Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Published From *Late City Vol. 1 Issue 363 NATION 5 MONEY 10 SPORT 16 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable UDDHAV PROMISES AMAZON, FLIPKART SEE RECORD SUPER ROHIT BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR JUSTICE TO CASTE GROUPS GROWTH IN FESTIVE SALES SHOW RANCHI DEHRADUN TWO MONTHS VIJAYAWADA IN JAIL FOR TELANGANA HYDERABAD, SUNDAY OCTOBER 6, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 9 www.dailypioneer.com Thai judge INX MEDIA CASE shoots himself Prime Minister non-committal in court 71 ex-babus write to Modi on Telugu states’ demands BANGKOK: A Thai judge shot himself in the chest in PNS n HYDERABAD front of a packed court after acquitting several murder With the Bharatiya Janata suspects and decrying the on prosecution of officials Party striving to make inroads kingdom's judicial system in into Telugu states, and with an impassioned speech the Centre being critical of broadcast on Facebook Live. Says action demotivates diligent and honest officers from taking important decisions the TRS-led TS government Critics say Thailand's and the YSRCP-led AP gov- courts often work in favour of PNS n NEW DELHI ernment, neither Telangana the rich and powerful, while Chief Minister K delivering swift and harsh Seventy-one retired bureau- Chandrashekar Rao nor his sentences on ordinary people crats on Friday wrote to Prime Andhra Pradesh counterpart for minor offences. Minister Narendra Modi, YS Jaganmohan Reddy got But it is virtually unheard expressing concern over the any solid assurance from PM of for judges to criticise the prosecution of four former Narendra Modi, though both system. Kanakorn officials of the Finance had been to Delhi this week Pianchana, a judge at Yala Ministry in the INX Media with a litany of demands. court in the heart of the case and asserted that such KCR has placed before Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy having a word with Prime insurgency-battered Thai action will demotivate dili- Modi a long list of demands, Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday south, was delivering the gent and honest officers from including financial assistance verdict for five Muslim sus- taking important decisions. to TS government's flagships Krishna and Godavari rivers rues the political stance pects in a gun murder case They demanded that there schemes like Mission figured during discussions adopted by the Chief on Friday afternoon. He should be a reasonable period Sindhushree Kullar Anup K Pujari Prabodh Saxena Bhagiratha. Jagan has sought between the leaders. Ministers. Let alone give any acquitted the group, deliv- of time after which files should funds for Polavaram and Although KCR and Jagan assurance, the Prime Minister ered a courtroom plea for a not be reopened. Centre's aid for backward looked cheerful during and did not even engage in cleaner justice system, before The letter has been signed by said. Besides Ms Khullar, the inal proceedings that "originate ter added. "It will not be sur- districts, among other after their meetings with the detailed discussions with the pulling out a handgun and retired civil servants like for- government also sanctioned from settling of political prising if civil servants pro- demands. Even controversial Prime Minister, sources close Chief Ministers, thus turning shooting himself in the chest. mer cabinet secretary K M the prosecution of former sec- scores". crastinate before processing issues like reverse tendering to PMO revealed that Modi is the meetings into just cour- "You need clear and cred- Chandrasekhar, former for- retary of the Ministry of Micro, The former officials said and examining every propos- process taken up by AP and not pleased with governance teous calls. ible evidence to punish some- eign secretary and national Small and Medium this will only seem to confirm al of importance, as they have the proposed projects to link in the two Telugu states and Continued on Page 2 one. So if you're not sure, security advisor Shivshankar Enterprises, Anup K Pujari, the the worst apprehensions of no guarantee that they would don't punish them," the judge Menon, former foreign secre- then director in the Finance civil servants that they will get not be implicated in criminal said addressing the court and tary Sujatha Singh and former Ministry Prabodh Saxena, and no protection for bona fide acts proceedings many years later," broadcasting his words on his DGP of Punjab Julio Riberio. former under secretary in the in the performance of their the letter said. Aarey: Jolt for phone on Facebook live. The ex-bureaucrats also Department of Economic official duties. They said all The retired bureaucrats said TRS faces ‘road roller’ expressed concern over "selec- Affairs Rabindra Prasad in the regimes, irrespective of their rules must be framed to make greens as HC tive targeting" of retired and case involving INX Media, political affiliations, at both the legal principle of estoppel serving officers, apparently for they said. central and state levels, have apply on reopening decisions threat in Huzarnagar refuses stay "gaining narrow political The government had already been "guilty of transgression". based on information provid- advantages". sanctioned the prosecution of "Serving officials will natu- ed at the time the decision was PNS n HUZURNAGAR He pointed said that he had con- PNS n MUMBAI Last month, the govern- former finance minister P rally be demotivated if diligent taken. If files are allowed to be tested from Suryapet on the ment issued a sanction to the Chidambaram in February this and honest officers are selec- "exhumed and dissected on the Symbols count during polls. same symbol. He denied hav- Green activists suffered a CBI to prosecute former NITI year, following which he was tively targeted for punishment basis of hindsight and that too Sometimes, it can make all the ing any relations whatsoever second jolt in two consecutive Aayog CEO Sindhushree arrested by the CBI. for no fault of theirs other than with no bar on the time that difference upon counting of with the Congress. He said that days when the Bombay High Kullar and others in connec- The officers also hit out at that they were implementing has elapsed", no decisions will votes. In the Huzurnagar bypoll, he was in the electoral fray only Court on Saturday refused to tion with the FIPB clearance the government for making the policy decisions of the be made at all in government, TRS candidate Sanampudi to make the Dalit voice heard stay ongoing felling of trees at granted to INX Media, officials officers bear the brunt of crim- government of the day," the let- they added. Saidireddy is facing a peculiar and not out of lust for power. It Mumbai's prominent green problem. His party's symbol may be mentioned here that lung, Aarey Colony, to make (car) can pale into some unlettered voters, way for a proposed metro car insignificance before considering truck to be shed. RTC STRIKE Former CEO the rather intimi- TRS' car, had previ- A few green activists moved dating symbol ously exercised their a fresh application on of TV channel (road roller) of franchise in favour of Saturday seeking stay for a another candidate, the candidate who week on the Mumbai Metro Vangapalli adopted truck sym- Rail Corporation Ltd arrested Kirankumar, state bol, resulting in the (MMRCL's) action of chop- PNS n HYDERABAD president of Republic defeat of the TRS candi- ping 2656 trees in the area, a Sena Party, floated by the date. In fact, the candidate with day after the HC dismissed Hyderabad Police on Saturday grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar. truck symbol polled over 7,000 four petitions filed by NGOs arrested Ravi Prakash, former Kiran Kumar has previously votes. The TRS has since alleged and activists challenging the CEO of multilingual television contested for the Suryapet MLA that the Congress had stooped decision of Tree Authority of news channel TV9, for alleged seat and the Nalgonda Lok so much in politics that it had the Mumbai civic body allow- cheating by diverting compa- Sabha seat. made other parties to apply for ing felling of trees. ny funds. The police also took When contacted, he said that symbols like road-roller, truck The activists have sought former Chief Financial Officer there was no sinister plan in his and a farmer driving tractor the stay so that they can M.K.V.N. Murthy into cus- opting for road-roller as symbol. with ulterior motives. approach the supreme court. The deserted Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station with just RTC union leaders and employees protesting on Saturday tody. They were taken to Banjara Hills police station where they were being ques- tioned. The arrests were made HUZURNAGAR BY-ELECTION Strike complete, Metro rises to the occasion after two cases were registered against them on a complaint by Alanda Media & KCR to address lone public JAC won't budge till govt resolves demands Entertainment Pvt Ltd, which owns TV9 group of channels. PNS n HYDERABAD who could not afford or were The management alleged in unwilling to take private vehi- their complaint that Ravi meeting on October 18 Day one of the indefinite strike cles at fares enhanced due to Prakash and Murthy withdrew by TSRTC employees, in the the strike. Rs 18.31 crore from the bank PNS n HYDERABAD face of State government's The JAC of RTC workers is accounts of the company from l KTR to participate in threat to sack them summari- firm on continuing the strike September 2018 to May 2019. Campaigning for the three to four meetings ly if they fail to report for duty and has made it clear that there Continued on Page 2 Huzurnagar bye-election will by 6-00 pm on Saturday, was by would be no let-up in the gain momentum after Dasara l KTR will stay in and large peaceful.