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KERALA CAPS PRICE OF BOTTLED BAJRANG DAL PLANS TO ROUND UP RATAN TATA REVEALS HE ‘FELL IN NARAYANAMURTHY'S SON-IN-LAW WATER AT RS 13 PER LITRE COUPLES ON VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE, ALMOST GOT MARRIED’ RISHI SUNAK NAMED BRITISH FM
he Kerala government has announced a price ceiling for bottled water arning couples against celebrating the ‘poisonous culture' of ndustrialist Ratan has revealed that he almost got married while ndian-origin politician Rishi Sunak was appointed as the UK's new Tbeing sold across the state, after recognising it as an 'essential WValentine's Day, Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of Vishwa Hindu Iworking in Los Angeles as a college graduate. Speaking to the popular Ifinance minister on Thursday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a commodity'. The cap for bottled water which now has a retail price of Parishad (VHP), announced that February 14 should be observed as Facebook page 'Humans of Bombay', Mr Tata opened up Cabinet reshuffle. Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys Co-founder Narayana Rs 20 per litre will be fixed at Rs 13. Apart from the price regulation, the 'Pulwama Martyrs Day' in memory of about his life after his parents' divorce, growing up with his Murthy, will join Home secretary Priti Patel on the top government government has decided to make BIS the slain CRPF soldiers, who were killed grandmother, the values she taught him, studying at Cornell bench as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Earlier, water quality standards mandatory for in a suicide attack in Pulwama, J&K on University, falling in love and why the relationship eventually Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid resigned as Chancellor in a all bottled water brands to weed out the same day last year. Members of the fell apart. Tata attended Cornell University in the US. After shock move in one of the biggest shakeups since illegal manufacturers. The decision to fix Bajrang Dal stated that they will gather switching majors and graduating with a degree in Johnson won a thumping majority in the December 2019 a price cap was taken during an audit on in over 25 locations across Hyderabad architecture - a move that left his father upset - Ratan election. He is replaced by Sunak, who was until now bottled drinking water manufacturers. and pay respects to the slain soldiers. took up a job in Los Angeles. Javid's junior as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
TDP LEADERS UNDER SCANNER World-class CELEBRATION TIME school soon I-T wing detects Rs 2K-cr money in Pulivendula laundering in Telugu states PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Minister YS Jaganmo- Incriminating evidence from ex- PS of ‘prominent person’ han Reddy on Thursday said that a government school of PNS n HYDERABAD The search international standards has operations revealed been proposed at The Income Tax Department Pulivendula. on Thursday said that unac- that infrastructure Chaired a review meeting counted assets and illegal busi- companies had on the progress of develop- Union minister ness transactions worth over sub-contracted work ment works in Kadapa and Rs 2,000 crore were found Pulivendula Area Develop- Sanjeev Balyan during searches conducted at to several ment Agency (PADA), the appears in court more than 40 premises belong- non-existent/bogus Chief Minister directed offi- ing to three prominent infra- TRS leader B Vinod Kumar's entities, claims the cials to prepare proposals structure groups based in brother Boinapally Srinivasa within a week for setting up I-T department Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy attends the wedding of the grandson of former Minister and MLC Kantheti Andhra Pradesh and Rao's companies and resi- institutes in veterinary and Satyanarayana Raju in Bhimavaram on Thursday. 4 Telangana located at dences were also searched. horticulture sectors and Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Search operation was also Board of Direct Taxes). efforts should be made for Kadapa, Visakhapatnam, Delhi carried out on close associates The search operations constructing a Town Hall in and Pune since February 6. including a former personal revealed that infrastructure Pulivendula under PADA. The department seized Rs 85 secretary of a "very prominent companies had sub-contract- The officials informed that Pro-Kannada protesters pelt lakh in unaccounted cash and person" and incriminating evi- ed work to several non-exis- works for setting up a med- jewellery worth Rs 71 lakh, dence seized, the release said. tent/bogus entities, claims the ical college and cancer hospi- while sealing 25 bank lockers. "Investigations into the department. tal were in full swing. stones at AP Tourism bus Following a tip-off received affairs of the three infrastruc- "Preliminary estimates sug- The CM also reviewed the on possible cash flow into the ture groups, identified as RVR, gest siphoning of more than Rs progress of the works for PNS n BENGALURU attack by protesters, some of DNC Infra, a company that RK and Avexa, led us to 2000 crore through transac- which he had recently laid the the autos and taxis made a was earlier raided by Income- unearth a major racket of cash tions that were layered through foundation stone. He direct- Bandh called by Karnataka killing charging exorbitant Tax department, officials generation through bogus sub- multiple entities with the last ed officials to ensure all the Sanghatanegala Okkuta on fares from passengers. searched the houses and offices contractors, over-invoicing and in the chain being small enti- skill development centres are Thursday demanding 75 per The Kottum is demanding of Nara Lokesh's key aide bogus billing," said a press ties with a turnover of less than of similar model and to set up cent jobs in the state being res- reserving 75 per cent of jobs in Kilaru Rajesh and several infra release from Surabhi Rs 2 crores to avoid mainte- godowns at the village level, erved for the locals turned vio- private and public sector orga- companies linked to Telugu Ahluwalia, Commissioner of nance of books of accounts and cold-storage units at the man- lent with protesters pelting st- Pro-Kannada nizations be given to locals. Desam leaders in Hyderabad, Income Tax (Media and tax audits etc," the release dal-level and food processing ones and damaging an AP Pro-Kannada organisations Vijayawada and Kadapa. Technical Policy) and official said. zones at constituency level. Tourism Development organisations called called bandh in Karnataka Naqvi hails Besides Lokesh's close aides, spokesperson, CBDT (Central 3 3 Corporation bus at Farangipet. bandh in Karnataka demanding 75 per cent reser- initiative for The bus was on its way to demanding 75 per vations in jobs to local unem- Mangalore from temple town ployed emulating the Andhra infusing new of Tirupati. cent reservations in Pradesh government. energy in tradi- Following the bandh call, jobs to local The organisations have been Ordinance likely on 3 capitals, CRDA commercial and business unemployed demanding the government tional crafts establishments and hotels implement the Sarojini PNS n VIJAYAWADA The Governor had approved by the Assembly. remained closed in the state, Mahishi report. However, both the Bills while cabs, three-wheelers and stranded at the city bus stand In response to a call by HB The Andhra Pradesh govern- prorogued the could not be passed by the other vehicles remained off the and the nearby rail station Nagesh, president of Karnataka 5 ment is likely to promulgate an Legislative Assembly Legislative Council. Amidst road causing severe inconve- unable to find a way to reach Sanghatanegala Okkuta, sever- ordinance on decentralisation and Council on heightened drama, Council nience to commuters. their destinations. Willing to al organizations participated in of administration and dissolu- Chairman Shariff decided to Several passengers were undertake great risk of likely the bandh across the state. tion of the Capital Region Wednesday with the refer the two Bills to the Select Development Authority after two crucial Bills not Committee. Governor Biswabhushan being passed In this backdrop, the coun- Harichandan prorogued the cil secretary returned the rel- Jagan bound Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Capital at evant file with his remarks that ‘English medium Council. Amaravati, Executive Capital at ed by the state Assembly. constitution of the Select for Delhi again, The state government, as Visakhapatnam and Judicial Similarly, the government Committee was not feasible part of the decentralisation of Capital at Kurnool and a res- moved a proposal to dissolve and quoted relevant rules to administration, has proposed olution to this effect was adopt- the CRDA, which too was justify returning the file. to meet Shah decision not illegal’ PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n VIJAYAWADA in Article 30 and private insti- tutions are not affected, he told Chief Minister YS Jagan- Advocate-General S Sriram the court. The government has mohan Reddy will visit Delhi on Thursday told the AP High put forth the records related to ABV moves CAT TDP: Jagan pushing on Friday, his second visit to Court that the government's 97 per cent of parents commit- the national capital this week decision to introduce English tees that they want English as Centre focusing after his appointment with as the medium of instruction medium of instruction, the own agenda with PM Union Home Minister Amit in state-run schools does not HC was told. on 12-13 sectors against suspension Shah was fixed at 6 pm. violate Section 29 of the Right He said that the petitioners to boost exports PNS n VIJAYAWADA doubt whether Jagan met On Wednesday, Jagan met to Education Act. opposing the move failed to PNS n VIJAYAWADA Prime Minister to discuss Prime Minister Narendra He made it clear that Article mention to the High Court if Goyal Leader of the Opposition issues related to the State Modi but could not meet 350 provides only for safe- their children were studying in Director General of Police- in the AP Legislative or to push his person- Amit Shah as the latter was guarding rights of the lin- Telugu Medium. The govern- rank IPS officer A B Council Yanamala al agenda. "very busy". guistic minorities for being ment has taken steps to pro- Venkateswara Rao, who was Ramakrishnudu on Speaking to The CM is likely to discuss taught in their mother tongue. mote mother tongue by mak- 8 placed under suspension by Thursday media persons wide-ranging topics like Sriram cited three judgments ing Telugu a compulsory sub- the AP government, on expressed surprise here, Yanamala Polavaram project, release of to the court to make his point. ject in the curriculum. "After Thursday filed a petition in the over the reluctance said that it was the Central funds, dissolution of The A-G requested the taking into account aspirations Central Administrative of Chief Minister right of Opposition the Legislative Council and High Court to consider the of the people, the government TODAY Tribunal (CAT) challenging YS Jaganmohan parties and the peo- pending bifurcation issues. draft policy of the Central gov- released the GO on English his suspension from service, Reddy to place the ple to know the con- His trip to Delhi within 48 ernment that discusses only medium. Courts shouldn't ALMANAC terming it "highly illegal." memorandum he had sub- tents of the memoran- hours assume political signif- the possibilities and has never deal with issues like an appel- Month & Paksham: He sought quashing of the A B Venkateswara Rao mitted to Prime Minister in dum. icance and the TDP has start- made them mandatory. late authority and stop govern- Magha & Shukla Paksha suspension order forthwith. public domain. He expressed 3 ed targeting the CM's visits. The institutions mentioned ment policies,” Sriram added. The AP government had In his petition, Rao Panchangam Tithi : late on Saturday placed Rao alleged that his Shashthi 06:20 pm under suspension for alleged- suspension was Nakshatram: Chitra: 7:27 am ly "endangering" national Swathi: 06:01 am (Next Day) security through his "acts of "highly illegal, Bind over cases on 2 AU profs for ‘harassment' Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start treason" when he was state arbitrary, based on any important work) Intelligence chief during the malafide, bias and Rahukalam: previous government. Though there were no sexual harassment complaints , the police took action suo motu 11:04 am - 12:30 pm Rao, who belongs to the malice and in Yamagandam: 03:21 pm – 04:47 pm 1989 batch, was removed as violation of All India PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM organisations and complaints ing abusive, vulgar comments Varjyam: 12:43 pm - 02:13 pm Anti-Corruption Bureau DG Services (Discipline received by AU Registrar, V laced with double-entendre in Gulika: 08:13 am - 09:38 am immediately after the YS and Appeal) Rules The Three Town police on Krishna Mohan, the DCP said. the classroom, he said. Good Time: (to start any important work) Jaganmohan Reddy govern- Thursday registered bind-over He said that wife of Ramesh "The two professors were Amritakalam: 09:44 pm - 11:15 pm ment assumed office on May cases against two professors of Babu had lodged a dowry taken into custody on Thur- Abhijit Muhurtham: 30 last year. Articles 14 and 16 of the Andhra University taking suo harassment case with III Town sday morning and produced 12:07 pm - 12:53 pm Ever since, he has not been Constitution of India and motu notice of media reports police station a week ago. before Mandal Executive VIJAYAWADA given a posting. principles of natural justice. that they had harassed women "When the police investigated Magistrate, Seethammadhara. In his petition, Rao alleged Rao said he had an unblem- students and scholars. the complaint, it was also An executive bond has been WEATHER that his suspension was "high- ished service of over 30 years Giving details of the case at found that the professor had an written and they were bound Forecast: Clar ly illegal, arbitrary, based on during which he was awarded Three Town police station in illicit relationship with a over to upkeep behaviour," he Temp: 34/19 malafide, bias and malice and the prestigious Indian Police Visakhapatnam, Deputy research scholar," the DCP said. Humidity: 52% in violation of All India Medal for meritorious ser- Commissioner of Police (DCP- Living Resources (MLR) dep- lodged against the two profes- said. Meanwhile, students Sunrise: 06.43 Services (Discipline and vice and President's Police Zone I) S Ranga Reddy said the artment and R Swamy Das, he- sors regarding their alleged Meanwhile, students from demanded that the two profes- Sunset: 06.17 Appeal) Rules, 1969." Medal for distinguished ser- III-Town police registered ad of Social Work department sexual harassment, the police social work department lodged sors be suspended till the inves- Current Weather Conditions He also contended that it vices. bound over Associate Professor under Section 41/109 CrPC. took action suo motu based on complaint with AU officials tigation was completed and Updated February 13, 2020 5:00 PM was a gross violation of 3 K Ramesh Babu from Marine Though no complaints were news report in several media that Swamy Das has been mak- cases filed against them. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 14, 2020 vijayawada 02 FAKE DATING WEBSITES Mock hijack of aircraft When love becomes a nightmare tests airport’s preparedness SUMIT ONKA n VISAKHAPATNAM l Recently, exposing l A software PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Valentine Week is the right an online fake dating professional from Vizag As a part of mock drill, an air- time for singles to express platform, the Vizag was duped to the tune of craft was hijacked at the Vizag their love to their beaus. Cyber Crime police led Rs 18 lakh by Kolkata- airport and all the stakehold- Similarly, fraudsters, too, are by Inspector of Police V based fake dating ers from the Navy, the airport taking it as a good opportuni- Gopinath and his team platform. Another and other Central and State ty to dupe them as singles are agencies, foiled the hijack bid. willing to overlook the risks nabbed 23 girls and Vizagite was duped by INS Dega conducted the involved in it. three men based out of the same platform to the mock anti-hijack exercise at "Need friends in your loca- Kolkata tune of Rs 3 lakh the Visakhapatnam airport. tion? For dating, chatting, The anti-hijack exercise was friendship, please call @ and conducted with a mock situ- visit the website," This is what and three men based out of ent unidentified phone num- ation and various agencies, the messages read received by Kolkata. A software profes- bers, with offers of member- including Marine many youngsters in Vizag. "I sional from Vizag was duped to ship to the clubs for casual dat- Commandos (MARCOS), Kidnappers aim guns at airport staff during a mock exercise organised at the checked the website mentioned embarrassment for them. The investigation by Vizag the tune of Rs 18 lakh by ing and sex. Central Industrial Security Visakhapatnam airport on Thursday in the message I got out of Cyber cops also warned Cyber cops into the online fake Kolkata-based fake dating plat- Later, he received a phone Force (CISF), Airport curiosity. But, the sign up youngsters to stay away from dating platform has exposed form. Another Vizagite was call from a girl from Purple Authority of India (AAI) and process was not happening unverified dating websites and that more than 15 persons duped by the same platform to Fantasy dating website, who the State government agen- even if I tried several times. not end up paying money for from the Vizag region have the tune of Rs 3 lakh. spoke to Kumar in a sweet cies, were involved in it. The They just want us to call to any services. become victims of the fraud. "Our investigation has voice. The girl lured him with objective of the exercise was to their number as the websites "People are quick to think However, so far only two vic- revealed that members of the offers such as body massages test the efficacy of the contin- are fake," said M Rakesh from that elderly or those who are tims approached police and the fake dating team led by one with beautiful girls and also sex gency plans and procedures to Vizag. less digitally savvy are the only remaining victims hesitate to Rupam of Kolkata have cheat- with beautiful girls on payment deal with hijack by all stake- According to the Vizag cyber targets, but that is simply not lodge police complaints. ed hundreds of people across in private places. After pay- holders. police, fraudsters are trying to the case", said a cyber crime Recently, exposing an online the country, including Vizagites ment of Rs 18 lakh, the soft- The anti-hijack exercise extract money from people police official. "Staying aware fake dating platform, the Vizag and other cities of Andhra ware professional, never heard was conducted with a mock using the dating websites and knowing that this is a pos- Cyber Crime police led by Pradesh, said Inspector back from the club and realised situation created using a because the victims hardly sibility for anyone is the first Inspector of Police V Gopinath Gopinath. The victim said that that he was cheated and naval Dornier aircraft for approach police seeing it as big step," he added. and his team nabbed 23 girls he received SMSs from differ- approached the police. initiating coordinated actions by all stakeholders from the Navy, the airport and other Airport staff pouring over a map to reach ‘kidnappers’ during the drill Central and State agencies. Arya Vysya On completion of the exer- The anti-hijack mock drill is conducted at every Indian airport CAPSULE Kodali Nani warns of action cise, debrief was conducted leaders thank and standard operating pro- annually as mandated by the National Civil Aviation Security cedures were revalidated to programme with an aim to testing the efficiency of the airport's Task Force sleuths against eve-teasers, molestors CM for fulfilling effectively deal with future contingency plan and to familiarise all agencies about their contingencies. respective responsibilities in a hijack situation seize 20 kg gold PNS n VIJAYAWADA his promise The anti-hijack mock drill VIJAYAWADA: The Task Force is conducted at every Indian n police personnel seized 20 kg The government will initiate PNS VIJAYAWADA airport annually as mandat- with an aim to testing the familiarise all agencies about gold and Rs 10 lakh cash from stern action against those who ed by the National Civil efficiency of the airport's their respective responsibili- four persons at the Gannavaram misbehave with women, dis- Leaders of Arya Vysya com- Aviation Security programme contingency plan and to ties in a hijack situation. airport cargo division here on closed Minister for Civil munity expressed its grati- Thursday. Supplies Kodali Sri tude to Chief Minister YS According to Venkateswara Rao (Nani). Jaganmohan Reddy for his reliable He participated in Mahila commitment and establishing PULWAMA ANNIVERSARY MILAN-2020 sources, the Mithra training programme Arya Vysya Welfare and Task Force organised in Gudivada on Development Corporation. website police arrested Thursday. Addressing a gath- Addressing a gathering here four persons, ering, he said that attacks on on Thursday, Arya Vysya who were illegally transporting women are on the rise and Maha Sabha president launched gold without bills. It is learnt warned of action against those Konagalla Vidyadhar Rao PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM that gold and silver ornaments who indulge in such activities. Minister for Civil Supplies Kodali Nani speaks at the Mahila Mithra training said that the community will are being illegally transported The minister said to curtail programme in Gudivada on Thursday be grateful to the Chief The Command IT Officer in from Mumbai through air cargo atrocities against women, Chief Minister for establishing a the presence of ENC Chief courier service to Vijayawada to Minister YS Jaganmohan Corporation and allocating Vice-Admiral Atul Kumar avoid from paying tax. Gold and Reddy has introduced Disha l Minister for Civil l Under the new Act, Rs 100 crore. Jain and other Flag Officers silver ornaments are being Act. Under the new Act, cul- Supplies Kodali Sri culprits will be punished He said that the earlier launched the website of the supplied to various noted prits will be punished within a TDP government has estab- forthcoming multilateral jewellery shops in the city. The couple of weeks, he said and Venkateswara Rao within a couple of weeks, lished Arya Vysya maritime exercise MILAN- mastermind behind the added that Mahila Mithra (Nani)said to curtail he said and added that Corporation for namesake 2020 here on Thursday. smuggling of gold and silver Committees are set up at vil- atrocities on women, Mahila Mithra Committees and sanctioned Rs 30 crore. A two-minute silence being observed at the felicitation programme in The website is available at transporting business is one lage-level to protect women Chief Minister YS would protect women from However, the Chief Minister Visakhapatnam on Thursday to pay tributes to the martyrs of Phulwama www.milan2020.org.in and Yogi from Mumbai and has from atrocities and build con- Jaganmohan Reddy atrocities and build after coming to power ful- and Maoist attacks offers information regarding good contacts with gold fidence among them to lead a filled his promise and sanc- MILAN-2020 activities such merchants in Mumbai and a few secured life. He said that the has introduced confidence among them to tioned Rs 100 crore to the as opening ceremony, official jewellery shop owners in main idea behind establishing Disha Act lead a secured life Corporation. He expressed calls, international maritime Vijayawada. Earlier, illegal gold Mahila Mitra was most of his delight on Kuppam CRPS felicitates kin of seminar, Social events, City and silver business was women in society will not Prasad for being appointed as and Cultural tours etc. The restricted to big cities like dare to visit a police station and the Corporation chairman. website also facilitates the Mumbai, Hyderabad and other complain about their prob- Mahila Mithra so that the will visit the police station. He said that on February 16, sharing of information with cities, however, it has spread to lems. Many women in society coordinators would visit the People should change their Prasad will take charge as the martyrs from N Andhra all the participating countries smaller and fast-growing cities are facing atrocities without victim's place and take the mindset as visiting a police sta- chairman at a programme in PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM families. A Srinivas, DIG of Multilateral Navy Exercise, like Vijayawada. coming to the police station complaint and render justice. tion is not crime and utilise the Tummallapalli Kalakshetram. CRPF (Southern Sector), MILAN is a congregation of and complaining about the The Superintendent of Police services of police. He said that He said that ministers While the whole world was addressed the gathering and littoral Navies conducted crime due to social stigma. In recalled that since decades the if girls, women and others Velampalli Srinivas, Balineni celebrating the Valentine Day recalled the sacrifice of the biennially by the Indian Navy such cases, the Mahila Mithra educated, uneducated, men, face any kind of problem they Srinivas Rao, YV Subba on February 14, 40 families brave men of CRPF. He under the aegis of the team would go to the victim's women, rich and the poor should come and complaint Reddy, Sajjala Ramakrishna lost their loved ones in the assured that the CRPF will Andaman and Nicobar place and take the complaint. hesitate to come to the police and see that the culprit be pun- Reddy, Adimulapu Suresh, Pulwama attack by terrorists in always stand with the families Command since 1995. SP Ravindra Babu said DGP station to complain. ished. Mahila Mithra coordi- Kodali Venkateswara Rao, Kashmir on the same day last of martyrs and requested the MILAN provides an excel- Gautam Sawang came up with They have a wrong notion nators, NGOs and others were Perni Venkataramaiah and year. family members to approach lent opportunity for the par- an innovative idea and formed that only people who do wrong present on the occasion. others will attend, he added. Remembering the supreme the Vizag office or nearby ticipating Navies to come sacrifice of the CRPF jawans offices if they required any together to nurture stronger on the altar of duty to secure assistance. He also spoke about ties besides fostering cooper- Durga temple hundis the nation and its people, the the major role being played by ation through Naval exercis- net Rs 2.5 crore CRPF also paid tributes to the CRPF personnel for the es and professional VIJAYAWADA: Sri Durga TTD replaces plastic bottles with glass jawans from Telugu States, safety and security of the interactions. Malleswara Swamy Varla who attained martyrdom in nation. Devestanam atop Indrakeeladri PNS n TIRUMALA the advice of drinking water supply Maoist attacks and felicitated Former Visakhapatnam MP received an amount of Rs 2.5 companies, the TTD has given its nod their wives at the CRPF head- K Haribabu also highlighted crore through hundi collection. Glass bottles are going to replace the to use Bissels Company glass bottles quarters here on Thursday the significant contribution Digital kiosks Counting was started on the 6th plastic bottles soon as the TTD pro- for 10 days on an experimental basis. expressing solidarity with their of CRPF personnel to the floor of the Mahamandapam hibited the sale of plastic/polythene A litre water in a glass bottle will families. nation. He thanked for being at Rythu here on Thursday in the bags atop Tirumala Hills. be sold atop Tirumala Hills for Rs 20. The brave women and wives called for this noble cause. On presence of temple Executive According to reliable information, the If the customer wants to take away of martyrs T Punna Rao, S February 14 last year, the Bharosa Officer MV Suresh Babu. TTD has given its nod for the use of the bottle he or she would have to Rama Rao, Gullipalli Srinu Pulwama district in Kashmir According to the Executive glass bottles for sale in Tirumala. pay another Rs 20. If the bottle is and K Venkanna belonging to had witnessed one of the dead- Officer, the offerings from 31 As part of environmental protec- given in any shop, the shop keeper north Andhra districts were liest terrorist attacks in the last centres hundis included Rs 2,50,74,804 tion measures, the TTD authorities, will return Rs 20 to the customer. felicitated. Despite their huge decade, claiming the lives of 40 PNS n VIJAYAWADA cash and 640 grams of gold and as per Centre's fiat, took measures to The bottles will be used in a day loss, the women stood up and Central Reserve Police Force 8.60 kg silver. curtail use of plastics in Tirumala. On or two. taken up jobs and raising their (CRPF) soldiers. Rythu Bharosa centres will implement the schemes meant for farmers in the VIJAYAWADA State, said agriculture BULLION RATES department special com- GOLD Teachers brush up their skills to teach in English missioner H Arun Kumar. ` He further stated that the 40,630 (10 gm) agriculture department is ` 30 n C PRADEEP VIJAYAWADA l l change the DIET colleges as gearing up for the distribu- SILVER As the government has Krishna district DEO teachers training colleges in the tion of seeds, fertilizers, ` 45,800(1kg) As many as 5,573 teachers will decided to introduce MV Rajyalakshmi said that State. pesticides and tools to ` 200 be attending the comprehensive English as the medium of the first and second phase The Minister further stated farmers during the rabi sea- learning enhancement training instruction, teachers are of training programme that the government is contem- son. programme that will be held at plating to establish teachers Addressing a workshop CHICKEN 50 mandal headquarters across attending learning was completed and the training university in the State. organised on Rythu Bharosa enhancement training third phase will be RATES `/KG Krishna district. Suresh had said Chief Minister at the Andhra Loyola Disclosing this on Thursday programme completed by the next YS Jaganmohan Reddy had College here on Thursday. ` Dressed/With Skin 119 to The Pioneer, Krishna district week taken the decision with a view Arun Kumar said digital Without Skin `135 DEO MV Rajyalakshmi said that the skills can be achieved kiosks will be set at the Broiler at Farm `82 that the first and second phase only through the medium of Rytu Bharosa centres to of training programme was the State would undergo inten- tion department to convert all instruction in English. He said render services and infor- completed and the third phase sive training in phases. As schools in the State into English parents, too, believed in it and mation related to farmers. will be completed by the next many as 33,508 teachers attend- medium for Class I to VI. He sent resolutions to the educa- He said a TV set will be EGG week. ed the training classes in the had said that comprehensive tion department in this regard. installed to explain farmers RATES `/100 "In all, 200 resource persons the State government's dream education from the academic first phase and 33,637 teachers learning and capacity building Suresh said the education on cultivation of crops, use HYDERABAD 390 have been deployed for the project of introducing English year 2020-21 for Classes I to VI. would attend the training class- programmes were being con- department has formed parents of fertilizers and farm VIJAYAWADA 400 training and 25 key resource medium education right from In this regard, the department es in the second phase. ducted under the auspices of committees to know the views mechanism. Moreover, sci- persons will be monitoring the the kindergarten that is moving has already started training Education Minister District Collectors. He said of parents and the department entists and agriculture VISAKHAPATNAM 410 proceedings at the training on a brisk phase. The education classes to the teaching staff in Adimulapu Suresh had on imparting training to teachers is taking the opinions of parents experts will visit the Rytu RETAIL PRICE `4.00 programme," said the DEO. department is gearing up to a phased manner. Wednesday said that measures will become a regular activity into consideration in framing Bharosa centres to explain (IN VIJAYAWADA) She said that this was part of introduce English medium In all, 67,145 teachers across were being taken by the educa- and the efforts were on to the policies. to farmers on farming.
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CAPSULE Naidu propaganda on Jagan being Fake cop cons real one chided by PM is not true: Minister promising good posting l PNS n AMARAVATI The fraudster is accused of duping many Kannababu said Naidu has not learnt anything Opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu is making though people have outrightly rejected his government servants to the tune of Rs 70 lakh false allegations against Chief party. What has Naidu brought for the State PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM tially committed snatchings Minister YS Jaganmohan after having visited Delhi for 32 times and and robberies and later Reddy stating that he was A 37-year-old habitual offend- changed his modus operandi chided by Prime Minister now he started criticising the Chief Minister er, who was masquerading as by targeting government ser- Vijaya Sai mentioned Narendra Modi, said Minister about his visit to Delhi a police officer conned a sub- vants involving in the ACB for best participation for Agriculture Kurasala inspector, who is on vacancy cases or suspended officers. Kannababu. He said on reserve (VR), promising him He used to negotiate with in Rajya Sabha session Thursday that Naidu was going to be aboilshed, and asked whether Naidu does to get a good posting. them and also secure account NEW DELHI: In all, 155 MPs unable to live without power Yanamala Ramakrishnudu and not know that the north The fraudster had taken Rs numbers of others on a com- (69%) spoke in the Rajya Sabha and see the good relations Lokesh were devastated and Coastal Andhra region is back- 4 lakh from the sub-inspector mission basis, get deposit during the first phase of Budget being maintained by the Chief they were talking utter non- ward. from Srikakulam to do the amounts through Minister with the Centre. Kursala Kannababu, Minister sense, which people are not The minister said Naidu's favour. However, the SI later Manappuram gold finance session that adjourned on for Agriculture Tuesday. A total of 323 Hence, Naidu was making ready to believe, said the min- only aim was to save his party realised that he was cheated by company on a commission interventions, Zero Hour and irrelevant comments like the brought for the State after hav- ister. He said Naidu has under- and not bother about the state's the accused and lodged a com- basis. He steals SIM cards and Special Mentions were made by Prime Minister having scold- ing visited Delhi for 32 times mined the prestige of the State interests. He said he was ready plaint with police. use them for communication 155 members, of which 83 have ed the Chief Minister during and now he started criticising in Delhi and even Davos. for a debate on who drove the The police nabbed the with targeted government ser- got two or more opportunities to his visit to Delhi. How did the Chief Minister about his He has made his intentions state's economy into chaos. accused on Wednesday and vants and threw them into the participate in the proceedings of Naidu know what transpired visit to Delhi. clear by staging a drama against He said Naidu plundered the found that he had duped many at Ragolu and two Armed water after his task was com- the House. V Vijaya Sai Reddy of between the two, asked Naidu even goes to the the shifting of the capital and state's economy by fostering government servants to the Reserve constables of Guntur pleted. YSRCP has the best Kannababu and questioned extent of falling on some- creating an illusion that the the interests of his cronies and tune of Rs 70 lakh. and Vijayawada apart from The SP said that the accused participation with nine whether Naidu had installed a body's feet to seek personal State's economy was in dol- allowing them to grab commis- Around 18 non-bailable conning the Srikakulam SI. was involved in total 24 cases opportunities, including a Zero secret camera to see all that. favours, he said and added that drums. As if that was not sions in the name of Polavaram warrants (NBW cases) are He was arrested on a fly- in which 18 were chain snatch- Hour mention, Special Mention, Kannababu said Naidu has a section of the media was fol- enough, he was even going to project construction. He has pending against the habitual over in Srikakulam and seized ing and robberies. He cheated five supplementaries, one not learnt anything though lowing in Naidu's footsteps. the extent of begging for alms also not bothered about getting offender, Rachapalli Srinu alias one handbag, one small paper five police personnel and one starred question, four people have outrightly reject- When the government by enacting a drama to save special category status to the Mangali Srinu of Nallamad containing the particulars of civilian. He had plans to cheat supplementaries to starred ed his party. What has Naidu declared that the Council is Amaravati, Kannababu said state, the minister added. mandal in Anantapur district. targeted persons, a small hand- 10 police personnel at various questions besides participation Most of the NBWs are pend- book containing names and districts in Andhra Pradesh in the debates on Motion of ing against him in the jurisdic- phone numbers of targeted and Telangana, besides a few Thanks to the President and tion of Rayalaseema districts persons and Rs 50,000 cash. civilians at Makkuva village General Budget. PL Punia, Teckzite-2020 and also Bengaluru in Disclosing the details to the and also a teacher in East Husain Dalwai, Prof MK Jha, Naidu certain to go to jail, Karnataka. media, Srikakulam SP Godavari. Cops found these Amar Patnaik, Ravi Prakash kicks off Mangali Srinu has cases Ammireddy said that the details in a handbook seized Verma, Dr Ashok Bajpai, Amar booked for cheating a teacher accused Mangali Srinu ini- from his possession. Shankar Sable got five today opportunities each, according to claims C Ramachandraiah a press release issued by the PNS n VIJAYAWADA Rajya Sabha Secretariat. PNS n VIJAYAWADA TDP: Jagan pushing World-class l The TDP chief could A three-day national level Senior YSRCP leader techno management fest C Ramachandraiah on not be able to speak 'Teckzite-2020, the Aroma of school soon in Railways introduce Thursday predicted that for- anything since the IT Yantra' will begin at the Rajiv own agenda ... ‘Destination alert call mer Chief Minister N raids led to officials Gandhi University of Pulivendula and wake-up alarm' Chandrababu Naidu is certain confiscating evidence Knowledge Technologies, Continued from Page 1 out clearing bills pending for Continued from Page 1 to go to jail as the recent IT against him. The days Nuzvid from February 14. the works done earlier," VIJAYAWADA: Indian Railways raids unearthed evidence The Student Development "The CM met Modi seven Yanamala said. The Chief Minister has introduced 'Destination alert against Chandrababu. were not far away and Campus Activity Cell times, but what has he got to He said that there was a directed the officials to call & wake-up alarm' for the The graft money has been when he would go to (SDCAC) of RGUKT Nuzvid show for these meetings? Jagan sheer drop in the state econ- ensure storage of flood- convenience of on-board routed to various states during would be organising the is not even able to get funds omy. "The image of the state waters at Gandikota and passengers during journeys. jail on corruption the last elections, he alleged. charges, he predicted national-level technical fest that can cover the his travel also took a beating during the Chitravati and to take up Reserved passengers can avail Naidu could not be able to every year to explore the stu- expenses to Delhi, let alone Davos meeting due to the the road expansion works this facility through 139 railway speak anything since the IT l dents' technical skills, accord- some real benefits for the attitude of state government between Muddanur and enquiry services to avoid last- He appealed to the minute rush while alighting at raids led to officials confiscat- l The graft money has Central investigating ing to Director RGUKT Prof State, as the Central govern- towards industrialists. The Kodikonda check post. ing evidence against him. The D Suryachandra Rao through ment is not responding to the three-capital proposal has also The officials informed destination station. Passengers been routed to various agencies to focus on should furnish the details of days were not far away when a release on Thursday. pleas of the State govern- discouraged investments. Kia that some farmers were he would go to jail on corrup- states during the last allegations of As many as 100 technical ment," the former finance Motors is also facing difficul- keen on the cultivation of PNR through 139 by an SMS corruption against request or customer care tion charges, he predicted. elections, YSRCP leader C events will be organised in minister said. ties. The ruling party leaders dates for which environ- services or IVR for activating Moreover, he appealed to Ramachandraiah alleged Naidu order to let students interact He said it was believed that are resorting to land grabbing ment, cost and other fac- this service, following which a Central investigating agencies with the latest technology, the Prime Minister questioned in Visakhapatnam. An inquiry tors would have to be confirmation message will be to focus on allegations of cor- several workshops related to the Chief Minister on the should be conducted into the taken into consideration. sent to the mobile number ruption against Naidu. Naidu did not seem to have questioning Babu what does it different engineering branch- undemocratic decisions of the land grabbing charges," the The Chief Minister through which the request is Referring to Naidu learnt lessons. mean. es were organised. AMZ state government. "We have former finance minister said. asked the officials to pro- made. This feature would be approaching people through Prior to elections, he target- On Jagan's Delhi visit, the automotives and innovation reports that the Prime Regarding the state gov- mote the cultivation of handy for the passengers getting his bus yatra as part of 'Save ed Modi for his criticism and Opposition has been slinging technologies are hosting the Minister questioned the Chief ernment's move to abolish millets and to fully utilise down at intermediate stations Amaravati' campaign, now he is yearning to sail with mud on the CM, he said workshops. Students have Minister on the misuse of the Legislative Council, the facilities available at during the wee hours by alerting Ramachandraiah wondered at the BJP, he compared. adding that the objective of the the opportunity to explore NREGS funds as the state Yanamala said that Parliament the AP Centre for them in advance at the Naidu approaching people, Naidu is not criticising the trip is to discuss the State's the world of tech with real government has been releasing has the power to do so and it Advanced Research on requested destination, according who jettisoned Chandrababu BJP on any issue, including the problems with Prime Minister experience. funds for the new works allot- is not in the hands of state gov- Livestock (APCARL). to SCR Vijayawada division in the last polls. Even then, national economy, he said Narendra Modi. ted to YSRCP followers with- ernment. through a release on Thursday. The destination alert shall be set for the given PNR number, the passenger will also receive a confirmation message on your Cancer treatment has seen rapid changes: Oncologists ABV moves CAT mobile as 'DESTINATION ALERT n call has been set on your mobile PNS UMM E MARIA l number for
SHORT READS MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS School 8-phase J-K panchayat Union Minister headmaster booked under Sanjeev Balyan POCSO Act by-polls from March 5 PNS n COIMBATORE PNS n JAMMU appears in court The headmaster of a govern- After taking into ment elementary school at By-election to over 12,500 pan- n lawyer Subhash Saini, the Kattampatty in Coimbatore Budget session consideration all PNS MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP) chayat seats in Jammu and relevant factors and accused have been charged district, was on Thursday of MP Assembly from Kashmir would be held in eight Union Minister Sanjeev with offences under IPC sec- arrested after being booked phases from March 5, the Union inputs from various Balyan on Thursday appeared tions 188 (disobedience to under the POCSO Act for March 16 Territory's Chief Electoral stakeholders, the in a local court here in connec- order duly promulgated by allegedly misbehaving with BHOPAL: The budget session Officer Shailender Kumar said Jammu and Kashmir tion with a case of violat- public servant), 353 girl students, police said. of the Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Polling would be election authority has ing prohibitory (assault or criminal The parents of 11 students, Assembly will begin here from held from March 5 to March 20 prepared the schedule orders and inciting force to deter pub- studying in fourth and fifth March 16. The notification for and ballots would be used for for the bypolls to communal ten- lic servant from standards, had complained the budget session has been casting votes, he said. panchayat halqas and sion during the discharge of his about the 52-year-old head- issued after the governor's The Model Code of Conduct 2013 duty) and 341 master for sexually harassing approval, an official release said has come into force with imme- panch wards Muzaffarnagar (punishment for the girl students, the on Thursday. The session will diate effect will the announce- riots. wrongful police said. begin with the governor's ment of the bypoll schedule. third on March 9, fourth on tion was held in November- that the candidates elected dur- Special court restraint). The school head refused to address on March 16. It will After taking into considera- March 12, fifth on March 14, December, 2018, and 22,214 ing these by-elections shall hold judge Ram Sudh It is alleged that meet the parents and got have 17 sittings and conclude tion all relevant factors and sixth on March 16, seventh on panches and 3,459 sarpanches office for the remainder of the Singh fixed April 3 they had taken part himself admitted to the hos- on April 13, the release said. inputs from various stakehold- March 18 and last on March 20, were elected in out of 33,592 period of five years commenc- for appearance of the in a panchayat meet- pital a few days ago, and the The state budget for fiscal ers, the Jammu and Kashmir he said. The chief electoral offi- panch and 4,290 sarpanch con- ing from the date of constitution other accused in the case ing in Nagla Mador village parents staged a protest 2020-21 would be presented election authority has prepared cer said, "Ballot boxes would be stituencies. Further vacancies of Halqa Panchayat. The pan- involving BJP leaders, includ- where they violated prohibito- demanding police action during the session, but its date the schedule for the bypolls to used during these elections. have accrued on various chayat bypolls would be video- ing UP minister Suresh Rana. ry orders and incited violence against the accused. has not yet been specified. panchayat halqas and panch Sufficient number of ballot accounts such as deaths and res- graphed and district panchayat Former MP Bhartendu through their speeches on As the parents refused to As the Lok Sabha polls were wards. Issuance of the first noti- boxes have been made available ignations. Also as a result of election officers (deputy com- Singh and VHP's Sadhvi August 30, 2013. give up, the police took seven held in April-May last year, the fication would be on February for the purpose." polls to block development missioners) will arrange suffi- Prachi did not appear in court Over 60 people were killed of them in the van, even as Kamal Nath-led Congress 15, Kumar said. The process for filling 11,639 committee (BDCs) chairper- cient numbers of video and dig- and the judge directed their and more than 40,000 dis- the headmaster talked to government presented its The first phase of the bypolls panch seats and 1,011 sarpanch sons in October, 2019, another ital cameras and teams for the lawyers to appear on April 3 as placed in the aftermath of the mother of one of the students maiden budget in the state will be held on March 5, fol- seats will completed by March 307 seats of panch and sarpanch purpose, the chief electoral offi- fixed by the court. riots in the district and adjoin- and expressed regret for his Assembly on July 10, 2019, lowed by second on March 7, 26, he said. The Panchayat elec- fell vacant, Kumar said. He said cer said. According to government ing places that year. misbehaviour. instead of February-March as per the convention. UP govt relaxes ‘Tantrik' held for Wanted bookie Sanjeev raping woman, her norms for web Nirbhaya convicts entitled to minor daughter portals to get SHAHJAHANPUR (UP): A Chawla extradited from UK exhaust legal remedies: Court ‘tantrik' has been arrested for n DAVP advts allegedly raping a woman and PNS NEW DELHI PNS n LUCKNOW PNS n NEW DELHI her minor daughter after Sanjeev Chawla, an alleged promising to cure her ailing bookie and key accused in one In a boost to digital media A Delhi court on Thursday husband in a village in Uttar of cricket's biggest match-fix- coverage, adjourned till February 17 Pradesh's Shahjahanpur ing scandals that involved for- the Uttar hearing on a petition seeking district, according to police. mer South African captain Pradesh issuance of death warrant in The woman, who is living in a Hansie Cronje, was extradited govern- Nirbhaya rape case, observing village under Khutar town of from the UK on Thursday, ment on that condemned convicts are the district, had met 'tantrik' Delhi Police said, marking the Thursday entitled to exhaust their legal Sageer Khan in Aurangabad area for the treatment of her first high-profile extradition of announced its remedies and it cannot afford ailing husband recently, SP its kind between the two coun- amended web media policy to ignore their fundamental (Rural) Aparna Gautam said on tries. The 50-year-old British under which portals with rights. Thursday. The woman has national, accompanied by a 50,000 hits will get govern- "Article 21 protects the life alleged that the 'tantrik' along Delhi police crime branch ment advertisements. and liberty of condemned with his friend Idris came to team from London, reached The changes to the original convicts till last breath. The her house on February 9 and Delhi this morning and will web media policy of 2016 condemned convicts are enti- Convict Pawan refuses lawyer locked the husband and others now undergo the procedural Chawla's extradition is the first high-profile were approved last week at a tled to exhaust the legal reme- in a room, she said. Later, the medical examination, a senior extradition of its kind under the India-UK meeting of the state cabinet dies and the court cannot from DLSA as legal aid, jail duo raped the woman and her police officer said. Extradition Treaty, signed in 1992. He took chaired by Chief Minister afford to ignore heir funda- minor daughter, the SP added. After completing the for- Yogi Adityanath. mental rights," Additional NEW DELHI: Tihar Jail authorities told a An FIR has been registered malities, the crime branch will his appeal against the extradition right up to Earlier, 2.5 lakh hits were Sessions Judge Dharmendra Delhi court Thursday that Pawan Gupta, one against the two men and the question Chawla at its RK the European Court of Human Rights, which needed by a web portal to Rana said. of the four death row convicts in the 'tantrik' has been arrested, Puram office, the officer rejected his application last week claim advertisements from The court also asked the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, has Gautam said, adding that added. Chawla is alleged to government departments. new counsel representing a refused to take a lawyer offered by DLSA as further investigation is on. have played a central role in "By relaxing the norms, a death-row convict, Pawan, to legal aid. Additional Session Judge conspiring with Cronje to fix Extradition Treaty, signed in 16, a two-member court panel web portal can now get study the matter. Dharmender Rana had on Wednesday a South African tour to India 1992. He took his appeal said they accepted the assur- advertisements if it garners The court on Wednesday offered a counsel to Gupta and expressed Man get 25 years’ in February-March 2000. The against the extradition right up ances provided by India that 50,000 hits," the policy doc- gave liberty to Pawan to displeasure over delay from his side. Gupta British court documents say to the European Court of Chawla would be accommo- ument said. However, a third choose his own counsel after said he has removed his earlier lawyer and jail for raping minor Chawla is a Delhi-born busi- Human Rights, which rejected dated in a cell to be occupied party like Google will be his lawyer, A.P. Singh, refused will need time to engage a new one. District MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): A nessman who moved to the his application last week. exclusively by him, with prop- required to certify the hits, it to represent him in the mat- Legal Services Authority (DLSA) had special POCSO court here has United Kingdom on a business Chawla lost a last-ditch appeal er "safety and security" and said. Similarly, in the original ter. provided Pawan's father with a list of its sent a man to 25 years visa in 1996, but continued to against former UK Home complying with the “personal policy, web sites that existed The court directed the empanelled advocates to chose from. Pawan is the only one among imprisonment for raping a make trips to India. Secretary Sajid Javid's extradi- space and hygiene require- for three or more years were death-row convict to select the four convicts who has not yet filed a curative petition — the last minor girl in 2013. Judge After his Indian passport tion order in London last ments” the court expects. eligible for government his counsel from the list of legal remedy available to a person which is decided in-chamber. He Sanjive Kumar Tiwari has also was revoked in 2000, he month. He had sought to argue India has also made guar- advertisements, but now this empanelled advocates of the also has the option of filing a mercy plea. imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on obtained a British passport against his extradition to India antees on medical facilities period has been curtailed to Delhi State Legal Service the convict. According to five years later. on human rights grounds in and protection from intra- two years. The revised poli- Authority. al capital in December 2012. edy of either curative or special council Dinesh Kumar Chawla's extradition is the the UK courts ever since his prisoner violence in Delhi's cy is aimed at giving a boost The case pertains to the Out of the four convicts, mercy petitions, which will be Sharma, the victim, who was first high-profile extradition of arrest in June 2016. Tihar Jail, where he is to be to web media coverage in the gang-rape and murder of a Pawan is the only one who the last judicial and constitu- then five-year-old, was playing its kind under the India-UK Most recently, on January held ahead of his trial. state, an official said. 23-year-old girl in the nation- has not yet availed of the rem- tional resort available to him. outside her house when the convict took her to sugarcane fields and raped her. Man beaten to death by Ex-MP Rattan Ajnala, son rejoin SAD PNS n AMRITSAR/ can never come together be it CHANDIGARH Former MP Ajnala, who was SAD (Taksali) Taksalis, (Sukhdev Singh) passengers in train over seat Dhindsa Sahib and Ravi Inder senior vice president, and two-time former PNS n PUNE The victim Sagar Markad, his heated argument ensued, fol- In a setback for Akali breakaway Singh (SAD 1920). There are so wife Jyoti, his mother and two- lowing which at least 12 per- Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali), MLA Bony returned to the Shiromani Akali Dal many shops (in that group)," he A 26-year-old man was alleged- year-old daughter boarded the sons, including six women, its leader Rattan Singh Ajnala alleged. "Several conspiracies ly beaten to death by 12 persons, general compartment of the thrashed and kicked Markad, and his son Amarpal Singh (SAD) after a meeting with its chief Sukhbir are going on there and some including six women, train from Pune station at the official said. "When the Bony rejoined the SAD on Singh Badal at their residence in Amritsar 'nakabposh' (people wearing Army chopper following an argu- around 12.45 am, he victim's family tried to stop the Thursday. masks) were trying to go with ment over a seat in said. "As per the com- attackers, they did not relent and Former MP Ajnala, who was district. Bony had (Taksali) to take on the Congress and even were makes emergency the Mumbai- plaint registered by continued their assault for over SAD (Taksali) senior vice pres- won two assembly Badal who they had approaching Rahul Gandhi for landing in Punjab Latur-Bidar the victim's wife, the an hour till the train reached ident, and two-time former elections as a SAD accused of "deviat- that, Bony alleged, saying that CHANDIGARH: An Army Chetak Express on coach was full and Daund," he added. MLA Bony returned to the candidate. Ajnala ing" from the the "mother party will always chopper on Thursday made an Thursday, the there were no vacant At Daund station, the police Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bony along 'panthic' agenda remain the mother". emergency landing at a village Government seats," he added. rushed Markad to a hospital, after a meeting with its chief with veteran lead- and causing Referring to a December 14 in Punjab's Roop Nagar district Railway Police said. Markad requested a where he was declared dead on Sukhbir Singh Badal at their res- ers Ranjit Singh "irreparable" dam- event by rebel SAD leaders in due to a technical snag, a The incident took woman passenger to arrival, the official said. idence in Amritsar district. Brahmpura and age to the SAD. Amritsar, Bony said he felt senior police official said here. place in the early hours of move a little and allow his The victim and his family, all Badal told reporters that he Sewa Singh Sekhwan Addressing the "hurt" over the felicitation of for- The helicopter landed on a field Thursday between Pune and wife to sit as she was carrying a residents of Kalyan, were on was happy that the Ajnala fam- were expelled from the rally, Bony alleged that mer Delhi Sikh Gurdwara in Ban Majra village around Daund railway stations in toddler, he said. The woman, their way to Kurdiwadi in ily had returned to the SAD. SAD for "anti-party" activi- the dissidents Akalis could Parbandhak Committee presi- 11:30 am, he said. He said all Maharashtra, a GRP official however, allegedly started ver- Solapur district to attend a rel- Later, Bony attended a SAD rally ties in November 2018. never come together. dent Paramjit Singh Sarna, who, three crew members were safe. said. bally abusing the victim and a ative's funeral, he said. led by Badal at Rajasansi in the They later floated the SAD "They (the dissident Akalis) he said, was a Congressman. Man booked for submitting Undertrial Cultural festival ‘Arth' to kick-off from Feb 21 escapes from fake documents in court PNS n NEW DELHI According to the organisers, the festival, police custody n Over 200 scholars, writers, PNS THANE now in its second edition, will include artists and artisans from India PNS n HOSHIARPUR A man was booked for and abroad will be part of the varied activities like cultural performances, allegedly submitting fake doc- mega cultural festival 'Arth' workshops, visual art installations, live An undertrial escaped from uments to a court here in starting here in the capital on the police custody after he was Maharashtra while standing February 21, announced art and more produced before a court here guarantee for the bail of an organisers of the event. on Thursday, police said. accused, police said on The three-day festival, tout- announce the second season of of the festival, said. For music Manjit Singh alias Chappi, Thursday. An offence was reg- ed to be India's one of its kind India's largest attempt to cele- lovers, the festival will also wit- a resident of Handowal Kalan istered against Jaffar Ali Ansari verification, he said. The multi-regional fest, will be held brate all things that belong to ness performances by village, hit home guard Jawan who stood as a guarantor for Ulhasnagar police found that here at the Jawaharlal Nehru this land, Arth. renowned artistes like Gurdas Pargat Singh who was escort- Bharat Tolani, an accused in a the documents had been fab- Stadium. It aims to "rediscov- "We want to inspire people Mann, Bhai Manohar Singh, ing him at the Sessions Court sexual assault case under the ricated, following which court er, reconnect with and revisit to look inward and discover Mame Khan, Sinam Basu Complex here and fled, they Indian Penal Code and officials filed a complaint, he India through art, culture, lit- what we as Indians stand for, Singh, Qutbi Brothers and said. Manjit was produced Protection of Children from added. erature, politics, and society", and classical dancer Sonal and Madhu Kishwar. what we are forgetting, what we Shubha Mudgal, among others. before the court of Additional Sexual Offences Act, an offi- A case was registered against and celebrate the true essence Mansingh, Principal Economic According to the organisers, criticise and why and ulti- Performing at the event will Sessions Judge in a case regis- cial said. On February 1, Ansari under section 420 of "indic thought and philoso- Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal, econ- the festival, now in its second mately, how we can all move also be Bharatanatyam dancer tered against him in July last Ansari submitted documents (cheating) and other relevant phy". omist Lord Meghnad Desai, edition, will include varied forward. The second season of Narthaki Natraj, the first trans- year under the provisions of such as ration card and driving provisions of the Indian Penal Some of the prominent authors Ruskin Bond, Ashwin activities like cultural perfor- Arth in Delhi will aim to bind gender woman to receive the Narcotic Drugs and license to the Kalyan sessions Code, police PRO Sukhada names taking part in the festi- Sanghi and Hindol Sengupta mances, workshops, visual art us together by discovering our Padma Award. Psychotropic Substances Act court, which were sent to Narkar said, adding that no val are Congress leader Jairam along with social activists installations, live art and more. common ethos," Shreyasi The festival will come to a and under the Arms Act, Ulhasnagar police station for arrest has been made so far. Ramesh, Rajya Sabha member Trupti Desai, Rahul Easwar "I am extremely glad to Goenka, founder and director close on February 23. police said. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 14, 2020 nation 05
SHORT READS DRUBBING IN DELHI Missing data row: FIR Bengal BJP divided on against former NRC official strategy for 2021 state polls PNS n KOLKATA PNS n GUWAHATI live, it will be available to the public. We hope that people will After the BJP's defeat in the Hours after Assam's updated cit- be able to access it in the next Delhi Assembly elections, poll izenship data disappeared from 2-3 days," Sarma claimed. managers of its West Bengal Passenger on board the website 'nrcassam.nic.in', Reacting to the development, unit are divided whether to Bangkok-Delhi flight an FIR was filed against a for- Wipro had said: "The IT push its aggressive strategy mer NRC official for allegedly Services Contract was not on the CAA-NRC or mellow it quarantined failing to submit the password renewed by the authorities upon down and lace it with alterna- NEW DELHI: A passenger on to the sensitive document before its expiry in October, 2019. tive policies of governance. board a Bangkok-Delhi flight quitting her job. However, as a gesture of good- The BJP that recently suf- was quarantined on Thursday Talking to PTI on Thursday, will, the company continued to fered a defeat at the hands of after he was suspected of NRC state coordinator Hitesh pay the hosting service fee until the AAP, which won the polls having contracted the novel Dev Sarma said the complaint January-end, 2020." for the third consecutive time coronavirus, SpiceJet said. The against former NRC project In another FIR filed with on the plank of good gover- passenger was quarantined by officer was filed under Official state criminal investigation nance, is in two minds about the Airport Health Organisation Secrets Act in Paltan Bazar department on Wednesday, its strategy for 2021 Assembly after the plane landed at Delhi police station here, as she "did She was a contractual employee and no longer NGO Assam Public Works polls in West Bengal. In West airport, it said. "On February not provide the password to the authorised to hold the password, after quitting her job. (APW) alleged that former Bengal, the BJP had won 18 13, 2020, a passenger document, despite written An FIR was filed against the former NRC project officer NRC Assam coordinator out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats also win the Assembly polls." governance," a senior BJP travelling on SpiceJet flight SG- reminders". on Wednesday for violating the Official Secrets Act Prateek Hajela tampered with in 2019 parliamentary polls, "So we need to change our leader said on condition of 88 operating between Bangkok "She failed to surrender the the final NRC list - published while it had swept all the strategy for state elections. It is anonymity. and Delhi was suspected of password even after tendering HITESH DEV SARMA on August 31, 2019. seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. not necessary that what works Since last year, the demand Coronavirus infection," the her resignation on November 11 NRC state coordinator APW member Rajib Deka, in "But within a few months, for national elections will also for NRC to weed out infiltra- SpiceJet spokesperson said. last year. She was a contractual his complaint, accused Hajela of we see that the results are com- work for state polls. Our cam- tors and the new citizenship "He was seated on seat no. 31F employee and no longer autho- password. But as she did not not renewed by the earlier coor- disobeying orders and direc- pletely opposite in Lok Sabha paign should not only high- law have emerged as the latest and was the only passenger in rised to hold the password, respond all these months, we dinator. So, the data went offline tions of the Supreme Court, polls and Assembly polls in light implementation of CAA flashpoint in the state, with the that row. The said passenger after quitting her job. An FIR filed a complaint against her yes- from December 15 last year. I forgery of public register and Delhi. So we cannot take it for and need for NRC. It should TMC opposing them tooth was quarantined by Airport has been filed against the former terday for violating the Official assumed charge only on committed offences under cyber granted that just because we also lay similar stress on alter- and nail, and the BJP pressing Health Organisation (APHO) NRC project officer on Secrets Act. December 24," Sarma, who had laws for altering or changing won 18 seats in Bengal, we will native and better policies of for their implementation. after landing in Delhi," he Wednesday for violating the "We must know if she has gone on leave for a weeks after public records by misusing his added. Official Secrets Act," he said. tampered with the sensitive being appointed as the NRC powers and position. Sarma also stated that the information, after resigning," he state coordinator, clarified. The NGO also said that after NRC office had written to her added. He also said that the state publication of the final list, sev- DIGITISING POLICE RECORDS 3 lawyers on several occasions for submit- The NRC state coordinator, coordination committee had eral social networks and sections ting the password, but did not however, refuted allegations of discussed the issue in its meet- of the media had reported Minister seeks info on project get any response. "malafide intent" involved in the ing on January 30 and wrote to anomalies, insisting that many injured in "We knew (she had resigned) matter. Wipro during the first week of 'doubtful' persons were able to and, therefore, sent several let- "...this (cloud service pro- February. insert their names in the final awarded to Mumbai PC blast ters to her for handing over the vided by IT major Wipro) was "Once Wipro makes the data list. PNS n MUMBAI PNS n LUCKNOW A day after Mumbai Police Kashmir: Internet Commissioner Sanjay Barve At least three lawyers were ‘HUNAR HAAT' OPENS IN DELHI Thai princess acknowledged that his family- injured when a crude bomb restored after run firm had been given a pro- exploded outside the cham- brief suspension ject to digitise the city police's ber of one of them in a visits Indian records, Maharashtra Home Lucknow court compound SRINAGAR: Mobile Internet Minister Anil Deshmkh on on Thursday. services was restored in Naqvi hails initiative for infusing Military Thursday sought details of Lucknow Bar Association Kashmir on Thursday the project and called Barve Joint Secretary Sanjiv Kumar afternoon, hours after Academy for a meeting. Lodhi claimed he was the tar- authorities had suspended the newn energy in traditional crafts The minister gave this infor- get of the attack because he facility to prevent rumours PNS NEW DELHI n mation to reporters. had been complaining about about the health of separatist The Ministry of Minority Affairs is PNS DEHRADUN Sanjay Barve leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The 'Hunar Haat' initiative "I have sought details of the a few judicial officers. has been a "mega mission" for strengthening Prime Minister Narendra Princess Maha Chakri project and called Barve for a could not be known. He said about 10 people The services were snapped late Modi's 'dream project' to provide Wednesday night after some empowering master artisans Sirindhorn of Thailand visit- meeting today," he said. The project, awarded by hurled crude bombs outside social media posts claimed the and has infused new energy opportunity and market to the country's ed the Indian Military The project was awarded to the previous BJP government his chamber in which he and health of the 90-year-old into traditional crafts that were rich heritage of arts and crafts, he said Academy here on Thursday the firm, CrispQ Information in before the assembly elec- two other lawyers were Geelani deteriorated, they said. fading, Minority Affairs to strengthen engagement Technologies Pvt Ltd, owned tions in October last year, did injured. "One bomb explod- Adequate number of security Minister Mukhtar Abbas and defence cooperation by Barve's son Sumukh Barve not take off due to some tech- ed but two still lay unexplod- forces have been deployed at Naqvi said on Thursday. arts and crafts, he said. between the two countries. and wife Sharmila Barve, by nical issues. ed," he said, questioning the vulnerable places in Kashmir to Naqvi, along with Union The ministry is undertaking She was accompanied by a the Devendra Fadnavis-led On Wednesday, Barve had security on the premises. maintain law and order and ministers Piyush Goyal and a historic task of preserving 20-member delegation of government for five years. acknowledged that the firm Bomb disposal and dog prevent miscreants from Hardeep Puri, inaugurated the and promoting the magnifi- Thai diplomats and senior Earlier in the day, owned by his son and wife was squads have reached the site fomenting any trouble. 20th 'Hunar Haat', being cent heritage of the skilled peo- dignitaries. Deshmukh met Chief Minister given the project to digitise the of the blast. Geelani's family said he has has organised by the Minority ple from every corner of the The 64-year-old princess Uddhav Thackeray at city police's records, but said Last month, lawyers struck been ill for some time but his Affairs Ministry, at the India country, and providing them interacted with IMA 'Matoshree', the latter's resi- that the services were offered work in protest against the condition is stable. Gate Lawns, Rajpath. national and international Commandant Lt Gen J S dence in Bandra. However, free of cost and there was "no recent attacks on them in the The 'Hunar Haat' here is market. Negi and held a range of dis- what transpired at the meeting question" of any financial gain. state. based on the theme of 'Kaushal About three lakh master cussions on training and Rahul takes dig at Ko Kaam' and will be held till artisans, craftsmen and culi- administrative aspects of the February 23. Master artisans, nary experts have been provid- prestigious institution. BJP over cooking craftsmen and culinary ed employment opportunities Princess Sirindhorn has gas price hike experts, including more than through 'Hunar Haat' in the also been an instructor and 14 killed, 25 injured in bus accident NEW DELHI: Congress leader 50 per cent women, from Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi last about three years, Naqvi teaches history at Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took across the country are partic- said, adding that these benefi- Chulachomklao Royal a dig at the BJP over the LPG ipating at the Haat. of empowering the legacy of ciaries include a large number Military Academy (CRMA). on Agra-Lucknow expressway cylinder price hike by tweeting A 'Bawarchikhana' section the artisans. of women artisans. CRMA is the military a UPA-era picture of the saffron has also been set up with tra- The Ministry of Minority Rajya Sabha member and academy of Thailand Army PNS n FIROZABAD (UP) party's leaders protesting an ditional delicacies of several Affairs is strengthening Prime ICCR president Vinay that has graduated many of increase in prices of cooking states available for people to Minister Narendra Modi's Sahasrabuddhe, senior offi- the southeast Asian nation's Fourteen people were killed gas at the time, and demanded savour. 'dream project' to provide cials of Minority Affairs rulers, including its current and 25 injured when a bus a rollback. Cooking gas LPG Naqvi said 'Hunar Haat' has opportunity and market to Ministry and other ministries Prime Minister Prayuth rammed into a stationary truck price was hiked on Wednesday proved to be a 'mega mission' the country's rich heritage of were present on the occasion. Chan-o-cha. on the Agra-Lucknow express- by a steep Rs 144.5 per way here, officials said on cylinder due to spurt in Thursday. benchmark global rates of the The accident took place on fuel. "I agree with these TAINTED CANDIDATES Wednesday night, they said. members of the BJP as they "The toll in the bus accident protest the astronomical 150 Cong says SC order already ‘torn to shreds' by PM has gone up to 14. Besides, 25 Rs price hike in LPG cylinders," injured are undergoing treat- Gandhi tweeted along with the PNS n NEW DELHI ment in different hospitals," SP (Rural) Rajesh Kumar said the picture of BJP leaders, The Supreme Court has asked all political Senior Superintendent of accident took place around 10 pm on including Smriti Irani, With the Supreme Court parties to upload on their website details Police Sachindra Patel said. protesting rise in cooking gas directing parties to upload SP (Rural) Rajesh Kumar Wednesday in the Nagla Khanagar prices. Gandhi's tweet used the online details of pending crim- of pending criminal cases against said the accident took place police station area when the double- hashtag 'RollBackHike'. The inal cases against candidates candidates contesting polls, noting that around 10 pm on Wednesday decker bus carrying passengers from Congress on Wednesday had contesting polls, the Congress there has been an alarming increase in in the Nagla Khanagar police accused the Modi government on Thursday attacked the BJP station area when the double- Delhi to Motihari, in north Bihar, of "electrocuting" the budget of over appointing a minister in criminalisation of politics decker bus carrying passengers crashed into the stationary truck the common man by raising Karnataka who is accused in from Delhi to Motihari, in the price of LPG cylinders by mining cases, and alleged that an alarming increase in crim- leaders accused in cases," Narendra Modi north Bihar, crashed into the "When I regained con- the one who was sleeping on Rs 144 and demanded its the directive has already been inalisation of politics. Surjewala tweeted with a news SC says give reasons for giving stationary truck. sciousness, I found everything the adjoining seat," he said. immediate rollback. torn to shreds by Prime The apex court said political report on Anand Singh, tickets to tainted Netas or con- There were around 50 peo- around me lying broken. I The cleaner of the truck, Minister Narendra Modi. parties will also have to upload accused in mining and forest tempt! Modiji says make taint- ple on the bus at the time of the was on the upper floor of the who was also injured, said, "I The Supreme Court has reasons for selecting candi- crimes, being appointed the ed Netas not MLA's alone but accident, Kumar said. sleeper bus when the accident was changing the deflated tyre Police inspector held asked all political parties to dates with pending criminal new minister for forest, envi- Ministers of the ministry, which One of the passengers, who occurred. I was brought here of my truck by the side of the for raping woman, upload on their website details cases on their website. ronment and ecology in has been allegedly looted! Will was admitted to Etawah hos- (Saifai hospital in Etawah) in road when a speeding bus of pending criminal cases "Today itself, Modi ji has torn Karnataka. SC issue contempt of PM and pital, told news persons that he an ambulance later. All the pas- coming from behind dashed holding her captive against candidates contesting to shreds the orders of giving "Modi ji & BJP again come Karnataka CM?" Surjewala lost consciousness after the sengers were from Bihar. I into it. My associates, includ- DHAR: A police inspector has polls, noting that there has been reasons for giving tickets to to the rescue of 'Bellary Gang'! asked. crash. don't know what happened to ing the driver, are badly hurt." been arrested for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman and holding her captive in Gandhavani area near here, an Gift indigenous products, official said on Thursday. The PMK happy over SC line on Rajiv case accused, N K Suryavanshi (52), in-charge Inspector of promote ‘swadeshi': Goyal Gandhavani police station, PNS n NEW DELHI throughout the country that around 70 kms from district the gifts that are given on fes- convicts, asks TN govt to remind Governor headquarters, was arrested late Commerce and Industry tivals should be indigenous PNS n CHENNAI ommendation on September 9, on Wednesday night, he said. Minister Piyush Goyal on ones made by our crafts- 2018 and it was pending with "Suryavanshi held the woman Seeking the early release of all the Rajiv Thursday urged people to men," he said. Batting for the expeditious case convicts, PMK founder S Ramadoss the Governor for 522 days as captive at his house for more gift indigenous products on It will be the best tribute to release of all seven Rajiv of today (February 13), he than three days and raped her. occasions such as festivals Mahatma Gandhi on his Gandhi assassination case con- said, "The Governor should do his duty said. He was suspended on Tuesday and said promoting of 150th birth anniversary to victs, Pattali Makkal Katchi on Citing the Supreme Court after the incident came to light," as per the Constitution without 'swadeshi' goods would be a move forward with the slogan Thursday urged the ruling unnecessary delay. The Tamil Nadu saying that Governor cannot District Superintendent of fitting tribute to Mahatma of 'swadeshi', Goyal said. AIADMK government in "sit indefinitely on the file," Police Aditya Pratap Singh said. Gandhi. The minister said "despite Tamil Nadu to remind the state government should remind him to do so" Ramadoss said Purohit should An offence was registered Addressing the gathering at pressure", he restricted import Governor Banwarilal Purohit realise it. against him on Wednesday, the inauguration of the 20th of incense sticks which about the Cabinet recommen- said, "The Governor should do punishment and they had On February 11, appearing following which he was Hunar Haat here, Goyal said revived the indigenous man- dation pending with him his duty as per the been in prison for about 29 for Tamil Nadu government, arrested, he added. people should take a vow ufacture of 'agarbattis'. favouring their release. Constitution without unneces- years. advocate Balaji Srinivasan sub- Suryavanshi has been booked that they will promote Minority Affairs Minister Expressing happiness over sary delay. The Tamil Nadu "There is provision in the mitted to a Supreme court under IPC sections 343 (wrongful confinement), 376 'swadeshi' (indigenous)goods Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union the Supreme Court days ago government should remind Constitution for their release. bench of Justices L Nageswara (rape) and 506 (criminal for the next three years till minister Hardeep Puri and asking the state government to the matter was headed towards him to do so." The Cabinet, utilising it, sent Rao and Deepak Gupta that intimidation), the SP said, 2022, when India marks 75 Indian Council for Cultural approach Purohit over this, the a "happy end." The PMK leader, in a state- its recommendation," he said they have no information as to adding that investigation into years of its independence. Relations president Vinay PMK, an ally of the ruling Seeking the early release of ment here, said the seven con- adding there were reasonable what decision the governor has the case is on. "I request that everyone Sahasrabuddhe were also pre- party, said the top court's all the Rajiv case convicts, victs were not seeking their grounds for their release. taken on the mercy petitions of should spread awareness sent on the occasion. views were an indication that PMK founder S Ramadoss release without undergoing The Cabinet made the rec- the Rajiv case convicts. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 14, 2020
www.dailypioneer.com 06 facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ op nion PAPER WITH PASSION Another Pak ploy The Imran Khan Government has jailed global terrorist Hafiz Saeed yet again to wriggle out of the FATF grey list Turbulent times for Beijing his is as anodyne as it can get, Pakistan imprisoning globally proscribed terrorist Tand mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai Only history can reveal the source of coronavirus. But the crucial issue facing China today attacks Hafiz Saeed. For the nth time. That too on terror-financing charges. Clearly, Pakistan is indulging in another round of tokenism to is how the people perceive the communist regime’s response to the disaster escape severe action by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the anti-money-laundering watchdog, something which would cost it inter- national aid. With consistent lobbying, it man- aged to win over the monitoring panel recent- ly when its members expressed satisfaction over its corrective compliances and counter-terrorism efforts. The crackdown on Saeed is another demonstrable tradeoff tool, with fringe benefits. This time he CLAUDE ARPI has been charged with routing money through his charity organisations, Jamaat- ud-Dawa’ah (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat, both fronts that funded his militant group he world is going through tumul- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT). This is not the first time that Saeed, the arrowhead of tuous times. China, too, has not been spared. A dreaded virus has Pakistan’s proxy war with India, has become a scapegoat to pacify world opin- struck the Middle Kingdom and ion at our behest. As and when there has been a concerted push against glob- there’s no end in sight for the epi- al terrorism, Pakistan has kept Saeed in and out of detention on various charges Tdemic though it seems to be spreading at a slower pace outside Wuhan, its epicenter. The and even put him under house arrest, eight times since 2001, according to the epidemic has strange collaterals. In usual US House foreign affairs committee. While these made for temporary optics, he times, internet and social networks are kept has been roaming around that country at will. Not only that, Pakistan has abet- under close watch by the communist State and any “reactionary” or “anti-Government” ted the mutation of several terrorist networks, eliminating them the moment their post is deleted immediately. Ever since the names have been put under the scanner and recasting them as new outfits. The outbreak of the virus, monitoring has been charity route through socio-religious bodies is also tried and tested, with no means extended to topics that are usually out of the purview of the censor. of tracking specific use of each grant that is funnelled through several conduits Recently, netizens received a notice except those listed deliberately to deflect attention from the clandestine opera- from Douban, a popular Chinese social net- tives. Remember, Saeed was also arrested last July and no less than US President work, which said, “The news you posted has been removed as it contains radical, politi- Donald Trump — amping up Pakistan’s instrumentality in negotiating with the cal or ideological content.” It referred to the Taliban — had publicly scaled up a routine affair, saying it was possible only after lyrics of the Chinese national anthem, a 10-year search. Neither has Saeed appeared broken or in retreat. In fact, before which starts: “Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves! he was confined to his premises in 2017, he held a press conference on con- With our flesh and blood, let us build a new Great Wall! From each one, the urgent call to tinuing jihad in Kashmir, exclaiming, “This order has travelled from New Delhi to action comes forth. Arise!” certainly obtain a full victory in Bureau of the CCP Central a law professor at the Tsinghua Washington and then finally to Islamabad.” This is no different from Pakistan Prime Indeed, it is a revolutionary song … one the fight against the epidemic.” Propaganda Department, University in Beijing who has Minister Imran Khan, who has made a habit of attributing every Western admo- that is dangerous for the ruling party in the At Ditan Hospital in Beijing, announced that his depart- been under suspension, blamed present context as it evokes fears of a pop- Xi talked to medical workers of ment would send 300 reporters the communist party leaders nition of its excesses to pressure from India and its status as a significant mar- ular revolt against the way the Government three hospitals in Wuhan via to Hubei province. The for putting politics ahead of the ket. Given these precedents, the latest move is also nothing but a hogwash. has been handling the spread of the coron- video conference and praised the WeChat account of “Reporters people. He wrote a strongly- Except that the endorsement of Pakistan should worry us a bit more this time, avirus. Take the case of Dr Li Wenliang, one work done by them. He said, Station” said that the scribes, worded piece that was pub- of the first doctors who alerted the public “Wuhan is a heroic city and peo- besides providing reports on lished on overseas Chinese particularly now that US Senators are keeping a close watch on the lockdown in about the outbreak. When Dr Li sounded the ple of Hubei and Wuhan are CHINA HAS NOW the epidemic prevention and language websites. He said, Kashmir and have even written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to address it alarm in December, he was severely repri- heroic people who have never DECIDED TO control, “will present positive “The political system has col- during the Trump visit to India. With Pakistan under review at FATF, the Kashmir manded by the local authorities. And when been crushed by any difficulty stories on humanity to the lapsed under the tyranny and he passed away, the Wuhan Central Hospital and danger in history.” RETAKE THE public to strengthen the guid- a governance system [made up] issue is unwittingly being drawn into the discourse as a counterweight. Alice Wells, first denied his death, triggering deep anger Xi’s return seems to be a ance of public opinion.” of bureaucrats, which has taken the top US diplomat for South Asia, who had expressed concern over continued among the public. well-orchestrated move to regain INITIATIVE ON At the same time, authori- [the party] more than 30 years detentions and internet shutdown in Kashmir, has now lauded Pakistan “in meet- Bill Bishop, the author of the well- the initiative. The Chinese THE tarian methods have been put in to build, has floundered.” informed Sinocism newsletter, noted: “Social President was pompously place. CNN mentioned, “They Only history can reveal ing its international commitments to combat terrorist financing.” Clearly, the US media is blowing up the news that Wuhan termed as the “commander of INFORMATION (Chinese authorities) are turn- the source of the virus — needs Pakistan for the Afghan pullout and bending the Taliban. It may also be whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang has died the people’s war against the epi- BATTLEFIELD ing to a sophisticated authoritar- whether it is animal-borne or yielding ground at FATF as freezing aid to Pakistan might just aggravate the eco- …but in a morbid twist, it appears that the demic.” Before disappearing, he ian playbook honed over originated from a laboratory relevant authorities, probably after seeing the chaired a meeting with the EVEN AS IT USES decades of crackdowns on dis- working on a covert biological nomic instability in the region and have a cascading impact on politics. But at online uproar, may not be allowing him to Politburo Standing Committee. sidents and undesirables to weapons programme. The cru- the last round of FATF, India’s was the lone voice of protest against the lenient die officially yet.” The regime’s hesitation to Here, he stressed that the party THE TOUGHEST enforce quarantines and lock- cial issue today is how people view on Pakistan. Even the European Union (EU) and Japan were convinced by announce Dr Li’s death showed the dilem- should “do a good job in propa- POSSIBLE downs across the country”. The perceive the regime’s response ma the communist party is faced with. ganda education and public US channel spoke of a shift in to the disaster. This is the real our neighbour. If indeed it gets out of the grey list, it can avail international fund- During the first month after the out- opinion guidance.” PREVENTIVE the narrative “from a story of an battle in China at present. ing and the conduits to Kashmir could be red hot again, not that they had stopped break of the virus, China lost two battles. HK01, a Hong Kong-based MEASURES ON entire country pulling together Since 1978, the current dynasty completely. Besides, the Pakistani economy is not exactly stuttering, Moody’s First, it was unable to foresee the seriousness online news portal, said that THE GROUND TO in a time of crisis to a darker tale in China has managed to bring upgrading its status from negative to stable, its Arab benefactors investing and of the epidemic (on the contrary, for a such guidance must include of bad actors undermining some wealth and well-being to month, it tried to hide the truth from the “promoting in-depth publicity MANAGE THE efforts to keep people safe and the masses but in the process, even Russia keen to put money in north-south gas pipelines. Global penalties public). Second, it lost control over the infor- about the major decisions of the spreading the virus through the Chinese people have lost won’t impact Pakistan’s proxy war with India; the Government-military configu- mation warfare, which was then led by the Central Committee of the FALLOUT OF THE their own irresponsibility.” their freedom to think freely. In ration will always keep that on the boil, prioritising it as a strategic interest. Even citizens. China has now decided to retake the Communist Party of China, EPIDEMIC. THIS The “Li Wenliang effect” every corner of the Kingdom, initiative on the information battlefield substantially reporting the effec- had to be rectified by massive they are recognised by cameras, while staying on the FATF watch, there has been no cessation of terrorist infiltra- even as it uses the toughest possible preven- tiveness of the joint (epidemic) AT THE RISK OF propaganda. The Globe, the which record the most intimate tion into Kashmir. A listing won’t change that ground reality. At the same time, tive measures on the ground to manage the prevention and control measures FACING AN Canadian media group, details of their life. They have India has to ensure that there is no change in the international opinion of “Kashmir fallout of the coronavirus. This, at the risk in different regions and differ- observed: “Stung by public no choice but to follow the of facing an economic slowdown. ent departments, vividly telling ECONOMIC criticism as the Wuhan virus words of the party. With the is a bilateral issue” argument, the pin-pricking offers of mediation by Trump notwith- On February 10, Xi Jinping, General touching stories about China’s SLOWDOWN outbreak continues to claim novel coronavirus still spread- standing. The Government needs to demonstrate some optics, too, in assuag- Secretary of the communist party, reap- fight against the epidemic and lives, Chinese authorities have ing wildly, the system has start- ing criticism both in the US and EU, both of which are being pushed uncomfort- peared (with a mask) on the stage after sev- demonstrating the Chinese peo- reinvigorated the state hero- ed showing its limits. More eral days of absence and spoke of “resolute- ple’s spirit and the great power making machine, with official propaganda cannot undo the ably on human rights in Kashmir. Our hardening stance would mean that the world ly winning the people’s war against pneumo- of unity and togetherness in media promoting stories of much-needed political reforms will relax its posturing towards our neighbour. nia epidemic.” According to Xinhua, Xi fighting the epidemic.” sacrifice, dedication and love in in China. asserted that the situation remained very seri- As a result, Zhang Xiaoguo, arduous times.” (The writer is an expert on Will Cong learn now? ous but expressed confidence that “China will Director of the Information Meanwhile, Xu Zhangrun, India-China relations) The infighting has spilled out in the public space, S O U N D BITE plunging the party to new lows Today, the geopolitical I enjoy being on social media Hafiz Saeed’s sentencing is an If Gandhiji was willing to recruit he Congress wouldn’t have been the way situation in the world and in and interacting with my fans important step forward for Indian soldiers for the British the Indo-Pacific demands but Internet makes people Pakistan in meeting its interna- army for World War I, why did it is without its egoistic sabre-rattling and greater vigilance. The Navy feel isolated. We have tional commitments to combat he have an objection to Bhagat dirty infighting. But the knives-out civil war has adopted mission-based stopped valuing human terror financing and holding Singh doing the same? T relationships and contact. deployments in the IOR. LeT accountable for its crimes. and the unabashed blood-letting in the party, Principal economic post its unprecedented debacle in the Delhi President Actor US official adviser to the Govt Assembly elections, have got to be a new low, —Ram Nath Kovind —Ananya Panday —Alice G Wells —Sanjeev Sanyal even by its own standards. Senior leader Jairam Ramesh summed it up the best when he can- didly admitted that Congress leaders had for- L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR gotten they were out of power for six years but Confused Prime Minister more on bread and butter issues were still behaving as arrogantly as Ministers. Delhi election results offer hope for democracy than divide society. More than any- Another articulate leader and now tainted ex- thing else, it was AAP’s focussed Finance Minister P Chidambaram publicly passed off the challenge to counter Sir — Prime Minister Narendra his refers to the editorial, “AAP ki Dilli” (February campaign that rested solely on wel- Modi often gives the impression 12). Analysts feel that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fare and good governance that the BJP to State parties. He was promptly pulled up for relinquishing the party’s that he is not comfortable has created history. That its victory came against clicked. But its success in Delhi does own responsibility in defeat by the daughter of the dyed-in-the-wool Congressman acknowledging the contribu- Tall odds makes it noteworthy. The Bharatiya Janata Party not mean that the same model can Pranab Mukherjee, Sharmistha Mukherjee. The worst was the public denuncia- tions of the country’s first Prime (BJP) carried out the most incendiary and divisive cam- be replicated in other States as well. Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, paign ever in India. It shovelled up big money, AAP is a Delhi-centered regional tion of Sheila Dikshit, who transformed Delhi during a 15-year reign as Chief Minister towards the development of the deployed weighty leaders and even employed its well- party and must not fritter away and gave a creditable legacy to the party, and attributing the present factionalism country. It was thus a pleasant groomed foot soldiers. This, to extract defeat of the rul- people’s trust and risk losing grip. to her. Such name-calling is not just churlish, it is morally wrong. Not even the surprise to hear that Modi men- ing AAP and form a Government in the capital. Sharadchandran S tioned Nehru as many as 23 Spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Delhi smallest outfit would make its internal battles public for the sake of propriety. But times in just one part of his Home Minister Amit Shah, the saffron party tried to then all of the Congress’ Central leaders seem to have had a mental derange- speech in Parliament. divide society and denigrate its opponents to clinch a New kind of politics ment in the face of their self-created adversities. And suffering waves of frustra- Interestingly, this was not majority to rule Delhi. It even played on the nerves of the first time that Prime the people saying, “They (Shaheen Bagh protesters) will if other States like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which are tion since 2014, have lost the script. They are also delusional, thinking their words Minister Modi praised Nehru. enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters, kill caste-ridden and infected with the “novel corona” of Sir — This refers to the editorial, still matter at a time that they have become a fringe third or fourth player in cer- Last year, too, in the Lok Sabha, them.” It went to the extent of terming the protesters religious polarisation, as also West Bengal, which is “Rise of new plebs” (February 13) tain States. Make no mistake, the Congress revival in States has been possible he had referred to Nehru as a “rapists and murderers.” Muslims, who had been on impulsive and aggressive, will respond in the same man- by Anish VR and Mohit Kumar. mahapurush (great man) to seek The AAP’s resounding win in because of the strength of the local leadership, like in Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya protest at Shaheen Bagh, got the epithets of “anti-nation- ner. Undoubtedly, the BJP will take recourse to unbri- the Opposition’s help to build als” and “terrorists” and those from the majority com- dled religious polarisation to register success in these Delhi has proved that votes can- Pradesh, and some default settings. But durbar leaders are too blinded by pow- “New India.” In the same vein, munity, who were critical of the Hindutva outfits, the States. As Rabindranath Tagore put it in his prose-poem, not be won on the basis of nation- erlessness to recognise their assets. Even the leadership of the Gandhis can’t once again, the Prime Minister tag of “anti-Hindu.” However, AAP had already won the Gitanjali, “What emptiness do you gaze upon! Do you alism and religious talks; voters had to fall back on Nehru to jus- want solidarity and development save the party because a new India is averse to the politics of entitlement. The hearts of Delhiites, quietly transforming itself into a not feel a thrill passing through the air with the notes tify his Government’s decision modern outfit that talked sense. And the BJP remained of the far-away song floating from the other shore?” through proper administration. Congress may espouse the power of democracy but is yet to apply it to itself. on the Citizenship a political party still struggling to free itself from obscu- Hope is the elixir of democracy. The saffron party has failed to The Delhi rout was but expected with even the common man on the street (Amendment) Act. rantist moorings. Haridasan Rajan realise that people are fed up with Yet, people cannot help but It’s perhaps too early at this juncture to suggest Kozhikode issues like economic slowdown, wondering if it should bow out of the race respectfully than play vote-cutter. The wonder why Modi mentions unemployment and corruption. It only assets the party has are its pan-India footprint and historical recall. It can Pakistan and Nehru to justify his decisions are going to impact the Learn from success writers are right to point out that must course-correct. still reinvent itself, begin with organisational elections and choose the strongest party’s misdeeds. He has noth- country as it is in the present, the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) suc- Sumit ing to say about his not the way it was seven decades cess in Delhi has laid the ground Via email as its president. It needs to overturn the dynastic hold with a battery of young Government’s achievements. ago. Sir — This refers to the article, “Rise for a new political discourse in the leaders who can be tasked to lead each State as equals. It needs to follow result- Instead, he shrewdly ignores Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee of new plebs” (February 13) by country. Its success must start a new Send your feedback to: oriented formula. Or else it will not find anybody to write its epitaph. the fact that his Government’s Faridabad Anish VR and Mohit Kumar. The trend where political parties focus [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 14, 2020
www.dailypioneer.com 07 FIRSTCOLUMN analysis Address key POINTCOUNTERPOINT LEARNT FROM THE BOOK THAT NEHRU DID NOT THAT’S FAKE NEWS. NEHRU’S LETTER TO PATEL issues WANT PATEL IN THE CABINET IN 1947 AND OMITTED DATED JULY 19, 1947, SHOWS HOW PATEL WAS A HIM FROM THE INITIAL CABINET LIST. CLOSE CONFIDANTE IN CABINET FORMATION. For Ayushman Bharat to be a success, hospitals —EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER —SENIOR CONGRESS LEADER must start delivering services at Govt-approved rates, but a lot needs to be done S JAISHANKAR JAIRAM RAMESH A tightrope walk SHANKAR NARANG The rising tension between the US and Iran is a litmus test of India’s new policy he public healthcare systems in the country have shouldered the burden of providing affordable and accessible services to of multi-alignment within the region Tscores of Indians for long. However, the sheer expanse of the area and the number of people make it difficult for the Government to reach all those who need help. This is where private healthcare systems have emerged as a reliable partner over the last three decades. And now, with the advent of Ayushman Bharat, health- care in the country has got a much-needed shot in the arm. Armed with a state-funded insurance scheme, the underprivileged were brought at par with their privileged compatriots. However, private participation in this ambitious healthcare scheme is stymied by sev- eral issues and the allocation of `69,000 crore for the healthcare sector in this year’s Union Budget is only half of the `1.12 lakh SAPNA crore demanded by the Ministry. Having said that, the Government’s SINGH proposal to expand the reach of the Ayushman Bharat scheme in he end of 2020 will be intensely awaited by more Tier-2 and Tier- 3 cities with no empanelled hospitals brings the world as it seeks an answer to the burn- some good news. The allocation for Ayushman Bharat for the Ting question, will Donald Trump, who just Financial Year (FY) 2020-21 is expected to be `6,429 crore and triumphed in the impeachment proceedings, as per the NITI Aayog’s recommendation, the Government has remain the President of the United States after aggressively promoted the idea of public-private partnership (PPP) the November elections? Significantly, Iran is also for deeper penetration of the scheme. going to witness its parliamentary elections on Anyone, who has ventured or tried to venture into that covet- February 21. ed and yet uncharted territory of Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, will know According to strategic thinkers, with the what it entails. A PPP model helps address many of the challenges high-profile killing of Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, the Trump presidency intend- faced by private healthcare providers, who want to set up new facil- ed its Iran policy to be entirely different from that ities — land acquisition, finance and permits are some of the chal- of his predecessors. The attack has ignited a lenges. With Government support, many of these issues can be debate whether or not it was worth the risk to eased out. However, making the operation part a win-win lies in kill Soleimani, who incidentally, was the face of managing finances and the optimum use of resources — the cost armed resistance against the Islamic State (IS) in per bed of setting up a private hospital in a metropolitan city can Iraq and Syria along with the US, Russia, be as much as a mind-boggling `1.30 crore. Turkey and its European allies. It takes more than 50 licences and approvals to open a hos- Previous US administrations also had the opportunity to take out Soleimani but chose not NEW DELHI IS pital in India and all of these are a time-consuming process. For UNDERSTANDABLY example, an approval for a building plan and an approval from the to, mostly because of concerns that it would lead to a series of dangerous escalations on both sides. WORRIED pollution control board takes several weeks. The single-window However, it is clear from the economic sanctions ABOUT HOW approval system proposed by successive Governments is still pend- imposed against Iran that Trump has adopted a GULF TENSIONS ing. There is also no clarity on how the land — one of the biggest different approach and has used his famed “max- WILL IMPACT assets of any business and a major cause of their concern in recent imum pressure” strategy. INDIA. times — will be sourced and who will be primarily responsible for Although, anti-Americanism in Iran has THIS IS BECAUSE electoral gains. Security experts caution rant and arrogant” and slammed the on the US and give its allies sleepless that. always remained a challenge for US foreign pol- INDIA HAS that this incident will have a long-term country for the assassination of the war nights by shutting the strait or obstruct- Together with finding good doctors and nurses, providing nec- icy, Trump’s decision to take out Iran’s most pop- STRATEGIC impact and may endanger US’ securi- hero. He also asked India for an aggres- ing the oil tankers passing through it, essary equipment and technicians to handle them, as well as train- ular military leader has pitched to a new high the ty interests in West Asia. As per a lat- sive backdoor diplomacy to safeguard which will ultimately disrupt supply and anti-American wave on Irans streets. The much- INTERESTS est development, a Democratic-led US its national interests in the region. push up shipping costs and consequent- ing and retaining all such people, hospital operation and manage- IN THE REGION ment is a far more Herculean task than it appears to be. It’s not loved General’s assassination will most likely be House of Representatives committee While promising that his country ly energy prices. used by the Iranian regime to fan anti-American IN THE FORM OF had reached an agreement with was not looking for a war with the India has an exceptional advantage only limited to the infrastructure of the hospital but also all other sentiments that are running high in the coun- THE CHAHABAR Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to tes- mighty US, the Iranian Ambassador here, being a nation with a multi-align- supporting amenities like good education institutes for the children try. And this will have long-term consequences, PORT AND tify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq pushed India for a greater role in the ment approach in the Gulf region. As of people coming to work in these institutions, in the same town. which the US may or may not be prepared for. THE NEARLY 10 policy, after threatening a subpoena efforts to de-escalate rising tensions in it shares close relations with Iran and The financial and reputational risks are too real to ignore. The Elections have long been used by the Iranian MILLION INDIANS over previous refusals to appear. This the Persian Gulf region. Allaying fears the US alike, New Delhi can act as a problem of scaling up, the lack of adequate and trained workforce, leadership under the Supreme Leader Ayatollah WORKING IN THE will be in public domain soon. about the effects of the crisis on trade, mediator between the two nations. the insufficient road and transport options — all of them together Khamenei’s watch as tools to create an illusion GULF WHO SEND The ongoing tension between the Chegeni also assured India that Given its security and economic make Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities a lucrative but tough call. It is com- of public support and democratic legitimacy. And HOME OVER US and Iran has shaken the world as Chabahar Port was fine and operative interests in the region, New Delhi has mendable that the Government has noted this and proposed via- this time around, the regime is more desperate anything that happens in the Gulf as it was a symbol of the friendship cultivated a strong friendship with than ever to show its detractors at home and $40 BILLION region will have a severe impact on the between India, Iran, Afghanistan, the most countries in West Asia like Israel, bility gap funding, a very popular concept in the infrastructure sec- AS REMITTANCE tor wherein the Government provides support to infrastructure pro- abroad that it represents the will of the Iranian oil-based economy of the world and Commonwealth of Independent States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Oman. This people because over the last four decades, the gap more specifically Asian countries. Europe and the whole Persian Gulf. affords it an opportunity to initiate a jects that are justified economically but fall short of achieving finan- between the people and the regime has gradu- However, security experts have sig- Significantly, keeping in mind the dialogue in times of strife, with greater cial viability. ally widened. nalled, based on Trump’s recent state- strategic importance of developing the chances of success. While the plan is to utilise the proceeds from taxes on med- With every passing day, more and more ment “calling on NATO partners to play regional maritime traffic to Afghanistan However, this recent episode of ris- ical devices to this end, the question is, as the widely-used med- Iranians are coming to the conclusion that the a bigger role in the Middle East region” and Central Asia, the US gave a writ- ing tensions between the US and Iran ical devices and equipment are covered by National Pharmaceutical regime does not represent them and cannot be that he is willing to de-escalate tensions. ten assurance to India that it would help is a litmus test of India’s new policy of Pricing Authority regulations, thereby limiting the source of tax and reformed and Iranians want and deserve a lead- On its part Iran, too, is not keen to facilitate the funding for the purchase multi-alignment within the region. fund, how will the fund create a corpus to help the private part- ership that respects their wishes and protects their ratchet up the issue as it has shown its of equipment worth $85 million for the The unfolding events in West Asia ners? Besides, whether the support will be one-time or funds will interests. Until Iran’s leaders understand this fact willingness to submit to the Chabahar Port. are being keenly watched by Russia and be released from time to time is not yet clear. A one-time support and hold free and fair elections, the gap between International Atomic Energy Agency Also, tension in the region may China because both have strong inter- may be good to boost the physical infrastructure of setting up the the people and their rulers will continue to widen, inspections and is not walking out of cause a threat to the traffic that goes est in the region. While Moscow sees the protests will continue and the real voter the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. through the tiny Strait of Hormuz, itself as an emerging dominant power hospital but sustaining quality healthcare delivery may need more turnout will remain low. So, the regime will use Notwithstanding these signals from which though just 21 miles across at its with West Asia being a major part of than that. this attack by Trump as a means to cover its ruth- the two countries, New Delhi is under- widest point, has major strategic and its plan, China is equally concerned as Therefore, it brings us to an even bigger concern — opera- lessness and shortcomings and fan anti-US sen- standably worried about how Gulf geopolitical relevance because it is sit- 50 per cent of its oil imports come from tional viability, that helps sustain a hospital in the longer run. While timents to make itself relevant as elections loom tensions will impact India. This is uated between Iran and Oman. It is a the region. However, its biggest worry Viability Gap Funding and other aids from the Government can help large. because India has strategic interests in financially crucial checkpoint because is its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative build the infrastructure, its purview is limited till the time the hos- Interestingly, on the other side, in the US, the region in the form of the Chahabar it is the world’s busiest shipping lane (BRI) as Iraq has major geo-strategic pital becomes operational and starts delivering its services to the where conspiracy theories abound accusing Port and the nearly 10 million Indians and there are limited alternatives to importance because of its location. people at the Government-approved rates. past Presidents of purposely creating foreign pol- working in the Gulf, who send home bypass it. There is speculation that Moscow However, private partners have found the rates proposed for icy crises during an election year with an aim to over $40 billion as remittance. According to a report of the US is silently backing Iran as it has intel- surgeries and other medical procedures unviable and no common divert public opinion from pressing and In January, while speaking at the Energy Information Administration ligence-sharing arrangements with it. ground has been achieved so far. If we want Ayushman Bharat to unsavoury domestic issues, the killing of General fifth edition of the Raisina Dialogue in (EIA), 21 million barrels of crude and This, more than anything else, should Soleimani is nothing new. New Delhi, Iran’s Foreign Minister refined oil pass through the strait, give the US cause for worry. achieve its full potential, it is time to take this bull by its horn. However, this time Trump may have taken Mohammad Javad Zarif set tempera- which is about one-third of world’s sea- (The writer is a Principal (The writer is COO of a chain of hospitals) things too far in search of short-term domestic tures rising as he called the US “igno- traded oil. Thus, Iran can take revenge Correspondent of The Pioneer) Revitalise farmers’ cooperatives to grow incomes Associations can grow as viable, member-controlled, self-sustaining businesses if they constantly work on reshaping the interaction of their members with themselves
them to make their scanty land yield whose members pool their expertise transport and sell their produce. information and markets. One of its food. The success of a collective tion. a decent income. A tenth of our and part of their savings, helps the Collectivising significantly reduces important roles is linking them to reli- hinges on many actors: The technical While FPOs remain the most farmers are landless. They are forced members achieve more together than transportation costs, saves farmers able and affordable sources of financ- support it receives, its institutional trusted allies for farmers, they need to to contend with a cycle of low invest- they can alone and becomes self-prop- from having to travel to the market and ing to meet their working capital, infra- base, composition, land access and be revitalised by infusing modern ment, poor productivity, low value- agating in the course of time. It con- consolidates their selling power. structure, development and other cropping patterns of members and design features without diluting their addition, weak market orientation fers greater bargaining power, better Moreover, the whole value chain needs. The collective works to reori- adaptation of the model to the local traditional ethos and philosophy. In the and depressed margins. market and price discovery, access to needs to have a business approach in ent the development and funding context. The elite farmers are signifi- light of our learning, we need to revis- The last few decades have wit- credit and insurance and sharing of order to make it viable. ecosystem to make it more responsive cantly more likely to participate than it the model and harness the basics; MOIN QAZI nessed shrinking of employment in assets and costs. The FPOs are owned Agricultural business companies, and relevant to the needs of small pro- the less privileged. Moreover, the bet- tweak designs of traditional structures rural India. Rural-to-urban migration and governed by shareholder farmers private sector financial institutions, pri- ducers. It also works towards strength- ter-off often become administrative instead of reinventing the wheel. mall farmers are the key to end- is an inevitable socio-economic real- and administered by professional mary producer organisations and ening an enabling environment by members and use services substantial- Experience tells us that continuous ing poverty and hunger and pro- ity, especially for those unable to gen- managers. They adopt all the good other stakeholders need to collaborate influencing and orienting policies in ly more to them than to rank-and-file training, capacity-building and mem- Smoting sustainable development. erate a meaningful livelihood from principles of cooperatives and the effi- to structure such functional full value this direction. members. The collectives, therefore, ber-awareness programmes can rein- But they are among the most under- rural resources. Rural areas typically cient business practices of companies chains to make greater benefits accrue The extension services include positively affect household welfare for force the design features and help served population and are highly sus- face several developmental impedi- and seek to address the inadequacies to individual members. It is a sustain- lengthening farmer capacity through elite members but impact is lower for solidify the relationship between mem- ceptible to food and nutrition insecu- ments: Small land holdings, low sav- of the cooperative structure. The best able, market-based approach to sys- agricultural best practices for enhanced rank-and-file members. It is, thus, nec- bers, field staff, professional managers, rity. They often lack basic tools and ings and capital formation, limited way for these organisations to lever- tematically and incrementally address productivity, agronomic advice, foster- essary to strengthen democratic financial institutions and directors and new technologies and don’t have net- market access, low levels of human age their collective strength is through the barriers that prevent individuals ing connections to local farm financial processes in these institutions. build a strong bond that can equip the works to access them, the financial ser- development and a young population a full value chain from the farm to the from accessing necessary services. services, training on methods of appli- Evelyn Huang, a celebrated design collectives with the will to fight adver- vices to afford them, or the markets to alienated from farming and other rural fork. The underlying principle that the Small producers need to reach the scale cation of bio-fertilisers and pesti- thinking trainer in American financial sities and exploit opportunities. profit from investments in them. occupations. They need solutions tai- value chain follows is similar to that necessary for sourcing inputs and ser- cides, modern harvesting techniques, sector, who believed in “reimagining FPCs can grow as viable, member- They are plagued by low productivi- lored to their needs and problems. of the full stack approach. This vices. Apart from the collective appropriate integrated pest manage- the way 60 million people interact with controlled, self-sustaining farmer busi- ty and lack access to quality farm One of the ways to mitigate rural approach makes the sponsor, catalyst strength that group synergy generates, ment, integrated nutrient management their money”, implicitly suggested nesses if they constantly work on inputs such as good seeds and fertilis- distress and promote a farm revolution or promoter responsible for every part the support structures help in build- and access to optimal environmental that the design of cooperative enter- reshaping the interaction of their ers, training and capital and technol- is to design a livelihood and develop- of the experience. In the context of ing the capacities of producers to deal practices and regionally-appropriate prises should be about constantly members with themselves. A self-reg- ogy and knowledge that can make ment strategy that entails collectivis- agriculture, the full stack approach with input suppliers, buyers, bankers, crops for planting. The key benefit is reimagining how thousands of poten- ulatory body designed to protect the their enterprises commercially viable. ing and strengthening primary pro- includes helping farmers identify what technical service providers, develop- the marketing support that links pro- tial members interact with their coop- interest of FPOs and farmer members Fragmentation of land holdings ducers among small farmers through to grow and how to grow it, what tech- ment promoting agencies and the ducers to mainstream markets through erative so that the process imparts can serve a useful purpose. We don’t has left growers with shrinking farms Food Producer Organisations (FPOs) nology to use and when and where to Government (for their entitlements), aggregation of subsistence-level pro- strength and vitality to the latter. It have to throw the baby out with the that are too small to be remunerative. and integrating them into an inclusive sell at what price. The farm-to-market among others. The sponsor of the duce into economic lots that can sig- found that the failure of cooperatives bathwater. They have poor access to credit and value chain to provide end-to-end sup- initiative encourages smallholder farm- value chain provides a gateway for pri- nificantly raise the share that peasants is often rooted in the inability of their (The writer is a well-known irrigation, which makes it difficult for port. This mutual aid organisation, ers to use technology to collectively mary producers to access resources, get of the money people pay for their promoters to understand this interac- development expert) VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 14, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE Centre focusing on key Facebook may have 275 mn duplicate accounts globally sectors to boost exports PNS n HYDERABAD Facebook has approximately PNS n NEW DELHI gems and jewellery, leather 275 million duplicate accounts products and chemicals. out of its 2.50 billion monthly Accounting Commerce and Industry During April-December active users as on December 31, Standards Board Minister Piyush Goyal on 2019-20, exports were down 2019, the social networking site Thursday said they are focus- 1.96 per cent at USD 239.29 said in its latest annual report. on the anvil ing on 12-13 sectors such as billion while imports contract- "As of december31, 2019, we NEW DELHI: Chartered textiles where India has a ed by 8.9 per cent to USD had2. 50 billionMAUs (month- accountants' apex body ICAI competitive edge to boost 357.39 billion. ly active users), an increase of8 will set up a Sustainability exports. When asked why India is per cent from December31, Accounting Standards Board He said that exports grow entering into the phase of pro- 2018. Users in India, Indonesia to help companies in when there is both comparative tectionism, the commerce and the Philippines represent- achieving sustainable and competitive edge on differ- minister said protection is nec- ed key sources of growth development goals. ICAI ent sectors. essary where the country has in2019, relative to the same President Atul Kumar Gupta "We are now focusing our domestic capacity. period in2018... Duplicate and false accounts on Thursday said the board energies on about 12 or 13 sec- He said that such practices "In the fourth quarter of In the fourth are very difficult to measure at would be launched on Friday tors, where we believe India has also become evident when 2019, we estimated that dupli- quarter of 2019, the scale and it is possible that and discussions would be held a competitive edge, to be able there is an unfair competition cate accounts may have repre- the actual number of duplicate with stakeholders to take the to export more," Goyal said. or high domestic cost of pro- sented approximately 11 per we estimated that and false accounts may vary idea forward. With the Citing an example of man- duction. cent of our worldwide MAUs. duplicate accounts significantly from the esti- proposed standards, there made textiles, he said the gov- "Also we are conscious that We believe the percentage of may have mates, it further said. would be disclosure ernment is putting attention as We are now focusing our energies on about 12 or 13 some countries give subsidies duplicate accounts is meaning- The networking site said in requirements for companies in over the years, India has always sectors, where we believe India has a competitive both open and opaque, due to fully higher in developing mar- represented the fourth quarter of 2019, it is terms of "sustainability part" or focused on cotton textiles, which import sometimes kets such as the Philippines and approximately 11 estimated that false accounts sustainable development goals edge, to be able to export more whereas the world has moved become very attractive and Vietnam, as compared to more per cent of our may have represented approx- of the United Nations. Gupta, on to man-made textiles. — PIYUSH GOYAL, Commerce and Industry Minister therefore certain degree of developed markets," it said. imately 5 per cent of its world- who took over as the "We have now brought our protection is required for our According to Facebook, a worldwide MAUs wide MAUs. President on Wednesday, also attention to see how we can to USD 100 billion in the next rates. domestic industry," he said duplicate account is one that a Worldwide DAUs (Daily said efforts are continuing to have an orderly growth of 10 years from the current level India's exports dropped by here at the Times Network user maintains in addition to determine are intended to be Active Users) increased9 per strengthen the institute's man-made textiles industry," of about USD 37 billion. 1.8 per cent to USD 27.36 bil- Summit. his or her principal account. used for purposes that violate centto1.66 billionon average disciplinary mechanism, he said. "So, we are working in a very lion in December 2019, the The government has raised While "false" accounts have FB's terms of service, such as duringDecember 2019from1. including faster disposal of Goyal said he has told the focused manner," he said, fifth straight month of contrac- import duties on several prod- been divided into two cate- spamming. 52 billionduringDecember 2018. disciplinary cases. textiles sector people that it has adding services sector exports tion, on account of a significant ucts in the Budget and has also goriesuser-misclassified "The estimates of duplicate Users in India, Indonesia the potential to increase exports are recording healthy growth fall in shipments of plastic, imposed import restrictions. accounts, where users have and false accounts are based on and the Philippines represent- created personal profiles for a an internal review of a limited ed key sources of growth in business, organisation, or non- sample of accounts, and we DAUs duringDecember 2019, human entity such as a pet and apply significant judgment in relative to the same period Airbus reports violating accounts,which rep- making this determination," it in2018. Nestaway acquires ApnaComplex 2019 net loss of resent user profiles that the site explained. PNS n BENGALURU 1.36 bn euros ApnaComplex is a 10-year old India International Ashoka Buildcon Managed home rental net- PNS n PARIS work Nestaway Technologies company that manages over 20,000 Knit fair to begin in emerges as lower on Thursday announced the societies spread across 80-plus (AFP) Airbus on Thursday Allahabad Bank cuts Tirupur on Feb 17 bidder for highway acquisition of ApnaComplex, cities with a bulk of homes in major reported a net loss of 1.36 bil- an apartment management lion euros in 2019 after being PNS n COIMBATORE project in Karnataka and security solution provider. cities including, Bangalore, NCR, hit by a 3.6-billion-euro fine MCLRn by 5 bps across NEW DELHI: Ashoka Buildcon This acquisition supports Mumbai, Pune, and Hyderabad. over a bribery scandal and PNS NEW DELHI The 47th edition of the India on Thursday said it has NestAway and ApnaComplexs extra development costs for International Knit Fair would emerged as the lower bidder shared vision to bring more the A400M transport aircraft. Allahabad Bank has cut the begin at Tirupur, the knitwear for a highway project worth convenience to the owners that NestAway has been deliv- The firm said operating marginal cost of funds based capital of India, from Rs 1,035.5 crore in Karnataka. and residents of gated commu- ering in its network," profits rose to 6.9 billion lending rate (MCLR) by 0.05 three and six-month tenor February 17. The project entails four laning nities in India, the company Nestaway Technologies Co- euros (USD 7.5 billion), percentage points across MCLRs have been cut by 5 bps The three-day fair would of a section of NH-206 in the said in a release. Founder, and CEO adding that it expected to tenors, effective February 14. each in the range of 7.75-8.10 be an ideal platform to devel- state. Ashoka Buildcon had Claiming that NestAway has Amarendra Sahu said. deliver about 880 commercial The Asset Liability per cent. There has been no op business prospects and submitted its bid to National transformed the process of Nestaway began its opera- planes in 2020 against 863 in Management Committee of change in one-month MCLR pursue new trends as it Highways Authority of India renting houses using its inno- tions in January, 2015. It has 2019. the bank has reviewed the of 7.85 per cent. unfolds choices galore in for the project to be built on vative business models, while been backed by some of the "We achieved a great deal in existing MCLR and decided The revised rates will be men's and women's wear, hybrid annuity mode under ApnaComplex's efforts have marquee investors such as 2019. We delivered a strong for a downward revision by 5 effective from February 14, kids' wear, sports wear, shirts, Bharatmala Pariyojana, it said been focused on making life Tiger Global, Chiratae, underlying financial perfor- basis points (bps) across dif- 2020, Allahabad Bank said. shorts, Bermudas, tracksuits in a BSE filing. "The company convenient for the residents, Goldman Sachs, Ratan Tata mance driven mainly by our ferent MCLR tenors, the bank Several other banks, includ- and skirts and lingeries. emerged as the lowest bidder homeowners and their associ- and Yuri Milner. commercial aircraft deliveries," said in a regulatory filing. ing State Bank of India, have India Knit Fair Association, at the financial bid opening ations in gated communities, it residents of these societies to It currently manages said Airbus Chief Executive The benchmark one-year revised their MCLR following the organiser, is expecting meeting held on February 13," said the synergies of the com- not only an easy, seamless and 150,000 units across 15 cities. Officer Guillaume Faury. tenor MCLR will now be 8.25 RBI's policy rate announce- buyers from Japan, Australia, Ashoka Buildcon said. The bination will accelerate the trustworthy way to rent their ApnaComplex is a 10-year "The reported earnings per cent as compared to the ment on February 6. Singapore, the UK, USA, quoted bid project cost for the growth of both companies by apartments to families but old company that manages also reflect the final agree- existing 8.30 per cent. Even though the regulator Canada, South Africa and project is Rs 1,035.50 crore, it enabling offerings with much also get better offers in a over 20,000 societies spread ments with the authorities Most of the consumer loans, kept the repo rate unchange at the UAE and the response added. The company's stock better value for the target cus- range of high-value home across 80-plus cities with a bulk resolving the compliance such as retail, automobile and 5.15 per cent, banks were from overseas buyers and was trading at Rs 103.05, tomers. services including painting, of homes in major cities includ- investigations and a charge personal, are based on one- given other relief in the form buying agents to visit the fair down 2.78 per cent, on the "Our association with pest control or deep cleaning ing, Bangalore, NCR, Mumbai, related to revised export year MCLR. of cash reserve ratio (CRR) was encouraging, a press BSE. ApnaComplex will enable the at fraction of the market rate Pune, and Hyderabad. assumptions for the A400M." Likewise, the overnight, relaxation for loans to MSMEs. release said on Thursday. Govt mulls restrictions PE investment in real estate up 3 pc on import of TV sets at Rs 43,704 cr during 2019: Report PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI The government is mulling Retail segment imposing import restrictions on Private equity (PE) investment attracted Rs 5,500 television sets with an aim to in the real estate sector rose 3 cut inbound shipments of non- per cent to Rs 43,704 crore dur- crore last year as essential items, sources said. ing the last calendar year on against Rs 1,990 Both the Ministry of increased interest of foreign crore in 2018. Electronics and Information investors in commercial prop- Technology (MeitY) and the Malaysia (USD 109 million), erties, property consultant Warehousing commerce ministry are dis- Hong Kong (USD 10.52 mil- Cushman & Wakefield said on witnessed Rs 3,810 cussing a proposal in this lion, Korea, Indonesia, Thursday. crore worth regard, they said. Thailand, and Germany. According to the data, PE investment in 2019 Putting an item under The government is also like- investment in office segment restricted category of imports ly to impose restrictions on declined to Rs 21,890 crore in as compared with New technology to means that the importer of imports of furniture with a 2019, from Rs 23,930 crore in Rs 2,870 crore in that commodity would have to view to boost domestic man- 2018, while housing segment 3,810 crore worth investment Jain further added that "with the previous year seek a licence from the com- ufacturing and reduce saw 22 per cent fall in PE in 2019 as compared with Rs strong demand in the commer- merce ministry's directorate inbound shipments of non- inflows to Rs 7,457 crore dur- 2,870 crore in the previous cial segment, investor interest charge e-vehicles while general of foreign trade essential items. ing the period under review, year. has remained robust in this (DGFT) for the imports. The government has earli- from Rs 9,600 crore a year ago. "With volumes touching Rs asset class, for core and build- office and warehousing/logis- Imports of TV stood at er his month imposed similar However, PE investment in 43,700 crore in 2019, in com- to-core opportunities, despite tics platforms. on move on trial in UAE about USD one billion during restrictions on imports of retail and warehousing seg- parison to Rs 42,440 crore in the tepidness in the residential "In addition, strategic invest- 2018-19. refined palm oil. ments increased during last 2018, confirms the confidence sector". ments in alternative segments PNS n DUBAI China (USD 535 million in Out of over USD 500 billion year. of institutional investors in Jain expects investment vol- like co-living / student housing, The wireless 2018-19) is the largest exporter worth of imports in 2018-19, Retail segment attracted Rs the Indian real estate market," umes to remain healthy on co-working, and data centers A new wireless technology charging unit is of TV sets in India. It was fol- products imported under 'oth- 5,500 crore last year as against said Anshul Jain, Country account of anticipated deploy- are likely to garner active inter- that helps an electric vehicle embedded beneath a lowed by countries like ers' category accounted for Rs 1,990 crore in 2018. Head & Managing Director, ment of fund commitments est from institutional get charged while in motion is Vietnam (UD 327 million), over USD 100 billion. Warehousing witnessed Rs India, Cushman & Wakefield. that have been made across the investors," he said. on trial here, officials said on 60-metre road Thursday. stretch in the city The wireless charging unit and uses Shaped is embedded beneath a 60- ‘ID-19 causing metre road stretch in the city Magnetic Field in nCov disrupting global tech sector, says S&P and uses Shaped Magnetic Resonance first drop in oil Field in Resonance technolo- technology to charge PNS n NEW DELHI use in decade’ gy to charge vehicles while on vehicles while on the "Our base case is that the virus will the move, the Roads and The coronavirus outbreak in PNS n PARIS Transport Authority (RTA) move, the Roads and China is disrupting the global be contained globally in March 2020 said. Transport technology sector as operations (no new transmissions in April), Global oil demand will suffer its "The initial phase covers in the world's largest tech man- first quarterly drop in a decade preparing the infrastructure Authority said ufacturing hub are threatened, allowing travel and other restrictions as the COVID-19 virus lashes and laying an embedded S&P Global Ratings said on to be unwound by the middle of the the economy in China and its power-charging grid under- Officials said the technolo- Thursday. second quarter," an Asia economist of impact ripples throughout the neath a road strip for the gy enables seamless operation Until Tuesday, the virus out- world, the IEA said Thurs- dynamic wireless charging of of the vehicle without having break has claimed 1,115 lives S&P Global Ratings said day."Global oil demand has electric vehicles and buses in to stop at charging stations. while the confirmed cases of infec- been hit hard by the novel coro- motion," RTA said in a state- "It will also reduce pollution tion jumped to 48,206, in China. outbreak. conductor companies, it added. navirus and the widespread ment. and will not block movement The country's Hubei "We assume factories closed However, if the outbreak shutdown of China's economy," Mohammed Al Tayer, on the streets. They also expect province, the epicentre of the through the extended Lunar proves more difficult to con- the International Energy Agency Director-General and the initiative to increase the deadly coronavirus, has report- New Year holiday would start tain, the effect on the tech sec- said in its latest monthly report. Chairman of the Board of number of electric vehicles in ed a record 242 new fatalities to reopen February 10, near- tor could be extensive as "Demand is now expe-cted to fall Executive Directors of RTA Dubai," the statement said. and nearly 15,000 fresh cases in term negative impact to the lengthy factory shutdowns or by 435,000 barrels year-on-year said the project is one of The RTA has collaborated a single day, local health offi- tech sector can be reversed significant underutilisation in the first quarter of 2020, the RTA's initiatives as part of with the Dubai Electricity and cials announced on Thursday. transmissions in April), allow- economist of S&P Global later," it said. could materially lower the first quarterly contraction in Dubai's effectiveness to pro- Water Authority and Dubai "Our base case is that the ing travel and other restrictions Ratings said. This especially hits hard- global output of tech compo- more than 10 years" when it mote the use of environmen- Silicon Oasis for rolling out the virus will be contained global- to be unwound by the middle S&P said it has not taken any ware, electronic manufacturing nents, subassemblies, or fin- dropped during the global eco- tally friendly vehicles and sus- project, the Khaleej Times ly in March 2020 (no new of the second quarter," an Asia rating actions related to the services providers, and semi- ished goods. nomic crisis, it added. tainable transport means. reported. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer
Friday February 14, 2020 ‘Play'ing for WOMEN’S safety within themselves. To help they have heard and a readi- deals with the individual’s leges, universities, private similar problems.” them overcome this, we ness to respond to each emotions and feelings. The sector organisations, non- In forum theatre, Suresh Hyd-based started doing playback and other’s cues. The role of the stage set up is very simple; profit organisations, prisons, and his team stage socially forum theatre concepts in conductor, by contrast, can the actors are placed in the hospice centers and so on. relevant plays in public places Suresh Kumar the two Telugu states a few seem relatively easy, as it middle and the musicians are Before starting the event, we to create awareness among years back. Our concepts involves conversing with the to the left and the conductor spends time with the people people about various issues. and Sabrina have helped women come audience either as a group or to the right. The teller who is and tell them that we are His team has also been forward.” individually, and generally invited from the audience sits going to make them comfort- working with the Telangana Francis are Both Suresh and Sabrina involves no acting. However, to the left of the conductor. able. Once a woman narrates SHE teams for over three graduated in Playback among performers, it is con- He said that the objective her story, we enact it imme- years. They conduct their trying to create Theatre and trained in sidered as the most difficult of the initiative is to enact diately as a play format for events in various places in Drama Therapy, role to play successfully.” true life stories of the people four to five minutes. We then Telangana with the support awareness on Psychodrama and Theatre of Playback theatre perfor- and reveal the dimensions of discuss the problem and try of police personal. Along the Oppressed. They are also mance needs at least eight myth, wisdom, affirmation to find solutions. After every with theatre activities, Suresh trained in a series of members including five and potential for self-trans- story others also share their and Sabrina have also made gender issues International Group actors, two musicians and one formation. experience with others and it short films and documen- Relations Conferences devel- conductor. The performance He shares, “For playback helps women when they get taries about children and among people oped at the Tavistock is usually done indoor as it theatre, we go to various col- to know that others also face women rights. Institute of Human Relations through in UK. Explaining playback the- playback atre, Suresh said, “Playback theatre is an original form of and forum improvisational theatre in which audience or group theatre members tell stories from their lives and watch them concepts, finds enacted on the spot. In play- back theatre, audience gains V SATEESH insight, catharsis, connection, and self-expression through REDDY telling their stories and par- ticipating in others’ stories. trocities against The format includes scenes women have and narrative or non-narra- unfortunately been tive short forms, including going on since fluid sculptures, pairs, and time immorial in chorus. In a playback event, A our country. someone in the audience tells However, there are a few a story from their life, choos- Good Samaritans who are es the actors and then watch doing their best to ensure the enactment, as the story that they get their due and ‘comes to life’ with artistic Once a woman narrates her story, are safe. shape and nuance.” we enact it immediately as a play P Suresh Kumar, one of the He adds, “Playback per- format for four to five minutes. We then founders of Chindu, an ini- formers tend to specialise in tiative working on various roles like conductor, actor or discuss the problem and try to find societal issues, said, “Sabrina musician. For audiences, per- solutions. After every story others also share Francis and I started Chindu formers can seem naturally their experience with others and it helps in 2000 to help overcome the gifted, as they perform with- fear of reporting crimes and out a script or score. The women when they get to know that others open up. Not many women playback performers do not also face similar problems come forward and share huddle prior to beginning the P SURESH KUMAR issues like domestic violence story, trusting instead to an but to keep their problems understanding of the story
urge you to watch this film work done. Authenticity was and spread the message of the key. The writing also took this film because you (stu- significant time as I had to go dents) are the future. If you through tons of documenta- like the films, then go to tion and video footage to social media and fix that crit- bring reality to the fore. icism about it. Even if you ‘Dialogue can don’t like it, remember its l These are politically sen- message,” he said. sitive times. Do you think In an e-mail interview, the that the film could be director spoke about the film misinterpreted/misused? and more. Only after watching the film will you realise how rele- l You are directing after a vant it is to solving the resolve issues’ long hiatus. Why this gap? Kashmiri Pandit issue. I I was involved in the film- believe that dialogue in a making process but for me to conducive environment can direct, the story had to be help resolve issues. Yes injus- Producer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra says that compelling. I had made up tice has been done and in the my mind that I am going to film it has been portrayed in Shikara was his most challenging film as he had bring the Kashmiri Pandits’ the way it occurred, ghastly, story to celluloid and that inhumane and without any to remain dispassionate to depict the truth and yet process itself took me all these mercy. This was what we all years. I was writing, research- went through, but I believe make a compelling argument that the only ing, visiting, talking to people, this hate has to end and dia- identifying actors and trying logue will help us do that. solution to hatred is love to create an authentic story which would help me to tell l Can artistes afford to be hikara, a film ing on IMDB, which was the truth behind the Kashmiri political? about the mass around eight or nine, dropped Pandit issue. For me, this is There is a clear divide in exodus of to one. We found that on all not just a film. It is a move- Bollywood. Artistes are Kashmiri Pandits these social media platforms, ment of sorts to make the human beings and the consti- in early 1990, in people have started putting up nation realise the trauma this tution gives them the right as S the wake of violent videos and saying ‘this how community experienced and all other Indians to express Islamist insurgency was high- you press the button to give the sheer helplessness with their views. ly anticipated because the vet- the film a one-star rating’.” which they have been packed eran filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra said Shikara is off in various refugee camps l What are your memories Chopra hails from the state. close to his heart. “This is a across the country. It was dif- of Kashmir? After the film’s release, very special film and it talks ficult to write. I worked with One of my fondest memo- however, certain sections of about events that happened Abhijat Joshi and Rahul ries of growing up in people called out the film even before all of you (stu- Pandita for several years Kashmir in the 70s is travel- and its director. A video of a dents) were born. Around 30 before I could bring it to life. ling with the family in a Kashmiri Pandit woman years back, four lakh houseboat. It used to take us lashing out at the director at Kashmiris were thrown out l You left Kashmir 30 years almost a week to reach the a screening in the city also of their homeland and my back. What took you so Kheer Bhawani temple. We went viral. mother was one of them. I long to approach the topic used to cook on our way to The hashtag am technically a refugee in of migration of Pandits? the temple, stopping en-route #BoycottShikara started my own country because I I started work on this topic at the Hazratbal Shrine. We trending on Twitter and peo- am from Kashmir.” post my mother’s demise in would do this each time, ple were accusing Chopra of He adds, “All my life I have 2007. This film required sig- without fail. This memory going soft on the subject never compromised on films nificant research so that we was in my head even when I rather than giving an I have made, whether it is 3 could tell an absorbing story, was making Mission Kashmir, unflinching account of the Idiots or the Munna Bhai which is fact-based and helps where I tried to portray how horrific atrocities that series or Shikara. In every in bringing this conversation negative elements use reli- Kashmiri Pandits suffered. film, I tried and give you to the fore. I have done more gion to divide and destabilise Chopra said renowned guys a message. In Munna work in those years but this us. I hope and pray that days Hollywood filmmaker James Bhai, I talked about jaadu ki was perhaps my most chal- like that return to the valley, Cameron has praised his jhappi and in 3 Idiots I gave lenging film as I had to perhaps for another young film: “This film opened with critical advice to students, to remain dispassionate as a Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who great reviews everywhere. I chase excellence and success filmmaker to depict the truth might be growing up in presume you would have will follow. I am happy to say and yet make a compelling Kashmir. That is my dream. heard about a man called that many lives changed with argument that the only solu- James Cameron who has that film,” he pointed out. tion to such hatred is love l When do we see the next directed Titanic and Avatar. Chopra felt that even this and that is at the centre of my in the series of Munna He called this film a master- film would have the same film. The love between Shiv Bhai? piece in a four-page letter. In impact. “In the same way, in Kumar Dhar and Shanti Dhar You will see it very soon. India, the film released to full Shikara we have a message (the chief protagonists — houses and great reviews. that says, todo nahin, jodo Shanti is also my mother’s l Digital is an exciting Then, suddenly all this hate (don’t break, unite) because name) is a binding factor space. Do you plan to wave comes up.” we are at a stage in life where which forces us to think venture in it? He added, “I am not on it is becoming a norm to say, beyond hatred. The shoot was Yes, I have lots of ideas for Twitter or on any social “don’t unite, break.” mostly in Kashmir which was this exciting space. media. What came as a big Everything is breaking, be it under heavy security cover so surprise for us is that our rat- systems or cities. I would we had limited time to get the —With inputs from IANS 10
Vijayawada Friday February 14, 2020 what’s brewing? Aditya Narayan to make digital debut Brad, Angelina top celebrity couple with singing show reconciliation list inger Aditya recreated by the voices of ans want Hollywood themed survey, 27 per cent of voters Narayan is all set to today will be a true celebration stars Brad Pitt and named Pitt and Jolie, the celebrity make his digital of music. I am really happy to Angelina Jolie to recon- couple they would most like to see debut with singing be a part of it and I am sure cile according to a new back together, reports aceshowbiz.com. original show LIV the show will resonate with most-wanted celebrity Pitt and Aniston came in second S Shout-Out. the audience,” he added. F couple reconciliation list. with 22 per cent — eight per cent The show will premiere on The eight-episode series In a new OnBuy.com ahead of third-placed Emma Stone Valentine’s Day on Sony LIV, aims to redefine evergreen Valentine’s Day- and Andrew Garfield. and Aditya will be hosting the Bollywood hits, with fresh High School Musical stars Vanessa show. voices from reality show Hudgens and Zac Efron and Johnny “Music is an intrinsic part Indian Idol. Depp and Winona Ryder complete of my life and anything to do LIV Shout-Out will offer the top five, while Channing with it excites me beyond the audience soulful rendi- Tatum and Jenna Dewan, measure. LIV Shout-Out is tions of yesteryear’s most Twilight stars Robert Pattinson unique in its format and popular songs sung by tal- and Kristen Stewart, and offering. Not only is this my ents from Indian Idol like Khloe Kardashian and digital debut but also gives Salman Ali, Nitin Kumar, Lamar Odom make the me a chance to revisit songs Neelanjana Ray, Ankush top 10. that I have grown up listening Bhardwaj and Ankona to,” Aditya said. Mukherjee. Aditya will “Kishore Kumar and RD also reveal unheard sto- Burman are legends and to ries that went behind witness their songs being making the iconic songs. ALADDIN sequel in the works
isney’s live action It’s unknown at this time story with the thrilling and film Aladdin is whether director Guy Ritchie vibrant adaptation of the getting a sequel will return. Producers hope loved animated classic with writers John to bring back stars Will movie, which took the world Gatins and Smith, Mena Massoud and by storm in 1992 and estab- D Andrea Berloff. Naomi Scott, but offers won’t lished a legendary status According to sources, the be extended to the cast until amongst fans, especially movie is in early develop- a script is ready. with its blockbuster music. ment, but after spending the The film will be a theatri- In the film, directed by last six months figuring out cal release, not a Disney Guy Ritchie, Will Smith what direction to take the Plus title. The original ani- stepped in the shoes of late next film, producers look to mated movie had two Robin Williams by taking on have found their path, straight-to-video sequels, the role of larger-than-life reports variety.com. but sources say this new Genie. Mena Massoud was Dan Lin and Jonathan take is completely original seen as Aladdin, Naomi Eirich, who produced the and not based on those Scott as Jasmine and original, are back producing ideas. Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. It through their Rideback ban- Last year, Disney’s live was yet another Disney pro- ner, with Ryan Halprin exec- action film brought back ject to enter the $1 billion utive producing. nostalgia, weaving a success club in 2019.
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Manpreetn 1st Indian to win FIH Male Player of Year award PTI which he led the side to Olympic Van Dorren, on the other hand, under his belt. India achieved that goal in hockey,” he said. We are very grateful to them,” he LAUSANNE qualification. got combined vote share of 19.7 per Last year, Manpreet led India to style, beating Russia in the Olympic FIH CEO Thierry Weil con- said. The 27-year-old midfielder, cent while Villa polled 16.5 per cent victory in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers over two legs — 4-2 and gratulated all the winners, includ- Hockey India President Mohd ational thus, became the first from the in his favour. Qualifiers, securing their Tokyo 7-2. ing Manpreet on their achieve- Mushtaque Ahmad also congratu- Nmen’s country to win the accolade since Other players who were nom- Olympics spot. Manpreet dedicated the award ments. lated Manpreet. team captain the awards were introduced in inated for the award were Victor Talking about the last season, to his teammates, saying without “On behalf of FIH, I would like “He has matured over the years Manpreet Singh on 1999. Wegnez of Belgium and Australian Manpreet said: “If you look at our their support it wouldn't have been to extend heartfelt congratulations as a player and has proved his Thursday became He beat competition from duo of Aran Zalewski and Eddie year, we did well in every tourna- possible. from the whole hockey communi- importance in the team. He has led the first Indian to Belgium’s Arthur van Dorren and Ockenden. ment we participated in. Be it the “I am truly honoured to win ty to all winners of the 2019 FIH India to important victories,” he win the Lucas Villa of Argentina, who came Manpreet, who had represent- FIH Series Finals in June or the test this award and I would like to ded- Stars Awards and also to all nom- said. Besides Manpreet, young International Hockey second and third respectively. ed India at 2012 London and 2016 series in Belgium where we played icate this to my team. I also thank inees. midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad won Federation’s (FIH) Manpreet polled a total of 35.2 Rio Olympics, has enjoyed a long the hosts as well as Spain and beat my well wishers and hockey fans “Thanks to their skills and per- the FIH Male Rising Star of the Year Player of the Year per cent of combined votes, which career in the national team since he them. from around the world for voting formances, as well as their team- award, while striker Lalremsiami award, capping a mem- includes National Associations, made his debut in 2011. He now has “Our biggest goal in 2019 was in my favour. It is truly humbling mates, they invite fans all over the bagged the the 2019 FIH Women’s orable 2019 season in media, fans and players. 260 international appearances to book our berth at the Olympics.” to see so much support for Indian world to experience great emotions. Rising Star of Year recognition.
India check combination Bumrah needs to be against New Zealand XI No fight for spot with Prithvi: Gill aggressive and take PTI n HAMILTON waste,” the 20-year-old said ahead of extra risks: Zaheer the warm-up game against New PTI n NEW DELHI romising India batsman Zealand XI. Shubman Gill insists he is not Having played in New Zealand ormer India pace spearhead Zaheer Pcompeting with fellow young for the last six weeks as part of the A FKhan feels Jasprit Bumrah needs to be gun Prithvi Shaw for the opener’s slot team, Gill feels that if New Zealand’s more aggressive and take extra risks to in the first Test against New Zealand short-ball factor can be nullified, it make his presence felt in the upcoming but if he does get the opportunity, he would go a long way in helping the Test series against New Zealand after will not “let it go waste”. team. going wicket-less in the ODI series. With a double hundred and a cen- “I think their bowling attack has Zaheer said the opposition batsmen tury against New Zealand A here, Gill been taking a lot of wickets with the have now become more careful while has made everyone take notice despite short ball, especially Neil Wagner. If playing Bumrah and the pace spearhead Shaw being firmly back in the mix for you see the last series they played needs to put extra effort to return to form. the upcoming two-match series start- against Australia, when nothing was “When you build a reputation like ing in Wellington from February 21. happening in the wicket, they were how Jasprit Bumrah has built now over “Obviously, our careers started at really relying on the short ball. the years, you will have to fight this,” the same time but there is no fight as “As batsmen, if we could take that Zaheer was quoted as saying by such,” Gill said on Thursday when out of the picture and not give wick- cricbuzz.com. asked about his take on his competi- ets to the short ball, it will be really “...The teams are saying ‘ok even if we tion with the former India U-19 cap- helpful for us,” he observed. get 35 runs, we are happy with that as long tain. Gill also spoke about wind being as we are not giving him wickets because Both Gill and Shaw are 20 and a key factor in Wellington during the then we can attack the other bowlers’. considered the stars of the future after opening Test. “That is something Bumrah has to Ravindra Jadeja arrives to bat at nets as Ravi Shastri watches him PTI/File Picture a splendid runs in age-group cricket. “Wind (Breeze) factor is very understand, that he has to be extra aggres- PTI n HAMILTON being two-match old. “Both of us have done well in our important, especially when you are sive in terms of looking to get those wick- A flat track like the one at positions. It’s up to the team manage- batting. The bowlers do a lot of plan- ets. Bumrah needs to take extra risks,” he larity on opening combi- Seddon Park will also be a test ment, who they will play. It’s not as if ning depending on the breeze. It was added. Cnation, a call on whether for the two frontline spinners there is a fight. Whoever gets the not that easy to consistently pull and Zaheer said batsmen have become Ravichandran Ashwin’s varia- with Ashwin and Jadeja get- chance will try to make the most of hook the ball (in windy conditions careful while facing tions can trump Ravindra ting a chance to test the likes the opportunity and not let it go Shubman Gill bats during India’s nets session @RealShubmanGill/Twitter during the A series).” Bumrah. Jadeja’s all-round skill-sets of Daryl Mitchell, Tom Bruce “He knows the will be the focus for India in and Seifert in action. batsmen are going their three-day warm-up A good show on a flat to be defensive so game against New Zealand XI deck can improve Ashwin’s he has to find that starting at Seddon Park today. chances of toppling Jadeja India women’s team can emulate way of going for After the harsh reality even though the proposition wickets rather check of 0-3 drubbing in ODI looks dim at the moment. than hoping that series, a red-ball warm-up For the New Zealand XI, the batsman game will be the most wel- there is Dane Cleaver, who has will make a come distraction for Virat had scores of 196 and 53 in the ‘83 batch at T20 WCup: Raman mistake. The Kohli and his men as a precur- two A Tests against India. He PTI n NEW DELHI that, they will probably do special talent but batsmen are sor to the two-match Test would like to impress the what Kapil Dev’s World Cup- asked the media to taking a very series starting next week. selectors and get into the first ndia women’s coach WV winning team did for Indian refrain from conservative India could not have team for the Test series. IRaman feels his team is cricket in 1983. And they will focussing approach, they asked for a better practice capable of emulating Kapil become superstars if they go too much are making sure game as the opposition team SQUADS Dev’s World Cup winning on to win.” on her. that Bumrah’s is full of New Zealand senior India: Virat Kohli (captain), team at the T20 World Cup, Talking about India’s bat- “... I wicket taking and A team players, including Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi beginning in Australia on ting, Raman said: “They are would request the media column is not leg-spinner Ish Sodhi, all- Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, February 21. definitely good. They are fear- not to go gaga over her, getting filled,” rounder Jimmy Neesham and Ajinkya Rahane (vc), India will begin their cam- less strikers of the ball with because she is barely 16, and he said. wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, in Wriddhiman Saha (wk), paign at the T20 World Cup good technical skills to boot. too much attention is not “It’s a good its ranks. Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra against Australia on February They are adept at playing good for her at this stage. I sign that other The inclusion of first team Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, 21. Raman said Harmanpreet both pacers and spinners all have given her the freedom batsmen are giv- white ball pacers Scott Mohammed Shami, Umesh Kaur and Co will be one of the round the wicket and they are to play the way she has been ing him that Kuggeliejn and Blair Tickner Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, favourites to win the title. confident. That’s what I meant playing. She has shown respect, so it’s now will be the kind of test which Rishabh Pant, Navdeep Saini, The Indian women’s team has when I said each can be a she has the talent. She is fear- Bumrah’s call to both Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill. never won an ICC trophy. match-winner on her own.” less. She is unique,” he said. make them play. You Shubman Gill will relish as NZ XI: Daryl Mitchell (cap- “Definitely one of the One player to look out for “She is extremely positive. have to tell yourself they make a case for their tain), Finn Allen, Tom Bruce, favourites. They made people during the World Cup will be She has the ability to score ‘my job is not to inclusion in the playing XI for Dane Cleaver, Henry Cooper, sit up and take notice in the Indian players celebrate after wicket of Australian batswoman ICC/Twitter 16-year-old opener Shafali runs quickly. She can hit the contain, my job is to the first Test. Scott Kuggeleijn, James 2017 World Cup (runners-up) Raman was quoted as saying These girls have a very good Verma, who had burst into the ball hard and she looks to get take wickets and in Shubman will be itching Neesham, Rachin Ravindra, and the 2018 T20 World Cup in ESPNcricinfo. chance in this World Cup.” scene last year after becoming runs. She is at a stage and an the process if I go to show his skipper that he is Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Blair (semifinalists). Since then “They have been shaping Raman said if India can go the youngest Indian to score a age where it doesn’t make for runs so be it. I ready for the big debut which Tickner, Will Young. 13th there has been a lot of well over the last six months. on to win the title, it will give half-century in international sense to put anything into her. am the lead bowler is eagerly anticipated among men: Jake Gibson (Friday) improvement, in terms of fit- It is more or less a better and a big fillip to women’s crick- cricket, a record earlier held by She needs to be allowed to be so I have to dic- his growing legion of fans, and Scott Johnston (Saturday ness, agility on the field and settled team than perhaps et in the country. Sachin Tendulkar. figure it out for herself. That tate terms’,” he despite his international career and Sunday). their approach to batting,” what it was when I took over. “If they end up doing Raman said Shafali is a will come with experience.” added. Jemimah excited for T20 Sharma, Bidhuri power Delhi to 623 WC opener against Aus PTI n NEW DELHI Then Mumbai bowlers ENG GIDDY reduced Madhya Pradesh to SYDNEY: India top- shitiz Sharma, whose 200/7, still adrift by 227 runs. Lungi stars Proteas one run win in T20 thriller order batswoman Kplace in the playing In Bengaluru, Baroda are 176 for nine. Jemimah Rodrigues is eleven was questioned, marginally ahead by 60 runs, “You run in as hard as you can and raring to go at the T20 silenced his critics with a grit- but hosts Karnataka can sniff hit your length. All of a sudden their World Cup and feels ty 103 that helped Delhi post victory having taken five team was on the back foot,” said that the opening match a mammoth 623 in the first Baroda wickets in their sec- Ngidi who was man of the match for against Australia will be innings of their Ranji Trophy ond essay and still two days his 3-30. one of the most impor- match against Rajasthan at left. “It was a very fast-paced game, but tant games of her Feroz Shah Kotla on it’s about how you bounce back. I did- career. Thursday. GOA STORM INTO Q/F n’t panic under pressure, they seemed “I think it will be Sharma, who played for KOLKATA: Goa cantered into to be cruising but my job was to get one of the most impor- Arunachal last season, the quarterfinals with an wickets.” tant games in my stitched a 196-run stand with innings and 211-run win England needed just seven to win career. Playing a World Kunwar Bidhuri who too Madhya Pradesh's Venkatesh Iyer plays a shot during Ranji Trophy match over Mizoram in their Plate off the last over but Ngidi dismissed Cup... The first match reached the three figures against Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium PTI Group clash at the CC&FC Tom Curran and Moeen Ali while con- in Australia and for scoring 115 off just 135 balls. take a 13-run first innings After Saurashtra led by ground. All-rounder Amit ceding only five runs. me first time playing (a Delhi had resumed day lead against Bengal after their skipper Jaydev Unadkat Verma once again led by Adil Rashid was run out off the last World Cup) in two at 389 for six and ended being bowled out for 151. took honours on the opening example as he followed up his ball, trying for an improbable second Australia. Nothing is up adding 234 runs. The Bengal were bundled out for day by restricting Tamil Nadu century with a 5/39 in the run which would have tied the scores. more exciting than hosts maintained a decent 138 on day one. to 250 for 7, it was Jagadeesan, second innings of Mizoram Both innings followed a similar India in Australia, so it run rate of 4.23 in the innings Left-arm spinner who pulled the side out of who folded for 170 after fol- pattern. Both teams scored 68 runs in will be a match we all will be keen to play and just excited,” lasting 147 overs. Shahbaz Ahmed wreaked trouble, by notching up his lowing-on to suffer the defeat the first six-over power play and both Rodrigues said in a release from the ICC. In response, Rajasthan havoc on day two, run- fourth first-class 100. inside two days. had scored 113 runs after 12 overs Matches between India and Australia have been keenly were under the pump at 115 ning through Punjab He hammered 22 Nineteen wickets tum- before slowing down in the closing contested and in the last edition of the World Cup, India had for four, trailing Delhi by 508 batting to bring his fours and five other bled on the extended second overs. got the better of Australia in the group stage. runs at close of play. They team back into hits over the fence in day with Mizoram skipper Opening batsman Roy was brutal The two teams have some of the best batters in their line- clearly have a mountain to the game. his 256-ball knock. KB Pawan waging a lone bat- in reaching his fifty off 22 balls on the ups. India’s Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur have climb in their last league At stumps, For Saurashtra, tle remaining unbeaten on way to scoring 70 off 38 deliveries with proven records against Australia, while Ellyse Perry, Meg game. Bengal were 199 Unadkat (6-73) 111, even as seven of their Lungi Ngidi celebrates after taking wicket AP seven fours and three sixes. Lanning and Alyssa Healy of the hosts have enjoyed excellent Ashok Menaria (38) and for nine, leading grabbed another five- batsmen failed to reach dou- Morgan seemed set to take his form in the past year especially. Rajesh Bishnoi (23) were at Punjab by 186 runs. wicket haul and emerged ble digits in their second EAST LONDON: Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi team to victory, hitting Beuran Australia fast bowler Megan Schutt was all praise for India the crease at the draw of as the most successful bowler. innings. took three wickets in his last two overs Hendricks for two fours and a six in opener Mandhana. “Smriti Mandhana is on another level. She’s stumps. TN SEIZES ADVANTAGE Meanwhile at the Lakshay Garg and as South Africa snatched a thrilling the penultimate over before holing out put me over the fence countless times both on international Leggie Rahul Chahar RAJKOT: Tamil Nadu wicket- Wankhede, in an inconse- Amulya Pandrekar claimed one-run win in the first Twenty20I off the last ball of the over after mak- and WBBL level unfortunately. She’s got the x-factor, she’s a (5/161) picked a five-wicket keeper batsman Narayan quential game, Mumbai post- three wickets each, while against England at Buffalo Park on ing 52. left-hander, can hit to all the areas of the field,” Schutt said. haul for Rajasthan. Jagadeesan came up with a ed a massive 427 on the Verma was at his tidy best Wednesday. Earlier, De Kock (31) and Temba Schutt was also wary of India skipper Harmanpreet, who Virtually out of the quar- gritty 183 to help his team board in their first essay with figures of 2/2 from 4.2 Jason Roy and captain Eoin Bavuma (43) got South Africa off to a struck a blazing 171 not out in the ICC Women’s World Cup terfinal race, Delhi need other post a competitive total of 424 against Madhya Pradesh. overs as Mizoram’s first Morgan hit half-centuries for England fast start, putting on 48 for the first 2017 semi-final against Australia. results to go their way and a on the second day of Elite Sarfaraz, who has had a innings succumbed to 109 and they looked well on the way to wicket off 26 balls. “(They) have someone like Harmanpreet Kaur come out, big win over Rajasthan to Group B game against dream run this season, how- inside 41 overs. chasing down South Africa’s total of Rassie van der Dussen (31) joined who can just swing it like no other really, and kind of put remain in the hunt for a Saurashtra. ever fell 23 runs short of a Goa topped the table 177 for eight. Bavuma and the pair added 63 for the you out of the stadium. And she’s obviously, kind of climbed knockout berth. Then Tamil Nadu hit double hundred. with an unassailable 50 But the match changed dramati- second wicket off 41 deliveries before to fame in the World Cup with a huge innings there and I In Patiala, Punjab, back to reduce Saurashtra to He already has a triple, points to secure the lone cally in the last three overs as England Van der Dussen fell to Ben Stokes and think since then she’s also proved that she can do that in resuming the day at 93 for 107 for 3, as the hosts are still double and now a hundred to knockout berth from the lost six wickets for 24 runs to finish on the innings lost momentum. AFP other matches.” PTI three, just about managed to adrift by 317 runs. his name this season. Plate Group. 12
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With the ascent Kona to produce of sports films in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema of biopic on KARNAM late, Kona felt that this is right time for him to tell the MALLESWARI tale of the uzz about a biopic on source close to the development iron lady, weightlifter Karnam tells us, “With the ascent of sports Malleswari — first films in Telugu cinema and Hindi finds Indian woman to win a cinema of late, Kona felt that this medal at the Olympics is right time for him to tell the tale B — has done the rounds of the iron lady as Malleswari was NAGARAJ multiple times in the past three- referred to back then. Her story is four years. Names like Sonakashi typical underdog story, which GOUD Sinha and Priyamani were bandied makes it a great recipe for com- about to reprise Malleswari but mercial glory and Kona believes nothing substantiate has emerged that with the research material at to this end. Down here in Telugu hand, he and his time can spin a Sithara's next with as well, director Sanjana Reddy great screenplay. The idea is to who debuted with Raju Gadu make in Telugu and Hindi as of was attached to helm the now and see if there’s possibility of Shaurya and Ritu film as she had done con- making or dubbing in other lan- siderable research on guages as well. His production Malleswari but this house Kona Film Corporation will launched piece of news too fiz- be partnering with a big corporate zled out in no time. house to bankroll the project.” nnounced last “The first schedule will Now, The Pioneer The source adds, “Kona has September, the go on for 15 days in has exclusively spoken to some of his former asso- filming of Naga Hyderabad, post which the learnt that writer ciates to helm the project and the Shaurya’s next unit will take a small break. Kona Venkat has director name will be announced with debutante The second schedule will acquired the at an appropriate time. An actress A Souujanya last for five days sometime required rights with whom Kona has worked in Medarametla will com- around next month. The to make a biopic the past is heavy favourite to bag mence from next team has planned Kerala on the retired the project.” Wednesday in Hyderabad. and Paris schedules for the weightlifter, Born in Voosavanipeta, a hamlet The as-yet-untitled film summer,” said a source. who was the in Andhra Pradesh, Malleswari had its muhurat at produc- Souujanya has assembled winner of the lifted 110 kg in the snatch and 130 tion house Sithara a strong technical team in Rajiv Gandhi kg in the clean and jerk categories Entertainments office in place for the film, a Khel Ratna, for a total of 240 kg at the 2000 Hyderabad on Thursday. Suryadevara Naga Vamsi India’s highest Sydney Olympics. She won the Ritu Varma is cast production. While Vamshi sports award, in bronze medal and became the first opposite Shaurya in the Pachipulusu, who shot 1995. Indian woman to win an Olympic film, a pure love story Adivi Sesh-starrer Evaru A highly-placed medal, inspiring a generation. which traces the journey of last year will be the camera- a guy and girl, both of who man, the tunes will be com- are honest and live by prin- posed by Vishal ciples. Chandrasekhar.
A pan-India PAYAL IS comeback eems Manchu Manoj’s IN LOVE comeback to acting will be one grand affair. hile it’s a norm for celebrities to Taking to Twitter on generally maintain mystery around Thursday, the actor their personal lives, seems Payal S announced the film’s Rajput, who burst on to the scene title as Aham Brahmasmi, indicat- with RX100, doesn’t believe in such ing that it will have a spiritual W notions. Going by her recent social angle. What’s more interesting is media posts, it’s evident that there is someone that it will be made in Telugu, special in her life. His name is Saurabh Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Dhingra, an actor, lyricist and social worker Hindi languages. To mark the who operates from Mumbai. Although directorial debut N Srikanth rumours that she is in a steady relation- Reddy, the film will be launched ship with someone did the rounds some- on March 6. time back, it can now be established that The actor is turning producer Payal is dating Saurabh. with the film as he along with his “Happy bday to the only person mother Nirmala Devi will produce that’s capable of loving my imper- it under MM Arts. fections No one will be ever as Addressing his fans, Manoj precious to me as you are. I cher- wrote on Twitter, “Coming forward ish every moment we spend to u guys after 3 years. Feel the together, m forever greatful for same emotion as I felt for my first the happiness and peace you movie DD. Thanks for all ur love brought into my life. Happy and support on and off-screen birthday @TheEssdee (sic),” throughout this journey. I missed she tweeted earlier this my Art which is my life. week wishing Saurabh on Niddhi in CineAmma, Vachesaaaa (sic).” his birthday. Taxiwaala girl Priyanka Jawalkar is On the work front, said to have signed the project as Payal has recently signed Pawan's next the leading lady. Jayanth C Paranji’s Narendra, where she will be seen as a fighter pilot who helps the titular char- with Krish? acter (played by Nilesh Eti) to reach India from a hat would possibly be the prison in Pakistan. Other biggest project of her career, than this, there’s no other ismart girl Niddhi Agerwal big project in her kitty. is the front-runner to be Krish’s leading lady in his W next with Pawan Kalyan. At least that’s what the reports indicate. Although names like Jacqueline Fernandez and Disha Patani are in consideration to play another heroine, Movie it seems the makers have mind up their mind of Niddhi to play one role. Apparently, this is a tactic from their muhurat end to cut down the production A2 Pictures next produc- costs, as the film is already mounted tion, Chaavu Kaburu on a budget of Rs 100 crore. It is Challaga, starring said that negotiations with Niddhi, G Karthikeya and Lavanya who only has Sriram Adittya’s Tripathi, was launched at Film next with Ashok Galla, are going Nagar temple, Hyderabad on on in full-swing. It remains to be Thursday. Koushik Pegallapati who seen whether this news turns out directed short films and music to be true in the coming days. videos in the past is debuting as a The untitled film, a period feature film director with the film. drama, was launched earlier Allu Aravind's granddaughter Baby this month in a low-key man- Anvitha (daughter of Allu ner, with Krish later shooting Venkatesh) sounded the clapper- a brief schedule in specially board for the first clap, while his erected sets in Hyderabad. grandson Allu Ayaan switched on The next schedule will the camera. Aravind directed the begin mid next week. AM honorary first shot. Featuring the Ratnam, who produced likes of Aamani, Srikanth Khushi and Bangaram Ayyangar, Mahesh and Badhram in with Pawan in the past, supporting roles, the film will go to is bankrolling the ven- floors next week in Hyderabad. ture under Megasurya Taxiwaala composer Jakes Bejoy is movies. on board to render tunes.