c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I FRIDAY I 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 WEATHER Max: 29.4OC WORLD TABLOID Min: 23.8OC RH: 97% Iran warns against war as Duress code has become Rainfall: 13 mm US, allies mull action dress code in colleges Forecast: Cloudy sky with thunder showers. 11 Max/Min temp. 30/22ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 82 No. 261 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `4.00 ASTROGUIDE Singh becomes Tejas pilot for 2 minutes Vikari; Dakshinayana Tithi: Bhadrapada Bahula Internet access is Shasthi till 8.07 pm Star: Krittika till 10.16 am Varjyam: 2.57 am to 4.37 am (Saturday) a basic right: HC Durmuhurtam: 8.32 am to 9.21 am and 12.33 pm to 1.21 pm Rahukalam: 10.30 am to 12 pm Kerala High Court says it’s a part of Article 21 HIJRI CALENDAR Muharram 20,1441 AH DC CORRESPONDENT provides an avenue for stu- PRAYERS KOCHI, SEPT. 19 dents to access knowledge. Fajar: 5.05 am Counsel for the petitioner The Kerala High Court pointed out that the UN Zohar: 12.19 pm ruled on Thursday that the Human Rights Council had Asar: 4.30 pm right to access Internet declared right to internet as Maghrib: 6.20 pm using mobile phone is a fun- a human right in 2016. Isha: 7.27 pm damental right under the Justice Asha upheld the SUNSET TODAY 6.14 PM Constitution. Justice P.V. contention and cited the SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.05 AM Asha, in a landmark judg- ● The court said Supreme Court verdict in MOONRISE TOMORROW 22.32 PM ment, also said it was part restrictions on the Vishakha case in this of the right to privacy and regard. The apex court MOONSET TODAY 10.56 AM the right to education. accessing internet by judgment stated that rights The court passed the ver- curtailing the use of declared by the UN could be dict in a petition filed by mobiles amounts to read into the relevant COUNTER POINT Faheema Sherin, a third violation of funda- Indian laws. semester student of B.A. mental right to free- “Going by the aforesaid (English) of Sree Narayana dictum laid down in the College, Chelannur, Kozhik- dom of speech and said judgment, the right to ode, challenging her expul- expression under have access to Internet sion from the college hostel article 19 (1) (a) of becomes the part of right to for violating the restric- the Constitution. education as well as right to tions on using the mobile privacy under Article 21 of Union defence minister Rajnath Singh waves while disembarking from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas after phone from 6 pm to 10 pm. the Constitution of India”. a sortie at HAL airport in Bengaluru on Thursday. Mr Singh became the first defence minister to fly in the indige- every day. The petitioner The court upheld the con- The petitioner also object- nously-built light combat aircraft (LCA). During the 30-minute sortie, an official said the minister “controlled” and challenged the restriction tention of the petitioner ed to the gender discrimina- flew the aircraft for around two minutes. — PTI on the ground that it was that restrictions on access- tion inherent in the restric- adversely impacting her ing internet by curtailing tion as the same was not access to information and the use of mobile phones applicable to the boy’s hos- study materials. amounts to violation of fun- tel. The decision of the col- The verdict of the single damental right to freedom lege hostel was against the bench assumes importance of speech and expression stipulations issued by the Rains to continue till Sept-end in the background of ongo- under article 19 (1) (a) of the UGC. The stipulation says ing shutdown of internet Constitution. The court that the concern for the and mobile phone services held that the internet safety of women should not Experts say low pressure in the Bay of Bengal is a culprit in Jammu and Kashmir accessed through the be used to “impose discrim- since August 5. mobile phone or laptops inatory rules for women.” IN BRIEF KANIZA GARARI | DC THE MONSOON was supposed month-end. The monsoon HYDERABAD, SEPT. 19 is still active in central to withdraw from September and western India. The KCR, Jagan may Rain will continue till 15 from south India. But it South is seeing sporadic September-end as the missed the date. rain. India to ignore Pak at UN meet on Sept. 24 monsoon’s withdrawal is Weather experts con- Hyderabad: The Chief delayed by a month. It IT IS STILL active in central and western clude that the withdrawal SRIDHAR KUMARASWAMI ignore” Pakistan at the revocation of Article 370. Ministers of the two Telugu was to start from Septem- India. The southern parts of the country are will begin by month-end. | DC UNGA. Mr Gokhale said the gov- states — Telangana and ber 1 from Rajasthan in seeing sporadic rain. “The withdrawal pat- NEW DELHI, SEPT. 19 Both Prime Minister ernment had seen reports Andhra Pradesh — K. the western region, and tern has seen a shift due Narendra Modi and that pro-Pakistan elements Chandrasekhar Rao and from September 15 from to cyclone Vayu,” weath- If Pakistan “wishes to dwell Pakistan PM Imran Khan are planning protests agai- Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy South India. Both dates has caused sporadic and happened so far.” er expert Rajani said. upon Article 370 they are will be addressing the world nst Mr Modi when he visits respectively, would in most have been missed. incessant rains. For that to happen, “There was deficit rain in welcome to do so”, but India body on September 27, and America, and was confident likelihood be meeting on Continuous low pres- “This year the with- there must be no rain for June and July, but nor- will not discuss its decision while Mr Modi will focus on the US government would September 24 in Hydera- sure in the Bay of Bengal drawal pattern has seen a five consecutive days. mal and excess rain in to revoke 370 at the United what India is doing “for take necessary action. bad to discuss the sharing is the culprit. There are change,” said weather This has not happened in August and September Nations General Assembly, development, for security, “Article 370 is an internal of Godavari waters, divert- consecutive formations of expert Mahesh Palawat. western Rajasthan, so the made up for it. Data Foreign Secretary Vijay for peace, and our expecta- issue,” Gokhale said. “It ing it to the Krishna basin low pressure zones lead- “For withdrawal to hap- withdrawal hasn’t com- shows overall rain in the Gokhale said on Thursday. tions and aspirations of will not be debated at the and other pending issues of ing to winds from the east pen, humidity must menced. Rain is expected country at five per cent In fact, sources added, India other countries”, Mr Khan UN and we will not discuss the bifurcation. Both Chief towards the west. This reduce, which has not all over the country till above normal.” wants to “completely is expected to dwell on the it.” Ministers had met twice earlier, on June 28 and on August 1, to hold prelimi- nary discussions on the sharing of the Godavari MAN SUSPECTED waters. Graft mars purchases OF BLACK MAGIC ■ Full report on Page 5 in TS minority schools BURNT ALIVE DC CORRESPONDENT Singareni staff to ATHER MOIN | DC lished in the state with tardy auditing, internal HYDERABAD, SEPT. 19 HYDERABAD, SEPT. 19 an enrolment of about auditing has been com- get `1L bonus 90,000 inmates. Out of pleted for 2016-17, while An autorickshaw driver Hyderabad: Chief Minister One of the two flagship this, 170 residential scho- auditing is underway for from Adrasspally in Mr. K Chandrasekhar Rao Telangana Minorities ols function in private 2017-18. Shameerpet mandal of the on Thursday announced a Residential Educational buildings with a vast No third party audit Cyberabad police commis- bonus of `1,00, 899 to each Institutions Schools amount spent on the has taken place. A min- sionerate was reportedly worker of the Singareni (TMREIS) is under criti- buildings’ rents. The gov- orities welfare depart- thrown alive on to the Collieries Company Ltd cism for alleged misman- ernment spent more than ment official said funds burning pyre of a woman (SCCL), a public sector agement and financial `925 crore on these are released to TMREIS by a group of people who undertaking. While making discrepancies. schools in four years. on a priority as it is a suspected that he had per- a statement in the Assem- Finance joint secretary The government prestigious state govern- formed black magic on the bly, Mr Rao said that this is R. Ravi inquired into the formed a governing body ment programme. woman, which led to her a bonus given by the state allegations of irregulari- to monitor the function- Nepotism is alleged in death two days ago while government to the SCCL ties committed by out- ing. It comprises minis- various procurements. undergoing treatment at workers and employees as sourcing consultants in ters, secretaries for min- Furniture costing `22 the Osmania Hospital. a Dasara festival gift. He September 2018 and had orities welfare, finance, crore has been purchased The incident took place said the SCCL is playing a submitted his findings, social welfare, the Inte- for these institutions, on Wednesday night at crucial role and that SCCL but after a year no action rmediate Board, and the and big sums were also Adrasspally, a village has been strengthened due has been taken.