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THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I FRIDAY I 19 MARCH 2021 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 77 Established 1938 | 20 PAGES | `6.00

HC ORDERS LAND VANI, PALLA CASE LITIGANTS PM blames Didi LEAD IN STATE Harish seeks to spend TO BE HEARD for Maoist terror MLC ELECTIONS VUJJINI DC CORRESPONDENT VAMSHIDHARA I DC RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 `2.30 lakh cr in 2021-22 HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 KOLKATA, MARCH 18 TRS candidates were in The Telangana High Accusing the Mamata the lead on the second Announces emergence of Telangana as a major economic power Court has pulled up rev- Banerjee government of day of counting of votes enue special tribunals for “encouraging” Maoist vio- polled for the legislative BALU PULIPAKA | DC issuing orders in over lence and creating their council graduate con- HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 15,000 pending cases with- “new generation” in West stituencies. BUDGET VOWS TO out giving the litigants a Bengal on the eve of the Surabhi Vani Devi from Telangana state on Thurs- hearing. Assembly polls, Prime Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy- day unveiled a `2,30,825.66 GIVE A FACELIFT Taking a serious note of Minister Narendra Modi Mahbubnagar was lead- crore budget for the finan- this, a division bench on Thursday asserted that ing by 4,444 votes after cial year 2021-22. Presented TO GOVT SCHOOLS comprising Chief Justice the countdown for the rul- the fourth round. In by finance minister T. Har- Hima Kohli and Justice ing Trinamul Congress’ Warangal-Khammam- ish Rao, this is the largest L. VENKAT RAM B. Vijaysen Reddy has removal from power in the The countdown Nalgonda constituency, annual budget for the state REDDY | DC directed the government state had begun as the BJP has begun. Didi Palla Rajeshwar Reddy since its formation in 2014 HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 to hear all those cases ‘de has already reached the also realises it very by 18,589 votes in the fifth as well as for the erstwhile novo’ by providing suffi- doorstep of its manzil round. united Andhra Pradesh. The Telangana state Bud- cient chance to the liti- (goal) of victory. well. That’s why she is The Election Commiss- Once passed, the funds get for 2021-22 has thrown gants to submit their con- “A nirmam (heartless) trying to appear that ion said that the counting allocated in the Budget will up some surprises as well tentions. government of Didi has (she has) changed. of the first preference be released for various as new schemes. The new The issue related to uni- created a new generation But this is not real. votes would be completed departments from April 1. schemes include giving lateral disposal of cases of Maoists who loot the by Friday morning. If no A sum of `1,69,383.44 `4,000 crore for upgrada- by the special tribunals in money of the poor through This reflects her fear candidate gets a majority, crore is earmarked for rev- tion of government scho- a “scurry and hurry” the TMC. The whole of of losing.” the second preference enue expenditure and ols, `1,000 crore for CM manner, without allow- Bengal knows who pro- vote counting would be `29,046.77 crore for capital Dalit empowerment pro- ing the parties to make tects the coal and sand NARENDRA MODI taken up immediately. expenditure to build assets. gramme and extending submissions in their mafia. The Didi govern- Prime Minister In Hyderabad, BJP can- The minister estimated Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao presents a briefcase `30,000 per acre incentive cases. ment encourages the didate N. Ramchander that Telangana will see a containing budget documents to finance minister Harish for cultivation of oil palm. The government had set Maoist violence also for its Tearing into Ms Baner- Rao was second behind revenue surplus of Rao in Hyderabad on Thursday. — DC The Budget has proposed up 32 special tribunals political gains. You suffer jee’s rule, the Prime the TRS’s Vani, while `6,743.50 crore. The esti- allocating `400 crore for under the Telangana the loss out of it,” Mr Modi Minister alleged: “A great Independent candidate mated fiscal deficit, he taking up land survey, a Rights in Lands and told a BJP campaign rally injustice has been done Teenmar Mallanna was said, is of `45,509.60 crore. and progress even during Minister’s foresight and scheme for welfare of Gulf Pattadar passbooks Act in Purulia, one of the key with Purulia and Jangal- second in the Nalgonda “It is evident that the trying Covid times. He decisions stimulated the workers, providing up to 2020, to dispose of the rev- Jangalmahal districts with mahal in the last 10 years. I seat followed by Telang- Telangana has emerged as also praised the CM for his rural economy, helping the `5 lakh to build a house to enue and land disputes a thick tribal votebank can feel your pain and ana Jana Samiti leader a major economic power,” leadership skills that has state limit the adverse beneficiaries from BPL cat- expeditiously. now with the BJP that will problems even while liv- Prof. M. Kodandaram. Harish Rao said and stated placed Telangana “on the impact of Covid-19. egories owning a plot. go to the polls on March 27, ing in Delhi. That is why I that Chief Minister K. firm path of development ■ Page 7: HC faults verdicts in the first of the eight am giving you an assur- ■ Page 7: Ranga Reddy Chandrashekar Rao had and public welfare”. ■ Page 7: TS shrugged off ■ Page 7: MLA constituency without hearing parties phases. ance about eliminating it.” tops in postal ballots streed the state to safety Harish Rao said the Chief Covid effect with 1.3% growth fund hiked to `5 crore CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 pg 2 Court warns govt over Covid spike HC issues protocols to control virus spread DC CORRESPONDENT ensuring implementation Karnataka, as also via air- HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 of the social distancing ports. Is there a proper norms and SOPs in screening of people Expressing concern over schools and colleges, thronging commercial the recent spurt in Covid- which have recently re- establishments, the CJ 19 infections, especially opened after a fall in asked. among students, the Covid cases. Cautioning that con- Telangana High Court on CJ Kohli observed, “It is struction sites would be Thursday advised the gov- imperative that the state susceptible, prone and ernment to be more cau- focuses attention on this exposed to coronavirus, tious and monitor how the aspect and ensures that the court stressed that standard operating proce- there is no spread of the this section of people dures (SOPs) are being fol- virus. We keep hearing should be focused upon. lowed by schools, colleges, that a second wave of The court expressed universities and hostels. coronavirus has hit many deep concern over reports A division bench of countries and we don’t that tests are insufficient Chief Justice Hima Kohli want Telangana to go that in the state. The court had and Justice B. Vijaysen way.” The CJ asked what advised the government to Reddy was dealing with steps the government has conduct 50,000 tests per some PILs seeking court put in place to prevent day, but less than 20,000 directions to the govern- large gatherings for cele- tests were done a day. It ment for the steps to con- brations and festivals so questioned the Advocate tain the spread of coron- as to contain the spread of General as to what was avirus. the Coronavirus and what the reason for such a fall Referring to reports that steps have been taken to in the number of tests and a school in Mancherial screen passengers enter- asked the state to file a district became a hotspot ing Telangana report by April 6, with for Covid infection, CJ state through bus termi- details of the tests done Hima Kohli asked nals and railway stations through RT-PCR and RAT Advocate General B.S. from neighbouring (Rapid Antigen Test), in a Prasad how the state is Maharashtra and tabulated form. 2 GOVT SCHOOL 278 fresh cases, STUDENTS TEST 3 deaths in TS COVID POSITIVE DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 OVER 8 LAKH Two Class 8 students The districts saw a surge tested positive for Covid- in Covid-19 cases on GET VACCINATED 19 in Chinnagolkonda Wednesday, with government school on Adilabad recording 28 FOR COVID-19 Thursday. The students infections, Nirmal 24, are residents of nearby Sangareddy, Nalgonda, DC CORRESPONDENT villages, sources said. Karimnagar and HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 Parents have intensi- Mancherial 10 each, even fied their demand for as the state saw a cumula- A total of 25,422 benefici- safety for kids at school tive 278 new cases, aries took the Covid-19 in view of students according to data vaccination in 509 cen- catching the disease provided by the state tres, including 14,847 sen- every day. The health department on ior citizens and 7,891 Telangana Parents Thursday. between 45 to 59 years of Association (TPA) has The state also reported age with comorbidities. demanded that the gov- three deaths due to the The total number of ernment shut schools virus, taking the toll to people vaccinated stands for everyone except 1,662. at 8,43,164. Class 10. The state has so far The government has The parents body has recorded 3,02,047 designated 514 centres for blamed the government Covid-19 cases. There are vaccinations but not all of for negligence of Covid- 2,265 active cases, and the them were operational 19 protocols while gradual rise in the due to logistical issues. reopening the schools. number of such cases is The government is They said that this has an indication that the asking priority groups of put the lives of students virus is spreading again. senior citizens and those at risk, causing stress Nirmal, Jayashankar with comorbid conditions and anxiety for parents. Bhupalpally, Jogulamba to register online or opt Gadwal, Kamareddy for spot registrations in ● PARENTS HAVE and Mulugu had recorded the hospitals. intensified their demand zero cases on March 11. for safety of kids at However, these districts school in view of stu- reported fresh cases there are no clusters dents catching the dis- on Wednesday which formed. ease every day. The means that the The GHMC area Telangana Parents Covid-19 safety protocols recorded 35 cases, the are not being followed highest in the state, Association has demand- properly. Tracing and Medchal-Malkajgiri 21 ed that the government tracking the cases is and Ranga Reddy shut schools for every- important to ensure that district 12. one except Class 10. Govt: Jab wastage below 2% DC CORRESPONDENT ● THE DIRECTOR of saying that 9,52,550 doses HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 Health issued a note say- had been issued to the ing that 9,52,550 doses state by the Centre. Of the- The state government said were issued to the state. se, 40,540 were issued to that there had been only the armed forces and there 1.22 per cent vaccine Wednesday. It was estimat- were 25,680 buffer doses. wastage in Telangana. ed at about 17 per cent vac- The government claimed The issue had come up cines were being wasted in that 8,86,330 vaccines had during Prime Minister Telangana state. been used of which data Narendra Modi’s meeting On Thursday, the Direc- regarding 8,75,478 were with Chief Ministers on tor of Health issued a note updated on the website. ONLINE HUMAN Bhainsa case: BJP TRAFFICKING women hold rally RACKET BUSTED DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT ● ARUNA DEMANDED HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 that Chief Minister K. Rachakonda police con- BJP women leaders and Chandrashekar Rao try ducted a decoy operation workers held a dharna the accused in a fast and busted an online with their eyes track court and that the human trafficking rack- blindfolded at LB Nagar guilty must be given the et operating on an online crossroads on Thursday most severe punishment. dating app. The police to protest the attempted Referring to the blindfold arrested one Matturi sexual assault on a protest, she said the Vamshi Krishna of four-year-old girl near Chief Minister had closed Andhra Pradesh and Bhainsa. The protest was rescued two victims. led by BJP vice-president his eyes to the atrocities Police has launched a D.K. Aruna along with on the women. She also manhunt against anoth- the party women leaders demanded that the gov- er organiser, Sai. and workers. ernment should give `10- Police said the traffick- Aruna demanded that lakh ex gratia to the fami- ers were uploading pic- Chief Minister K. ly of the victim. tures of women on the Chandrashekar Rao try app to attract clients. the accused in a fast track wanted security for her. Following specific infor- court and that the guilty The police had behaved mation, the Special be given the most severe in a negligent manner Operation Team of punishment. Referring to when the parents of the Malkajgiri and the the blindfold protest, she girl went to lodge a com- Kushaiguda police said the Chief Minister plaint. The police did not organised a decoy opera- had closed his eyes to the even provide treatment to tion and Vamshi atrocities on the women. the girl, Aruna said. Krishna walked into the Aruna demanded that Aruna alleged that law trap, police said. His the government should and order has failed in phone has been seized. give `10-lakh ex gratia to the state and there was no the family of the victim. protection for women and ● POLICE SAID the traf- She also said that the girls. It was a shame on fickers uploaded pic- BJP woman leader who the Chief Minister that has rescued the girl was he had not responded on tures of women on the receiving threat calls and the issue, she said. app to attract clients. CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 pg 3 WEATHER 20-YR-OLD People didn’t stand by me, says V.K. Singh Max: 36.3OC Min: 22.2OC WOMAN GOES DC CORRESPONDENT refused him medals, kept him corruption and dictatorship HC halts works HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 without posting, issued charge and fight for justice,” he told RH: 36% memos and stopped his pen- the media on Thursday. Rainfall: Nil MISSING IPS officer Vinoy Kumar Singh, sion, GPF and gratuity. He clarified that he has no DC who had introduced prison He alleged that “good and grievances against the Chief Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. CORRESPONDENT reforms claimed that though he honest officers” were chased Minister or the government or Maximum/Minimum in FTL of lakes HYDERABAD, had “shed more blood and and punished in the state. “I any political party but all the temp. 36/22ºC MARCH 18 sweat for Telangana than any will challenge the self-respect grievances were against the politician,” the government of every Telanganite to fight for people. He said they did not Directs police to extend necessary A 20-year-old wom- had stopped his promotion, democracy, and fight against stand by him. an, Tahera Begum, ASTROGUIDE has reportedly Sarvari; Uttarayana protection to the municipal admin gone missing after Tithi: Phalguna Shuddha Shashti till DC CORRESPONDENT the Kundeti Kunta ties to stop illegal con- she left her home 4.48 am (Saturday) HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 Cheruvu in Rangareddy structions, when it is the in Mohammadia Star: Krittika till 1.42 pm district. bounden duty of the offi- Hills, Chandraya- In the course of the cials to perform such a Varjyam: Nil The Telangana High ngutta, at about 6 hearing, Justice Kohli task. Durmuhurtam: 8.48 am to 9.36 am; Court on Thursday pm on Wednesday observed that if the gov- Advocate S. Sharat 12.47 pm to 1.35 pm directed the state gov- evening, her fami- ernment, the HMDA, the ernment and its officials Kumar pointed out to ly has complained Rahukalam: 10.30 am to 12 pm GHMC and all con- performed their legiti- the bench that the real- to the police. HIJRI CALENDAR cerned departments to mate duties as per the tors in Telangana state According to Shaban 5,1442 AH halt ongoing construc- rule book, and are stern are very powerful. police, she said she PRAYERS tions and not permit in their dealings, there Facing them is to invite had some work to Fajar: 5.22 am new constructions with- would have been no danger and anyone who attend to, but did cause for the petitioners dared them faced dire Zohar: 12.34 pm in the notified FTLs of not return home the lakes spread across to approach court. In the consequences. Hence, a till late night. Asar: 4.45 pm the state. absence of firm action court order would be the Her parents after Maghrib: 6.32 pm A division bench head- from officials, courts are best way forward. making enquiries Isha: 7.40 pm ed by Chief Justice getting flooded with peti- The court directed the with her friends SUNSET TODAY 6.26 PM Hima Kohli and Justice tions. Telangana government and relatives about SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.20 AM B. Vijaysen Reddy “Courts should be the to stop all such illegal her whereabouts MOONRISE 10.05 AM stressed that this order last resort for an constructions in the FTL approached the aggrieved person. But, area of the lakes and the MOONSET 11.22 PM should be followed by all police. officers. “This is the in Telangana state, any- police was directed to bounden duty of the thing and everything is extend necessary protec- government and state landing up before the tion to the municipal COUNTER POINT machinery. But as things court,” observed the CJ. administration and rev- go wrong, courts have to Government pleader enue officials perform- step into the shoes of the for the revenue depart- ing their legitimate administration,” the ment, CV Bhaskar duties in curtailing ille- bench ruled. Reddy, requested the gal constructions within The court was adjudi- bench to pass directions the FTL. cating a batch of PILs to stop constructions in CJ Kohli observed, and writ petitions filed Ameenpur Cheruvu and “People are approaching by various NGOs, pub- other such areas in the courts in desperate con- lic-spirited individuals Ranga Reddy district. ditions. When even and those affected by In response, Justice B. most-innocuous matters illegal rampant con- Vijaysen Reddy asked are coming up as PILs, structions within the the government as to and as the state is FTL area of various how the government expressing its inability lakes. Among these could seek an order from to perform its legitimate lakes are the Ameenpur the court to the revenue duty, then this is not a lake in Sangareddy and and municipal authori- happy occasion.”

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NARSINGI VILLAGE People take selfie with BMP-II (armoured personnel Carrier) known as SARATH DC CORRESPONDENT and ambulance variant of the same vehicle on 220th Ordnance Factories day at HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 Ordnance factory Medak in Sangareddy district on Thursday. — DC

The Cyberabad police has diverted traffic to facilitate construction of the trumpet and interchange at Narsingi Focus on R&D stressed village for the Kokapet layout. Heavy motor vehicles coming from Kollur towards Kokapet Rotary on the ORR service road in ordnance factories will be diverted at Vattinagu- lapally underpass. Light motor DC CORRESPONDENT years in the form of were displayed for the vehicles on the route will be HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 over 250 infantry com- general public to mark diverted at the low level VUP bat vehicles (ICV) and the day. near workplace to the other Due to the entry of pri- overhauling of 100 vehi- A ‘prabhat pheri’ was side of the ORR service road. vate defence manufac- cles per year. It is organised in the morn- Vehicles coming from turers, the Ordnance expected that the facto- ing for the staff. Later, Kokapet rotary towards Factory has to focus ry will produce the an official function was Vattinagulapally on the service more on research and futuristic combat vehi- organised with a road will be diverted at Stone development and devel- cles and Command ICV restricted gathering Life junction towards Anvaya opment of new prod- in the future among oth- where the Ordnance Convention road. ucts, said Alok Prasad, ers, he said. Factory ‘Resolution’ general manager, Prasad inaugurated an was administered to the Ordnance Factory, exhibition of photo- employees. Two STATE PLEA IN HC Medak, on Thursday. graphs, and two employees, Anjaneyulu Speaking at an event to armoured vehicles man- and Pulla Reddy, were DEFENDS MLA IN mark the Ordnance ufactured in the factory, conferred the ‘Ayudh Factories Day, Prasad BMP-II armoured per- Sri’ award for their con- CITIZENSHIP ROW said the Ordnance sonnel carrier, Sarath tribution towards Factory has an optimum and an ambulance vari- production and produc- DC CORRESPONDENT load for another few ant of the same vehicle tivity. HYDERABAD, MARCH 18

In order to rescue TRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh from the citizenship row, the Two murdered in Telangana state government has filed an affidavit before the High Court stating that separate incidents Ramesh never violated any law or played fraud in getting DC CORRESPONDENT ● IN THE first case, Indian citizenship. HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 25-year-old Mahesh The affidavit was filed by Ravi Gupta, principal secretary, Two persons were of Indranagar, home, on behalf of the govern- murdered in the city Mangalhat, was ment stating that Ramesh had on Wednesday night, stabbed to death by got citizenship in 2007 through taking the count to two unidentified the normal process, which was nine in recent days. endorsed by the district magis- In the first case, 25- assailants near the trate and the superintendent of year-old Mahesh of Shivaji statue late police of the then Karimnagar Indranagar, on Wednesday district. Mangalhat, was night. “From then on, his conduct is stabbed to death by good, he has no criminal back- two unidentified Wednesday night ground and no criminal case is assailants near the following an argu- pending against him. He is not Shivaji statue late on ment. Police said involved in acts of terror, espi- Wednesday night. Moinuddin who was onage, serious organised crime Senior police offi- chatting with a friend or war crime. His presence in cials visited the spot when a person identi- India was never against public and formed three spe- fied as Ghouse passed good,” the affidavit stressed. cial teams to nab the b y. Stating that the related row assailants. The family Moinuddin told the was started by Ramesh’s politi- members suspected friend that Ghouse cal opponent who had lost the that two persons who used to help him earli- elections to Ramesh several were having some dis- er. The man who was times, the affidavit said if the putes with the victim allegedly drunk picked decision of the Union home could have murdered up a quarrel at this ministry to scrap his citizen- him. and hit Moinuddin on ship is allowed to be imple- In the second case, the head with a big mented, Ramesh could become Mohd Moinuddin, 45, a stone leading to his a stateless person. The court mechanic from death, said Muthyam adjourned the case for two Pattigadda, was mur- Raju, Begumpet sub- weeks. dered at Begumpet on inspector. CITY pg 4 DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021

IN BRIEF BUDGET BY Hike in education budget ‘not enough’ NUMBERS OUTLAY Teachers’ federations express disappointment over allocations for education HARLEEN MINOCHA | DC `2,30,825.96cr HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO GET `1,730 CR REVENUE EXPENDITURE The state Budget pro- posed an allocation of SANJAY SAMUEL PAUL I DC `58.5 crore. `29,046.77cr `11,735 crore to the scho- HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 With the government releas- ol education sector and ing fish seedlings in water CAPITAL EXPENDITURE `1,873 crore for higher The government will provide bodies across the state, fish education. The figures `3,000 crore for the sheep dis- production, which was worth `29,046.77cr were `10,421 crore and tribution scheme according `2,479 crore at the time of the `1,723.27 respectively last to the state Budget. state's formation has risen to REVENUE SURPLUS year, apart from `100 cr- The animal husbandry, dairy `4,670 crore, while fish ore to improve the litera- development and fisheries production rose from 2,49,633 `6,743.50cr cy rate. The increases department will get `1,730 tonnes to 3,10,000 tonnes. The were not enough, stake- crore. government is releasing fish FISCAL DEFICIT holders said. The government helped the seed in 18,355 reservoirs at a In addition, a `4,000 state-owned Vijaya Dairy cost of `268.37 crore, `45,509.60cr crore scheme to benefit which had a debt of `30 crore finance minister Harish Rao government schools was but now has fixed deposits of said. announced in the Budget OTHER ALLOCATIONS by finance minister T. ● Harish Rao. Under this Panchayati Raj and rural scheme, basic facilities in 29,271cr development: ` government schools will ● Agriculture: `25,000cr be revamped over the ● Animal Husbandry: `17,030cr next two years. The min- ister stressed the impor- ● 16,931cr Irrigation: ` tance of using modern ● Aasara pension: `11,728 cr technology in governme- ● Kalyam Lakhsmi/Shaadi nt schools to put classroo- Mubarak: `2,750cr ms on digital platforms. The government has ● 529.6cr ST residential schools: ` proposed setting aside ● SC special development `33.6 crore for SC, ST wel- fund: `21,306.85cr fare, and `1,602 crore for ● ST special development minorities welfare. Hari- sh Rao said education wi- fund: `12,304cr Minister K.T. Rama Rao greets finance minister T. Harish Rao before the presentation of the Budget, in the th international standa- ● Gollakurumas' welfare: `3,000cr state Assembly in Hyderabad on Thursday. — BY ARRANGEMENT rds is being provided free For all who enter into God's rest will find ● BC welfare department: SAD DEMISE rest from their labors, just as God rested to the poor and backward after creating the world. Hebrews 4 :10 `5,522cr class students. ● BC Corporation and Most Parents are eager to send Backward Classes their children to study in Ministers praise KCR, hail state Budget Corporation: `1,000cr residential schools, he said. DC CORRESPONDENT for agriculture and They said the alloca- by way of development ● Overseas scholarship However, Telangana St- HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 allied sectors,” they tions were higher funds, which will give a 294cr scheme: ` ate United Teachers' Fe- said. than of the previous fillip to the region’s ● Minority welfare: `1,602cr deration (TSUTF), Tela- State ministers claimed Ministers Errabelli Budget, and this would growth. On behalf of ● Women and child ngana Private Teachers that the Budget was a tes- Dayakar Rao, Allola contribute to the women and tribals, welfare: `1,702cr Forum (TPTF), Students tament to Chief Minister Indrakaran Reddy, comprehensive develop- especially of the Greater ● Islamic Organisation of K. Chandrashekar Rao’s Vemula Prashanth Reddy ment of tribals and Warangal Municipal Musi rejuvenation India (SIO) among others vision for a progressive and Satyavathi Rathod women. Corporation and of the project: 200cr ` expressed disappointm- state. “KCR has fulfilled said the Budget gave They said, `250crore people of the A. JAYA CHANDER JOHN ● Metro rail project: `1,000cr ent over the allocations. his commitment to equal priority for has been earmarked for state, the ministers S/o Dr Late A . John Smt. SAROJ BEN PARIKH ● The TSTUF said these farmers once again by employment, agriculture the Greater Warangal thanked the Chief Director, Journey with Jesus Drinking water for colonies W/o Late Ranjit Bhai Parikh Ministries within ORR: `250cr allocations were not enou- making huge allocations and welfare. Municipal Corporation Minister. On 18-03-2021. DOB: 03-05-1940 DOD: 18-03-2021 Funeral Procession restricted. ● gh to develop of Burial on 19-03-2021 at 3.00 PM. Warangal municipal schools, provide infra- infrastructure creation. 2021-22 but only 6.78 per in higher education. The ana Azad Fellowship in Prayers for the departed soul. corporation: `250cr In Grief: Son: Dharmesh Parikh St John's cemetery, parade structure, recruit teach- The private teachers cent or `15,608 crore is SIO said that there was a the last six to seven years ground, Secunderabad. ● Daughter-in-law: Deepali Parikh Khammam municipal ers and improve online forum said the allocation the allocation for educa- lack of support from the has resulted in this poor Daughters - Sons-in-law: Inserted by: corporation: `250cr education. “Of the `2.3 for the education sector tion. Going by the government to bridge a minority enrolment fig- Monica Shah - Kirit Shash Beloved Wife: ● MA&UD: `15,030cr lakh crore Budget, earma- remains dismal which, Budget size, the govern- historic gap in the educa- ure. The government sho- Shilpa Lakdawala - Ketan Evangeline Shakunthala Lakdawala Sons : Frank, Christopher and Dr Joel ● rking `11,735 crore for they said, was discourag- ment should allocate at tion sector where uld immediately hike the Daughters-in-law and Health and medical school education and ing. “In 2014-15, out of the least `23,000 crore,” they minority students consti- scholarships and take And Grand Children department: `6,295cr Ph: 9885221800 / 9985521800 Grand Children `2,000 crore for infrastru- `1,00,637 crore Budget, said. tute only 7.5 per cent in necessary steps in terms (CA-3550) ● School education: `11,735cr cture is unreasonable,” `10,963 crore was allocat- Students from minority higher education enroll- of policy intervention to ● Higher education: `1,873cr said the TSUTF. it dema- ed for education, which communities said that ment. provide reservation for OBITUARY 2nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY nded that the state gov- was 10.89 per cent. The the budget cuts in schol- “As predicted, the con- select backward castes ● Industrial sector: `360cr For if we believe that Jesus died and Rose Yes, we are of good courage, and we ernment allocate at least budget size has doubled arships were responsible sistent cuts in minority among minorities,” they again, even so God will bring with Him, would rather be away from the body and ● Transport: `3,000cr `5,000 crore a year for to `2,30,825.96 crore for for minority enrolment scholarships and Maul- demanded. those who sleep in Jesus I These 4:14. at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8 ● Forest department: `1,276cr ● Endowments: `720cr ● New secretariat: `610cr CM HAS PUSHED BUDGET FOR COPS ● Roads and buildings: `8,788cr Budget proposals not ● Regional ring road: `750cr STATE INTO DEBT INCREASED BY ● Home department: `6,465cr TRAP: BHATTI JAYASHEELA ● Civil supplies: `2,363cr `613 CR THIS YR W/o Late Chandra Sheker Dasappa DC CORRESPONDENT rooted in reality: BJP In Loving Memory of our Amma ! You had ● Tourism and culture: 726cr ` HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 DC CORRESPONDENT touched countless lives in your lifetime as PYDIMUKKALA RAMYA DANIEL a teacher, and even after your death, you DC CORRESPONDENT ● ARUNA POINTED its Budget goals. HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF live through your good deeds. We miss Congress Legislature HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 out that `16,900 crore Aruna pointed out that Smt & Sri P. E. DANIEL you always! the most honest, kindest and Party leader Mallu Bha- `16,900 crore had been Finance minister T. (Rtd office Supdt Workshop Lalaguda loving women we have ever known, may had been allocated for and RUTH GRACE (Rtd Govt teacher) your soul forever be in peace. tti Vikramarka said the T. Raja Singh, BJP floor allocated for the irriga- Harish Rao allocated D.O.B 10.8.1990 D.O.D 18.3.2021, Inserted by: Sons, Daughter, government had pushed leader in the Assembly, the irrigation sector tion sector while `1 lakh `6,465 crore to the police, Funeral Service 19-03-2021 at 11:00 Daughters-in-law and Grandchildren. AM, Baptist Church Sanathnagar. Burial Telangana state into a alleged that the Budget while `1 lakh crore was crore was required. No an increase of `613 crore at Naryanaguda Cemetery 3:00 PM, debt trap without waiv- would be limited to the required. No funds had funds had been allocated over the previous year. Family members. BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE ing farm loans, distrib- books would not be imp- been allocated to the to the Gattu and He allocated `725 crore Contact no: 9441276864, 9866115473 uting double bedroom lemented in the state. He Gattu and Palamuru Palamuru Ranga for the construction of houses or providing said the proposals were Reddy lift irrigation the the police command employment allowance. not rooted in reality. Ranga Reddy lift irriga- schemes. control centre. The intel- Reacting to the state Singh asked how had tion schemes The former minister ligence department got Budget, Bhatti said the the government spent said the government `30 crore more, from erstwhile governments `1,500 on the Musi river workers but no allo- had failed to waive loans `11.02 crore last year to in 70 years had borrow- development project, as cation had been made. of the handloom work- `41.16 crore proposed in ed `70,000 crore to pro- the results were not He asked why no allo- ers, insurance was not the state Budget on vide better infrastruc- seen. He likened the cation was made to given to families of the Thursday. ture and build irrigation Budget to the Musi river. Osmania University, deceased, and Harish Rao said `230.61 projects. The TRS gov- He asked why there which played a key role establishment of hand- crore will be allocated to K. PRABHAVATHI ernment had borrowed was no allocation for the in the Telangana move- loom parks had not pro- the Hyderabad commis- W/o Late A. Prabhaker Rao `3.5 lakh crore and wo- Osmania General Hosp- ment. He pointed out gressed. sionerate, a drop of `6 There is no one as strong and dedicated as you are, your soft spoken nature will uld leave the state with ital when the Chief Min- that the Budget had not She ridiculing the ann- crore from last year. always be remembered. `5 lakh crore in debt in ister had promised `200 provisioned for the ouncement of funds to Cyberabad and Rachak- Missing you alot Amma. the second term. He said crore. He also pointed unemployment stipend. the panchayat raj and onda commissionerates Inserted by: P. Rama - Daughter P. Naveen Kumar - Son-in-law Telangana would wit- out no money had been Elsewhere, BPP vice- rural development depa- have been allotted `20 P. Sai Pranathi - Grand Daughter ness dark days if the given for sports. president D.K. Aruna rtment and said most of crore and `15.86 crore. TRS rule continues. BJP MLA M. Raghuna- called the Budget a the development in the Harish Rao allocated (S/2021/D01356) “The government sh- ndan Rao said the gov- ‘numbers game’. She gram panchayats has `20 crore for construc- ould have adopted a rea- ernment had been prom- wondered whether the been achieved from tion of toilets in police “When the days of his service were over listic approach in draf- ising `500 crore for Gulf government count reach Central funds. stations for women he went home” Luke 1:23 ting the Budget. Man- police and visitors as REMEMBRANCE 14th DEATH ANNIVERSARY aging the state’s econo- well as women in custody. Blessed are the dead in Christ... my is no different from While the Nirbhaya Fund running a house whe- gets `1 crore under the rein the head of the fam- No new schemes, `1,603 cr ‘Safe City’ project, `50 ily plans expenditure in lakh each have been allo- a judicious manner by cated for SHE Teams, and taking into account the Bharosa centres. income. As no house can allocated for minorities The budget for the DGP sustain in the long run office was slashed by `86 Mr. BOLLAM PRABHU by taking huge loans at ATHER MOIN I DC ● THE GOVERNMENT from `55.1 crore to `66 crore to `234.85 crore KRUPANIDHI (CHINNY) high interest, no state HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 has enhanced the budg- crore, while it has (last year `321.59 crore). (AAE AP Transco) Late Mr. THOGARU JOHNSON D.O.B: 29-04-1965 D.O.D: 19-03-2007 can progress by pushing etary allocation for the remained static at `300 Prison and correctional “The saddest moment is, when the person who its people into a huge The state government crore for Shadi services were given Lecturer (Retd) gave the best memories, becomes a memory.” remuneration of imams S/o Late Thogaru Amrutha Rao debt burden,” he said. has provided `1,602 Mubarak. The Dawat-e- `18.52 crore, `1.5 crore Inserted by: Wife: Sumana, and muezzins from D.O.D: 15-03-2021 Son: Madhu Nikhil, Daughter-in-law: Calling it “illusionary, crore (`1,513 crore in Iftar and Christmas more. The State Disaster Inserted by: Mounika, Daughter: Mercy Mrudhula, deceptive, misleading 2020-21) for minorities `55.1 crore to `66 cro- Feast have been allocat- Response and Fire Mrs. Victoria Krupadanam, Son-in-law: Joshua Samuel, Grand Sons: Darian, Darryl & relatives. and far from reality,” fo- in the Budget of which re, while it has rema- ed `66 crore and `2.5 Services budget was Mrs. Premalatha Pratapkumar ined static at `300 crore and their Familes (S/2021/D01348) rmer minister Moham- two-thirds has been crore respectively. increased to `7.50 crore. Contact: 9701284047, 9959936389 med Shabbir Ali said it marked for education for Shadi Mubarak. The The Bank-Linked was “ridiculous” that and academics. No new Dawat-e-Iftar and Chri- Income Generation IN MEMORY OF the government was pr- schemes were intro- stmas Feast have been Scheme was given oposing to spend over duced for the minori- allocated `66 crore and `28.31 crore and the `2.32 lakh crore while it ties on Thursday. `2.5 crore respectively. Christian Minorities had revenues of less Finance minister T. Finance Corporation than `1.2 lakh crore. Harish Rao proposed an `206.9 crore for reim- `2.5 crore. The Urdu allocation of `561 crore bursement of tuition Academy will get cumu- for the Telangana fee, `74.81 crore for latively `12.5 crore, and Minorities Residential scholarships and the Haj Committee and Educational Instit- stipends, `5.51 crore for Dairatil Maarif `1.5 utions Society which training and employ- crore each. The state has 1 lakh students. ment and `2.46 crore for government has allocat- Late D’COSTA JOHN He said the government scholarships for non- ed `42 crore for the GEORGE (CAD SBH) D.O.B: 22-01-1918 D.O.D: 19-03-1972 had allotted 10 acres professional courses Multi-Sectoral Develop- “O Come, let us worship and bow down: for the Islamic Cultural and `72.54 crore for ment Programme for Let us kneel before the Lord our maker” Convention Centre at overseas scholarships. Minorities. For Psalms: 95-6 Inserted by: Mrs. Rathanamma George, Kokapet and works The government has maintenance and Children, Daughters-in-law, Grand would commence very enhanced the budget- repairs of Macca Children, Great Grand Children (Neel, Ethan, Joel, Meshika & Emmanuel) shortly, but it was not ary allocation for the Masjid and Shahi Ph: 7893015354, 9391632314. allocated any funds, remuneration of Masjid, 2.5 crore were The budget provided imams and muezzins allocated. (S/2021/D01357) c m y k c m y k

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19 MARCH 2021 Rural surge scary, act now Subhani to stop second Covid wave rime Minister Narendra Modi has warned of a second peak of pan- demic Covid-19 unless quick and decisive action was taken. In his meet- ing with chief ministers on Wednesday, Mr Modi listed out the points Pthat need early action. On top of the to-do list is the time-tested “test- track-treat” formula with a focus on tracking the contacts of every person who contracted the virus. The Prime Minister also reminded the chief ministers of the need to conduct genome tests to track the variants of the virus. The share of RT-PCR tests should remain high and the states should guard themselves against vaccine wastage, he told them. Mr Modi has flagged the issues that plague India’s Covid fight at a time when the country finds itself in the throes of a second wave. The daily caseload has gone up for a seventh consecutive day on Wednesday, which reported 28,903 cases — the highest reported this year. India’s active case load has reached 2.34 lakh on Wednesday against 1.84 lakh a week ago; test positivity rate has gone up from 2.3 per cent to 4.98 per cent in the same period. According to Niti Aayog, while the first phase According to Niti Aayog, was in the metros and big cities of the country, the recent surge is reported from rural areas, while the first phase too. As per the health ministry estimates, 70 LETTERS was in the metros and districts in 15 states recorded 150 per cent rise big cities of the country, in the number of cases in the last 15 days. The Of Rahul, Indira and the SALE OF AIRPORTS the recent surge is virus spread in the rural areas where the health infrastructure is weak and less attended The government’s propos- reported from rural will make the fight tougher. al to sell airports to pool areas, too. The virus The government should not wait anymore to `22,000 crore is ridicu- spread in the rural areas take tougher decisions. It must immediately lous. Instead, why not the where the health infra- take a relook at the Covid controls which were ‘mistake’ of Emergency Modi government get back structure is weak and in place last year and advise states to see which could be used the best to contain the virus tion — but not the said it was wrong. less attended will make economic offenders like spread. The Prime Minister has also warned Emergency itself. She was Sagarika Ghose, her most Nirav Modi and recover the fight tougher. against wastage of vaccines. Some states have trying to distinguish recent biographer, who reported a wastage figure higher than the Karan Thapar between the Emergency helped immeasurably about `33,000 crore which national average of 6.5 per cent. There are nations that have little or no access and mistakes that hap- with my research, con- he had defaulted with to vaccines and India, having built its capacities in scientific research and pened. You don’t need curs. I’ve found no record Punjab National Bank? pharmaceutical manufacturing over the decades, should not take its advan- forensic expertise to of Indira Gandhi accept- tages for granted. The Union government must use technology to the optimum As I See It realise she had no prob- ing and admitting the While several such big to ensure that wastage is brought to a minimum. Several states have reported lem with the actual decla- Emergency was a mis- economic offenders are about vaccine hesitancy. The Prime Minister led the inoculation campaign by ration of the Emergency. take. enjoying life abroad, the taking the jab himself, sending the right message. Perhaps, he should have ne of the best “muzzling the press was Indian Express reported Rahul Gandhi also done the exercise sooner? Also, credible local faces, including religious leaders tests of a politi- too strong a step”. In on January 24, 1978, that, alleged while the RSS common taxpayer is made at the community level, should be roped in to break the “hesitancy barrier” cian’s skill and other words, a less strin- after accepting res- today is stuffing institu- a scapegoat by the gov- and press the idea home. talent is his gent form of control ponsibility for other peo- tions with its own people, ernment with the escala- This newspaper has been highlighting the point that public health is as ability to han- would have been prefer- ple’s mistakes and ex- the Congress’ behaviour tion of fuel and LPG price, much an issue of the public as it is of the government. It’s next to impossible Odle awkward and embar- able. But controlling the cesses, Indira Gandhi jus- during the Emergency for governments alone to make a difference. There must be an aggressive cam- rassing moments. press was not a mistake. tified the Emergency. was “fundamentally dif- etc. paign to promote Covid-appropriate behaviour and violators should be stern- Amongst the worst is A second tactic was to “She, however, asked the ferent”. Again, he’s Abhimanyu Singh ly dealt with. Reports say that passengers were deplaned on Wednesday and when you’re asked to claim other people made audience to recall the sit- wrong. Its behaviour was Hyderabad Thursday for their refusal to follow the protocol. Such defiance is unaccept- accept and admit your mistakes but she was will- uation in the country almost identical — from able. The governments at the Centre and the states and the people must brace own mistake, that of your ing to take responsibility when the Emergency was the Supreme Court, themselves for decisive and quick action to stop a second wave of the party or your family. It for them. Indian Express declared, and said things where a junior judge was VACCINE WASTAGE pandemic. seems this is not Rahul on January 24, 1978 were in a chaotic condi- made Chief Justice, forc- It is really shocking to know that Gandhi’s forte. Actually, reported her speech at tion all around. If things ing H.R. Khanna to Covid-19 vaccines are getting wast- the truth is his family is Yavatmal: “Mrs Gandhi were allowed to continue, resign, to the civil service, ed due to various reasons and rather poor at it. His said even if others, who the situation that devel- where his grandmother Telangana state stands first with grandmother was no bet- were responsible for the oped in Bangladesh publicly called for “com- more than 17 per cent (Modi red Guns, racism & crime in US ter. mistakes and excesses, would have been repeated mitted” officers and flags wastage of Covid-19 vaccines, Earlier this month, were not willing to own in India”. The paper adds Nirmal Mukherjee was DC, March 18). Hospitals should series of shootings in Atlanta in which six Asian Americans were when Kaushik Basu of up, she would own the Mrs Gandhi said “the sit- removed as home secre- ensure that adequate number of among seven women in eight fatalities in three different massage par- Cornell University ques- responsibility for those uation just before the tary. The commitment beneficiaries are present before Alours have shaken up America. The investigation is yet to establish if tioned Rahul about the mistakes.” imposition of Emergency required was to her and each vial is opened. Residential the 21-year-old white youth’s actions were racially motivated but the signs Emergency, he claimed A third tactic was to was very grave, and the her family. associations of colonies and apart- seem clear enough as the profiles of a majority of the victims reveal. Indira Gandhi had called actually minimise what- very survival of the Now I can understand ments should take up the initiative As an epidemic, hate crime is on the rise in the USA, its graph exploding it a “mistake” and added: ever errors or mistakes nation was threatened”. why Rahul Gandhi of mobilising beneficiaries. exponentially since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. By calling it a “The Congress at no point she was willing to She described the flubbed. First, he wanted C.K. Vinaya Chandra “China flu” in his typically bigoted rhetoric, the former President Donald attempted to capture acknowledge. To Mary Emergency “as a dose of to distinguish the Hyderabad Trump may have ignited a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes. The attacker, on India’s institutional Carass, she said: “Except medicine to cure the dis- Emergency from the situ- interrogation, had tried to rationalise his action as a way of eliminating an framework.” He was for the detention of politi- ease”. ation prevailing today, avenue to his own sex addiction. But, as a legislator said pertinently, such utterly wrong on both cal persons and press cen- When Paul Brass asked: and make the former KCR’S RIGHT MOVE racially motivated crimes cannot be “rebranded as economic anxiety or sexu- counts. sorship there was not “Would you have done seem nowhere near as The right approach of Chief al addiction”. The one that’s a flagrant much that was abnor- anything differently in bad. Hence his claim “the Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for A diverse, multiracial society like America must own up that it has a huge violation of the truth is mal”. Of the killings at relation to the Congress at no point maintaining healthy relations with racial problem in which visibly successful migrants are increasingly the vic- the latter. Under the Turkman Gate, she had Emergency?” Her answer attempted to capture Centre is praiseworthy (TS won’t tims of racial abuse, harassment and violent hate crimes, which have num- Emergency Indira the effrontery to say: began with the word India’s institutional confront Centre for namesake, says bered close to 4,000 since the advent of the pandemic. The Black Lives Matter Gandhi arrested at least “There was no violence… “No”. It couldn’t have framework”. Second, by KCR DC, March 18). Mutual cooper- movement had highlighted shades of an even older form of racism rampant in 100,000 people, including just one or two isolated been more pointed. asserting his grandmoth- ation and collaboration with the the US but Covid-19 has enabled racism to spread so much as to create nation- most Opposition leaders. cases”. Thereafter she said her er called the Emergency a Centre will undoubtedly enhance al insecurity, fear of foreigners and xenophobia in the US. The press was censored. Even on the critical mistake was not to have “mistake”, he wanted to overall progress of the state. There is no such a thing as a perfectly equal society but one that turns on The judiciary and civil issue of sterilisation, “personally” looked into ensure no further embar- G.V.N. Murthy itself like this so easily and frequently must fear over where it is headed even service tampered with. which, perhaps, trauma- the suffering the Emer- rassing questions would Secunderabad as complexities arise in the modern age. Endemic violence is not so much an Elections postponed. The tised North India, Indira gency caused. Her exact be asked. It was a way of Asian American problem as an American problem, a major part of which can Constitution brutally Gandhi refused to accept words were: “My mistake conceding a point in the be traced to the Second Amendment and loose gun control. The perpetrator amended. All of this the extent of what had was not to have looked hope of ending the con- YEARS AGO IN was able to buy a 9 mm handgun on the same day that he used it to exhibit his should be known to Mr happened. This is what into these matters person- versation. 50 malefic intentions. Do we blame the trigger finger or unfettered access to dead- Gandhi, even if he was she told Paul R. Brass on ally and discussed”. But his answers have ly weapons in a country now notorious for mass killings? five at the time. March 26, 1978: “The basic So let’s be clear, Indira created a new controver- A less obvious error — thing which defeated us Gandhi didn’t think the sy. There are now ques- actually it’s an untruth — was the false propaganda. Emergency was a mistake tions about his knowl- is the claim his grand- It’s not that we didn’t and she certainly didn’t edge, his judgment, his AI employees; mother Indira Gandhi make mistakes or any of apologise for it. No doubt truthfulness and, of management accord DECCAN CHRONICLE considered the Emer- those things, but they she accepted responsibili- course, his ability to han- gency a “mistake”. Indira were blown out of all pro- ty for the 1977 election dle awkward moments. BOMBAY, March. 18 KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR defeat and accepted the On all these, he acquitted Editor Printer & Publisher Gandhi accepted respon- portion. Even with regard Air-India today reached an sibility for the to family planning, the biggest cause was the himself pretty miserably. agreement with the Air DECCAN CHRONICLE offices are located at: Emergency and the elec- way they spread things… Emergency, but she never If this was a googly, Mr Corporations Employees’ Union tion defeat that followed. frankly, I don’t think it Gandhi got bowled. If it representing over 4,000 employ- Hyderabad: 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad - 500 003, Ph: 040-27803930-4; Fax : 040-27805256 Of that there’s no doubt. was sterilisation at all. 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n recent years, as the negotiations dislodged from power nearly 20 years well in this century. ing 2,500 US troops in Afghanistan by uncertain consequences. The alter- phase in the 21st-century variant ago is being offered substantial repre- When the US invaded in collabora- May 1. Actually, the figure is closer to native, however, is also fairly dire. of the Great Game has gathered sentation in every tier of an interim tion with the Northern Alliance in 3,500, according to the New York What could a continued foreign pres- Ipace, every cliché in the diplomat- government. A constituent assembly is 2001, in the wake of the 9/11, the Times (which notes that the ence achieve that has not already ic playbook has been trotted out to envisaged, with elections to be held Taliban chose to melt away, reinforc- Pentagon routinely understates been attempted in the past two illustrate its sporadic progress. once it has completed its task. There ing the impression of a Western-led troop numbers). Then there are the decades, with all too few worthy There have been multiple windows are motherhood statements about edu- cakewalk into Kabul. Once the 8,000 or so ‘contractors’ — unofficial results? Mahir Ali of opportunity, open doors, seats at the cation, intellectual freedom and botched effort to track down Osama military personnel, in effect — plus Will a planned flurry of diplomatic table, options on the table — and women’s rights. bin Laden failed, the Bush-Cheney- smaller contingents from the usual activity — including talks in Turkey inevitably some dealings under the As golden-throated philosopher Rumsfeld administration saw little Western allies, which wouldn’t stay between Kabul representatives and table. ‘Between the devil and the deep Freddie Mercury once wondered: “Is reason to expend too much energy or behind once the Americans pack up. the Taliban, and UN-sponsored con- blue sea’ doesn’t figure all that fre- this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” too many resources on Afghanistan. Joe Biden is under considerable ference of foreign ministers from quently in official statements, but it For many years now, the biggest fear Its attention shifted to Iraq. pressure to postpone the pullout. Russia, China, the US, Iran, India pretty much sums up the choices among some Afghans has revolved Perhaps the Taliban realised even Should he do so, as seems likely, the and Pakistan tentatively scheduled Afghanistan has faced for the past 40 around their nation’s prospects once back then that they had time on their Taliban would have an excuse to for next week — achieve very much? Joe’s ‘moonshot’: years. the foreign military forces exited. That side — apart from sanctuaries in renege on their part of the Doha bar- Some commitments may be made, Among the latest options is a draft apprehension highlights the crux of Pakistan, where bin Laden also gain — whereby they have resisted but what will they be worth? ‘peace’ agreement secretly proposed Afghanistan’s abiding tragedy: since found refuge. Over the years they the temptation to attack foreign The latest US plan is informally by the Biden administration, but much the late 1970s, its fortunes have largely steadily re-established their clout forces. Beyond that, the violence has being referred to as a moonshot. But Afghan window commented on since it was leaked last been determined by outsiders. Of across the countryside. The US and not significantly diminished in the the original moonshot was backed by week. Some officials in Kabul have course, more broadly, that has been its allies poured in tens of thousands past year. Apart from other atroci- science. This one is riding on unsub- poured scorn on the US wish list — the case for centuries. of troops, and tens of thousands of ties, targeted killings of women in stantiated hope. The Americans will for ‘dignified’ US which is hardly surprising, given it The tyranny of geography is an people — mainly Afghans — have particular occur with brutal regular- only be postponing the inevitable if effectively consigns the Ashraf Ghani immutable fact, but what’s particu- been killed since then. Both sides ity. The Taliban deny responsibility, they linger. A ‘dignified departure’ administration to oblivion. The larly remarkable is the extent to have committed innumerable war but no one else claims it. won’t be an option down the track, just Taliban have been more reticent in which Afghanistan has resisted crimes that will likely go uninvesti- It’s reasonable to assume that the as ‘peace with honour’ proved elusive exit closing fast their response so far, saying they are being swallowed up by neighbouring gated and unpunished. security situation would deteriorate in Vietnam. studying the document. empires. Only time will tell whether And where are we today? The in the immediate aftermath of a The entity that the US and its allies that rugged exceptionalism serves it debate is over the exit of the remain- Western troop withdrawal, with By arrangement with Dawn CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 pg 7

IN BRIEF Ranga Reddy tops Secretaraiat gets `610 cr, TS debt, interest in ballot votes From Page 1 payments rise The highest number of budget for Musi slashed DC CORRESPONDENT the cap at 25.07 per cent. postal ballot votes, 205, HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 The burden has been were polled in Ranga Reddy, consistently increasing. out of a total of 906 in the Neither the GHMC nor the HMDA saw any funds allocation The government's debt In 2018-19, it stood at Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy- would increase to `2.86 `1,75,281 crore, `2,05,- Mahbubnagar constituency. DC CORRESPONDENT lakh crore as per Budget 858.33 crore in 2019-20, As many as 1,917 postal bal- HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 2021-22. Of this, open mar- `2,45,282 crore in 2020-21 lot votes were polled in the ket loans account for and Thursday’s Budget Warangal-Khammam- Urban local bodies (ULBs) `2.44 lakh crore. pegged the overall debt at Nalgonda constituency of have got a decent share in The budget proposes to `2,86,804 crore. which 1,838 votes were veri- Budget 2021-22. The mun- raise `47,500 crore This apart, the govern- fied as valid. The counting of icipal administration and through market borrow- ment proposes to borrow votes for constituencies was urban development (MA- ing against `43,784 crore `32,561 crore through var- going at the Saroornagar &UD) department was gra- last year. The government ious corporations by giv- indoor stadium and for the nted `15,030 crore for 141 needs to pay `17,584 crore ing bank guarantees. Of Warangal constituency at urban local bodies and 13 this year towards interest this, `14,562 crore will be the market yard in Nalgonda. municipal corporations. (`14,615 crore last year). raised for irrigation proj- The Khammam Interest payments have ects, `12,503 crore for Municipal Corporation been increasing. It was Mission Bhagiratha and Govt allots `10cr got an allocation of `150 `14,385 crore in 2019-20 `5,495 crore to meet finan- crore and the Greater and `14,615 crore in 2020- cial needs. for ‘She Toilets’ Warangal Municipal 21. However, the debt is Though the government Hyderabad: Finance minister Corporation `250 crore, within the permissible is presenting ‘revenue- T. Harish Rao announced a both heading for the polls. limit of 25 per cent of surplus’ budgets since the special fund to improve As for Hyderabad, `3,175 GSDP, at 24.84 per cent. formation of the state in infrastructure facilities for crore was allocated while The state government 2014, it has faced a rev- women staff and students at `1,000 crore has been pro- has breached the limit in enue deficit for in 2019-20 universities, upon a request posed for Hyderabad 2020-21 due to the pan- (`6,254 crore) and 2020-21 made by the women rep- Metro Rail Ltd, `250 crore demic-induced financial (`16,226 crore). Despite resentatives of Osmania Uni- for the free drinking water crisis: As per the revised this, the government on versity Teachers Association supply scheme of 20 kilo- estimates for 2020-21, the Thursday came out with a (OUTA) last week. The gov- litres in the GHMC area, overall debt was `2,45,282 `6,743 crore revenue sur- ernment has allocated `10 `250 crore for providing crore, slightly more than plus budget for 2021-22 crore for ‘She Toilets’ in the drinking water to newly- universities for students and formed colonies within staff. The OUTA had last the Outer Ring Road lim- week requested the finance its, `725 crore for the minister to allocate a gender Sunkesula project to bring budget to improve the infra- Krishna water to the city, Land value may structure facilities for `750 crore for land acquisi- women in the campus and tion for the regional ring constituent colleges. road (RRR) and `200 crore Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao inspects the progress of the New Secretariat Building construction works in Dr B. Lavanya, vice-president for the restoration of the Hyderabad on Thursday. — BYARRANGEMENT be hiked this yr (women), OUTA, appreciated Musi river and for beauti- the announcement of the fication of the Musi river- ● `1,000 CRORE has been DC CORRESPONDENT which was revised down- special fund. front. proposed for Hyderabad HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 wards to `1,17,757 crore. The funds allocation for Metro Rail Ltd, `250 crore Despite this, the govern- TSRTC to get Musi riverfront develop- for the free drinking CM inspects Sectt. works, The government is rely- ment has set a target of ment has been reduced to water supply scheme. ing heavily on its own tax `1,76,126 crore in 2021-22. `200 crore from `10,000 revenues, loans and sale The state earned `76,195 `3,000 crore crore. and Shankarapalli. The of land to fund the crore tax in 2020-21 but Hyderabad: Finance minis- This apart, the construc- total cost of the project is says it should bring glory largest-ever Budget. has pegged the target at ter T. Harish Rao on tion of the Secretariat has `13,000 crore. The second The government plans `92,910 crore. Thursday proposed in his been allocated `610 crore. phase of the project will DC CORRESPONDENT Rajasthan. The stones had become role model for oth- to raise market value of The government has not budget speech that the To promote and expand cover 182 km, with the gov- HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 been chosen by a team that ers. Against this backdrop, land to increase revenue revised the market value cash-strapped TSRTC will the IT sector, the govern- ernment footing 50 per toured Delhi and we have to construct the earnings besides selling of land or increased get `1,500 crore as assis- ment had prepared plans cent of the project cost. Chief Minister K. Rajasthan, among others. Secretariat to reflect our government land parcels, stamp duty since 2014. tance and another `1,500 for expansion of IT parks The HMRL funds could Chandrashekar Rao has He walked to the south- self-respect and it should HMDA land parcels and Though there has been a crore will be set aside as at Kompally, Kollapur, be utilised for the airport said that the new west side and examined also become a role model Rajiv Swagruha Corpora- decline in share of cen- guarantees for the loans Shamshabad, Uppal connectivity under Phase Secretariat should bring the construction works, for other states,” he said. tion land and flats. tral taxes and grants-in- raised by the corporation. and Pocharam in II in which the 31-km first glory to the country. It the quality of pillars and Stating that the premises The government had in aid, the government has With these measures, the Hyderabad, for which an line will connect Raidurg should be constructed in beams. The CM made sev- should provide comfort 2020-21 set an earnings estimated them on the government is confident amount of `360 crore was station with the Shams- such way that it should eral suggestions to R&B both for employees and target of `1,43,151 crore higher side. that the financial position proposed. habad airport via Nanakr- stand the test of time, he minister Vemula visitors, he asked officials of the RTC will improve, The RRR project is being amguda. The second line said. Prashanth Reddy and rep- to create wide inner roads Harish Rao said. He said planned beyond the exist- will connect Miyapur to The Chief Minister was resentatives of the con- and sprawling lawns with the TSRTC was incurring ing ORR and this is expect- BHEL via Mehdipatnam speaking after inspecting struction agencies. flower plants. losses due to various rea- ed to improve connectivity and Hafeezpet. the works at the site. The Later, the CM reviewed He suggested construc- sons, including the impact between Sangareddy, Neither the GHMC nor CM examined samples of the progress of the work at tion of fountains of TS pays big share of Covid-19 lockdown. The Narsapur, Toopran, the Hyderabad Met- red and beige coloured Pragathi Bhavan. Dholpur stone like those constantly rising fuel prices Gajwel, Jagdevpur, ropolitan Development sand stone and natural “Telangana is making near Parliament and were adding the burden. Bhongir, Choutuppal, Authority (HMDA) saw Gwalior stone models rapid strides in develop- Rashtrapati Bhavan in “Despite these setbacks, Ibrahimpatnam, Chevella any funds allocation. brought in from ment and welfare and has New Delhi. of pension money the government is provid- ing better salaries to RTC DC CORRESPONDENT He said that in addition, employees and taking steps HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 the state pays `2,016 to strengthen the monthly pension to corporation. The government is pay- another 31,31,660 benefici- MLAs, MLCs to get `5cr Govt neglecting ing the major share of the aries while `3,016 is paid welfare pensions that are to those with physical dis- `750cr alloted for distributed in Telangana, abilities. and the contribution of “As per the audit report Hyd RRR project CDF, 128GB Apple iPads healthcare: Docs the Centre is nominal. of 19-2020, Telangana From Page 1 This was the gist of state is spending 98.80 per DC CORRESPONDENT KANIZA GARARI I DC officials said was too low. finance minister T. cent towards pensions. Also in the Budget were HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 They said the pressure on Harish Rao’s take during The Centre is contribut- `3,000 crore worth inter- the government hospitals his Budget speech in the ing only 1.20 per cent. est-free loans to women Finance minister T. Harish logs `2cr Doctors complain that the was high and to cope with Legislative Assembly There is no evidence that self-help groups, Dhoopa Harish Rao announced cause of development of it, improvements in the here on Thursday. any other state is spend- Deepa Naivedyam scheme that each legislator and Osmania General Hosp- infrastructure and man- The issue of Centre’s ing at this level to provide to all temples under the MLC will get `5 crore as ital, including constructi- power requirements were share in pensions has pensions to the destitute," GHMC limits, `750 crore for Constituency Develo- Budget record on of new buildings and urgently required. been one on which the he said. land acquisition for the pment Fund (CDF) in the improvement of infrastr- Dr Mohammed Iqbal BJP and the TRS engage The government pro- Hyderabad Regional Ring upcoming financial year C CORRESPONDENT Anam Ramanarayana ucture, has been neglected Jaweed, executive commit- in an occasional war of vides security and liveli- Road (RRR) project etc. year, in Budget 2021-22. HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 Reddy presented an `1.83- by the state government. tee member of Osmania words, and Harish Rao hood to helpless poor The surprises include The sum was `3 crore last lakh crore Budget in 2014. “The heritage building Alumni Association, said, sought to set the record through Aasara pensions. increasing the year. Accordingly, the bud- Finance minister T. Harish Rao’s budget and the new building are “There is no fund allot- straight. The Centre, he The beneficiaries include Constituency Development getary allocation has been Harish Rao created speech of 84 pages lasted in need of improvement, ment for OGH and Dabi- said, gave `105 crore at old age people, widows, Fund (CDF) to MLAs and increased from `480 crore records during the pres- 96 minutes, a record for but there is no allocation rpura TB Hospital. Both `200 per month each for beedi workers, toddy tap- MLCs from last year to `800 crore. entation of Budget 2021- its length. The previous for this in Budget,” said required more funds as 6.66 lakh people for 2019- pers, weavers, deaf, those `3crore to `5 crore, `3,000 The finance department 22 in the Legislative record holder was then Telangana Government they cater to the needs of a 20. suffering from elephanti- crore to the Golla Kurmalu gifted 128GB Apple iPads Assembly on Thursday. finance minister Etala Doctors Association mem- large number of people. In The Telangana govern- asis and, AIDS victims, community for distribution to all MLAs and MLCs. He became the first Rajendar with a 78- ber Dr C. Ramesh. OGH, the beds are full and ment is adding `1,816 for and single women. of 3 lakh sheep units, Each iPad costs about finance minister to pres- minute speech in 2018. “In the ongoing pandem- admission of patients are each person and distrib- Aasara pensions are dis- `500 crore increase in `70,000. When Harish Rao ent a `2 lakh-crore budget The customary press ic, there is a need for more not matching with requ- uting `2,016 as monthly tributed to 39,36,521 peo- Kalyana Lakshmi budget read out the proposal, leg- in the Assembly. The conference of the finance healthcare workers but irement. With the second pension. ple, Harish Rao said. for BCs to `1,850 crore. islators cutting across Budget of `2.3 lakh crore minister after the Budget there are no proper wave of Covid-19 around, An allocation of `1,000 party lines responded that he presented was the presentation was can- recruitments. The con- and facilities are limited, crore has been pencilled in with prolonged applause. highest ever; in undivid- celled owning to Covid tracts of healthcare work- many needy are referred for the Hyderabad Metro The minister could not ed AP, finance minister restrictions. ers were not renewed and to private hospitals.” Rail project, `250 crore for continue with his speech this is adding to the pres- The state government State shrugged the Warangal Municipal for some time, and Chief resumed it last year after lines for the CDF. When sure on the staff. Health is has stressed on creating a Corporation and `150 crore Minister K. Chandras- MLAs and MLCs pointed the TRS government not a priority for the gov- network of basti dawakh- for the Khammam hekar Rao had to signal out that they were unable assumed office in 2014, the ernment due to which anas, of which some 224 Municipal Corporation them to quiten down.The to take up developmental CDF was `1 crore. The infrastructure challenges have been set up, where off Covid effect apart from `3,000 crore government had done works which the people government increased the are being faced,” he said. 196 types of medicines are for TSRTC and `610 crore away with the CDF in the had requested. amount to `1.5 crore in The Budget allocated available and 56 types of From Page 1 Telangana’s economy “is for the new Secretariat. 2019-20 Budget due to the The government will 2014-15 and to `3 crore in `6,295 crore for health medical tests are in a better shape” despite economic slowdown but shortly release the guide- 2016-17. which medical and health conducted. Round-the-clock power the adverse situation. supply, increased irriga- The finance minister, in Emigrants forum tion and new welfare his one-and-a-half-hour schemes helped the pri- budget presentation, wants Gulf board mary sector record a referred to the successes Hyderabad: The Emigrants Court faults verdicts growth of 17.7 per cent in the state achieved on var- Welfare Forum has appealed No green law violation in 2020-21, he said. ious fronts, be it in irriga- for the establishment of a As per advance esti- tion, power supply, indus- Telangana Gulf Workers without hearing parties mates, the Gross State tries or the IT sector. Welfare Board (Gulf Board) Domestic Product (GSDP) This coming year, he with a budget of `500 crore From Page 1 were allowed to give sub- demolition of Sectt: NGT at current prices is esti- said, programmes such as to benefit people from the missions in only 10 per mated at `9,78,373 crore. completing construction state working in more than The court said the objec- cent of the cases (1,850 T.S.S. SIDDHARTH I DC authority from exercising its machinery, the tribu- The adverse impact of the of two-bedroom houses 18 countries. The Forum’s tive of constituting the cases out of 16,256). HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 its duty. If anyone is nal went on to say that lockdown reducing the and expanding tourism to Bheem Reddy Mandha said tribunals was laudable, “It is not appropriate aggrieved by environmen- there was no need to issue GSDP growth from 13.5 the Kaleshwaram irriga- that despite allocating `100 but it was worrying that passing directions in a The National Green tal clearance granted, he further notice to the per cent in 2019-20 to 1.3 tion project will be taken crore in March 2018, the these tribunals having vague manner over the Tribunal (NGT) has said can challenge this by fil- respondents. per cent in 2020-21. up. funds were not spent. judicial capacity disposed properties of the citizens,” that the state government ing an appeal under the It added: “The joint com- Compared to this, the Harish Rao said the gov- While presenting the of the cases without the court said, and asked had not disrupted the National Green Tribunal mittee which had con- national GDP growth ernment’s goal was the Budget, finance minister T. arranging a hearing from the government to set ecology of Hussainsagar Act, 2010,” the tribunal ducted an inspection on declined from 7.8 per cent welfare of all people and Harish Rao said the govern- the parties and acted, per- aside the orders that were lake while demolishing said. the lake said that the to -3.8 per cent in the “our objective is to realise ment had decided to put in haps, only on the basis of already passed and recom- the Secretariat last year. It said, “Under the cir- Hussainsagar lake was same period, he noted. ‘Bangaru Telangana’ place an administrative records. mence the hearing process The tribunal was deal- cumstances, we feel there not notified as a wetland, On the per capita with the participation arrangement on the lines of The bench criticised the afresh by giving an oppor- ing with a petition filed is no necessity for this tri- and the Wetlands income front too, the state and co-operation of all Kerala for the welfare of tribunals for issuing tunity to the parties. by TPCC working presi- bunal to admit this appli- (Conservation and has done better than the people.” workers who had gone to orders and arriving at The bench directed the dent A. Revanth cation, unless it is chal- Management) Rules, 2017, nation, he said, adding in He said Chandrashekar the Gulf countries for liveli- conclusions based on rev- government to give wide Reddy.“‘As regards the lenged and set aside by do not apply to this. Also, Telangana this is estimat- Rao had put the chariot of hood. “Chief Secretary enue records. Out of publicity about this court plea for issue of an the higher court; and the as per GO 168 issued by ed to increase by 0.6 per progress on a fast track. Somesh Kumar had visited 16,256 cases, orders in order so that concerned injunction restraining right of the applicant to the erstwhile government cent in 2020-21 to “Preserving the rich her- Kerala and submitted a 4,891 cases were issued parties would approach the authority from giving challenge the environ- of Andhra Pradesh, con- `2,27,145. The per capita itage of Telangana, let us report to the government. based on the records. the tribunals and submit the environmental clear- mental clearance later is struction of any building income at the national march forward unitedly. However, the government is The court said it was their arguments in writ- ance, this is not permissi- also not affected by this is prohibited only up to a level is estimated to We should ensure that the now claiming that they will deeply concerned about ing. If this did not happen ble under law. order.” distance of 30 metres decline by 4.8 per cent to benefits of development initiate measures after exam- the facts before it that liti- in any case, the tribunals The tribunal cannot Giving a clean chit to from the full-tank level `1,27,768. This, Harish reach the poorest of the ining reports. gants or their advocates are free to pass orders. restrain any statutory the state government and (FTL) of the lake.” Rao said, was proof that poor,” he said. NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 pg 8 CINEMA India records 35,871 fresh Covid-19 cases Kerala elections become DC CORRESPONDENT Thursday as India’s NEW DELHI, MARCH 18 daily Covid-19 cases surged to 35,871 – high- a prestige issue for Rahul India has so far detected est since early 400 cases of Covid-19 December. In the last 24 infected with the highly hours 172 deaths too Cong. leader has been actively working on poll strategy, ticket distribution contagious United were reported due to the Kingdom, Brazil, and virus. DC CORRESPONDENT South Africa mutant Five states - NEW DELHI, MARCH 18 variants of the virus. Maharashtra, Punjab, These three variants Karnataka, Gujarat and Congress leader Rahul also have the potential to Tamil Nadu - continue to Gandhi, who skipped the joint re-infect people who report a surge in the rally with the Left following have been previously Covid-19 daily new cases the ‘controversial’ alliance infected with Covid-19 and 79.54 per cent of the with the ISF is focussing more though till now in India new cases are from these on Kerala. no such case of re-infec- states. For Gandhi Kerala Assembly tion has been reported, Maharashtra has polls has become a “prestige” Minister of State for reported the highest issue as the reports coming in Health Mr Ashwini daily new cases at 16,620, show a slight edge to the rul- Choubey said in Rajya (accounting for 63.21 per ing LDF. Sabha while citing find- cent of the daily new He is a Lok Sabha MP from ings from World Health cases. Wayanad in Kerala. The Organization. It is followed by Kerala Congress leaders were recent- Of these 400 cases, 158 with 1,792 while Punjab ly engaged in a public dis- were reported in the last reported 1,492 new agreement among themselves two weeks and on March cases. over Bengal Congress’ deci- 4, there were 242 such Despite daily high sion to form a triangular cases across the country. cases, Kerala is also alliance with the Left and the Meanwhile, the cumu- reporting a consistently ISF, a new political outfit lative national Positivity declining trend over the launched by Furfura Sharif ’s Rate was 4.98% on last one month. pirzada Abbas Siddiqui. Attaching priority to Kerala, Gandhi has been visiting the state quite frequently. In fact, he launched the campaigning for the state polls even before any of the three top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders — Prime Minister Narendra Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a BJP election campaign rally ahead of West Bengal Modi, Union home minister Assembly elections in Purulia district on Thursday. = PTI Amit Shah and party presi- dent J.P. Nadda did. In the states going to polls this year Kerala seems to be the brightest option for the Congress. Historically the Congress divided Assam in state has a cyclic tradition but this time the LDF may break this rule. If the Left succeeds in break- all possible ways, says Modi ing the jinx and winning the ensuing elections, it would be MANOJ ANAND | DC nectivity of the region has Assam,” he said while refer- an embarrassment for the GUWAHATI, MARCH 18 improved manifolds during ring to ideological contradic- Congress in general and the NDA regime, the Prime tions of the party which Gandhi in particular because Prime Minister Narendra Minister while addressing his is contesting polls in he is an MP from the state. Modi, on Thursday, blamed the first election rally after the alliance with the left in West After the Jammu outing of Congress party for making Election Commission Bengal but opposing them in some of the G23 writers the Assam one of the most discon- announced poll schedule for Kerala. pressure is also on Gandhi to nected states in the country. the state, Modi said, “During “Congress governments and deliver positive results in the Addressing a massive public its rule, the Congress party their policies damaged Assam Assembly states. If the party rally in Karimganj in poll- divided Assam in all possible socially, culturally, geographi- loses in the state from where bound Assam, Modi accused ways. But the BJP government cally and politically as well. In he is a Lok Sabha MP it will the Congress party of has been connecting it on all 2016, when I came here, I was not look good on him. indulging in “corruption and fronts. We are not just connect- shocked to know that Congress With an eye on Assembly vote-bank-based governance” ing the state just physically, governments ran Divisional polls Gandhi in one of his which has caused immense but also culturally.” Commissioner for Barak statements in Kerala had said damage to the state. Launching a frontal attack Valley from Guwahati. The that politics in Kerala is most- Asserting that the NDA gov- on Congress that ruled the NDA government has over- ly issue-based rather than on ernment has overcome the state for 15 years at a stretch come such hurdles of gover- other issues that caused a injustice made to the state, he before the Bharatiya Janata nance too,” Modi said. sharp reaction from MPs of said, “Decades ago, this entire Party (BJP) came to power in Reiterating the commitment BJP of northern states. region was one that had better 2016, the Prime Minister said of his “double engine” BJP Insiders claim that Gandhi connectivity. Rail connectivity that the situation within the government in Assam Modi has been instrumental in tick- was very poor in Barak Valley, Congress is such that it can do said, “We’re trying to develop et distribution and has active- and people have continuously anything for votes. a multimodal logistic park in ly worked in the election strat- demanded for it. Quality of “The Congress has no leader, Silchar to transform this egy too. roads, too, was poor. People no policy and no ideology. If region into a hub of import- In the coming days several had to travel long distances to the party itself is so unstable, export. This will provide a lot other rallies of Gandhi across reach different parts of how can they provide a stable of employment opportunities the state are planned to ensure Assam.” government that can ensure to the youth and economic maximum seats for the party. Pointing out as to how con- all round development of opportunities to the farmers.” Pre-poll violence ‘Voters being bribed erupts in Bengal through Google Pay’ RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC the area, he faced an unprece- G. BABU JAYAKUMAR & were contesting. In KOLKATA, MARCH 18 dented protest by the D. SEKAR | DC Thondamuthur, Velumani’s Trinamul Congress workers CHENNAI, MARCH 18 supporters were collecting Pre-poll violence, a common who almost blocked his convoy phone numbers of the general scene in West Bengal, erupted leaving him stranded. The penultimate day for filing public for making the money on Thursday amid heavy When the BJP workers con- of nominations to contest the transfers, he alleged. deployment of central para- fronted them, a street-fight April 6 Assembly elections The AIADMK went one step military forces in the state. broke out leaving some of saw a spate of papers being further and sought the regis- In the afternoon a BJP candi- them injured. submitted across the state tration of a criminal case date Shital Kapat who is con- Mr Adhikari alleged, “A even as parties cracked the against DMK candidate from testing from Ghatal in West Jungle Raj is underway. I will whip on rebels and also lodged Karur, Senthil Balaji, for Midnapore was allegedly beat- complain to the poll observers. complaints with the election allegedly misleading the gen- en with sticks and bamboo Do not be scared of these small authorities against rival can- eral public against the law, and poles by angry Trinamul toughs. People will be able to didates, seeking action. also accused him of contempt Congress supporters when he cast their votes under the vigil DMK organization secretary of court. visited Kotolpur village for a of the central forces.”(sic) R S Bharathi wrote to the AIADMK Advocate Wing poll campaign with party TMC block president of Chief Election Commissioner joint secretary R M Babu workers. Nandigram Swadesh Das how- saying that his party candi- Murugavel said Balaji violated Later the police and central ever blamed Mr Adhikari for date from Thondamuthur con- election rules by telling the forces personnel rushed to the triggering unrest. stituency Karthikeya people to rush into the river spot and rescued Mr Kapat. At “Since he joined the BJP, Sivasenapathy had reliable beds with their bullock carts Nandigram, the hot seat of the problems have started here. He information on AIADMK can- and mine sand, unmindful of Assembly Election, tension is trying to provoke the people didate S P Velumani the officials, the very moment started brewing since late on who are resisting it,” he gearing up to pay voters the DMK assumed charge in Wednesday night when a claimed. through Google Pay and other the State. group of BJP supporters At Labhpur of Birbhum, the online money transfer plat- Sand mining without proper attacked some Trinamul Trinamul Congress and BJP forms. permission was banned by the Congress workers and beat workers hurled bombs on each Bharathi urged the Election High Court and hence telling them and damaged their vehi- other during a violent clash Commission to take immedi- the people to not bother about cles. over spreading influence cover ate steps to monitor such the officials and collect sand On Thursday when BJP can- the voters. online money transfer, partic- from the river bed amounted didate Shuvendu Adhikari vis- Six persons were later arrest- ularly in the constituencies to contempt of court, ited Sonachura for a rally in ed by the police. where AIADMK Ministers Murugavel said. Speak up, don’t suffer in silence: SC PARMOD KUMAR | DC against women”, said Justice ness and inflict great cruelty silence. The causes and factors NEW DELHI, MARCH 18 S. Ravindra Bhat who in the casual blindness to the of violence against women authored the judgment. despair of the survivors”, the include entrenched unequal The Supreme Court on Having set aside the High court said. power equations between men Thursday set aside a Madhya Court order that had created Saying that the judgment and women that foster vio- Pradesh High Court order uproar, a bench comprising was not as much on the merits lence and its acceptability, directing an accused in a rape Justice A. M. Khanwilkar and of the conditions of bail under aggravated by cultural and case to tie rakhi on victim as a Justice S. Ravindra Bhur in its challenge, Justice Bhat speak- social norms, economic condition for bail as top court judgment said, “The role of all ing for the bench said that a dependence, poverty and alco- urged victim women not to suf- courts is to make sure that the “wider canvas of (what hol consumption, etc.” fer and break silence. survivor can rely on their appears to be) entrenched Pointing to the obstacles that Noting that the actual num- impartiality and neutrality paternalistic and misogynistic a victim woman faces in tak- ber of cases of offences at every stage in a criminal attitudes that are regrettably ing on the offender, the judg- against women are much high- proceeding, where she is the reflected at times in judicial ment says, “The social and eco- er than that are reported, the survivor and an aggrieved orders and judgments.” nomic "costs" of reporting court called upon women not party.” Issuing a slew of directions such crimes are high. General to suffer in silence but speak “Judges play – at all levels – a to be followed by the subordi- economic dependence on fami- up. vital role as teachers and nate judiciary while dealing ly and fear of social ostraciza- “This silence needs to be bro- thought leaders. It is their role with the cases involving tion act as significant disin- ken. In doing so, men, perhaps to be impartial in words and offences against women, centives for women to report more than women have a duty action, at all times. If they fal- Justice Bhat said, “Gender vio- any kind of sexual violence, and role to play in averting ter, especially in gender relat- lence is most often unseen and abuse or abhorrent behav- and combating violence ed crimes, they imperil fair- is shrouded in a culture of iour.” c m y k c m y k

DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 pg 9 C I N E M A C I N E M A WORLD DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | pg 10 FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 Man held with gun outside US VP home Kamala Harris currently doesn’t live there Washington, March year-old unregistered ammuni- 18: A 31-year-old man tion, and five 30 round has been arrested out- man has magazines." side United States’ Vice 31been According to police, President Kamala arrested outside he's been charged with Harris' official resi- US Vice President several counts: dence in Washington, Carrying a dangerous D.C. on weapons and Kamala Harris' weapon, carrying a rifle ammunition charges, official residence or shotgun outside of a according to media in Washington, business, possession of reports. The arrest D.C. on weapons unregistered ammuni- comes as the district is tion and possession of a in a state of heightened and ammunition large capacity ammuni- security following the charges. tion feeding device. Jan. 6 insurrection The United States attempt at the United 30 round Secret Service told CNN States Capitol. magazin in a statement that Harris and her hus- 05es, AR-15 Uniformed Division band, Doug Emhoff, do semi-automatic officers detained the not currently live at the man before Metro- Naval Observatory, as rifle, 113 rounds of politan Police arrived the official residence of unregistered on the scene. the United States’ Vice ammunition were A Secret Service offi- President is undergoing in possession of cial said none of the renovation. agency's protectees The couple is living at Paul Murray of were at the residence at Blair House, near the San Antonio and the time of the incident. White House. was recovered Violent pro-Trump The Texas man was from his vehicle. supporters, fuelled by detained by United the belief that President States Secret Service on Biden and Harris had Wednesday following an stolen the election from intelligence bulletin, a Donald Trump, stormed spokesperson for Wash- and ammunition were the Capitol on Jan. 6, ington's Metropolitan recovered from his vehi- threatening lawmakers Police was quoted as cle, it said. and law enforcement saying by CNN. A police report shows officers. Police said the officers officers allege Murray Five people, including arrested and charged was in possession of an a police officer, were Paul Murray, of San "AR-15 semi-automatic killed in the violence. Antonio, and that a rifle rifle, 113 rounds of — PTI TIME FOR INDIA, PAK TO BURY THE Man charged for PAST: BAJWA Atlanta killings Islamabad, March 18: Atlanta (US), March ● AUTHORITIES SAID Pakistan Army chief 18: A white gunman they didn't know if Long General Qamar Javed was charged with ever went to the mas- Bajwa said on Thursday killing eight people at sage parlors where the that it was time for three Atlanta-area mas- India and Pakistan to sage parlours in an shootings occurred but “bury the past and move attack that sent terror that he was heading to forward” as he asserted through the Asian Ame- Florida to attack “some that the peace between rican community, which type of porn industry.” the two neighbours wo- has increasingly been uld help to “unlock” the targeted during the potential of South and Coronavirus pandemic. first Vietnamese Ameri- Central Asia. A day after the can to serve in the Addressing a session shootings, investigators Georgia House and a of the first-ever were trying to unravel frequent advocate for Islamabad Security what might have com- women and communi- Dialogue here, Gen pelled 21-year-old Robe- ties of colour. Bajwa also said that the rt Aaron Long to com- Atlanta Mayor Keisha potential for regional mit the worst mass ki- Lance Bottoms said that peace and development lling in the US in almost regardless of the shoote- always remained two years. Long told po- r's motivation, “it is hostage to the disputes lice that Tuesday's atta- unacceptable.” Authori- and issues between ck was not racially mo- ties said they didn't Pakistan and India — tivated. He claimed to know if Long ever went the two “nuclear-armed have a “sex addiction,” to the massage parlors neighbours”. and authorities said he where the shootings “We feel it is time to apparently lashed out at occurred but that he was bury the past and move what he saw as sources heading to Florida to forward,” he said, addi- of temptation. But those attack “some type of ng that the responsibili- statements spurred out- porn industry.” “He app- ty for a meaningful dia- rage and widespread arently has an issue, logue rested with India. scepticism given the what he considers a sex India last month said locations and that six of addiction, and sees these that it desires normal the eight victims were locations as something relations with Pakistan women of Asian desc- that allows him to go to in an environment free ent. The shootings appe- these places, and it's a te- of terror, hostility and ar to be at the “intersec- mptation for him that he violence. India has also tion of gender-based wanted to eliminate,” told Pakistan that “talks violence, misogyny and Cherokee County sher- and terror” cannot go xenophobia,” state Rep. iff's Capt. Jay Baker together. — PTI Bee Nguyen said, the said. — AP Putin ‘killer’, will pay for poll meddling: Biden Moscow, March 18: bled past. said in a conference call Russian President Vlad- The Russian leader with reporters, noting imir Putin said Thurs- pointed at America's that "there was nothing day that US President past history of slaugh- like that in history.” Joe Biden's remarks tering Native He wouldn't answer if about him reflect US Americans and slavery, Russia could go as far as own past and current arguing that the painful to rupture diplomatic problems. Biden was legacy has weighed on ties with the United asked in an interview the United States. States. Konstantin Kosa- whether he thought “Otherwise where chev, a deputy speaker Russian President Vlad- would the Black Lives of the Russian parlia- imir Putin is a killer Matter movement come ment's upper house, said and said “I do.” from,” he said. He added Biden's “boorish state- Russia on Wednesday that Russia would still ment” marks a water- announced it's recalling cooperate with the shed. its ambassador in United States where it “Such assessments are Washington for consul- answers Moscow's inter- inadmissible for a tations. Asked about ests. Putin's spokesman statesman of his rank,” Biden's remarks during Dmitry Peskov deplored Kosachev said. “Such a video call with resi- what he called “very bad statements are unac- dents of Crimea mark- remarks by the US pres- ceptable under any cir- ing the anniversary of ident” that made it clear cumstances. They its 2014 annexation from that “he doesn't want to inevitably lead to a Ukraine, Putin charged normalize relations.” sharp exacerbation of that they reflect the “We will proceed our bilateral ties.” United States' own trou- accordingly,” Peskov — AP Mars rover sends back driving sounds Cape Canaveral (US), Wednesday by Jet Prop- nced rover ever sent to March 18: Nasa's new- ulsion Laboratory in Pa- Mars — landed near an est Mars rover has sent sadena, California. ancient river delta on back the first-ever sou- “If I heard these soun- February 18 to search nds of driving on the ds driving my car, I'd for signs of past life. red planet — a grinding, pull over and call for a Samples will be taken clanking, banging affair tow,” Dave Gruel, an en- from the most promisi- that by Earth standards gineer on the rover ng rocks for eventual re- would be pretty worri- team, said in a Nasa turn to Earth. The rover some. The noises made statement. “But if you carries two microphon- by Perseverance's six take a minute to consid- es. One already has capt- metal wheels and sus- er what you're hearing ured the sounds of wind pension on the first test and where it was re- and rock-zapping lasers, drive two weeks ago are corded, it makes perfect the other was meant to part of a 16-minute raw sense.” Perseverance — record the descent and audio feed released the biggest, most adva- landing. — AP HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 pg 11  Delhi HC upholds S'pore order against deal 25% road tax rebate on scrapped vehicles likely

quick SANGEETHA G Setback for Future CHENNAI, MARCH 18 TOLL PLAZAS TO GO, GPS-BASED COLLECTION IN A YEAR The government proposes BITES to provide incentives to FC BUREAU be removed. It means that toll. From February 16, those who buy new vehi- CHENNAI, MARCH 18 toll collection will happen vehicles without FASTag in Reliance deal cles after discarding their via GPS. The money will have been paying double % older ones under the The government will be collected based on GPS toll fee at toll plazas. INDICATORS scrappage policy. implement complete imaging (on vehicles)," According to Worldline Sensex 49216.52 -1.17 SANGEETHA G The state governments GPS-based toll collection Gadkari said. India, FASTags are also Nifty 50 14557.90 -1.11 CHENNAI, MARCH 18 will be advised to offer a within a year and do This will ensure seam- being used for contactless S&P 500* 3,961.23 -0.32 road tax rebate of up to 25 away with toll booths, less movement of vehi- and interoperable park- In a major victory for e- per cent for personal vehi- road transport and high- cles through highways ing in major cities like Dollar (`) 72.51 0.05 commerce biggie Amazon, cles and up to 15 per cent ways minister Nitin and cut travel time. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai Pound Sterling (`) 101.24 -0.40 the Delhi High Court for commercial vehicles Gadkari said in the Lok According to him, 93 and Bengaluru. GMR upheld the order of for buying new ones after Sabha. "I want to assure per cent of the vehicles Hyderabad International Euro (`) 86.62 -0.26 Singapore's Emergency discarding the older ones, the House that within one pay toll using FASTag, Airport has launched Gold (10gm)* (`) 44,509▼105 0.23 Arbitrator, which had Union minister Nitin year all physical toll but the remaining 7 per contactless car parking restrained Future Group Gadkari said in a state- booths in the country will cent are paying a double facility with FASTag. Brent crude ($/bbl)* 65.25 -4.04 from going ahead with the ment in Parliament. IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.202 0.00 Rs 24,713 crore deal with While the registration US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.735 0.094 Reliance Retail. The court fees has been proposed to the scrapping centre will crore now, he said. tests and scrapping cen- also questioned why the be waived, the govern- be around 4-6 per cent of As per the policy, commer- tres are likely to be appli- * As of 8:30 PM IST Future Group promoters ment has also advised the ex-showroom price of cial vehicles will have to cable from October 1, 2021. should not be detained for date of hearing," the court one and will have empiri- automobile manufactur- a new vehicle. undergo a fitness test after The Federation of violating the arbitrator's said. cal impact on ease of doing ers to offer 5 per cent dis- The vehicle scrappage 15 years and personal Automobile Dealers Asso- order and asked them to be The high court issued a business ranking for India count for new vehicles policy will double the vehicles after 20 years. If ciations said the incen- India home prices present in the court on show-cause notice to and ensuring corporate against the scrapping cer- automobile industry they fail the test, they will tives will motivate the April 28. Future Group founder governance standards. tificate. The "scrap value turnover to Rs 10 lakh have to be discarded as customer to scrap the old lowest among 56 Justice J. R. Midha found Kishore Biyani and the This verdict will strength- for the old vehicle given by crore from Rs 4.5 lakh scrap. The rules for fitness vehicles. that Future Group willful- company's other promot- en faith in our judicial sys- ly violated the arbitrator's ers asking why they should tem and let businesses key markets order by going ahead with not be detained for three know that contracts matter the Reliance deal and months in civil prison for for a reason," said K. Roiled by the pandemic, home asked it not to take any fur- violating the arbitrator's Narasimhan, advocate, prices in India fell 3.6 per cent ther action. The Singapore order. The court also Madras High Court. in the December quarter 2020, International Arbitration imposed a cost of Rs 20 Future Group did not com- pushing down its global rank- WFH trend may fade away in India: Survey Centre (SIAC) in October lakh, which has to be ment on the development. ing to the lowest 56th as com- last year had passed an deposited in Prime Meanwhile, both organ- FC BUREAU The survey was conduct- demic was in place. pared to 43rd in the year-ago interim order against the Minister's Relief Fund for ised and unorganised HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 ed by ValueVox during The survey also claims period. According to Knight Future-Reliance deal on providing Covid-19 vac- retailers have asked the December-January among that 50 per cent of employ- Frank, India was the weakest- the plea filed by Amazon. cines to senior citizens of Centre for a level-playing While several major tech- 1,200 employees and 600 ees were willing to shift performing housing market in "The respondents are below poverty line (BPL) field with regard to FDI in nology companies have employers. back to the metro from Oct.-Dec. Turkey led the global directed not to take any category. the e-commerce sector. announced shifting a After the end of the pan- their native place if the consultancy’s annual rankings further action in violation The Delhi High Court In its discussion with the major chunk of their demic, 67 per cent of large job demands it. Of this, 29 with prices up by 30.3 per cent of the interim order dated was hearing the plea filed DPIIT, the Retailers employees to remote work, companies and 70 per cent per cent of employees said year-on-year, followed by New 25th October, 2020. The by Amazon for the enforce- Association of India said it the concept of work-from- of mid-sized Indian firms, their decision would be Zealand at 18.6 per cent. respondents are further ment of the arbitrator's wanted the FDI rules appli- home that gained curren- as opposed to 60 per cent of guided by the availability directed to approach all the order. Future Group has cable to retail to be the cy during the pandemic large global counterparts of the work-from-home Printed & Published by competent authorities for received the approval of same across channels and might fade away once the and 34 per cent of mid-size option, while 24 per cent K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan recall of the orders passed the stock exchanges and formats of retail to facili- threat of virus recedes, global companies, are not said it would depend on Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at on their applications in the Competition Commiss- tate consumer experience according to a survey. in the new normal. in favour of a remote whether the pandemic Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan violation of the interim ion of India for the deal and market balance. A survey by Indeed India Seventy per cent say they working setup. was brought under con- Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, order dated 25th October, with Reliance Group. The Confederation of All- said Indian companies will not continue it once a Even digitally agile start- trol. Nine per cent of Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, 2020 within two weeks. The However, the Supreme India Traders, represent- appear less willing than solution to the pandemic ups preferred an in-office them, however, said they Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: respondents are directed to Court has halted approval ing small traders, also had their global counterparts is in place, even though model after the pandemic, will not return to metro T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg file an affidavit to place on by the National Company sought a level-playing field. to support remote work three in every four with 90 per cent of survey cities for work. In fact, 32 No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights record the actions taken by Law Tribunal for the deal It wanted the government participants saying that per cent employees are reserved. Reproduction in whole or in post-pandemic. employers highlight no part without written permission of The them after 25th October, till further orders. to ensure that the current "Fifty-nine per cent of decline in employee pro- they would not like to con- willing to take a pay cut if Editor, Financial Chronicle ® is 2020 and the present status "The verdict passed by e-commerce norms pro- employers are not in ductivity due to remote tinue remote working they could work in their prohibited. of all those actions at least Justice Midha is probably vide a level-playing field favour of remote working working," the survey said. once a solution for the pan- native place. three days before the next one of the most poignant for all stakeholders. GAMES Durgesh, Jayant, Arvind are top performers SHORT TAKES Ayub, Bhuvan, Harshavardhan, Gunavith, Karthik, Krishnakanth, Khader, Ershad, Adarsh, Abhiram, Essa do well in two-day games Dhanalakshmi DC CORRESPONDENT Agustia 41, D. Yashwant 33, K. Anirudh HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 78, Roshan Reddy 33, D. Hemanth 4/53) humbles Hima too bt Saleemnagar 89 in 27.1 overs (Mirza Patiala: S. Dhanalakshmi of C. Durgesh took six wickets including Noman Biag 3/12, D. Yashwanth 3/13). Tamil Nadu, who had stunned a hat-trick in the Hyderabad Cricket Points: Nizam College 5, Saleemnagar 0. Dutee Chand in the 100m final, Association’s three-day league but ■ Ours 291 in 79 overs (V. Goutam 51, D. on Thursday beat another star Jayant Patel and P. Arvind punched Manish 51, K. R. Dhanush 34) vs Mega athlete, Hima Das, in the 200m big in the two-day games to emerge top City 79/3 in 8.4 overs. semifinal heats by running a performers on Thursday. C. Durgesh M. A. Jayant D. Bhuvan D. Adarsh D. Abhiram Sai Karthik Krishnakanth Abdul Khader ■ Adilabad District 243 in 71 overs (Md meet record time of 23.26 sec- Durgesh’s 6 for 91 went in vain as Asif 38, B. Srinivas 33, S. Ramulu 55, onds in the Federation Cup BDL lost to SBI, who declared their (5/40) of Swastik CC and Essa (5/45) of Krishnamurthy 3/101) vs Crown. 72, Venkat Chandra 84, Abdul Khader 102 Abdul Abed Ali 35, N. Shashank Yadav National Senior Athletics innings at 358 for 7, the last three wick- CCOB did well with the ball. ■ Vijaypuri Willowmen 383 in 66 overs — 90b, 13x4, 1x6, Sri Chandan 40, 3/30) vs PKMCC. Championships on Thursday. ets falling off successive deliveries as Brief scores: (Md Ayub Khan 163 — 129b, 26x4, 4x6, Nandakishore 41) vs XI Master 12/0 in 3 ■ Elegant 116 in 50.3 overs (K. Anirudh Her victory over Hima Das Durgesh had Sri Hari caught, Ahmed THREE-DAY LEAGUE Satyanarayana 3/73, Rahul Revant 3/84) overs. 33, Advait 4/22) vs Shalimar CC 85/4 in (Assam) in the semifinal heats Quadri stumped and Ashwin Yadav vs Bharat 68/4 in 24 overs (Rahul Revant ■ Young Citizen 100 in 37.5 overs (Ershad 22 overs (D. Ronit Singh 35). lifted her to the top 10 of Indian caught for a memorable hat-trick. ■ BDL 142 in 30.1 overs & 110 in 30.2 53 batting). Pasha 5/16) lost to Vijay CC 102/2 in 18.1 ■ SK Blues 134 in 41.2 overs (A. Srikanth all-time list. Archana Suseendran Khalsa’s Mohammed Alam Hashmi overs (Akash Bhandari 4/24) lost to SBI ■ Rakesh XI 541 in 84.2 overs (G. Dheeraj overs (Badhal Bhati 66 n.o). Points: Vijay 4/19) lost to Karimanagar District 139/4 (Tamil Nadu) won her semifinal was the other performer in the top 358/7 decl in 60 overs (C. Durgesh 6/91 38, D. Bhuvan 128 — 197b, 12x4, D. 5, Young Citizen 0. in 29.4 overs (Sai Vinay 37, Rishwanth heats in 24.07 seconds to raise division with figures of 5 for 26 against — 13-1-91-6). Points: SBI 8, BDL 0. Harshavardhan 127 — 115b, 17x4, 1x6, K. ■ Hyderabad Panthers 89 in 37.4 overs Goud 33). Points: Karimangar 5, SK Blues expectations of an interesting Sri Chakra. ■ Sri Chakra 280 in 84.3 overs & 134 in Ritvik 72, R. Yashwanth 65) vs HUCC. (Abhinay Kumar 40, Adarsh Deshmukh 0. final. It must be stated that both In the two-day league, Jayant snared 32.1 overs (Vikas Rao 32, Md Alam ■ Hyderabad Cricket Academy 402/7 in 5/26) lost to Manikumar 91/2 in 19 overs. ■ Secunderabad Gymkhana 130/8 (all Hima Das (23.10) and Archana eight wickets while conceding just 33 Hashmi 5/26) lost to Khalsa 318 in 80.4 90 overs (G. Gunavith 116 n.o — 122b, Points: Manikumar 5, Panthers 0. out) in 33.4 overs (Saurav Verma 39, Suseendran (23.18) have faster runs to bowl Canara Bank to a seven- overs & 99/1 in 14.3 overs (Sarthak 16x4, 1x6, Sahil 64, Keerthi 54, Aryan 37, ■ Rushiraj 181 in 43 overs (A. Ramesh Varun Tej 3/24, T. Venkat 3/41) lost to times than the one blazed by wicket win over Hyderabad Patriots. Bharadwaj 53 n.o, Sri Harshit 32). Points: Zaheer 36, Anvith 30) vs Saint Sai. 84, Abhiram Devarkonda 5/40) bt Abhinav Colts 131/2 in 21.4 overs Dhanalakshmi on Thursday. In another match, Arvind belted an Khalsa 6, Sri Chakra 0. ■ WMCC 347 in 68 overs (Sana Sai Swastik CC 176 in 58 overs (Abhiram D (Sandeep Kumar 64, Varun Teja 46). Dhanalakshmi’s time bettered unbeaten 330 off 251 balls with 28 fours Karthik 116 — 94b, 23x4, Asmit Singh 60 53, Rishabh Reddy 36, Alankrit Reddy 43, Points: Colts 5, Gymkhana 0. TWO-DAY LEAGUE P. T. Usha’s long-standing meet and seven sixes and his teammate M. n.o, Mohan Reddy 38, J. Rohit Kumar Ganesh 32, P. Rahul 3/46, A. Nikshit 3/35, ■ Acrylic CC 273/7 in 90 overs (Jaswanth record of 23.30 seconds set in A. Jayant got 154 to bolster Team ■ Hyderabad Patriots 145 in 43.2 overs 3/94, K. Sampath Rao 3/57) vs J. Rahul 4/43). Points: Rushiraj 5, Swastik 89, Sankeerth 58 n.o, Pavan Reddy 3/40) Chennai in 1998. Speed to 680 for 5 against Crown CC. (A. Sai Venkat Anurag 53, Saketh S. Ram Nizamabad District 157/3 in 28 overs (D. 0. vs Warangal District. Having run 24.05 seconds Ayub Khan (163) of Vijaypuri 43 n.o, Jayant Patel 8/33 — 11.2-2-33- Ajit 53, Ch Pranav Teja 58). ■ Venus Cybertech 135 in 49.2 overs (M. ■ Sunshine 175 in 50.3 overs (Mir Syed Ali when finishing third in the Willowmen; D. Bhuvan (128) and D. 8) lost to Canara Bank 147/3 in 34.5 overs ■ Noble 271 in 55.5 overs (R Vamshi S. Karthikeya 30, Naveen 37, Essa 5/45 — 51, M. Sri Harsha 72, Shaik Sahil 4/33) bt Federation Cup here two years Harshavardhan (127) of Rakesh XI (Arvind Shetty 76). Points: Canara Bank 66, Krishnakanth Tiwari 107 — 112b, 10x4, 17.2-4-45-5, Rahat Ali 3/38) lost to CCOB Superstar 93 in 38.3 overs (Jawad Ali ago, Dhanalakshmi had recorded were the other big scorers while 5, Patriots 0. 5x6, Imam Shareef 4/78) vs Adams XI 137/4 in 38.5 overs (Saicharan 47, Abdul 3/36). Points: Sunshine 5, Superstar 0. a 23.47 in the Tamil Nadu State Ershad Pasha (5/16) of Vijay CC; ■ Team Speed 680/5 in 90 overs (P. 90/6 in 30 overs (Gangadhar 36, Hussain Khaliq Khan 44, M. S. Karthikeya 3/35). ■ Vijayanand vs Mayura (Mayura did not Championships in Sivakasi on Adarsh Deshmukh (5/26) of Arvind 330 n.o — 251b, 28x4, 7x6, M. A. Bin Jaffa 3/40). Points: CCOB 5, Venus Cybertech 0. turn up, Vijayanand claimed walkover). January 24, thus making it the Manikumar; Abhiram Devarkonda Jayant 154 — 119b, 23x4, 3x6, P. Tarun Sai ■ Shanti XI 435 in 89.5 overs (Rajashekar ■ Nizam College 260 in 76.1 overs (M. Points: Vijayanand 5, Mayura 0. second time she was dipping in under 23.50 seconds. Meanwhile, returning to com- petition after a long break, Swapna Barman won the hep- CENTURION RAMYA tathlon event with a total of Nikhat gets the better of world champ 5,636 points. — PTI ON A RAMPAGE AS New Delhi, March 18: ● Telangana’s Nikhat India’s Nikhat Zareen Zareen caused a HYDERABAD WIN DSF, Mary to aid stunned reigning world champion Paltceva major upset at the DC CORRESPONDENT Ekaterina to breeze into the Bosphorus Boxing HYDERABAD, MARCH 18 women boxers women’s 51kg quarter- tournament in New Delhi: Dream Sports finals at the Bosphorus Istanbul when she D. Ramya smashed as century Foundation (DSF) on Thursday Boxing tournament in on Thursday to power announced partnership with the Istanbul. out-punched Hyderabad to a 27-run victory Mary Kom Regional Boxing The Asian Paltceva Ekaterina of over Jharkhand in the BCCI Foundation (MKRBF) to support Championships bronze Russia 5-0. Senior Women’s One-Day six talented female pugilists medallist caused a major Tournament being played at from Imphal. upset on the second day of Surat in Gujarat. Through this partnership, DSF the tournament when she women’s second round The opener smacked 132, will facilitate training and pro- out-punched the Russian matches. cracking 16 fours and a six in vide educational and financial boxer 5-0. However, it was curtains her 159-ball knock and was assistance to promising boxers The Telangana pugilist for Duryodhah Negi (69kg), involved in a 149-run stand for for the next one year. will have yet another tough Brijesh Yadav (81kg) and the first wicket with Keerthi The support to the boxers bout ahead as she takes on Krishan Sharma (+91kg) as Reddy (50) to boost Hyderabad through this partnership will two-time world champion they lost their preliminary to 258 for 6 in 50 overs in their include year-round technical Kyzaibay Nazym of round bouts. Elite Group ‘A’ match. training, provision of apparel and Kazakhstan in the quarter- The third day of the event In reply, Jharkhand could only equipment, accommodation, finals. will witness six Indian box- manage 231 for 7 in 50 overs. tournament exposure, diet and Apart from Nikhat, 2013 ers fighting it out in their ■ Brief scores: Hyderabad 258/6 nutrition, education and tuition Asian champion Shiva Nikhat Zareen (in blue) is declared winner over World respective quarterfinal in 50 overs (D. Ramya 132 — 159b, and other extracurricular activi- Thapa, Sonia Lather and Champion Ekaterina Patseva of Russia 5-0 in the bouts. 16x4, 1x6, Keerthi Reddy 50, ties, a release said. Parveen also registered vic- Lather, Nikhat, Parveen Mamtha Kanojia 41, Ashwani 2/55, Bosphorus Boxing Tournament in Istanbul on Thursday. “We are grateful for Dream tories in their respective and Jyoti (69kg) will be seen Mamtha 2/28) bt Jharkhand 231/7 Sports Foundation to partner categories to proceed to the in action in the women’s in 50 overs (Rashmi 45, with us and help these young quarterfinals. the men’s 63kg division and Parveen (60kg) beat category while Thapa and Indrani Roy 39, Ashwani 35, athletes during one of the most Thapa did well to get the bout. local favourites Surmeneli Solanki will present Indian D. Ramya hit a century to guide Hyderabad Niharika 45 n.o, Bhogi Shravani important stages in their lives,” better of Kazakhstan’s World championship sil- Tugcenaz and Ozyol Esra 5- challenge in the men’s com- to victory over Jharkhand in the BCCI Senior 2/34, Rachna S. Kumar 2/24). 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Editor: Kaushik Mitter DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | pg 12 FRIDAY | 19 MARCH 2021 Surya scorches England as India level series 2-2 Ahmedabad, March 18: A determined India beat SCORECARD England by eight runs in the India: Rohit Sharma c&b Archer 12, Rahul c Archer b Stokes 14, Suryakumar Yadav c fourth T20 International to Malan b Curran 57, Virat Kohli st Buttler b Rashid 1, Rishabh Pant b Archer 30, level the five-match series 2-2 Shreyas Iyer c Malan b Archer 37, Hardik Pandya c Stokes b Wood 11, Shardul Thakur here on Thursday. not out 10, Washington Sundar c Rashid b Archer 4, Bhuvneshwar Kumar not out 0. Extras (W-4, LB-5) 9. Total (for 8 wickets in 20 overs) 185. Invited to bat first, India FoW: 21-1, 63-2, 70-3, 110-4, 144-5, 170-6, 174-7, 179-8. scored 185 for 8 in the stipu- Bowling: Rashid 4-1-39-1, Archer 4-0-33-4, Wood 4-1-25-1, Jordan 4-0-41-0, Stokes lated 20 overs, with 3-0-26-1, Curran 1-0-16-1. Suryakumar Yadav (57) and England: Jason Roy c Suryakumar b Pandya 40, Jos Buttler c Rahul b Bhuvneshwar 9, Dawid Malan b Chahar 14, Bairstow c Washinton b Chahar 25, Ben Stokes c Shreyas Iyer (37) doing the Suryakumar b Shardul 46, Eoin Morgan c Washington b Shardul 4, Sam Curran b bulk of scoring at the Pandya 3, Chris Jordan c Pandya b Shardul 12, Jofra Archer not out 18, A. Rashid not Narendra Modi Stadium. out 0. Extras (W-4, LB-2) 6. Total (for 8 wickets in 20 overs) 177. FoW: 15-1, 60-2, 66-3, 131-4, 140-5, 140-6, 153-7, 177-8. Bowling: Bhuvneshwar 4-1-30- Suryakumar’s 31-ball effort 1, Pandya 4-0-16-2, Shardul 4-0-42-3, Washington 4-0-52-0, Rahul Chahar 4-0-35-2. was his maiden half-century in international cricket and Iyer made his runs in just 18 sixes in his 31-ball 57 to top a four. But Rohit’s promising balls, hitting five fours and a score for India. He debuted innings was cut short in the six, as India managed to put in the second T20I but did fourth over as he was caught up a challenging total. not bat in that match. He did and bowled by Jofra Archer, Suryakumar smashed not play in the third game. who took career-best figures three sixes and six fours dur- India did not have a big of 4/33. ing his stay in the middle. partnership but quickfire Suryakumar hit Archer for In reply, England were knocks from Shreyas Iyer (37 a six in the first ball he faced stopped at 177 for 8 in their off 18 balls) and Rishabh in international cricket, full quota of overs. Pant (30 off 23) took the picked up the gaps and found All-rounder Ben Stokes hosts to their highest total of the boundaries to keep the top-scored for England with the series. scoreboard moving. 46 off 23 balls while Jason England again opened the India’s 45 for 1 after the Roy smashed a 27-ball 40 at attack with leg-spinner Adil powerplay was not a top- the top of the order. Rashid but Rohit Sharma notch effort but Suryakumar Suryakumar, who replaced (12) clobbered him for a six smacked Rashid for a six and an injured Ishan Kishan, on the first ball of the match a four in the seventh over. struck six fours and three and then followed it up with — PTI LAKSHYA LEAPS Wrestler Ritika INTO QUARTERS, dies by suicide SAINA CONCEDES Birmingham, March 18: Chandigarh, March 18: losing to her rival by one Lakshya Sen on Thursday Wrestler Ritika Phogat (17), point in the final bout of a became the youngest Indian a cousin of the Phogat sis- championship, he said. male shuttler to reach the ters, allegedly committed The championship was All England Championship suicide in Haryana’s held in Rajasthan’s quarterfinals, where P. V. Charkhi Dadri district after Bharatpur from March 12 to Sindhu joined him with an she lost the final bout of a 14. Ritika was learning and easy win here. tournament, police said on practising wrestling at the Reigning world champion Thursday. Mahavir Phogat Sports Sindhu recorded a domi- Ritika took the extreme Academy in Charkhi Dadri. nant 21-8, 21-8 win over step on the night of March Wrestling star Geeta Denmark’s Line Christoph- 15, they said. Phogat described Ritika, her ersen. Earlier, Lakshya saw A native of Rajasthan’s maternal cousin, as a “tal- off France’s Thomas Rouxel Jaipur village, Ritika was ented wrestler”. 21-18, 21-16 to make it to his staying with her uncle and “It’s a very sad moment for maiden quarterfinals. Dronacharya awardee my family. Ritika was a tal- However, it was curtains Mahavir Singh Phogat in ented wrestler and I don’t for Saina Nehwal, H. S. Charkhi Dadri’s Balali vil- know why she took such a Prannoy and Sai Praneeth. lage under Jhojhu Kalan step. Victory and defeat are a Prannoy lost 15-21, 14-21 to police station for the past part of an athlete’s life. We World No.1 Kento Momota four years, said Station should never take such a of Japan. Praneeth then House Officer (SHO) Dilbagh step,” she said in a tweet in squandered a first-game Singh. She was upset over Hindi. — PTI advantage, losing 21-15, 12- 21, 12-21 to second seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. Saina was troubled by her Tokyo ticket for safe bet Sharath right thigh and decided to Doha, March 18: The seasoned Achanta Sharath Kamal on retire after lagging behind Thursday became the first Indian table tennis player to qual- (8-21, 4-10) in her first round ify for this year’s Olympic Games, his fourth, after a domi- match against seventh seed nant win over Pakistan’s Muhammad Rameez at the Asian Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark. Olympic Qualification tournament in Doha. The mixed doubles pair of The veteran Indian thrashed Rameez 11-4, 11-1, 11-5, 11-4 in Rankireddy Satwiksairaj the second men’s singles round-robin match in the South and Ashwini Ponnappa also Asia group. The win ensured at least a second-place finish lost, 19-21, 9-21 to Japanese for Sharath and it was enough to secure a spot in the Games. duo of Yuki Kaneko and One quota is awarded to the highest-ranked second-placed Misaki Matsutomo in the player. Sharath secured it under the Asian quota. opening round. — PTI