THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA VIJAYAWADA I SUNDAY I 7 MARCH 2021 New Delhi: | WEATHER NATION 5 SPORTS 8 TABLOID Max: 34.0OC | | Min: 21.0OC RH: 81% Rainfall: Nil F orecast: Cloudy. Max/Min temp. deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 32 No. 276 Established 1938 | 16 PAGES | 6.00 34/21 ºC Indian Summer ASTROGUIDE Sarvari; Uttarayana Tithi: Magha Bahula Navami till 4.49 pm Star: Moola till 9 pm Varjyam: 7.27 pm to 9 pm Durmuhurtam: 4.46 pm to 5.33 pm Rahukalam: 4.30 pm to 6 pm HIJRI CALENDAR Internal conflicts in Vijayawada begin to surface P. V. Sindhu Rajab 22,1442 AH DC CORRESPONDENT to Naidu to choose them or rung Nani started sup- PRAYERS VIJAYAWADA, MARCH 6 the MP. pressing BCs, minorities Fajar: 6.05 am Internal conflicts within and other communities by Zohar: 1.30 pm A major political drama TD in Vijayawada had indulging in caste politics. Asar: 5.00 pm erupted in Telugu Desam started emerging right In a fire-fighting opera- Maghrib: 6.17 pm on Saturday with its lead- from selection of candi- tion towards the same New Delhi: Isha: 8.15 pm ers splitting along caste dates. MP Nani is accused evening, Nani's daughter lines ahead of party chief of denying coporator tick- Swetha with TD senior SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.20 AM Chandrababu Naidu visit ets to followers of leader Nettem Raghuram SUNSET TODAY 6.15 PM to Vijayawada on Sunday Venkanna and other went to the house of MOONRISE TODAY 1.23 AM for municipal corporation senior leaders, apart from Umamaheswara Rao. MOONSET TOMORROW 1.44 PM elections campaign. preferring his daughter Raghuram maintained Sensing trouble, the TD Kesineni Swetha as the that Naidu's campaign high command plunged mayoral candidate. route being changed by COUNTER POINT into action and resolved Venkanna accused Nani of Nani is a misconception. the unrest within hours. indulging in immoral poli- The change has actually Telugu Desam MLC tics. He alleged the MP been made by the party Indian captain Virat Kohli (from left) poses with teammates Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj and Buddha Venkanna, for- had earlier sunk the Praja high command. He main- Rishabh Pant after beating England by an innings and 25 runs on the third day of the fourth Test at the Narendra Modi mer MLA Bonda Rajyam Party and is now tained that all leaders will Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday to win the series 3-1 and qualify for the inaugural World Test Championship final Umamaheswara Rao and bent on damaging Telugu work united for the win of against New Zealand, to be played at Lord’s in London in June this year. ■ F ull report on Page 8 — PTI minority leader Nagul Desam. TD in Vijayawada Meera openly revolted Umamaheswara Rao Municipal Corporation alleging domination by claimed Nani has been elections. Kamma leaders led by suppressing BCs, who Subsequently, Vijayawada MP Kesineni have been traditional sup- Venkanna, Srinivas alias Nani. They porters of TD. Nagul Umamaheswara Rao and 2 senior babus get NBW for contempt alleged the MP had Meera said he and other Nagul Meera agreed to changed Naidu's route senior leaders of shun differences and work DC CORRESPONDENT fare K. Praveen Kumar commissioner and Guntur garam district, had moved map to benefit his support- Vijayawada have been for victory of Swetha and VIJAYAWADA, MARCH 6 and BC welfare director B. SP to present the two the High Court last year ers and gave an ultimatum sidelined after the middle- other TD candidates. Rama Rao in a contempt before the court. seeking direction to the The AP High Court served case to be present before The judge directed authorities to give him England 1st innings: 205 INDIA’S FOURTH BIGGEST WIN OVER ENGLAND: non-bailable arrest war- the court on March 5 but Vizianagaram collector M. promotion. When the India 1st innings (overnight 294-7): rants on two senior IAS they did not turn up. Hari Jawaharlal and dis- authorities did not do so, TALIBAN MAY officers and directed the Instead, they filed peti- trict BC welfare officer D. he moved a contempt peti- Balakrishna slaps police to execute them and tions seeking exemption Keerthi to appear on April tion. FIND POWER present the two officers from personal appearance. 6. Meanwhile, sources Total (all SHORT TAKES before it by March 19. The judge struck down Petitioner Chandra- maintain that the govern- GRAB DIFFICULT out in 114.4 overs) 365. Justice Battu Devan-and, their petitions and served mouli, ward boy in the BC ment may move the divi- photographer FoW: had summoned special NBWs on them. He direct- welfare hostel at sion bench seeking relief SRIDHAR Buenos Aires: chief secretary, BC wel- ed the Vijayawada police Jonnavalasa in Viziana- on the issue. DC CORRESPONDENT time. When the issue went KUMARASWAMI I DC Bowling: 2 killed at BJP ANANTAPUR, MARCH 6 viral, party leaders NEW DELHI, MARCH 6 reportedly tried to England 2nd innings: MLA b’day in MP Film star and Hindupur smoothen things. They It will be very difficult Bhopal: Two people were BJP SETTLES FOR MLA Nandamuri Bala- released a video and pho- for the Taliban to cap- killed in a group clash at krishna slapped a photog- tograph of Somu with ture power through force the birthday party of BJP Mithun, Akshay likely to rapher at the residence of Balakrishna and the party in Afghanistan even if Total (all out in 54.5 overs) 135. MLA Dharmendra Singh 20 ASSEMBLY a party worker in symbol. there is a total absence of FoW: Lodhi in MP’s Damoh dis- Srikantapuram in In the video, Somu says foreign troops due to the Bowling: trict, police said on SEATS IN TN Hindupur on Saturday. "As great fan of Balayya, I presence now of a well- —S. PERVEZ QAISER Saturday. The incident share dais with Modi today Balakrishna slapped the was not hurt by the inci- trained professional took place in the village of G. BABU JAYAKUMAR & photographer for closely dent because he has been Afghan National Army Banwar at around 10 pm RAJIB CHOWDHURI I DC D. SEKAR/DC tracking him. The video of touring without rest." unlike what happened in on Friday, Damoh district KOLKATA, MARCH 6 CHENNAI, MARCH 6 his slapping the photogra- YSRC in-charge Naveen 1996, Afghan sources superintendent of police pher went viral on social Nischal said "As a MLA, have said, adding that a Suvendu vs Didi he should have patience Hemant Chouhan said. Two famous Bollywood Former Union minister Pon media. lot has changed in the actors, Mithun Chakra- Radhakrishnan was offi- Balakrishna was on an and be more responsible". country since the ■ Report on Page 5 borty and Akshay Kumar, cially re-nominated by the election tour in Hindupur He added that there were Taliban were driven out are likely to share the BJP to contest in the April municipality for the last previous instances of the of power two decades stage with Prime in Nandigram 6 byelection for the couple of days. On actor slapping in public. ago. 1.500 cr scam Minister Narendra Modi Kanyakumari Lok Sabha Saturday, he was in the Superintendent of police Sources said that at his mega campaign DC CORRESPONDENT which she had been rep- constituency, which fell 9th municipal ward in Satya Esubabu said no Afghans cherished their busted by cops rally for the West Bengal NEW DELHI, MARCH 6 resenting for the last two vacant following the demise Srikantapuram. complaint was received deep friendship with elections on the Brigade terms. Nandigram, in of Congress MP H. Balakrishna went to a with regard to the issue. India which has already Hyderabad: A 1,500- Parade Ground in The BJP on Saturday East Mednipur, is consid- Vasanthakumar in August, house and the photogra- However, the photogra- carried out several major crore multi-level market- Kolkata on Sunday. released its much-await- ered the home-turf of the 2020. pher Somu, who was phers association of development works in ing scam was busted by Mithun Chakraborty is ed first list of candidates Adhikaris and is credited In the 20 seats the BJP has reportedly engaged by the Hindupur staged a protest the war-torn country the Cyberabad police who reaching Kolkata on for West Bengal for bringing the Trina- agreed to contest in the candidate, was taking pic- at Ambedkar Circle that have changed the on Saturday, announced Saturday night, said BJP Assembly polls, making it mul to power in 2011 and Assembly elections, tures. The actor lost his demanding action against lives of ordinary the arrest of 24 people for national vice-president official that Suvendu ousting the Left from the through a deal signed at temper and slapped the the MLA for his behav- Afghans for the better. their involvement in the Mukul Roy, adding, “I Adhikari, a former pro- state after 30 years of its midnight with the photographer. iour. YSRC leaders lashed Sources indicated that racket. Cyberabad police spoke to him. He has tégé and close confidante rule. The first list of 57 AIADMK, two seats would After ordering him to out at Balakrishna and one major difference St. John’s, Antigua and commissioner said 10 lakh expressed his wish to of Trinamul supremo and names, which came a day be given to former actresses delete the videos, he said that was unfit to be a between the mid-1990s Barbuda: people across the country meet the PM.” BJP Chief Minister Mamata ahead of Prime Minister of Tamil cinema, it is learnt. slapped him for a second public representative. and the situation now is were cheated by Indus national general secre- Banerjee, will take on the Narendra Modi’s first While Khusboo is said to the emergence of Afghan Viva Health Sciences Pvt. tary Kailash Vijayvar- latter head-on in election rally in the state have been named for women in all walks of life Ltd. giya also echoed Roy. Nandigram. at the Brigade Ground Chepauk-Triplicane, to as equal stake-holders in Both kept Mithun’s pur- The electoral battle since the model code of which the DMK may nomi- the future of their coun- pose of meeting Modi and between Banerjee and conduct was imposed, nate Udhayanidhi Stalin try. the venue of their meet- Adhikari is being touted also has names of former who attended the interview Sources pointed out TS Eamcet from ing secret. as the “Battle Royale” as Indian cricketer Ashoke for aspirants on Saturday, that even during the BJP sources however the Chief Minister has Dinda and ex-IPS officer Gauthami may be fielded in Afghan peace process July 5 to July 9 indicated that Mithun, left her Bhawanipur seat Bharati Ghosh. Rajapalayam. talks in Qatar’s Capital Hyderabad; The TS who has a vast popularity Amit Shah, who will reach Doha, Afghan women Council of Higher across the state, may join Nagercoil from journalists boldly inter- Education on Saturday the saffron party in Bhoomiputra (son of the Saradha chit fund scam Thiruvananthapuram will acted with Taliban repre- announced that the Modi's presence to soil) or even takes part as as brand ambassador in start his campaign after sentatives, seeking to Eamcet will be held from become its chief minister- a star in the saffron exchange of a lump sum offering worship at the know the vision that the July 5 to July 9. As per ial candidate with a party's campaign, it is amount which he famous Suseendram temple insurgent outfit has for the notification, the test Bengali face and star bound to be a major sur- returned in face of and leave the town by 2 pm. the country now. for the agriculture and image against a two-time prise to the Trinamul and Enforcement Directorate In the agreement on the The Afghan govern- medical stream will be CM and Trinamul supre- other parties since he had questionning. seat sharing that was ment in Kabul too seems held on July 5 and July 6, mo Mamata Banerjee who resigned as a parliamen- According to BJP signed by AIADMK coordi- determined to safeguard and for the engineering had earlier made him a tarian citing health sources, Akshay, known nator O. Panneerselvam, co- the precious gains espe- stream from July 7 to 9. Rajya Sabha member of issues in December 2016 for his rapport with the coordinator Edappadi K. cially in the field of Applications run from her party in April 2014. and stayed away from pol- PM, was also invited to Palaniswami and BJP women’s empowerment Brief scores: Sri Lanka 160/6 March 20 to May 18. If Mithun joins the BJP itics after his name sur- the same event and he has national general secretary A video grab of Telugu Desam leader and cine actor made in the past several and contests the polls as faced in the multi-crore accepted it. C.T. Ravi. Nandamuri Balakrishna slapping a photographer. years. West Indies 117 TROUBLE | FREE Health authorities have advised targeted people to register for their dose Farmers block BADMINTON Swiss Open: Phase 3 to see more vaccinations in state HR expressway FOOTBALL DC CORRESPONDENT tions. In addition, health- first and second phases of old woman Veeramma from care and frontline workers linked with YSR Aarogyasri English Premier League: VIJAYAWADA, MARCH 6 care and frontline workers, Covid-19 vaccination pro- Guntupalli village of are hesitating, these aged scheme. Chandigarh/New Delhi, plete repeal of the three who had missed their either gramme, when two deaths Ballikurava mandal in women are serving as role Health director Dr T. March 6: Thou-sands of laws, and asserted they With no adverse health inci- first or second dose of vac- in addition to few cases of Prakasam district turned models for people to turn up Geetha Prasadini said, “We protesting farmers on are ready for talks with dents being witnessed cine, are also being immu- severe health complications up for Covid-19 vaccination for vaccination and protect are not receiving any Saturday blocked the six- the government, but it among those taking Covid- nised. had been reported. The at a local PHC on themselves. reports of adverse effects lane Kundli-Manesar- should be held without 19 vaccine from March 1 From March 1 to 5, health third phase of immunisa- Wednesday. “We are also undertaking during Phase 3 of Covid-19 Palwal (KMP) any pre- conditions. under Phase 3, more num- personnel have so far tion is going on without any She developed no adverse door-to-door campaigns vaccination. We have come Expressway in Haryana The Congress said the ber of targeted people are administered Coronavirus major health issues among effects post immunisation. involving ANMs to identify across only two minor cases to mark the completion of 100-day period of farmers' expected to turn up for the vaccine to 1,12,115 persons beneficiaries. However, no Similarly, Alla Sriharamma especially aged persons for throughout the state, even 100 days of their agitation protests was a “black jab in Andhra Pradesh. in the state. Among them, specific reason is being (91) from Inkollu village of immunisation, in addition though vaccination centre at the Delhi border even chapter” in India's democ- State health authorities 24,863 got their second dose. attributed to this phenome- J. Panguluru mandal in to those suffering with managers have been calling as the Centre said it is racy for the treatment are now administering the The number of adverse non. Prakasam district took the health issues.” up beneficiaries to inquire ready to amend the three meted out to the protest- first dose of vaccine to new events following vaccina- But health authorities are vaccination without any Meanwhile, state health about their health. As a contentious agri laws to ers, and alleged it marked category of people involving tion (AEFV) reported, that optimistic that this will help complication. authorities have advised result, we are expecting respect their sentiments. 100 days of the ruling those aged over 60 years, too minor in nature, have more number of targeted Prakasam district medical targeted people to register more number of targeted The farmer leaders on BJP's “arrogance”. apart from people aged been just two till now. beneficiaries to now turn up and health officer Dr. P. for their vaccination at the people to turn up voluntari- their part said the protest- The road blockade began between 45-49 years with Authorities maintain that for vaccination in a big way. Ratnavali said, “At a time 1,284 government hospitals ly for vaccination,” she ing unions stood firm on at 11 am and continued till multiple health complica- vaccination is unlike the For example, a 103-year- when a section of health- as also 553 private hospitals added. their demand for a com- 4 pm. — PTI STATE DECCAN CHRONICLE | VIJAYAWADA | SUNDAY | 7 MARCH 2021
NETA’S NATTER CJ Hima Kohli putting fear of Srilakshmi gives herself a ‘promotion’ enior AP bureaucrat ed to the the general SY. Srilakshmi seems administration depart- law in babus to be so 'self-reliant' that ment though the rules she needs no approval say the Union depart- ince the day she was named to the from the system to do ment of personnel and STelangana High Court, Chief Justice what she wants. The training has to first act Hima Kohli has stirred up the political Telangana state cadre on the CAT order. On and bureaucratic circles in Hyderabad. officer sprang a Friday, she declared her- Known for her high and unimpeachable surprise by secur- self special chief secre- integrity and fearlessness, Chief Justice ing an order from tary that too in an affi- Kohli has made it a mission to create fear the Central davit she filed in the of law amongst the high and mighty who Admin-istrative Telangana High Court would normally feel entitled to total Tri-bunal seeking quash the CBI’s exemption and immunity from any (CAT) chang- infamous Obulapuram implications of law on their power ambi- ing her mining case. Chief Secretary Somesh tions. Little wonder, the mood was sub- cadre to She is yet to be promot- dued and apprehensive when the first Andhra ed from the rank of women CJ in the state took the oath of Pradesh six principal secretary. Of Kumar’s troubles deepen? office, given her insistence on actually years after course for the next and implementing the canon that the law is bifurcation. ultimate position — ust a few days after the judici- that he be relocated to his parent equal for all. The “more equals” were This she did Chief Secretary — ary took serious note of the cadre, Andhra Pradesh. While a clearly not happy. Constantly taking up after her hectic Srilakshmi does not Jwilful contempt and utter dis- senior Congress leader seeking the government, and various officials and lobbying for being need a self-anointment dain of the bureaucracy and decid- appointments with senior BJP departments over their disobedience of sent on deputation as Chief Minister Y.S. ed to teach the stubborn set of the leaders in the government, with court orders and judgment, reckless dis- to AP failed. She Jagan Mohan Reddy is supremely recalcitrant to obey the allegations against a bureaucrat obedience and other actions falling under joined the AP inclined to make her the law by sentencing a district collec- would normally not ruffle feathers, the purview of contempt of courts or irre- cadre and report- next executive boss. tor to imprisonment, the entire it is the appointments he is trying sponsible questioning and criticism of officialdom in the state has sat up to get with Prime Minister judges, the higher judiciary, under her to check the scores. Unlike in crick- Narendra Modi and home minister captainship, is now making it a mission to et, a captain topping the scoring Amit Shah that are causing con- punish the officials. While some mercy he Most Influential Bureaucrat (MIB) bore a grudge against Preeti Sudan for a list did not emerge as the best news cern in officialdom. Added to it is was shown in the first order of imprison- Thas landed the Y.S. Jagan Mohan personal reason but projected it to the for Team IAS, with news circulat- the belief that the BJP wants this ment of a district collector, later reduced MIB Reddy government in an embarrassing political bosses that she had refused his ing that Chief Secretary Somesh leader to jump ship from Congress to service and imprisonment consequent situation, once again. It was an open request to back the state in its fight Kumar tops the list of contemnors to strengthen their bid for power only to failure to pay a fine, the others secret in babudom both at the state and against the decision of State Election of the various orders of the against the TRS in Telangana state may not be so lucky. Will IAS officers actu- leaves AP the Centre that he was instrumental in Commissioner N. Ramesh Kumar to Telangana High Court. Making it that is underlying fears that the ally go to jail is a question on top of peo- the AP government clamping charges of postpone the local body polls last year worse, scuttlebutt in the power cor- BJP top brass may actually hear ple's minds. While common people, redfaced... deriving personal gains by exerting pres- and that she needed to be taught a lesson. ridors began to keenly follow a sen- him out seriously. activists and crusaders against corrup- sure on subordinate staff against retired Now that Preeti Sudan has replied to the ior Congress leader, who is making How will things shape up in court tion and highhandedness of officials are Union health secretary Preeti Sudan. notice and backed her argument by cit- a trip to Delhi with a file listing and in Hyderabad and the political dur- celebrating CJ Kohli’s tough approach, again She was served a show-cause notice that ing DoPT rules, the state has no option detailing allegations of miscon- bar in Delhi in the coming week - the powerful are counting days for her created ripples in the administrative cir- left but to drop the charges. One more duct, misuse of power and corrup- everyone is waiting and watching short stint to soon get over. cles. The grapevine was that the MIB tight slap! tion against Kumar, demanding with bated breath.