Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Published From *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 24 NATION 5 MONEY 6 SPORT 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SUDARSAN PATTNAIK TO GET INDIA CONCERNED OVER B’DESH SEEK BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH CHOSE LAW BHUBANESWAR ITALIAN GOLDEN SAND AWARD USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: US BREATHING SPACE RANCHI DEHRADUN OVER MEDICINE TO VIJAYAWADA PROTECT PEOPLE HYDERABAD, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 7 www.dailypioneer.com SEEKING SOLUTION KCR sets new Nov 5 deadline for Unions plan to seek striking RTC workers to join duty Centre's intervention RCEP pact, a CM extends olive branch to agitating staff; Cabinet gives nod for 5,100 private buses JAC to meet Amit Shah on Nov 4 ‘body blow' to PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD economy: Sonia Strike to fizzle out The Joint Action Committee Chief Minister K PNS n NEW DELHI (JAC) of TS RTC said on Chandrashekar Rao ith a large number of Saturday that it will intensify announced that route permits WTSRTC employees Congress president Sonia the employees' agitation fur- will be given to 5,100 private willing to take the CM’s Gandhi on Saturday launched ther, and meet Union Home buses to ensure a level playing offer and re-join work, their a blistering attack on the gov- Minister Amit Shah over the field between public and pri- strike is set to end immi- ernment on the state of econ- issue as part of this. The JAC vate players in the passenger nently. omy, saying signing the RCEP members said they will discuss transport sector in Telangana. agreement will result in with Shah the TRS govern- Speaking to media after the opposition parties. However, "untold hardship" for farmers, ment's attitude towards RTC Amit Shah cabinet meeting on Saturday, the Government wants to be shopkeepers and small enter- workers. n Striking leaders chart out the CM also extended an olive considerate towards the agi- prises. Addressing a meeting A meeting of RTC JAC and protest plan for Nov 3 to 9, branch to agitating TSRTC tating RTC employees keeping at the AICC headquarters opposition party leaders aka culminating with 'Chalo Tank staff, saying the RTC employ- in view the livelihood of a here, she alleged that instead Political JAC was held at RTC Bund' rally ees can join duty by midnight large number of 49,000 of acknowledging the "severe Employees' Union office at of November 5 and the gov- employees and their family slowdown" and looking for a Vidyanagar on Saturday where n JAC says TS RTS part of APS RTC, ernment will protect their members. I appeal to RTC comprehensive resolution, JAC convener Ashwathama and State Govt does not have future. employees, their family mem- Prime Minister Narendra Reddy later addressed the right to split it "It has been decided in the bers and relatives not to play Modi is too busy "managing media. He said that RTC JAC cabinet meeting to issue route into the hands of opposition headlines and events". will meet Amit Shah on n Opposition parties (Political permits to 5,100 private buses and RTC union leaders. The "As a citizen and as a mem- November 4 or 5. He said that JAC) reiterates backing the in Telangana. This decision has Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao makes the announcements at a press conference in the city on Saturday Government will protect the ber of the responsible opposi- the state government's deci- striking leaders been taken to ensure a level future of RTC employees if tion, it pains me to see the sion on to split the RTC was playing field between public private buses and the ticket be given to TSRTC. We have employees, the whole state they unconditionally join duty Indian economy under siege. not valid because Telangana and private players in passen- fares will be determined by the initiated the move for private eagerly waited for the out- by November 5. If they do not What is even more worrying RTC was still a part of APS would not succumb to pres- ger transport sector and to pro- government alone. buses strictly in keeping with come of Cabinet meeting, as join duty in the next three is that the government is in RTC, and therefore the work- sure from any quarter. "We are vide better services to people. "Private operators will run the recommendations of the everyone hoped that KCR days, then we will give per- complete denial," Gandhi said. ers would continue their strike. waging a movement for the Only when both private and under complete control of the Motor Vehicles Amendment would come up with a decision mission to private buses to "As economic decisions He told RTC workers that RTC workers. We continue to TSRTC buses co-exist will peo- government. We have studied Act 2019 brought by the on the RTC strike. Though 49 run on all routes," KCR cau- have not damaged the econo- such decisions of the state gov- be part as APS RTC. In such ple get better services at afford- the model of monitoring pri- Centre," said KCR. issues came up for discussion tioned. my enough, it is now ready to ernment were not valid and a scenario, whatever decisions able cost. This will also help us vate buses in states like Madhya The CM once again ruled in cabinet meeting, all focus The CM also took aim on deal a body blow to it by sign- they need not have any anxi- may be taken by Chief in dealing with the blackmail- Pradesh, West Bengal and out any chance of TSRTC's was on TSRTC. opposition parties and RTC ing the Regional ety over them. Minister K Chandrasekhar ing tactics of RTC unions," said other states, and will imple- merger with the government, "The strike being under- unions leaders saying the polit- Comprehensive Economic Replying to questions, Rao are not valid." CM, speaking after the cabinet ment that here. Also, only stressing that such a move taken by RTC employees is ical parties and RTC unions Partnership Agreement Ashwathama Reddy said the The JAC leader said they meeting. loss-making routes will be would lead to many more such illegal. RTC employees have are the responsible for the (RCEP) - the regional free RTC JAC-1 leaders will with- had chalked out an action CM KCR stressed that all the given to private operators, demands. gone on strike on the provo- deaths and suicides of RTC trade agreement of 16 Asian draw their strike only if and plan for November 3 to 9. bus passes will be valid even in while profit-making routes will Not just the agitating RTC cation of RTC unions and employees. countries," Gandhi said. when they find it proper, but Continued on Page 4 Delhi BJP Gravelly road claims life of Govt releases Clash between cops, Indian-origin website maps of UTs man jailed for defaced by young woman riding pillion of JK, Ladakh lawyers at Delhi court, rape in UK PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n LONDON Pak hackers Kavya falls and slips PNS n NEW DELHI Poorly maintained roads in the under wheel of a bus The goverment on Saturday police vehicle torched An Indian-origin man who city claim the life of a 23-year- after her brother released the maps of newly PNS n NEW DELHI raped and robbed a woman at The website of BJP's Delhi old girl student and grievous- created Union Territories knife point in south-east unit was on Saturday hacked ly injured her brother follow- applies bike’s brakes (UTs) of Jammu and Lawyers and police personnel England has been sentenced to by suspected Pakistani hack- ing a mishap at Chaderghat on on ground with loose Kashmir, and Ladakh and the clashed at Tis Hazari Court 15 years' imprisonment by a ers, who defaced the page Saturday morning. concrete; Mishap map of India depicting these complex here on Saturday after- UK court. Diljeet Grewal was and posted abusive language The deceased, Malla Kavya, UTs. noon during which nine police found guilty of rape, sexual against Prime Minister was pillion riding on a bike occurred at Chaderghat In a statement, the vehicles were vandalised, offi- assault and aggravated burglary Narendra Modi. while her brother Sai Charan, Malla Kavya Ministry of Home Affairs cials said. at Islewoth Crown Court and A hacker group called was riding the bike when they the family wished them good said the UT of Ladakh con- Lawyers alleged that two of sentenced on Friday to 15 _Muhammad Bilal TeAM met with the accident at who was injured, was taken to luck before they left for the sists of two districts of Kargil their colleagues were injured, and anti-riot vehicles were years behind bars, with a fur- [PCE] has claimed that it has Nalgonda crossroads at around hospital." exam centre for the bank and Leh while the rest of the including one in police firing, deployed at the site after the ther five years on "licence" to hacked the website with a 7.15 am. Inspector G Nagaraju CCTV footage recovered exam. Unfortunately, we lost erstwhile state of Jammu and but the police denied that it had violence. Meanwhile, lawyers be monitored upon release. message like "Ghar main said the mishap occurred while from a nearby camera showed her in the accident." Kavya had Kashmir is in the UT of opened fire. There was an argu- sat on a protest at the gate of The court was told how the 28- ghuss kar marain gy (will Charan was trying to overtake the siblings on the motorcycle been preparing for the bank Jammu and Kashmir.