It's TRS Versus Rest in MLC Polls for 2 Grad Seats Today
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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I SUNDAY I 14 MARCH 2021 WEATHER NATION| 5 SPORTS 11 TABLOID Max: 33.8OC | Min: 18.0OC Trinamul inducts India look to grab Uttarakhand Police RH: 27% Rainfall: Nil Sinha to tackle BJP momentum in 2nd T20 take a jibe at Kohli Forecast: Partly cloudy sky during the day. deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 72 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `7.00 Max/Min temp. 36/19ºC WARANGAL ASTROGUIDE TS to go in for CIVIC POLLS TO It’s TRS versus rest in MLC Sarvari; Uttarayana Tithi: Phalguna Shuddha Padyami till 5.09 pm BE DELAYED Star: Uttarabhadra jumbo Budget DC CORRESPONDENT till 2.20 am (Monday) HYDERABAD, MARCH 13 polls for 2 grad seats today Varjyam: 10.45 am to 12.29 pm Durmuhurtam: 4.47 pm Revenues appear promising Elections to the Wara- to 5.34 pm DC CORRESPONDENT revival from December ngal and Khammam Rahukalam: 4.30 pm to 6 pm HYDERABAD, MARCH 13 last and gathering municipal corporations Polls likened to ‘mini-general elections’, cover 21 districts HIJRI CALENDAR momentum in January- will be delayed further, With the state economy March. wth the exercise of L. VENKAT RAM REDDY | fray. A total of 880 ‘jumbo Rajab 29,1442 AH bouncing back in the last Revenue earnings from delimitation of wards DC ballot boxes’ and ballot PRAYERS three months, the all the sectors have still going on as there is a HYDERABAD, MARCH 13 papers the size of a news- Fajar: 5.25 am Telangana state govern- almost reached the pre- demand for an increase paper are being used in Zohar: 12.35 pm ment is likely to present a Covid levels. The govern- in their number. The Polling for the biennial view of the large number Asar: 4.45 pm jumbo Budget for 2021-22 ment is hopeful of sus- term of both the corpora- graduate MLC elections of candidates. Voters have Maghrib: 6.31 pm with an outlay ranging taining this momentum tions will end on Sunday. from the Hyderabad-Ranga to use the pen provided by Isha: 7.39 pm from `1.85 lakh crore to in the new fiscal starting The state government Reddy-Mahbubnagar and officials for marking their `2 lakh crore. on April 1, to pay for the wants to take a call on Warangal-Khammam- preferences by writing 1, 2, SUNSET TODAY 6.25 PM The Budget will be pre- huge outlay. when to hold the elec- Nalgonda constituencies 3 and so on adjacent to the SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.24 AM sented on March 18. The Chief Minister K. tions only after the will be held from 8 am to 4 candidates’ names in their MOONRISE 7.05 AM 2020-21 Budget had an Chandrashekar Rao is Nagarjunasagar pm on Sunday. The high- order of preference. If vot- MOONSET 7.18 PM outlay of `1.82 lakh crore. learnt to have directed Assembly bypoll for decibel campaigning sug- ers use their own pens, However, revenues fell finance minister T. which the Election gests it will be the TRS ver- votes will be considered short by nearly `30,000 Harish Rao and finance Commission is yet to sus rest in both these con- Cops guard the ‘jumbo ballot boxes’ at the Lal Bahadur invalid. The Warangal- crore due to the Covid-19 officials to draft a jumbo announce the schedule. stituencies Counting of Stadium, Hyderabad, on Saturday. — S. SURENDER REDDY Khammam-Nalgonda con- COUNTER POINT lockdown. Budget. While the elections votes will be on March 17. stituency has 5,05,565 vot- There were then reports He has been giving the were due before March Though the two seats mam, Warangal Urban and notifications to fill over ers covering 12 districts. A that the state government final touches to the pro- 14, the government cover 21 districts, it is Suryapet districts will 50,000 posts for emerging total of 71 candidates are in may slash the Budget size posals by holding meet- issued orders only on Hyderabad, Medchal and decide the winner of the victorious. The Hyder- the fray. Here too, 880 to less than `1.50 lakh ings with senior officials February 1 for delimita- Ranga Reddy which have Warangal-Nalgonda- abad-RR-Mahbubnagar jumbo ballot boxes are crore. for the past week. tion of wards. the highest number of Khammam seat. constituency covers nine being used. The plans were graduate voters, that will The TRS has pinned all districts with 5,31,268 reg- reversed with the econo- ■ Page 3: CM favours new ■ Page 4: Demand for hike decide on the outcome at its hopes on new PRC, 29 istered voters. Ninety- ■ Page 3: Candidates focus my showing signs of fitment for staff in Khammam wards this seat. Nalgonda, Kham- per cent fitment and job three candidates are in the on 7 districts Sig Sauer rifles beef up infantry PAWAN BALI Factories Board was the NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 main weapon of the Indian Army. However Indian Army’s Infantry there were many glitches battalions across the in INSAS rifles. It used to SHORT TAKES country have started get- get jammed. The 5.56 mm ting the deadly US made bullet in many cases did- ASTRAZENECA advance assault rifles Sig n’t kill the terrorist in one Sauer in a big boost to shot which was another their capability. major drawback. SAYS VACCINE According to sources, Sig Sauer bullet is 7.26 the Infantry soldiers who mm which is bigger than SHORTFALL IN EU were deployed at the LAC INSAS. “Sig Sauer is London, March 13: and LoC first started get- shoot to kill weapon. One Anglo/Swedish pharma- ting Sig Sauer rifles. bullet for one enemy,” ceutical giant AstraZeneca Now soldiers in other said an official. on Saturday announced a Infantry commands are Sig Sauer has an effec- fresh shortfall in planned also getting the rifles. tive killing range of 600 vaccine shipments to the “Atleast two companies in metres against around 400 European Union, citing each Infantry battalion metres for INSAS. production problems and are getting Sig Sauer Another advantage is that export restrictions. rifles,” said sources. Sig Sauer can be used by “AstraZeneca is disappoint- Many units are conduct- both left and right handed ed to announce a shortfall ing firing practices with soldier. It has sights to in planned Covid-19 vac- the gun. Till now INSAS aim fire. “SiG Sauer fire cine shipments to the EU (Indian small arms sys- is very precise and the despite working tirelessly tem) rifles manufactured metal is also very good,” to accelerate supply,” it locally by the Ordnance said the official. said in a statement. ■ Report on page 9 Tribal hurt in forest AMARNATH YATRA FROM fire dies, first in TS JUNE 28 DC CORRESPONDENT who also received burns HYDERABAD, MARCH 13 in the same incident are DC CORRESPONDENT receiving treatment for SRINAGAR, MARCH 13 A 40-year-old Chenchu burn injuries. tribal, Lingamaiah, on It may be recalled that a The authorities have Saturday, succumbed to group of 11 Chenchus increased the pilgrims’ burns that he sustained from Mallapur Penta, a intake by 5,000 a day at in a forest fire on March 7 hamlet deep inside the Amaranth during this in the Amrabad tiger tiger reserve, were year’s yatra to the revered Reserve. reported to be out in the cave-shrine in Himalayas. This is the first incident forest searching for The yatra spreading over in which a fire in a forest tubers and to tap honey 56 days will begin from in Telangana state has when they were caught in both traditional Pahalgam resulted in the loss of the fire. and shorter Baltal routes human life. The months leading up on June 28, coinciding Lingamaiah died at the to the peak summer are with Ashaad Chaturthi, an Osmania General Hospi- considered the fire sea- auspicious day. tal, where he was battling son in the state's forests. for life since March 7. ■ Report on page 5 Three other Chenchus, ■ Page 4: Free education from Mallapur Penta, for Lingamaiah’s kids COVID | FIGHT DGCA issues guidelines for flights No mask: Flyers to be put on ‘no fly’ list for 3 months DC CORRESPONDENT petition in this regard after DGCA said that some pas- NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 Justice C. Hari Shankar sengers have been noticed found passengers not wear- not wearing their masks Passengers refusing to wear ing masks during a flight. properly while on board the a mask properly during a The court had said that if a aircraft. “On board, in case flight can be deboarded or passenger, despite being any passenger does not could be placed on a no-fly reminded more than once in adhere to wearing a mask list for a period of three flight, refuses to follow this properly even after repeated months to two years or protocol, then action should warnings, he/she should be more, the Director General be taken against the passen- deboarded before departure. of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ger, including placing the In the case of any passenger said on Saturday. Also, pas- passenger on a “no-fly” regi- on board an aircraft refus- sengers not following Covid- men, either permanently or ing to wear a mask or vio- 19 protocol despite repeated for a stipulated time. lates the ‘Covid-19 Protocol warnings will be handed Observing that some pas- for passengers’ even after over to security agencies. sengers after entering the repeated warnings, during The DGCA circular comes airport do not wear their the course of the flight, such days after the Delhi High mask properly and main- passengers may be treated Court took suo motu cogni- tain social distance while as ‘Unruly’ passengers,” the sance and registered a writ being in the airport, the DGCA circular said.