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Max/Min temp. 29/28ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 82 No. 326 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `6.00 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 sen- tenced one man to 10 years in jail and 30 oth- ers 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 ser- vices. ■ 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 await- ed 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.