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INDIAN-AMERICAN LAWMAKER ‘BILL WILL REDUCE INDIA TO NEW LAWS NOT SOLUTION TO CURB EFFECTIVE POLICING WILL MAKE INTRODUCES RESOLUTION ON ‘K’ VERSION OF PAKISTAN’ CRIME AGAINST WOMEN: VP NAIDU WOMEN FEEL SAFE, SECURE: MODI Washington: Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has NEW DELHI: The passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in : Vice President M on Sunday said bringing laws to NEW DELHI: Prime Minister on Sunday stressed on the introduced a Congressional resolution urging India to lift Parliament will mark the definitive victory of Mohammed Ali Jinnah's curb atrocities against women was not the only solution as "political will" role of effective policing in ensuring that women feel safe and secure. the restrictions on communications in Jammu and thinking over that of Mahatma Gandhi's, senior Congress leader Shashi and "administrative skills" were required to end the His remarks came against the backdrop of recent cases of crimes Kashmir as swiftly as possible and preserve religious Tharoor said on Sunday, asserting that the exercise of social evil. Referring to recent incidents in Unnao and against women which has triggered a public outcry. freedom for all residents. The resolution, introduced in granting citizenship on the basis of religion will reduce Hyderabad, Naidu said, "In Indian culture, we treat a Addressing a DGP/IGP conference at Pune, the PM the House of Representatives after several weeks of India to a "Hindutva version of Pakistan". The former woman as a mother, a sister. But what has said officials must at all times strive to improve the efforts by Jayapal on Friday, has only one co-sponsor - Union minister also alleged that the BJP government happened in recent days in certain parts is really image of the police force to inspire confidence Republican Congressman Steve Watkins. It's a simple wants to single out "one community" by refusing to shameful and a challenge for all of us. We must vow among all sections of society. The PMO said that resolution, which cannot be voted in the other grant its members asylum from oppression on to ensure this sort of discrimination, these Modi was of the view that technology provides an chamber, Senate, and does not have the force of law. the same conditions as other communities. atrocities are stopped immediately." effective weapon to ensure proactive policing.

CAPSULE SHADNAGAR ‘ENCOUNTER' Massive blaze sweeps through 4 accused shot from close LATA RETURNS HOME FROM HOSPITAL AFTER 28 DAYS range: Post-mortem report PNS n HYDERABAD : Legendary singer Lata Delhi building, leaves 43 dead While all of them Mangeshkar, who was admitted PNS n NEW DELHI The narrow lanes of Anaj The post-mortem report of the received bullet injuries to hospital three weeks ago after Nearly 150 she was diagnosed with Mandi area made rescue oper- four accused involved in the on the chest and pneumonia, returned home on In the worst fire accident since firefighters worked ations difficult for firefighters, rape and murder of Disha abdomen, Shiva was Sunday. The 90-year-old singer, the 1997 Uphaar Cinema to pull out 63 people who had to cut window-grills revealed that all the bullets tragedy in the national capital, to get access to the building. A fired at them by the cops left also injured on the neck, who was admitted to the Breach from the building. Candy Hospital here after she 43 people died when a massive preliminary probe suggested through-and-through wounds. sources confirmed complained of blaze ripped through a four- While 43 labourers that a short-circuit triggered There were 11 injury marks on difficulty in storey building housing illegal died, most of them the blaze. Power discom BYPL the men but not a single bul- breathing on manufacturing units in north said the fire began due to let has lodged itself in their bodies of Jollu Shiva and Jollu November 11, Delhi's congested Anaj Mandi from suffocation, "internal system" trouble. bodies, suggesting they might Naveen, and three from the took to Twitter area on Sunday. many others were Prime Minister Narendra be shot from a close range. body of Chintakunta to update her Police and fire department injured, including Modi described the fire inci- According to sources, a team Chennakesavalu. While all of fans about her officials said most of the fatal- dent as "extremely horrific" and of forensics experts who con- them received bullet injuries on health and ities occurred due to suffoca- two firefighters Delhi Chief Minister Arvind ducted their post-mortem at the chest and abdomen, Shiva thanked them for tion as many people were Kejriwal said it was "very, very Government Hospital in was injured on the neck, con- hief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has expressed their prayers and well wishes. sleeping when the fire started tragic". Mahabubnagar have searched firmed sources. Meanwhile, his deep condolences on the loss of human lives "For the past 28 days, I was at around 5 am on the second C worked to pull out 63 people Modi and Kejriwal also at the encounter spot to trace 24 hours after the encounter, and injuries to many people in the fire mishap in New Breach Candy hospital. I was floor of the building that did from the building. While 43 announced an ex-gratia of Rs the bullets fired or their shells. clues team investigated the Delhi. In a message, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar diagnosed with pneumonia. The not have fire safety clearance. labourers died, many others 2 lakh and Rs 10 lakh each for The forensics expert has recov- encounter site using advanced Rao called it a very unfortunate incident and wished doctors preferred that I extend Those awakened by the fire, were injured including two the next of kin of those who ered 11 bullet casings from the equipment on Saturday. They speedy recovery of those injured. KCR conveyed his my stay in hospital and go home suspected by officials to have fire department personnel, they lost their lives. spot where the four accused collected bullet cartridges, heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved families. when completely healthy. Today, been triggered by a short-cir- said. The injured included a Kejriwal also announced Rs were shot. shells and pellets that were I am back home with the cuit due to "internal system" minor. However, it was not 1 lakh for the injured and said Sources said that four bullets used during the exchange of blessings of Mai and Baba I have trouble, had to struggle to windows were found sealed. tenders were rushed, officials confirmed whether the injured his government will bear the were recovered from the body fire between the accused and my deepest gratitude to all my escape as the exit routes were The fire was first reported at said. worked in the units but most cost of their treatment. of prime accused Mohd Pasha the police personnel. well wishers all over. Your partially blocked and several 5:22am after which 30 fire Nearly 150 firefighters of the labourers were migrants. Continued on Page 4 alias Areef, two each from the Continued on Page 3 prayers and good wishes have worked and I humbly bow down to each one of you," Mangeshkar wrote on the microblogging site. Centre wants Reconsider plans The veteran singer also Minor girl raped by Modi govt resolves to make expressed gratitude to the team to implement of doctors who treated her. "My rape case doctors at Breach Candy have NRC: AISPLB been my guardian angels and I two youth in Andhra probes to be changes in IPC, CrPC: Shah stand in eternal gratitude to each PNS n LUCKNOW one of them. The nursing staff PNS n TIRUPATI expedited PNS n PUNE has been exceptional. Your The All India Shia Personal endless love and blessings are Amid the nation-wide rage PNS n PATNA Union Home Minister Amit Law Board (AISPLB) on precious," she added. over rapes and growing clam- Shah has asserted the NDA Sunday urged the Centre to our for harshest punishment Union minister Ravi government's resolve to amend reconsider its plans on imple- to the guilty, an incident of Shankar Prasad on Sunday the IPC and the CrPC to make menting the National Register DISMEMBERED BODY rape of a minor girl by two said he would write to chief them more conducive for the of Citizens (NRC) across the youth near this temple town ministers and high court country, amid the debate on country. The board also passed OF WOMAN FOUND IN came to light on Sunday. chief justices of all the states delay in criminal justice deliv- a resolution in this regard and SUITCASE IN KALYAN Chittoor district police to complete investigation ery system, especially in said Shia Muslims, who are arrested both the accused into cases of rape and those heinous crimes like rape. faithful citizens of the country, THANE: The dismembered body who sexually assaulted the 16- The incident occurred registered under the POCSO Shah's statement came days but have been unable to pur- of a woman was found in a year-old girl on the pretext of Act in two months. after the Ministry of Home chase any property or possess suitcase on Sunday in Kalyan in giving lift to her on their three days ago but Trial of such cases should Affairs asked all state govern- any record pertaining to their Maharashtra's Thane district, motorbike. the police did not act also be completed within six ments to send their suggestions education, should not face any police said. MFC police in the According to police, months, the Union law and for undertaking a major over- problems because of the district was informed about the swiftly on the victim's Union Home Minister addressing the 54th All India conference of Venkatesh gave lift to the girl justice minister said. haul and recasting of the Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police-2019 in Pune on Sunday National Register of Citizens. suitcase by an when she was waiting to complaint. The cops "I am going to write letters Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Board spokesperson Maulana autorickshaw board a bus from Tirupati to finally arrested the to all the chief ministers urg- the Code of Criminal Police, held in Pune, "the home different forums in recent Yasoob Abbas, while referring driver who said a Tiruchanur. duo on Sunday ing them to complete the Procedure (CrPC) so that it minister underscored the gov- times over delay in delivering to the Citizenship man, who On way to the girl's desti- investigation within two will reflect the aspirations of a ernment's resolve to initiate punishment in heinous crimes, (Amendment) Bill, said, wanted to hail his nation, Venkatesh stopped months in rape and POCSO modern democracy and pro- changes in the IPC and CrPC including the infamous 2012 "Provisions should be made so vehicle at around the bike at a deserted place increasing number of rape cases," Prasad told reporters. vide for speedy justice. to make them more conducive Nirbhaya gang rape and mur- that Shia Muslims who are fac- 5:30am, dropped it and told her that the petrol cases and the debate for Incidents of rape and At the 54th conference of to today's democratic set up", der case, where the convicts ing atrocities in Pakistan and and fled when had exhausted. He then called awarding harshest punish- crimes against women are the Directors General of Police an official statement said. were yet to be given punish- Afghanistan get Indian citizen- questioned about a foul smell his friend Rajmohan Naik to ment to the guilty. unfortunate and highly con- and Inspectors General of There have been debate in ment. ship like the non-Muslims." coming from it, said Inspector come with a bottle of petrol. A woman veterinarian was demnable, Prasad said. Prakash Londhe. "The part below the hip was stuffed inside When Naik came, the two gang-raped and murdered on "I will also write to the three plastic bags and then friends caught hold of the vic- the outskirts of Hyderabad on chief justices of all the high placed in the suitcase. The torso tim and raped her. November 27. All four courts to dispose of expedi- The incident occurred three accused were gunned down tiously all cases relating to and head are missing. Out Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in LS today efforts are on to identify the days ago but the police did not by police in an alleged rape and POCSO pending in PNS n NEW DELHI woman and arrest those act swiftly on the victim's exchange of fire near the Fast Track Courts," he refugees from Pakistan, the day, it will be taken up for opposing the Bill, saying it will responsible for her death," he complaint. Shadnagar town on December said. Bangladesh and Afghanistan discussion and passage, nullify the provisions of the told PTI The accused were arrested 6. Prasad's comment came Union Home Minister Amit escaping religious persecution according to the Lok Sabha's Assam Accord of 1985, which on Sunday and will be pro- Following the incident, in the backdrop of nation- Shah on Monday will intro- there. List of Business for Monday. fixed March 24, 1971, as the duced before a magistrate on families of the victims in sev- wide outrage over the duce in the Lok Sabha the In the afternoon, the home The Bill has triggered wide- cut-off date for deportation of TODAY Monday. eral parts of the country alleged rape and murder Citizenship (Amendment) Bill minister will introduce the spread protests in northeastern all illegal immigrants irrespec- The incident occurred amid demanded similar 'punish- cases at Hyderabad and that seeks to grant Indian cit- Bill to amend the six-decade- states with a large section of tive of religion. ALMANAC the national outrage over ment' to the guilty. Unnao. izenship to non-Muslim old Citizenship Act and later in people and organisations Continued on Page 4 Month & Paksham: Margashirsha & Shukla Paksha Tithi : Dwadashi: 09:53 am Nakshatram: Bharini: 05:01 am (Next Day) Couples living-in is no crime, says HC Onion scarcity may ease Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start PNS n The judge said it was premises in Coimbatore. any important work) A search was conducted on Rahukalam: 08:00 am – 09:23 am Observing that a live-in rela- not in dispute that the the premises by a team from after December 15 Yamagandam: 10:45 am – 12:08 pm tionship of two adults is not petitioner had not the office of the tehsildar and n Varjyam: 01:43 pm – 03:25 pm deemed to be an offence, the been put on notice local police on June 25. The PNS HYDERABAD 170-180 a kg. has said team found liquor bottles in Onion prices are skyrocket- Gulika: 01:30 pm - 02:53 pm terming the occupation of a prior to the sealing of one of the rooms occupied by Onion scarcity is likely to ease ing as arrivals of stocks from Good Time: (to start any hotel room by such unmarried the premises and no the guests and in one room two only after onion stocks import- Karnataka, Maharasthra, important work) couples will not attract a crim- explanation was adults who were not married ed from Egypt arrive in the Rajastan and Madhya Pradesh Amritakalam: 11:55 pm – 01:37 am inal offence. were staying. city. have nosedived over the past "Apparently, there are no called for The premises came to be A ship containing 6,090 few weeks. Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:46 am – 12:30 pm laws or regulations forbearing sealed by the team without any tonnes of onions imported Three or four days ago, unmarried persons of the of alleged immoral activities extreme step of sealing the written order against which the from Egypt will reach the onions were sold at Rs 170 a kg HYDERABAD opposite sex to occupy hotel and found an unmarried cou- premises on the ground that an present petition was filed. Mumbai port around Maharashtra. On Saturday, a in the open market and it rose WEATHER rooms as guests," Justice M S ple and some liquor bottles in unmarried couple was occupy- The petitioner contended December 15. The quintal of onions was sold at Rs to Rs 200 a kg two days ago. Forecast: Haze Ramesh said in a recent order. a room there in June this year. ing the premises is totally ille- that there was no justification Government of has 16,000 in Malakpet market, On Thursday, a quintal of Temp: 28/17 He made the observations While live-in-relationship gal in the absence of any law on the part of the authorities in sought allocation of 500 tonnes while onions sourced from onions sourced from Humidity: 74% while directing authorities to of two adults was not deemed prohibiting the same, he said. not giving them an opportuni- of onions from the imported Maharashtra were sold at Rs Karnataka and Maharashtra Sunrise: 06.34 de-seal a hire service apart- to be a crime, the occupation According to the petitioner, ty to put forth their objections. stocks. 14,000 a quintal. were sold at Rs 18,000. As they Sunset: 05.41 ment in Coimbatore, which of hotel room by an unmarried the "My preferred Transform- Sealing of the premises with- Meanwhile, onion prices A kg of onions in the whole- found their way into open Current Weather Conditions was closed after a police and couple would not attract an ation and Hospitality Pvt. Ltd." out any order was a violation slightly eased up to Rs 20 a kg sale market is priced at Rs 160. market, their price rose to Rs Updated December 08, 2019 5:00 PM revenue team conducted a offence, the Judge said. in Haryana, it was running of the principles of natural jus- on Sunday as stocks arrived However, in open market 200 a kg. search following complaints While that being so, the Hire Service apartment at the tice. from Karnataka and onions are being sold at Rs Continued on Page 3 HYDERABAD | MONDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2019 hyderabad 02

alls for the girl child to take up active. However, the RTC employ- self-defence training have ees rejoined their duties after Chief Cincreased post-Shadnagar MARTIAL ARTS IN SCHOOLS Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's episode; some parents have started statement. In many depots, RTC taking steps to meet the challenges employees performed thrown by the society at them. The Minister guides new shun technology if they desired to demand has masked several lapses the headlines again. The families of 'Palabhishekam' (milkbath) to the education department in the undi- continue with family ties. REPORTERS’ and allowed the police to breathe victims in the Hajipur episode have portrait of K Chamdrashekhar Rao. vided Warangal district took up a generation easy. It appears that following the started demanding instant justice About 500 employees participated unique task of offering martial arts The other day, medical and health KTR compares Malla encounter at Chatanapalli, the law too. The demand to eliminate in the lunch meeting with the coaching facility for girl students and minister Eatala Rajender delivered D ARY enforcement agencies are eligible for Srinivas , the accused in the Chief Minister. RTC employees about 113 schools have been iden- a comprehensive speech during a Reddy to "Baarah Khoon Maaf". The highway three rapes and murder cases, have competed with each other to take tified for offering the coaching. The programme in Karimnagar town, At the 5-years of TS-iPass celebra- patrol's lapse is a glaring lapse and is resurfaced and many have started selfies with the Chief Minister K department, according to sources calling upon the young generation tions, Minister Malla Reddy, during directly connected to the Disha targeting his family in Hajipur vil- Chamdrashekhar Rao, forgetting has chosen a three month training to take the guidance of their elders his speech said that he worked very tre, KT rape-murder case, but is now com- lage. Since the issue is still alive and the fact that over 30 fellow employ- pattern for the girl child for offering a la the previous generations. His hard in life. From being a milk ven- Rama Rao didn't hold back when it pletely forgotten. Almost every per- the families of three victims are still ees died during the strike. Seeing orientation cum training classes in observation touched upon a serious dor to running educational institu- came to praising Principal Secretary son who had vociferously criticised grieving for their daughters, the these developments, most of the karate, kung fu and judo in their subject when he mentioned some tions, he asked industrialists to take Jayesh Ranjan. He said that while the cops after the incident is now demand is quite relevant. Congress leaders who supported the respective areas and the trainees were children who leave their parents in him as a role model. His speech left "people speak about AR, VR (aug- silent. The toll plaza operators are also RTC employees, stated that it was selected with remuneration. The old age homes and enjoy a holiday the audience, including the digni- mented reality and virtual reality), I breathing a sigh of relief after the Congress leaders not easy to defeat the Chief Minister training process is likely to com- abroad. The minister's thought pro- taries on the dais, amused. Soon have JR (Jayesh Ranjan)". KTR has encounter, with the focus shifting with mere strategies as the latter is mence soon. Warangal urban and voking speech was meant to inspire after, KT Rama Rao rose to speak always have praised Jayesh Ranjan away from them. Also, the police fail- feel deceived turning every adversity into an Mahbubabad districts, with 32 the younger generations not to rely and said that speaking after Malla for bringing in investments. At ing to attend to the calls on Dial 100 Opposition leaders, particularly opportunity. schools each are offering such train- on the advanced technologies and Reddy was like batting after Virat every event, Ranjan's speech is fol- has also faded from public memory. Congress leaders, are feeling that (Contributed by ing. Jangaon district occupied is at mobile phones. "The family setup is Kohli had completed his innings. lowed by KT Rama Rao's who they have been deceived by RTC P V Kondal Rao, third place with 24 schools that gradually facing a threat due to these acknowledges the former's contribu- Hajipur back employees. While all Congress Naveena Ghanate, would provide martial arts training. excessive technological utilisation If you have AR, VR, KTR tion in unique ways. leaders lent solidarity to the RTC Ramakrishna Perala, Warangal rural district would offer and the unique family setup is com- in the headlines employees during their 52-day long Avinash Deepak Puli, training in 13 schools, Bhupalpalli in pelled to suffer," he remarked and says he has ‘JR’ Loopholes wiped out The encounter at Chattanpalli of strike, some confined themselves to Bakka Tennyson and seven and Mulugu in five. advised the young generation to At a recent inaugural of Intel cen- Fulfilment of one major public Shadnagar has brought Hajipur into statements while others were very Kolishetty Venkateshwarlu ) CLEANLINESS REVOLUTION YELLOW METAL SOFTENS A BIT Peddapalli leads by example PNS n HYDERABAD at Rs.37,699 (per kg) and Rs. 43545 respectively. Platinum l In 3 yrs, the district not only emerged as a model for the entire state but also attracted national attention The recent announcement by and palladium moved up and China that it has decided to closed at Rs.28,490 (per 10 PNS n PEDDAPALLI Today, it stands as a role model waive import tariff on speci- gms) and Rs. 43,080. In thanks to the path-breaking fied goods imported from Hyderabad, standard gold (24 Three years is a brief period in initiatives taken in sanitation, the US has kindled hopes that carats) appreciated by Rs. 140 the life of a district but in this waste management, menstrual Governor to the ongoing trade war and closed at Rs.38,240 (per 10 short span of time, Peddapalli hygiene, greenery and other between these two giants gms). Ornamental gold too, not only emerged as a model for areas in last two years under the visit Warangal would end amicably. moved in tandem and was the entire state of Telangana but leadership of District Collector Following this, the yellow quoted in the range of Rs. also attracted national attention A. Devasena. today metal softened a bit; so also the 36,320-36,420 (per 10 gms). by bagging the cleanest district Under her dynamic leader- white. The future trend in gold Silver (0.999) declined by in India award. ship, the district turned free PNS n WARANGAL price would obviously depend Rs.800 and closed at Rs.43,500 Declared the overall best per- from open drain. All household on the outcome of trade talks (per kg). forming district under the drain water is routed to a soak Governor Tamilisai between the US and China. Swacch Sarvekshan (Gramin) of pit, eliminating the breeding Soundararajan will arrive in Consequently, New COMMODITIES the Swacch Bharat Mission, it is ground for mosquitoes. "At a Hanamkonda on a two-day York gold declined by The sentiments in the showing to the entire country time when entire Telangana is visit to the erstwhile Warangal about 7 dollars and principal wholesale how change can be brought battling unprecedented rise in district on Monday. She will closed at US dollars commodity markets about if the district administra- A toilet, a soak pit, a compost pit, a kitchen garden in every rural household, a 'beautiful' and well-maintained community the incidence of dengue, arrive here around 1 pm and 1,459.51. Silver fol- in the twin cities, tion has the will and commit- toilet in every village and other initiatives have changed the face of the district — File photos Peddapalli succeeded in bring- lay foundation stone for exten- lowed suit and mainly at Osman ment to make use of available ing down mosquito borne dis- sion block of Thallasemia cen- closed at 16.56 gunj, Risala resources. A silent revolution is eases by 85 per cent this year," tre and interact with the mem- dollars or 0.43 Abdullah, sweeping through the district as Going beyond Devasena said at a shed serving bers of Indian Red Cross dollars lower Kishan gunj, all 263 villages have undergone sanitation, as her temporary office. Only Society (IRCS). than the Maharaj a total makeover, helping the Peddapalli district last year, Peddapalli was declared The Governor will also visit previous gunj, district win six national awards a high-risk district for dengue. the historic Thousand Pillar week. WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW Mehboob in two years. also became The individual soak pits and temple, Bhadrakali temple, Other gunj, Mir Avenue plantations on either the only district community soak pits also and, also the Fort Warangal. economic parameters Alam Mandi, Begum Bazar, side of the roads with tree in the country to ensured percolation of water She would witness the sound remained moderately strong. Dilsukhnagar, Saroornagar, guards bearing names of the into the ground, thus helping in and light show arranged at the British Pound closed at Kukatpally, General Bazar, donors greet visitors to the vil- have its own water conservation. Under Fort. Tamilisai will stay at Rs.93.68, while Euro closed at Bowenpally and Monda lages in the district. A toilet, a brand of sanitary another major activity, about Hotel Haritha Kakatiya and Rs.78.85, Australian Dollar Market, swung from moder- soak pit, a compost pit, a kitchen napkins called 1,000 km of staggered trenches, would leave for Bhupalpally stood at Rs.48.77, while UAE ate to strong. While chilli and garden in every rural household, ‘Sabala' contour trenches and boundary district on Tuesday by road. Dirham and Canadian Dollar mustard remained steady, a 'beautiful' and well-main- trenches were constructed She will visit Bodagudem vil- closed at Rs. 19.41 and Rs. turmeric recorded a margin- tained community toilet in every across the hills and hillocks, lage in Kataram mandal. She 53.79 respectively. Similarly, al decline. Groundnut oil and village and other initiatives have gramme were seen carrying Karimnagar district as part of ing even a good hotel to eat. facilitating percolation of rain will also visit ancient Omani Riyal, Saudi Arabian soya bean oil appreciated by changed the face of the district. their belongings in non-woven the reorganisation of districts in Once a hotbed of Maoists, the water in the trenches. Kaleshwara Mukteswara tem- Riyal closed at Rs. 185.16 and Rs.20 and Rs.15 (per tin of 15 The transformation is visible bags as an alternative to plastic India's youngest state in 2016, district with a population of Going beyond sanitation, ple before leaving for Rs. 19.01, while Kuwaiti Dinar kg). Staple food grains and as one drives through bags while a roadside contain- Peddapalli began the journey nearly eight lakh was declared Peddapalli also became the only Kaleshwaram lift irrigation and France Franc were offered pulses remained unchanged Kalvacherla, a village with a pop- er had waste plastic items, wait- from scratch with hardly any Open Defecation Free (ODF) in district in the country to have its project. The Governor will for Rs. 234.84 and Rs. 71.94 so also spices. ulation of over 4,500. Women ing to be picked up by sanitation infrastructure and few officials 2017, but it was still a long way own brand of sanitary napkins then leave for Peddapalli dis- respectively. Among perishables, onions returning from a local pro- workers. Carved out of willing to work in a place lack- from reaching ODF+ goals. called 'Sabala'. trict on Tuesday evening. After the RBI's announce- took the centre-stage as its ment of economic outlook, retail price zoomed in the share market reacted negative- domain of Rs.100-130 (per ly. Sensex and Nifty 50 closed kg). There has been a lot of at the lower levels of 40,445.15 hue and cry over this, and a lot Harish Rao on inauguration spree and 11,921.50 points respec- of political capital is being tively. NY Met closed at 59.07. made out of the crisis. PNS n WARANGAL town. Chief Whip Subsequent to this pro- city. Senior doctors Brent recorded an apprecia- However, the fact remains Vinayabhaskar, former gramme, Harish Rao along Sivasubramaniam, tion of about 3.50 dollars and that during the recently con- Finance Minister T Harish Deputy Chief Minister with Medical and Health Venkataramana, closed at 64.27 dollars (per cluded rainy season as much Rao along with Ministers , MLAs Minister Etela Rajender for- Sheshumadhav, Arukonda barrel). Crude oil closed at as 65 per cent of the cultiva- Etela Rajender, Errabelli Aroori Ramesh, Challa mally inaugurated the 350- Sreedhar, Sudeep, Praveen Rs.3, 979 (per barrel), while tion was washed out. Anyway, Dayakar Rao inaugurated Dharma Reddy and bed AJARA super specialty and others were part of the Copper stood at Rs.438.10 now that consignments of several facilities in the district Muththireddi Yadagirireddi hospital at Mulugu road in team that is running the hos- (per kg). imported onions have already on Sunday. The Ministers participated in the pro- the city. The hospital is first- pital. The two ministers along At home, the precious met- reached the country, the situ- initially inaugurated a local gramme. It was also attend- of-its kind in Warangal, with Errabelli Dayakar Rao als remained divergent. Gold ation on the onion front is Kavitha to channel 'VNews' studio in ed by the KUDA chairman which was sponsored by sev- Congratulated the team for MCX and Silver MCX closed expected to ease in a few days. attend ISB Adalath area of Hanamkonda Marri Yadava Reddy. eral senior doctors of the their endeavors. conference PNS n HYDERABAD Encounter deaths of Disha rape accused: Where do we go from here? Telangana Jagruthi president HC UPADHYAY which is the basis of any judicia- For framing charges TS-HC launches ering, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat of and former MP Kalvakuntla n HYDERABAD ry worth its salt. It is one thing Following the Nirbhaya case, the Justice JS the Supreme Court of India Kavitha has been invited to to have massive public support Verma Committee was appointed to suggest no need to go into e-services expressed his optimism about 'Indian Democracy at Work' The Friday morning breaking for the 'encounters' which are stringent legal provisions in the criminal law. detailed version: SC The High Court of Telangana the bright future of country's conference which will be news of the 'encounter' deaths of done ultra vires by the police and became the first High Court in judiciary. "Without the co- held at ISB on January 09-10. the four persons accused of it is altogether a different thing It must be said to the credit of late Justice A bench of the Supreme the country to have launched operation of bar, the bench can- The panel will discuss and gang-rape and murder of veteri- to have an environment of sci- Verma that he had completed the task in Court of India, comprising 'Inter-Operable Criminal Justice not deliver good judgements," he address on "Money Power in nary doctor Disha brought not entific investigation, efficient record time and parliament too, accepted his Justice R Banumathi, Justice System' (ICJS) and 'National added. Another Judge of the Politics". Former MP Kavitha only relief, but also cheers on the prosecution, and unbiased ver- A.S. Gopanna and Justice Service and Tracking of Supreme Court, Justice Indira will take part in key discus- faces of denizens of the country. dict in accordance with the law recommendations and incorporated Section Hrishikesh Roy, has observed Electronic Processes' (NSTEP) Banerjee exhorted lawyers to sions at the conference which Since the horrific incident had and procedures laid down by 354 in the IPC subsequently that at the stage of framing in all districts of Telangana. render their services for the will focus on deliberating caused country-wide anguish parliament and courts. charges u/s. 228 of Cr.PC, the This facility would uplift of the women and under- solutions to the problem of and stirred up debate on the Therefore, there is nothing court is not required to hold an obviate the courts to access the privileged classes. "Money Power in Politics". issue of rape-murder, the news wrong in the National Human that he had completed the ments and increasing open- elaborate enquiry; only prima data from the other stakehold- Dr. Lalit Bhasin, president, in More than 30 speakers of 'encounter' was on the lines of Rights Commission taking suo task in record time and par- ness of society due to the facie case is to be seen. ers of ICJS project and the his welcome address, outlined including Vice President M populist wish. Besides, it hap- motu cognizance of the liament too, accepted his internet revolution in the The bench, while considering transmission will be done elec- the glorious history of the Bar Venkaiah Naidu, Election pened at a time when the coun- 'encounter' deaths. recommendations and world. the appeal (Bhawana Bai V. tronically to bring about more Association of India and hoped Commissioner of India Ashok try had just then witnessed sim- Every time such a gruesome incorporated Section 354 True, we do not have Ghanshyam) filed by the com- transparency and reduction of that it would scale new heights Lavasa, Former Judge, ilar incidents elsewhere in a offence comes to light, it gener- in the IPC subse- control over all plainant observed: "At the time data entry at multiple places. in future. The president-elect Supreme court of India Justice sequential manner. Further, the ates a lot of public commotion quently. But, alas! the factors hav- of framing the charges only Prashant Kumar, in his presen- Chalameswar, BJP national on-going parliament session and condemnation, but after a The incidents of rape ing dangerous prima facie case is to be seen: Lawyers' Day and tation, gave the detailed account general secretary Ram also came in handy for elected few days of the incident, it is for- and murder have not impact on the minds of whether case is beyond reason- of international co-operation Madhav, INC senior leader representatives of the people. gotten and all right- thinking come down even the people, especially able doubt, is not to be seen at Constitution Day being embarked upon by the Jairam Ramesh, CPI(M) sec- For once, they unanimously people also do not wish to pon- after this. the juveniles. Still, we can this stage." celebrated BAI with several other Bar retary general Sitaram Yechuri, condemned the brutal gang- der different aspects of the Therefore, it LEGAL do our precious little in In the result, the apex court Associations abroad while Founder of Foundation for rape and murder and also crime until another crime of becomes necessary to inculcating and promot- set aside the order of the high The country's premier body General Secretary Anandita Democratic Reforms demanded stringent laws to similar enormity or more look forward and take ROUNDUP ing joint family values, court, which had quashed the of the legal fraternity, the Bar Pujari presented a report of JayaPrakash Narayan, Political deal with such situations in occurs. This is what happened a holistic view of the vices-free society by case against the accused, by Association of India, celebrated activities. strategist Prashanth Kishore future. exactly in the cases like Geeta matter. Then only we would be imposing strict restrictions on observing that while framing the 150th birth anniversary of The third annual Living will participate in this confer- However, it would be wrong Chopra and Nirbhaya. able to strike at the root of prob- the use of alcohol, tobacco and charges the court should apply Mahatma Gandhi synchronising Legends of Law awards were ence. Indian democracy at to put the seal of approval on Following the Nirbhaya case, lem. Many factors are responsi- narcotic drugs. Similarly, films, the judicial mind and give rea- with its Diamond Jubilee and the given to several eminent person- work is a platform to deliber- 'encounter' deaths of any crim- the Justice JS Verma Committee ble for the ultimate culmination television serials, and social sons in concise manner for birth anniversary of India's first alities in the field of Law. Among ate on the critical levers of inal when the authorities refrain was appointed to suggest strin- into crime against women such media also will have to address framing charges and that the President Dr. Rajendra Prasad as them were also the Chairman, change that need to be pushed from following the due process gent legal provisions in the as dwindling the joint family sys- this problem of gigantic measure trial court had failed to apply its the Lawyers' of India Day on Bar Council of Telangana and to make democracy deliver of law. For, it could be against the criminal law. It must be said to tem; excessive nudity and sex in to curb the increase in influence mind while framing charges. December 3. President, Telangana State High better results. very principle of the Rule of Law, the credit of late Justice Verma films, TV serials and advertise- of such devastating factors. Addressing the august gath- Court Bar Association.

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RIME HYDERABAD 'ENCOUNTER' CORNER Case booked for comments against NHRC TEAM TAKES STATEMENTS CPI leader HYDERABAD: The Cyber Crimes Police of Hyderabad has booked a case against an offender for Guv urged to making derogatory comments on FROM INJURED COPS, DISHA'S FAMILY social media against Communist PNS n HYDERABAD take steps to Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat. The case was The seven-member National reduce school booked following a complaint Human Rights Commission Don't spread lodged with the Hyderabad Cyber (NHRC) team, on the second bag weight Crime police by a woman activist day of its fact-finding mission on Sunday. Speaking about the here on Sunday, recorded the PNS n HYDERABAD case, the Cyber Crime Police said religious hate: Cops statements of Disha's family that they have started members as well as those of SI HYDERABAD: The wrong names of the four accused in the Disha The Forum for Good Gover- investigation. "Efforts are on to Venkateswarlu of Nandigama case are going viral on social media, claiming that all four of them nance has urged the Governor trace the offenders with the help police and constable Arvind are from Muslim community, over the past few days ever since Tamilisai Soundararajan to of the Internet Protocol (IP) Goud, who were reportedly the news went national. The Cyberabad Police had to step in and take steps to implement the addresses. No arrests have been injured in the crossfire during clear the air on the correct names and asked people not to believe GO No.22, passed on July 18, made yet," said the officials. the pre-dawn 'encounter' on in fake news, which might lead to a disbalance in religious har- 2017, to reduce the weight of Friday. The team debriefed the mony. After the rape and murder of the 26-year-old veterinary school bags. ‘Dial 100' helps cops about the details of the doctor in Hyderabad, the news lead to a national outrage with var- The Forum secretary 'encounter' between the ious misleading posts doing rounds on social media. Following Padmanabha Reddy said that women fight Cyberabad police personnel the alleged encounter on December 6, which multiplied the grav- parents felt that the GO would eve-teasers and the four accused in the ity of the news, a collage of the four accused started going viral facilitate reduction of school Disha gang-rape and murder on social media, claiming that their names are Mohammad Pasha, bag burden for their wards but HYDERABAD: The emergency case. Venkateshwarulu was Mohammad Iqbal, Mohammad Rahim and Mohammad Akram. the GO remained unimple- helpline number feature 'Dial reportedly injured in the right The Cyberabad Police reacted by opposing those posts and revealed mented for the past two-and- 100' is making wonders in terms forearm and Aravind Goud their correct names as Mohammad Areef, Jolly Shiva, Jollu Naveen a-half-months. The governm- of averting crimes as yet another was hurt in the right shoulder. Tiffin center owner earns quick bucks and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu. ent issued guidelines to imple- eve-teaser was nabbed by the The two were initially rushed Hyderabad: A mobile tiffin center sprang up on Sunday near the place where Disha was burnt and the Many Facebook and Twitter users started sharing the viral post ment the GO but the guide- Hayathnagar police of four accused in the case were encountered as these spots have become tourist spots. Passers-by were Rachakonda for misbehaving to a local hospital for prelimi- with hate messages abusing the community with anti-religious lines were limited to paper, he nary treatment and later shift- seen parking their vehicles near the spot to catch glimpse of the two places and to capture them on their posts. The Cyberabad police, in a tweet, confirmed that the accused lamented. The state govern- with a woman on Sunday. mobile phones. It was recalled that a veterinary doctor was raped and murdered by four persons on the According to the police, the ed to Care Hospitals in do not belong to the same religion. It said one of the accused was ment is vested with the Gachibowli as per the doctor's intervening night between December 27 and 28. Her body was torched under the Chatanpalli bridge. a Muslim and the other three were Hindus. It asked people not responsibility to ease the bur- woman, a resident of Pragati A few yards away from the bridge, the police killed the four accused in an exchange of fire. There is a Nagar colony, had dialed the advice. to give religious colour to crime and warned that spreading den of the school bag and Although Disha's family steady stream of visitors to the encounter spot and the police have had tough time in controlling the rumours is a punishable offence. "It is false information. All the thereby save the health of the emergency helpline number traffic. Taking advantage of the incident, a man set up a mobile tiffin center near the spot. when a man misbehaved with members were scheduled to accused not belongs to one religion. One is Muslim and remain- school children, he said. her. The accused was identified attend NHRC hearing at ing 3 are Hindus. It is a heinous crime and we are working hard Therefore, he urged the gov- as Rakesh. The police 3.30pm on Sunday, the family to ensure capital punishment to all the accused. Please don't give ernment to issue necessary immediately rushed to the spot members stated that Disha's ing sure that the inquiry would Government General Hospital slain were also called to religious colour to the crime" (sic), stated the tweet sent out by orders to the state government and nabbed Rakesh. He was later mother was in a delicate state not take too much of their time, mortuary there. They also scru- Hyderabad and their state- the official handle of Cyberabad Police. in this regard. taken to the police station, where of health. Therefore, NHRC Disha's parents and sister went tinized the post-mortem report ments recorded. After the According to a conservative a case was booked against him. members were requested not to to TSPA, where NHRC repre- and examined the Chattanpalli enquiry they were sent back to estimate, on an average, each After Disha case, the police trouble them. The family, sentatives recorded their state- encounter site located in Ranga their respective villages near 4 accused shot from close range... primary school student is car- asked the women to dial 100 or which was conducting the 10th ments. Reddy. The NHRC representa- Gudigandla in Narayanpet dis- rying a school bag weighing 112 in case of emergency. day ceremony on Sunday, The NHRC delegation, tives were discreet in their tricts. Continued from Page 1 detectors to trace the material around 6 kg to 12 kg and a The police officials have also requested privacy. which arrived in Hyderabad enquiries and avoided speaking The bodies of the four objects at the spot. high school student is carry- requested the public to download However, the Shamshabad from Delhi on Saturday morn- to media persons. According to accused were shifted to the As it had become difficult to The team on Friday seized ing around 12 kg to 17 kg, Hawkeye application to report Police later reached their resi- ing, began its mission from sources, they would speak to Government Medical College, detect bullets and other metal two pistols from the hands of Padmanabha Reddy said. any crime and call for immediate dence and offered to take them Mahabubnagar. The team the media only upon comple- near Yedira in Mahabubnagar. parts amidst thick vegetation, the accused, blood samples, Carrying such heavy loads help. to the Telangana State Police examined the bodies of the four tion of the three-day enquiry. The bodies will be kept there till the clues team on Saturday Gunshot Residue among many would adversely impact their Academy (TSPA). After mak- accused preserved in the The family members of the Monday. carried equipment like metal other evidences. health, he added. SOLAR ‘POWER' Onion scarcity may ease Man attacked over financial dispute after December 15... n PNS HYDERABAD vehicle. After a few days, Continued from Page 1 wholesale onion market at plans to release 100 tonnes of Rehman asked Mirza Malakpet will receive at least onions into market per week A 32-year-old man was Muninuddin to return the The markets here received 7,000-8,000 quintals from for the next five weeks. attacked by assailants after he amount. 2,500 quintals of onions from Rajasthan and Maharashtra Moreover, onions are going to failed to clear the debt at Mirza Muninuddin refused other states on Sunday, as on Monday. Thereafter, onion be sold at the rate of Rs 40 a kg Chandrayangutta on Saturday. to give the money back. against 5,514 quintals received prices are likely to be pushed in rythu bazaars to bring relief The victim, identified as Frustrated by the behavior of on Saturday. down to Rs 100 a kg. to consumers. Mirza Muninuddin, was a res- Mirza Muninuddin, Rehman Large-sized onions sourced In the neighbouring Andhra It may be recalled that the ident of Kings Colony in invited him to a place to con- on Saturday from Karnataka Pradesh's onion wholesale government held negotiations Shastripuram under sume alcohol. Rehman along were sold at Rs 16,000 a quin- market in Kurnool, onions with onion traders and made Rajendranagar police station with a few assailants attacked tal. The onions sourced from were sold at Rs 8,000 a quin- arrangements to sell onions at limits. him on the road. They also Maharashtra were sold at Rs tal on Saturday, as against Rs Rs 40 a kg in Saroor Nagar and Mirza Muninuddin bor- tried to kill Mirza 14,000 a quintal. 14,000 earlier. Mehdipatnam markets for the rowed an amount of Rs 35,000 Muninuddin, but he man- According to sources, the The state government has benefit of the common man. from MM Rehman to buy a aged to escape from them. Bird's-eye view of the second phase of rooftop solar power system of 350 KWp capacity at MCR HRD Institute. The first phase of the rooftop solar power system of 500 KWp capacity was commissioned in 2018. With a total capacity of 850 KWp of the power system, commissioned in two phases, the institute emerged as the highest solar power generating public building in the state Police tweet new ad hoc Man found dead at home WhatsApp number PNS n HYDERABAD

PNS n HYDERABAD police @TelanganaDGP" (sic) A 45-year-old man committed An official from Cyberabad suicide by hanging at his res- The Cyberabad Police fur- claimed that it was due to the idence in Amberpet on nished a new number to the heavy traffic that their num- Sunday. According to the public, claiming that the mes- ber was blocked by the mes- police, the victim was identi- saging application WhatsApp saging app service. fied as L Shekar, a resident of has blocked their dedicated “Since WhatsApp has no Prem Nagar who was a veg- redressal number. contact point or office, all our etable vendor by profession. The official handle for conversations with them are The family members of Cyberabad Police has tweeted through email. We expect the Sekhar found his body hang- on Sunday night saying, "Since number will come into existe- ing to the ceiling, the police WhatsApp company has nce in a few days," said the off- said. Police officials shifted the blocked our #Cyberabad icial, adding that people can body to Osmania General #WhatsApp_number make ordinary calls to the Hospital for post-mortem. (9490617444), we are now number in times of distress. A case was booked by the using 7901114100 for receiv- Officials said that citizens can police under section 174 (sus- ing #citizen_grievances tem- communicate with us on these picious death) of CrPC (code porarily. Request to find the sites and pass any information of criminal procedure) and a change for time being and there will be a quick statement was recorded from @RachakondaCop @hydcity- response from their side. Shekar's family members. Valedictory function held at Navigation Training School PNS n HYDERABAD

Valedictory Function of 97th Advance Navigation Course (ANC) and 129th Ab-Initio Navigation Course was held at Navigation Training School (NTS), Air Force Station, Begumpet on Saturday. Air Commodore KV Surendran Nair at Hakimpet Air Force Station attended as the chief guest for the function. Air Commodore MB Aserkar at Begumpet Air Force Station and other distinguished guests from the station were among Air Commodore KV Surendran Nair at Hakimpet Air Force Station with the award the others who graced the winners at Navigation Training School, Begumpet Air Force Station in Hyderabad occasion. Group Captain Deepak Kumar Sahani, com- welcome address commemo- Navigation Instructor AK manding officer of Navigation rating the successful comple- Yadav, presented course Training School rendered the tion of both the courses. Chief reports for both the courses. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2019 hyderabad 04 KCR reverses narrative to his advantage ‘ESIC now has super-specialists’ PNS n HYDERABAD NAVEENA GHANATE ESIC has now n HYDERABAD Union Minister of State of equipped with Super- CM mulls filling Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy Specialists and has With each passing day, has said that the Centre gave planned for round-the- Telangana Chief Minister K permission to extend the ESI clock super specialty Chandrasekhar Rao is becom- nominated posts soon Medical College by giving per- ing increasingly adept at turn- mission to several courses. He treatment to the ing adversities in favour of the PNS n HYDERABAD Committee, Sahitya Akademy, said that ESI Corporation in its insured persons. This TRS government. Irrespective TS Genco, TS Transco and TS 179th Corporation Body meet- will decrease the of the kind and duration of out- Chief Minister K Discoms. ing chaired by Union Labor burden on patients, rage, he has managed to turn Chandrasekhar Rao is appar- There is hectic competi- Minister Santosh Kumar things around. In the Disha case ently toying with the idea of fill- tion for the chairman posts Gangwar at New Delhi on running around tie-up too, irrespective of the conse- ing nominated posts by that carry Cabinet status. December 5 has accorded the hospitals for quences of the encounter, it is appointing MLAs and MLCs as The front runners for these approval for DNB Courses in admission at the time the government that will be chairmen to several public sec- posts are Padma Devender Super-Specialty Departments ed at ESIC is just not restricted of need, says Kishan remembered for "its" prompt tor corporations and even wants Reddy, Mynampalli like Cardiology, CTVS, to primary and secondary care action. Telangana police, which to give Cabinet status to some Hanmantha Rao, Patnam Nephrology, Urology, Oncology, but also to tertiary care within was widely ridiculed for making of them. Mahender Reddy, Nayini Onco-Surgery, Neurology, the campus and to achieve this Super specialty courses. This ini- the family of the victim run Irrespective of the kind and duration It may be recalled that the Narasimha Reddy and oth- Neurosurgery, Pediatric Surgery, ESIC has now equipped with tiative would pave a way for bet- around over jurisdiction, was of outrage, he has managed to turn TRS government promulgated ers, according to sources in Neonatology, Neonatal Surgery Super-Specialists and has ter patient care and round the hailed on Friday after the things around. In Disha case too, an ordinance exempting 29 the TRS. etc. He said in a statement that planned for round-the-clock clock super specialty services at encounter and even touted as corporations from the office of The Chief Minister could ESIC has Medical College, super specialty treatment to ESIC with dedicated residents the 'role model for the country'. irrespective of consequences of the profit status. These include not accommodate many Medical College Hospital and the insured persons. and super specialists for 70 Lakh Likewise, for the 55 days the encounter, it is the govt that will be chairman posts of Riverfront MLAs, MLCs and leaders of an ESIC super specialty hospi- This will decrease the burden Insured Persons [workers] TS RTC employees were on remembered for ‘its’ prompt action Development Corporation, other parties merged with the tal at Sanathnagar, Hyderabad. on patients, running around tie- mapped to these Hospitals. This strike, during which about 30 State Road Development TRS in the third Cabinet ESIC Medical College was start- up hospitals for admission at the campus has the infrastructure people died, KCR did not mince Corporation, Kaleswaram expansion that took place in ed in 2016 and in the short time of need. Further to provide worth more than Rs 1,000 crore. his words over closure of RTC. judging the mood of the tions a hero, there are conse- Irrigation project, Yadagirigutta September this year since the frame of time the patient care such round-the-clock services it The annual budget sanctioned However, when the unity of the Telangana people. In fact in his quences around the corner. Temple Development CM has to balance various has improved by leaps and was decided to start DNB for this Super specialty Hospital employees was weakening, he last interaction with RTC For instance, after Disha case Authority, HMDA, urban castes, communities and bounds. It has been Centre's courses for all Super-Specialty is Rs 180 crore, in addition to the accepted most of their demands employees he said, "This is thing encounter, people are seeking development authorities, other groups. The CM in the constant effort to provide in- Departments at ESIC. Rs 200 crore for the Medical and is now being hailed by them. with people of Telangana, when similar form of justice for Telangana State Sports first week of September at the house medical services to the Kishan Reddy said that this College Hospital annually, he In fact, the Centre had a role you get little happiness you Hajipur village where three girls Development Authority, Telugu time of Cabinet expansion Insured Persons [Workers] and ESIC Institute at Sanathnagar, said. He said that the Prime to play in both the situations, but keep KCR's photo and pour were brutally raped and mur- Academy, HACA, official lan- apparently sent feelers to the their families. This could not which is under his Parliamentary Minster has a vision for increas- it was KCR's that ended getting milk on it. When you get little dered. To a man who can swing guages commission, Telangana senior party leaders that he have been achieved without constituency, will be the first in ing the number of Broad a milk bath (palabhishekam). sad, you call me a drunkard, situations in his favour, it would Residential Educational will absorb them in various the capacity building of ESIC India, within ESIC, to have Specialty Doctors and The Chief Minister has been thief etc." While he may have be interesting to see how he Institutions' Society, Hajj nominated posts. Medical College and Hospitals. under graduate, Post graduate Super specialty Doctors for the known to be a master when emerged from both the situa- would handle the consequences. He said that the care provid- courses in broad specialties, and country. CLP wants KLIS cost to be up by Rs 25,000 cr Shabbir blames state’s economic action on ‘rapist’ PNS n HYDERABAD tmc of water. However, the pumping capacity of the TRS leaders The cost of execution of motors was limited to 2 tmc. crisis on KCR’s erratic approach PNS n HYDERABAD Kaleswaram Project will go up The government has already by another Rs 25,000 crore as decided to fix special motors to PNS n HYDERABAD Similarly, Non-Tax-Revenue CLP leader Mallu Bhatti the government has decided to augment their pumping capac- was a mere 15.38% (Rs. 2,442 Vikramarka demanded the invite tenders to facilitate the ity to 3 tmc per day. It is esti- Congress senior leader and Cr) of original estimation (Rs. state government to initiate project to lift-irrigate 3 tmc of mated to cost the government former Leader of Opposition 15,875 Cr). However, he said severe action against water daily as against the present at least Rs 4,000 crore. in Telangana Legislative KCR Government was not Bowenpally TRS leaders, who 2 tmc. This would push up the Administrative sanction has Council Mohammed Ali going slow on borrowings attacked a watchman and project cost from the existing been issued to take up works to Shabbir has strongly con- from different resources thus allegedly raped his wife. He Rs 85,000 crore to Rs 1.14 augment the pumping capac- demned Chief Minister K pushing the State in a huge questioned the police to tell lakh crore. Tenders will be ity from Yellampalli to Mid- Chandrashekhar Rao for his debt trap. He said from April- as to why they failed to initi- invited to execute relevant Maneru to 3 tmc and also from late reaction to the economic October this year, the State ate action against the culprits works by December end. Mid-Maneru to Mallanna crisis in Telangana State. Government has borrowed Rs. in the Boinpally incident. He To lift-irrigate water into the government felt. Therefore, it required to be built accord- Sagar. Proposals are being pre- Shabbir Ali, in a media 17,500 crore. demanded the government to Sriramsagar Project, wants to augment the capaci- ingly. Under the project's pared in this regard. Open statement on Sunday, said it Shabbir Ali said that the provide good treatment to Nagarjunasagar Project and ty of the lift-irrigation of the Link-1, civil works executed pump houses, gravity canals was shocking that the Chief Chief Minister has caused huge Shankarappa, the watchman. the Dindi Project, lift-irrigat- Kaleswaram project to 3 tmc. from Medigedda to Annaram and pipelines are to be con- Minister has realised about the damage by wrongly calling In a statement on Sunday, ing two tmc from Kaleswaram Therefore, special pump hous- project and from Sundilla to structed to handle three tmc of effects of economic slowdown annual expenditure by Rs Telangana a rich and revenue Bhatti alleged that the police Project would not do, the state es, canals and pipelines are Yellampalli to handle three water. after end of eight months in 35,525 crore," he said while surplus State. By doing so, he behaved negligently against the current financial year. adding that the State deprived the State from various one TRS leader Madhava "While the entire world was Government now appears to Central funds. Further, huge Reddy, who demolished com- talking about economic slow- be in no position to spend even loans of nearly Rs. 3 lakh crore pound wall illegally along Narayana calls Plant to down, the Chief Minister was Rs. 1.46 lakh crore. were borrowed at high interest with his followers in regard to ‘CPI is against NRC Bill’ making false claims about zero Citing unaudited provisional rates which turned Telangana land dispute in Bowenpally statement on PNS n HYDERABAD will chalk out an action plan fortify rice impact. Finally, in September figures of Comptroller & into a debt-ridden State. He said using political clout. within two days on NRC and this year, the State Government Auditor General of India that KCR was too late in react- He alleged that the police CPI national general secretary Citizenship bill discussing came up with a full fledged (CAG), Shabbir Ali said that as ing to the financial situation. He are not controlling the excess- encounter D Raja has made it clear that with all Left parties. soon Budget for 2019-20 while cut- against the estimated Tax said he must have directed es of TRS party leaders their party is against the Speaking to the media here PNS n HYDERABAD ting down expenditure by over Revenues of Rs 1.14 lakh crore TRS MPs to raise the issue since though their excesses are ‘personal’ encounter of four accused in on Sunday at Maqdhoom 30%. As against the Vote on during the year 2019-20, the the beginning of Parliament increasing day by day. He said PNS n HYDERABAD Disha case. "Encounters are Bhavan along with party's The first-ever fortified rice Account budget of R. 1,82,017 collections up to October was session last month. However, that Shankarappa, who suf- against the law. Encounters are Telangana state secretary manufacturing plant is going crore presented on February 22 just Rs. 51,355 crore or just KCR is writing a letter to Union fered burnt injuries in the CPI national secretary not acceptable. There is no Chada Venkat Reddy, Raja to come up in the state this year, the full budget was of 45.41%. This includes Rs. Minister for Finance Nirmala attack of TRS leaders, is fight- Narayana on Sunday took a place to encounters in the said that the abolition of soon. Machinery needed to Rs 1,46,492 crore wherein the 6,404.97 Crore towards State's Sitharaman at the fag end of ing with life and death in u-turn on his statement country, where judiciary sys- Article 370 is against the run the plant has been State Government reduced the Share of Union Taxes. Parliament session. Gandhi Hospital. which he made soon after the tem is strong," he said. democracy. He alleged that imported from 15 countries Friday’s encounter in which Raja said that there is no both Prime Minister at a cost of Rs 50 crore. The four rapists of Disha were need to implement National Narendra Modi and Union plant's capacity would be shot dead. Register of Citizens across the Home Minister Amit Shah 8,000 tonnes per month. Etela inspects The CPI country. NRC is confined to didn't understand the condi- The Center has already Citizenship (Amendment) Bill... national Assam only. "The Citizenship tions in Kashmir comprehen- issued directions to the Armoor execu- Bill should not be based on sively. Telangana Government to Continued from Page1 Permit (ILP) regime areas and the purposes of this Act," the tive religion. The government is Abolition of Article 370 is supply the fortified rice to all those tribal regions that are Bill said. The Bill also propos- found trying to create disturbances nothing but violation of rights states. hospital The influential North East governed under the Sixth es to give immunity to such fault among the religions using of Jammu Kashmir people, he The government officials PNS n NIZAMABAD Students' Organisation Schedule of the Constitution. refugees facing legal cases after with the NRC Bill. We are opposing the observed. He demanded the have plans to step up the (NESO) calling an 11-hour "In Citizenship Act, in being found illegal migrants. statement NRC Bill. The BJP-led NDA Centre to restore the democ- capacity of the three plants Telangana government is bandh on December 10 in the Section 2 in sub-section (i), in "On and from the date of made by Narayana leading to government is trying to hand racy in Kashmir. He also that produce 'Balamrutam' striving to provide better region. Members of Hindu, clause (b) the following provi- commencement of the the latter apologising to the over the BSNL and Indian demanded the Centre to and 'Kurkure' from the exist- amenities at government Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and so shall be inserted namely:- Citizenship (Amendment) Act, people and also to the party. Railways to private persons," release the political leaders ing 6,000 tonnes to 10,000 hospitals and strengthening Christian communities, who "provided that any person 2019, any proceeding pending As his statement runs he alleged. He said that they and activists from the jails. tonnes by October next year. government medical system, have come from Pakistan, belonging to Hindu, Sikh, against a person under this sec- counter to the party’s policy, Odisha, Karnataka and said Health Minister Etela Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or tion in respect of illegal migra- he took the decision to with- Maharashtra governments Rajender, on Sunday as he till December 31, 2014, facing Christian community from tion or citizenship shall stand draw it. The CPI adopted a have expressed readiness to inspected Armoor govern- religious persecution there will Afghanistan, Bangladesh or abated on conferment of citi- resolution opposing the buy 'Balamrutam' and ment hospital with MLA not be treated as illegal immi- Pakistan, who entered into zenship to him. "Provided that encounter. Narayana said 'Kurkure' made in Jeevan Reddy. The Minister grants but given Indian citi- India on or before the 31st day such person shall not be dis- that it was merely his per- Telangana. said that recently Armoor zenship, according to the CAB, of December 2014 and who qualified for making applica- sonal opinion and his noth- Currently, Child Welfare government hospital has 2019. has been exempted by the tion for citizenship under this ing to do with the party. Department's director and been upgraded to a 100-bed To assuage feelings of trib- central government by or section on the ground that the It may be recalled that Vijayendira has been func- hospital and it is performing als of the Northeast, where under clause (c) of sub-section proceeding pending against Narayana went on record tioning as the MD of 300 to 350 institutional deliv- many feel that permanent set- (2) of section 3 of the passport him and the central govern- stating that the CPI sup- Telangana foods. Therefore, eries every month. He said tlement of illegal immigrants (Entry into India) Act, 1920 or ment or authority specified by ports the encounter soon the government has plans to that government is appoint- will disturb the region's from the application of the it in this behalf shall not reject after the four culprits in appoint a full-time MD to the ing required staff in the hos- demography, the government provisions of the Foreigners his application on that ground Disha’s case were gunned Telangana foods. The forti- pitals to meet the require- has made provisions under Act 1946 or any rule or order if he is otherwise found qual- down by the police on Friday fied rice will have more nutri- ment and providing all the which the Bill will not be made thereunder shall not be ified for grant of citizenship last. tional values. amenities at hospital. applicable in the Inner Line treated as illegal migrants for under section," it said. Massive blaze sweeps through APSRTC looks to diversify into courier services PNS n AMARAVATI parcel services and targeted to earn Rs 15 crore this year. Delhi building, leaves 43 dead Encouraged by RTC's parcel The parcels received at the door delivery services, the region office here will be allotted Continued from Page1 nessed at the site, clogged with hospitals where the dead and Vijayawada region of the a number at the parcel office. bystanders and politicians injured were taken — LNJP APSRTC plans to take advan- They will be placed in designat- The prime minister arriving in convoys. Firemen Hospital and Lady Hardinge tage of its fleet of buses travel- ed racks and their images will be approved Rs 50,000 each for made their way through nar- hospital, distraught relatives ling to remote places and uploaded into computer. When those seriously injured. row lanes to rescue those had a hard time finding their branch out into courier services customer reaches the parcel The amount will be paid trapped inside the blackened family members. delivering covers. office, the personnel trace the from the Prime Minister building and carried many "I got a call from his friend RTC officials have been parcel by scanning it and hand National Relief Fund, the PMO unconscious labourers on their informing that he has been injured delivering bulk parcels to cus- it over to him. The online parcel said in a tweet. The Delhi gov- backs. in the incident. I have no clue tomers' doors. The AP State tracking mechanism is also being ernment has ordered a probe As the building lacked prop- which hospital he has been taken AIDS Control Society, Medplus implemented for the information into the incident and sought a er ventilation, most of the peo- to," said Manoj, 23, a resident of and Apollo (medicines) and of the customer. detailed report within seven ple died due to asphyxia. Aditya Begusarai in Bihar. An unidenti- Bridgestone (tyres) are some of RTC regional manager days. North Delhi Mayor Avtar Pratap Singh, deputy comman- fied elderly man whose three the regular customers of the Nagendra Prasad said that the Singh said he has asked the der, NDRF said they detected nephews worked at the building RTC. The Corporation also RTC will implement courier municipal commissioner to carbon monoxide (CO) in the said, "At least 12-15 machines were transports textbooks for the heavy, depot goods transport The service has been available RTC has a parcel service but door delivery services because of form a team which will visit the building. "The entire third and installed in the unit. I have no idea state education department. vehicles will also be pressed in Vijayawada, Machilipatnam not courier service. Therefore, the parcel services are highly site and probe the exact cause fourth floor was engulfed with about the factory owner. My A van and two auto-rick- into service. and Gudivada since July. Good it has plans to diversity into the appreciated. The RTC buses of the fire. Police said they have smoke. The content of CO was nephews Mohammed Imran and shaws have been specially ear- The RTC collects Rs 20 to quality of service, less fare and courier services to compete even travel to every nook and registered a case against the more." He said when the team Ikramuddin were inside the fac- marked in the region to deliv- deliver a parcel weighing 50 kg punctuality are attracting more with other courier services in corner of the state, the service will property owner. started the operation, it found tory. I don't know their where- er the parcels at the doorstep of and collects a fee of Rs 300 for and more customers to the the field. The region earned Rs become more popular, he said, Chaotic scenes were wit- some windows sealed. At the abouts." the customer. If the parcels are a parcel weighing a quintal. RTC's parcel services. 12 crore last year through the exuding confidence. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2019 nation 05

SHORT READS 1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS GOVT TO LAUNCH PMKVY-III One-stop shops in NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR gurudwaras to help families PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI The revamped scheme, The government is planning to called PMKVY 2.0, Delhi gurudwara management DCW chief urges Home launch third phase of its flag- body DSGMC has decided to ship Pradhan Mantri Kaushal moved to a grant-based open special shops named '1984 Minister to withdraw Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in the model where the training Stores' to rehabilitate families cops on VIP security next financial year, Minister of and assessment cost affected by the anti-Sikh riots Skill Development and that occurred 35 years ago in the NEW DELHI: Delhi Commission Entrepreneurship Mahendra would be directly city. The '1984 Stores' will be For Women chief Swati Maliwal Nath Pandey has said. reimbursed to training opened at 10 historic gurud- on Sunday wrote to Union The government launched providers and waras in Delhi and employ Home Minister Amit Shah the PMKVY scheme in 2015 family members of victims of appealing to him to withdraw and revamped it in 2016 to assessment bodies in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, said security from VIPs owing to impart skills to one crore per- accordance with Delhi Sikh Gurudwara scarcity of police resources, in sons by 2020. common norms Management Committee These stores will be operated and administered on light of a number of rape The revamped scheme, (DSGMC) president Manjinder incidents across the country. called PMKVY 2.0, moved to Singh Sirsa. "These stores will be the co-operative model by 1984 anti-Sikh violence Maliwal, who is on a hunger a grant-based model where ter said: "We will be crossing 90 when it is officially announced. (CPSEs) across various sectors operated and administered on survivors and affected families. All the profit earned strike to demand capital the training and assessment per cent of the target under the The minister also urged before the end of this month the co-operative model by 1984 from the stores will be utilised for their dignified livelihood punishment for rapists within cost would be directly reim- ongoing scheme...and as you public sector and private sec- and ask them to increase the anti-Sikh violence survivors — MANJINDER SINGH SIRSA, DSGMC president six months of their conviction, bursed to training providers know, training and skilling tor players to lay emphasis on number of apprentices. and affected families. All the sought an appointment for and assessment bodies in the youth are key objectives of apprenticeship programme. Recently, Singh said there profit earned from the stores DCW members with Shah. She accordance with common the government. We will (also) "I assure all help from my are only 4 lakh apprentices in will be utilised for their digni- also sell articles of Sikh faith handicrafts will also be sold at said that most policemen are norms. be coming up with PMKVY- ministry. They (companies) India, out of which 2 lakh are fied livelihood," he said. such as Dastar (turbans), these stores at reasonable rates, involved in VIP security, According to official data, III." must go ahead and give, organ- in central public sector enter- The first store, a one-stop Kangha (wooden comb), Kara he said. The stores are expect- thereby hampering their over 69 lakh candidates have The target under PMKVY- ise and promote apprentice- prises. The number is signifi- shop, will be opened at Bangla (iron bracelet), Kachera (cotton ed to do good business as accountability towards the public. been trained across the coun- III, which he said will be ship," he said. Pandey also cantly lower as compared to Sahib Gurudwara nestled in tieable undergarment), Kirpan around 35,000 devotees and try under the PMKVY till launched after March 2020, said that he and Minister of countries such as Japan where Connaught place area by the (iron dagger) and religious lit- 2,000 tourists visit the ten November 11. will be bigger and cover larg- State for Skill Development the number is 1 crore and end of December. The next one erature of Sikhism. prominent shrines daily on Tiger found dead in On asked whether the ongo- er aspects. and Entrepreneurship R K China (2 crore). will be opened at Rakab Ganj in Household-use items pre- ordinary days. The numbers ing scheme will see an exten- However, Pandey did not Singh will meet chairman and CPSEs have also been asked January 2020, he said. Besides pared by anti-Sikh riot sur- swell to over one lakh on reli- water-filled mine sion as 30 per cent of the tar- share any figures for the new managing directors of central to triple the number of appren- items of daily use like groceries vivors, such as snacks, spices, gious festivals and holidays, NAGPUR: A tiger was found get is yet to be met, the minis- phase saying it will be shared public sector enterprises tice to six lakhs. and stationary, the stores will papad, fruit jellies, pickles and Sirsa said. dead in an abandoned water- filled mine in Ramtek forest range in the district, officials said on Sunday. The carcass was found on Saturday. "Some Cong protests Chouhan's ‘kis khet ki mooli' taunt at MP CM Raj minister demands forest department staffers were on an inspection at Bihada PNS n BHOPAL insignificant and inconse- However, state BJP ‘Panipat' mine in order prepare a report. quential). Police stopped spokesperson Rajneesh ban on over During the exercise, they found The Madhya Pradesh protesting Congress workers, Agrawal said Sunday's protest the carcass of a tiger floating Congress on Sunday held a holding 'get well soon mama' was a bid by the Congress to on the water at the abandoned protest over the alleged use of postcards and roses, some divert attention from the issue ‘distortion’ of history manganese mine," an official intemperate language by 500 metres away from of fertiliser shortage. said. "The staff members senior BJP leader Shivraj Chouhan's residence here. "BJP held a big protest on PNS n JAIPUR ed on Twitter. immediately alerted the senior Singh Chouhan against Chief "During a protest on Saturday at Sagar against the Opposition leader and for- forest officials about it," he Minister Kamal Nath. Saturday at Sagar, Chouhan problems faced by farmers Rajasthan Tourism Minister mer Rajasthan chief minister said. As per the preliminary Congress leader Vibha Patel used foul language saying due to shortage of fertiliser. Vishvendra Singh on Sunday also con- probe, the big cat accidentally claimed Chouhan, while 'Kamal Nath Kis Khet Ki The Kamal Nath government demanded a ban on the demned the portrayal of fell into the water and drowned delivering a speech at a protest Mooli Hai' (Who do you think failed to make plans for urea screening of Ashutosh Maharaja Surajmal in the around three days back, the in Sagar over fertiliser short- you are Kamal Nath?) etc. storage and distribution. Now, Gowariker's "Panipat" in film, which released on official said. "The exact cause age, said 'Kamal Nath kis khet This is a sign that he the Congress is trying to North India to avoid a law Friday. "The mistaken por- of the death would be known ki mooli hai' (rustic way of (Chouhan) has lost his men- divert attention by raking up and order situation, following trayal of the self-respecting, after the post-mortem," he brushing aside someone as tal balance," Patel said. the non-issues," he said. protest against the film in loyal and large hearted said. With this, the number of Bharatpur. Singh alleged that emperor Maharaja Surajmal tiger deaths in Vidarbha region the movie, featuring Arjun in the film 'Panipat' by the of Maharashtra has gone up to Kapoor and , por- filmmaker is condemnable," 18 this year, the official trays Bharatpur king she tweeted. claimed. Persecuted minorities of Haasan’s party, Rajini forum Maharaja Surajmal in The movie is based on the unseemly manner. third battle of Panipat fought "It is unfortunate that the between the Maratha empire Maha: 2 flesh trade neighbouring nations legendary Jat ruler, Maharajah and Afghan king Ahmad rackets busted in say no to TN rural civic polls Surajmal has been depicted in Shah Abdali in 1761. PNS n CHENNAI an unseemly light and histor- Arjun plays the role of Aurangabad victims of Partition, India The MNM chief, ical facts have been distorted Sadashiv Rao Bhau, com- AURANGABAD: Two flesh trade PNS n NEW DELHI Minister Amit Shah. Actor politician and Makkal referring to the in the film, "Panipat". mander of the Maratha army rackets were busted in Responding to criticism of Needhi Maiam chief Kamal upcoming rural civic "In light of the vociferous and the movie allegedly shows Maharashtra's Aurangabad India is duty-bound to give cit- the Bill from political parties, Haasan on Sunday said his polls in the state, protest by the Jat communi- Bharatpur king Maharaja district, police said on Sunday. izenship to persecuted minori- Madhav said a similar legisla- party will not contest polls to claimed it has ty in Haryana, Rajasthan and Surajmal as a greedy emper- The first raid was in ties from neighbouring coun- tion 'Immigrants (Expulsion rural local bodies in Tamil become clear that other regions of North India, or, who wanted to conquer Rajeshnagar area of Beed tries as they are "victims" of the from Assam)' Act was enact- Nadu and a forum led by peoples participation I believe that the film should the Red Fort of Agra and Bypass, leading to the arrest of decision to divide the country ed in 1950 by the then actor Rajinikanth said he will will be very less in be banned to avoid a law and denied help to Maratha army one woman, four men and on religious lines, BJP gen- Congress government led not support any party for the order situation," Singh post- during the Panipat battle. these elections seizure of 480 bottles of liquor, eral secretary Ram by Jawaharlal Nehru. local elections. a Crime Branch official said. In Madhav has said "Let me remind The MNM chief, referring a raid conducted in Yashwant while defending the critics of the to the upcoming rural civic not contest the rural civic action will be taken if anyone Nagar, one man was held, an the Citizenship Citizenship polls in the state, claimed it has polls adding that the partys canvassed votes using its official said, adding that both Amendment Bill. Amendment Bill, become clear that peoples par- goal was to wrest power in name, flag or the actors name places were raided on Saturday. Non-Muslim Nehru govern- ticipation will be very less in Tamil Nadu in the 2021 or photograph. "Four women rescued from the refugees, who have ment had passed a these elections. Assembly elections. Rajinikanth had also two places have been sent to a come from similar bill in 1950 Alleging that the local body Superstar Rajinikanth-led declared that the Assembly remand home. Pundalik police Pakistan, Bangladesh for expulsion of ille- polls will not be a journey Rajini Makkal Mandram, a elections in 2021 was his are probing further," he added. and Afghanistan after gal immigrants mainly towards peoples welfare, launch vehicle for his pro- target. facing religious persecution, from erstwhile Pakistan Haasan, in a statement, hit out posed political party said, "our On December 7, the State will not be treated as illegal (Bangladesh) and had categor- at both the ruling AIADMK beloved chief Rajinikanth has Election Commission issued a Minor girl found immigrants and will be given ically said that minorities of and DMK for "staging a polit- not offered his support to fresh notification for elections pregnant five months Indian citizenship under the East Pakistan wouldn't be cov- ical drama" in the name of anyone for the upcoming civic to rural local bodies in 27 dis- Bill which is set to be intro- ered under the bill," local polls. Hence, the actor polls in Tamil Nadu." tricts of Tamil Nadu on after rape in UP duced by Union Home Madhav said. politician said his party will The Mandram said legal December 27 and 30. MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): A minor girl was found to be pregnant in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, five Centre proposes months after she was allegedly Cattle menace: UP government plans cow safaris Law and order has broken raped by a youth in the same Rs 33 cr to area, police said. On Saturday, PNS n LUCKNOW safaris viable by setting up bio ments for tourists to come and the 14-year-old went to gas plants for power generation see cow safaris," he said. down, PM is ‘mute': Cong protect Indian hospital where she was Faced with stray cattle menace, and units to make things from "By putting cows at one place, PNS n NEW DELHI the then Congress government confirmed to be four months the Uttar Pradesh government cow waste. "There are com- if it is given the name of safari, over rape incidents in Delhi. satellites pregnant following which her plans to set up 'cow safaris' in the plaints about stray cattle moving there is no harm. People could The Congress on Sunday "Unnao, Etawah, PNS n NEW DELHI father lodged a complaint at state for better safety and upkeep about in villages and I have come and have darshan," he said. attacked Prime Minister Hyderabad, Palwal- Titawi police station, they said. of the animal. The idea moot- brought it it to the notice of the The Yogi government has taken Narendra Modi over Faridabad, the horror The Centre has proposed Rs Police said a case was ed by UP Animal and chief minister," he said. a number of steps towards cow rape incidents in vari- continues! Rape victims 33.3 crore for ISRO's 'Project registered and the accused Husbandry minister Laxmi Cow safaris will initially come protection. In August this year, ous parts of the country, cry out for justice as soul Netra' for securing Indian Chinu arrested under Sections Narayan Chaudhary is in line "Wherever we have large up on a pilot basis. the government has approved alleging that rule of hurts!" Surjewala satellites from space debris 376 (punishment for rape) and with the Yogi government's aim farms like in Barabanki and "Having so many cows at 'Mukhyamantri Nirashrit has broken down but the said in a tweet. "Criminals and other dangers, according 506 (punishment for criminal of cow protection. Maharajganj, we on an exper- one place and with better upkeep Besahara Govansh Sahbhagita PM is "mute" and has not said roam free as rule of law breaks to documents related to sup- intimidation) of IPC and "The Yogi government is vig- imental basis, want to set up a facilities, we are also thinking of Yojana', a scheme seeking peo- a word on it. down! But 'Modiji' is 'mute'...No plementary demand for relevant provisions of the ilant towards cow protection and safari where 15,000 to 25,000 developing it for tourism. Like ple's participation in the protec- Congress' chief spokesperson remorse, No outrage, Not a grants. Protection of Children from it is our duty to save and secure cows can be put up," he said, people go to see safaris of other tion of stray cattle by providing Randeep Surjewala also tagged word. And no one will question Finance Minister Nirmala Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. them," Chaudhary said. adding, he wants to make such animals we can make arrange- Rs 30 per animal every day. a video of PM Modi attacking the PM? Why? he tweeted. Sitharaman had moved a res- olution for the grants for which the Lok Sabha grant- ed approval last week. In Sep, India launched the Israeli students to launch self-made satellite from Sriharikota early warning system Netra (Network for Space Objects, PNS n HYDERABAD exercise among students from is a platform for ecological Tracking, and Analysis) to Alon Abramovich, Meitav Assulin and various parts of the country. studies such as air pollution, secure its satellites and other Three youngsters from an Shmuel Aviv Levi, all 17 to 18 years old, are These students could learn water source pollution, forest assets in space at an estimat- Israeli school will travel to students of Sha'ar HaNegev High school in from past experience to create monitoring, and more", Miller ed to cost Rs 400 crore. India next week to launch a something better," Miller said. said. Scientists say 50 years of satellite — Duchifat 3 — Israel's southern region. They will be leaving "The students' work includ- "The students found cre- human space exploration has designed and built by them for India on Monday evening and the satellite ed satellite planning, writing ative solutions given the bud- led to the creation of junk aboard PSLV C48 from ISRO's launch is on December 11 the airborne and ground soft- getary constraints to deal with around Earth's orbit, posing Sriharikota launch site. ware and testing it up for satel- various issues such as data serious traffic risks to man- Alon Abramovich, Meitav lite launch," he noted, adding, transfer. They have created a made satellites. Assulin and Shmuel Aviv Levi, and weighs 2.3 kg. The students "Sha'ar HaNegev High "One can see that it is the high satellite image processing India has 15 communica- all 17 to 18 years old, are stu- worked for almost two and a School is just about a kilome- school students who are at the mechanism, which includes tion satellites active in the dents of Sha'ar HaNegev High half years to build it. The satel- ter from the Gaza border. We centre of the whole project. The selecting the relevant images, geostationary orbit, 13 school in Israel's southern lite will be of good help to agri- proposed the students get elders were more in a consul- compressing them and sending remote-sensing satellites region. They will be leaving for culturists," one of the donors involved in something innov- tative role". them to Earth, as well as help- active in low-earth orbit India on Monday evening and for the project and Head of ICA ative that would also be of "Duchifat 3 will be a remote ing experts in Israel and around (2,000 km radius) and eight the satellite launch is on Jointly built by Herzliya try to "observe the Earth". Foundation Zeev Miller said. interest to them. We realised sensing satellite through which the world to build appropriate navigation satellites in medi- December 11. Science Center and Sha'ar "It is a photo satellite used for The ICA Foundation builds that it was not the first such stu- students from all schools in communication systems and um-earth orbit. Apart from Duchifat 3 is the third in the Hanegev High School students, ecological research of Earth communities in the peripher- dent's project in Israel but it the country will be able to build software for managing these, there are a number of series of Israeli student-made the satellite is designed to serve from space. The size of the al areas of Israel and creates job was still worth it, and could experiment and carry through satellite and ground informa- smaller satellites present in satellites. children from across the coun- satellite is 10x10x30 cm (3U) opportunities for the needy. actually lead to a collaborative earth observation. The satellite tion," he stressed. the space. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION No more tears please It’s not like there aren’t any alternatives but the Govt What about marital rape? now needs to implement out-of-the-box solutions t is ironical that the onion manages to leave us teary-eyed every third year or so despite Till we internalise the concept of marriage as one of equal partnership and not just Iits impressive growth, the production of the bulb having gone up from below 5.5 million about legalised sex, abuse within it won’t even be considered a problem tonnes in 2003 to above 19 million tonnes in girls’ rights to education and a recent years. India is the second-largest pro- healthy life, yet clipping them ducer of onions, yet a rained out or crisis year when it comes to their marital rights, subsuming them to the means that we are forced to import the bulb will and exploitation of their hus- from the very nations we export it to and at bands. prices higher than what we sell to them. Clearly, As per the , every law which is passed we need a policy fix for this instead of debat- must be in conformity with the ing alternatives like the virtues of an onion-less principles and ideas as enshrined RINKU GHOSH diet or varied food cultures. The pungency of the bulb has hit home, prices report- in the Constitution. Any law ` which fails to meet its required edly climbing to 165 a kg in some parts of the country, the highest in recent hey are rape survivors, too. Perhaps standards can be considered years. It has clearly affected the Government, which could well have done with- the most neglected and trauma- ultra vires, struck down or be out another crisis in the middle of an economic slump, hit our foreign relations tised among women in our coun- declared unconstitutional. try. Yet they do not draw eyeballs, Therefore, we need to acknowl- as export cuts have meant woes for friendly nations like Bangladesh and have nor are they allowed to speak up. edge marital rape. Would India, had MPs in Parliament hurling invectives against each other. For onions have always TThere is no law to help them. Nobody rages which is positing itself as an had huge political implications. In the 1980 elections, sky-high onion prices helped over them simply because their horror and emergent power, want to be humiliation aren’t dramatic enough to get a bracketed with countries where former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi dislodge a coalition Government. In 1998, whole nation to turn vigilantes overnight or marital rape is permitted by law, sharp onion prices led to the fall of the BJP Government in New Delhi as it became simply because they have become too normal namely Ghana, Lesotho, Oman, a measure of economic well-being and symptomatic of a bigger food inflation. compared to the abnormal excesses of a Singapore and Sri Lanka, accord- Nirbhaya or a Disha. They have the pain of ing to a study by Equality Now? So the Modi Government may have taken some desperate measures like offload- an old wound, which becomes unbearable at What of our lawmakers, ing stocks, banning exports and sanctioning imports of 1.2 lakh tonnes but it times but then dulls out as one of life’s many whom we have empowered to cannot skirt around the issue of ensuring healthy economics for farmers. humiliations that you learn to live with. Yet change our systems? They only they are brutalised daily in their own homes, take us back to putrid medieval- With year-long restrictions imposed on retail traders and wholesalers on vol- by the men they are supposed to trust the ism in the name of holding up umes they can sell, farmers are unable to sell their produce when they have a most, their husbands. So there is no tri- Bharatiya sanskar. Consider the bumper crop. During shortages, distributors make money by hoarding. In both umphalism in rescuing them, simply because following remarks made across scenarios of volatile pricing, the farmer loses. If the Government increases its they are in the custody of spousal security. the political spectrum. For for- Hence, they are best forgotten. mer Bihar Health Minister own stocks and based on predictive analysis, grades export restrictions, it can Marital rape, which can be as gruesome Mangal Pandey, “virgin” means arrest sharp price fluctuations. Why can’t India increase the acreage under onion when it comes to bestial practices, if not more, the same as “unmarried” and cultivation? NITI Aayog member and eminent economist Ramesh Chand had sug- is hardly ever up for discussion. This despite “pure”, implying that married the Justice JS Verma Committee recommend- women do not qualify for discus- gested promoting onion cultivation in States like Uttar Pradesh and popularising ing that it be criminalised while reviewing sion. In April 2014, while oppos- onion production in the kharif season as well. We need to find out why despite rights protocols post Nirbhaya. Yet it contin- ing death penalty to three men technology-aided solutions, our onion has the lowest yield in the world, lesser ues to be the darkest cloud over a woman’s convicted in a gangrape case, for- autonomy on her own body, her choice, her mer Samajwadi Party supremo than that of the US, which does not even fall under the top 10 onion-producing free will and her right to say no, simply Mulayam Singh Yadav had said, nations. China cultivates onion in land that’s half of ours but is the largest pro- because her consent is believed to have been “Boys will be boys, they commit ducer because its yield is double than ours. Of course, we need better irrigation implied, nay signed off, in her marital status. they are governed by the old al relations are with the wife guilt, not in its denial. Besides, mistakes.” And that endorse- Worse, marital rape is the least reported of sex- patriarchal mindset of deciding instead of another woman? So Section 122 of the Indian ment continues when they facilities but fighting seasonal extremes of weather means we have to work on ual violence against women in police files. what a woman needs, an impo- loyalty and infidelity have come Evidence Act prohibits disclosure become men. In 2013, Congress the onion’s shelf life as well. We need to minimise post-harvest loss of a high- According to some estimates, 99 per cent of sition of grants and doles from to be dependent on a man’s of communications during mar- general secretary Digvijaya Singh ly perishable crop with improved preservation facilities. Why can’t we, for exam- such cases are not reported. Some studies the male gaze rather than respect- right to the basest form of grat- riage in court unless one spouse crassly described Meenakshi show that the average Indian woman is 17 ing the most basic of human ification like an on-demand ser- is being prosecuted for a crime Natarajan, party MP from ple, promote modern cold storage facilities in newer onion-producing States like times more likely to face sexual violence from rights, that of a woman’s mind. vice. Why should sexual incom- against the other. Mandsaur, as a “sau tunch maal” Madhya Pradesh? Around 30-40 per cent of the crop is lost due to lack of stor- her husband than from others. Even among And till this thinking changes, we patibility not be seen as a prob- Some degree of offensive or a desirable object. In 2013, age facilities. If there are onion dehydrating and processing units across the coun- aware women, in high literacy States like Tamil will continue to be known to the lem? Because it is not, it is a and aggressive behaviour by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Nadu and Karnataka, reporting of violence world as a “Rape Republic” than process of adjustment and can be husband has been normalised by (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat had try, then the supply-demand mismatch can at least be corrected. The Government is dismal. So consider the disfranchisement a “Republic of Women.” Till we solved. Do men realise that they society as a male habit that mar- said rapes were an urban crime can break the handful of cartels that pocket a major share of trade in big mar- of women when it comes to States that have revise the concept of marriage as may be raping their wives? No. ried women are expected to caused by Westernisation and do kets like Maharashtra and Karnataka and set up Agriculture Produce Market a low female literacy, awareness and empow- one of equal partnership, prize it It does not amount to violence internalise. The justice system, not happen in rural India imbued erment. In States such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh as a long-standing companion- against women. too, as a product of society, with traditional values. And in Committees (APMCs), just as was suggested by the report by the Bengaluru- and Jharkhand, less than 0.5 per cent incidents ship and not just about legalised Such cultural conditioning is becomes wary of interfering in 2012 itself, Haryana’s former based Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC). The 2017 study had of violence against women were reported. sex, marital rape won’t even be so deeply embedded in our DNA what is unofficially considered a Chief Minister Om Prakash said that the market structure of onion is unilaterally dictated by the traders, not While unwilling sexual contact between considered a problem. that it has over the years result- private territory of a man-woman Chautala sanctified marriage as a husband and a wife is recognised as a crim- The societal bias is so deep- ed in discriminatory laws, biased relationship. In unitising a mar- the best armoury of women’s farmers, so APMCs would help break the cartels’ stranglehold. Also, the Government inal offence in almost every country of the rooted that even the educated behaviour, skewed relationships riage, it overlooks an individual’s honour and justified a khap has to be prepared for a glut in January when the next harvest is due and the world, India is one of the 36 nations that still elite is not immune to certain and a severely gendered view of rights, sovereignty and most panchayat’s advocacy of child imported varieties are expected to land. When it comes to onions, the Government has not criminalised marital rape. Rape, as assumptions. And the prolonged marriage as an institution. Even importantly the woman’s invio- marriage, saying, “People used to is not short of well-intended suggestions and advice. But now it is time for it to defined in Section 375 of the Indian Penal silence of women has come to be family members confine marital lability. It is also the easiest way marry their girls to save them Code, includes all forms of sexual assault, interpreted as their acceptance. rape to a simple relationship hur- of stifling her demands for eco- from Mughal atrocities.” work out a robust policy that holds throughout the year instead of resorting to involving non-consensual intercourse with Most men confronted with ques- dle between man and wife rather nomic rights in her marital We are still horribly gen- last moment fire-fighting. And since the example of avocados was tossed about a woman. However, Exception 2 to Section tions that they might be forcing than looking at it with the seri- home, particularly in the rural dered in our thinking and during a debate in Parliament, let not the onion become such a costly proposi- 375 exempts unwilling sexual intercourse themselves on their wives usual- ousness it deserves. Despite con- scenario. depending on the evolutionary between a husband and a wife over 15 years ly come up with a predictable set sistent debates on criminalising Without any legal prop of scale in society, each stratum still tion. Reports say that Mexico’s criminal gangs are now heavily into avocado pro- of age though in a recent judgment, the of replies or counter questions. marital rape, its critics deny the reassurance, abused women sim- sees women as negotiable tools of duction and sales, with cartels demanding protection payments from farms. Rival Supreme Court criminalised non-consensu- Doesn’t by virtue of agreeing to need for legislation saying a ply clam up for fear of being dis- fantasy, desire and even sadism. gangs are reported to have targetted each other in deadly shootouts like any other al sexual contact with a wife between 15 and marry, a woman give her perpet- woman’s concerns were well pro- believed, insulted, joked about or Men know they can legitimise all 18 years of age. This has opened the flood- ual consent to sexual relations? tected under Section 498 A and abused further. Violence, there- of them within the “sanctified” case of drug violence. We don’t want our appetite for onions to become so con- gates of appeals to challenge the entirety of Nobody asks if she wants it or not the Domestic Violence Act. Fact fore, becomes a tool of power construct called marriage. Yet it suming that the crop generates an extortion economy too. Exception 2 as a whole. This is particularly on her terms. Why marry if she is both deal with an umbrella of play, of negotiating a woman’s is the most desanctified space for gaining traction as it undermines Article 14 is uncomfortable with the idea? abuse and not sexual violations place in society on a man’s terms. women, simply because in no of the Constitution, which guarantees equal Nobody understands that sex is per se. The Domestic Violence Assaulting her body becomes the other role is a woman presumed rights to all citizens. just a sub-set of the entirety of Act provides for civil, not crim- easiest way to subjugate her self- to be so subservient. Polar problems And for all empowerment initiatives by vows made by a man and inal redress. Counselling works worth. In fact, in a horribly lop- (The writer is Associate the Government, the fact of the matter is that woman. Isn’t it better that sexu- when there is an acceptance of sided template, we are pushing Editor, The Pioneer) It is certain that climate change forced 60 Polar bears into a Russian village. It will lead to more human-animal conflicts he small Russian village of Ryrkapiy on S O U N D BITE the shores of the Arctic Ocean faces To the cheerleaders of: It was probably the rejection Inherent in India's growth I don't think justice can ever enough problems as it is, particularly with Telangana Encounter. to my father and the fact he story is a natural partnership be or ought to be instant, T Blood lust vs due process. was gone a lot... So I with the US. This relationship and justice must never take bitterly cold winters. But over the past week, The savage Taliban-style was not one of those is evolving fast both in strate- the form of revenge. It loses it has emerged that over 60 Polar bears have justice vs the civilised...Will who always wanted gic and economic domains. its character if it becomes make courts irrelevant. to be an actor. revenge. descended on this village, which is home to India's Ambassador over 500 people, because their traditional hunt- Senior Congress leader Actor to the US Chief Justice of India ing grounds are off the limits. The bears, which —Kapil Sibal —Michael Douglas —Harsh Vardhan Shringla —SA Bobde usually live in Wrangel Island, move out into the Arctic Ocean on the thick Arctic Sea Ice that forms every year and hunt for seals. But L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR with the frozen sheet melting faster, becom- Let the judiciary decide institutions — the education sys- ing thinner and taking longer to form, the bears find it impossible to go hunting. Implement Justice Verma report in full tem, the polity and the judiciary. Instead, now they go scavenging near human habitations. Thankfully, there are JS Acharya several seal carcasses in the vicinity that have kept them preoccupied. But since Sir — This refers to the editorial, his refers to the editorial, “Let’s hold our horses” Hyderabad (December 7). The extra-judicial killing of the four last time a Polar bear killed a human in the town in 2011, leaders are taking noth- “Let’s hold our horses” (December 7). The killing of the four accused Taccused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case may Controversial Bill ing for granted and have shut shop, cancelling all public functions. The problem in the rape and murder of a vet- have got popular approval when actually it has overshad- with the Arctic Sea ice is a result of rising temperatures, which have heated the erinarian in Hyderabad led to owed the legal system, which was built for us to live people praising and even garland- peacefully. Admittedly, several rape cases are still pend- Sir — The Modi Government world’s oceans. And while this example might be an extreme one, the Polar bear ing the Cyberabad police. There ing in different courts. The Nirbhaya rape case contin- has given clearance to the has indeed become the face of the climate change crisis as its habitat has been is no denying the fact that when- ues to linger for seven years now. Though the death sen- Citizenship Amendment Bill and particularly impacted by rising temperatures. Certainly, we should be expecting ever an incident of rape is report- tence has been pronounced, the rapists have not been is all set to pass it in the ongo- more behavioural aberrations. Rising temperatures and its results — less oxy- ed, people take to the streets to executed. The Unnao rape case, too, is moving at a snail’s ing Winter Session of demand the death of the rapists. pace. Trials take so long that they have made a farce of Parliament. The contentious Bill gen in the sea, for example — are already playing havoc with the coral reefs But we fail to see merit in the pro- democracy and our sense of patience and justice. On rape cases should be fast-tracked in the trial court. The exemplifies the changed political across the world. At the same time, several species that have evolved to be in cedural safeguards which can the other hand, the rich and the influential, who have entire judicial process, from the trial court to the top court, complexion of the country. It very specific conditions, are threatened with habitat loss. All thanks to increas- ensure that the right person gets been accused in rape cases, are able to twist the sys- must be over within six months. The Justice Verma definitely goes to dent India’s punished. The culprits deserved tem and get away. People are truly fed up with the way Committee report is still gathering dust. One of the impor- image as a liberal, secular ing human encroachment and the loss of plant and prey species. While humans stringent punishment but it is the the legal system in the country functions. tant recommendations made by it was: “Set healthy prece- democracy with the rich tradi- might be unconcerned about all this, consider the dramatic decline in honey- law which holds the right to It is this slow pace of justice that emboldens the per- dent, all those in Parliament and State Legislatures, who tion of accepting and accommo- bees for a second. It’s not the loss of the honey they produce which is the biggest decide their guilt. Police encoun- petrators. At the same time, it is also true that the Indian had any criminal cases pending against them in respect dating everyone, irrespective of ters are a blot on democracy. legal system is one of the best in the world. Those inter- of heinous offences, should vacate their seats as a mark caste. Calling immigrants of a problem but honeybees are the biggest pollinators in the planet. Without them S Prabhakar preting the laws have corrupted the legal system by putting of respect to Parliament and the Constitution.” We need particular religious hue as “ter- global food supplies could collapse. Delhi their own interests ahead of others. In order to restore to reflect on these very recommendations and ensure they mites”is not worthy of our Climate change is already responsible for increasing extreme weather phe- credibility in our legal system, authorities must wake up are implemented pronto. nation. Division of citizens on Don’t pull the trigger and uphold its true spirit. They must ensure timely probes TK Nandanan the basis of religion underpins nomena across the world. The raging bushfires that are threatening to consume and verdicts considering the urgency of the matter. All Chennai the Bill. It should be remembered the suburbs of Sydney, for example, and the floods across East Africa, thou- that the history of mankind is sands of miles apart, are manifestations of a shared problem. We have realised Sir — This refers to the editori- about history of migrations and that the challenge is a massive one and that we should look towards solving it. al, “Let’s hold our horses” appreciation as well as concern felt that extra-judicial killings are Bhumata Brigade welcomed the we are all immigrants with vary- (December 7). The killing of the among politicians. While some, a matter of concern. encounter and justified the ing periods of arrival. Yet, politicians continue to dig their heads in the sand and not do anything. They four accused in the rape and mur- including Rajya Sabha MP Jaya While people distributed police’s decision. G David Milton are aware that when the crisis finally hits home, they will no longer be on this der case of the Hyderabad veteri- Bachchan, saw it as speedy justice sweets and showered flowers at Ultimately, it all depends on Maruthancode planet, so why bother? We cannot carry on like this. We have to drive change narian in an encounter received for the rape victim, others such as the site of the encounter hailing us whether we want to go down mixed reactions. As expected, the BJP leader Maneka Gandhi and the action of Telangana police, the dangerous path of extra-judi- Send your feedback to: now if we have to save the human species and the rest of the planet as well. encounter set off a chorus of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor activists like Tripti Desai of the cial means or strengthen our [email protected] HYDERABAD | MONDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Not just a simple POINTCOUNTERPOINT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHOSE WHY WAS THE VICTIM OF THE GANGRAPE NOT slowdown NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY THE VICTIM. NO GIVEN SECURITY KEEPING IN MIND AN EARLIER CULPRIT WILL BE SPARED. INCIDENT (OF BID TO KILL SURVIVOR) IN UNNAO? This economic downturn is manageable and —UTTAR PRADESH MINISTER —CONGRESS GENERAL SECRETARY reversible. However, before any corrective measure can be taken, it has to be diagnosed SWAMI PRASAD MAURYA PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA No silver bullet VINAYSHIL GAUTAM Nothing will change unless public pressure forces a revamp of our policing and judiciary system so t is obvious that the Indian economy is not in the pink of health. Despite all efforts, the present dispensation at the helm of affairs that rape probes without interference are feasible and courts are able to dispense justice quickly Iis failing to pull it out of the nosedive it has taken. And like it often happens once things start going haywire, debate or contro- versy is generated on the intention of the specialists. Those pro- viding data to people are accused of distortions and worse. By definition, a lot of these debates remain unresolved because it does- n’t suit anyone to resolve them. The latest beneficiary of such controversies is the electron- ic media. In the evenings one witnesses competitive bidding by channels for picking up, sometimes, almost a silly topic of the day and identifying a few people who are qualified for nothing better than high-pitched, theatrical argumentation. It suits the anchor to DEEPAK SINHA appear to pacify the participants by counselling patience and advis- ing appropriate behaviour. There is another breed of anchors also, here is undoubtedly an inevitable sense of which in an almost free-for-all, indulges in high-pitched attention- déjà vu as the gruesome and shocking seeking to drown the voices of the quarreling guests. Tdetails of the horrific rape and murder of Hence, perversity is institutionalised and becomes a revenue a young veterinarian in Hyderabad and the even stream. This is somewhat similar to the overall topography of what more recent burning of a rape survivor on her is happening to the economy. For the first two or three decades way to court by her tormentors out on bail in of Indian independence, at a policy level there was a popular notion Unnao, Uttar Pradesh and her subsequent that socialism was a great philosophy and was the panacea for death in a Delhi hospital, flood the public human growth. At a particularly stressful time, a challenged Prime domain. We have all seen it before. Not just the Minister even amended the Indian Constitution to add two words appalling Nirbhaya incident in Delhi seven years in the opening sentence: “socialism” and “secularism.” ago when a bright physiotherapy intern was Subsequently, “secularism” became a campaign slogan and raped, beaten, tortured and then thrown out in replaced all economic theories of development. The results are there a naked and critically-injured condition from the for all to see. If one goes through the themes in the media then moving bus onto the streets of the national perhaps, the most widely covered is that of religion. Of course, Capital, leading to her death after a fortnight, the concerns of temples and mosques of one variety or another but countless others after that. are headliners but the places of worship of other denominations Remember, the rape of an eight-year-old girl are second to none with their theory of uniqueness. For instance, in Jammu’s Kathua district in January 2018? The AS A MATTER there are different denominations of Christians, who have their inher- child was kept captive in an unconscious state OF FACT, ent idiosyncrasies. Controversies of mutual acrimony are common in a temple for days as the brutes repeatedly STATISTICS raped her and finally snuffed her life out. to even the most democratic of religions. SUGGEST There are countless other cases of rape in A WOMAN Under such circumstances, to find space for true econom- Bareilly, Rampur, Greater Noida, Kandhamal, ic debate is a challenge in its own right. To say that the British lega- Mumbai, Birbhum, Chennai and . It’s a IS RAPED EVERY cy of “divide and rule” is to blame for the current situation in the never-ending list, in State after State, day after 15 MINUTES, country or to hold the Partition as a causative factor is not only day, month after month, year after year and we WHICH to belie the reality but to oversimplify the problem almost to the as a nation just hang our heads in shame or shake FOR point of making it insoluble. There was an active effort on the part them in disgust, horror and sympathy and at the THE go viral on the mainstream and social fessions” of the accused and some Public protests force politicians of many movers and shakers dominating the political scene, to most take out a candle march. MATHEMATICALLY media. alleged “CCTV camera footage” the into a corner, thereby leading to fur- encourage a denominational approach to polity. Any attempt of talk- As a matter of fact, statistics suggest we have -CHALLENGED While statistics have their place, police have not produced a single piece ther politicisation of the issue and a ing about “nationalism” was almost ridiculed out of the arena. A one rape every 15 minutes, which for the math- ADDS UP TO what really makes matters worse for us of credible and concrete evidence to vociferous blame game, with little to ematically-challenged adds up to 35,040 rapes here is our inability to put in place a link them to the crime. show for all the drama at the end of the backlash was inevitable. 35,040 RAPES a year, certainly 35,040 reasons for each of us A YEAR, coherent and practical long-term pol- Thus the possibility that the four day. Fortunately for those in power, During this period, self-employment and entrepreneurship con- to feel thoroughly ashamed and mortified. icy framework that is all-encompass- accused were picked up as scapegoats memories are short and public anger tinued to grow in many small formats and miniaturised incarna- To be fair though, before either self-flagel- CERTAINLY 35,040 ing and will minimise, if not eliminate, to release the intense pressure on the transient and they can hope for the tions. Small vendors and peddlers grew in number and there was lation crosses all limits and the majority of men REASONS such incidents. police cannot be wished away. As and return to status quo in short order. an aversion to anything growing “big.” The trivialised vendor, under in the country come to be perceived as inveter- FOR EACH OF US Our response invariably is incre- when a case of this nature finally reach- Unfortunately, what the average cit- economic pressure, be it a milkman or a street grocer selling food ate rapists, it would help to see the issue in a larg- TO FEEL mental, fragmented and emotional, es the courts, if it does, given the state izen is unable to understand is that the grains, sugar or salt, found it advantageous to not only cut cor- er context. Statistics on the issue tend to be inac- THOROUGHLY with the public taking to the streets in of our judiciary there is an interminable broken criminal justice system adverse- ners but to add to his/her insignificant profitability by institution- curate or unavailable, yet there are some com- ASHAMED AND anger and frustration looking for wait for justice, sometimes with hor- ly impacts not just cases of rape but all alised and skillful inter-mixing of unacceptable material to other- parative figures given out by the 2011 World MORTIFIED vengeance. We are unwilling, even for rendous consequences, best illustrated other criminal acts as well, putting in wise pure products. Health Organisation (WHO) report (Violence a moment, to face the fact that we as by the recent Unnao case where the serious doubt our ability to exercise the against women — Intimate partner and sexual a society have failed our women and accused were granted bail while the rule of law, without which a democra- Thus it is that dishonest adulteration of everyday material violence against women) or the self-proclaimed must take much of the blame because trial was in progress. cy can never sustain itself. became a revenue stream as milk had water and even urea in it, independent agency, the World Population we do not teach our sons to respect Finally, if found guilty, which in Clearly, the system has been sub- flour had sawdust in it and rice had ground down pebbles in it. It Review. women and not objectify them. itself is extremely doubtful given a verted by those very people who became a way of life and many people reconciled to it. If some- While the WHO (as per data of 2010) and As author John Green puts it, pathetic conviction rate of around 40 would face its brunt and from whom, one wanted anything honest and pure, he had to go to the key point the World Population Review (2019) place inci- “The self-righteous scream judgments per cent, whether the sentence given we need protection. Moreover, to of production and get it. Illustratively if one wanted proper flour, dents of rape in India at 1.8 per 100,000 of the against others to hide the noise of skele- will be implemented in letter and believe that a system and processes that he was expected to buy the wheat, wash it, dry it and carry it to population based on police reports, a nation such tons dancing in their own closets.” spirit remains moot and cannot be are over 150 years old can dispense jus- the grinding shop where it would be ground into flour. It became as the US, that has now issued a travel adviso- If one were to focus on systemic taken for granted. tice effectively in this day and age with- a parallel industry in its own right. ry for its citizens travelling through India, has issues, it is crystal clear that we have a For example, seven years on, the out any attempt to modernise is to live The epidemic spread and cutting corners became a norm an incident rate of 27.3 per 100,000 of its pop- wholly disinterested and apathetic accused in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in a dream world. ulation. police force, with extremely poor lead- are yet to face the noose, and these are Therefore, it is inevitable that for almost anyone who wanted to move up the ladder or indeed For that matter, South Africa leads with an ership, which is wholly incapable of the dregs of society. If to the collapse nothing will change unless public keep going. Now, after 50-60 years, this practice has almost become incident rate of 132.4 per 100,000 of the popu- conducting a professional, scientific of our criminal justice system, one were pressure forces a complete revamp of a norm and we live with it. The present dispensation, while doing lation. Undoubtedly, figures in India may be investigation that is timely or credible. to add elements of politics, our policing and judiciary so that fair praiseworthy work to clear the debris, has missed a simple point. more than a little skewed, because of unreport- This is best exemplified by the Government interference and plain investigations without interference are Debris cannot be cleared by importing wherewithal from compa- ed cases or the unwillingness of the police to “encounter killings” of the four accused incompetence of the law enforcement feasible and courts are able to dispense nies and corporates which are not Indian and not rooted in the soil. write them up, yet even if the incidents were ten in the recent Hyderabad rape case agencies, we have a very potent and justice quickly. That is the only way that The writing on the wall has got so dimmed that the Western- times more than have been reported we would “while attempting to escape” after toxic brew in the making. we can deter such heinous crimes, but trained intellectuals who still dominate the policy frame are now still be better off than the US. “snatching the arms of the policemen.” How exactly will the system is such action feasible? Only time will trying to find answers in alternative economic theories. Incidentally, it is worth noting that most While this may get the police respond to the plethora of cases where tell. But in the meantime, time is run- It may be hard to believe but this malaise of the economic other countries are no different than us and also force the much-needed praise from influential individuals are accused of ning out for the next victim, in the next face the problem of under-reporting of cases of some members of the public and the such crimes is not difficult to guess as 15 minutes. downturn is indeed a process which is manageable and reversible rape and molestation due to societal consider- political establishment, in point of fact we have enough examples of it in front (The writer, a military veteran, is a with judicious planning and implementation of well thought out poli- ations.Yet, despite whatever the facts may sig- it truly showcases their utter incompe- of us. Remember the likes of consultant with the Observer Research cies. However, before it can be handled or turned around, it has nify, we have already lost the perception battle tence to prevent, and when that fails, Chinmayanand, Asaram Bapu and the Foundation and a Senior Visiting Fellow to be summarily diagnosed. And therein lies the twist in the tale. worldwide due to our confused response on the to investigate such crimes. Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with The Peninsula Foundation, (The writer is a well-known management consultant) issue. More so, when incidents like that in Unnao The fact is that other than the “con- Insan? Chennai.) Why do most expats vote differently? FOREIGN EYE Pakistani and Indian expatriates are far removed from the changing reality of domestic politics than 15 years. Last year in Washington and Pakistani expats demonstrating America. The results of this study indi- their home countries than by their middle classes (and diaspora) is being DC, during a session on the electoral support for the BJP and the PTI has cated that the political preferences of countries’ internal issues. Findings of shaped by the “State-temple-corporate behaviour of expat Americans, most been repeatedly observed but never immigrants change significantly both the studies also more than allude complex.” Rich Indians are heavily speakers were of the view that a major- fully studied. The answers may lie in because they adapt to the attitudes pre- to the fact that, outside the voting pat- investing in this by fusing Hindu ity of them tend to vote for the a study published in the May issue of vailing in the host country. terns of US and UK expats, immigrant nationalism with modern economics. Republican Party. No significant data the Oxford Academic Journal. Fidrmuc and Doyle found that voting can be fickle. Since most are This combination excites the Indian was shared to corroborate this but The study, conducted by two most Czech and Polish migrants liv- likely to vote for the Opposition, they diaspora and they identify it with some former US ambassadors attend- American political scientists, AC ing in Europe tended to vote for Right- can be quick to withdraw their sup- Modi. NO ONE IS SCARED ing the session claimed that most Goldberg and Simon Lanz, concen- wing parties at home but interesting- port once the opposition comes to On the other hand, what excited NADEEM PARACHA Americans working in Asian and trated largely on European countries ly, those living in African and Middle- power and is slow to deliver. Both PTI the Pakistani diaspora about Khan was OF THE US South American countries vote for the but they argue that the results can be Eastern countries preferred Left-lean- and BJP enjoyed overwhelming sup- the manner in which he tapped into Because of China’s rise, the ine years ago, when I was head- Republican Party and that this has relevant for other countries too. ing parties. The economic and polit- port from Pakistani and Indian expats the Pakistani diaspora’s engagement price of US interference in ing the media department of a been the trend since 1980. One of their conclusions was ical environment in Europe and Africa before both were voted into power. with contemporary identity politics by NBritish organisation, I observed The session concluded that expats that the voting preferences of immi- and the Middle East differ. So expats However, the support for the two rul- clubbing together displays of religios- cross-Straits affairs is how most British expats in Pakistan — at least American and British — grants are often contrary to those at in Europe, after experiencing the ing parties is now receding at home ity, anti-corruption tirades, populist increasing. Some US elite voted in the UK 2010 parliamentary were likely to vote for conservative par- home. This is because their social, advantages of developed economies, and there is restlessness within the pro- post-colonialist rhetoric and lofty want to contain China's rise elections. Even though most of the ties. This is interesting, because over political and economic contexts are are likely to understand “progress” in PTI and pro-BJP Pakistani and Indian allusions to Scandinavian social but US society will not Karachi-based Britons were reluctant the last few years, there have been different. An issue in the country of their home country through the lens diasporas respectively. democracy — which is curiously support Washington to to divulge which party they voted for, many reports published and columns origin will have a more abstract provided to them by their experience Indian Prime Minister Narendra explained by him as an Islamic con- some eventually did tell. It turns out written about expat Pakistanis and impact on expats residing in a differ- in developed countries. Thus they tend Modi and Pakistani PM Imran Khan cept. engage in a Taiwan Straits nine out of the 12 had cast their votes Indians overwhelmingly exhibiting ent environment. The impact of the to support home parties promising now apply separate rhetoric for their Whereas identity politics can lead battle. If Taiwan is still for the Conservative Party, two for the support for Centre-Right parties such same issue on those living in the home progress along these lines. supporters within and outside the to some awkward ethnic and sectar- unaware of the historical Liberal Democrats and just one voted as the PTI and the BJP. country is more tangible. This might But what about expats from devel- country. Outside their countries, to ian tensions in Pakistan, it works well changes in the straits' for the Labour Party. Indian expats were given the be the reason behind the somewhat oped countries opting to vote for con- retain the diaspora’s support, they have on the Pakistani diaspora. Therefore, Two of them told me that since right to vote in their country’s elections different understanding of the issue servative parties? Studies suggest that to continue sounding like they did the gap between the understanding of geopolitical situation, still the early 1980s, a majority of British in 2010 but those holding dual nation- among the two sets of voters. British and American expats voting for when they were in the Opposition, present-day Pakistani politics between believes that it will be safe expats around the world have pre- alities still cannot. Pakistani expats A 2006 study, by the Dutch econ- the Conservative Party and whereas the same rhetoric is now fail- the expats and the locals has contin- as long as it clings to the ferred to vote for the Conservative were given this right in October omist Jan Fidrmuc and econometrist Republican Party largely vote to retain ing to stand up to a plethora of eco- ued to grow. Some locals have lament- US and ignores the damage Party. British expats have the right to 2018, during the by-elections. Though Orla Doyle, came to the same conclu- their countries’ rarely-changing exter- nomic and political problems at home. ed that immigrants are still stuck in to Chinese sovereignty, it vote in their country’s parliamentary 7,461 expats registered online to vote, sion after studying the voting behav- nal policies rather than the more fluid Indian historian Meera Nanda 2014, or in PTI’s more glamorous elections but this right lapses if they only 6,233 cast their votes. iour of Czech and Polish migrants in internal matters. They are more writes in The God Market that the dharna years. will be incurably wrong. have lived outside the UK for more The phenomenon of most Indian Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin impacted by the foreign policies of changing world view of the Indian (Courtesy: Dawn) (Courtesy: Global Times) HYDERABAD | MONDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2019 money 08 CAPSULE India in growth recession; Bharti Telecom seeks Rs 4,900 cr FDI nod PMO extreme power centre PNS n NEW DELHI With this Bharti PNS n NEW DELHI around the Prime Minister sation, coupled with the tor would be freed to do more. Bharti Telecom, a promoter of Telecom will and in the Prime Minister's absence of empowered minis- While the government con- Bharti Airtel, has sought gov- become a foreign BSL plans to Former Reserve Bank of India Office (PMO). ters and the lack of a coherent tinues the creditable drive to ernment nod for the infusion revamp operations; (RBI) governor Raghuram "That works well for the guiding vision, ensures that automation — direct benefit of Rs 4,900 crore investment entity as majority stake will be held focus on bottomline Rajan said India is in the midst party's political and social reform efforts pick up steam transfer to recipients is an from Singapore-based Singtel of a "growth recession" with agenda, which is well laid out, only when the PMO focuses on important achievement — the and other foreign entities, a by overseas KOLKATA BSL Limited plans signs of deep malaise in the and where all these individu- them, and lose impetus when role of the government in move that would make the to revamp its marketing Indian economy that is being als have domain expertise. It its attention switches to other many spheres has expanded, country's oldest private tele- investors. DoT is operations and the senior run through extreme central- works less well for economic pressing issues". not shrunk," he said. com operator a foreign entity. per cent stake in the telecom expected to management team to make it isation of power in Prime reforms, where there is less of "The Modi government Rajan said the starting point The fund infusion will firm. Public shareholders have approve this one of the top three Minister's Office and powerless a coherent articulated agenda came to power emphasising to address the economic slow- enhance foreign stakeholding around 37 per cent stake in the investment this manufacturers of suitings and ministers. at the top, and less domain 'minimum government, max- down will be for the Modi gov- in Bharti Telecom to over 50 company. furnishing fabrics in the Penning down his recom- knowledge of how the econ- imum governance'. ernment to acknowledge the per cent that will make it a for- "Bharti Telecom has applied month," the source country, a company official mendations to help the ailing omy works at the nation- This slogan is problem. eign-owned entity, an official for infusion of Rs 4,900 crore said said. BSL, formerly Bhilwara Indian economy out of the al rather than state level," often misun- "The starting point has to be source aware of the develop- in the company which includes Synthetics Limited, is ongoing slowdown in the India Rajan wrote. derstood. What to recognise the magnitude of ment told PTI. Sunil Bharti investments from Singtel and currently focusing on Today magazine, he called for Stating that previous was meant was the problem, to not brand Mittal and his family own some other foreign investors. source said. improving bottomline after reforms to liberalise capital, governments may have that govern- every internal or external crit- around 52 per cent stake in With this Bharti Telecom will The Department of Telecom which it will go for capacity land and labour markets, and been untidy coalitions ment would ic as politically-motivated, and Bharti Telecom, at present. become a foreign entity as had earlier this year rejected expansion, the company's spur investment as well as but they consistently do things to stop believing that the prob- Bharti Telecom holds majority stake will be held by Bharti Airtel's FDI application joint managing director growth. took path of further more efficient- lem is temporary and that around 41 per cent stake in overseas investors. DoT is as the company had not pro- Nivedan Churiwal said. "We He also urged India to join economic liberalisation, ly, not that peo- suppressing bad news and Bharti Airtel while foreign expected to approve this vided clarity on the foreign are trying to revamp the free trade agreements judi- he said, "extreme cen- ple and the pri- inconvenient surveys will make promoter entities hold 21.46 investment this month," the investor. domestic business for which ciously in order to boost trali- vate sec- it go away," he said. "India is in we are revamping the senior competition and improve the midst of a growth reces- management team as well as domestic efficiency. sion, with significant distress in the marketing operations", "To understand what has rural areas." India's econom- India Inc foreign Churiwal said. gone wrong, we need to ic growth slowed to a 6-year HAL's Goa helicopter start first with the cen- low of 4.5 per cent in the July- borrowings tralised nature of the cur- September quarter. With infla- rent government. Not just tion rising, fears of stagflation MRO project to be decision-making but also ideas — a fall in aggregate demand double and plans emanate from a accompanied by rising infla- PNS n NEW DELHI small set of personalities tion — have resurfaced. functional soon: Naik India Inc's foreign borrowings PNS n PANAJI grew over two-fold to USD FPIs turn net sellers 3.41 billion in October over in Indian capital Staff of The Hindustan Aeronautics the corresponding month a Budget-making team of Finance Limited's proposed project of year ago, according to data markets in Dec CIL, SCCL helicopter maintenance, repair from the Reserve Bank of NEW DELHI: Reversing their and overhaul (MRO) in Goa India. Indian companies had buying trend, foreign portfolio Ministry short of two key officials to protest would become functional raised USD 1.41 billion in investors (FPI) turned net sellers soon as all the hurdles have borrowings from overseas PNS n NEW DELHI in December with a net outflow In addition to expenditure secretary, today been cleared now, Union min- markets in October 2018. of Rs 244 crore from the capital ister Shripad Naik said on Of the total money bor- n markets amid subdued The budget-making team of the position of joint secretary (Budget), PNS NEW DELHI Sunday. rowed by the domestic com- economic data. According to the the Finance Ministry is short one of the key officials in the entire The HAL and French com- panies, USD 2.87 billion was depositories data, foreign of two key officials, including Budget-making process, is also vacant An employee association of pany, Safran Helicopter through the automatic route investors pulled out a net sum a full-time expenditure secre- state-owned CIL and SCCL Engines, had entered into a "Now the project of external commercial bor- of Rs 1,668.8 crore from tary, while the preparation for for almost three months. on Sunday said it will go on joint venture - Helicopter will start as soon rowing (ECB), USD 538 mil- equities. FPIs, however, invested the second budget of Modi 2.0 a day-long protest in the Engine MRO Private Limited as possible. All the lion came in through the Rs 1,424.6 crore on a net basis government has shifted into national capital on - to set up this helicopter approval route of ECB, in the debt segment, resulting in top gear. subsequently, the additional Budget/RE (Revised Estimate) Monday, over lack of pen- maintenance plant at Honda hurdles that were showed the data. In the ECB a total net outflow of Rs 244.2 The budget for 2020-21 to charge of the Department of meetings. The series of meet- sion reforms in the coal village in North Goa. encountered for category, the major borrowers crore in December so far. FPIs be presented on February 1 is Expenditure was given to ings with different depart- sector. "As far as the plant is con- starting the plant tapping the automatic route had been net buyers for two keenly awaited for the expect- Atanu Chakraborty. ments and ministries con- "The All India cerned, it was conceived dur- included Muthoot Finance months to November. They ed second wave of structural Chakraborty, a 1985-batch cluded last month. Association of Coal ing the tenure of Manohar have been cleared (USD 400 million), HPCL- invested Rs 16,037.6 crore in reforms for pulling out the IAS officer of the Gujarat The Budget Estimates for Executives, under the ban- Parrikar as Defence Minister. now," he said Mittal Energy (USD 300 mil- October and Rs 22,871.8 crore economy from its over six- cadre, is Secretary Economic 2020-21 are provisionally ner of All India Coal There were some negotia- lion), Wardha Solar in November on a net basis. year low growth of 4.5 per Affairs in the Finance finalised after the Expenditure Pensioners Association tions which were pending. Parrikar had announced (Maharashtra) (USD 251 mil- "FPIs adopted a cautious cent. In addition to expendi- Ministry. Secretary completes discus- (AICPA), will be organising They have been completed this project in October 2016. lion), Larsen and Toubro approach while investing in ture secretary, the position of After over one year stint in sions with other secretaries one-day dharna by coal now," the Union Minister of As per the plan, the facility (USD 200 million), Deccan Indian equities, on the back of joint secretary (Budget), one the Department of Investment and financial advisers. pensioners at Jantar Mantar State for Defence told was expected to have a total Fine Chemicals (USD 140 subdued economic indicators. It of the key officials in the and Public Asset Management The second budget of in New Delhi on December reporters at Vasco on the side- investment of Rs 170 crore, to million) and Aditya Birla has not been a good year for entire Budget-making process, (DIPAM), Chakraborty Finance Minister 9 (Monday)," it said in a lines of a function. be invested by both the parties Finance (USD 75 million). the Indian economy so far and is also vacant for almost three was appointed Economic statement. The association "Now the project will start in a phased manner. Two companies tapped the the recently released GDP months. Affairs Secretary in July is considered to be says that pension of Coal as soon as possible. All the The project is meant for approval route with JSW Steel number which continued the The post of Expenditure this year in a major crucial as it will India Ltd (CIL) and hurdles that were encoun- maintenance, repair and over- raising USD 400 million, southward march for the Secretary fell vacant after the bureaucratic reshuffle. come in against the Singareni Collieries tered for starting the plant haul of engines that are fitted while Shriram Transport seventh quarter in a row falling appointment of G C Murmu The finance ministry backdrop of a Company Ltd (SCCL) have been cleared now," he on HAL-designed and manu- Finance borrowed USD 138 to 4.5 per cent reaffirmed the as the first lieutenant governor kick-started the slowdown in employees has not been said. factured helicopters. million in October this year. slowdown in the Indian of the newly-created Union exercise to prepare the econo- reviewed since 1998 despite economy," said Himanshu Territory of Jammu and the annual bud- my. a provision requiring a Srivastava, senior analyst Kashmir. Murmu relinquished get for 2020-21 review of the Coal Mines manager research, Morningstar the post of Expenditure from October Pension Scheme (CMPS) Investment Adviser India. Secretary on October 29 and 14 with pre- every three years. Maruti raises production by 4 pc in Nov after 9 straight months 373 infra projects show cost overruns of Rs 3.89 lakh cr PNS n NEW DELHI such as Vitara Brezza, Ertiga and S-Cross, however, PNS n NEW DELHI on these projects till August above. The average time overrun Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) increased by 18 per cent to 2019 is Rs 9,75,180.06 crore, in these 552 delayed projects is increased its production in 27,187 units as compared to As many as 373 infrastructure which is 41.85 per cent of the 38.89 months. The brief reasons November by 4.33 per cent, 23,038 units a year ago. projects, each worth Rs 150 anticipated cost of the projects. for time overruns, as reported by after having reduced output for Mid-sized sedan Ciaz saw its crore or more, are hit by cost However, it said, the number of various project implementing nine straight months due to output rise to 1,830 units in overruns of more than Rs 3.89 delayed projects decreased to agencies, are delays in land lower demand. November from 1,460 units in lakh crore owing to delays and 489 if the delay is calculated on acquisition, forest clearance and The company produced a the same month last year. other reasons, according to a the basis of latest schedule of supply of equipment. total of 1,41,834 units in Light commercial vehicle report. The Ministry of Statistics completion. Further, it said that Besides, there are other rea- November as against 1,35,946 Super Carry's production and Programme for 687 projects neither the sons like fund constraints, geo- units in the year-ago month, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno increased to 2,750 units last Implementation monitors infra- year of commissioning nor the logical surprises, geo-mining MSI said in a regulatory filing. and Dzire stood at 1,02,185 month from 1,797 units in structure projects worth Rs 150 tentative gestation period has conditions, slow progress in Passenger vehicles' produc- units as against 95,883 units in November 2018, the filing crore and above. been reported. Out of 552 civil works, shortage of labour, tion last month stood at November last year, up 6.5 per said. Of such 1,634 projects, 373 delayed projects, 181 projects inadequate mobilisation by the 1,39,084 units as against cent. However, production of In October, the automaker projects reported cost overruns have overall delay in the range contractor, Maoist problems, 1,34,149 units in November mini segment cars, such as had cut its production by 20.7 and 552 projects time escalation. of 1 to 12 months, 128 projects court cases, contractual issues, 2018, an increase of 3.67 per Alto and S-Presso, fell to per cent to 1,19,337 units. "Total original cost of imple- cost is likely to be Rs cent of original cost)," the min- 13 to 24 months, 127 projects ROU/ROW (right of use/right cent, it added. 24,052 last month, compared Similarly, in September the mentation of the 1,634 projects 23,29,746.02 crore, which istry's latest report for August reflect delay in the range of 25 of way) problems, law and order Production of mini and with 30,129 in the year-ago automaker reduced its pro- was Rs 19,40,699.03 crore and reflects overall cost overruns of 2019 said. According to the to 60 months and 116 projects situation, among others, the compact segment cars, includ- month. duction by 17.48 per cent to their anticipated completion Rs 3,89,046.99 crore (20.05 per report, the expenditure incurred show delay of 61 months and report said. ing Alto, new WagonR, Production of utility vehicles 1,32,199 units. Paper industry to capture 25% NTT India sets $ 1 bn revenue target in 2 yrs n PNS MUMBAI Currently, a bulk of the system market share of Rs 80,000 cr Japanese technology major integration revenue is derived from the PNS n NEW DELHI sidiary of Hyve Group Plc, NTT has set a target of cross- finance and manufacturing companies, London, last week. ing the USD 1 billion revenue Amid a growing debate over Paper, on the other hand, is target in the next two years making the Indo-Japan trade-linked impact of single use plastics on eco-friendly green product and from its India operations. area as an untapped potential, he said environment, paper offers a bio-degradable, it said, adding This means that the compa- sustainable option and can it was a myth that the paper ny that has been growing at an capture a fourth of the Rs industries cut trees for pro- average of 18 per cent in high growth, he said, choosing said the company has delivered 80,000 crore single use plastics duction, and consumption of topline income for the past not to reply to questions on profit as expected for the past market by 2025, if its use is water and energy is high. Paper eight years will have to ensure increased competition from 28 quarters consecutively. totally banned by the govern- The study said industry plants more trees than a better run rate in revenue domestic players like Adani He hoped NTT's solutions ment, a new study said. harvested and primary raw growth, a top official has said. Enterprises, which has plans of on agriculture, mobility and the India generated 26,000 about a third of material are 100 per cent Currently, the overall India investing over Rs 70,000 crore 'smart world' initiative will tonnes per day of plastic waste new paper comes renewable like wood and agro- revenue of the company, which into the segment. also gain traction as it imple- in 2017-18, of that only 60 per from recycled residues. The study said about announced an integration of all Currently, a bulk of the sys- ments the 'Digital India' and cent was recycled and the rest a third of new paper comes businesses into a single entity tem integration revenue is 'Smart Cities' programmes. ended up as litter on roads, in paper and an from recycled paper and an recently, is over Rs 5,000 crore make it a USD 1-billion (over Bhagwanani said the key derived from the finance and NTT India employs 6,500 landfills or streams. Single use equivalent amount equivalent amount from waste (over USD 700 million), Rs 7,100 crore) business in the focus will be Japan-related manufacturing companies, and will continue to add peo- plastic industry is close to Rs from waste such as such as sawdust and scrap according to the official. next two years," Chief businesses pointing out that making the Indo-Japan trade- ple at the rate of 15 per cent per 80,000 crore right now and from lumber mills. Though 28 companies have Executive Officer (South Asia) projects like the Delhi Mumbai linked area as an untapped annum despite the progress growing. Packaging accounts sawdust and scrap "In India, companies use 46 been integrated under a single Kiran Bhagwanani told PTI in Industrial Corridor and other potential, he said. done on automation, he said. for a third of India's plastic con- from lumber mills per cent raw material from brand, NTT derives as much as a recent interaction. dedicated corridors in the Bhagwanani said it is indeed Bhagwanani said the com- sumption, and 70 per cent of recovered paper, 29 per cent 90 percent of the revenue from He admitted that given the south part-funded by Japan, as difficult to do business with pany is a "net job creator" in plastic packaging is turned rofoam containers can take up from agro residue like bagasse, system integration (erstwhile shape of the domestic econo- also Japanese companies' government entities due to oft India and that if one were to into waste in a short span. to 1,000 years to decompose, straw etc and 29 per cent from Dimension Data) and data my, this is tough task but said investments in India are repeated concerns like pay- consider the strength of its While uncollected plastic said the study released at the plantation wood," it said, centres (Netmagic). NTT's first focus will be to pro- untapped areas. ment schedules but added that workforce which is delivering waste poses a huge threat to world's largest paper fair, adding paper promotes litera- "We want to focus more on tect the average revenue and Along with it, the "balloon- this line contributes less than services to global units from species on land and in water, PAPEREX organized by Hyve cy, hygiene and reduce pollu- the domestic business oppor- profit growth and then take it ing" data centre market also 2 per cent to its revenue. India, the staff strength is over single-use plastic bags and sty- India, a 100 per cent sub- tion by using bagasse. tunity and grow the business to northward. presents an opportunity for To drive home the point, he 32,000 people. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Monday December 9, 2019 ‘CHAMPION’ TO THE TUNE OF CHAMIYA est Indies cricketer n’t know the meaning of his Dwayne Bravo, new song, but loves it never- popularly known theless. “When I heard the West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo, who was in W as “The song for the first time I Champion” and thought it meant ‘ like a the city recently, speaks to ARUN DANIEL “DJ Bravo” was champion’ but only later got recently in the city to pro- to know the meaning of the YELLAMATY, about his latest song, playing for mote his latest song. “I have song. But, I really loved the come to Hyderabad many beat and after I was told it is CSK, acting in , debate about Dhoni's times and I love the biryani a wedding song, I liked it here. My CSK team make more and got more involved,” Ambati Rayudu gets us some he says adding that he might retirement, penning a song for him and much more food from his home whenev- release another song after the er we are here,” the cricketer IPL. shares in an exclusive conver- Dwayne teamed up with an international cricketer. Caribbean style. We all are et scenario is getting better, sation with The Pioneer. popular choreographer, But through music I get a lot very relaxed at home. I he says, “I think now it’s get- Speaking about his latest dancer and television person- of attention in India. Dwayne learned a bit from Dhoni too ting somewhere.There is a song The Chamiya Song, the ality, of Dance also says that Shah Rukh from observing him handle new captain and a new coach. West Indies cricketer says, India Dance and Khan had promised him to tough situations.” These two are good enough “This is the second time I am fame for The Chamiya Song. have him act in a Bollywood Reacting to people asking to start off fresh and bring performing in Hyderabad The song was written by film and he knows that SRK for Dhoni’s retirement, he back joy into the fans of West and I am excited to launch Anurag Bhomia and com- will keep his word on that. says, “Why are people asking Indies. There has been a lot my new song here. I love the posed by YouTuber Gaurav When asked about work- Dhoni to retire? Dhoni of politics lately but I think all energy of the people here. Dagaonkar. ing with captain M.S. Dhoni should never retire. People that is over now.” There is a special vibe in this When asked about how he and if he ever got him to sing should leave the decision to city.” DJ Bravo, who says that makes time for and his songs, he says, “No, I him. People always do this. India has become a second music, he says, “If you really never got him to sing, but he They troubled big players like Why are people asking Dhoni home to him and due to his like something and are pas- is very supportive and a kind Sachin and others the same to retire? Dhoni should never huge fan base in the country, sionate about it you have to person. I plan to do some- way. People should be grate- the response he gets for his make time for it and that’s thing very special for him. I ful that these big players are retire. People should leave music here is better than what I do. I grew up idolising am writing a special song for still playing and cherish their the decision to him. They what he gets in elsewhere. Brian Lara. Cricket is my Dhoni and it’s going to be time on the field.” troubled big players like Bravo rose to fame in 2016 childhood dream and I am epic.” He was seen excited about with his music when he still passionate about it. I will Sharing about how he representing Chennai Super Sachin and others too the released the smash hit continue my career in cricket learnt to stay calm and carry Kings and claimed that this same way. People should be Champion which clocked in as long as I can. Music is a his cool attitude on and off time IPL will be bigger than grateful that these big players over 100 million views on hobby that I’ve developed field, he says, “I have learnt ever. streaming sites. over the years. I am not an to stay calm and live life to When asked about West are still playing and cherish Interestingly, Dwayne did- International artiste but I am the fullest from my Indies cricket and if the crick- their time on the field Celebrating Bengali films BRINGING WOMEN The city is filled with movie buffs WRITERS INTO LIMELIGHT riting has been a ed a forum for women writ- women. Women in India are breaking new ground as who are form of self- ers from varied fields to a force and not just a num- writers, scriptwriters, micro expression come together and discuss ber. With 720 million fiction bloggers, authors, interested in a W throughout histo- issues that are important to women in our country, twice graphic artists, storytellers. ry and women the cultural and social fabric the size of the USA, thrice The Women Writers’ Fest wide variety of today are keen to of the city. The diverse range Japan and eight times Brazil, endeavours to connect, tell their stories, create new of participants in each panel women must be given due engage and elevate this com- ones, or share their intellect made for rich discussions on prominence. She The People munity and create an emerg- cinema. This through books, blogs or the feminine and the femi- is India’s biggest storytelling ing platform of ideas. She publications. nist voice in fiction, the cul- platform for women and The People through its weekend was no “Ideas, when put in right ture of Hyderabad, food inspires new dialogue, curated events and commu- words, have the power to trends, blogging, nutrition exchanges leadership ideas, nity gatherings will continue different as Hyd transform the world. The and fitness, contemporary fosters networking and rein- to push boundaries and Women Writers’ Festival women’s writing, poetry and forces the ability of women thinking on women’s issues. played host to the provides a forum for writers more, aimed to inspire to contribute to growth,” she We will do everything to cel- from a cross-section of fields change. said. ebrate women and their Telangana Bengali and genres to come together The day-long fest began Responding to a question efforts in different genres and discuss issues that are with a panel discussion titled on the Disha case, from one and sectors.” The festival Film Festival important to the cultural “We are the city”, curated of the 400-plus audience also featured speakers such and social fabric of the and moderated by former members at the event, Sonia as Volga, Dr T. Vijay Kumar, where more than world we live in,” said Sona president of FLO Aparna Singh — Editorial Director, Mickey Mehta, Kadali Chatwani, Chairperson of (Pinky) Reddy. Moderating NDTV and India’s first Sathyanarayana, Shajahana, 20 films were FICCI Ladies Organisation. it, she recalled her child- woman editor in a main- Shilpa Suraj, Jhilum Over the weekend, the hood memories in the city. stream newschannel — said, Chattaraj, Janani Rao, Kiran screened amidst city celebrated women writ- “There is no match to “People are seeking instant Manral and more. ers and their contribution at Hyderabad. A lot of people justice which is not good in the first Hyderabad edition come and settle here,” she the long run of the nation. It film stars from of the Women Writers’ said. is not good for the judiciary THE DIVERSE RANGE Festival 2019. It was a day- “It is not the roads and and the nation as a whole. OF PARTICIPANTS IN Kolkata, reports long festival that put the buildings that make the city. Dreaded terrorist like Kasab spotlight on women authors, It is the people,” observed got a fair trial. Nobody EACH PANEL MADE V SATEESH writers, bloggers. It was Manchu Lakshmi, partici- should be denied that right. FOR RICH DISCUSSIONS organised by She The pating in the discussion. But personally, I am happy REDDY People. TV in association Hyderabad is a city of that justice is done.” ON THE FEMININE AND with FICCI FLO Hyderabad, dreams, she added. Other speakers include THE FEMINIST VOICE IN he third edition of Since then the festival has after three years of multi- Speaking on the occasion, Elahe Hiptoola, Co-founder the Telangana received tremendous city events across six cities in Shaili Chopra spoke about of Lamakaan, a cultural FICTION, THE CULTURE Bengali Film response from movie lovers India. This edition of the the origins of the festival in space in the city. She termed OF HYDERABAD, FOOD T Festival that con- in Hyderabad. There are festival was curated by She 2016 and the 18 editions of Hyderabad as the most TRENDS, BLOGGING, cluded over the over eight lakh Bengalis The People. TV Founder the festival that were held so inclusive city. Tara weekend, residing in Hyderabad, who Shaili Chopra and Ideas far in different cities. “In the Deshpande, hotelier-turned- CONTEMPORARY enthralled movie lovers by are parched for cultural Editor Kiran Manral. last three years, the festival author described Hyderabad WOMEN’S WRITING, screening over 20 diverse, shows or movie screenings The focus of the festival reached 95 million women. as a stunning city. critically acclaimed movies in Bengali. The objective of was women’s writings from Half of the 1.3 billion popu- Shaili Chopra added, “As I AIMED TO INSPIRE in the presence of renowned this festival is to unite the Hyderabad. The fest provid- lation of this country are see it, women writers are CHANGE actors and directors at huge diaspora living here Prasads Labs. and help them connect with The festival is being their artistic, social and cul- organised by the Hyderabad tural roots.” Bengali Samiti in associa- He informed that over 50 tion with Utsab Cultural film delegates from Kolkata Association and Moving and Delhi attended the Images since 2017. SK Joshi, event and interacted with Chief Secretary, Govt. of the audience. He shares, Telangana, Jayesh Ranjan, “Along with Bengali films, Principal Secretary and the festival screened three Mamidi Harikrishna, international films and some Director, Department of short films about societal Language and Culture issues. We have named this attended the event along film festival Aayna, which with Bengali actors like means Mirroring Life, and Aparna Sen and Rakhee aim to celebrate all the emo- Gulzar. tions in reel that we The first day of the festi- encounter in reality.” val highlighted three criti- Mamidi Harikrishna said, cally acclaimed Bengali sive array of 10 feature theatre workshops by “I am very happy this festi- films and one French block- films, eight short films and Mohammad Ali Baig and a val is being held in buster. Movies like Nirbaan, three foreign films were photo exhibition by Hyderabad. Bengalis have Ami Joy Chatterjee, showcased to celebrate the Debasish Sen Sharma, an been living here even before Samsaara, Bohomaan, Purbo work of national and inter- independent filmmaker and independence. Their cul- Poschim Dokkhin Uttor national filmmakers at this director. ture, traditions and movies Ashbei, Kolkatay Kohinoor, year’s festival. Ranjan Kumar Roy, are very similar to ours. I Sahobashey, Mitin Mashi Apart from the movie Chairman, TBFF and presi- hope such events help prop- and a few other short films screenings, the festival also dent of HBS, said, “The first agate different cultures and were screened. An impres- had activities like acting and edition was held in 2017. traditions in Hyderabad.” 10

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defies logic. If you have Lakshmi remains my most Venky strong answers for his favourite film of his. Which Ahead of queries, he gets convinced,” is why, I’ve penned some Bobby recalls, adding, “Yes, mass elements for his role Mama release, there were times where I got which blended well with the vexed with this tendency of story. The idea was to present Bobby speaks his but overall, I enjoyed it. It a Venky of old times,” he Bobby takes the was a smooth torture. He mentions. to NAGARAJ doesn’t demand things to be ’s release date done his way or gets into an has been a subject of much GOUD about argument. He only needs discussion for the past one convincing answers. I learnt a month, so much that the usu- his reluctance to lot from him.” ally controversies-free Suresh Talking about Venky Babu was trolled for it. It’s Mama and his lead actors’ another story that the pro- hear the film’s roles, he says, “Venkatesh ducer announced the release story initially, ‘EMOTIONAL' route garu plays Venkataratnam date as December 13 last aka Military Naidu. He is week. Clarifying the reasons hen writer Kona opinions about the story. extremely fond of Kisan and behind his producer holding changes he Venkat put for- Later, he gave me a freehand Jawan. Chaitanya completes up the date for so long, ward a proposal to to give my own touch to the his college in a city, spends Bobby adds, “Even when my made, working KS Ravindra aka story. I’ve travelled to some time with mama at wife asked about the release W Bobby that Suresh Palakollu with my team of town and later joins the mili- date, I would give her five with Suresh Productions has a writers but couldn’t write tary. Why Naidu couldn’t go dates, narrowing down from story that fits Venkatesh anything for first four days. to Army and why Chay goes the 10 Suresh garu had. The Babu and others and Naga Chaitanya and On the fifth day, we cracked to the Army is the film’s gist. thing is he wanted the best whether he was inter- the military angle to the story. It’s a fun-filled family enter- release date possible for the ested to direct it, What if the mama is from a tainer packed with emotions film as it’s his father Dr D Bobby was reluctant town and his nephew is at the and mass elements in abun- Ramanaidu garu’s dream to to hear it out. border, protecting the coun- dance. I was praised for the see Venky garu and Chay in a Being an estab- try? We developed this idea drama in Jai Lava Kusa and film together. He spoke to lished writer, he into a full-fledged script and this time around, I focused multiple distributors and wanted to direct later gave a narration to more on emotions. Both the they gave him different his own story. “I Suresh Babu garu, thinking actors share equal screen options. Our initial date was avoided listen- that he wouldn’t like it as we time in the film. The chal- Dasara and we were prepared ing to it but gave the story a complete lenging part of penning the for it. But with the shoot a somehow tweak. He was sold, saying it’s story was to present their week away from a wrap up, after 10 days superb,” Bobby points out. bond in a way that uncles Venky garu sustained a liga- Kona garu Admittedly, the director’s leaving out of cinema halls ment tear on sets, requiring ensured joy knew no bounds but after will be reminded of their him to take rest. The pending that I was a week, he realised why nephews and nephews’ vice- portions had to wait until he shared Suresh carries the reputation versa. Also, I was branded as recovered.” the of being a tough guy to a good commercial writer but story. I please with, in the industry I had this feeling of not doing liked circles. “He started posing a visually rich film till now. I IT’S BEEN A WHILE the questions to me on a board, compensated that with Venky listing out the good and bad Mama. I was sure that if I SINCE VENKY WAS elements of the story. I was make a good film with both FEATURED IN A FULL- bond between perplexed. Here was a man Venky garu and Chay, my LENGTH MASS FILM. mama (Venkatesh) who a week ago described name would reach more and alludu (Chay) the story as superb and now amongst the audience.” WHICH IS WHY, from the story but didn’t is quizzing me over it. By Besides the fun that BOBBY PENNED SOME take a fancy to other ele- then, I said goodbye to the Venkatesh roles usually carry, ments surrounding it. I alternate project I had in Bobby had emphasised on MASS ELEMENTS FOR couldn’t tell the same to Kona hand with a big production taking the advantage of the HIS ROLE WHICH garu and Suresh Babu, fearing house. However, I began to mass image the actor com- that they might feel bad. understand Suresh Babu mands. “I like his introduc- BLENDED WELL WITH However, one day Suresh garu’s way of functioning. It tion scene in Lakshmi. It’s THE STORY. THE IDEA Babu garu rang me and asked was a fun and positive expe- been a while since he was me if I can meet him. I met rience altogether. He would- featured in a full-length mass WAS TO PRESENT A him; put forward my honest n’t ask a question which film. He did Tulasi but VENKY OF OLD TIMES Danayya picks POOJA ZHAVERI teams Maruthi to launch his son up with Ashish Gandhi uzz about will be taking away a DVV cool Rs 6 crore for the ooja Zhaveri, who was floors in the last week of this Ashish said he was waiting Danayya project, which will be his seen in films like month and will be wrapped up in for a concept driven story launching his highest pay packet till Bham Bholenath and two schedules. after Natakam and as luck B son as an date. The film will most P Dwaraka among oth- Pooja said the film’s concept would have it he got the actor has been likely go to floors next ers, has signed a new drove her to greenlit it. “Also, I fitting story from doing the rounds for year and Danayya will be film, DTS, opposite was happy to work with music Abhiram. more than a year now. producing it under his Ashish Gandhi, who is known for composer Sai Karthik and cine- “After our journey Sometime back it was DVV Entertainments,” his turn in Natakam. To mark the matographer Satish again. The started, we narrated the reported that Teja was set said a directorial debut of P Abhiram, film’s team exudes a lot of energy. story to producer to introduce the young- source. the film, a concept-driven drama, This is the first time I’ll be work- Ganga Reddy who ster but the reports died was launched in Hyderabad on ing with Ashish and I hope our immediately decided to soon after. The latest we Sunday. According to producer chemistry sizzles on screen,” she produce it,” the actor hear is that the producer Ganga Reddy, it will go to added. informed. has initiated talks with Maruthi. “The talks are in an advanced stage. It’s most likely that Maruthi will be taking up the Mega family offer as he hasn’t com- mitted to any other mourns actor after Prathiroju fan’s demise Pandage. Danayya had Megastar Chiranjeevi a word with and Allu Arjun consoled the director the family members of early this year Noor Mohammad fondly itself but known as Noor bhai who Maruthi passed away on Sunday couldn’t com- morning following heart mit to it as he attack. A diehard fan of was busy working Chiranjeevi, Noor was on multiple stories. the president of Greater The director Hyderabad Chiranjeevi fans association, having carried out many charita- ble events in the name of Chiru and Ram Charan. Expressing his grief, Chiru said Noor’s death loss is a loss to him and that he would stand by his family. Describing Noor as a gem of a per- son, Allu Arjun said he will help the family in whichever way possible. AMMA RAJYAMLO… gets censor board clearance am Gopal Varma’s Amma November 27 had asked the regional is not meant to favour anyone or Rajyamlo Kadapa Biddalu censor board to watch the film within demean anyone. It was my simple (initially titled a week and issue a certification taking attempt to make a satire. Some per- R Rajyamlo Kadapa Reddlu), into consideration objections if any. sons can make for an easy satire which ran into censor Based on events post May 2019 because of their personalities and the troubles has been cleared and envisions what politics in situations they are in. We can make a by the revising committee comprising would be like in satire on Donald Trump but not so of nine members on Saturday. It was September 2020, the film, joint pro- much on Barack Obama because of issued a ‘U/A’ certificate with cuts. duction venture between Ajay their personality differences. It does- The film was supposed to release last Mysore, T Naresh Kumar, and T n't boil down to their administrative month end but failing to get a censor Sridhar, will now be releasing on acumen for sure,” Varma, who direct- certificate, its release had to be held December 12. “The futuristic idea ed the film with Siddarth T, had said up. The on itself carries a tonne of fun. The film about the film. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2019 sport 12 SHIVAM TAKES INDIA TO 170/7 Dube makes most of rare opportunity to bat at 3 by scoring maiden fifty in second T20

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hivam Dube justified his promotion in batting order Swith a smashing half-cen- tury but it was struggle for the other Indian batsmen as West Indies restricted the hosts to 170 for 7 in the second T20 International here on Sunday. Despite Dube's 54 off 30 balls, which had four huge sixes apart from three fours, India didn't get the required momentum during the death overs on a track where Caribbean seamers used a lot of back of length slower deliver- ies along with well disguised short balls. The last five overs in the Churchill beat Mohun Bagan 4-2 Indian innings produced only 38 runs and West Indies were KALYANI: Trinidadian hitman Ceesay saw Robert Junior favour of Churchill. able to compensate for the 13 Willis Plaza stamped his class Primus finding the back of the A shattered Mohun Bagan wides and two no-balls that yet again as he struck a brace to net from a well-directed head- thereafter kept making mis- they bowled during the help Churchill Brother FC beat er. takes in the midfield, even as evening. West Indies' Hayden Walsh, center, celebrates the dismissal of Shivam Dube PTI Mohun Bagan 4-2 in an I- The Mariners' efforts, how- Churchill defence was caught Kesrick Williams after League match here on Sunday. ever, got the desired result when off guard by youngster super- being subjected to humilia- The highlight of falling to Williams as he mist- Plaza (2nd, 38rth) and an individual effort from sub Shubha Ghosh in the dying tion from Virat Kohli, came imed a cut. Robert Primus (29th) did the Naorem inside the Churchill moments of the game. back well with figures of 2 for the Indian KL Rahul who hit a classy damage in the first-half before Box helped the home side earn The young striker who 30 in four overs including the innings was giant half-century in the first match Radanfah Abu Bakr (76th) put a penalty in the 33rd minute. replaced Naorem converted a prized scalp of the Indian cap- in Hyderabad, cracked a superb the match beyond the reach of Spaniard Javier Gonzalez slot- pass from Colinas to earn some tain (19 of 17 balls). There was Mumbai all- boundary, before he skied one Mohun Bagan. ted it calmly and the match respite for Mohun Bagan and no 'Notebook Celebrations' but from Pierre to Shimron For the Mariners, Fran sprung to life immediately. much-needed confidence for just a quiet 'finger on lips' this rounder Dube's Hetmyer to be dismissed for 11. Gonzalez (34th) converted from Churchill, who are known himself. time around. big-hitting Rohit Sharma (15) who the penalty spot and Subha for their attacking play, left no Mohun Bagan made a few The other bowler, who did not have a great outing in Ghosh (90th) found the target. chance to capitalise on their lead efforts to score but Salvador impressed was leg-spinner prowess which the series opener fell going for The first half began with the and made it 3-1 in the 38th Martinez squandered those Hayden Walsh (2/28 in 4 he finally a lap shot off Jason Holder's visitors taking charge right from minute through a Plaza scream- opportunities. overs), who pitched the ball and had his leg stump the start. Churchill's efforts er from outside the box which In the final minutes of the good areas and was also able to displayed at the pegged back. yielded immediate result as caught Mariners goalkeeper injury time, a stunning strike get some sharp turn on his leg international West Indies' ploy of bowl- they took the lead in the second Debjit napping. Debjit fumbled from Beitia was beautifully breaks. ing back of the length did minute itself when their talis- while gloving the ball and parried away by Churchill's Left-arm spinner Khary level work as the deliveries were not manic Plaza made no mistake allowed it to roll into the goal. substitute goalkeeper James Pierry who gave away only 11 easily coming onto the bat in finding the back of the net, In the 76th minute, Israil Keithan. runs from his 2 overs in the Shivam Dube reacts during his innings in 2nd T20 on Sunday PTI international fifty in 27 balls (4 making it difficult for hitting connecting a cross from Gurung, who came off the With six points from two Powerplay, was surprisingly sixes, two fours). through the line. Only briefly, Gambian Dawda Ceesay. bench, floated a long ball from games, Churchill Brothers now not called on to bowl again. prowess which he finally dis- to the bowling of West Indies Skipper Kohli, who deci- it was Dube, who got a hang of Against the run of the play, the right flank and Abu Bakr sit on top of the I-League The highlight of the Indian played at the international captain Kieron Pollard, smash- mated the Windies attack in the Pollard's slower ones and the Red Machines doubled their leapt over his marker to score points table followed by innings was giant Mumbai all- level. ing three huge sixes in the ninth game on Friday, saw Dube go picked them up over deep lead in the 29th minute when a his first goal of this I-League Gokulam Kerala, separated by rounder Dube's big-hitting The southpaw took a liking over. He reached his maiden big, but couldn't get going, mid- region. perfect corner from Dawda season and make it 4-1 in goal difference. PTI Test specialists look to make most of Ranji game time Arrows, Aizawl quest for first win PTI n NEW DELHI are expected to feature post doping ban, Shaw will be his 50th first-class PNS n NEW DELHI in a significant number will be vying for the hundred. est specialists of games during the first third opener’s slot in the For Delhi, where off- ll India Football Federation TCheteshwar Pujara two months. Test side or at least a field drama dominates A(AIFF) developmental side will be looking for some And sooner than place back in the India news space, the team sans Indian Arrows will be hoping serious game time while later, Jasprit Bumrah and ‘A’ squad for the “shad- , who is for better fortunes when they wayward talent Prithvi Hardik Pandya are ow tour” of New expected to play some of take on Aizawl FC at the Tilak Shaw will aim for expected to play a few Zealand in January. the later games, will be Maidan today in Goa. redemption in what games to test their fit- He will face stiff banking on their pace Both seem focused as they promises to be an event- ness before they are back competition from trio of Navdeep Saini, are yet to taste a victory going ful three months of Ranji in the national fold. Gujarat’s Priyank and into the 10 fixture of the 13th Trophy starting today. Their presence will Panchal, Bengal’s to unsettle a Hero I-League season. The The 41-year-old only lift the pro- Abhimanyu Kerala line-up which has young Arrows got their season Wasim Jaffer also gears file of the tour- Easwaran and the likes of Vishnu Vinod, underway against Gokulam up to roll back years nament as well his former India Sachin Baby and Jalaj Kerala and despite a resilient and make yet another as making it U-19 teammate Saxena. showing, fell short by a goal. impact in the tourna- competitive. Shubman Gill of Dhruv Shorey, Hiten Speaking ahead of the Rozario is very experienced. with tremendous fighting spir- ment. With Mayank Punjab, who Dalal and match, Shanmugam Venkatesh, They will come out fighting after it. Neroca scored the first goal With them will be grabbing his spot in many consider to be will be hoping to give Head Coach, Indian Arrows their result in the first two through a free-kick and my the hundreds of young the Indian team, he as talented as the good account of them- reflected on his young side’s per- matches and we are working players missed some scoring talent, who will certain- would relish the chal- Mumbaikar if not more. selves against Sandeep formance against the current hard to get ready for the game.” chances. In the second half, we ly figure out their moti- lenge of facing Rahane, on his part, Warrier’s back-of-the- league leaders and said, “The Aizawl FC, on the other dominated the game in all vation and purpose dur- Ravichandran Ashwin, will like to make some length stuff and Basil game we played against hand, have just a point to show aspects and created many ing the marathon tour- expected to come up big hundreds and see if Thampi’s pace. Gokulam was good and we after their first two games, earn- chances but couldn’t find the tar- nament that will have a with a bagful of tricks he can sneak into the Last but not the least played really well — but in ing a draw at home against get.” record 38 teams includ- when Karnataka take on white ball squad in the is two-time defending patches. In some parts of the Mohun Bagan and losing to He also asserted the need to ing new entrant Tamil Nadu in a high- wake of some good red champions Vidarbha, who game, we were very good but Northeast rivals NEROCA FC remain calm and positive by Chandigarh. profile group B clash in ball performance even probably will depend on there are still a lot of things to in Imphal. adding, “My team comprises The national first- Dindigul. though it is highly Rajnish Gurbani’s seam- improve and work upon.” Stanley Rozario, Head young players who all are under class championship is Ashwin against improbable at the up stuff in the absence of Looking forward to their Coach, Aizawl FC remained 22 yrs. But they have improved BCCI’s most high-pro- Mayank and back in- moment. Umesh Yadav. But all eyes upcoming match, he further positive following their defeat in immensely and they will file domestic tourna- form Karun Nair will be For Pujara, it couldn’t will be on 41-year-old added, “Aizawl are a good side the Northeast derby and said, become a good asset for Aizawl ment and the months of the marquee duel in the have been a better place to Jaffer, who is only 853 runs and have quite a few quality “The match was played at a high FC and the country in the com- December and January Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara in a file picture PTI first round games. play the first game as shy of 20,000 first-class players. Their coach Stanley tempo and both teams played ing days.” could be very eventful Australia. Mayank Agarwal Similarly, Rahane Saurashtra take on runs. Jaffer’s insatiable for India’s Test and ‘A’ With India playing (Karnataka) and Shaw will have their Himachal Pradesh at appetite for runs, Ashwin’s team regulars while two Tests against New Ravichandran Ashwin own check lists when Dharamsala in chilly con- knack of showing who’s ‘Men in Blue’ under Zealand, starting from (Tamil Nadu), Umesh Mumbai take on Baroda ditions where Rishi the boss, Shaw’s auda- ‘I put my booster on’: Son Virat Kohli remain third-week of February, Yadav and Ishant in an away match. Dhawan and company are cious strokeplay are what engaged in their white- the likes of Pujara (for Sharma (both rested on Having made an expected to make the ball will make the months of ball battles against West Saurashtra), Ajinkya BCCI advice for their impressive return in the talk. A three-figure mark December, January and reveals secret to wonder-goal Indies, Sri Lanka and Rahane (Mumbai), respective first games) Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 will be a special one as it February special. LONDON: Son Heung-min admitted he considered passing before the Tottenham winger “put his PTI n KATHMANDU booster on” to score his astonishing goal of the season contender against Burnley. wimmers and wrestlers continued Son’s stroke of genius was hailed as one of the Stheir complete domination in their 252 & counting best goals in Tottenham’s glittering history as he respective disciplines as India continued virtually ran the entire length of the pitch before its commanding performance on yet India pulls ahead of rivals in yet another medal-laden day in SAG firing home in Saturday’s Premier League clash another medal-laden day to leave rival in north London. countries far behind in the South Asian Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho dubbed Games here on Sunday. the South Korea star “Son-aldo” in reference in The swimmers picked up a brilliant strike scored by Brazilian legend as many as 7 Gold, 2 Silver and Ronaldo for Barcelona against Compostela in 2 Bronze while the wrestlers 1996. clinched all the four yellow But Son said he was actually looking to pass metals on offer on Sunday to help India to Dele Alli before instead setting off on the add 38 medals (22 Gold, 10 Silver, 6 counter-attacking gem that earned compar- Bronze) on Day 7 of the regional Games. isons with Lionel Messi and George Weah. India’s total medal count stood at 252 “I saw Dele (Alli) running on the left side, (132 Gold, 79 Silver, 41 Bronze), leaving and many Burnley players,” Son said. behind hosts Nepal and Sri Lanka Wrestler Ravinder receives Gold medal “I tried to pass first of all to Dele, because he behind. Nepal has won 165 medals (45 ing Commonwealth Games champion was open but then one of their players followed Gold, 44 Silver, 76 Bronze) while Sri Vikas Krishan (men’s 69kg) and 2014 him so he wasn’t open any more. Lanka have collected 197 medals (36 CWG Bronze medallist Pinki Rani “Then I was just thinking ‘should I go?’, and Gold, 68 Silver, 93 Bronze). (women’s 51kg) leading the charge. I put my booster on. I took the right timing to Handball players added one Gold While Sparsh (52kg), Varinder the booster on. and one Silver by winning the women’s (60kg) and Narender (+91kg) were the “Then in two or three seconds I was in front event while finishing runners-up in the other boxers to reach the summit clash of the goal and I was really surprised. This kind the running,” Son told Spurs TV. men’s final. from the men, all the three women — of goal, especially at home, it makes me so proud “But I was still focused for the finish, I want- In fencing also, India picked up all Pinki Rani (51kg), Sonia Lather (57kg) and happy. It’s amazing.” ed to finish with this action. Imagine doing so the three Gold on offer by finishing on medals in all the 12 categories. by pinning her opponents down while and Manju Bamboriya (64kg) — cruised Harry Kane fired a brace with Lucas Moura well and then you miss the goal, I’d have been so top of the podium in the team events of While Sakshi was unstoppable on Ravinder had to work hard to clinch his into the finals. The only setback for India and Moussa Sissoko both on target too, but it was upset. men’s epee, men’s sabre and women’s foil. her way to the top podium finish in the Gold against Pakistan’s M Bilal after eas- was the defeat of Sachin in 81kg. Son’s stunning goal that hogged all the plaudits. “So I just tried to focus and finish well, and In wrestling, Indians continued 62kg category, U-23 world champi- ily overcoming the challenges posed by With eight Indian boxers sealing The humble 27-year-old, who has netted 10 I’m really happy to finish it. For me it’s difficult, their complete domination by clinching onships Silver medallist, Ravinder Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi wrestlers in their final places on Saturday, India will times this season, conceded he feared wasting his but every single goal is special. four Gold medals with Olympic Bronze clinched the Gold in the men’s freestyle the earlier rounds. now have a total of 15 boxers aiming for remarkable run as he set himself to face Burnley “I like to dribble, I like to score goals, so this medallist Sakshi Malik leading the 61kg. In boxing, seven Indian boxers the Gold medal. keeper Nick Pope. kind of goal is really special. So I’m just grateful charge. India have so far won Gold Sakshi won all her matches one sided entered the finals on Sunday with reign- “I was tired actually, really, really tired after for a special feeling like this.” AFP