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INDIA'S CURRENT COVID WAVE COULD WORLD SHOULD BE COMPLETELY BACK TO PARL BUDGET SESSION CONCLUDES 2 WEEKS CAUGHT ON CCTV: BIZMAN MEETING PEAK IN 2ND HALF OF APRIL: SBI REPORT NORMAL BY 2022-END, SAYS BILL GATES EARLY AS MPs WANT TO FOCUS ON POLLS COP ARRESTED IN AMBANI BOMB SCARE ndia is witnessing an increase in the daily he world should be back to normal by the ok Sabha was today adjourned indefinitely, ansukh Hiran, the owner of the new cases of Covid since February, "clearly end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 bringing the nearly two-month long explosives filled SUV found Iindicating a second wave", a report by the Tvaccines, Bill Gates said in an interview LBudget session to an end. The session Mnear Mukesh Ambani's State Bank of India said. The second wave for Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and started on January 29 and was originally house, is suspected to have hand- may last up to 100 days, when counted television broadcaster TVN24. "This is an slated to end on April 8 but several ed over the keys of the vehicle to from February 15, it said. Based on trends incredible tragedy," the Microsoft co- members had urged Speaker Om Birla to police officer Sachin Waze on till March 23, the total number of cases in founder said on the pandemic, adding that end the session early as they focus on February 17 during a meeting at India in the second wave is expected to be the only good news was the access to electioneering in five states going to polls. Mumbai's Fort area. Waze, who was around 25 lakh, it said. The 28-page report vaccines. "By the end of 2022 we should be Speaker Om Birla had recently tested initially in charge of the investiga- said localised curbs have been "ineffective" and basically completely back to normal," Gates said. positive for COVID-19 and was not attending tion, has already been arrested in the that mass vaccination is the "only hope". Gates, a billionaire who stepped down as chairman the House. In his observations before adjourning case. Mansukh Hiran had left his Scorpio "Considering the number of days from the current level of daily of Microsoft Corp in 2014, has through his philanthropic Bill and the proceedings indefinitely, Bhartruhari Mehtab, who was in the car on the Vikhroli Highway on February 17. CCTV new cases to the peak level during the first wave, India might Melinda Gates Foundation committed at least $1.75 billion to the Chair, wished Mr Birla a speedy recovery and informed members footage from the Fort area shows the businessman cross- reach the peak in the second half of April," it said. global response to the Covid-19 pandemic. that the Speaker was stable. ing a road and getting into a waiting black Mercedes. A year after, Covid surges Retirement age hike Bill passed in Assembly again, with low mortality Pension enhanced for former MLAs, MLCs: Minimum Rs.50,000, maximum Rs.70,000 India on Thursday reported 53,476 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally PNS n HYDERABAD of Rs.70,000. The House also approved the Bill enhancing the in the country to 1,17,87,534. The death toll increased by 251 to 1,60,692 BJP picks retired IAS The Telangana Assembly on limit of medical expenditure for Thursday unanimously approved former legislators from Rs.1 lakh AP logs 758 fresh Exactly a year after lockdown was Ratna Prabha for the Bills for enhancement of super- to Rs.10 lakh. imposed across the country to annuation age of government Harish Rao, who moved the Covid cases, four contain the Covid pandemic; sev- Tirupati LS seat employees and pension hike for Telangana Public Employment deaths eral states in India are seeing a fresh former MLAs and MLCs. (Regulation of Age of wave of the virus spread, which is PNS n VIJAYAWADA The state government recently Superannuation) (Amendment) considered deadlier than the initial took a decision to enhance the Bill, 2021 said that at present the ones. The only difference is that Former IAS officer K Ratna retirement age of government retirement age of government 2 there is no longer any lockdown Prabha was on Thursday named employees to 61 years and an employees was 58 years. But for and streets are crowded. as the BJP-Jana Sena alliance announcement to this effect was Class IV employees the retirement Mumbai, preparing for 10,000 candidate for the Tirupati Lok made by Chief Minister age is 60 years and for teaching cases a day, has ramped up the Sabha by-election. K.Chandrasekhar Rao in the staff in medical colleges, it is 65 number of hospital beds across the Ratna Prabha had retired as Assembly, along with that concern- years. city. The authorities said they were Chief Secretary of Karnataka, only ing pay revision for government In some States, the retirement aiming to have 21,000 beds. the third woman to hold the post employees with 30 per cent fit- age was fixed at 60 years and 62 The big concern though is that in the State. She is also the Founder ment. years, but the TRS party, as per the the disease, in a first, is spreading President, UBUNTU (Consortium The Assembly on Thursday also assurance given in its election faster in small towns and districts. of Women Entrepreneurs)Now approved the Bill increasing the manifesto, decided to increase the There is a higher probability of Covid-19 cases were reported cent of the cases that surfaced in the and chairperson, Skill pension of former MLAs and retirement age from 58 years to 61 healthcare facilities crumbling if the across the country -- the highest last two days were asymptomatic Development authority. MLCs, moved by Finance Minister years. The decision was taken to rise in cases continues, public health since October 23. More 1 lakh cases and the mortality rate was T.Harish Rao, thus paving the way utilize the experience of employees. experts have warned ominously. were logged in a space of 48 hours. "extremely low". 2 for a minimum pension of 2 Over the last 24 hours, 53,476 The authorities said over 80 per 2 Rs.50,000 and a maximum pension Debts drive 4 of Vani's car hits Assembly gate, Vote for BJP for BJP halted clearances for TS schemes, family to suicide gunman at the wheel suspended TMC for scams: Amit PNS n MANCHERIAL Shah irrigation projects: Harish Rao PNS n HYDERABAD In what appears to be a suicide pact, four members of a heavi- PNS n HYDERABAD Water Resources Minister Newly elected MLC from the ly indebted family, including Shekhawat in this regard, Harish Hyderabad-Rangareddy- 5 two teenagers, ended their lives Finance Minister T Harish Rao has Rao said. Mahabubnagar Graduates con- at Malkampalli village of Kasipet expressed his dissatisfaction over It was normal practice to apply stituency Surabhi Vani Devi's car mandal in Mancherial district, "some political leaders" yielding to for about 18 clearances from hit one of the Assembly gates the police said on Thursday. selfish political interests at the cost CWR Ministry and simultaneous- (Gate No.8) on Thursday, follow- According to the police, the of people's welfare and the inter- ly apply for environmental clear- ing which a gunman, bodies of the couple were found ests of the State. ance to save time, Harish Bhanuprakash, who had wrongly hanging from the ceiling of the In the course of his reply to the explained. Politics should come taken to the wheel, was suspend- house in one room, while those discussion on Demands in the into play during elections and ed by the Commissioner of Police. of their children Akshay, 17, and Budget for the Irrigation Sector in once elections were over, every one The incident took place after Sowmya, 19, were found in the Legislative Assembly on should work for the development Vani Devi was dropped on the another room. While Sowmya's Thursday, Harish Rao said that at forest and environmental clear- of the State. If possible BJP MPs Assembly premises. body was found lying on the a time when the TRS government ance to the irrigation projects of and leaders should get one nation- Enquiries revealed that Vani, to the wheel in an effort to drive floor, the body of Akshay was was doing its best to construct irri- Telangana till the Central Water al project to the State. Instead of after getting down, started walk- the car to its slot in the parking found on the bed. gation projects speedily to bring Resources Ministry gave all the urging the Centre to expedite ing towards the Assembly without place. He hit the Assembly gate Sowmya had recently lakhs of acres neglected in the permissions. clearances to the irrigation proj- picking up the bouquet she had while driving the car. In the returned to her parents' house in undivided AP under cultivation, Sanjay even suggested that if ects, they were suggesting to the brought with her. The driver process, one of the front tyres of the village from her in-laws' State BJP president Bandi Sanjay required the Centre should bring Centre to bring special Acts to stall then followed her with the bou- the car also burst, damaging the place. had given a letter to Union a special piece of legislation for the projects of Telangana State, Harish quet. Meanwhile, the gunman, front portion of the car. Minister Prakash Javadekar stat- State of Telangana in this regard. Rao said. due to pressure from the securi- 2 ing that the Centre should not give He also gave a letter to the Central ty personnel present there, took 2 ‘India will have het- 2 erogeneous banking Prohibit use of sector in a decade’ Social structures created by males, Sagar by-poll outcome children in poll 8 may change Jana’s fate for males; need tweaking: SC campaign: NCPCR PNS n HYDERABAD change. PNS n NEW DELHI Forces, when the true picture of ria set by the Army for granting per- PNS n NEW DELHI According to sources, the their service conditions tells a dif- manent commission (PC) to TODAY The outcome of the Nagarjuna Congress party has finalised the The Supreme Court on Thursday ferent story. A superficial sense of women SSC officers constituted sys- The apex child rights body Sagar bye-election scheduled for names of MLC T Jeevan Reddy observed that structures of our soci- equality is not in the true spirit of temic discrimination which has NCPCR has asked poll authorities ALMANAC 17th April 2021 is likely to trig- and MP A Revanth Reddy for the ety have been created "by males and the Constitution and attempts to caused an economic and psycholog- to prohibit use of children in elec- Month & Paksham: ger drastic changes in the TPCC president and TPCC for males and adjustments, both in make equality only symbolic,” said ical harm and an affront to their tion campaign in any form, tak- Magha & Shukla Paksha Telangana Pradesh Congress Campaign Committee Chairman thought and letter, are necessary to a bench, comprising Justices D Y dignity. The bench noted that at the ing "serious view" of minors being Panchangam Committee (TPCC). For, if the posts respectively. At present rebuild them for an equal society. Chandrachud and M R Shah. time of Independence, the engaged in various activities such Congress candidate, K Jana Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka is the “It’s not enough to proudly state The top court made these obser- Constitution sought to achieve a as sloganeering and circulation of Tithi : Dwadashi: 08:20 am, Trayodashi: 06:11 Reddy, wins the bye-election, the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) that women officers are allowed to vations in the 137-page verdict in transformation in society. pamphlets in violation of their am (Next Day) equations within TPCC will leader. 2 serve the nation in the Armed which it said that evaluation crite- rights. 2 Nakshatram: Magha: 09:39 pm 2 Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) TURMERIC BOARD PROMISE IN BJP MANIFESTO FOR TAMIL NADU Rahukalam: 10:51 am – 12:21 pm CG seizes 300 kg Yamagandam: 03:23 pm – 04:53 pm Varjyam: 10:14 am – 11:45 am, 12:00 drugs worth am – 06:32 am Armoor turmeric farmers launch protest Gulika: 07:49 am - 09:20 am Rs 3,000 cr, rifles Good Time: (to start any important work) PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PNS n HYDERABAD Nadu BJP manifesto in Armoor. Minister for Agriculture tonnes, which accounts for 78 ten promise on a bond paper that Amritakalam: 07:22 pm – 08:53 pm They questioned BJP MP Narendra Singh Tomar said the per cent of total turmeric pro- he would convince the Centre to Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:57 am – 12:45 pm About 300 kg of drugs, valued at The BJP government, which Arvind and BJP leadership over Union Ministry of Commerce duction in the world. Telangana set up the Turmeric Board in Rs 3,000 crore in the internation- ruled out Turmeric Board for the promise of establishing the and Industry had already estab- is the largest producer of turmer- Nizamabad if he was elected as HYDERABAD al market, and five AK-47 rifles Telangana, has included it in its Turmeric Board in Tamil Nadu lished a Regional Office-cum- ic with 3.86 lakh tonnes and has an MP and won the seat. WEATHER with 1,000 live rounds have been election manifesto for Tamil while denying it to Telangana. Extension Centre of Spices Board a cultivation area of 1.37 lakh However, the promise remains Forecast: Partly cloudy seized by the Coast Guard from Nadu promising to establish the It may be recalled that the in Nizamabad for export promo- acres. unfulfilled and protests by Temp: 34/18 a Sri Lankan boat off Minicoy in Board in the State. However, the Centre on March 15 said that tion of spices, including turmer- The erstwhile Nizamabad dis- turmeric farmers are being car- Humidity: 29% Lakshadweep, sources said on Opposition calls it a ploy by the there was no proposal to set up ic. Therefore, there is no need for trict is one of the biggest centres ried out since then. Sunrise: 06:16 am Thursday. BJP to win the polls. the Turmeric Board in Telangana. the Board in Nizamabad. of turmeric trade in Telangana. Farmers demanded the MP’s Sunset: 06:27 pm This is the second major anti- The decision has found its Earlier, replying to a question Turmeric is one of the impor- In the run-up to the 2019 gener- resignation and questioned the drug trafficking operation under- echo in Nizamabad where raised by TRS MP KR Suresh tant spices in the country with a al elections, BJP candidate dual stand of BJP on Turmeric Current Weather Conditions Updated march 25, 2021 5:00 PM taken by the CG. 2 turmeric farmers burn the Tamil Reddy in the Rajya Sabha, Union total production of 11.53 lakh Dharmapuri Arvind gave a writ- Board. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MARCH 26, 2021 hyderabad 02 TRS to use ‘BC-card' in NSagar by-poll Wars of words among Rajgopal, K VENKATESHWARLU Analysts say that the BJP elections. The STs - Lambadas Vemula Prashanth and Speaker n HYDERABAD now is left with the 'SC/ST and others - are 6,000 more Card' strategy only as Congress than Yadav Community votes. PNS n HYDERABAD With only two working days has already fielded its senior Even TRS may attract the votes left to file the nomination leader and seven-time winner of SCs, who are in third place Congress MLA from Munugode papers of the candidates for the from this constituency K Jana with 37,671 votes; however, Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy's Nagarjuna Sagar by-election Reddy. Jana Reddy has no they may be divided among all 'political speech' raised the tem- and BJP steadily holding on to chance to use any card except three major parties-TRS, BJP perature in the House when the its position that they will using the 'All Castes Card' and Congress depending upon Legislative Affairs Minister announce the name of their strategy to win the elections. the election trend. Vemula Prashanth Reddy inter- contesting candidate only after Jana Reddy has no chance to In fact, the BJP has no option vened and suggested that TRS announced their candi- depend upon OCs as their except Ravi Naik to face the Rajgopal Reddy rather spoke on date's name, caste politics seem number is 31,485 only. The BJP TRS in these elections in case anything but not a political to grip both the ruling party has to use the SC/ST Card the parties depend upon caste speech. not to give a 'political speech' in money for Vaikuntadhamam, and its principal opposition. strategy to face the elections as equations to win. According to The situation aggravated fur- the House and suggested that Rajgopal Reddy asked the gov- While the TRS has reportedly selecting their candidates. Bhagath or Guruvaiah Yadav or there are 40,398 STs and 37,671 the sources, the BJP almost ther when the Speaker Rajgopal Reddy rather spoke on ernment to tell as to how to con- decided to field a BC commu- However, the ruling TRS party Ranjith Yadav. If there are any SCs in the constituency. finalised Dr Ravi Naik's name. Pocharam Srinivas Reddy virtu- anything pertaining to the sub- struct. nity candidate, the BJP is left has chalked out a 'BC Card' last minute changes, the party According to sources, the BJP However, the party has been ally seconded the LA Minister ject. The Speaker at this point in He suggested that the govern- with no other option but to strategy to face the Nagarjuna will give ticket to MLC Thera may give ticket to Dr Ravi Naik waiting for the announcement and said that Rajgopal Reddy time also reacted and suggested ment rather constructed gram play the 'SC-ST card'. The Sagar by-elections as 1,05,495 Chinnapa Reddy, it is learnt. to attract ST votes in these elec- of the candidate by the TRS should better utilise the time that the Congress MLA rather panchayat offices instead of Congress, which has decided to voters are from BC communi- However, BC candidates only tions. However, last time con- party as BJP has already stat- allotted to him and not speak for utilised his time and not indulge constructing Rythu Vedikas. field the seven-time winner K ties out of 2,19,024 voters. defeated 'bahubali' Jana Reddy testants Niveditha Reddy and ed that it will announce its can- 12 hours on 12 subjects. These in lengthy discourse. Following Provide facilities instead of cre- Jana Reddy, can only play the According to sources, the party twice and the victors were from Anjaiah Yadav are seriously didate only after TRS' interventions irked Rajgopal the objection the Speaker hand- ating new gram panchayats and 'all caste' card. is going to give ticket to a BC the Yadav community. trying to get the BJP ticket announcement. Reddy. ed back the mike to Rajgopal municipalities, he said. The ruling TRS party and candidate, especially to a Yadav Rammurthy Yadav and Nomula from the constituency. It is However, the parties are left Speaking on demands on when the latter asked the chair Komatireddy alleged that the the Opposition party BJP are community leader as there are Narsimhaiah were the leaders learnt that the BJP may opt for only with two days to file Thursday in the Assembly, to give Opposition a chance to government was allocating yet to announce their candi- 34,267 voters from the Yadav who defeated Jana Reddy. Dr Ravi Naik in case the TRS nominations and they are Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy speak. funds to one scheme and divert- dates for the Nagarjuna Sagar community. The party may Winning this election for TRS gives ticket to the leader from March 26 and March 30 as said that he would agree with the While continuing with his ing them to other schemes and by-elections. Both the parties give ticket to the sitting MLA will be easy if it succeeds in Yadav community, to tackle the there are holidays for three Chief Minister K speech, Rajgopal Reddy said that questioned then what the need are doing serious exercise in late Nomula Narsimhaiah's son polarising the BC votes. TRS' caste strategy in these days - March 27, 28 and 29. Chandrasekhar Rao's statement the youth in the state were not of the House and on demand that it was not possible to give happy. "Youth ran the Telangana were. Once again the Legislative jobs to all. However, the Chief movement and hence I will Affairs Minister intervened and Minister and others had creat- speak for their sake," he said. said that Rajgopal Reddy could Donate plasma to CG seizes 300 ed an illusion that the govern- Rajgopal Reddy alleged that the not speak in an insulting man- A year after, Covid surges... ment would give jobs to all, he managements of industries ner. He requested the Speaker to kg drugs worth said, and demanded that the located in Choutuppal were not remove the words used against save lives: Gudur Continued from Page 1 inspections to identify micro increase the vaccination cen- government showed the path of giving jobs to the locals. "I am the House by Rajgopal Reddy. PNS n HYDERABAD containment zones. The depart- tres as soon as we get permis- progress to all the youths of the not speaking with emotion, but Then the Speaker warned The surge of the virus again in ment is keeping a strict vigil on sion from the central govern- Rs 3K cr, rifles state. At this juncture, Vemula I am speaking with pain," he Rajgopal Reddy saying he would Telangana Plasma Donors Maharashtra, the state that districts like Hyderabad, ment. We are strictly monitor- Continued from Page 1 Prashanth Reddy intercepted lamented. Finding fault with the not give mike to Rajgopal Reddy Association president Gudur bore the brunt of the first wave, Rangareddy,Nirmal and Jagtial, ing, tracing, conducting (RAT) Rajagopal Reddy and asked him government for not allocating if he insulted the House. Narayana Reddy on Thursday has perplexed experts. which have reported a high tests and putting the positive The Coast Guard, which had appealed to the people who The government has said number of cases, to declare cases into home isolation. intercepted three suspicious have tested positive for Covid- the presence of the three for- micro containment zones. Earlier, we had to approach the boats off Minicoy last week, 19 to donate plasma for the eign mutated strains of the According to Telangana citizens for conducting tests; had recovered the high grade benefit of the patients of virus -- UK, US and South COVID-19 latest health bul- now citizens are themselves are heroin, rifles and ammuni- Prohibit use of Debts drive Covid to recover quickly and Africa -- or even the Indian letin, 493 people tested positive approaching us for testing". tion from one of them, a with less costs. strains is not why the surge is for COVID-19 and four died Dr Venkat added: "Cases are defence press release said on He said that the number of happening. The situation in in the past 24 hours. In view of definitely increasing in Thursday. four of those tested positive for Covid Telangana is not all that reas- the increasing cases, the Health Hyderabad and citizens should "The estimated value of children in poll... in the state was on the rise for suring. With Telangana state Department is also speeding be really careful. To curb fur- narcotics in the International Continued from Page 1 The apex child rights body family to... the past few weeks. The num- registering 500 Covid-19 cases up the vaccination drive in ther spread, we are trying to market is approximately Rs has asked poll authorities to ber of patients being admit- on Wednesday--the highest Telangana State. increase vaccination centers 3,000 crore. All the three In an advisory to the poll prohibit use of children in ted to the hospitals for treat- single-day surge --- the Health Dr Venkat, District Medical and we are identifying private boats with 19 crew have been authorities in West Bengal, election campaigns. "The Continued from Page 1 ment was also on the rise. Department is gearing up to and Health Officer (DMHO- hospitals in Hyderabad and we brought to Vizhinjam here Puducherry, Assam, Tamil Commission recommends Her death, along with the He said that treatment with contain further spread of coro- Hyderabad), said: "There are are asking if they are willing to (today) for further joint Nadu and Kerala on that your good offices may deaths of her brother and convalescent plasma has been na in the state. They have 700 vaccination centres across conduct the vaccinations. We investigation," it said. Thursday, the National kindly take note of this grow- parents, has triggered doubts proved to be effective in treat- increased surveillance and are the state at present and we are are following the central gov- On March 5, the CG had Commission for Protection of ing concern and issue an in people's minds. ing the Covid patients who conducting Rapid Antigen trying to increase the number ernment's guidelines in iden- intercepted a Lankan boat off Child Rights (NCPCR) said it advisory to prohibit the use of It is believed that debts have been admitted to the Tests (RAT) on people coming of vaccination centres to 2,000, tifying the vaccination centers. Minicoy with six crew mem- has received numerous com- children during election cam- drove the family to take the hospitals for treatment. The from neighbouring states like including government and pri- We are trying to add 150 more bers. They had admitted car- plaints about usage of chil- paign in any form whatsoev- extreme step. In a suicide convalescent plasma of the Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and vate vaccination centers. We vaccination centres in rying 200 kg of heroin and 60 dren during election cam- er, either for distribution of note found in the house, recovered patients would help Karnataka. have written to the central gov- Hyderabad. We are following kg of hashish, which was jet- paigns in multifarious activ- posters/pamphlets, pasting Ramesh, a farmer, said that he the patients to develop anti The Health Department is ernment for permission to all measures and making tisoned at sea on sighting the ities, which are in derogation posters or to participate in had sustained heavy loss due bodies which would fight identifying districts with high increase the number of centres arrangements to handle the coast guard ships on patrol, and violation of rights of slogan shouting, campaign to crop failure in his 30-acre against the Coronavirus. caseload and conducting across the state and we will sudden spike in COVID cases". the release said. children. rallies, election meetings etc. farm. Not knowing what to Gudur said that those who "After perusing such com- including pasting posters, do, he took the extreme step, have been tested positive for plaints, the commission has hanging banners, distributing it was mentioned in the sui- Covid - 19 about 45 to 55 days observed that during elections pamphlets and even partici- cide note. ago with strong symptoms of children are being used for pating in campaign rallies," it The police took possession the disease and are under 55 Social structures created by males... sloganeering, circulation of said. of the suicide note from the years of age can donate the pamphlets, election cam- Further, the Commission crime scene. plasma as anti bodies would Continued from Page 1 harmless, are a reflection of the er, are not concessions being authorities must remove the paigns, etc. The Commission, also recommended that such develop in their bodies. He insidious patriarchal system,” it granted to a set of persons, but requirement of benchmarking accordingly, has taken serious advisory prohibiting use of informed that Telangana “We must recognize here that the said. instead are the wrongs being the women SSC officers view on usage of children in children during elections may Plasma Donors Association structures of our society have Presently, adjustments, both remedied to obliterate years of (WSSCOs) with the last male such activities and has taken also be included in the model Vani's car hits has been formed on July 16, been created by males and for in thought and letter, are neces- suppression of opportunities officer who had received PC in cognizance upon these com- code of conduct for future 2020 to help the patients to males. As a result, certain struc- sary to rebuild the structures of which should have been grant- their corresponding batches and plaints in the past for seeking elections, as to prevent such Assembly... get plasma and to help the tures that may seem to be the an equal society. These adjust- ed to women, it said. all WSSCOs meeting the 60 per action in these matters," instances of use of children in donors to help the patients. norm' and may appear to be ments and amendments howev- The bench said that the cent cut-off must be granted PC. according to the advisory. election campaigns. Continued from Page 1

Security personnel felt relieved as Vani Devi was not Retirement age present in the car at the time Malla Reddy: KCR will change BJP halted environmental of the accident. hike Bill passed The police were alerted by the thud following the mishap. the future of nation if made PM in Assembly clearances for TS irrigation... Vani Devi had come to the Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 completed, Bhakra Nangal in testimony to the commit- Assembly to meet Speaker PNS n HYDERABAD change the course of the future "So there is a need to give a Punjab- 15 years, Hirakud ment of the State govern- Pocharam Srinivas Reddy. of the nation, with all her message to the people of the Harish Rao, however, allayed Refuting criticism about the project in Odisha - 10 years, ment. However, City Police The Labour Minister Ch Malla woes becoming tales of past. nation that they have to make concerns in various quarters alleged jacking up of price of Nagarjuna Sagar and SRSP Thanks to irrigation pro- Commissioner Anjani Reddy with his reply on In his speech Malla Reddy Telangana Chief Minister K that the enhancement of Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation projects in united AP took jects and Mission Kakatiya, all Kumar suspended the gun- demands for grants on said that some political parties, Chandrasekhar Rao the Prime retirement age would have an Project, Harish Rao said that more than 10 years to be tanks and ponds were filled man for driving the car. Thursday, in the Assembly, which called themselves Minister of the country. The adverse impact on filling of a record had been created by completed. When a project with water and the ground According to the security made the IT Minister KT Rama national parties were simply future of the nation will change vacancies. the State government in com- was delayed, its cost esti- water table rose across the personnel, the gunman is Rao thump the desk and faces passing time speaking about if KCR becomes Prime The government would pleting the biggest mates would escalate several State, with the highest not adept in car driving and of his party colleagues glow. outdated schemes, till date. Minister of the nation once," give promotions and fill the Kaleswahawarm Lift times, he pointed out. increase of 6 meters record- hence the accident took The labour minister, in his The Chief Minister K he said. While listening to the vacancies. Chief Minister Irrigation Project in three But a massive scheme like ed in Rajanna Sircilla district place. It is also learnt that the speech, suggested that given Chandrasekhar Rao had creat- speech of Malla Reddy, the K.Chandrasekhar Rao had years. Kaleshwaram, with three bar- and it helped in bringing car did not have proper pass Chief Minister K ed history by introducing sev- TRS working president and IT already instructed the gov- One should recall the time rages on the Godavari river, lakhs of acres under cultiva- to enter the Assembly Chandrasekhar Rao's success- eral innovative schemes in the Minister KT Rama Rao ernment to fill 50,000 vacant taken to complete major pro- and with lift irrigation units, tion. Irrigation facility was premises. Assembly author- ful run in the state, he should state, he said. KCR provided thumped the bench with two posts. Notifications would jects in the country. The was completed in three years stabilized to about 15 lakh ities normally issue special me made the Prime Minister medical facilities to all in the hands and all the TRS men put be issued soon for recruit- Sardar Sarovar Project in and water was provided to acres due to Mission passes for cars during of the country and that would last seven years. on a beaming face. ment, he said. Gujarat took 37 years to be over 40 lakh acres. It was a Kakatiya, he said. Assembly session.

HYDERABAD BULLION RATES Sagar by-poll outcome BJP picks retired IAS Ratna GOLD ` 45, 820 (10 gm) Prabha for Tirupati LS seat ` 110 may change Jana’s fate Continued from Page 1 YS Rajasekhar Reddy. She had SILVER come to Andhra Pradesh on ` 69, 400(1kg) Continued from Page 1 Reddy as new TPCC presi- In any case, if Jana Reddy Ratna Prabha, who also had a deputation during YSR’s ` 300 dent. Congress MPs wins in the bye-election, his stint in undivided Andhra tenure and was also named in If Jana Reddy wins, it would Komatireddy Venkatareddy political fate may change. Pradesh in the YSR Rajasekhar the infamous quid pro quo be the eight term for him as and A Revanth Reddy are Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy regime, joined BJP just cases of Jagan filed by the CBI. CHICKEN an MLA. As the senior most strong contenders for the Reddy, known to be a non- before 2019 Lok Sabha polls. However, her name was RATES `/KG MLA, it may be delicate for TPCC chief post. One sec- controversial leader, may not The 1981 batch IAS officer later cleared by the court and Jana to work under Mallu tion in the Congress party oppose Jana Reddy's candi- had retired from the service in she went back to her parent Dressed/With Skin `191 Bhatti Vikramarka. If Jana has been vehemently oppos- dature as TPCC president. March 2018. The BJP central cadre in Karnataka and went Without Skin `218 Reddy is made CLP leader, ing the candidature of Backward Classess' leaders in office on Thursday had on to be named for the top job replacing the SC leader with Revanth Reddy for TPCC the Congress party like V announced Ratna Prabha’s there. CBI had named Ratna Broiler at Farm `132 a Reddy leader would be post. In the erstwhile Hanumanth Rao and Madhu name along with candidates Prabha that when she was sec- politically a disadvantage to Nalgonda District Congress Yashki also may not oppose for several other by-polls retary of information technol- EGG the party. TPCC sources said politics, the Komatireddy Jana Reddy as TPCC presi- across the country. YSRCP ogy and communications RATES that it might not be possible group has been opposed to dent. If the high command and TDP had already department in undivided `/100 to change the CLP leader as Jana Reddy. Still, the chooses to appoint Jeevan announced their candidates. Andhra Pradesh, allegedly HYDERABAD 347 Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka Komatireddy group may Reddy as TPCC president, Interestingly, Ratna Prabha facilitated the arbitrary allot- belongs to SC community. accept Jana Reddy as TPCC then Jana Reddy may be had a good working relation- ment of 250 acre at VIJAYAWADA 393 Sources said that in such president rather than appointed as General ship with Chief Minister and Shamshabad to Indu Techzone VISAKHAPATNAM 505 eventuality the high com- Revanth Reddy, who joined Secretary in AICC, sources YSRCP supremo YS in gross violation of the RETAIL PRICE `3. 47 mand might appoint Jana the party five years ago. said. Jaganmohan Reddy’s father Cabinet decision. (IN HYDERABAD)

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TS Bhim Army chief injured in Cyber cell in all police road accident PNS n HYDERABAD stations in Cyberabad Telangana Bhim Army chief Sujit Ravana was injured in PNS n HYDERABAD a road accident here, police said. As part of a pilot project, Sujit, who was going on Cyberabad Police his motorcycle late on Commissioner Sajjanar has Wednesday, lost control and launched special cyber cells in hit the road divider at MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao, Cinematorgraphy Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Mayor G Vijayalakshmi flag off 300 Swachh vehicles at HMDA grounds on Thursday all 44 law and order police sta- Khairatabad. Police stated tions located under Cyberabad this after rumours that Sujit Commissionerate limits. was attacked by unidentified It not only sensitises people persons. on cyber crimes, but people Deputy Commissioner of GHMC adds 650 Swachh autos to its fleet can also lodge complaints Police (West) AR Srinivas PNS n HYDERABAD cured and pressed into service. handling sanitation in the city eight more SCTPs to improve with it. Each cyber cell is said Sujit was on his way As part of the initiative, 650 with a special agenda and the waste collection and trans- equipped with a SI and two towards Raj Bhawan when To make Hyderabad a bin less new Swachh autos were intro- number of garbage transfer sta- portation of garbage. constables. he lost control over the city, the exercise of door-to- duced and they were handed tions have been increased con- The GHMC has employed Special training has been motorcycle and hit the road door garbage collection has over to the beneficiaries, he siderably apart from introduc- 5,000 employees to the old provided to over 300 consta- divider. He sustained injuries been intensified, said the said. ing refuse compactors, Rama SATs. And GHMC stated the bles and sub-inspectors on in the accident as an iron Municipal Administration and With the newly launched Rao pointed out. allotment of newly started 650 cyber crimes to strengthen the grill pierced his body. Urban Development Minister 650 vehicles, 1.5 metric tons of Aiming at further decen- auto tippers is purely trans- cyber cells. The police depart- Police shifted him to a pri- KT Rama Rao here on dry and wet garbage will be tralisation and better manage- parent in which 10 per cent of ment has been using the high- Cops mull replicating vate hospital, where he is Thursday. collected. ment of the manner in which the cost of the vehicle is borne ly qualified among the con- undergoing treatment. His After flagging off 300 Instead of treating sanitation garbage is being transported to by the beneficiary. The remain- stable recruits for the purpose. condition is stated to be sta- Swachh auto tipper vehicles at as a responsibility of govern- transfer stations, the Greater ing cost is borne by GHMC by The cyber cell policemen Kerala's ‘Cyberdome' ble. HMDA grounds besides ment and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal taking finance from Canara would be taken to other states Earlier, there were IMAX theatre here, Rama Rao Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is set- Bank at the rate of 8 per cent to catch hold of the culprits. Hyderabad : The Hyderabad police have been making arrangements rumours that an attempt said that a fleet of 2,500 Corporation (GHMC) alone, ting up more Secondary per annum for 72 months. The investigation into the to depute a team to study the Cyberdome project of Kerala as the was made on the life of the Swachh autos were already citizens should also become Collection and Transfer Points Amid concerns of a second cyber crimes will become police department has a limited number of IT experts. The team will Telangana Bhim Army chief. engaged in garbage collection part of the exercise and segre- (SCTPs) in different parts of wave of coronavirus, the faster from here onwards with study the project and seek support from technical experts to upgrade It was alleged that some in the city. gate the waste and hand it over the city. With the quantity of Minister asked the sanitation cyber cells equipped with themselves technologically. In fact, the police department would people travelling in a four- In tune with the growth of to the Swachh Autos, the garbage being collected workers to work more effi- enough human resources. require the services of ethical hackers. To rein in the cyber criminals, wheeler attacked him with a the city and population, addi- Minister said. increasing each day, the civic ciently as they did during the They were taught how to new softwares are needed. The police department here has updated knife. tional vehicles were being pro- The administration has been body has decided to set up lockdown last year. register a cyber crime com- technological versions of IT, but the technically skilled are limited to plaint and under what sec- mere two or three officers. The rest of the officials, albeit aware of tions of law, how to gather technological aspects, are seized with their investigation of cases. prima facie evidence in such The police officials are of the view to access the help of IT experts in CITY LIGHTS Eight arrested for cases, who should be alerted the investigation of the cases. The Cyberdome project maintains Mayor inspects waste first of all, how to identify the groups of all the IT experts who are willing to help the police globally transporting PDS IP addresses, how to track and all those who share precautions to stop cyber crimes would be IITH, MeitY join hands to boost down the WhatsApp phone included in the group. Cyber security experts, ethical hackers who rice in Keesara calls and how to apply mod- are included in these groups are called cyberdome volunteers. The semiconductor and IP startups management plants ern technology to detect volunteers would be given the ranks of assistant commander, deputy PNS n HYDERABAD city. We are working on dif- PNS n HYDERABAD cyber crimes. The CP said commander, cyberdome commanders assessing them on the basis IT Hyderabad, Ministry of ferent techniques of solid that the complainants need of their work. Several software industries, research and development Electronics and IT (MeitY) and Mayor G Vijayalakshmi on waste management and waste The Keesara police arrested not come to the main cyber organisations, NGOs would be included in the project. INXP India have joined hands to Thursday inspected solid collection systems to attain the eight persons on charges of ille- crime station at announce the launch of the first waste management plants in zero garbage city status short- gally transporting Public Gachchibowli to lodge a plaints and to get the latest been taken up to set up cyber 'Semiconductor Startup the city and appreciated the ly." Distribution System (PDS) rice complaint for the com- updates on the progress of the cell in each police station Incubation and Acceleration civic body officials for adopt- Mayor G Vijayalakshmi and seized 26 tonnes of rice on plainants under the jurisdic- investigation, he added. under his jurisdiction, he Programme'. The programme ing the best available tech- also inspected solid waste Wednesday night. tion of Shad Nagar, There are many rural areas said. These cells sensitise aims to locate, facilitate, and niques to improve solid waste management plant at Police said the suspects Ramachandrapuram, under the Cyberabad police people but also receives com- mentor semiconductor and IP design start-ups in India in both, management in the Greater Sanjeevaiah park and appre- collected PDS rice from gen- Medchal and Shamirpet commissionerate and cyber plaints. The objective of these technological as well as business aspects. NXP India is among the Hyderabad Municipal ciated officials for their per- uine beneficiaries in police stations. crimes are being reported cells is to control the cyber biggest R&D centres for NXP Semiconductors and a world leader in Corporation (GHMC). formance. Greater Hyderabad Hyderabad and illegally A cyber cells has been set from there also, he said. crimes. Over 300 trained per- secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications. As per a The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation transported it to Gujarat and up in local police stations to To save people from cyber sonnel have been deployed in statement, the programme will support India's vision of making the Municipal Corporation has 21 Commissoner, DS Lokesh sold to dealers at higher rates. enable them to receive com- crimes, a pilot project has these cells, he added. country a self-reliant nation as it creates a ready platform to support solid waste management Kumar urged for a plant in start-ups who wish to design semiconductor chips in India. The plants in the city, she said Banjara Hills and Jubliee Hills local hardware designing and manufacturing of products will while calling for setting up 10 and requested for space to strengthen the core Technology-driven System pillar vision of more of these plants. establish them. Aatmanirbhar Bharat and in turn will boost India's economy. Vijayalakshmi said, "Our goal Additional commissioner is to become Swachh Santosh, zonal commissioner Hyderabad with garbage free Pravinya and other officials Cops order closure of wine streets and roads across the were present. shops on account of Holi he Hyderabad police have ordered closure Tof wine shops/toddy shops and bars attached to restaurants in Hyderabad and Secunderabad between 6 pm on March 28 to 6 am on March 30 on account of Holi. Any violation will be dealt strictly, the police warned. In a separate order, the police prohibited throwing of colours COLORFUL SALE on roads and at public places on Holi. The movement of two-wheelers and other vehicle in groups, disturbing peace and order or causing Ahead of upcoming Holi festival, shopkeepers organise water cannons and colours at a market in inconvenience to others also has been prohibited and Hyderabad Hyderabad. Holi, one of the biggest national festivals of India, falls on March 29 this year. The Police Commissioner, Anjani Kumar, said any person found violating festival is also known as the ‘Festival of Colours', where people smear each other with colours and the orders will be prosecuted. Meanwhile, all the cattle slaughter drench one another. Water cannons are also used to play and colour each other. houses, retail beef shops within the limits of the GHMC will remain closed on March 29 on the account of Holi. GHMC Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar requested the civic body wings concerned to instruct all respective officers to extend necessary cooperation to the T’gana virus municipal staff in carrying out the orders. Faculty in tech institutes count nears Irrigation Department to BC Welfare Commissioner irked over pending dues 500-mark ANUSHA PUPPALA declaration stating that the n n get special officers, funds pays visit to district office PNS HYDERABAD HYDERABAD management has no any kind n ommissioner for Backward Classes Welfare Department Burra of financial dues from the time PNS HYDERABAD There should be constant should be paid for their main- Venkatesham on Thursday paid a surprise visit to the office of With the continuing surge in Telangana Technical Institu- of joining. They are also asking monitoring of canals, pumps, tenance. Citing an example, he Cthe District Backward Classes Development Department and Covid cases in Telangana, tions Employees Association them to sign in on either in an In line with the construction of barrage gates and reservoirs to said there was qualitative convened a review meeting.He reviewed the implementation of BC the state's daily count reached received several complaints empty acquittance form as if several irrigation projects to address any problems that change in the present func- scholarships, Kalyana Lakshmi, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Overseas close to 500-mark. from the employees of a few of institutions paid every due. bring lakhs of agricultural might arise immediately, he tioning of SRSP and it was Education. The meeting was attended by Vidyasagar, additional A total of 493 new cases the institutions in Telangana The college managements are lands under cultivation, it is instructed the officials. today giving water to 16 lakh collector of Medchal-Malkajgiri district, Tribal and Minority Welfare and four deaths were regis- state against the alleged fraud- depositing salaries in bank imperative to strengthen the The Chief Minister as part acres of ayacut. Development Department officials were present. tered during the last 24 hours. ulent practices by violating the account and then colleges are operations and maintenance of ongoing series of review Emphasising the need for The highest single-day norms in clearance of lock- collecting partial part of salary of Irrigation department, said exercise on construction and workshops and frequent meet- count this year pushed the down pending salaries in the from employees." Telangana Chief Minister K extension of Palamuru , ings to improve orientation of state's tally to 3,04,791. technical institutions. One of the faculty who is Chandrasekhar Rao. Kalwakurthy lift irrigation and field level engineers, he said ‘Curtail exorbitant Corona According to the daily TITEA alleged that the man- suffering from the injustice The operations and mainte- Jurala linkage, held a meeting senior officials should explain media bulletin released by the agements of the private tech- done by his college manage- nance wing should have spe- at Pragathi Bhavan on about the importance and rel- test charges in Telangana' director of public health and nical institutions are com- ment said, "We have worked on cial officers and special funds Wednesday night. evance of operations and family welfare, four more per- pelling the employees to give a a 50 per cent pay cut during to ensure that every irrigation With the growing expansion maintenance systems to their ICC National Spokesperson Dr sons succumbed to the virus, declaration stating that the lockdown and now we were canal was clean without of irrigation department, the subordinates. KCR also dis- Sravan Dasoju on Thursday taking the death toll to 1,680. management has no any kind expecting full salaries. garbage to ensure free flow of awareness of engineers on cussed the action plan for Ademanded Chief Minister K The fatality rate is now 0.55 per of financial dues from the time However, the managements water, he said. every irrigation system should linking Palamuru LI with Chandrashekhar Rao to immediately cent against the national aver- of joining. paid the salaries last two The priority given to irriga- increase and every junior level Kalwakurthy and Jurala pro- curtail the exorbitant Covid test age of 1.4 per cent. The spike Dr Balakrishna Reddy, months but now they are col- tion sector increased after the engineer too should have a jects to provide water through charges in Telangana and save the in cases continued across the President of TITEA said, "We lecting partial part of our salary formation of Telangana and all command over the irrigation gravity to majority of acres and citizens from being plundered by the state. During the last 24 hours have received complaints from from our employees. If we are the systems that carry water systems, he said. to provide drinking and irri- unscrupulous private hospitals and that ended 8 p.m. Wednesday, the faculty that managements not willing to pay back our from barrages to distributary When projects were being gation water to the undivided diagnostics centres in the state. The Greater Hyderabad reported of the technical institutions managements are threatening canals, rivers to last acre of aya- constructed at a cost of lakhs Palamuru and Ranga Reddy senior Congress party leader appealed to the Chief Minister to 138 new cases. are compelling them to give a us to fire from the job.” cut should be strengthened. of crores, equal attention districts. initiate a strict action against the private hospitals which are densely looting public money by charging hefty fees for conducting RT-PCR tests at hospitals as well at home collection services. Dr Sravan criticised the government for issuing name sake GOs and ignoring their implementation thereby providing an opportunity to the private hospitals and diagnostics laboratories to loot the public with their Collectorate violates Covid rules self crafted charges. "One side we see an upsurge of the second DUGGU RAGHU which was set up outside the working for the past two Development Department, wave of Covid but, at the other side the government of Telangana n MEDCHAL-MALKAJGIRI Collectorate, has not been months. It is noteworthy that Drug Control, Veterinary and has completely failed in terms of conducting an adequate number of functioning for the past few the sanitiser is not available in Department of Agriculture. Covid tests. If anybody wants to go to the private diagnostics laboratory on their own choice to conduct the test, it's costing huge Many people visit the months. As a result, visitors, the office of the Collectorate, The government has cau- money for them", Dr Sravan criticised. According to him, the Collectorate from across the who come here every day for which has been working for tioned the people to be vigi- government has come up with GO no. RT 539 where it clearly said Medchal-Malkajgiri district various works, find it difficult the eradication of Covid. lant, but the administrative that the samples which are collected at the labs should be priced at for redressal of their griev- to quench their thirst as they Similarly, sanitisers are not office, which is supposed to Rs 500 and the samples which are collected from home should be ances, but, ironically, they are forced to buy water bottles found in any section of the create awareness among the priced Rs 750 per test. "But even today, if you go to any diagnostics have been deprived of basic at a tea stall on the precincts office. people to curb the virus, is not laboratory in Hyderabad or Telangana, one needs to shell out Rs amenities on the premises. for more than the MRP. The situation is similar in B following the rules framed by 850 per test to be conducted at the hospital and Rs 1,200 per a Freshwater taps and touch- As part of the Covid regu- block comprising various the government. Hence, the home collection test, which means that there is a scant respect for free hand sanitiser machines lations, the touch-free hand departments like District people are appealing to the the GO issued by the government and nobody is giving any have become ornamental as sanitiser dispenser, which was Social Welfare Department, Collector to provide sanitisers credentials to the government orders", Dr Sravan slammed. they are not functioning. The installed on the first floor of District Minority, Horticu- and water facility at the RO purified water system, the main entrance, was not lture, DWO, Scheduled Castes Collectorate. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | MARCH 25, 2021 hyderabad 04 Tribals cry for attention SRINIVAS KARENGALA ment building available in the n JAYASHANKER region to locate the tribal wel- BHUPALAPALLY fare department. So a decision was taken to locate the office In spite of creating 32 districts in Mahadevpur. for greater administrative con- Mahadevpur mandal is TAUK appoints venience, the fruits of develop- home to over 27,000 tribals out ment are yet to trickle down to of the 37000 tribal population Rathnakar tribals as the tribal welfare of the district. In spite of department of Jayashanker amenities available in Kadudula Bhupalapally district has been Mahadevpur, the district offi- relocated to Asifabad district, cials are not taking initiative to denying its services to tribals. locate the tribal welfare depart- as new chief The tribals living in ment office here though a PNS n HYDERABAD Mahadevpur, Mahamuttaram, decision was taken in this BJP national vice-president DK Aruna addresses the media in Gadwal on Thursday Kataram, Palimela and Malhar The office used to extend Utnoor ITDA jurisdiction. regard. The Telangana Association of mandals of Jayashankar- agriculture subsidy. But, after The decision disrupted trib- Tribals of the MADA area United Kingdom (TAUK) a Bhupalapally district are not carving of new districts in al welfare department services have brought their problems to non-profit organisation, has able to access the welfare and 2016, the MADA office lost its to Mahadevpur. the notice of state governor been serving the Telangana development schemes for identity. There were allegations that Tamilsai Sounderrajan who community in the UK, pro- Aruna demands completion them. There was a proposal to the decision to include toured the region. The tribals moting Telangana culture The existence of Modified include Mahadevapur area Mahadevpur under Yeturu also submitted a memorandum and also doing charity and Area Development Authority under the Yeturunagaram Nagaram ITDA was taken to CM asking him to locate the welfare activities in the UK (MADA) office, set up to ben- ITDA jurisdiction, but it did though no part of the tribal welfare department’s and back home. of pending projects in T’gana efit tribals financially, appears not see light at the end of the Mahadevpur mandal is under office in Mahadevpur recent- TAUK founder Anil to be questionable. tunnel so far. However, many any ITDA. ly during the CM’s visit to Kurmachalam in a statement PNS n GADWAL to power. She ridiculed that KCR Against the wishes of the feel that the idea is bizarre. In the new district of Kaleshwaram project. announced its new president While neighbouring State had failed to get 30 per cent people to set up an ITDA Because of these problems, Mulugu, the tribal welfare Tribal leaders’ association as Rathnakar Kadudula. He BJP national vice-president is conspiring and violating of votes in MLC polls after office in Mahadevapur for the tribals under the jurisdic- department has been created, president Sammayya Dora and congratulated Rathnakar and DK Aruna criticised Chief the norms to loot four tmc spending crores of rupees. comprehensive development tion of MADA are not able to but the authorities ignored leaders of the association appreciated his past contribu- Minister K Chandrasekhar feet of waters from it, KCR She demanded that the gov- of the tribals, the MADA office get any services during the past establishing the office in Gunta Mallesam, Bapu and tions to the community by Rao for failing to complete had failed to check it and not ernment complete all pend- has been set up under the trib- four years. Bhupalapally district, render- others have been expressing involving in cultural promo- the pending projects like able to draw 15.9 tmc share ing projects. Now, KCR al welfare department citing The District Tribal Welfare ing severe injustice to the trib- dissatisfaction over the delay in tion and helping the poor and Rajolibanda Diversion to Telangana, she alleged. speaking about Tummilla rules because the tribal popu- Department in Jayashankar als coming under the purview establishing the tribal welfare needy across Telangana. Scheme (RDS) and Tummila While crores of rupees were besides holding reviews on lation in Mahadevpur is less. Bhupalapally district was shift- of the MADA. department office here in spite Also hoped Rathnakar will lift irrigation scheme. spent on the Kaleshwaram irrigation projects of no use, Therefore, the MADA office ed to ASifabad from The officials who expanded of the assurances given to more actively involve in com- Addressing the media here project, KCR is not allocating she pointed out. was set up in Mahadevpur in Mahadevpur. the services of MADA have set them by Governor two years munity service and other on Thursday, she accused funds to the Palamur- On the possible second 1991 to benefit tribals living in In fact, a major part of the up district collector’s camp ago and inspite of submitting events, by supporting the the government of coming to Rangareddy and Tummilla wave of Corona, Aruna 27 MADA villages and 10 Kumram Bhim-Asifabad dis- office in Mahadevpur. a memorandum to CM sever- NRIs and taking the organi- power by raking up the RDS lift irrigation schemes, she appealed to people to strict- cluster villages. trict has been included under Moreover, there is a govern- al months ago. sation’s mission forward. and ignored it after coming charged. ly follow Covid norms. ‘Podu lands issue soon to New super specialty hospital to come up at Patancheru K RAJ KISHORE BABU Finance Minister T Harish injuries due to delay in provid- get a permanent solution’ n PATANCHERU Rao. The MLA said DPR was ing health support. So, setting ready to set up the 200-beded up a hospital with modern PNS n HYDERABAD to Podu lands in many districts. nent solution to the problems of A major health facility is all set Super Specialty Hospital at an equipment is necessary for an Till then officials should not farmers cultivating Podu lands. to come up in the Patancheru estimated cost of Rs 150 crore. area like Patancheru, it is felt. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar interfere with the work of trib- The Minister said that under constituency, which is known It may be recalled that a MLA’s efforts have come to Rao will soon show a compre- al farmers, she said. the RoFR Act, 94,774 eligible as the biggest industrial zone in decision was taken at the realise his dreams with setting hensive solution to the long There was some anxiety pre- farmers were given rights for Asia. The state government has review meeting held under the up the 200-bed hospital. pending issue of Podu lands, said vailing among some tribal Podu over 3.03 lakh acres since 2008 initiated measures considering stewardship of Minister Harish Mahipal Reddy was striving Tribal and Women and Child farmers due to uploading of land and pattas were issued. Since the the directives of the National Rao at the district headquarters hard for the hospital and con- Welfare Minister Satyavathi details in Dharani Portal and legislation was passed, so far Green Tribunal (NGT) and on February 21 upgrading the sidering his proposal the gov- Rathod here on Thursday. some tribal farmers did not get 1,84,730 claims were received decided to set up a Super hospital from 100-bed to 200- ernment decided to construct Replying to members during Rythu Bandhu assistance. The and after field level verification, Specialty Hospital in the con- bed as per the directives of the a super speciality hospital at the Quesiton Hour, Satyavathi efforts of the government to take pattas were issued to the eligible stituency. NGT. Accordingly, the MLA and also at the site of the rural ical services could be extended Erragadda chest hospital as recalled that that the Chief up plantation in forests and pro- persons. Another 9,976 claims Patancheruvu MLA Gudem has visited the site proposed for health centre. Selection of the to the poor and middle-class part of the implementation of Minister gave an assurance in tect forest lands also became related to 40,780 acres were Mahipal Reddy was making all the hospital along with District site will be completed at the people. Now, people injured in NGT directives. However, the House itself that he along cause for uncertainty among determined as non-eligible efforts to set up the hospital Collector G Hanumantha Rao. earliest. In addition to the the industries are being rushed Mahipal Reddy met Minister with Cabinet colleagues and tribal farmers, Satyavathi said. through the DLC and 15,558 and holding a series of meet- They discussed the possibility existing 100-bed hospital, if the either to Gandhi Hospital or Harish Rao and convinced him officials would undertake a field She however asserted that Chief claims were pending pertaining ing with officials concerned of setting up the hospital at the 200-bed super speciality hospi- NIMS. On many occasions, to set up the hospital in visit to resolve disputes related Minister would find a perma- to 53,565 acres. with support from State site beside the Area Hospital tal was established, better med- the workers are succumbing to Patancheru. Govt striving for women’s TS woman JAC Palle Pragathi put ‘Include red leader alleges gram in list of welfare, says Sunitha harassment by PNS n an end to seasonal exports from NARSAPUR Ramesh, oncologist Geeta Nagmani, ZPTCs, MPPs, revenue officials State Women's Commission sarpanches, ICDS staff, PNS n MEDAK Mahbubnagar’ chairperson Sunita Anganwadi teachers and super- diseases: Sandra Lakshmareddy and MLA Madan visors from Narsapur con- A woman activist of the PNS n MAHBUBNAGAR Reddy said that the government stituency participated. A cultur- Telangana JAC who had PNS n HYDERABAD ideals of Mahatma Gandhi would give utmost importance to al progamme was organised on taken active part in the move- and Sevalal," she said. District Collector S Venkat the welfare of women. the occasion. Later, State ment for Telangana is receiv- Palle Pragathi programme, Rekha Naik spoke in Rao has asked the district On Thursday, a programme Women’s Commission chair- ing a raw deal from revenue which changed the face of vil- Lambadi language during the authorities to take steps to set was organised under the aus- person and the MLA present- authorities who have been lages with several basic ameni- discussion on Demands for PR up mango packaging home in pices of ICDS in the town. ed mementos and certificates of harassing her since long and ties has also succeeded in con- department and when she Balanagar mandal since man- Speaking on the occasion, she appreciation to ICDS staff, who making her do several rounds State Bank of India manager showing the disconnected bank alarm system to trolling seasonal diseases and switched to Telugu in between, goes are being exported from said that the government has rendered outstanding services. to their office to fulfil certain police personnel at the branch in Gunjapadugu where the robbery took place particularly deaths due to Speaker Pocharam Srinivas the districts to elsewhere and introduced many schemes for formalities to help register her dengue, said MLA Sandra Reddy encouraged her to speak also take steps to include red the empowerment and securi- Cricket tournament land. Venkata Veeraiah. in her native dialect. gram in the list of commodi- ty of women, including Kalyana inaugurated She was identified as Jalaja Participating in the discus- She said the credit for con- ties to be exported from the Lakshmi, Shadi Mubarak and Chairperson of State Reddy who owned some land Robbers loot gold, sion on Budget Demands of verting tribal tandas and ham- district as some regions of the SHE teams have been intro- Women's Commission Sunitha in Narsingi mandal of Medak Panchayat Raj Department in lets into Gram Panchayats district are suitable for culti- duced for their security. Reddy inaugurated the crick- district under the survey the Assembly here on would go to Chief Minister and vation of the quality red She said that they will create et tournament on Thursday at number 788/A/1. cash from SBI branch Thursday, Veeraiah appreciat- now officers were coming to gram. He was taking part in awareness among women on Antharam Thanda in The revenue officials have ed the construction of Nature Tandas and attending to peo- the District-level Export Acts. Senior Civil Judge Chilpiched mandal. TRS man- apparently asked her to PNS n PEDDAPALLI ed the alarm and removed its parks, 'Vaikuntadhamas', ple's problems. Seasonal dis- Development Committee Ashalatha, Women’s dal president Sara Ramulu grease their palms to get her batteries. Also, they discon- dumping yards in every village eases could be eradicated due meeting held on Thursday. Commission secretary Rasool Goud, MPTC members job done. Eight teams have been consti- nected the CCTV cameras in under Palle Pragathi. to Palle Pragathi programme, District Industries Centre B, District Officer for Women Praveen Kumar, Satyam Goud, She took part in the second tuted to nab the professional the bank and took away the While the programme was she said. Earlier Congress manager Rajeshwar Reddy and Child Welfare Padma, Srinivas Reddy and other lead- phase of the movement for bank robbers, who looted six drive, along with them. The paving way for 'Grama leaders like Geeta Reddy, explained the District District Education Officer ers were present. Telangana and was a poet and kg of gold and Rs 18 lakh from robbers did not leave behind Swarajyam' as envisioned by Renuka Choudhary used to Collector the objective of the also a writer. She brought the strong room of the State any fingerprints. Mahatma Gandhi, it would be visit tandas but never took any committees and its sub-com- many young artistes in to the Bank of India branch in To apprehend the culprits, helpful if pending funds were measures to solve drinking mittees. Agriculture officer movement. Jalaja Reddy, who Gunjapadugu on Wednesday the Ramagundam police with released at the earliest for water problems of women. Sucharitha told the District is working as a coordinator of night, said Ramagundam the support from the bank sarpanches. He also suggested Today even tribal tandas were collector that red gram is the state for the woman JAC, Police Commissioner security wing set up eight that marketing department getting protected drinking water being cultivated in 71533 called on VRO and Tahsildar Satyanarayana said that teams to crack the case, he said should be linked to Panchayat under the Mission Bhagiratha acres across the district this in Narsingi mandal and Addressing the media on terming the robbery as Raj department to lay roads in conceived by Chief Minister. year. The Collector suggest- applied for certain formalities Thursday, the Commissioner unprecedented in Ramagu- the areas where crops were cul- She lauded the government for ed to her to take steps to set to get her land registered. The of Police said that a case was ndam Police limits. tivated. This would help farm- giving three -phase power con- up a red gram processing unit revenue officials told her that registered against the gang The police are treating the ers to transport vegetables and nection to Tribal hamlets. At in Devarakadra. The meeting they would not do her any based on a complaint lodged investigation of the case as a other farm produce to the one stage, Rekha Naik gave a has decided to take steps to official favours unless their by the bank manager. challenge and said that the markets. He also urged the gov- strong counter to Congress export okra, red chillies, brin- hands are greased. She has The Commissioner said police would soon nab the cul- ernment to take up construc- MLA Seethakka who objected jal and other vegetables to the been doing rounds to the rev- that it is the handiwork of the prits. Besides the Commissioner tion of bridges. to the praise showered by the Mediterranean countries. enue office for the last two professional gangs as no trace of Police, Officer on Special Duty Khanapur TRS MLA Rekha TRS MLA on the government The Collector has asked years. VRO Kishan has been of evidence was left behind. Sarat Pawar, DCP Ravinder, Naik also appreciated Chief about development in tribal the officials to set up a what- harassing her creating a sada According to the modus Mancherial DCP Uday Kumar Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao hamlets. The Congress MLA sapp group with the name of Chairperson of State Women's Commission Sunitha Lakshma Reddy hits a ball byname stating that the land operandi, the gang members Reddy, ACP Umender, ACP for turning around the villages wondered what development Mahbubnagar Expo to mar- to inaugurate the cricket tournament at Antharam Thanda in Chilpiched mandal does not belong to her, she entered the bank through the Jaipur Narender and others vis- with several amenities. "Chief was the TRS MLA referring to ket the products of the Self- on Thursday alleged. rear window and disconnect- ited the crime scene. Minister is implementing the in tribal tandas. Help Groups in the district. Sharmila says she will be next CM of Telangana Sharmila plans to contest from Palair in Telangana PNS n HYDERABAD her party would not have Sharmila released Khammam Police gave permission to ters. In this context, the police truck with any other party in meeting's wall poster in the conduct the meeting with a imposed restrictions on PNS n HYDERABAD with them on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh Chief the next Assembly elections. name of 'sankalpa sabha' to be mere 6,000 people and that Sharmila's proposed public Sharmila told them that Minister YS Jaganmohan "God is there. We didn't come held on April 9. She asked too following the Corona meeting. YS Sharmila, who is going to Palair Assembly constituency Reddy's sister YS Sharmila, because TRS or BJP asked us everyone not to be anxious as guidelines, such as conducting Given this new twist in the float a new political party, is to her what Pulivendula who had vowed to bring to come. We would take our the YSR Telangana Party was the meeting between 5 pm tale, the leaders of Sharmila's wants to enter the Telangana constituency was to YS 'Rajanna Rajyam' (YSR rule) first step on April 9 -- on the bound to come to power in and 9 pm. proposed party are some- Assembly from Palair Rajasekhara Reddy. The in TS, stated that her party day the former chief minister the next elections. However, It may be recalled that two what tensed as they need to Assembly constituency in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi is would come to power in the late YS Rajashekara Reddy Sharmila's proposed April 9 schools in Madhira con- organize their very first show erstwhile Khammam district. weak in the Khammam dis- next elections and she would launched his padayatra in the meeting at Khammam is fac- stituency saw Covid cases, with just 6,000 people. It is Sharmila has selected Palair trict. In this district Andhra be the next Chief Minister of past," she said. ing Covid hurdles. The lead- which had been increasing learnt that some of the lead- constituency to contest from had more influence than Telangana State. While participating in the ers of Sharmila's party had rapidly in the Khammam ers are of the opinion that the in the next Assembly elections. Telangana as it was a boarder People of Telangana meeting held on Thursday, proposed to conduct the district. About 30 Covid cases meeting with 6,000 will be an This was revealed by Sharmila district, she said. Congress yearned for 'Rajanna Rajyam', along with the leaders of 33 meeting with one lakh people; were being registered in 'athmeeya sammelan'. instead to the leaders of Khammam party is very strong in this she said. She made it clear that districts at Lotus Pond, however, the Khammam Pinapaka mandal headquar- of a public meeting. district during an interaction constituency, she said. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MARCH 26, 2021 nation 05

EC orders Political parties in Assam go all transfer of 5 Vote for BJP for schemes, officers in WB out to woo tea garden workers PNS n NEW DELHI TMC for scams: Amit Shah PNS n GUWAHATI The Election Commission has PNS n BAGHMUNDI (WB) Assam's tea garden workers are ordered the transfer of five officers, "We have will come up being wooed by political parties including an additional director Union Home Minister Amit with Rs 10,000 crore of all shades with promises of general of police, in West Bengal Shah Thursday slammed Chief sops galore, as they comprise a saying they will not be given any Minister Mamata Banerjee for clean drinking water hefty share of the state's elec- poll-related assignment. failing to generate employ- project in Purulia. Didi torate. Those transferred in the poll- ment besides chasing away In the ongoing assembly polls bound state are ADG West Zone automobile industry and asked has forced you to drink leaders from the ruling BJP as Sanjay Singh, DCP (South people to vote for BJP if they fluoride contaminated well as challenger Congress Kolkata) Sudhir Neelkantha, SP want pro-people schemes and besides the regional outfits- the (Cooch Behar) K Kannan, SP for "incompetent" TMC gov- water," Amit Shah said Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) (Diamond Harbour) Avijit ernment if they prefer scams. and the newly floated Assam Banerjee and district election Reaching out to political- pure drinking water in the area, Jatiya Parishad- have been fan- officer of Jhargram Ayesha Rani, ly crucial Kurmi caste popula- Shah said the TMC govern- ning out to the constituencies in Subsequently the saffron party ers Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka official sources said on Thursday. tion of the Purulia district, ment had forced Purulia the tea-belt areas spread across increased its tally in the 2019 par- Gandhi Vadra made particular The sources said there had Shah promised jobs for their natives to consume "fluoride eight districts of Upper Assam. liamentary polls to nine Lok efforts to woo the community been complaints regarding these every family and education in contaminated water". Out of the 47 constituencies, Sabha constituencies, retaining with both visiting tea gardens officers and reports of violence in their language. "We have will come up going to polls in the first phase all the seats it had won in the ear- and enjoying a cups of tea and areas under their watch. The state He also promised to build with Rs 10,000 crore clean on March 27, 38 fall in the tea lier elections. lunch with tea garden workers. will go for polls in eight phases an AIIMS in the Junglemahal drinking water project in districts of Jorhat, Golaghat, The Congress is now making The BJP fielded its national beginning March 27. The EC area. Purulia. Didi has forced you to Sibsagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, an all-out effort to regain lost leaders, including Prime directive to the state government "Initially, it was the Left drink fluoride contaminated Bishwanath and Sonitpur ground with its election cam- Minister Narendra Modi, Union said Ayesha Rani will be attached which ensured flight of capital. ning a "corrupt dispensation", lies of the state. The adivasis water," he said. The eight lakh work force in paign focusing on increasing the Home Minister Amit Shah and to the office of the chief secretary Then it was Didi who chased Shah said the BJP will end "cut dont get MSP for their pro- Highlighting prevalence of 850 gardens of the state is, is seen daily wages of tea garden work- party President J P Nadda, all of till the completion of elections. away automobile industry from money" culture in Bengal. duce; we will include their dengue and malaria in the as a formidable vote bank whose ers to Rs 365 from an existing Rs whom addressed several election The Commission has ordered Bengal. She has failed to gen- Noting that the TMC gov- produce in the list of crops so area, the senior BJP leader unstinted support, the Congress 167, which appears to have rallies in tea-ricj constituencies. that Rajesh Kumar be posted as erate employment. ernment has neglected the adi- that they also qualify for MSP," said, "if you want to get rid of had enjoyed for decades since caught the ruling BJP on the Priyanka made a popular ADG West Zone, Joyeshi "If you want schemes, you vasis (tribals) and Kurmi caste he said. dengue and malaria, you have independence. wrong foot placing them on the connect in the tea garden areas Dasgupta as DEO Jhargram, vote for Modiji and if you pre- voters, Shah said if voted to "We will also ensure that to defeat Didi in the elections. However, in the 2014 defensive. as she sat on the garden grounds, Arijit Sinha as SP (Diamond fer scams, then vote for incom- power, then every Kurmi and the children of Kurmi family "She has a special affinity Parliamentary elections, the BJP, To counter, it has been high- chatted with workers, Harbour), Debashish Dhar as SP petent TMC. It is for you to adivasi families will get one job can get education till Class X with dengue and malaria, and with support of the RSS and its lighting the various measures sipped a cuppa, visited the (Cooch Behar) and Akash decide," he said while address- each. in their language and that too that is why she has done noth- allied organizations, made win- taken by the party during the last home of a labourer's family and Magharia as DCP (South ing an election rally here. "We will provide jobs to free of cost," he said. ing to address the problem ning four of its seven Lok Sabha five years of its rule for the tea even tied the wicker basket to her Kolkata). Accusing the TMC of run- each adivasi and Kurmi fami- Stressing on the need for here. seats from Assam in the tea-belt garden belt. head to go plucking tea leaves in areas. Both the Congress and the a garden in Biswanath district The saffron party followed it BJP have pulled all stops to which the BJP ridiculed as a up by winning 22 seats in the counter each other's claims on "photo op session during the off- 2016 assembly polls with its ally their respective contribution to season when leaves are not Mamata not interested in Bengal's ‘Successive Congress the AGP picking up four more. the tea industry. Congress lead- plucked". development, alleges Adityanath govts gave insurgency’ PNS n KOLKATA Narendra Modi had given Rs Rajya Sabha INDIA CORNER 1,000 crore to the state after PNS n PALASBARI (ASSAM) did they give to the state? Their Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister cyclone Amphan but the successive governments gave adjourned sine die BJP slams Raut for rallying behind Yogi Adityanath on Thursday money never reached the peo- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister only unemployment, insurgency, lashed out at his West Bengal ple and was usurped by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan on violence and infiltration," PNS n NEW DELHI Deshmukh despite allegation counterpart Mamata Banerjee, TMC leaders," he said. Thursday slammed the he said. The Madhya alleging that she is not interest- He said if the people of his Congress saying that Pradesh chief min- Rajya Sabha was on Thursday aharashtra BJP leader ed in her state's development state could get benefits of cen- successive govern- ister urged the adjourned sine die ahead of the Pravin Darekar on and only wants to promote tral schemes like the PM Awas ments of the grand people of Assam scheduled date of April 8. MThursday hit out at goons and extortionists. Yojana, Ujjwala scheme, old party have given not to believe in Many members of the Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut He said the countdown to the Ayushman Bharat and Kisan unemployment, the Congress's five House had earlier urged the for his refusal to seek state end of the TMC rule in Samman Nidhi, why are people insurgency, violence guarantees. government to curtail the sit- Home Minister Anil West Bengal has begun and of West Bengal being deprived and infiltration to "The Congress tings of the Budget session after Deshmukh's resignation the BJP will form the govern- from these benefits. Assam. never fulfils its promis- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla despite "serious" allegations ment in the state after 35 days somed," he said, while address- "This shows that the TMC is Chouhan, while addressing an es. You go to other states where had tested positive for levelled against him by to usher in a new era of devel- ing a rally in Sagar assembly not bothered about the devel- election rally at Palasbari in Rahul Gandhi had promised to COVID-19. former Mumbai police chief opment and progress. constituency in South 24 opment of West Bengal," he Kamrup district, said that Assam waive farm loans within 10 days While giving a brief account Param Bir Singh. Singh had "West Bengal was once an Parganas district. said. witnessed development only of forming governments. Even of the performance of the last week written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in which advanced and progressive state. He alleged that central funds Adityanath said after West after the BJP-led government after one- and-half years of House, Rajya Sabha Chairman he alleged that Deshnmukh wanted police officers to collect Rs 100 But the Congress, the Left have been usurped by the Bengal gets the government of came to power in the state in coming to power, none of the Venkaiah Naidu said the upper crore per month from bars and hotels. Darekar said, "Sena leader Front and then the TMC stunt- TMC, which had happened the same party that is ruling the 2016. Congress-ruled states have house functioned for a total of Sanjay Raut had no problem in seeking the resignation of Sanjay ed the industrial growth of the also in the aftermath of cyclone Centre, people of the state will "The Congress had ruled waived the agricultural loans," he 104 hours as against the total Rathod, a minister who belonged to his own party, over his alleged state and corruption blos- Amphan. "Prime Minister receive the benefits. Assam for so many years. What said. scheduled time of 116 hours. involvement in the suspicious death of a young woman last month." Rathod resigned as state minister in Februaury. "However, he is refusing to demand NCP leader and home minister Anil Deshmukh's resignation despite serious charges levelled against him by Param Bir Singh. Is Raut a spokesperson of the NCP or the Shiv Sena?" the J&K police says Leader of Opposition in state Legislative Council said. Raut is ‘No plan to set up SC quashes FIR lodged against scribe throwing his weight behind Deshmukh and said there is no need for no to Mehbooba's his resignation, Darekar said. passport renewal PNS n NEW DELHI Mukhim's counsel had earlier IISc at more places’ argued before the apex court that The Supreme Court Thursday there was no intention to create PNS n SRINAGAR PNS n NEW DELHI the lines of AIIMS, IITs and NITs. quashed an FIR lodged against disharmony or conflict through Amid political turmoil in Maha, "IISc, Bengaluru is a premier journalist Patricia Mukhim for the post which referred to an inci- The Jammu and Kashmir The Ministry of Education on institute of higher learning and allegedly creating communal dent of a murderous assault on Supriya Sule meets Sonia Gandhi Police has opposed giving pass- Thursday ruled out any plan to research, established in 1909, disharmony through her July 3, 2020. CP leader Supriya Sule port to former chief minister establish Indian Institute of under the Charitable Endowment Facebook post. The counsel for Meghalaya met interim Congress Mehbooba Mufti citing Science (IISc) at more places in Act, 1890 (as a joint effort of Shri A bench headed by Justice L government had earlier claimed Npresident Sonia Gandhi "adverse report" against her, the country. J N Tata, government of India and Nageswara Rao allowed the plea in the top court that “communal on Wednesday amid the officials said on Thursday. A Union Education Minister the then Maharaja of Mysore), filed by Mukhim against the colour” was given to the scuffle ongoing turmoil in report has been submitted to Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' told and subsequently brought under Meghalaya High Court order between minor boys and her post Maharashtra following the Jammu and Kashmir High Rajya Sabha in response to a writ- the purview of the University which had refused to quash the nouncing the judgement.The top shows it was a communal inci- corruption allegations levelled Court which is hearing a peti- ten question about any plans to Grants Commission (UGC) Act, FIR against her. have allowed the court had reserved its verdict in dent between tribal and non-trib- against the state home tion filed by Mehbooba over establish IISc at more places, on 1956," the minister said. appeal,” the bench said while pro- the matter on February 16. al people. minister. In the wake of the the delay in clearing her pass- crisis, the BJP has been port application. demanding president's rule in Mehbooba had applied for a Budget session the state. In a tweet, Sule said, "Thank you so much Hon. Mrs. fresh passport in December last Sonia Gandhi Ji for your valuable guidance. It's always such year after the previous one Kumbh duration curtailed to one month pleasure interacting with you"'. The meeting assumes significance expired on May 31, but the concludes PNS n DEHRADUN Haridwar in Uttarakhand will congregation usually lasts Dehradun Road, Rishikesh- as the Mahavikas Agahdi government in Maharashtra led by Shiv application has not been take place from April 1 to 30, around three-and-a-half Haridwar bypass, Mansa Sena, NCP and the Congress is facing a turmoil after former cleared till date in the absence PNS n NEW DELHI The duration of Kumbh Mela with three "shahi snan" (major months. Its last edition was Devi, Billkeshwar Mandir, Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh alleged that the of a police verification report. in Haridwar has been cur- bathing) dates on April 12, 14 held in Haridwar from Tibri Mohand, BHEL residen- state's Home minister gave a target to cops for collect Rs 100 Lok Sabha was on Thursday tailed to just one month for and 27. January 14 to April 28 in 2010. tial buildings, Roorkee- crore every month. On Wednesday, a delegation led by Devendra adjourned sine die, bringing the first time in its history in Thousands of devotes take According to the notifica- Bahadarabad road and up to Fadnavis, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, met the nearly two-month long view of a recent surge in a dip in the holy river during tion issued on Wednesday, the 13 km on Haridwar-Delhi Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and urged him to seek a "status Budget session to an end. COVID-19 cases and it has the mela with their number Kumbh Kshetra (area) covers road in the west. report" from the state chief secretary on the law and order The session started on been made mandatory for increasing manifold on the Neergarh, Tapovan, Bitthal In the south, the congrega- situation. Fadnavis said BJP leaders requested the governor to January 29 and was originally pilgrims to have a "negative" days of "shahi snan". Ashram Marg to Muni-Ki- tion area will extend from seek a detailed report from the state government as Chief Minister slated to end on April 8 but sev- RT-PCR test report to attend Authorities also expect heavy Reti Road and Rishi- Bahadarabad-Haridwar Uddhav Thackeray is not taking any action despite "numerous eral members had urged Speaker the mega congregation. turnouts on the occasions of Haridwar bypass in the north, bypass to Siddha Sot Setu and scandals" coming to fore over the past few days.The party has Om Birla to end the session early According to a notifica- Chaitra Pratipada on April 13 and Narendra Nagar- from Siddha Sot Setu to also alleged corruption in police transfers. as they focus on electioneering tion, the congregation on the and Ram Navami on April 21. Rishikesh bypass, the forest Neelkanth Mahadev temple in in five states going to polls. banks of the Ganges in Held once in 12 years, the checkpost on Rishikesh- the east. No raise in age limit for recruitment due to Covid pandemic, says Centre Domestic violence cases rose during lockdown: NCW he need for increasing the maximum age limit for violence victims with their against women have been al at the same time supporting Trecruitment to various PNS n NEW DELHI abusers. received from April, 2020 till their families from the same categories of posts under the Soon after the lockdown now which includes 5,865 space. But the biggest challenge central government, due to the The number of complaints of was imposed, the NCW report- complaints of domestic vio- for women this year is not only COVID-19 pandemic and domestic violence received by ed a surge of complaints relat- lence. Also, the NCW received to adapt but to thrive in this lockdown in the country, does the National Commission for ed to domestic violence so the highest number of com- unprecedented situation," she not arise, the Rajya Sabha was Women rose sharply from much so that it started a ded- plaints against women in six had told PTI. informed on Thursday. 2,960 in 2019 to 5,297 in 2020, icated WhatsApp number for years in 2020 at 23,722 with Women rights activist Yogita “Insofar as the increase in the year of the lockdown when reporting of just domestic vio- nearly one-fourth of them of Bhayana, who heads the People maximum age limit by two years for all the eligible unemployed most people were confined to lence complaints. domestic violence. Against Rape in India (PARI), youths, who are seeking state government jobs is concerned, it is their homes due to COVID-19. The number of complaints NCW chairperson Rekha said the high rate might also be for the concerned state governments to decide,” Minister of State The trend continues this year of domestic violence went on Sharma had said economic because of high awareness for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply. The minister as well. increasing through the months insecurity, increased stress lev- among women to talk about it was responding to a question whether the government is The NCW received a total of and in July, a record number of els, anxiety, financial worry, and report it. considering to increase maximum age limit by two years for all the 19,730 complaints of crimes 660 such complaints were and lack of other such emo- "There has been an increase eligible unemployed youths, who are seeking central and state against women in 2019 as received. tional support of parents/fam- because there is also a rise in government jobs as they lost their chances due to COVID-19 compared to 23,722 in 2020, Since June, the NCW has ily's side may have resulted in awareness because women are pandemic and lockdown in the country. For recruitment to Ccentral according to official data. been receiving over 2,000 com- domestic violence in many getting more proactive report- government posts, the recruiting agencies, such as the Union Public A year after the lockdown, plaints of crimes against instances in the year 2020. ing it and talking about it. Service Commission (UPSC), have been making necessary the NCW continues to receive women every month out of "More so, home has become Earlier they used to suppress arrangements for conduct of examinations in a safe manner over 2,000 complaints every the NCW data, 1,463 com- The nationwide lockdown which nearly a quarter are of the workplace of both the their grievances and the gov- considering the COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols, Singh said. month of crimes against plaints of domestic violence was imposed on March 25 last domestic violence, the data spouses and as well as schools ernment is also spreading “As such, the need for increasing the maximum age limit for women with nearly one-fourth against women were received year to curb the spread of the stated. and colleges for their children. awareness and women get recruitment to various categories of posts under the central of them related to domestic from January, 2021 to March COVID-19 pandemic, but it According to the NCW data, In such situations, women are motivated by other women government due to the pandemic and lockdown in the country does violence, it stated. According to 25, 2021. also trapped many domestic 25,886 complaints of crime multitasking being profession- reporting it," she said. not arise,” the minister said. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MARCH 26, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION The conversion factor: Stop playacting Uddhav shouldn’t allow the Maharashtra Home Minister to sell a dummy to the people How real is the threat? GYANESHWAR DAYAL oliticians nowadays seem to have scant regard for probity, accountability and integrity in public life; what matters to them is power and position. The recent Pturn of events in Mumbai reflects that those wielding power think that they can The mistreatment of nuns on a train in Jhansi for alleged attempts get away with anything. NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s blue-eyed boy and Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, against whom serious charges of corruption have been levelled by Mumbai Police’s former Commissioner Param Bir Singh, said he at conversion is proof of the high-handedness of the Right-wingers would welcome a probe against himself if Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray orders he heckling of two nuns any. The CM has so far not acted against his tainted Cabinet colleague while Pawar in Jhansi is making has predictably defended his pick. The Home Minister’s statement came a day after news and brings to the fore the conversion the Supreme Court (SC) termed the matter “quite Tdebate at a time when five serious” and asked Singh to approach the Bombay Assembly elections are round High Court (HC) with his plea seeking a CBI probe the corner. In the incident, two against Deshmukh. Deshmukh seems to be aware nuns travelling on a train were mobbed allegedly by a group of that in case Uddhav orders a probe against him, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi the HC will take note of this fact before deciding Parishad activists. They felt that the on Singh’s plea. It may or may not have a bear- nuns were in some way involved ing on the High Court’s decision but Deshmukh is in conversions, though there was apparently trying to ensure that the case is not hand- nothing at the spot to suggest this. Still, their journey came to an ed over to a central agency. A CBI inquiry means abrupt end. Mercifully, they were trouble not only for the Home Minister but for the not hacked which was not a dis- entire Government. tant possibility. On the other hand, even if Uddhav orders a It happened in Uttar Pradesh (UP), which has been at the fore- probe, any inquiry against Deshmukh by the State agency, while he continues to occu- front of ‘love jihad’ and other py his office, hardly makes any sense. It would be merely an eyewash as the sub- minority-related issues. To date, ordinate officials will leave no stone unturned to ensure that their boss comes clean there is no law in UP against con- of all charges. Ideally, any officer or Minister who faces an inquiry is suspended or version though a controversial Bill is on the anvil. The Act will cations are pending in by Christian organisations for and husband. It takes real con- asked to proceed on leave until the probe concludes. It is done to ensure that the debar religious conversions by Gujarat for conversions. Most converting the tribal and viction and guts to even pre- probe remains unbiased and the suspect in question does not influence the inves- inducement, though conversion of them are from Hindus who Scheduled Caste Hindus. That tend, let alone forgive by heart. tigation in any manner. Had he been serious about the corruption charges against by free will would be allowed. would like to embrace Odisha is the State where The lady surely deserved to be him, Deshmukh should have tendered his resignation on moral grounds before ask- That is when it comes into effect. Buddhism. The Right wing such practice takes place is a portrayed in the right manner Eight States have already passed should view such conver- myth that needs to be busted. but she chose otherwise. ing the Chief Minister to launch a probe. Now, it is up to Uddhav to take a call on a similar Act. sions as a reason to introspect Since Independence, the The place was so back- the prickly issue. However, he is expected to ask Deshmukh to tender his resigna- Article 25 of the Constitution rather than blaming the other Christian population’s in the ward that it had no electrici- tion before ordering any probe against the Home Minister. However, in case he decides guarantees the freedom to pro- religionists for wooing their country has declined in ty, market or a pucca house. to go soft on Pawar’s favourite man, Uddhav can reshuffle his portfolio or make him fess, practice and propagate reli- flock. Almost all Hindus who absolute as well as relative Primary health services, banks, gion to all citizens. For argu- have applied for conversion to terms. The census data shows police stations were a far cry. a Minister without charge. But seeing the state of affairs in Maharashtra, where Pawar ment’s sake even if the law was Buddhism are Dalits. that it declined to 2.30 per cent She still worked there and ran is calling the shots while the Chief Minister sits with his hands tied behind his back, enforced and the nuns were These champions of in 2011 from 2.33 per cent in a hospital and provided many it is most likely that Deshmukh will continue as the Home Minister irrespective of involved in conversion, it does Hinduism must raise their 2001. The Christian popula- basic necessities to the people. whether a probe is initiated against him. On the other hand, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar not become the Right-wingers’ voice when atrocities are com- THESE CHAMPIONS tion growth is lower than the You don’t need a million prerogative to enforce it. The self- mitted on Dalits. From the sui- OF HINDUISM Hindu growth rate. So either dollars to convert people there; has claimed that the Opposition wanted the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government to fall assigned custodians of Hinduism cide of Rohit Vemula to the the money the Christian mis- just a loaf of bread and a dress- from day one but the Government enjoys full majority. While the spate of allegations who try to enforce the law are by flogging of Dalit workers, hard- MUST RAISE THEIR sionaries are getting is going ing on a wound would do. Can and counter-allegations between the Government and the Opposition flies thick and its very definition outlaws. It is ly ever has a Hindu outfit VOICE WHEN down the drain or the mis- the Right-wing groups please do fast, it would be interesting to see what happens next in Maharashtra. the job of the police, not citizens, stepped forth to protest such sionaries are not able to deliv- something about their plight so to bring the culprits to book. incidents. If you don’t treat your ATROCITIES ARE er. Christian organisations that no one would ever think of Conversion is an old debate co-religionists well, such appli- COMMITTED ON must ponder over the return converting? Service to mankind PICTALK and Christian missionaries have cations are bound to increase. on investments as the is a basic Christian tenet. been under the scanner for it. As far as Christian mis- DALITS. FROM Christian population in the In any case, the Muslims, for that matter, are sionaries are concerned, there THE SUICIDE OF tribal region of Odisha has Christianisation of India is a spared from this debate (love is no denying that they are ROHIT VEMULA remained static. lost cause. It could not happen jihad is a different issue). Other entrusted with the task of con- This writer had filmed a during the British rule, so now mass conversions that take place verting people and that is how TO THE FLOGGING documentary in Manoharpur the chances are even less. There are from Hindus to the Buddhist Christianity spread across the OF DALIT in Odisha where missionary are practical reasons: By con- fold. Since Babasaheb Ambedkar globe. For that matter, that is Graham Staines was burnt verting, the SCs lose the tag and converted to Buddhism along how Buddhism spread when WORKERS, HARDLY alive with his two sons, Philip thereby many Government ben- with several of his Dalit follow- Emperor Ashoka sent his EVER HAS A HINDU (10) and Timothy (7), on the efits. Also, they cannot move up ers, the trend has continued. emissaries to spread the teach- night of January 22, 1999, for the social ladder in the religious Most conversions that take place ings of Buddha to various ORGANISATION allegedly converting tribal hierarchy. Raising the bogey from the majority community to places. No harm in that. STEPPED FORTH TO Hindus. The spur to do the against conversions is easy but minority are frowned upon while The charge often levelled documentary was a small story far removed from reality. the ones from minority to major- against Christian missionaries PROTEST SUCH in a newspaper. Gladys Staines, (The writer is a columnist ity are welcomed as homecom- is that they do so by bribing INCIDENTS the widow of Graham, had said and documentary film-maker. ing. Double standards there! and inducement. Allegedly, that she had forgiven Dara The views expressed are Right now, over 1,000 appli- huge sums of money are spent Singh, the murderer of her sons personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

People celebrate Lathmar Holi at Sri Krishna Janmasthan temple in Mathura PTI In a family there are VACCINATION IS NO PANACEA women, there is Sir —The detection of a new ‘double Lower the loudspeaker volume respect for elders, mutant variant’— a combination of two vari- there is love and ants E484Q and L452R — and several other those who regularly go there five times a day do affection which is not Indians first variants in India is a serious problem to not actually depend on the azaan to be remind- there in the RSS. So grapple with. Genome sequencing of sam- ed of the prayer time. The high-decibel noise ema- now I will not call the RSS as ples by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on nating from the loudspeakers must be regulated Parivar (family). The heckling of two nuns on false accusations as it only not only adversely affects human health Congress leader Genomics (INSACOG) set up by the — Rahul Gandhi doesn’t behove us as a peace-loving, tolerant nation Health Ministry has made the detection pos- but also troubles animals and birds. sible. The COVID-19 situation is exacerbat- People are at high risk of losing their hear- ndia is a country with major aspirations. It wants to be a regional superpower so ed by the presence of the UK, Brazilian and ing permanently due to noise pollution in India. The fluctuations According to the World Health Organisation in the markets that it can keep an increasingly belligerent and expansionist China in check for amity South African strains classified as “variants over the past few (WHO), noise exposure below 70 decibel does not in its immediate neighbourhood. The country, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of concern” along with the newly-detected days do not reflect I pose any health risks to human beings or dreams of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025. How is it then that a nation that ‘double mutant variant’ in India. the fundamentals, The scientists are investigating if there wildlife. However, if someone is exposed to noise positions itself as a “vishwa guru” and believes in the concept of “Vasudhaiva kutum- dynamics, is a correlation between the new variants and levels of 85 decibel or more for more than eight potential or the future of economy. bakam (the world is one family)” and ahimsa, is the current surge in infection cases. The his refers to the editorial ‘Deafening' (March hours on a regular basis, it can be considered haz- 25). The Right to Freedom of Religion is guar- increasingly becoming intolerant in its own backyard? exact nature of the variants is still to be ardous. Turkish President anteed to all Indians by the Constitution under understood. Data on them, whenever avail- T Not only loudspeakers but road traffic, aero- — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Whether it be cow vigilantes beating a young man to Articles 25 to 28. This right is not only for indi- pulp with a hammer even as the police stand by mute- able, will be analysed in terms of their clin- planes or jets and trains produce a large amount ical consequences such as transmissibility, viduals but also for religious groups in India. But of noise. Exposure to such noises on a regular ly in Gurugram or the lynching of dairy farmer Pehlu severity and responsiveness to vaccines and we have no right to trouble others. Azaan is for basis for long periods of time have proved detri- When you do big Khan in Alwar, or the recent harassment of two nuns treatment. The ‘double mutant variant’ — Muslims but it also falls on non-Muslim ears. mental to human health. It is advisable that Muslim films, while you are and their trainees travelling on a train from Delhi to two mutations in a single virus — is being Further, a random peek in any mosque during the clerics should tune the loudspeakers installed on bound to get more prayer times would show that not many Muslims eyeballs, along Rourkela in Odisha. The four women were forced to studied to find out if it causes “immune mosques to lower volumes. escape” or, in other words, allows the virus respond to the call. The footfall in mosques is neg- Nischai Vats | Sultanpur with it comes a deboard in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi after an Akhil ligible except for the midday Friday prayer and lot of scrutiny. to slip past the body’s immune defences, and Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad worker accused them of Actor increases infectivity. Studies will show if it — Vaani Kapoor forced conversions. The women were bullied, abused is a “variant of concern” or a “variant of enhance the powers of Delhi’s Lieutenant and harassed by a crowd before being taken away by interest”. Governor (L-G). The new law requires the for a Bharat Bandh on March 26 demand- Cricket between the railway police. However, the police found the conversion claim wrong as the two The uncertainties and imponderables Government to take the L-G’s opinion ing a complete rollback of the farm laws. Pakistan and India is postulates were carrying their baptism cards issued in 2003. surrounding the Novel Coronavirus under- before it takes any action. This is not in line The Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a very important. Sports going mutations, coupled with the people with a decision of a five-judge Bench of the union of farmers protesting against the new should be kept away With elections in Kerala round the corner, the issue has led to a political slugfest hesitancy in getting inoculated, indicates that Supreme Court in 2018 which had main- agriculture laws, has appealed to the citi- from politics. in the State and the BJP, which has been trying to woo the Christians there, sudden- the end to the pandemic is nowhere in sight. tained that the L-G must be informed about zens of the country to make the Bharat Relations between the ly found itself on the back foot. Campaigning in Kerala, Home Minister Amit Shah It is difficult to forecast how long the pan- Delhi Cabinet decisions but his concurrence Bandh on March 26 successful. two countries can improve because was at pains to assure the people of action. But what if it had not been the election demic will linger on. It is necessary that we was not needed, except in the case of police, Several rounds of talks have been held of cricket. neta all wear masks, sanitise our hands and main- public order and land. Senior Congress with the Government, but no agreement season? Would our s have jumped to the defence of the minority community tain physical distancing. In the time of this leader and MP Mallikarjun Kharge stated has been reached yet. Farmers are camp- Former Pakistan captain then? The Constitution allows everyone in the country to believe or not to believe in pandemic, we must all submit to science and that it is a Bill to “steal the powers of an elect- ing at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur bor- —Shahid Afridi any religion and the Jhansi incident is an encroachment on the freedom and funda- abide by what it requires us to do. ed Government and destroy democracy”. ders of Delhi. They are adamant on repeal- G David Milton | Tamil Nadu This will affect Kejriwal who has been the ing the laws altogether, while the The Government mental rights of these citizens. It is a sad reflection on our country that more and is studying the more States are coming out with repressive laws that target the freedom of preach- Chief Minister since 2015 and has constant- Government is ready for amendments possibility of CENTRE, DELHI GOVT SETTING WRONG EXAMPLE ly been at odds with the L-Gs who have been after discussing the loopholes in the laws. ing and practising select religions. Should we as a country not be more focused on outsourcing the Sir — The conflict between the Centre and accused of gubernatorial overreach. The Centre must listen to the farmers before modern abattoir of bringing about an end to hunger, poverty, casteism and discrimination than fighting Delhi Government is setting a bad prece- Amit Singh Kushwaha | Satna it’s too late. Goa Meat Complex to each other over something as personal as religion? We would be better desh bhak- dent for democracy. Recently, the Central Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai private companies for ts if we focused on peace, equality, prosperity and brotherhood among all Indians. Government has introduced the GOVT MUST LISTEN TO THE FARMERS the period of 10 years. We must remember that we are all Indians first. Government of National Capital Territory Sir — As the farmers’ protest on Delhi bor- Send your feedback to: Goa CM of Delhi (Amendment) Bill that seeks to ders continues, farmer unions have called [email protected] —Pramod Sawant HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MARCH 26, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN A sprinkling of stardust HARASSMENT OF NUNS MUST STOP on my shoulders SUDHIR TANDON The nuns sacrifice their whole lives in the service of society and want nothing in return Tasked with covering a film awards function for DD, I was clear that I didn’t want to tread the beaten path of filing a TV report nor take the services of a scribe for interviewing stars ne Friday evening in March 1973, I was sum- moned by an Assistant Station Director of ODelhi’s Doordarshan (DD) and introduced to a charming man. “Yunus Dehlvi runs the influen- MARKANDEY KATJU tial magazines Shama and Sushma and is organis- he recent incident of harassment of nuns from Kerala in Jhansi ing a film awards function. This is Sudhir Tandon by the Right-wing goons needs to be unequivocally con- and he will cover your event.” My boss sensed my Tdemned as it brings disgrace to our country. Nuns are no surprise (for cameramen were not asked to take on ordinary women and they render great service to society, partic- the role of a producer-director, unless they them- selves came up with a proposal) “As you are to ularly in the fields of education and healthcare. Some of the best become a producer soon, the Director Television convent schools in India are run and managed by these sisters Centre has given this order. Discuss the details of and almost everyone wants his or her daughter or other female the event with Dehlvi sahib.” relative to get admission in these missionary schools. Further, the We met the following day at the Convention Hall hospitals they run are also par excellence. of New Delhi’s iconic Ashoka Hotel for a recce of The nuns sacrifice their whole lives in the service of society the venue and familiarisation with the drill where and want nothing in return for their selfless devotion. They live a Yunus’ younger brother Idrees became my point man. I was clear that I didn’t want to tread the beat- disciplined life and serve people without any discrimination. They en path of filing a TV report (summary of the stage are deprived of the pleasures and happiness which most women show) nor take the customary services of a journal- A MAN DRESSED have — a family, a husband and children. And yet many people ist for interviewing celebrities. Instead, there had to IN A BLACK SUIT levy all kinds of false and baseless allegations on these nuns, some be verve and a certain irreverence in the programme. APPEARED of which are better left unsaid. One of the allegations that they I inquired of Idrees the names of starlet attendees. AND WAS do forcible conversions is palpably false. We narrowed down on Reena Roy who had been INTRODUCED selected for the award of the Best Rising Star. The TO ME AS toil to contact her began as soon as she had checked CHUNNIBHAI — in at the Ashoka. Even though Idrees had briefed DIMPLE’S My next worry was to look for the Kanwaljeet and so on. By the time we or trite, for instance Shama-Sushma Reena, but every time I called up her room, a lady FATHER. MY sound recordist who had not turned packed up, it was nearly 1 am. Film Awards. I reached out to our would tell me to ring up later as she was either tak- up even though little time was left for The next morning’s newspapers senior scenic designer and an Urdu ing a nap or was out or was busy. Finally, on Sunday ESCORT BRIEFED the show to start. Those were the had a big surprise in store not only poetry buff in DD. Johri came up with evening the lady told me that: “Baby has gone to the HIM ABOUT THE times when film cameras were used for me but for all film fans. A box item a design in which the melting candles hairdresser. She’ll contact you on her return” — a PURPOSE OF for filming outside the TV studios. A on the front page exclaimed that revealed the title Shama-dar-shama. refrain that I’d heard earlier. Exasperated, I lost my OUR VISIT sound recordist used a tape recorder superstar Rajesh Khanna had pro- This title also resonated with the lyrics cool and told her “Ammaji, tell your baby not to AND THE FATHER to capture sounds. And soon enough, posed to Dimple the previous night. and the ambience of the film bother. She is out of my programme and I’ll find CONSENTED. the stars and celebrities began to Since I had missed out on taking close Pakeezah which was a rage then and someone better.” A FEW MINUTES arrive. That was one occasion in shots of Dimple, I called her up the a few dances from which were per- Would my boast work? Harried, I went to Idrees LATER, A GIRL IN which I’d planned for Dimple to chat next day. She readily agreed to come formed at the function. and, on the way, I saw Nargis in her room. “If noth- WHITE APPEARED with them. But the plan had to be to the DD studio and bring some Even though I did not accept the ing works out, I’ll approach Nargis (with whom I’d AND, IMMEDIATELY, aborted. Nonetheless, I took silent clothes for the shots. A sari, howev- position of a producer later, I was still When I was a lawyer, and later a judge at the Allahabad High some acquaintance) and request her to salvage the SHE OWNED THE shots not only of the arrivals of the er, was a big “no” as she had been for- assigned to make a programme on situation,” I thought and asked Idrees, “which other ROOM. DIMPLE’S stars but subsequently of the stage bidden to wear it by Raj Kapoor prior the second edition of the Shama- Court, the nuns of St Mary’s Convent who run the best girls school starlets are on your list?” He mentioned Dimple PRESENCE show as well. Over 45 minutes into to the release of ‘Bobby’. When I Sushma Film Awards the following in the town, would often come to me for help. I have always helped Kapadia. The name sounded faintly familiar. “She’s DEMANDED the event the sound recordist turned enquired about her engagement, she year. This was on the request of the them pro bono. Their biggest harassment would begin a month the 16-year-old heroine of Raj Kapoor’s under-pro- UNWAVERING up, from which point onwards our disclosed that she had met Rajesh Dehlvis as my programme had or two before school admissions kick-starts in March as the school duction film,” he explained. Immediately, we rushed ATTENTION film had picture and sound in syn- Khanna soon after our shooting got received appreciation. While filming, session started in April. Often they were harassed by the author- to her hotel room. OF THOSE chronisation. over and that the turn of events cul- I spotted Dimple Khanna seated in ities and officials, who wanted to secure a seat for their daugh- The wait between the knock on the door and PRESENT THERE With the show ending and the minated in a commitment. the front row of the Ashoka ters or other female relatives in the school. its opening was inexorable. The door opened and opportunity to chat with the stars lost, Editing the stage show was a big Convention Hall. We exchanged a concussion of comeliness hit me. But…she it was decided that we would go to the problem due to the non-availability greetings and in jest, I asked her if she The harassment was a way to create pressure as the seats appeared older than 16 years! What transpired Oberoi Hotel where the post-event of the sync sound. As All India would again want to host my show. in the prestigious school were limited and for every seat there between her and Idrees, I couldn’t fathom in those dinner was to be held. Dimple agreed Radio also had recorded the event for She flashed a smile and shook her would be at least 10 or 20 aspirants. In such a situation, a com- catatonic moments. We were led to a sofa and she to the plan. At an appropriate its report, I borrowed their tape from head. “Sorry. Can’t.” petitive test was imperative and was organised to select the can- disappeared. A man dressed in a black suit appeared moment in the edited film we see a my friend and legendry drama pro- Moments like modulations come didates. However, in case any official’s daughter failed to get and was introduced to me as Chunnibhai — Dimple’s man and a woman with their backs ducer Dinanath. Because the film in human relationships. One begins through the entrance test, s/he would harass the nuns and cre- father. My escort briefed him about the purpose of to the camera. She chides the man, camera and the sound recorder run to recall the cadences of the past. Now, ate pressure. I remember how the municipal authorities once sent our visit and the father consented. A few minutes “Hari bhai, aapko sharam nahi aati ki at different speeds, there is always a a total recall gluts the mind’s screen. later, a girl in white appeared and, immediately she ek ladki thand me thithoor rahi hai aur mismatch between the action, espe- But why after nearly five decades? I a notice to the Principal, Sister Evelyn, alleging that the land on owned the room. Dimple’s presence demanded aap beparwah hain? (Isn’t it shame- cially the lip movement, and the could not find any record of the debut which the school stood had been illegally occupied, which of course unwavering attention of those present there. She was ful that a woman is shivering in this sound. This mismatch becomes stark of the Shama-Sushma Film Awards was totally false. On another occasion, an Income Tax notice was sprightly, her big brown eyes hinted at impish intel- cold and you have no concern)?” in close-ups. Therefore, where it was nor of the date on which Rajesh sent by an Income Tax official whose daughter had not been able ligence and her face had intimations of self-assur- Taken aback, Sanjeev Kumar sheep- just impossible to achieve synchroni- Khanna proposed to Dimple any- to beat the competition. Also, police officials would often harass ance, playfulness and joy. ishly muttered something to Dimple sation, I took recourse to using where on the web. The Dehlvis and Upon hearing my proposal, she giggled, “I have The writer is former and the banter went on. In her chats music, songs and words as a counter- their magazines are all gone. My pro- them and since the nuns were defenceless, they had often to suc- president, Osian’s cumb to such pressures. no such experience.” Rolling her eyes, she quipped later with a couple of stars who could point to the visuals. This resulted in grammes are lost. Maybe, my mem- with disarming candour about how she had fluffed Connoisseurs of Art, be commandeered, she bounced an added nuance in the programme. ory of the event and perhaps Dimple’s Apart from the harassment by the authorities and officials, Founding Executive in a school show and even in the Board exams. My Director, LS TV and spontaneously from gossip, to the per- Finding a suitable title for the first screen appearance for public the nuns were also faced with the goonda-type student leaders heart curled while her hands sculptured the silence Additional Director sonal, to jocular. She was no slouch programme was another headache. might reclaim some lost territory. Or, of the Allahabad University, who pressure them for giving admis- with a disciplined eloquence. Soon she intoned, “But General, Doordarshan. either when it came to conversing The title had to reflect the brand of is it the arrogance of a grotesque leap sion to their candidates. After I became a judge of the Allahabad why not? I can try.” There was a glint in her eyes and The views expressed with the fresh crop from my alma the magazines and the spirit of the of a private fantasy for public atten- are personal. High Court in 1991 whenever the nuns had a problem they came she spoke with a certain elan. mater, FTII — Shabana Azmi, event but I didn’t want it to be vapid tion? Who knows! to me for help and I would call the District Magistrate or other authority and tell him that the harassment must stop. The result was that the nuns started regarding me as their elder brother, and POINTCOUNTERPOINT they would sometimes invite me over for tea. I still remember the excellent cakes they would themselves prepare for me. IF MAMATA HAS TO KEEP HER LEG OUT, THEN WHY GHOSH SAYS MAMATA SHOULD BE WEARING SHORTS In my opinion, the nuns are our role models and if our nation WEAR A SARI? SHE COULD TO DISPLAY HER LEGS. THESE PERVERTED, DEPRAVED has to progress, our people must develop the spirit of service and sacrifice which the nuns have. Far from harassing them, we must WEAR A PAIR OF BERMUDAS INSTEAD. MONKEYS THINK THEY ARE GOING TO WIN. give them the highest respect and learn from them. —BENGAL BJP PRESIDENT —TMC MP (The writer is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. DILIP GHOSH MAHUA MOITRA The views expressed are personal.) The power of the ‘janata curfew’ decoded FOREIGNEYE Since people play a pivotal role in administration, the credibility of ‘janata curfew’ will be tested on the anvil of public interest time and again ith the fresh and pare the country mentally The record of “janata cur- People’s participation has and action plans are marred rapid spike of for the hard lockdown that few” deserves unraveling and effectively met the necessary by irregularities. COOPERATION, NOT WCOVID-19 cases in was to come soon after, to accounting for. The central requirements in various fields However, there are other CONFRONTATION! India, the fear of a second contain the spread of the idea behind such an effort rests including public health. The sides to the “janata curfew”, wave of the pandemic is Coronavirus. on the people’s participation idea of ‘Pani Panchayats’ dri- too. The Mahagujarat move- Vaccinating the world is the looming large in various Currently, with a view to from the beginning to the end. ven by the people is intended ment, known as the only way out of the COVID- States. A couple of days ago, checking the infection, the Last year, while advocat- to manage groundwater Mahagujarat Andolan in the 19 pandemic, but a mixture Prime Minister Narendra vaccination drive is in full ing social distancing to com- across the country. year 1956, is a case in point. SANTOSH UTTAM of nationalism and Modi addressed the Chief BISWAL CHAKRABORTY swing across the nation. In the bat the COVID-19 pandem- A couple of days before Community kitchens, meant A “janata curfew” was called Ministers of all States to chalk Vidarbha regions of ic, the Prime Minister’s clar- the “janata curfew”, Modi for achieving food security for to protest the film Padmavat, protectionism is blocking the out an amicable mechanism, Maharashtra, various district ion call for a “janata curfew” addressed the nation on the people on the margins, are not too. Earlier in 2013, to get a exit. The US, UK and EU including the management administrations have decided recieved immense support. pandemic. While hailing the mere populism. Khabar separate Gorkhaland, Gorkha have for months blocked a of micro-containment zones to implement “janata curfew” There was clapping, ringing of doctors, nurses, housekeeping Lahariya, a community media Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal proposal at the World Trade and strict enforcement of from time to time, instead of bells, beating of drums and staff, police and media per- driven by rural women jour- Gurung had resorted to a Organisation, put forward by restrictions to control the complete lockdowns. Though utensils in gratitude to the sons for the commendable job nalists, belongs to Dalits, trib- “janata curfew” to take on India and South Africa, to “emerging second peak” of the it is true that a complete Corona heroes nationwide. they were doing in a time of als and other minority class- Mamata Banerjee’s 72-hour contagion. lockdown cannot be replaced Endorsements from celebri- crisis, he counselled people es. Community radio stations ultimatum to lift the strike in waive intellectual property Last year, too, the Prime by a “janata curfew” if the ties also poured in. not to go for panic buying. like Vidyavani run by the the Darjeeling Hills. rights for COVID-19 Minister called for social dis- infection is to be effectively In her balcony in The “janata curfew” worked Savitribai Phule Pune Tellingly, since India is a vaccines. tancing and a “janata curfew” Biswal teaches at the contained, the intention of the Mumbai, Sunita Bhuyan as a good means of commu- University and Radio Udaan place of the people and their It is galling for poor — a curfew of the people, by Symbiosis Institute of administration is not to paral- played the tune of a song by nication and Modi took the for the visually impaired, have decision plays a pivotal role in countries to hear Boris the people and for the people Media and yse socio-economic activities the iconic Bhupen Hazarika narrative of social distancing been instrumental in giving a every aspect of the adminis- Communication, Johnson preach the virtues — was imposed on March 22 Symbiosis International, completely but to continue on her violin. There was sol- to the next level. The tone of voice to the voiceless. These tration, the importance and of a liberal trading regime for to contain the pandemic. The Pune, and Chakraborty is them in a restricted manner. idarity expressed at the his- the address was apolitical and instances encapsulate the credibility of “janata curfew” speech was inclusive and per- an academic researcher. In this context, such a curfew toric Jama Masjid of Old he laid stress on the power of power of the community in will be tested on the anvil of the UK when he imposes a suasive and the “janata cur- The views expressed has an edge over a complete Delhi, too. The overall sup- the people, as a weapon to nation-building. Sadly, some public interest from time to protectionist one on them. few” proved beneficial to pre- are personal. shutdown. port was colossal. keep the crisis at bay. of the ambitious programmes time. (The Guardian editorial) HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MARCH 26, 2021 Money 08 Housing sales to rise 29 per cent Sensex tanks 740 pts amid F&O expiry; Nifty sinks below 14,400 PNS n MUMBAI lower at 48,440.12, and the in Jan-March across seven cities broader NSE Nifty declined Equity benchmark Sensex 224.50 points or 1.54 per cent to PNS n NEW DELHI imum rise in sales in this quar- plunged 740 points on 14,324.90. ter among the top cities. Thursday, dragged by losses in Maruti was the top loser in Housing sales are estimated to Housing sales are likely to index majors Reliance the Sensex pack, shedding rise 29 per cent year-on-year increase by 64 per cent to Industries, Infosys and around 4 per cent, followed by during January-March at 4,400 units in Q1 2021 from HDFC Bank as monthly Bharti Airtel, HUL, NTPC, Bajaj 58,290 units across seven major 2,680 units in Q1 2020 derivatives expired amid Finance, UltraTech Cement, cities as demand recovered on In Chennai, 2,850 units are weak cues from global ONGC and Reliance Industries. low home loan interest rates estimated to be sold, an markets. On the other hand, Dr and stamp duty cut by increase of 30 per cent from The 30-share BSE Reddy's, ICICI Bank, L&T and Maharashtra government, 2,190 units in Q1 of 2020 cal- index ended 740.19 HDFC were the gainers. according to property consul- endar year. points or 1.51 Domestic equities fell as pre- tant Anarock. Housing sales in Kolkata per cent vailing concerns with regards to The leading housing bro- could rise by 10 per cent to sharp rise in COVID-19 cases kerage firm released the data of 2,680 units from 2,440 units, have clearly dented investors' sales and new launches in the while the Delhi-NCR might see sentiments, said Binod Modi, primary residential market of 8 per cent growth in demand Head - Strategy at Reliance seven cities on Thursday, a to 8,790 units from 8,150 units. Securities. Barring financials week before the end of the first In Bengaluru, sales are and metals, all key sectoral quarter. expected to rise marginally to indices ended in red. Further, Anarock said 58,290 homes 8,670 units from 8,630 units in futures and options (F&O) are estimated to be sold in the Q1 2020. expiry factor also contributed to top 7 cities in Q1 2021 in com- Unsold inventory in the top volatility, he noted, adding that parison to 45,200 units in Q1 seven cities saw a nominal market capitalisation of domes- 2020. yearly decline – from 6.44 lakh tic market slipped below Rs Mumbai Metropolitan counts and offers helped the acquisition cost, he said. said. Housing sales in MMR units towards Q1 2020-end to 200 trillion first time after Region (MMR) and Pune residential sector stage a con- "MMR's homebuyers have may rise by 46 per cent to approximately 6.42 lakh units February 3, 2021, resulting in together accounted for 53 per vincing comeback in Q1 2021," responded proactively to the 20,350 units in January-March by Q1 2021-end, Anarock said. wealth erosion of over Rs 5 tril- cent of housing sales in the Anarock Chairman Anuj Puri bottomed-out property prices 2021 from 13,910 units in the Average property prices in lion in last two days. Elsewhere quarter, it added. said. in the country's most expensive year-ago period. the top seven cities saw some in Asia, bourses in Shanghai and "Demand boosters like MMR and Pune have been real estate market. This is ade- Pune, too, is expected to see movement in Q1 2021, with Hong Kong were in the red, stamp duty cuts, further reduc- the most active in this quarter quately vouchsafed by the sig- 47 per cent increase in sales to most cities recording a rise of while Tokyo and Seoul ended on tions in home loan rates by since the limited-period stamp nificant rise in property regis- 10,550 units from 7,200 units. 1-2 per cent over Q1 2020 - a positive note. Stock exchanges most banks (to 6.70 per cent) duty cuts and other sops and trations in Mumbai in the first According to the data, except Kolkata where prices in Europe were trading with and ongoing developer dis- discounts substantially reduced two months of the year," Puri Hyderabad recorded the max- remained stagnant, it added. losses in mid-session deals. Sahoo: Normalcy restored for Amway forays into MONEY MATTERS Tata Cleantech secures up Chyawanprash resolution of stress under IBC category in India Shriram Transport declares PNS n NEW DELHI to 10 bn yen loan from JICA PNS n MUMBAI PNS n NEW DELHI 2nd dividend of Rs 6/ share IBBI Chairperson M S Sahoo hriram Transport on Thursday said "normalcy" Tata Cleantech Capital, a joint Direct selling firm Amway on Finance Company on has been restored with respect venture between Tata Capital Thursday announced its foray SThursday said its board to resolution of stress under and IFC, on Thursday signed into the Chyawanprash cate- has declared a second the insolvency law, with the an agreement with the Japan gory, with an aim to capture interim dividend of Rs 6 per expiry of suspension of fresh International Cooperation a sizable pie from the grow- share for 2020-21. proceedings. Agency (JICA) for up to 10 bil- ing Ayurveda market in This is in addition to the first After a year of relevant pro- lion yen (one yen is 67 paise) India. dividend of Rs 6 per share visions being suspended amid loan for on-lending to renew- "Inspired by classical declared by the board on the coronavirus pandemic, suspension on initiation of able energy players. Indian recipe, the Nutrilite October 29, 2020 and paid to fresh proceedings under the corporate insolvency proceed- This loan will be provided Chyawanprash formulation the eligible shareholders on November 26, Shriram Transport said in Insolvency and Bankruptcy ings in respect of COVID-19 through private sector invest- primarily aims to support a regulatory filing. "The board of directors of the company at their Code (IBC) can now be initi- defaults expired on ment finance scheme of the immunity, rejuvenation of meeting held on March 25, 2021 approved declaration of second ated. Wednesday. Third, the JICA and will be co-financed the body, boosts strength interim dividend of Rs 6 per equity share of Rs 10 each fully paid up Certain provisions under COVID-19 has become 'new with the Sumitomo Mitsui the Tata group company to ciency sectors by channelising and stamina, besides helping (60 per cent) for the financial year 2020-21," the company said. It the Code, which provides for normal' for business. Banking Corporation, Tata mitigate the impact of climate and mainstreaming climate fight the day-to-day infec- said it has fixed April 6 as the record date for payment of the second time-bound and market- "Thus, normalcy is restored Cleantech said. change by offering green finance in the country, said tions. interim dividend, subject to deduction of tax at source, to eligible linked resolution of stressed as regards resolution of stress Under the Paris Agreement finance, which will contribute Tata Cleantech Managing “This launch marks shareholders. The company has also elevated Umesh Revankar as assets, were suspended with under the Code," he told PTI. on climate change signed in to lower the GHG (green- Director Manish Chourasia. Amway's foray into the the Vice Chairman and Managing Director with effect from April 1, effect from March 25 last year IBBI is a key institution in 2016, the government commit- house gas) emissions. It will Tata Cleantech Capital is a Chyawanprash segment, with 2021. Currently, Revankar is the Managing Director and CEO of the in the wake of the pandemic ensuring implementation of ted to cut greenhouse gas also contribute to the joint venture between Tata the strategy to capture a siz- company. Shriram Transport Finance stock was trading at Rs significantly impacting busi- the Code. In June 2020, an emissions intensity of its GDP Sustainable Development Goal Capital and the International able pie from the growing 1,376.35 on BSE, down 1.82 per cent from the previous close. ness activities. The suspension, ordinance was promulgated to by 33-35 per cent by 2030. To 7 (affordable and clean energy) Finance Corporation, and is a Ayurveda market in the which was in place for one suspend fresh insolvency pro- achieve the target, the govern- and 13 (climate change). first-of-its-kind private sector county," Amway India said in year, ended on March 24. ceedings and the same came ment is promoting mitigation This loan from JICA will green investment bank with a statement. NCLT nod to Airtel, Hughes IBBI Chairperson M S into force retrospectively from measures like installation of enable us to accelerate the focus on climate finance and Amway said it continues to Sahoo on Thursday said three March 25 -- the day when the renewable energy (solar and pace of transition to clean advisory services. Since its solidify its leadership in the things are clear now. "On nationwide lockdown to curb wind power), energy efficient energy. Our focus will contin- inception in November 2011, health and immunity domain VSAT operations merger Tuesday, the Supreme Court spreading of coronavirus equipment, and electric vehi- ue to be to fund and support it has played an instrumental through consistent product he National Company Law cleared the haze around mora- infections had come into cles. projects across renewable ener- role in mainstreaming finance innovation and unique seed- Tribunal (NCLT) has torium on loans. Second, the effect. The JICA loan will support gy, e-mobility and energy effi- for new and nascent sectors. to-supplement process. Tsanctioned a 'scheme of arrangement' between Bharti Airtel, Bharti Airtel Services, Hughes Communications Opposition India and HCIL Comtel, Benz launches A-Class KFC to double women employees; according to a regulatory filing. In May 2019, telecom says NBFID operator Bharti Airtel and Limousine at Rs 39 lakh count at restaurants to 5K in 3 yrs Hughes Communications India Ltd (HCIL) had said they will Bill ‘lacks' PNS n NEW DELHI doubling of empowerment by and pre-Covid, in those five or combine their VSAT satellite operations in the country, with Hughes PNS n MUMBAI the highly anticipated A Class 2024. six years diversity in our holding a majority stake in the merged entity. oversight Limousine in the Indian mar- US-based fast food chain KFC "On gender diversity, it has restaurants, from a gender Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) is used to provide satellite PNS n NEW DELHI German luxury carmaker ket. The A-Class Limousine plans to double the count of grown very organically. It is perspective, has grown from based telecom and internet access to individuals and enterprise Mercedes-Benz on Thursday imbibes all that is core to a women employees at its not like we were going out and 7-8 per cent to around 30 per users, and is utilised extensively by banks and ATMs. Several opposition MPs in launched the much-awaited A- Mercedes-Benz product. We restaurants in India to around trying to make a very loud cent...that included both team In a BSE filing on Thursday, Airtel said: "NCLT, New Delhi, Principal the Rajya Sabha on Thursday Class Limousine in India at an are confident the A Class 5,000 in the next three to four exercise. Between 2013-14 members and leaders of Bench has, vide its order dated March 23, 2021...subject to the demanded that the the introductory price of Rs 39.90 Limo will set a new bench- years as it steps up diversity restaurants," KFC India applicable sectoral approvals, sanctioned the composite scheme of National Bank for Financing lakh (ex-showroom). mark in the segment and and inclusion initiatives in the Managing Director Samir arrangement between Bharti Airtel Ltd, Bharti Airtel Services Ltd, Infrastructure and Both petrol and diesel vari- attract a lot of new customers," country, according to a top Menon told PTI. "The intent Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd and HCIL Comtel Pvt Ltd and Development Bill be sent to ants have been launched. The said Martin Schwenk, company official. is to get to 40 per cent by their respective shareholders and creditors." a select committee as it A-Class sedan had made its Managing Director and Chief KFC India, which current- 2024," he added. lacked adequate provisions debut at the Auto Expo in Executive Officer of Mercedes- ly operates two all-women Taking forward KFC's glob- for accountability and over- Greater Noida last year. Benz India. restaurants, is also looking at al diversity and inclusion DLF raises Rs 500 cr via non- sight. In addition, the carmaker The A-Class also comes increasing the overall ratio of agenda, KFC India said it The bill was, however, rolled-out the locally-pro- with hassle-free ownership women employees to 40 per aims to bridge the gender passed by voice vote in the duced AMG A35 4MATIC experience driven by industry cent by 2024 from the current and ability imbalance gap and convertible debentures issue Upper House. The Lok priced at Rs 56.24 lakh (ex- first eight years warranty on 30 per cent under its 'KFC increase the women workforce ealty firm DLF on Sabha had already passed the showroom India). engine and transmission, Kshamata' programme – a at their restaurants by two Thursday said it has bill on March 23, 2021. "We are glad to introduce Schwenk said. focused effort towards driving times by 2024. Rraised Rs 500 crore through the issue of non- convertible debentures (NCD) to investors. In a regulatory filing, DLF informed that the ‘India will have heterogeneous banking sector in a decade’ allotment committee has allotted 5000 senior, secured PNS n MUMBAI to for long. A final view on the rated listed redeemable non- controversial proposal is yet to convertible debentures (NCDs) with a face value of Rs 10 lakh each. The Reserve Bank foresees a be taken. RBI has major concerns The tenure of the NCDs is three years and the coupon rate is 8.25 per "competitive, efficient and het- "The Reserve Bank is striv- cent. The NCDs will be listed on the BSE. Last week, a finance erogeneous" banking sector ing towards a more competi- committee of the board of directors gave the approval to raise up to with four distinct sets of banks tive, efficient and heteroge- on cryptocurrencies: Das Rs 500 crore through the issue of NCDs on a private placement basis dominating the landscape over neous banking structure. The MUMBAI : The Reserve Bank without any underlying principle in one or more tranches to certain eligible investors. The company the next decade, its governor licensing policies for univer- has "major concerns" on the guiding its values, the did not disclose where it will use the proceeds of the issue. Shaktikanta Das said on sal banks, small finance banks cryptocurrencies traded in the government had shown some Thursday. (SFBs) and payments banks market and has conveyed the openness to such currencies like There will be large banks are a step in this direction," same to the government, its Bitcoin. Speaking at the Times having presence across the Das said speaking at the governor Shaktikanta Das on Network India Economic Gold gains Rs 44; silver country and the world, mid- Times Network India Thursday said. Conclave, Das said he has size banks present across the Economic Conclave. Underlining that both the "reasons to believe" that the weakens Rs 637 government and the RBI are government is in agreement economy, small finance He said at present, there are old gained Rs 44 to Rs 44,347 "committed to financial stability", with the "major concerns" banks/regional rural ten small finance banks and per 10 gram in the national Das said there are no flagged by the RBI about the banks/cooperatives to take care six payments banks which capital on Thursday, supported differences between the central cryptocurrencies. G of the small borrowers and dig- are operational. by weaker rupee and overnight gain bank and the Finance Ministry "Central bank digital currency is ital players, he said. "I foresee four distinct sets in global precious metal prices, on the matter, and "we should one thing. The cryptocurrencies The comments come days of banking landscapes emerg- operative banks, which may cal pieces" across all seg- according to HDFC Securities. It had now await the final decision on which are traded in the market after the RBI appointed a ing in the current decade. The specifically cater to the cred- ments. closed at Rs 44,303 per 10 gram in the matter" from the Centre. are something else. Both RBI panel headed by former first set will be dominated by it requirements of small bor- Meanwhile, Das said main- the previous trade. Silver, however, The comments come in light of and government are committed deputy governor Shyamala a few large Indian banks with rowers. taining the health of the bank- dipped Rs 637 to Rs 64,110 per kg, what has been termed as to financial stability. We have Gopinath on bank licences to domestic and international The fourth segment would ing sector remains a policy from Rs 64,747 per kg in the previous trade. The Indian rupee confusing signals from the flagged certain concerns around evaluate applications for uni- presence," Das said. consist of digital players who priority, adding strength to a furthered its loss by another 7 paise to 72.62 against the dollar in government on the these cryptocurrencies which versal banks and small finance The second will be mid- may act as service providers banking system depends on early trade on Thursday amid growing concerns over surging cryptocurrencies. After are being traded in the market. banks. An internal panel had sized banks with economy- directly to customers or building its capital base while coronavirus cases in India and some other parts of the world. In the announcing its intent to We have flagged certain major recently recommended allow- wide presence, while the third through banks as their agents at the same time focusing on international market, gold was quoting marginally lower at USD completely ban such currencies, concerns to the government," ing deep-pocketed corporates set would encompass smaller or associates, he said, stress- corporate governance and 1,733 per ounce and silver was flat at USD 24.97 per ounce. into the banking fray, some- private sector banks, SFBs, ing that such players would ethics-driven compliance cul- which are very volatile in nature Das said. thing the RBI had been averse regional rural banks and co- increasingly emerge as "criti- ture. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Friday March 26, 2021 BLENDING ART WITH DIGITAL MEDIA

invaluable and letting your actors take centre stage is the excellence of a bonafide filmmaker and Radhika Lavu has been doing just that and more. “The know-how of cinemas is very fascinating to watch; now my allurement for Digital — the ox office and enter- it has gone a little further where I tainment go hand-in- wanted to be taught about film- Filmmaker hand! But now, espe- making. Exploring better and cially due to the sud- intrepid content in the digital Radhika Lavu, who B den advent of a pan- space where digital filmmaking is demic that required us already on an augment leading to way forward has made several to stay indoors, the trying times be a potential place, digital arrival have leveraged new expertise of lets you explore narratives and RAMYA SREE What do you think is the documentaries, and filmmaking, giving an ascend to characters extremely well. My country's future when it digital movie-making! The era of communication style preferably is comes to going digital? shot to fame with webseries opened many more that whatever I am typesetting igital has become an Digital is a phenomenal opportunities for both actors and should be epic! The filmmaking all-pervasive mega- opportunity for India. Digital her debut filmmakers as well. Radhika method along with camera work trend, dramatically is a great disruption and pro- webseries Gods of Lavu, a passionate filmmaker should be visually stunning and D changing the lives of vides the opportunity for India couldn’t help but curate a very implausibly competent — story- individuals, business to leapfrog. The essential Dharmapuri, hasn't chic and classy web-show, Gods of telling should be subtle yet influ- models of enterprises, and the nature of digital is that it Dharmapuri, that is deeply rooted ential on your audiences. My economy of India. Winning in democratises access to infor- stopped receiving around the power struggles for scripts are my apprentices. the Digital Age: Seven Building mation and technology. the masses. Outdoor shooting while creating Blocks of Successful Digital Moreover, In a country like congratulatory What made it a sensation? G.O.D was extremely tricky, not Transformation, authored by India, where youth is the bulk Well, the ability to be well versed easier said than done. We shot in Nitin Seth, has of the population, messages since. about technological analytics and and around Hampi which was so already become also which is a turning a small independent pro- worthy! Water, landscapes, clear an Amazon Best developing coun- She talks to The ject into a bit of a coup in the skies and rocks, every bit of it was Seller. try where a lot of southern states made her product so surreal,” the filmmaker shares. “For India, population doesn’t Pioneer's SHIKHA a success. This striking blend of For as long as there have been the Digital Age have all the means expertise in technology into the web-series, there have been could be the and where histori- DUGGAL about realms of cinematography is women also making them. To say epoch for its cally high-quality doing wonders — characters and that cinematic aspects are largely ing. It’s just another filmmaker is here to stay! It’s picking up pace progression to education was not what donning the environment are being enhanced. a man’s medium can be incapaci- making a movie or web-series but and the regional director’s global leader- easily available, director's hat is like, Gods of Dharmapuri,which is all tating for a plethora of filmmak- with many ground-breaking film accounts are so honest and raw, ship leveraging suddenly all the about power struggles, also helps ers, prominently women. Every and web series directed and writ- and now with OTT platforms, its unique knowledge is her show, and more maintain a new discovery in the other woman filmmaker is pio- ten by female filmmakers, it came they can vehicle it to larger audi- advantages. readily available Telugu content! neering her techniques in the as a wake-up call to the industry! ences who’ll understand the creed With 2.8 mil- and easily accessi- To be able to make yourself brand new era of digital filmmak- Similarly, the skill of this fine and dogma behind a certain con- lion engineers ble. This democ- filmmaker down south is stirring tent movie or web-series. With graduating ratisation of the dynamics with G.O.D discov- the beginning of the anthology every year, the lowest cost of access will hugely empower ering the ground reality of power series, ensemble cast and multiple broadband access, widespread our youth and can help India struggles with Satyadev of Uma filmmakers, even the film-habits mobile devices, and crucially be a powerhouse in the digital Maheshwara Ugra Roopasya fame, of watchers are also changing. — democratised information age. as the lead. OTT is encouraging top talent — knits unique flow to disad- There are multiple factors “The tectonic plates at the and giving them much wider vantaged millions providing why I believe India is in a workplace are shifting, women potential spectators and regional them opportunities that were strong position to realise the are no more just constrained to cinema. Telugu content is only at not possible,” the author tells potential being costume designers, they are its creative peak. us. He also expounded that ¬Smartphone penetration: grabbing leadership roles and “Digital platforms allow us to India is currently facing a ~60% of the population has crossing the threshold into test and try without any solid for- unique paradox as growth has internet access driven by women’s cinema. And, with that mulas, cinema is in itself a key to stalled despite having all the low-cost smartphones in also comes the discussion on pay teamwork, so bringing multiple right fundamentals. He tells us India disparity which needs to be given directors on board for an anthol- his journey to winning in the ¬Low cost of data: In India, equal importance. Women film- ogy series is of no harm. What digital age. the Average Revenue per makers’ contributions are being should remain consistent is excel- Where did you get the User is $2-3 whereas in recognised not only in narrative lence in the filmmaking style, idea to write ‘Winning developed markets it is films but also in documentaries which shouldn’t deteriorate with The Digital Age'? ~$20. This has really pro- as well,” Radikha adds her multiple hands on it. In fact, I pelled the access of informa- insights. may gain a different type of per- Digital is impacting every tion across a large popula- Being a documentary filmmak- spective from another filmmaker. aspect of our lives from daily tion base of India. er herself, Radhika Lavu didn’t Netflix has really upped its game experiences to the way busi- ¬Leader in the IT industry fear the stigmas attached to mar- when it comes to originality and ness is run, to how industries India accounts for 50%+ ginalisation and ideological con- inventive nature. are getting structured and share of global headcount in troversies, she continued to give The new-age audience is defi- restructured. I have been very the industry. us an audacious web-show so that nitely welcoming string content fortunate that 25 years of my ¬Abundant young talent: the average man also knows what and sharp morals! Even if there is work has coincided with the 800 mn Indians below the happens on the other side of an unbelievable story, it will have constant rise of the digital age of 35, who are born in power abuse. a dash of humour in it to digest mega-trend. From dot com the Digital Age and can eas- Talking about the Telugu style so that’s how you figure out the boom to dot com burst, to the ily adapt to technology of filmmaking, the maker behind variants in filmmaking,” the rise of analytics, to the rise of change the reels thinks regional content director shares. e-commerce, and digital trans- Given these factors, I am formation in some of the very hopeful that India will largest corporations of the truly realise its destiny and world, I saw it all. These expe- digital will be the game chang- riences have shown me that er for India which will help while the opportunity with propel India’s growth digital is incredible, currently How do you want the ‘Good to see bearded blokes we are realising only a small book to stand on its part. Most of the digital trans- own? formation initiatives fail or don’t realise their opportunity My vision for this book is to grooming themselves' and for me, it’s a great waste. It become a handbook and a is for this reason — that while guide for all professionals - digital is a huge opportunity, from CEOs to young profes- ahul Dev for every new role beard and hence, I from refined sugars we are just realising a small sionals starting their career. I is turning that he’s a part of. sported one! Not and sweet stuff com- part of it, I wanted to write the have tried to provide a com- up the Carrying the beard- much of a secret to pletely, the general book. prehensive and 360-degree heat with ed look with that but it’s good to awareness amongst Digital is a very complex view of digital starting from r his beard, panache and flair, see men paying people has increased topic. You have a lot of acade- what it means for an enter- fitness and he’s an inspiration to attention to groom- multifold over the mician writing, futurist writ- prise leader to what it means versatility! Looking all male fans. ing and working on last decade. ing, but you don’t have a prac- to an individual. While the sporty and hand- The Torbaaz actor, their personalities.” People have start- titioner’s view or a view where book, I believe will be relevant some in new stills of talking about his fit- He says that dur- ed treating their there is clear direction provid- across sections of society, I the photoshoot from ness, and sense of ing his initial days in bodies with dignity ed on how to proceed with hope young professionals, in his upcoming pro- style, shares, “I have the industry, he had and how because we this complex task of digital particular, will benefit from it. ject, the Dammu been a fitness enthu- been very conscious are what we eat and transformation. When I was growing up, actor is giving us siast and a super- of what he fed his how we feel, isn’t it? By writing this book, I tried Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of some major beard model during my body, listened to We really need to to provide a practitioner’s Highly Effective People had a goals. modelling days. My what the body want- invest purpose and handbook which makes this profound impact on me and Both inspiring and inherent sense of ed, and even pam- thought into our complex task of winning in the has been a handbook and eye-catching, it’s style is minimalistic, pered it with choco- well being.” digital age a more doable mis- guide for me for the last 30-35 quite challenging to garments made in lates or ice-creams With four back to sion by bringing clarity to the years. My wish for this book is be so adaptable but breathable fabrics. when he felt like it. back releases on transformation process, break- something similar. Rahul is known for Some of the charac- “Since the last OTT, the Champion ing it down into seven build- I hope it becomes an anchor always being able to ters that I have couple of years, I actor shows no signs ing blocks and presenting how and guide for professionals in adopt novel looks played needed a have stayed away of stopping at all! best to master them. this digital age. 10

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story to the Telugu audi- was he who suggested actors ences. What followed was like Ali Reza,” he shares. COLOUR TO THEATRES extensive research, fact- The cast and crew had checking and more. “I dug a tough time shooting for oung star Niithin many emotions. Nithiin’s Sithara. I have known up, read several books, got the film, because of the and Keerthy comic timing is on another director Venky for a long information from my lockdown and other proto- Suresh-starrer level in the movie. He will time now and we finally got friends who were journal- cols. “We initially had to Y Rang De has been bully Keerthy Suresh but to work together. Also, this ists (thanks to my Mass shoot in Thailand, but were grabbing attention she will get her share of is my first film with music communication back- forced to call it off. We ever since it was revenge. She is no ordinary composer Devi Sri Prasad. ground), to be able to tell planned to shoot in Sikkim announced! Ahead of the woman and definitely He did give amazing music. a real, and the right and other places but finally release, the makers of the Rang De will entertain After the release of Rang De story,” he tells us. The were able to shoot major film along with the star cast everyone, especially family the songs will turn into big director also met the parts of the film in Nepal, organised a promotional audiences.” hits and will be remem- people in the NIA for which actually turned out to event at Rajamahendram. Since the film’s trailer’s bered for long.” Mahanati more information to be better,” Solomon informs. While the film’s trailer is release, it received such Keerthy Suresh mentioned, make the film more He adds that the film is making a lot of noise, the pragmatic responses from “Thanks to director Venky reflective of the events action-packed with good film hit the big screens fans and critics alike. In for making me a part of this that unfolded on the fate- sequences choreographed by today amidst huge expecta- such a situation, how can romantic comedy. I’m ful day. David and Shyam, shot at an tions. Directed by Venky the leading actor stay eagerly looking forward to “If the undercover offi- altitude of 20,000 feet! Atluri, the film is behind from sharing his scoring hat-trick hits with cers carrying out these The makers of the film bankrolled by Sithara excitement about the music composer Devi Sri operations die midway, the actually mulled an OTT Entertainments. Addressing upcoming film project. Prasad. Nithiin is one of the news never reaches us. And release but the response to the gathering, the “This is a family entertainer best co-stars, and I would even if the operation turns Ravi Teja’s Krack despite 50 director of the and will be liked by like to clarify one thing: If successful, details are never per cent theatre occupancy film shares, everyone. This is you watch the Rang De out, that is exactly why gave them hope. “The film “I did not my third film in trailer, I’m the villain but it’s they’re called unsung heroes. was made keeping a theatre choose to the Sithara not true. Nithiin is the vil- I wanted people to know the experience in mind and we’re confine Entertain- lain and I take revenge in stories of such officers,” the excited to have audiences be myself to ments banner. the second half. But don’t directors reveals. thrilled in the cinema halls,” do only A Aa and get carried away, watch the Talking about working he tells us. love sto- Bheeshma film in theatres and get to with actor Nagarjuna, the Ahishor Solomon, because ries, were huge know the real twist.” director is all praises about he’s busy with Wild Dog pro- they just hits and I Ending it on a happy-go- for the former’s choice of motions, says he hadn’t had hap- hope to lucky note, the whole team, scripts. “He’s done differ- much time to celebrate pened. score a hat- while taking an active part ent kinds of films like Maharshi winning a National Rang De is trick with in the ‘Yuvatha-Haritha’ Geetanjali, Oopiri, and Award for the Best Popular like Holi, all initiative went on to plant a Shiva. I’m grateful film, Telugu. “Vamsi, Hari colourful — sapling and shook a leg on for actors like him and I wrote the film, it was a film will those stage! ctor Nagarjuna which is based on the twin about the movie. who ensure they’re doing challenge to write a story like Akkineni’s action bomb blasts that rocked Solomon, who was part of their best to encourage new that with commercial ele- thriller Wild Dog, Gokul Chaat in Koti and the writing team of block- subjects, concepts and talent.” ments to suit a star like A based on true Lumbini Park in Necklace busters such as Oopiri and The director has worked with Mahesh Babu.” events, is all set for Road in 2007, has its cast and Maharshi, always wanted to the King actor as a co-writer With a few projects a theatrical release crew busy promoting the do a film that had patriotic for Oopiri. “Our association having been cancelled, the on April 2. Ahishor Solomon film. As part of it, the values. It was a piece of arti- dates back to then, and he’s director says he had enough has directed the film made director of John Day and cle that he read in a newspa- been welcoming of novel time for his next two, details under Matinee Paap fame has revealed a per about the blasts that projects. He loved the story of which, he says, he’d Entertainment. The film, few interesting things made him want to tell the when I pitched it to him. It announce soon. SUNDEEP KISHAN IS A ‘GULLY ROWDY’ he title of Sundeep Kishan’s while Chota K Prasad will edit the flick. upcoming film Rowdy Baby has Meanwhile, Sundeep Kishan is also been changed due to reasons the working on Ram Abbaraju’s Vivaha makers are yet to reveal. Now Bhojanambu. Also starring Satya and T called Gully Rowdy, the film, Aarjavee Raj, the film is touted to be a directed by G Nageswara Reddy, hilarious comedy-drama pro- is completing work at a brisk pace. The film duced by KS Sinish and went on to the floors in Visakhapatnam in Sundeep Kishan under the December 2020, and stars Neha Shetty of banner Anandi Arts in Mehbooba fame as the female lead. association with Soldiers The makers shared the news of Rowdy Factory and Vankatadri Baby title change on Twitter and wrote, Talkies. Sundeep Kishan’s “Presenting the #GullyRowdy. Here’s the new last release was A1 title of @KonaFilmCorp & Express, which was direct- @MVVCinema_’s #ProductionNo5 The title ed by Dennis Jeevan changed, not the fun & Entertainment.” Kanukolanu. The film, Touted to be a mad action-thriller, Gully bankrolled by People Rowdy has been bankrolled by Kona Film Media Factory in collabo- Corporation in association with MVV ration with Abhishek Cinema. Bobby Simha, Rajendra Prasad and Agarwal Arts and Viva Harsha are also part of the project. Venkatadri Talkies, had Chowrastha Ram was roped in for music Lavanya Tripathi play the and Sujatha Siddharth for cinematography, female lead.

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fter becoming the first actor to have his film released Lakshya inching as soon as theatres opened, with Solo Brathuke So A Better last year, Sai Dharam Tej is now coming up with closer to its goal a political thriller titled Republic. Sai Tej is playing Abhi, a youngster with idealistic fervour. The ndia’s first Sharma of Romantic fame, poster shows the pencil sketch of Sai Dharam Tej’s face and movie based on takes on the role of the has a satirical quote on the government which grabbed the archery, Lakshya leading lady. eyeballs. is all set to light Naga Shaurya’s 20th film, “We are all living under the illusion that there is governance, I up the big Lakshya is being made for but we are yet to discover it!” proclaims the poster. screens as the the first time in India with OUT Republic is directed by Deva Katta, who is known for weaving movie wraps up the shoot- a backdrop of ancient the intense drama Prasthanam, and it is touted to be an action ing process. The sports archery with all commer- thriller. This film is being bankrolled by J Bhagawan and J Pulla drama movie stars Naga cial aspects. The movie is Rao under the banner of JB Entertainments. This movie was Shaurya and Ketika presented by Sonali announced earlier this year on the occasion of ‘Republic Day’, Sharma in lead roles, and Narang, produced by and is scheduled for a June release. The film also has is directed by Dheerendra Narayana Das, K Narang, Aishwarya Rajesh, Jagapathi Babu, Ramya Krishnan, Santhossh Jagarlapudi of Puskur Ram Mohan Rao, Subbaraju, Rahul Ramakrishna and Sai Dheena in other Subrahmanyapuram fame. Sharrath Marar in Sri REPUBLIC prominent roles. The film promises to be Venkateswara Cinemas Along with the title poster, the makers of the film have also entertaining and exciting LLP and Northstar unveiled the first look poster, leaving the audience excited as it shows Naga Shaurya Entertainment Pvt Ltd ban- about the intriguing subject. of Oohalu Gusagusalade ners. Eighty percent of the The first look poster of Republic was unveiled by Mega fame in a never-before shoot has been completed FROM SAI TEJ'S FIRST LOOK LOOK SAI TEJ'S FIRST Power Star Ram Charan, who praised his cousin Tej for picking look. Versatile actor and the film is currently such an interesting concept. Charan dropped the first look Jagapathi Babu plays a cru- undergoing its post-pro- poster on his Twitter page and also sent his best wishes to the cial role while Ketika duction works. entire team of Republic. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | MARCH 26, 2021 sport 12 INDIA GEAR UP FOR SURYA NAMASKAR KL isn’t surprised Yadav to make ODI debut as Men in Blue target hat-trick of series win by Krishna’s

PTI n PUNE for close to three months but neither Axar Patel in Tests, and now Krunal he immensely talented Pandya in the ODIs, have let the team Morgan out of final two ODIs sensational debut Suryakumar Yadav is likely to miss their maverick from Rajkot. PTI n PUNE that he is a brave boy.” Tget a chance to showcase his Prasidh Krishna, already a house- PNS n NEW DELHI Morgan said: “I had the hand re- Rahul is also impressed by 360 degree hitting skills when a hold name due to IPL, looked com- dressed before the start of training L Rahul isn’t surprised by his game sense. rampaging Indian team takes on pletely at home on his ODI debut, hur- ngland skipper Eoin Morgan will today but it quickly became apparent KIndia’s newest pace sensa- “He has a great sense of the a rather clueless England, aim- rying batsmen for pace in the absence Emiss the final two ODIs of the that I found myself protecting the tion Prasidh Krishna’s smash-hit game, it’s not just his skill but ing to seal off another series vic- of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed three-match series against India in injury and getting into the wrong posi- International debut as he always how he understands and reads tory in the second ODI here on Shami. Pune after sustaining finger injury in tions to catch the ball. felt that it was about time that the game. He is a very keen Friday. And come to think of it, once the first game. “There’s nowhere to hide on the he would join the ranks of big learner and he is, like I said, very Shreyas Iyer’s dislocated Jadeja and Bumrah are back, a Krunal Vice-captain Jos Buttler will lead field in International cricket these days, names from Karnataka, who brave and comes in with a lot of shoulder has once again brought or Krishna will either cool their heels the side in absence of 2019 World Cup especially in limited-over formats so have already donned national aggression,” Rahul said. Yadav in focus and his ODI in the dug-out or even worse, not find winning captain as Liam Livingstone it didn’t require any great thought to colours. Rahul is confident that debut, after a blockbuster T20 a place in the squad, which is a testi- is likely to make his ODI debut. make myself unavailable. Prasidh, who had made a Prasidh will be a great asset for first outing, looks imminent mony to India’s unimaginable depth of Also Sam Billings will be unavail- “It was a freak injury and it’s name for himself with his per- Indian cricket if he keeps on after an all-round show talent pool. able for Friday’s match, with a decision extremely frustrating but there's noth- formances in the Indian working hard. by the hosts ensured The biggest positive during on his availability for Sunday’s final ing I can do about it. It’s now just a case Premier League for Kolkata “We saw in the last game, he INDIA an easy victory in VS ENGLAND the opening game was Shikhar match to be taken in due course. of letting the cut heal. I have every con- Knight Riders, took four wick- was trying to have a word or two the first game. LIVE FROM Dhawan’s return to form with Morgan sustained a split webbing fidence in Jos and the rest of the squad ets on his ODI debut against with the batsmen and he enjoys Iyer has been 1:30PM IST a match-winning 98. He was between his thumb and index finger coping without me.” England. being in a contest and that’s is STAR SPORTS 1 one of India’s most NETWORK under pressure after being in Tuesday’s series opener, an injury Billings did not train on Thursday “Look, quite honestly, I am something I love, about him,” prolific 50-over benched for a large part of the that required four stitches. The captain after he suffered a bruised left collar not surprised with what he Rahul said. batsman before T20 series. went through a fielding drill during bone while fielding in Tuesday’s open- (Prasidh) did yesterday “....And I am so happy to see the Covid-19 Rohit Sharma had sustained training at the MCA Stadium on ing match. Dawid Malan, with the tour (Tuesday). I was always very that he is carrying on the same enforced lockdown but a blow to his elbow during the first Thursday and afterwards declared party as cover, has been drafted into confident that the next player thing and he wasn’t over- such is the team’s strength match but is expected to be fit in time himself unfit. the squad and is available for selection. that is going to come out of whelmed by the place he is in, that a debutant looks for the second game. Karnataka, is going to be playing his first game for the more formidable for a The pace trio of experienced too many reasons to worry despite the Buttler and Moeen Ali faltered with the Prasidh,” said the pacer’s state country, I am sure there will be world champion opposi- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh continuing disappointments. bat. teammate. lot of nerves but the way he tion, who are no less Krishana and the ever-improving “We’ve been formidable in the If England have to put a big total “We weren’t of the same came back after the first three menacing but seem Shardul Thakur took nine of the 10 white ball format for over a number of or chase a score, the trio needs to fire batch, but I have watched him overs, got those crucial wickets, utterly confused at this wickets and would be keen to rock the years. Just because we lost the T20 in unison. play a lot of junior cricket and so these are the qualities that a point. England batting line-up again. series doesn’t mean we need to start Their key spinners Adil Rashid in the nets, he is somebody, who player and as a team, a lot of us Being spoilt for The best part was how they came changing things around,” he said on and Moeen Ali haven’t been able to will catch your eye,” Rahul said are impressed with, what he has choices is always a back after first 15 overs of mayhem by match eve. trouble the Indian batters and both at the virtual press conference. done.” good headache to Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow was among the runs as he went wicket-less in the opening game. The best part according to For Rahul, the manner in have for the Meanwhile, England will look to blazed to 94 off 64 balls as was his part- They will have to step up and Rahul is Prasidh’s abiity to bowl which each newcomer has per- think-tank and level the series and stay alive in the ner Roy (46). deliver and along with Tom Curran, quick. formed in this series can be skipper Virat contest. The two would be looking to put who will need to compliment his “(He is a) tall guy (who) attributed to consistent show in Kohli will be England have a lot to ponder on up another fine show and carry for- brother Sam and pace spearhead Mark bowls quick, gets a lot of bounce the domestic cricket for years. more pleased and injuries to skipper Eoin Morgan ward the aggressive brand of cricket, Wood, who troubled the batters with from the wicket, and someone “I think a huge part is the than anyone and batsman Sam Billings, while field- which was the cornerstone of the 2019 his speed. having played with him in the IPL and the confidence that else. ing, in the lung-opener have only World Cup triumph. Come Friday, it remains to be seen last couple of seasons for these boys come in with. And Kohli has not added to their woes. However, their middle order has- whether India are able to add “anoth- Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare, whoever has coming into the had Ravindra All-rounder Ben Stokes was firm n’t performed up to its potential and er sweetest victory” or if the visitors I realised team, is not because they have Jadeja’s services in his belief that England do not have the likes of all-rounder Ben Stokes, Jos spoil their party. performed in one season of the IPL or one season of first-class cricket but it has been 2-3 years of consistent performances and Animated outbursts at whatever level they play, or Playing more games keeps me in good touch: Rahul wherever they play,” said Rahul, who captains the Punjab Kings, PTI n PUNE on my mind, but somehow or and that’s how it is. in the T20 league. isn't our way of the other you have to find a way “Our country has got a lot But obviusly having played hree months without a com- to be best prepared, be it at of talent, you will always try to all the top English players in IPL Tpetitive game left KL Rahul training or open net sessions,” push yourself and keep training did help their performance, operating: Stokes a trifle rusty but the stylish right- he explained. harder and working on your Rahul admitted. hander had complete faith in his “In terms of that, I tried to game. And when opportu- “Obviously, you would have preparedness, something which prepare in the best way possible nity comes, try to grab it heard Surya (Suryakumar helped him bounce back to but having said that, nothing with both hands,” he Yadav), Ishan (Kishan) and form in the first ODI against beats game time,” he added. said. Krunal (Pandya), in their England. With Rishabh Pant back in The lean patch interviews saying that After an indifferent T20 the white ball mix and Ishan that he encountered they have played against series against the same team, Kishan also grabbing his chance is part of a journey most of these guys in Rahul had a good first ODI with both hands, Rahul knows for an interna- the IPL at some point scoring a half century as well as that he cannot take his place for tional cricketer, and they know how a number of catches behind the granted despite being one of the something that they go about their stumps. most prolific performers in the didn’t stress him games and IPL perfor- “As a batsman I feel being in shorter formats. much. mances have obviously the middle and playing games “Look when you are a part “This is part given them a lot of is what keeps me in good touch,” of this Indian team you know of the journey confidence and they PTI n PUNE “Personally, I prefer Virat does- Rahul said on the eve of the sec- that competition is going to be and everybody have carried that n’t get runs, because that’s not ond ODI. really, really high and you can goes through confidence into play- nimated and aggressive good for us." “Having not got as much never sit back and feel comfort- this. I didn’t do ing for their country,” Abody language might work After their 66-run loss in game time as I would have liked, able like you own a position. anything different he noted. well for Virat Kohli and his the first ODI, England risk of I mean I won’t say it did not play You will always be challenged or I wasn’t too stressed.” Indian team but that doesn’t being usurped for their No 1 have a bearing on England’s ranking but Stokes said it’s not modus operandi, said their their driving force. PTI n DUBAI premier all-rounder Ben Stokes. “We deserve to be No 1 The question was in refer- because of our results and how he Indian football team ence to India captain Kohli’s we played our cricket and we Tmade a fine comeback in the Blue Tigers hold Oman for 1-1 draw aggressive in your face won’t go away from that. Being second half to hold fancied demeanour while fielding or No 1 is obviously a fantastic Oman 1-1 in its first the match that he would give straight to Amarinder Singh. before the hour mark. Bipin celebrating a fall of wicket. thing to have next to your International match in more chances to maximum number IGOR STIMAC GAVE But Oman were not to be Singh sent in a delicious cross “Every team and every name as a team, but it’s not our than a year though the Gulf side of players for them to gain the DEBUTS TO AS denied a goal in the first half. Al from the right flank which was player has a certain way of driving force. dominated the friendly here on experience of playing in big Aghbari got the ball on the left headed home by Manvir. operating in the field, which “Our driving force is the Thursday. matches. MANY 10 PLAYERS wing and sent a low cross on the Oman, ranked 81st as com- makes them successful. As a way that we go about it and India conceded a goal in the The first half was all about face of the goal. Amrinder pared to India’s 104th in the team over the last four-five our attitude towards playing 42nd minute with Chinglensana Oman attacking in waves with TO GAIN THE could not collect the ball clean- FIFA charts, then pressed hard years, that’s not the way that the game. And that’s what’s Singh’s clearance crossing the India not getting a single shot EXPERIENCE OF ly and it hit Chinglensana Singh for the winning goal but works for us,” Stokes said on the made us be successful, and the goal-line after hitting goalkeep- on target. and went past the goal line. Amrinder was impressive eve of their must-win second more successful we are obvi- er Amrinder Singh who started Oman, who have won both PLAYING IN Stimac made two changes behind the bar as he made two ODI. ously the more chance and the the match instead of Gurpreet the two-legged matches of the at the start of second session fine saves in the 63rd and 65th “We stick to what we do more opportunity we’ve got to Singh Sandhu. 2022 World Cup qualifying BIG MATCHES with Lalengmawia and Raynier minutes. best and what we make is to be at No 1.” Manvir Singh scored the against India, played a high Fernandes replacing Jeakson India play their second build a better side. Each team With twin injury blows to equaliser in the 55th minute to defensive line with more men Oman did not let them hold on Singh and Rowllin Borges. International friendly against is entitled to their own way of Eoin Morgan and Sam help India pull off a rare draw on attack. India were content to the ball for long. The Indians dished out a the UAE here on Monday. operations. India have their and Billings, England may hand a against Oman in the first defending their citadel with Oman squandered a penal- much improved show in the The friendiles are a part of we have ours,” te dashing all- debut to Liam Livingstone International outing after the more players in their own half ty in the 27th minute after second half, holding the ball a preparations for the joint qual- rounder said. and Stokes is confident that a Covid-19 lockdown. and just one man upfront most Rowlin Borges committed a foul lot more than the first 45 min- ifying round matches of the Asked whether he pre- “fearless” Livingstone would India head coach Igor of the time. on Abdul Aziz Al Gheilani utes and playing a more attack- 2022 World Cup and 2023 ferred a “nice or spiky” Virat, embrace the opportunity if Stimac gave debuts to as many The Indians lost possession inside the box. Aziz himself ing game. Asian Cup to be played in Stokes gave a smart reply: picked for the second ODI. 10 players. He had said before too easily on most occasions as took the spot kick but shot India equalised five minutes June. India women's win 25m team pistol Gold Saina enters Orleans quarters Oranje stunned in Turkey PTI n NEW DELHI main match. It’s not like a test AFP n ISTANBUL event or anything, it’s just that PTI n PARIS he Indian juggernaut we have to perform so we have he Netherlands slumped to a Tremained unstoppable at to be at out best. I consider it ondon Olympics Bronze Tdramatic 4-2 defeat by Turkey the ISSF shooting World Cup the same thing, just the name Lmedallist Saina Nehwal in their opening 2022 World Cup with the country’s women has been changed.” advanced to the quarterfinals of qualifier on Wednesday, while shooters grabbing the spot- The team Gold came only the Orleans Masters after pre- reigning champions France were light by clinching the 25m pis- a day after Yadav, Bhaker and vailing over France’s Marie held by Ukraine despite a brilliant tol team Gold medal following Sarnobat swept the individual Batomene in the women’s sin- Antoine Griezmann goal and a Silver in the 50m rifle 3 posi- final by winning all the medals gles second round on Thursday. Belgium came from behind to tions team event here on on offer on Wednesday. Running against time to beat Wales. Thursday. The victory in this event make it to her fourth Olympics, European champions The seventh competition consolidated India’s position at Saina recovered from the open- Portugal battled to a 1-0 victory day was also marred by the the top of the pecking order ing game reversal to see off over Azerbaijan, but 2018 World Hungarian team’s pullout from with 21 medals, including 10 world No 65 Marie 18-21, 21- Cup runners-up Croatia lost 1-0 the men’s rifle 3 position final Chinki Yadav, left, Manu Bhaker, center and Rahi Sarnobat pose for photo with Gold, six Silver and five Bronze. 15, 21-10 in a 51-minute clash in Slovenia as they started their — against India — after a dis- Indian flag after the trio struck Gold in the women’s 25m pistol Team event Earlier in the day, India’s in the Super 100 event, which bid to reach the finals in Qatar. Turkey’s Burak Yilmaz celebrates after he completes his hat-trick @EURO2020 pute with its seasoned shooter Anjum Moudgil, Shreya is part of BWF’s revised In Istanbul, Turkey led 3-0 Peter Sidi over a bipod that was dented act, as the triumvirate are losing the points, nobody Saksena and Gaayathri Olympic qualification period. shortly after half-time through The defeat was a dreadful ish from outside the box into the attached to his rifle, leading to of Chinky Yadav, Manu Bhaker else. But here, we feel a little Nithyanadam claimed the The fourth seeded Indian, two Burak Yilmaz goals and a start to the campaign for the top corner in the 19th minute to a postponement of the event to and Rahi Sarnobat shot a total more responsible. It is very dif- Silver medal in the 50m rifle 3 will face either France’s Yaelle Hakan Calhanoglu strike, but Netherlands, who failed to qual- draw level with David Trezeguet Friday. of 17 to beat Poland’s Joanna ferent from qualification, it is positions team event. Hoyaux or Malaysia’s Iris Wang substitutes Davy Klaassen and ify for either Euro 2016 or the in fourth place on France’s all- The host nation’s team will Iwona Wawrzonowska, Julita hit or miss here, but, in quali- The Indian rifle team shot next. Ira Sharma, ranked 162, Luuk de Jong gave Frank de 2018 World Cup. time goalscoring list, with 34. take on third-placed USA in Borek and Agnieszka Korejwo, fication, every shot counts in a 43 in the Gold medal show- also made it to the quarterfinals Boer’s Dutchmen hope. France kicked off their title But Presnel Kimpembe put the final. who managed to score 7. different way,” Sarnobat said. down to finish behind the after beating Bulgaria’s world Yilmaz’s wonderful free-kick defence with a 1-1 draw against through his own net before the There was positive news “In individual competi- Bhaker added, “I take Polish team, which scored 47 to No 71 Mariya Mitsova 21-18, sealed him a hat-trick and Turkey Ukraine at the Stade de France. hour mark to draw Ukraine level. for India after that unprece- tions if we make mistakes, we everything as practice for my grab the top prize. 21-13 in 32 minutes. a crucial win. Griezmann curled a fine fin-