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ASTROGUIDE Vikari; Dakshinayana 162 Sena-NCP-Cong MLAs swear allegiance Tithi: Kartika Bahula Amavasya till 8.38 pm Star: Visakha till 9.24 am Maha is not Goa, warns Sharad Pawar; make way for us, Uddhav tells BJP; SC verdict today at 10.30 am Varjyam: 1.12 pm to 2.43 pm DC CORRESPONDENT Durmuhurtam: 8.44 am to MUMBAI, NOV. 25 9.28 am and 10.45 pm to The Supreme Court is set Ruckus in Parliament; 11.37 pm to pass an order on Rahukalam: 3 pm to Tuesday on holding a cru- 4.30 pm cial floor test in the HIJRI CALENDAR Maharashtra Assembly to ascertain whether Chief Sonia leads protests Rabi-ul-Awal 29,1441 AH Minister Devendra PRAYERS Fadnavis enjoyed majori- DC CORRESPONDENT ty, as the Shiv Sena, the NEW DELHI, NOV. 25 Fajar: 5.24 am NCP and the Congress put Zohar: 12.14 pm up a public show of The power tussle in Asar: 4.03 pm strength to claim they Maharashtra reverberated Maghrib: 5.45 pm have the numbers to form in Parliament on Monday a new government. as Opposition members Isha: 6.56 pm The order will be passed staged vociferous protests, SUNSET TODAY 5.39 PM at 10.30 am on Tuesday, the forcing adjournment of SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.27 AM court said, giving the proceedings in both the MOONRISE TOMORROW 5.54 AM shaky 3-day-old Maha- Houses, even as Congress MLAs taking oath in the presence of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief MOONSET TODAY 5.34 PM rashtra government a president Sonia Gandhi breather in the intense Sharad Pawar and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, during a gathering to led a protest in Parliament battle for numbers display their strength at a hotel in Mumbai on Monday. — Rajesh Jadhav premises against the BJP between the rival camps. move. COUNTER POINT Later in the evening, the the government if the BJP around 7 pm. for the Sena-NCP-Congress Congress leader Rahul Shiv Sena, Congress and fails to pass the floor test Apart from 51 NCP legis- alliance government in Gandhi set the tone for the the Nationalist Congress in the Assembly. lators, 56 Shiv Sena legisla- Maharashtra. The protests in the morning Party (NCP) carried out a The ‘parade’ was held at tors and 44 Congress legis- strength of our alliance when he refused to ask a joint ‘parade’ of all 162 Grand Hyatt where Shiv lators, 11 MLAs from cannot be captured on any supplementary question Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party leader Adhir MLAs supporting their Sena leader Uddhav smaller parties and camera lens. We have during Question Hour in Ranjan Chowdhury and others during a protest at alliance at a five-star hotel Thackeray, NCP chief Independents also attend- arrived; clear our way. We the Lower House while Parliament premises on Monday. — D. RAJU in Mumbai. With this, the Sharad Pawar and ed the event. are not here for just five two of his party MPs, Hibi three parties, which were Congress’ Mallikarjun “I swear that under the years. We are starting Eden and TN Prathapam, House, the Congress and Shouting slogans and beaten by the BJP in form- Kharge were present. leadership of Sharad from Maharashtra, and carrying a big black ban- other Opposition parties showing banners and plac- ing the government in All MLAs were asked to Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray then we will move ahead.” ner that read ‘Stop murder such as Left and the DMK ards in the Well, Congress Maharashtra, stepped up stand up and take a pledge and Sonia Gandhi, I will be NCP president Sharad of democracy’ entered the shouted anti-BJP slogans MPs also jostled with mar- their efforts to prove that under the Constitution honest with my party. I Pawar said, “This is not Well of the House. after Chairman, M. shals to foil an attempt to they have the majority to that they would not fall won’t be lured by any- Goa, this is Maharashtra. I Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Venkaiah Naidu rejected evict them. form the government. prey to any inducements thing. I will not do any- will take personal respon- Chowdhury alleged that their notices under Rule The Congress MPs had Earlier in the day, they by the BJP. thing which will benefit sibility to ensure no MLA women parliamentarians 267 seeking setting aside of stormed into the Well the also submitted a letter Shiv Sena and Congress the BJP,” all MLAs loses membership for vot- of his party were “man- the business to take up the moment proceedings signed by 162 MLAs to gov- MLAs were brought to the pledged. ing against the BJP.” handled” in the Lok Sabha political developments in began. ernor B.S. Koshyari. The hotel where NCP legisla- Speaking at the parade, when they were protesting Maharashtra forcing an letter said that the parties tors had been put up in air- Mr Thackeray said, “The ■ Page 6: BJP ridicules in the Well of the House. adjournment, Lok Sabha ■ Page 6: 2 Cong MPs may should be invited to form conditioned buses at BJP will have to make way While in the Upper saw much more drama. Vyapam: 30 Sena-NCP-Cong be suspended get 7 yrs jail Time for Governor Bhopal: A CBI court in Bhopal on Monday sentenced one man to 10 years in jail and 30 others to seven years imprisonment in the multi-crore Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh. The Vyapam scam refers to irregularities in exams held by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board for admission in professional courses and state services.

■ Report on Page 5 JBS Metro trial run begins Hyderabad: Hyderabad Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao met Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Metro Rail Limited on Monday. In the two-and-a-half hour meeting, he explained the government’s stand Monday commenced a on the RTC employees strike. This is the first meeting between the duo after the trial run on corridor II expansion of the Cabinet. ■ Report on Page 5 from Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) to Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS). The long awaited corridor would pass through the core city RTC strike ends; MD says connecting nine Metro stations: JBS-Parade Grounds, Secunderabad West, Gandhi Hospital, won’t take back workers Musheerabad, RTC Crossroads, Chikkad- IREDDY SRINIVAS financial struggle being their duties without any pally, Narayanaguda, REDDY | DC faced by the RTC employ- objections. He appealed Sultan Baazar and MGBS HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 ees, the strike has been to the temporary drivers covering 11 kms. called off. and conductors not to The 52-day long strike of The JAC on Monday attend duty as the JAC ■ Report on Page 2 the employees of had a discussion with has called off the strike. Telangana Road trade unions and leaders RTC managing director, Transport Corporation of various political par- Sunil Sharma, however, led by the RTC Joint ties at the Employees said that until the orders INSIDE Action Committee has Union office, following are issued from the been called off. The JAC the announcement of the labour commissioner on ■ CITY.. PG2 announced this on calling off of the strike. the legality of the strike, Onion price at Monday and advised Mr Reddy said that all the Corporation will not employees to resume RTC workers are advised take any steps with all-time high duty from Tuesday. to arrive at their respec- regard to the striking ■ CITY.. PG3 RTC’s JAC convener, tive depots and resume employees or taking Ashwathama Reddy, said duty from Tuesday morn- them back on duty. Fears loom over that keeping in view the ing, and requested the NRC, CAB difficulties faced by the corporation to allow the ■ Page 5: Fight to people of the state and employees to take up continue, says Reddy Bizman car runs over techie JAYENDRA CHAITHANYA was admitted to a private engineering graduate, has duo reached Khanamet T. hospital and her condition been working in the city Crossroads and were trav- HYDERABAD, NOV 25 is stated to be critical, said for the last four years. elling towards the Madhapur police who About four months ago, he Kondapur side, a BMW (AP In yet another case of booked a case against the joined Pega Systems. He 10 AX 6267) driven by drunk driving in the IT cor- businessman and took him was living along with his Kondaveeti Ashwin, 35, ridor area of Cyberabad, a into custody. parents and a brother. which was moving in the businessman under the Abhishek Anand, 28, an On Sunday night, wrong direction, rammed influence of alcohol drove employee of Pega Systems Abhishek along with his into the bike. his BMW in the wrong at Madhapur was a resi- friend, Lisa Dhar The accused Ashwin runs direction and rammed the dent of Anand Nagar Choudhury, went for din- Sri Sai Interiors, a busi- car into a bike killing a Colony in Kondapur. He ner to Madhapur and was ness, and owns the BMW. techie and injuring his hailed from Nirzahant vil- returning to Kondapur on a friend on Sunday night. lage in Bhagalpur district bike (TS 07 EZ 5891). At ■ Page 5: Blood alcohol The injured pillion rider of Bihar. Abhishek, an around 11.30 pm, when the content recorded as 185 mg Chhattisgarh Invite PAGE Minister K.T. Rama Rao has been invited by Chhattisgarh to attend National Tribal City 2 Dance Festival from November 27 to 29 DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Schools in a fix over national song ATHER MOIN | DC ■ HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 ABDULLAH FAIZ, sec- Security will focus on retary, public relations, Government schools in students Islamic organi- passenger safety the old city are in a dilem- sation, Telangana, says between Bengaluru ma over the instructions the orders to sing of the district education Vande Mataram during and Guntakal officer (DEO), Hyderabad assembly is unconstitu- making it mandatory to tional. — Gajanan Mallya chant ‘Vande Mataram’ during the morning instructions to the educa- SCR GM assembly. They believe it tion department not to will create unnecessary insist on the song during tension as parents will the assembly. IN oppose it. A senior government BRIEF DEO B. Venkata teacher, who spoke on Narasamma held a meet- condition of anonymity, ing of deputy education said it is a sensitive mat- VEGETABLE officers and deputy ter which creates prob- inspectors of schools on lems for them when many VENDOR MAKES October 31, in which she parents are irked at this reviewed various matters mixing of religion in edu- related to the functioning cation and Muslims have WORLD RECORD of government and aided reservations about the DC CORRESPONDENT schools. The minutes of song. “When we sought KARIMNAGAR, NOV. 25 the meeting were pre- clarification with the offi- pared by the education cials, they told us that it is A 33-year-old vegetable ven- department and sent a not compulsory,” the dor, Rapelli Srinivas, has week ago to the headmas- teacher said. become a role model for others ters of the schools for Abdullah Faiz, secre- through his firm determina- implementation. tary, public relations, stu- tion of entering the Guinness Agenda No. 12 of the dents Islamic organisa- Book of World Records by said meeting dealt with tion, Telangana, said the walking 137.1 metres on his the morning prayer and a DEO’s orders to sing toes in one minute. Srinivas is schedule was given. It Vande Mataram during a noted figure in the city, not says: ‘prayer should be daily assembly is uncon- for being a vegetable vendor conducted in a systematic stitutional and against but for his skills in various art manner: A. Vande the Supreme Court’s 2017 forms and unusual perform- Hyderabad Metro Rail trial run being carried out between JBS metro station to MGBS on Monday. — S. SURENDER REDDY Mataram B. Jayajayahe judgment which clearly ances. Telangana C. Pledge D. states that Vande Circumstances forced him to News reading e. Sukhti Mataram cannot be given sell vegetables after complet- and GK questions F. status on par with the ing his SSC due to the sudden Message by HM/teacher national anthem as there demise of his father. But he about 2 mins G. National is no provision in the con- never lost courage. JBS-MGBS Metro trial run on anthem. Rhythm should stitution regarding a Inspired by Bruce Lee films, be maintained in the national song. Srinivas learnt karate, kung prayer.’ This created con- Likewise, Article 51 of fu, kick boxing and taekwon- Travel to be cut down from 45 min to 16 min between 2 key bus stations fusion among the teach- the constitution only do. He has won 98 gold medals, MADDY DEEKHITH | DC A team of technical trol software will be fine- During a series of trial ing fraternity, particular- mentions national flag 34 silver and six bronze HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 experts and engineers led tuned based on these runs to be carried out in ly those working in the and national anthem, but medals till date. He is also by HMRL manager N.V.S. inputs for safe operation the next few weeks, a large old city. not national song. “We, on good in athletics, swimming Hyderabad Metro Rail Reddy. and L&T MRHL of metro trains in auto- number of technical speci- Mohammed Kashif, behalf of SIO TS strongly and solving Rubik’s cube puz- Limited on Monday com- MD K.V.B. Reddy travelled matic mode with CBTC fications, performance cri- whose ward is studying in condemn such orders and zles blindfold. He won a gold menced a trial run on cor- by Metro on this corridor technology. teria and safety standards Asifnagar government demand the authorities to medal for solving a puzzle ridor II from Jubilee Bus and observed various tech- After receipt of satisfac- will be tested under the school, said that reciting repeal it as soon as possi- within a minute in a competi- Station (JBS) to Mahatma nical and safety parame- tory performance and following broad cate- Vande Mataram is ble to avert any contro- tion in 2016. Gandhi Bus Station ters and performance of safety certification from gories: signalling tests and against the beliefs of versy,” he said. It is a difficult task for people (MGBS). the train during the trial Thales, the internal safety safe train separation tests; Muslims. It is the basic National president of to stand or walk on toes even The long awaited corri- run. assessor (ISA) M/s. brake test by the sig- tenet of Islam that the All India Ideal for a minute. But with firm dor would pass through It would take 16 minutes Halcrow and other Indian nalling and train control nobody and nothing else Teachers Association determination and constant the core city connecting to cover this corridor from and international organi- system; overhead electric is entitled to be wor- Prof. Anwarullah Khan practice for six months, he nine Metro stations: JBS- JBS to MGBS, as against sations, the commissioner (OHE) - rolling stock shipped except Allah. said officials should not achieved the feat of walking Parade Grounds, 45 minutes by road, said of Metro rail safety (metro coaches) current “We respect and love our insist on anything that is (CMRS) will be invited for collection tests; passenger country, but it does not not mandatory. Vande 137.1 metres on his toes in one Secunderabad West, N.V.S. Reddy. The new Metro line will minute and entered the Gandhi Hospital, N.V. S. Reddy said that the final safety clearance information announce- mean that we have to wor- Mataram has no legal pass by the iconic Clock Guinness Book of World Musheerabad, RTC X the data and other inputs of the corridor. After ments and display tests; ship it. Students should sanctity such as the Records. Road, Chikkadpally, in these tests will be sent Tower in Secunderabad. CMRS safety certification, dummy passenger not be forced to recite national anthem. This Speaking to this newspaper, Narayanaguda, Sultan online to M/s Thales in train control (CBTC) tech- the corridor will be evacuation tests and Vande Mataram,” he said. kind of instruction will Srinivas said, “After watching Bazar and MGBS covering Canada, which is supply- nology. thrown open for passenger degraded mode operation He hopes the government create unnecessary prob- Guinness world records pro- 11 kms. ing communication-based Signalling and train con- operations. tests. will intervene and issue lems in schools, he said. grammes on television, I decided to perform an unusual feet of walking on toes so that my name is also entered into RUN AND RIDE the Guinness Book. I started 62 non-existent slip practicing walking on toes. In Onion price hits an all-time high ON WORLD the initial stages, I faced a lot of problems. At one point, I DC CORRESPONDENT flies during the day and roads identified DISABILITY DAY thought of quitting and trying HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 rodents at night.” The something else. Later, I sorry state of onions has MADDY DEEKSHITH I DC require acquisition of 960 DC CORRESPONDENT thought that since this feat is The price of onions is forced people reduce its HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 properties. The official HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 very difficult, people might ranging from `80 to `100 use in cooking and also as said the corporation has not have attempted it. So, I per kg in the city as the raw salads. The Greater Hyderabad already prepared RDPs Aditya Mehta decided to master it.” prices rose steeply. A high- A number of salads in Municipal Corporation for 19 roads and the Foundation (AMF) will est ever price of `11,000 India are onion-based and (GHMC) has identified remaining would be com- commemorate this per quintal in the whole- there is a switch to other 131 slip roads across the pleted in four weeks. He year’s World Disability sale market was witnessed leafy vegetables, cucum- city. The corporation said that the properties Day with 5 km and 10 km GOVT REOPENS on Monday. bers and beetroot. would soon embark on would be acquired in two run and ride here on In the last few days, With the price of onion land acquisition and road months and it could lead December 1. TTD GOLD prices varied from `5,000 continuing to sky rocket, development plans to further traffic conges- The initiative is aimed to `7,000 per quintal. But there are vendors who are (RDPs) after verifying the tion on the arterial roads at showing that the dis- on Monday, the prices saw taking orders for wedding master plan. Of the 131, across the city, especially abled too can accom- HEIST CASE a major rise as it hit an all- An onion vendor displays a sign ‘`100 per kg’ in season by offering dis- as many as 108 slip roads on the western part. plish several things that DC CORRESPONDENT time high. Till last week, Hyderabad on Monday. — PTI counts. One of the reasons fall under GHMC’s juris- He said that they would able-bodied people can. TIRUMALA, NOV. 25 prices were fluctuating forced kirana stores and ing onions.” is clearance of stock. diction and 23 in HMDA’s make necessary changes The run is being organ- between `60 and `70 per small retail shops against People are being Venkat Ramana, a trader while 62 roads were not in the master plan to ised in collaboration The alleged misappropriation kg. store onions. extremely cautious while in Secunderabad veg- earmarked in the city adjust 62 roads that are with Hyderabad and of gold coins belonging to Telangana is dependent G Ramesh, a kirana store buying onions. etable market, said, “I am master plan. missing in it. Meanwhile, Cyberabad police, Tirumala Tirupati on Maharashtra for owner in A.S. Rao Nagar, Madhumita Chowdhary, offering discounts only for A senior GHMC official, Mr Rao instructed the Sports Authority of Devasthanam (TTD) is back to onions and the transport says, “In one kg onion, if a housewife, explained, “I large orders of weddings. speaking to this newspa- officials to lay 10 kilome- Telangana State, haunt the temple management from the state has been half kg is wet or of bad would pick 5 kgs of onions This is to keep my stocks per after a review meet- tre footpaths in each zone National Police after the state government re- low due to incessant rains. quality, customers fight from the super markets as moving.” ing chaired by municipal on a war-footing. He Academy, CRPF and assigned the case from K. Earlier, 120 to 150 lorries with us. They say that we it was cheap. But, of late, I Vendors who have huge administration and asked for expediting the celebrities from diverse Sahadeva Reddy, commission- per day used to transport have got bad stock and are buy only one kg. stocks are not seeing the urban development min- construction of foot over- fields. er of inquiries (GAD) to onions but the number fell charging them for it. For Apart from the price, desired sales and are keen ister K.T. Rama Rao, said bridges and bus bays that “We expect 10,000 able- retired IPS officer J. down to 80 lorries now. this reason, since a most of the onions smell to roll it out for weddings that priority will be given have been approved by bodied to run and ride in Satyanarayana on Monday. The sky-high prices have month, I have stopped sell- bad. They attract fruit and party orders. to 55 slips roads, which the government. support of the cause and It may be recalled that 300 show solidarity and five-gram gold coins went raise awareness about missing from the heavily para-athletes,” said a guarded abode of Lord SUPPORT | SYSTEM Docs say attitude of patients vital, discussion with peers gives confidence release from the Venkateshwara in Tirumala Foundation. in June 2006. Following the AMF endeavours to alleged misappropriation, empower the disabled TTD initiated disciplinary and help them gain a proceedings against three sen- Belief, a common thread among cancer survivors sense of achievement ior officials, including special and dignity through grade deputy executive officer ADITYA CHUNDURU | DC he said. Later, he received Kotesh’s anxious words hospital’s head and neck sports. R. Prabhakar Reddy, then HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 a tracheoesophageal voice assured him that his wife oncology department, The Foundation is deputy EO A. Vasudevan and prosthesis (TEP) trans- would get better soon. said, “We want the sur- helping athletes by pro- then superintendent E. Scores of ‘head and neck’ plant. Today, there is a Many survivors covered vivors to interact with viding prosthetic limbs, Ramachandra Reddy. cancer survivors gathered hole between his collar their throats with pieces of their peers. When they sports equipment, spe- Other staff members respon- at Basavatarakam Cancer bones, which he has to cloth — some men but- share their experiences, cialized sports wheel- sible for ensuring safety of Hospital on Monday, as cover with his fingers toned up their shirts to they have more confidence chairs, travel and other gold pendants were slapped part of their counselling every time he wants to cover the holes in their in their own treatment. expenses for participat- with disciplinary proceedings. and support group’s speak. He does this to throats. They belonged to Their attitude is very ing in national and Interestingly, Pala Seshadri efforts to instill confidence block the airflow into his a wide variety of back- important in their recov- international tourna- aka Dollar Seshadri, the then in new patients. lungs and force it through grounds. For instance, ery.” ments. Bokkasam in-charge was also Attacked by a group of his mouth. K. Aruna C. Krishna Rao Sathish Babu, 40, from Dr Chandrasekhar also People keen to partici- deemed guilty and his exten- cancers that develop in the Rao, by his own admis- Chittoor, was a daily wage said that many patients pate can register their sion was terminated in 2008. mouth, throat, nose and sion, is leading a ‘normal pressed under the chin. confidence. K. Aruna, a labourer when he was from underprivileged entries on Following a probe conducted salivary glands, life is not life.’ “We (survivors) can- The voice is almost housewife from Haliya in diagnosed with mouth backgrounds were unable http://bit.ly/DisabilityD by CB-CID, the IV Additional easy for them. Robbed of not breathe through our robotic. However, Nalgonda district, was cancer. For three years, he to buy the prosthesis that ay2019AMF. District magistrate court-cum- their voices and forced to noses. We have to use our Sriramulu is happy with diagnosed with cancer just has not been able to work. could help them talk. CB-CID court pronounced the speak through prostheses, mouths. We also have to be the fact that he can com- a year ago. Two months His wife works as a cook in Support groups such as ■ The 5 km and 10 km final verdict in the case in they nevertheless manage careful while eating, since municate with people. ago, her larynx was an anganwadi centre to these help them get in run and ride is being November 2014, in which to live their lives with there is a chance of food His wife said, “When he removed. She is yet to support their family with touch with donors. For organised in collabora- Venkata Chalapati was found their heads held high. particles getting lodged in underwent surgery in learn how to speak from two children. Manda instance, two donors on tion with Hyderabad guilty and sentenced to a In 2015, C. Krishna Rao, a our throats. But, other 2015, he would cry every her esophagus. She was Krishna from Nellore dis- Monday decided to donate and Cyberabad police, three-year jail term and a fine 66-year-old retired teacher than that, everything else day over his losing voice. enthusiastically asking trict, who doesn’t have a five laryngeal voice pros- Sports Authority of of `10,000. from Visakhapatnam, was is normal. I have even Today, he is very happy. He other patients how long it tongue, continues to drive theses to the hospital. However, the services of having trouble speaking. travelled to the USA,” he insists on doing every- would take to speak. Her a school van in his native Life after cancer can Telangana State, Dollar Seshadri were resumed “My voice became very said. thing himself. He travels husband Kotesh said, “The village. indeed be tough. But the National Police at Srivari temple in Tirumala low. When we went to the Rao’s voice is largely in RTC buses to the shop doctors said she cannot get Then there were people survivors said they were Academy, CRPF and shortly after he was reinstat- doctor, I was told I had can- normal. However, others he works in. He buys his a TEP. She will get an elec- like Ravikumar from West glad they had a support celebrities from ed. In 2017, the then TDP gov- cer. I went through radia- have been so fortunate. own train tickets. He even tro larynx. Right now, I Godavari district, who is system to share their diverse fields, in com- ernment released two GOs to tion therapy for six People like Sriramulu, speaks to his grandchil- just want her to get better. unable to talk, whose char- thoughts and fears with. A memoration of this drop disciplinary action months. However, it was who is in his mid-60s, have dren on the phone regular- She is unable to eat any- tered accountant son takes survivor from Madhya year’s World Disability against the retired officials, clear a surgery was need- to speak through an “elec- l y. ” thing. She eats in very care of him. Pradesh said, “Believing Day. including Dollar Seshadri and ed. My voice box (larynx) tro-larynx,” a cylindrical There were many small portions.” Dr Chandrasekhar Rao, that you can get better is A. Vasudevan. was removed in July 2016,” object that has to be patients who needed some Survivors who overheard senior consultant in the half the battle won.” Poultry Award PAGE Founder-chairman of Tirumala Hatcheries Ponnala Lakshmaiah receives Poultry City 3 Legendary Award from Poultry India DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Fears loom over NRC, CAB Kerala’s IAS officer says NRC not only anti-Muslilm, but also anti-poor

ATHER MOIN | DC that students will come It is imperative to HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 ■ COMMON PEOPLE have spent `8,000 crores so forward to save this far on the appealing process as their names were nation. Students were the have a proper master main force behind the Kannan Gopinathan, the not included in the NRC plan for restoration of IAS officer from Kerala independence struggle. who resigned in protest ■ THE IAS officer from Kerala said that it is During the Emergency, heritage structures over the abrogation of shocking and unfortunate that people have students raised the voice Jammu and Kashmir’s of dissent. Even now, — Arvind Kumar become silent spectators over the anti-people special status, on Monday polices of the government only students are raising Peddler with `20 lakh Principal secretary, MAUD called the NRC not only their voices,” he said. anti-Muslim but also anti- He told students that if poor. would not be able to show ple encourages the gov- their parents opposes worth opium arrested He was speaking at documentary evidence. ernment to adopt policies them, then instead of dis- SHORT TAKES ‘Public Talk on 1st Kannan Gopinathan “Now, if you do not which target certain sec- associating from the DC CORRESPONDENT looking for someone who Session of 17th Lok resist and stand against tions. This kind of movement they have HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 could procure and sell Sabha’ at Tipu Sultan completed in a span of six the move, then you will silence is not good for a started, they should drugs in Hyderabad. The Square at Maulana Azad years and the govern- not be able to even raise democracy. In a democra- politely disobey them. Hyderabad Police commis- substance was brought to DRIVE AGAINST National Urdu University ment has spent 1,600 questions about the cy, questions are raised He said a misconception sioner Anjani Kumar, on town by a private travel bus. (MANUU), organised by crores for this exercise process as once you are not to destabilise the gov- is prevalent that the gov- Monday presented a notori- On Monday morning, LOW-QUALITY MANUU Students Union. and declared about 19 declared intruder or non- ernment, but to bring ernment has the consent ous narcotics peddler before Gangaram Bishnoi went He said that the Union lakhs people as having citizen of India, then you transparency and clear of a large section of the the media. He was in posses- near the Mallareddy government will not failed to prove their citi- will lose the fundamental doubts. Demonetisation people for its wrong sion of 4.2 kg opium. Function Hall Crossroads at HELMETS implement NRC without zenship. right conferred on you as would not have been pos- doings, which is not true. Gangaram Bishnoi, 36, Old Bowenpally on his DC CORRESPONDENT bringing the citizenship Common people have a citizen of India, “ he sible if people had sought “We are making this working as a supervisor in a Activa bike. He was appar- HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 amendment bill (CAB). spent `8,000 crore so far said. “In jails, you may clarification when politi- assumption considering private firm, Ayodhya ently trying to sell opium to The purpose of this move on the appealing process not lose certain rights, cians were speaking the strength of ruling Centre in Medchal, Malk- the addicts hanging around. A team of sleuths from the is to target Muslims as as their names were not but in detention centres, about kala dhan (black party. The real fact is that ajgiri, is a native of Bola- Camping nearby, police Road Traffic Accident Cases CAB will bail out certain included in the NRC. you will be deprived of money). People assumed only 30 per cent voters kidhani (Village), Jaloor, caught him red-handed and Monitoring Cell of Cyberabad groups while a certain Mr Kannan said that if even basic rights which that they were talking had voted in favour of a Rajasthan. About eleven seized one kg of opium, a police on Monday launched a community will not be a Muslim who is educated are given to Indian citi- about bringing the black ruling party, it means years back he came to pocket digital weighing special drive against sellers of covered under it. and economically sound zens,” he added. money hoarded in 70% voters have not Hyderabad for his liveli- machine and one spoon in low-quality helmets and Mr Kannan said with prepares documents to Mr Kannan said it is Switzerland but the gov- accorded their blessing to hood. However, with a mea- his vehicle. On questioning, booked 10 cases against them. this move, a larger sec- prove his indigenous shocking and unfortu- ernment was eyeing the ruling party. There is gre salary he was unable to he confessed and led police Police found that these hel- tion will be embroiled for inhabitation, it means he nate that people have money saved by poor peo- a need to mobilize this run his family and was to his house situated at Sri mets are being manufactured a longer period, because is paving the way for four become silent spectators ple. section of the society. A tempted to earn by illegal Krishna Nagar in Suchitra. in Delhi and cost about `200. this process will take Muslims to be sent deten- over the anti people Mr Kannan expressed mass nation-wide move- means. Around that time, In the house, they found But they are being sold in the years to complete and it tion centres, because a polices of the govern- amazement that even ment needs to be he came in contact with one 3.2 kg opium and two digital city for around `500. will waste lots of public large number of poor and ment. community leaders are launched against the Bhikaram Bishnoi, 35, who weighing machines. The Till October this year, 388 of money. In Assam, it was uneducated Muslims The silence of the peo- keeping quiet. “We hope NRC,” he said. belonged to Khara Village opium costs around `20 the 720 deaths in Cyberabad in Jaloor. The latter was lakh. involved two-wheeler riders, including those riding pillion. According to an analysis, 94 per cent of the riders who died were either not wearing hel- Muslim community divided mets or were wearing low- quality helmets. “At least 40 low-quality brand helmets are being sold in the city. Most of them are on Ayodhya review petition being manufactured at various places in the National Capital Region. They have a KANIZA GARARI | DC conflict. It must not be RTI activist said, “There fake ISI mark and are made of HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 ■ THE CONSENSUS in incited further. is no option for Muslims. cheap plastic and thermocol the community is that Mujtaba Askari of Pursuing this case will material, which cannot sus- The review petition on challenging the recent Helping Hand Found- only create further divi- tain the impact when a rider the Ayodhya judgement unanimous decision of ation says, “The commu- sion. Let’s be positive and falls, leading to fatalities,” by the All India Muslim the Supreme Court will nity has a lot of issues of move forward. Let us Cyberabad police said. Personal Law board has health, education, hous- show that we are not become a bone of con- not help but harm the ing, food and personal what we are always tention for Muslims with Muslims security. There are a branded. Let this deci- REALTOR one group wanting a ■ A large number of large number of them sion show our historic review, another against it Muslims have signed who are living in poverty patience.” and third one silent over the endorsement stat- and the need is to uplift But all of them are not ALLEGES BID it. them. Why do we not talk willing to take it calmly. The endorsements for ing that Muslims must about good health, quali- Abdul Hafiz Lakhani, a no review of the Ayodhya not keep the Ayodhya ty education and the social activist says, “It is TO KIDNAP judgement are circulat- dispute alive problems that are faced the duty of the state and DC CORRESPONDENT ing on social media with ■ There is a deep by our youth? Why are we judiciary in the country HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 friends, family and asso- not debating on the reli- to rein in elements ciates in the community seated fear that contin- able data collected by spreading hatred. Why A realtor from the city on urging that the ‘three uing with the review Sachar committee and should the oppressed Monday lodged a complaint decade-old dispute’ must petition will only add Telangana’s Sudhir com- accept injustice? In the with the LB Nagar police not be taken any further. fuel to the anti-Muslim mittee on the state of name of peace and har- alleging that a group of per- Challenging the recent propaganda minorities? It is time that mony, it is hypocrisy to sons attempted to kidnap him unanimous decision of we stand together in expect that.” over a land dispute. the Supreme Court will terms of social and moral Those who want that Police said Yadagiri Reddy , not help but harm court in the land has well-being and work every resource of law of LB Nagar, informed them Muslims. This seems to placed faith above law in together for the welfare must still be tried are that when he left his house in be the consensus in the arriving at its decision. of the community first.” pushing for it saying that a car, a group of persons way- community. A large num- But while agreeing that There is a deep seated by accepting it, we will be laid and picked up an argu- ber of Muslims from all the court order is judi- fear that continuing with ‘giving up without a try.’ ment with him. They demand- sections of the society cially flawed, we strongly the review petition will Many in the communi- ed that he compromise in a have signed the endorse- believe that keeping the only add fuel to the anti- ty, and also non-commu- land dispute, which is pending ment stating that Ayodhya dispute alive Muslim propaganda and nity friends, are advising in a court, and also threatened Muslims must not keep with a review petition Islamophobia. The endor- Muslims to ‘move on.’ him. Though he managed to the Ayodhya dispute will harm and not help sers state that by choos- But there are many who escape, the realtor said the alive. Muslims.” ing not to pursue the state that ‘Let’s move kidnappers have taken away Feroze Mithiborwala, The loss of lives and issue, Muslims will stand away from the mandir- his car and mobile phone. social activist says, “We property during the time to gain goodwill and masjid’ dispute has only Based on the complaint, share the unhappiness of of the dispute is incalcu- empathy of non-commu- helped a communal agen- police have registered a case the community and secu- labe and people need to nal Indians from the da and replaced the secu- and are investigating. lar organisations over learn from the bitter majority community. lar-democratic republic the fact that the highest experience of communal Akram Mohammed, an of India.’ Poultry India Expo in city from today

DC CORRESPONDENT security of the nation.” HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 Chakradhar Rao underlined that India’s poultry Telangana, which stands industry is one of the key tall in poultry produc- contributors to the coun- tion, will observe try’s agriculture and ani- Tuesday as the Poultry mal husbandry GDP. In Knowledge Day. To mark this context, he said the the occasion, the Indian issue related to unbridled Poultry Equipment Ma- imports of processed nufacturers Association chicken from US should will be organising the be resolved soon by the Poultry India Expo here government. from Tuesday to He said poultry in India Thursday. Speaking on contributes significantly the occasion, IPEMA to eradication of protein president Chakradhar deficiency and malnutri- Rao said, “The success tion among citizens. story of poultry in India The two Telugu states of is the envy of almost all Andhra Pradesh and developed nations. This Telangana are number would not have been pos- one when it comes to pro- sible without steadfast duction of chicken and endeavours of the Indian eggs, followed by Tamil poultry farmers, who col- Nadu. Telangana sta-nds lectively made poultry a first and within the state, phenomenal `1.1 lakh Hyderabad consumes the crore industry, focused highest amount of chick- on food and nutritional en and eggs, he stated. FCRI, AUBURN SIGN MOU DC CORRESPONDENT Janakiram Reddy and HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 FCRI Dean Mr Chandr- asekhar Reddy in the The Forest College of presence of Forests Research and Institute Minister Allola (FCRI), Telangana, and Indrakaran Reddy. Auburn University, The minister said, Alabama State signed a “Chief Minister K memorandum of under- Chandrasekhar Rao is standing (MoU). It was committed to improving signed by Auburn forest management using University Dean Mr science and technology.” Don’t Privatise PAGE CPI state secretary Chada Venkat Reddy alleged Modi Govt giving priority to privatize PSUs, allow- City 4 ing private investment in defence sector DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Nine arrested for Kalapathar murder DC CORRESPONDENT ■ ABOUT TWO years HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 CM KCR flexed his ago, a panchayat was Nine persons, including a held in the presence of ‘muscle’ on weak; juvenile, were arrested by elders of both the woman Kalapathar police in connec- rejoicing victory over tion with the murder of a 45- and the businessman’s hapless RTC staff year-old businessman. families. Ahmed was Md. Ahmed, the business- warned against continu- — K. Krishna Saagar Rao man, was hacked to death on ing his relationship with November 22 in Mecca BJP spokesperson Colony. Kalapathar police the woman. However, registered a case and started Ahmed continued visiting investigating. They found the woman. IN that Ahmed was having an BRIEF extramarital relationship The accused have been with a woman for the last identified as Md. Cops harass us, five years. Azmathullah, 17-year-old About two years ago, a pan- son of the woman, Abdul says Mahila body chayat was held in the pres- Subhan, 19, Abdul Samad ence of elders of both the Khan, 19, Md. Sohail Khan, Hyderabad: Alleging that woman and the business- 22, Md. Salman Ali Khan, 27, the state police was repeat- man’s families. Ahmed was Hyder Hussain, 33, Abdul edly summoning them to warned against continuing Aziz, 19, and Md. Azhar, 19. police station without men- his relationship with the Police seized one axe, two tioning the reasons, activists woman. However, Ahmed knives, a dagger and four of Chaitanya Mahila Sangam did not stop and continued bikes used in the offence. (Frontal Organisation) visiting the woman in her The accused have been pro- approached High Court. Ms husband’s absence, leading duced before a court for judi- M. Swapna and two other to his murder. cial remand. ladies filed a petition, stating that the Medipally and WILL MISS YOU Kushaiguda police had THONDAN P.O. KUPUUSWAMY, 94 threatened them after ille- (ex South Central Railway), who has been in gally detaining their kith and the service of Lord Rama for last 58 years, from kin. The petitioners said that our first festival in 1962, reached the Lotus feet the police had forced them Biodiversity flyover fron where a speeding car fell on Saturday. — P. SURENDRA of Lord Rama on November 23, 2019. (Ninth day functions on December 1, 2019 - to fill the proforma without Son: Sri P.K. Jayaraman 94403-94248). disclosing the reasons, when Thondan Kuppuswamy has also been a part they went to the police sta- of our Pidi Arisi Annadhanam service for 52 tion. They sought direction years, since its beginning in 1967. We pray Lord Rama to grant him a fine place in to the police that they pro- GHMC committee to probe Swargam duce the proforma duly Sri Rama Navami Cultural Festival filled by them, before the THONDAN P.O. KUPUUSWAMY Committee, Secunderabad. court. (S/1920/D01304) 7th DEATH ANNIVERSARY biodiversity flyover mishap “For the Godly who die, shall rest STATE POLICE in peace.” Isaiah 57:2 Panel to study geometrical design, alignment and safety parametres IN LOVING MEMORY OF INSPIRES ARMY MADDY DEEKSHITH | DC T.S. Reddy, (traffic engi- A senior GHMC official on the newly-opened fly- the designs. On HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 neer and road safety spe- said that the team of over lost control and fell November 10, a software OFFICERS cialist), Prof. Srinivasa experts inspected the off the bridge, damaging employee, who was in an DC CORRESPONDENT The Greater Hyderabad Kumar (Associate profes- spot on Monday and col- two cars underneath the inebriated condition, HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 Municipal Corporation sor-traffic and trans- lected designs and draw- flyover. A woman was killed two people and (GHMC) on Monday con- portation, OU) and Mr ings of the project. He killed, while six others injured four persons Army officials of Telangana stituted an independent Pradeep Reddy (road said that the expert com- were injured in the inci- after he rammed his car and Andhra Sub Area (TASA) four-member committee safety audit expert). mittee will inspect the dent. into two vehicles before visited the Hyderabad Police to give a report on acci- The committee will flyover to check the exe- Though civic authori- knocking down two per- Late Smt. BOLLAM MARY DOROTHY Command and Control Centre dents on Biodiversity fly- check the geometrical cution of drawings and ties claimed that the fly- sons who were taking (Retd. Head Nurse) to understand the IT initia- over. The panel compris- design, alignment, and other parameters prior over design was as per selfies after stopping W/o Late Bollam Prabhu Charan tives taken up by the city es Prof. S. Nagabhushan safety parameters adopt- to submission of the norms, road transport their bike on the flyover. Called to glory on 26.11.2012 police. (adviser road safety for ed on Biodiversity level report. On Saturday, a experts said that there Subsequently, the civic Inserted by: The team of officials includ- World Bank project), Mr II flyover. speeding car travelling were various faults in body put a selfie ban. Family Members and Relatives ed Major General R.K. Singh, General Commanding Officer (GoC) TASA. Ajani Kumar, Commissioner, DOWRY VICTIM Hyderabad City Police, Anand was beacon of hope for family explained about the IT initia- tives being pursued by them in ADITYA CHUNDURU | COMMITS traffic management and DC enforcement, crime detection HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 SUICIDE and prevention and other Alcohol content in activities. Abhishek Anand, who DC CORRESPONDENT The city police commission- was killed by a speeding HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 er He also highlighted about drunk driver in the blood was 185 mg community policing and peo- early hours of Monday, A 19-year-old girl commit- ple-friendly policing initia- was a beacon of hope From Page 1 lected and sent for ted suicide unable to bear tives. for his family. forensic analysis. He alleged dowry harassment He took the delegation Son of a farmer in “The duo on the bike was taken into custody of her husband at her in- around the Command and Bhagalpur district in fell on the median and and a case has been law’s house in Medipally Control Centre, during which Bihar, Anand was the the car dragged them registered based on a late Sunday night. The they interacted with the breadwinner for his for some distance. complaint from police registered a case policemen manning the family. His father, broth- Abhishek Anand Abhishek died on the Abhinav Anand, the against the girl’s husband centre. er and sister are devas- spot with multiple brother of the and took him into custody tated by his loss. Hyderabad. They were injuries while the pil- deceased,” said inspec- for questioning. However, his mother very appreciative of lion rider, Lisa, suf- tor Reddy. According to Medipally does not know about how Anand took care of fered severe injuries. Abhishek's body was police, the girl identified Anand’s fate as she is in her. He spent all his sav- She is admitted to a shifted to Osmania as Susmitha, was married coma. She was hospi- ings on her treatment. private hospital for General Hospital mor- to one Vijender, 27, a local talised four months ago She has largely been treatment and is cur- tuary and handed over resident on May 25 of this after a road accident in unresponsive. But there rently in the Intensive to his family after the year. During the wedding, Bihar. She too was hit are hopes that she will Care Unit," said post-mortem examina- the girl’s family gave `3 by a speeding vehicle get better soon. Before Madhapur inspector, S. tion on Monday. lakh cash, six tolas gold while walking on the this could happen, Venkat Reddy. It may be recalled and 150 guntas of land as road. tragedy has struck the He went to Novotel that on November 11, P. dowry. Abhishek Anand had family again and Anand hotel and consumed Abhilash, 28, a techie After some days of mar- graduated from has lost his life,” said alcohol there. He was working with riage, Vijender started Sathyabama University Gupta. driving in a drunk con- Cognizant drove his harassing the girl for addi- in 2015. After stints in Anand’s brother dition and moved his car in a drunk condi- tional dowry and also sus- various multinational Abhinav is 21-years-old vehicle onto the wrong tion and hit two per- pected her fidelity. Despite corporations, he started and has just finished his side of the road and sons who were stand- an attempt by the elders working with Pega education. He joined an ended up killing the ing on the Biodiversity from both families to settle Systems in July 2019. IT company in the city techie, said the inspec- flyover under the issue, Vijender contin- After his mother’s acci- only a few months ago. tor. “When tested with Raidurgam in the IT ued the harassment. dent, he asked his fami- His sister, who is a year the breath analyser, corridor area of Unable to bear it any ly to move to older than Anand and the blood alcohol con- Cyberabad. longer, Susmitha hanged I have fought the good fight, I have finished Hyderabad, so that she known to the entire tent of the accused was The duo was thrown herself to the ceiling at the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 could be taken care of family as ‘gudiya’, stays recorded as 185 mg. on the ground and her in-law’s house on IN LOVING MEMORY OF better. Anand’s uncle at home. His father is a However, his blood death was instant for Sunday night, said the Suresh Gupta, an IT semi-literate farmer. samples have been col- them. police. professional, said, The ill-fated Royal Following a complaint “Abhishek was insistent Enfield motorcycle he pened. Lisa has been “There needs to be some from the girl’s family, a that the family move to was riding when he was admitted at KIMS kind of justice. case has been registered Hyderabad. The family hit by the car was Kondapur with multiple Abhishek was this fami- against the accused, who was very worried about bought in May 2016. He fractures. Doctors say ly’s hope. Today, they has been taken into his mother’s health. was riding with his col- her condition is stable. have been brought onto custody. They were hoping for a lege friend Lisa Dhar Anand’s family is still the roads. This is just miracle now that she is when the incident hap- dazed. Gupta said, unfair.” ■ AFTER SOME days of S DAVID CHANDRASEKARAN marriage, Vijender Executive Director (Retd.) started harassing the LIC of India DOB: 30.07.1940 DOD: 25.11.2019 girl for additional dowry Memorial Service will be held and also suspected her on 29.11.2019 Dalit woman gang-raped, Inserted by: Family Members fidelity. Mobile: 9966350308 / 9955683056 murdered in Asifabad (CA-3078) FOND REMEMBRANCE DC CORRESPONDENT Stab marks were found staged a protest over the 3rd DEATH ANNIVERSARY KUMARAMBHEEM ASI- on various parts of her incident and demanded FABAD, NOV. 25 body. that the central govern- It is suspected that ment punish the accused Villagers found the dead some unidentified per- involved in the rape and body of a woman, Teku sons gang-raped and murder. Laxmi, 30, in the forest murdered Laxmi and left The irate agitators area of Yellapatar in her body in the forest demanded punishment Lingapur mandal, area. by hanging the accused Kumarambheem Laxmi belonged to the to teach a lesson to oth- Asifabad district on Budaga Jangalu, a Dalit ers. Monday. Police visited community, who came to Leaders of the Budaga the scene of o with a dog Lingapur mandal from Jangala community said squad and started an Khanapur and was doing there was no protection investigation. some petty business of for Dalit women, espe- Mrs. MADHURI RANI A missing case was selling balloons and ban- cially Budaga Jangalu W/o Late Dr. B.C. Mathur filed with the local police gles locally. who earn their ivelihood DOB: 16-03-1943 DOD: 26-11-2016 by Laxmi's family mem- Hundreds from people by selling small items by Inserted by: bers on November 24. from various villages visiting villages. RAJINI RANI & BHARAT MOHAN LAL (S/1920/D01289) Cotton Purchases PAGE Agri principal secretary C. Pardhasaradhi directs officials to ensure no problems Politics 5 arise in purchasing from cotton farmers DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD CM meets Gov, clears stand on RTC strike IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY ernment would deal with It is learnt that if the Authorities have been | DC RTC issue as per the new Governor does not HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 Motor Vehicle Act of the approve the ordinance, told to make Kadapa union government. the policy will be brought Chief Minister K. The CM underlined that before a special session of and Pulivendula Chandrasekhar Rao there would be no going the assembly for approval model towns called on Governor back on privatisation of in the first week of Tamilisai Soundarara-jan 5,100 RTC routes. December. — Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday, leading to The government will Meanwhile, leaders of AP CM speculations among politi- also bring in a new policy the Bharatiya Janata cal circles. This is the first on privatisation of the Party have been repeated- time that the CM has met corporation. He informed ly countering the TRS the Governor after the Governor that a cabi- claim that there are no IN expanding his cabinet. net meeting will soon be provisions in the new Act BRIEF Sources said during his held to decide on a policy of the union government two-and-a-half hour meet- of bringing in private to privatise the RTC. ing, the Chief Minister buses into the RTC. In this context, the CM FIGHT TO explained to her the state In this context, he has decided to amend the government's stand on the appealed to the Governor new Motor Vehicle Act CONTINUE, strike by RTC employees. to approve an ordinance introduced by the union He reportedly informed following the cabinet deci- government and go ahead SAYS REDDY the Governor that the gov- sion. with the state's new policy. From Page 1

He also said that the employees are hoping that they would TSRTC employees protest at the JBS bus station. The indefinite strike by the workers enters its 52nd day on get justice in the labour court. Monday. — S. SURENDER REDDY Vain RTC strike of 52 The fight against the privatisation of the RTC will continue as some officials are trying to sell the assets of the corporation, he said. days creates record “It is painful that the govern- HC notice to govt on ment has not responded to the S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU | DC ■ THE CM hThe strike the strike provided the strike of the RTC employees HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 government allows work- even after 52 days. The employ- has also not seen any ers to join duties without ees did not lose the fight nor The 52-day Telangana logical end. Usually, any conditions. did the state government win untrained RTC drivers State Road Transport any strike is called off But the government did the fight with the employees,” Corporation (TSRTC) not react to this proposal. said Reddy. strike has created the after some assurance Finally, the JAC RTC employees who work in PIL says drivers do not possess the requisite skills record of being the from the government announced calling off of the first shift should arrive at longest protest, while or accepting of some the strike on Monday, the depots on Tuesday morn- VUJJINI VAMSHIDHARA | Gopala Krishna Kalanidhi ■ COURT REQUESTED advocate submitted. being a great failure. without getting anything ing and take up their duties. DC stated that the corpora- The chief secretary, During the separate or the other demands in return. “The fight has helped us save HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 tion has hired as RTC bus to direct the state and principal secretary of Telangana moment led by of employees. But the The High Court’s inter- the RTC and protect workers' drivers persons with driv- RTC to organise a 90- transport department, in- now Chief Minister K. JAC has not got any vention into the RTC rights. It is our moral victory. A division bench of ing licences to drive heavy day training pro- charge MD of TSRTC and Chandrasekhar Rao, the assurance from the strike came of no help to We thank all those who sup- Telangana High Court, vehicles, without check- minister for transport are same RTC had struck RTC employees after it ported the employees during comprising Chief Justice ing their experience in gramme for drivers. respondents in the PIL. work for 42 days as a part state government. was referred to the labour the strike,” said Reddy. Raghavendra Singh driving buses. The advo- The bench directed them of the Sakala Janula court. Expressing concern over the Chauhan and Justice A. cate contended that these day training programme to respond within four Samme. demands of employees. If the labour court death of 29 employees, Reddy Abhishek Reddy, on drivers do not possess the for drivers who are plying weeks. The current RTC strike, But the JAC has not got deems the RTC strike ille- said that the JAC would strike Monday issued notices to requisite skills and expe- buses in the state, so that Meanwhile, Justice called off on Monday, also any assurance from the gal, the future of around until the families of the the state government and rience in driving the pub- the number of road acci- Abhinand Kumar Shavili, makes history in that dur- state government. 50,000 RTC employees will bereaved are delivered justice. TSRTC on a Public lic transport buses. As a dents in the state comes has adjourned to ing the 52 days, 30 employ- Not a single of more hang in balance. Referring to the Supreme Interest Litigation alleg- result, the number of road down. Wednesday (November 27) ees have died, including than 40 demands has been The just-concluded RTC Court, Reddy said that the gov- ing that the number of accidents in the state has “Even a candidate who the petition seeking a due to suicides. conceded, despite the JAC strike is perhaps the only ernment should take the road accidents in the state increased, threatening has failed 10th but pos- directive to RTC that The strike has also not itself dropping its workers’ agitation that employees back on duty with- has increased due to hir- human lives in the sesses driving license is salaries of September seen any logical end. demand of merging RTC has ended without achiev- out putting any conditions on ing of untrained drivers process. authorised by authorities month be paid to the cor- Usually, any strike is with the state governing anything, though the them and the JAC requested to ply RTC buses after the The petitioner requested to ply a bus, due to which poration workers. The called off after some ment. 52-day strike of the corpo- the state to follow the apex corporation employees the court to direct the lives of commuters on the judge asked RTC to come assurance from the gov- After dropping its main ration workers is the court's ruling. have gone on strike. state and RTC to take ini- road and passengers in the with its stand by that day ernment or accepting of demand, the RTC JAC longest in the history of In his PIL, advocate tiative in organising a 90- bus are put to peril,” the without any delay. some or the other came forward to call off various strikes. ‘FAITH IN CONSTITUTIONAL Poll symbols worry TRS BODIES WANING’

DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 leadership, will go to EC

Going by the manner in which S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU | election, an independent and corner of Telangana developments in Maharashtra DC candidate who got the in the last one decade have unfolded, people are los- HYDERABAD, NOV. 25 truck symbol polled and if anyone asks what ing faith in constitutional more votes than the BJP is the TRS symbol, peo- institutions, remarked Mallu The Telangana Rashtra and TD candidates. ple will say it's the car. If Ravi, vice president of Samiti (TRS) leadership TRS leaders say that in the TRS changes its elec- Telangana Pradesh Congress has decided to approach rural areas people by tion symbol people will Committee. the Election mistake are voting for be even more confused Speaking to media on Commission again on the truck symbol instead and the election commis- Monday, he pointed out that the symbols issue. The of their party symbol, sion is free to allot truck, earlier, BJP had unconstitu- TRS leadership is wor- the car. TRS leaders said road roller and present tionally used its authority for ried about election sym- at least 10 TRS candi- TRS election symbol car coming to power in Assam, bols being allotted to dates were defeated due also to independent can- Goa and Karnataka. It is now independent candidates to the election symbols. didates. This will doing the same in in every election, which A senior TRS leader become more danger to Maharashtra. Even resemble its own sym- said that they have two TRS political future said Rashtrapati Bhavan, Raj bol. options: requesting the a senior party leader. Bhavan and Prime Minister In the 2018 assembly Election Commission to The TRS leadership have colluded in playing mid- elections, the TRS lost ban election symbols has asked its senior lead- night politics in an attempt to some seats by a small like truck and road ers to prepare a list of install a BJP government in margin due to the 'truck' roller, or changing their symbols that resemble Maharashtra, Mallu Ravi symbol, which was allot- party election symbol, the party's symbol of a charged. ted to an Independent the car. car, which can then be The senior party leader said candidate and which He said the second submitted to the such “surgical strikes” by BJP TRS leaders said resem- option is fraught with Election Commission are undemocratic and uncon- bled their election sym- danger for the party as requesting a ban on stitutional. bol, the 'car'. In the the TRS election symbol them in the free symbols recent Huzurnagar by- has reached every nook list. VYAPAM SCAM: Scindia drops Congress 30 GET JAIL link from Twitter bio FOR 7 YEARS RABINDRA NATH DC CORRESPONDENTS Parliament, Guna (2002- government’s failure on CHOUDHURY | DC BHOPAL/NEW DELHI, NOV. 25 2019), former minister for several fronts, particularly BHOPAL, NOV. 25 power (I/C); MoS the CM’s inability to fulfil Senior Congress leader Commerce and Industry; his promise to waive off A CBI court here on Jyotiraditya Scindia, who MoS Communications, IT& farm loans up to Rs 2 lakhs, Monday sentenced a key is sulking ever since he lost Post”, whereas his latest raised many eyebrows in accused in infamous in Madhya Pradesh’s chief Twitter bio simply states: party circles in Madhya Vyapam scam, involving ministerial race to Kamal “Public servant, cricket Pradesh. Some MP irregularities in admis- Nath in December, on enthusiast”. Congress leaders feel Mr sions in various medical Monday triggered fresh Mr Scindia also justified Scindia is just using pres- colleges in Madhya speculation about his polit- omitting his party affilia- sure tactics to force the Pradesh, and recruit- ical future by dropping his tion in his Twitter account, Congress to make him the ments in class three and Congress link in a revised saying he never mentioned PCC president. class four jobs in the state Twitter bio. it in his Twitter bio earlier. In August 2019, Mr government, to ten years His loyalist and state He explained he had Scindia told the high com- in prison. women and child welfare revised his Twitter bio to mand that he should be CBI special court judge minister Imarti Devi, coin- make it shorter on some made state unit chief, else S.B. Sahu sentenced the cidentally, also changed her people’s advice. he “had other options”. In alleged middleman in the Twitter bio identifying her- The BJP, however, won- December 2018 when the scam, Pradeep Tyagi (29), self simply as an MLA, not dered aloud why the change Congress came to power in to ten years in prison for a minister, leaving state of status by Mr Scindia in the state, chief minister his involvement in fixing Congress leaders wonder- his Twitter profile had Kamal Nath was PCC chief. the recruitment tests for ing what the Scindia camp drawn the media’s atten- He had said since he had constable posts conducted was up to. tion. “It seems Mr Scindia taken over as CM, there in 2013. The court also The growing ripples in is not comfortable with his should be a new state unit sentenced 30 others state political circles present identity (Congress) chief. However, the high involved in the same case prompted Mr Scindia to and seeks to change his pro- command decided no to seven years in prison post a one-line Twitter com- file to give him a new iden- changes should be made till each. The court convicted ment, saying: “Ridiculous tity. Does it not indicate the Lok Sabha elections. them on November 21 and commotions over a Twitter that he is not feeling com- After the disastrous results pronounced quantum of profile change done almost fortable in the Congress?” in the Lok Sabha polls, with punishment on Monday. a month ago!” BJP spokesman Rajneesh Mr Scindia losing his own The scam had hogged Mr Scindia’s old Twitter Agrawal said in Bhopal. seat in Parliament, the limelight when 45 people, profile introduced him Mr Scindia’s recent expo- changes were again put on involved in it, died during thus: “Former member of sure of the Kamal Nath hold. the probe. Power-obsessed

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TIMELINE 9.38 PM: Some Opposition parties led by the Congress are likely to boycott the joint sitting 2 Congress MPs may be suspended of Parliament on Tuesday called to commemorate the From page 1 ing the 17th Lok Sabha. In Constitution Day and will hold between the first and sec- a protest against the political They raised slogans such ond adjournments, Sonia developments in Maharashtra as “Modi Government hai Gandhi was seen dis- 3 of 4 NCP MLAs 9.19 PM: A day before the SC hai,” and waved placards cussing the protest strate- rules on floor test for with “Save Constitution” gy with her party MPs. Maharashtra government led and “Save Democracy” slo- Later, while speaking to by Devendra Fadnavis, the gans written on them the reporters Om Birla back after ‘rescue’ three parties paraded 162 MLAs along with a black banner said such a conduct by in a show of strength that read “Stop Murder of MPs was unacceptable and DC CORRESPONDENT in Gurgaon and were 9 PM: NCP chief Sharad Pawar Democracy.” will not be tolerated. MUMBAI, NOV. 25 watched by BJP workers told a gathering of MLAs that Lok Sabha Speaker Om It is learnt that the and local police, the NCP he would personally ensure that Birla, who had asked Speaker had sought an The Nationalist Congress claimed. none of them loses membership Congress MP Rahul apology from Eden and Party (NCP) on Monday “Local NCP workers for voting against the BJP dur- Gandhi to ask his question Prathapan, who reported- claimed that three more from Gurgaon carried out ing floor test in the during the Question Hour, ly have refused to do so. MLAs who were incommu- a daring rescue operation Maharashtra Assembly urged the members to go The two MPs are expect- nicado since Saturday and freed three MLAs, back to their seats. ed to be suspended for morning have come back who had been trapped in a 5.32 PM: The Shiv However, as the banners their conduct with sources to the party fold. The hotel there. They have Sena, the NCP and and placards continued to adding that the possibility MLAs claimed that they been brought back to the Congress will be waved, he warned of suspending them for were following Ajit Mumbai before the trust “parade” 162 Congress MPs of action five years is also under Pawar’s instructions vote in the legislature,” MLAs in a five-star while asking them to consideration. believing that it was the NCP’s spokesperson hotel in Mumbai remove them. “I am hurt by party’s decision to join Nawab Malik said. as a proof of their Sanjay Raut Meanwhile, whatever hap- Congress MPs Jothimani and Ramya Haridas (R) interact with the media at Parliament hands with the BJP. On the other hand, Shiv combined strength ◗ Mr Gandhi got Shouting slo- pened in House regarding the alleged misbehaviour by marshalls, during the Winter Session, in With this, the NCP now Sena leader Sanjay Raut in the 288-member Assembly, up and said that gans and show- Parliament claims that all 53 MLAs, claimed that the MLAs Sena leader Sanjay Raut said. New Delhi on Monday. — PTI though he had ing banners and today. It is barring Ajit Pawar, have were “rescued in a joint 2.24 PM: Vehement protests by come to ask a placards in the unacceptable returned to the party and operation” by Shiv Sena Opposition members, especially question, it has and won't be that the junior Pawar’s and NCP workers. those from the Congress, forced no meaning Well, Congress tolerated…I BJP ridicules Sena-NCP-Cong coup has failed. Mr Raut alleged that the adjournment of the Lok Sabha now as “democ- MPs also jostled never want to The three MLAs who NCP MLAs were detained proceedings for the day racy has been with marshals to adjourn the From Page 1 letter read. NCP leader parties. “It is a bogus let- returned to Mumbai are by either the BJP or the 3.14 PM: Congress president murdered in foil attempt to House, I Jayant Patil alleged that ter as technically Ajit Daulat Daroda, Nitin state police of Haryana Sonia Gandhi led a protest in Maharashtra.” evict them always tried NCP president Sharad the current government in Pawar is still the leader of Pawar and Narhari where the saffron party is Parliament premises against As Congress my best that Pawar also addressed the Maharashtra has been the NCP’s legislature wing Zirwal, who represent the in power. the BJP’s move to form the gov- members inten- house should MLAs where he assured formed on the basis of and he has extended sup- Shahapur, Kalawa and “They can stoop to any ernment in Maharashtra sified their slo- function by tak- them not to worry about “false papers and docu- port to the BJP. Congress Dindori seats respectively. level to gain political ganeering and showing ing everyone on board,” Ajit Pawar. “There will not ments”. “We are in a posi- has still not elected its leg- They were kept in a hotel power,” he said. 2.49 PM: The Congress said its banners, a visibly agitated Birla said. be any problem in proving tion to bring 162 MLAs islative party leader and alliance with the NCP and the Speaker first warned Hibi The Speaker may sus- our majority. The one who before the Maharashtra Shiv Sena has named its Shiv Sena had the support of Eden and T.N. Prathapan pend Eden and Prathapan is suspended from the governor at any given chief minister,” Mr Shelar 154 MLAs and the BJP will get a to “put down the pam- for storming the Well of party cannot give any time,” he said. said. Not behind Ajit’s decision ‘befitting reply’ in the phlets” else they will be the House and obstructing orders. On the day of the He was accompanied by BJP leader and Union Assembly floor test “sent out”. Since these Parliament proceedings by floor test, I will bring more Shiv Sena’s Eknath minister Raosaheb Danve 2.42 PM: Sharad Pawar said he MPs did not yield to the shouting slogans and than 162 MLAs. This is not Shinde and Vinayak Raut; also said the letter had no to ally with BJP: Pawar Sr was not behind Ajit Pawar’s request, Om Birla ordered showing banners. Goa, this is Maharashtra. I Congress’ Ashok Chavan value. “The process of DC CORRESPONDENT the BJP was that of his decision to align with the BJP removal of Eden and Meanwhile, Congress will take personal respon- and Balasaheb Thorat; forming the BJP govern- PUNE, NOV. 25 nephew Ajit Pawar and not and asserted that his party Prathapan — who were leader in the House Adhir sibility to ensure no MLA and Samajwadi Party ment is already on. Mr of the NCP. “It is not the along with Congress and Sena holding a big banner with Ranjan Chowdhury loses Assembly member- chief Abu Azmi, among Fadnavis will prove his NCP chief Sharad Pawar on party’s decision and we do will form the next government 'stop murder of democracy alleged that Ramya ship for voting against the others. majority comfortably on Monday said that he was not endorse it,” the former 2.41 PM: Rajya Sabha proceed- slogan — by the marshals. Hariharan and Jothimani BJP,” he said. Mr Shinde said that a let- the floor of the Assembly,” not behind Ajit Pawar’s Union minister said. ings were adjourned for the day At this time, Congress were "manhandled" when Earlier in the morning, ter of support from the 162 he said. decision to align with the He also said that he has no after the Congress and other women MPs particularly they were protesting in the the joint delegation of MLAs was submitted at On the parade, Mr Shelar BJP and become the deputy contact with his nephew, Opposition parties stalled Ramya Hariharan and Well of the House. three parties submitted a Raj Bhavan. said, “An identification chief minister and asserted who rebelled against the functioning of the House Jothimani tried to resist Jothimani said they have letter to the governor, However, the BJP parade is carried out to that his party along with NCP. marshals and prevent lodged a complaint with staking their claim to ridiculed the efforts of the identify criminals. Today, Congress and Shiv Sena “It is wrong to say that I 2.11 PM: Amid them from removing Eden Speaker. form the government in three parties to stake Congress, Shiv Sena and will form the next govern- have a hand behind Ajit the political uncer- and Prathapan. “Security personnel the state. “Once Mr claim to form the govern- NCP paraded their legisla- ment in Maharashtra. Pawar’s revolt,” he added. tainty, NCP chief With so much ruckus manhandled our women Fadnavis fails to prove his ment and parade their tors like criminals. They Addressing reporters in Asked whether the NCP, spokesperson Speaker adjourned the parliamentarians. We have majority during the floor MLAs before the media. have not only insulted the Karad town of neighbour- Congress and Shiv Sena Nawab Malik post- House first till 12 pm, then never experienced this test, the Shiv Sena’s claim BJP leader Ashish legislators, but also the ing Satara district, the NCP will form government in ed a motivational till 2 pm. This is the first inside Parliament,” for government formation Shelar dubbed as “bogus” people who elected them chief reiterated that the the state, he said, “There is couplet on Twitter Nawab Malik time it was adjourned dur- Chowdhury said. should be considered,” the the letter submitted by the as their representatives.” decision of aligning with not an iota of doubt.” to send across a message that nothing could deter them from succeeding 1.14 PM: NCP MLAs Daulat Daroda, Nitin Pawar and Narhari Zirwal, who were ACB: Nine irrigation scam cases closed ‘missing’ since Saturday, DC CORRESPONDENT involved him. Nagpur bench of the The ACB reiterated that return to Mumbai wuth agency inputs ACB officials added that Bombay high court. the nine closures issued on 12.13 AM: The court will give MUMBAI, NOV. 25 these were routine cases The statement issued by Monday were part of the its order on Maharashtra gov- that could be reopened for the ACB read: “We have com- 45 enquiries that were ernment formation on Tuesday, Days after the Ajit Pawar-led investigation in case of pleted probing 212 tenders so closed. The same had been says the Supreme Court while faction broke off from the fresh evidence. They also far, and 24 cases had been recommended by the respec- hearing the Shiv Sena-NCP- Nationalist Congress Party confirmed that they were registered pertaining to tive ACB units that were Congress combine’s plea (NCP) and he was sworn in investigating a series of ten- them with charge-sheets probing them over the past against the governor’s decision as the deputy chief minister, ders of the Vidarbha filed in five. We have also five months, ACB officials the state Anti-Corruption Irrigation Development closed the open enquiry into said. 11.23 AM: NCP chief Sharad Bureau (ACB) on Monday Corporation in connection 45 tenders as no offence was The ACB confirmed that all Pawar asserts that his party closed nine cases in the irri- with the various projects found during the enquiry. In 24 cases filed in connection along with the Congress and gation scam, in which the undertaken by it. At least all 28 instances, administra- with the PILs were under Shiv Sena will form govern- deputy chief minister is 2,654 tenders in 45 projects tive lapses were found, in investigation and none had ment in Maharashtra. alleged to have played a were part of the investiga- which departmental been closed. Open enquiries 10.46 AM: The Supreme Court major role. However, ACB tion, following two Public enquiries against the con- into various projects and commences hearing on a plea officials confirmed that Interest Litigations (PILs) cerned officials have been tenders of the VIDC were filed by the Shiv Sena-NCP- none of the nine cases that were filed before the recommended.” also in progress. Congress combine against the governor’s decision 10.44 AM: The NCP shifted its legislators from a five-star FADNAVIS TAKES CHARGE resort to two other hotels NCP leaders meet Ajit, DC CORRESPONDENT 9.45 AM: The Congress parlia- MUMBAI, NOV. 25 mentary strategy group meets at Sonia Gandhi’s residence in Even before the Supreme Court gives its Delhi in the backdrop of the decision on the political crisis in the state, Maharashtra political situation urge him to quit govt chief minister Devendra Fadnavis took 9.40 AM: The Sena hits out at charge of his office in Mantralaya on BJP, says those who did not DC CORRESPONDENT Monday. On the very first day, he sanc- respect their 25-year-long MUMBAI, NOV. 25 PRO-TEM SPEAKER HOLDS KEY, tioned `5,380 crore from the state contin- friendship will one day dump gency fund to provide relief to farmers NCP leader Ajit Pawar as well Even as deputy chief affected by unseasonal rains. 9.09 AM: minister Ajit Pawar BJP MAY PUSH FOR ITS PICK While Mr Fadnavis was sworn in chief Priyanka Gandhi asserted in the Supreme DC CORRESPONDENT tion of a new speaker, minister on Saturday morning, he offi- Vadra accuses the Court that the MUMBAI, NOV. 25 who then conducts the cially took charge of his office on BJP of disregard- Nationalist Congress floor test for the chief Monday. ing the Party (NCP) is support- In the engrossing politi- minister to prove his The decision to sanction `5,380 crore Constitution in ing the Bharatiya Janata cal battle in the state, majority. for rain-affected farmers came in the Party-led government, even the appointment of However, sources said wake of a meeting between Mr Fadnavis Maharashtra and Priyanka repeating the the NCP is still trying to a pro-tem Speaker has the appointment of a and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on ‘game’ it played in Karnataka convince him to resign. assumed a lot of signifi- pro-tem Speaker is the Sunday evening. Both the leaders had Several NCP leaders, cance. sole discretion of the discussed various measures for provid- including senior leaders According to sources, governor. ing additional assistance to the farmers Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip the ruling BJP is plan- “It is not mandatory affected by unseasonal rains. Walse-Patil and Sunil ning to install its own for governor Bhagat TEJASHWI TAKES A Tatkare met him at person on the position. Singh Koshyari to fol- Vidhan Bhavan through- The pro-tem Speaker low the convention, and JIBE AT SUSHIL MODI out the day. has a limited role of he can appoint any It is likely that Ajit administering oath to other person on that Patna, Nov. 25: RJD leader Pawar will issue a whip the newly-elected legis- position,” said a senior Tejashwi Yadav on Monday had a on voting day as the leg- lators and supervising official. jibe at Deputy Chief Minister islative party leader of the process of the elec- Sushil Kumar Modi whom he the NCP, even though his sought to remind of the “khela” uncle Sharad Pawar has (play) enacted in Bihar a couple of announced that the jun- floor test of the Fadnavis ered valid. “The NCP has years ago in the thick of the night ior Pawar had been government. This was still not suspended Ajit that helped the BJP achieve power removed from the post also indicated by his sub- Pawar from his post as despite having lost the mandate. after took he oath as missions in the Supreme leader of the party’s leg- The younger son of Lalu Prasad deputy chief minister Court on Monday. islature wing and mem- further said had the RJD joined along with chief minis- “I am the NCP. The let- bership of the party. hands with the BJP “he (Modi) ter Devendra Fadnavis. ter I gave (to the gover- Hence, he is still the would have still been the Deputy Most of the leaders who nor) is factually correct. leader of the NCP in the CM but serving under a Chief met Ajit Pawar refused to There is nothing to con- Assembly and he will Minister of our party”. reveal anything from tradict the letter. I was issue the whip,” he said. The RJD leader had risen in his their meeting with the authorised as a legisla- Meanwhile, an editorial seat in the Legislative Assembly, leader. Vidya Chavan, tive party leader by 54 in Shiv Sena mouthpiece speaking in support of other oppo- who was one of them, MLAs of my party to Saamana launched a sition MLAs. said she paid just a cour- take a decision on their scathing attack on the As Yadav began speaking about tesy visit. “We are all behalf on government BJP, saying that those alleged attempts by the Nitish with the NCP and Sharad formation, on the day I who did not respect their Kumar government to “muzzle the Pawar. None of us has gave that letter. The quar- 25-year-long friendship oppositions voice”, he turned defected and we are confi- rel I have within my fam- with the Uddhav towards Modi seated right across dent that Ajitdada will ily will be resolved soon, Thackeray-led party and remarked “Modi ji says many also resign and come but this petition must would one day dump Ajit fine things happen in the back,” she said as she end now,” he said in the Pawar as well. night. Bihar too has seen such a was leaving Vidhan SC. The editorial also said khela..when a government Bhavan. BJP leader Ashish that Ajit Pawar’s rebel- was formed in the thick of the According to sources, Shelar also said that the lion had failed and this night”. Ajit Pawar will issue a whip issued by Ajit would be evidence in the — PTI whip on the day of the Pawar would be consid- next few days. Golden words PAGE Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged China to preserve a free Hong Kong and backed Beijing’s ‘one World 7 country, two systems’ principle of governing it DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD All in the game Pro-democrats grab HK power We cannot afford four Hong Kong, Nov. 25: The government Hong Kong’s leader would listen to more years of pledged to listen to public opinion on Monday and the Trump’s reckless and referred to deep-seated opinions unethical actions problems in society after of a landslide election victo- members Michael Bloomberg ry by opponents of Chinese rule amid of the New York City Mayor months of sometimes vio- public lent pro-democracy humbly unrest. and Democratic candidates IN BRIEF secured almost 90% of 452 seriously reflect. district council seats in Sunday’s poll, held dur- CARRIE LAM, Britain in a mess, ing a rare weekend lull in Pro-Beijing leader clashes with police, says Tony Blair despite a strongly resour- for Hong Kong’s chief London: Former prime minis- ced and mobilised pro- executive. This could give ter Tony Blair said on establishment opposition. them some influence over Monday that Britain was in a Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing the next vote in 2022, dangerous mess and that chief executive, Carrie although they only neither his own Labour Party Lam, said the govern- account for 117 of its 1,200 nor Prime Minister Boris ment respected the members. Johnson’s Conservatives results and wished “the Democratic Party chair- deserved to win a Dec. 12 peaceful, safe and orderly man Wu Chi-wai election. Britain is holding an situation to continue”. described the election as election three years ahead of “Quite a few are of the the first step in the long schedule because parliament view that the results way to full democracy. was deadlocked over Brexit, reflect people’s dissatis- “This district election unable to agree on how or faction with the current shows that the central even whether to leave the situation and the deep- government needs to face European Union. “We’re a seated problems in socie- the demands of a demo- mess,” Blair said, adding, ty,” Lam said. cratic system,” he said. “The buoyancy of the world The government would Along with universal economy has kept us going Iraqi children play a game of football on a street blocked with burning tyres, amid a general strike in the southern city of Basra. The demonstra- “listen to the opinions of suffrage, the protesters’ up to now, but should that tions rocking the capital and Shiite-majority south since October 1 are the biggest grassroots movement the country has seen in decades. members of the public demands include an inde- falter, we will be in deep Sparked by outrage over rampant government corruption, poor services and lack of jobs. — AFP humbly and seriously pendent inquiry into per- trouble.” Blair said both reflect,” her statement ceived police brutality. major parties were peddling said. The voting ended with fantasies. The elections saw no major disruptions record turnout after six across the city of 7.4 mil- Kenya landslide months of protests and lion people on a day that brought upset wins for saw massive, though democrats against heavy- orderly, queues form out- claims 43 lives Iran’s plot to attack Saudi weight pro-Beijing oppo- side voting centres. Nairobi: The toll from land- nents, greeted in some “This is the power of slides that hit villages in voting centres by chants democracy. This is a dem- northwestern Kenyan county Tehran opted to target oil installations of America’s ally, Saudi Arabia of ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ ocratic tsunami,” said of West Pokot has reached and ‘Revolution Now’. Tommy Cheung, a former 43, local officials confirmed. Bahrain, Nov. 25: Four journalist Jamal Khash- While district councils student protest leader “I have received reports from months before a swarm of ■ PEOPLE SAID Iran’s oggi by Saudi agents last deal with local issues who won a seat in the search teams that the death drones and missiles crip- Supreme Leader year, have strained its rela- such as transport, their Yuen Long district close toll has risen to 43,” John pled the world’s biggest oil tions with US lawmakers. members also form part to China’s border. Lonyangapuo, the Governor processing facility in Ayatollah Ali There was no groundswell of the election committee — Reuters of West Pokot County said. Saudi Arabia, Iranian Khamenei approved of support in Congress for At least seven children are security officials gathered the operation, but with military intervention to among the total number of at a heavily fortified com- strict conditions: aid the Saudis after the deceased. The bodies of the pound in Tehran. Iranian forces must attack. victims have been recovered The group included the avoid hitting any civil- The 17-minute strike on Esper fires Navy and dozens of more people top echelons of the Islamic ians or Americans two Aramco installations are injured, West Pokot Revolutionary Guard Cor- by 18 drones and three County Commissioner Apollo ps, an elite branch of the low-flying missiles Okello said. Flooded roads Iranian military whose by three officials familiar detailed questions on the revealed the vulnerability Benjamin Netanyahu secy in SEAL row and bridges were swept portfolio includes missile with the meetings and a alleged gatherings and of the Saudi oil company, away after the incident, hin- development and covert fourth close to Iran’s deci- Khamenei’s purported rol- despite billions spent by Washington, Nov. 25: dering rescue operations, operations. sion making, is the first to e. The Saudi government the kingdom on security. Defense secretary Mark Okello added. President The main topic that day describe the role of Iran’s communications office did Fires erupted at the com- IRAN PLANNING Esper has fired the Navy’s Uhuru Kenyatta sent out in May: How to punish the leaders in plotting the not respond to a request pany’s Khurais oil instal- top official, ending a stun- condolences to those lost United States for pulling Sept. 14 attack on Saudi for comment. lation and at the Abqaiq ATTACKS ON ning clash between in the disaster. out of a landmark nuclear Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s The US Central oil processing facility, the President Donald Trump treaty and re-imposing state-controlled oil compa- Intelligence Agency and world’s largest. ISRAEL: BIBI and top military leader- economic sanctions on n y. Pentagon declined to com- The attack temporarily ship over the fate of a Assange needs Iran, moves that have hit These people said Iran’s ment. A senior Trump halved Saudi Arabia’s oil Jerusalem, Nov. 25: SEAL accused of war the Islamic Republic hard. Supreme Leader Ayatollah administration official did production and knocked Israeli Prime Minister crimes in Iraq. With Major General Ali Khamenei approved not directly comment on out 5% of the world’s oil Benjamin Netanyahu acc- Esper said that he had medical care: Doc Hossein Salami, leader of the operation, but with the findings but said supply. used Iran of planning lost confidence in Navy London: More than 60 doc- the Revolutionary Guards, strict conditions: Iranian Tehran’s ‘behaviour and The assault prompted US attacks against the Jewish secretary Richard Spen- Edward Gallagher tors have written to British looking on, a senior com- forces must avoid hitting its decades-long history of secretary of state Mike state and said everything cer and alleged that authorities asserting that mander took the floor. any civilians or destructive attacks and Pompeo to accuse Iran of possible would be done to Spencer proposed a deal Gallagher was demoted WikiLeaks founder Julian “It is time to take out our Americans. support for terrorism are an ‘act of war’. In the prevent them. with the White House from chief petty officer to Assange urgently needs swords and teach them a There was no confirma- why Iran’s economy is in aftermath, Tehran was hit The premier, who was behind his back to resolve a 1st class petty officer medical treatment at a uni- lesson,” the commander tion of their version of shambles’. with additional US sanc- indicted on corruption the SEAL’s case. Trump after his conviction by a versity hospital. The doctors said, according to four events by Iran’s leader- Yemen’s Iran-aligned tions. The United States charges and is seen to be has championed the mat- military jury. Trump, said in a letter published on people familiar with the ship. A Revolutionary Houthi rebels, at the cen- also launched cyber battling for his political ter of Navy Chief Petty however, restored Galla- Monday that Assange suffers meeting. Guards spokesman ter of a civil war against attacks against Iran, U.S. life, made his remarks on Officer Edward Galla- gher’s rank this month. from psychological problems Hard-liners in the meet- declined to comment. Saudi-backed forces, clai- officials told Reuters. a visit to an army base gher, who was acquitted The situation escalated including depression as well ing talked of attacking Tehran has steadfastly med responsibility for the The plan by Iranian mili- near the border with con- of murder in the stabbing again in recent days. On as dental issues and a seri- high-value targets, includ- denied involvement. assault on Saudi oil facili- tary leaders to strike flict-ravaged Syria. “Iran’s death of an Islamic State Wednesday, the Navy had ous shoulder ailment. ing American military Alireza Miryousefi, ties. That declaration was Saudi oil installations aggression in our region, militant captive but con- notified Gallagher that he Assange is in Belmarsh bases. spokesman for the Iranian rebuffed by US and Saudi developed over several and against us, contin- victed of posing with the would face a Navy SEAL Prison on the outskirts of Yet, what ultimately Mission to the United officials, who said the months, according to the ues,” Netanyahu said. corpse while in Iraq in review board to deter- London in advance of an emerged was a plan that Nations in New York, sophistication of the official close to Iran’s deci- “We are taking all 2017. mine if he should be extradition hearing set for stopped short of direct rejected the version of offensive pointed to Iran. sion making.“Details were actions to prevent Iran Spencer’s firing was a allowed to remain in the February. He is sought by confrontation that could events the four people The kingdom is Iran’s discussed thoroughly in at from entrenching our dramatic turn in the fast- elite force. While Trump the US on espionage charges trigger a devastating US described. He said Iran principal regional rival least five meetings and the region. This includes changing and politically then tweeted that he relating to his WikiLeaks response. Iran opted ins- played no part in the and a petroleum giant final go ahead was given” thwarting the transfer of charged controversy. It would not allow the Navy work. The letter was sent to tead to target oil installa- strikes, that no meetings whose production is cru- by early September, the lethal weaponry from Iran exposed fissures in Trum- to remove Gallagher from home secretary Priti Patel. tions of America’s ally, of senior security officials cial to the world economy. official said. to Syria, whether by air or p’s relationship with the the SEALs by taking away Dr. Lissa Johnson of Saudi Arabia, a proposal took place to discuss such It is an important U.S. All of those meetings overland. We will also take highest ranks of the US his Trident Pin, which Australia said an independ- discussed by top Iranian an operation, and that security partner. But its took place at a secure loca- action to thwart Iran’s military and raised ques- designates a SEAL mem- ent medical assessment is military officials in that Khamenei did not autho- war on Yemen, which has tion inside the southern effort to turn Iraq and tions about the appropri- ber, the White House told needed to determine if May meeting and at least rise any attack. killed thousands of civil- Tehran compound attend- Yemen into bases for ate role of a commander the Navy it could proceed Assange is “medically fit” to four that followed. “No, no, no, no, no, and ians, and the brutal mur- ed by supreme leader launching rockets and in chief in matters of mil- as planned, according to a face legal proceedings. The This account, described no,” Miryousefi said to der of Washington-based Khamenei. — Reuters missiles at Israel.” — AFP itary justice. Navy officer. — AP letter was distributed by WikiLeaks. PAKISTAN CLERIC SHOCKING | FACTS Leaked papers reveal brainwashing, not job training, at camps TURKEY NOT TO DRIVER PLEADS PREDICTS MAJOR RESUME SYRIA GUILTY TO CHANGE IN DEC. Secrets of China’s Xinjiang camps OFFENSIVE SHAFQAT ALI I DC Ankara, Nov. 25: Tur- ISLAMABAD, NOV. 25 Shanghai, Nov. 25: matter of China’s, and key is fully abiding by TRUCK DEATHS Classified Chinese govern- that a stable and prosper- the agreements it reac- London, Nov. 25: A Northern Pakistani cleric Mau- ment documents made ous Xinjiang was the best hed with Russia and the Irish man, who is charged lana Fazlur Rehman on public by an international response to what he said United States regarding with the manslaughter of 39 Monday said there will group of journalists amounted to slander. northeast Syria and is Vietnamese nationals found be ‘change’ in December describe the repressive The Guardian newspa- not resuming its mili- dead in a truck near London adding this had been inner workings of deten- per, an ICIJ affiliate, tary offensive. last month, pleaded guilty to agreed when he called tion camps in Xinjiang, in reported the Chinese Ankara reached sepa- assisting unlawful immigra- off the sit-in in a second rare leak in days embassy in London as say- rate agreements with tion and to acquiring criminal Islamabad this month. of secret files concerning ing ‘the so called leaked Moscow and Wash-ing- property. Maurice Robinson, Maulana Rehman, who the troubled western documents are pure fabri- ton last month to remove 25, was not asked to enter a leads the Jamiat Ulema- region. cation and fake news’. the Kurdish YPG militia plea to 41 other charges, e-Islam, made a shock- The publication on Reuters was unable to from a swathe of land in including 39 counts of ing disclosure about Sunday of the documents independently verify the northeast Syria border- manslaughter. ‘conditions’ under whic- by the International authenticity of the docu- ing Turkey, which in No trial date was set and h the opposition’s Azadi Consortium of Inves-tiga- ments. return stopped its mili- Robinson is next due in court (liberation) March sit-in tive Journalists follows a The leaks come amid a tary offensive against on Dec. 13. The victims, 31 men was called off. New York Times report on rising international out- the militia. and boys and eight women, “I was assured that a Nov. 16 based on a cache of cry over China’s broader But Ankara has previ- were found on an industrial change would come in secret papers revealing human rights record in ously said neither estate in Grays, Essex, not far the month of December. details of China’s clamp- Xinjiang. The United Russia nor the United from docks on the River I was assured that new down on ethnic Uighurs States has led more than States had kept up their Thames, on Oct. 23. The oldest general elections would and other Muslims in the 30 countries in condemn- side of the deal, and of the victims was 44 while be held in the next three region. A guard tower and barbed wire fences are seen around a section of the Artux City ing what it called a ‘horrif- threatened to launch a three were aged under 18. months,” he revealed. United Nations experts Vocational Skills Education Training Service Centre in China’s Xinjiang region. — AP ic campaign of repres- new operation. Another 23-year-old man He added: “We need to and activists say at least 1 sion’’. The security source from Northern Ireland was wait whether in-house million Uighurs and mem- manual for operating the the toilet’. Other docu- entire categories of Beijing denies any mis- said that Turkey was separately charged with con- change in the parlia- bers of other largely camps’, with instructions ments it obtained include Xinjiang residents for treatment of Uighurs or responding to attacks by spiracy to arrange or facilitate ment is brought or the Muslim minority groups on how to prevent escapes, ‘intelligence briefings’ detention’. others in Xinjiang, saying the YPG in the region the travel of people with a entire government is have been detained in maintain secrecy about showing how police have Foreign ministry spokes- it is providing vocational within the scope of self view to exploitation and consent packing.” He has camps in Xinjiang. the camps’ existence, been ‘guided by a massive man Geng Shuang told a training to help stamp out defense. The weeks of spiracy to facilitate the com- called multi-party con- The ICIJ says it obtained indoctrinate internees data collection and analy- news conference on Islamist extremism and fighting displaced tens mission of a breach of UK ference of the parties on a 2017 list of guidelines and ‘when to let detainees sis system that uses artifi- Monday that Xinjiang separatism and to teach of thousands of civil- immigration law. November 26. ‘that effectively serves as a see relatives or even use cial intelligence to select affairs were an internal new skills. — Reuters ians. — Reuters c m y k c m y k MIND POWER WINSTON CHURCHILL WILL ROGERS PAGE Politics is not a game. It is A fool and his money 8 an earnest business. are soon elected Edit DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

26 NOVEMBER 2019

Govt must recognise Subhani J&K not yet ‘normal’

he recent statement of the Union home minister in Parliament sug- gesting that Kashmir has returned to a state of normality conceals more than it reveals. The government cited police data of stone- Tthrowing incidents, and violent acts of murder and bomb attacks and the like, to assert its claim that the situation was far better since August 5, when a constitutional dismantling of the state of J&K was announced, than in the period earlier. But these are unlikely to carry conviction with the people in the Valley. Around 5,000 people were detained around August 5. Many were political activists, including separatist elements, some of whom take to the streets and resort to violence. Their arrest would bring down incidents of violence. In addition, every inch of land was covered by soldiers with weapons. It appears the blanket security presence is not the norm now. The test of violent crimes would be when this year’s extreme winter ends, and all elements are freed. LETTERS It is glaring, though, that the top mainstream leaders of Kashmir, includ- DISGUSTING ing three former chief ministers, are still in detention. What kind of nor- Playing fast, going slow: mality can it be when Kashmir’s most important public figures, who It is disgusting to note that swear by the Constitution of India and have rallied their forces and direct- each passing election sees ed their political trajectory against terrorism and secessionism, remain behind bars? elected lawmakers being An official claim of normality in such circumstances can only make us bought and sold like cattle. the world’s laughing stock. Recently, even after the national mood was Politicians & apex court It is time for us to wake up sought to be bolstered by an authoritative official statement that it was and put a full stop to this. now business as usual in the Valley, a group of prominent citizens from New Delhi, led by Yashwant Sinha, who was finance minister in the Atal The BJP has Opposition in India has A member who gets elect- Behari Vajpayee government, was prevented from meeting the detained become an expert crumbled is entirely ed on a particular symbol former CMs. true. If the opponent can of a party should remain a The group comprised a distinguished retired civil servant of the J&K at pulling off heists. be taken over when the cadre who once survived a terrorist attack, a retired top officer of the Shikha Mukerjee By normalising BJP’s ends require it, no member of that party for Indian Air Force who is a Kashmiri Pandit, a well-known public activist poaching or defec- matter what the means the full term or till the and a senior journalist — a perfectly harmless group of eminent Indians. tions to stitch used, then political par- Assembly or Parliament They had gone to Kashmir to view “normality”. They couldn’t meet any ties do not matter. dissolved. If any elected detenus. They were also prevented from going out of Srinagar. In effect, together majorities, Therefore, the idea of they were themselves brought under close supervision and subjected to it mocks the insti- multi-party democracy member changes his/her tight control, something similar to preventive detention. tution of political is invalid. Minor hitches loyalty to any other party There seems nothing normal about a situation such as this. Indeed, there ntegrity is the Mr Koshyari then parties and multi- like the anti-defection then he or she should be is everything unusual and strange. Oddly enough, the day after the Union name of the crisis arranged a speedy law are just that. As long home ministry claim was publicised, the ongoing people’s strike in the that the BJP has swearing-in. party democracy. as the BJP issues tickets automatically disqualified Valley, characterised by the voluntary closure of shops, which had been created by its In doing so, the documents it asked for to defectors and ensures for the rest of the term. slackening somewhat, came to be renewed with greater vigour than earli- actions in governor must accept and ponder on the argu- that they win, other This I believe will put some er. The major towns are once again locked down. Maharashtra.I In order responsibility for hav- ments it heard, the political parties are The time may have come for the government to offer a more sober assess- to end a minor crisis, it ing reasons to believe Supreme Court is allow- shells with signboards. sense in the heads of the ment of ground realities to the people of the country, instead of simply try- has created a monumen- that Mr Fadnavis’ claim ing itself to be swamped. Prevailing under any elected members at least ing to score propaganda brownie points. tal one. And the was backed by a “stable” In any case, the circumstances seems to till the respective House is President, the majority that would end Supreme Court cannot be the BJP’s modus dissolved. Maharashtra governor, the “uncertainty” in the decide on the integrity of operandi and the future the Prime Minister and nation’s finance capital, the people involved. Nor that the party is commit- Susai Rayer the Union home minis- namely Mumbai. The can it question the inten- ted to establishing in Shamshabad ter have all been sucked list of 162 MLAs, with tions of those involved. India. The events in A wake-up call for Kerala into it. their signatures, contra- Deconstructing the dif- Maharashtra confirm The crisis, both dicts the truth of the ference between the this. Having accepted on RECTIFY FLYOVER ven political rivals of Kerala’s LDF government will give the Leftists constitutional and governor’s call, that Mr Supreme Court’s November 8 that he did I request the authorities concerned credit for their performance on two fronts — general education and political, is evolving by Fadnavis had a majo- response in the not have a majority as to take necessary steps to rectify Epublic health. Over 45,000 classrooms have gone hi-tech in the past the hour and just at the rity. The home minister Karnataka case and the the Shiv Sena would not the geometrical issues in the three and half years, each room with proper furniture, mounted projector, ponderous 24-hour cycle bought the governor’s Maharashtra one, must back a government led design of the Biodiversity flyover laptop, etc. The government has pumped in money to the public health of a day. Stalled by the story, and then sold it to await what the court by him, the sudden near Gachibowli immediately. The system by improving infrastructure in government hospitals and appoint- Supreme Court for 48 the Prime Minister, who finally has to say on the ascension to the chief Hyderabad Traffic Police and the ing new staff. There are as many as 55 primary health centres with NQAS hours now, the political then advised the Presi- matter. What cannot be minister’s chair was an GHMC should set up speed break- accreditation in the state. Opposition in dent to revoke Presi- postponed is raising an incredible transforma- ers way before vulnerable curves But all the good work failed to come to the aid of Shehala Sherin, a Class Maharashtra has dent’s Rule and make alarm over the snow- tion. The timing of the to prevent accidents. 5 student of Sarwajana School in Sulthan Bathery in the northern decided to tackle the way for a Fadnavis balling constitutional event, hours before the Syed Mushtaq Zainulabideen Wayanad district when she suffered a snakebite; a neurotoxic snake was issue of legitimacy of the government. crisis. NCP, Shiv Sena and the Tolichowki, Hyderabad supposed to have been hiding in a hole in the classroom! A doctor at dawn drama in The BJP can trade all The body snatching Congress were expected Suthan Bathery taluk hospital confirmed the snakebite, but suggested she Maharshtra on the horses it wants, but tactics of the BJP have to stake their claim to be taken to Kozhikode medical college, about 3-4 hours away, as the hos- November 23 by it cannot put back been honed over several form the government in Email your letters to pital had no ventilator to put her on should the child face complications challenging the claim of together again the bro- successful such ambush- Maharashtra under- [email protected], while being administered anti-snake venom. She died on her way. majority of the newly- ken bits of its claim to es. In the popular imagi- scores the determina- [email protected]. You can The whole episode demands that the government, while pressing ahead installed ministry of being a clean party. nation, it overturns neg- tion of the BJP to pre- also send them to Editor, Deccan with introducing global standards in education and healthcare, take a Devendra Fadnavis of Instead of draining the ative mandates into pos- vail. Chronicle, 36, Sarojini Devi Road, deep breath and assess the ground realities. Hilly Wayanad, a new the BJP and Ajit Pawar, stinking swamp of itive outcomes by The question is, can Secunderabad-500 003. tourism hotpot in Kerala with its cool climes and coffee estates, has of disputed political intrigue and corruption launching “Operation this be read as a signal been a backward district all along. The state, being ruled by the Left affiliation, since he is no created allegedly by the Lotus” or Operation to voters in Jharkhand Front, which is wedded to egalitarian principles, must ensure that its longer the legislature Congress over 70 years, Kamal. In Karnataka, by that they should back off most backward areas get adequate care while the rest of the state climbs party chief of the the BJP has deepened handing out 13 BJP tick- from supporting parties YEARS AGO IN its way up. Nationalist Congress and widened it. It swin- ets to contest the byelec- other than the BJP? 50 Party. dled; its claim to a tions, the connection There are a series of The signed list of 162 majority was a fraud. between Operation questions that follow DECCAN CHRONICLE members of the The BJP can pass the Lotus and defections is from the events in Maharashtra Assembly buck to Ajit Pawar for as simple as putting two Maharashtra. Will the ADITYA SINHA T. VENKATESWARLU submitted by the Shiv perpetrating the fraud, and two together. In Maharashtra operations Editor Printer & Publisher Sena, NCP and the by submitting a list of Goa, the BJP accommo- become the template for US to destroy Congress to governor MLAs from the NCP dated the bulk of future state Assembly DECCAN CHRONICLE offices are located at: Bhagat Singh Koshyari who supported the new Congress MLAs and put elections in India for as germ weapons makes nonsense of two deal, though in fact the itself in power. In long as the BJP does not WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Hyderabad: 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad - 500 003, Ph: 040-27803930-4; Fax : 040-27805256 things — first, the majority of these MLAs Haryana, the BJP won crumble under its own Vijayawada: No.C-3 & 4 Patamata, Industrial Estate, Auto Nagar, Vijayawada (A.P.), Ph: 0866- over the Jannayak Janta contradictions? 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e are living in a divided either overt brutality or covert caste, creed and socioeconomic dis- who is rich or poor, employed or effectively handicaps women psy- and unequal world that threats, usually based on the antic- parities. While the universality of unemployed, young or old, etc. chologically who are then unable is socially fractured and ipated reaction from society or the gender inequality in the labour They are about equality, freedom, to demand full emancipation. The Weconomically uneven. victim’s capacity to respond. force affects growth, other insidi- dignity and respect for all. majority of South Asian women Hatred, hypocrisy, prejudice, con- In order to develop an integrated ous factors — especially those that This is why it is important to are not free agents who are empow- flict and war are creating uncer- understanding of gender issues in treat women as if they were chil- shift our focus away from framing ered to make their own life choices, tainties and destabilising societies. South Asia, it is important to con- dren of a lesser god — are even women’s empowerment in purely ranging from education, marriage, Aisha Khan Some regions are enjoying peace, textualise it in the prevailing more alarming. Without a funda- economic terms, and instead create employment, family planning and security and prosperity, while oth- socioeconomic, religious and geopo- mental shift, opportunities for the space to foreground the human financial investments. ers are struggling to break a chron- litical conditions; account for the women will remain few, growth rights of women and link it direct- Given the existing gender imbal- ic cycle of conflict and violence. fact that constitutional guarantees will be stunted, inequalities will ly with equal opportunity, access ance in wage, income, wealth and In South Asia, the causes for divi- and legal provisions do not auto- prevail and biases will continue to to resources and freedom of choice. participation in the labour market, sions within and between countries matically lead to implementation; shape social values, thus slowing Women are a heterogeneous the impacts of climate change will Peg gender on are many — creating fissures and and acknowledge that discrimina- down the process of empowerment. group and a product of their soci- act as a threat multiplier for fault lines that fuel tensions, and tion persists within the family and This has major human rights ety. A vast majority fall prey to the women. There is, therefore, an making the region volatile and soci- societal institutions. The gap implications. We tend to equate brainwashing that begins at birth urgent need to separate economics eties vulnerable. Add to this the between legislation, policy and worth with economic strength, and continues throughout their from gender empowerment and peg human rights, plight of women within society, and practice remains an impediment. social standing and occupation in lives, making most women feel that it on human rights. In this emerg- these issues become even more At first glance, South Asia positions of authority. striving for equality is either ing scenario, if freedom and complex. Gender inequality is a appears rich in cultural constructs Acknowledging that productive immoral or a sin. This restricted empowerment are framed only in not only in an deep-rooted issue that is interpret- such as family ties, social networks outputs are indeed core drivers of intellectual conceptualisation of economic terms, then the rights of ed in a number of ways by different and economic relations, as well as sustainable economic growth, this womanhood prevents them from many — especially women — will people. However, given the patriar- assumptions of social harmony cannot be used as the sole criterion striving harder and demanding increasingly be usurped and violat- economic lens chal nature of society, shifting from and pursuit of spiritual over mate- for granting or withholding funda- their rightful place and share in ed, reducing them to lives of sub- entrenched values will not be easy. rial values. However, underlying mental human rights, which society. This web of cultural con- servience, destitution, oppression Discrimination, harassment and this idealistic conceptualisation is intrinsically guarantee equality straints, reinforced by a regressive and exploitation. violence occur at home and in the the harsh reality of divisions and for all irrespective of station in life. and coercive interpretation of reli- workplace, albeit in different ways; discriminations based on gender, Human rights are not based on gion, acts as a mental barrier and By arrangement with Dawn Word SPY FREECONOMICS STATEMENT SOCKS PAGE The economics of giving A pair of socks chosen to make an impression, to Oped 9 away goods or services stand out or to express something about oneself DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD In Kashmir, ‘democracy and morality can wait’

Nehru had also passed away. In the eyes of many than democracy”. “depended entirely on the In the eyes of many key Celebrated historian Perry key Kashmir watchers, Historian Anderson, while Indian security apparatus”. Kashmir watchers, there has Anderson noted in The Indian referring to Puri as “an When after a decade in office, been hardly any difference Ideology: “The Intelligence there has been hardly anguished admirer (of Nehru) Bakshi’s utility was over and between how the Hindu nation- Gowhar Geelani Bureau had little difficulty con- any difference between from Jammu”, wrote: “When he too was considered a liabili- alist Bharatiya Janata Party vincing (Pandit Jawaharlal) how the BJP is an anguished admirer from ty for New Delhi, the Congress (BJP) is operating in Kashmir Nehru that he (Abdullah) had operating in Kashmir Jammu pleaded with him not installed another man named at the moment, or how the so- become a liability, and at the moment, or how to do so, he replied that the G.M. Sadiq. Unlike Sheikh called secular Congress Party overnight he was dismissed by national interest was more Abdullah and Bakshi (both has dealt with Kashmir in the the stripling heir to the Dogra the so-called secular important than democracy: “prime ministers”), Sadiq was past. Both parties have throne he had so complacently Congress Party has ‘We have gambled at the inter- installed as chief minister. stripped off Kashmir’s autono- hen it ing. On August 9, 1953, the made head of state, and thrown dealt with Kashmir national stage on Kashmir, and Sheikh Abdullah was discard- my in the name of “national comes “prime minister” of Jammu into an Indian jail on charges of in the past we cannot afford to lose. At the ed for Bakshi, and Bakshi for interest”, “national security” toand Kashmir, Sheikh sedition.” moment, we are there at the Sadiq. As an aside, all and “national integration”. Kashmi Abdullah, was unceremonious- Not only was the Sheikh point of a bayonet. Till things Assembly elections till 1977, On August 5, 2019, the BJP r, both ly dismissed as the head of the accused of being “seditious” he spearheaded the Quit Kashmir improve, democracy and and also the one in 1987, were not only removed Kashmir’s “democ- state, and then imprisoned for was also falsely accused of movement against the Dogra morality can wait’.” rigged. autonomy, the saffron party racy” over two decades in separate “receiving money from ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh. Similarly, according to a Additionally, it was during also divided the state into two and stints from 1953 to 1975. To Pakistan” in what became The late Professor Balraj Kashmiri academic, Prof. Sadiq’s government that the separate Union territories — “morality” can wait! The dawn begin with, Sheikh Abdullah, known as the Kashmir Puri, a well-known academic Ghulam Rasool Malik: nomenclatures of Sadr-i- Ladakh and Jammu and Wof August 5, 2019 came on on charges of “treason”, Conspiracy Case. from the Jammu region, was “Nehru’s quiet reply (to Balraj Riyasat (president) and Wazir- Kashmir. Native Kashmiris Kashmiris like a “betrayer”. In remained in prison for 12 years In the 1940s, Sheikh Abdullah enraged over Sheikh Puri) had been that democratic e-A’zam (prime minister) were have interpreted the BJP’s the eyes of many perceptive with two brief intermissions — was largely seen as an unre- Abdullah’s dismissal as prime rights were not applicable to dispensed with, and replaced move as a “strategy of revenge Kashmiris, “the latest betrayal in 1958 and 1964. lenting figure of Kashmiri minister and his detention. Kashmir.” This was written by by those of “governor” and and repression”, with an ideo- should not be a cause of real Independent India’s first nationalism. He was the foun- With the aim of registering his Prof Malik in his essay “In The “chief minister”, which was logical and civilisational view surprise or shock if one were a Prime Minister Jawaharlal der of the National Conference, protest over the issue, he met Arms of Fire” in a book titled A perceived by native Kashmiris on Kashmir. A Kashmiri on good student of history and the Nehru allowed Sheikh which in 1931 began as the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Desolation Called Peace. as a major assault on the street says that it is a Kashmir conflict”. Abdullah, once his bosom Muslim Conference and was Nehru in New Delhi. But Puri’s Meanwhile, soon after Kashmir’s regional autonomy “smash and grab” operation. For them, what happened on friend, to visit Pakistan to the first political party of the earnest trip to Delhi did not Sheikh Abdullah’s dismissal after the Sheikh’s arrest and But please do remember, August 5 this year was a stark meet the Pakistani military erstwhile Jammu and bear any fruit. from office and later arrest in removal. when it comes to Kashmir, reminder that something simi- dictator, Gen. Ayub Khan, in Kashmir. Besides this, Sheikh He wrote in his book In 1953, the Congress Party In the mid-1960s, chief minis- “democracy and morality can lar had happened several times Rawalpindi in 1964. However, Abdullah became the first Kashmir Towards Insurgency installed Ghulam Mohammed ter G.M. Sadiq dropped all wait”! before — first in August 1953, Sheikh Abdullah was again put Muslim “prime minister” of that “Nehru warned me Bakshi’s regime. Bakshi’s gov- cases against Sheikh Abdullah and then again in 1964. behind bars on his return to Jammu and Kashmir after a against being too idealistic and ernment was considered both and his associates, including The writer is a For Kashmir, the season of Srinagar. This time, however, Kashmiri Pandit (Hindu), asserted that the national brutal as well as corrupt and, the infamous Kashmir journalist, author and betrayals has been never-end- for a longish term. By then, Ramchand Kak. He had also interest was more important according to Anderson, Conspiracy Case. political commentator Confidential EC meet exposes govt lies to Parliament

between the Election Sitaraman sought to lay the ELECTORAL BONDS-2 Commission of India and the controversy to rest. She tabled ministry of finance informing a “corrected reply” to Haque’s Documents obtained by the ministry of finance of any question in the Parliament. Nitin Sethi concerns on the issue of elec- The corrected reply, which HuffPost India reveal toral bonds. The newspaper now forms part of the parlia- that three senior reports refer to the letter of mentary record, acknowledges bureaucrats came up ECI dated May 26, 2017. This that the Election Commission with six different expla- letter was not received in the had raised serious concerns ministry of finance. Therefore about electoral bonds. This nations to protect then ministry of finance never had time around, the finance min- This is Part 2 of the 6-part finance, P. Radhakrishnan, minister of state P. any opportunity to examine istry did not use the technical #PaisaPolitics investigative replied that the government Radhakrishnan when he the letter referred to in the interpretation of bureaucratic series by HuffPost. Reprinted had not received “any con- was caught lying about newspapers.” rules to deny the facts. with permission from the cerns from the Election electoral bonds on the This was a lie. As other Yet, rather deftly, Ms Huffington Post. Commission on the issue of media reports have revealed, Sitharaman also avoided Electoral Bearer Bonds”. floor of the Parliament the Election Commission’s let- answering the other key ques- ager to legalise a This was false, as internal ter had been received by the tion Haque had originally route to anonymous- communications between the finance ministry, including by asked: What had the govern- ly funnel corporate government — also exposed by In the face of such strident the division that was drum- ment done to address the con- money into the cof- Batra, the transparency opposition from the EC, the ming up these lies and the cerns of the Election fers of political par- activist — soon made clear. government chose to steamroll department of revenue, from Commission? Eties, the Narendra Modi-led Haque filed a breach of privi- ahead, rather than revisit its where the idea of electoral To this question, the minister government dismissed the lege complaint against the insistence on a secrecy-laden bonds had originated on gov- merely furnished a cut-paste Election Commission of India’s minister for lying to funding route for political par- ernment records. To top it all, answer detailing the features strident opposition to electoral Parliament, and the media ties. as HuffPost India has revealed of the electoral bonds scheme bonds, lied to the Indian picked up the story. The meeting was held on July for the first time above, the that the government has been Parliament and finally resort- Now, HuffPost India can 19, 2017, and attended by two department of economic affairs running for nearly two years. ed to a hurried cover-up when reveal just how the govern- officials from the Election secretary, Garg, had personal- its misstatements were caught ment tried to walk back from Commission. Economic affairs ly met the Election WHO’S LISTENING? out. Radhakrishnan’s false utter- secretary S.C. Garg later Commissioners on July 28, It was not just the Election Previously unpublished doc- ances in Parliament. Even the recorded in his files that he 2018 to discuss their apprehen- Commission or the RBI which uments obtained by HuffPost government’s response to the briefed the two and “laid sions over electoral bonds. the government pretended to India reveal that three senior breach-of-privilege complaint emphasis that the scheme does Yet, Garg agreed with the consult during the setting up of bureaucrats came up with six was not wholly honest. provide a level-playing field argument that the government the electoral bonds scheme different convoluted explana- Implicit in all this correspon- and encourage transparent should brazen it out in the even as it steamrolled ahead tions to protect then minister dence is one simple question: funding of political parties”. Parliament. So did finance with its plans. It did the same of state P. Radhakrishnan Why was the government so Records from the law and jus- minister Jaitley. to political parties as well, when he was caught lying eager to muzzle the Election tice ministry show the Consequently, on January 12, show documents. about electoral bonds on the Commission’s opposition to Election Commission was still 2019, the minister of state for On May 2, 2017, finance min- floor of the Parliament, Indian Electoral Bonds? not impressed. finance, Radhakrishnan ister Jaitley wrote to India’s democracy’s most hallowed The finance ministry told A note dated September 22, replied to Haque, “No formal Opposition parties, asking for ground. HuffPost India it would not be 2017, by Garg, addressed to the communication has been suggestions on how to improve A confidential note, included able to provide detailed finance minister and marked received from the Election and implement the electoral in the documents, show senior responses to specific questions “confidential”, points to anoth- Commission of India on their bond scheme. bureaucrats knowingly sought as it was busy preparing next er meeting that he held on July concerns about electoral bonds Several wrote back. to mislead Election year’s Union Budget, but said 28, 2017, directly with the then The letter sent by P. Radhakrishnan scheme in the ministry of “I note that the government Commission officials in an that all the decisions were Chief Election Commissioner finance. Therefore in the is concerned with the issue of ultimately unsuccessful taken “in good faith”. Achal Kumar and two Election Even as late as October 2018, handling the electoral bond answer, government was transparency in electoral fund- attempt to blunt the EC’s oppo- All the issues raised in the Commissioners Om Prakash the law and justice ministry scheme all through, advised on intended to mean the ministry ing of political parties,” the sition to electoral bonds. email are on the policy deci- Rawat and Sunil Arora. records show, the Election January 1, 2019, that while the of finance. I may assure you Congress’s then treasurer The Election Commission sions taken by the then respec- In his note, Garg wrote that Commission continued to economic affairs secretary there is no attempt to mislead Motilal Vohra wrote. wasn’t the only one to see its tive competent authorities. In he had told the Commissioners insist upon the rollback of the Garg had even met the the August House of “Transparency implies that suggestions summarily disre- this context, it may be men- that companies would make bonds and other anti-trans- Election Commissioner offi- Parliament and the scheme of the electorate must know 1) garded. The government made tioned that in the government accounting entries in their parency provisions the govern- cials personally on the issue, electoral bonds is transparent Who is the donor 2) Which is a show of asking Opposition organisations all the decisions books when buying electoral ment had introduced. The min- they could still say that the enough to achieve the intended the donee political party and 3) political parties for their views are taken in good faith and in bonds, which would ensure istry’s records also show the Election Commission had not objectives.” What is the amount donated.” on the matter, even as the the larger public interest. “complete transparency” finance ministry continued to directly apprised them of their Batra, the transparency In the absence of any specific finance ministry continued to Interpretation of decisions regarding the “source of funds ignore reminders to respond to concerns in writing. So, he activist, exposed this cover-up scheme, Vora said the finance design the scheme without taken may have different per- used for buying electoral the Commission’s formally advised his seniors that the as well. He found that the minister’s speech and public waiting to hear back from spectives, hence an appropri- bonds” as well as the “quan- submitted views. minister of state for finance, finance ministry had also comments suggested the them or responding to their ate explanation may only be tum of political donations”. These records of face-to-face Radhakrishnan, had not lied to received the Election “donor’s names will be known queries. given, after taking into consid- This was false: Companies meetings between officials of the Parliament. Commission’s letter of objec- only to the bank issuing the Taken as a whole, the docu- eration all he aspects factored are not required to detail to the finance ministry and the The economic affairs secre- tions through the law and jus- bond and the donee’s name will ments reviewed by HuffPost into the decision making whom they donated electoral Election Commission, and all tary Garg had a more sophisti- tice ministry on July 3, 2017. be known only to the income India expose the Narendra process,” the finance ministry bonds in their profit-and-loss the correspondence detailed cated argument, steeped in This particular letter from the tax department. In effect only Modi government’s doubles- said in an email. statements and balance sheets. above, makes clear that the deeper bureaucratese, to make. Election Commission was cir- the government will know the peak on electoral bonds, a con- Only the aggregated profit-and- finance ministry knew of the He first admitted culated to all departments and names of the donors and the troversial financial instru- COVERING UP EC loss accounts and balance Election Commission’s objec- Radhakrishnan had given a divisions that dealt with elec- donee and the people will not ment first unveiled in 2017 by OBJECTIONS sheets, which form part of the tions to the electoral bond wrong statement to toral bonds. know.” then finance minister Arun In May 2017, the Election annual submissions to the gov- scheme. Parliament. On January 2, One of them — the financial He concluded, “We will be Jaitley, that allows any corpo- Commission of India wrote to ernment, are available for pub- Which makes it all the more 2019, he penned down his sector reforms and legislation able to comment further only ration, trust, NGO or individ- the Union ministry of law and lic scrutiny. puzzling why minister of state views, “There is a flow in the division under the department after we have studied the ual to donate unlimited justice, warning that electoral Garg said he explained to the for finance Radhakrishnan, answer given. It has been stat- of economic affairs, which was scheme promised to be made amounts of money to India’s bonds would help political par- Commissioners the “provi- responding to Haque’s ques- ed that the government had not supervising the implementa- by the government.” political parties. ties hide illegal donations from sions and justification for key tion in the winter session of received any concerns from tion of the bonds — even Having heard back from the Ninety five per cent of the foreign sources. Dubious features of the electoral bonds 2018, confidently told the Election Commission. If it agreed with the Election political parties, some outlin- money gathered by the first donors could now set up shell for ensuring anonymity of the Parliament that the govern- was noted that the ministry of Commission’s views. But the ing serious misgivings about tranche of such bonds has gone companies to funnel black donations made, which ment had not received “any finance did not receive any finance ministry just would electoral bonds and some ask- to the ruling Bharatiya Janata money to politicians and mask ensures greater degree of free- concerns from Election concern it could have been cor- not respond in writing to the ing for more information, the Party (BJP), according to data the true source of the money. dom to the donors and provide Commission on the issue of rect in light of the facts objections. To do so would finance ministry mandarins compiled by the Association The Commission wanted a level playing field to the polit- Electoral Bearer Bonds”. brought out above.” have meant acknowledging the worked feverishly to draft out for Democratic Reforms. electoral bonds and other legal ical parties”. Transparency activist Batra’s Then he suggested two Commission had conceptual a scheme that served their The Supreme Court is cur- changes made by the govern- Garg’s confidential note revelations that the Election options: and fundamental problems political masters. Once done, rently hearing a petition on the ment to reduce transparency points to several concerns Commission had indeed writ- “Either clarify to the minis- with the electoral bonds and they asked the then finance legality of such bonds. Now, in funding of political parties raised yet again by the ten to the ministry of law and ter that the government in not just procedural concerns. minister if the prepared draft documents obtained under the to be rolled back. Election Commissioners in justice with its objections were answer for parts (d) and (e) was The Election Commissioners structure and scheme of the Right to Information Act by On July 3, 2017, the law min- person in this meeting, includ- published in the press. Based meant to be ministry of finance remained consistently opposed electoral bonds should be transparency activist istry forwarded the Election ing that the bonds could allow on these, Haque sent a notice or make a clarificatory state- to the bonds even after meeting shared with all political par- Commodore (Retd.) Lokesh Commission’s concerns to the shell companies to launder for breach of privilege, which ment in the House about cor- in person with economic ties. Jaitley stayed silent on Batra suggest that the govern- department of economic affairs money to political parties. It was forwarded by the Rajya rect facts of the case. Please affairs secretary, documents the question, indicating the ment’s utterances and assur- of the finance ministry; but the also points out how the Sabha secretariat for the examine and let us discuss with HuffPost India show. details of the scheme should ances on the matter cannot be finance ministry simply pre- Commission still wanted the finance ministry’s response on with FM,” he penned down. The Commission’s continued not be shared with other politi- trusted, even when they are tended it had never heard from government to change some December 28, 2018. Based on the inputs from his objections became public kno- cal parties. made before institutions like the Commission. provisions to provide more Radhakrishnan had been boss, Garg’s subordinate, joint wledge when, in March 2019, it The supposed dialogue with the Parliament. Rather than responding to transparency. caught misleading Parliament, secretary of the budget divi- reiterated its opposition to the Opposition was just anoth- In the winter session of the Commission’s fundamental Yet, he records, “It is my and the finance ministry tied sion, came up with three inno- electoral bonds in an affidavit er perfunctory exercise for the Parliament in 2018, Rajya concerns in writing to the law understanding that the itself in knots to defend the vative excuses to claim that submitted to the Supreme government to claim that the Sabha member Mohammad ministry, then finance minis- Commission was reasonably indefensible. the minister of state had not Court. But by now, electoral electoral bond scheme had Nadimul Haque asked the gov- ter Arun Jaitley ordered a satisfied about the electoral Several options, all of them told a lie. bonds worth more than `1,400 been formulated after due con- ernment a simple question: meeting be called with both the bonds being a fair and more lies, each more convoluted Two of these were based on crores had already been pur- sultations, just as it had tried Had the Election Commission RBI and the Election transparent system of political than the other, were proposed bureaucratic jargon and the chased by corporations and to do with the RBI and with the of India raised concerns about Commission to “finalise the donations.” as a way to hide the facts. third on obfuscation of the donated to political parties. Election Commission. electoral bonds? structure of the Electoral This was, once again, a false One official, deputy director truth. He said, “There exists no In August 2019, the incum- The then minister of state for Bonds”. statement. Vijay Kumar, who had been official communication bent finance minister Nirmala ■ To be continued Tech antitrust cases may include privacy lapses

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■ ■ Early adapters of FASTags include commercial vehicles 63 lakh FASTags issued so far Paytm to quick expand Congested NH tolls set to continue financial SANGEETHA G toll plazas, except one, large number of the inac- BITES CHENNAI, NOV. 25 would become electronic tive tags becoming active,” services toll collection compliant. said Chandnani. With less than a week left One lane will also accept Among different types of FC BUREAU before FASTags become a other modes of payment vehicles, fleets of trucks, CHENNAI, NOV. 25 INDICATORS % compulsory requirement including cash. Entering a cabs , taxis and buses have Sensex 40,889.23 1.31 at National Highway toll FASTag lane without the been early adapters of After raising $1 billion Nifty 50 12,073.75 1.34 plazas, the slow adoption tag will be penalised by FASTags. Personal vehi- from new and existing of the RFID tags means double charge. Though the cles have witnessed com- investors, payments S&P 500 3,127.48 +0.55 passengers will continue ministry is planning to paratively slower adoption. major, Paytm, plans to Dollar* (`) 71.94 -0.07 to face long congestation at issue on-the-spot tags for However, he hopes that invest `10,000 crore Pound Sterling* (`) 92.82 -0.44 the National Highways. those without one, this once the electronic toll col- over the next three Currently, FASTags, only will lead to a lot of confu- lection becomes mandato- years as it looks to Euro* (`) 79.33 -0.33 63 lakh issued so far, would sion and inconvenience in ry in state highways in expand on its financial Gold (10gm)* (`) 37,895▼58 -0.15 account for about 40 per the single lane dedicated one or two years, the num- services. cent of the transactions at for other payment modes. ber of FASTags issued will According to the com- Brent crude ($/bbl)* $63.39 0.00 toll plazas. “Initially there could be double. “Currently, a large pany, it raised the $1 IN 10-Yr bond yield* +6.495 -0.010 According to the June some convenience in the number of vehicles do not billion from a group of US 10-Yr T-bill yield* +1.771 0.00 quarter data of Worldline toll plazas,” said use the national highways investors, including India, 52.2 lakh tags have Chandnani. “Though 63 or use them once in a existing shareholders * As of Sunday been issued at the end of lakh tags have been month or so. However, such as Ant Financial, the quarter. Deepak total issuance would have day, only a fraction, cur- the total payments at the issued, half of them are many of them ply through Softbank Vision Fund, Chandnani, MD, South moved up to 63 lakh by now. rently, have FASTags. 537 NH toll plazas. not active. Once the new state highways more fre- and new investors Asia and Middle East, While millions ply on the E-transactions account By December 1, all the arrangement becomes quently and this will including funds and Attend Dec. 16 Worldline finds that the national highways every for just 35 to 40 per cent of lanes in National Highway operational we would see a necessitate FASTags. accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, among others. meet or get Discovery Capital, an existing shareholder of arrested: NCLT Sensex hits new closing high, the company, also par- 2.75L houses will ticipated in the round. The Mumbai NCLT on Monday The proceeds will be ordered the CEOs of Axis Bank directed towards fur- and StanChart Bank to be per- ther growing the pay- sonally present at the next wealth rises by `1.81 trillion be ready by 2020 ments and financial hearing on December 16 in a services business, the case relating to the IL&FS FC BUREAU projected 2.75 lakh units company said. fraud, failing which it threat- ■ CHENNAI, NOV. 25 are likely to be completed Paytm, which cur- ened to get NBWs issued Easy monetary stance of US Fed has improved liquidity on time by December 2020. rently serves merch- against them. An NCLT bench ASHWIN J PUNNEN December 2019 are being From the 30-share pack, Stricter compliance of Developers are aware that ants in over 2,000 towns issued the ultimatum while MUMBAI, NOV. 25 welcomed,” Sandeep 28 stocks closed the day RERA will make nearly ready-to-move homes are and cities, had pio- hearing a contempt petition Nayak, executive director with gains led by Bharti 2.75 lakh new ready-to- in greatest demand and neered the QR-code against them. The massive rally that and CEO of Centrum Airtel, Tata Steel, move houses available in will spare no effort in technology in the first took the Sensex to record Broking, said. IndusInd Bank and Axis top seven cities over the completing their projects phase of its growth. highs have made investors Analysts said FIIs are Bank. next one year. This is 21 on time,” said Anuj Puri, The firm now aims to richer by `1.81 trillion. preferring emerging mar- On the BSE, 1,413 scrips per cent of the under-con- chairman, Anarock. bring low cost mobile- RCom shares The market capitalisa- kets such as India as the advanced, while 1,086 struction units in these Over 41 per cent or 1.13 enabled financial serv- tion (m-cap) of the BSE- recent easy monetary declined and 208 remained cities. lakh units will be in the ices to rural parts of listed companies rose to stance of US Federal unchanged. According to property affordable segment, 33 per the country. rally 6% on `154.55 trillion as the BSE Reserve and the European Analysts said indica- consultants, Anarock, cent or 90,770 units in the “We are committed to benchmark surged 530 Central Bank has tions that US and China developers have to com- mid-segment and 16 per bringing half a billion asset sale buzz points to hit a fresh clos- improved liquidity in will conclude a deal by plete their projects on cent in the `80 lakh - `1.5 Indians to the main- ing high of 40,889.23. world markets. next month lifted the sen- time as per the new RERA crore budget range. Only stream economy by on- “Signs of a cooling in “Whereas, India’s econo- timent across the globe. norms. Though currently 10 per cent will be in the boarding them in the rhetoric between the US my is seeing a demand Apart from that the the demand is slow, they luxury and ultra-luxury formal financial ecosys- and China has contributed revival especially in the reconstruction of Sensex hope that demand will segments. “Most buyers tem. This new invest- to a resumption in foreign “The prolonged trade sectors of auto and con- indices and new develop- pick up by next year, espe- are focused on the afford- ment by our current flows into India — today’s war between the US and sumer durables. The gov- ments over divestment to cially in the affordable able and mid segments and new investors is a (Monday) market move is China was weighing heav- ernment providing relief curb fiscal deficit provided housing segment. Ready- and will have ample choice reaffirmation of our in line with similarly ily on Indian indices. to telecom companies over confidence in Indian mar- to-move units usually once this ready inventory commitment to serve strong sentiment across Positive statements made spectrum related dues and ket. meet higher demand as hits the market by the end Indians with new age Asian markets,” S. by officials (from both the impending price increase Expectations of further they do not attract GST. of next year. A whopping financial services,” Hariharan, head (sales countries) last week indi- planned by players has cut in interest rate by the “RERA is gaining 74 per cent or 2.04 lakh Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Shares of RCom hit their upper trading), Emkay Global cating that a trade pact is also revived interest in the RBI gave advantage to stronger ground in most units fall in these two seg- founder and CEO of circuit on Monday, rising over 6 Financial Services, said. likely by the end of sector,” Nayak said. rate-sensitive stocks. states and many of these ments,” he added. Paytm. per cent, amid reports that According to indus- Bharti Airtel, Reliance try watchers, the com- Industries and three others may pany, which is is wit- bid for the assets of debt-rid- nessing tough competi- den company. On the BSE, Sebi to tighten rules for brokers after Karvy debacle tion from Google Pay shares of the company closed and Phonepe, could 4.55 per cent up at 69 paise ASHWIN J PUNNEN tlement services. client funds. As per the plan, the client money can’t be mis- conducted by NSE also look at the B2B seg- apiece. Similarly, the stock MUMBAI, NOV. 25 According to sources, Last week, Sebi banned client money will contin- used. The system will be pointed to discrepancies ment by adding the advanced 6.67 per cent to set- regulator is looking at Karvy from taking on new ue to be kept with deposi- similar to foreign institu- in trading between April facility of credit. The tle at 80 paise on the NSE. Market regulator Sebi is allowing only well-capi- clients following alleged taries such as NSDL and tional investors (FIIs) 1, 2016 and October 2019. B2B space offers very planning to further tight- talised banks to offer serv- misuse of client securi- CDSL or a custodian and trade, where client money “Prima facie a net less competition and a ening the rules to deal ices like clearing of ties for trades that were can be transferred to a and security are kept at amount of `1,096 crore large untapped market. with brokers misusing the trades, custody of client not authorised by clients. broker only under the different places. has been transferred by It had launched client funds. collateral and settle- At an estimated `2,000 direction of the clearing In the case of Karvy KSBL (Karvy Stock Paytm Money and NephroPlus raises The move comes as a ments. crore, it is one of the corporation. Stock Broking which Broking Ltd) to its group wealth tech could be fallout of the recent fraud The regulator feels that largest defaults by a stock Sebi, which has been get- manages accounts of company i.e. Karvy Realty another area of focus. `316 crore for in Karvy Stock Broking. there is a systemic risk broker in India. ting many complaints of 2,44,000 clients, several Pvt. Ltd between from 1 However, the company The measures likely to that needs to be addressed In fact, Sebi had been misuse of client money by investors complains came April 2016 to 19 October can also make bugger SE Asia expansion be taken by Sebi include especially after the recent considering introducing a brokers, now wants to put to Sebi on delayed pay- 2019,” said Sebi in the play for mutual funds barring brokers from spike in incidents of bro- revised structure a few in place a structure like a outs. order citing the NSE due to its user base. Alternative asset manager offering clearing and set- ker defaults and misuse of years back. banking system where An annual inspection inspection report. Investcorp on Monday said it has closed `316 crore investment in dialysis service provider NephroPlus. The primary capital raised in this round will be utilised towards organic growth in India and Fewer women, minorities get patents in US: Data taking the proven business model of NephroPlus to other EVAN SULLY Harvard University study University of Iowa’s Tippie fiber in bulletproof vests. markets, starting with South last year found whites are College of Business who Elijah McCoy was a 19th East Asia, Investcorp said. Plenty of women and more than three times as testified before Congress in century Canadian-born members of minority likely to become inventors May on the issue. inventor and engineer of groups are hoping to as blacks. Other research African descent who invent the next iPhone, commissioned by the POPULATION invented a lubricant that blockbuster medicine or Institute for Women’s PROJECTIONS improved train travel and top-selling toy, but too Policy Research concluded Population projections is reputed to be the source InMobi’s Glance often they don’t get patents that only 18 per cent of US from the US Census of the phrase “the real that would ensure they get patents list a woman as an Bureau show that in 2045, McCoy.” His name is on the acquires short paid for their ideas. inventor. whites will make up 49.7 patent office’s Detroit A new report from the US The October patent office per cent of the population regional office. Patent and Trademark study recommends compared to 24.6 per cent video platform Office concludes that those Congress give the office for Hispanics, 13.1 per cent NOBEL WINNER for blacks, 7.9 per cent for More recently, the patent Glance on Monday said it has disparities could cost the authority to collect demo- Asians and 3.8 per cent for office touts such inventors acquired short-video platform US its technological lead- graphic data with its own multiracial populations. as Frances Arnold, a Roposo for an undisclosed ership because patents are confidential, voluntary “I don’t see how we can woman chemist who has a amount, a move that will pro- frequently the first step to surveys — conceding that remain competitive if patent for directed evolu- vide it access to Roposo’s net- attracting investors. they need to be careful to we’re only allowing a tion of enzymes and in 2018 work of professional, vernacular “Innovation in the United avoid the perception that in the system the exact Houston-based HR consult- largest portion of the small slither of the popu- won a Nobel prize, and content creators and over 42 States is highly concen- such data might be used in breakdown occurs, but we ing firm, who became the nation’s patents, the per- lation to participate in Marian Rogers Croak, a million users. The acquisition trated, and vast swaths of examining patent requests do know it does occur,” first African-American centage is declining in innovation,” said Charles voice-over-Internet proto- will enable Glance to tap into our population are not and deter underrepresent- Patent and Trademark woman awarded a software high-tech fields such as Hudson, whose San Fran- col pioneer who also Roposo’s regional influencers fully participating,” the ed groups from applying. Office Director Andrei patent in 2006 along with artificial intelligence and cisco-based Precursor patented text-to-donate and create professional vernac- study, released last month, The study found a variety Iancu said in an interview. her cousin. blockchain. 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GIC.”The statement, pub- Bowyer said he had no the web by politicians to and tech titans like Google combat misinformation Google and Twitter have It came as speculation lished alongside a screen- problem following the manipulate news media aboard. for the first time Monday, criticised the law, as have mounts that a general shot of Bowyer's post request but vowed not to and widespread online “If we don’t act now — ordering an opposition activists who fear it could election could be called stamped with the word be intimidated: “A scams. and act together — to pre- figure to correct a stifle online dissent, but within months, although “false” in red, corrected responsible and vocal cit- It also noted that rates of vent the web being mis- Facebook post authori- the government insists a weak and divided oppo- what it said were false- izenry is as much a vital web access in emerging APPLE SET TO used by those who want to ties said could “smear the the measure is necessary sition is seen as no match hoods and accused him of part of our democratic economies lag far behind exploit, divide and under- reputation” of state to stop the circulation of for the long-ruling seeking to “smear the nation as is a responsible those in industrialised EXPAND OPS IN mine, we are at risk of investment funds. damaging falsehoods. People's Action Party. reputation” of the invest- and listening govern- nations, with 46 percent of squandering” its potential The legislation, which Brad Bowyer, a member The government’s fact- ment funds. ment”. He used to be a people worldwide not INDIA: PRASAD for good, Berners-Lee said came into force last of opposition group checking site said author- Bowyer — a naturalised member of the People’s online. in a statement from his month, gives government Progress Singapore ities do not control the Singapore citizen origi- Action Party but recently “We need real and New Delhi, Nov. 25: India’s World Wide Web ministers powers to order Party, was ordered to cor- investment funds’ com- nally from Britain — joined the Progress durable involvement of information technology minis- Foundation. social media sites to put rect a November 13 mercial decisions: “The issued a “correction Singapore Party, a new emerging and developing ter Ravi Shankar Prasad said Credited with laying the warnings next to posts Facebook post in which government does not notice” to his original opposition group backed countries,” Germany's on Monday Apple Inc would groundwork for the web — authorities deem to be he questioned the inde- influence, let alone post, which directed read- by the prime minister's Altmaier said. expand its operations in the the universe of multime- false, and in extreme pendence of state-linked direct, the individual ers to click on the link of estranged brother. “Free access to the inter- country and the iPhone dia webpages accessible cases get them taken investment vehicle investment decisions the government website — AFP net must be a fundamen- maker’s supplier Salcomp via the internet — in 1989, tal, human right, valid for would make components at a the computer scientist has people around the plant near Chennai in south- since last year been devel- Berners-Lee said his con- of profit is not at the More than 150 organisa- Germany and Ghana are on ment ahead of the UN world.”As well as his ern India. oping the so-called tract, developed in cooper- expense of human rights tions including companies board, as are thousands of gathering. “Contract for the Web”, Salcomp will invest `20 bil- Contract for the Web. ation with dozens of and democracy”. like Google, Microsoft, individuals. Berners-Lee originally Berners-Lee has looked to lion ($278.67 million) over the His unveiling of the final experts and members of “Citizens must hold Facebook and Reddit and “I will stand up for the conceived the web while tackle the web's issues next five years to make charg- document Monday comes the public, is “a roadmap those in power account- interest groups like preservation of the free working at European par- from a technical angle, in ers and other components at as government, business to build a better web”. able, demand their digital Reporters Without Borders internet that we have ticle physics lab CERN, as 2018 launching a develop- the plant and the move will and civil society leaders He called on govern- rights be respected and and the Electronic Frontier grown to know and love in a way for scientists around ment platform called also create 10,000 jobs, Prasad gather in Berlin for the ments to “strengthen laws help foster healthy conver- Foundation have backed recent decades,” German the world to share infor- “Solid” aimed at giving said. four-day UN Internet and regulations” and com- sation online,” Berners- the plan. Meanwhile, the economy minister Peter mation about their users control of their data. Apple’s phones made in Governance Forum. panies “to ensure pursuit Lee added. governments of France, Altmaier said in a state- research. But in recent — AFP India will also be exported, he said, adding that exports of mobile phones and components from the country would be worth $1.6 billion each this YET ANOTHER WINDOWS 10 UPDATE MESS year. — Reuters Uber loses licence in WINDOWS 10 USERS HAD HOPED THAT THE NOVEMBER 2019 UPDATE, SUPPOSEDLY A MINOR RELEASE, WOULD BE RELATIVELY PROBLEM FREE. HOWEVER, DASHING ALL AIRTEL X LABS London, vows to appeal HOPES, THE OS SEEMS TO HAVE BROKEN THE FILE EXPLORER ■ File Explorer is ■ This is yet another Windows 10 London, Nov. 25: confidence that similar transit authority said it the app you use to update that has included some ACQUIRES London’s transit authori- issues will not reoccur in was concerned that Uber's browse the files ty on Monday refused to the future.'' systems ''seem to have annoying issues, and contin- QUIKMILE renew Uber's license to As a result, it deemed been comparatively easily and folders on your ues a pretty embarrassing operate, putting the ride- Uber ''not fit and proper at manipulated'' by drivers. PC. So pretty run for Microsoft, were New Delhi, Nov. 25: Telecom hailing company's future this time.'' One key issue was a important, then. each new Windows 10 company Bharti Airtel on in the British capital in The company fired back, change to Uber's systems update the company Monday announced the 'acqui- doubt. pointing out that TFL had allowing unauthorized ■ The biggest hire' of Gurgaon based It's the latest chapter in found it to be fit and prop- drivers to upload their releases appears to break Quikmile, a start up focused Uber's rocky history with er in September, when it photos to other driver change the more things than they fix. on building tech-enabled logis- London transport offi- was given a two-month accounts. Windows 10 tics platforms for India. cials, who have been sub- license renewal. This let them pick up November 2019 The company did not dis- jecting the San Francisco- ''We have fundamentally passengers as though they Update brought ■ The November Update, close the size of the 'acquihire' based company to ever changed our business were the booked Uber was to update how as well as the May 2019 deal, which typically entails tighter scrutiny over con- over the last two years and driver on at least 14,000 Update, have been blocked acquisition of people or teams. cerns about passenger are setting the standard trips, which means all you search File “Quikmile's team will now be safety and security. on safety,'' Jamie those journeys were unin- Explorer, giving from being installed by users a part of Airtel X Labs Uber vowed to appeal the Heywood, Uber's regional sured, TFL said. you suggested of older versions of Avast and Airtel's digital innovation fac- decision, which it called general manager for The change also resulted AVG. tory, which focuses on IoT, ''extraordinary and Northern and Eastern in some passengers travel- files, and searching Digital Engineering, Artificial wrong.'' The company, Europe, said in a state- ing with unlicensed driv- your online Intelligence, and Machine which has 21 days to file ment. ers, including one whose OneDrive account, ■ As Windows Latest reports, people have been posting on Learning,” Airtel said in a an appeal, can continue TFL had already been license was previously when you use the Microsoft’s community forum complaining about how when they statement. operating while the keeping Uber on a tight revoked by TFL. search box to look Airtel X Labs team compris- appeals process is under leash following concerns TFL also faulted Uber click on the search box in File Explorer, they have to wait ages for es of professionals from India w a y. about aggressive corpo- for another ''failure'' that for something. the box to become responsive and a cursor appear. and abroad, the statement Transport for London rate tactics and passenger allowed dismissed or sus- said, adding that it is building cited ''several breaches safety. It had revoked pended drivers to create a advanced digital capabilities that placed passengers Uber's license once before, new account and carry to serve the emerging needs of and their safety at risk'' in in 2017, but a court later passengers. And it cited Digital India and is rapidly its decision not to extend granted it a license lasting other ''serious breaches'' scaling up its teams and scope Uber's license, which only 15 months, which involving unspecified of work. — PTI expires at midnight TFL then extended for two insurance-related issues. 5G subscribers to touch 2.6 bn by 2025 Monday. more months in Shares in Uber were The transit authority, September, while also down almost 6% in pre- Stockholm, Nov. 25: for 29 percent of all mobile Fredrik Jejdling, head of demand for 4G and older known as TFL, said that imposing a set of 20 market trading in New Sweden’s Ericsson expects subscriptions in 2025. Ericsson Networks, said in network equipment. 5G despite addressing some stricter conditions. York. the number of 5G sub- Ericsson, which com- a statement. The compa- spending in North issues, it ''does not have In the latest decision, the — AP scriptions to reach 2.6 bil- petes with China’s Huawei ny’s previous forecast in America has helped to fuel lion by the end of 2025, up and Finnish rival Nokia, June predicted 1.9 billion a return to growth. from 13 million in 2019, said that North America is 5G subscriptions in 2024 LTE (4G) will remain the with network coverage expected to lead the 5G and network coverage to dominant mobile access offering access to 65 per- uptake with 74 percent of have reached more than 45 technology by subscrip- cent of the world’s popula- anticipated mobile sub- percent of the world’s pop- tion during 2019-2025, tion, it said on Monday. scriptions in its region in ulation. Ericsson said, with 5.4 bil- With its current momen- six years, followed by Ericsson said that lion subscriptions in 2022 tum, 5G uptake is expect- North East Asia and China’s 5G launch in and 4.8 billion expected by ed to be significantly Europe. October had led to an the end of 2025. The new faster than that of LTE, “It is encouraging to see update of estimated 5G generation of mobile the telecoms network that 5G now has broad sup- subscriptions for year-end phone technology will equipment maker said in port from almost all device 2019 to 13 million from 10 bring faster data speeds its biannual Mobility makers. In 2020, 5G-com- million. and better accommodate a Report. patible devices will enter The mobile network greater variety of con- TESLA NOW HAS It added that 5G sub- the volume market, which industry has faced a tough nected devices. 2L ORDERS FOR scriptions would account will scale up 5G adoption,” period with subsiding — Reuters CYBERTRUCK San Francisco, Nov. 25: Tesla CEO Elon Musk indicated in a tweet on Sunday that the elec- Now, brace for robots carrying your daily grocery tric carmaker received 200,000 orders for its electric pickup truck within three days of its Italian company, Piaggio, joins the race for delivery robots along with giants such as FedEx, Amazon launch. Musk, who has been regular- Boston, Nov. 25: The first sidewalk. wheels _ rose up and sig- swerved around, keeping “It basically just locks bagel sandwich she'd Gownder said it's more of ly tweeting about the cargo-carrying robot mar- “We're trying to get you naled it was ready for a in pursuit as she switched onto you and tracks you,” ordered. She said she was a question of whether Cybertruck’s features since its keted directly to con- out into the world and con- neighborhood stroll. directions. said Piaggio Fast so cold she didn't want to ground-based rovers or launch late Thursday, has also sumers is on sale this hol- nected to that neighbor- A young boy in a stroller The Gita doesn't require Forward's other co- leave her dorm. aerial delivery drones will been updating his followers iday season. But how hood you decided to move pointed excitedly. Another a phone or intrusive peo- founder, Jeffrey Schnapp. Starship co-founder Ahti prove more successful. with the number of orders the many people are ready to to because it was so walk- pedestrian asked to try it, ple-tracking technology Other startups like Heinla said his San The wheeled cargo company has received. ditch their second car to able,'' said Greg Lynn, and playfully shouted such as facial recogni- Starship Technologies Francisco startup once robots that have already In an earlier tweet, Musk buy a two-wheeled rover CEO of Piaggio's tech- ''ah!'' as it tion or GPS. have a more conventional looked at selling the made it out into the wild said the company had received that can follow them focused subsidiary, business plan for their machines directly to con- have significant limita- 146,000 orders for Cybertruck, around like a dog? Piaggio Fast Forward. own delivery robots. The sumers, but dropped the tions. and tweeted again on Sunday Corporate giants like Tech industry analysts company charges a deliv- idea after realizing it Starship's machines still saying “200K” - an apparent Amazon, FedEx and Ford are already declaring the ery fee starting at $1.99 if would have to price them require plenty of manual reference to the number of have already been experi- Gita as doomed to fail you order its rovers to at more than $3,000. supervision to load them orders. menting with sending unless it finds a more bring you a Starbucks Amazon is experiment- with food orders. They The company’s website delivery robots to practical application, coffee or a lunch from ing with a similar-looking rely on remote pilots to shows that an immediate pay- doorsteps. Now Piaggio, such as lugging tools Panda Express. machine that delivers troubleshoot navigation ment of $100 is required to the Italian company that around warehouses, hos- So far, the best habi- retail goods in a handful problems. Customers also reserve an order for the makes the Vespa scooter, pitals or factory floors. tat to find Starship's of U.S. neighborhoods. have to check a phone app Cybertruck, which has a start- is offering a stylish alter- “That’s a lot of money six-wheelers are rela- FedEx is testing its own to tell the vehicle where to ing price of $39,900. native to those blandly for what is in effect just a tively confined spaces delivery rover in partner- go and to unlock the bin The launch of its futuristic utilitarian machines _ cargo-carrying robot such as college cam- ship with Pizza Hut, once it arrives. pickup on Thursday suffered a albeit one that weighs 50 that's going to carry puses; the University Walmart, Target and The Gita, meanwhile, setback when the electric vehi- pounds (23 kilograms) and your groceries,” said of Houston and the Walgreens. Ford has might still be impractical cle’s “armored glass” windows costs $3,250. Forrester technology University of showed off a gangly two- for many people. It favors shattered in a much-anticipat- It’s named the Gita analyst J.P. Gownder. Wisconsin-Madison legged robot to carry paved environments that ed unveiling. The overall look (JEE’-tah) after the Italian On a recent rolled them out this items to homes. So far, are dense enough to have of the electric vehicle had wor- word for a short, pleasura- November morning, fall. The robots, none are as far along as stores in walking dis- ried Wall Street on Friday, ble excursion — the kind Lynn was hunched over which look like over- Starship, which has hun- tance, but not so dense driving the automaker’s you might take to pick up in a Boston waterfront sized ice chests on dreds of its machines that the machines get lost shares to close 6.1 per cent some lacinato kale and park, pushing a button wheels, can carry up to 20 already in service. in the crowd. lower. During the launch, gourmet cheese at the that triggered a Gita to pounds (9 kilograms). While Forrester's And anyone who is sim- Musk had taken aim at the farmers market. Its cre- “see” him with its cam- ''I love them. I think Gownder isn't impressed ply looking to pull home design, power and durability ators have such trips in eras and sensors. Then they're so cute!'' with the Gita, he's bullish groceries without heavy of mainstream trucks, only to mind for the “hands-free came a musical whirring University of Houston about delivery robots of lifting can find durable be shaken when his boast carrier” that can hold pro- sound as the device _ a freshman Sadie Garcia the Starship variety wagons online for less about his new vehicle’s win- duce and other objects as squarish, bright red buck- said as one of the because their autonomy than $100. dows backfired. — Reuters it follows its owner down a et with two oversized machines rolled up with a will help save labor costs. — AP Kim Class PAGE Kim Sei-young sank a 25-foot birdie putt at the final hole to win the CME Games 12 Group Tour golf Championship DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Mavericks fly past Rafa juggernaut rolls on Rockets Los Angeles, Nov. 25: It’s any player’s Slovenia’s Luka Doncic Nadal won all 8 of his matches to help Spain win 6th Davis Cup continued his otherworld- dream to represent ly start to the NBA sea- the country, it’s the Madrid, Nov. 25: Rafael son, scoring 41 points as Nadal put the finishing the Dallas Mavericks won highest honour. touches to his extraordi- their fifth straight with a — Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Indian nary year by clinching a 137-123 victory over the Davis Cup player on making his sixth Davis Cup title for slumping Houston Davis Cup debut Spain on Sunday as he Rockets. beat Denis Shapovalov in Doncic, whose remark- Madrid to seal victory able start has his per over Canada. game averages at triple- Nadal’s 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) win double levels, also had 10 SHORT TAKES over Shapovalov in front assists and six rebounds of an adoring home crowd while Rockets superstar at the Caja Magica gave James Harden finished Spain an unassailable 2-0 with 32 points and 11 lead after Roberto Bautista assists in a showdown of Agut earlier battled past dominant scorers. Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 The 20-year-old’s fellow (7/3), 6-3. European sidekick The 33-year-old had been Kristaps Porzingis, of an unstoppable force in Latvia, also recorded a Spain’s pulsating semi- double-double on Sunday final against Britain on with 23 points and 13 Saturday and never looked rebounds as the like letting this chance Mavericks led wire-to- Sneha Sharma slip, with King Felipe VI wire for the victory. and Real Madrid’s Sergio Heading into Sunday’s Sneha finishes Ramos watching on, along contest, Doncic was aver- with Barcelona defender aging 33.3 points, 10.8 sixth in Formula 4 Gerard Pique. rebounds and 11.0 assists Nadal’s brilliance has during the Mavericks’ Sepang, Malaysia: India’s top been outstanding, even if five-game streak which woman racer Sneha Sharma this will surely go down as included back-to-back came up with a stellar perform- one of the finest seasons of wins over Cleveland and ance to finish overall 6th in the 19-time Grand Slam Golden State. Race Round 9 of the presti- champion’s career. The Rockets dropped gious Formula 4 South East He added a fourth Davis their third straight game Asia Championship 2019, here Cup final success — three following an eight-game at the Sepang International more than Roger Federer winning streak. Houston formula 1 Circuit, Malaysia. — to the ones he claimed had their moments when Sneha, one of the first women in 2004, 2009 and 2011, they came close to forcing to break into the racing circles while capping a remark- a tie but they always fell in the country, was the only able 12 months that has just short. Indian driver in the race, she included winning the Rafael Nadal (right) clicks a selfie along with the trophy and his teammates after Spain defeated Canada 2-0 to win the Davis Cup final in Madrid Dallas shot 48 per cent was also the only woman com- French and US Opens, and on Sunday. In their first, match, Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut battled past Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, while Nadal beat Canada’s Denis overall and hit 17 of 44 petitor among all boys this ending the year as world Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) to help the hosts win the second and with it the tie. — AP three-pointers. The round. Racing in a Formula 4 number one. The Spanish Rockets finished 10 of 44 car and supported by Indigo team will also pocket a from beyond the arc as Airlines & JK Tyre Motorsport, cheque worth $2.1 million. SPANISH Harden alone missed 13 of she was up against a formida- Nadal won eight out of the 15 three-pointers he ble line up of drivers from eight rubbers played this Had nothing left, RUMBLE attempted. — AFP seven different countries, most- week and at times on ly from Europe. Saturday, as when he ■ The Spanish The 29-year-old clocked a stormed to singles and team will also best time of 2:16:665 in qualify- doubles victories against says elated Nadal pocket a cheque ing to finish 6th in race 4. She Britain, it was tempting to Marseille finished first race in 8th posi- view Spain’s progress as Madrid, Nov. 25: Rafael worth $2.1 million. If you ask me for my tion before taking the 7th posi- something of a solo effort. Nadal admitted he gave ■ tion in race 2 and 3. Despite But, unlike Canada, everything he had left to opinion, I will tell you Spain won their put 2 past facing power issues in race 1, Spain have used all five of lead Spain to their sixth he is a super-hero. He sixth Davis Cup she gradually grew into the their squad, with Bautista Davis Cup success on can do things none of title, first since Toulouse round to finish 6th in the last Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta Sunday after they beat us can do. He is a 2011. Their other race of the round. and Feliciano Lopez all Canada in the final in great person and four titles have Paris, Nov. 25: Marseille playing at least one singles Madrid. an extraordinary reclaimed second spot in match, and Lopez and “I played one of the tennis player. come in 2009, 2008, Ligue 1 when they won 2-0 Marcel Granollers joining 2004 and 2000. Caicedo nets toughest possible oppo- — FELICIANO LOPEZ at 10-man Toulouse who forces in the doubles. nents at the end of a long ■ cracked in the final 15 winner for Lazio Bautista Agut’s win over and difficult week, physi- Spain’s Davis Cup Of the six titles minutes. Auger-Aliassime was par- cally too because I put into player on Rafael Nadal that Spain have In Toulouse, the home Milan: Felipe Caicedo snatched ticularly poignant, given this whole event all the won, Rafael Nadal team were reduced to 10 a late winner to keep Lazio Agust was returning after energy that I had inside player,” the left-handed has been a part of men when right back third in Serie ‘A’ with a 2-1 vic- withdrawing from the me,” said Nadal. player added. Steven Moreira drove his tory over Sassuolo on Sunday, team on Thursday, follow- “Honestly it’s the perfect At the end of his win, the squad for five studs into Bouna Sarr’s as England defender Chris ing the death of his father end to the season for all of Nadal hoisted up Bautista — 2019, 2011, 2009 knee and received a red Smalling scored and set up two Joaquin. “I could not have us. We know how difficult Agut, who had returned to & 2004 of them. card after a video review. other goals for city rivals Roma played today without all it is to win this and how the team after withdraw- The home team defend- in a win against Brescia to the work of my teammates difficult it will be to win it ing on Thursday due to the ■ Roberto Bautista ed in depth and even had move fourth. this week,” said Bautista again. We knew we had to death of his father Agut, who lost his a chance to take the lead Champions Juventus main- Agut on court. — AFP convert this opportunity,” Joaquin. father, three days in the 70th minute but tained their grip on the top of the World No.1 added. “It was very difficult,” goalkeeper Steve Serie ‘A’ with a 3-1 win at Feliciano Lopez, who Bautista Agut said. ago, left the team Mandanda denied it. I could not have to be with his fam- Atalanta on Saturday, to stay played today with- played alongside Nadal “I took the decision to go In the 76th minute, one point ahead of Inter Milan during Spain’s doubles home on Thursday morn- Dimitri Payet drew out all the work of my ily, attended his who eased past Torino 3-0 win against Britain’s ing and I was back yester- father’s funeral on defenders then threaded a under the rain in Turin. teammates this week. Jamie Murray and Neal day (Saturday) afternoon clever reverse pass to the The two Roman outfits are After such a compli- Skupski on Saturday, said to support the team. Saturday, and then darting Dario Benedetto now third and fourth respec- cated week, I had to Nadal had been a “super- “I had the opportunity to returned to help who danced past Baptiste tively before Cagliari, a point get out there and hero”. play today (Sunday) his side win on Reynet and coolly slid the behind in fifth, play at lowly face it. Everything “There are things you because all the team and Sunday. ball into the goal. Lecce after their game Sunday was difficult today. can’t describe with all the players and the rest Three minutes later, left- ■ was washed out. Serie ‘A’ top- — ROBERTO words,” said Lopez. of the team have made an In their semifinal back Issiaga Sylla drove a scorer Ciro Immobile struck to BAUTISTA AGUT “If you ask me for my unbelievable effort since against Britain, clearance into Valere put Lazio ahead on 34 minutes Spain’s Davis Cup opinion, I will tell you he the first day. It was an Germain. The ball with his 15th league goal this is a super-hero. He can do amazing feeling on the Spain had left bounced to Nemanja season. — AFP player, who lost his things none of us can do. court,” Agut said after the Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut (left) and Rafael Nadal space for Agut dur- Radonjic, who advanced father on November 21 He is a great person and win. celebrate Spain’s 2-0 win over Canada at the Davis Cup ing their anthem. into the penalty area and an extraordinary tennis — AFP Finals in Madrid on Sunday. — AFP curled it in. — AFP Motorsport scene has been stagnant, says Narain C. SANTHOSH KUMAR I DC lar intervals to keep the After Formula One, you rience. Winning in Japan is have made me feel like I am scene has been stagnant. CHENNAI, NOV. 25 sponsors happy and meet dabbled in LeMans always tough, perhaps the a part of them. The Except for a handful of driv- your own standards. And in Sportscars and then toughest outside of Japanese love racing. The ers who are out on their Having completed a mind- motorsport, you have to be moved to Super Formula Formula One. Apart from number of fans who throng own, nothing has changed. boggling 25-year journey as in the right place at the in Japan without much driver experience, the tech- the circuits on race week- a professional race driver, right time. Being a profes- success. In your maiden nology that the series uses ends is crazy. They recog- Would you take up a role Narain Karthikeyan sional racer from India is season in SuperGT, you makes even Formula One nise you in restaurants. in the administration, belongs to that rare breed of not easy, as all these factors have finished on the podi- look small. It’s a different They look after you better just like your father, Indian sportspersons who have to fall in place. I am um twice, including a world, altogether. than the Europeans. when you retire from the have proved age is just a extremely glad I have sur- win. Do you feel that you sport? number. The 42-year-old vived this long. should have joined this You have raced in differ- Aren’t you bored spend- 99.99 per cent, I will not from Coimbatore who series a little earlier? ent parts of the world. ing time in flights and involve myself in adminis- pulled off a stupendous Fitness plays a major role I think I found some suc- You have been racing in hotels? tration. Seriously, I don’t drive to win the SuperGT in the success of a race cess in Super Formula Japan since 2014. What Travelling is the hardest have time to waste! It’s not race in Japan last Sunday is driver. How has your where I spent four years. was your biggest take- part of any professional about one individual chang- showing no signs of slowing training regimen Yes, I couldn’t win a race. away from the Japan sportsperson’s life. But I ing the system. A set of peo- down. changed over the last few It’s a highly-competitive stint? feel, it’s getting easier. ple have to come together In a free-wheeling chat, years? series. Japan’s Kamui Tracks here are very chal- There are different route and work towards that Narain spoke about the I don’t train like a 20-year- Kobayashi has been racing lenging. They are old- options and direct flights to change. Of course, there are importance of maintaining old. There’s no high-intensi- in Super Formula since school; narrow and very faraway places. As a young- some good people in the fed- fitness, valuable lessons he ty training required for my 2015. He is a very talented fast. A small error is ster, when I first started eration and I am not doubt- learnt in Japan and the physique. Also, this year’s and experienced driver. He enough to throw you out of travelling, I didn’t have the ing them. But there are also sorry state of Indian motor- SuperGT car is not as phys- finished on the podium in the race. The local knowl- luxury of flying business people with an agenda. In sport. ical as the Super Formula F1 (third in the 2012 Narain Karthikeyan on the podium. edge of these experienced class. every sport, this is the case, car that I was driving until Japanese Grand Prix). But drivers is phenomenal. In Indian motorsport has but all the more in motor- It’s 26 years since you last year. SuperGT is, how- he hasn’t won a race in Malaysia, we used 150 sets Sunday’s win at the Fuji the beginning, I was finding seen quite a few contro- sport which is still trying to turned professional, com- ever, hard to drive, but it Super Formula. It clearly of tyres! SuperGT is a Speedway came after it difficult to communicate versies in the recent past. take baby steps. peting in the Formula comes with some sophisti- underlines the competition packed grid and you should almost six years. How do with the Japanese engi- You’re one of the very Administration is some- Vauxhall Junior champi- cated technology. For exam- level in Japan. The Super know how to manage traf- you rate the win in Japan neers. Then, I made an few to have stayed away thing I am not cut out for. onship in the UK as a ple, the specially-made air- Formula season is very fic. So, winning in Japan is compared to your previ- effort to learn a few racing from all that. What’s teenager. What keeps you conditioning system keeps short; only seven races in a always special. ous triumphs in A1 GP, terms in Japanese. The time your take on the status of Who is the next big bet in going in a sport where you cool inside the car. One calendar and you don’t get Auto GP, Nissan World I have spent in Japan has motorsport in India? Indian motorsport? sheer passion alone is not of the key factors is that time to build up. To add to This win should inspire Series? taught me some valuable What saddens me is the Jehan Daruvala who is enough to sustain a there are no injury worries. that, testing is limited. you to go on for two-three When I won in the Nissan lessons. Japanese people fact that motorsport is still currently competing in the career? My long-time physical SuperGT cars are also years more in the same World Series (2004), my are very orderly and do such a small sport in India. FIA Formula 3. Maini There are many factors. Of trainer Ramji Srinivasan quick; probably 4 to 5 sec- series... competitors were all young everything meticulously. It’s like a blip on the radar brothers — Arjun and Kush course, you have to love and my support system in onds slower than Super Two-three years is a lot of drivers, trying to move to They have a system in place or nothing at all!. But there — are also good. Jehan has your sport enough to pur- Coimbatore take good care Formula. But then, there time in motorsport. It’s a Formula One. On an experi- and if you follow it, you will are so many unwanted con- the talent to become a pro- sue it with the same passion of me. Every day, I spend are a lot of tyre manufac- yearly contract that I have ence level, World Series was achieve success. troversies. I think the fra- fessional driver at the high- you had as a youngster. one hour for workout and turers who pump in insane signed. The manufacturers a level-playing field. In the Being accepted in Japan, I ternity should invest their est level. But as we know, Apart from that, you have to one hour for recovery. I split resources into the sport. (Honda) will take a call on current SuperGT, drivers would say, is one of the cra- energy in moving to the talent alone won’t take you accomplish results at regu- these into two sessions. During winter testing in the extension. come with a wealth of expe- ziest experiences. They next step. The motorsport to F1! Bailey’s back PAGE Former limited-overs captain George Bailey (in pic) is set to be Australia’s new national selector alongside Cricket 13 coach Justin Langer and chairman Trevor Hohns DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD BCCI to tinker with constitution Board treasurer says cooling-off clause is set to be amended The BCCI wants that Supreme Court. We will the president and sec- CHANGE IN TERM put across our point of He’s never been to Supreme Court has view. What are the practi- New Delhi, Nov. 25: BCCI cooling-off for a three-year retary be allowed to cal difficulties we are fac- this part of the treasurer Arun Dhumal on period. The current dis- serve two consecutive relaxed some Lodha ing with regards to few world where you Monday said the Board is pensation at the BCCI terms before the cool- recommendations in things. In case the court not looking to dilute the wants the cooling off peri- ing-off sets in while the the past, including one agrees with our idea, then have to perform in a age cap of 70 years for its od to kick in after the indi- treasurer and other state one vote, will have those amend- office-bearers in the vidual has finished two office-bearers should considering the ments,” he said. certain way out. upcoming AGM but will terms (six years), at the be allowed to complete technical difficulties in Will the Lodha reform be — Joe Root, England’s Test captain, discuss amending the cool- board and state associa- three terms (nine implementation. compromised if the urges Jofra Archer to improve ing-off clause as experi- tion separately. years) in one go. amendments are ratified? ence of the officials “must “We have not touched the “It is not like that,” said be utilised”. age cap (of years) we have Dhumal. In the agenda released kept it like that. We have Few of the recommendations were diluted by the “Few of the recommen- SHORT TAKES for the Annual General not made any amendment Supreme Court itself. They understood that there dations were diluted by the Meeting, the first since for- to that. With regards to the are technical difficulties with regards to one Supreme Court itself. They England’s Archer mer captain Sourav cooling off, our point of state one vote. We don’t have any issues with most of understood that there are Ganguly took over as BCCI view is if somebody has the recommendations but there are technical technical difficulties with President, the Board has gained experience by run- regards to one state one faces racism in NZ BCCI secretary Jay Shah (from left), president Sourav difficulties with some. — ARUN DHUMAL, BCCI treasurer proposed significant ning the state association Ganguly and treasurer Arun Dhumal in this file photo. vote. We don’t have any Mount Maunganui: New Zealand changes to the existing why give him a cooling-off, issues with most of the Cricket bosses said on Monday constitution which dilutes that experience should be The BCCI wants that the Supreme Court-appointed tion, that experience Dhumal, who is the recommendations but they will personally apologise some of the reforms rec- utilised in the best interest president and secretary be Committee of should be utilised in the younger brother of former there are technical diffi- to England fast bowler Jofra ommended by the Supreme of the game. If he can con- allowed to serve two con- Administrators (CoA). BCCI. In one stroke you BCCI president and BJP culties with some. “Even Archer after he was racially Court-appointed Lodha tribute in BCCI, why not,” secutive terms before the “You must have seen in made all office-bearers MP Anurag Thakur. the CoA recommended abused during the first Test in panel. Dhumal said. cooling-off sets in while the BCCI election (last ineligible in many of the Dhumal said Supreme changes to the conflict of Mount Maunganui. As per the current consti- “If someone reaches 67 the treasurer and other month). Out of the 38 states (following Lodha Court has relaxed some interest of clause in the Archer, considered one of the tution, which is approved years of age after spending office-bearers should be members part of the elec- reforms). Lodha recommendations existing constitution. So most promising all-rounders in by the Supreme Court, an six years in a state associa- allowed to complete three toral roll, only four or five “So, it is like you sack the in the past, including one we will go back to Supreme world cricket, tweeted he was office-bearer who has tion. If he has cooling off terms (nine years) in one members had the experi- Chief Minister of a state state one vote, considering Court on the practical dif- disturbed to hear racial insults served two three-year of three years, he is go. The current dispensa- ence of attending meetings and then call the cabinet the technical difficulties in ficulties we are facing. If “whilst battling to help save my terms either at the BCCI or already 70 by then. He tion, led Ganguly, took previously. “So in case ministers ineligible. So implementation. “We will they don’t then we contin- team”. The 24-year-old fea- at the state association, won’t be able to contribute charge last month ending someone has gained expe- from where will you get take it (all passed amend- ue with whatever we tured in a late show of resist- goes into a compulsory anything to the BCCI.” the 33-month tenure of the rience in the state associa- the new ministry?” asked ments at the AGM) to the have.” — PTI ance with Sam Curran in a 59- run stand for the ninth wicket before New Zealand wrapped up the match for an innings and 65 runs victory. “A bit disturb- ing hearing racial insults today Kiwis script a big whilst battling to help save my team, the crowd was been amazing this week except for that one guy,” Archer tweeted. Pace battery is full win over English New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) public affairs manager Richard Mount Maunganui, Nov. Boock said there is “zero toler- Charged-up Indian fast 25: New Zealand said their BRIEF SCORES ance towards abusive or offen- comprehensive innings England 353 & 197 in 96.2 sive language” at all cricket bowlers earn high praise victory over England was overs (J. Denly 35, J. Archer venues in New Zealand. NZC among their very best after 30, Santner 3/53, Wagner “will contact Mr Archer to apol- from different quarters Neil Wagner’s five-wicket 5/44) lost to New Zealand ogise for the unacceptable burst sealed the first Test 615-9 declared. experience, and to promise Kolkata, Nov. 25: in Mount Maunganui on increased vigilance in the mat- India’s fast bowlers are Doesn’t Monday. ter when the teams meet in enjoying a rare happen The tireless left-armer while Santner took three Hamilton,” Boock said. — AFP moment in the sun often in took the last two England for 53. after they combined to wickets in successive balls “We saw the wicket dete- dismantle Bangladesh India when the for a five-wicket haul and riorate and knew if you Bhajji wants Dada in the maiden day- spinners hardly to complete the rout by an could hit the wicket hard night Test on Indian innings and 65 runs late on you would get some vari- to change selectors soil. roll their arm over the final day. able bounce. That allowed Ishant Sharma, in a Test match. While England captain us to make the break- New Delhi: Veteran Indian off- Umesh Yadav and Joe Root lamented a disap- throughs,” Williamson spinner Harbhajan Singh is hop- Mohammed Shami — IRFAN PATHAN, pointing batting effort, and said, admitting that he had ing that BCCI president Sourav took all 19 Bangladesh Former India the lack of a bowler with concerns about how the Ganguly will “change” the cur- wickets to fall in fast bowler Wagner’s application, New match would finish. rent selection panel and bring Kolkata, a rarity on the Zealand skipper Kane “England have experi- “strong people” on board. sub-continent’s pitches don’t play, we have Williamson celebrated his ence and some world-class The 39-year-old was reacting to where spinners usually back-up bowlers to side’s match-defining players who’ve batted out wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju rule. come and do the job as innings of 615 for nine draws before. If they were Samson being dropped from It surpassed the well. So that bench declared. better than us today they the Indian Twenty20 squad record 17 wickets taken strength is also helping “To lose the toss and be were going to be able to without getting a game in the by pacemen in a home us a lot.” 350 behind in the first save it. It did come down to recent home series against Test in 2017 against Sri The three quicks have innings it required some- the wire.” Bangladesh. Lanka, also at been on a roll despite thing special,” Williamson Root said England did not “I guess they r testing his heart Kolkata’s Eden the absence of yorker Umesh Yadav Ishant Sharma Mohammed Shami said. help themselves with the #selectionpanelneedto- Gardens. specialist Jasprit “It’s certainly right up way they batted. bechanged need strong people In the first pink-ball Bumrah, who is recov- there in terms of a tough, “Clearly some of the there.. hope dada Test for both sides, ering from a stress grinding Test victory.” shots today were not good. @SGanguly99 will do the need- India beat Bangladesh fracture of the back. BJ Watling’s 205 and Everyone’s very aware of ful,” he tweeted. by an innings and 46 Shami and Yadav Umesh says change in grip Mitchell Santner’s 126 laid that. You can’t fault effort Harbhajan quoted a tweet from runs in just over two took 24 wickets the platform for New but I put my hand up as Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, days to sweep the two- between them in Zealand’s colossal 262-run well, that ball was treated who represents match series. India’s 3-0 Test white- first-innings lead. with far too much respect.” Thiruvananthapuram in the Lok Skipper Virat Kohli wash of South Africa helped achieve consistency England, resuming the Root said the England Sabha, to make his point. has been all praise for last month. final day at 55 for three and bowlers also needed to Tharoor had expressed disap- his pacemen and said Spinners Ravichan- Kolkata, Nov. 25: Rohit Sharma on ‘bcci.tv’. wickets in Bangladesh’s needing to bat through to learn from the effort pointment at the 25-year-old workload management dran Ashwin and Attributing his recent suc- “My grip was different first innings and four in the stumps to save the Test, Wagner put in. Kerala player not getting an was the key to keeping Ravindra Jadeja cess to a tweaked bowling earlier so one or two balls second, said changing his progressed patiently to 121 “He runs in all day and opportunity. them in top shape. bowled a total of just grip, India speedster would swing while a couple wrist position helped him for four before New makes sure every ball — PTI “They gained more seven overs against Umesh Yadav said it has of them would either get create angles which made Zealand removed the last means something,” Root experience, now Bangladesh, who fell helped him achieve better deflected from the legs or life difficult for batsmen, six wickets for 76 runs. said, adding there were they’re bowling well for 106 and 195. control and more consis- run down the leg side for especially left-handers. Wagner finished times England quick Jofra together,” Kohli told “Doesn’t happen often tency in delivering out- boundaries as byes. So it “I created angles in my with five for 44 Archer could “unleash a MUMBAI reporters after India in India when the spin- swingers. was difficult to control with bowling on the basis of my little bit more”. — AFP sealed the one-sided ners hardly roll their Yadav finished with this grip. wrist position. If I come <<< win on Sunday. arm over in the test match figures of 8/81, “So I spoke to my coaches round the wicket to the left- “They take owner- match,” Indian fast which included a five-wick- and also while discussing hander, it would be more New Zealand’s Neil THRASH ship of their own bowler Irfan Pathan et haul in the second within ourselves, I felt difficult for the batsman,” Wagner (right) preparation, their own wrote on Twitter. innings, to set up India’s when I hold the ball proper- Ishant said. celebrates after KARNATAKA fitness and communi- However, the real test innings and 46-run win in ly, I have more control and “I used to bowl but I taking a wicket. cation is very clear... for the Indian quicks their first ever day-night chances of moving the ball. couldn’t get the edge — AFP Surat: Skipper Suryakumar We want you fresh for will come in January Test against Bangladesh on So my outswinger became because it would land on Yadav blazed his way to an Test cricket, don’t and February, when Sunday. consistent and I could also the off stump and would unbeaten 94 as Mumbai defeat- worry about anything India will play two “Tweaking my bowling throw in a few inswingers go out. Now, I bowl at the ed Karnataka by seven wickets else. Tests in seamer-friend- grip helped immensely,” after making that change.” stumps, so it becomes in a Group ‘B’ Super League “And they feel secure ly New Zealand. Yadav said during a conver- Fellow pacer Ishant difficult for the bats- match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali as well that if they — AFP sation with India opener Sharma, who claimed five man.” — PTI Trophy here on Monday to end the rival’s winning spree. Mumbai were chasing a stiff 172-run target and Surya, who has been in great form, single- handedly guided the domestic giants to victory with an over to Paine takes early shot at Kohli spare. Surya (94 not out off 53 balls, 11 fours, 4 sixes) walked in R. MOHAN I DC has been so for long,” The suggestion is as the “We’ll certainly be try- the West Indies and to bat after Mumbai were in a MELBOURNE, NOV. 25 Paine said in continuing big bully of international ing to play the first match then at home, beat- spot of bother at 44 for 2, los- to rub it into Kohli, whose cricket, Team India can there, we’ll have to run ing both South ing openers Aditya Tare (12) Tim Paine has thrown an team not only skipped the pick and choose where that by Virat. We’ll get an Africa and and Prithvi Shaw (30) and still open challenge to Virat Gabba but also the pink and when to play. answer from him at some Bangladesh by needing over 100 runs to win. Kohli to come out to ball ‘test’ in the tradition- stage, I’m sure,” Paine huge margins, The aggressive right-hander Australia and play a day- al Adelaide Oval venue. went on to say with a flow Australia are sec- steadied the ship by stitching night Test match with the The Indians are due to of vitriol. ond after the win together a 46-run stand with pink ball. Cock-a-hoop play Tests in Australia After beating over Pakistan. While Shreyas Iyer (14) for the third after beating Pakistan by next summer and 12 Bangladesh, skipper India may have a seem- wicket. However, Karnataka an innings despite a fight- months before that Paine Kohli said India were ingly unassailable lead, pegged Mumbai back by ing century from Babar has kicked off a war of open to playing a day- the big challenges are yet removing Iyer in the 11th over. Azam, the visitors were words, even if it’s not night Test in Australia. to be met and they all lie After Iyer departed, it was well beaten at the Gabba, quite psychological war- Team India is a run- in the future, like playing ‘Surya show’ at the C B Patel the traditional Test series fare as yet. Even more away leader now in the in Australia and Ground as he toyed with the opener venue to any cheekily, Paine said at the World Test Champ- England, Karnataka bowlers, who wilted Australian cricket season. Gabba on Sunday, “We’ll ionship, but the tough and under his blistering attack. He The Australian captain ask Virat and see if we games and series are South hammered 11 fours and hoisted has in fact, poked the can get his permission to yet to begin. Whereas Africa four towering sixes to stamp his Indian elephant in the play here and even get a India have played in too. class. His 53-ball 94 would have ribs with a hint that Team pink ball Test if he’s in a surely impressed the national India and its skipper Virat good mood.” We’ll ask Virat and se if we selectors. The Mumbai captain Kohli like to pick an can get his permission to play then strung together a match- choose where they play here and even get a pink ball winning unbeaten 84-run stand their Test cricket. The last Test if he’s in a good mood. We’ll for the fourth wicket with time the Indians came out Shivam Dube (22 not out off 18 to play Down Under they certainly be trying to play the first match balls), who played the perfect skipped Brisbane and the at the Gabba, we’ll have to run that by second fiddle. Gabba where the home Virat. We’ll get an answer from him Surya 2.0 was on display as he team has not lost a Test for at some stage, I’m sure. had all shots in the book and 31 years, not since 1988. — TIM PAINE, smashed the ball around to “That’s where we like to Australian captain guide his side home. start our summer and it — PTI Srikanth withdraws PAGE Kidambi Srikanth pulled out of the upcoming Premier Badminton League to focus on interna- Games 14 tional events ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 26 NOVEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

SCOTTISH OPEN BADMINTON Sen wins fourth

It was a very poor title of season performance. I Glasgow, Nov. 25: Fast-ris- ● The 18-year-old could have changed ing Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen has Lakshya Sen claimed his all the players at fourth title in three now clinched three months, bagging the titles out of the four half-time, except Scottish Open with a tournaments that he David (De Gea) as thrilling win over Brazil’s has played since Ygor Coelho in the men’s he kept us in it. singles summit clash September — — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, here. SaarLorLux Open, Man United manager The top-seeded Indian Dutch Open, and overcame his Brazilian Belgian opponent 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a 56-minute final on International. SHORT TAKES Sunday night. The 18-year-old from finals. After this win, Archers bag Asian Uttarakhand has now Lakshya will break into clinched three titles out of the top-40 in the BWF rank- recurve bronze the four tournaments that ings and inch closer to a he has played since direct qualification in the Kolkata: The embattled Indian September — SaarLorLux top grade 2 events. archers overcame all odds to Open, Dutch Open, and Lakshya thus joined fel- ensure two medals in the Belgian International. low Indians Anand Pawar recurve and compound mixed Sheffield United’s Oliver McBurnie After losing in the second (2010 and 2012), Arvind event of the Asian Archery (second from left) scores past round of Irish Open, Bhatt (2004) and Pullela Championships here on Harry Maguire (right) of Lakshya made amends this Gopichand (1999) in win- Tuesday. Manchester United in their EPL week and dished out some ning the Scottish Open title. Competing under a neutral flag match in Sheffield on Sunday. The superb performances right due to the suspension of Indian from the start. During the final, Lakshya match ended in a 3-3 draw. — AFP federation, the Indian archers “Happy to win the scotish had fallen behind in the opened their account with a open title!! A hard fought opening game but he man- bronze medal in the recurve match against my friend aged to turn the tables and mixed pair event where Atanu @co3lho12. It was really grab a 10-8 lead. Das and Deepika Kumari nice training with you in Lakshya came out firing defeated Yichai Zheng and Denmark and playing a in the second round and Shaoxuan Wei of China 6-2 good match against you jumped to a 7-0 lead in the without breaking a sweat. today,” Sen tweeted. second game. The But it was the compound mixed The Indian began his Brazilian slowly clawed pair team of Abhishek Verma campaign with a straight- back at 17-17 but Lakshya and Jyothi Surekha Vennam game win over Austria’s managed to bounce back who produced a stunner oust- Luka Wraber, before into the contest. ing Korea 159-154 in a one- SHEFFIELD DAY defeating compatriot Kiran The decider turned out to sided affair to set up a gold George to reach the quar- be an evenly-fought contest medal clash with Chinese terfinals. and both the shuttlers bat- Taipei, slated for Wednesday. Man U pegged back by Blades after dramatic comeback The world no. 41 Indian tled hard to gain the lead. The team eliminations are also then recorded another Coelho enjoyed an 11-8 slated from Wednesday while Sheffield, Nov. 25: ball and firing past David straight-game win over advantage at the break but Indian women will also vie for Manchester United and THE RESULTS de Gea to level at 3-3 in the sixth-seed Brian Yang a gritty Lakshya kept Olympic quotas in the qualifica- Sheffield United shared 90th minute. The goal BANEGA PENALTY SENDS before seeing off France’s drawing parity and had the tions round on Thursday. — PTI the spoils after a dramatic Sheffield United 3 stood after a VAR check Christo Popov in the semi- last laugh. — PTI 3-3 draw at Bramall Lane (Fleck 19, Mousset 52, for handball. The result SEVILLA THIRD IN SPAIN Sangram, Varsha on Sunday, with the home McBurnie 90) means Manchester United side scoring a late equalis- Manchester United 3 are ninth in the Premier Madrid, Nov. 25: Ever al Banega dispatched the er after a three-goal blitz (Williams 72, League table, nine points Banega’s first-half penal- resulting spot-kick. win national titles from the visitors in just Greenwood 77, behind fourth-placed ty proved enough to seal Lucas Ocampos of New Delhi: Haryana’s Sangram seven minutes. Rashford 79) Chelsea while Sheffield Sevilla a 1-0 win at Real Sevilla was sent off late Dahiya and Madhya Pradesh’s Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United are sixth, a point Valladolid on Sunday as on after receiving a sec- Varsha Varman won the men’s team, outplayed for 70 replace Andreas Pereira, ahead. Julen Lopetegui’s men ond yellow card for time and women’s double trap titles minutes by the promoted meaning United were DEVILS DOMINATED jumped to third in the wasting, but the visitors respectively at the 63rd side, trailed 2-0 after a operating with an attack- Liga table. held on to continue their National Shotgun Shooting first-half goal from John ing quartet of Greenwood, Earlier, Solskjaer’s men Sevilla are unbeaten in excellent start to the sea- Championship here on Monday. Fleck and a second-half Marcus Rashford, were indebted to goalkeep- six league matches since son under former Spain Sangram shot 142 out of 150 effort from Lys Mousset. Anthony Martial and er De Gea, who produced a a 4-0 thrashing at and Real Madrid coach targets to leave behind former Chris Wilder’s team had Daniel James. stunning double-save to Barcelona last month and Lopetegui. world champion Ankur Mittal of been hungrier and more Just five minutes after keep the score at 0-0 early trail the reigning cham- Barcelona lead the ONGC, who managed 137 hits incisive all over the pitch Williams’ strike, in the game. pions and Real Madrid by table on goal differ- over the five rounds of 30 tar- but, from nowhere, United Greenwood equalised Solskjaer’s team looked only one point, although ence ahead of Real gets each. were back in the game and from close range after rattled, with Williams, on they have played a game Madrid after beating Punjab’s Prithvi Singh Chahal when 19-year-old Brandon Rashford’s cross. just his second Premier more. A tight encounter Leganes on Saturday. won bronze with a score of 135. Williams scored in the With the home side rock- League start, making a was settled by the only Earlier on Sunday, substi- Varsha, in the women’s catego- 72nd minute. ing badly, United poured couple of early errors and goal in the 13th minute, tute Kenan Kodro scored ry of 120 targets each, had 97 Manchester United sud- forward again. Rashford Phil Jones, on his first as Javi Moyano brought a late winner as Athletic to her name to clinch the gold denly looked full of ideas, swept home in the 79th league appearance of the down former Manchester Bilbao claimed a 2-1 win ahead of state-mate Manisha with the game turned on minute. The drama was season, looking like an City winger Nolito and at Osasuna to move fifth. Keer, who had 93 hits. Mahima its head. Solskjaer threw not over, with Oliver accident waiting to hap- Argentinian internation- — AFP Vishwakarma ensured a MP on Mason Greenwood to McBurnie controlling the pen. — AFP sweep in the category, winning bronze with 92. Both Sangram and Varsha also ISL | FOOTBALL won the team gold for their Live on TV respective states. — PTI All eyes on Mourinho as CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHENNAIYIN PIP Lakshya Sen (left) poses on the podium with the cup Lokomotiv Moscow vs after defeating Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in the Scottish Open Bayer LeverKusen final in Glasgow on Monday. CARLSEN Spurs face Olympiakos from 11.25 pm on HYDERABAD Sony Ten 2, HD SHINES, ANAND London, Nov. 25: ● Victory over history actually be SYED MODI | INTERNATIONAL Tottenham turned to Olympiakos in Spurs’ best way to secure Galatasaray vs FOR FIRST WIN Jose Mourinho to try and the riches and prestige of Club Brugge Chennai, Nov. 25: JOINT 5TH maintain their status as Mourinho’s home Europe’s premier club from 11.25 pm on Sony Chennaiyin FC registered a Champions League debut on Tuesday competition for a fifth ESPN, HD their first win of the Hero Kolkata: Viswanathan Anand club, but a terrible start will secure their consecutive season? Indian Super League sea- Saina withdraws, suffered two defeats but as to the Premier League passage into the Under Mauricio Real Madrid vs PSG son six in dramatic fash- many victories kept him in the season leaves the Pochettino, who was from 1.30 am ion after edging past joint fifth place at the Tata Portuguese with a moun- knockout stages. sacked after five-and-a- (Wednesday) on Hyderabad FC 2-1 at the Steel Rapid and Blitz tourna- tain to climb either half years in charge last Sony Ten 1, HD Jawaharlal Nehru stadi- focus on Lakshya ment, a part of the Grand Chess domestically or in Mourinho’s men and the week, Tottenham um here on Monday. Tour. Reigning world champion Europe. top four to nine points, improved each year in Tottenham vs Olympiacos After seeing poor finish- Lucknow, Nov. 25: Saina Magnus Carlsen continued his Mourinho’s appoint- but strong starts from Europe and last season from 1.30 am ing hamper them for most Nehwal pulled out at the dominating run as he took his ment was not a univer- Liverpool, Leicester, fell just one hurdle short (Wednesday) on Sony Ten of the game, Chennaiyin last moment to take some lead to an almost unassailable sally popular one with Manchester City and after a dramatic run to 3, HD thought they had the win- sheen off the Syed Modi five points. The Norwegian is the Spurs’ support given Chelsea mean one of Champions League final. ner when Andre International, beginning virtually assured of the title his past as a two-time them will have to falter Despite their dreadful Man City vs Schembri (90+2’) put here on Tuesday, when the despite a whole day and many Chelsea manager. significantly in the com- domestic form and a 2-7 Shakhtar Donetsk them ahead in injury in-form Lakshya Sen will games to come. He managed to make ing months to open the thrashing at home to from 1.30 am time. A few minutes later, seek a third BWF World Anand now has 4.5 points out the right first impression door to Spurs. Bayern Munich last (Wednesday) on Hyderabad equalised Tour title. of a possible nine and remains by securing Tottenham’s The fact that month, Pochettino left Sony Six, HD through Matthew Three-time former cham- Mourinho’s deal signed with his side well-placed in contention for a berth in the first away win in the Juventus vs Kilgallon (90+5’), but pion Saina, who has been Grand Finale of this tourna- Premier League since last week reportedly con- to reach the last 16 once Nerijus Valskis sealed a battling illness and ment, to be held in London in January with a 3-2 victo- tains a £2 million bonus more.Victory over Atletico Madrid sensational win seconds injuries, is going through a December. The five-time world ry at West Ham on for making the top four is Olympiakos in from 1.30 am later, bringing the roof bad patch, having lost six champion started with a loss to Saturday that was far an illustration of how Mourinho’s home debut (Wednesday) on Sony Ten down in the stadium. times in the first round Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi more comprehensive that tough a task it will be. on Tuesday will secure 2, HD The win saw this season. but then recovered well to beat the scoreline suggested. Could winning the their passage into the Crvena Zvezda vs Bayern Chennaiyin leapfrog The 29-year-old from Aronian and Wesley So in A vital three points cut Champions League for knockout stages. Hyderabad to the ninth Hyderabad has already round two and four. The rest of the gap between the first time in the club’s — AFP from 1.30 am spot while the ISL debu- pulled out of the Premier the games were drawn except (Wednesday) on Sony tants suffered their fourth Badminton League to pre- against Calrsen when the Indian ESPN, HD defeat in five games. pare for the next season. Saina Nehwal suffered another defeat. The game got off to a World champion P.V. With nine games on Tuesday scrappy start with nei- Sindhu has chosen to give Mugdha Agrey will be one still to come, Carlsen has a ther side able to assert the tournament a miss. of the Indian challenges. huge five-point lead with 21.5 themselves in a frantic The 18-year-old Lakshya, A host of Indian shut- points to his credit out of a opening period. Chances on the other hand, will tlers, including 2016 win- possible 27 points. fell for Chennaiyin but look to grab his maiden ner Kidambi Srikanth, Carlsen needs just two points poor decision-making Super 300 crown this week defending champion from his remaining games to meant the scores following his title tri- Sameer Verma and world win. Hikaru Nakamura is cur- remained level. Just as it umphs at two Super 100 championship bronze- rently distant second with 16.5 seemed Chennaiyin’s goal events — Dutch and medallist B. Sai Praneeth, points followed by his compa- drought would continue SaarLorLux Open — this will eye the top spot in the triot Wesley So, who has 13.5 for yet another game, sub- year. men’s singles this week. points. Anish Giri (13) is fourth stitute Andre Schembri Focus will also be on the Third seed Srikanth, who while Anand shares the fifth took matters into his own men’s doubles pairing of had reached the finals at spot with Ding Liren and hands. The forward Satwiksairaj Rankireddy India Open this year, will Nepomniachtchi. — PTI latched on to a cross from and Chirag Shetty, who hope to end his two-year Edwin Vanspaul in injury won the Thailand Open long title drought and gath- time, held off his marker Super 500 title and then er valuable points to arrest Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 and fired a low shot past reached the finals of the slide in his ranking in Printed and Published by Kamaljit at the near post, French Open Super 750 the pre-Olympic year when T. Venkateswarlu on behalf of registering Chennaiyin’s this season. he takes on Russia’s Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. first goal of the season. Lakshya, who has been in Vladimir Malkov. Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press But there was another Denmark for a two and half Former Commonwealth situated at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal twist in the tale as month training-cum-com- Games champion Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and Kilgallon headed in an petition stint, claimed title Parupalli Kashyap, who Published at 36, S.D. Road, unlikely equaliser from a wins at the Belgian grabbed the title in 2012 Secunderabad-3. corner in the fifth minute International and Dutch and 2015, will lock horns RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. Tottenham Hotspur head coach Jose Mourinho (second from left) at a team training session in London on of injury time. and SaarLorLux Open. with France’s Lucas Editor: Aditya Sinha Monday, the eve of their Champions League Group ‘B’ match against Olympiakos. — AFP — Agencies In the women’s singles, Corvee. — PTI