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ACTRESS PAYAL JAILED FOR SOCIAL JAMIA STUDENTS STAND SHIRTLESS WOMAN SETS HERSELF ABLAZE EXPELLED BJP MLA SENGAR MEDIA POST ON NEHRU-GANDHIS TO DEMAND PROBE AGAINST COPS OUTSIDE SENIOR UP COP'S OFFICE CONVICTED IN UNNAO RAPE CASE ayal Rohatgi, a small-time Bollywood actress, was arrested and sent group of Jamia Millia Islamia students stood shirtless in the bone woman set herself on fire outside the office of superintendent of Delhi court convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Pto judicial custody - till December 24 - by a local court in Achilling cold outside the varsity campus on Monday morning to protest Apolice in Unnao district on Monday. The 24-year-old alleged that the AMonday for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017 Rajasthan this morning. The Bundi District Court had earlier against the police action on students. Students raised slogans of "Inquilab police was not acting on her complaint of sexual harassment. saying the victim's testimony was "truthful and rejected Ms Rohatgi's bail plea; her lawyer is planning an Zindabad", and also took out a march, demanding CBI inquiry into the According to reports, the woman reached the office of superintendent of unblemished" against a "powerful person". The court appeal against that rejection. On Sunday Rohatgi had police crackdown. A large number of students also stood in solidarity with police in Unnao around noon and poured kerosene on herself and set convicted Sengar for rape under Indian Penal Code been detained - from her residence in Ahmedabad in their colleagues at the university campus gates herself ablaze. She walked into the office in and POCSO Act for offence of a public servant Gujarat - by a Rajasthan Police team in connection on Monday morning. Students claimed that the flamnes. The cops immediately doused the committing penetrative sexual assault against child. with a case relating to posting of allegedly police on Sunday damaged two mosques on flames and took the woman to the district The court will hear arguments on quantum on objectionable content about the Nehru-Gandhi the university campus, beat up the Imam and hospital form where she was referred to the sentence on Wednesday.The offences entail family on social media. also a blind student, who was in the library. Lal Lajpat Rai hospital in Kanpur. maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Two killed as Centre releases Rs 1,036cr TS increases liquor DCM rams State delays Rs 2,500cr into truck at GST arrears to Telangana prices by 10 per cent Hayathnagar KCR’s letter does the trick incentives to industry „ State expects to earn Rs 300 cr to HYDERABAD: Two per- PNS n HYDERABAD Under pressure from KTR to release funds: Harish sons were killed when DCM „ Rs 400 cr per annum additionally rammed into a stationary The efforts of Chief Minister NAVEENA GHANATE PNS n HYDERABAD truck at Abdullapurmet in K Chandrasekhar Rao to n HYDERABAD Hayathnagar early on secure GST arrears from the The Telangana state govern- Monday. The victims were Centre appear to have made Following Budget cuts and ment on Monday hiked the identified as Malikarjun, dri- headway, though partially. funds withheld by the Centre, prices of liquor by 10 per cent ver and Mahesh, cleaner of The Centre on Monday incentives to industries in Te- in the state. With this, it the vehicle. released Rs 35,298 crore GST The Centre owes langana, to the tune of Rs 2,500 expects to earn Rs 300 crore to According to the police, arrears to all States, including Rs 29,891cr to TS of crore, have not been released. Rs. 400 crore additionally. the truck was halted on the Rs 1,036 crore to Telangana. which Rs 4,531cr Finance Minister T Harish Prohibition and Excise road due to a snag and the KCR had on December 7 pertains to GST Rao, “Industries minister K T department Special Chief applicable to the old stock. DCM rammed into it. Both written to Union Finance Rama Rao is exerting immense Secretary Somesh Kumar said Interestingly, the Telangana Malikarjun and Mahesh died Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrears and over Rs pressure on me related to ince- that the prices were hiked government has increased the on the spot. seeking release of GST arrears 25,000 crore, to the ntives every day. He keeps sa- from Rs 20 to Rs 80 on liquor, price of liquor by 10 per cent The bodies were shifted to at the earliest. state's share in ying we need to give to indus- depending upon the capacity though the Opposition parties, Osmania General Hospital He reminded that the try, there is pressure on them. of the bottle. particularly the BJP, have been mortuary. A case has been Centre in all owes Rs 29,891 Central taxes Funds from the Centre have Finance minister T Harish Rao speaking at the Interactive Session on Vision Similarly, prices of beer has demanding it to implement registered by the police. crore to Telangana of which Rs been withheld. Whether in Telangana organized by FTCCI in Hyderabad on Monday. been increased from Rs 10 to prohibition in the state. 4,531 crore pertained to GST this financial year or March, Rs 20 per bottle, Somesh BJP senior leader DK Aruna arrears and the remaining, the State, GST dues amount- we will definitely think posi- Telangana with Harish Rao Budget and non-disbursement Kumar informed. staged two-day hunger strike over Rs 25,000 crore, to the ing to Rs 3,495 crore are yet to tively and try to do something and industry stalwarts on of funds, incentives and eligi- He released a 70-page list of demanding prohibition. She ‘Dismiss my state's share in Central taxes as be cleared. The Centre has not for industry". Monday. bility funds sanctioned to the hiked prices and said that alleged that atrocities, partic- part of the tax devolution to communicated when the Federation of Telangana FTCCI president Karun- industries have been pending the hike will be implemented ularly rape and murder of govt’, Mamata the state. pending amount will be Chambers of Commerce and endra S. Jasti said: "Because of for last 5-6 years, piling up to from December 18 onwards. women, were taking place Though the Union govern- released to the State. Industry (FTCCI) held an the meagre allocation for Rs 2,500 crore year-on-year.” Somesh Kumar made it clear after the culprits consume dares Centre ment paid Rs 1,036 crore to Continued on Page 4 interactive session on Vision industrial promotion in the Continued on Page 4 that these prices will not be liquor. KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of Bengal, led a massive protest march through the After leaked audio with MP, heart of Kolkata on Monday, Jamia protests spread to city campuses against the citizenship law. Hundreds of her party lead- PNS n HYDERABAD ers and supporters walked Karimnagar collector shifted „ Manuu students stage midnight protest to boycott exams with her carrying posters Protests continued at the and flags against the contro- PNS n HYDERABAD n Fallout of ‘leaked’ telephonic Maulana Azad National Urdu „ Osmania varsity students stage protest at Arts College versial law. "If you want to conversation with University (MANUU) cam- dismiss my government, you Karimnagar collector Sarfaraz BJP MP Bandi Sanjay pus in Gachibowli on Monday (NRC) even as a group of stu- can, but I will never allow cit- Ahmed, whose 'leaked' tele- against the violent action of the dents are continuing the izenship law and NRC in phonic conversation with n TS govt takes up minor reshuffle Delhi police on students of demonstration at the main Bengal," Mamata said. Karimnagar BJP MP Bandi of IAS officers Jamia Millia University in New gate of the campus. Sanjay Kumar snowballed into Delhi. Policemen were deployed a major controversy, was on The protests started on in large numbers near the Monday transferred and tions period. Sunday evening on the campus to prevent the students WB Guv asks appointed Director - Ahmed confessed to the MANUU campus in from coming out on the roads. Prohibition and Excise in the Karimnagar collector Sarfaraz Ahmed telephone conversation with Gachibowli with a few hun- However, students' union lead- Mamata to existing vacancy, relieving the MP and said that out of the dred students, including girls, ers say they had no plans to senior IAS officer Somesh limits set by the Election eight-minute conversation, staging a sit-in at the main gate move out onto the roads with- Kumar. Commission (EC) during the only an audio file of 90-second of the university. They contin- out obtaining permission from personally Weeks after the leaked audio December 2018 Assembly duration was released on social ued through the night with the police. update him went viral, the officer was elections. media. more than a thousand students About 1,500 students of shunted out, and Gadwal The audio of the phone call The viral audio was brought in attendance. MANUU students hold placards during their protest on Monday against the MANUU came out to protest KOLKATA: After West Collector K. Shashanka post- that lasted 90 seconds created to the notice of the party's high The students raised slogans violence unleashed by police on students on Sunday at the Jamia Millia Islamia. around midnight in solidarity Bengal chief secretary and ed as collector of Karimnagar. ripples in the local political cir- command by Gangula against the Delhi police and the with the Jamia students, amidst director general of police Last month, a 1.35-minute cles. In the 2018 elections, Kamalakar, who lodged a com- BJP-led Central government. Narendra Modi and Union On Monday, the students reports of student-police clash- failed to turn up to brief him phone conversation between Sanjay, who contested on a BJP plaint against him with the They condemned what they Minister Amit Shah. boycotted the semester exam- es that had occurred in Delhi. on the current situation in the Sanjay and Sarfaraz Ahmed ticket, had lost to Gangula TRS supremo and Chief termed a 'barbaric act' of the Around 1,500 students of ination of the university. A rally They stayed inside the univer- state over the violent protests suggested that the MP was Kamalakar in Karimnagar. Minister K Chandrasekhar Delhi police that resulted in MANUU came out on roads was taken out by them in sity campus and raised slogans against the amended conspiring to get TRS Minister Sanjay then fought the 2019 Rao accusing him of working injuries to over 100 students expressing solidarity with the protest against the Citizenship against the amended Citizenship act, Governor Gangula Kamalakar disquali- Lok Sabha polls and won. against the TRS in Karimnagar and damage to property. Jamia students amidst the clash Amendment Act and the Citizenship Act, the NRC and Jagdeep Dhankhar on fied as MLA on the grounds Collector Ahmed was the district. The MANUU students also between student and police in implementation of the against the BJP and RSS. Monday asked Chief Minister that he had spent beyond the election officer during elec- Continued on Page 2 burnt effigies of Prime Minister Delhi. National Register of Citizens Continued on Page 2 Mamata Banerjee to person- ally update him on it. He took to the Twitter to express his displeasure over the absence 2-yr-old, fisherman of the two senior most offi- Lady teacher attempts suicide at MEO office Irked over AP's PPA review, cials of the state government drown in Asifabad despite his summons and PNS n NALGONDA Rambai accused headmaster Muthyalu and ter Muthyalu and MEO Mathru Centre plans ordinance described it as "unfortunate Naik have been harassing her by ASIFABAD: A two-year-old and unexpected". A lady teacher of a MEO Mathru Naik of harassing her by rejecting intentionally rejecting her causal girl and a fisherman drowned PNS n HYDERABAD Government Primary School her causal leave requests. She alleged that the leave requests. The headmaster in two different incidents in attempted suicide at the office headmaster tore her leave letters several times tore her leave letters several Kumram Bheem Asifabad In a move to check state gov- TODAY of Mandal Education Officer times and would not sanction district on Monday. ernments from reviewing or (MEO) alleging that the head- and would not sanction casual leave to her casual leave to her. The MEO In the first incident, scrapping PPAs (power pur- ALMANAC master of her school was responded in the same manner Mandari Ankita, younger chase agreements) signed by Month & Paksham: harassing her by rejecting all the MEO office along with a from her. Since some kerosene when she complained to him, daughter of Chandrasekhar, their predecessors, whenever her leave requests. bottle full of kerosene and had entered her mouth, she was she alleged. The headmaster, she a farmer, met with a watery political power changes hands The Centre's move Margashirsha & Krishna Paksha K Rambhai, a teacher work- tried douse herself with the fuel. shifted to Area hospital of alleged, was sanctioning leaves grave in a stream on the out- after elections, the Centre has Panchangam ing in Government Primary Alert people present on the Devarakonda for treatment. to all other teachers in the skirts of Wankidi mandal decided to bring on Ordinance assumes significance Tithi : Shashthi: 01:37 am(Next Day), School at Jangala Colony in premises stopped her and Speaking to the media, school except her. centre. soon to safeguard the invest- in the backdrop of Nakshatram: Magha 01:26 am (Next Day) Devarakonda town, came to snatched the kerosene bottle Rambhai alleged that headmas- Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 ments made by private Jagan's decision to investors in the power sector. review PPAs signed Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start The Centre's move assumes any important work) significance in the backdrop of during TDP rule Rahukalam: 02:56 pm- 04:18 pm Top Naxalites attend last rites of Ramanna, cops clueless AP Chief Minister YS Jagan- Yamagandam: 09:27 am – 10:49 am mohan Reddy' decision to push through the next big PV KONDAL RAO On December 11, Bekkal village in present review all PPAs signed during power sector reform by pro- Varjyam: 02:07 pm- 03:38 pm n KHAMMAM Jangoan district was instru- the TDP government. Jagan's mulgating an Ordinance later Gulika: 12:12 pm - 01:34 pm Naxalite leader mental in strengthening the move sparked off a controver- this month or in early January. Good Time: (to start any important work) Clad in green uniforms, armed Ramanna, who carried armed network of the CPI sy and created panic among The Ordinance is being br- Amritakalam: 11:11 pm - 12:41 am Naxalites of the dreaded CPI a reward of over Rs1 Maoist Party during his stay in private investors in the Indian ought on a war footing as the Maoists took out a massive their team. and global power sector. Centre is unable to introduce Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:50 am - 12:34 pm funeral procession in the dense crore on his head, On December 11, the According to sources, PPAs amendments to the Electricity forest terrain of Chhattisgarh succumbed to typhoid Naxalite leader, who carried a signed between generators Act, 2003, due to lack of con- HYDERABAD this week and paid homage to fever and other reward of over Rs1 crore on his and Discoms will be made sa- sensus among the states. WEATHER their top leader Ravula Srinivas prolonged ailments head, succumbed to typhoid crosanct with states limiting Soon after coming to power, Forecast: Clear with periodic clouds alias Ramanna. fever and other prolonged ail- their rights to renegotiate Jagan had decided to review all Temp: 29/17 Several top leaders of the ments. PPAs midway of a project the PPAs that were signed dur- Humidity: 68% Central Committee and weapons took out the rally in Police of Bhadradri- cycle. It's expected to be done ing the previous TDP govern- Sunrise: 06.39 Central Military Commission A video grab of the funeral procession of Naxalite leader Ramanna. the forest belt where the Kothagudem region secured by empowering power sector ment over allegations that his Sunset: 05.44 along with the politburo mem- deceased Naxalite leader ran this information immediately regulators, making their oper- predecessor N Chandrababu Current Weather Conditions bers reportedly participated the Abuzmaad region and wing. his activities for more than four and tried to zero in on the place ations independent and giving Naidu had resorted to irregu- Updated December 16, 2019 5:00 PM in the procession and the pub- adjoining parts of the strong- About a 1,000 uniform-clad decades. of death of the Naxalite leader. statutory powers. larities in signing the PPAs. lic meeting that took place in hold of the outlawed Naxalite Naxalites with sophisticated Ramanna, a native of the Continued on Page 4 The Centre has decided to Continued on Page 4 HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | DECEMBER 17, 2019 hyderabad 02

t is clearly evident that the every eligible person can apply Opposition gives prece- for Indian citizenship. The Idence to its political inter- Amendment Bill did not affect ests over the nation's interests any changes in Section 5 of the if attempts to provoke the Opposition is misleading public on CAA Act. As per the rules, person people and to stoke fires of dis- of any faith, including sent across the country is any Bill only to render equal justice try after Permit in vogue in the Muslims, living in the country indication. to all but not to harm the inter- Amit Shah, while participating in a debate December 31, North-East. can get citizenship. As per They have been slinging ests of any section of society. on the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, said that 2014. TRULY Moreover, the permit Section 6 of the Act, any per- mud on the BJP apprehending Amit Shah, while participat- The argu- SPEAKING is being implemented son who lived in the country that the BJP has vested inter- ing in a debate on the Bill in had the Congress not divided the country ment that CAB in Manipur as well. for five years can become a cit- ests in getting the Citizenship the Rajya Sabha, said that had along religious lines, the Bill wouldn’t have is violative of the The draft Bill made it izen of the country. Amendment Bill passed. the Congress not divided the been necessitated Article 370 does not clear that it is not applicable to To prove staying in the They allege that with the country along religious lines, hold good. the tribals living in Assam, country for five years, certifi- help of the Act, the BJP will the Bill wouldn’t have been The Act does not question Meghalaya, Mizoram and cates issued by panchayats drive away Muslims from the necessitated. Mandal stepped down in When the government retort- the language, culture and Tripula, the states found men- and municipalities, Aadhaar nation's soil and give the coun- When the issue came up for protest against the violence on ed saying, “Whether Muslims social identity of the people of tion in the Sixth Schedule of the card, post office and bank try the shape of a Hindu state. discussion in the Constituent non-Muslims in East and West face any repression in Islamic the North-East. Malicious pro- Indian Constitution. As per the savings bank accounts details, Opposition forces have been Assembly, Jawaharlal Nehru, in Pakistan. He himself came to countries at all" the Opposition paganda is being propagated in Assam agreement, it has been electricity and telephone bills trying to destabilise the coun- the name of secularism, dis- India as a refugee as justice was has no answer. Assam that the Act harms decided to send back all those suffice to prove the duration of try with malicious propagan- missed the citizenship demand not done to non-Muslim mi- One-third of the landed area Y SATYAKUMAR minorities. The Act is applic- who have migrated to India residence in the country. Then, da on the issues that found of the Hindu and Sikh immi- norities in East and West of the erstwhile India has been BJP National Secretary able to minorities coming into after March 24, 1971. The how can injustice be done to mention in the Bill and also on grants into the country from Pakistan as per the Nehru- partitioned and given to the country as refugees but not Citizenship Amendment Act person of any religion? those did not figure in it. the East and West Pakistan. Liakhat pact. Pakistan and Bangladesh. Is to the minorities in Assam. honours the agreement in toto. In fact, giving citizenship to These forces have been mus- As per the Nehru-Liakhat Therefore, is it not our duty there any meaning in allowing being accorded rights, not It should not be forgotten The Act is applicable to people of some faiths was not tering resources to turn the Ali Khan agreement, the coun- to accord citizenship to victims those who have accepted intruders. that the Center is implement- refugees living across the country, new. When Ambedkar was the country into a cauldron, try gave a categorical assurance of Partition? When the govern- Pakistan and Bangladesh as The opinion voiced that the ing the National Citizenship but not limited to Assam alone. Law Minister, the Immigrants unable to stomach Narendra that India will protect them if ment proposed to give citizen- their motherland to reside in country gives citizenship to Register to protect the aborig- Those who faced repression in Act was passed in 1950. It Modi riding into power with they did not get any protection ship to people of six faiths who India? In fact, false propagan- fresh Hindu immigrants from inals living in Assam from ille- Islamic nations live in all states. advocates banishing of those a thumping majority. in East and West Pakistan. Dr faced repression in Islamic da has been unleashed that the Bangladesh does not hold gal immigrants. The The Argument that over 1.5 lakh who enter the country illegal- Attributing political motives BR Ambedkar was the Law countries of Bangladesh, Indian Citizenship Act will give good. The Citizenship Citizenship Amendment Act Bengali Hindus live in Assam and ly with malafide intension and to the Bill is far from truth Minister of the country at the Pakistan and Afghanistan, the citizenship to those who entered Amendment Bill clearly states does not harm the locals liv- that the Act gives recognition to show leniency towards Hindus because there are no elections on time of the agreement , while opposition questioning the gov- the country illegally. Refugees that there is no question of ing in Assam. There is no all of them is not valid. and Sikhs who returned to the horizon. As mentioned in its it was Dalit leader Jogendra ernment, "But, what about living in the country for over awarding citizenship to anyone room for apprehensions that According to the Section 5 India because of disturbances manifesto, the BJP piloted the Nath Mandal in Pakistan. Muslims" is rather strange! seven decades without rights are who crossed over to the coun- the Act helps violate Inner Line of the Indian Citizenship Act, in Muslim nations. Others copying TS Tackling malnourishment with ‘Balamrutham Plus' schemes: Jagadish PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n SURYAPET Minister for Women & Child Entire country is Welfare Sathyavathi Rathod Energy Minister G Jagadish looking towards and Health Minister Etela Reddy has laid foundation Rajender have launched stone for CC roads at Telangana State for 'Balamrutham Plus', a unique Durajpally village in the district its achievements in and healthy food pack for on Monday. Speaking on the development within a short children in the age group of 0- occasion, the Minister said span of time and welfare Foolproof arrangements 7 years, at a function on the that TRS government focused schemes NIN campus on Monday. on development and welfare of G JAGADISH REDDY UNICEF Chief Field Office for the people without looking Energy Minister Southern States, Meital Rusdia into political affiliations. for President's sojourn also attended the programme. "Hence, all the people are reap- PNS n HYDERABAD Ravi Gupta, Police 'Balamrutham Plus' was efforts of the State government ing the benefits of welfare Commissioners Anjani Kumar, developed by the State Women ‘Balamrutham are focused not on treatment schemes in the State," he said, looking towards Telangana fidence of the people. Chief Secretary Dr SK Joshi on Mahesh Bhagawat, GHMC and Child Welfare department Plus' was but on preventing health issues adding that Suryapet area was State for its achievements in The Minister has also Monday asked officials of var- commissioner Lokesh Kumar, in association with the and supporting with different denied irrigation facility for development within a short appealed the people to coop- ious government departments District Collectors Manik Raj, National Institute of Nutrition developed by schemes," he said. Telangana decades, but the TRS govern- span of time and welfare erate for development of to make foolproof arrange- MV Reddy, Harish, protocol (NIN). 'Balamrutham Plus' the State has become a model state for ment succeeded in providing schemes, which have changed Suryapet irrespective of poli- ments for President Ramanath director Arvinder Singh and will help in addressing issues others in the country in pro- irrigation facility to more than the lives of the people. tics. He exuded confidence Kovind's winter sojourn in the others took part in the meeting. of acute malnourishment Women and viding healthcare, he said. two lakh acres in the district for Listing out Rythu Bandu, that Suryapet would soon city from December 20 to 28. He asked the officials to among children. As a pilot Child Welfare Rajender recalled that when he two crops through SRSP canal. Rythu Bima, Kalyana Lakshmi become a model town in the He was holding a coordination prepare an action plan for the project, Balamrutham Plus as Finance Minister was The Minister further credit- schemes and Mission state. Rajya Sabha member meeting of various govern- President's visit and discharge will first be implemented in dept in preparing the first budget of ed CM K Chandrasekhar Rao Bhagiratha, Jagadish Reddy Badugula Lingaiah Yadav, for- ment departments at BRK their duties working with Asifabad, Gadwal district. association Telangana, the Chief Minister for making Telangana number reminded that the Centre and mer municipal chairperson of Bhavan here on Monday. coordination. As the President Speaking on the occasion, with NIN insisted that the budget should one state in the country in neighboring States have also Suryapet Ganduri Pravallika Special Chief Secretary ener- arrives at Hakimpet airport Satyavathi Rathod said Chief reflect people and their lives. implementation of welfare pro- copied our schemes and imple- Prakash, district libraries pres- gy Ajay Mishra, Special Chief around 1 pm on December 20, Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao Principal Secretary, Women grammes for the people. He menting similar schemes with ident Nimmala Srinivas and Secretary to the GAD Adhar he wanted the officials to has taken up several measures that extends support to pregnant and Child Welfare, M said that the entire country was other names to gain the con- others were also present. Sinha, Medical and Health make suitable arrangements at and schemes for the women and women at an early stage," she Jagadeeshwar, Joint Director, Principal Secretary Shanti the airport. He wanted the children in the State. "Mothers said. Anuradha, NIN Director, Dr Kumari, Special Chief Secretary control room to be manned not being healthy has the risk of Health Minister E Rajender Hemalatha and Unicef's nutri- to the Department of Revenue with officials of various gov- children born also being not stressed on preventive mea- tion specialist, Cathy Tiwari Realtor Somesh Kumar, DGP Mahender ernment departments' offi- healthy. That's why the Chief sures than spending huge also participated in the launch murdered in After leaked audio Reddy, Principal Secretary Home cials should remain alert. Minister has come up with steps amounts on treatment. "All programme. Nizamabad with MP, Karimnagar... NEW FACILITY PNS n HYDERABAD Jamia protests spread Continued from Page 1 Shunting out the district A realtor was found mur- collector at a time the munic- dered at Babapur outskirts of However, refuting these allega- ipal elections are around the Bheemgal mandal in tions, the Collector, who was corner has created enough to campuses in city Nizamabad district. Kaleem asked to clarify, said that the controversy. However, the gov- (48), a realtor and a native of original audio was trimmed to ernment sources say that it was Continued from Page 1 are boycotting the exams, there- Bheemgal mandal has dis- stir up the controversy. He more than three years since the fore we request you to postpone putes over land with one demanded a probe into the appointment of the district Students held the National Flag the exam. We shall attend the Rade Balaram who belongs to affair.The collector also met collector and hence the trans- aloft, while slogans of "Long exam on any other date as Babapur. the Chief Secretary SK Joshi fer. Live Students Unity" reverber- decided by you. Hope you will On Monday, Balaram and submitted the original Meanwhile, Wanaparthy ated across the campus. The understand the situation and called up Kaleem and invit- audio recording and support- collector Swetha Mohanty was students protested against the allow us to skip the exam on ed to his poultry farm to set- ing facts to back his claim. given full additional charge of police violence on students at said date," the letter read. tle the disputes between Ahmed also had a tiff with Gadwal district until further JMI and AMU, and urged the University officials said that them. While they were dis- TRS MLA Rasamayi orders. boycotting of the Citizenship while they support the protest, cussing, Balaram threw chilli Balakishan earlier when both Additional Director General Amendment Act and the they will not support post- powder at Kaleem and were engaged in exchange of of Dr MCRHRD Institute National Register of Citizens. ponement of the exams. hacked him to death with a words publicly on the dais over Busani Venkateshwara Rao The student union has At Osmania University, stu- sickle. 'protocol issue'. has been transferred and post- announced that it will boycott dents staged a protest on the After the murder, Balaram TRS leaders in erstwhile ed as Principal Secretary, classes until action is taken on Arts College campus on surrendered before Bheemgal Karimnagar district had not Revenue (Disaster the offending police officers in Monday against the alleged police. The police examined been happy with Ahmed for Management) while A Ashok, Delhi. MANUU Students brutality of the police on stu- the spot and registered a case. long and had requested KCR who was awaiting posting, Union President Shaik Umar dents of Jamia Millia University. An investigation is under- to transfer him from the dis- was appointed in the place of Ministers A Indrakaran Reddy, Sabitha Indra Reddy and others inaugurating Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Faruq Quadri said, "Over con- They raised slogans against way. trict. Venkateshwara Rao. Dilawarpur in Nirmal on Monday cerns of violence on protesting Modi, Amit Shah and BJP gov- students, we have unanimous- ernment at the Centre. Students HYDERABAD ly decided to continue the of the UoH took out a march protest seeking action against from the college campus to the BULLION RATES the policemen who are respon- Gachibowli stadium. GOLD ‘Hike compensation cess on tobacco products’ sible for the violence." The march was organised by ` 38,060 (10 gm) Faruq Quadri added, "CAA the HCU students union was PNS n HYDERABAD ` and NRC are discriminatory in against the police brutality in 320 Public health groups along with nature and aimed at dividing North East, Jamia Milia Islamia SILVER Public health groups along the country on religious lines. and in other universities and ` 44,300(1kg) with doctors and economists doctors urged the GST Council to CAA violates the basic princi- against the CAA and the NRC, ` 200 urged the members of the increase the compensation cess ples of Indian Constitution." was attended by more than 200 GST Council to further The student union has also students. Police escorted the increase compensation cess uniformly on all cigarettes to written to University's protesters till the stadium and CHICKEN on all tobacco products, while Rs 5,463 per 1,000 sticks on Controller of Examinations stood vigil as the students RATES `/KG retaining tobacco products at cigarettes irrespective of their size seeking the postponement of raised slogans condemning the highest demerit goods cat- exams that are scheduled for police brutality and the CAA. Dressed/With Skin `158 egory at 28 per cent under Monday, in light of the protests Copies of the CAA were also Without Skin `180 GST. Increasing compensa- 10% reduction in consump- tion", said Bhavna B occurring on campus. burnt by the protesting stu- Broiler at Farm `109 tion cess on tobacco products tion. Mukhopadhyay, Chief "The students of MANUU dents. can help the Government gar- "It is critical that tobacco Executive, Voluntary Health ner additional revenue of 190 products are retained in the Association of India. EGG billion to make up the deficit 28% slab and compensa- The present GST rates `/ short fall in GST collection. tion cess is increased on all combined with the com- RATES 100 Taxing tobacco products at deficit shortfall and can also be all cigarettes to Rs 5,463 per of them. Increase in tobac- pensation cess for all tobac- HYDERABAD 433 28% rate and additional com- used to support Govt's 1,000 sticks on cigarettes irre- co taxation will be benefi- co products is far below the VIJAYAWADA 452 pensation cess will not only schemes like Ayushman spective of their size. Such cial for our country's econ- recommended level of tax bring in additional revenue but Bharat, they opined. increase could potentially omy as well as to address burden (taxes as a percent- VISAKHAPATNAM 470 also reduce tobacco consump- They urged the GST increase the GST revenue public health concerns age of final tax inclusive of RETAIL PRICE `4.33 tion. The additional revenues Council to increase the com- from cigarettes by about Rs related to tobacco thus retail price) of 75% by the (IN HYDERABAD) collected will support the pensation cess uniformly on 150 billion while targeting a making it a win-win situa- World Health Organisation.

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RIME PLASTIC BAN CORNER Rape accused gets 3 years in prison TS dodges decision on local court at LB Nagar Asentenced three year imprisonment to plumber after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting minor girls on Monday. The accused was single-use plastics ban identified as Md Rasool, a 38- year-old plumber residing at n Boduppal and working in a CM appointed panel to hold discussions with plastic manufacturers private township at Ghatkesar. The police had received a NAVEENA GHANATE complaint after the man had n HYDERABAD CM has asked the sexually assaulted a 12-year- officials to work old and a 6-year-old girl. The State government is mak- "Rasool had gone to the ing conscious efforts to avoid out the modalities victim's house to repair a tap in banning single-use plastics in for giving kitchen. He then called the 12- one stroke, even as calls for incentives to UoH students stage stir year-old girl to the kitchen and such a ban have intensified. sexually assaulted her. When This is understandable, if ensure that those the girl narrated the incident to one takes into account the manufacturing her mother, her 6-year-old fact that when the state Cabinet against Citizenship Act younger sister also revealed was about to take a decision on plastic switch over that Rasool had sexually plastic ban, the Industries to other forms of assaulted her in a lift three department raised an alert n Condemn brutal police assault on students of weeks ago" said a police. over the people dependent on sustenance. Based on a complaint from the plastic manufacturing units. Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University victim's mother, the Ghatkesar During the Cabinet meeting, Police registered a case under Minister Harish Rao said that Responding to a question Chief Minister has asked the will prepare a report after tak- PNS n HYDERABAD sections 448, 354 of the IPC Chief Minister K. posed at an interactive session officials to work out the modal- ing inputs from the industry. and POCSO Act. After Chandrasekhar Rao asked the of Federation of Telangana ities for giving incentives to Harish Rao said, "We want Students of the University of ABVP SUPPORTS CAA completion of investigation, a industries secretary about Chambers of Commerce and ensure that those manufactur- to protect employment without Hyderabad here on Monday charge sheet was filed in the employment in the sector and Industry (FTCCI) on Monday, ing plastic switch over to other causing losses to the industry. staged a protest march con- HYDERABAD: court and during the trail on was told that nearly 2.5 to 3 Harish Rao said that there the forms of sustenance. In Karnataka, they imposed the demning the brutal police Members of Akhil Monday, the court convicted lakh people work in the plas- plastic industry in the state is The CM has also appointed ban without making alternative assault on students of the Jamia Bharatiya Vidyarthi Rasool and sentenced him to tic industry. Harish Rao quite big. "Government needs a panel of officers to hold dis- arrangement. Due to this, they Millia Islamia and the Aligarh Parishad (ABVP) had undergo 3 years imprisonment revealed that the CM deferred to be prudent about industri- cussions with the plastic man- are only about 50 to 60 per cent Muslim University on Sunday. organised a rally in and imposed a fine of Rs 2000. a decision on plastic ban and al growth and environment," ufacturers over the kind of sup- successful. We plan to create an Raising slogans against 'autocrat- Kukatpally on Monday directed appointment of an he said. port they need to make the alternative and then impose the ic' Narendra Modi government, to welcome the Youth arrested for officers' committee. Harish Rao said that the switch. The officers committee ban". 'unconstitutional' Citizenship Citizenship Amendment Amendment Act (CAA) and Act (CAA) passed by the raping minor proposed nation-wide National government. As many as 500 ABVP members he Chatrinaka Police Register of Citizens (NRC), stu- VIJAY DIWAS 11-member gang participated in the rally. arrested a 20-year-old man dents marched from the campus T Nikhil, ABVP state for raping a 14-year-old girl on held, 28 two to Gachibowli Stadium. executive member said that the party has welcomed the bill passed Monday. The arrested person Carrying placards with slo- by the Central government. People of Hyderabad and Telangana identified as M Rakesh is a wheelers, 5 cell gans of 'Reject All India NRC' should not be scared of anything. "It is a good move by the resident of Danaiah Nagar in and 'Save Constitution', the phones recovered government and the people should be proud of being a citizen of the Uppuguda. According to the central university students par- country." He further added that people opposing the civil citizenship police, on Saturday, Rakesh PNS n HYDERABAD ticipated in the protest organ- law should be treated as traitors. People from every religion should told the victim that his sister, ised by the students union. feel themselves safe in this country. who is the friend of victim, is Officials of the Commission- They demanded strict action calling her to his house. er's Task Force, Central Zone against 'brutal' Delhi and UP Believing him, the victim went team busted a gang of 11 police for 'barbaric assault' on the venue of 2016 protests to their house. Rakesh then members who were involved campuses and rollback of over suicide of a Dalit student. MANUU exams forcibly pulled her inside and in stealing mobile phone and 'unconstitutional' CAA and It had also witnessed protest raped her. The victim then vehicles on Monday. proposed all-India NRC. by students from Assam and postponed escaped from his clutches and Officials recovered 5 While the varsity adminis- other northeast states over the informed her mother. The mobile phones, 28 two tration had tightened security CAA a few days ago. An Hyderabad: The students of mother of the victim rushed to wheelers and an auto, all on the campus, the police kept Assamese student told IANS, Maulana Azad National Urdu the Police station and filed a worth Rs 25 lakh from their a vigil from outside to prevent protests on the campus had University staged a protest in the complaint. Based on the comp- possession. any untoward incident. The eased due to curbs imposed by campus premises here against laint, the police registered a The accused have been campus was quiet throughout the university administration police action against the students case under section 376(2)(i), identified as Amer Khan, 18, the day as protest began only following suicide of Rohith of Jamia Millia Islamia University 342 of the IPC and POCSO Act Korivi Harshavardhan, 20, in evening with students join- Vemula, a research scholar in and Aligarh Muslim University. The and started investigation. Brigadier Abhijit Chandra, Deputy GOC, TASA & Station Commander lays a wreath at Veerula Sainik Smarak on the occasion Natya Udya Kiran, 18, C ing the march after attending 2016. The suicide by Dalit MANUU officials have postponed of Vijay Diwas Celebrations in Secunderabad on Monday Abhishek, 18, Abdul Wahed classes. The campus had wit- student due to alleged discrim- the exams slated to be conducted Afroze, 35, Mohammed Altaf nessed protests against the ination by university authori- on Monday and Tuesday after the Two arrested for Hussian, 19, Syed Jameel, 20, police action at Jamia on ties had sparked massive students union has written to the selling fake TVs N Sai Kiran, 21, Erukala Sunday too, with slogan-shout- unrest on the campus and University to postpone the exams Homage paid to martyrs Mallesh, 19, Shaik Zameer, 20 ing students holding placards triggered protests in universi- that are scheduled on December he Jeedimetla Police along 16 and 17. with a special operations and a 16-year-old juvenile. gathering at North Shopcom, ties across the country. T PNS n HYDERABAD team from Balanagar Zone Commander on behalf of victory over East Pakistan, in arrested two shop owners for General Officer Commanding, a war that the Indian Armed selling duplicate televisions on As part of Vijay Diwas Telangana and Andhra Sub Forces planned, executed and Monday. Police seized 54 Celebrations, wreath laying Area laid wreath to pay carried out with precision 3 held, gelatine sticks seized duplicate LED televisions worth ceremony was organised at homage to the martyrs. resulting in capture of over Rs 46.20 lakh from their shop Veerula Sainik Smarak in The Republic of India 93000 Prisoners of War and HYDERABAD: The Dundigal Police and involved in the procuring of explo- at Shapur Nagar in Jeedimetla. Secunderabad on Monday. proudly celebrates its Victory liberation of Bangladesh. a special operations team from sives without permission from the The arrested persons have The event was attended by Day as "Vijay Diwas" on 16 Vijay Diwas was celebrated Balanagar zone arrested three per- competent authority. The accused been identified as a large number of officers and December every year since today throughout the Nation sons for storing explosives illegally identified as Yata Sathish, Alakunta Balamurugan Subramanian, soldiers. 1971. to commemorate the 48th and seized 1,350 gelatine sticks, Swamy, and Kethavath Venkatesh. 39, and Hasam Hasan Parmar, Brigadier Abhijit Chandra, On this day in the year Anniversary of the historic 1,200 detonators. According to the Another person, identified as 55. The police said that both Deputy GOC, TASA & Station 1971, India achieved a decisive victory. police, the accused persons are Shivarthvi Raghupathy, is absconding. Subramanian and Parmar run electronic and home appliances shops at Shapur Applications invited for Nagar market in Jeedimetla. UPPAL BAGAYATH Their shops, Mahashakthi COEs run by TSWREIS Electronics and NH electronics Auction fetches Rs 364cr for HMDA n are adjacent to each other. PNS HYDERABAD From the past 20 years, both PNS n HYDERABAD 38,662.48 square yards were highest bidding of Rs of them were selling duplicate auctioned and fetched the 79,900 per square yard Telangana Social Welfare Residential LED televisions to customers As expected by HMDA HMDA Rs 74.43 crore. On was witnessed on Sunday Educational Institutions Society by installing a software and officials, e-auction of Monday, the third day of e- and lowest of Rs 30,200 (TSWREIS) has invited online appli- labeling them as multiple Phase-I and II plots in auction for plots, the bidding per sq yard was witnessed cations from SC,ST, BC, HC, branded companies like SONY, Uppal Bagayath received reached a peak, with bidders on Saturday and Sunday. Converted Christians and OC boys LG, SAMSUNG, AIWA and an enthusiastic response going as high as Rs 76,100 Apart from secretary and girls for admission into 28 TOSHIBA. The duplicate TVs from buyers. For the auc- per square yard for a plot. Ram Kishan, Special Grade Centre of Excellence Colleges also had those companies tion conducted over the The minimum bid price Deputy Collector B.S. Lata, (COEs) and Social Welfare Sainik stickers and logos. After past three days, HMDA was Rs 35,100, but the EO lands Gangadhar, SDC College, Rukmapur, Karim Nagar, raiding the shops officials secured Rs 364.71 crore average price per square Aparna, CE Sri BLN Reddy, for the academic year 2020-2021. seized 54 duplicate LED by selling 118 plots. yard was Rs 41,141. About Director Sri Narender and Candidates appearing for Class X televisions worth Rs 46.20 On Monday, 15 plots 88,675.12 sq yards other officials monitored public exams in March 2020 are eli- lakhs from their possession. with a total plot area of Rs remained unsold. The the bidding session. gible to apply for admission into COE colleges. Cops clarify on IIT-H researchers develop abuse allegations simple device to detect BSA PNS n HYDERABAD the police station as part of the PNS n HYDERABAD inquiry. The DCP clarified Responding to a video in that Suresh had borrowed Rs Researchers at Indian Insti- which a couple alleged harass- 4.70 lakh from Vasudeva tute of Technology Hyderab- ment by the Banjara Hills Sarma and was not returning ad (IIT- H) said that they ha- police, West Zone DCP the amount. When Sarma ve developed a simple, affo- Srinivas on Monday clarified asked to return the money, he rdable and environmentally- that the allegation was wrong. refused to do so and in turn friendly device that can In the video clip that has threatened him. detect biomolecule such as gone viral, the couple purport- When approached, the bovine serum albumin. edly says that they were assa- Banjara Hills police asked Detection and quantifica- ulted at the Banjara Hills them to settle the matter in a tion of albumin proteins have police station. The couple goes court. Sarma approached cou- become mandatory in the on to claim the cops sexually rt and managed to secure a modern era. harassed the girl. "Without act- court notice. The DCP said Albumin carries distinct ing on our complaint, the that Suresh behaved rudely substances such as vitamins, police registered a false case towards the S-I and also enzymes and hormones against us and are harassing caught hold of the cop's collar. throughout the body and us," the couple said in the clip. Therefore, a case has been also helps to maintain nutri- The couple in the clip has booked against Suresh and his tional balance. However, due been identified as Atluri wife Pravija on December 8 to the structural similarities HSA has been of great kidney diseases and liver Suresh and his wife Pravija. under Sections 353, 354 and of BSA with respect to interest and assessment of its abnormalities. Dr Suryan- Suresh faces a police complaint 506 of the IPC. human serum albumin level in human blood and arayana Jammalamadaka, for not returning the money However, the couple alleged (HSA), BSA has been used as urine is important in the di- Associate Professor, Depart- taken from a friend. He and that the police registered an a model protein in the agnosis of a range of condi- ment of Physics, IIT H is the his wife were summoned to FIR to victimise them. research fields. tions such as malnutrition, co-author of the paper. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | DECEMBER 17, 2019 hyderabad 04

SHADNAGAR ENCOUNTER TS likely to replicate Did cops ignore Centre's ‘Sabka Vishwas' SC guidelines? PNS n HYDERABAD l Scheme will clear issues for industry and add to coffers of govt, says Harish One of the The Cyberabad police appears guidelines is KCR failed to NAVEENA GHANATE get some money. To sort all the to flout most of the Supreme Kin of Hajipur n HYDERABAD litigation issues, pending issues, Court's 16-point guidelines filing of an FIR keep Musi court cases, appeals - Sabhka on police encounters issued in against police victims seek With Industry expressing con- Vishwas was brought, for state 2014. clean: Laxman cerns over pending old VAT we will bring one such. For PSUs One of the main points of officials involved issues, Telangana government is there was some VAT issue pend- the guidelines is the filing of in alleged PNS n HYDERABAD death penalty likely to replicate Centre's 'Sabka ing. They also approached for an FIR against the police offi- Vishwas' scheme. "Even we are settlement. We will try in such cials involved in the alleged encounter, Taking a dig at Chief Minister for accused also working out on bringing lines". Live since September 1, encounter, immediately after immediately K Chandrashekhar Rao, BJP HYDERABAD: Families of Hajipur such scheme to resolve pending the Sabka Vishwas Scheme pro- the occurrence of such an after the state unit president K rape victims and leaders of BC VAT issues. Our Special Chief vides a one-time window to eli- event. When asked if any such Laxman said that the CM had Unions have urged Governor Secretary Somesh Kumar is gible persons to declare their tax case was filed, Cyberabad occurrence of failed to fulfill his assurance Tamilisai Soundararajan to hang working on that. Recently this dues and pay the same in accor- Police officials declined to such an event of cleansing of Musi river, the accused. They met the discussion was held in the dance with the provisions. comment, saying that their which flows through five dis- Governor here on Monday at Raj Cabinet along with Chief When Centre had launched the involvement limited to only tricts in the State. Bhavan and submitted a Minister and in our Cabinet scheme, it noticed that about the Disha case and the SIT was He further alleged that the memorandum urging the latter sub-committee for revenue 1.83 lakh cases of Rs 3.6lakh the competent authority on Mandatory magisterial inquiry Chief Minister's words of to hang the accused Srinivas resource mobilisation. Very Live since September 1, the crore were stuck at various the encounter. However, when into all cases of encounter filling picturesque polluted Reddy and do justice to the shortly we will resolve the issue," ‘Sabka Vishwas’ scheme provides a quasi-judicial, appellate and a Rachakonda police official deaths; The NHRC or State Hussain Sagar, with coconut families of the victims. BC said Finance Minister T Harish judicial forums under Service involved with the investigation commission must be imme- water, failed to make any Sangham state president Jajula Rao. one-time window to eligible persons Tax and Central Excise put was asked about the same, he diately informed of impact. He alleged that Srinivas Goud and families of He was responding to a ques- to declare their tax dues and pay the together. denied knowledge of any case the encounter death, among Osmansagar and victims met the Sovernor. Later tion posed at an interactive The last date for the scheme being filed. After a petition others. Himayatsagar, which provid- speaking to the media, Srinivas session of Federation of same in accordance with the is December 31. So far, the was filed by the People's Union Sources said that the ed water to Hyderabad, were Goud alleged that the accused, Telangana Chambers of provisions Sabka Vishwas scheme has for Civil Liberties (PUCL), the Cyberabad police have com- subjected to encroachment. Srinivas Reddy murdered three Commerce and Industry attracted substantial attention Supreme Court bench of Chief pleted the investigation into The Chief Minister is playing girls brutally after raping them. (FTCCI). Harish asked industry with the Centre receiving about Justice of India (CJI) RM the rape and murder of Disha games with the lives of the Still, no action has been taken people who were present at the Vishwas' to settle in one go. His on occasion. He said, "it will be 55,693 applications with tax Lodha and Justice Rohinton and will soon file a people, he said and appealed against the accused. These sorts programme, if they are ready to question met with resounding win-win situation, industry dispute amounting to Nariman, issued a 16-point chargesheet. The police have people to keep clean the of incidents are taking place in embrace a scheme like 'Sabhka 'Yes' from industry folks present issues will be settled and we will Rs 29,557.3 crore as on date. guideline "to be followed in the received the DNA report and Musi river, which is also every district. The Governor said matters of investigating police also a report from the foren- known as Telangana Ganga. that Hajipur incident was on her encounters in the cases of sics lab. He was speaking after per- list. Responding positively, the death as the standard proce- The chargesheet of the case, forming puja and Harrti of Governor assured to help the COURTESY CALL Jagga Reddy dure for thorough, effective that now has more than 40 Musi River at Bapughat near families of the victims in all and independent investiga- witnesses to it, including a Langerhouse. As part of possible way," he said. "The hits out at tion". man at puncture shop where "Namami Musi River" pro- police should 'encounter' The guidelines say: If pur- the killers reportedly took gramme launched on Srinivas Reddy. Then only, the suant to a tip-off the police Disha's bike, employees at a Saturday, Dr Laxman visited victims' soul will rest in peace," Harish Rao uses firearms and this results wine shop where the accused Musi River at Bapughat and the families demanded. It may PNS n HYDERABAD in death of a person, then an purchased liquor, employees of performed puja before reach- be recalled that accused Srinivas FIR initiating proper criminal a petrol pump, and others, will ing Hussainsagar. The party Reddy allegedly raped and killed three girls. The government had Congress MLA from investigation must be regis- be submitted in court before has launched long-term pro- set up fast track court to deal Sangareddy T Jagga Reddy tered; Investigation into such the month-end, said sources. gramme aiming to mount with the Hajipur cases. took potshots at Finance death will be done by an inde- Police have also attached pressure on the TRS govern- Minister Harish Rao and said pendent CID team which has CCTV footage from the crime ment to take necessary mea- that he has no right to speak to fulfil eight minimum inves- scene which is crucial to the sures for the conservation of against Congress party. tigation requirements; investigation. Musi. 2 drown in Addressing the media at Assembly premises, the streams in... Congress MLA said, "Harish is Continued from Page 1 no one to speak against Congress. He should not for- HC stays cancellation of Lady teacher She was playing with her elder get the fact that Congress sister at the time of the mishap, made him Minster for the first attempts Wankidi Sub inspector time in his political career." MLA's Indian citizenship Chandrasekhar said. In the Harish Rao's dream of 'no suicide at n second incident, Gangineni Prasad Panda, Minister of Infrastructure, Alberta, Canada calls on IT Minister KT Rama Rao in city on Monday. Investment existence of Congress in PNS HYDERABAD Parvathalu, a 28-year-old opportunities between Telangana State and Alberta Province were discussed in the meeting Telangana' will never become MEO office fisherman died when he drowned a reality, he said and added In a huge relief to TRS MLA Continued from Page 1 in a stream while fishing, on the that Harish had become Chennamaneni Ramesh, the outskirts of Bejjur mandal centre. CITIZENSHIP ACT Minister for second time just High Court on Monday gave "Unable to bear the He was a resident of Yetiguda because of AICC chief Sonia stay on the cancellation of his harassment, I resorted village in Bejjur mandal. He was Gandhi. Jagga Reddy sug- Indian citizenship. The Court to this action," she said. accompanied by his nephew, gested Harish not to criticise has postponed the hearing of Both the headmaster who alerted the police and his Left parties to organise Congress for the sake of his the case by four weeks while and MEO were not avail- family members. uncle KCR. Harish's 'dramas' giving 8-week stay on the able in their offices and will continue only till TRS is MHA's decision to strip not attending to phone in power. Harish will get dis- Ramesh off his citizenship. calls. District Education rally on December 19 appear if once Congress It also directed the Central Officer Bixapathi said Centre releases comes to power," he remarked government to file counter citizenship Act- 1955. The explanations had been PNS n HYDERABAD state against the CAA. saying power is not perma- affidavit containing the political rival of Ramesh from sought from both head- Rs 1,036cr... The meeting also decided nent to any political party. He details whether the petition- Congress party Aadi Srinivas master and MEO, and an Protesting against the to extend support to the said that the Congress will win er MLA has renounced his lodged a complaint with the officer was appointed to Continued from Page 1 Citizenship (Amendment) nation-wide strike called by all 8 municipalities in German citizenship or not Union Home Ministry alleg- inquire into the issue. "If Earlier this month, governments Act, the Left parties have agriculture labourers and Sangareddy district. and details about his citizen- ing that Ramesh was not an there is any truth in her of several States, including decided to organise a huge farmers to be held on January ships from the two countries. Indian Citizen. He also filed allegation, action would Telangana, upped the ante for rally from Charminar to 8. The meeting decided to In his petition, Ramesh told a case in the High Court, be taken against both of immediate release of GST Exhibition Grounds on observe bandh on the same the HC that he had already responding to the petition. them," he said. compensation fund. The Union December 19. The same day, day across the rural areas in renounced his German Ramesh told the court that Meanwhile, Finance Minister acknowledged Left parties have planned to Telangana. Citizenship. The petition was the matter was pending with Devarakonda police also the delay in payment of orgainse similar protests in all Chada Venkat Reddy (CPI filed by the MLA challenging the Central government. This filed a case and took up compensation on account of the district headquarters. state secretary), K Govardhan the orders issued by the has prompted the High Court investigation on the alle- shortfall in GST collections. Left parties -CPI, CPM, (CPI-ML New Democracy), Union Home Ministry in to direct the Central govern- gations made by the lady Expecting the issue to be taken CPI (ML) New Democracy, JV Chalapathi Rao (CPI-ML November last month can- ment to constitute a com- teacher. According to the up by the States especially those RSP, Forward Block and of CPM state secretary New Democracy), K celling his citizenship. mittee to expedite the dis- police, the teacher was ruled by the Opposition in the social organisations and peo- Thammineni Veerabhadram. Janakiramulu (RSP), RV It may be noted here that posal of the case. Following out of danger and under- upcoming meeting, the Centre is ples organisations have held a The Left parties have decid- Prasad (Forward Block) and the Centre had cancelled the this, the Centre had consti- going treatment at the said to have partially released meeting at Maqdhoom ed in the meeting that they others participated in the Indian citizenship of the tuted a committee headed by hospital. compensation dues. Bhavan under the leadership will stage protests across the meeting. MLA as per section 10 of the SK Tandon. Camp clerk in ACB net State delays Rs 2,500cr incentives... Irked over AP's PPA PNS n KARIMNAGAR power of attorney on the land, approached Huzurabad RDO Continued from Page 1 share in Central funds is also next two quarters it is esti- rate tax to attract more indus- Anti-Corruption Bureau Chennaiah asking him to less. It has become very diffi- mated to go down further. tries and expand businesses of review, Centre plans... police trapped Camp implement NALA Act. While acknowledging that cult to manage as we need to Some are saying even the 4.5 our industrialists. When clerk of Huzurabad RDO asked Jogireddy the industry is facing difficult give funds for development per cent is not correct but man- industrialists are asked to Continued from Page 1 years as states are not on RDO while to meet his CC times, Harish Rao said that the and welfare schemes. When aged. GDP is already at 3 per expand or set up new ones, board over various proposals accepting Rs Sandeep, who state would make a strong compared with other states, we cent or 3.8 per cent, God alone they say, "There is no demand Investors, including Japan's in the draft legislation. 75,000 bribe demanded farmer Rs case for funds in a meeting are effectively far better. Our knows." in market". If we ask in mar- ambassador to India, had "The power sector is also from a farmer 2 lakh bribe to with Union Finance Minister growth rate has been 6.5 per "FTCCI has asked us to ket, they say that there is no expressed concerns over reeling under sluggish on Monday. implemnt NALA Act Nirmala Sitharaman tomor- cent to 7 per cent in the last 9 release incentives. Day after employment. Employment will Jagan's controversial decision, demand, reflecting overall Accoridng to and accepted to take row. Harish Rao pointed that months. Last year it was 22 per tomorrow, we have a meeting come when there is industry. as it could bring 5.2 Gigawatts slowdown in the economy. ACB sleuths, Rs 1 lakh. Unable to of the planned Budget, cent. Many other states are with the Union Finance In this cycle, we are missing (GW) of solar and wind ener- The sector needs a booster and Gopal a native of pay bribe, Jogireddy Telangana state was receiving showing negative growth." Minister. It is pre-Budget something," Harish Rao said. gy projects, with an estimated if it's not coming through leg- Vankayagudem of approached ACB who hatched Rs 7,000-8,000 crores less. Also, Harish Rao expressed meeting to give suggestions. He assured the industry debt exposure of more than Rs islation then ordinance is the Shankarapatnam mandal, a plan and trapped CC while He said, "The GST share of doubts over the GDP numbers. Recession is there, what is that constructive suggestions 21,000 crore, under stress. next best course of action. But made application for conver- accepting Rs 75,000. ACB the state has been withheld. He said, "Over the past six recession, how to come out of will be made to the Chief Under the new Ordinance, the Centre needs to bring all sion of land according to police led by DSP K Badraiah Centrally sponsored schemes quarters, GDP came from 8 per it. The Union Finance Minister or the Union gov- no one would be able to scrap states on board as most NALA Act. Jogireddy, who got took CC into custody. are facing Budget cuts. State cent to 4.5 per cent and in the Minister has reduced corpo- ernment. PPAs except for reasons of grid changes are to be implement- safety. If anyone does so for ed by them," said a power sec- reasons other than grid safe- tor analyst. ty, they will have to pay the Among the major changes entire cost to the investor. is likely to be restoration of the Top Naxalites attend last rites of Ramanna, cops clueless The Ordinance will have sanctity of power contracts. regulations to restrict cross- Strengthening of regula- Continued from Page 1 uncertain about his death till Army. Ramanna's contribution mending the valour of their subsidy surcharge, ensure tions for regulators is expect- the party announced it. to the movement in the dense deceased leader. timely payment of generation ed to remove investor uncer- The CPI Maoist Party con- The supporters of Naxalite forests of Chhattisgarh along A pledge was taken by the dues by Discoms and make tainty about contracts and firmed the death on December movement and sympathisers with other Dandakaranya large number of sympathisers power contracts non-nego- delayed payments by state dis- 13, when the party spokesper- in the terrain contiguous to zones was recollected during who vowed to continue on the tiable. Through the ordinance, tribution companies. States, son Vikalp sent an audio mes- Chhattisgarh say that the death the memorial meeting that path shown and policies the Centre may also strength- like Andhra Pradesh and sage in Hindi declaring that of Ramanna was a major loss followed his last rites. adopted by Ramanna. en the institution of power Maharashtra, have been rene- their leader is dead due to to the movement. It is consid- A martyr's memorial was Sources said the tribal folk regulators, carry out separa- gotiating PPAs with renewable chronic ailments. Three days ered a bastion of the Naxal erected in the same zone and in the dense terrain wept tion of power carriage and energy players after the project later Vikaas, another movement in the country. the Chaitanya Natya Manch, a inconsolably and recollected content operation of distribu- was awarded to them. It has spokesperson released a state- The funeral procession was cultural unit of the Naxalite Ramanna's services. tors and develop a system of created a lot of uncertainty and ment which was accompa- attended by about 10 central party rendered songs hailing Police in the border areas of penalty for non-finalisation of investment in the renewable nied by a set of photographs committee members, though the deceased leader. the Chhattisgarh and cost reflective tariff on time. sector is on decline. and details about the funeral the police have not confirmed Vikalp and Vikas, the two Telangana came to know about The government intended The Ordinance is also expect- procession of the Naxalite the details about their presence spokespersons and the Central the presence of many top lead- to bring about some changes ed to penalise state discoms not leader. and about a thousand armed Committee and regional ers and are collecting details of in the Electricity Act 2003, but finalising cost reflective elec- The family members of the guerillas attached to the bureau of the Naxalites the funeral and the subsequent it has failed to get parliamen- tricity tariffs on time and delay- deceased Naxalite leader were People's Liberation Guerilla released statements com- meeting. tary approval for the last five ing payments to generators. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | DECEMBER 17, 2019 nation 05 SHORT READS 21 into custody after clashes between AMU students, police PNS n ALIGARH (UP) Cow smuggler's Police said all property seized in As many as 21 people have business Muzaffarnagar been arrested in connection establishments in with the clashes between AMU MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): students and police over the the neighbouring Property worth Rs 50 lakh of a Citizenship Amendment Act of the university, cow smuggler was seized and orders issued to complete- like Jamalpur, under the UP Gangster Act in a ly vacate all hostels of the uni- village in Muzaffarnagar district, versity, officials said on have kept their Vajpayee government a senior official said. Imran Monday. shutters down. allegedly extracted money "We have arrested 21 per- Markets in the old through illegal sources and sons in the matter. Named FIR bought property in Chapar created J'khand; Modi has been lodged against 56 city, including the village that was seized on persons and others unidenti- Upper Fort area, Sunday, according to District fied, SSP Aligarh Akash are also closed Magistrate Selva Kumari J. He Kulhary told PTI over phone developed state: Shah was held under Section 14(1) from Aligarh. PNS n PAKUR of the Act, the DM said. Amit Shah said Meanwhile, SSP Abhishek AMU Proctor Afifullah measure had to be taken fol- Yadav said a police team khan said no student will be lowing reports that some mis- In a blistering attack on the the Modi dispens- allowed to remain in the hos- chievous elements were shar- opposition camp, BJP nation- reached the village and took ation worked for tels as strict orders have been ing incriminatory posts which al president Amit Shah on possession of a plot and seven the development bighas of agricultural land. issued to vacate all hostels could threaten law and order. Monday said the Congress Imran is a history sheeter and completely. All schools and colleges have and its allies have done little to of Jharkhan after has been involved in over a Special arrangements have been closed as a precautionary develop Jharkhand, and burying Naxalism dozen cases of cow smuggling, been made to evacuate the stu- measure, SP (City) Abhishek sought to know why the 20 feet under the cow slaughtering and cheating, dents from these hostels and for their homes, the officials campus gate, leading to the were injured in the clashes. said, adding that police pickets Hemant Soren-led JMM could the SSP added. about 40 buses arranged to said. university adminstration Among those injured in the and a magistrate have been not wipe out Naxalism when earth ferry them to their home towns UP Director General of announcing closure of the brick-batting are Aligarh DIG posted at all entry points to the it was in power. in the western districts, ADG Police O P Singh said Internet institution till January 5. Parminder Singh and SP (City) university campus. Addressing a poll meeting HC sets aside (Agra) Ajay Anand told PTI. services in Aligarh, Saharanpur Patrolling was intensified Abhishek. Police said all business estab- here, he said it was the Atal asserted that Sahebganj in Arrangements have also and Meerut have been sus- in the city following Sunday's District Magistrate Chandra lishments in the neighbouring Bihari Vajpayee-led BJP gov- Jharkhand was once a trade election of Azam been made for all long-distance pended. incidents and an uneasy calm Bhushan Singh said Internet market areas of the university, ernment that created corridor for countries in Asia Khan's son trains travelling to the eastern Protests had broken out here prevailed on the AMU cam- services in the city will remain like Jamalpur, have kept their Jharkhand, and the Narendra and Europe, but "the Congress, ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad and north-eastern states of the on Sunday night against the pus. suspended till Monday mid- shutters down. Markets in the Modi dispensation worked for during its rule in the state, High Court on Monday set country, with no stoppage in amended citizenship law, with Around 70 people, including night as a precautionary mea- old city, including the sensitive its development after burying ruined all business avenues". aside the election of Aligarh, to halt here to enable hundreds of AMU students students, 20 police personnel sure. Upper Fort area, are also Naxalism 20 feet under the "Rahul Gandhi keeps asking Mohammad Abdullah Azam students of these areas to leave clashing with the police at a and AMU security guards, In a statement, he said this closed. earth. why we mention Kashmir Khan, son of Samajwadi Party Taking a dig at Congress (abrogation of article 370) leader Azam Khan, to the Uttar leader Rahul Gandhi, Shah, during our rallies in the state. Pradesh Assembly. Justice S P who is also the Union home He is wearing Italian glasses, Kesarwani ruled that Abdullah Delhi police to minister, said he should give has no idea that youth from Azam Khan was not qualified to Ahead of Christmas, Shillong limps back to an account of the development the state shed blood on the contest as he was below 25 investigate work carried out by his party. borders to protect country," he when he filed his nomination The senior BJP leader added. papers as the SP candidate normalcy; residents throng banks, markets Jamia violence from Suar constituency in 2017. The election petition PNS n SHILLONG Permit (ILP) in the state. PNS n NEW DELHI against him was filed by Members of COMSO, how- Bahujan Samaj Party candidate After days of pitched protests ever, are continuing with their The Delhi Police's crime Bahujan Samaj Party candidate against the amended peaceful protests against the branch will investigate the Kazim Ali Khan. Abdullah Azam Citizenship Act, the Meghalaya Act and are slated to hold a sit- Jamia violence and people Khan's father Azam Khan is the capital limped back to normal- in at Malki area on Monday should not pay any heed to Lok Sabha MP from Rampur, cy on Monday with people evening, its chairman R social media rumours, Delhi the parliamentary constituency seen thronging banks and mar- Kharjahrin said. Police PRO MS Randhawa under which the Suar segment kets before the Christmas sea- "We will continue to protest said on Monday. Randhawa falls. son. against the citizenship law and maintained that police used Curfew was lifted for 13 want 100 per cent exemption "maximum restraint, mini- hours in areas under Sadar and of Meghalaya from its mum force" despite being Entry, exit gates of Lumdiengjri police station lim- purview," he added. "provoked" by protesters. its in the hill town and will be The demand for implement- "There was no firing, there Jamia Millia Islamia reimposed at 7 pm on Monday, ing ILP in Meghalaya grew in have been no casualties in metro station closed East Khasi Hills District strength after Union Home Jamia violence. The crime NCP: Centre should NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Magistrate M W Nongbri said. Minister Amit Shah promised branch will investigate Jamia The situation is returning to to extend the law to Manipur. violence. Thorough investiga- Islamia metro station's entry Meghalaya had recently witnessed and exit gates were closed on normalcy and no untoward ILP is in place in Nagaland, tion will be done and re-think on CAA Monday following a protest by incident was reported during pitched protests against the amended Arunachal Pradesh and accountability will be fixed," n students against Sunday's the curfew hours and when the Citizenship Act that seeks to grant Mizoram. he said at a press conference. PNS MUMBAI police action. "Entry and exit curfew was lifted, another The Nagaland government "Four DTC buses, 100 pri- Thousands of gates of Jamia Millia Islamia senior district official said. Indian citizenship to religious minorities recently extended ILP to vate vehicles and 10 police The NCP on Monday attacked students across are closed. Trains will not be Long queues were seen at of Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Dimapur district, bringing the bikes were damaged during the Centre over police crack- India took to halting at this station," Delhi the banks, who also replen- Pakistan escaping persecution there entire state under its purview. the violence. One policeman down on those protesting the Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) ished the ATMs with cash. Meghalaya had recently wit- is in the ICU," he added. amended Citizenship Act in streets demanding tweeted. "We are open for business nessed pitched protests against Randhawa said the police Delhi, saying such "muzzling" a probe into the transactions as the prevailing areas of the town were seen of all groups protesting the Act, the amended Citizenship Act is keeping a watch on social of voices was unfortunate, situation has improved," a bank doing brisk business before the expressed its happiness over that seeks to grant Indian cit- media. and asked the BJP-led dispen- use of teargas CAA: impractical', official said. Christmas season. the state government's decision izenship to religious minorities "We are monitoring social sation to re-think over the new inside the Jamia Centre should repeal Shops and business estab- The Confederation of to pass a resolution on of Bangladesh, Afghanistan media. I appeal students and law given the opposition to it. library lishments at major markets in Meghalaya Social Organisation December 19 seeking imple- and Pakistan escaping persecu- public at large to not pay any It also said that the role of it, says Ashok Gehlot Police Bazaar and Iew Duh (COMSO), an umbrella body mentation of the Inner Line tion there. heed to rumours," he said. police comes under scanner JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief when peaceful protests turn Nawab Malik said videos were Minister Ashok Gehlot on violent. circulating on social media Monday said the amended Unrest over the police which purportedly showed Citizenship Act is "impractical" MERCURY DIPS IN J-K, LADAKH crackdown in Delhi's Jamia some policemen torching a and therefore it cannot be Millia Islamia and the vehicle. implemented. He alleged that 0 Citizenship Amendment Act He, however, did not spec- the National Democratic Drass is India’s coldest inhabited place at -27.2 C (CAA) rippled in angry waves ify location where the vehicle Alliance (NDA) government has through the country on was torched. failed to deliver on real issues PNS n JAMMU known as 'the gateway to unprecedented snowfall last Monday with demonstrations "It has to be probed how the and is doing politics in the Ladakh', recorded a minimum week, marked a dip in the day in several campuses, including violence was stoked. The name of religion and not on the Mercury dipped in most parts of minus 27.20C, making it the and night temperatures which in Hyderabad, Lucknow, police's role comes under basis of issues. "It is of Jammu and Kashmir, and coldest recorded place in the settled at 5.8 0C and minus Mumbai and Kolkata. scanner when peaceful impractical and therefore it Ladakh on Monday with Drass region, the spokesperson said. 1.60C, respectively, he said. The morning after violence protests turn violent," Malik cannot be implemented. Six- emerging as the coldest place The town is arguably the The famous ski resort of broke out in the national cap- said. seven states have said this. The in the region at minus 27.20C, country's coldest inhabited Gulmarg in north Kashmir ital, thousands of students He said the BJP "does not government should repeal it," a Meteorological Department place, officials said. was the coldest recorded place across India took to streets understand" that people have Gehlot said at a press spokesperson said. Drass plummeted to an in Kashmir at a minimum of demanding a probe into the to be taken into confidence conference here. When asked The weatherman has fore- unforgiving minus 600C on minus 10.20C, while Pahalgam use of teargas inside the Jamia while running a government. whether the Rajasthan cast dry weather in the plains January 9, 1995. hill resort in south Kashmir library as well as police enter- "The government should government will implement the and the higher reaches of the The spokesperson said Leh recorded a low of minus 100C, ing the campus without per- re-think on this, respecting the amended citizenship law, the two union territories for the town of Ladakh continued to the spokesperson said. mission from the university sentiments of people, or else chief minister said, "I have said next four days. freeze at a low of minus 16.7 0C. The minimum temperature authorities. the matter is before the judi- that it is impractical." Drass town, popularly Srinagar, which witnessed an in Jammu was 5.70C, he said. NCP chief spokesperson ciary," he said. Prices of agri-commodities Narayanasamy says Centre has lost faith in Bedi PNS n PUDUCHERRY Centre`s faith in Bedi and hence owning shoot up in Kolkata amidst stir Chief Minister of Puducherry moral responsibility, she should quit PNS n KOLKATA V Narayanasamy on Monday called upon Lieutenant office as she has no authority or powers The impact of the agitation Governor Kiran Bedi to step to run a parallel government taking a against the amended down from office as the Centre stand contrary to us, Narayanasamy said Citizenship Act in West Bengal had allegedly brushed aside her has hit the common man here recommendations on certain as prices of essential com- important issues and approved Kiran Bedi`s slashing the on the implementation of her modities, mainly perishables, the decisions of the elected gov- grades," he said. decisions. have shot up. ernment here. All this clearly showed that He said this was a clear vio- Potatoes, onions and green Addressing reporters, the Bedi had lost the Centre`s lation of the order of the chillies are getting costlier in Chief Minister, who has been faith in her and hence 'owning Madras High court given in city markets than what their at loggerheads with the moral responsibility' she should April this year in a writ petition prices were before the protests Lieutenant Governor on vari- quit office as 'she has no filed in the court. began. ous administrative issues ever authority or powers to run a The court had clearly stated Radha Sikdar, a buyer at since she assumed office in parallel government and take a that the Lieutenant Governor Paikpara market said, "If the 2016, said, "The decisions taken Puducherry V Narayanasamy stand contrary' to the decisions should not intervene in the protests continue, prices will by the goverment to waive of the elected government. routine administration or gov- continue to increase which in the availability of vehicles for onions in Bangalore and loans due from farmers, raise clarification and decisions," then Chief Secretary Manoj "I leave it to her conscience ernance of the Puducherry will pinch our pockets. The transporting agri-commodi- Nashik wholesale markets, the age-limit from 22 to 24 for the Chief Minister said. Parida and Secretaries P and she must quit office as she administration. government should come up ties. truckers are refusing to trans- recruitment to posts of police "The Centre had rejected the Jawhar and P Anbarasu" under has been snubbed by the He said he was also aghast at with some measures to help "Only 3 trucks of onions are port it," traders in Posta said. constables, setting up of statu- Lieutenant Governor`s nega- the Annual Confidential Centre for discarding govern- the Lieutenant Governor hold- us." arriving at Posta wholesale Posta is Kolkata's biggest tory bodies like boards and tive stand and our stand on Report. ment`s decisions," he said. ing a meeting of police officers Many transporters are market for the last 3 days due wholesale market. corporations and also to take these issues was approved by "The Lieutenant Governor Narayanasamy charged the and beat officers of the police apprehensive to ply trucks to a shortage in the availabili- Forum of Traders action against a school head- the Centre," he said. had reduced the marks sanc- Lt Governor with scolding and department on Saturday in the after buses were torched in sev- ty of trucks. Onion prices have Organisation general secre- master for irregularity in atten- Narayanasamy further said tioned by me under the report intimidating officers during Pondicherry University "with- eral parts of the state during already swung back upwards to tary Rabinbdranath Koley dance were rejected by Bedi." the Centre had also approved for these officers, but the the meetings she holds with out my knowledge as there was the protests. Rs 120 per kg. attributed the rise of onion "She (Bedi) forwarded these of 'my granting of marks to the Centre upheld the marks I them and asks the officers to no formal communication to This has led to a reduction "Despite availability of prices to short supply. decisions to the Centre for its senior officers including the gave to these officers rejecting take action and report to her me about the meeting." HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | DECEMBER 17, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Jackboots vs Ahimsa The excessive and arbitrary use of violence against protesting students, who just want a voice, is simply unacceptable Cloud on citizenship t is ironic that on a day the Irish rock band U2 paid a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi’s phi- Ilosophy of non-violence by singing Ahimsa The CAA has nothing to do with Indian citizens, irrespective of their religious affiliation. It is an with AR Rahman in Mumbai, students in Delhi, protesting against the Citizenship Amendment attempt to help persecuted minorities who have been victims in neighbouring Islamic nations Act (CAA), were subjected to excesses of the most brutal kind in the name of keeping law and order. It is ironic that both the US and France, the two Western nations that are per- ceived to have been curated by Modi 2.0’s diplomacy, have issued travel advisories to India following the widespread protests on the CAA. It is indeed ironic that the democratic right to dissent is being subjugated to totalitarian clampdowns even at the first response stage. It is disgustingly iron- A SURYA PRAKASH ic that the legitimate concerns of an entire student community are being attrib- uted to the alternative “isms” and ideologies that are inconvenient to the estab- he statements of six Chief lishment. Nobody is condoning the violence and arson that have been resorted Ministers belonging to parties to by extreme elements, outsiders even, and necessitates strict action. But to opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), that they “will not hound and scare the student fraternity as a whole is fascist and makes a mock- allow” the implementation of the ery of our Constitution. To even classify their largely peaceful congregations as CitizenshipT Amendment Act (CAA) in a menace to society is monstrously wrong. As images went viral of the police their States, poses an open and grave chal- lenge to the Constitution and to India’s entering the Jamia Millia Islamia University, ostensibly even without the V-C’s unity and integrity. knowledge, barging into libraries and hostels where non-protesting students were The opposition to the amended Act going about the normal business of academic life and herding blood-streaked began with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Soon thereafter, Kamal and panicked faces on a cold winter night, the iron fist forgot that it at least need- Nath, Bhupesh Baghel and Amarinder ed to wear velvet gloves. That containing violence was one thing, containing stu- Singh, the Congress Chief Ministers of dents’ right to be heard quite the other. All this naked display of aggression did Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Punjab joined in, followed by Pinarayi Vijayan of was to forge a pan-Indian solidarity among students, be it at Aligarh Muslim Kerala and Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi. All of University and Banaras Hindu University in Uttar Pradesh, IIT and TISS in Mumbai them have said that they “will not allow” the or at campuses in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. One of the stu- amended Act to be implemented in their States. These statements smack of reckless- dents of Constitutional law summed it up, saying she was a Hindu but stood at ness and do not augur well for the preser- the forefront of an agitation against exclusionary policies that questioned the vation of national unity and integrity. Indianness of her friends. It is this heart-breaking image that will stay over the The CAA grants citizenship to six non- Muslim communities from Pakistan, rhetoric of political aggrandisement and the Prime Minister’s rather facile dis- Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who are vic- missal of troublemakers as identifiable by “what they wear.” Many student pro- tims of religious persecution in these Islamic testers, therefore, took their shirts off to reveal their janeus, not as a sign of majori- nations. They are identified as Hindus, Sikhs, tarian guilt but as an assertion of what is right. As a democratic society, stu- Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians, who fled these nations and entered India until It appears the argument against to accommodate those coming these people cannot apply for dents or citizens have the right to protest peacefully and must be accorded the December 31, 2014. The amendment says the amendment is that it in from the Islamic nations. Indian citizenship. space to do so. Vigilance and safe-keeping don’t mean turning oppressor. The they will not be treated as illegal immigrants infringes on the rights of Muslim In other words, they will be The real issue is not why Jamia episode was particularly about jackbooting on presumptions rather than any more. citizens of Pakistan, Bangladesh accommodated in other parts of such a law has been brought in The legislative powers of the Centre and and Afghanistan. Is any nation the country. The fears that these now. The question to ask is: Why finding out that the arsonists were not students as much. It also raises ques- the States are clearly demarcated in the Union obliged to ensure Constitutional people will be a burden on was it not done earlier? Why did tions about a differential approach towards students of perceived minority insti- List, the State List and the Concurrent List guarantees to the citizens of THE REAL ISSUE IS Assam is, therefore, misplaced. India, largely under the tutions like Jamia and AMU and student protesters elsewhere. in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. other nations? NOT WHY SUCH A Since this amendment talks Congress’ rule since indepen- Entry 17 in the Union List says, “Citizenship, Second, while the amend- about a cut-off date of December dence, turn a blind eye to the This, then becomes bigotry of the worst kind, one that actually executes the naturalisation and aliens,” meaning that all ment speaks of six communities, LAW HAS BEEN 31, 2014, the fear of fresh migra- plight of adherents of Indic reli- dystopia of “otherisation.” Even known autocracies have been known to step matters pertaining to these issues are whol- they are actually a class of per- BROUGHT IN NOW. tions is baseless. The benefits of gions and Christians in these back faced with the tsunami of student activism. China did not unleash the Army ly within the legislative competence of the secuted people, not merely this amendment will not be Islamic nations? Further, why Union Government. adherents of certain religions. THE QUESTION TO available to those who cross into has the Congress, which has on Hong Kong students as the world gaze on it changed ever since its misad- Under the Constitution, no State has the There are also decisions of the ASK IS: WHY WAS India in future. encouraged Bangladeshi Muslim venture at Tiananmen Square. And during the student-led anti-government protests right to reject a law made by the Centre with- Supreme Court that Article 14 Further, it is not realised that migrants and used them as a in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei told the police to restrain itself even if it meant that in the legislative sphere allotted to it. provides for reasonable classifi- IT NOT DONE this amendment is consequen- vote-bank all these years, now Speaking on Centre-State relations, BR cation. EARLIER? WHY DID tial to a couple of notifications protesting over this law. students burnt his posters or tore them apart. We cannot silence students because Ambedkar had told the Constituent The Centre’s decision to issued by the Central The attitude of the Congress they do what we have trained them to do, to be fired by idealism, which we fail Assembly on November 4, 1948, that “the reach out to these communities INDIA, LARGELY Government in 2015 and 2016. is in line with its Muslim appease- at, to seek an equitable world and question status quo. They should not be basic principle of federalism is that the leg- must be welcomed for two rea- UNDER THE The first notification said that ment policy even though it is giv- islative and executive authority is partitioned sons. First, India has always been individuals from these six per- ing it diminishing returns. This pupeteered but seen as a barometer of our failures. As public movements gath- between the Centre and the States, not by hospitable to persecuted com- CONGRESS’ secuted communities, who party, which ruled the country for er momentum, we must also codify threshold levels for security personnel as any law to be made by the Centre but by the munities for millennia. The RULE SINCE entered India before December much of the post-independence to what demands excessive use of force against civilians. There is need for a Constitution itself. This is what the arrival of Zoroastrians in the 31, 2014, would be exempted era, is unable to digest its margin- Constitution does.” 12th century is an example of INDEPENDENCE, from the penal provisions of the alisation and is adopting an protocol on escalation, clearly defining situations and the extent of force to be Those who are opposing the amend- that tradition. In recent times, Passport Act and The Foreigners “after me the deluge” kind of an applied, using non-lethal means. It doesn’t matter which political party is in power ment argue that it violates Article 14 of the after the Chinese moved into TURN A BLIND EYE Act. This meant that such peo- attitude. The only Constitutional but the police force simply cannot be politicised. A civil protest has the poten- Constitution, which guarantees equality Tibet, India saw a flood of TO THE PLIGHT OF ple would not face criminal option available to the opponents tial to turn violent but the job of the police is to restore peace in a manner that before law and the equal protection of the Tibetan refugees numbering proceedings even if they did not of the amended law is to chal- laws. In their view, the exclusion of Muslims over 80,000 in 1959-60. ADHERENTS OF have passports and other valid lenge it in the Supreme Court, is mandated by law and with caveats. No police in a democracy can violate basic from these three nations constitutes an Thereafter, there has been a INDIC RELIGIONS documents. Their entry and which has been done. human rights. As for the identity politics that’s being relentlessly pushed with infringement of this Article. Several individ- steady flow of Tibetan refugees AND CHRISTIANS stay were regularised. When the Congress encour- brute force, the ruling dispensation must realise that it has a mammoth verdict uals are already knocking on the doors of the into India and the Union Thereafter, the Central ages its Chief Ministers to open- Supreme Court, questioning the vires of the Government made special pro- IN THESE ISLAMIC Government gave these people ly declare that they will not now, doesn’t need tokenisms and can get down to doing what could be its trans- amendment and one will have to await the visions for their settlement in the facility of long-term visas. implement a Central law, the formative moment, develop India so that we forget that we had been just “crawl- opinion of the apex court in the matter. Dharamshala and in other parts NATIONS? The amendment became neces- party is playing with fire. It will ing” for 70 years. Divisiveness will not dignify even its smallest best efforts. This law has nothing to do with Indian of the country, including sary because despite these noti- be wholly responsible for the citizens, irrespective of their religious affil- Karnataka. Given the manner in fications, these people were still consequences. iation and those who oppose it are aware of which India handled the Tibetan “illegal migrants” as per the def- (The writer is an author spe- this. This amendment does not deny the pro- refugee issue, one would pre- inition in the citizenship Act. cialising in democracy studies. Climate breakdown tection of Article 14 to any citizen of India. sume this would be the template Until this amendment is made, Views expressed are personal.) Maybe leaders do not like being lectured by a S O U N D BITE teenager but the world cannot afford failure I don't think it is apt for Our cinema can't be We do have a long year The positive effects of the nother year of UN-sponsored climate any country to comment progressive. If you make ahead. It’ll be entertaining second informal summit on the domestic matter of cinema progressive, because my father will keep between Chinese and Indian talks and another year of stagnation India. We believe in free- no one will watch it it so, I promise you that. It leaders are gradually show- Awhere nothing was achieved. Yes, 2019 dom of religion and it is because our audience will be like Bollywood with a ing and bilateral relations will go down as the year when a Swedish not for us to comment. is still not ready. lot less dancing. are developing steadily. schoolgirl stood up to global leaders and told French envoy Actor American businessman Chinese Ambassador them to feel some shame but global leaders, —Emmanuel Lenain —Neena Gupta —Donald Trump Jr —Sun Weidong rather leaders of the world’s most important countries when it comes to climate change, have brushed her away. There have been L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR record wildfires in Australia and the US, heat- waves in Europe, droughts in South America Politics over CAA drones have been game changers No respite for people from rising prices but conflict within technology- and rapidly shrinking ice levels at the Poles. It based societies will largely be sub- was believed that compromises and contingency plans would have been put Sir — This refers to the editori- fter onions, a hike in milk prices is set to sour mat- ject to massive collateral damage into place at Madrid but after days of smashing heads together, nothing was al, “Take the lead” (December 16). ters for the common man. News reports that lead- as shown in the popular sci-fi In the wake of the abrogation of Aing milk suppliers like Mother Diary and Amul have movie, The Surrogates. Europe is achieved. The Paris deal of 2015 offered a framework for a new carbon market Article 370 and 35(A), the increased milk rates come at a time when people are already an emerging theatre to study under the UN, but the details had not been worked out. Under it, those who have Narendra Modi Government suffering under deteriorating market trends. That the sociological assimilation and the no choice but to pollute a bit would be free to trade carbon credits with devel- took every precautionary measure Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which sells robustness of multi-cultural soci- to thwart possible violence. its products under “Amul” brand, too, has announced a eties. As in the past, when the two oped countries. With no agreement reached, events like “Extinction Rebellion” Similar was the case ahead of the parallel increase in its price further portends a worrisome great wars had their epicentre in London, which brought the city to a standstill, are meaningless. Ayodhya verdict. It should have trend that will soon have the common man finding almost here, the future will also emerge Partially, this is due to the Right-wing, nationalist turn the world has taken moved with equal alacrity during all domestic requirements way beyond his reach. from this cauldron of humanity. the passage of the Citizens For a Government that has time and again harped Anoop Hosmath politically. Strongmen from our own Narendra Modi to Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Amendment Bill (CAB). on popularity as the only measure of its acceptability, it Mysuru Vladimir Putin and now possibly Boris Johnson are ready to compromise on Knowing that it was an better take stock of its recent unpopular moves. their nations and liabilities. After all, fighting climate change is an expensive busi- inflammatory issue, it should Anguished over the inability of the Government to check pro-common man agenda. Time and again it has been Brexit blues have prepared security personnel soaring prices of essential commodities, it is equally observed that common man’s problems have been the ness and nobody wants to foot the bill. It has become a game of passing the to make a distinction between important that people, too, realise the folly of giving into only poll plank that works. Parties exploit them for elec- responsibility on and telling the other guy what to do. For some Westerners, it peaceful protests and wilful van- Utopian fantasies and swearing by an administration that toral gains — something to be used and then uncere- Sir — This refers to the editorial, is about countries like India and even those in the African continent which are dalism of public properties. Also, has failed to deliver. Development for a common man com- moniously dumped when the purpose is served. The BJP “A Brexit mandate” (December there may be much anxiety about mences from the kitchen. With soaring prices denying Government has been no different. As much as the 15). It was Boris Johnson’s cam- forced to put off their dreams of development “for the sake of the planet.” None the Citizenship Amendment Act even a square meal a day, how can achche din be envis- Government is guilty of overlooking the problems and paign promise to get Brexit done of the countries will utter a peep to their own people, whose vast consumption (CAA) but not all religious aged? While people have been crying for attention, the interests of the people, the latter, too, is responsible for that led to the Conservative Party’s outweighs that of many Indians. It is true that there has been a dramatic rise in minorities are on their toes to Government has embarked on a path that is detrimental not standing up for their rights. historic win in the UK elections. It come back to India, leaving their to their interests. Let us not forget that successive Pachu Menon will, however, be a fallacy to think global carbon levels over the past few years, thanks to China, but was it wrong properties in nations where they Governments have done so solely on the strength of their Margao that Britain will be free to do what- on its part to haul hundreds of millions out of extreme poverty? India’s moral have settled. Only persecuted ever it wants the moment the Bill imperative is first and foremost to end hunger and starvation and ensure that no religious minorities, who are is passed. Its freedom will depend unable to stay there, will be reha- deported. Opposition parties are Humanitarian woes With increasing levels of migra- on the kind of relationship it wants child is left behind. Unfortunately, this will have an environmental cost, one that bilitated. The National Register of worried about the vote-banks tion along open borders and the with the EU and other partners. this country will pay dearly due to rising sea levels. Yet, India will have to make Citizens (NRC), too, does not aim they have nurtured. Of course, the demographic situation exploding, Prathna some compromises if it is to reduce the extent of climate-induced suffering. There to deport genuine citizens of the lack of documentation bothers all Sir — The clash of civilisations politically the Right and Left Via email has been a pivot towards huge investments in renewable energy and exploring country. Only those foreign Indians equally. will no longer be a big bang event wing factions have gelled into an nationals, who have settled down KV Seetharamaiah but will gradually escalate amorphous entity. Send your feedback to: new technologies but this needs the developed world to be less hypocritical. in the country illegally, will be Hassan through infinitesimal attrition. 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www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Saved by POINTCOUNTERPOINT THE CONGRESS AND ITS ALLIES ARE STOKING FIRE INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, THE BJP vigilance OVER THE CITIZENSHIP ACT BUT PEOPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IS REPRESSING STUDENTS AND NORTHEAST HAVE REJECTED VIOLENCE. JOURNALISTS IN THE NORTHEAST, UP AND DELHI. The best central banker is one which ensures —PRIME MINISTER —CONGRESS GENERAL SECRETARY (UP) that any financial recession or slowdown can be suitably prevented while ensuring price stability NARENDRA MODI PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA Don’t be ivory towers KARAN BHASIN Academicians must speak a language which the common man understands and engage with here has been a lot of talk regarding a potential economic reces- sion and the global slowdown in 2019 gave credence to such a the community through articles, debates, meetings and maybe even a YouTube channel Thypothesis, even as equity markets world over attained newer highs. There were no apparent reasons behind the likelihood of a down- turn, except for years of unconventional monetary policies combined with increased uncertainty due to the ongoing trade war. Many felt, and perhaps rightly so, that the low levels of capacity utilisation due to trade disruptions would eventually impact investment in these coun- tries, thereby slowing their economies. The causality was correct and we witnessed a substantial slowdown in China, Europe (including Germany) and other South Asian economies that are heavily depen- dent on exports and international trade. The fact that there was an addi- tional uncertain element of whether Brexit would happen and if so, under what terms for the Eurozone, further compounded the situa- GAUTAM CHOUBEY tion. Intuitively, investments (and even consumption) are likely to take a hit when there’s increased uncertainty and therefore, a deceleration hree of India’s leading central universities, was eminent in these economies. However, many of these economies located in the Capital, are going through a have their own set of domestic problems that have afflicted their growth Tphase of student-faculty unrest. While stu- dents at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are rates. A classic example would be China which has seen an increase opposing the recent fee revision, Delhi University in its wages, making it relatively less competitive. This occurred simul- (DU) teachers have hit the streets demanding taneously with its practice of exchange rate manipulations. No won- absorption of ad-hoc teachers, disbursal of suspend- AT THE SAME der there is a trade war that resulted in a prolonged period of tariff uncer- ed pensions and promotion. Over the past few days, TIME, GIVEN THE tainty as China has been known to bend the rules to its advantage Jamia Millia Islamia has erupted too, with students LEGACY OF through levy of serious Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs). denouncing the Citizenship Amendment Act UNIVERSITIES Despite many countries facing domestic bottlenecks to growth, (CAA). According to the agitators, the issues which AND THEIR there’s been a consistent argument that a recession is imminent because have rattled theses campuses violate notions of inclu- ENORMOUS of these trade-induced uncertainties. However, certain international devel- sivity, individual dignity and impartiality, as guar- CONTRIBUTION TO opments are important. Last week, the US-China trade talks arrived anteed by the Constitution. However, even as the SOCIETY-BUILDING dramatic visuals of demonstration keep trickling in at the first phase of a potential trade deal. This implies limited ad-hoc and many decry the situation as “unprecedented”, IN INDIA, IT IS changes in trade policies for the foreseeable future, thereby reducing one needs to admit that Indian universities have IMPORTANT THAT uncertainty. The trade war is likely to be behind us till at least the US never been immune to such turbulence. THE GOVERNMENT 2020 elections and therefore, the outlook for the coming financial year During the days of the Civil Disobedience AND THE should be better than the one before. Similarly, the recently-conclud- Movement in the 1920s, “nationalist” universities UNIVERSITY ed UK elections have resulted in a conservative victory as Boris Johnson such as Jamia were conceptualised and established ADMINISTRATION emerged as the Prime Minister with full majority. Johnson has been as pockets of resistance. Over the years, these insti- HONOUR THE a poster-boy for the Brexit campaign and was adamant on getting it tutions have offered the most trenchant critique of CIRCUMSTANCES done even with a minority Government. Though the fractured Parliament authority, whether British or Indian. From the OF THEIR ORIGIN. failed to agree to a deal with the EU, thereby making Brexit a reality, Independence struggle to the JP Movement, and THEY WERE a full majority ensures that it will finally happen. It also implies that the from Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee to Arun Jaitley, uni- nels, misinformation peddled on social- rary professors across India who are ity of expression does not tantamount to versities have supplied both leadership and spine IMAGINED AS media and a voyeuristic interest in cam- forced to spend their lives in perpetual fear surrender of ideas, however indispensable exit from the EU would come with a deal between UK-EU which will to mass movements in India. However, the state of CENTRES OF pus life. But these aren’t the only ones to of termination. University life is not or progressive they might be. Even reduce the initial cost of this disruption. All of this is likely to result in affairs in 2019 begs an important question: Was CRITICAL be blamed. Popular culture, cinema and romantic enough to the viewers except though perception management is not reduced uncertainty in the Euro-region. there ever such a phase in modern India when pub- THINKING, AND by extension, public imagination are when presented in one of the aforemen- their forte, academicians must speak a lan- Leading central bankers have moved to accommodative mone- lic sympathy for State-funded universities had THEY MUST sated with several problematic represen- tioned templates. Perhaps no film or book guage which the common people under- tary policies over the last year as they braced themselves for a likely shrunk to the extent it has today? REMAIN SO. tations of the idea of a university. portrays the agony of university teachers stand and respect. Through popular arti- economic recession due to unpredictable trade policies. Some of them The custom of criticising universities is near- IT WAS PRECISELY First, in a number of films, universi- better than Anita Desai’s In Custody cles, public debates, parent-teacher meet- have even argued for a more active fiscal policy over the last couple ly as old as the history of modern education in India. THIS CULTURE ties are depicted as breeding grounds for (1984). But then again, outside the aca- ings and maybe, even a YouTube chan- of months. With these two developments, the root cause of uncer- As harbingers of change, these institutions have often OF DISSENT extremists and delusional idealists, typi- demic circuit, how many have even nel, they have to find ways to engage with tainty is removed. been accused of corrupting time-honoured tradi- AND PROTEST IN fied by JNU and its bespectacled jhola heard of this book? the community they so sincerely serve. However, some vulnerability exists as equities have continued to tions and causing social anarchy. In a scene from chhaap (cloth bag-toting) students. The The academic fraternity lacks the As the President of India pointed out Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated historical novel THE UNIVERSITIES famous thief-scene from the film wherewithal to contest media hostility or recently, universities shouldn’t behave like rally despite earnings not catching up. Therefore, the only concern at Those Days, which portrays the lives of several leg- WHICH MILITATED Raanjhanaa (2013), where students misrepresentation. Nevertheless, they ivory towers. At the same time, given the the moment is to do with financial markets and their stability. As long endary reformer-educationists in 19th century AGAINST STATE indulge in a futile night-long debate into must reach out to the community at large legacy of universities and their enormous as markets continue to be stable there is little scope for an econom- Bengal, Scottish philanthropist David Hare bemoans OPPRESSION the origins of delinquency, is a snide and share their stories. While many pro- contribution to society-building in India, ic recession and to ensure this, growth needs to revive. Perhaps, the the conservatives of Calcutta who believe that DURING THE remark on the culture of debates that uni- fessors have become spokespersons of it is important that the Government and scale of the 2008 economic crisis resulted in central bankers realis- “book-learned women are liable to lose their hus- DARK DAYS OF versities pride themselves on. Second, in major political parties, and in that capac- the university administration honour ing the importance of being extremely vigilant and since then, we’ve bands.” However, this suspicion has moved beyond EMERGENCY films such as Haasil (2003) and Gulal ity, they appear routinely on national tele- the circumstances of their origin. They seen them ensure macro-financial stability. The positive policy story the realm of superstition and has now developed AND SAW TO (2009) and the recent web-series Mirzapur vision, rarely, if ever so, do they speak of were imagined as centres of critical throughout 2019 is that central bankers perhaps have learnt their les- into an incisive politico-economic critique. Over the IT THAT A (2018), universities are portrayed as bat- the challenges they face in their profes- thinking, and they must remain so. It was son from the 2008 global meltdown. They’re more proactive, open to past few years, particularly in rural and semi-urban REINVIGORATED tlegrounds of violent student politics, sional lives as educators and mentors. precisely this culture of dissent and taking bold policy choices and politically savvy enough to navigate the areas, this criticism has reached a fever pitch. The DEMOCRACY puppeteered by corrupt musclemen. A These “ambassadors” must utilise televi- protest in the universities which militat- majority appears to have bought the argument that third variety emerges in Karan Johar’s sion to highlight the difficulties faced by ed against State oppression during the complex web of policymaking. subsidising universities is wastage of tax-payers’ WAS RESTORED fairyland colleges, exemplified by the their students, colleagues and institutions. dark days of Emergency and saw to it that A consequence of this is that somehow, central banks saw a reces- money, since these institutions foment secession- IN THE COUNTRY Student of the Year franchise. Of late, The participation of professors in text- a reinvigorated democracy was restored sion coming in 2019 and they took corrective measures well in advance. ist and pro-Naxal sympathies. And that the “age- thanks to the army of technocrat-turned- book production, school pedagogy and in the country. Had it not been for this Through these measures, they have managed to ensure that the reces- ing” researchers, who inhabit these campuses, are comedians, and films such as Three social movements, which has lately spirit of rational inquiry and the desire to sion doesn’t hit us for now. This illustrates an increasingly important mere shirkers. Unfortunately, nothing seems to have Idiots (2009) and Chhichhore (2019), declined, must be reinvigorated as well. question the sacrosanct, our progress role played by central bankers. It is important to note how, during the bolstered public estimation of these universities or engineering colleges are being imagined Unfortunately, the university ecosys- towards ensuring social justice wouldn’t Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, leading central bankers had advo- their students — not their dominance of the as zoos of quirky characters, lechery and tem insinuates the semblance of a universe have been half as successful. It is, there- cated a trade deal which was originally outside their purview. The fact National Institutional Ranking Framework, posi- such. In a country where cinema, televi- unto itself. It creates the illusion that if all fore, imperative that the Government that a deal has happened only reinforces their importance. While 2019 tions in the Union Cabinet or even a Nobel Prize. sion and now YouTube define the scope is well inside the campus, things are well gives a patient hearing to the students and redefined the role of monetary masters the world-over, back home in Arguably, had it not been for its proximity to of reality for millions, such representations elsewhere too. And that the fight for high- the academic fraternity. It must constitute newsrooms in Delhi and Noida, the State election have dented their public perception. er education is as much an emotional sub- forums and coordination committees to India, we continued to be conservative with our fiscal policy which in Delhi, the notoriety which JNU has acquired since At the same time, mass media has ject to people outside, as it is to the aca- engage students on policy decisions seems to have prolonged the recovery. Though we have bottomed 2016 and the agitation at the three universities would persistently, if not deliberately, shied demic fraternity. But we need to break out which concern them. Contrary to popu- out, there is an excellent lesson for the RBI from the experience of have evaded media attention. Although DU caters away from portraying the challenges of this chimera. At a recent Delhi lar perception, they aren’t always delusion- other central banks over the last year. Unconventional policies should to nearly 300,000 students and a large number of and the disappointments of university life. University Teachers’ Association protest, al idealists or virulent anarchists. Besides, never be a strict “no” but they must be embraced from time to time. students at JNU and Jamia come from extremely No mainstream film speaks of those non- when I advised a colleague against rais- even from the perspective of law and After all, the best central banker isn’t one that ensures just price sta- underprivileged backgrounds, news of unrest has glamorous, bookish-students who wage ing a certain slogan which has attracted order, a controlled outlet of pent-up sen- bility for economic recovery but one which ensures that any financial failed to trigger a national debate on the need to daily battles against social sanctions, considerable popular condemnation over timents, as philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin recession or economic slowdown can be adequately prevented while protect institutions which continue to provide poverty, joblessness and an endlessly frus- the past few years, he argued that it was has argued, is preferable to the vicious ensuring price stability. Hopefully, as our central bank evolves, we will affordable education in India. trating bureaucracy in the academia. No raised with an objective to educate the cycle of mob arson and State reprisal. witness it playing an increasing role to ensure just the same. There is no denying, that part of the problem TV-show or web-series examines the exis- masses. It is important to realise that (The writer teaches English at Delhi lies in uncharitable portraiture by certain news chan- tential struggles of thousands of tempo- respect for popular sentiments or simplic- University) (The writer is a New Delhi-based policy researcher) Re-shape regional economic ties FOREIGN EYE To maintain parity, an experiment like RCEP must offer fair competition to other member countries not luckier than China in protecting the economy and playing comfortably in the world ventional economic diplomacy through a rough phase. Goenka Memorial Lecture in New proceedings closely. Nepal, which proved to be a faulty arrangement for arrangements. Playing safe with the Noticeably, India’s GDP growth Delhi, India’s External Affairs Minister has been grappling with high trade the country. The experience of many regional cooperation framework a has been slowing down for five con- S Jaishankar made his statement on it, deficit and low manufacturing base, other countries has not been better large economy gains disproportionate- secutive quarters. It is believed that the saying, “And it was that no agreement would not have gained much from either. The fault lines can be spotted ly out of the sentimental grouping of economy was severely hit by demon- at this time was better than a bad India’s entry into RCEP and the pos- in the “late stage capitalism” that neces- unequal participants. China has been etisation and the Goods and Services agreement. It is also important to sibility of cheap goods from member- sitates developing countries to go YOUTH ACTIVISM a formidable player on this turf, so it Tax (GST) and the core manufactur- recognise what the RCEP decision is countries being dumped into it. ahead with the public policy of devel- IS UNSTOPPABLE sensed the criticality of India’s non- ing and real estate sectors have lost not. It is not stepping back from the As Nepal is passing through a oped and saturated economies. One affirmative positioning on the much- their way. India joining the RCEP Act East Policy, which in any case is developmental phase where the mode, of the common issues with regional Youth activism is ATUL K THAKUR touted Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would have exposed its inability to deeply rooted in distant and contem- locale and scale of production have to associations is that there is little scope unstoppable around the experiment called the Regional come to terms with challenges of a porary history.” see a big shift for reciprocating mass for a level playing field, as for the pro- Comprehensive Economic new regional framework that was He further added, “Our cooper- aspirations, it should aim to work with tectionist measures, they only offer world and tries to pick up ot just a believer of the hetero- Partnership (RCEP). However, RCEP totally bereft of anything promising for ation spans so many domains that this a model that combines “Make in “double-standards.” where Governments have dox school of economic being a China-dominated association, the industry in the country. one decision does not really under- Nepal” with “Make for Nepal”. Only To maintain parity, an experiment failed. Young people are Nthought, even a stickler for had to receive India’s response as per Also, RCEP keeps conflicting mine the basics. Even in trade, India this can lead towards an inclusive and like RCEP must offer fair competition resourceful and they are classic political economy can’t negate its “enlightened self-interest” to keep intent with the existing regional and already has Free Trade Agreements sustainable growth agenda. A more to other member-countries not luck- able to divert attention to that “dialectics” has not ceased to influ- history in perspective, house in order sub-regional associations, such as with 12 of the 15 RCEP partners. Nor inward-looking approach for industri- ier than China in protecting the ence the course of history and mate- and domestic manufacturing business- South Asian Association for Regional is there really a connection with our al activities, eyeing both domestic and economy and playing comfortably in their cause using different rialism. While Hegel, Marx and Engels es shielded. Cooperation (SAARC), South Asian Indo-Pacific approach, as that goes international markets, is the need of the world. To make RCEP or any new forms of social media and had their interpretation of it, now in Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sub-regional Economic Cooperation well beyond the RCEP membership.” hour. Moreover, policy-makers in formation, a positive factor for the other unconventional a different context, when the “late stage had summed it up eloquently when he (SASEC), Bangladesh, Bhutan, India What the Minister made out was Nepal must think seriously over the Asian Century, the strategic and eco- channels. They focus on capitalism” is shaping up regional geo- said, “Whenever I try and gauge and Nepal (BBIN) and Bay of Bengal a narrative that India didn’t miss on unchecked outbound migration, nomic fundamentals have to be ascer- strategic and economic considerations India’s interest in light of her joining Initiative for Multi-Sectoral and “grand strategy.” In fact, this was which is causing enormous losses to tained. Simply put, whims and fancies what is important to them, in unprecedented ways, the necessity RCEP, I do not get an answer in the Technical and Economic Cooperation close to the reality, as it was not an idea its own prospects. don’t help the grand plan. Above all, be it climate justice, to comprehend the “contradictions” affirmative. Neither Gandhiji’s policy (BIMSTEC). whose time had come. RCEP was not India’s tryst with FTAs has been what matters is the fairness in intent democracy, equality, LGBT well is something essential. of self-reliance nor my wisdom allows India’s decision not to join RCEP just a matter of trade for India; it was disappointing. Take, for instance, the and working for a shared goal. With rights, or social and As globalisation is in the process me to join RCEP.” He made the state- was a conscious one, after calculating related to strategy and foreign policy Indo-ASEAN FTA, the Indo-Korea RCEP, this was and is missing. economic equity. of travelling extra miles, leading ment based on realistic considerations. all the costs and gains that usually as well. While India was at the brink FTA and the Indo-Japan FTA. (The writer is a New Delhi-based economies are willingly making efforts Among them, one was a silent confes- come with entering a new arrange- of taking a decision on it, its neigh- Notwithstanding the initial excite- public policy professional and colum- (Courtesy: South China to go beyond bilateral and other con- sion that India’s economy is passing ment. Delivering the recent Ramnath bours, especially Nepal, watched the ment, in practical terms, FTAs have nist.) Morning Post) HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | DECEMBER 17, 2019 money 08 CAPSULE IT industry seeks 15% corporate tax rate for services cos in SEZs PNS n HYDERABAD Representatives from the IT, startups Sebi bans Trade India A 15 per cent corporate tax rate for services companies in SEZs, and mobile devices sectors met Research's proprietor setting up a fund for deep-tech Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Neha Gupta from startups and establishing clus- ters to demonstrate design-to- to put forward their demands from the capital mkts manufacturing capabilities of Budget next year NEW DELHI: Regulator Sebi tech firms were some of the key has barred Trade India demands made by the IT sec- FMCGs top list Research's proprietor Neha tor at the pre-budget consul- Venture Capital Association meet the burgeoning data Gupta from the capital markets tation on Monday. President Rajat Tandon said the demand seen in the country. for promising assured returns Representatives from the IT, body's demands were primar- "It is very important to have to lure clients into subscribing startups and mobile devices ily around clarity and consis- a robust data structure and of GST plaints multiple packages in order to sectors met Finance Minister tency of rules. complete infrastructure in maximise fee for her own Nirmala Sitharaman to put "Our demands have been India because without that, PNS n NEW DELHI benefit. The order comes after forward their demands from primarily around clarity and nothing is going to hap- As per official the Securities and Exchange the Budget next year. consistency, so that confidence pen...Our current data centre Fast-moving consumer goods data, as many Board of India (Sebi) received "What we have suggested is of international stakeholders is capacities, they are extremely (FMCG) firms have topped as 42 consumer several complaints against that given that they have there and hopefully, we can see less, the demand is already out- the list of customers com- Gupta. Following this, the reduced the manufacturing further growth. Nasscom has also suggested more investments coming in. stripping the supply," she said. plaints list for over-charging complaints were regulator conducted a corporate tax rate to 15 per Aggarwal said another rec- setting up innovation clusters We are at the tip of the iceberg, Saigal noted that India is ever since the new indirect tax registered preliminary examination into cent...the fact that the SEZ ommendation made was to where "design-to-manufacture" and the minister has been very already the largest data con- regime Goods and Services against various the activities of Gupta and sunset is happening, at least for drive innovation and growth capabilities of engineering and assuring," he added. sumer in the world and has Tax (GST) was rolled out on FMCG found that she acted in a the new services companies in for deep-tech startups in the IT companies can be demon- He said clarifications were outpaced even developed July 1, 2017. companies with fraudulent manner with clients' SEZs, if you make it 15 (per country. strated. needed around areas like cer- countries. Restaurateurs came second, -- selling them non-existent cent), then you will have one "Set up a fund for deep-tech "So you walk in with an idea tain treaties, sunset clauses "So if we don't catch up on followed by entertainment and many of them products, creating fake composite rate in SEZ for both companies...it is no longer and go out with a prototype. and if pool of capital can be data centre infrastructure in media firms. found to be not portfolio for clients and manufacturing and services," just about low-value jobs. The Such clusters do exist globally increased from investments India, it is very difficult to As per official data, as many passing the showing profit in such a Nasscom Senior Director and focus is on deep-tech. China and this can be used as an done by global pension funds achieve our target for USD 1 as 42 consumer complaints benefits of portfolio. Further, the Public Policy Head Ashish has attracted a lot of invest- opportunity to showcase that can "further help build the trillion (digital) economy," she were registered against various employees of Gupta used fake Aggarwal told PTI after the ment. Globally, we see a tril- India's capabilities as a sector," ecosystem". said. FMCG companies with many lower tax rates names in dealing with clients. over two-hour meeting. lion dollar opportunity till he said adding there were Vishakha Saigal, Vice Saigal highlighted that it is of them found to be not pass- Moreover, she was charging He added that combined 2035 in deep-tech, so setting other areas as well where clar- President and Head at Reliance also important to create an ing the benefits of lower tax found to have profiteered from her clients unreasonable fees, with other criteria like employ- up a fund for enabling access ity has been sought by the Jio, pointed out that it is impor- "enabling PoS (point of sale) rates. the lower tax regime. arbitrary and not consistent ment and investments over a of capital to deep-tech star- industry body. tant that a robust data centre infrastructure" in areas which As GST rates were cut In the latest case, the NAA with the pricing policy, the period of time, SEZs can drive tups," he added. Indian Private Equity and infrastructure is created to are under- penetrated. across various categories in the last week ordered Nestle to regulator said in its order GST Council meetings to deposit Rs 73.15 crore with passed on Friday. reduce tax incidence on con- Consumer Welfare Fund for PMC BANK SCAM sumers, the companies were not passing GST rate reduc- expected to pass on the tion benefit to con- ‘IBC saved 160 benefit by lowering sumers. The FMCG prices in proportion major has, however, ED chargesheet on HDIL promoters to the rate reduction. said that it will con- PNS n MUMBAI around 7,000 pages, before a ED in October this year. It was, however, sider appropriate companies from special court set up under the The PMC Bank, which has found that many com- action after study- The Enforcement Directorate Prevention of Money around 16 lakh depositors, panies had not passed ing the same. on Monday filed a charge sheet Laundering Act (PMLA). was placed under an RBI on the benefit of lower Experts said that it against Housing Development The Wadhawans have been administrator on September 23 tax and indulged in profi- is very difficult for FMCG Essar Steel premature death’ Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) pro- booked under various provi- for six months due to massive teering. Complaints were later companies to assess the exact resolution to boost moters Rakesh sions of the under-reporting of dud loans. filed against them and the GST impact of the lower tax given PNS n NEW DELHI Wadhawan and Sarang PMLA. The bank, over a long peri- anti-profiteering watchdog that they have multiple simi- Q3 number: SBI chief Wadhawan in connec- The two were od of time, had given more National Anti-profiteering lar products in one category. NEW DELHI: State Bank of The Insolvency and tion with the multi- initially arrested than Rs 6,700 crore in loans to Authority (NAA) took up the Moreover, they sell products India Chairman Rajnish Kumar Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has crore Punjab & by Mumbai HDIL, which is 73 per cent of cases. for as low as Rs 2 for a sham- on Monday said the resolution saved 160 companies from Maharashtra Police's Economic its total advances, and which Some of the FMCG majors poo pouch and when the rate of Essar Steel will boost premature death, and its Cooperative (PMC) Bank scam. Offences Wing (EOW), which turned sour with a shift in the like Hindustan Unilever Ltd is lowered they are not in the profitability in the third quarter implementation will also help The agency submitted its was probing the scam, and fortunes of the now bankrupt (HUL), Procter & Gamble position to exactly assess the of the current financial year. in pushing economic growth charge sheet, running into later taken into custody by the company. India (P&G) and Nestle were impact on price. Besides, resolution of other higher by a few percentage stressed assets which are in points, according to a senior the pipeline will have positive official. impact in the fourth quarter, M S Sahoo, Chairperson of Indo Wagen he said. The resolution of the Insolvency and ‘Govt has no business to be in business’ Essar Steel is a huge positive Bankruptcy Board of India plans pan-India for the economy, he said. "For (IBBI), said the companies PNS n MUMBAI When we talk to the expansion MSMEs, I think the Insolvency resolved under the code As many as government (regarding and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is fetched "210 per cent of their Vedanta Resources Chairman PNS n NEW DELHI not the right route. It is more 21,136 stake sale) they say liquidation value and if the applications have Anil Agarwal on Monday said for the bigger corporates. companies were liquidated, if the government reduces its we will sell the asset. But what I Three-wheeler battery-oper- MSMEs should have a they would have got at the best been filed under stake in public sector companies feel is government should not ated e-rickshaw manufacturer rehabilitation...we are not in 100 per cent and the additional the code. About and banks to 50 per cent, they be revenue minded and should Indo Wagen plans to expand favour to take them to the 110 per cent is a bonus". will work more efficiently. across the country by 2021, a NCLT because it will burden 9,653 cases go in a very simple manner and The code, which provides Currently there are 14-15 let wealth be created top company official said. Indo the system unnecessarily," for resolution of stressed assets involving a total banks and around 40-45 com- Wagen, a venture of city-based —ANIL AGARWAL SURESH Kumar said. in market-linked and time- amount of panies in the country where Zeniak Innovation India bound manner, came into approximately Rs government has a significant Vedanta Resources Chairman Limited, has its manufacturing force in 2016. 3,74,931.30 crore stake. plant in China and an assembly "Of the 160 companies that "Government has no busi- USD 1 trillion. unit at Howrah in West Bengal. have been resolved, one-third have been ness to be in the business," "It is not that the govern- "We are presently operating in of them were defunct or under disposed of at pre- Agarwal said during a fire they will get USD 1 trillion and should not be revenue mind- ment company can't function nine states of the country. We BIFR (Board for Industrial admission stage chat at the india economic con- become much bigger," Agarwal ed and should go in a very sim- very well but it is important plan to expand to 15 states in and Financial Reconstruction), of IBC, the clave 2019. added. ple manner and let wealth be that they make them free. So north and central India by 2020 and balance two-third were in He said his company He further said even if they created," he added. companies that are into oil and and to 20 states by 2021", CEO distress which, if not attended, government said. acquired four government (government) give up 5-10 Agarwal further said the gas or those like Coal India can of Zeniak Innovation Rajeev WPI inflation rises would have gone to closure. companies and all of them are per cent stake in each of the government is sitting with the be given to someone else. Kumar Srivastava said. He told This code enabled to save had said. three times more productive. companies to the private sec- largest and best reserves of oil "Even government law says reporters here on Monday that to 0.58 pc in these 160 companies from Following the implementa- "Today government holds on tor, it will do much better. and gas and coal along with if the government control or Indo Wagen would also have 10 premature death," Sahoo told tion, several markets, includ- an average 87 per cent stake in "When we talk to the gov- gold and diamond and the holding is reduced to 50 per warehouses by March 2020, November PTI on Monday. ing those for insolvency pro- these companies including ernment (regarding stake sale) country is spending around cent then CAG and all other adding that the e-rickshaw NEW DELHI: Wholesale prices According to him, the fessionals and registered val- banks. If they bring down they say we will sell the asset. USD 500 billion for import of extra audit goes away and the industry in India is growing at based inflation rose to 0.58 per implementation of the code uers, have developed. their holding to 50 per cent But what I feel is government resources, which will go up to CEO can work independently. a CAGR of 20%. cent in November, as against with all its features would "Even the scope of profes- 0.16 per cent in October due to push up the growth rate by a sionals like advocates, char- increase in prices of food few percentage points. tered accountants have articles. The annual inflation, As many as 21,136 applica- increased. There is a huge based on monthly wholesale tions have been filed under the market for capacity build- GST impact will take time: Debroy Licious raises price index (WPI), was at 4.47 code. About 9,653 cases ing...," he said on the sidelines PNS n NEW DELHI in progress, he said that when Economic Research) for the per cent during the same of a conference on 'Insolvency month a year ago (November involving a total amount of it was introduced, there were ninth Finance Commission 2018). The rate of price rise approximately Rs 3,74,931.30 and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: The impact of GST on people who said the for terminal ideal GST, where- crore have been disposed of at Impact on Markets and the growth will take time new indirect tax as GST -- which is work in USD 30 million in for food articles rose to 11 per cent during the month as pre-admission stage of IBC, Economy'. and results will not be regime would lead progress - may take 20 years. against 9.80 a month earlier, the government said on The conference has been visible overnight, to incremental It is not that you are going to while for non-food articles it Sunday. organised by the IBBI and according to Bibek GDP growth of get 1.5-2 per cent (additional) About 2,838 cases were Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Debroy, Chairman, 1.5-2 per cent. GDP growth overnight," he Series 'E' funding eased 1.93 per cent from 2.35 admitted into the corporate in partnership with the Faculty Economic Advisory "This is said on Monday. per cent in October, showed n the data released by the insolvency resolution process of Law and the Commercial Council to the Prime regarding the fact India's GDP growth rate PNS BENGALURU Ministry of Commerce and (CIRP) and out of them, 306 Law Centre, Harris Minister (EAC-PM). that the estimate was has fallen to an over 6-year low Industry on Monday. cases have been closed "by Manchester College at the Noting that Goods and done by NCAER of 4.5 per cent in the second Fresh meat and seafood brand appeal/review/withdrawn", it University of Oxford. Services Tax (GST) is a work (National Council of Applied quarter of current fiscal. Licious announced on Monday it has raised USD 30 million in Series E funding round. The round was led by Co-founders of Licious Quality, value for money factors behind brand loyalty Singapore-based Vertex Growth Vivek Gupt and Abhay Fund ("Vertex Growth") along Hanjura were quoted saying: PNS n NEW DELHI In terms of earning cus- with existing investors 3one4 "The fact that 92% of the In terms of earning customer loyalty, tomer loyalty, 59 per cent of the Capital, Bertelsmann India Indian meat and seafood Product quality, consistency consumers surveyed globally Investments, Vertex Ventures industry is still unorganised and value for money are the 59 per cent of the consumers said they are loyal to their Southeast Asia and India, and indicates the huge, under- most important criteria which surveyed globally said they are loyal favourite brand because of a Sistema Asia Fund. served community that exists, influence brand loyalty of con- to their favourite brand because of a personal connection compared The funds would be deployed as well as the opportunity sumers in India, says a new to 74 per cent in India. towards expanding to a greater that this sector has to offer." study. personal connection compared to 74 Three in four consumers number of Indian cities, aug- The traditional meat and The survey by KPMG per cent in India globally said their loyalty was menting capabilities in the exist- seafood industry is in dire revealed that 47 per cent Indian driven by product quality com- ing markets, strengthening need of tech intervention, consumers remain loyal to a pared to 81 per cent in India, omnichannel presence and quality standardisation and a favourite brand even after a bad 18,000 consumers in 20 coun- over 86 per cent of con- 66 per cent consumers powering new product launch- skilled talent pool, they said in experience. tries, with 1,721 being from sumers globally said globally as compared es, especially in the ready- to-eat the statement. "The study in India revealed India. they would recom- to 74 per cent in India category, Licious said in a press Currently, Licious, a 2,000- that when a consumer is loyal The results showed that 84 mend a brand they said their loyalty was statement. employee-strong company, is to a brand, 93 per cent will rec- per cent of the respondents in loved to friends driven by value for The company said it would present in seven cities and ommend it to their family and India believe in loyalty pro- and family, said money and 57 per also focus on upgrading the processes more than 17,000 friends," Harsha Razdan, grammes and are more likely to the study titled cent consumers Indian meat and seafood orders a day. The company Partner and Head, Consumer buy new products offered by "The truth about globally as com- ecosystem by bolstering tech- said it has clocked in a growth Markets and Internet Business, cent of consumers in India say to buy from a rival company is the company. customer loyalty - pared to 73 per cent nological intervention, expand- rate of 300 per cent year-on- KPMG in India, said in a state- they will buy from their further proof that loyalty Brand loyalty doesn't only The world's con- in India said their loy- ing its pool of employees and year and aims at reaching a ment. favourite company even if it is endures," Razdan said. earn companies repeat business sumers reveal what alty was driven by cus- training them on niche skills target of Rs 1,000 crore by "The fact that over 55 per cheaper and more convenient The survey included over from their loyal customers - keeps them coming back". tomer service. that the industry needs. 2023. 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Tuesday December 17, 2019 The Butterfly Effect: AN ART APART It is the little things in life that get magnified into bigger issues and these little things come together and contribute towards creating something as magnanimous as fate itself. Such is the concept of the ‘butterfly effect' which bravely professes how it is the small things such as the flapping of a butterfly's wings on one continent causes a hurricane on some other, writes ANUSHKA PRADEEP

Vadakkath and Ravi happenings of life. That’s how Giving further details of Chunchula. All the artists I portray the significance of the nature of his painting, he have aesthetically presented the butterfly in my art,” he said, “My paintings are most- The butterflies in their renditions of the but- adds. ly humorous and satirical in terfly effect whilst also Ravi Chunchula is yet nature. I used to work as a When I see these people work hard, my artwork exploring other socially rel- another artist whose medium cartoonist in BBC Delhi. That I just have a drive in me to help signify elements evant topics. is just as fascinating as his helped me recognise my style them out. I came to know that we of nature which We spoke to Pratul Dash, work. “I use rice paper as it is the basic requirement an artist by profession who instead of regular canvas. I for a cartoonist to be able to can make at least a few colours of are has exhibited his work at the also make my own ink using reach out to the audience our ownat home, so I decided I’d circumstantial. exhibition, about what he homemade ingredients. In through humour and satire. give it a try since it’s for a good They are intended to convey to the this particular painting, I My paintings are inspired by viewer, through his art. He used tea (decoction) to bring nature. Though the paintings cause anyway. This is the same case witnesses, responds, “When it comes to out the browns. The paper is are a light-hearted satire of with my paintings. mute the purpose behind my art, I made by poor people based society, the paintings are only spectators to the everyday always hold on to the belief in Kolkata, thus buying this an afterthought. It is up to the RAVI CHUNCHULA akshmi that most artists are more benefits them while being viewer to create their own ARTIST happenings of life. That’s Nambiar, the sensitive than the rest of the nature-friendly.” narrative and opinion on how I portray the director and cura- people. By sensitivity I mean When asked whether his each piece.” significance of the L tor of Srishti sensitivity towards one’s sur- decision to use such a medi- Each of the artists’ paint- Gallery, held an roundings, an awareness and um was a conscious choice to ings that were exhibited at butterfly in my art. exhibition themed consciousness towards the contribute to nature and the gallery gave a different When it comes to ‘The butterfly effect’, which world around you. And this society he said, “To be hon- and distinct message to the the purpose behind aims to bring forth this very sensitivity comes with social est, I never thought of it that audience. ‘The Butterfly idea and how it is relevant in responsibility. Art in itself is way. When I see these people Effect’ is the idea that the my art, I always the lives of common people. a social responsibility. Thus work hard, I just have a drive smallest of things can have a hold on to the belief The exhibition brings my artwork is often socio- in me to help them out. I tremendous impact on life. that most artists are together nine artists from political or socioeconomic in came to know that we can The artists were invited to across the country namely nature.” make at least a few colours of explore the complexity of the more sensitive than Digbijayee Khatua, Dinesh “The butterflies in my art- our own at home, so I decid- cause and effect of various the rest of the people Pimple, Malavika Reddy, work signify elements of ed I’d give it a try since it’s for deeds through art. And rest Nishant Dange, Pratul Dash, nature which are circumstan- a good cause anyway. This is assured, each painting is PRATUL DASH Sujith SN, Prasanta tial. They are witnesses, mute the same case with my paint- bound to leave a far-reaching ARTIST Bandyopadhyay, Priti spectators to the everyday ings.” impact on its viewers. A classical ode to Ustaad Amirkhan AN OTHERWORLDLY he city recently nium, Harijit Singh on tabla, played host to a Kolanka Sai on violin and vocal recital as a Karra Srinivas on T tribute to Late Mridangam. ANNUAL DAY EXPERIENCE Legend Ustaad The event was organised in Amir Khan. association with ICCR and Over 150 music aficiona- Surmandal as a part of their Apart from usual song and dos attending the event were series for paying tributes to mesmerised by singers legends, in association with dance, this school has taken a Sanhita Nandi and Karthika ‘Our Sacred Space’. Anagha. Chandravadan, Retd IAS, different approach for their While Karthika sang in Dr Kundra, of Autism Bihag, Hamsadhwani, Ashram and Aradhana annual day by hosting new tools Hamsanandi and Marathi Karhade Sastry, an eminent Abhang Ragas, Sanhita enter- singer attended the event. tained classical music lovers of learning such as in Shudh Kalyan Malkauns and one light Classical in “Earthpreneurs”, “Eduration”, Khammaj. Karthika is a Carnatic clas- “Art Integrated Learning”, “Laugh sical vocalist and a recipient of the Bal Shree Award, a for no reason” “Education national award given by the President of India for chil- Beyond Books” and many others dren excelling in creative fields. Sanhita is a prominent Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana Gharana. They were accompanied by Rahul Deshpande on harmo-

e all remember among children, schools stress, failure management, inform, educate and enter- our school annual are increasingly shunning fitness, leadership skills and tain students and their days which starts the routine celebrations and others. We don’t want our parents through our off with a keynote are thinking out of the box. annual day to be mere enter- celebrations. We have W by our principal One such example is St. tainment,” said Dr K involved as many as 1,500 followed by a few Peters High School that Suvarna, principal of the students, from Grade 4 to other chief guests who are as turned its annual day cele- school. 10,” adds Suvarna. confused as we are. Then brations into an “We have identified 22 best Practices such as Forest there’s the march past, the International Youth practices adopted by a few Bathing, Curb Climate usual song and dance and Leadership Programme. schools from across the Change, Singing Bowl depending on your school, “When school functions world such as Pakistan, Therapy, Laughing Yoga, dinner. become routine and mun- Kenya, Australia, Japan, Creation of Zero Hunger But many schools in the dane, something unique Mexico, Tibet, Israel, Zones and much more were city have managed to make must happen to make them Thailand, Netherlands, and showcased by the students. even an annual day interest- interesting and useful. We demonstrated them using Students who presented ing. With growing technolo- took it as an opportunity to sound, song, storytelling, the plays urged other schools gy and increasing knowledge teach lessons of conflict, action, drama and dance to to take up this practice. 10

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l Arti Shah l Mitali l Sneha l Megha ANTARANG 2019 l Aakruti Kathak Kendra is organising ‘Antarang 2019’, a two-day free music and dance festival held in memory of Guru Kathak Maestro Pt Durga Lal Ji at Ravindra Bharati, today and tomorrow between 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The Kathak Kendra, one of the premier Kathak learning centres of India, has been nurturing young talent in Hyderabad since 1990. l Mahesh and Radhika Reddy ONE-STOP FASHION flagship boutique of well-known fashion A designer Anushree Patodi was launched by

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the break period got extended a another level.” bit. I utilised the break to travel a Effusive in his praise for his co- lot. I’ve explored north east India star Shalini Pandey in the film, he and spent time close to nature. I promises that she will be revela- Karthikeya to lock got a reality check because of it. I tion of sorts once the film opens. Travelling helped used to fret over things unneces- “She carried the role with utmost sarily and decided to approach ease. She would shed tears for horns with Ajith things in a calmer demeanour,” he emotional scenes without the help tells us candidly. of glycerin. Initially, I got intimat- e might be reel- Upon return, while he did lis- ed by her and felt whether I could ing under con- ten to a lot of stories, none caught match up to her acting prowess. tinuous flops, his fancy like Iddari Lokam Okate, However, after shooting for three H with his latest me to get a reality which opens this Christmas. The days, we developed a certain 90 ML too tank- film is a remake of a 2011 Turkish sense of rapport and it helped our ing, but romantic drama Love Likes chemistry,” he shares. Karthikeya continues to Coincidences, which told the story The actor will have a release attract crazy offers. After of star crossed lovers whose lives early 2020 as well, as he has GA2 Pictures recently are intertwined by a series of wrapped up filming talkie por- announced that he would coincidences. “Producer Bekkem tions for Vijay Kumar Konda’s be spearheading their new check: RAJ TARUN Venugopal and director GR Orey Bujji. He has his plate full production Chaavu Kaburu Krishna asked me to watch the for the rest of year, with projects Challaga to be directed by original, with an intention to like Dream Girl Telugu remake for short filmmaker Koushik promising talent, Raj remake it. I liked it immensely. Suresh Productions and a film for Pegallapati, we’ve now Raj Tarun shares Tarun’s career received The script was ready by then and Annapurna Studios. He admits to learnt that he is in talks for about his journey a jolt with three flops I was narrated it. I felt it was the be in discussions with GA2 Tamil superstar Ajith’s next A — Rajugadu, Rangula right film after the break. Later I Pictures for another film. Is he with Khakee director H Ratnam and Lover — got to know Dil Raju garu would keen on making up for the gap? Vinoth. Apparently, the from taking a break in a row. Reason be producing it. I was happy,” he He points out that it wasn’t a con- director was impressed by understands the star power enough for him to contemplate a beams, adding that he is playing a scious decision to sign multiple Karthikeya’s turns in Rx100 of Ajith and felt that the after three flops in a break from film atmosphere and photographer in the film. “The films but as he liked all the and Gangleader and felt film could help his career take stock of his career. “I decided basic story and characterisations scripts, it was instant yes from that he was the ideal fit to moving forward. Also, he row to making a to take a small break and come- have been retained from the orig- him. “Moreover, I was concerned be his film’s powerful doesn’t differentiate back with a good film. Also, I inal. Only some elements of the about being typecast. I would antagonist who takes Ajith between a supporting role comeback with offered my hair to lord original script have been tailored like to come out of my comfort head-on. and a main role as long as a Venkateswara around to suit Telugu nativity. The last 30 zone and do something different. A source says, “Initially role has something for him Iddari Lokam the same time and minutes of the film will be on Some of my new singings are SJ Suryah was considered to show his acting chops helping me to that end,” he for the part but he couldn’t and it was evident with his Okate, informs. take it up. Vinoth later supporting act in Producer Bekkem Venugopal and He is also keen on going decided on Karthikeya. The Gangleader.” behind the camera and fulfill actor was shared the script Titled Valimai, the film, working with director GR Krishna asked me to his direction desire. “I write and he liked it. However, a joint production venture watch the original, with an intention scripts regularly. In fact, I have an official agreement to between Boney Kapoor and Shalini to remake it. I liked it immensely. some stories ready with me but this end hasn’t been signed Zee Studios, is believed to no story is making me to keep but Karthikeya has have a racing backdrop and Pandey and The script was ready by then and I acting aside and switch to direc- expressed his will be shot in locations was narrated it. I felt it was the right tion. I wouldn’t be acting in my interest to like Hyderabad, South others, reports film after the break. Later I got to directorial for sure. I want to do the Africa, Budapest and make films that are close to reality film. Middle East. Right now, NAGARAJ know Dil Raju garu would be like Iddari Lokam Okate. Except He the film, to have music by producing it. I was happy horror, I can handle all other gen- Yuvan Shankar Raja, is GOUD res,” he ends. on sets in Hyderabad. Ileana D'cruz is tipped to be the leading lady. — NG A musical night by team Ala Vaikunthapuramlo he filming of Ala wherein songs from the film and from Vaikunthapuramlo, starring other Bunny films will be performed by Allu Arjun, is over except for noted singers, the other will be the cus- T a song, which will be shot in tomary pre-release event which will be Ramoji Film City, shortly. held on January 5 in Visakhapatnam. With the film’s release date Venues for both the events haven’t nearing, the makers have decided to amp been finalised yet. The Vizag event up promotions further. We hear they’ve might likely see either of Megastar planned a couple of events on a massive Chiranjeevi or Ram Charan gracing it. scale to heighten buzz surrounding the Interestingly on January 5, the makers project, a family drama peppered with of superstar Mahesh Babu-starrer humour and action. While one will be a Sarileru Neekevvaru too have announced musical night which will be held on a pre-release event at LB Stadium, December 28 this month in Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Writer Chinni Krishna turns to production riter Chinni Krishna, who was in the news earlier this year W for his acidic tirade against Megastar Chiranjeevi, will be turning producer. Announcing his produc- tion house name Chinni Krishna Studios in Hyderabad on Monday, the writer, who penned PAWAN allots 20 the stories of films like Narasimha Naidu, Indra and Gangothri in the past, days for Pink remake said his maiden produc- tion is titled Kingfisher, an ith Pawan Kalyan set give another five days if shoot emotional-action drama. to stage his acting doesn’t go according to plan, “Since 2014 I’ve seen peo- comeback with Pink but he has made it clear that ple who cheated me and Telugu remake, the his time shouldn’t be wasted at who cheated others. I’ve W buzz surrounding any cost with delays on sets. documented their deeds the film is electric. The film will go to sets in the in a piece of paper. The While we’ve already reported first half of January and direc- film will help such people that it was launched in a tor Venu Sreeram will com- to come out of that petty low-key ceremony at plete key portions of mindset and lead life as producer Dil Raju’s the other actors good humans,” the writer office in before Pawan said. He added the idea of Hyderabad last joins the sets in his production house is to week, the lat- February,” encourage young talented est is that informed a actors and technicians Pawan, who source. cutting across different will be On the cast- castes and religions. reprising ing front, the While he hasn’t Amitabh source added announced the Bachchan’s that after Kingfisher’s director’s ANNOUNCING HIS role from the Nivetha Thomas name, a little birdie PRODUCTION HOUSE NAME original, has and Anjali, the mak- informs us that it will be allotted 20 days for ers have roped in helmed by Karuna Kumar CHINNI KRISHNA STUDIOS the film. “Pawan has Ananya (Mallesham fame) who is awaiting the THE WRITER, SAID HIS informed the production and Shatru for other support- release of Palasa 1978. house that his portions ing roles. Earlier, Chinni Krishna MAIDEN PRODUCTION IS should be wrapped up in The untitled film, a joint Studios logo was unveiled TITLED KINGFISHER, AN flat 20 days and asked the production venture between by Paruchuri team to plan accordingly. Boney Kapoor and Dil Raju, Gopalakrishna, Vijayendra EMOTIONAL-ACTION He might be willing to will have music by SS Thaman. Prasad and B Gopal. DRAMA HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | DECEMBER 17, 2019 sport 12 Need to play acc to situation: Pant

PTI n CHENNAI there, but I try to improve." Pant, who revived the Indian ften accused of not putting innings after the loss of three quick enough premium on his wick- wickets in the company of Shreyas Iyer Oet, rising Indian batsman (70), said the idea was to stitch Rishabh Pant says he has now under- together a partnership and stay longer stood that there is no concept of “nat- on the crease. ural game” in international cricket "At the start, (Shreyas) Iyer and I where one has to play according to the were thinking of first stitching togeth- situation. er a partnership and taking the game Pant’s reckless strokeplay at cru- to the 35th-40th over because a 50- cial junctures, leading to soft dis- over game is a fairly long one. missals, as well as poor work behind "Our idea was that the longer our the stumps have been the talking partnership will be, it'd help us in cap- points and a matter of concern for the italising late in the innings," said Pant Indian team. who plays for Delhi Capitals in the But the 22-year-old wicketkeeper- IPL. batsman from Delhi finally came Asked if the Indian bowling line- good and struck his maiden ODI half up was missing pace spearhead Jasprit India captian Virat kohli in action BCCI/Twitter century, albeit in a losing cause, in the Bumrah, Pant backed the current lot first one-dayer against West Indies. and said they were learning. Bumrah Pant said he is constantly trying to is currently recovering from a stress Kohli retains top spot improve his game. fracture of the back and is expected to “I’ve realised after playing a fair bit be fit for the tour of New Zealand next PTI n DUBAI in the ODIs. at international level that unlike at year. Opener Abid Ali's unbeat- amateur levels of cricket, there isn’t "Bumrah is a top bowler. Everyone ndian skipper Virat Kohli en 109, which made him the anything like a natural game. At the knows that. He's out because of an Iretained his top spot among first male cricketer and only international level, you have to play injury. The other bowlers who are play- batsmen while the injured the second after former according to the situation or what the ing here aren't doing badly. As young- bowler Jasprit Bumrah slipped England woman opener Enid team demands,” Pant said at the post- sters, these guys are learning," Pant rea- a rung to sixth in the latest Bakewell to score centuries on match press conference. soned. ICC Test rankings issued on both Test and ODI debuts, has “It’s my learning curve, I’m think- "Bumrah has now become an Monday. entered the rankings at an ing that. From team’s point of view, India's Rishabh Pant, right, bats during the first one day international cricket match between India and West Indies BCCI/Twitter experienced bowler. He has learnt quite Kohli (928 points) is 17 impressive 78th position. whatever I can do to help my team a bit having played so much of inter- points clear of Australia's Among the bowlers, win, to have a good score on the score- game and that will hold me in good matter what people say around you. every innings is important for me. As national cricket. These players will also Steve Smith who scored 43 Bumrah, who has been out board, that’s what I was focussing on. stead,” said Pant who scored 71 off 69 Sometimes you don't get runs, some- a youngster I want to improve each learn as they go along," he said. and 16 in the first Test against since the start of the home In the end, I got some runs,” he added. deliveries for his maiden ODI half- times you get runs but the process is and every day," Pant said. On his thought process on and off New Zealand which Australia series against South Africa He said he will continue to focus century. always important,” said the wicket- Pant has been greeted with chants field, he said, "If I'm practising I think won by 296 runs. due to a stress fracture, slipped on his game rather than think about Asked what kept him going keeper-batsman. of 'Dhoni, Dhoni' by crowds at vari- about cricket. If I'm off the field, I'm Cheteshwar Pujara (791) to the sixth spot in the list the “talk going around” about him. despite the constant criticism, Pant Asked how important this knock ous stadiums but not here. not thinking about it too much. and Ajinkya Rahane (759) headed by Australia's Pat “As an individual and as a player, said it was all about believing in him- was in the current circumstances, he "Sometimes it's important when "I talked to the team management held on to their fourth and Cummins. I want to focus on my processes. All self and following the process of said every innings was important for crowd supports you. From an individ- and they told me, 'just calm yourself, sixth spots respectively. Neil Wagner's seven wick- the talk going around, they’re good growth. him and he wanted to improve every ual point of view, I was trying to see what you can do around to improve Australia batsman Marnus ets against New Zealand and sometimes they’re not. At the “I will always tell a person that you day. improve myself every day but I was- your game, improve your fitness, just Labuschagne continued his helped him reclaim third posi- moment, I’m concentrating on my have to believe in yourself. It doesn’t "Personally, if I play for India, n't getting there. I am not saying I got try to improve yourself in every way'." surge, entering the top five in tion among bowlers with a the list of batsmen after scores career-best tally of 834 rating of 143 and 50 in the Perth points. Tim Southee is back in Test. the top 10 after his nine- Labuschagne, who nar- wicket match haul. rowly missed joining Another Australian It was my best knock: Hetmyer Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas and bowler Mitchell Starc's effort Mudassar Nazar in scoring at of 9/97 in the first Test has lift- PTI n CHENNAI ing. Sad that I didn’t finish the game, but it’s a er to execute,” he added. least 150 in three successive ed him to a career-best fifth work in progress for me,” Hetmyer said. His career-best knock also came just before Test innings, has gained three spot and career-best 806 rat- washbuckling West Indies batsman Shimron He said he just kept it simple and batting with the IPL auction on December 19 but the 22-year- slots to occupy fifth place. ing points. Josh Hazlewood SHetmyer described his match-winning 139 Hope also made it easier as they have good old batsman said he was not thinking much He has overtaken compa- has moved from eighth to sev- against India in the first one-dayer as the best understanding between them. about the upcoming cash-rich T20 league at the triot David Warner and is the enth position. knock of his career but said he would have been “We just keep it simple because we’ve played moment. second-highest ranked India's Ravindra Jadeja, happier had he finished off the game. with each other for quite a while now. So, I know Asked if he was trying to prove a point with Australia batsman after Steve meanwhile, remained at num- Hetmyer was out in the 39th over after stitch- his game and he knows mine. So, basically when a ton days before the IPL auction, he said for him Smith. ber 2 behind Jason Holder of ing 218 runs for the second wicket with fellow we’re batting together, most of the time, I’m the it was about enjoying his batting. Pakistan batsman Babar the West Indies among Test centurion Shai Hope (102 not out), with the West aggressor and he’s the person who sticks around “To me it’s about enjoying my batting, it’s Azam reached the top 10 for all-rounders. Indies at the stage needing 59 runs from 11.2 and bats around,” said Hetmyer who faced 106 cricket, sometimes you score runs and sometimes the first time, moving from In the ICC World Test overs with eight wickets in hand. deliveries during his knock. you don’t. Didn’t have the best IPL (2019 sea- 13th to ninth position after his Championship, India stand “This is my highest score in international “And if he gets the boundary ball, he puts it son), it’s a nice experience, it always helps you unbeaten knock of 102 against on top with 360 points, way cricket, so this would be the best one. It’s always away. For us, it’s always nice batting with some- to come back much stronger from there. I just Sri Lanka in the drwan first ahead of Australia (216), Sri nice chasing a score than a setting one. Chasing one like him because he’s going to make sure you try as much as possible to put that behind me,” Test. He is currently No.1 in Lanka (80), New Zealand (60) Shimron Hetmyer reacts after playing a shot AP and taking the team home is a much better feel- get the strike as much as possible and it’s easi- he said. the T20I rankings and second and England (56). Babar wants to match Virat’s status Kohli is cricketing version n PTI KARACHI Yasir wants to play Test against India rolific Pakistan batsman of Ronaldo: Lara PBabar Azam wants to achieve the “legend” status that PTI N KARACHI PTI n VISAKHAPATNAM Virat Kohli has acquired but concedes that despite the often- akistan leg-spinner Yasir irat Kohli is the cricketing repeated comparisons, he is PShah on Monday said it is Vequivalent of soccer super- still some time away from get- “unfortunate” to have not got a star Cristiano Ronaldo for his ting anywhere close to the chance to play red ball cricket sheer commitment towards Indian captain. against India since making his the game even though a K L The 24-year-old is a self- debut and he is now eagerly Rahul can consider himself at confessed fan of Kohli spoke waiting to test his skills against par with the India captain in about his aspiration to emulate the likes of Virat Kohli in Test Yasir shah poses for a photo Twitter terms of talent, feels West the world’s No 1 Test and ODI matches. Indies batting icon Brian Lara. batsman. Shah, 33, who has 207 against them because they One of the greatest bats- “Look he (Kohli) has wickets from 37 Tests, has have some top players and for men to have played the game already achieved a lot. He is a never played a Test against a leg-spinner it is always enjoy- and for many, the best left-han- legend in his country. Honestly India since his Pakistan debut able when you are bowling too der of all-time along with Sir there is no comparison with me in 2011. or getting wickets of high pro- Garfield Sobers, Lara says he right now but eventually I also “It is unfortunate and I feel file players (like Kohli),” he is in awe of how Kohli has want to get where he is today,” disappointed when I think said. honed his skills to take batting Azam said. about the fact that I have not Pakistan toured India in to an “unbelievable level”. “The media and people played a Test against India. the winter of 2012 for a short “I think it has got a lot to have drawn comparisons Even the white ball matches limited over series, but the two do with Virat’s outstanding between me and Virat Kohli but PCB/twitter have been far and few against teams have not played a Test commitment besides his I realise that I still need to get Babar Azam raises his bat them in recent years,” he said. against each other since the preparation. I don’t think he is more runs in red ball cricket to “I would like to play Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. any more talented than a KL be ranked among the top play- ond Test hundred in the last Rahul or a Rohit Sharma but Indian captian Virat Kohli celebrates with teammates BCCI/Twitter ers. That is why in recent three games on Sunday, said he his commitment to prepare months I have been focusing a wanted to be a batsman who, anyone compares me with Kohli of my innings. I catch my mis- himself properly stands out. He out at the Headingley. I don’t see it as a mercenary “...It’s a situation where as lot on getting consistent scores like Kohli, could win more or (Steve) Smith. I am now takes and then I try to ensure I is, for me, the cricketing equiv- “It was an unbelievable act,” Lara said. a youngster, you have an in Test matches,” he added. matches for his team. more focused on my batting and don’t commit them again the alent of Cristiano Ronaldo,” innings that he played. You However, he wants Cricket opportunity to go out there Babar, who scored his sec- “I don’t feel any pressure if I spend hours watching videos next time,” he said. Lara told PTI during an exclu- must give him the credit not West Indies (CWI) to draw a and make a living for yourself. sive interaction. only for that innings but also plan that would keep young- So hopefully, it doesn’t do too “His fitness level and his for his 84 not out in the ODI sters interested in Test cricket much damage but it still mental strength is unbeliev- World Cup final. He came up keeping their below-par show belongs to West indies board, able.” For the 50-year-old Lara, through a very rough period in the longest version during the power to ensure that it SA include Six uncapped players for Eng Tests who scored nearly 12,000 runs couple of years back (Bristol the past few years. doesn't happen,” he asserted. in Test cricket, Kohli can fit pub brawl and subsequent “I am hoping that West “A youngster may want to into the best teams of any era suspension) and he has shown Indies don't have to get do different things, (but) if you Nkwe, captain Faf du Plessis and indepen- — be it Clive Lloyd's the mettle to put things aside involved in a lower Test level. have a structure in place, I am AFP n CAPE TOWN dent selector Linda Zondi. Despite the ‘Unbeatables’ of the ‘70s or Sir and soldiered on as a cricketer.” Series like West Indies vs sure you can have the effect of large number of uncapped players, there Don Bradman's ‘Invincibles’ of Talk about West Indies Australia (Worrell Trophy), what the baggy greens have in outh Africa on Monday named six are no major surprises in a squad which 1948. cricket and how most of the West Indies vs England Australia. Suncapped players in a 17-man squad for includes the core of the players who have “His batting skills are talented players are being lured (Wisden Trophy) have always “Look at the current the first two Tests against England, start- represented South Africa in recent times. unbelievable. He is a guy you by private leagues, Lara refused had a legacy created over the Indian cricket team. They have ing at Centurion on December 26. Three of the dropped players were cannot leave out in any era. If to call them “mercenaries”. years,” he said. the most exciting T20 league Five players who played in a recent 3- spin bowlers — Senuran Muthusamy, a guy is averaging 50 plus in all “Certainly not,” said Lara, “West Indies have 5 to 6 (IPL) and yet they are excited 0 series defeat in India were dropped, while George Linde and Dane Piedt — who went versions of the game, then that who didn't agree with the million people, different about Test cricket as well as all fast bowler Lungi Ngidi was not consid- to India primarily because of conditions is something which is unheard view, saying some of the illus- islands, different politics. You the versions of the game,” he ered because of a hamstring injury. there. Keshav Maharaj is the only spinner of,” the legend said. trious predecessors in the late have seen Usain Bolt run for said. The squad will assemble for a training in the squad for the England Tests. Another player Lara ‘70s had already set the prece- Jamaica and not for the West He is not averse to con- camp tomorrow, with three of the players There is no place for top-order bats- praised was English all- dent by joining Kerry Packer's Indies. Cricket is the only uni- tributing actively to West Indies to be released to play for South Africa A man Theunis de Bruyn, who played in rounder Ben Stokes, who World Series Cricket (WSC). fying force but still has its cricket but then he wants CWI in a three-day match against England in seven of South Africa’s most recent nine enjoyed a stellar run in the “Each cricketer has to problems to keep it unified in to decide how badly they want Benoni, starting on Friday. Tests, or wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich World Cup and the Ashes. make a choice. Back in the day terms of getting the infra- his services. The uncapped players are opening Klaasen. Lara himself has been a in late '70s, there was Kerry structure needed,” Lara said. “It depends on Cricket batsman Pieter Malan, who may get his Regular Test top-order batsman Temba part of some of the most mem- Packer and there was an exo- The lure of private leagues West Indies to decide on who chance if Aiden Markram has not fully Bavuma, Malan and all-rounder Andile orable fourth innings chases dus of cricketers. I can’t say that will be there but then it’s the all they want in their set-up. recovered from injury, top-order batsman Pieter Malan raises his bat CSA/Twitter Phehlukwayo will play for South Africa A against Australia where he there’s something that's new. custodians of the game in the Over the years there has been Rassie van der Dussen, all-rounder Dwaine against the tourists, while others, includ- batted with the tailenders. “Not everyone will be Caribbean, who need to take a lot of involvement by former Pretorius, fast bowlers Dane Paterson The squad is the first to be named by ing Markram, are likely to be released to Therefore, it wasn’t sur- playing for the West Indies. So the initiative and show the cricketers. As far as I am con- and Beuran Hendricks and wicketkeeper- a selection panel which includes new coach play for their franchises in four-day prising to see Lara gush about if you can make a living play- world that they care about cerned, it might be in the hori- batsman Rudi Second. Mark Boucher, assistant coach Enoch domestic matches, starting on Thursday. Stokes’ Ashes-saving 135 not ing T20 leagues then why not? their players, Lara said. zon, you never know,” he said.