Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From OPINION 6 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW WHO IS ‘GEMS, JEWELLERY EXPORTS MAY EYE BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH AN INDIAN? DECLINE 5-10% THIS YEAR’ OPENER BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 9 HYDERABAD, FRIDAY OCTOBER 18, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable MANCHU MANOJ CONFIRMS DIVORCE WITH PRANATHI { Page 10 } www.dailypioneer.com First AI varsity Guv decries Present state govt’s launched in Govt's failure Abu Dhabi Guv Tamilisai steps in arguments strongly in DUBAI: The UAE has set up to utilize an artificial intelligence uni- versity, claimed to be the first RUSA funds in the world, in Abu Dhabi. PNS n HYDERABAD HC today, AG told The Mohamed bin Zayed to end TSRTC impasse! University of Artificial Governor Tamilisai PNS n HYDERABAD Intelligence (MBZUAI) was Soundararajan expressed Officials are inaugurated and it offers cours- l KCR feels the heat of Raj Bhavan for the first time anger over the failure of the Chief Minister K understood to have es for undergraduate students. state government in utilizing Chandrasekhar Rao has informed KCR that It is also accepting applica- L VENKAT RAM REDDY Centre's RUSA funds for the directed the advocate- gener- the High Court had n The Governor's tions for its first masters and HYDERABAD development of universities al (AG) to effectively present only made certain PhD programmes this month. intervention assumes in state. Governor held a arguments on behalf of the 'observations' on RTC All admitted students will be Ostensibly in a bid to break the significance in the review meeting at Raj Bhavan state government in the High strike two days ago given full scholarship plus impasse with regard to the 13- backdrop of the state on Thursday with officials of Court during hearing of the benefits such as a monthly day-old RTC strike, Governor RUSA. case relating to TSRTC strike and that it did not government and RTC allowance and accommoda- Tamilisai Soundararajan on She directed the vice-chan- on Friday. issue any directions unions remaining tion. "AI is already changing Thursday intervened personal- cellors of seven universities, The Chief Minister to the government the world, but we can achieve ly and called up Transport adamant on their that were selected for RUSA held a review on so much more if we allow the Minister Puvvada Ajay to know respective stance funding, to take steps imme- Thursday, along limitless imagination of the the steps taken by the State gov- with no solution in diately to utilize RUSA funds with Transport government and RTC human mind to fully explore ernment to end the stir. She without any lapse by March Minister unions to resume talks it. The university will bring the reportedly asked the Minister to sight for the two- 2020. Puvvada Ajay to end strike and to discipline of AI into the fore- come over to Raj Bhavan and week-long deadlock When VCs brought to her and senior offi- appoint managing front, molding and empower- brief her about the RTC strike. in talks notice about the failure of the cials from transport director for TSRTC; ing creative pioneers," said Interestingly, the Minister state government in releasing and law departments, hence, they were in the Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE was with Chief Minister K its matching grant to avail in view of the hearing of nature of 'observations' and not Minister of State, who has Chandrasekhar Rao at a review Noticeably, this is the first RUSA funds released by the TSRTC strike case in the High 'directions' by the High Court, been appointed chair of the of the RTC strike at Pragathi ernment to end the strike and in talks. The RTC strike has time in Telangana State that a Centre, due to which there is Court on Friday. the officials reasoned. In this MBZUAI Board of Trustees Bhavan when the Governor's restore RTC bus services. crippled public transportation Governor has deemed it appro- a risk of Centre's RUSA funds Officials are understood to backdrop, KCR asked the offi- and is spearheading the uni- call landed. The minister, who The Governor's intervention across the state since October priate to personally intervene in getting lapsed by March 2020, have informed KCR that the cials to gather information so versity's establishment. could not visit Raj Bhavan due assumes significance in the 5th, causing severe hardships to an issue being handled by the she expressed anger and High Court had only made as to help the AG present to the review, deputed transport backdrop of the state govern- common people. Even the state government. The previous directed VCs to take steps to certain 'observations' on RTC strong arguments over why the secretary Sunil Sharma to brief ment and RTC unions remain- High Court had sought an affi- Governor, ESL Narasimhan, secure matching grant from strike two days ago and that it state government had to adopt the Governor on the status of ing adamant on their respective davit from the RTC manage- never intervened in affairs con- the state government and fill did not issue any directions to a tough stance on RTC strike. Pak: Bid by the RTC strike and the measures stance with no solution in sight ment on the steps taken to mit- cerning governance. vacant faculty positions in the government. India to divert being taken by the state gov- for the two-week-long deadlock igate hardships to people. ContinuedonPage2 universities. The High Court had asked Continued on Page 2 water would be ‘aggression' Draw of lots Digital hundis helping ‘Nitish to lead ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said for liquor NDA in 2020 on Thursday that it has "exclu- sive rights" over three Western rivers and any attempt by shops today temples go cashless Bihar polls’ India to divert the flow of these l TS earns Rs 968 cr PNS n PATNA rivers would be considered an through application fees NAVEENA GHANATE Devotees in "act of aggression". Foreign n HYDERABAD Speculations about the BJP- Office spokesperson PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana have JD(U) alliance in Bihar suf- Mohammad Faisal made the With digital transactions been at the fering yet another split were remarks during his weekly The venue of Chief Minister K Chandrasaker Rao’s public meeting in Huzurnagar The draw of lots to select increasing at most of the reli- forefront in doing put to rest on Thursday with media briefing here in decked up on Thursday licencees for setting up liquor gious places, digital hundis Union Home Minister Amit response to a question regard- shops in Telangana will be have become the need of the digital transactions Shah stating that the NDA will ing Prime Minister Narendra held on Friday across the hour. at temples and contest the assembly polls Modi's recent remarks to stop state. The draws will be held The Tirumala Tirupati some villages have next year under the leadership water flowing to Pakistan. KCR cancels H’nagar rally at all the district headquarters Devasthanams (TTD) recent- of Chief Minister Nitish Addressing an election rally in the presence of respective ly announced that cashless already adopted Kumar. in Haryana early this week, district collectors. transactions were picking up the cashless path Leaders of the JD(U), head- Modi reportedly said that his due to bad weather The State government has in Tirumala, be it for accom- to hundis ed by Kumar, erupted in joy as government would stop the invited applications to set up modation or other purchases. snippets of an interview given water flowing to Pakistan. PNS n HYDERABAD accompanied by a copy of a 2,216 liquor shops for a two In this context, Chief to a news channel by Shah Faisal said that Pakistan had letter written by Director of year period — from Secretary Dr S K Joshi on Devotees in Telangana have in any form are good - cash or were beamed, capping weeks "exclusive rights" over the The crucial public meeting of Aviation V N Bharat Reddy to November 1, 2019 to October Thursday tweeted that it was been at the forefront in doing cashless. of bad blood between the two waters of three Western rivers TRS president and Chief the CMO, stating that it was 31, 2021. The deadline to sub- important to make hundis digital transactions at temples M Pavan Kumar Sharma, parties. under the Indus Water Treaty. Minister K Chandrasekhar not advisable for the Chief mit applications ended on cashless. Seeking suggestions, and some villages have already convenor of Telangana "The gathbandhan (coali- Rao at Huzurnagar on Minister to fly to Huzurnagar Thursday. Each applicant was Dr.Joshi said: "Certain media adopted the cashless path to Brahmana Association, said, tion) is atal (unshakeable). Thursday was cancelled osten- due to adverse weather con- required to furnish a non- reports have stated that cash- hundis. "Donations can be given in The NDA will contest sibly due to 'adverse weather ditions. refundable deposit of Rs 2 less transactions are on the For instance, in Mukhra, a any form and in anyway. assembly polls under the lead- Bihar man conditions'. The letter said there would lakh towards application fees. rise in the religious places. village of just 650 people in People put money in hundi for ership of Nitish Kumar in KCR was scheduled to be heavy rain and thunder- The State government earned Now the challenge is to make Adilabad district, during the punyam or dravya shuddhi or Bihar. Nationally, it is Prime jumps inside address a huge rally in the storms in Huzurnagar and a whooping Rs 968 crore by the Hundis cashless while Dussehra festival in 2017, vil- other reasons. How the dona- Minister Narendra Modi, who evening as part of the surrounding areas, accom- way of application fees as protecting the spirit of secret lagers donated money by tion is done shouldn't be of will continue to lead the coali- lion enclosure party's campaign- panied by lightning, 48,301 applications were sub- donations (gupt danam). It is scanning QR codes placed at concern". tion," Shah was shown as hav- ing for the squally winds, and a mitted for the 2,216 liquor important to achieve the goal. the temple hundi. Even priests ing said in the interview, to be October 21st possible cloudburst. shops. Suggestions are welcome." are of the view that donations Continued on Page 2 telecast later in the day. in Delhi zoo by-election to "There will be NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old the reduced flight vis- man jumped inside the enclo- Huzurnagar ibility and weath- sure of a lion in the Delhi zoo Assembly er conditions are on Thursday, but escaped seat, which detrimental to 50K cab drivers in TS to go on Need to rewrite unhurt as the alert zoo staff was vacated by flight safety. Hence, acted quickly and tranquillised TPCC chief N it is not advisable for the animal, official sources Uttam Kumar the CM to fly to said. The incident happened at Reddy upon his election Huzurnagar," Bharat said in indefinite strike from Saturday history from India's beat number 17 at around to the Lok Sabha. Leaders of the letter. 12.30 pm. The situation is TRS had made elaborate The CMO said the weather PNS n HYDERABAD Ministry as well as Uber, Ola and under control now, zoo arrangements for the meeting, conditions were adverse and IT sector companies. sources said. Rehan Khan, a since they were tasked to heavy rain, accompanied by The Telangana State Taxi and The drivers are seeking better point of view: Shah native of Bihar's East mobilise at least one lakh lightning and storms, were Drivers Associations' JAC on living and work conditions by peg- Champaran district, was in an people. However, an official forecast in Huzurnagar. It also Thursday announced that 50,000 ging the minimum fare at Rs 22 per PNS n VARANASI inebriated state, the sources release from the Chief said the Aviation Department Ola, Uber and IT companies' cab kilometer. They claim that they are said, adding that the man was Minister's Office on Thursday had not given clearance for drivers will launch an indefinite being exploited by cab aggregators The First War of rescued by the zoo staff and said KCR's meeting at operating the helicopter in strike on October 19. The cabbies as they are being paid a maximum Independence in 1857 would handed over to the police. Huzurnagar has been can- which the Chief Minister was have called the strike in support of Rs 14 per km even during periods have been regarded as a revolt celled. schedule to fly to Huzurnagar their list of six demands given on involving surge pricing. had it not been for Veer The office release was from the Begumpet airport. August 8th to the Transport Continued on Page 2 Savarkar, said Home Minister TODAY Amit Shah said here on Thursday amid a row over the ALMANAC BJP suggesting that the Month & Paksham: Hindutva icon be given the Ashwini& krishna Paksha Growth of wealth of ultra rich slows down in 2018 Bharat Ratna. Panchangam Stressing the need to rewrite history from India's point of Tithi : Chaturthi: 07:28 am l Number of ultra rich falls to 2.56 lakh in 2018 from 2.63 lakh: Report view, Shah credited Savarkar home minister said. "It was Nakshatram: Rohini: 05:00 pm for calling the 1857 rebellion Savarkar who gave the name Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start PNS n NEW DELHI more eye brows are being growth in fixed deposits and as India's first independence First War of Independence to any important work) raised repeatedly over the ris- bonds rose 8.85 percent to Rs struggle. the 1857 'kranti', otherwise, Rahukalam: 10:34 am – 12:01 pm High networth individuals ing inequality in the country, 45 lakh crore in 2018 from 4.86 Shah said had it not been for our children would have Yamagandam: 02:55 pm – 04:22 pm have seen their wealth growth where the rich are getting rich- percent growth in the previous him, the rebellion of 1857 known it as a revolt," he said, slowing down in 2018 to 9.62 er and the poor, becoming year. Insurance is the third would have become history inaugurating a two-day inter- Varjyam: 08:37 am- 10:18 am per cent from 13.45 per cent a poorer and at a faster clip. biggest component among and India would have seen it national seminar here on 10:45 pm - 12:24 am year ago, while their number As much as Rs 262 lakh financial assets at Rs 36 lakh from the British point of view. 'Guptvanshak-Veer: Gulika: 07:40 am - 19:07 am has de-grown, says a report. crore of the wealth possessed crore, while bank deposits is His remarks came two days Skandgupta Vikramaditya' at Good Time: (to start any important work) High networth individuals by the high networth individ- worth Rs 34 lakh crore. after the Maharashtra BJP Banaras Hindu University Amritakalam: 01:39 pm - 03:19 pm are those with an investible uals are in the form of finan- Much to the chagrin of the unit said in its election man- (BHU). Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:37 am - 12:24 pm surplus of over $1 million, cial assets, while the rest are policymakers, gold is the most ifesto that the party would ask A large number of histori- and their number has crimped parked in physical assets, it preferred asset class among the Centre to confer the Bharat ans, scholars and political HYDERABAD to 2.56 lakh in 2018 from 2.63 said, adding the ratio has physical assets for the rich as Ratna, India's highest civilian thinkers from India and lakh in 2017, according to the remained broadly the same at well, with nearly Rs 80 lakh award, on Vinayak Damodar abroad attended the seminar. WEATHER data collated by Karvy Wealth 60:40. crore of their wealth parked in Savarkar, popularly known as Referring to eminent histo- Forecast: Isolated Thunderstorms Management. Among financial assets, the yellow metal. Veer Savarkar. rians in the audience and on Temp: 29/22 According to the Karvy direct equity exposure is the In line with market trends, "Had it not been Veer the dais, he said, "It is my Humidity: 94% report, these 2.63 lakh ultra largest at Rs 52 lakh crore, but growth in value of real estate Savarkar, the 1857 'kranti' request to all that there is a Sunrise: 06.09 rich are worth Rs 430 lakh growth in this segment holdings, second biggest asset (revolt) would not have need to rewrite the Indian his- Sunset: 05.52 crore in 2018, up from Rs 392 plunged to 6.39 percent from class worth Rs 74 lakh crore, become history and we would tory from India's point of Current Weather Conditions lakh crore in 2017. a high 30.32 percent in 2017. In slipped to 7.13 percent from have been seeing it from the view but without blaming any- Updated October 17, 2019 5:00 PM The report comes even as line with broader trends, 10.35 percent in 2017. British point of view," the one." HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 hyderabad 02 Telangana set for record ‘Focus on uplift of SCs’ PNS n HYDERABAD

]Minister for Welfare Koppula Eshwar has urged the officials of the Welfare Department to Kharif crop harvest: Errabelli compile data on how many students benefited to what PNS n WARANGAL extent under state govern- Minister ment's scheme for overseas Panchayath Raj and Rural education. Development Minister Errabelli Reviewing the implementa- Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Dayakar Rao tion of minority development Thursday exhorted the officials exhorted the and SC welfare departments' and people's representatives activities at his office here on in the district to work togeth- concerned Thursday, he said that the gov- er for attaining the remunera- officials in the ernment wants students to Minister Koppula Eshwar and others at a review meeting on Thursday tive prices for the Cotton pro- achieve empowerment through duce for the farmers. district to work education. He asked officials to The Minister along with for remunerative take steps to improve employ- Kopula Eshwar also directed officials the former Deputy Chief ment opportunities of the Minister Kadiam Srihari and prices for unemployed by imparting train- to complete installation of bio-metric MLAs Aroori Ramesh,Challa cotton produced ing to them in various skills. system of recording attendance in Dharma Reddy and Peddi by the farmers The Minister said that funds social welfare schools sudarshan Reddy participated would be allotted to the state in an awareness programme at government's overseas educa- Ambedkar Bhavan . tion scheme so that it would similar loans to people of rural meeting with various industri- Collectors Haritha and duce is likely to surpass the benefit many more students. areas. al organisations to help SCs set Prashanth Jeevan Patil, offi- existing targets, he said. "The The Welfare Department gave The officials were told to up small-scale and medium- cials along with ZPTCs, MPPs, government would take neces- guarantee to banks so that complete installation of bio- scale industries. Society chair persons, and sary steps to provide remuner- many drivers could obtain metric system of recording He asked the officials to representatives of Rythu ative prices for the farmers," the Finance Minister T Harish Rao inspects paddy after inaugurating a procurement centre in Gajwel on Thursday loans to purchase cars under attendance in social welfare ensure that there should be no Samanvaya Samithi partici- Minister said. On the cotton the government's subsidy residential schools and hostels. complaints from eligible that pated in the programme. purchases, the CCI was scheme, he said asking officials The Minister said that his the fruits development did The meeting laid emphasis advised to take necessary steps to prepare a plan to extend ministry would be arranging a not reach them. on the paddy and cotton pro- and since Warangal erstwhile Harish inaugurates duce for the Kharif season of district tops the production 2019-20 in the district and graphs in the entire state, the Kadiam Srihari detailed how CCI should take the responsi- Man, paramour the produce may surpass the bility of accomplishing the procurement centres expected targets during the puchases, he said. The commit suicide current year in the districts. Minister advised the officials PNS n SIDDIPET The government will a quintal. If necessary, more pro- Since a bumper season of to appoint special officers for purchase paddy curement centers will be opened in Nalgonda monsoons was evident, the CCI pichade points and IKP Siddipet MLA and Finance at Rs 1,835 a quintal, soon, he said. The capacity of districts have transplanted centres and for monitoring Minister T Harish Rao on godowns has increased from PNS n NALGONDA paddy and cotton in extensive these purchases he suggested Thursday inaugurated paddy while cotton will be purchased 3,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes in areas, he said and added that the district administration to and cotton procurement cen- at Rs 5,550 a quintal Gajwel constituency, soon after A man along with his para- the cultivation extent has sur- allocate supervising authorities tres at Gajwel Market Yard HARISH RAO KCR became the CM, he said. mour committed suicide by passed the limits and the pro- at the mandal level. along with MP Kotta Finance Minister He distributed Kalyana consuming pesticide at Prabhakar Reddy, MLC Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak Thalikal village of Narekal Farooq Hussain and others. cheques worth Rs Rs 1 crore mandal in Nalgonda district Promising purchase of com- farmers to make use of the among the beneficiaries. In all, on Thursday. The duo was modities at MSP, he asked farm- facility. Groundnut seeds are 850 cheques pertaining to identified as Karingu Saidulu ers to dry their produce before being sold at a subsidised price Kalyana Lakshmi and Shadi ‘TS assisting Maha (41) and Yakala Bhavani (30), bringing them to market yard of Rs 42 a kg. The government Mubarak have been kept pend- both residents of Thatikal vil- under the present dispensation, is making available five types of ing and these would be lage. Saidulu was married which he called as pro-farmer. seeds, including paddy, maize released in 4 or 5 days. He and has two children, while He said paddy will be pur- and sun flower, on subsidy. asked the Finance Department in conduct of polls’ Bhavani's husband died a chased at Rs 1,835 a quintal, The government subsidy on officials to not to keep Kalyana few years ago. She was living while cotton is procured at Rs the cost of seeds is 35 per cent. He Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak Telangana will ensure imple- alone as she didn't have any Minister Errabelli addresses the media in Warangal on Thursday 5,550 a quintal. He asked put the MSP for maize at Rs 1,760 cheques pending. PNS n HYDERABAD mentation of dry day 48 hours children. before the polling begins on According to Circle Telangana has taken several October 21 and also on the Inspector of Nakrekal PND steps in coordination with the day of counting of votes. Prasad, the two were into an AG asked to Maharashtra government to Director General of Police illicit relationship for the last Guv Tamilisai steps assist that State in the smooth M Mahender Reddy informed three years. When they went argue well in conduct of the Maharashtra the ECI officials that missing a year ago, police Assembly elections on Telangana police was working booked a missing case follow- in to end TSRTC... HC on TSRTC October 21, Chief Secretary along with Maharashtra police ing a complaint lodged by SK Joshi has said. and has already deployed their family members. Continued from Page 1 KCR never met Governor During a video conference 1,800 home guards. Telangana They were tracked down later, except on October 2, on strike with officials from the Election has also installed CCTV cam- and handed over to their rel- He titular head of state he the occasion of 150th birth Continued from Page 1 Commission of India in New eras at the checkposts on atives subsequently. Heated remained aloof even when the anniversary of Mahatma Delhi, Joshi said particular roads connecting with arguments broke out between entire municipal staff and san- Gandhi. KCR met Governor on J He asked officials to bring attention was being paid to the Maharashtra to monitor vehi- the relatives of Saidulu and itary workers across Telangana October 2, when both of them to the notice of the High four bordering districts of cle and people movement. Bhavani on the issue of their went on 12-day strike in 2015 offered floral tributes to Gandhi Court how the State govern- Gadchiroli, Nanded, The meeting was attended extra martial affair. Following demanding pay hike, leaving at Bapu Ghat in Langar Houz ment had increased salaries Chandrapur and Yavatmal and among others by Chief this, the two committed sui- the entire state stinking as all on the outskirts of the city. for RTC staff by 67 per the 14 check-posts on roads Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar, cide by consuming pesticide streets and roads turned Grapevine in political circles cent in 2015 and how the connecting Telangana and Special Chief Secretary mixed with soft drink on the garbage dumpyards. has it that KCR was comfortable government infused Rs Cops launch unique Maharashtra. (Revenue) Somesh Kumar, outskirts of the village. The Chief Minister K with Narasimhan as Governor 3,000 crore funds to Joshi informed the ECI offi- Principal Secretary (Home) villagers found their bodies Chandrasekhar Rao and who was a 'bureaucrat', but is strengthen RTC. cials that a coordination meet- Rajiv Trivedi and Additional on Thursday morning and Governor Narasimhan dis- unable to adjust with Tamilisai, KCR wanted the AG to let awareness drive ing was already held with Director General of Police informed the police. A case played unusual bonhomie, right who is a pucca political leader, the court know why it was Maharashtra officials. Jitender. has been registered. from June 2014 to September having headed Tamil Nadu not possible to meet the PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR blindfold driving by a magi- 2019, when ESL relinquished state wing BJP. demand of RTC unions for cian. "The police are success- his post, following the appoint- Moreover, she assumed merger of TSRTC with state As part of the martyr's memo- fully holding awareness pro- ment of Tamil Nadu BJP chief charge at a time when the rul- government. rial week, the Mahabubnagar grammes in guiding the peo- 50K cab... Tamilisai Soundararajan as ing TRS and BJP are engaged in He directed officials to police officials have launched ple about achieving a peaceful Continued from Page 1 Digital hundis helping Governor of Telangana. a bitter political battle. Post Lok inform the court about the a unique awareness pro- atmosphere from the clutches In fact, KCR created a record Sabha results in May, the BJP, efforts made by the state gramme here on Thursday. On of the anti-social and naxalite JAC said that a tab should of sorts in visiting the Raj having bagged four Lok Sabha government to ensure oper- the occasion, Yasani elements in the state," she be kept on the number of temples go cashless Bhavan to meet Narasimhan. seats and trounced KCR's ation of about 75 per cent of Venkateshwarlu, a magician, said. cabs attached to aggrega- He used to visit ESL almost daughter Kavitha in Nizamabad RTC buses despite RTC staff performed blindfold driving. She detailed that how the tor marketplaces in order every week and in some cases Lok Sabha seat, has been posi- and the plans made to Addressing this pro- police laid down their lives for to guarantee minimum Continued from Page 1 we can meet the needs of the even twice. Ever since Tamilisai tioning itself as an alternative to achieve 100 per cent bus gramme, Superintendent of the sake of society and how business to all drivers. temple. In fact, the Chilkur took over as Governor, KCR has TRS in the state. services in another two days Police Rema Rajeshwari said they were targeted by the They also sought rein- However, there is another view model of Daily Puja Fund for avoided the Raj Bhavan. KCR With palpable support from to mitigate the problem of the police were taking up a extremists. The SP called upon statement of off-boarded that feelings of divinity and small temples was also accept- visited Raj Bhavan only once on central leaders, BJP state unit commuters. unique service task of provid- the people and police forces to drivers. Shaik Salauddin, peace at religious places will be ed by the Supreme Court September 9, and that too to leaders have been sketching KCR wanted officials to let ing security to the society as pay rich tributes to the mar- chairman of the Telangana lost if people use their phones when my father presented the attend the swearing-in-cere- plans to dislodge TRS in the the court know that the gov- part of protecting the country's tyrs. Stating that the society is State Taxi and Drivers' at hundi which are typically idea in 1996." mony of Tamilisai as Governor 2023 Assembly polls. ernment is ready for talks pride. The SP said the police being lent a supportive role by JAC (TSTD JAC), said placed at various spots. Chilkur doesn't have a in the morning and for the No wonder, Telangana BJP with RTC unions anytime, if were holding several service- each and every individual, the that the taxi drivers Another priest called for hundi on its premises. He swearing-in ceremony of his leaders are visiting Raj Bhavan they withdraw their strike oriented programmes as part SP said the police forces too would refrain from work removal of hundis and cre- said, "Public sector banks can cabinet ministers since he frequently and lodging com- and sit across the table for of seven-day martyr's memo- were offering the service in the and switch off their ation of Daily Puja Fund. act as enablers by making expanded his team the same plaints against KCR and TRS talks to resolve the matter rial week and on Thursday, the same fashion for protecting phones as a mark of their Chilkur Chief Priest C S 'Daily Puja Fund' financial day. government on several issues. amicably. traffic police have organised the interest of the society. protest. Rangarajan said, "The whole instrument as per SC order. concept of hundi is not part of They can ease opening this HYDERABAD our religion as there cannot be account in the name of deities a transaction between God and ease devotees' donations BULLION RATES and devotee. At Chilkur, we to this fund with a provision GOLD Kakatiya rulers' statues to adorn Gundam Cheruvu follow the method of Daily that the principal can never be Puja Fund, a corpus where withdrawn. PSBs can give ` 38,590 (10 gm) PNS n WARANGAL ` Warangal on the country's people can make online dona- guaranteed interest to be pro- 20 tourist map. tions, and it is digital to ensure vided every year to temple." SILVER Municipal Administration and He stressed on the need to ` 45,100(1kg) Urban Development (MAUD) improve the amenities at the ` 200 Principal Secretary Arvind Fort Warangal as shootings of Kumar on Thursday said the the movies and short films are statues of Ganapathi Devudu, taking place at the hillock CHICKEN Rudram Devi and near Gundam Cheruvu. RATES `/KG Pratharudrudu would be When Katte Saraiah said that installed at the Gundam there was a need to acquire Dressed/With Skin `138 Cheruvu. private lands as there are Without Skin `157 "We are trying to get statues and idols located in Broiler at Farm `97 funds from the State tourism the middle of some houses, he department," he said, during said that he would look into a visit to Fort Warangal the matter. He said that steps EGG here. Accompanied by for- would be taken to promote `/ mer deputy mayor Katte Fort Warangal at the interna- RATES 100 Saraiah, he also visited tional level to attract foreign HYDERABAD 370 Keerthi thoranams, Swabhu tourists. VIJAYAWADA 416 Shambuni temple, Gundam Later, he planted saplings cheruvu park, Kushmahal along with Collector PJ Patil VISAKHAPATNAM 415 and other places. He said on the premises of the camp RETAIL PRICE `4.06 that the government was office of the GWMC commis- (IN HYDERABAD) taking steps to place Fort sioner. MA & UD Principal Secretary Arvind Kumarand others during their visit to the Warangal Fort on Thursday

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RIME Foreign shores calling: Over CORNER BHEL staffer kills self, suicide Woman dies, cause of death suspect 2k students throng Edu Fest HYDERABAD: A 24-year-old note talks of abuse by DGM About 75% of Indian students plan to do woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Deceased Neha Chouksey's suicide note stated that she was her residence in NBT Nagar at Bachelor’s programmes abroad, finds study in Banjara Hills Road 12 on PNS n HYDERABAD Thursday. The deceased harassed by male and female colleagues PNS n HYDERABAD Neelima, Ruchita, Kalpana, woman has been identified as P Swathi and Neha working in Institute of Management & Geeta. Police who reached the According to the A 32-year-old woman, an police, her BHEL Bhopal had mentally Foreign Studies (IMFS) host- spot said that she is suspected accounts officer in BHEL, harassed her, police said. ed its 7th annual Global Edu to have committed suicide. husband Sunil However Geeta's family alleged committed suicide by hanging According to the suicide Fest in the city on Thursday. that harassment from her herself at her residence in found her hanging note, Neha had earlier com- Over 2,000 students aspiring husband and in-laws forced her Miyapur on Thursday. from the ceiling plained to the Miyapur police for foreign education attended The deceased woman has about her phone being hacked. the event, which saw 70 uni- to end her life. The body was fan in their house shifted to the Osmania General been identified as Neha She said the Miyapur police versities from eight countries Hospital morgue for an autopsy Chouksey, a native of Madhya in Bhanu township directed her to file a complaint -- US, UK, Australia, Canada, to ascertain the cause of death. Pradesh, who was transferred in Miyapur with the Cyber Crime Police in UAE, Singapore, Ireland and from Bhopal to BHEL's unit in Cyberabad. After approaching Germany -- interacting with Ramachandrapuram in June the CCP, she said that she did- students. The one-day event TV9 CEO in this year. Kishore had also hacked her n't get satisfactory response was inaugurated by Dr DN police custody According to the police, her husband's phone and had on and was disappointed. Rao, chairman of VNR Vigyan Students collect course literature at the Edu Fest in the city on Thursday husband Sunil found her hang- many occasions planned and However, police said that Jyothi Educational Trust, while HYDERABAD: Former TV9 CEO ing from the ceiling fan in their threatened to kill her," said an Neha, who had sought trans- Dileep Konatham, director of force, easy availability of finan- followed by international edu- V Ravi Prakash was taken into house in Bhanu township in official from Miyapur police fer to BHEL Digital Media of the Telangana cial support through cation professionals and uni- custody by Cyberabad police on Miyapur in the afternoon. Neha Chouksey who is investigating the case. Ramachandrapuram from govt and PVRK Murthy, chair- Institutional loans and increas- versities, a survey conducted a prisoner transit warrant from Officials said a suicide note Mohanlal Soni, Sitharam Bhopal had stated the same man of Sri Gayatri Education ing number of international by heads of International Chanchalguda prison in found at her residence stated details for favours," said a Pentakota, Mahesh Kumar are reasons earlier too. "She was Institutions were the 'Guests of schools in India, which offer Baccalaureate schools and aca- connection with a pending case. that some officers in BHEL police official. a few other names of male paranoid about her phone Honour'. education equal to interna- demic coordinators and career Ravi Prakash is presently in were harassing her. "Apart The suicide note contained employees in BHEL being hacked and monitored, Representatives of the US tional curriculum in addition counsellors at residential day- judicial remand after the Banjara from naming a few senior names of quite a few people in Ramachandrapuram who had and had sought transfer from Consulate and Education US to greater commitment levels schools across the country Hills police arrested him for level officers, she also said BHEL Ramachandrapuram as harassed her. Obscene remarks Bhopal on the same grounds," were also present and con- and superior pedagogy. reveals that more than 75% of illegally withdrawing Rs 18 crore that her phone was hacked and well as Bhopal. "She wrote made against her also figured said the police official. A case ducted an informative session "However, with the availabili- students planning to study of company funds in the name she was being monitored. She that Kishore Kumar, a deputy in the letter. has been registered under sec- on various aspects for studying ty of number of options there abroad are interested in bach- of bonus and ex-gratia. wrote that an officer who had general manager (DGM) had Apart from writing about tion 306 of the IPC (abetment in the US along with the visa comes the confusion in taking elor's programmes. Meanwhile, police booked hacked her phone was black- hacked her phone and was harassment from male employ- to suicide) and the police are application process. the right decision. Every stu- An interesting aspect of the another case against Ravi mailing her with her personal harassing her. She said that ees, Neha also wrote that investigating the incident. KP Singh, founder of IMFS dent needs to consider many study is that 90% of respon- Prakash under the relevant said that over the last few factors while choosing a right dents preferred engineering provisions of the IT Act for creating a fake ID in the name of years, we have been witnessing university for their study. course, while business com- Natarajan. According to sources, an increase in the number of These factors include budget, merce was mentioned by 87%, the police booked a case against Man pushes students preferring to go future, jobs, languages known, putting it before computer sci- Int'l walk against slavery on abroad to pursue undergradu- etc. So, we as experts in the ence and IT, listed by 80% of Ravi Prakash under Section 406/66 of Information wife to death ate programmes. The reasons field are trying to guide them respondents. Humanities & Technology Act, for allegedly being multi-fold viz., rise in through this fest," Singh said. arts and biology, biotechnolo- creating a fake identity card in incomes of middle-class fam- According to Pienews, a gy & life science were each list- Oct 19; 6,000 to take part from 3rd floor ilies, young global citizen work study portal which is widely ed by 50% of respondents. the name of Natarajan, working n for I-Labs. Police picked up Ravi PNS HYDERABAD Prakash from Chanchalguda jail Event to be flagged off from YMCA in Secunderabad; on PT warrant and produced A 23-year-old woman was him before a local court at to be held at 450+ locations in 50 countries worldwide allegedly pushed down from Army Miyapur, which sent him to the third floor of a building NAVEEN KUMAR in Vanasthalipuram by her Three-day spell of judicial remand. However recruitment drive n HYDERABAD The silent walk, husband. sources said that Ravi Prakash where participants was granted bail in the fake ID Seema, a native of begins Dec 2 case but was still in judicial The DCP of West Zone, B pledge to help end Madhya Pradesh, succumbed rain forecast in TS n remand for the previous cases Sumathi IPS, will flag off the during treatment on PNS HYDERABAD human trafficking n filed against him. world's largest event to raise Thursday morning. PNS HYDERABAD runs from the above cyclonic awareness against human traf- in their lifetime, is According to the police, circulation over Maldives to The Army recruitment rally Banned foreign ficking being held in led by internat- Seema got married to Dilip, The cyclonic circulation con- Telangana across Kerala, south under Unit Headquarters Hyderabad for the first time on ional NGO A21 25, about 15 days ago in MP tinues to bring rain in the interior Karnataka and Quota will be held at AOC cigarettes seized October 19. and the couple came to Telugu speaking states. Light to Rayalseema, between 3.1 and Centre Secunderabad for enrol- The event will take place at which fights Hyderabad in search of a job. moderate rain or thunder 5.8 km above mean sea level. ment of soldier clerk (SKT), sol- Hyderabad: Police raided a 450 plus locations across 50 against modern- Following an argument on showers are likely at some The trough in easterlies from dier general duty, soldier godown in Begum Bazaar and countries simultaneously. The late Wednesday night, Dilip places in TS. However, IMD southwest Bay of Bengal off tradesmen, outstanding sports- arrested its owner on charges day slavery of procuring banned foreign Walk for Freedom, hosted by DCP B Sumathi allegedly took her to the issued a heavy rainfall warning south Tamil Nadu coast to men (Open category) and cigarettes. Cigarettes worth Rs 'The Movement India', an third floor at their apartment at isolated places in the districts west central Bay of Bengal has musician (Open category) from 6 lakh were seized from him. NGO, is being held in India for In the lead up to the event, India. and beat her. of Mahabubabad, Badradri become less marked."Parts of December 2 to January 19. The arrested person was the third year in a row. The Movement India has con- "There are millions of slaves He then pushed her down Kothadugem, Nagar Kurnool, Hyderabad witnessed heavy Outstanding sportsmen Santosh Dave (46), owner of Over 6,000 participants ducted over 40 awareness in the world-but there are bil- from there. She suffered seri- Suryapet, Khammam, rainfall - areas such (Open category) are required Mahalaxmi Marketing and a from 10 Indian cities -- workshops about human traf- lions of us who can bring ous injuries on the head, Mahabubnagar, as Serilingampally, to report at Thapar Stadium resident of Osman Shahi in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, ficking reaching over 4,000 change. Not all of us can do waist and legs. Wanaparthy, Santosh Nagar, at AOC Centre at 8 am on Afzalgunj. According to the Delhi, Kolkata, Shillong, participants across India in the everything, but each of us can The area locals rushed Nalgonda and Charminar and November 29 for sports tri- police, he used to procure Chennai, Kochi, Bengaluru last 1.5 months. choose to do something," said and shifted her to a nearby Jogulamba Gadwal Malakpet received als. Sportsmen who have rep- foreign cigarettes -- which did and Panjim - have signed up to "The common public is Christine Caine, A21 founder. clinic, where the doctors on Thursday. more than 20 mm resented in boxing, football, not have the mandatory take part in the event. extremely unaware of the mag- According to the advised them to shift her to Thunder storm rain. basketball, handball, hockey, pictorial warnings and violated The event is a silent walk nitude of the issue. We want to International Labour Osmania Hospital. She suc- accompanied with According to swimming, wrestling, athlet- the guidelines of Cigarette and where participants pledge to spread awareness on the forms Organisation (2016), 40.3 mil- cumbed to injuries there lightning are likely at isolated Telangana State Development ics, kabaddi can participate Other Tobacco Product Act -- help end human trafficking in of trafficking - bonded labour, lion are caught in various later, said the police. places in TS. and Planning Society weather along with their certificates. from unknown sources in their lifetime. Globally, the organ rackets and sexual forms of modern-day slavery Following a complaint South-west monsoon though forecast update, "The weather Musicians in Open catego- neighbouring states. The Walk is organized by A21, an exploitation. We want people globally. Of these, right now, filed by Seema's relative has completely withdrawn from conditions over the state sug- ry (military band only) should foreign cigarettes contain a international NGO in the fight to recognise indicators of traf- there are 8 million people against Dilip, a case was the state. The city witnessed a gest light to moderate report on December 2 at 6 am very high content of tobacco against modern-day slavery. ficking. So these awareness trafficked in India for sex, booked under section 302 drop in temperature on rain/thunder showers at a few at Thapar Stadium. Age limit dust which is hazardous to The walk in the city will start programmes will help identi- labor, organs, forced marriages (murder) of the IPC and an Wednesday due to the onset of places for next three days for sportsmen is 171/2 to 21 health. The accused was from and end at YMCA in fy cases of trafficking in their and domestic servitude, investigation was taken up. the northeast monsoon south of (October 17-20). Maximum years and for musicians (mil- handed over to the Shah Inayat Secunderabad, and travel via daily life," said Biju Thampy, according to the Global Slavery Dilip is reportedly abscond- peninsular India with the mer- temperatures are expected to be itary band only) 171/2 to 23 Gunj police for investigation. SD Road and Sangeet Lane. founder of The Movement Index 2018. ing. cury plummeting to 25.6 degree in the range of 31 degree years. For more details candi- Celsius, while on Thursday the Celsius to 33 degree Celsius, dates can contact temperature again rose to 30.0 while the minimum in the Headquarters, AOC Centre, degree Celsius. range of 21 degree Celsius to 24 East Marredpally, 14 of 127 held for ISIS Rs 1 lakh penalty slapped The IMD said, "A trough over the next three days." Secunderabad-15. links were from city Rubin Cherian new on Paradise over hygiene GM of Novotel PNS n HYDERABAD GHMC has slapped a fine of Terror outfit used internet to Rs 3 lakh on KLM shopping PNS n HYDERABAD The GHMC on Thursday mall in Chandanagar for radicalise recruits: Security agencies levied a penalty of Rs 1 lakh illegal video display. The Novotel Hyderabad Airport appointed on Paradise Food Court mall however continues to Rubin Cherian as the hotel's new General PNS n HYDERABAD training, recruitment, plan- Private Limited's restau- play the videos on its Manager. In his new role, Rubin will focus ning and execution," he said. rant at Secunderabad for façade. GHMC imposed on enhancing overall guest experience at As many as 14 of the 127 per- IG Mittal said it was com- unhygienic conditions in the the penalty for the third time Novotel Hyderabad Airport, bringing about sons with suspected ISIS links mon in all the modules bust- kitchen, vegetables found in again on Thursday. It also growth in revenues, and develop a talent- arrested from all over the ed in Hyderabad, Kerala, rotten conditions in the noticed imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on ed and committed team to manage the hotel country in recent years were Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh or premises and usage of single unhygienic conditions in the hotel Cafe Bahar at Alekhya operations in the ever-evolving business from Hyderabad. According to Delhi that the leader of the use plastic. kitchen and found rotten veg- Towers on Sagar Ring Road. environment. reports, most of the 130-odd local outfit was in contact On Wednesday, a customer etables. Despise a ban on sin- Officials inspected and He has been associated with Accor for over people arrested by security with a "foreign handler" who lodged a complaint with gle use plastic, the manage- noticed unhygienic conditions 16 years, having worked at Novotel Mumbai, agencies in India for suspect- channelised the module. GHMC regarding quality of ment was found to be ram- apart from non-segregation Juhu Beach, Novotel Bengaluru, and ibis ed ISIS links were inspired by Preacher Zakir Naik, the the food following which a pantly using the single use of waste and lack of trade Hyderabad, Hitec City, before taking on his the speeches of controversial Mumbai-born founder of the team of officials including plastic," said GHMC food license. In another instance, current role at Novotel Hyderabad Airport. Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, a controversial 'Peace TV', has food inspectors, veterinary inspector Sudershan. GHMC issued penalty of Rs In 2019, he was awarded as the "General top official of National been living in Malaysia since and vigilance wings inspect- 10,000 on pan shop owner and Manager of the Year" by BW Hotelier for the Investigation Agency (NIA) 2017. He has run into some ed the restaurant. GHMC fines KLM Rs 3L, Rs 20,000 on Agarwal Agency budget and economy segment of Hotels in Alok Mittal told a conference trouble in Malaysia too which "During our inspection, we Café Bahar Rs 1L in Fathenagar for littering. India in 2018. of anti-terror forces recently. banned him from delivering The largest number of per- public talks. But the Malaysian sons were arrested from Tamil government has indicated that Nadu, 33, Uttar Pradesh, 19 it was reluctant to deport him and Kerala, 17, Telangana 14, to India, and yet was open him City firm set to launch ‘edible cups' Maharashtra 12, Karnataka 8 to send him to any other and Delhi 7. The other states country that was willing to from where ISIS suspects have take him. Plans to set up unit to make eco-friendly alternative to plastic and paper cups been arrested are Uttarakhand, In his speech at the confer- West Bengal, Jammu and ence of counter-terror officials, PNS n HYDERABAD also beneficial to diet, he claimed. will be set up and start production Kashmir, Rajasthan, Gujarat, NIA director YC Modi also EAT CUP is made from natur- in the next nine to ten months Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. outlined the emerging terror City-based Genome Labs Bio al grain products and is completely with a capacity of 10 lakh cups per Sharing data at the NIA challenges before the country. Private Limited on Thursday said edible, crunchy and delicious to day. National Conference of chiefs He also noted that the it planned to set up a manufac- taste. Rich in fibre, it is also a good EAT CUP was a step forward in of the Anti-Terrorism Squads Bangladesh-based terror out- turing plant in the city within next dietary supplement... (you can) eat reducing negative ecological (ATS) and Special Task Forces fit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen 10 months to produce edible cups, the cup after finishing the bever- impact and massive carbon foot- (STF), NIA Inspector General Bangladesh (JMB) has touted as an environment-friend- age, Raju told reporters announc- print, he said adding it was suit- Alok Mittal said the internet is expanded its footprints in ly alternative to both plastic and ing launch of the product. able for all kinds of hot and cold being systematically exploited Kerala, Karnataka and paper cups. As of now EAT CUP was being beverages, soups, desserts and by ISIS sympathisers for ter- Maharashtra. Company executive director imported through Europe-based yoghurt and would not get soggy rorist purposes. JMB started activities in Suresh Raju said they were in the manufacturing partner of for up to 40 minutes. "The international terrorist West Bengal in 2008, when process of setting up their own Genomelabs, a manufacturer of According to him, even the organisation has exploited two of its senior leaders plant tp manufacture 'EAT CUP', nutrition, fitness, wellness and disposable paper cups were poly- internet in a very organised crossed over to West Bengal to currently being imported, on a sion from the government. lifestyle products, he said. ethylene-lined, and pose a risk to way for its every terror-relat- evade arrest and persecution nine acre site in Shamirpet and EAT CUP was not only eco- Raju said that once the govern- the environment as they are not ed activity like radicalisation, in Bangladesh. have sought necessary permis- friendly and biodegradable, but ment gave its approval, the unit biodegradable. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 hyderabad 04 No end in sight to RTC strike impasse Mee Seva With no initiative from either TSRTC management or the govt for talks, over 48,000 employees continue their protests collecting PNS n HYDERABAD The indefinite strike by Solve issues or we will also strike, Maoists extend excess user employees of Telangana State fee: Kishan Road Transport Corporation support for (TSRTC) entered 13th day on TNGO, TGO warn TRS govt PNS n HYDERABAD Thursday as no end appears in Oct 19 bandh sight to the impasse despite PNS n HYDERABAD ing with Andhra Pradesh state Union Minister of State for High Court directions to both Extending support, immediately to Telangana. The PNS n KARIMNAGAR Home Affairs G Kishan the government and employ- Telangana Non-Gazetted the TNGO, TGO government has to increase the Reddy expressed ire on Mee ees to find a negotiated settle- Officers (TNGO) and retirement age of employees The official spokesperson of Seva centres in the state for ment. With no invitation from Telangana Gazetted Officers leaders also made besides solving pension issue. CPI Maoists, Jagan on allegedly collecting excess either TSRTC management (TGO) leaders have said that it clear that they Chief Secretary responded in Thursday called upon the peo- and illegal charges from con- or the government for the there is no word like 'Self will participate in positive manner. We are hop- ple to support the bandh call sumers. talks, over 48,000 employees Dismiss' and made it clear that ing that the problems of all given by the striking RTC Taking serious note of the were continuing the strike. the state government employ- the RTC's employees will be solved by workers on October 19. widespread discrepancies and The striking employees ees too will go on strike if the proposed state this month end. We will par- In a statement, he exhorted illegalities at Mee Seva cen- staged protest in front of bus government failed to solve the ticipate in the RTC proposed the RTC workers to continue tres, Kishan Reddy ordered depots to prevent the buses Police arrest student union leaders during a protest in Hyderabad on Thursday demands before the time given bandh on state bandh on October 19. We their stir until they succeed in Telangana Mee Seva from coming out but they to them. Hoping that the state October 19 also urged the government to the withdrawal of Privatisation Commissioner to crack down were arrested by the police. government will solve their solve the problems before proposal of the RTC. on the erring Mee Seva agents Security has been further problems, the TNGO leaders given time. If not, we are also Terming RTC workers were and submit an action taken tightened at the depots and bus ‘CM post not permanent’ also made it clear that they will confidence. The state govern- ready to go on strike. There is fighting in a democratic man- report to Union Home stations as TSRTC has stepped participate in the RTC's pro- ment employees are extending no word like self dismiss. We ner for their demands, the Ministry. up efforts to restore normal PNS n HYDERABAD posed state bandh to be held their support to the RTC didn't become part of the RTC Maoist leader called upon the Though Mee Seva Centres operations with the help of on October 19. strike. discussions held with govern- people to lend a supportive were brought in by the temporary employees. Convener of JAC of RTC TNGO president Karem "We explained about the ment," he said. role to the fighters in achiev- Telangana government to TSRTC officials said they workers Aswathama Reddy Ravinder Reddy, TGO presi- ongoing RTC strike to CS. The Mamatha said that they ing the long pending demands. ensure transparency and were operating 75 per cent of has alleged that his phone is dent Mamatha met the Chief High Court too directed the requested the CS to solve the The statement came down speed in delivering various bus services and would soon being tapped. Speaking to Secretary SK Joshi on state government to solve the RTC employees issue imme- heavily on the state govern- government services online, be restoring full operations to media at the TMU office here Thursday and submitted a RTC issue. We gave the mem- diately. Several departments ment and the TRS leadership these citizen services deliv- ensure that there is no incon- on Thursday, he felt that memorandum on interim orandum with 17 demands. including revenue are facing for its anti-workers stand and ery centres have been mak- venience to people. Making it intelligentsia keeping mum relief (IR). Later speaking to The revenue employees are severe pressure. The criticised the approaches ing news for several wrong clear that there is no change in on RTC strike does not augur JAC leaders for talks. the media at Secretariat, also facing lot of pressure. government has to solve adopted by the government to reasons of late. Large num- his stand, Chief Minister K. well for society. He, there- In an indirect reference to Ravinder Reddy urged the The government has to bring the problems of the employees weaken the spirit of the work- ber of complaints are being Chandrashekhar Rao told a fore, urged Ministers Etela Chief Minister K RTC employees not to lose Telangana employees work- immediately. ing class. made by people, about the meeting of officials late on Rajender, T Harish Rao and Chandrasekhar Rao, he said excessive delay in delivery of Wednesday that there will be Jagadish Reddy to break their that dictatorial tendencies services and also collection no talks with the striking silence. would not do in Telangana of user charges illegally. employees. Reiterating the JAC's will- state, which is the result of "It has been brought to the He also ruled out taking ingness to participate in sacrifices by many. The JAC Left parties’ leaders on fast in support of stir notice of Union Home back the employees who failed negotiations with the gov- leader reminded the ruling Ministry that for Pattadar to report to durty before the ernment, he and the other party that the CM post is PNS n HYDERABAD diesel every year. He demand- Passbook authentication, expiry of the deadline. The JAC leaders would explain not permanent. He was ed that the state government Mee Seva Centres are charg- meeting with Transport the government the feasibil- afraid of a constitutional Leaders of the Left parties and waive the tax on diesel as ing between Rs 50 to 100 for Minister P. Ajay and senior ity of merger of the RTC with deadlock surfacing in the people's organisations done in Tamil Nadu. They said each passbook, though officials lasted for five hours. the government, provided state if the strike remained observed a day-long fast here that while private buses are Telangana government has While unlike after the previous the government invites the unsolved. on Thursday in support of the allowed to operate on profit- decided to deliver this ser- meetings, no statement was strike by employees of the making routes, the TSRTC vice free of cost. Mee Seva issued from the Chief Telangana State Road buses are run on loss-making Centres are collecting Rs Minister's Office (CMO), offi- jump in the salaries of the (JAC) of striking employees Transport Corporation routes. 100 but giving receipt to cial sources said the chief employees. has called for 'dhoom dhaam' (TSRTC), which entered its Professor Nageshwar said people for zero amount. minister ruled out any talks or KCR asked officials to go or protests with the display of 13th day. Several leaders and the strike by employees was Union Minister G Kishan compromise with the striking ahead with recruitment of folk arts across the state on activists of Communist Party not for their salaries but for Reddy desires that the employees. temporary drivers and also Thursday. Student bodies will of India (CPI), Communist protection of the TSRTC. He Commissioner of Mee Seva KCR, as the Chief Minister hire more private buses. also take out rallies in support Party of India-Marxist (CPI- alleged that the government is takes appropriate action on is popularly known, noted Meanwhile, striking employees of the employees. A rally is M), other Left parties and ers paid tributes to two Committee leader carrying out a false propagan- the agents collecting user that the strike during festival in Karimnagar tried to lay planned from Osmania people's organisations partic- employees, who committed Ashwathama Reddy also da to blame employees for the charges illegally and pre- time has caused a loss of Rs siege to the residence of state University later in the day. The ipated in the mass hunger suicide earlier this week to addressed the participants. TSRTC's losses. Meanwhile, sents an action taken report," 150 crore to TSRTC, adding to minister Gangula Kamalakar JAC is also going ahead with strike to show solidarity with protest the government's deci- The speakers blamed the police arrested scores of stu- stressed a letter sent to its financial woes. Pointing out to protest what they called his its plans for Telangana shut- the striking employees. sion to sack 48,000 striking government for the TSRTC dents at Osmania University Telangana Mee Seva that his government provided provocative statements on the down on Saturday. Opposition CPI-state Secretary Chada employees. Professor running into huge losses. when they were trying to take Commissioner from Union Rs 3,300 crore to the transport strike. Police arrested the pro- parties and several trade Venkat Reddy, CPI-M state Nageshwar, eminent acade- Ashwathama Reddy pointed out a rally to Pragathi Bhavan, Home Ministry on utility in last five years, KCR testers. unions have declared support Secretary Tammineni mician Chukka Ramaiah, out that the government is col- the official residence of the Thursday. said there was 67 per cent Joint Action Committee to the shutdown. Veerabhadram and other lead- TSRTC Joint Action lecting Rs 300 crore as tax on Chief Minister. TS to develop Huzurnagar result will crop colonies Even nature is against KCR, says Sravan PNS n HYDERABAD KCR is facing the PNS n SANGAREDDY curse of RTC change TS politics: Uttam All India Congress Committee Telangana would utilise Big (AICC) national spokesper- employees, jobless PNS n HYDERABAD Data in agriculture to create son Dr Dasoju Sravan youth and other sections of crop colonies across the State, expressed happiness over the the society whom he betrayed. Telangana Pradesh Congress Jayesh Ranjan, Principal cancellation of TRS public He didn’t show any sympathy Committee (TPCC) president Secretary, Industries, meeting, which was to be towards anyone and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Commerce and Information addressed by Chief Minister K DR DASOJU SRAVAN Kumar Reddy said that the vic- and Technology, said. Chandrashekhar Rao, in AICC national spokesperson tory of Congress party in Stating that the concept of Huzurnagar on Thursday due Huzurnagar by-elections, to be crop colonies was a process to heavy rains. Minister for not obeying the held on October 21, would that was under progress in Addressing a press confer- orders of High Court on RTC decide the future of politics in the youngest State in India, ence in Huzurnagar, Sravan strike. He said KCR has report- Telangana State. Jayesh Ranjan said the gov- said even nature has turned edly refused to initiate talks Addressing a press confer- ernment will work closely against Chief Minister and with the RTC employees or ence along with Telangana with International Crop prevented him from boarding process their September Jana Samithi president Prof M Research Centre for Semi- a helicopter to reach salaries on the grounds that Kodandaram, Congress MLA arid Tropics (Icrisat) and Huzurnagar. "While the rough AICC spokesperson D Sravan addresses the press at Huzurnagar on Thursday High Court had not given any T Jeevan Reddy, former other stakeholders to utilise weather in Hyderabad forced written orders. Minister Damodar Reddy and Big Data in agriculture to KCR to abort helicopter ride, public meeting, then KCR injustice with everyone in a He said that the victory of other leaders, at Huzurnagar TPCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy at a rally in Huzurnagar on Thursday bring precision in agricul- for the first time during the would have spoken a bundle of brutal and dictatorial manner. Congress party in Huzurnagar on Thursday, Uttam said that ture activities in Telangana. campaign, it rained heavily at lies consisting of false claims Therefore, God prevented his by-elections was essential and the victory of Congress candi- appreciated by people. restoration of democracy in Addressing delegates the public meeting venue lead- and hollow promises. entry into Huzurnagar to save in the interest of people of date Padmavathi was essential He said defeat in the State and pressurise the from across the world at the ing to its cancellation. This was Therefore, God saved the peo- the people from further Telangana. "If TRS candidate not only for the people of Huzurnagar might force TRS government to act in a respon- inaugural function of a nothing short of a God's mir- ple by sending heavy rains manipulation," he said adding Saidi Reddy wins, he will be Huzurnagar constituency, but Government to focus on ful- sible and accountable manner. three-day convention on acle. The Almighty wanted to both in Hyderabad and that the way nature rejected just another 'Kaurava in for the entire State. fillment of electoral promises Uttam said it would be high- Big data in Agriculture- prevent people of Huzurnagar Huzurnagar, he said. "KCR is KCR, TRS would face similar Dhuryodhana Sabha' and He said that people's verdict and inculcate a fear that it ly unfortunate for the people if 2019 at the Icrisat campus, from listening the speech of a facing the curse of RTC rejection by people on October one among many slaves of in Congress party's favour would face similar rejection in TRS wins the by-polls. He he said the State govern- habitual liar. These are clear employees, jobless youth and 21 when they would vote in KCR. In TRS party, even min- would send a strong message all other constituencies in the warned that TRS leaders would ment believes that Big Data signs that even God and his other sections of the society favour of Congress candidate isters have no access to the to Chief Minister that his arro- State. He said that the results turn Huzurnagar constituency tools will certainly enhance nature were against KCR and whom he betrayed. He did not Uttam Padmavathi. Chief Minister and MLAs have gance and dictatorial style of of Huzurnagar by-elections into a den of mafia activities if the yield and incomes of TRS Government," he said. show any sympathy or concern The AICC Spokesperson no authority to raise their functioning was no longer would play a major role in they win the by-elections. farmers. Sravan said if there was a towards anyone and did utter strongly condemned the Chief voice,” he said. HUZURNAGAR BY-POLL BILT revival: KTR ultimatum Revanth, Vijayashanthi to wrap up campaign PNS n HYDERABAD The Minister cautioned the BILT management that the K VENKATESHWARLU will participate in road shows ly waiting for his speeches in Industries Minister KT Rama deadline given to the compa- n HYDERABAD and public meetings in all Huzurnagar constituency", Rao on Thursday expressed ny for revival already expired. seven mandals-Huzurnagar, said Manavatha Roy. displeasure over the tardy If it failed to resume commer- TPCC working president and Neredcherla, Garidepally, The party is keeping high progress in reviving the cial operations by August next Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Mattapally, Mellachervu, hopes on Vijayashanthi's par- Ballarpur Industries Limited year, the government will have Reddy and TPCC Campaign Chinthalapalem, Palakaveedu ticipation in campaign. The (BILT) at Kamalapur in to open the doors for new Committee chairperson in his two day tour in party leaders are thinking that Warangal district. management cancelling incen- Vijayashanthi are all set to Huzurnagar constituency. her campaign may help the He spoke his mind to BILT tives offered to the existing give a finishing touch to the The Congress leaders earli- party in a great manner as she Chief Operating Officer Nehar management. Huzurnagar by-elections cam- er thought that Revanth will be a crowd puller as an Agarwal, Chief General Erection of machinery paign by participating in the Reddy, who created a contro- actor-turned-politician, TPCC Manager Hariharan when they reached with the workers on should commence immedi- campaign on last two days - on versy by proposing Chamala working president Jetti called on the Industries payment of arrears. The com- ately, he directed the BILT October 18 and 19. Kiran Kumar Reddy's name Kusuma Kumar, who is busy Minister here on Thursday to pany had agreed to give representatives. He asked the According to sources, both for Huzurnagar by-poll, may participating in campaign in apprise him of the progress. Rs 10,000 to each of the Industries Secreary Jayesh the leaders would participate in campaign at least on the final tion letter to the EC. The not join the campaign. Mellacehrvu mandal, said. The Minister said that the workers towards Diwali festi- Ranjan to take an undertaking campaign for two days and day of the campaign i.e. on senior leaders are hoping that However, Revanth Reddy's Interestingly, both the lead- progress was tardy in spite of val advance. from the company that the hold public meetings in all October 19 as her film pro- she will come to Huzurnagar at announcement that he would ers are firebrands and makes the government extending var- The BILT management told revival would be done within seven mandals of the con- ducer is not accepting her to least on final day. Vijayashanthi participate in the campaign sharp criticism against TRS ious concessions to it for its the Minister that the compa- the revised deadline and stituency. However, allow in participating in the failed to lift the phone when will put an end to all the and Chief Minister K revival in the interest of the ny's consultants submitted a supervise the progress from Vijayashanthi's participation campaign. On the other hand, this reporter contacted her. rumours of rift within the Chandrasekahr Rao. Already, workers. He found fault with report to banks to get more time to time. is not yet confirmed as she is the TPCC leaders were trying Already, TPCC general sec- leaders. party senior leaders Jana the style of functioning of the and more loans. As part of the The COO assured the busy with her Mahesh starrer to get permission from the retary and Revanth Reddy's "No doubt Revanth Reddy's Reddy, Komatireddy Venakt company. The government is revival of the firm, IT net- Minister to complete the works Telugu film 'Sarileru Election Commission on programme coordinator campaign will work as a cat- Reddy, Bhatti Vikramarka, D firm on protecting the interests working work is going on, within the deadline and attrib- Neekevvaru'. Thursday for the sake of her Manavatha Roy released the alyst to the winning prospects Sridhar Babu, Seethakka and of the workers and livelihood. they said exuding confidence uted missing the deadline ear- According to sources, she is participation in election cam- road map couple of days ago of Congress candidate in these several others are participating The Minister reviewed the of the company going on lier to late commencement of interested in participating in paign by submitting a requisi- at Huzurnagar. Revanth Reddy by-elections. People are eager- in campaign rigorously. agreement the company stream by August next. the revival works. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 nation 05 SHORT READS Anand pens inspirational INX Media: Delhi court ‘Why talk about bringing reserves order on ED plea for PC custody book for navigating life A Delhi court NEW DELHI: PNS n NEW DELHI Thursday reserved order on the "I have memories of plea of Enforcement Directorate back Article 370 now?’ Chess legend Viswanathan the major events in my seeking 14-day custodial PNS n NASHIK Anand has authored an inspi- career and life, but interrogation of former finance Referring to the comment, Pawar said, when you put them minister P Chidambaram in the rational book where he looks INX Media money laundering NCP president Sharad Pawar "Parliament abrogated Article 370. Modi back on his experience to down on paper, you on Thursday questioned Prime share lessons on how to navi- case. Special judge Ajay Kumar sahib took the initiative. We do not suddenly have to Kuhar is scheduled to Minister Narendra Modi's gate life. organise your thoughts pronounce the order shortly. "doob maro" jibe directed at oppose that. Some people kept forth In "Mind Master: Winning and are forced to think The probe agency has sought the Opposition in connection their views on the issue, but they were Lessons from a Champion's through them in detail. 14-day custodial interrogation with scrapping of Article 370 Life" (as told to journalist in Jammu and Kashmir. labelled by some as anti-national. They Susan Ninan), Anand revisits It allowed me to of the 74-year old senior Viswanathan Anand rediscover many Congress leader. The court had Addressing a poll rally in become anti-nationals?" his greatest games and worst Niphad here in North losses, his unique experiences has been an interesting jour- interesting stories and on Wednesday issued incidents," he said. production warrant against him Maharashtra, Pawar asked of playing against the best ney. in the INX Media money Modi why he was daring "How can they (Opposition) as anti-national. They become minds, and the methods he "I have memories of the laundering case lodged by Opposition leaders to bring say that Jammu and Kashmir anti-nationals?" employs to prepare for wins, major events in my career and accomplishments failure was Enforcement Directorate. back Article 370 of the Sharad Pawar has nothing to do with "The prime minister yester- cope with disappointments life, but when you put them never far away, and in the low- Constitution after it was nul- Maharashtra? They should be day said doob maro. He dares and, simply, stay in the game. down on paper, you suddenly est moments there were always lified by Parliament in August. Manmohan Singh-led cabinet. ashamed of such thoughts. us to bring Article 370 back. It The book, published by have to organise your thoughts things that lifted me up. Rather BJP disqualifies eight Pawar also hit out at Union Modi had on Wednesday Don't they have any shame? was decided to scrap Article Hachette India, is releasing and are forced to think than just making this about my leaders for 'anti-party Finance Minister Nirmala slammed Opposition leaders, Doob maro," the PM had said, 370, Parliament scrapped it and on December 11. through them in detail. It story, I've tried to distil in this Sitharaman for saying that seeking a link between the using the two-word phrase in now why are you now talking Currently playing in the Isle allowed me to rediscover many book some of the lessons I activities' in J-K public sector banks had the scrapping of Article 370 and Hindi. about bringing it back?" he of Man International Chess interesting stories and inci- learnt, the strategies that JAMMU: The BJP's Jammu "worst phase" under the com- the Maharashtra Assembly Referring to the comment, questioned. Tournament, India's first dents," he said. helped me perform better and and Kashmir unit on Thursday bination of former Prime polls, and told them to go Pawar said, "Parliament abro- The former Union minister grandmaster and five-time "Above all, it made me tackle life as it happened," he disqualified eight party leaders Minister Manmohan Singh drown (doob maro) for criti- gated Article 370. Modi sahib further said that there were world champion said this book realise that during my greatest added. for filing their nominations as and RBI Governor Raghuram cising the nullification of the took the initiative. We do not several issues concerning the Independents against the Rajan. controversial provision that oppose that. Some people kept people, yet BJP leaders were official candidates for the Block The Maratha strongman was gave special status to Jammu forth their views on the issue, consistently talking about Development Council (BDC) a senior member of the and Kashmir. but they were labelled by some defanging of Article 370. Non-councillors elections, scheduled to be held ‘PM's constituency on October 24, a party can be chiefs of spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the state Bharatiya Janata Yuva ‘Amarinder must be cleanest’ Morcha (BJYM) also Cong backed scrapping of A 370, ULBs in Raj now discharged its senior leader playing PNS n VARANASI (UP) PNS n JAIPUR Aqib Mir from his present party post of state secretary due to but not BJP's high-handed way religious card’ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Any person who is not a "breach of party discipline", he Yogi Adityanath has asked the councillor can now become said. "Taking strong note of the PNS n MUMBAI hues", Singh said. PNS n PHAGWARA officials concerned to initiate a the chairperson of the urban filing of nominations as "Our hope is these powers campaign to ensure that Prime local bodies in Rajasthan. Independents by party leaders The Congress does not need a will be used not to settle polit- Punjab BJP president Shwait Minister Narendra Modi's par- A gazetted notification against the official candidates certificate of patriotism from ical scores," he said, expressing Malik on Thursday accused liamentary constituency in the regard was issued by of the BJP for the BDC anyone, former prime minis- confidence that the govern- Chief Minister Amarinder Varanasi is the cleanest in the the state government on elections, the state BJP has ter Manmohan Singh said on ment will do justice to Praful Singh of playing religious country. Wednesday. disqualified them for indulging Thursday, pointing out that it Patel. and divisive cards to vitiate Modi had won the seat in the Yogi Adityanath The notification amend- in anti-party activities," the voted in favour of the abroga- Asked about the BJP's poll the atmosphere in the state Lok Sabha elections held earli- The chief minister ing the Rajasthan spokesperson said. tion of Article 370, but promise to seek Bharat Ratna and divert people's attention er this year by a huge margin of Municipalities Rules, 2019, opposed the high-handed way for V D Savarkar, who was an from burning issues. 4.79 lakh votes. He had not only held a review meeting was issued after the state JK admin orders in which it was done. accused in the Mahatma The Congress government retained the seat, but also saw of the development cabinet in its meeting on The economist-turned- Gandhi assassination case but in the state has failed on every his victory margin increase by work and law and Monday decided to hold abolition of legislative politician also said that agen- was acquitted, Singh said the front and Singh has not ful- nearly 1 lakh votes as compared order situation in the indirect elections, reversing council cies such as the Enforcement Manmohan Singh Congress only opposes filled even a single promise, to the 2014 general elections. state here on its earlier decision of hold- Directorate (ED) should not be Savarkar's Hindutva ideology. Malik claimed as he predict- The chief minister held a ing direct elections to the Jammu, Oct 17 (PTI) Ahead of used to settle "political scores". introduced in Parliament. Referring to the Hindu ed a landslide victory for the review meeting of the devel- Wednesday night and post. the bifurcation of Jammu and Singh's comments came at a Earning goodwill of the Mahasabha leader with a rev- BJP-SAD combine in the opment work and law and instructed the officials The elections to the urban Kashmir into two union time when prime minister people of Jammu & Kashmir erential "Savarkar-ji", Singh bypolls to all the four order situation in the state here to make "Kashi local bodies in the state are territories later this month, the Narendra Modi and the BJP was necessary before such a said former Congress prime Assembly seats, that will on Wednesday night and due later this year. 62-year-old state legislative number 1 in the have been attacking Congress move, the former prime min- minister, late Indira Gandhi "prove to be a Waterloo for instructed the officials to make country" in terms of As per the new rule, a council came to an end with on Article 370 during the ister said. had issued a postal stamp in Amarinder Singh". "Kashi number 1 in the coun- person shall be eligible for the state administration issuing campaign for the Maharashtra "Congress voted in favour of Savarkar's memory. The Rajya Sabha MP also try" in terms of cleanliness. cleanliness being chosen as the chair- orders for its abolition and Assembly polls, while NCP the move (the abrogation) in "(But) we are not in favour alleged that Singh's "weak According to an official person if he is qualified asking its 116-member staff to leaders including Sharad Pawar Parliament, not against it. of the Hindutva ideology that policy" led to resurgence of spokesperson, he also asked the from Diwali till Dev Diwali, under the provisions of the report to the general and Praful Patel are being Congress feels that Article 370 Savarkar-ji patronised and militancy in Punjab. officials to launch special clean- Adityanath said as he directed Act for election as a mem- department. The order was investigated by the ED in var- is a temporary measure, but if stood for," Singh said. Addressing a press confer- liness drives in villages as well the PWD to make the roads ber of a municipality. The issued on Wednesday night, ious cases. a change is to be brought, it has Singh also hit out against the ence here, Malik said, "The as urban areas before the festi- free of potholes by October 30. name of the candidate for less than a fortnight before the Addressing a press confer- to be with the goodwill of the NDA government's fact is that militancy is grow- val of Diwali. The government is commit- the post of the mayor/chair- state is spilt into two union ence here, Singh said the people of J&K," he said. Citizenship Amendment Bill, ing in the state. The chief Roads, parks and vacant ted towards the makeover of person can be proposed by territories -- Ladakh and Congress opposes the "high- The ED, under the NDA calling it a divisive move that minister wants to create fear plots of land should be includ- Kashi. Prime Minister Modi a political party and they Jammu and Kashmir -- on the handedness" with which regime, has got more powers discriminates against the psychosis among the people ed in the campaign. In view of had laid the foundation stone of can be elected by council- midnight of October 31. Article 370 of the Constitution than ever, and should not be Muslims by facilitating Indian of the state in order to grind Chhath Puja, start a special many projects in February 2019 lors. Jammu and Kashmir will be a -- which gave a special status used for political vendetta citizenship for persons of all his political axe and derive campaign to clean the ghats of out which 13 have been com- The first direct election to union territory with a state to Jammu and Kashmir -- was against leaders of "different faiths except Muslims. political mileage." the Ganga, the chief minister pleted and the remaining 25 the post was held in 2009 assembly. said. Do something special so will be completed in this finan- when the Congress was in that Kashi remains illuminated cial year,he said. power. 27 yrs on, cops solve ‘Those with ‘evil designs’ on nation will get befitting reply’ murder case only to find accused dead PNS n SATARA "In the land of 'rashtra rakshaks' Battle for Devi Lal's legacy in Haryana THANE: Thane police in Prime Minister Narendra (protectors of nation), there is no place Maharashtra have cracked a Modi on Thursday asserted for those who speak against the PNS n NEW DELHI Chautala family, INLD suf- 27-year-old case of killing of a that his government has fered a vertical split with for- sub-inspector, only to find that adhered to warrior king national interest. Your excitement, In the battle for Devi Lal's lega- mer Hisar MP Dushyant the accused died seven years Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's energy is making the opposition lose its cy, the young Dushyant Chautala floating his own ago, an official said on principles of nationalism and sense," he told the gathering Chautala seems to have party Jananayak Janata Party Thursday. On July 23, 1992, national security, and possess- trumped his uncle in Haryana. (JJP). sub-inspector Mahendra Singh es the strength to give a befit- The Dushyant Chautala-led The name, incidentally Patil, then attached to Mahatma ting reply to those having "evil Those having evil designs sends maximum number of JJP has managed to replace draws from the popular image Fule Chowk police station in designs" against India. against the country will be soldiers in the Indian Army. INLD, which is headed by his of Devi Lal, great grandfather Kalyan town, was stabbed to Addressing an election rally given a befitting reply," he "In the land of 'rashtra rak- uncle Abhay Chautala, as the of Dushyant, as Jananayak. death by the accused, Iqbal in Maharashtra's Satara district, said. shaks' (protectors of nation), third force in the Haryana Presenting him as Devi Lal's alias Nanhe Khan, during a Modi said just like Chhatrapati "We took decisions for there is no place for those who assembly elections with his true inheritor, Dushyant in confrontation, crime branch's Shivaji, his government worked national integration which the speak against the national Narendra Modi party putting up a decent fight his speeches talks about him senior inspector Nitin Thakre to strengthen the defence earlier governments did not interest. Your excitement, ener- paganda against Rafale (fight- in many seats, reducing the and his model of politics but said. After the killing, the forces. have guts to take," he said. gy is making the opposition er jet deal with France) and Indian National Lok Dal Devi Lal refrains from mentioning accused, who was also wanted "In the last five years, the Hitting out at the Congress lose its sense," he told the their stand on abrogation of (INLD) to the fringes of state about his grandfather Om in connection with several Centre and the state govern- and NCP, Modi said they gathering. Article 370 has hurt the peo- politics which it once domi- Devi Lal, enjoyed influence, JJP Prakash Chautala, who backed robberies in the area, ment have adhered to the val- opposed decisions taken for Modi said the Congress and ple of Satara. They leave no nated. has emerged as the inheritor of his uncle Abhay in battle of absconded and eluded the ues of Shivaji Maharaj. national security and integra- NCP questioned the bravery of chance to malign (Hindutva In almost every seat where his legacy and has core support legacies. But at the same time police for nearly three decades, Nationalism and national tion, which caused a "deep soldiers. ideologue) Veer Savarkar," he INLD, which was founded by among voters. doesn't attack them also in his he said. security is our top priority. hurt" to Satara district, which "They even spread mispro- said. former deputy prime minister Following a rift within the rallies. HARYANA ASSEMBLY POLLS Patna cuts sorry figure before Netherlands king and queen Randeep eyeing PNS n NEW DELHI/PATNA visiting king and queen. "Patna is one of the historic cities Recently, his book 'India: Land The centuries-old Patna globally, and the collectorate along with van de Toekomst' was launched Collectorate, endowed with in Amsterdam, according to an hat-trick from Kaithal high ceilings, huge doors and Patna College's main administrative official at the Dutch Embassy. PNS n NEW DELHI hanging skylights, is one of the building, parts of the Government Press In his 2016 letter to Kumar, last surviving signatures of he had said, "I came across The All India Congress Dutch architecture in the Bihar at Gulzarbagh and a few other buildings, reports about the possibility of Committee (AICC) commu- capital whose fate currently should have been long back tied into a this shared built heritage of nication in-charge, Randeep hangs in the balance. Dutch tourism circuit, but we allowed India and the Netherlands Singh Surjewala, is eyeing a Patna, a historic city with being demolished anytime." hat-trick from his stronghold over 2,500 years of uninter- them to either decay ingloriously or slip "I sincerely believe that this of Kaithal in the October 21 rupted civilisation, has a deep into obscurity," Lall said. built heritage depicting the Haryana assembly election. connection with the Indo-Dutch history can be A total of 18 candidates are Randeep Singh Surjewala Netherlands going as far back restored and alternate uses can in the fray from Kaithal, but it as the 17th century, and the harm to the collectorate build- Kolkata-based photograph- be planned. I am writing this would be a direct contest Kaithal has 208 polling ongoing visit of the royal Dutch ing until further orders", bring- er Rajiv Soni, who grew up in letter to appeal to you to list the between the Congress and booths, out of which 13 couple to India has made many Bombay yesterday and parts of which are Dutch-era, ing some relief among the her- Patna said, the visit of the complex of buildings as per the BJP nominees. polling booths have been iden- local residents rue the "poor Gateway of India was lit up including the iconic Record itage lovers. Dutch royals should make us norms of the state archaeolog- The BJP has pitted former tified as vulnerable. upkeep" of the "shared archi- with a Dutch theme to cele- Room which has a colonnad- "Patna is one of the historic revisit the "forgotten Dutch ical department," Stoelinga MLA Lila Ram Gujjar against Surjewala, who is the chief tectural heritage" of the two brate the ties between the two ed facade with Tuscan cities globally, and the collec- history of our city" and Patna said. Surjewala. spokesperson of the Congress, countries. countries. And next they visit columns. The building also torate along with Patna should also recall and thank the Aditya Jalan, a heritage Lila Ram won as an INLD has a personal following as he Octogenarian J K Lall, a Kerala which has a significant featured in 1982 Oscar-win- College's main administrative then Ambassador of the enthusiast and a core member candidate in the 2000 election. nursed the constituency while veteran architect, and conven- Dutch heritage. Patna could ning film 'Gandhi'. building, parts of the Netherlands, Alphonsus of a civil society-led movement Madan (BSP), Anil Kumar being a cabinet minister in the er of INTACH Patna Chapter have been on their itinerary, if After hearing two PILs filed Government Press at Stoelinga, who had written a 'Save Historic Patna (INLD), Ramphal Malik (JJP), Congress government from said Netherlands King Willem- only we had preserved our her- by the Indian National Trust Gulzarbagh and a few other letter to Chief Minister Nitish Collectorate' started in April Shyam Lal (LSP), Jasvir 2004 to 2014. Alexander and Queen Maxima itage, instead they are either for Art and Culture (INTACH), buildings, should have been Kumar three years ago, appeal- 2016, said Patna being a his- (Sarvhit Party) are the other BJP candidate Lila Ram are on their first state visit to facing the axe or kept poorly," the Patna High Court recent- long back tied into a Dutch ing to him to spare the demo- torical city had been on the notable candidates. Gujjar is highlighting India, but how many even he rued. ly stayed the proposed demo- tourism circuit, but we allowed lition and preserve it as a itinerary of so many royals and Kaithal has 2.03 lakh voters achievements of the the BJP know about Patna's Dutch The Bihar government in lition of the government com- them to either decay inglori- "shared heritage". VVIPs who have toured India, -- 1.08 lakh males and 95,000 governments at the Centre connection. early 2016 proposed to demol- plex while restraining the state ously or slip into obscurity," Stoelinga is part of the Dutch from British Raj era to post- females. and in the state. "The king and queen visited ish the Patna Collectorate, authorities from "causing any Lall said. delegation accompanying the independence period. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Ayodhya closure The issue can hardly churn up emotions the way it did in Who is an Indian? the 1990s. Now that it has been flogged enough, what next? context effect is an aspect of cognitive Ghulam Dastagir, who saved hundreds of lives during the Bhopal gas tragedy, and psychology that describes the influence Aof environmental factors on one’s per- Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee are true Indians who continue to inspire us ception of a stimulus. That’s exactly what has happened in the Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid tussle at Ayodhya. At one time, it embodied the beginning of identity politics, the accommodative Hindu versus the appeased Muslim swiftly turning into a disparate equa- tion based on denial for a new narrative. Therefore, the “rightist” Hindu wanted a his- torical revision of being the original claimants of civilisational land, in this case the birthplace of one who defined the ultimate AJOY KUMAR ethics of being human and behavioural propriety, Maryada Purushottam, or Lord ne of my favourite ways to Ram. One that had been ordained by faith than historical evidence and the mys- travel around the country is ticism of which, many felt, should override every human construct and depre- to board a train. dation, in this case a mosque built in the Mughal era of Babar. That thought process, Unfortunately, due to press- ing engagements and the claimed by the BJP, posited itself against the liberal-secular matrix of the time as urgencyO of modern life, I have not been a bequeathed colonial legacy. It codified nationalism or Bharatiyata for a gener- able to take as much advantage as I would ation that was far removed from the freedom struggle and was fast finding its want of this uniquely Indian way of trav- elling. There’s something quintessential- feet in a globalised world. What it also did was separate Hinduism, the philoso- ly Indian about taking the train, getting phy, from Hindutva, the practice of it. That has come full circle and now that the to know the fellow passengers and chat- BJP has got a mammoth verdict, it has legitimised the majoritarian discourse. ting with them over a cup of tea as they head to their respective destinations. To that extent, there is a general acceptance of the reality of the temple. Even While writing these lines, there is a vivid residents of Ayodhya are tired of being circumscribed by a political context that image in my mind of one such journey I doesn’t help their aspirations and are accepting of any solution, so long as there made and I’m certain, a similar image must have appeared in the minds of the is closure. With jobs and education on their mind, an entire generation, be it Hindu readers, too. or Muslim, born under the shadow of the dispute is ready to cast away a beast An interesting aspect of train travel of burden. This changed perspective then has dulled much of the appeal of Ayodhya. is the diversity on display during the jour- ney. One gets to hear of so many lan- Of course, the Supreme Court must be appreciated for stripping down the guages, accents, smell a variety of food complexity of religiosity to the titular nature of land ownership and attempting a and absorb different perspectives. Once, mediation. The three main parties — the Nirmohi Akhara, Ram Lalla Virajman it got me thinking about what it means and the Sunni Waqf Board — have presented their points of view. Nirmohi Akhara to be an Indian. Unlike other nations like Pakistan, lays its claim by virtue of being servitors of Lord Ram for generations while the India is not defined by a particular reli- Sunni Waqf Board has based its case on the fact that the Babri Masjid stood till gion. Some may argue that being a Hindu- 1992. Yet some of its members have reportedly softened up to settle for an alter- majority country, an Indian’s identity is pri- marily driven by this majoritarian outlook. native mosque, a counter assurance that no other mosque will be touched and Such an argument does not hold ground that ASI would restore other mosques in the area. Ram Lalla, who became a because not only does India contain a mul- With none forthcoming, ensured that hundreds of ry reasons for our intellectu- legal party in the title suit only in 1989 when former Allahabad High Court judge tiplicity of religions but significantly also Dastagir took matters into fathers didn’t suffer the same al prowess is the manner in a multiplicity of castes. Therefore, a his own hands and informed fate as he did. which our culture respects Deoki Nandan Agrawal moved the High Court, claimed the entire birthplace as Brahmin Hindu (approximately five per his superiors to suspend all Dastagir was a true knowledge and the pursuit of divinity reincarnate. So, now the court has to sift through issues like memory, cent of the Hindu community) can hard- trains that were headed to Indian. In such moments, we the same. continuity, belief systems, tradition and historical evidence, howsoever little of ly claim to represent all Hindus. It’s the Bhopal. He then summoned forget about which religion a The most recent example same with languages as well. his staff. While he was barely person belongs to, which caste is that of Indian-origin econ- the last. But weighing abstractions and perceptions may be an extremely deli- The recent debate about Hindi able to stand or breathe and WE ARE TOLD TO he was born into or which lan- omist Abhijit Banerjee, one of cate matter. The Ram Mandir was an emotionally galvanising force that had got becoming a “national” language does not against all protocol, he direct- FOCUS ON OUR guage he speaks. All that we the winners of the Noble Prize the Sangh Parivar close to claiming political power through the BJP. And though hold water because of the variety of lan- ed his staff to clear the care about and all that we for economics. His win adds guages spoken in our country. If you do Gorakhpur train for departure DIFFERENCES remember is the great sacrifice to a very rich list of Indian the Atal Bihari Vajpayee era, by virtue of its coalition pressures, demanded prag- not believe me, just ask a Maharashtrian even though 25 minutes were RATHER THAN of an Indian brother. In real- luminaries. matism in governance, the current Narendra Modi regime has no such reason or a Tamilian about how they feel about left for it to roll out. He ity, this is what it means to be Sadly, however, some of to compromise. There are also expectations of it to translate ideological rever- “Hindi” being a national language. The assured his staff that he would STRENGTHS AND an Indian. It means recognis- our leaders attempt to replace truth really is that “Indian identity is take full responsibility for any OUR LEADERS ing that at the time of inde- these values with those that ence into action, considering it has to justify the core of its being, the commit- forged in diversity and everyone of us is blowback that may follow. pendence, we promised our- are antithetical to Indian core ted Sangh Parivar cadres. The party brass is hoping it will at least be seen as a minority”, as Congress leader Shashi In doing so, Dastagir REPEATEDLY selves and our future genera- values. We are told now to attempting a closure within legal perimeters, even if not entirely successful. Perhaps, Tharoor put it eloquently. saved hundreds of lives. He SHOW DISDAIN tions that we would set aside focus on our differences rather Modi is in a rush to foreground Hindutva concerns like abrogation of Article 370, But this still doesn’t explain what it did not, however, stop here. As all that divides, to forge a bet- than strengths and our lead- means to be an Indian. The story of terror spread across Bhopal, FOR KNOWLEDGE ter India. The poignant story ers repeatedly show disdain Ram temple, immigrants and uniform civil code so that they do not remain irri- Ghulam Dastagir, however, does. Dastagir large crowds of the affected of Dastagir reminds us of this for knowledge with an affin- tants to his definition of the Hindu Rashtra and by implication development. That was the deputy station superintendent on population descended on to WITH AN AFFINITY core value. ity for dogma. This is not the itself is fraught with grave challenges as without sales pitches and illusionary duty at the Bhopal Railway station on the station in an attempt to FOR DOGMA. THIS Another value that forms idea of India we cherish and December 2, 1984 — the day when the escape the gas chamber. the core of being an Indian is it is not what it means to be an diversions, he will have to now walk the talk on real issues. Modi’s bigger con- Bhopal gas tragedy took place. By mid- Dastagir went from platform IS NOT THE IDEA the respect and admiration for Indian. cern is the electorate which feels betrayed on livelihood and comprises the poor, night, the railway station, which was to platform, attending to and OF INDIA WE knowledge. This is evident I imagine most of us swell both rural and urban, and the middle classes. That job is tougher if indeed the extremely close to the Union Carbide consoling victims and sent an from the fact that whenever a with pride when we recount plant, was filled with poisonous gases that SOS to all nearby railway sta- CHERISH AND IT book falls down to the ground, the story of Dastagir or when BJP pursues the idea of Ram Rajya. For Lord Ram willingly sacrificed Ayodhya’s killed everything in its path. tions to send ambulances and IS NOT WHAT we almost unknowingly touch we talk about the contributions throne for harmony in the kingdom, avoided any criticism and stood firm on his On that fateful night, the brave doctors. it to our forehead as a sign of made by Banerjee to the field principles. He also gave back Lankans their land after the war with Ravana. Yet deputy station master stepped on the plat- He himself suffered terri- IT MEANS TO BE respect. It is this core value of economics. We must ensure form with itchy feeling in the throat and bly due to the gas leaks. He AN INDIAN that has enabled India to be that we retain our core values the Ayodhya dispute has only entrenched divisiveness in the country. Perceived a burning sensation in his eyes. died in 2003 and a large part blessed with brilliant minds. and try to inspire similar pride justice over historical injustice may not be walking in his path. Immediately, he knew something was of his life was spent in the hos- We have had leaders in the in others. After all, that’s what wrong. Unaware that 23 of his colleagues pital due to exposure to toxic field of mathematics, litera- it means to be an Indian. had already succumbed to the gas leak, fumes. He also lost his son in ture, technology and philoso- (The writer is a former IPS he tried to get clarity on what was hap- the tragedy. However, through phy among others and I officer, an MP and currently a Still too hungry pening and sought further instructions. his bravery and courage, he believe that one of the prima- member of the AAP) India has slipped from the 95th to the 102nd rank behind neighbours on a global index of nutrition S O U N D BITE igest this! According to estimates by the Both, me and Kantilal Bhuria I am proud that whether it’s We've got a great new deal Parliament of India will not United Nations Development have reached an age where Farhan’s first film Dil Chahta that takes back control. Now, allow malicious efforts to Hai Programme, nearly 40 per cent of the we should retire. The time or Zoya’s first, they don’t Parliament should get Brexit succeed. We expect better D has come for youngsters to have any reflection of my poet- done so that we can move from parliamentarians then food produced in India is wasted or lost and come forward. ry. They are their own voices. on to other priorities. vituperative mudslinging. this costs the country one lakh crore rupees Senior Congress leader Screenwriter UK Prime Minister Congress leader every year. And, yet, according to the Global —Digvijaya Singh —Javed Akhtar —Boris Johnson —Shashi Tharoor Hunger Index (GHI), that measures the level of hunger and under-nutrition worldwide, India has slipped from the 95th rank in 2010 to the 102nd in 2019, behind its neighbours Nepal, L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR Bangladesh and Pakistan. The four indicators Bridge the gap sector can go up, too, by retriev- for the index are undernourishment, child stunt- Ganguly has an onerous task at hand ing unaccounted money through ing, child wasting and child mortality. Alarmingly over one in every five children the Voluntary Disclosure in India is “wasted” (low weight for height), the highest for any country. This Sir — This refers to the editorial, his refers to the editorial, “Bangla pride” (October Scheme, whereby those declaring damning report is full of irony as from being an importer of food in the 1960s, “Bangla pride” (October 15). The 15). Sourav Ganguly is described as a good crick- may be asked to invest 50 per Nobel Prize for Economics award- Tet tactician. His experience on the cricket field — cent of the amount in other long- when India had to rely on shipments from the US, today the country has become ed to Indian-American Abhijit as a batsman who played the game fearlessly and as a term infrastructural bonds with the largest exporter of rice in the world. We are the second-largest producer of Banerjee, his French-American captain who groomed many a talent — has made him nominal interest to be issued by wife Esther Dufflo and Michael a legend. His aura can be gauged from the love and public sector undertakings like both rice and wheat. Between 2012 and 2015, three years, India exported 63 Kremer for “their experimental respect he commanded both on and off the field. Given the IRCTC. million tonnes of grains. Besides, now we have a smart buffering capacity to approach to alleviating global his talent to spot and groom cricketers, his elevation as Madhu Agrawal deal with shortages and crisis. Why then are we slipping on hunger targets? poverty” underlines the renewed the head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Delhi First, we need to adopt better strategies for storage and avoid rotting. Latest concern over global poverty and (BCCI) bodes well for Indian cricket. Though his tenure ways to alleviate it. The husband is short, he can work wonders even in the 10 months Poll rhetoric data shows 4,135.224 metric tonnes of foodgrains were wasted. We could learn and wife have spent considerable he has at hand. from advance food strategies of China, which has invested in state-of-the-art time studying various poverty Ganguly’s election has come at a crucial time when storage facilities. We need to curb food wastage at every level, right from har- alleviation programmes. Welcome the BCCI’s functioning needs to be streamlined. The crick- Sir — Prime Minister Narendra as much this is, we will perenni- et body has been hit by scandals, infighting and short- parency” and “accountability” into the daily functioning Modi’s statement at an election vesting, transporting, processing, packaging to consuming that is caused due ally regret the decision of the wise sightedness. Consolidation of affairs is what is required. of the BCCI must be Ganguly’s priority. One hopes only rally that India will not allow its to the loopholes in the transport and infrastructure system. Plus, we have the men to deny a Nobel prize to the The issue of “conflict of interest” has become a stick to professionals occupy the BCCI top post. Most impor- water to flow to Pakistan and archaic public distribution system to blame for the inadequate and patchy sup- Mahatma despite the fact that he ridicule and browbeat some famed cricketers. Imagine tantly, Dada, as he is fondly referred to, has an onerous instead put it to use here is yet was nominated thrice. a man like Rahul Dravid being asked to quit his job at task of taking all stakeholders — players, coaches, State- another example of empty “poll plies. Many times, even those who are the right candidates for the food subsidy We revel in the general feel- India Cements to retain the junior head coach post. What level bodies and administrators — together. promise.” The Indus Water are excluded on the basis of differential BPL (Below Poverty Line) status as the ing of happiness among Indians and what not constitutes a job for profit must be defined Ganapathi Bhat Treaty signed between India and criteria for identifying a household is arbitrary and varies from State to State. that one of them, albeit with an clearly. However, bringing in the much-required “trans- Akola Pakistan makes it clear that the American passport, is a Nobel former is bound to release water Undoubtedly, several nutrition schemes are in operation but aren’t properly imple- laureate yet again. Indians are to the latter. It is strange that the mented. For instance, in Bihar and Odisha, where the poverty ratio is very high, competent to excel in any field but IRCTS’s market debut for packaged water, confec- with the help of long-term bonds Prime Minister raised an emotive poor implementation of the Mid Day Meal Scheme has a major impact on food for that, a conducive environment tionery items and other food will provide huge employment in issue just for votes, to the extent is required, which unfortunately products to replace cooked meal the public sector, apart from giv- of showing no respect to exist- security. After 2024 we will have the largest population on this planet. The aver- is not available in our universities. Sir — The great success of in trains and schools, where ing sizeable profits to the public ing bilateral agreements. age household spends 40 to 45 per cent of its budget on food. So, for the next It is a sad fact that needs serious IRCTC, where its shares doubled complaints of sub-standard food exchequer. Products can be sold Swadha 30 years, the demand for food will spiral. If nothing is done at the policy level in introspection by our politicians, overnight, calls for the issuance in unhygienic conditions are in the open market so as to Via email academicians and policy makers. of long-term bonds by it to set quite common. ensure that private players bring terms of coordination and rationalisation, we will continue to hang our heads in JS Acharya up large-scale production units The setting up of such big down their prices. Send your feedback to: shame and never be able to shed the tag of a nation with starving millions. Hyderabad in every district of the country units in large numbers by IRCTC Employment in the public [email protected] HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Time for some POINTCOUNTERPOINT PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS DID NOT HAVE A WORST THE GOVERNMENT IS OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO ‘Freakonomics’ PHASE THAN WHEN THE COMBINATION OF SINGH AND BLAME ITS OPPONENTS, THUS IT IS UNABLE TO RAJAN, AS PM AND RBI GOVERNOR, HAD. FIND A SOLUTION FOR REVIVAL OF THE ECONOMY. Would tweaking a few procedures actually help —FINANCE MINISTER —FORMER PRIME MINISTER the country’s economy recover? Maybe the NIRMALA SITHARAMAN MANMOHAN SINGH answer lies in field trials A stirred and shaken India KUMARDEEP BANERJEE By pursuing an ultra-nationalist agenda, Modi has validated the two-nation theory that he International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have formed the rationale of dividing British India to create Pakistan as a Muslim homeland cut down India’s growth forecasts to six per cent for the fis- Tcal year 2019-20, from nearly seven per cent, riding on a weak- ening domestic demand. Industrial growth shrank 1.1 per cent in August, after a gap of 26 months, reinforcing fears of a slowing economy and deteriorating consumer sentiment. Industrial produc- tion, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had grown 4.8 per cent in August last year. Data released by the sta- tistics office showed the April-August factory output growth at 2.4 per cent, well below the 5.3 per cent for the same period in the last fiscal. These numbers paint a rather grim picture of a long winter ahead for the economy of the country. So, is it time to use Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT) to test and/or tweak policies BZ KHASRU in select pockets to bring out better results? For the uninitiated, RCTs are most commonly used in the field olonial India’s Muslim leaders shivered at of medicine to check the impact of a particular chemical concoc- the thought of being perpetually controlled tion on a randomly chosen group of patients with a condition. Two Cby Hindus in a united India once the or three sets are “administered” or “not administered” different vari- British left the country, unless there were safe- ations of the drug to see the beneficiary impact on health. guards enshrined in the Constitution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proven them right. Coming from the creative soil of Kolkata, Nobel laureate Abhijit By pursuing a populist ultra-nationalist agenda, Banerjee chose to apply a similar model for solving big picture issues he has unwittingly validated the much-maligned at the ground level. The economist and his co-awardees, through “two-nation” theory that formed the rationale their trials, studies and experiments, argue that it is possible to arrive behind dividing British India to create Pakistan at optimal policy solutions based on empirical evidence, having test- as a Muslim homeland. ed their variables in controlled trials on a small target. This means His policy pits Hindus against Muslims, an breaking down macro problems such as poverty, malnutrition or unfortunate schism that all of his predecessors an economic slowdown into smaller packets. Then pockets of focus fought against. Seven decades after the blood- target groups are subjected to policy trials, allowing faster results soaked Partition, hyper-nationalist Modi won a and direct solutions. It seems to be opening a host of possibilities landslide re-election victory in May, donning the saffron-coloured garb of Hindu gurus and for lawmakers and policy formulators, not to forget those who have allowing divisiveness based on Islamophobia. to implement them. His crown is made of two emotion-filled Coming back to the deepening economic slowdown issues — explosive elements: Kashmir and migration, both FOLLOWING HIS if we consider this to be the real challenge for India in the short term having a common thread of bias and suspicion RE-ELECTION, THE — it would, with the will of the policy-makers, be possible to allow against Muslims. They have roots in the centu- NATIONAL some controlled trials on select groups for a short period. This would ry-old vision of Hindutva, or Hinduness, outlined REGISTER OF be a test case for boosting demand in the particular micro-pocket in the 1920s by VD Savarkar, a violent revolu- CITIZENS, WHICH of the economy. For example, if the Government wants to increase tionary-turned-ultra-nationalist. Savarkar, a VERIFIES rural offtake for houses and two-wheelers or even four-wheelers, British-trained lawyer and avowed atheist, CITIZENSHIP, it can (at least in theory) offer a cashback /interest-free limited equat- espoused several ideas to deal with India’s AFTER SEVERAL minorities, mimicking Adolf Hitler’s racist solu- ed monthly installment (EMI) or an insurance free, with every loan FLAWED COUNTS, tion to Germany’s Jewish question. HAS CLASSIFIED sanctioned at the much talked about Loan Mela. Since his re-election, Modi’s administration A particular pocket can be subjected to this or a variation (either has aggressively moved on both Kashmir and the NEARLY TWO policy is its anti-minority agenda. It is lar laws for other minorities intact. party has vowed to fight it. State BJP all of the options or some) loan mela bonanza during the festival alleged illegal migration from Bangladesh, which MILLION this very posture of the professedly sec- What’s behind Hindutva poli- chief Dilip Ghosh, who is seeking to season, while the other can have plain vanilla bank offers meant is India’s most friendly neighbour. In early LONG-TERM ular Indian National Congress party tics? To boost his re-election bid, deport the alleged migrants, remains for this region and sub-group of customers. The results emerging August, keeping local leaders in detention and RESIDENTS AS and its paramount leaders — Jawaharlal Modi fired up his anti-Muslim rhetoric adamant because rhetoric is the magic from this limited trial can throw some long-term solutions to tack- deploying nearly a million security personnel in NON-CITIZENS OR Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — and took the crusade to India’s north- wand for his party to win votes. ling ghosting small-time borrowers and impacting or predicting con- Kashmir, it abolished a decades-old law that STATELESS. MOST that propelled British India’s Muslims eastern State of Assam, plagued by a Muslims foresee the BJP’s game: sumption behaviour. Who knows, some far-reaching insights on the granted Kashmiris special rights — their own flag, OF THEM ARE AT to demand a separate homeland as they half-century-long hate-based politics. Ironically, while Ghosh wishes to expel impact of demonetisation and the digital economy can also be found own laws and land rights. Meanwhile, India’s THE BOTTOM OF feared that the Hindus would perpet- The politics that originated with a them to an unnamed country — pre- Home Minister Amit Shah, who heads Modi’s THE ECONOMIC ually control the Muslims once the demand to drive out non-Assamese sumably Bangladesh — Modi is urging in the side alleys? Yes, it needs an economic scientist to honey- nationalist BJP and is widely expected to succeed British left. quickly turned into an anti-Bangladeshi Hindus to flock to Muslim-majority comb tons of data on consumer behaviour, have a clarity of thought LADDER. THEY him as Prime Minister, is pressing ahead with his WILL BE The Congress balked at granting outcry at the BJP’s instigation. Modi has Kashmir, which barred non-Kashmiris and principle to arrive at effective solutions, before being put across agenda to deport fictitious 40 million illegal special rights and Britain created vowed to rid the State of all the alleged from owning land until New Delhi the bureaucrat’s desk to be formulated into a meaningful macro pol- Bangladeshi migrants. DETAINED IN Pakistan in 1947. But problems surfaced Bangladeshi migrants. scrapped its autonomy in August. icy document. Clash over Muslim migrants: This idea has CAMPS WITH soon afterward with semi-autonomous Following his re-election, the The BJP prescription to push more Herein lies the critique of the now Nobel-awarded proof of break- provoked a sharp backlash from Bangladesh. LIMITED RIGHTS princely States, including Kashmir. National Register of Citizens, which Hindus into Kashmir is intended to ing big problems into smaller, manageable questions and solving Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has dis- The picturesque Himalayan region verifies citizenship, after several flawed change the demographic balance in the parts, for the “whole matrix”, in short, RCT. missed the BJP’s assertion, noting that encompasses roughly 135,000 square counts, has classified nearly two million restive territory of 12 million people. The first being that such experiments reduce the scope of eco- Bangladesh’s economy is at par with India’s, so miles, almost Germany’s size, with long-term residents as non-citizens or Modi’s arbitrary action is the mother of nomic uncertainties by eliminating the possibility of manual selec- no one from his country’s stays illegally in India. about 18 million people. India controls stateless. Most of them are at the bot- several repugnant ideas. This is exact- Still the matter turned acrimonious enough dur- 85,000 square miles, Pakistan 33,000 tom of the economic ladder. They will ly the kind of capriciousness on the part tion. The second and perhaps more apt (if we were to look at the ing Shah-Khan talks in Delhi in August to pre- and China 17,000. Both Pakistan be detained in camps with limited of the overwhelming Hindu majority problem of the economic slowdown) is that small interventions and vent them from issuing a customary joint state- and India claim the entire area as their rights, considering that the government that British India’s Muslim leaders policy tweaks or a bit of additional benefits with a loan may increase ment. own. has promised not to send anybody back feared most. offtake in the short-term and also perk up consumption. But it has- India, nevertheless, seems determined to In 1948, after a Indo-Pakistan to Bangladesh, which fears a reverse One of those leaders, Liaquat Ali n’t been proven to be of benefit for the larger economy. Perhaps push ahead its agenda. It has started a campaign fight, India raised Kashmir in the influx. Khan, the right-hand man of Pakistan’s the impact of a large population could be disastrous, which may to round up Muslims unless they can prove they United Nations Security Council, which Unfortunately for the Hindutva founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, artic- delay consumption, for want of a better sop or cashback (if you have lived in India way before 1971 when called for a referendum on the territo- brigade, the citizenship count has ulated this concern while talking with will). Also the question of whether this will ultimately lead to over- Bangladesh was created. They will be put in con- ry’s status. It asked Pakistan to withdraw become a boomerang. Of the two mil- George Merrell, then America’s high- all prosperity and not really impact the macro monetary decisions centration camps, which ironically the migrants troops and India to cut military pres- lion designated non-citizens, 1.2 mil- est-ranking diplomat in India, on of the Government will need hard thinking. themselves are building now. ence to a minimum. A ceasefire came lion unexpectedly turned out to be December 27, 1946. Liaquat believed Of India’s 1.3 billion people, 14 per cent are into force but Pakistan refused to pull Hindu. Modi’s followers are now cry- that the Congress was “determined to Now, with all this “Freakonomics” possibilities, we jump back Muslim. Modi’s party does not target migrant out. Kashmir has remained partitioned ing foul, demanding a recount. The BJP seize power without regard for Muslim to the consumption economy which is fast becoming a Doomsday Bangladeshi Hindus, classifying them as refugees ever since. had expected to find four million rights.” Now, 73 years later, Modi’s prediction coming true. The Government is seen taking widespread and minorities from neighbouring countries. But Until Hindutva swept Modi to migrants in Assam, most of them Hindutva agenda, which calls for a reforms (not randomised) agenda, giving tax sops and announc- it seeks to deport Muslims. In fact, India has power, India assuaged minorities by Muslim. Muslim-free India, has proven Liaquat ing sectoral booster packages but the consumer is reluctant. Is it already deported Rohingya Muslim refugees to pursuing a policy that emphasised on Assam’s neighbour West Bengal, right. By scrapping Kashmir’s status, the time for senior policy makers to actually start doing the rounds of Myanmar and detained hundreds of them. national unity. In contrast, Modi began which shares a common language and Prime Minister has taken a highly risky the country to see the impact of the fiscal reforms on the ground? Modi faced global criticism for the Godhra mas- his tenure by killing a centuries-old a rich culture with Bangladesh, is gear- gamble in challenging the secular Would tweaking a few procedures actually help the economy recov- sacre in 2002 in his home State of Gujarat. He Muslim marriage law. Even the ing up to play political hotball against matrix and embedding a majoritarian er? Maybe the answer lies in field trials. ruled Gujarat for 13 years before becoming Prime Mughals and the British left Indian per- the BJP. The hardliners want to repli- consciousness. (The writer is a policy analyst) Minister in 2014. sonal law untouched. The government cate the citizenship drill in West Bengal (The writer is an established author What is most disturbing in this government’s voided the Muslim law but kept simi- but Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s on Bangladesh-related issues.) Can Delhi GRAPple with pollution? FOREIGN EYE In the absence of a cohesive collaboration strategy with neighbouring States, the Graded Response Action Plan might end up being just another knee-jerk reaction to the pollution onslaught in winters

ues unabated in spite of the activity Even though experts have hailed 1, 2018 to January 6 this year, being deemed illegal. According to GRAP for the gradual reduction in showed that the Government’s a report by the Centre-run System of pollution levels over the years and for emergency plans to tackle the city’s Air Quality and Weather Forecasting fixing accountability — as it clearly annual crisis had failed, according to BREXIT DEAL NOT and Research (SAFAR), this biomass marks the agency responsible for a report of the United Residents’ Joint burning is likely to add nine per cent each action to be taken — the effi- Action (URJA), a collective of the A GAME OF CHESS to Delhi’s PM 2.5 concentration. cacy of the plan is yet to be proven. city’s resident welfare associations. Brexit involves choices that KOTA SRIRAJ In spite of all this, enforcement This is because many of the pol- The report summarised the find- will shape the strategic of the law pertaining to crop burn- lution-triggering factors are beyond ings of 45 Right to Information he fast-approaching winter ing in Punjab has been lax, to say the the purview of the Arvind Kejriwal (RTI) applications filed at 14 direction of Britain for months have now become syn- least. This toxic mix of smoke and administration and the Delhi Government departments. generations and affect Tonymous with a worsening vehicular pollution has resulted in Government needs active coopera- Responses were sought from Central, millions of livelihoods. Any air quality in the Delhi-National Delhi-NCR’s Air Quality Index tion and collaboration of the State State and municipal bodies to assess deal Prime Minister Boris Capital Region (NCR). The pollution (AQI) plummeting to alarming lev- Governments of UP, Haryana and the effectiveness of GRAP. The Johnson can strike now is reaches unmanageable levels, large- els. However, all is not lost as a bevy the sales of diesel vehicles have air pollution in Delhi-NCR, by Punjab. In the absence of a cohesive analysis of data collected by URJA for ly due to the smoke emanating from of efforts undertaken by the helped salvage the situation in Delhi proactively rolling out measures like collaboration strategy, the GRAP 68 days showed that except for one just the vehicle for crop residue burning in the neigh- Government and authorities con- and the situation now is much bet- discouraging private vehicles on the might just end up being a knee-jerk day in Central Delhi’s ITO, the withdrawal; what matters bouring States of Punjab, Haryana cerned has had a positive impact on ter than what it was five years ago. city’s roads, stopping trucks from reaction to the pollution onslaught. national Capital’s air quality was con- most is the eventual and Uttar Pradesh (UP), blowing an otherwise grim scenario. But clearly much more needs to outside, using diesel generators, clos- The gaps in the fight against pol- tinually above permissible limits. destination. The rhetoric he over to Delhi-NCR. First, awareness regarding the be done. Probably, keeping this in ing brick kilns and stone crushing lution are becoming visible with gen- The GRAP initiative for this year has relied upon, the Incidents of stubble burning quality of the air we breathe in mind, the Delhi Government has units. It seemed a timely step as on erators being used in Gurugram with cannot be allowed to be a rerun of have already begun increasing in through regular publicity of the AQI introduced the Graded Response October 13, the AQI was “very impunity due to the exceptional last year. The Government must fanatics he flatters and the Punjab and Haryana and are likely has made people conscious. Second, Action Plan (GRAP) early this year poor” with the level going beyond the power cuts the city faces. Similarly, undertake necessary steps to over- political trajectory of his to peak in the next 10-12 days as the the introduction of the much-clean- to handle pollution in an incremen- 300-mark. On October 14, the AQI many questions were raised on the come possibilities of failure and career all indicate a plan to harvest season picks up in Sangrur, er BS-VI fuel ahead of schedule has tal manner, depending on the level improved by around 50 points but GRAP’s efficacy in January 2019. achieve the objective of curbing take Britain in the wrong Patiala, Ludhiana and Fatehabad also instilled confidence among the of severity, especially in the winters. the situation has continued to oscil- This is because toxic levels of air pollution levels effectively. districts. Here, the tradition of open citizens. Furthermore, the closure of GRAP came into force from late between “poor” and “very poor” pollution monitored over Delhi (The writer is an environmental direction. field burning is rampant and contin- coal-based power plants and fall in October 14 with the objective to curb over the last few days. almost every week, from November journalist) (The Guardian editorial) HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 money 08

Sensex NSE Nifty Yes Bank was the SENSEX CLOSES ABOVE 39,000-MARK biggest gainer in PNS n MUMBAI be formally approved by the finance, energy, FMCG, 39,052.06 11,586.35 On the other hand, HCL Tech, Vedanta, bloc and ratified by the European metal, healthcare and the Extending its gains for the fifth and UK parliaments. power index rose up to + 453.07 + 122.35 Sensex consecutive session, equity PowerGrid, Kotak Bank, Infosys, "Government's intention to 2.93 per cent. Broader pack benchmark BSE Sensex rallied ONGC, Tech Mahindra, L&T and HDFC provide further fiscal stimulus in BSE midcap and smallcap indices 453 points on Thursday as glob- the future as per the needs of the gained up to 1.77 per cent. al investors cheered a Brexit Bank fell up to 1.04 % economy lifted the market sen- Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in 15.19 deal reached between Britain and timent today. Easing trade ten- Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul the EU. Domestic traders were sion and positive development and Tokyo ended on a mixed percent also enthused after Finance The broader NSE Nifty too PowerGrid, Kotak Bank, Infosys, on Brexit provided further boost note. Further, the Chinese gov- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spiked 122.35 points, or 1.07 per ONGC, Tech Mahindra, L&T to the market. ernment's appeal to Washington hinted at more stimulus mea- cent, to settle at 11,586.35. and HDFC Bank fell up to 1.04 "Risk taking ability is improv- to negotiate a quick end to their sures as she urged international Yes Bank was the biggest gain- per cent. According to traders, ing in the market with optimism tariff war also buoyed market investors to pump funds into er in the Sensex pack, soaring domestic market followed over recovery in the economy led sentiment. Meanwhile, the India. 15.19 per cent, followed by Tata European equities that rallied by stimulus, festive demand, Indian rupee appreciated 24 After opening on a subdued Motors, IndusInd Bank, SBI, after Britain and the European good monsoon and lower inter- paise to 71.19 against the US note, the 30-share Sensex surged Bajaj Auto, Asian Paints, Axis Union said they have struck an est rate," said Vinod Nair, Head dollar intra-day. Brent crude in afternoon trade to close at Bank, Tata Steel and Maruti, ris- outline Brexit deal after pro- of Research, Geojit Financial futures, the global oil bench- 39,052.06, up 453.07 points, or ing up to 9.82 per cent. On the longed negotiations. Services. mark, fell 0.24 per cent to USD 1.17 per cent. other hand, HCL Tech, Vedanta, The deal, however, must still Sectorally, BSE auto, bankex, 59.28 per barrel.

CAPSULE ‘Gems, jewellery Housing sales down 25% exports may decline across nine cities: Prop Tiger 5-10% this year’ PNS n MUMBAI PNS n NEW DELHI Earlier this month, Anarock and JLL Gold falls Rs 105 on The overall gems and jewellery Housing sales declined 25 per India also reported 18 per cent and exports is expected to decline stronger rupee, cent in nine major cities to of 5-10 per cent in this finan- 65,799 units during July- one per cent, respectively, decline in cial year on the back of US- weak cues September quarter, while new housing sales during July-September China trade war, protests in NEW DELHI: ) Gold prices on launches fell 45 per cent as con- period across seven major cities Hong Kong and the imple- Thursday declined Rs 105 to sumers sentiments and mentation of VAT in the Rs 38,985 per 10 gram in the demand remained subdued, Middle East, Gems and national capital on a stronger according to property broker- festival season," he added. 2,827 units compared to 6,528 Jewellery Export Promotion rupee and weak global cues, age firm PropTiger. According to the data, hous- units during the period under Council (GJEPC) said. according to HDFC Securities. Earlier this month, Anarock ing sales in Mumbai region fell review. "We saw a decline of 5.70 However, silver surged by Rs and JLL India also reported 18 to 21,985 units during July- PropTiger said that unsold per cent dip in exports at Rs 509 to Rs 46,809 per kg here per cent and one per cent, September 2019 from 28,563 inventory declined 13 per cent 1,32,170.32 crore from April- this financial year compared to from its previous close of Rs respectively, decline in housing units in the year-ago period. In year-on-year, primarily because September 2019, against Rs 2018-19. 46,300 per kg. On Wednesday, sales during July-September Pune, sales fell to 13,644 units new launches fell at a faster clip 1,40,158.83 crore during the In September, the overall gold closed at Rs 39,090 per period across seven major cities. from 16,946 units. than sales did. same period of FY19. The gems and jewellery exports 10 gram. "International gold In its report 'Real Insight', In Bengaluru, demand As of September, builders in exports have been impacted dipped by 7.43 per cent to Rs prices traded weak on Brexit News Corp-backed PropTiger declined to 7,772 units from India's nine top markets have due to weak demand from the 23,788.01 crore during hopes and the US-China trade said that housing sales declined 10,929 units. Housing sales in an unsold stock consisting of US market, the continuing September 2019, compared deal optimism," HDFC to 65,799 units during July- "New launches continued to stack real estate technology Hyderabad went down to 6,141 7,78,627 units. Notably, more trade war between the US to Rs 25,698.6 crore in the cor- Securities Senior Analyst - September 2019 from 88,078 show a downward trend in the platform that owns units from 6,783 units. than half of this unsold inven- and China," GJEPC vice chair- responding month of 2018, Commodities Tapan Patel said. units in the same period last year. September quarter even as the PropTiger.com, Housing.com Housing sales in tory is affordable stock. man Colin Shah told reporters according to the government Gold was trading lower at USD New launches fell to 33,883 government continues to move and Makaan.com. Ahmedabad fell to Barring Hyderabad where here. data. 1,488 an ounce in the units from 61,679 units during towards a solution to the ongo- "While new 3,951 units from property prices have seen a The on-going protests in The cut and polished dia- international market, while the period under review. ing NFBC issue, a problem that launch numbers 5,413 units, while jump of 15 per cent y-o-y, Hong Kong and the slow- monds during September silver quoted higher at USD These cities are -- Mumbai has dried up a key source of might continue to demand dipped in prices have undergone only down in the Middle East after declined by 18.87 per cent to 17.45 per ounce. Metropolitan Region (includ- finance for real estate devel- fall in the coming Chennai to 3,656 slight changes in other markets. the implementation of value- Rs 13,874 crore from Rs ing Navi Mumbai & Thane), opers in India. As buyers post- quarters due to the units from 4,898 However, only two markets added tax (VAT) from January 17,101.45 crore in September Pune, Noida (including Greater poned their purchase deci- liquidity crunch, we units. Kolkata saw markets have seen a downward 2018 has also affected gems 2018. Noida & Yamuna Expressway), sions to time it with the festive expect home sales sales of 3,081 units movement in pricing in the and jewellery exports, Shah Further, Shah said, the fes- Gurugram (including Bhiwadi, season, sales numbers also fell numbers to as against 4,030 past one year, Gurugram ( 4 said. tive demand also seems sub- Dharuhera & Sohna), during the quarter," said Dhruv improve in the sub- units. per cent) and Chennai ( 1 per He said, looking at these dued on the back of a slow- Bengaluru, Chennai, Agarwala, Group CEO, Elara sequent quarter, factoring in the Gurugram witnessed sales of cent). Other markets saw prices trends the overall gems and down in the economic sce- Hyderabad, Kolkata and Technologies. higher purchase activity that 2,742 units as against 3,988 appreciation by 2 to 4 per cent jewellery exports are expected nario and lack of consumer Ahmedabad. Singaopre-based Elara is full normally takes place during the units, while Noida saw sales of y-o-y. to decline by 5-10 per cent in demand. Air India Assets Holding raises Vodafone ldea another Rs 7,985 cr SECL aims at 262 MT ARM Holdings ties up NEW DELHI: Raising funds for extends pact with the third time in little over a TCS for 5 yrs month, Air India Assets with Maker Village Holding Ltd (AIAHL) on coal production by 2025-26 PNS n NEW DELHI Thursday raised Rs 7,985 PNS n KOCHI crore through bond sale, PNS n KOLKATA Vodafone Idea Ltd has extend- which was oversubscribed. A ed its partnership with Tata Semiconductor and software TVS Motor Q2 special purpose vehicle of Air South Eastern Coalfields Consultancy Services (TCS) design multinational giant India, AIAHL has mopped up a Limited (SECL) is expected to for an additional five years, the ARM Holdings has tied up net up 15 pc at total of Rs 21,985 crore by produce 262 million tonnes country's largest IT services with Keralas Maker Village, way of bond issues since (MT) by 2025 -26, contribut- firm said on Thursday. enabling India's largest elec- September 16 and the ing 26 per cent to the one bil- "TCS and Vodafone Idea tronic hardware incubator to Rs 256.88 cr proceeds would be utilised to lion tonne coal production Ltd (VIL) have extended their reinforce its presence at the PNS n NEW DELHI repay debt of the national target of Coal India, officials decade-long strategic part- global level. The sessions were carrier. The civil aviation said on Thursday. nership for a further five Kochi-based Maker Village, TVS Motor Co on Thursday ministry on Wednesday said The subsidiary of the coal years. VIL is adopting the lat- which functions under the led by experts reported a 15 per cent the third bond issue of AIAHL behemoth aims at playing a est technologies for customer Union government with comprising ARM India increase in consolidated net was fully subscribed. The lead role to meet the produc- experience enhancement, as Kerala Startup Mission as the Vice-President Kuttappa profit at Rs 256.88 crore for issue of 10-year tenure bonds tion goal with its new rail cor- it undertakes the world's supporting partner, will thus Bittiananda the second quarter ended worth Rs 1,000 crore with a ridor being built at a cost of Rs largest network integration in hold special training and guid- —KUMAAR GUHAAN September 30. green shoe option of Rs 7,064 3,055 crore, the officials said. of new railway line in down a 136 km rail line from India," TCS said in a regula- ance programmes under the Principal Engineer The Chennai-based com- crore received bids to the tune "The 136 km East Rail Corridor Chhattisgarh between Kharsia Kharsia-Korichapar- tory filing. UK-headquartered ARM, pany had posted a consoli- of Rs 15,100 crore. These from Kharsia-Korichapar - and Korichapar has been made Dharamjaygarh-Korba. TCS has been VIL's tech- designer for 90 per cent of dated net profit of Rs 223.19 bonds have been subscribed Dharamjaygarh-Korba will play a operational from October 12. While SECL holds a stake of nology partner in this jour- electronics semiconductor and Bittiananda," Principal crore in the corresponding at a rate of 7.39 per cent. "The key role to meet the production "Already, two rakes a day are 64 per cent in this tri- partite SPV, ney, managing all of its mobile gadgets in the market, Engineer Kumaar Guhaan and period last fiscal, TVS Motor company received bids worth goal, Coal India officials said. being loaded but this will be Chhattisgarh government and customer-facing applica- according to a release here on software engineer Sanjit Co said in a regulatory filing. Rs 15,100 cr. The miner had also decided increased, and coal is now IRCON have 10 per cent and 26 tions, it added.However, Thursday. Panigrahi. Revenue from operations to procure rakes of its own to supplied to power stations of per cent holding respectively. the statement did not dis- As the first step towards the ARM University Regional stood at Rs 4,960.27 crore in expedite supplies of the fuel Maharashtra and Gujarat," an The next phase of the 30 km close any financial details. collaboration, Maker Village Manager (Program) Apurva the second quarter as com- through the mode of railways. official said. railway line between TCS' earlier partnership this week hosted a workshop Varma was the coordinator. pared to Rs 5,466.94 crore in In 2018-19, SECL had pro- East Rail Corridor is developed Korichapar and was with Vodafone India. on 'Secure Device The next move in the col- the year-ago period, down duced 153 million tonne of by the Chhattisgarh East Railway Dharamjaygarh is likely to Management at Scale' at the laboration will be facilitation 9.27 per cent. coal and the new railway tracks Limited (CERL), a Special come up by middle of 2020 facilitys premises in of networking between the TVS Motor said its overall will help coal evacuation from Purpose Vehicle (SPV) between and from Dharamjaygarh to Kalamassery near here. incubating firms at an inter- two-wheeler sales, including greenfield and existing mines, SECL, Chhattisgarh government Korba, a stretch of 62 kms, is "The sessions were led by national range, according to exports, were at 8.42 lakh the miner said. and IRCON International at a expected to be linked by end experts comprising ARM Maker Village CEO Prasad units during the quarter Volvo selects HCL In the first phase, the 44-km cost of Rs 3,055 crore for laying by 2022. India Vice-President Kuttappa Balakrishnan Nair. ended September 2019 as for IT services against 10.49 lakh units in the same quarter last fiscal, a NEW DELHI: ) IT major HCL decline of 19.73 per cent. Technologies on Thursday Motorcycle sales for the said it has been selected by Office space leasing up 23%, may reach record 60 mn sq ft quarter under review were at Volvo Cars as one of the 3.42 lakh units as against 4.20 suppliers for IT services and PNS n NEW DELHI business environment," lakh units in the year-ago its digital transformation Magazine said. period, down 18.57 per cent. programme. "The engagement Office space leasing rose 23 per India's commercial real estate According to the report, Scooter sales for the sec- is an expansion of a cent to 15.4 million sq ft in the segment has been performing well tech corporates, accounting ond quarter were at 3.33 lakh collaboration that began in July-September quarter across even as overall property market, for about a third of the leasing units as against 3.88 lakh 2016 and will see HCL support nine major cities, and may activity, drove office space leas- units in the same period last the global premium car touch an all-time high this year especially housing, is facing a multi- ing in the country during July- fiscal, a decline of 14.18 per company in its ongoing digital year demand slowdown transformation initiatives," a at over 60 million sq ft as tech September 2019, followed by cent, the company said. statement said. This large- corporates and co-working research, consulting & analyt- Total exports grew 6 per scale transformation players continue to expand ics companies (19 per cent) and cent to 2.11 lakh units in sec- programme includes their operations, according to ft from 1.7 million sq ft, while date their operations," said flexible space operators (15 ond quarter from 1.99 lakh organisation-wide technology property consultant CBRE. Bengaluru saw leasing activities Anshuman Magazine, per cent). units in the same period last shifts that will help Volvo Cars The cumulative absorption declining to 4 million sq ft from Chairman & CEO, India, South The rise in share of flexible fiscal, the company added. to capitalise on new or leasing of office space has 4.4 million sq ft. In Kochi, East Asia, Middle East and space (co-working) operators In the first half (April- opportunities to improve increased by over 30 per cent demand fell to 0.01 million sq Africa, CBRE. (10 per cent in Q2 2019) was September) of the fiscal, con- internal business processes to cross 47 million sq ft in the ft from 0.1 million sq ft. Favourable government ini- primarily a result of their con- solidated net profit was at Rs and customer experiences, it first nine months of 2019 cal- Office space leasing tiatives, transparency in real tinued expansion across almost 408.12 crore as compared to added.The collaboration endar year, the consultant said remained flat in NCR, Kolkata estate sector and right reforms all cities. These operators took Rs 383.24 crore in the year- between the two organisations in its India Office MarketView and Ahmedabad at 2.3 million will improve investor senti- up both primary and sec- ago period, the company is expanding to include several Q3 2019 report. According to the data, office than two-time increase in leas- sq ft, 0.2 million sq ft and 0.1 ments greatly in the coming ondary spaces in mostly core said. aspects of digital India's commercial real space leasing jumped over- ing at 1.8 million sq ft from 0.7 million sq ft, respectively. quarters, he added. locations across cities. Revenue from operations transformation including estate segment has been per- two fold in Hyderabad to 4.1 million sq ft, while Pune saw a "...we expect further "Similar to last year, we Other sectors such as engi- in the first half of the ongo- product orientation, DevOps forming well even as overall million sq ft during July- marginal increase to 1.4 million strengthening of occupier sen- expect that occupiers would neering & manufacturing (7 ing fiscal stood at Rs 9,978.61 and application integration the property market, especially September from 1.7 million sq sq ft from 1.3 million sq ft. timent in the medium to long put in greater efforts to incor- per cent) and BFSI (7 per cent) crore as against Rs 10,082.73 statement said. housing, is facing a multi-year ft in the year-ago period. The demand for office space term, backed by corporates porate flexibility in their port- also contributed to the increase crore in the same period last demand slowdown. Chennai also witnessed more in Mumbai fell to 1.5 million sq looking to expand or consoli- folios due to changes in the in leasing activity. fiscal. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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Stand-up comedy as an art form took a while to pick up in ctor-comedian Vir Das audience. We understand that this opposed to politics, religion, or thinks that Indian audi- is one of the last forms of raw something you cannot hold back.” India. While many people aspire to become stand-up ences are louder than expression out there and we are “There are enough comics now A their western counter- supporting it.” in India that the novelty of being a comics, there are very few who actually make it big. Vir parts. The Indian come- Opening up about his upcoming comedian has gone and people dian who has been busy Love Tour in Hyderabad for the expect you to be good at it. So only Das is among those select few. He has been in the comedy touring the world on his present Funnnybuzzness comedy gig series, those who are innovative can sur- series, Love Tour, speaks about how he said, “The idea behind the tour vive,” he adds. When asked how he scene in India right from its nascent stage. Ahead of his the Indian audience is different. He is that it’s a comedian asking him- ended up doing comedy, he said, “I says, “The difference between the self if is he’s good at love? That is didn’t choose this career, it chose show in Hyderabad, he tells ARUN DANIEL Indian and the western audience is something we all grapple with in me. After years of rejection from not really that different at all. different stages of our life. But it’s women and vodka, this career ch- YELLAMATY about the We are all watching Netflix not just romantic love, it is love for ose me. This is what I wanted to do and Amazon. We are all your parents, all my life and I am happy doing it.” the same, but the your For Vir, Hyderabad has always comedy scene in the Indian audience coun- been very special. take time to open try, He said, “The comedy scene in country, the changes it up, and when they your Hyderabad is amazing. I love com- do they are way dog, ing down to Shiplakala Vedika. I has undergone, his love louder than the your have been coming to Hyderabad western audiences. I fellow for a decade and it’s always been for Hyderabad, think we are much country- good to me. I am as much a fan of better here when it men, for the biryani as for the comedy.” upcoming projects comes to stand-up freedom Advising future comedians he comedy and of said, “Don’t take tips from older and more as an expres- comics. Just do your own thing.” Sharing about his upcoming pro- ject, he said, “There is a lot going on. I have a Netflix special, an Amazon show, a World tour, then a series on a platform and then two GET movies. Those are my major plans sion to right now. I plan to take a vacation tell jokes, with my wife and dog and sleep 8 for travel hours, because that sounds really and much nice.” more. There is a When asked about how he han- huge variety here.” dles it when people get offended, READYTO Vir, who is popular for he said, “I speak whatever is on my doing intelligent and witty heart and mind at that particular shows, said that this is a differ- moment. Sometimes that’s an issue ent kind of show. for people, sometimes it isn’t. I am “This is the most interna- not actively going out there to tionally relatable material I speak about issues. They generally have ever written. It’s worked backfire when the joke is not funny. just as well as in Hong Kong as But a comedian should be able to it did in the US. It’s deeply talk about whatever they want to personal but mainly about the talk about.” emotions that you experience. Catch Vir Das on the October 20, with It’s some of the edgiest materi- Sunday at HICC, Novotel. Tickets ROFL al I have ever written as available on Bookmyshow. This is the most internationally relatable material I have ever written. It’s worked just as well as in Hong Kong as it did in the US. It’s deeply personal but mainly about the emotions that you experience. It’s some of the edgiest material I have ever written as opposed to politics, religion, or something you cannot hold back VIR DAS VIR DAS, ACTOR-COMEDIAN

Ever wondered how it would be like to eat like a king or a queen? Get ready as dishes from the history books have now come alive DINE LIKE ROYALTY n this day and The royal family con- Pakashastra is a treasure just some of the dishes age to under- sists of the Maharaja of for all and is kept at the that will transport the stand how the Thanjavur, Babaji Rajah Saraswathi Mahal city folk back in time. erstwhile royal Bhonsle Chattrapathy, his Library in Thanjavur. When asked about his I families in brother, Abaji Rajah The book gives an favourite dish, the India lived all Bhonsle and his wife, A. insight into the working Maharaja said “I like our we have are monuments Dhanashree. Rajah of the royal kitchens,” traditional sambar and and artifacts. But, what if Bhonsle, along with chef said S. Abaji Rajah idly. Not many know that you can taste the rich Praveen have curated a Bhonsle. that was sambar was and delicious food from special royal menu, to get For the next few days, originated in the kitchen the royal kitchens just the Thanjavur food to the Dakshin at ITC of Thanjavur Maratha.” like how it was served to Hyderabad. This cuisine Kakatiya will offer an Digging into history we the kings and queens will give a great mix of array of exclusive heir- get to know that during back in the day when food of Maratha and loom recipes from the the reign of Shahuji, the their rule used to be the Tamil Nadu dishes. royal kitchen. Some of royal kitchens were busy norm of the land? The “This is one of those the dishes that come creating a dish called royal heirs of some of rare times when we bring highly recommended Amti using toor dal those kingdoms pre- out the food, made by a from the Maharaja him- instead of moong dal and served those hundred- chef who works in the self are: the ‘Mashyache tamarind extract for year-old recipes and con- royal kitchens, directly to Kebab’, Murrel fish fillets kokum. Later this dish tinued their legacy by a restaurant on a com- made in green chili and was named ‘sambhar treating the present gen- mercial scale. We have pan-fried in ghee; the after’ Sambhaji who was erations to lavish din- not changed any of the ‘Komdiche Kebab’, chick- the second emperor of ners. original ingredients. In en kebab made with the Maratha Empire. One such event has fact, we got with us a few coriander, pepper, and However,this origin story been put together by the ingredients from the ginger; ‘Kesari Maas’, remains a topic of con- ITC Kakatiya who will be palace. We have been mutton mince soaked in tention among the food offering a 10-day royal traveling with our own saffron and a few select historians. Whether it treat from the traditional chefs who cook for us to spices and the ‘Komda originated in Tamil Nadu royal kitchens of ensure the same royal Pulao’, a popular Tanjore or Maharashtra, all we Thanjavur. taste is served to every- special chicken pulao know today is that sam- Thanjavur is popularly one,” the Maharaja told and a must-try from the bar has become a staple known for the great The Pioneer. menu. item in many house- thousand-year-old The heirloom recipes There are enough holds. Brihadeeswarar temple, are preserved in choices for people who The restaurant has also which is also a UNESCO Sarabendra Pakashastra, prefer vegetarian food gone the extra mile of World Heritage site. Few an ancient text which with dishes such as the creating the royal ambi- know that the Maratha was written in Modi ‘Khendatta’, a vegetable ence for the visitors. The king Shivaji’s legacy lives script (script used to curry with four kinds of royal food will be served on in Thanjavur. write Marathi), and con- pulses; ‘Porathi till October 20 at the However, the only visible tains details of the foods Kozhambu’, curry made Dakshin, ITC Kakatiya Maratha influence today cooked in the palace. It of brinjal with coconut at Begumpet. So hurry is seen there in the City was Rajah Serfoji II who and chilies; ‘Shakar up and book your table Palace, where the royal began documenting the Biranji’, sweetened pulao before the royal food family continues to be in recipes in the book in with almonds, coconut heads back to the palace. residence. 1812. “Sarabendra and sultanas. These are — ADY 10 tollywood Hyderabad Friday October 18, 2019

Festival movie releases are always tricky to navigate CLASH OF THE as everyone wants to have their movie reach the TITANS AVERTED jointly produced Venky Mama audience first. along with People Media Factory, decided to release the Here is how the film during Sankranti keeping in mind the holidays. The film makers of Venky is made on a budget of Rs 50-55 crore. Realizing Babu’s plans, Mama dealt with the makers of Sarileru Neekevvaru and Ala Vaikunthapuramlo rushed to this dilemma, occupy the January 12th slot. But in a latest development, The reports Pioneer has learnt that Suresh is now looking to release his film NAGARAJ early, whose shoot is over except for two days of work in GOUD December. So what has led the leading instead of December." n eventuality producer to change his mind? A “Likewise, Disco Raja, the that could have source close to Venky Mama’s distribution rights of which are led to the clash production team confirmed to with Asian Cinemas and Suresh of titans was us that, “Producers Dil Raju, Productions, has been deferred A averted when Anil Sunkara and S. Radha to the second half of January. So better sense pre- Krishna met Suresh Babu December is relatively less vailed. The makers of recently and asked him if he occupied now compared to Venky Mama, starring can reschedule his release. The what it was a couple of weeks Victory Venkatesh and chief of Suresh Productions told ago. Venky Mama will now Naga Chaitanya, have them he believes in a win-win arrive in December. Suresh decided to stay away from situation and if he gets a solo Babu will decide the exact date the Sankranti release window, he is happy to change on Monday. Now, it remains to date, leaving the festive the release date of Venky Mama. be seen whether both Mahesh season for other biggies like Radha Krishna and Raju have Babu’s and Allu Arjun’s films Sarileru Neekevvaru and Ala also moved their productions, will fight it out for January 12 Vaikunthapuramlo. Last week, Bheeshma and the ’96 Telugu or will one of them come a cou- producer Suresh Babu, who has remake, to early next year ple of days early,” they added. RAJASEKHAR in Krishna Vamsi to cast two minds over Prakash Raj, Ramya Pradeep’s thriller drama? Krishna uzz about he story is really good. And the Krishna screenplay has shaped up really B Vamsi T well. The narration will be directing thrilling and entertaining, the Telugu Dr Rajasekhar had said last month remake of about his next with Tamil filmmak- Marathi er Pradeep Krishnamoorthy. An super hit emotional thriller, it was to be Natsamrat has been will be a joint production ven- (1998), starring Nagarjuna, produced by G. Dhananjayan on rounds for the ture between Abhishek Jawkar was a remake of a Malayalam under his Creative Entertainers past two years. But and Madhu Kalipu. While not hit of the same name directed & Distributors. The makers the filmmaker has many details in the open, it is by Priyadarshan. Natsamrat even prepared a schedule and never commented said that Uttej, Vamsi’s fre- told the story of a veteran the idea was to wrap it up in a on it. However, on quent collaborator, has been Shakespearean actor (played start-to-finish schedule in Wednesday tasked to adapt the script to by Nana Patekar) who retires Hyderabad and Chennai. evening, an official Telugu ‘sensibilities’. “By from the stage into the painful However, according to the word about the film retaining the soul of the origi- tragedy of old age, facing his grapevine, the actor has devel- went public: nal, Vamsi is keen on giving a ungrateful family alone. The oped cold feet about featuring Krishna Vamsi will complete new spin to the nar- film was the screen adaptation in the project. Unhappy with helm the project and rative,” a source close to the of noted Marathi playwright this, the makers seem have Prakash Raj and unit said. Kusumagraj’s iconic Marathi knocked on actor Sumanth’s Ramya Krishna will This would be the second play Natsamrat which was door. The project is said spearhead the project. time that Vamsi, in his illustri- first staged in 1970. Prakash to be the official remake Titled Ranga ous career, would be handling Raj will be stepping into the of Kannada hit Marthaanda, the film a remake. His Chandralekha shoes of Patekar. Kavuladaari, a crime thriller, though the makers have gone on record. The Pioneer has reached out to the executive producer of Pradeep’s film, Siva Prasad, to check its status. He said, “We wanted to do one script initially KEERTHY goes with Rajasekhar sir but the team decided to do another one now. Dr Rajasekhar and the THE MAKERS HAVE ALREADY PREPARED A SCHEDULE film’s team will decide IN HYDERABAD AND CHENNAI. HOWEVER, IT IS SAID make up free for upon it shortly.” — NG THAT THE ACTOR HAS DEVELOPED COLD FEET ABOUT FEATURING IN THE PROJECT Kukunoor's film eerthy Suresh’s first look of days. We are looking at January 31 from her film, a light- for the film’s release but we will con- hearted sports drama laced firm it mostly after the shoot ends. We with romance, with will scale up promotions MANCHU MANOJ K acclaimed director Nagesh beginning Diwali post Kukunoor was unveiled which we will unveil by the makers on Thursday in tune the first looks of confirms divorce with her 27th birthday celebrations. Jagapathi Babu, For the first time in a film of hers, Aadi Pinisetty the actress has gone with make up and Rahul with Pranathi and hairdo. “She has also shot for Ramakrishna. the film completely without make The film will be peculations about Manchu up and hairdo. It’s just Keerthy in dubbed into Manoj and his wife her truest form. I’m proud that I Tamil as well,” she S Pranathi heading for a partly brought that side of her for the said. — NG divorce did rounds for audience. She just looks breathtaking. more than a year. Last June, the With this film, just like Mahanati, her actor even denied the news. fame will transcend boundaries,” However, on Thursday, Manoj film’s co-producer Shravya Varma confirmed that he and his wife told The Pioneer. have divorced. In a lengthy post on The next schedule of the film Twitter, he said, “With a heavy will commence from November heart I would like to inform that 11. “We have songs and climax my divorce has come through and that will be shot in this leg of we have officially ended what was filming and by December 1. The a beautiful and well-cherished entire shoot will be completed soon relationship. We had our differ- after leaving us with a good two- ences and we went through a lot of month period for post-production. pain. After much introspection, The shoot will take place in Pune, we’ve decided to have our separate Hyderabad, Vikarabad and possi- lives going forward. We always bly in Bengaluru for a couple were and are two individuals who have all the respect and care towards each other. (sic)” “Since my heart was not in the right place I couldn’t act or con- centrate on work. I wouldn’t have survived this storm without the help of my family, friends and especially my fans who stood by me in my absence,” he said and added from here on he would ded- icate his life to acting. Manoj had married Pranathi in May 2015. 11 celeb talks Hyderabad Friday October 18, 2019 KGF ACTRESS TO NICOLE, ALEXANDER MAKE TAMIL DEBUT TO REUNITE FOR WITH VIKRAM ROBERT EGGERS' GF actress Srinidhi and director Ajay Gnanamuthu, THE NORTHMAN Shetty, who made her who is best known for helming acting debut via Demonte Colony and last year's ith his latest film The Lighthouse set to bow this week- K Kannada film KGF, is Imaikka Nodigal starring end, Robert Eggers’ next film has cast two leads, Big all set to foray into Nayanthara. W Little Lies alums Nicole Kidman and Alexander Tamil filmdom with Talking about the project, Ajay Skarsgård. The pic, titled The Northman, is described as Vikram’s next yet-untitled project. said, “The only thing I can a Viking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century. An official announcement from divulge right now is that Vikram’s In talks to join Kidman and Skarsgård are The Witch’s Anya Taylor- the makers is yet awaited. role will be a challenging one. Of Joy, It’s Bill Skarsgård and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe. It is learnt from reliable sources course, he has always taken up Eggers will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with that Srinidhi is most likely to be challenging roles, but I think this Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón. Midsummer producer Lars pared with Vikram in the project, one will be better than all of Knudsen will produce, with New Regency financing. current dubbed Chiyaan Vikram those.” Skarsgård can next be seen in tentpole Kong vs Godzilla, and 58. Priya Bhavani Shankar is The first look poster, which recently booked the plum part of Randall Flagg in CBS All Access’ believed to be playing one of the was released in June, features adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand. He is repped by CAA. leads as well. what appears to be Vikram in Kidman recently starred in the second season of Big Little Lies — To be produced by 7 Screen multiple avatars he will be seen in her work in the first season earned her a Primetime Emmy for best Studio in association with Viacom the film. There are rumours that actress — and will star as Gretchen Carlson opposite Charlize 18 Studios, the project went on Vikram might be seen playing a Theron and Margot Robbie in awards season contender Bombshell, the floors recently and the makers photographer in the film which which opens this December. Taylor-Joy recently wrapped a starring plan to release it in April 2020. will be an out-and-out action- turn in Last Night in Soho for Edgar Wright and next stars in “This film will be a pan-Indian thriller. Working Title’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. The Lighthouse project catering to the Tamil, The industry grapevine is that opens on October 18 and stars Dafoe alongside Robert Pattinson. Hindi and Telugu audience. It will Vikram will be seen sporting 25 be produced on a massive scale in different looks in the film. association with Viacom 18 The makers have approached a hy exactly Hill is passing the Motion Pictures. The cast and US-based to design Vikram’s dif- role is currently unknown. technicians will have big names of ferent looks in the film. The first Insiders told variety.com that JONAH HILL REFUSES all industries collaborating for look poster, which was released in W when the news was initially this film,” reads a statement from June, features what appears to be reported, it was very early in TO DO THE PART IN the makers. Vikram in multiple the negotiations and that a The project marks avatars he will be deal was far from closing. The news the maiden collabo- seen in the film. comes after Zoe Kravitz was recently ‘THE BATMAN' ration of Vikram tapped to play Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, in the Matt Reeves- directed movie that also stars Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader. One of the points brought up in negotiations was whether Hill would play the Penguin or Riddler, and now Reeves and Warner Bros. will have to go back to the drawing board to see which actors will take on those roles. Hill starred opposite Emma Stone in Netflix’s sci-fi series Maniac and made his directorial debut last fall with MID90S, which he also wrote. He most recently appeared alongside Matthew McConaughey in Beach Bum, which hit theatres in March. Pre-produc- tion on the Warner Bros.-DC Comics movie is expected to start this sum- mer. An official start date has not yet been set, although a source said that filming could start in late 2019 or early 2020.The Batman is scheduled to hit theatres on June 25, 2021.

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LINDA SHEDS WEIGHT FOR ROLE IN TERMINATOR ooks like actor Linda The Separate Lives star’s co- Hamilton took her actor, Mackenzie Davis, also training sessions for the agreed with her about how L role in the upcoming intense it is to work in Terminator: Dark Fate Terminator: Dark Fate. way too seriously. In order to “It was so hard mak- reprise her role as Sarah Connor ing this god damn in the flick, the actor has lost movie,” she said. huge amount of weight, reported While comparing Fox News. the male and the “There were no carbs in my female cast, life for a year. I got so lean, when Hamilton jok- I arrived they had to build me a ingly said that butt,” Hamilton admitted while the women are appearing on ITV’s Lorraine tougher than Wednesday (local time). The 63- Arnold year-old actor added, “They Schwarzenegger, added to the bottom, something who also you don’t ever see coming — returned to play who wants more bottom? — but the futuristic half apparently... I shouldn’t give my human-half robot. secrets away!” “We get to do Hamilton, who is returning to some really good the silver screen with her iconic work together this role also talked about the type time rather than just of training she has been receiv- running from him,” she ing. “Time off was military said of reuniting with the training, Spanish lessons, action hero. The film which scuba, we had to do it all. also stars Natalia Reyes, There was never a moment Diego Boneta, and Gabriel Luna we weren’t learning some- is set to hit big screens on thing or acting,” she said. November 1, 2019 HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 sport 12

India sans Kohli sweat it out at Eye opener optional practice Proteas opener PTI n RANCHI kipper Virat Kohli and opener Rohit Elgar says India SSharma skipped the optional practice session but spinner Kuldeep Yadav looked tour is a good to hone his batting skills ahead of India’s third and final Test against South Africa learning curve here on Thursday. Kuldeep, who sat out of the first two for him Tests, made full use of the net session dis- PTI n RANCHI playing some elegant cover drives in their afternoon practice which was also attend- outh Africa opener Dean Elgar ed by Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, says he got “stretched” as a Mayank Agarwal and Ishant Sharma Scricketer and learned a lot among others. more about himself during what has Earlier chief coach Ravi Shastri and been a humbling India tour, part of bowling coach Bharat Arun had a close look which included visiting “smaller at the pitch which wore a dry look, indi- places and staying in hotels” not that cating that it would have something for the good. spinners. After managing a 1-1 draw in Spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and the T20 series, South Africa suffered Ravindra Jadeja have been the key bowlers big defeats in the first Two Tests of for India, bagging 14 and 10 wickets each the three-match rubber against a and Kuldeep’s inclusion will only be at the dominant outfit led by Virat Kohli. cost of a pacer. “It’s a challenging tour. You get The pacers too have made crucial con- stretched as a person, you get tributions with Mohammed Shami claim- stretched as a cricketer, I think you ing eight wickets at a strike rate of 41 and get to know yourself quite a lot as a Umesh snapping six wickets at an even bet- person when you come to the ter strike rate of 21 and it remains to be seen smaller places where the hotels are if Kohli tinkers with his winning combina- maybe not as good, and you get chal- tion. lenged on the field,” Elgar said. The Proteas trained in the morning ses- “It’s always a good learning sion with focus on their batsmen. curve coming to India.” South Africa’s training was attended by The introduction of the World skipper Du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Test Championship means South Theunis de Bruyn, Quniton de Kock, Africa still have “quite a lot to play Senuran Muthuswamy as they faced the net for” in the third Test despite conced- South Africa's Dean Elgar bats during fourth day of second Test between India and South Africa in Pune AP bowlers. ing the series, Elgar said. Vernon Philander was seen among the “Back in the day it was always lowing our process against India in hundred in India after nine years of a challenge for all of us. We haven’t which is an immensely proud morale in the camp is still very good. bowlers but the new-ball bowler was a bit of a dead rubber game but now the last Test. That’s something we during the opening Test, said the played our greatest cricket, consis- moment for every player. “We still have one game and we mostly seen honing his batting skills. with the World Test Championships can’t neglect going into this game. Proteas batsmen will have to go back tent cricket. But we are trying to be “We still motivate everyone can actually change quite a lot. We around, we still have points to play There is still a lot to play for,” he to the basics to tackle the Indian positive. The senior players are try- within our squad. It has been a chal- are still pretty hopeful and pretty for,” Elgar said. added. Elgar, who became the first bowlers in the final game. ing to keep the guys motivated. We lenging few weeks but it’s still not too positive going into the last Test,” he “We can still get 40 points by fol- South African batsman to score a “It’s no secret that it’s been a bit are still representing our country gloomy for us. We are upbeat, the asserted.

PTI n RANCHI Score heavy in 1st innings: Faf tells SA batsmen “frustrated” South African Self-destruction RANCHI: Having already lost the the hosts scored 502 runs while they Abatsman Aiden Markram three-match series, South Africa put on 601 runs in Pune. was on Thursday ruled out of ‘Frustrated’ Markram punches object, injures wrist skipper Faf du Plessis has called on And, du Plessis wants his batsmen the third and final Test against to be ruled out of 3rd Test his players to come out with an to learn from the Indian batters and India, having sustained a wrist improved performance, especially make most of their first innings in the injury after punching a solid his injury.” Thursday morning. The team with the bat when they face India in final Test. object. Markram has had a mixed management hasn’t called up the final Test beginning Saturday in “We need to put big runs on the As per Cricket South tour of India. While he scored any replacement. Ranchi. board in the first innings,” said du Africa’s media release, “The two hundreds in the practice A disappointed Markram The Proteas have not been able Plessis while addressing a press confer- injury took place following the games, he couldn’t carry forward admitted he has let his team to make use of their first innings — ence on Thursday. opener’s dismissal in the second his form into the Test series. down and said, “It’s sad to be barring the Vizag Test where they “When you get runs in the first innings of the match. In a After scoring 5 and 39 in the going home on this note and I managed to score 431 in reply to innings anything from there is possi- moment of frustration with his first Test, he was dismissed for completely understand what India’s 502. India, on the other hand, ble. For us first innings runs will be vital own performance, he lashed a pair in the second. I’ve done wrong and take full have dominated by getting big runs and then anything could happen in the out at a solid object, resulting in He left for South Africa on accountability for it.” in their first innings. In the first Test, second innings,” he added. IANS Al-Amin back in B’desh T20 team Marsh set to miss Pak Test PTI n DHAKA into the squad as some of our other fast bowlers are AFP n SYDNEY eft-arm spinner Arafat injured,” said chief selector SL names T20 LSunny and pacer Al- Minhajul Abedin. ll-rounder Mitchell squad for Aus tour Amin Hossain were recalled The selectors also AMarsh is set to miss as Bangladesh on Thursday decided to drop Sabbir the opening Test against AFP n COLOMBO announced a 15-member Rahman, Nazmul Hossain Pakistan after fracturing squad for next month’s Shanto, Rubel Hossain and his right hand punching ri Lanka's T20 skipper three-game T20I series Taijul Islam from the team a wall, with Australian SLasith Malinga along against India. of the last T20 Bangladesh coach Justin Langer with Kusal Perera and Opener Tamim Iqbal played during the tri-nation branding him “an idiot”. Niroshan Dikwella, who also made a comeback after series at home. The Western skipped the recent a break during which he The T20I series will Australia captain took his Pakistan tour citing missed the tri-series at begin with the first match frustrations out in the security fears, were on home involving Afghanistan on November 3 at Arun changing rooms after he Thursday included in a and Zimbabwe. Jaitely stadium in New was dismissed for 53 in a 16-man squad to play Both Sunny and Delhi. The next two games Sheffield Shield match against Australia. Hossain have been out of are at Rajkot and Nagpur on against Tasmania on The opening match will contention for a long time November 7 and 10 respec- Sunday. be at the Adelaide Oval Indian pace attack reminds having played their last T20I tively. Scans revealed a frac- the bone,” Marsh, who me. Hopefully it’s a good on Oct 27 with the in 2016. Al-Amin Hossain in a file picture Squad: Shakib Al Hasan ture, and an apologetic was sporting a cast on his lesson for other people as second at Gabba on Oct Lara of old Windies The 33-year-old Sunny, (C), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Marsh said he faced up to arm, told reporters. well,” added Marsh, 30 and the final game at who has taken 12 wickets in The 29-year-old Das, Soumya Sarkar, Naim six weeks on the sidelines. Marsh had only been whose blunder could the MCG on November 1. PTI n MUMBAI 10 T20Is, was suspended Hossain also last featured in Sheikh, Mushfiqur Rahhim, That would almost recalled to the Test side open the door for Marcus The squad: Malinga, K during the 2016 ICC World the 2016 ICC World Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif certainly rule him out of for the final game of the Stoinis in Brisbane. Perera, K Mendis, D est Indian batting great Brian Lara on Thursday praised Twenty20 for an illegal Twenty20. Hossain, Musaddek the opening Test against Ashes against England “At the end of the day, Gunathilaka, A Fernando, Wthe current Indian pace attack, which reminded him of bowling action. He had also “We have recalled Hossain, Aminul Islam Pakistan in Brisbane start- last month after a long it’s a game of cricket. Dickwella, D Shanaka, S the deadly West Indian attacks of yore. spent two months in jail Sunny because we need Biplob, Arafat Sunny, ing on November 21. period out of favour and Sometimes you get beat- Jayasuriya, B Rajapaksa, The Indian pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and after being arrested in 2017 someone experienced for Mohammad Saifuddin, Al- “It’s my middle finger, there are no guarantees he en, sometimes you get O Fernando, W Mohammed Shami, in 2018, picked the record 142 wickets for his involvement in a India, which is a tough Amin Hossain, Mustafizur just below the wrist — a will win a spot back. out, and you can’t be Hasaranga, L Sandakan, among them in Test matches. family dispute. country. Al-Amin comes Rahman, Shafiul Islam. fracture straight through “It’s a good lesson for punching walls.” N Pradeep, L Kumara, I Asked what makes Indian team special, Lara said: “It’s the Udana & Kasun Rajitha. Indian pace attack. Unbelievable. I saw them in the West Indies. When you look at the quality —(Jasprit) Bumrah, (Mohammed) Shami, (Umesh) Yadav — all these guys, and the guys on the Reputed coach can help Wawrinka reach Antwerp quarters sidelines, like Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) are unbelievable.” India’s campaign “It reminds me a little bit of the (pace bowling) strength The 34-year-old that the West Indies had in the 80s and 90s. The reserve strength Indian sprinters: Carmelita Wawrinka, seeking his first is very important in assessing a team’s ability. It means that your end in Denmark ATP trophy since he lifted the attack has quality,” Lara added. PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n ODENSE title in Geneva two years ago, Lara, who had scored 11,953 Test runs, was also lavish in served 17 aces — one less his praise for Virat Kohli, whom he termed the ‘Ultimate hree-time Olympic medallist ndia’s campaign at the $ 775,000 Denmark Open than Lopez — and converted Captain’. TCarmelita Jeter is impressed with Icame to a disappointing end with the trioka of PV one out of four break-point “He’s (Kohli) the ultimate captain. In terms of his perfor- India’s Dutee Chand and said a reput- Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma — all-exit- opportunities to edge the tight mances, he leads by example. And I mean that in all facets of ed coach can guide the country’s talent- ing after suffering straight-game losses, here on match. the game, and off the field too. He is came off very well in the ed sprinters reach the highest level in Thursday. Up next for the world background of MS Dhoni, who laid the foundation, and did future. World Champion Sindhu, seeded fifth, yet again number 18 is unseeded Gilles things in a different way. “I have seen Dutee Chand compete struggled to buck the trend of recent early exits as Simon, who powered past his “So, I think Indian cricket, as we all know, is headed in the at the Olympic Games. She has done she was knocked out after she lost 14-21, 17-21 to French compatriot Jo-Wilfried right direction. It’s influenced by some of the best people, and some remarkable things. I hope more Korea,s An Se Young in a 40-minute second-round Tsonga 6-4, 7-5. is reaping the benefits of it,” Lara told reporters here. young ladies will step up and represent women,s singles clash at the BWF World Tour Super Wawrinka has beaten Lara also seemed happy that a player of Rohit Sharma’s cal- the country,” said Jeter, who is the inter- 750 event. Simon four times in seven ibre is set to play regularly across formats. national event ambassador at the 15th It turned out to be a dismal day for Indian shut- meetings but the Frenchman “I think that Rohit is an awesome player in all formats of edition of the Airtel Delhi Half tlers in general as B Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma, and prevailed in straight sets the the game. Obviously, in the limited overs game, he’s been very Marathon. in the 100 meters. men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and last time they played each successful. I don’t see any reason why he should not be in Test “I feel that all sprinters need good Carmelita Jeter was a part of the his- Chirag Shetty also went down in straight games in other on the hardcourts of cricket. It seems that he has the passion to play and wants to coaches. If a big name coaches Indian toric 4x100m USA team which set the their second rounds. Shanghai in 2016. prove himself on that stage (Test cricket) as well. athletes, then you will certainly see a rise world record at the 2012 Olympics. The While Praneeth was outclassed by two-time Argentina,s Guido Pella “To exclude a player like that (from the Test team) will be of Indian sprinters in the future,” said American said that sharing a medal World Champion Kento Momota of Japan 6-21, 14- joined the duo in the last eight very difficult, with the talent that I see. So, hopefully, he will Jeter. with three other women was even more 21 in yet another dominating show, Sameer lost 12- Stan Wawrinka celebrates after win after beating South Korea,s be successful. He is a gifted batsman,” said Lara. The fastest woman alive, Jeter is special than an individual medal. 21, 10-21 to Olympic champion Chen Long of China. Kwon Soon-woo 7-5, 7-5 to set Lara, who holds the record for highest individual run scor- delighted to see over 40,000 participants “It was a moment for the USA Thailand Open champions Satwik and Chirag AGENCIES n ANTWERP up a clash with Ugo Humbert er in Tests, also welcomed the ICC move of Test Championship, ready to give it their all at the Half team. It was a special team out there. also suffered a 16-21 15-21 defeat against sixth seed or second seed David Goffin. saying it has provided contest to the game. Marathon, which is an IAAF Gold Label People think that four of the fastest run- Chinese combination of Han Cheng Kai and Zhou tan Wawrinka was made to In first-round action, Pablo “I think (World Test Championship should have started Road Race, on Sunday. ners form a good 4x100m group, but no, Hao Dong in men's doubles. Swork hard at the European Cuevas beat Hugo Dellien 6-4, earlier). In terms of Test Championship, where there is an end, A world record holder, Jeter had a team has to have four people who trust Later in the day, Pranaav Chopra and N Sikki Open on Wednesday as the 6-3 and will take on Briton it culminates into a team becoming Championship, that is some- finished with a winning time of 10.64 each other and have chemistry. It was Reddy put up a gallant fight before going down 24- Swiss veteran outlasted Andy Murray next. American thing that should have happened a long time ago and happy seconds at the Shanghai Golden Grand great to share a Gold medal with a team. 26 21-13 11-21 to fourth seeded Malaysian pair of Feliciano Lopez 6-7(4) 6-4 7- Frances Tiafoe overcame to see it now. Even if you play against the Prix in 2009, giving her a spot in his- Winning a medal with three other Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in the mixed dou- 6(4) to reach the quarter-finals Germany's Yannick Maden 7- minnows—Afghanistan, Bangladesh — it means something. tory as the second-fastest woman ever women was even more special,” she said. bles competition. in Antwerp. 6(7), 6-3.