPAL for seven hours and sealed the and a notice in this regard has Eleven people died in the 304A (causing death by negli- PNS seats given by the BJP will be bedroom at the former union been pasted on the gate. incident while six were rescued, gence) of the Indian Penal Code. discussed by our party leaders," minister's residence here, The postgraduate student Bhopal Collector Tarun Kumar He gave the names of the Prime Minister Narendra Thackeray said. police sources said on Friday. has alleged that she was raped Pithode said. Seventeen people dead as Parvez Khan (15), Rohit Modi Friday expressed grief The SIT, which has been and "physically exploited" for were on the two boats for the Maurya (30), Harsh (20), Karan over the death of 11 people in formed on the orders of the a year by the BJP leader, whose Ganesh idol immersion at The person who is believed to have (16), Sunny Thakre (22), Rahul boat capsize in Bhopal, saying Four drowned during Supreme Court, also brought organisation runs several col- Khatlapura ghat when the inci- Verma (30), Vikky (28), Vishal his thoughts are with the Ganesh idol the college student to leges. The two principals who dent took place at around 4.30 shot the video said a municipal diver (22), Arjun (18), Rahul Mishra families of those who died. Chinmayanand's residence on head colleges where the am, the collector said. and another person managed to save (20) and Karan Pannalal (26), all Eleven people drowned after immersion in Delhi Friday morning to continue woman has studied were also The first boat tilted and some of those who fell off the boats residents of the city's Piplani two boats carrying them cap- NEW DELHI: The bodies of two the probe in her presence questioned by the SIT on when the people on the other area. The Bhopal Municipal sized during Ganesh idol men and as many women who and collect evidence, the Thursday. boat one saw it, they tried to Corporation announced relief of immersion at a lake in Bhopal drowned during Ganesh idol sources said. In a letter on the SIT on save the people on it, but to no lake water. It also shows people Municipal Corporation (BMC), Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the in the early hours of Friday. immersion were recovered from Chinmayanad was ques- Wednesday, the woman alleged avail, the official said. In the trying to save their lives by local police, and bystanders deceased, while an ex-gratia of The incident took place in near Palla Bakhtawarpur village tioned on Thursday night for that some vital evidence was process, the other boat also swimming ashore. swung into action and rescued Rs 4 lakh, including an imme- Khatlapura on the banks of in the early hours of Friday, around seven hours at the removed from her hostel room tilted and both the vessels cap- The person who is believed to six persons, the official said. diate relief of Rs 50,000, was the Lower Lake. "The capsiz- according to the Delhi Fire police lines and his bedroom by Chinmayanand's supporters sized, the official said. have shot the video said a Chief Minister Kamal Nath declared by the collector. ing of a boat at Khatlapura Service. The fire department at Divya Dham residence was before it was sealed by the A video of the incident, show- municipal diver and another ordered a magisterial inquiry Additional DG of the State Ghat in Bhopal is saddening. received information regarding sealed, the sources said. police. Her father alleged that ing two boats sailing in tandem person managed to save some of and a compensation of Rs 11 Disaster Response Force D C In this hour of grief, our the drowning incident at 8.58 A team of forensic experts the supporters removed from balancing a huge Ganesh idol, those who fell off the boats. lakh each to the kin of the Sagar said rescue operations at thoughts are with the families pm on Thursday, officials said. is also present at the residence, the room a pair of spectacles went viral on social media. Teams of the State Disaster deceased, while police registered the site would continue till the of those who lost their lives," One fire tender was rushed to the sources said. with a camera fitted in them, It shows the boats losing bal- Response Force (SDRF), the a case against the two boat- police are sure that no more the Prime Minister's Office the spot and the rescue Sources said the BJP leader suggesting that this contained ance as the devotees onboard National Disaster Response men. persons are missing. The boats tweeted quoting Modi. operation was initiated. has been asked by the SIT not evidence against the BJP leader. began pushing the idol into the Force (NDRF), the Bhopal One Tamar Rana, who was were taken out with the help of HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 world 07

‘It also spreads performance assessment has deceitful become one of the focus areas Pak hub of terrorism: India at UN narratives on Kashmir’ at the United Nations, the Security Council too needs to PTI n UNITED NATIONS Assembly session on Report of Council must press India to lift Bayyapu said on Thursday. were structural and its compo- prove its credibility and the Security Council for 2018 on the curfew, end the communi- “The truth is that the del- sition is demonstrably out of improve its performance. escribing Pakistan as the Friday, and referred to India’s cation blackout and release the egation represents a geograph- touch with the ground realities. The annual report continues D“hub of terrorism”, India August 5 decision to abrogate detainees. “There has been yet ical space that is now widely “The Council neither to be a statistical compilation of has strongly hit back at the Article 370 of the Constitution another attempt by one dele- known as the hub of terrorism reflects nor represents the aspi- events, a bland summary and country for raking up the which ended the special status gation to misuse this forum to that has jeopardised innocent rations and views of the larger listing of meetings and outcome Kashmir issue at the Security of Jammu & Kashmir. spread baseless and deceitful lives in our region and beyond. membership. Like most others, documents even though the Council, saying Islamabad mis- Lodhi said India’s action to narratives about my country. We do not wish to dignify such we remain convinced that the membership of the General used the UN forum to spread revoke Jammu & Kashmir’s Such attempts have not suc- baseless diatribes with a only remedy is a comprehen- Assembly has repeatedly request- “baseless and deceitful” narra- special status was “in flagrant ceeded earlier and will not response,” he said. sive reform of the Security ed the Council that the annual tives about it. violation of multiple Security succeed now,” First Secretary in On the report of the Council, involving expansion report be more analytical and Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Council resolutions”. the Permanent Mission of India Security Council, Bayyapu in its permanent and non-per- incisive rather than a mere nar- Maleeha Lodhi raised the She said the Security to the UN Sandeep Kumar asserted that many of the flaws manent categories,” he said. ration of the meetings of the 15- Kashmir issue during a General in the functioning of the Council Bayyapu said that since nation organ of the UN, he said. US LAWMAKERS URGE TRUMP TO PRESS INDIA TO GLOBE LIFT TELECOM BLACKOUT IN KASHMIR TROTTING Washington: Expressing concern over the human rights situation in Kashmir, a group of influential US lawmakers has urged President Donald EU CALL ON IRAN TO CO-OP Trump to press India to lift the communication blackout in the Valley and WITH UN N WATCHDOG release the people detained after the abrogation of Article 370. Paris: European powers on Friday called on Iran to PM IMRAN VOWS NOT TO DISAPPOINT KASHMIRIS AT UNGA cooperate with the UN’s nuclear Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran said on Friday that he will not watchdog the IAEA, after Tehran disappoint Kashmiris at the United Nations General Assembly and vowed warned that undue pressure to raise their plight at every international platform, after Indian revoked from the US and Israel could Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. jeopardise the agency’s activities in Iran. AT LEAST 10 DEAD IN Johnson to meet RIO HOSPITAL BLAZE Rio De Janeiro: At least 10 people have died in a fire in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the EU’s Juncker on fire service in the Brazilian city said, with preliminary reports suggesting a short circuit in a generator could have sparked Monday for Brexit the blaze. AFP n LONDON on an agreement that includes NEW GRAVITATIONAL the “backstop,” a compromise WAVES FROM BLACKHOLE oris Johnson will meet EU intended to keep the frontier Boston: Researchers have, for Bchief Jean-Claude Juncker open for trade and crossings in the first time, detected the in Luxembourg on Monday, all post-Brexit scenarios. gravitational waves from a newly officials said, as the British It was accepted by his pre- born black hole, and found that prime minister bids to broker decessor Theresa May but the ringing pattern of the waves a Brexit compromise ahead of repeatedly failed to win back- predicts the cosmic body’s mass the October 31 deadline. ing in the British parliament. and spin, providing more Johnson will “hold talks Eurosceptics fear the stop-gap evidence for Einstein’s General with President Juncker on measures designed for the bor- Theory of Relativity. Brexit,” his Downing Street der between EU member office said without providing Ireland and the UK province of TRUMP SINGS PRAISES further details. Northern Ireland would keep OF ONE OF HIS HOTELS EU spokeswoman Natasha Britain indefinitely trapped in Washington: President Donald Bertaud told reporters that the bloc’s trade zone. Trump used his official Twitter two would have a working The Times reported on feed to tout an accolade for one of his hotels, despite claims that lunch that was arranged by Friday that the DUP, a small he has violated ethics laws by “common accord”. The British Northern Irish party that had using his hotel chain for pound gained one percent helped the ruling Conservatives Government business. “Proud against the dollar in Friday in London form a majority in to announce that trading on speculation that Parliament since 2017, was @TrumpNewYork has just been the two sides were edging clos- now ready to abide by some EU named the #1 ‘Best Hotel in the er to a compromise over the rules. But DUP leader Arlene World!’” said a Trump contentious Irish border issue. Foster denied the report, call- Organisation tweet. Johnson refuses to sign off ing it “nonsense”. B’desh removes HK hills shine with Massive transport Pak’s name from protest lights in strike paralyzes border pillars festival-themed rally Paris over Dhaka: Forty-eight years after Hong Kong: Thousands of pension reform Bangladesh’s independence, Hong Kong pro-democracy Pakistan’s name engraved on activists used torches, lanterns Paris: A massive strike para- the border pillars installed after and laser pens to light up two lyzed Paris public transports on the partition of the Indian of the city’s best-known hill- Friday as unions protested a subcontinent have been sides on Friday night in an eye- sweeping pension reform by removed on the orders of catching protest alongside an French President Emmanuel Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. annual festival. Macron’s government. All Bangladeshi border pil- Friday evening marks the Paris public transport com- lars have been renamed start of the mid-autumn festi- pany RATP said 10 metro lines BANGLADESH/BD instead of val, one of the most important were closed and several others, PAKISTAN/PAK, said a state- dates in the Chinese calendar, including the RER suburban ment by the Border Guard and is traditionally a time for rail, were severely disrupted. Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday. thanksgiving, spending time Buses and trams were also The BGB started replacing the with family and praying for affected. labels on the pillars following good fortune. But as Hong On platforms, messages in Prime Minister Hasina’s order in Kong convulses from more French and English were warn- which she observed that some of than three months of political ing passengers of the strike, the the pillars of the bordering areas unrest, activists used the night biggest since 2007. still show Pakistan’s name. as a way to keep their move- Trains that were still cir- After the partition of India- ment buoyant with no signs of culating were noticeably less Pakistan in 1947, more than protests abating. crowded than usual, as author- 8,000 pillars were installed, in Throughout the evening ities recommended people liv- which “IND-PAK/INDIA- thousands of activists with ing in the Paris region to work PAKISTAN” label was torches on their heads hiked from home or choose other engraved, the Daily Star report- their way up hill trails leading means of transport. ed. PTI to the top of Lion Rock. AFP AFP HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Grudge wars in Andhra Jagan Mohan is just making Naidu a crusader with his Cancelled talks and after crackdown on TDP. Only the BJP benefits from this duel o regional parties realise that their strengths, drawn from the grassroots Trump must realise that the Afghan war can end either in a complete victory for the US and Dand the immediacy of local contexts, are under threat in the centrist one-India narrative destruction of the Taliban or an ignominious defeat for America. There is no third way being peddled by the ruling BJP? For anybody who has been following States — where regional parties continue to have some pres- ence to challenge the replica model being prop- agated by the establishment for seamless gov- ernance — would know how the BJP is play- ing them against each other. The most recent manifestation is the tug-of-war between Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR HIRANMAY KARLEKAR Congress. Naidu, a political survivor who has been changing his props through- out his career to ensure his citadel in Andhra Pradesh, had clearly misplaced his n September 7, US President Donald Trump announced the bets on a grand Opposition alliance and a coalition government at the Centre. cancellation of the secret sum- But post the Modi juggernaut, he is ruing his exit from the BJP-led National mit in Camp David, his private Democratic Alliance (NDA), with some even speculating that he would not hes- retreat in Maryland, attributing Ohis decision to a terror attack in Kabul on itate to ingratiate himself to it yet again, provided it guarantees him some politi- September 5, which killed 12 people, includ- cal legspace. It is because of this reason that TDP, like Jagan Mohan, support- ing a US soldier. At the summit, to have been ed the abrogation of Article 370. Now, the BJP may not want him but could effec- held on September 8, President Trump was tively use him as a counterweight to Jagan Mohan, with whom it has a tacit under- to have had separate talks with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan and “major lead- standing but whose winning numbers are a matter of avarice and the biggest ers” (his words) of the Taliban. Then he told obstacle in its own growth in the State. On his part, the Chief Minister must recall White House reporters on September 9, “As what happened when a leadership tussle post his father YSR Reddy’s death had far as I’m concerned, they [the talks] are dead.” What happens now to the peace process, led to a political morass that, in fact, accelerated the creation of Telangana. And which had stretched over nine meetings, that past CBI cases on disproportionate assets still hover over him to ensure he between representatives of the US and the toes the Central line. If Jagan Mohan is indeed interested in creating a legacy like Taliban at Doha? One which had reported- ly yielded a draft peace agreement, which his father, or even that of Naidu, whom he may grudge but who gave a face to included the provision that the US would India’s IT revolution with “Cyberabad”, then he must give up avenging politics withdraw 5,400 troops in 20 weeks while the and look to solidify his political worth, one that even the BJP would find hard to Taliban gave the guarantee that Afghanistan would never again be allowed to become a topple. Already, the preventive arrests of Naidu and his son, Nara Lokesh, ahead base for terrorism? The draft agreement, of a rally at Guntur, have given enough grist to the beleaguered TDP chief to retrieve reportedly hammered out shortly before the his political relevance. Worse, they have allowed him to project himself as a vic- summit, was expected to have been adopted at it and made public thereafter. tim of egoistic personal vendetta, whose right to dissent has been throttled. If The prospects of the peace process going come back to the discussion 2003, led to the shifting of a large with, what would it mean for both State leaders allow the BJP to play favourites, then both stand to lose. anywhere in the near future are now dim. table. He added, “Our fight for number of American military Afghanistan? Announcing his Already the whataboutery and settling scores have cost Andhra Pradesh and President Trump has said in a series of tweets, the past 18 years should have personnel as well as critical new policy on Afghanistan “If they cannot agree to ceasefire during these proven to the Americans that we weaponry and equipment from and Pakistan on March 27, its GDP quite a bit. Undoing all of Naidu’s schemes, structures and agreements very important peace talks, and would even will not be satisfied until we wit- Afghanistan to Iraq. This weak- 2009, the then US President over the past 100 days has not only appeared despotic but also foolhardy, con- kill 12 innocent people, then they probably ness the complete end of the ened the US’ presence in Barack Obama had said, “For sidering it has badly disturbed the investment sentiment in the State. don’t have the power to negotiate a mean- occupation.” ANY ARGUMENT Afghanistan, as did the diversion the Afghan people, a return to Constructions have been left half-complete and doomed to waste, big-ticket pro- ingful agreement anyway.” The Taliban Hence, President Trump of George Bush Jr’s administra- Taliban rule would condemn have also reacted sharply. Their spokesman, should realise that the Afghan THAT THE TALIBAN tion’s (2000-2008) attention to their country to brutal gover- jects are awaiting a re-tendering process or abandonment while Amaravati, which Zabiullah Mujahid, told the AFP on war can end either in a complete Iraq, relegating the Afghan War nance, international isolation, was conceived as a modernist State capital rather than Naidu’s personal fief, has September 10, “We had two ways to end (sic) victory for the US and destruc- CANNOT ABSORB to the back burner. As a result, a paralysed economy, and the been needlessly stalled. With Hyderabad going to Telangana, what is to be Andhra’s occupation in Afghanistan, one was jihad tion of the Taliban or an igno- PUNISHMENT American commanders were denial of basic human rights to and fighting, the other was talks and nego- minious defeat for Washington, denied the manpower and the Afghan people — especial- face or embody its business vision? Telangana currently has the edge by virtue tiations. If Trump wants to stop talks, we will DC. There is no third way. Also, INDEFINITELY AND resources that they badly need- ly women and girls.” This holds of Hyderabad’s vibrant economy. And with the World Bank pulling out and absurd take the first way and they will soon regret he must understand that the THEIR ed to win in Afghanistan. true even now. The Taliban talk about the State having multiple capitals, nobody has any idea how to han- it.” In fact, the fighting has already started main reason for the Taliban’s Recognising its opportunity, the have not changed their spots. — a development underlined by President gains in Afghanistan has been the COMMITMENT Taliban, which was regaining its As to the consequences for dle the flight of capital or losses so far after the abandonment of Amaravati. The Trump’s statement that the US military’s extraordinary nature of WOULD strength in safe havens in the US, one must first consid- World Bank would have given $300 million, the Asian Infrastructure Investment onslaught on the Taliban guerrillas was at its American involvement, which Pakistan, provided by the latter’s er what would happen to the Bank, which was to partner with the World Bank, was to give $715 million. Jagan fiercest level in a decade. can only be described as fighting EVENTUALLY Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) jihadi world and the Taliban. Will this daunt the Taliban? Imtiaz Gul, the war and yet not fighting it. Directorate, began to push back The former, in bit of a disarray Mohan may claim he is straightening “irregularities” in past deals, and though author of The Al Qaeda Connection: The This has manifested itself on the WEAR THIN, DOES in Afghanistan from 2005. following the rout of the Islamic some of those charges may be genuine, the cataclysmic scale of economic over- Taliban and Terror in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas ground in periodic enhance- NOT WASH. IT DID Any argument that the State in West Asia and the fad- haul is certainly not washing with the voters. The bigger question is who will and The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan’s ment of its presence in terms of Taliban cannot absorb punish- ing of the Al Qaeda, would Lawless Frontier, referred in an article in The men, armament and material NOT WEAKEN ment indefinitely and their receive a massive shot in the fund his welfarist announcements, considering he still has not been able to wan- Times of India dated February 6, 2010, to a and/or unleashing of military AFTER THEY WERE commitment would eventual- arm from a Taliban victory. gle a special status tag for Andhra. Jagan Mohan should realise that a halting $ 500 million fund established to woo the offensives and yet not pressing for ly wear thin, does not wash. It More, gaining immensely in economy can transform his image as a dream-catcher to political tyrant overnight. Taliban. He said that it would not help conclusive victory and allowing TROUNCED IN did not weaken after they were prestige, the Taliban would because the majority of Taliban fighters, “a its initiatives to lose momentum. 2001. THEY HAVE trounced in 2001. They have to emerge as the jihadi world’s And chief ministership in the end is about deliveries, not activism, well-intend- rag-tag army of a few thousand, take up arms On each occasion, this has be defeated and not allowed to heroes, attracting to themselves ed or not. Besides, Jagan Mohan himself knows that the BJP doesn’t really need out of commitment and not for economic enabled the Taliban and Al TO BE DEFEATED stage a comeback through con- the remnants of jihadi groups his support and will only be too happy with disaffection breeding in his ranks. It considerations.” Qaeda (before its waning) to AND NOT tinued military presence. All scattered globally — leading to What goes for money, goes for military come back fighting. this will cost continued loss of the rise of a massive, united has attempted to poach members of the neighbouring Telangana Rashtra Samithi force. The Taliban’s commitment to their It all started with the US-led ALLOWED TO American lives and money. jihadi movement under their (TRS) and won’t stop doing so in Andhra too. The Chief Minister needs to act cause, which prepares them for sacrificing offensive that began in STAGE A Can Washington, DC afford it? leadership and committed to with reason, not emotion or out of hurt pride. their lives, is boosted by their conviction that Afghanistan in October, 2001, Can the US make the kind of enforcing Sharia rule worldwide ultimate victory will be theirs as sooner than following 9/11. By December COMEBACK military effort required to by force. A resurgent burst of later, the Americans will leave following an 2001, it had thrown the Taliban defeat the Taliban? terror attacks would then hit the agreement carrying the stamp of a Taliban vic- and Al Qaeda out of Afghanistan For an answer to the first US and the West. Girls interrupted tory. Releasing the Taliban’s post-talk-cancel- lock, stock and barrel. question, one must begin with (The writer is Consultant lation statement, Zabiullah Mujahid reiterat- Unfortunately, the invasion of analysing the consequences of Editor, The Pioneer, and an Yogi Govt should act as there is no procedural ed the militia’s belief that the Americans will Iraq, which began on March 19, a Taliban victory. To begin author) action against Swami Chinmayanand yet or victims of rape in India, the road to jus- tice is painfully slow and long. Slower and S O U N D BITE longer if the perpetrator is a powerful man Before 1947, Pakistan was not Democratic dissent is a right. We say that they (India) have For taking a catch, it’s important F on the world map, I believe it However, while exercising clamped curfew, that there is to keep your eyes on the ball and or politician, particularly of the ruling party. In will not be on it again. Today, their rights, legislators must no medicine, but people have the true spirit of the game. a damning indictment of the justice system, it lies on the verge of splitting not forget democratic (world) don't believe us, and Otherwise you will keep blaming BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami into 5-6 pieces decency. rather believe India. gravity, maths, Ola-Uber. Chinmayanand has still not been charged or RSS leader Odisha Chief Minister Pakistan's Interior Minister Congress leader asked to explain himself despite being quizzed —Indresh Kumar —Naveen Patnaik —Brig (Retd) Ijaz A Shah —Priyanka Gandhi by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) more than 15 days after a law student from Shahjahanpur accused him of raping and physically exploiting her for a year. The case assumes L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR significance because just like the intimidation of the rape survivor in the Unnao case, this girl, too, has alleged threats to her life and evidence going missing and Anti-trust investigation it has faltered. The Government is currently under the protection of the Supreme Court. An FIR was registered Restoring normalcy in Kashmir has to first admit that indeed we are witnessing an economic slow- against Chinmayanand only after the woman wrote a “heart-wrenching” letter Sir — It has been reported that his refers to the editorial, “Normalising Kashmir” down. Latest data point to an to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi about her plight. This is exactly similar to Facebook and Google have been (September 12). While there can be no two opin- economy fast losing steam. Gross the desperate act of self-immolation by the Unnao survivor in front of the UP standing up to anti-trust investiga- Tions on the need to bring back normalcy in domestic product (GDP) grew at tions in the US, which have tough Kashmir, it is the responsibility of the Central five per cent in the first quarter Chief Minister’s residence to draw attention. So skewed is our legal system in rules and regulations. There must Government to ensure that situation remains peace- (April-June), the weakest growth favour of criminal politicians and so fearful are survivors of their clout that instead be strong support and encourage- ful and human lives are not lost. In this connection, in six years. Unemployment is at of going to the police, the student posted an SOS to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ment for technology hubs across it may be worthwhile to admit, without being hypo- a 45-year high. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook, without naming Chinmayanand, the world. Opposition to and fre- critical, that things in this part of the country have never Nobody else but the quent lawsuits against Google are been absolutely normal ever since independence. The Government is to be blamed for and went underground on August 24. What worsens this case is the presumed an act of harassment. In general, baggage of Partition was always attached to it. Human the current scenario. There have arrogance of offender leaders, who enjoy the cover of their parent parties on the most millennials use technology to memory is, however, short and the prisms with which been tepid interventions by the pretext of being of some use to them at management of local units. Parties, too, advance their knowledge. Let there one sees vary from one person to the other. Government at a time when the be a balance of power to ensure The phrase, “Kashmir is an integral part of India” actual need is to formulate a com- focus more on burying the case to avoid embarrassment. And though the BJP maximum reach of technology in has been pronounced by successive Governments in prehensive plan to revive the was forced to act against the Unnao case violator Kuldeep Sengar after a media the best interests of all. almost all international fora. Without being hypocrit- lem does not belong to any one party. Both, the economy. Irresponsible state- outcry, Chinmayanand is believed to be using his proximity to Yogi Adityanath P Senthil ical, we have to also admit that the application of Article Congress as well as the BJP as also regional parties ments from some Ministers have Mumbai 370 to Jammu & Kashmir was not on the lines of have to deal with this issue. And it’s not just about only added anxiety. to buy some insurance. So the State Government needs to react officially, if only ensuring economic prosperity or to protect the needs Article 370 but all issues related to Kashmir which need There are multiple reasons to scrub off the assumption that it can be host to tainted politicians. NBFC crisis of States like Himachal Pradesh and the North-East. to be solved with a pragmatic approach, keeping why almost every sector is in the Sadly, the plight of the two girls gets magnified only because of the political Political reasons were associated with the Partition of national interest in mind and restoring normalcy in doldrums — there are massive job India. The matter has been debated enough. Should Kashmir in the real sense. cuts in the automobile industry colour associated with their complaints. For countless survivors of sexual assault Sir — The Centre has been things just linger on or should we take the final call? BP Srivastava and agriculture remains in per- in India, the battle continues to be lonely and brutal as they have to brave insen- directing banks not to be tough Whatever be it, one thing is clear that the Kashmir prob- Noida petual distress. The Government in dealing with defaulters of will do well to introspect and look sitive treatment from the police, doctors and even lawyers throughout the process ` of holding perpetrators accountable. The big question is, till when can we ensure bank loans of up to 2 crore. at each factor separately before it Recently, the Reserve Bank of ment of bank loans was also not applicable for NBFCs as most Focus on the economy starts finding a solution to revive an actionable justice delivery mechanism? Till when will we tolerate criminal politi- India (RBI) made it compulsory made applicable to NBFCs. borrowers do not claim TDS economic growth and employ- cians? Nearly half of the newly-elected Lok Sabha members have criminal records, for banks to link the repo rate Since NBFCs also act like from them, which becomes prof- ment rates. with interest rate but it was not banks, all such guidelines should it for the latter. NBFCs should be Sir — This refers to the editori- Bal Govind a 26 per cent increase as compared to 2014 by some estimates. If we, as a made applicable for non-banking be uniformly applicable to them, directed to deposit unclaimed al, “The messenger is wrong” Noida nation, continue to fail our women and consistently elect sexually deviant repre- financial institutions (NBFCs). too. Also, as NBFCs give loans, TDS in Government account. (September 13). Before address- sentatives, we are condoning exploitation as a medieval tool of social control. Likewise, a complete waiver of the TDS provision on the inter- Madhu Agrawal ing any big issue, it has to be Send your feedback to: foreclosure charges on prepay- est portion of EMIs must not be New Delhi acknowledged first. This is where [email protected] HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 09 FIRSTCOLUMN The game is not POINTCOUNTERPOINT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IT (ODD-EVEN SCHEME) NOW THERE IS NO SUCH NEED BECAUSE THE NEW over yet COULD HELP REDUCE AIR POLLUTION BY RING ROAD WE HAVE BUILT IS HELPING REDUCE 10-13 PER CENT IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. POLLUTION IN DELHI TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. It’s not time to give up on survival as yet. But we —DELHI CHIEF MINISTER — UNION MINISTER FOR ROAD TRANSPORT do need more time as it’s theoretically possible to hold the global temperature down ARVIND KEJRIWAL NITIN GADKARI The GDP paradox GWYNNE DYER The argument that economic growth is the road to social justice has been onathan Franzen has finally seen the light. Unfortunately, it has blinded him. The distinguished American novelist and essay- advocated for a long time, with many negative consequences for poor societies Jist wrote a piece in the current issue of The New Yorker enti- tled What If We Stopped Pretending? Stopped pretending that the climate apocalypse is not going to sweep us all away, he means. As he writes: “To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t pre- vent it.” It’s very elegant, philosophical, Marcus Aurelius-lite. Yes, we have wasted 30 years and not cut our global emissions at all. Yes, we are heading for the ‘never exceed’ average global temperature of +2°C. And yes, that means there will be famines, huge waves of climate refugees, a lot of killing at borders — and then it will get really serious. So far I’m with Franzen all the way. In fact, I know exactly how he feels because I got there about a dozen years ago MOIN QAZI and I felt awful. I had spent a year and a half interviewing every- body you ever heard of in the climate field (and many you haven’t) he pursuit of growth over social justice, which for a book titled Climate Wars I was doing and at the end of it, I has been the defining credo of classical econ- had a kind of double vision. Not a physical double vision, of course, Tomists, has brought prosperity to most devel- oping societies. But it has also created huge but overlaid on current reality I could sort of, see the hell that was inequalities. The argument that economic growth coming. is the road to social justice has been relentlessly advo- That kind of thing can ruin your breakfast, so I manfully set cated for a long time, with several negative conse- the visions aside and got on with my life. Maybe Franzen will get quences for poor societies. over it too, eventually, but at the moment he thinks we’re doomed, In search of inclusive growth: The question that and all we can do is little things to slow the apocalypse down a bit, has for long engaged development economists and and relish the brief time we have left. proponents of social justice is, does accelerated “It’s fine to struggle against the constraints of human nature, growth translate into inclusive growth? Amartya Sen hoping to mitigate the worst of what’s to come, but it’s just as impor- believes that to think in terms of only income rather tant to fight smaller, more local battles that you have some realis- than achievements of particular living conditions, like health and well-being, is to miss something crit- tic hope of winning. Keep...trying to save what you love specifical- ical. Despite considerable economic growth and ly — a community, an institution, a wild place, a species that’s in increasing self-confidence as a major global play- trouble — and take heart in your small successes,” he writes. er, modern India is a disaster zone in which mil- We really shouldn’t be surprised that he thinks like this. Franzen’s lions of lives are wrecked by hunger and by pitiable ONE OF THE Wikipedia entry (I take my research seriously) says that he was investment in health and education services, he DANGERS OF heavily influenced by Franz Kafka and Albert Camus, so stylish despair argues. It is now an acknowledged reality that eco- EXCESSIVE FOCUS is his default setting. But it’s not time yet to give up on the big things, nomic growth has failed to quell social dissatisfac- ON GDP GROWTH like survival. tion around the world. IS MANIFESTED IN First of all, change your perspective and stop deploring the human India continues to systematically under-per- THE TUNNEL race’s failings. A million years ago, our ancestors were clever apes. form on most social indicators — education, health, sion but also involves social, environmen- major emphasis on the importance of local same proportion. This is the essence of the sanitation, life expectancy, child mortality, gender VISION IT HAS tal and emotional dimensions. knowledge and argued that standardised so-called Pareto criterion invoked by econ- Even 10,000 years ago, they were all hunter-gatherers, who had equality — for its level of income. It’s also system- CREATED AMONG One of the dangers of excessive focus blueprints must not emphasise at the omists. But markets do not guarantee that little time or motive to worry about the longer term. Don’t write us atically under-performing on improvements in these VIEWERS. ISSUES on GDP growth is manifested in the tun- expense of local learning and local exper- all the slices of the pie will increase — they off because we’re still not very good at it. indicators for its rate of Gross Domestic Product AFFECTING THE nel vision it has created among viewers. imentation. He believed that participato- can also get smaller. It is here that policy Now we’re in really deep trouble, and our evolutionary bag- (GDP) per capita growth over time. In other words POOR AND THE Issues affecting the poor and the margin- ry and decentralised political systems are planners will have to work out a prior bal- gage means that we’re still having difficulty even in acting to avoid we can also call this phenomena, “growth without MARGINALISED alised have been sidelined and their sta- the most effective ways for processing and ance so that both growth and equity get disasters that are only a decade or two ahead. We may be able to development.” Large inequalities exist between men HAVE BEEN tus quo continues to persist. The rich con- aggregating local knowledge. By involv- a leg-up. This tide should lift both the rise above it when the crisis becomes present and palpable but the and women, between urban and rural areas and SIDELINED AND tinue to accumulate wealth, both by legit- ing local communities in development, we boats. procrastination, the disbelief and the delays were inevitable. between regions. The donor and Government-sup- THEIR STATUS imate and illegitimate means. The result can ensure more equitable and just Why balance?: A robust inclusive In fact, it’s a safe bet that if there are other intelligent species ported social assistance programmes that sought to QUO CONTINUES is a no-brainer, a greater inequality. GDP growth — something which is not cap- growth strategy requires a combination of who have recently built high-energy civilisations — and there prob- address these lags have not succeeded. This follows growth does not take into account a num- tured by the GDP. policies that stimulates economic growth a long history of failed Government and aid pro- TO PERSIST. THE ber of important things such as equity in The GDP is a challenge for the cred- and fosters equality of opportunity, while ably are, given 400 billion stars and two or three times as many grammes to address social lags. RICH CONTINUE distribution of wealth or quality of life and ibility of economics or that of the policy- providing a social security net to the most planets in this galaxy alone — then they will doubtless be facing Equity is now considered instrumental to the TO ACCUMULATE well-being. GDP growth also does not makers who rely on it for ideation. GDP vulnerable. As such, economic policies similar planetary crises, and having to deal with evolutionary bag- pursuit of long-term prosperity in aggregate terms WEALTH, BOTH BY consider the extent of institutional corrup- was not meant to be an anchor metric for directed at promoting structural transfor- gage of their own. Any intelligent species is bound to have knuck- for society as a whole. This can ensure that econom- LEGITIMATE AND tion, which is one of the biggest obstacles targetting national economic perfor- mation and creating productive employ- le-dragging ancestors up its evolutionary tree. ic benefits of growth are broadly shared. All this calls ILLEGITIMATE in achieving equitable, quality growth and mance or a measure of national well- ment for poor people will have to be com- So here we are, and it’s going to be tricky. We are almost cer- for research on the relationship between growth, MEANS. THE distributive justice. A major example is the being. It had several other purposes but plemented by investments in human cap- tainly going to crash through 450 parts per million of carbon diox- inequality, poverty and health. We need to ask hard RESULT IS A miserable state of the banking sector at some stage in its journey it became a ital and other interventions that advance ide (CO2) equivalents in the atmosphere in less than 15 years, which questions rather than assuming the answers NO-BRAINER, A which is plagued with a gigantic size of universal indicator for all things. social inclusion, and equal access to in the natural course of events would take us up through +2°C about GDP is a partial picture: It is now being wide- GREATER non-performing loans and where default- There are many alternative measures, jobs. There is consensus also on the need a decade later. Welcome to the climate apocalypse. ly argued that GDP is far from a robust indicator ers are enjoying near-immunity. including the Human Development Index for social protection measures for the most of social welfare. GDP simply totals up everything INEQUALITY A multi-dimensional approach: (HDI), introduced by the United Nations vulnerable groups in society. It is also being Unlike Franzen. I do talk to climate scientists and it’s hard to made within an economy in a year, from widgets There are several social economists who in 1990, and the OECD’s (Organisation emphasised that Governments must get them to say this on the record. They don’t want to sow panic. to whizzy financial products, at their market value. believe that inclusive growth has to be for Economic Co-operation and widen their tax base to meet social But if you back them up against a wall and threaten them with a Dubbed as one of the greatest inventions of the 20th grounded in inclusive governance. In the Development) Better Life Index, which are spending expenditure to sustainably sup- knife, most will admit they think going beyond 450 Parts Per Million Century, GDP has long been a closely watched met- absence of inclusive governance, the far superior measures of the quality of life port inclusive growth. (PPM) is nearly inevitable now — mainly because human politics ric for politicians, administrators, policy doctors and people at the grassroots, that is, the intend- and well-being. Our original ideas of development can’t change fast enough to stop it. journalists alike. But it is no longer lionised and our ed beneficiaries of social programmes, are We need to have a broad and integrat- were quite well-grounded and realistic. But what the climate scientists all know — and some think love affair with it may be coming to an end because, left desperately dependent on a bureau- ed view of development. This emphasis However, at some point along the way, we might save us — is that 450 PPM and +2°C are not indissolubly as economic historian Adam Tooze calls, it is “a nar- cratic delivery mechanism over which on inclusive growth should not imply that have ended up reducing the very concept linked. What we need is more time and it is theoretically possible row and somewhat arbitrary slice of reality.” they have no effective control. The alter- we should not pursue growth as a key of development to soaring GDP growth to hold the global temperature down while we work frantically first Economic indicators such as the GDP were never native system would be participatory deriver of financial progress or that rates and lost sight of the very purpose of designed to be comprehensive measures of prosper- development, where the people them- inclusive growth is an oxymoron. Both development itself: Improving people’s to get our emission levels down, then eliminate them entirely and ity and well-being. Initially used to measure the effec- selves are enabled to build their future theoretically and empirically, growth and well-being. finally draw down the excess CO2 that we have already put into tiveness of the US economy during World War II, through elected representatives responsi- changes in income distribution should go Growth is a necessary but not suffi- the atmosphere.There are a number of potential methods for doing the concept quickly became a universal measure of ble to the local community and, therefore, hand-in-hand in order to achieve inclu- cient condition for robustly raising medi- this, all of them controversial. The leading proposal at the moment economic health and progress. An increasing responsive to their needs. Successful sive growth. But this positive relationship an living standards. Accordingly, policy- is injecting sulfur dioxide gas into the stratosphere. (No living things GDP is often seen as a measure of welfare and eco- development practitioners have always should neither imply that an increase in makers and citizens have been asking for up there.) That would reflect a small portion of incoming sunlight nomic success. However, it fails to account for the recognised the richness of this local wis- income inequality is inevitable, nor that an alternative, or at least complementary, and keep the planet below +2°C and its attendant calamities for multi-dimensional nature of development or the dom. It is in this context that real devel- it is desirable. bottom-line metric that measures the level the time we need. There are no safe and painless courses left but inherent shortcomings of capitalism, which tends opment paradigms based on participato- Growth is actually the size of the pie and rate of improvement in shared socio- there are still choices to be made. The game is not over. to concentrate income and, thus, power. GDP is not, ry processes argue for involvement of local increasing. In principle, a bigger pie economic progress. (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is Growing Pains: The Future on its own, an adequate gauge of a country’s devel- communities in all strategies and makes it feasible to give everyone a piece (The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’s opment. Development is a multi-dimensional con- approaches designed for their well-being. of it and if it is growing, the size of the pie National Committee on Financial Literacy of Democracy and Work) cept, which includes not only an economic dimen- Development expert Dani Rodrik laid should increase, not necessarily in the and Inclusion for Women) Odisha’s untiring Earth angel In the last ten years, there have been no maternal and infant deaths in areas under the care of ANM Naik. This is a big FOREIGN EYE achievement for a State where the MMR of 180 for 100,000 live births is way above the national average of 130 scattered along the way. Although she Government hospital Naik is aware the annual Plan India Impact Award tribes to build a rapport with the has been traversing this path for the in Cuttack. So far, that her State lags for her commitment and dedication community. last 25 years, Naik still feels a bit ner- 200 high risk moth- behind others in the to bring down maternal and infant “I could not expect them to learn vous. However, this hasn’t stopped ers have had safe country and has mortality. Odia. So I learnt their language. It her from ensuring that all the 1,000 deliveries at the made special efforts “The award recognises the con- took some time but once I began households under her charge receive Cuttack hospital. In to follow up on the tribution of frontline health workers speaking in their language, the JOHNSON CAN’T timely health care. fact, all deliveries in children. With like Naik as well as volunteers and awareness improved and change It’s this dedication and determi- my area have been in immunisation being young people who have made a dif- was quicker,” recalls Naik. BE TRUSTED nation that has brought down mater- a health facility,” says an important way to ference, and celebrates their roles as The first visible change came in A Scottish appeal court MAJUMDAR nal and Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) Naik. Odisha has protect children change makers in their communities. the form of increased attendance at ruling exposes quite how SWAPNA in the areas where she works. recorded a 45 per from preventable We wanted to honour the last mile Village Health, Sanitation and t was about noon when Over the last decade, there has cent drop in IMR diseases, disabilities champions who brave several chal- Nutrition Day (VHSND). Prior to little the British Prime Padmabati Naik, an Auxiliary been no maternal and infant death over the last 12 years. and death, Naik has lenges to bring about change. We 2008, VHSND sessions had not Minister can be trusted with INurse Midwife (ANM), set off to in the three villages and 33 hamlets An analysis of the made sure that none received over 190 nominations from been held in the area. But after Naik’s the powers of his office. In check on a pregnant woman. It was under her care. This is a big achieve- IMR trend over the of the 852 children in 21 States. After a rigorous evaluation intervention, these sessions were well-functioning a hot day and she was about to pull ment for a State where the Maternal 2005-17 period the zero to three age process, nine national winners were started and attendance steadily democracies the executive a water bottle out of her bag when Mortality Ratio (MMR) of 180 (for revealed that the group, in the areas chosen. Naik has been honoured for increased. she heard a noise. She quickly took 100,000 live births) is way above the State has reduced under her care, has her tireless efforts as an ANM to “The women had never dis- does not close down the refuge behind a tree and waited with national average of 130. Naik also IMR from 75 for 1,000 live births in missed vaccinations. This is why the transform lives in her community,” cussed reproductive and sexual legislature just to eliminate bated breath as an elephant lumbered steps in to conduct deliveries in the 2005 to 41 in 2017. However, it is still work done by frontline health work- says Anuja Bansal, Executive health or menstrual hygiene before. opposition. A PM acquires across the road. Once the pachyderm absence of a doctor. “I have received higher than the national IMR of 33. ers like Naik is vital to improving Director Plan India. They didn’t understand the impor- the unusual capacity to do was out of sight, she breathed a sigh training to do so. I have conducted In fact, the latest Sample maternal and child mortality and However, the fact remains that tance of exclusive breast-feeding of relief and continued her journey. about 88 deliveries at the PHC. The Registration System survey 2017 morbidity, all key indicators of the before transforming the communi- and nutrition. Child marriage is the such a thing only by This was not Naik’s first women also feel confident as they data indicates that of every 1,000 health and well-being of women and ty, Naik had to change herself. This norm among the community. But I misappropriating the royal encounter with an elephant. As an know me. Since I monitor them from children born in Odisha, 33 of them children. Their work becomes crit- came about after she realised that was able to stop 15 such marriages. prerogative. Johnson took a ANM at a Primary Health Centre the beginning of their pregnancy, it do not survive to celebrate their first ical especially for the marginalised communicating health messages in I am happy I could bring some ceremonial function of the (PHC) located in Kaptipada block, a helps me identify high risk mothers. birthday. communities living in difficult ter- Odia, the State language, was not change. But I want to do more,” says crown and weaponised it predominantly tribal area in Odisha’s When I feel these would-be mothers Sadly, Odisha has the third- rains, who often fall through the having the desired effect. Naik a beaming Naik. Mayurbhanj district, Naik has to need specialised care, I give them red highest IMR in the country behind cracks. realised that she had to learn the local (The writer is a senior journalist) for ultra-partisan ends. cross a forest to reach the villages cards and refer them to the Assam and Madhya Pradesh. In August 2019, Naik received language of the Santhal and Kolo (The Guardian editorial) HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 money 10 CAPSULE RBI likely to go for further policy easing in Oct 4 meet

PNS n NEW DELHI "We believe there is a rising Infosys announces case for a 50 basis points RBI The Reserve Bank of India is rate cut, on October 4, with launch of the Live expected to go for a further rate August inflation coming in at Enterprise Suite cut in the next month's mon- a lower-than-expected 3.2 per etary policy review as inflation cent," BofAML said in a NEW DELHI: Infosys on Friday is expected to pan out in line research note. announced the launch of "Live with the central bank's projec- Domestic brokerage Kotak Enterprise Suite" which it said is a comprehensive set of tion, experts say. Securities in a report said CPI platforms, solutions and digital According to global as well inflation is likely to remain services that help incumbent as domestic brokerages, mod- benign in the near term given enterprises to accelerate their erating inflation and a negative the weak growth impulses. digital innovation journey. "The output gap are likely to open "We expect the MPC to cut Live Enterprise Suite enables the door for an accommodative the repo rate by up to 75 basis organisations to drive process monetary policy. points through the rest of agility, deliver customer delight According to official data, FY2020—including a cut of and enhance ecosystem value retail inflation inched up mar- around 40 basis points in the US expresses concern over all in real time," the Bengaluru- ginally to 3.21 per cent in October policy — with focus headquartered company said August from 3.15 per cent in remaining on transmission," it in a statement. The suite helps July, mainly due to costlier food noted. enterprises "reimagine" items. "Contained inflation and a larger The RBI, which mainly fac- trade deficit with India experiences for employees, India's industrial produc- negative output gap set the stage for tors in CPI for arriving at its bi- tion growth slowed to 4.3 per monthly monetary policy, has PNS n NEW DELHI customers and partners policy easing in October. We expect Bilateral trade relationship with India is broad and through digital native mobility cent in July, dragged mainly by been mandated by the gov- complex. The trade between the two countries has manufacturing sector's poor ernment to ensure inflation The US on Friday expressed solutions and computational 40 basis points (cut) cumulatively in increased every year in the recent past. ...However, we design principles, it said. show. Q4," Japanese financial services remains at 4 per cent, with concern over the trade deficit Among others, it also helps "Contained inflation and a deviation of 2 per cent on with India and the challenges are concerned about the trade deficit that we have with India enterprises "reimagine" larger negative output gap set major Nomura said in a research note either side. being faced by American com- —AILEEN NANDI business processes by the stage for policy easing in The central bank, which panies to invest here. US Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs applying sentient principles to October. We expect 40 basis has already reduced the key Addressing the Indo-US simplify processes, user points (cut) cumulatively in FY'20 GDP growth projection According to Bank of policy rate four times in the Economic Summit here, US journeys and remove latency, Q4," Japanese financial services of 6.9 per cent "appears too America Merrill Lynch, the current calendar year, is Minister Counselor for the US and India stood at USD manner that would address the resulting in seamless and major Nomura said in a optimistic" and is widely RBI rate cuts are necessary to scheduled to announce its Commercial Affairs Aileen 142 billion during 2018. concern of increasing trade superior user experience research note. expected to be downgraded at bring real lending rates down next bi-monthly monetary Nandi however hoped to During January-July 2019, the deficit of the US towards India. across channels, the It further said the RBI's the October 4 policy meeting. to incentivise investment. policy on October 4. explore possibilities at the US- bilateral trade has increased Asserting that there is scope to company said. India Business CEO Forum to 10.5 per cent over the last year further boost trade with the US, strike a trade balance between period, she added. Indo-American Chamber of the two countries. Nandi also noted that the Commerce National President S ‘Opportunities As per the Indian govern- US was aware of the challenges K Sarkar said the target is to Sensex rallies 281 pts ment data, India's exports to that American companies con- achieve a bilateral trade of USD galore in the US during 2018-19 were tinue to face in India. 500 billion by 2022. PNS n MUMBAI Pharma, Bharti Airtel, HDFC worth about USD 52.4 billion She however observed that Agriculture, defence, food Russia for Bank, Yes Bank, ITC and HUL while imports bill stood at with Indo-US Business CEO processing and host of similar The BSE benchmark Sensex were among the losers, shed- USD 35.55 billion. Forum, having its interface reg- sectors assume large possibil- leather exports’ rallied 281 points on Friday, led ding up to 1.41 per cent. The US trade deficit with ularly, the issues of mutual con- ities through which India and OkCredit raises by financial and IT stocks as Domestic benchmarks rose India during 2018-19 stood at cerns relating to Indo-US trade the US could come closer and PNS n BENGALURU hopes of another rate cut by RBI amid hopes of another rate cut USD 16.85 billion, lower than would get resolved and invest- cement their ties for enhanced $67 mn funding boosted investor sentiment. by the Reserve Bank of India USD 21.26 billion in the pre- ments from India to the US and trade and economic coopera- NEW DELHI: OkCredit, which Huge export opportunities After swinging 413 points, (RBI) next month, traders said. ceding year, the data showed. vice-versa would apportion. tion between the two coun- provides mobile app for are present in Russia for the 30-share index ended According to official data "Bilateral trade relationship Nandi, in a statement later tries, he said. small merchants to keep domestic leather and 280.71 points, or 0.76 per cent, released post market hours with India is broad and com- said, since the political rela- "We lag a little in export mar- track of their day-to-day footwear industry, Council higher at 37,384.99. It hit an pack included Vedanta, ICICI on Thursday, retail inflation plex. The trade between the tionship between India and the ket as we are not part of the purchases and sales, on for Leather Exports said on intra-day high of 37,413.50 and Bank, ONGC, Kotak Bank, inched up marginally to 3.21 two countries has increased US has begun to grow and global supply chain. We need to Friday said it has raised USD Friday. low of 37,000.09. Axis Bank, SBI, M&M, Infosys, per cent in August, while every year in the recent past. diversify with conciliatory mode understand the technological 67 million (about Rs 476 Russia has imported Similarly, the broader NSE PowerGrid, HCL Tech, NTPC, industrial production growth ...However, we are concerned and big ticket Indian business- advances that are taking place crore) from Lightspeed and leather and footwear worth Nifty settled 93.10 points, or 0.85 Bajaj Finance and Reliance slowed to 4.3 per cent in July, about the trade deficit that we men aggressively making their all over the world and we could Tiger Global. USD 3.9 billion in 2018, per cent, higher at 11,075.90. Industries, rising up to 2.72 per raising chances of a rate cut by have with India," Nandi said. investments in the US, the two- easily become economic leaders The latest round takes and India's exports to that Top gainers in the Sensex cent On the other hand, Sun the central bank. The two-way trade between way trade would flourish in a in the world," Sarkar said. OkCredit's total fundraise over country stood at only USD the last two months to USD 52.6 million, said Panaruna 83 million, a statement said. Aqeel Ahmed, chairman of OkCredit has a registered base Council for Leather Exports Tea Board chairman bats of 6.5 million merchants and (CLE). Speaker vows to thwart British PM over Brexit law has grown 100X since January "The figures clearly reflect this year, it added. "Lightspeed the export opportunities for for domestic certification AFP n LONDON If that demands has been investing in the SME domestic players in the additional procedural segment in India for years Russian market. It will play a PNS n KOLKATA they got very high MRLs (max- Britain's parliamentary speak- creativity in order to now and we deeply appreciate crucial role in achieving our imum residue limits) for some er has warned Prime Minister come to pass, it is a racing how complex user acquisition envisaged double-digit export Tea Board chairman P K chemicals which should have Boris Johnson not to disobey is for this segment. growth levels in the coming Bezbaruah has said Indian pro- been lower", he said. Bezbaruah the law by refusing to ask for certainty that this will happen, years," Aqeel said in a state- ducers should rely more on said that regulators in the a Brexit delay and vowed to and that neither the limitations ment. homegrown certification of tea exporting countries are out of thwart any attempt to circum- of the existing rule book nor Russia is the 13th largest like `trustea' and not on touch with reality. "This also vent legislation. the ticking of the clock will stop global importer of leather, overseas agencies. applies to our own as Parliament passed a law ear- leather products and A lot of deci- well. But at least they are lier this month aimed at pre- it doing so footwear. sions made by the with us. We can venting a no-deal Brexit, but —JOHN BERCOW To penetrate the Russian regulators in the approach them. Johnson is adamant Britain will speaker of Britain's House of Commons market, he said, the council export markets Approaching regula- still leave the EU on schedule is not only looking at par- are not logical at tors in the EU is on October 31 with or without of the existing rule book nor ticipation in fairs like all, Bezbaruah almost impossible", he a withdrawal agreement. the ticking of the clock will Gold rises Rs 70 to Mosshoes, but also at col- said at a seminar viewed. Talking about The speaker of Britain's Press Association news agency. bility and do so forcefully". stop it doing so". Rs 38,695 per 10 gm laboration with Russian here on Thursday. TRA, of which he is also House of Commons John In a speech in London on "If that demands additional His comments came after trade and business associa- So, homegrown certifica- the chairman, Bezbaruah said Bercow said disobeying the law Thursday, Bercow warned if procedural creativity in order Johnson denied he had lied to NEW DELHI: Gold and silver tions by inviting them to tion should suffice for the that it is the largest and oldest "would be the most terrible the government comes close to to come to pass, it is a racing Queen Elizabeth II when prices on Friday witnessed participate in reverse buyer- domestic market, he said. tea research body in the world example to set to the rest of doing so, parliament "would certainty that this will happen, requesting a suspension of recovery, with the yellow metal seller meets in India. "For example in the EU, but is starved of funds. society", according to Britain's want to cut off such a possi- and that neither the limitations parliament this month. rising Rs 70 to Rs 38,695 per Last week, the chairman 10 gram in the national capital, led a delegation of 24 leading according to HDFC Securities. Indian exporters of leather Silver prices also witnessed a products and footwear to gain of Rs 172 to Rs 48,400 Russia to participation in the Adobe ‘nearly closed’ opportunity parity gap Indian pharma exports per kilogram. On Thursday, it Mosshoes Fair in Moscow. closed at Rs 48,228 per Mosshoes is the biggest PNS n NEW DELHI year-to-date promotion rates nominal difference of 0.3 per Adobe's commitment to kilogram. In the bullion exhibition for footwear and were 13.6 per cent for women cent. doing what's right. This may touch $22 bn in market here, gold rose to Rs leather products, witnessing In line with its commitment and 13.9 per cent for Early this year, includes ensuring equal treat- 38,695 per 10 gram from its participation of over 1,000 to maintain an inclusive work- men, Adobe said in a Adobe declared its ment in terms of pay, access previous closing price of Rs brands across the globe. force, software giant Adobe statement. plan to pursue a to new opportunities and 38,625 per 10 gram, it said. India's total exports of said it has nearly closed the The company dis- new initiative -- advancement -- and creating FY '20: Pharmexcil "Spot gold prices for 24 Karat leather and footwear prod- gap in terms of opportunity closed that in the US, opportunity parity - a workplace in which all of PNS n HYDERABAD in Delhi was trading up at Rs ucts was USD 5.7 billion in parity globally. the promotion rate - that examines fair- our employees can thrive," 38,695 with a volatile rupee 2018-19. The findings from its was 13.5 per cent for ness in promotions said Donna Morris, executive Pinning hopes on the recovery which witnessed correction in The current major export opportunity parity initiative white employees and across demograph- vice president and chief of the USA market, a top official noon trading," said Tapan destinations for the sector that examined fairness in pro- 13.2 per cent for non- ic groups. human resources officer, of the Pharmaceuticals Export Patel, senior analyst include Europe and the US. motions across demographic white employees, it added. "Our employees and our Employee Experience, Promotion Council of India (commodities), HDFC The sector employs about groups show that its fiscal Both comparisons show a customers care deeply about Adobe. (Pharmexcil)on Friday said Securities. 42 lakh people. Indian pharma exports may touch USD 22 billion during the The cumulative current financial year against growth of Indian USD 19.14 billion in FY '19. Speaking to reporters, director- exports for the Pakistan likely to miss IMF's tax refund condition general of Pharmexcil, a body period April-July under the Ministry of Commerce was 13 per cent PNS n ISLAMABAD ing revenues and clearing and Industry, Uday Bhasker said According to the IMF, the first refunds were contradictory in some of the policy decisions Cash-strapped Pakistan is set to quarter's primary budget deficit target nature for the FBR, which has being taken by the Chinese gov- ket has revived," he said. miss the International shown inflated collections on ernment may align favourably to Despite price erosion and Monetary Fund's condition to is Rs 102 billion, which can be relaxed many occasions by blocking Indian pharma exporters. In July cartelisation in the USA mar- refund Rs 75 billion to taxpay- to an extent if the government pays refunds. 2019, Indian exports recorded ket, the market there started ers in the first quarter despite According to the report, 21.7 per cent growth to 1.72 bil- recovering with 13.72 per cent an incentive by the global more than Rs 75 billion in tax arrears Adviser to Prime Minister on lion (total exports from April to growth in FY '19 against neg- lender, a media report said on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh July this year was at USD 6.17 bil- ative growth of eight per cent Friday. the report said, quoting rate of 10 per cent. held meetings with FBR offi- lion), he said. in FY '18, Bhaskar said. The International Monetary sources. They said the promissory cials aimed at knowing the sta- The cumulative growth of Exports to North America, Fund (IMF) had offered to soft- The key reason behind the notes could not be issued at a tus of tax refunds and the pos- Indian exports for the period Africa and European Union en the tough primary budget low disbursement of tax faster pace due to the banks' sibility of collecting Rs 5.5 tril- April-July was 13 per cent. contribute nearly 66 per cent deficit reduction target if the refunds was a highly ambitious reluctance to accept these notes lion. As of June 2019, Indias gener- of the total Indian pharma country performs better in tax first quarter's primary budget 30 per cent of the targeted annual revenue collection tar- as collateral. The initial assessment was ic pharmaceutical exports have exports comprising bulk refunds. deficit target is Rs 102 billion, amount, according to figures get of Rs 5.5 trillion. The State Bank of Pakistan that there was no possibility of grown almost 2.7 to 2.8 times drugs, finished dosage for- Under the USD 6 billion which can be relaxed to an released by the Federal Board Despite setting a relatively (SBP) was also unwilling to collecting more than Rs 4.8 tril- faster than the market (global mulations, Ayush and herbals IMF loan deal, Pakistan is extent if the government pays of Revenue (FBR) this week. low target of Rs 644 billion, the treat these notes as part of the lion in the given economic generic market), he said. and surgical, statistics supplied required to reduce the prima- more than Rs 75 billion in tax If the government released FBR could collect only Rs 580 statutory liquidity ratio of conditions, said the sources. "Hence, we expect the by the Pharmexcil said. ry budget deficit, calculated by arrears. the remaining Rs 53 billion, it billion in July and August, banks, the report said. FBR's Member Inland exports to touch USD 22 billion On exports to China and excluding interest payments, to Against the quarterly target would adversely hit the chal- missing the two-month goal by The SBP's view was that Revenue Policy Hamid Atiq in the fiscal 2019-20," Bhaskar Japan markets, the official said Rs 276 billion in the current fis- of reducing the tax arrears by lenging quarterly revenue tar- Rs 64 billion. these notes could not be treat- Sarwar told the National said. "The prices (in USA mar- the Japan market was basical- cal year 2019-20 from last Rs 75 billion, Prime Minister get of Rs 1.071 trillion, also Sources said the FBR's plan ed as a debt due to certain legal Assembly Standing Committee ket) are now stabilised. Even ly not favourable for generic year's level of Rs 1.350 trillion, Imran Khan-led government given by the IMF. The FBR has was to release a certain amount obstacles, according to the FBR on Finance last week that the when there was price erosion, drugs and also doctors in that The Express Tribune reported. has so far cleared Rs 22 billion set Rs 1.111 trillion target for of refunds through promisso- sources. FBR may collect Rs 4.8 trillion our export volumes were grow- country were also not willing According to the IMF, the of the arrears, which are only the July-September quarter, ry notes that it issued at a fixed Both the targets of enhanc- to Rs 5.2 trillion in taxes. ing. That is why the US mar- to promote generic versions. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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hilst it’s true that conventional in- your-face dis- W crimination and bias in literature has quelled down, subtle bias between male and female characters still do exist in the world of lit- erature. If we dive deeper into the world of literature we see that globally, among the six female authors who won a Pulitzer between 2000 and 2015, 50 per cent of them wrote primarily from the perspective of male characters; the other half gave voice to both male and female characters equally. Jennifer Egan’s 2011 award winner A Visit From the Goon Squad, in which the author illustrates skill- fully the lives of many char- acters, some female, some male, old, young, from the past, and even in the future. The novel could not be said to be primarily about women or men-whereas the male authors who won As movements to support the cause of women empowerment spread across the Pulitzers wrote almost exclusively from the per- world, it is essential to shed light into the world of literature and understand the root spective of male characters. When Hilary Mantel won her second Man Booker cause of the inherent subconscious desire to attribute certain characteristics to Prize, for Bring Up the Bodies in 2012, her agent specific gender in the world of literature till date, writes ANUSHKA PRADEEP noted that she began to do well, in part, because she’d background and one of the begun to center her books readers wrote to me asking on male characters. “why is Asavri such a plain When it comes to the and ordinary-looking per- nature of the characters, in a son? Why didn’t you make WOMEN STILL NOT POWERFUL majority of books authors her, the protagonist of your around the world associate story, beautiful? This per- women with communal son who asked this question adjectives such as kind, gen- is a reader who I know to be erous, warm, caring etc well-read and as we call it ‘a while men are more than woman of the world’ and I often associated with agentic was astonished. For me as a terms such as independent, writer, her appearance was strong, smart, dominant, not a factor at all but I had ambitious etc. given more attention to the To cite an example among depth of the character and the most recent books, more importantly the devel- IN LITERATURE Quichotte authored by opment of the plot. But for depicted as being indepen- to hold more weightage Salman Rushdie and the lat- readers when it comes to dent and confident there is a when the document are est in his series of books was women protagonists, their high chance that these char- known to be written by men. released on August 29, 2019. expectations are different.” acters are perceived by the Silalolita is a Telangana The book revolves around Upon looking for further readers as being aloof and based writer who has been the life of an old man who clarity on how such a bias “bold” which again is cate- publishing her work in after suffering a stroke in his functions, here’s what socio- gorised under ‘undesirable’ Telugu since 1993. Her old age begins to watch tele- logical research has to say. or ‘negative’ traits by a works are majorly inclined vision obsessively and is “This process has been fur- majority of the readership. towards feminism and infatuated by a talk show ther clarified by Glick and Even today a majority of woman empowerment. Nari host Salma R. The story has Fiske, who identified two women writers are expected Saree and Gajula Nadi are an interesting plot and forms of sexist prejudice: to write on issues such as some of her most prominent experiments with a new expressly hostile and subjec- family, drama, fiction works. This is what she has form of story telling, but the tively benevolent. Hostile (expected to be with a femi- to say about the issue, female lead in the story, sexism encompasses a nine view of the world), and “When I come to know that I really feel that a majority of The ideal women in several A majority of men The tendency to associate less Salma has very less depth derogatory depiction of romance in order to get a certain book was written value to women writers female and her role is mainly that women and negative feelings reviews. Take for instance, by women I personally the people who read out novels, especially in the expect women look and of the object of the protago- toward them in order to jus- City of girls which was attach more importance to it there, including women romantic genre and mills behave in a certain manner characters has been in existence nist’s obsession which on a tify male power, traditional released on June 4, 2019, because I know where they who form a major part of and boon books written by and women, on the other since generations but at the end first glance seems very nor- gender roles, and men’s con- penned by Elizabeth Gilbert come from. Most of the of the day, the responsibility of mal to most of the audience. sideration of women as sex- author of Eat, Pray, Love. females struggle with emo- the readership, do not still Indian writers even in this hand, conform to these In an interview with ual objects. Benevolent Gilbert like most women tional, familial or some accept reality. it really is day and age, is one who is ideals conferred on them by changing this mindset relies on Kanchana Banerjee (author sexisms is a more subtle authors writes about world other form of struggle in like they want to continue unaware of her beauty and society. The changes in us women. Most of the females of Nobody’s Child and A form of prejudice toward through the eyes of a their life before they can struggle with emotional, familial Forgotten Affair) about this women because it sees them woman. The author’s official finally publish the book wearing blinders and remain self worth. She is docile and ideology and lifestyle are issue, she says, “The bias as pure, kind, gentle, and in site calls her latest book ‘a even after which they con- in their comfort zone. more often than not. beginning to be visible. struggle in their life before they when it comes to readership need of men’s protection, delicious novel of glamour, tinue to face a bias by pub- can finally publish the book still does exist which is evi- therefore justifying male sex, and adventure, about a lishers and even in terms of KANCHANA BANERJEE SRITAMA MOITRA V SANDHYA AUTHOR PROF. ENGLISH LITERATURE AT PRESIDENT OF POW SILALOLITA, dent when they tend to dominance and women’s young woman discovering social acceptance.” Today, a LOYOLA ACADEMY come up with rather weird subordinate role.” states an that you don’t have to be a majority of the readership AUTHOR opinions about the charac- article on Gender Bias and good girl to be a good per- consists of women, which ters and how they are sup- Sexism in Language by son’. Similarly, men are also leads to a bigger question, posed to be portrayed, for Michela Menegatti and tend to be reviewed more does the female population tells us, “It is true that lifestyle are beginning to be inevitably ingrained itself in It is important to cite example, with regard to my Monica Rubini published in when they write non fiction accept and support the por- opportunities and a hope of visible,” she said. “But, this the mindset of men and issues such as these in order latest book Nobody’s Child the Oxford Research and traditionally masculine trayal of women in such a liberation is slowly reaching type of portrayal in literary women alike. Which results to address and bring about which is a dark thriller Encyclopedia. topics such as sport, war, manner? In answer to this V women in several parts of documents is almost a direct in them accepting and sup- changes in discrimination revolving around the life of In the cases of strong politics and scholarly arti- Sandhya, the president of not just the country but in result of the prevailing porting the ideology of the that remains hidden in plain a singer named Asavri who female protagonists or sup- cles and books on the topics PoW: Progressive several parts of the world. patriarchy ingrained in the society’s notion of the ‘ideal sight to the general popula- comes from a very simple porting characters that are of economy or science tend Organization of Women The changes in ideology and Indian culture which has woman’.” tion. BACK TO SCHOOL: NGO HELPS DROPOUTS REJOIN Youth For Seva, a nation-wide movement that inspires youth to volunteer, provides meaningful opportunities to serve the community, finds V SATEESH REDDY ounded in 2007, increasing mostly in economi- community and build upon Youth for Seva cally backward people. To help the power of volunteering. (YFS), is a nation- these kids back to schools and Often, it becomes easy to hire wide volunteering assist them with basic ameni- paid staff and get the work F movement that ties, YFS has been organising done rather than engage vol- inspires youth to school kit drives all over the unteers from the community. volunteer, and provides them country. Engaging volunteers has its with meaningful opportunities He shares, “School Kit own challenges and those who to serve the community. Drive addresses student reten- learn the art and science of Aditya, city coordinator for tion at government and other engaging volunteers effectively YFS, says, “The goal of YFS is needy schools, by providing are able to create sustainable to support schools, destitute them school bags consisting of programs and grow with the shelters, government hospitals notebooks, pens, water bottle, community participation.” and other organisations in the labels etc., fulfilling their basic He added that volunteering society, he said. age them to continue the and helps them to achieve social sector through volun- need of resources for the instils the spirit of ‘Seva’ (self- YFS is also helping students study at secondary stage. their goals with proper guid- teers who can help them miti- entire year.” less service) in a large number to crack the National Means- Through YFS, many volun- ing. gate some of their shortcom- About the importance of people and also a sense of cum-Merit Scholarship teers are working in various On a concluding note, ings and challenges. of having many volunteers for connectedness and belonging- Scheme (NMMSS) launched issues like women empower- Aditya shares, “To date, we are Volunteering is made easy and an NGO, he adds, “Every ness to the society. When in May, 2008. The objective of ment, school drop outs and expanded to more than 25 customised to the individual’s NGO would have engaged a more people are involved, the scheme is to award schol- more in Hyderabad, cities across India. More than interests, time availability and few volunteers at one time or there is an opportunity to cre- arships to meritorious stu- Vijayawada and more places. 200 active volunteers are skill sets.” another. But, very few NGOs ate more positive change dents of economically weaker One of their initiative, working in Hyderabad for Every year, we have witness- have made it their organisa- agents in the society which sections to arrest their drop Chiguru identifies talented YFS. Our goal is to inspire ing dropouts of students tion culture to engage the would strengthen the health of out at class VIII and encour- students of government school many volunteers to join us.” 12

Hyderabad Saturday September 14, 2019 what’s brewing? PARTY CITY GUIDE

FASHION COMEDY THEATRE EXTRAVAGANZA SUNDEEP SHARMA LIVE SRIRAM - A STYLISED DANCE DRAMA fashion and lifestyle expo — lSundeep Sharma is the lShriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra's magnum Trendz — organised at a star "Brahman bro" of comedy. opus is based on the Indian epic Ramayana. It Ahotel saw socialites from the This Bareilly guy has a was first produced in 1957 as Ramlila. It has city gathering for their shopping typical North Indian been staged for the last 65 years and has needs. The guests looked around accent and performs travelled to many countries. The troupe comprises of 20 artistes. the various collections including jokes with a desi flair. He September 14, 7 pm, Shilpakala Vedika sarees, designer wear, and lifestyle is a storyteller and accessories, trying to find incorporates social, political and general something they can take back issues in his comedy. His home. mimicry of famous national and international personalities only adds to his hilariousness. September 14, 7 pm, Oakwood Residence Kapil, Gachibowli.

COMEDY CRACKERS lFunny Side Up EK DURACHARI RAJA - in association l All of us believe with Comedy Bhaviya Central India that our present l presents a New may be bad but Material night our future will be l Anjali show - "Comedy good. The Hindi Crackers" with play Ek Durachari Hyderabad's very Raja (the story of a own Rohit Swain despot) adapted & Saikiran.. Don't from Albert miss 75 minutes Camus' Caligula of hilarity on Sep 17th 2019 8M at remains universally relevant. It represents the l Santhi l Smriti Phoenix Arena - face of despotism, not only in terms of the An Art & Cultural whimsical madness and deification of rulers but Centre (Art Gallery). also in terms of how people react to such rule y r

a September 17 at 8pm, Phoenix Arena with glimmer of hope for the future. h C September 22, 7.30 pm, Lamakaan V S y b b GADHA KAHINI s VENTRILOQUISM o t

o lVentriloquism is an l The play Gadha Kahini h P art of voice manipulation - The story of a Donkey, using a puppet or doll. opens with five Sathosh is a storytellers trying to international gather an audience for Ventriloquism artiste, narrating their stories and with more than 20 years finally agress upon telling experience in performing Ventriloquism shows. He is the Story of a Donkey, together. the only ventriloquist who is attending international September 15, 7.30 pm, Lamakaan Ventriloquism convention at USA, since 2012. He regularly works with schoolchildren & teachers in helping them to improving their skills. MAHABHARATA - THE EPIC TALE September 21, 11 am, Lamakaan l All history and mythology is based on EXHIBITION cause and effect, EMERGING PALETTES Mahabharata - The Epic Tale... lA group art exhibition, a in-depth deals platform for emerging with the artists to display their work. primary This is the 11th edition of emotional and

Nikita Bisth the exhibition organised in psychological l collaboration with Goethe- causes that were the genesis of this destructive Zentrum. Till October 6 at war. The planet has witnessed destruction based Shrishti Art Gallery, Jubilee on the whims of a few people. Hills. September 14 to October 6, multiple venues GET YOUR EVENT LISTED: To get your events listed, please send your details Parvathi

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Hyderabad Saturday September 14, 2019 tollywood PAVAN SADINENI GETS VIVEK ATHREYA TO PEN DIALOGUES The untitled film is a hatke love story with multiple layers to it, finds NAGARAJ GOUD

aving taken the onus of to Vivek who was more than willing Nara Rohith, opened in cinemas. A introducing producer to let his pen do the talking. The promising young talent, he was sup- Bellamkonda Suresh’s two-film old director has almost fin- posed to work with Kalyanram for H younger son Ganesh into ished writing the film,” informs a his third project but after investing a filmdom, filmmaker Pavan well-placed source close to the unit. year on it, the project, a fantasy Sadineni is leaving no The film is an important one for drama, couldn’t go to sets due to var- stone unturned to get the right Sadineni as it’s been more than three ious reasons. He shifted attention to names associated with the project. years since his last Savitri, starring the love story, which has been on his Set to go to floors shortly, the direc- mind since a long time. While he got tor has got a familiar name Vivek Vivek on the creative front, on the Athreya on board to pen the film’s technical front he roped in his cam- dialogues, The Pioneer has exclusively eraman buddy Karthik learnt. The untitled film is a hatke Ghattamaneni, who was instrumental love story with multiple layers to it. in giving Prema Ishq Kadhal the Vivek’s writing prowess, which is evi- vibrant look for its Rs 80 lakh invest- dent from his two films Mental ment. “It’s like a reunion of sorts for Madhilo and Brochevarevaruraa, them and Karthik wants to weave ensured that Sadineni approached magic with his work. He believes the

him for his love story, which will see film’s US backdrop will help his cause i n e

Ganesh’s part age from a boy to mar- more. Sadineni has also signed on n i d ried man. “Both the directors go a Andala Raksashi composer a S S long way. Vivek has been in touch Radhan to be the tune- n a v with Pawan since he made his smith and almost all a directorial debut with Prema the tunes have been P Ishq Kadhal in 2013 and they agreed upon,” adds have great respect for each the source. other’s work. Sadineni To be shot in likes Vivek’s dia- US and logues and he felt Hyderabad, the latter would the film is a do justice to the production mature love that venture of his film his. Bekkem He put for- Venugopal under ward a his proposal Lucky Media. GOPI'S

a adventure y e r h t A A k e v i

V drama rolls on week after wrapping up his long-in-the- making spy thriller Chanakya, actor Gopichand has dived headlong into the ctor Satya Prakash, who has played many anegative roles in A filming of BVSN Prasad’s next produc- films like Seetharamaraju, Pellichesukundam, Samarasimha tion on Friday in Hyderabad. The pro- Reddy and Master among others, has turned director with ject was launched five months ago. An Popular A Ullaala Ullaala. Gururaj who released Lovers Day earlier adventure thriller, it is directed by Binu this Valentine’s Day is producing the movie, which features Subramanyam who assisted Santosh Sivan and Nataraj, Nuris and Ankitha in the lead roles. Jayam Raja in the past. Prakash said he has been harbouring direction dreams since a Expressing his joy over teaming up with Gopi villain Satya long time and he is happy to have realised it finally with Ullaala for the second time after Sahasam, Prasad said Ullaala. “It’s a romantic thriller and no one will be able to predict since the film’s story span is huge; it will be shot the twists and turns the story takes as it unravels thread by thread. across exotic locales of Thailand, Nepal and Making-wise, I’ve tried something different,” the actor said, glad Cambodia besides India. He further informed that that he got a producer like Gururaj for his first shot at direction. Mani Sharma, who has bounced back into the top Prakash turns The producer, who has penned the film’s story, said he knows league with iSmart Shankar, has been signed on to Sathya since a long time and he always had that fire in him as an compose music, while Satish Kurup will crank the actor. “The passion Sathya has for direction is more than what he camera. has for acting. I believe the film will be a turning point in his career. Binu said he will be presenting Gopi in a com- to direction It is in the last leg of production and post-production works too are plete new light, while assuring that the film will in full-swing,” he noted. — NG appeal to audience of every class. Meanwhile, Gopi’s Chanakya is looking at a Dasara release date though the makers haven’t disclosed date yet. The actor also has a film with Adhe Nuvvu Adhe Sampath Nandi lined up. FIGHTER TO BE Nenu revived with Chay and Rashmika? hen Dil Raju potential to be a box-office SHOT IN EUROPE announced a film winner à la Fidaa and a reput- with Naga Chaitanya ed casting needs to shoulder it, earlier this year with Raju decided to shelve it with W a new director Sashi Galla. Discussions with Chay at the helm, one was- have been going on for the past n't expecting him to revive Adhe six months and it was a month Nuvvu Adhe Nenu. Yes, the ago, he gave his nod. The film same film that the Tollywood will roll mostly after he com- heavyweight launched with pletes his film with Sekhar Ashok Galla, son of TDP MP Jay Kammula. A prominent gener- Galla, last Dasara but called off al entertainment channel soon after due to reasons best has acquired the satel- kept secret. Turns out, the pro- lite rights of this film ducer even got a leading lady in along with Raju's place. Rashmika Mandanna, Iddari Lokam who is on a roll in Telugu cine- Okate, featuring Raj ma with several big-ticket flicks Tarun and Shalini in her kitty, has been narrated Pandey, in a pack- the story and she, it seems, has aged deal. evinced interest towards to However, the spearhead it. producer is yet major part of Puri Jagannadh’s films A little birdie tells us that to make the like Iddarammayilatho, Heart Attack, since the script has huge project official. ISM and Paisa Vasool have been set in Europe and he will be following suit A with his next, Fighter, starring Vijay Deverakonda, as well. After finishing the first half of the script, an action entertainer, in Bangkok last month, the director took off to Europe to search for an apt location to set his film. “He is looking at countries which he hasn’t explored till now. Although Spain is his favourite, he might spring a surprise this time around. He has a country on mind but might visit Europe again just to be sure,” said a source close to the director. The source adds Puri, who is riding from the wave of his iSmart Shankar massive success, will jet off to Bangkok again to complete the second half. “Since Fighter will move to floors only early next year, Puri has ample time to complete the scriptRomantic, but first which he wants he is to fasten the production work of producing with son Akash in the lead. The film is 60 per cent through and he wants it to be wrapped up in the next couple of months, before he shifts complete attention to Fighter,” the source notes. In Fighter, a joint production venture between Puri and Charmme under Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies banner and Puri Connects, Deverakonda will be seen as a youth with stammer. He— will NG also be presented as a martial arts exponent. 14

Hyderabad Saturday September 14, 2019 celeb talks VIN DIESEL, DWAYNE JOHNSON REMEMBER PAUL WALKER ON BIRTH ANNIVERSARY t’s been six years since the us. It’s Paul’s birthday and rightfully “So much to tell you... so much to Fast And Furious actor Paul so, his legacy celebrated around the share... as you know, we have been Walker lost his life in a world. filming in Scotland. We threw a tragic car accident, and till “Our friendship was bonded over party for the crew last night in I date he is being missed by our daughters, Meadow and Simone appreciation for all of their hard friends and colleagues. and the pride and protection we took work. It was one of those moments On the occassion of Paul’s 46th being their fathers. And recently, I got that so often in the past we were birth anniversary on Thursday, his a scare when I almost lost another together smiling and getting Fast And Furious co-actors Vin Diesel friend on the road. All this stuff got everyone drunk, especially Justin. and Dwayne Johnson penned emo- me thinking about how beautiful, yet Haha. Who by the way would tional posts on Instagram. wildly unpredictable life is. We never make you so proud with what he is Johnson wrote: “I never post about know what’s around the corner, so we accomplishing with this film. my friend. Personal thing, but I prefer gotta live as greatly as we can in the Nathalie was there, in her loving to keep our memories and bond pri- honor of our loved ones and ancestors spirit. Oh, and John Cena was vate and quiet. But something about who are no longer with us.” there, who you would just love.” today compelled me as a moving Diesel said he feels blessed to call Paul was killed in a car acci- reminder of how fragile life is for all of Paul his brother. dent in November, 2013.

KATE HUDSON ISN'T EXCITED TO PERFORM IN A RUSH TO MARRY IN INDIA FOR THE DANNY FUJIKAWA FIRST TIME: DUA LIPA nternational pop ctress Kate Hudson says she isn’t planning to get married star Dua Lipa has to her boyfriend Danny Fujikawa anytime soon. “Oh expressed excite- god! I’m not thinking about that,” etonline.com quoted I ment over her A Hudson as saying when asked about a potential wedding first-ever live con- to Fujikawa. cert in India. “Yeah, especially after one wedding, you’re like, “(I am) So excited to per- ‘Whew!’ It’s a lot of work but yeah, not anytime soon but I love form in India for the first the man,” added the actress, while referring to the wedding of time ever. I’m excited to get her brother Wyatt Russell earlier this month. back on stage, (and) I feel Hudson and Fujikawa have been dating since 2017. They like it’s going to be such a welcomed their first child together, daughter Rani, last fun night,” the one kiss hit- October. maker told. Hudson has a busy schedule caring for Rani, as well as her In August, we had reported two sons, 15-year-old Ryder and 8-year-old Bingham. She that Dua Lipa might join pop recently took to Instagram to post a video of the family star Katy Perry as headline singing “Happy Birthday” to her brother Oliver Hudson. In the acts at the OnePlus Music comments, Ryder had joked that she didn’t check with him before Festival, set to take place on she posted it. Saturday, November 16 at the Asked if Ryder has a final say on what she can and cannot post, DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. the actress said, “Actually, they’ll never get final say. It just doesn’t Now, the singer confirms work that way, you know.” to us that she is indeed coming to India for her first-ever performance. A teaser announcing the one-day music extravaganza was launched in July, and it was subsequently con- firmed that it would take place at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai -- incidentally, the venue where pop sensation Justin Bieber had performed a while back. The time, the stadium is set to host Dua Lipa along with Katy Perry. Speaking about the music festival, Carl Pei, co-founder, OnePlus said, “We are super excited that Dua Lipa will also be performing in the first-ever OnePlus Music Festival in India! The addi- tion of Dua completes the International Festival music offering. We will be announc- ing additional music from India soon. This festival will truly be a one of a kind expe- rience for our Indian com- TIGER SHROFF ROPED munity.” The 24-year-old English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa IN AS ‘ASICS’ INDIA made her debut in 2015 with the single New Love. By the time her second hit, Be the BRAND AMBASSADOR one was released, she was already on way to becoming a ollywood actor Tiger larger global movement started by global sensation. One Kiss, Shroff will be fronting ASICS,” Tiger said in a statement. her 2018 single with Calvin ads of Japan-based Speaking on the association, Harris sclaed the top spot in B footwear brand ASICS, Rajat Khurana, Managing Director the UK charts. Over the which is expanding into — ASICS India Pvt. Ltd., said, “As a years, she has featured on the sportstyle and athleisure brand, we are extremely delighted US Billboard Hot 100 and segments in India. to bring on board India’s most also topped the Billboard The association will also see the promising and versatile actor, Tiger Dance Club Songs chart, and India launch of the global Shroff as the ASICS brand ambas- she has entered the the UK #IMoveMe campaign — a contem- sador. Our collaboration with Tiger Top 10 several times. A win- porary expression of the company’s Shroff is special because apart from ner of multiple awards “founding philosophy” Anima Sana being a youth icon, he is passionate including the Grammy and In Corpore Sano — a sound mind about being fit and staying stylish. the BRIT Awards, she has in a sound body. “Our aim is to reach out and collaborated with big names “ASICS has constantly been my connect with a larger audience by including Sean Paul, Calvin go-to gear — be it at the gym, dur- putting forth our consumers a dis- Harris and Diplo. ing vacations or even while travel- tinct mix of lifestyle and sports Tickets for the OnePlus gig ling — I always have my ASICS on! offerings and widen the product go on sale at 12pm September The brand ideology of ASICS res- portfolio. This association is an 17. Tickets are priced at onates perfectly with my fashion extension of the brand’s ‘I Move Rs 2,000 onwards, with and fitness sensibilities. I want to Me’ campaign and we are confident OnePlus users being extended make the most of our association that it will reinforce our brand the facility of a 10 per cent where we inspire and motivate peo- ideology and leadership in the cashback through their ple to “move” and be part of the market.” Insider or Paytm transaction.

NEW ‘GOT’ PREQUEL TO FOCUS ON HOUSE TARGARYEN

et another story woodreporter.com. Harington) in the hit from the Game Of It is also reported that series. Thrones universe Ryan Condal, along with The Targaryen prequel is is all set to come Game Of Thrones author not one of the previously Y alive, with HBO George RR Martin, will pen reported prequels that had giving the green the script for the prequel, been in the works at HBO signal to a prequel that will which is based on Martin’s since 2017. HBO first focus on House Targaryen. book Fire & Blood. announced four prequel The cable network will The book narrates stories series in the works and soon be closing the deal on of previous Targaryen kings, added a fifth later on. a pilot order for a prequel like Aegon — the first ruler The other prequel, which set 300 years before the of Westeros — and Aegon is moving forward, is set events of the flagship series, the Dragonbane — the thousands of years before which tracks the beginnings ancestors of Daenerys the original series. It stars and the end of House Targaryen (essayed by Emilia Naomi Watts in the lead Targaryen, reports holly- Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit role. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 sport 15

Neymar could make PSG return: Tuchel AFP n PARIS for sure”, adding “he needs to make on international duty for Brazil in We ‘defended with his comeback”. two friendly matches in the United eymar could return to action Neymar, the world’s most States, scoring one goal and mak- Nfor Paris Saint-Germain today expensive player, has had to come ing another in a 2-2 draw with after four months of injury- to terms with the prospect of a Colombia and then coming on as enforced absence after the third season in Ligue 1 after PSG a substitute in a 1-0 loss to Peru. Brazilian was selected in the and his former club Barcelona Those were his first appear- our lives’ against Qatar matchday squad for the Ligue 1 failed to agree terms on a move ances this season after the 27-year- match against Strasbourg. before the transfer window shut on old was left out of PSG’s opening PSG coach Thomas Tuchel September 2. four league games amid the uncer- PTI n NEW DELHI to Qatar with nothing to lose said: “We have ‘Ney’ in our squad, Neymar has since been away tainty over his future. and thinking that India can enior India footballer take something from the Sandesh Jhingan on Friday match. Ssaid that his team “defend- “I always say ‘it is about ed with our lives” during the dreaming big, if you can dream Utd without Pogba for Leicester test country’s unexpected goal-less big, you can achieve big goals’. draw against Asian champions I am extremely proud of this AFP n MANCHESTER defeat leaving them down in eighth, three points adrift of Qatar in their World Cup team, the characters and per- Leicester in third. Round 2 qualifiers match in sonalities associated with it. aul Pogba heads a lengthy Manchester United injury Under former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, Doha. They are just so big. Plist for the visit of in-form Leicester City to Old Leicester are aiming to return to the top six at the expense India survived waves of “In the team meeting we Trafford today with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer potential- of the likes of United, Chelsea, Arsenal or Tottenham, three opposition attack to deny Qatar stuck to the basics — do the ly missing seven first-team players. years on from their any goal in a Group E match on work, stay disciplined, stick to Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Diogo Dalot and remarkable Premier September 10 in Doha which the system keeping the right Eric Bailly will also definitely miss the clash with the League title triumph. was completely dominated by mindset.” Foxes, while Jesse Lingard and Aaron Wan-Bissaka “Leicester is always a the home side. It was one of the Talking about seniormost are both doubtful after withdrawing from England’s tough game. They are a best results for India in recent player and talisman Sunil Euro 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Kosovo. club that want to push times. Chhetri missing out the Qatar Pogba twisted his ankle in the 1-1 draw at into the top four, they “We defended with our match due to fever, he said, Southampton two weeks ago and did not have good players and a proven lives. We stuck to the basics, “Sunil bhai’s presence in the play for France in their two matches dur- top manager,” added Solskjaer. and Adil, Rahul, and Mandar dressing room was a big miss ing the international break, with the “Brendan’s teams always play good and myself backed each other against Qatar. He’s the leader of midfielder expected to return for the football, so we have to play well to get up. We were together, the com- the team. We were feeling bad match at West Ham on 22 September. the three points.” munication was sublime, we for him because I know how Shaw (hamstring) and Martial Leicester’s visit will mean an early reunion were solid at the back,” Jhingan badly he wanted to play. But (thigh) have still not recovered with his old club for Harry Maguire, who wrote on the official AIFF web- that’s life, and that’s football.” from the injuries sustained in the swapped the Foxes for Old Trafford this sum- site. Jhingan said India will have 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on 24 mer in an 80 million transfer that made him the Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet to win against Bangladesh and August, while Dalot (hip) and world’s most expensive defender. And despite Singh Sandhu was the star of Afghanistan before thinking Bailly (knee) are longer-term mixed results, Solskjaer is delighted with what the visiting side as he single- of “surprising” Oman in the injuries. Maguire has brought to the club in his first month handedly stopped the Qataris away match next year. “The treatment room has at United. from scoring any goal, and “Moving on, we need to be been busy and it still is,” said “Harry has been brilliant for us,” said the Jhingan described him as one realistic. The forthcoming Solskjaer. “We don’t really Norwegian. “He has come into the dressing room of the best in the business in matches in October, and know who is going to be and been a leader there and a leader on the pitch. Asia. November are too crucial. If we available. “He is going to be a big part of the future of “I have always had confi- don’t win against Bangladesh “Maybe Aaron and this club. We watched him enough to know he Central defender Sandesh Jhingan celebrates with Indian flag after India managed to dence in the players around me. IFT/Twitter and Afghanistan, and manage Jesse will make it but that is is the guy we wanted. And when I look around, my hold Asian Champions Qatar for goalless draw in World Cup qualifiers away points from the Oman it from the ones that pulled “Leicester did not want to lose him and that confidence grows. Gurpreet is less draw against Qatar was a “After the Oman game game, this point won’t matter out. is why we spent the money we did on him.” one of the best in Asia at the historic one. (which India lost 1-2 at home) much. “Paul will not be fit, Solskjaer also believes Maguire has the traits moment, and players like “To come to Doha, and there was a slight feeling of dis- “To value this hard earned not unless he has a mirac- that mark him out as a potential future captain Udanta, Chhangte, Sahal, play against the Asian champi- appointment in the team. point, we need to win our ulous recovery. He has not of United. “He is definitely a character and per- Brandon, Thapa Ashique are all ons, and take away a point from Looking back, we still feel we other games. We are getting been ready to do training sonality that can be captain of a big club. God’s gift to Indian Football,” their kitty is a really big thing, should have taken points from better as a team, and as individ- at 100%.” “He is a leader in the dressing room, both the central defender said. I am really happy and now we that.” uals. If we keep working like United are looking in his performances, his stature and his He said since his interna- have to make sure we keep our The 26-year-old defensive this, the sky is the limit for this for their first win since the behaviour. tional debut in 2015, the goal- feet on the ground,” he said. mainstay said the team headed batch.” opening day of the season “Harry is a character you would like to with draws at Wolves and follow. Some are technical leaders, some are Southampton either side of the Palace leaders by voice, but he has got the lot.” Hazard to make Real debut Laporte injury worries Pep AFP n MADRID weeks, he has been back for a week. “We have seven games in 21 days and AFP n MANCHESTER Champions League in heart of the defence with John eal Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane we will have to go gently. It will be up to me February, should the English Stones and Nicolas Otamendi Rsaid on Friday that big-money summer to keep an eye on his minutes and his play- anchester City manager champions advance to the last the only two senior centre- signing Eden Hazard has been passed fit and ing time, because we need him over a long MPep Guardiola has con- 16. backs available to Guardiola. will make his long-awaited La Liga debut period, for several matches, not for one.” firmed that influential defend- “Long (time). Five City may be tempted to against Levante today. Hazard’s return is timely for Madrid er Aymeric Laporte faces up to months, six months,” said reinforce their defence when “We all want to see Eden,” said Zidane. who also start their Champions League six months out after undergo- Guardiola when asked how the transfer window re-opens “There’s a lot of pressure on him, a lot campaign against Paris Saint-Germain next ing knee surgery. long he expected to be with- in January. of expectation. But he is ready and that is week, especially as Luka Modric was ruled Laporte damaged carti- out his defensive lynchpin. However, speaking ahead the most important thing.” out this week with a groin strain. lage and the lateral meniscus “Next year (for) sure. of his City testimonial this Hazard was expected to make his “The season starts now,” said Zidane. in his right knee after a clash January or February.” week, Kompany said he trust- debut in Vigo in the opening round in mid- “We have seven games in 21 days and with Brighton’s Adam Webster Laporte will be missed ed Guardiola to find the solu- August after joining Madrid for an initial I think that’s what we need, anyway, to play, in City’s 4-0 win on August 31. with centre-back one of the tion. 100 million euros from Chelsea in June. make matches, compete... That’s what play- City reported that Laporte few positions where City are “By losing Laporte you But the Belgian pulled up with a thigh ers want.” had undergone successful not blessed with great strength lose a big player. You need big strain at the club’s training base in The Frenchman also shrugged off crit- surgery in Barcelona, but did in depth. players in the bigger games but Valdebebas and had to sit out the first three icism of the team following their indiffer- not specify how long they The Premier League the key strength of this weeks of the season during which Real ent start to the season. expected the Frenchman to be champions did not buy a Manchester City team is rely- struggled, collecting one win and two “The comments, everything that is said, sidelined. replacement for departed for- ing more on the system than draws. that’s not going to change,” he said. Guardiola confirmed the mer captain Vincent Kompany the individuals,” said the Zidane, however, called for patience as “We know what we want to change Frenchman will not return in the summer transfer win- Belgian. Hazard finds his feet again. within (the team), we will do everything to before next year and could dow. “I don’t see City weaken- “We have to go gently,” he said. do things well. Enough talk, we have per- even miss the start to the Midfielder Fernandinho ing. Pep is way too aware of “He (Hazard) was injured for three Eden Hazard trains during training session RM/Twitter form on the pitch.” knockout stages of the is expected to deputise at the this danger to let it happen.” Leipzig test awaits Bayern Sarri back as Juve head for Fiorentina AFP n MILAN AFP n LEIPZIG ristiano Ronaldo returns to Italian B Leipzig coach Julian Cleague action after his four-goal RNagelsmann has called on his spree for Portugal as Juventus head for team to confirm they are Bundesliga Fiorentina today also boosted by title contenders when they face coach Maurizio Sarri’s highly-antici- reigning champions Bayern Munich pated debut on the bench after a bout in one of two top-of-the-table of pneumonia. clashes this weekend. The ex-Chelsea coach missed his Leipzig host Bayern today first two league games with the Serie evening, just hours after fellow A champions against Parma and his Champions League participants former club Napoli. Borussia Dortmund and Bayer But the 60-year-old will be on the Leverkusen do battle in Dortmund. bench for the first time today as The two games are expected to Juventus look to make it three wins this set the tone for what many are pre- season before their Champions League dicting will be a three or four horse opener at Atletico Madrid midweek. title race. Ronaldo’s four goals in Portugal’s Germany great Lothar European qualifying win over Matthaeus claimed last week that Lithuania during the week were Leipzig, who finished third last year enough to send shivers down the and reached the German Cup final, spines of Fiorentina fans. were definite title contenders under The 34-year-old overtook Ireland’s Fiorentina’s history by doing some- match at home this season against new coach Nagelsmann. Robbie Keane as the all-time top thing special against Sarri’s team,” Sampdoria with doubts over whether “I am always happy when scorer in Euro qualifiers, with 25 Montella told Gazzetta Dello Sport. their San Paolo stadium will be ready experts like Matthaeus see the goals, and will be looking to impress And Montella believes that new in time. team’s development positively — Thursday. lowing a shock 3-1 defeat away to in charge of the club in 2017. further with the winner of the Best French signing Franck Ribery can The Serie A outfit played their now we have to confirm it.” said “We have six games until the promoted side Union Berlin at the The Dutchman’s reign at FIFA Football Awards to be named in make the difference for the team. opening two league games away from Nagelsmann on Thursday. next break, and we want to position end of August. Dortmund ended in disaster after Milan on September 23. “Franck played the friendly against home, at Fiorentina and Juventus, due “The game will not be decisive ourselves high in the table.” Bild newspaper claimed on a nine-game winless run, but he has Ronaldo will lead the Juventus Perugia as if he was playing the to the reconstruction of the stadium. for the title race, but a win can give “The game against Leipzig is Wednesday that some players were since restored his reputation by attack along with Douglas Costa and Champions League final,” he said. Ancelotti said he was “outraged” after us a lot of confidence,” he said. important in that regard.” disgruntled with Favre’s selection leading Leverkusen into the Gonzalo Higuain, the Argentine also “He’s different, as Ronaldo is dif- seeing the state of the changing rooms The 32-year-old coaching Yet Kovac also insisted that and tactics, calling the atmosphere Champions League last season. in-form on his return to Turin after a ferent. We talk of stars who excel midweek with their Champions prodigy said that in-form striker Leipzig were not Bayern’s only con- around the club a “powder keg”. Dortmund midfielder Julian loan spell at Chelsea. through sacrifice. They are wonderful League opener against Liverpool next Timo Werner could make the dif- tenders for the Bundesliga title this On Thursday, Favre insisted Brandt will also come up against his Fiorentina have also changed own- examples for everyone.” Tuesday. ference against Bayern. season. that he still had the support of the former colleagues today, having left ers and coach with former AC Milan “It will be hard, very hard, but The contractors have however Werner, 23, has scored five “You also have to mention dressing room. Leverkusen for 25.5 million euros and Sevilla manager Vincenzo we’re convinced that we will see a new insisted the work will be completed by goals in three games already this Borussia Dortmund and Bayer “We have lost one game. The ($28.1m) in June. Montella overseeing two defeats in as great Fiorentina,” said new Italian- Friday. Inter Milan welcome Udinese season. “He is on a good run, and Leverkusen,” he said. trust is still there. We need to look With Belgian winger Thorgan many games on his return to the club. American owner Rocco Commisso to the San Siro also looking to extend he can really hurt Bayern,” warned “Those were the top four teams forward and be positive,” said the Hazard still out injured, Brandt is “Great stories are born of impos- hoping to build a team who can add their maximum points with Antonio Nagelsmann. last year, and I think they will share Swiss. expected to start against his old sible challenges,” said Montella, whose to their Serie A titles in 1956 and 1969. Conte’s side ahead of both Juventus The champions, who trail the spoils this year as well.” “We know about Leverkusen’s club. side last beat their fierce rivals in and Torino on goal difference. Leipzig by two points in second Yet Dortmund, who sit one spot quality. It is no coincidence that they Elsewhere this weekend, January 2017. ANCELOTTI 'OUTRAGE' Inter are also in Champions place due to their opening day draw behind Leverkusen in fifth, are finished fourth last year,” he added. Cologne host local rivals Borussia The rivalry has been fuelled fur- Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli, who are League duty against Slavia Prague at with Hertha Berlin, can go top with under growing pressure after a Today’s game will see Moenchengladbach in the Rhine ther after Juventus wrapped up their midtable, need to pick themselves up the San Siro on Tuesday and need to a win today. recent dip in form. Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz return derby, while David Wagner’s eighth consecutive title with a 2-1 win after Kalidou Koulibaly’s own goal avoid a slip-up against Udinese who “This is where the season gets Coach Lucien Favre has faced to Dortmund for the second time Schalke travel to promoted side at the expense of the Tuscans last April. handed Juventus a 4-3 win in Turin last shocked AC Milan 1-0 in their season going,” said coach Niko Kovac on criticism in the German media fol- since his ill-fated, six-month spell Paderborn on Sunday. “I’d like to start a new chapter in weekend. But they play their first opener. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 sport 16

SINGLES LACAZETTE RULED OUT UNTIL OCTOBER Bumrah always London: Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette will be sidelined until October after failing to shake off a Smith rescues Australia persistent ankle injury. Lacazette had been playing with AFP n LONDON wanted to make pain from the problem for several weeks and the Smith came to France international has now been told to rest in the hope it will allow time for the problem to heal. "After teve Smith again proved the crease with assessments to an ongoing ankle issue, we have SEngland's nemesis on Australia in a mark in Tests advised that Alex will need to rest and strengthen his Friday, passing 700 runs in the ankle to regain full fitness," an Arsenal statement said Ashes series as the tourists trouble at 14-2 in PTI n MUMBAI on Friday. "Alex has been playing through this injury for reached 147-4 at tea on the reply to several weeks. He is likely to be back in action in second day of the fifth Test. randed a limited-overs specialist at the beginning October." The former captain has England's 294 Bof his career, Indian pace spearhead Jasprit been in imperious form dur- after paceman Bumrah on Friday said it was nothing short of a dream RUSSELL SUFFERS BRUTAL BLOW ing the tour, with a lowest come true when he made the Test side as success in Kingston: Swashbuckling West Indies all-rounder score of 82 in five completed Jofra Archer had the longest format is what he has always craved for. Andre Russell suffered a serious blow on his helmet innings so far. removed David Bumrah is just 12 Tests old and already has 62 following which he had to be stretchered off during the He was 59 not out at the Warner and wickets to his credit. Caribbean Premier League (CPL) game between break, with Mitchell Marsh on “For me, Test cricket was very important and I Jamaica Tallawahs and St Lucia Zouks. The incident 12, as Australia look to wrap Marcus Harris always wanted to play Test cricket and didn’t want to happened in the 14th over of the Jamaica Tallawahs' up their first Test series vic- be a cricketer who has played (only) T20s and ODIs. inning when Russell, batting on zero, failed to connect tory in England since 2001. holding onto a sharp chance I gave a lot of importance to Test cricket...I always with a pull and the ball struck his helmet near the right Smith came to the crease from Harris at second slip. wanted to make a mark in Test cricket,” Bumrah said ear on Thursday evening at the Sabina Park. Having with Australia in trouble at That dismissal brought at a promotional event failed to pull, his head turned due to the momentum of 14-2 in reply to England's Smith to the crease and he “I had the belief that I have done well in first-class his swing and that's when the impact took place. The first-innings total of 294 after was immediately greeted with cricket, then I could replicate that in Test matches. The West Indies all-rounder immediately fell on the ground paceman Jofra Archer had a sharp bouncer, much to the journey has just started, just played 12 Tests...When and the Zouks fielders then removed his helmet to removed openers David delight of the packed crowd. I made my Test debut in South Africa after playing check for his injury. At first, it appeared that there was Warner and Marcus Harris. Smith came into the two years of international cricket, it was a dream come no neck guard on Russell's helmet. He was then off the Smith, who only returned match with 671 runs under true (moment). ground on a stretcher and a CT scan took place later in to Test cricket last month fol- his belt in just five innings at “Being there playing in the white jersey was a great the evening. A medical update from the franchise later lowing a year-long ban for his an astonishing average of feeling and then slowly contributing to team success confirmed Russell had not suffered from any serious role in a ball-tampering scan- more than 134. gave me satisfaction,” the pacer, who became the third injury. dal, was watchful at the begin- He did not bat in the sec- Indian to pick a hat-trick in Test cricket, said. ning of his innings. ond innings of the second Asked to pick his ‘making it large’ moment, SOURABH ENTERS VIETNAM SEMIS But he soon found his Test at Lord's and missed the Bumrah singled out his first Test five-wicket haul, that Ho Chi Minh City: Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma touch at the sun-baked third Test after being struck he took against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2018. stormed into the men's singles semifinals of the ground in London, bringing by an Archer bouncer. “For me, Test matches was a big thing, so getting Vietnam Open BWF Tour Super 100 after beating local up his 10th consecutive Ashes Smith and Marcus my first Test fifer (five-wicket haul), which I got in hero Tien Minh Nguyen in straight games on Friday. fifty with a six over midwick- Labuschagne repaired the Johannesburg playing in my first series... So I was Second seed Sourabh, who had won the Hyderabad et off left-arm spinner Jack early damage, putting on 69 happy and then the moment I got my fifth wicket (I Open last month, defeated Tien Minh 21-13, 21-18 in a Leach. for the third wicket before was like), now I have got a Test fifer and no one can 43-minute clash. The reigning national champion will Earlier, Warner, who was Archer struck again, trap- take it away from me and that was ‘making it large’ face either Japan's Minoru Koga or Thailand's sixth also banned over the ball- ping Labuschagne lbw for moment.” seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk next. tampering scandal, was again 48. While Bumrah has been rested for the T20 series dismissed for single figures, Matthew Wade was lbw against South Africa, he will return for the three-Test U-17 FIFA WOMEN’S WC FROM NOV 2 caught behind by wicket- to Sam Curran for 19 as series against the Proteas beginning with the open- New Delhi: The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, to be keeper Jonny Bairstow, as a Australia slipped to 118-4 ing match at Visakhapatnam on October 2. hosted by India, will be held from November 2 to 21 feisty Archer made early but the unruffled Smith was “Each and every experience is important to me. next year. The age group showpiece event of the FIFA inroads into Australia's bat- playing a different game, eas- I have played all my life in Ranji Trophy cricket in India will be held in four cities across the country. Last ting line-up. ing to his half-century in 91 so it is not that it is alien conditions for me. I have month, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar has been The opener was initially balls. played in India before with the red-ball, so it is anoth- provisionally confirmed as a venue, pending FIFA given not out but England World Cup winners er challenge and looking forward to it,” he said. approval. Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, Goa and Ahmedabad reviewed. England, desperate to level the “Playing international cricket in India in Test are in the running for the other three host cities. Spain Slow-motion replays sug- five-match series at 2-2, added matches will be a different challenge and hopefully the are the defending champions, having won the title of gested there was a gap just 23 runs to their overnight preparations we put in will give the biennial tournament in 2018. As India has got between bat and ball but the score, with Jos Buttler out for (desired) results.” automatic qualification as hosts, it is not entering the technology picked up a snick 70. The pacer uses the out- Asian qualification campaign in the AFC U-16 Women's and the umpire overturned Marsh returned figures of swinger very well and accord- Championship which will be held in Thailand from his initial verdict. 5-46 on his return to the Test ing to him playing in England September 15 to 28. side while Pat Cummins took gave him the confidence to WARNER STRUGGLES OSAKA CHANGES COACH FOR 2ND TIME 3-84. execute the skill. Tokyo: It was the eighth time that Australia won at Old Asked about his away Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka Warner had been dismissed Trafford last week to take a 2- going ball, Bumrah said, “Not announced on Friday she was splitting with her coach, in single figures in the series. 1 lead in the series, meaning mastering it but I always had her second break-up this year as she battles for form Archer then struck again they will retain the Ashes urn the out-swinger and not and slips down the world rankings. On the eve of the with a 90 miles-per-hour regardless of the result at the used it, but playing in Pan Pacific Open tournament in Osaka, western Japan, thunderbolt, with Ben Stokes Oval. England gave me a lot of the 21-year-old announced she would no longer be confidence, the duke ball working with Jermaine Jenkins, who joined her team swings for a long time and after her triumph at the Australian Open in January. that gave me a lot of confi- “Writing this to let you guys know that me and Jay dence. won't be working together anymore,” Osaka tweeted. “I became more and “I'm super grateful for the time we spent together and Sarfaraz retained as ODI and T20 captain more confident as I played the things I learned on and off the court but I feel like more and more Test now is a appropriate time for a change... Thank you for PTI n KARACHI think we are doing the right thing. matches and because everything, it was a blast,” added Osaka. “Our T20 performances have been of that I was able to SRIKANTH OUT OF CHINA & KOREA OPEN icketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz outstanding but in ODI we have been execute in Test New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on WAhmed was on Friday retained up and down and we need to be more matches.” Friday pulled out of the upcoming tournaments in as Pakistan’s ODI and T20 consistent. But we can’t just blame the Bumrah also China and Korea, owing to a knee injury that flared up International captain ahead of the captain or one individual, that is spoke on his after the World Championship last month. The China forthcoming series against Sri Lanka. wrong. When your main players are equation with Open World Tour Super 1000 is scheduled to be held Pakistan’s new head coach and out of form and don’t perform, the bowling at Changzhou from September 17 to 22, followed by chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq told the team can’t win. In cricket 11 players coach Bharat Korea Open World Tour Super 500 (September 24 to media in Lahore on Friday that he was have to play and perform.” Arun, who 29) at Incheon City. “Tough times. Will not be playing hopeful of working well with Sarfaraz Misbah made the point that his has got an extension till 2021 in the upcoming #ChinaOpen and #KoreaOpen due to to take the team forward. main job would be to support the cap- T20 World Cup to be held in knee injury. Hope to recover quick and get back in Misbah also announced that bats- tain in decision making and help him India. action soon!,” he wrote on his Twitter handle. man Babar Zaman would be the vice- reduce the mistakes. “He (Arun) has seen my captain of the national team in the two “I have been captain and some- progress as a child. So he knows DURYODHAN WINS AT WORLD C'SHIPS shorter formats. times as a captain you need to be what are my strengths and weak- Ekaterinburg: National champion Duryodhan Singh Asked whether Sarfaraz had been pushed as you tend to underestimate nesses and slowly I made progress Negi (69kg) claimed an exhausting 4-1 triumph over appointed just for the series against Sri yourself and forget your role as a play- into international cricket, so he has Armenia's Koryun Astoyan in his opening bout to enter Lanka or on long-term basis like in the Sarfaraz Ahmed celebrates with Babar Azam after Pak beat India in 2017 Champions Trophy final er in the team. That is the area I will seen that (journey of mine), he has the second round of the World Men's Boxing past, Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman work with him and ensure he does not given his inputs. Championships here on Friday. The Indian will face Ehsan Mani said one should not read “Since we don’t have Test match- years and has led the team in white ball under utilize himself and does perform. “We do a lot of hard work, and you Jordan's sixth seed Zeyad Eashash in the round of 32 too much into it and speculate. es immediately we have announced cricket since 2017, also winning the If he performs it will help the team,” he have seen the results that have come. He on Monday. Eashash got a bye in the opening round. “We have a new management of captain for white ball cricket and due Champions Trophy. said. Misbah said he was not worried has obviously played a role and we are Astoyan seemed intimidated by the more muscular the team and we are looking now at process will be followed for naming Asked about Sarfaraz’s perfor- about the criticism over his appoint- happy that he is there (for another two Indian but wasn't lacking in effort. His punches were, finding the right balance,” Mani said. captain of red ball cricket and Misbah mances, Misbah said, “Overall if we ment as head coach and chief selector. years) and hopefully from now however, not connecting as powerfully. Astoyan's Mani also insisted that Misbah and and Wasim will make their recommen- assess Sarfaraz’s performances I still “I just think a person has to just onwards, we will try and contribute defence was particularly weak and he tried to make up the Board’s Chief Executive Wasim dations to me,” he said. believe the team has done well. He has focus on his job because if I perform more (to the team's success)” said for it by constantly being on the move. The strategy Khan were already looking into the Sarfaraz has been Pakistan’s cap- led the national under-19 team and well or bad it will become clear in front Bumrah, who has also played 58 was tiring for both but Negi endured it much better. issue of Test captaincy. tain in all three formats since last two now senior team in last three years, I of everyone.” ODIs and 42 T20s. MURRAY ACCEPTS SHANGHAI WILDCARD Shanghai: Former World No 1 Andy Murray has accepted a wild card into the upcoming Shanghai Masters. The 32-year-old, who had a hip surgery in All eyes on Bajrang, Vinesh at World C’ship January, will return to the ATP Tour in Zhuhai, beginning on September 23. Following that, he will participate in the Shanghai Masters scheduled to be PTI n NUR-SULTAN will help her make an assessment eventually settling for a Silver. Harpreet Singh (82kg) will be held from October 6-13. “I'm really looking forward to on this count as she eyes a maid- Not being able to handle India’s best bet in Greco-Roman be going back to Shanghai, a tournament I have had reality check awaits India’s en Worlds medal. A last-minute pressure has been her bane for style. success at in the past — the last time I was there was Atop wrestlers at the World elbow injury had forced her to long. Staying defensive in the final However, India’s national in 2016,” Murray was quoted as saying by the Championships where they will opt-out of the Budapest moments of the bout has not Greco Roman Coach Hargobind tournament website. “Thanks to the tournament for a chase not only glory but also Championships last year. helped her and she has lost a few Singh says a lot would depend on wild card, it's great to be able to continue my Tokyo Olympics qualification, No Indian woman has ever bouts from advantageous position draw and a bit of luck. comeback and play more tennis in China. Shanghai is here from today. won a Gold at the Worlds and lot of time. The championship is offering a great city, I feel comfortable there and the fans are The run-up to the Worlds has Vinesh has it in her to end India’s Divya Kakran, in contrast, is six Olympic quotas in six cate- always supportive.” Tournament director Michael been spectacular for Bajrang drought. a bundle of energy and remains gories in all three styles. Luevano said: “He is incredibly popular with our fans Punia and Vinesh Phogat while Bajrang has been in the form relentless throughout her bouts. and we are all thrilled to see him back on the courts decent results have provided a of his life but there is a chink in She has won two Gold and as SQUAD and heading to Shanghai. dose of confidence to a few oth- his armour — the weak leg many Bronze medals this season (Men’s Freestyle): Ravi Kumar ers like Divya Kakran. defence — and it will surely be and looks hungry for more. (57kg), Rahul Aware (61kg), RANI RAMPAL TO LEAD ON ENGLAND TOUR Bajrang triumphed at all four tested. Pooja Dhanda, who became Bajrang Punia (65kg), Karan New Delhi: Star forward Rani Rampal was on Friday events he competed this season — Only Sushil Kumar has won only the fourth Indian woman to (70kg), Sushil Kumar (74kg), named captain of the 18-member Indian women's Dan Kolov, Asian Championship a World title in men’s freestyle in win a medal at the Worlds last Jitender (79kg), Deepak Punia hockey team which will take on England in a five-match Ali Aliev and Yasar Dogu — and India’s wrestling history and year, could not book a berth in (86kg), Parveen (92kg), Mausam series starting September 27 in Marlow. The series is will go into the Championships as Bajrang would be keen to end 57kg, which is an Olympic cate- Khatri (97kg) and Sumit Malik scheduled to take place from September 27 to October the world number one and top India’s wait for a second medal. gory but will fight for her second (125kg). 4 and Rani will have goalkeepeer Savita as her deputy. seed in 65kg. The 25-year-old himself has medal in 59kg. (Men’s Greco-Roman): Manjeet Savita and Rajani Etimarpu retained their places in the For Vinesh, the season began two World Championship medals It will be interesting to see (55kg), Manish (60kg), Sagar side following the team's triumph in the Olympic Test in a new weight category as she but not a Gold. His road though how Sarita Mor, who shocked (63kg), Manish (67kg), Yogesh Event in Japan recently. Defenders Deep Grace Ekka, moved up to 53kg from 50kg. is full of challenges with the Pooja in trials, fares. (72kg), Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Gurjit Kaur, Reena Khokhar and Salima Tete have also She took some time to settle presence of Russian Among other men’s freestyle Harpreet Singh (82kg), Sunil been named in the squad. The midfield sees the return in her new class but still made five Gadzhimurad Rashidov and grapplers, Deepak Punia is capa- Kumar (87kg), Ravi (97kg) and of the experienced Namita Toppo after a lengthy spell finals, winning three Golds — Bahrain's Haji Mohammed Ali in Vinesh/Twitter ble of springing a surprise. He is Naveen (130kg). on the sidelines due to injury, Hockey India said in a Yasar Dogu, Grand Prix of Spain his category. Vinesh Phogat in a file picture heading into the Championships (Women’s Freestyle): Seema statement. India's midfield will also consist of other and Poland Open. Two-time Olympic medallist some time now. He remains bull- tional circuit. She has not won a after becoming India’s first junior (50kg), Vinesh Phogat (53kg), experienced players in Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, While skill is not an issue Sushil has been struggling of late ish about his chances and Worlds title since her triumph at the 2017 World champion in 18 years. Lalita (55kg), Sarita (57-kg), Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha Goyal and Lilima Minz. with Vinesh, holding off strong and is returning to the Worlds will provide an opportunity to test Commonwealth Championships. He outplayed his seniors dur- Pooja Dhanda (59-kg), Sakshi The forward-line features Rani, Vandana Katariya, candidates for six minutes is a big after a gap of eight years. his claims. This season, ending runner- ing the trials. This is a perfect Malik (62kg), Navjot Kaur (65kg), Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Navjot Kaur and youngster challenge, she herself had admit- He will be watched keenly in Like Sushil, Rio Olympics up at Dan Kolov has been her best opportunity for him to announce Divya Kakran (68kg), Komal Sharmila Devi who made her international debut ted recently. the 74kg competition as his rel- Bronze medallist Sakshi Malik has show. She had stunned reigning his arrival on the senior circuit. Bhagwan Gole (72kg) and Kiran during the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo. AGENCIES The big-stage competition evance is being discussed for been struggling on the interna- world champion Petra Olli before Gurpreet Singh (77kg) and (76kg).