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DOZENS KILLED IN STAMPEDE AT PAK MINISTER SLAPS TV ANCHOR EARTH-SIZED WORLD FOUND IN GoM APPROVES EoI, SHARE FUNERAL OF IRANIAN COMMANDER FOR LINKING WITH TIKTOK ARTISTE ‘HABITABLE ZONE’ BY NASA’S TESS PURCHASE FOR SALE OF AIR INDIA ozens of people have been killed in a stampede in the Iranian city of akistan Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has ASA said Monday that its planet hunter satellite TESS had Group of Ministers (GoM) on Tuesday approved the Expression of DKerman at the funeral procession for a top commander killed in an air Padmitted that he had slapped a TV anchor at a Ndiscovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, AInterest (EoI) as well as the share purchase agreement for Air India's strike by the United States. "So far 40 people were killed and 213 others wedding for linking him with TikTok sensation which could allow the presence of privatisation, a senior government official said. The EoI and the share were wounded in the incident," the semi-official Fars news agency Hareem Shah. Defending his move, he said to media liquid water. The planet, named "TOI purchase agreement would be issued in January itself, he said. Last reported on Tuesday, citing an emergency that he was a human first before anything else, The 700 d", is relatively close to Earth- year, the Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism approved the re- services official. Earlier, the head of the Express Tribune reported."Ministries come and only 100 light years away, NASA's initiation of the process for the country's emergency services, Pirhossein go. I will not tolerate personal attacks.... we Jet Propulsion Laboratory government's 100% stake sale in Koolivand, said that "32 of our citizens lost are all human beings and will react when announced during the annual Air India along with Air India their lives in the procession ... and 190 someone makes such false allegations," American Astronomical Society Express and the carrier's stake in were injured" due to "overcrowding". Chaudhry said. meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. joint venture AISATS. Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on Jan 22 now by any of the convicts inside the video conferencing and the review petition of all CONVICTSCANAVAIL room. the convicts was dismissed by LEGALREMEDYOF After the court passed the the Supreme Court. order, the lawyers and family 1 2 3 4 While urging the court to CURATIVEPETITION members of the convicts came issue the death warrants, the NEW DELHI: After issuance of out and informed the media prosecution said, "In between death warrants against them about court's order. the issuance and the execu- by a court here on Tuesday, Victim's parents said they ‘Campuses tion of death warrants, if the only legal remedy left with were satisfied with the order. must not the convicts want to file the four convicts in the The trial court had earlier curative petitions, they can appalling 2012 Nirbhaya gang directed Tihar jail authorities to become havens do so." rape and murder case is to seek within a week response for politics of Counsel for two of the con- approach the Supreme Court from the four death row con- 1. MUKESH SINGH victs - Mukesh and Vinay - said with curative petitions to seek victs as to whether they were hate’ PNS n NEW DELHI they were in the process of fil- Hanging will restore faith of relief from capital punishment. filing mercy pleas against their 5 2. AKSHAY THAKUR The convicts can also avail ing curative petition in the executions with the President 3. VINAY SHARMA Four convicts in the sensation- Supreme Court. women in law: Nirbhaya's mom the constitutional remedy of of India. It was hearing the 4.PAWAN GUPTA al 2012 Nirbhaya Gang rape When the hearing com- filing mercy pleas with the applications moved by and murder case will be hanged menced, advocate M L Sharma NEW DELHI: The hanging of January 22 will be a big day for President. Nirbhaya's parents and the n No application on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar appeared before the court and Nirbhaya convicts will restore her when the convicts are Advocate A P Singh, prosecution (Delhi govern- pending before any jail, a Delhi court said on said that he was representing the faith of women in law, her hanged. The order was representing Akshay, Pawan ment) seeking issuance of and Vinay, said he will soon court or the President Tuesday. Mukesh. However, amicus mother Asha Devi said on pronounced by Additional death warrant against the con- Tuesday. Four convicts in the Sessions Judge Satish Kumar approach the apex court with by any of the convicts The order was pronounced curiae Vrinda Grover, who on vict. The Supreme Court on by Additional Sessions Judge the last date was appointed by sensational 2012 Nirbhaya Arora who issued death warrants their curative petition and will December 18 had dismissed n Review petition of Satish Kumar Arora who issued the court to represent Mukesh, gangrape and murder case will against them. The four death also seek a stay on the death the plea of Akshay seeking all the convicts was the death warrants against the said Sharma had no authority be hanged on January 22 at 7 row convicts are Mukesh, Vinay warrants issued by the trial review of its decision, saying four death row convicts -- to represent him. am in Tihar jail, the court said. Sharma, Akshay Singh and court till the disposal of the review petition is not "re-hear- dismissed by the curative plea. Supreme Court Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta The court heard the argu- Nirbhaya's mother said that Pawan Gupta. ing of appeal over and over (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and ments from both of them and again" and it had already con- n Counsels for two Akshay Kumar Singh (31). directed Sharma to produce order for 3.30 pm on issuance The court refused to enter- because he was poor. sidered the mitigating and convicts said they During the hearing, the Vakalatnama (document of death warrants, Mukesh's tain her. The court interacted with all aggravating circumstances planned to file cur- prosecution said there was no empowering lawyer) showing mother entered the court room Talking to media persons the convicts through video while upholding the death ‘Regulators ative petitions application pending before any that Mukesh authorised him. crying and urged the court to outside the courtroom, she conferencing from Tihar jail. penalty. should not court or the President right After the court reserved the show mercy. said her son was framed The media was not allowed Continued on Page 3 depend only on Govt grant’ 8 Farmers stir turns violent, YSRCP MLA attacked CAA, NRC high on agenda, PNS n VIJAYAWADA The agitation of the farmers in Pamarru KCR, Jagan to meet on Jan 13 protest against the proposal to shift the state Capital from MLA abused, L VENKAT RAM REDDY Amaravati took a violent on its n HYDERABAD 21st day on Tuesday, with the TDP blamed protesters attacking the car in Telangana state Chief Minister which Macherla MLA Pennelli PNS n VIJAYAWADA K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Ramakrishna Reddy was trav- aP counterpart YS elling. TDP workers abused Pamarru Jaganmohan Reddy will meet The MLA's gunmen were MLA Kaile Anil Kumar when on January 13 at Pragathi injured in the attack and the he stopped by after noticing Bhavan in Hyderabad. car was damaged. that some people were burn- This would the first meeting Traffic grinds to a halt on the National Highway 9 at Chinna Kakani near the spot Patil, Fadnavis Stepping up their pressure ing tyres and an effigy of of the two Telugu CMs after on the government, about where YSRCP MLA Pennelli Ramakrishna Reddy’s car was attacked on Tuesday. Chief Minister YS more than three months. The spar over ‘Free 5,000 people took out a rally on appeared to be a well-planned ident N Chandrababu Naidu Jaganmohan Reddy at last time they had met was on Kashmir' the National Highway 9 at attack. The protesters sur- engineered the attack and said Thotlavalluru in Krishna dis- September 24. poster Chinna Kakani and squatted rounded the MLA's car, stop- that such tactics would not trict on Tuesday. The meeting assumes signif- 5 on the road. ping it from exiting the service work. "If the farmers have any According to reports, Anil icance in the backdrop of heat- Tension built up in the area road that it was moving on. grouse, they should stage Kumar, who took part in foun- ed political atmosphere pre- when the protesters attacked The incident led to a huge peaceful protests in a democ- dation-laying ceremonies for vailing across the country over n Meeting at Pragathi Bhavan n ‘Joint strategy’ to take the car in which Ramakrishna traffic jam on either side of the ratic manner and come for a few developmental pro- the issue of BJP-led NDA gov- after three months on NDA Govt likely Reddy was travelling. highway. Later, addressing a talks with the Chief Minister," grammes, was proceeding to ernment's moves on the con- The protestors used stones press conference, Ramakrishna he said. Vijayawada from Pamarru. troversial Citizenship n Controversial CAA, NRC, n AP capital shifting, pending and sticks to carry out what Reddy alleged that TDP pres- Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page 3 Amendment Act (CAA), NPR to be discussed bifurcation issues on agenda National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). Visakhapatnam. discuss the pending post-bifur- CBI registers cases on officials The CMs of non-BJP states It is learnt that the Jagan cation issues between the two Tech Mahindra Amaravati is illegal, are joining hands to fight Cabinet would be meeting on states. of IOB, others in Rs 90 cr fraud against the NDA government's January 18 and on the same There have been reports opens delivery moves on CAA, NRC and day, a special session of the AP that the relations between the centre in PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM against Green Valley NPR. Legislative Assembly would two states had been under Warangal Dharmana tells Prez Ministries Welfare KCR and Jagan are expect- be convened to discuss the cap- stress after the last meeting 8 Officials of the CBI, Association, Visakhapatnam, ed to discuss and take a deci- ital shift plan. between Jagan and KCR. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Visakhapatnam on Tuesday Bhakthinidhi, Vijayawada, sion on the stand they should Speculations are rife that During the last meeting, registered a case against some Bellamkonda Murali Krishna adopt on CAA, NRC and NRP. Jagan would seek the support KCR reportedly discussed the TODAY Srikakulam MLA Dharmana employees of Indian Overseas Sharma, Suryarao Peta, The meeting also assumes of KCR for the three capitals issue of putting up a joint fight Prasada Rao on Tuesday Bank (IOB) and some private Vijayawada, Heli Veepuri, significance in the wake of proposal and also his advice in against Prime Minister ALMANAC demanded that Amaravati be individuals with regard to a Rs Regional Resource Manager, reports that Jagan is planning resolving the issues associated Narendra Modi and BJP pres- Month & Paksham: declared unconstitutional as 90 crore fraud case. Indian Overseas Bank to shift the administrative cap- with the capital shift. ident Amit Shah. the TDP government had not The CBI registered cases Continued on Page 3 ital of AP from Amaravati to Both the CM are likely to Continued on Page 3 Paush & Shukla Paksha notified it by any official Panchangam gazette or any government Tithi : Trayodashi: 03:43 am (Next Day) order. Declaration of Amaravati Nakshatram: Rohini: 03:51 pm In a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, Dharmana said as the capital is unconstit- Two cases on JNUSU president injured in attack Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start that after bifurcation of the utional as it violated the funda- any important work) State in 2014, the then mental principle of justice and PNS n NEW DELHI process on Sunday afternoon. Rahukalam: 12:22 pm – 01:45 pm The two cases against Government of Andhra equality of opportunity There were clashes between the Yamagandam: 08:14 am – 09:37 am Aishe Ghosh and other Pradesh had declared enshrined in the Constitution. Jawaharlal Nehru University JNU students and the ABVP at Varjyam: 07:42 am – 09:19 am, Amaravati as the new capital (JNU) students' union presi- JNU students were the time. — DHARMANA PRASADA RAO 09:24 pm – 10:59 pm without considering the rec- dent Aishe Ghosh was named filed at 8.39 pm and at The FIR against Aishe Srikakulam YSRCP MLA Gulika: 10:59 am - 12:22 pm ommendations of the report in two police cases filed in a 8.43 pm on Sunday, Ghosh says: "...since the entire by an expert committee. span of four minutes on registration process was halted Good Time: (to start any important work) The said report was neither did not follow the recom- Sunday evening, shortly after when the mob was due to the lockdown on the CIS Amritakalam: 12:35 pm – 02:13 pm discussed in the Cabinet meet- mendations of the expert com- she was taken to hospital bleed- still on campus, (communication and infor- Abhijit Muhurtham: NIL ing nor in the Legislative mittee. Moreover, the decision ing from a brutal attack by a beating students and mation) office, an effort was Assembly or Council, he said. on Amaravati was not notified masked mob. made by the CIS staff with the VIJAYAWADA "This action of declaring by any official gazette or by That is when the university teachers and help of JNU security guards to WEATHER Amaravati as the capital is any government order. It is filed complaints against the vandalizing hostels open the office at 6am in the Forecast: Partly Cloudy unconstitutional as it violated unfortunate that constitution- student chief and others, the morning of 4th Jan 2020. At Temp: 31/19 the fundamental constitution- al functions are not conduct- police said on Monday as rods. vandalizing hostels. of students for the winter this time (Aishe Ghosh, Saket Humidity: 71% al principle of justice and ed from Common Capital details of three FIRs emerged. The two cases against Aishe Aishe and 26 other students semester. Moon) indulged in physical Sunrise: 06.48 equality of opportunity Hyderabad and are run from There are no names in the Ghosh and other JNU students have been charged with vandal- The JNU students' union has violence, pushed the lady Sunset: 05.57 enshrined in the Constitution. a place which does not have third FIR, filed on the mob that were filed at 8.39 pm and at izing the server room of the been protesting against a hos- guards, verbally abused them It is also illegal as it violated the legal sanctity," Dharmana's barged into the campus and 8.43 pm on Sunday, when the university twice, on January 1 tel fee hike and had allegedly and threatened them with dire Current Weather Conditions Updated january 07, 2019 5:00 PM provisions of the AP letter to the President said. attacked students and teachers mob was still on campus, beat- and 4, and attacking security stormed into the server room consequences if they would Reorganisation Act 2014 and Continued on Page 3 with sledgehammers and iron ing students and teachers and guards during the registration to block the registration open the lock of the CIS office." 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deally, a A peculiar political situation ruler in a prevailed when actor Idemocra- Nandamuri Balakrishna, son cy should be of NTR, was allegedly involved unbiased, and his Jagan eyes capital gains with shift in a case of attempt to murder PIN actions of a film producer in 2004. POINT should transcend players probably in every state, agricultural lands. permanently. By relocating the Many people believed that the caste and creed. leading to the unavoidable dis- Except for the positive wave in favour of The YSRCP is believed to capital to the North Coastal newly-elected Congress gov- However, while appearance of national parties. the YSRCP that fetched it 86 per cent of have done the same thing – its region, Jagan will be settling the ernment would order some rulers try to take every- The political vacuum created cadre 'securing' enough lands in YSRCP in the hearts of people Balakrishna’s arrest due to the body along, others believe in thus, especially in prominent the seats (151 out of 175) in last year's Visakhapatnam. This will more there! serious nature of the accusa- treading their own paths, with states like Tamil Nadu, West Assembly elections, the YSRCP and or less ensure a dominant posi- Like all political parties, the tion as the then politics of AP the ultimate goal being contin- Bengal, Utter Pradesh, Bihar Congress had struggled to make a mark in tion for the YSRCP in the new YSRCP will face reversals in were deeply divided along uation in power and continu- and erstwhile Andhra Pradesh capital region of future elections but it can be caste lines! ation of their legacy. etc has been filled by regional this region, apparently due to the Visakhapatnam. safely said that ousting it from But contrary to everybody's It appears that Chief Minister forces. influence of this major caste that plays This appears to be Jagan’s the North Coastal region will expectation, Balakrishna was YS Jaganmohan Reddy fits in More or less defining the sec- the role of the guiding force for the TDP ultimate goal, as he foresees a be next to impossible. never arrested, probably due to the second category of rulers ond category, Jagan has taken possible dent in the party's Jagan, with his decision to the presence of his sister and whose eyes are set upon a dis- a big leap to pave the way for a strength in Central Andhra relocate the capital to brother-in-law Purandheswari tant goal, if his present moves permanent base of his party, the TDP. A similar scenario, of one Till recently, only Naidu (the M D RATNA KUMAR particularly in the rich districts Visakhapatnam, will effective- and Dr Daggubati are any indication. YSRCP by directly taking on caste solidly favouring the other two being NT Rama Rao Senior Journalist of Krishna and Guntur that ly kill two birds with one stone Venkateswara Rao in the In the political scenario pre- the major caste that is believed YSRCP, is seen in another and N Bhasker Rao) from the have a high level of political – permanently endear himself Congress. vailing across the country, caste to be the guiding force for its region of the state. caste that solidly backs the awareness. to the region and also hurt the However, YSR many believe has been playing a major role main political opponent, the In the backdrop of bifurca- TDP, had ruled undivided AP. almost bipolar political system As it is, people of these two TDP financially by way of the that YSR hesitated as he did not in determining the ruler. As Telugu Desam Party. tion of AP, the rank and file of The other four chief minis- was established. A similar sit- districts are very upset over lands belonging to TDP cadre want to get his government get- such, rulers design strategies to Central Coastal Andhra the TDP had largely ‘benefited' ters — Damodaram uation is now seen even in relocating Amaravati. Jagan is at Amaravati losing value. ting a stamp of caste bias, ensure that the caste their hail which has been considered the by the way of acquiring vast Sanjeevaiah, PV Narasimha residuary AP, with the YSRCP aware of this, and he knows he So far, Jagan has brushed especially soon after coming to from continues to play a dom- bastion of the TDP for years, tracts of fertile lands much Rao, Jalagam Vengal Rao and replacing the Congress. In such has to ensure that his party aside the cry of opposition on power. inant role. presently housing Amaravati, before the announcement of K Rosaiah – that did not belong a situation, both parties need to strength is protected elsewhere. relocation of capital saying that YSR went out of his way to Generally, these strategies the capital of Andhra Pradesh, new capital city. Not surprising- to either of these two castes pummel their rival, giving it no Jagan all too well knows development is confined to avoid any unwanted stigma in are perfectly knitted with the as declared by the TDP. Except ly, a major chunk of the lands happened to be from the chance to recover and regroup. that in 1994, the TDP won 36 only two or three districts. the name of caste and also had influence of caste. However, for the positive wave in favour acquired by the government Congress. For the YSRCP, relocation of of the 37 Assembly seats in the Another important factor given government posts with political parties with ideologi- of the YSRCP that fetched it 86 under the land pooling system There was an often-heard the capital city by the way of three North Coastal Andhra that may be mentioned here is Cabinet rank to a few former cal base don’t knit caste-based per cent of the seats (151 out of belonged to TDP cadre and statement, prior to emergence setting up three capitals in districts of Visakhapatnam, how the father-son duo of TDP men. strategies to take on their oppo- 175) in last year's Assembly sympathisers. of TDP in 1982 that how can Visakhapatnam, Kurnool and Vizianagaram and Srikakulam. YSR and Jagan handled mat- However, Jagan's style of nents. The Communist parties elections, the YSRCP and This was like a bitter pill for the state be called Andhra Amaravati serves this purpose. This domination of the ters during their respective functioning is entirely different are a perfect example of this. Congress had struggled to the YSRCP, which is backed by Pradesh when it was not under Once done, this has the Legislature by the TDP was due rules. from that of father's as he has However, regional political make a mark in this region, another dominant caste that the rule of a Reddy chief min- potential to be the death blow to the leadership of NTR, a fac- When it comes to dealing decided to directly take on the forces, with a strong mix of apparently due to the influence ruled undivided AP for decades ister! for the TDP as its financial tor that has prompted Jagan to with the sensitive subject of major caste that competes with caste, language, region, religion of this major caste that plays the with nine of the 16 Chief The situation slowly changed strength lies with Amaravati draw strategies and pluck the caste, YSR and Jagan have the YSRCP by relocating the etc., have emerges as major role of the guiding force for the Ministers till 2014. with the entry of TDP and an following the acquisition of political fruit from this region adopted different approaches. capital city.

CAPSULE Complete Avanigadda as Capital Bhogapuram international Polavaram in Secretariat staff time: CM OK for TDP: Lokesh sore over three PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n AMARAVATI Capitals proposal airport gets new lease of life Former minister and TDP VIJAYAWADA: Employees of the Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan national general secretary Nara n Secretariat convened a meeting PNS VISAKHAPATNAM n Revenue department Reddy here on Tuesday held a Lokesh has created a sensation here on Tuesday to discuss the officials have been review meeting on diverting by saying that his party will not The big projects planned for water for irrigation to the have any objection if Chief problems they would face if the directed to complete the Vizag seems to have received a drought-affected areas in the Minister YS Jaganmohan Capital is shifted to land acquisition process Visakhapatnam. They wish to new lease of life, thanks to the State. Officials detailed about Reddy declares Avanigadda as take their issues to the notice of YSRCP government's plans to for the airport at the the expansion of canals linked the Capital. No one in the the government. Venkatrami crown the city as the Executive earliest to projects in Rayalseema and State will object to this propos- Capital. The green-field spoke about the proposals for al, he said Reddy, the president of the n Joint collector G Ch Secretariat Employees' Union, is Bhogapuram international air- the diversion of the Krishna Speaking to the media after reportedly expressed his port, which was put on back- Kishore Kumar held a River water to the projects expressing solidarity with TDP displeasure over Capitals burner due to various reasons, review meeting with during floods. MLA Gadde Rammohan, who that the people of Rayalaseema proposal. "It is we, who are more has been put back on track. senior officials. Prior to The Chief Minister also staged a 24-hour hunger strike knew more about it. affected than farmers on shifting Revenue department offi- that DRO G Venkata Rao reviewed the proposals for the in Vijayawada on Tuesday, he Indirectly supporting the of the Capital," employees said. cials have been directed to and special deputy diversion the Godavari said people of north Coastal did attack on Government Whip They appealed to Chief Minister complete the land acquisition collectors briefed him River water to the drought- not ask for a Capital in Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, YS Jaganmohan Reddy to process for the airport at the about the progress made hit areas via Bollapalli to Visakhapatnam. But the Chief he said the farmers had been earliest. Joint collector G Ch Banakacherla and also about Minister had decided to shift staging peaceful protests in rethink again on three Capitals so far proposal as they constructed Kishore Kumar held a review Bollenkalapalem, Authority of India (AAI) had Sujala Sravanthi programme the Capital to the Port City. Amaravati for the last 21 days. houses in Amaravati assuming meeting with senior officials on Mudasarlapeta and a few more decided not to shut down its n "The airport requires for north Andhra districts. Lokesh said people of He found fault with the DGP that the Capital would be Tuesday. Prior to that DRO G hamlets have to be shifted and operation at the existing Vizag 2,624 acres and so far 90 The Chief Minister directed Visakhapatnam were terrified saying that people had the developed. Venkata Rao and special for them 52 acres have been airport even after the officials to take steps to lay after the city was declared a right to expression when stones deputy collectors briefed him acquired for the construction Bhogapuram greenfield air- per cent of the pipelines for providing uninter- Capital as they fear that land were pelted at the bus in which Dwadasi Chakdra about the progress made so far. of housing colonies. port gets operational. acquisition has been rupted drinking water supply to sharks in the YSRCP would TDP president N Chandrababu "The airport requires 2,624 The joint collector asked The AAI had also shown completed and the Visakhapatnam. usurp their lands. Jaganmohan Naidu was travelling as a part Snanam performed acres and so far 90 per cent of the RDO to create infrastruc- interest in developing remaining 260 acres Regarding Polavaram project Reddy had come up with the of his Amaravati tour. "Was the the acquisition has been com- ture so that villagers could lead Bhogapuram airport and par- works, the Chief Minister three-Capital concept only to contention of the police justi- VIJAYAWADA: On the occasion have to be acquired of Swamy Pushkarini Theertha pleted and the remaining 260 a peaceful life in new settle- ticipated in the bidding immediately," said the ordered officials to ensure that foment regional indifferences fied?" he asked. Mukkoti on Vaikuntha Dwadasi acres have to be acquired ments. Bhogapuram airport process. However, tenders were joint collector funds were kept ready from among the people of the State. He said administration had day, Chakrasnanam has been immediately," said the joint col- special deputy collector K cancelled and AAI was not time to time so that there is no "There is no scope for the gone haywire during the performed with religious lector. Ramakrishna and tahsildars allowed to bid in the second interruption to works. He said development of the YSRCP government. "Pensions fervour on Tuesday. During the On shifting of some vil- were present at the meeting. round on the ground that the Two airports within a range of the Polavaram project was on Rayalaseema region by just set- are not being paid to beneficia- early hours before sun rise, lages and relocating the fami- Challenge to make the air- airport developer should also 100 km also pose a viability the top priority of the govern- ting up of the High Court in the ries, power supply is erratic, Sudarshana Chakrattalwar was lies, RDO G Hemalatha said port viable have experience in developing challenge given the traffic of ment, hence, it should be com- name of Judicial Capital in sand is still scarce, inflation is taken to the temple tank on a Maradapalem, Rellipeta, Earlier, the Airport commercial real estate space. the flights to the city. pleted in the stipulated time. Kurnool," he said and observed skyrocketing," he said. celestial procession and Chakrasnanam was performed between 4. 30 am and 5:30 am. TTD Executive Officer Change of flyover Anil Kumar Singhal took part Volunteers brave heavy downpour to serve devotees in the fete. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Secy bereaved name irks TDP Incessant downpour has not hampered the PNS n VIJAYAWADA Pratap Reddy. However, the serving spirit of Srivari Sevaks and scouts, who AMARAVATI: The mother of TDP leaders are furious at the braved the rains and continued the services to Chief Secretary Neelam Ever since YS Jaganmohan latest development of chang- the multitude of pilgrims on Vaikuntha Sawhney passed away in New Reddy came to power, names ing the name of the flyover. Ekadasi and Dwadasi at Tirumala. Delhi on Monday. She was 85 of the schemes in the State are They said that it was N The hill town witnessed heavy influx of pil- and had been suffering from being changed, the govern- Chandrababu Naidu, who grims, who thronged for Vaikunthadwara dar- prolonged illness. Meanwhile, ment has decided to change took initiative, to construct shanam on January 6 and 7. Neelam Sawhney was the name of the flyover built the flyover and it is not a In all, 3,500 Srivari Sevaks and 1,300 scouts presiding over the High-Power at Dharmavaram in good idea to change the name and guides rendered good services to pilgrims. Committee meeting at the Anantapur district. The fly- of the flyover. The TDP Pilgrims complimented services of these vol- CRDA Office in Vijayawada over, which was named as the appealed to the government unteers, who distributed food and water at reg- on Tuesday. NTR flyover is name after not to change the name of the ular intervals to the pilgrims waiting in com- former MLA Katireddy Surya flyover. partments, queues, sheds and mada streets.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES Nandyal-Yerraguntla section declared as first solar section in SCR GOLD PNS n VIJAYAWADA ` 40,950 (10 gm) n Gajanan Mallya, General n He also appreciated solar power, 37 kWp off grid ` roof top solar plants, along with 30 The South Central Railway Manager, SCR, lauded Guntakal them for tapping 250/125 Wp solar panels, have SILVER has been in the forefront of Division officials in installing solar natural energy been installed in each station. ` 47,500(1kg) implementing several mea- plants at all the eight stations resource and giving In addition, inverters and 12V ` 800 sures aimed at harnessing the covering the entire remote a better solution to 150 AH battery banks are also renewable energy and con- section to overcome the power the power needs of installed at all these stations. serving energy. One of the sig- fluctuations and problems the entire section The total connected load on CHICKEN nificant actions taken in this solar plants is on an average 30 RATES `/KG direction has been the installa- kWp. In total, 152 solar panels tion of solar panels at stations, tap the natural energy. This will map by providing rail connec- have been installed at these sta- Dressed/With Skin `166 service buildings and levelling not only help in meeting power tivity. It connects Yerraguntla tions. Without Skin `190 crossing gates across the zone. needs of all stations in the sec- on Guntakal-Renigunta main With an average exploring of Broiler at Farm `114 Gajanan Mallya, General tion, but also save expenditure line with Nandyal on Dhone- eight sunny hours per day, 148 Manager, SCR, expressed his for the railways. Guntur mainline. KWh energy units can be gen- happiness for the earnest efforts Nandyal-Yerraguntla section All the eight stations in the erated throughout the year EGG by Guntakal Division officials in Guntakal Division of SCR section - Madduru, resulting in energy generation `/ and staff in installing solar has been declared as the first Banaganapalle, Koilakuntla, of 54,020 units. Anticipated RATES 100 plants at all the eight stations solar section in the South Sanjamala, Nossam, S savings in terms of revenue is HYDERABAD 440 covering the entire remote sec- Central Railway. Nandyal- Uppalapadu, Jammalamadugu around Rs 5 lakh per annum. VIJAYAWADA 473 tion to overcome the power Yerraguntla section is a new and Proddutur -have been pro- Significantly, it also helps in fluctuations and problems. He railway line laid vided with solar panels capable reducing carbon footprints of VISAKHAPATNAM 488 also appreciated them for tap- by railways and opened for of meeting all the power needs 49 metric tonnes per annum RETAIL PRICE `4.73 (IN VIJAYAWADA) ping natural energy resource the power needs of the entire next level for the first time all tion have been provided with passenger traffic in 2016 to at these railway stations. thus contributing towards and giving a better solution to section. Taking this step to the the stations in a particular sec- solar panels at one stretch to bring hinterland areas into rail In order to make use of green environs.

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CAPSULE 56 persons High-power Naidu behind attack on fall prey to Two youths land sharks PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM panel votes for die in mishap While the plans to turn Vizag VISAKHAPATNAM: Two Macherla MLA: Ambati youngsters working in a as Executive Capital get loud- er, land fraud cases come to the decentralisation pharmaceutical company died PNS n AMARAVATI when their motorcycle hit a fore as well. More than 56 per- "The people, who PNS n VIJAYAWADA divider near Anakapalle town on sons, who bought plots at n Agriculture Minister Monday night. The victims were Alleging that the TDP president assume that the land Narava village in Pendurthi Kurasala Kanna Babu identified as Palla Gopalakrishna N Chandrababu Naidu was prices will come down if mandal, were cheated by a The High-Power Committee behind the attack on Government property agent with manipulat- constituted to study the GN said the panel would (20) and Palla Lakshmana Rao the Capital is distributed submit its detailed (19), both belonging to Gollapeta Whip and Macherla MLA ed survey numbers. Revenue Rao Committee and Boston Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, over three locations in the department officials are also Consulting Group (BCG) report after in Anakapalle and working in completing the study pharma company in Parawada. YSRCP official spokesperson State, leading to the clueless about the manipulation reports and make recom- Police said both were returning Ambati Rambabu has said that made on the survey numbers. mendations to the govern- of both the reports home around midnight after the Opposition leader is unable to crash of realty business, They lodged a complaint with ment on the Capital of the comprehensively come to terms with loss of power. the Collector in the Spandana State, is unanimous on the completing their duty at the are leading the agitation," n On December 29, pharma company. Close to the Addressing a press conference programme. need for balanced develop- town, their bike hit divider of the here on Tuesday, he said even in he said and appealed to According to the com- ment of all regions through Municipal National Highway-16 and the past, Naidu had resorted to farmers not to become plainant, Gubbala Gandhi Raju, decentralisation of gover- Administration skidded off the road resulting in similar tactics and alleged he who holds general power of nance. Minister, one of the serious injuries to both the had employed goons to hurl part of the TDP's attorney (GPA) of 3.5-acre Disclosing this to news- members of the youth. Palla Gopalakrishna died chappals at former Chief Minister conspiracy land in Narava village, sold to men after participating in committee, said the on the spot, while Palla NT Rama Rao for the sake of them during 2008-10 through the committee's first meet- main objective of the Lakshmana Rao was shifted to power. Only those farmers, who an agent of Dynamic Real ing held in the city on committee was to NTR Hospital in Anakapalle and were expecting the land prices to Estate at Sheelanagar. After Tuesday, Agriculture appreciate to the extent of Rs 30 selling the property, both the Minister Kurasala Kanna consider geographical from there to King George conditions and Hospital in Visakhapatnam. But crore per acre, were taking part in A well-planned bid on MLA's life: Roja GPA holder and the agent Babu said the panel would he died on way. the agitation. were absconding from the city. submit its detailed report existing resources of PNS n AMARAVATI the 13 districts in the "The people, who assume that n She sought to know However, the actual owner of after completing the study the land prices will come down if the property was unaware of of both the reports compre- State and develop all Special trains to the Capital is distributed over Andhra Pradesh Industrial why the farmers were this deal. They learnt in hensively. the districts. clear extra rush three locations in the State, lead- Infrastructure Corporation not targeting TDP 2014that Gantakoru The meeting was presided ing to the crash of realty business, (APICC) Chairperson and leaders Ganta Srinivasa Jagadamba was actual owner of over by Chief Secretary VIJAYAWADA: In order to clear are leading the agitation," he said YSRCP MLA R K Roja Rao and KE the property. As there was a Neelam Sawhney. requirements and expendi- extra rush of passengers, two and appealed to farmers not to alleged that the attempt to Krishnamurthy, who minor scuffle between both the On December 29, ture of the State. one-way special trains will run become part of the TDP's conspir- murder Government Whip had welcomed the parties, a case was registered Municipal Administration Headed by the Minister from Dhanbad to Chennai Central acy. Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy three-Capital concept. against the owner in Pendurthi Minister, one of the mem- for Finance and Legislative and Dhanbad - KSR Bengaluru. The government would not tol- at Chinna Kakani on Police Station under various bers of the committee, said Affairs, the committee com- Train No. 03307 Dhanbad - erate if the TDP, in the name of Tuesday was a well-planned n Charging Naidu with Sections. the main objective of the prises Deputy Chief Chennai Central special train will farmers' agitation, resorted to attack. making the State However, the case was trans- committee was to consider Minister, Revenue & depart Dhanbad at 09.45 hrs on violence, he warned and advised Addressing a press confer- ferred to SC and ST Cell in geographical conditions and Registration, Minister for January 10 and arrive in Chennai devoid of a Capital city, farmers to come to the negotiat- ence here on Tuesday, she she wondered why he Gajuwaka as they abused one existing resources of the 13 Municipal Administration Central at 19.00 hrs the next day. ing table. Rambabu said Naidu said it was not farmers but of the buyers K Nookaraju districts in the State and and Urban Development, En route, this special train will had not issued a was provoking farmers to resort TDP workers, who had gazette notification from ST community. When develop all the districts. Minister for Industries, stop at Bokaro Steel City, Mari, to violence only to protect his attacked the Macherla MLA. concept. contacted, the family members The recommendations Minister for Education, Ranchi, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, during his five-year rule lands in the name of his benamis. The extent of damage Charging Naidu with of Jagadamba, they said that would be based on the kind Minister for Home, Minister Vizianagaram, Vijayawada and Stating that Naidu had engi- caused to the car would making the State devoid of a in the State. "He has GPA was given to Gandhi of development works that for Agriculture and Gudur stations. This special train neering an attack on a mediaper- prove that the TDP workers Capital city, she wondered destroyed the lives of Raju for the development of the would be taken up in Horticulture, Minister for will consist of AC III Tier, sleeper son recently and close on the heels had resorted to the attack why he had not issued a the Amaravati farmers site. They had filed a civil case the State considering the Animal Husbandry, class and general second class and is now playing coaches. he had hired hooligans to attack with a plan to assassinate the gazette notification during against him for misusing the economic conditions, Fisheries and Marketing, a people's representative. "Naidu MLA. Ramakrishna Reddy his five-year rule in the State. dramas of love for GPA. resources and necessities of Minister for Civil Supplies, is resorting to violence with a had not spoken a word "He has destroyed the lives of them," she said Among the buyers duped by the State. Minister for Transport wicked mind," he said. against the farmers' agitation the Amaravati farmers and is the property agent, there are The drought-hit Information and Public Rambabu further alleged that till date. "Then why did they now playing dramas of love middle-class employees, ex- Rayalaseema region, back- Relations, Principal Advisor it was Naidu, who had plotted the attack him?" she asked. for them," she said. She demanded that action servicemen and small traders. ward regions of Coastal to Chief Minister, Director KCR, Jagan to murder of Kapu leader Vangaveeti She sought to know why The APIIC Chairperson be taken against anti-social One of them, K Srinivasa Rao, Andhra, East and West General of Police, Chief Mohana Ranga Rao. The TDP the farmers were not target- said Chief Minister YS elements, who were putting who is a vegetable vendor, said Godavari districts would Commission of Land meet on Jan 13 chief was also behind the murder ing TDP leaders Ganta Jaganmohan Reddy was tak- the lives of people's represen- that the survey numbers of the also be developed. Acquisition and Special Continued from Page1 of an IAS Officer, he charged. He Srinivasa Rao and KE ing key decisions only for the tatives in risk by creating purchased plots were 494/3, The government would Chief Secretary, Secretary, warned that if Naidu failed to Krishnamurthy, who had sake of balanced develop- unrest in the name of farm- 495/4 and 496/1. The actual go ahead after a comprehen- MA & UD, Secretary, Law Though it was purely an mend his ways, he might have to welcomed the three-Capital ment of all regions. ers' agitation. owner of the land claims that sive analysis of 13 districts and Chief Secretary, internal issue, there were leaks pay heavy price for his misdeeds. the survey number is 29. considering the budget, Member Convenor. from Pragathi Bhavan about this joint fight issue, causing a lot of embarrassment for Jagan. Within hours, there was a COOPERATE IN IMPLEMENTING WELFARE SCHEMES, BANKERS TOLD statement from Jagan's office, condemning the media reports as false and fabricated. But KCR PNS n AMARAVATI ermen, weavers, AgriGold vic- Secretariats to create awareness Navodaya scheme. Efforts will Manager Sevlaraj said that the did not deny the reports, tims and to the beneficiaries of among farmers. The govern- have to be made to utilise State government officials had putting Jagan in a fix. After this Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Law Nestham Scheme so far. ment was giving guarantee to Pradhanmantri Mudra Yojana informed that various banks episode, Jagan kept himself Reddy has called upon the An amount of nearly Rs 6,500 the centres for providing qual- under which the State stood in were giving loans with differ- away from KCR. Not only bankers to cooperate with the crore would be transferred to ity seed, pesticides and fertiliz- the 12th position, the Chief ent interest rates for SHGs. He that, his government quietly State government in successful- the mothers of children to er to farmers. The centres Minister said. also said that banks should dropped the proposal of KCR ly implementing all the welfare encourage them to send their would also train farmers about Addressing the meeting, show focus on horticulture, to construct a joint irrigation schemes in the State. wards to school as part of modern techniques of farming. Subratodas, RBI Regional fisheries and animal husbandry project to link Godavari river Addressing the 209th State- Amma Vodi programme this Similarly, they would act as Director, said, "For primary sectors where low amount of with Krishna and announced Level Bankers Committee month. purchase centres for farmers sector, loans sanction has been loans were given. an independent Godavari- (SLBC) meeting here on The programmes being produce. The Rythu Bharosa done pretty well and the targets Finance Minister Buggana Krishna linkage project from Tuesday, the Chief Minister implemented by the govern- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy addressing State-Level Bankers Committee centres would be digitalised in all fields have been achieved. Rajendranath said to strength- Polavaram to Banakacherla. said that the banks were help- ment were giving oxygen to the meeting in Amaravati on Tuesday with Internet facility. Therefore, In any village which has a en YSR Navodayam, there was What is more, his government ful to the government in the backward class and weaker bankers and the government population of 5,000, banking a need to strengthen the coor- also filed a counter-affidavit in implementation of welfare pro- sections. The Chief Minister possible only when the govern- which enable them to utilise have to coordinate in provid- service has to be provided and dination between bankers and the Supreme Court opposing grammes by transferring funds said 62% of the State's popula- ment and the banks came irrigation facilities for 11 ing loans to the lessee farmers, as of now across the State industries. Deputy Chief KCR's Kaleshwaram project to the unencumbered accounts tion was dependent on agricul- together. months. The bankers will have the Chief Minister said. there are only 11 villages with Minister Pilli Subhash Chandra and other such projects like of weaker sections. ture and the government was SLBC records suggested that to take a step forward in help- He said the banks should 5,000 population and they do Bose asked the bankers to Palamuru-Ranga Reddy, Dindi, The Chief Minister said that working for the uplift of these not much was being done for ing the lessee farmers, the come to the aid of small-scale not have banking services. cooperate with tenant farmers, Sitaramasagar etc in violation over Rs 15,000 crore was trans- sections with the implementa- the uplift of lessee farmers. Chief Minister said. and medium industries and Banks have to come forward to small and minimum enterpris- of the tribunal awards and ferred to the accounts of farm- tion of Rythu Bharosa pro- Hence, the State government Rythu Bharosa centres are efforts should be made to revi- operate from those villages." es as there were facing problems also AP Reorganisation Act. ers, auto and taxi drivers, fish- gramme and it would be made has brought an Act for them, being set up near the Village talise accounts under the YSR NABARD Chief General from bankers. Declare Amaravati illegal, Farmers stir turns violent, CBI registers cases 4 convicts in Nirbhaya case Dharmana writes to Prez YSRCP MLA attacked in Rs 90 cr fraud to be hanged Continued from Page1 Continued from Page1 Continued from Page1 ended at 11 am. on Jan 22, He said the expert commit- Lokesh entered into an Regional Office, Vijayawada, tee, in its report, had clearly The MLA alleged that argument with the police Pamarru Kandrathi Sireesha, Assistant says court stated in Para 3.2.3 that "the Naidu was using "goons" to asking them on what Manager, Indian Overseas committee does not consider intimidate people only to grounds they were detaining MLA Bank, Mangalagiri, Guntur, Continued from Page1 a single large capital city as a protect his lands in him. Vuyyala Suresh, Assistant feasible option available to Amaravati. Ramakrishna Meanwhile, Naidu con- abused, Manager, Indian Overseas The 23-year-old para- Andhra Pradesh as of now. Reddy challenged the TDP demned the house arrest of Bank, Mangalagiri, Guntur and medic student, referred to as The existing concentration in chief to come for a direct TDP leaders and termed it Mothukuri Adinarayana, Clerk, Ramavarappadu Branch, with- Nirbhaya, was gang raped Hyderabad of the legislature, would affect agricultural lands, fight anywhere in the State. "undemocratic". He said it blames TDP Indian Overseas Bank, out any vouchers. and brutally assaulted on the the courts and the executive create unemployment in agri- "I am the son of Palnandu. was an example of the auto- Continued from Page1 Mangalagiri, Guntur. On the evening of October intervening night of comprising numerous min- culture sector, was not suitable You will never succeed in cratic behaviour of the State The CBI officials said that 24, 2019, Sharma, proprietor of December 16-17, 2012 istries, departments, commis- for high-rise buildings and threatening me," he chal- government against the When he reached Heli Veepuri, while working as Bhakthinidi approached IOB, inside a moving bus in south sionerates and directorates expensive cost of construction lenged Naidu. Opposition leaders who were Thotlavarru, he noticed Regional Resource Manager, Ramavarappadu Branch for Delhi by six persons before has happened over several and it would affect the devel- Meanwhile, the police have expressing solidarity with that a large number of Indian Overseas Bank, Regional withdrawal of amount. being thrown out on the years. This concentration itself opment of other regions of the begun the exercise of identi- the protesting farmers. TDP workers had Office, Vijayawada, got opened However, the amount was not road. has been a major bone of con- State. fying the people who Elsewhere, a large number reached there as former a current account in September disbursed to him. He has also She died on December 29, tention in the process of bifur- He said that the present attacked the MLA. They are of people from all the 29 vil- minister and TDP 2019, in the name of Green approached HDFC Bank, 2012 at Mount Elizabeth cation," he quoted. Government of Andhra said to be using drones and lages in the Capital region national general secre- Valley Ministries Welfare Vuyyuru Branch for transfer of Hospital in Singapore. The Srikakulam MLA fur- Pradesh was considering the CC TV footage to zero in on came onto the roads defying tary Nara Lokesh was Association with IOB, Rs 10 lakh to his SB account and On July 9 last year, the ther quoted page 21 of the recommendation of the expert the culprits. the police orders against lodged in the local Mellampudi Branch, Guntur. the same was transferred. apex court had dismissed expert committee's report, committee and was seriously Earlier in the day, the protests. police station after After opening the account, he The CBI alleged that Green the review pleas filed by the saying that it was very clearly thinking about revisiting the police placed TDP leaders The farmers tried to pitch being arrested in obtained a cheque from Green Valley Ministries Welfare other three convicts in the stated that the AP government decision and appointed the under house arrest in Guntur tents but the cops foiled their Vijayawada. Valley Ministries Welfare Association, in conspiracy with case, saying no grounds have had already suggested that High-Level Committee to and Krishna districts. TDP attempt. With this, the pro- Upon noticing the Association for Rs 90 crore, the bank official, issued the been made out by them for the new state capital should be study reports of 'GN Rao MP Kesineni Nani and for- testers squatted on the roads MLA, the TDP workers drawn on an account main- above cheque without having review of the 2017 verdict. in Vijayawada-Guntur-Tenali- Committee' and 'Boston mer MLA Bonda and raised anti-government gave him a piece of their tained in Punjab National Bank, sufficient balance in its account. One of the six accused in Mangalagiri region and said Consulting Group' and was Umamaheswa Rao were not slogans. mind. They also did not MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam For processing the above trans- the case, Ram Singh, that the TDP government had considering to implement rec- allowed to come out of their Mandadam, the nerve cen- spare his gunman. and deposited the same on actions in IOB, Mangalagiri allegedly committed suicide not waited for the study by the ommendations of the expert houses. tre of the protests, turned Later, Anil Kumar October 24, 2019 in IOB, Branch, Heli Veepuri used the in the Tihar Jail here. expert committee. Further, it committee on distribution of In Guntur, TDP MP Galla into fortress with a large alleged that none of Mangalagiri Branch, where he log in IDs/passwords of A juvenile, who was is clearly stated at Para 3.2.5 various capital functions" to all Jayadev was placed under number of police personnel them was a farmer, but worked earlier as Branch Kandrathi Sireesha (assistant among the accused, was that the AP government did three regions of the State. house arrest. being deployed there from they belonged to the Manager. manager), Vuyyala Suresh convicted by a juvenile jus- not cooperate with the said "Majority districts in our Former ministers Nara the morning itself. A curfew- TDP. Thereafter, without waiting (assistant manager) and tice board and was released expert committee, Dharmana State are backward and are list- Lokesh and Kollu Ravindra like situation prevailed at for clearance of the said cheque, Mothukuri Adinarayana (clerk) from a reformation home wrote. ed in the top 100 backward were detained in Vijayawada. Velagapudi where the he transferred Rs 89 crore to the of IOB, Mangalagiri Branch, in after serving a three-year The expert committee seri- districts in the country. Our Lokesh expressed solidarity Secretariat is located. The as the farmers have intensi- account of Bhakthanidhi main- conspiracy with them. term. ously recommended against three North Coastal districts with Vijayawada-East MLA police forced all shops in the fied their agitation and in tained with HDFC, Vuyyuru Bank officials conspired with The top court in its 2017 the location of capital in and Rayalaseema districts are Gadde Rammohan whose Capital villages to down their view of Chief Minister YS Branch and Rs 1 crore to private persons to cause a verdict had upheld the cap- VGTM region and recom- very backward with the low- 24-hour hunger-strike in shutters. Even medical stores Jaganmohan Reddy holding Savings Bank account of S wrongful loss to the tune of Rs ital punishment awarded to mended that the government est GDP far below the average protest against the shifting of were forced to shut down to review meetings in the Bellamkonda Murali Krishna 90 crore to Indian Overseas them by the Delhi High should revisit its decision as it GDP of the State. the Capital from Amaravati avoid any untoward incident Secretariat. Sharma maintained with IOB, Bank for their personal gain. Court and the trial court. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 8, 2020 nation 04

SHORT READS ‘Anarchists' Will ask airlines to NGT seeks info on solid waste raising slogans: give honey sachets as management and pollution Javadekar sweetener: Gadkari PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI and furnish the quantifiable PNS n PUNE progress/achievement to the After a placard reading 'Free The National Green Tribunal on CPCB," the bench said. Kashmir' was spotted at the Union minister Nitin Gadkari Tuesday directed the Central Municipal Solid Waste Gateway of India during a has said he would request air- Rabindra Nath Mahato Pollution Control Board (MSW) management is one of protest against JNU vio- lines to provide honey sachets (CPCB) to obtain information the most serious challenges to lence, Union minister as sweetener while serving elected as Jharkhand from chief secretaries on solid environment protection and Prakash Javadekar on tea/coffee to passengers in Assembly Speaker waste management, restoration although Solid Waste Tuesday said a few selective flights. RANCHI: Jharkhand Mukti of polluted river stretches and air Management Rules have been "anarchists" were raising He was speaking at a Morcha (JMM) MLA Rabindra quality management in states framed in 2016, their imple- such kind of slogans while Central Bee Research and Nath Mahato was on Tuesday and Union territories. mentation remains a problem, the entire country has sup- Training Institute (CBRTI) unanimously elected as the A bench headed by NGT the tribunal had said. ported the revocation of here on Monday. Speaker of the Jharkhand Chairperson Justice Adarsh The NGT had earlier noted Article 370 in Jammu and "Normally, one spoon of Assembly. CM Hemant Soren Kumar Goel said the nature and that as per CPCB data, there are Kashmir. honey is equal to three spoons proposed Mahato's name for extent of information submitted more than 4,000 legacy waste Speaking to reporters on of sugar. Currently, refined The NGT had earlier noted that as per the post which was seconded by the CPCB is not complete dump sites which needs imme- the sidelines of an event, sugar sachets are provided on production, he said, adding by JMM MLA Champai Soren and available information with CPCB data, there are more than 4,000 diate remediation under the Javadekar said Kashmir is an board to passengers, so we are that the government is also on the second day of the regard to sewage generation legacy waste dump sites which needs rules and orders of the NGT inseparable part of India trying if we can provide honey planning to make different three-day session of the and treatment shows huge gap. having regard to harmful and claimed that peace has sachets or honey cubes in products of honey. Assembly. Born on January "Grading made by the CPCB immediate remediation under the rules impacts on environment and been prevailing and the flights and hotels," said the "Such clusters will give a 12, 1960, Mahato was first into 'good', 'average', 'poor' and and orders of the NGT having regard public health. "Besides, this will region is making progress minister for micro, small and major boost to the rural and elected from Nala seat in 2005 'no information' is not based on unlock the land occupied by since Article 370 of the medium enterprises. tribal economy in the country but lost the subsequent any qualitative analysis but to harmful impacts on environment such waste sites which is urgent- Constitution was repealed. There will be a choice of and the income of farmers will election before winning it extent of information fur- and public health ly required for setting up of inte- "The entire country is sup- sugar or honey, he added. "I be increased," he said. again in 2014 and 2019 polls. nished," the bench said. grated waste management and porting the move... few am going to call Air India, Gadkari said his ministry All the newly-elected MLAs in On the issue of solid waste processing facilities or for selective anarchists are rais- IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir would work to strengthen the the 81-member House were management, the tribunal said NGT said the states need to fur- "Chief secretaries need to afforestation/green belts/bio- ing such kind of slogans. and also chairperson of the rural economy and increase its administered oath by pro-term the information is required with nish information about the monitor and compile informa- diversity parks/buffer zones in Nobody even inside Khadi Gramodyog turnover to Rs five lakh crore Speaker Stephen Marandi on regard to the quantity of munic- compliance of directions, tion on the subject of execution accordance with the environ- Kashmir raised such slo- Commission, and request in the next five years. Monday. The JMM-Congress- ipal solid waste generated, seg- including in-situ and ex-situ of action plans for contain- mental laws. If necessary, a part gans. Now if someone out- them to make both the choic- "Be it milk, honey, bamboo, RJD alliance won 47 seats regated and treated and quan- remediation by way of phytore- ment of air pollution in 122 of the land could be monetised side the region gives such es available in flights," he said. blue economy, ethanol or bio- while the BJP could bag only tity of legacy waste. mediation/artificial wetlands, cities, where air quality is not if so decided by the state govern- slogan, that makes no sense," The government is planning fuels, the rural economy will 25 seats in the Assembly With regard to restoration of bio-diversity parks to reduce within permissible limits, in ments concerned," the NGT had Union minister Prakash to create honey clusters and be strengthened through all elections which were held in 351 polluted river stretches, the load on rivers. terms of orders of this tribunal said. Javadekar said. will focus on increase of honey these sectors," he said. five phases from Nov 30 to Dec 20 last year. Protests against CAA Govt to lower quota for local officers in IAS, IPS PNS n NEW DELHI driven by ‘pirated The Personnel Ministry has The Centre has decided to lower the quota from existing finalised all modalities in this regard propaganda': Naqvi 50 per cent to 33 per cent for and an official order is expected local officers from state ser- PNS n NEW DELHI are going on over the vices to IAS, IPS and IFoS in soon, they said Citizenship Amendment Act the union territories of Senior BJP leader and Union (CAA) and the truth is that the Jammu and Kashmir, and Maha: Man held for minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Act will provide citizenship Ladakh, officials said on officials said. After Jammu Ministry will soon come out vandalising vehicles on Tuesday said the ongoing and not to take it away from any Tuesday. The Personnel and Kashmir state was reor- with an order in this regard. protests against the Citizenship person. Appealing to students Ministry has finalised all ganised into two union terri- According to the Jammu and MUMBAI: A 30-year-old man Amendment Act were and the youth, he said modalities in this regard and tories — Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation Act, has been arrested for allegedly driven by "pirated they should not get an official order is expected Kashmir, and Ladakh — it 2019, the officers selected vandalising at least 10 propaganda" as the influenced by "evils soon, they said. has lost its special quota pro- through the civil services vehicles at Khindi Pada in the legislation is for of misinforma- The move followed the nul- vision, they said. "Now, the examination will now get the eastern suburb of Mulund providing citizen- tion" and must lification of Article 370 in the Service (IAS), Indian Police services examination con- pan-India rule of 67:33 (i.e. 67 AGMUT or Arunachal here, police said on Tuesday. ship and not take become a part of erstwhile state of Jammu and Service (IPS) and Indian ducted by the Union Public per cent posts to be manned Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram- In the incident that took place it away. The con- the effort to Kashmir in August last year, Forest Service (IFoS). This Service Commission (UPSC), by directly recruited officers Union Territory cadre instead on Monday night, three spiracy by some strengthen com- the officials said. Earlier means, 50 per cent of the total and the rest 50 per cent posts and the rest will be for those of Jammu and Kashmir. persons vandalised 10 people to disturb munal harmony norms allowed the former posts in these services were to were to be filled through the from the state services) will Officers of the IAS, IPS and vehicles, including private the secular fabric and and unity of the state to enjoy 50:50 formula be manned by those selected promotion of native officers apply to both the union ter- IFoS are allocated cadre that vehicles, auto rickshaws and unity of the country country. The constitu- for the three all India services through direct recruitment belonging to state services to ritories," an official explained, could either be a state/group tempos at VIP Road, an through the philosophy of tional, religious and social — the Indian Administrative mode, on the basis of civil IAS, IPS and the IFoS, the adding that the Personnel of states or union territories. official said. While Ankit Bidra "Jhuthmev Jayate (lie will pre- rights of every Indian are was nabbed in an inebriated state, his accomplices Rohit vail)" will be defeated, the absolutely safe, he said. There Verma and Tahir Khan fled the Minority Affairs Minister told is no threat or question mark scene, the official added. The reporters here. over the citizenship of any Chopper service suspended as Muthoot finance company accused also assaulted some Naqvi said the protests influ- Indian due to the CAA or any locals who tried to stop them, enced by "pirated propaganda" other legislation, he asserted. the official said, adding that Vaishno Devi shrine sees snowfall MD injured in attack Bidra was caught by the locals and handed over to the police. PNS n KOCHI "CITU goons" were behind the n A case has been registered JNU attack: Fringe Hindu PNS JAMMU attack that occurred at around against the accused under The Managing Director of 9 am in front of IG office here, relevant sections of the Indian The revered Mata Vaishno Muthoot Finance company the union leaders have main- Penal Code and a manhunt group claims responsibility Devi shrine in Jammu and was injured after miscreants tained that they have no role has been launched for the Kashmir experienced fresh allegedly pelted his car with in the incident. absconding men, senior n PNS NEW DELHI snowfall, forcing suspension of stones here on Tuesday morn- Reacting to the incident, inspector Ravi Sardesai of helicopter service on Tuesday, ing following which one per- Labour Minister T P Mulund police station said. A fringe right-wing group, officials said. However, the pil- son was reportedly taken into Ramakrishnan said he does Hindu Raksha Dal, has pur- grimage went on smoothly custody. George Alexander not think any of the Muthoot portedly taken responsibility for with thousands of devotees Muthoot, who suffered head employees were behind the the attack on JNU students in trekking the snow covered injury has been admitted to a attack. "The employees were a video posted on social media. route to pay their obeisance at private hospital, police said. protesting peacefully. Violence The video, which was post- the 5,200 feet-high shrine atop A section of employees have is not part of their protest. ed on social media on Monday Trikuta hills in Reasi district, been agitating against the Even now, in today's incident, and has gone viral since, shows the officials said. Muthoot management over I don't think any of the a man identifying himself as They said light snowfall dismissal of 160 staff from the Muthoot employees attacked Pinki Chaudhary saying that was going on in the shrine area places of Kashmir, in the high company's 43 branches across the MD. However, it was the those who resort to "anti- since Monday — the first However, the altitude areas of Jammu and at the state in December. management of the company national activities" will be treat- round of snow this year, and pilgrimage went on some places of Ladakh The protest is being held which had always provoked ed in the same way that JNU Chaudhary was seen as saying so far a few inches of snow had smoothly with occurred during the past 24 under the aegis of the Centre them by not implementing the students and faculty were. in the video. accumulated on the ground. thousands of hours," an official of the mete- of Indian Trade Unions decisions taken at conciliato- Celebrated painter He later told news channels "We are always ready to sac- Helicopter service was sus- devotees trekking the orological department said. (CITU). While the Muthoot ry meetings," the Minister Akbar Padamsee dead that others involved in "anti- rifice our lives for Mother pended this morning due to snow covered route The weatherman has pre- management alleged that said. national activities" will face India. We will not tolerate any- inclement weather, the officials dicted significant improve- COIMBATORE: One of India's similar attacks. There was no one who speaks against the reli- said adding that the chopper to pay their ment in weather from most influential artists, Akbar immediate reaction from the gion," he added. made only a few trips to and obeisance at the Tuesday evening but said Padamsee, died at the Isha police on Chaudhury's claims. Efforts to reach out to fro the shrine on Monday. 5,200 feet-high shrine another spell of similar inten- Yoga Centre here. The 91-year "For several years, JNU has Chaudhary were unsuccessful The service is likely to atop Trikuta hills in sity is likely to hit Jammu and old Padamsee, a pioneer of the been a bastion of communists with his phone switched off. resume once weather condi- Reasi district, the Kashmir and Ladakh during progressive modernist and we will not tolerate it. More than 35 students were tion improves, they said. officials said January 12-13. movement, died due to old age Hindu Raksha Dal, Bhupendra injured on Sunday when a Despite snowfall, the offi- The overcast conditions led on Monday night, a release Tomar, Pinki Chaudhury take masked mob went on the ram- cials said the pilgrimage is to an increase in the night from Isha Yoga Centre. He was the responsibility of what has page, attacking students and going on smoothly with occa- plains including Jammu city temperature in most parts of a long-time resident of the Isha happened in JNU...all of them professors and vandalising sional use of the ropeway and were lashed by intermittent Jammu region, where Batote Yoga Centre, founded by Jaggi were our volunteers. Those property. battery cars. rains since Monday afternoon. along Jammu-Srinagar nation- Vasudev. The last rites were who cannot do such work for The JNUSU has accused the Light to moderate snowfall "As expected, light to mod- al highway was the coldest performed at the centre itself in Mother India don't have the RSS-affiliated ABVP volun- was experienced in most of the erate rains in the plains of recorded place at minus 2.3 the presence of his family, the right to live in this country," teers of attacking the students. high altitude areas, while the Jammu and snowfall at most degrees Celsius. release said on Tuesday. Jafar, Darapuri walk out of jail; Priyanka says lies can never win Atishi among 3 members

PNS n LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI cents and those taking forward A Lucknow court on Saturday last granted the legacy of Baba Saheb tasked with preparing AAP Congress worker Sadaf Jafar bail to Jafar, Darapuri and 13 others arrested Ambedkar". In another tweet, and former IPS officer S R in connection with anti-CAA protests in she said, "..but lies can never manifesto for Delhi polls Darapuri, arrested in connec- win." She also posted pic- tion with violence during anti- Lucknow. However, the two could be tures of Darapuri and PNS n NEW DELHI Columbia University CAA protests in the Uttar released only three days later as Jafar on her twitter Jasmine Shah will also Pradesh capital, were released some formalities could not be account. A three-member be part of the commit- from jail on Tuesday. completed, sources said On December 28, committee led by tee, senior AAP leader Soon after their release, Priyanka Gandhi AAP spokesperson Gopal Rai said. Congress leader Priyanka had alleged that she and Oxford-educated The manifesto is like- Gandhi Vadra attacked the "I was there along with other Priyanka Gandhi was manhandled by Atishi has been formed ly to be released between BJP government in Uttar office party office bearers to said in a tweet in police personnel by the Aam Aadmi Party January 15 and 20, he said, Pradesh and said "lies can receive them. Our party is Hindi, when she tried to resist to prepare its manifesto for the adding that the vision of the never win." against the CAA and against "Ambedkarite thinker their attempts to stop her upcoming assembly polls in party in the next five years will A Lucknow court on police brutality meted out to and former IPS SR Darapuri from visiting the Lucknow res- Delhi. be highlighted in it. "For our Saturday last granted bail to peaceful protestors," he said. and Congress leader Sadaf idence of Darapuri. Apart from Atishi, AAP manifesto, suggestions from Jafar, Darapuri and 13 others Jafar was arrested on Jafar released from jail today. Later, the Congress leader spokesperson and former IPS town halls, door-to-door cam- arrested in connection with December 19, while 76-year- When court had asked for met the family of party work- officer Ajoy Kumar, and vice paign and 'mohalla sabhas' anti-CAA protests in Lucknow. some formalities could not be dent Mukesh Singh Chauhan old Darapuri was arrested the proof, the state police appeared er Jafar and alleged that she was chairperson on the Dialogue have been taken and they all However, the two could be completed, sources said. said that both walked out of jail next day. clueless. BJP showed its real arrested on "baseless" charges and Development Commission will be evaluated to include in released only three days later as Congress Lucknow presi- at about 10 am. Soon after their release, ideology by arresting inno- by the police. of Delhi and an alumnus of the manifesto," Rai said. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 8, 2020 nation 05

SHORT READS 2 day’s after attack, ‘CAMPUSES MUST NOT BECOME No BJP worker JNU Professor files police complaint can incite violence: NEW DELHI: JNU Professor Sucharita Sen, who suffered HAVENS FOR POLITICS OF HATE’ head injuries during an attack on students and teachers in the PNS n BENGALURU Nityanand Rai university campus on Sunday, It was a matter of has filed a police complaint. Days after the Jawaharlal grave concern that Sen said outsiders had Nehru University was rocked the latest India ‘Cong, AAP behind JNU attack’ gathered at the university by violence, Vice President M campus with sticks, rods, and Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday Skills Report PNS n NEW DELHI deadly weapons. She said she said educational campuses suggests that only was first hit with a large stone must not become safe havens 47 per cent of Days after masked men went on her shoulder and then with for the politics of hate and vio- on a rampage in JNU, Union even a larger one on her head, lence to thrive. Indian graduates Minister Nityanand Rai on following which she fell on the He also said academic were employable, Tuesday said no worker or ground bleeding profusely. endeavors and co-curricular the Vice President leader of the BJP can incite initiatives must attain primacy pointed out and violence and alleged that the in universities and not faction- Congress and the AAP was Maha: Senior alism and divisive tendencies. said, therefore, behind the attack. tax official booked There is no doubt that there along with More than 35 students were for graft is space for every shade of education, injured on Sunday when a Union Minister Nityanand Rai opinion and every point of masked mob attacked stu- AURANGABAD: A case has view in our universities, Naidu necessary skills, dents and professors besides Nityanand Rai been registered against the said in his address at the silver including life skills, vandalising property. deputy commissioner of state along with senior jubilee celebrations of the should be imparted The JNUSU has accused the goods and service tax (SGST) National Assessment and RSS-affiliated ABVP volun- BJP leader Vijay at Nanded in Maharashtra for Accreditation Council (NAAC) to the students teers of attacking the students. Goel took out a allegedly demanding and here. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh, The Vice-President's com- were employable, the Vice Parishad (ABVP) has alleged peace march in police said on Tuesday. ments come in the backdrop of constitution. Research, especially Science students undertaking PhDs President pointed out and said, that Left activists were support of Balasaheb Tukaram Deshmukh the violence at the JNU on But our campuses must not and Technology research, is has not shown a corresponding therefore, along with educa- involved in the attack. Citizenship (53) was caught red-handed by Sunday night when masked become safe havens for the pol- resource-intensive, time con- hike. tion, necessary skills, including "Bharatiya Janata Party the Anti-Corruption Bureau, men armed with sticks and itics of hate and violence to suming and risky. We as a soci- There are over a one lakh life skills, should be imparted believes in law and order. No Amendment Act while accepting a bribe of Rs (CAA) 10 lakh at a hotel in Nanded on rods attacked students and thrive. Academic endeavors ety, must be prepared to bear India-born PhDs in universi- to the students. worker or leader of BJP can Monday, deputy superintendent teachers and damaged proper- and co-curricular initiatives with this risk, he said in his ties around the world. We Complementing the think of such a thing or incite of police Vijay Dongre said. The ty on the campus, leaving sev- must attain primacy in our uni- address, a copy of which was must attract at least some of accreditation framework anyone. This is the work of the officer allegedly demanded Rs eral injured. versities and not factionalism released to media. this talent back home through developed by NAAC, Naidu Communists, the Congress Kejriwal (of AAP) to not mis- 10 lakh for sending the "Our children, when they and divisive tendencies, Naidu Further noting that it was a better opportunities and incen- said he was certain in the time and Arvind Kejriwal. lead the students," Rai, who is complainant's file to higher leave the portals of the educa- said. matter of grave concern that tives so that they may help fast- to come, NAAC will act as a "The violence in JNU is only the Union Minister of State for officials for approval, he said, tional institutions must be Stressing the need for focus Indian universities rank low in track the progress of our R & friend, philosopher and guide part of a conspiracy by oppo- Home Affairs, told reporters. adding that the complainant enlightened citizens who will on research and development, both research and teaching, D sector, he said. to our Institutions of Higher sition parties. I would like to He along with senior BJP was supposed to get Value take an abiding interest in the Vice President said that at Naidu said, though the number It was a matter of grave Education, constantly rais- tell them that the students are leader Vijay Goel took out a Added Tax (VAT) returns over protecting our democracy and present India was spending of Higher Education concern that the latest India ing standards and bench- the future of our country and peace march in support of the purchase of machinery for a preserving the fundamental less than 1 per cent of its GDP Institutions has surged in India Skills Report suggests that only marks for quality and excel- therefore I will urge Congress Citizenship Amendment Act sugar factory. A case has been values that are enshrined in our on R&D. This must change. since the 2000s, the number of 47 per cent of Indian graduates lence. leaders and the likes of Arvind (CAA). registered against the accused at Shivaji Nagar police station, and further probe is underway, Dongre added. Javadekar awards 30 media JNU violence: ABVP, NSUI members NE students' body terms violence at JNU houses for promoting yoga clash in Gujarat, over 10 injured as ‘barbaric' PNS n AHMEDABAD NEW DELHI: North East PNS n NEW DELHI Gujarat NSUI Students' Organisation (NESO) He said media organisations are creating Members of the Akhil general secretary on Tuesday termed the recent Information and Broadcasting greater public awareness towards Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Nikhil Savani violence at Jawaharlal Nehru Minister Prakash Javadekar 'Suraaj' – where good healthcare, and its rival National Students' University (JNU) as "barbaric" on Tuesday conferred awards Union of India clashed here on sustained serious and alleged that the central to 30 media houses in recog- education, and civic amenities are Tuesday during a protest head injuries and government has failed to nition of their contribution available to all. He described this as a against the JNU violence, leav- was admitted to V protect the innocent students of towards promoting healthy sign of India's mature democracy ing over 10 people injured. the premier institute. Advisor, living through yoga. The incident took place dur- S General Hospital NESO Samujjal Kumar The awards at the first ing the protest organised by here, a member of Bhattacharya also said Prime 'Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Speaking on the occasion, NSUI, the students' wing of the the Congress Minister Narendra Modi and Media Samman' were present- Union Minister of State Congress, outside the office of students' body said Home Minister Amit Shah must ed under three categories. (Independent Charge) for the RSS-affiliated ABVP in take immediate steps to book Javadekar described the AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik the city's Paldi area. those involved in the violence award as a unique honour to congratulated Javadekar for The police later rushed to sides were injured in the clash. some local news channels, now, no FIR has been lodged," at JNU on Sunday. "It was a media organisations that con- the successful conduct of this the spot and brought the situ- Gujarat NSUI general secre- Savani, a close associate of a police official said. barbaric attack on the innocent tributed to promote yoga for new initiative of Yoga Diwas ation under control, an official tary Nikhil Savani sustained Congress leader Hardik Patel, Violence broke out here students at JNU and we the benefit of society. Media Samman. Chairman of said. Both the student bodies serious head injuries and was was seen being beaten by some when NSUI members reached strongly condemn it. Such "This event, the first of its Minister Prakash Javadekar the jury and the Press Council alleged that sticks and stones admitted to V S General people in the presence of outside the ABVP's office to violence at an academic kind, also marks a new trend of India Justice C K Prasad were used to attack each other, Hospital here, a member of the policemen. protest against the attack on institution is unacceptable," he of recognition of the endeav- He said media organisa- described yoga as an invest- and claimed more than five Congress students' body said. "The situation has been students and teachers at JNU said at a press conference here. our of media organisations tions are creating greater pub- ment with zero risk and con- members each from the two In a video clip telecast by brought under control. As of in Delhi on Sunday. Bhattacharya said students that go beyond news, views lic awareness towards 'Suraaj' siderable benefits. community of the Northeastern and advertisements, and work – where good healthcare, edu- Eleven awards were con- region was solidly behind the in mission mode for the larg- cation, and civic amenities are ferred under the "Best Media students of the JNU. To er benefit of society" the Union available to all. He described Coverage of Yoga in Charred body express solidarity with JNU minister said. Javadekar this as a sign of India's mature Newspapers" category, eight Protesters call off stir after students, the NESO will stage recalled that Lokmanya Tilak democracy. under the "Best Media of 17-yr-old protests on January 8 and 9 in had launched the newspaper Javadekar said yoga has Coverage of Yoga in Television" all states of the region. 'Kesari' as a medium to gener- gained global respect due to and 11 under the "Best Media ate awareness towards the vision and efforts of Prime Coverage of Yoga in Radio" eviction from Gateway of India girl found in Leave past behind, 'Swarajya' (good governance). Minister Narendra Modi. category. PNS n MUMBAI Bengal, 3 held return to campus: JNU Protest against the JNU vio- PNS n BALURGHAT VC to students MAHA lence was called off here on NEW DELHI: Under fire from ‘Molestation victim' leaves Tuesday after the demonstra- Charred body of a 17- year- students and faculty members tors were shifted from the old girl was found under a for not doing enough when Man reunited home to ‘commit suicide' Gateway of India to Azad culvert in West Bengal's they were brutally attacked by a Maidan, police said. South Dinajpur district, masked mob on campus, with family 20 PNS n MUMBAI "The teenage girl's brother In the morning, several pro- police said on Tuesday. Jawaharlal Nehru University approached the police on testers, including students and The victim's family alleged Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh A teenage girl from Tuesday claiming that his sister women, were taken in police that she was gang-raped and Kumar on Tuesday urged yrs after Maharashtra's Raigad district, had left behind a note on vans from the iconic Gateway then set ablaze. students to put the past behind who had filed a case against a Monday night saying that she of India in south Mumbai as The charred body of the and return to the varsity's fleeing home senior police officer last year for is going to kill herself due to roads were getting blocked girl with injury marks was premises. In a brief statement, PNS n THANE molesting her, has left her pressure from the DIG," a and people, including tourists, found under a culvert in Kumar said, "Our heart goes home in Taloja area to "commit police official said quoting the were facing problems, a police Kumarganj area on Monday, out to all injured students. The The Thane police have reunit- suicide" due to "pressure" from complaint. The girl's brother official said. Police had district Superintendent of incident (violence) is ed a man with his family 20 the officer, her brother alleged told PTI that his sister has writ- appealed to protesters to shift "After the protesters were Maidan, he added. While most Police Debarshi Dutta said. unfortunate. I would like to tell years after he fled his home in on Tuesday. ten that she would kill herself but when they didn't listen, relocated, they called off their of the students who were part Three persons suspected to students that JNU campus is a Uttar Pradesh as a 13-year-old, Taloja police have registered on a railway track. they were "relocated" to Azad demonstration," he said. of the protest left the Azad be involved in the incident secure place. "I urge all an official said on Tuesday. a case under section 363 "Don't try to find me. Love Maidan near the Chhatrapati Since the demonstration Maidan after the demonstra- have been arrested, he said. students to come back to the The matter came to light (Punishment for kidnapping) of you all and miss you all," reads Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, was posing problems for tion was called off, some peo- "We could only say campus. Let us put the past during the investigation into the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the one-page English transliter- Deputy Commissioner of tourists and in traffic move- ple, including women, were whether she was raped or not behind." More than 35 the robbery and killing of without naming the officer ated note, purportedly written Police (Zone 1) Sangramsingh ment, the protesters were still at the ground, another after getting the post-mortem students and faculty members mobile store owner Jitendra who was a friend of her father. by the girl. Nishandar said. requested to move to the Azad police official said. report," Dutta said. were assaulted on Sunday Singh Rajpurohit who was The victim's brother said evening after a mob went on a gunned down inside his store she went missing on the way rampage, attacking students at Kalwa town on December to a nearby shop on Sunday with sticks and iron rods and 28, senior inspector of the afternoon. vandalising property. Crime UnitI Niteen Thackre Patil, Fadnavis spar over ‘Free Kashmir' poster Local BJP MP Sukanta said. On examining the CCTV Majumdar warned of a major Will not let anyone footage from the area, the PNS n MUMBAI tendencies get a Government agitation if the culprits were police found that the suspect Later, Shiv Sena advocate," he said. not brought to book. snatch people's was moving towards Mahim Maharashtra minister Jayant leader Sanjay Raut "Jayantrao, this vote bank Terming the incident rights: Mamata Dargah, he said, adding that Patil and former chief minister told reporters here politics is not expected from unfortunate, Kumarganj PATHARPRATIMA (WB): locals also alleged that the per- Devendra Fadnavis engaged you. Kashmir has already been TMC MLA Toraf Hossain Contending that she was the son spotted in the footage was in a Twitter spat over a 'Free that those holding freed from discrimination and Mandal demanded an impar- custodian of people's rights, one Dilli, who was residing in Kashmir' poster during protest the "Free Kashmir" certain curbs have been there tial probe. West Bengal Chief Minister the locality for the last two at the Gateway of India here poster wanted since decades for security con- A woman's charred body Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday years. The police subsequent- against the JNU violence. cerns. Be it in Govt or opposi- was found in a mango said she would not let anyone ly tracked down the suspect, A poster with the message freedom from tion, for us, the only principle orchard in Malda district in harm their interests. Asserting who was fund sleeping under "Free Kashmir" was carried by restrictions on is NATION FIRST!" Fadnavis December last year, days after that the agitation against a bridge at Vakola in the west- one of the protesters at the internet, mobile tweeted. a similar incident occurred in National Register of Citizens ern suburb of Santacruz, he Gateway of India on Monday. Later, Shiv Sena leader Hyderabad leading to a (NRC) and National Population said. On interrogation, the Tagged a picture of the services and Sanjay Raut told reporters here nationwide uproar over Register (NPR) would go on as suspect revealed his name as poster on his Twitter account, communication that those holding the "Free women safety. long as necessary, Banerjee Mohammad Ahmad @ Dilli Fadnavis asked what exactly Kashmir" poster wanted free- said that she would do Bashir Shaikh (33) and that he was the protest for and if Chief gans by Azadi gang at 2km Respond to Fadnavis, Patil dom from restrictions on inter- everything in her power to was involved in collecting Minister Uddhav Thackeray from CMO? Uddhavji are you accused him of trying to con- decoding words in such a net, mobile services and com- protect the people of the state. scrap, Thackre said. will tolerate this "anti-India going to tolerate this free fuse people by "decoding hatred way. Is it losing power munication. "We do not live at the mercy of The police subsequently campaign" right under his Kashmir anti India campaign words" in a hateful manner. or losing self control?" he "I have read that those hold- anyone... I will not allow realised that it was a case of nose. right under your nose???" "Devendraji, it's 'free kash- asked. ing the poster wanted Kashmir anyone snatch our rights," the mistaken identity and the man "Protest is for what exactly? Fadnavis asked. mir' from all discriminations, Fadnavis hit back saying for to be freed from restrictions. If CM said at a public meeting was in fact a runaway, who had Why slogans of "Free The BJP leader also tagged bans on cellular networks and them nation comes first and slogans are about freeing here, on the western fringes of left his home at Benki in Uttar Kashmir"? How can we toler- the Twitter handle of his suc- central control. I can't believe that he did not expect "vote Kashmir from India, that will Sunderban forests. Pradesh 20 years ago, the offi- ate such separatist elements in cessor Thackeray after the that responsible leader like bank politics" from Patil. not be tolerated," the Rajya cial said. Mumbai? 'Free Kashmir' slo- tweet. you trying to confuse people by "What a pity! Now separatist Sabha member said. VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 8, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION All eyes on Delhi durbar Will AAP be able to retain its novelty factor? Does the BJP need to reinvent its campaign pitch? Blowing in the wind ow that the Delhi elections have been announced, coming as they do bang in Wind energy can not only help achieve a sustainable future but also meet Nthe middle of a student-led churning in India against the status quo of habit in poli- tics, the focus is on the Aam Aadmi Party economic and social objectives. India must make the best use of this opportunity (AAP). This is its litmus test as it did stir up the political process when its leaders began the transformation story with “India Against Corruption,” drew in civil society and students, attempted a pan-India blitz, even nudged in an alternative narrative but failed to make a big splash nationally. But it still got Delhi and learnt tough lessons from its missteps — being deserted by its acolytes with higher ambitions, repeating the mistakes of the Indian politician’s playbook, blaming RK PACHAURI the Centre for vindictive power plays, even earning the ire of voters who thought ndia has ambitious plans for investing that they had been short-changed. Yet AAP won the war of perception by deliv- in wind power. A recent news report ering the toughest part of governance. That’s performance. This is its only credo indicated that the Government and novelty. This election will prove whether that can be pro-incumbency in a announced its aim to set up 500 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy highly polarised context. There can be no doubt that it has shown incremental capacityI by 2030. This, it was indicated, success in converting the old rhetoric of bijli, sadak and paani of its predeces- would substantially reshape the global ener- sors into the Delhiite’s new aspiration. Power reforms were the reason the Congress, gy market dynamism and support the back- ground of current plans to install 175 GW then led by Sheila Dikshit, got mass acceptability between 1998 and 2013. The of renewable energy capacity by 2022, of focus was on improving the quality of power supply through privatisation of the which 60 GW would come from wind. electricity distribution sector. And when that frayed at the edges, the mess was Currently, the largest capacity in wind energy is installed in China with a surpris- a fertile ground for the AAP to emerge as a champion of people’s right to a good ing second place being achieved by the US. life. It questioned the privatisation model, alleging financial irregularities by dis- Interestingly, the State of Texas, which has tribution companies to inflate tariffs at public expense. The reduced power bills been a pioneer in the development of hydrocarbon resources and supply, is today will top AAP’s performance sheet. Or free water within consumption limits. It leading all the States of the US in terms of has set the nation’s agenda in education reforms by allocating 26 per cent of wind energy capacity. This is clearly a reflec- the Budget to education, upgrading standards and performance of Government tion of the economic attraction of tapping wind energy in a State where oil and gas schools and introducing the “happiness curriculum.” The mohalla clinics have have been in favour for many decades now. revolutionised health delivery modules, the night shelters have eased the woes The third place among countries with wind of the homeless and doorstep delivery of services have endured with the citi- energy capacity is occupied by Germany zenry. And while the Urban Development Ministry has now approved regulari- and India follows in the fourth place. It is particularly significant that Denmark sation of unauthorised colonies, the AAP Government has to be credited for mak- is the leader in wind energy innovation and ing it inevitable by upgrading their infrastructure. Of course, it has been social- has been harnessing to a remarkable extent perhaps more than a dozen addi- ments of the past three decades result of a glut in the global oil ist to consolidate its votebank but it has already talked about decongesting and the potential that exists in that country. In this tional floating offshore wind or so, this is an area where market in recent years. At the respect, perhaps, Denmark features as the first projects may be commissioned in major developments should take same time, the negative external- redesigning road infrastructure and launched free wi-fi to appeal to urban sen- country to develop and implement a strate- Europe by 2022, even though place in the next 10 years or so ities of coal production and sibilities. Some PWD projects are almost complete. Many observers had thought gy for building an energy system independent there are some concerns about RECENT worldwide and in India. consumption remain understat- that the tidal personality cult of Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections last of fossil fuels. This renewable form of ener- overestimating wind farm capac- China recently confirmed ed, with an expansion of supply, gy already accounts for more than one-third ity offshore. DEVELOPMENTS plans to build the world’s biggest essentially to maintain coal as May, which swamped every Opposition leader, including Chief Minister Arvind of the total electricity consumption in The developments in wind wind turbine. This innovation the major fuel for power gener- Kejriwal, and pushed back AAP to third place in voting percentage, would be the Denmark. What is particularly significant is energy technology bring out the WITH THE US HAVING would be in collaboration ation in this country. There is a end. But Kejriwal was quick to seize the trade winds, stopped blame games or that wind power has been integrated with the power of innovation and the TARGETTED AN between GE’s renewable energy need, therefore, to articulate a rest of the energy supply system. underlying direction that vision- division and a local organisation, long-term renewable energy even talking about Modi and steered clear of lambasting Hindutva. Instead, he’s It is anticipated that by 2021, Denmark ary management and IRANIAN GENERAL which would establish the 12 strategy, which would also meet been seeking votes on the basis of his performance, asking people not to vote would be able to achieve 60 per cent of the Government policies can pro- WOULD LEAD TO A MW offshore wind turbine in the objectives of the if they don’t like his work and emphasising he was only concerned about Delhi wind energy supply as part of its total ener- vide. It was decades ago that as Guangdong province in China. Government’s “Make in India” gy from all sources. Denmark’s achievement the Minister of External Affairs, HARDENING OF Unfortunately, India has not yet initiative. Wind energy develop- and not the nation. This self-deprecatory and localised, neighbourhood approach has been the result of vision on the part of the Dinesh Singh had asked this GLOBAL OIL PRICES. taken the lead in coming up with ments will be an excellent can- has foxed the BJP. Government, widespread public support as writer a question on what innovations in this field, nor is didate not only for India to Lack of State leadership is the BJP’s Achilles’ heel, besieged as it is with well as collaboration across various industries. prospects exist for wind energy THERE IS A VALID there any evidence of indigenous achieve a sustainable energy For instance, the Energy Innovation Cluster in our country. The Minister was FEAR THAT ANY manufacture of state-of-the-art scenario in the future but also as faction fights. It suddenly finds itself without a credible counter-narrative on deliv- is Denmark’s cluster organisation and a net- apparently interested in wind as technology. India has a coastline a means to meet a large range of erables as it has predictably pitched its campaign on Modi’s personality and its work for innovation related to energy produc- a source of energy and had pos- FURTHER of over 7,500 kilometres and very economic and social objectives. hyper-nationalist agenda. With Kejriwal choosing not to fall for the BJP’s tested tion. It facilitates collaboration among com- sibly been reading some mater- ESCALATION OF favourable wind regimes in sev- It is inevitable that the panies and sources of knowledge, such that ial on this subject. eral offshore locations but mind- world would move away from provocation on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the students’ protests, the country uses the latest technology and cre- A detailed assessment was CONFLICT COULD sets continue to believe in fossil fuels largely for mitigation the lofty vision of a Ramrajya would fall flat without an alternative Delhi devel- ates innovative solutions that help society at carried out by this writer on the LEAD TO FURTHER expanding the use of fossil fuels. of carbon dioxide emissions, opment plan. In fact, the BJP’s aggressive adversarial pitch and “everybody hates large. Can India achieve a similar place in the scanty information available on Recent developments, with which are resulting in climate Modi” plan have fallen flat with Kejriwal choosing to disengage from any area world on technologies, which would define wind speeds in different parts of PRICE INCREASES, the US having targetted an change world over. Hence, the future of human activities? the country and a conclusion Iranian General located in there would be a growing that crosses paths with the Centre, even full Statehood and police, and sticking Recently, the world’s largest floating reached that wind energy prob- WHICH Baghdad, would lead to a hard- demand and a major market to his territorial limits. The problem is the BJP has misread Delhi as a barome- wind turbine began generating power off the ably had no potential in India WOULD IMPACT ening of global oil prices. There opportunity for nations, which ter of the national pulse without realising that its people are the most vote-con- coast of Portugal. This involves connecting given the unsuitable wind speeds is a valid fear that any further innovate and produce equip- the first of three 8.4 megawatt (MW) turbines. and unsophisticated technology UNFAVOURABLY ON escalation of conflict in the ment for harnessing renewable scious, their loyalty pledged only to whoever has the better Excel sheet. That’s The project itself is connected to a substation of the time. Indeed, for several INDIA’S ALREADY Middle-East could lead to further sources of energy. India has a why its candidate Kiran Bedi lost to Kejriwal in 2015 despite the break-up between in Portugal through a 12-mile cable, which years, wind energy developments UNSATISFACTORY price increases, which would growing opportunity to play a the Congress and AAP. Besides, AAP has cultivated caste/regional groups like is secured with chains to the sea bed 100 metre made no sense for us but with the impact unfavourably on India’s role in this market. It would be below. The benefit of a floating offshore instal- evolution of technology, partic- RATE OF ECONOMIC already unsatisfactory rate of visionary on the part of the Purvanchalis, Jats and Uttarakhandis and women, something that both the BJP lation such as this is that wind speeds are gen- ularly the economies of scale that economic growth. Government and the industry and the Congress haven’t been able to harmonise. The Congress has lost the erally much higher in those locations which were built into large-scale turbine GROWTH Earlier concerns related to to treat this sector as a grow- gameplan after Dikshit’s death and may not even be a vote-cutter but push the are a distance away from the coastline and the units, the economics of wind energy security and the objec- ing opportunity. cost of a floating installation eliminates the energy technology has been tives of bringing about energy (The writer is former chair- elections to a bipolar duel. February 11 will tell us what won hearts in the end. need for anchoring the wind energy platform completely transformed. independence appear to have man, Intergovernmental Panel Doctors’ oath to the bottom of the sea. The prospect is that Encouraged by the develop- been given low priority as a on Climate Change, 2002-15) As doctors were stopped from treating injured JNU S O U N D BITE students, IMA asks if we are in a civil war I am your pehradar It is heartening to see peo- The New Year has begun with A PM, who cannot summon he Indian Medical Association (IMA), (custodian), if anyone ple come out and raise their our world in turmoil. We are his voice when students are comes to take away voice without fear. It is living in dangerous times. a few kilometres away from which has always been adamant about your rights, he will necessary for people to Geopolitical tensions are at his residence and are staying away from politics simply have to do it over my express their point of view their highest level and this beaten up, is either T to bring about change. because it should not colour the way doctors dead body. turbulence is escalating. complicit or incompetent. react and treat their patients, has come out West Bengal CM Actor UN Secretary General CPI(M) general secretary against the violence at JNU in strong terms. —Mamata Banerjee —Deepika Padukone —Antonio Guterres —Sitaram Yechury Questioning the “New Truth in India” as AIIMS doctors and nurses were stopped by goons from attending to injured students, it has asked, L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR “How does it reflect on the nation, if it cannot protect its doctors and nurses reaching out to Dangerous turn of events Campuses have become dens of politicking Mishandling situations the injured? Is this a civil war? What is the mes- sage that goes out to the nation?” The IMA has clearly decided not to be a silent Sir — This refers to the editori- his refers to the editorial, “Night of broken glass” Sir — This refers to the editorial, al, “Night of broken glass” (December 7). The violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru “Night of broken glass” (January majority and speak out as a responsible community. This is the same IMA, which (December 7). Terming the inci- TUniversity (JNU) is highly condemnable and unpar- 7). It is shameful that students do in August 2019, had accused the medical journal, The Lancet, of committing a dent at the Jawaharlal Nehru donable. It raises questions about the ability of the admin- not feel safe within college cam- “breach of propriety” while commenting on “a political issue,” when it slammed University (JNU) as unfortunate istration to provide security to the students. Incidents puses. Incidents at the Jamia would be an understatement. We of violence are increasing day by day on university cam- Millia Islamia university and the the Narendra Modi-led Government for its clampdown in Kashmir. But now that do not know who the masked puses in our country. Only recently, unruly scenes were Jawaharlal Nehru University doctors, too, are at the receiving end of a police State, it is bent on upholding men were but they caused havoc, witnessed at the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and the (JNU) have raised questions about the Hippocratic oath, one which binds them to the business of saving lives, even injuring both students and teach- Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh. It is most their security. In the case of the lat- ers and they did not even spare unfortunate, however, that these prestigious “temples ter, why did the police not do any- of the enemy’s. The IMA had even questioned police action inside hospitals on an ambulance that stood outside. of learning” have become dens of political activities for thing to stop the miscreants at the December 22, during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests, call- Such violence on university various political parties. The failure of the police to pro- entry gate itself where they were ing the crackdown “a new low in the civic life of the nation.” campuses goes against the ethos tect innocent students and academics from armed goons There’s a lot that happened in JNU before the cam- deployed? How long will it take to of a democratic country as ours. raises serious questions about its capability, efficiency eras were switched on. Both the “before” and “after” sto- arrest the culprits? So does the medical body’s slow change of stance mean that realisation is Nothing can justify this act and and intent. Despite the fact that most of the incident was ries are sordid tales of an administrative failure to stop Sujit De slowly dawning in civil society that we have to speak and stand up against the strictest punishment must be caught on camera and the masked people remained clashes from turning into arson. It is incumbent on the Kolkata acts of subversion of democracy that we are witnessing in our lifetime? Perhaps, given to the guilty, who dared inside the campus for long enough, the police is yet to Government to ensure that the university becomes a place enter the campus and vandalise it. make any arrests. But then, it’s not their fault. The police of learning once again and regains its lost aura. Word of caution the IMA change in stance has been influenced by the fact that junior doctors in Nevertheless, the Delhi Police have always acted on “orders from above” and that has JS Acharya premier institutes like AIIMS have also participated in protests and solidarity march- should not have remained a mute come to be the Indian ethos. Hyderabad es against the CAA. Perhaps, it has woken up to the need for addressing the spectator. Since around 700 police Sir — While the world grapples students’ angst and concerns as citizens and not shoving them under the car- personnel were already deployed with the aftermath of a seeming- at the JNU gates due to anti- On the rampage Jawaharlal Nehru University pattern of violence at JNU expos- ly whimsical act by the US in pet. This is in sharp contrast to the JNU administration, which is yet to take any Citizenship Amendment Act (JNU) campus and attacked the es the nexus between the admin- killing the commander of anoth- step to engage with protesting students. No arrests have been made. Vice- (CAA) protest, it was perplexing students and teachers, too. istration and the police. er sovereign nation, it is easy to Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar is at best indifferent to the plight of those under to see no action from them. The Sir — This refers to the editori- The tragedy is that all of this Making use of the police be pulled into unwanted situa- growing violence in various uni- al, “Night of broken glass” happened right under the nose of force to achieve political ends is tions as far as India is concerned. his care and has not visited the injured faculty members and students. Neither versities across India — BHU, (December 7). After the police the Delhi police, which functions dangerous. One shudders to think It must tread cautiously. has any police officer been sacked for inaction, nor has any probe been initiat- Jadavpur and Jamia — is a dan- barged into the Jamia Millia under direct control of the Union where our nation is headed to and Yash ed against the cops’ partisan role during the violence and claims by a fringe Hindu gerous trend that needs to be Islamia university and attacked Home Ministry. More shocking is what is in store for the law-abid- Via email stopped as early as possible. hapless students, now it was the that instead of chasing the ing citizens. group, the Hindu Raksha Dal, that it was responsible for the mayhem in JNU. Bal Govind turn of around 30 lumpen ele- masked goons, the police Tharcius S Fernando Send your feedback to: The country cannot afford to be dumbed down anymore. Noida ments, who entered the remained a mute spectator. The Chennai [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 8, 2020 07 www.dailypioneer.com analysis FIRSTCOLUMN There’s nothing POINTCOUNTERPOINT I BEGAN MY CAREER AS A STUDENT WORKER BUT THE COMMUNISTS DESERVED THIS. THEY ARE anti-Hindu in it HAVE NEVER SEEN A SITUATION WHERE THE CAMPUS GETTING PAID IN THE SAME COIN. THERE IS IS BEING ATTACKED TO GAG PROTESTS. NOTHING WRONG IN THIS. Faiz’s poem Hum Dekhenge that attacks oppression —WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER —BENGAL BJP PRESIDENT was written in the times of martial law in Pakistan. IIT-Kanpur’s administration should have known that MAMATA BANERJEE DILIP GHOSH Foster debate, not violence MARKANDEY KATJU The hooligans who vandalised JNU must be arrested. This might give some kind of closure he Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has set up a panel to consider whether the poem Hum Dekhenge by the famous to aggrieved students. But we need to rekindle the culture of debate and dialogue TUrdu poet Faiz is anti-Hindu. This followed the recitation of the poem by students of IIT-Kanpur on December 17, 2019, on their cam- pus during a gathering in support of the students of Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, who were assaulted by the police during their anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) agitation. One need not go into the inanity of such a step by the IIT authorities who seem to have no understand- ing of Urdu poetry or of this particular poem. No poetry in England, America, France, Germany, Russia and in any language, whether it is English, German, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bangla, Tamil and so on, in fact, no poetry in the world, expresses the voice of the human heart in such a powerful and yet elegant manner (andaaz- e-bayaan) as Urdu poetry does. GAUTAM CHOUBEY Mirza Ghalib is regarded by many as the greatest Urdu poet of all times and Faiz the greatest Urdu poet of the 20th century. I had s one gets down to write about one of the the privilege of meeting Faiz once when he visited my hometown most disturbing episodes in the history of university politics in independent India, it Allahabad in 1981 and was honoured at a massive function on the A becomes difficult to aim for balance. When Allahabad University’s lawns. bloodied faces of Jawaharlal Nehru University Urdu poets often express their thoughts not in direct language (JNU) girls and menacing images of masked mobs but indirectly, through hints and allusions. Urdu shers (couplets) often brandishing hammers, machetes, iron rods and have a literal, superficial meaning but they also have a deeper, real sticks flash across one’s mind, how does one show meaning which is conveyed by indication, suggestion and metaphors. restraint in expressions? It is this deeper, real meaning which the poet is seeking to convey. It is possible that a few readers might miscon- But to understand it, one has to ponder deeply and apply one’s brains strue my opening observation as a clever but pli- to understand what the poet is trying to say. This is particularly done ant pretext to dodge public condemnation of the by poets in times when it may be dangerous to talk directly, such as attack on JNU. Some might even argue that if I were to write anything other than a spirited declama- during martial law. It was during this time that Faiz’s poem Hum tion of the State and the JNU administration, I FOR ANYONE WHO Dekhenge was written. would be doing the institution a great disservice. HAS STUDIED AT Take for instance Faiz’ sher: “Gulon mein rang bhare baad-e-nauba- However, if no denunciation of violence is suffi- PROVINCIAL haar chale. Chale bhi ao ki gulshan ka kaarobaar chale.” Now the lit- cient — and the horror of it cannot be summarised UNIVERSITIES, eral meaning of this couplet is: “Among the colourful flowers, the new in language — must public intellectuals be end- SCENES SUCH AS spring breeze is blowing. Come, so that the work of the garden can lessly polemical in their writings and speeches? Ever THOSE WITNESSED be done.” But that is only the superficial meaning of the couplet. The since the JNU crisis escalated, we have been BY JNU ON word “gulshan” literally means garden but here it means the nation. swarmed with accusatory articles of two varieties: JANUARY 5 ARE So, the real meaning of the sher which the poet is conveying is this: One that calls for clampdown on “urban Naxals” and the “tukde tukde” gang, that allegedly thrive COMMONPLACE. “The objective conditions in the country are ripe. Come forward patri- THE PRESENT ots, the country needs you (for a revolution).” is JNU’s subsidised campus, and a second that accuses a State-corporate nexus of attempting to OUTCRY OVER JNU, Similarly, when we read Urdu poetry we must rack our brains privatise higher education and muzzle voices. I feel WHICH IS BEING and try to understand what it is really that the post is seeking to con- emboldened to argue that it is precisely this prac- PROJECTED AS THE vey. Coming now to Faiz’s poem Hum Dekhenge one must remem- tice of using public forums to launch no-holds- LAST CITADEL OF ber it was written during General Zia-ul-Haq’s oppressive martial law barred assaults on adversarial viewpoints that has KNOWLEDGE AND regime when it was dangerous to talk directly. So part of the poem aggravated the crisis. This may not be the occa- DEMOCRATIC munication occupies the second spot. things further and resolve the crisis? student unity. Since then, these move- uses traditional Islamic imagery. However, it is used to attack Zia’s sion to philosophise but to me, the sight of masked- VALUES IN INDIA, Further, those little conversations that we Beyond JNU: This breakdown of ments have been spontaneous, sporadic dictatorship and restore democracy, not for establishing orthodox Islam. assailants targetting political adversaries suggests TENDS TO manage to have with our adversaries are communication inside the campus is and mostly disjointed. This can be The poem was sung by Iqbal Bano, deliberately wearing a sari (regard- a heightened state of intolerance and a complete so toxic that they end up pushing us in matched by a similar disruption of attributed to a number of factors. First, refusal to communicate. OVERLOOK THIS back into our respective cocoons, instead communication with the world beyond. owing to the expansion of institutions of ed by some as an Indian and unislamic dress for Pakistani women), REALITY. despite the ban on public recitation of Faiz’s poems at that time. In Simmering intolerance: As has been repeat- of helping us crawl out of them. As we People outside the campus, even acad- higher education, the student population edly pointed out, the crisis in JNU, to a great extent, WHILE THE debate, we interrupt, hoot, caricature, emicians based in prominent regional has become much more heterogeneous fact, Iqbal Bano was later banned from singing anywhere in Pakistan. is a fallout of a hostile rhetoric that has been doing SLIGHTEST abuse and threaten. centres, are upset because media hous- than earlier. Second, emphasis on com- Many from the audience were rounded up, grilled and detained. the rounds on news channels and social media. The SUGGESTION OF In Think Again: How to reason and es and activists have persistently refused merce and technical education, as Some of the lines of the poem which are now being described nature of this rhetoric is such that it refuses to allow STATE argue, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues to engage with the plight of universities opposed to liberal arts and social sci- as anti-Hindu are: “Jab arz-e-khuda ke kaabe se sab but uthwaaye even the slightest concession to its opponent. It is, INTERVENTION IN that these days, people do not have close beyond Delhi. For anyone, who has stud- ences, has rendered them largely indif- jaayenge. Hum ahl-e-safa mardood-e-haram masnad par baithaye therefore, no surprise that over the last few years, DELHI-BASED friends with radically different political ied at provincial universities, scenes ferent to socio-political issues. Third, our jaayenge.” The literal meaning of this couplet is, “When from the abode even as India kept debating “intolerance”, tolerance INSTITUTIONS views. It is indeed true that today, the such as those witnessed by JNU on public institutions, such as the Parliament of God (Kaaba) all icons will be removed. Then, we the faithful, who has been the greatest casualty. For months on end, PROVOKES majority prefers to live in communities, January 5 are commonplace. The present and judiciary, have become much were debarred from sacred places, will be placed on the royal throne.” agitated citizens tuned in to news debates, hoping MASSIVE both real and virtual that are similar with outcry over JNU, which is being project- stronger than earlier. Fourth, the extent It is alleged that these lines are anti-Hindu as Hindus worship idols, to find answers to issues that had suddenly come OUTPOURING OF respect to religion, politics, news sources ed as the last citadel of knowledge and and practice of students activism is not and these lines are clearly against idol worship. But this is only a super- to seize the public sphere. But the domineering and even social media networks. democratic values in India, tends to over- the same everywhere. Those based in news anchors and the blaring experts offered pre- GRIEF AND Moreover, if at all we encounter people look this reality. While the slightest sug- metropolitan centres are more aware of ficial understanding. What it means is that self-styled icons of power cious little other than orchestrated shouting duels. INDIGNATION IN with views hostile to our own, we avoid gestion of State intervention in Delhi- politics and, therefore, more prone to will be thrown out and God’s beloved or common people will rule. For a sizeable segment in India, which includes stu- CERTAIN SECTIONS interacting with them. Consequently, the based institutions provokes massive out- activism. This difference has been fur- Faiz was a life-long communist and he could hardly have meant that dents, shopkeepers and senior citizens, such OF MEDIA, ideological schisms that divide us have pouring of grief and indignation in cer- ther sharpened by an ever-widening he wanted Islamisation of society. In fact, it was his antagonist General inflammatory debates, accessed through TVs and ACTIVISTS FROM widened more than ever. The world, tain sections of media, activists from rural-urban divide. Fifth, to most onlook- Zia who wanted Islamisation. To understand these lines we must see smartphones, provide an escape from the monot- DELHI HAD TURNED including India, has transformed into a Delhi had turned a blind eye when uni- ers, student politics is a waste of time, the context and also see the couplets preceding and succeeding them. ony of their placid lives. To argue after Professor A BLIND EYE WHEN parliament of ideas with little possibili- versities across India were being system- resources and a breeding ground for cor- Before these lines, the verses in the poem are: “Jab zulm-e-sitam Craig Jeffrey, this has been our “national timepass” UNIVERSITIES ty of syncretic exchanges and every atically dismantled. And those respon- rupt politicians of the future. It is no sur- ke koh-e-giraan, rui ke tarah udh jaayenge. Hum mehkoomon ke paaon or the politics of waiting in India. It is, therefore, ACROSS INDIA chance of violent confrontations. sible for destruction of the likes of Patna prise that calls for banning campus pol- tale, yeh dharti dhad dhad dhadkegi. (When these high mountains all the more important that on a day such as this, WERE BEING If you ever speak to the JNU alum- University, Allahabad University and itics have become so ubiquitous in pub- of tyranny and oppression turn to fluff and evaporate. And we oppressed, we refrain from indulging in competitive intoler- ni, you will find that the stories of cam- Lucknow University, among others, lic discourses. Given the glorious lega- ance or freestyle rhetoric. SYSTEMATICALLY pus camaraderie that cut across political were socialists and the self-proclaimed cy of student politics in India, this is high- beneath our feet will have this earth shiver, shake and beat.)” The suc- While it is indeed a painful truth that balanced DISMANTLED ideologies and all other affiliations are followers of Ram Manohar Lohia and ly undesirable. However, under the ceeding lines are: “Sab taaj uchaale jaayenge, sab takht giraaye attempts at seeing the other side in contentious aplenty. Most will admit that while the Jayaprakash Narayan (JP). According to changed circumstances, some initiation jaayenge. (When crowns will be thrown off and overturned will be debates are socially not so rewarding but given the campus debates were always intense, they Andre Beteille, the JP Movement did not in campus behaviour, culture and polit- thrones.” circumstance, it has become imperative. Occasional never even bordered on hatred, let lead to any significant moral cleansing ical socialisation should be made a part It is obvious from this that there is nothing anti-Hindu in this poem self-criticism, reflection and survey of the socio- alone violence. However, of late, things of the students. of orientation programme. and it is the height of absurdity to regard it so. It is a poem power- political trends, which have dragged us to this point, have taken a rather unfortunate turn. Student politics today: In 1970, The hooligans, who vandalised JNU, fully attacking the oppressors of the people and expressing a con- will, perhaps, throw up strategies to escape this Shortly after the violence on January 5, writing on university politics in India, PG must be arrested. This might give some viction that one day the oppressed will become the rulers of their own quagmire. a friend from JNU posted something to Altbach dismissed student activism as a kind of closure to the aggrieved students. destiny as has been promised to the people. The administration of Breakdown of communication: Let us also the effect that hereafter she would ban- spent force. He felt that it had lost its pre- But we need to rekindle the culture of IIT, Kanpur, which is otherwise a reputed institution, has made itself admit that over the past two decades, in spite of ish all BJP/RSS sympathisers from her life independence idealism and sense of pur- debate, dialogue and cordial disagree- the giant strides that we have taken in the field of and that she would never ever interact pose. Although Altbach was proven ment too. a laughing stock before the whole country by setting up a panel to mass communication, our ability to communicate with any of them or engage them in wrong by the JP Movement, yet it is fair (The writer teaches at the University review if the poem is anti-Hindu or not. has diminished significantly. If intolerant rhetoric debates. If dialogue is not the way for- to argue that the months preceding of Delhi and is a commentator on public (The writer is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.) is public enemy number one, breakdown of com- ward, how then do we propose to take Emergency saw the last major show of sphere and cultural politics) Population explosion must be next target FOREIGN EYE Prime Minister Modi should not only mobilise the support of other political parties but also of the chief ministers. If India wants to be a superpower, then addressing the population explosion is imperative

States should look at measures to deal ilisation drives during the Emergency. population growth. High fertility States has helped maintain growth in go along with it because of their own with it. “The time has now come that It became an election issue and rates persist in 72 districts, a little over the South and the West, where fer- vote bank politics, as they believe that we should take such challenges head Indira Gandhi lost that election. 11 per cent of the country’s 621 dis- tility rates are low. the measure is to target Muslims. But on,” he announced from the ramparts The Union Health Ministry even tricts. Although India’s population However, Rakesh Sinha, a nom- in view of the brute majority of the of the historic fort. changed the name of the Family continues to grow, the pace of net inated Rajya Sabha member has BJP in the Lok Sabha this measure WE HAVE ONLY Currently, the population of Planning Department to Family addition is decreasing. tabled a Private Member’s Bill called could be pushed through. ONE HOME India is at 1.37 billion and will over- Welfare Department. Moreover when The southern States have gen- The Population Regulation Bill, 2019, Containing the population take that of China, the world’s most even China, known for its rigid uine concern as they have sought a in the Upper House, which he hopes explosion is imperative and every cit- From space, we get a proper populous country by 2027. However, family planning programmes has negative growth and are consequent- might be taken up in the upcoming izen has a stake in it. It is not appreciation of our world and KALYANI SHANKAR millions still do not have access to opted for an overhaul of its earlier ly at a disadvantage, as when delim- Budget Session. The Bill advocates enough just to provide contraceptives its vulnerability. Until we sent clean water, food, healthcare and edu- one-child norm, why should India be itation takes place or when the penalties ranging from denial of to women to enhance demographic ill there be a move to con- cation, thanks to the unmanageable pushing for family planning pro- Finance Commission allocates financial benefits to ineligibility for transition; it should be accompanied probes to Mars and Venus, tain the population explo- numbers. Plus, more mouths mean grammes? resources, one of the criteria is pop- elected offices and discontinuation of by awareness, availability of food, we thought our nearest Wsion in the country? After more strain on the resources. Besides, the Economic Survey ulation. The five southern States even food subsidy and other such things. employment and healthcare. planetary siblings could Prime Minister Narendra Modi However, now that there are 2018-2019 says, “India is set to wit- held a conclave to project their There are also incentives for those Overpopulation is a huge problem easily support life. Instead, announced from the ramparts of the pan-India protests over the ness a sharp slowdown in population problems. So special incentives who undergo sterilisation after hav- that India is grappling with for long. spacecraft showed that Red Fort that “keeping one’s family Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) growth in the next two decades. should be given to the States that ing two children. The financial mem- Political compulsions and vote bank small is an act of patriotism” hinting and National Register of Citizens Population in the 0-19 age bracket adopt a negative population growth orandum of the Bill estimates `10 politics have so far deterred our Venus is an acid-drenched, at some measures to contain the pop- (NRC), it is doubtful whether the has already peaked due to a sharp target. crore as annual recurring expendi- Prime Ministers from taking up the scorching vision of hell while ulation, there were expectations that Prime Minister would open up one decline in total fertility rates (TFR) Those who are against any harsh ture. Last year 125 parliamentarians issue. It is a good sign now that Modi Mars was found to have lost a Bill might be introduced in this more front. Just as the CAA and NRC across the country.” Nine States have measures to contain population submitted a petition to the President is willing to change the narrative. most its atmosphere. Space regard in the upcoming Budget are perceived to be targetting the already reached the replacement rate argue that the one billion plus pop- to implement a two-child norm. If He should not only mobilise the Session. Muslims in the country, this too will of 2.1 or below. All of India will have ulation would yield a demographic the Bill gets support, then the support of other political parties but exploration tells us there is Addressing the issue for the first be seen as an attempt to target the reached a TFR of 2.1 or below by dividend. For poor families, more Government could adopt it with also of the chief ministers. If India no Planet B and no chance of time in his Independence Day biggest minority community in India. 2021. Almost all major States, includ- hands mean more income. Also, it some amendments. However, while wants to be a superpower, then starting over again if we speech, Modi expressed concern In any case, the “P-word” is a very ing even populous ones like Haryana has brought in higher per capita enti- the BJP might support the Bill, hop- addressing the population explo- continue to make a mess. over the steep rise in India’s popula- sensitive subject and no politician and Bihar, are said to have experi- tlements. Second, the migration ing that it will consolidate the Hindu sion is imperative. (The Guardian editorial) tion and said that the Centre and wants to touch it after the forced ster- enced a significant deceleration in from the north and the eastern votes, the secular parties would not (The writer is a senior journalist) VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 8, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE ‘REGULATORS SHOULD NOT Tech Mahindra opens delivery centre in Warangal DEPEND ONLY ON GOVT GRANT’ n PNS WARANGAL PNS n NEW DELHI There have been some recent developments to take Tech Mahindra Ltd on Tuesday Regulators in the country must away this freedom and ask Sebi to park its income in announced the inauguration of have their own sources of the Consolidated Fund of India or in the Public Account, its new delivery center here. income so that they do not have and to seek prior approval of government before incurring any The centre was inaugurated Sakthivel takes to depend on grants provided by capital expenditure. Such efforts are not conducive in creating a in the presence of IT and over as AEPC the government, capital markets Industries Minister KT Rama watchdog Sebi's former strong and independent regulatory environment Rao. The new facility is in line India Chairman Chairman U K Sinha has said. — UK SINHA, Sebi's former Chairman with Tech Mahindra's NEW DELHI: Apparel Export In his new book 'Going TechMNxt charter, which Promotion Council of India Public: My Time at Sebi', Sinha focuses on leveraging next (AEPC) on Tuesday said it has has said that financial indepen- Fund of India, but Sebi is of regulators in other parts of the generation technologies and appointed A Sakthivel as the dence is the basic requirement believed to have opposed the world and the senior leadership solutions, like artificial intelli- new chairman of the for the functioning of an inde- proposal on concerns about and the boards of the regulators gence among others to address organisation. Sakthivel said pendent regulator. UK Sinha loss of autonomy. have to remain extra cautious on real world problems to meet the industry had been A regulator should have its There have also been con- this account. "Another dimen- the customer's evolving and IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao inaugurating the new delivery centre of struggling to survive and the own source of income and flex- charges and create its own fund. cerns in the recent past about sion of independence is internal dynamic needs, a press release Tech Mahindra in Warangal on Tuesday exports growth were stagnant. ibility to utilise it without look- The board of Sebi prepares its autonomy of another major independence. Although the from the IT firm said. "We will work to find new and ing up to the government for annual budget, where it can financial sector regulator, the law permits this, the quasi- Rama Rao saidthe opening The initiative reaffirms con- ernment, industry and acade- potential markets for India's funds, he has written. revise the rates of fees upwards Reserve Bank of India. judicial function of Sebi needs of Tech Mahindra's Warangal tinued efforts by the state gov- mia across all states and garment exports," he said in a "There have been some recent and downwards based on its In the book published by to be separated from executive campus is an important step in ernment to promote tier-II regions work cohesively to statement. Sakthivel along developments to take away this estimate of money required for Penguin India, Sinha said inde- supervision," he said. With consistent efforts to digitally cities like Warangal as the participate and evolve in its with some exporters had freedom and ask Sebi to park its its activities during the year. The pendence of a regulator should regard to accountability, Sinha transform it and other tier-II next best technology destina- digital transformation jour- founded Tirupur Exporters income in the Consolidated Sebi board also has representa- not be defined only with regard said independence and account- cities within the state by riding tion in Telangana after ney. "Tech Mahindra's collab- Association in 1990. Fund of India or in the Public tion from the government. to independence from the gov- ability go hand in hand. high on the immense potential Hyderabad, and to generate oration with the Telangana Account, and to seek prior The former IAS officer said all ernment and its officials. "Today, there is no satisfactory of our people and by leverag- employment opportunities for government to open up a new approval of government before other regulators also must have It should also be seen in the arrangement for a performance ing new age technologies like the youth of the state, he state-of-the-art delivery center incurring any capital expendi- their own sources of income and context of independence from appraisal of a regulator like Artificial Intelligence and added. in Warangal, is a step towards ture. Such efforts are not con- not survive on the receipt of any outside influences, includ- Sebi. The media does it. The Blockchain. Managing Director and enabling the talented work- ducive in creating a strong and grants from the government. ing those from market partici- government does it through "Through this initiative, we Chief Executive Officer of force in tier-II cities to collab- independent regulatory envi- There have been reports that pants and business corpora- the presence of their represen- aim to provide gainful employ- Tech Mahindra, CP Gurnani orate and co-create smart and ronment," he said. the government was pushing tions, he said. tatives in the Sebi board or while ment opportunities to our saidfor the country to enter the sustainable solutions for the The Sebi Act provides for the Sebi to transfer 75 per cent of its Sinha said there have been answering questions in people living beyond the metro league of 5 trillion economy, it future by leveraging next gen- regulator to levy fees and surplus to the Consolidated concerns about market capture Parliament," he said. cities," he said. was important that the gov- eration technologies," he said.

Paris, US have 15 days to settle India's oilmeals export Face consequences if you go on strike: Centre digital tax dispute PNS n NEW DELHI PARIS: France and the United drops over 79% in Dec-19 States have given themselves The Centre has warned its Banking services may be hit due 15 days to settle a dispute n over the taxation of US tech PNS NEW DELHI employees of "consequences" if to trade unions' strike on Jan 8 giants, French Finance they go on strike called on Minister Bruno le Maire said The country's oilmeals export January 8 by one of their asso- NEW DELHI: Banking services at public sector banks are likely to be on Tuesday. Le Maire said he fell sharply by 79.20 per cent ciations to protest against union hit on Wednesday due to a nationwide strike called by 10 central had a "long discussion" on the to 67,562 tonne in December government's policies including trade unions. Most of the lenders have already informed stock telephone Monday with his US 2019, due to price disparity in labour reforms, foreign direct exchanges about the January 8 strike and its impact on banking counterpart Steven Mnuchin. soybean meal, industry body investment (FDI) and privati- services. Various bank employee associations, including AIBEA, All "We have given ourselves SEA said on Tuesday. sation, according to a Personnel India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOA), BEFI, INBEF, INBOC and exactly 15 days" to solve the The country had shipped ministry order. Bank Karmachari Sena Mahasangh (BKSM), have expressed their issue at the OECD, and urged 3,24,927 tonne of oilmeals The Central Trade Union, willingness to participate in the strike. Banking services like deposit Washington not to impose during December 2018. except Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh, and withdrawal, cheque clearing and instrument issuance are sanctions during this time. Le Oilmeals are used as animal and their affiliates in different expected to be impacted due to the strike. However, services at Maire also met in Paris with feed in poultry and other sec- sectors are mobilising workers ernment departments, it said and that misconduct by the gov- private sector banks are unlikely to be impacted. Nearly 25 crore EU Trade Commissioner Phil tors. and employees for their pro- existing instructions prohibit a ernment employees is required people are likely to take part in an all-India strike on Wednesday to Hogan, who stressed the bloc Overall shipment of However, export posed nationwide general strike government servant from par- to be dealt with in accordance protest against the government's "anti-people" policies. Trade unions would "stand together with oilmeals during April- of castormeal on January 8, to protest against ticipating in any form of strike with law, it said. INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, France" in the dispute. December period of the cur- some of the central government including mass casual leave etc. "All officers are also request- UTUC along with various sectoral independent federations and rent fiscal declined by 25 per jumped by nearly policies and press for 12-point It said the right to form the ed not to sanction casual leave associations had adopted a declaration in September last to go on a cent to 18.02 lakh tonne as 60 per cent to common demands of the work- association does not include or any other kind of leave to the nationwide strike on January 8, 2020. "The Ministry of Labour has against 24.11 lakh tonne a year 4,69,248 tonne in ing class relating to minimum any guaranteed right to strike or officers and employees, if failed to assure on any of the demands of workers which called a ago, according to the Solvent wage and social security among protest. "There is no statutory applied for, during the period of meeting on January 2, 2020. The attitude of the government is that of Extractors' Association of December 2019 others. "Any employee going on provision empowering the proposed strike, and ensure contempt towards labour as we construe from its policies and India (SEA). from 2,92,511 tonne strike in any form would face the employees to go on strike," the that willing officers are allowed actions," the 10 CTUs said in a joint statement. "We expect "This is mainly due to dis- in December 2018 consequences which, besides ministry said. hindrance free entry into the participation of not less than 25 crore of working people in the parity in export of oilmeals, deduction of wages, may also The Supreme Court has also office premises," said the order, forthcoming National General Strike on January 8, 2020, to be specifically soybean meal due include appropriate disciplinary agreed in several judgements also issued to the Central followed by many more actions seeking reversal of the anti-worker, to higher minimum support while that of rice bran extract action," the order said. In a mis- that going on a strike is a grave Industrial Security Force (CISF) anti-people, anti-national policies of the Government," it said. price (MSP) of beans which to 3,550 tonne from 49,060 sive issued to all central gov- misconduct under the rules asking it to ensure strict vigil. makes the domestic soybean tonne in the said period, it meal expensive in interna- added. Kia Motors India tional market compared to However, export of cas- appoints Tae-Jin other origins," the SEA said in tormeal jumped by nearly 60 Park as ED a statement. per cent to 4,69,248 tonne in Next ranking of states for Asia stocks rebound The shipment of soyabean December 2019 from 2,92,511 NEW DELHI: Kia Motors India extract fell significantly to tonne in December 2018. (KMI) on Tuesday said it has 5,876 tonne during December South East Asian nations, as Iran fears ease, but appointed Tae-Jin Park as 2019 from 1,70,588 tonne in the Middle East as well as EODB likely in March Executive Director and Chief the year-ago period, it said. European countries like PNS n NEW DELHI Sales Officer with immediate Similarly, export of rapeseed Germany besides the US are traders stay on alert effect. Park, who replaces extract declined to 24,609 main export market for Indian The Commerce and Industry Yong S Kim, will be tonne from 87,106 tonne, oilmeals. Ministry is likely to release the PNS n HONG KONG responsible for driving Kia next index to rank states and Asian markets Motors' sales, marketing, union territories (UTs) in Equities rebounded while oil were broadly service and network terms of ease of doing business and safe-haven gold retreated higher, with Tokyo development in the Indian in March, a senior official Tuesday as fears of a Middle ending 1.6 % up, market, the company said in a Gold prices fall Rs 420 said. East conflict abated for now, but statement. Kim is moving back "It will be released in end of investors remained on alert for Hong Kong adding to Kia Motors Corporation February or March. Due to any escalation after the US 0.3% and Shanghai headquarters in Seoul. He had on stronger rupee elections, the release got assassination of a top Iranian rising 0.7% played an instrumental role in delayed," the official said. general. With few major devel- establishing Kia in India, PNS n NEW DELHI Rs 41,630 per 10 gram. HDFC The exercise is aimed at opments in the crisis fuelled by setting up its sales network Securities Head - Advisory triggering competition among the killing of Qasem Soleimani were also up, while Wellington and contributed to positioning Gold prices corrected by Rs 420 (PCG) Devarsh Vakil said, states to improve business cli- last week, traders were able to was marginally higher and the brand amongst the top five to Rs 41,210 per 10 gram in the "Stronger rupee and profit- mate in order to attract domes- Promotion of Industry and Chhattisgarh (6), Madhya turn their attention back to the Taipei eased slightly. automobile manufacturers in national capital on Tuesday booking in international tic and global investors. Internal Trade (DPIIT) in col- Pradesh (7), Karnataka global economic outlook and In early trade London rose just four months of amid a stronger rupee gold prices affected the State governments are tak- laboration with the World (8), Rajasthan (9) and West the US-China trade deal sign- 0.1 per cent, Paris gained 0.4 per operations, it added. and profit-booking domestic rates. ing several steps such as setting Bank conducts an annual Bengal (10). ing planned for January 15. cent and Frankfurt climbed Commenting on the in international Traders are opti- up single window system for reform exercise for all The ranking is based on a Wall Street provided a posi- 0.6 per cent. Observers said the appointment, Kia Motors India market for precious mistic about better approvals to improve ease of states/UTs under the Business combined score consisting of tive lead, with all three main limited impact on markets was Managing Director & CEO metal, according to demand after doing business. Reform Action Plan (BRAP). reform evidence score that is indexes reversing early losses to mostly because the standoff was Kookhyun Shim said Park HDFC Securities. January 15 as mar- The parameters include In the last ranking released based on evidence uploaded by end in the green as traders wel- not expected to have a massive comes with immense Silver prices also riage season and areas such as construction in July 2018, Andhra Pradesh states/UTs and feedback score comed strong service sector impact on global growth. knowledge of global markets plummeted by Rs festive demand permit, labour regulation, topped the chart. Telangana that is based on response gar- data from the US, Europe and The shift back to riskier and expertise in penetrating a 830 to Rs 48,600 per kg starts." environmental registration, and Haryana were at the sec- nered from actual users Britain that provided hope that assets saw oil prices retreat, hav- new market. "We have from Rs 49,430 per kg on The rupee appreciated access to information, land ond and third positions, of services provided to busi- the worldwide growth slow- ing rallied almost seven per cent witnessed a huge demand for Monday. by 22 paise to 71.71 against the availability and single win- respectively. nesses. The report to be down was easing. Asian mar- in the previous two days. Gold Seltos in India and the love for Gold hit its all-time high level US dollar in early trade on dow system. Others in the top ten were released this year will rank kets were broadly higher, with slipped from six-and-a-half- brand Kia grows continuously. on Monday and later closed at Tuesday. The Department for Jharkhand (4), Gujarat (5), states for 2018. Tokyo ending 1.6 per cent up, year highs. "Putting to one side Hong Kong adding 0.3 per the heat and noise of the events cent and Shanghai rising 0.7 per of the last few days, and in the cent. Sydney climbed more absence of further violence and LIQUIDATION PROCESS than one per cent, while Seoul escalations, the reality is that jumped one per cent and very little has changed," said Singapore put on 0.7 per cent. CMC Market analyst Michael Secured creditor cannot sell assets to entities ineligible Manila, Mumbai and Bangkok Hewson in a note. PNS n NEW DELHI not eligible under the code to The release said the IBBI has notified submit a resolution plan for Escalation of US-Iran tension to impact A secured creditor cannot sell insolvency resolution of the assets of a company undergo- changes to the liquidation process corporate debtor. India's exports to Gulf nation: FIEO ing liquidation process to any regulations with effect from January 6. "The amendment provides NEW DELHI: Escalation of tension person barred from submitting The amendment also provides a process that a secured creditor, who between the US and Iran will an insolvency resolution plan, proceeds to realise its security impact India's exports to the as per a new amendment made for a stakeholder to seek withdrawal interest, shall contribute its Persian Gulf nation, apex to the norms by the Insolvency from the corporate liquidation account share of the insolvency resolu- exporters body FIEO said on and Bankruptcy Board of India tion process cost, liquidation Tuesday. Tensions between Iran (IBBI). Besides, a secured cred- process cost and workmen's and the US has increased after an itor will have to contribute its effect from January 6. The debtor, shall not be a party in dues, within 90 days of the liq- American drone strike killed top share towards insolvency res- amendment also provides a any manner to a compromise uidation commencement date," Iranian General last week. Federation of Indian Export olution and liquidation process process for a stakeholder to or arrangement of the corpo- the release said. Organisations (FIEO) President Sharad Kumar Saraf said, "Iran is a costs and workmen's dues seek withdrawal from the cor- rate debtor under section 230 Also, the secured creditor key trading partner of India. So far exporters have not flagged any within 90 days of the liquida- porate liquidation account. of the Companies Act, 2013," has to pay excess of realised concerns related with exports to Iran". However, if the tensions tion commencement date, an "The amendment clarifies it said. value of the asset, which is sub- escalates, it may have an effect on India's exports to Iran, Saraf official release said on Tuesday. ket-linked resolution process ty goes for liquidation. that a person, who is not eligi- Further, a secured creditor ject to security interest, over the said. He also said that due to existing trade sanctions on Iran, The Insolvency and for stressed corporates. In case The release said the IBBI has ble under the code to submit a cannot sell or transfer an asset, amount of its claims admitted, Iranian shipping lines are only taking Indian consignments to that Bankruptcy Code (IBC) pro- the resolution process does notified changes to the liqui- resolution plan for insolvency which is subject to security within 180 days of the liqui- country. vides for time-bound and mar- not materialise, then the enti- dation process regulations with resolution of the corporate interest, to any person who is dation commencement date. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Wednesday January 8, 2020 NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH ENOUGH Hyderabad-based Shekar Goud is the first triple amputee from India to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus, and is preparing to scale seven summits, finds V SATEESH REDDY isability is never ticipated in more than 66 along with my team led by a barrier when running events,” Shekar Bharat Tammineni. I’m you believe your- Goud tells The Pioneer with planning to scale five sum- self, says the 29- his head held high. mits in five continents to D year-old Shekar “I got prosthetics for my complete the seven summits Goud who is into amputated limbs and took expedition.” Shekar is plan- mountaineering, cycling, up cycling and moun- ning to climb Mount badminton, swimming and taineering,” he shares adding Kosciuszko, Australia’s high- other activities despite the “I participated in many est mountain, which is at hardships he faced in life group cycling events before, 2,228 metres above sea- that would have stopped but I always wanted people level, in March 2020. others from living life to the to know that people with Presently, Shekar works in fullest. In 2014, while talk- I participated in disabilities too can do any- a private hospital as a med- ing on the phone he was thing they want. I finished a ical records in-charge. He electrocuted due to which many group cycling race from Kashmir said that he struggled a lot the doctors had to amputate cycling events to Kanyakumari in 2016. It for funds for his mountaine- his left leg, right hand and before, but I always was a memorable experi- ering expeditions and was toes on his right foot. He felt ence for me as many people able to complete them with his life became miserable wanted people to know said that they were inspired the help of some sponsors. after that and went into that people with by my efforts.” Shekar lamented the fact depression. disabilities too can do Shekar is the first triple that disabled people get very “After the incident, I just amputee from India to less or no support, especially used to stay at home. I was anything they want. I climb Mount Kilimanjaro when it comes to them tak- depressed with no hope in finished a cycling race and Mount Elbrus. When ing up different kinds of life. But soon, with the help from Kashmir to asked whether he took sports. He opined that they of my friends, I gathered my training in mountaineering, will reach new heights if strength and confidence and Kanyakumari in 2016. It Shekar says, “I didn’t under- they get proper encourage- put my mind to proving was a memorable go any training, but I ment from the government. myself that even after experience for me as many learned the basics by partic- “My message for people like becoming a triple amputee, ipating in many trekking me is never give up and we I can do whatever I want to. people said that they were events. I am happy about can do better than what So I began participating in inspired by my efforts scaling Mount Elbrus and they called as normal peo- marathons. Till date, I par- Mount Kilimanjaro in 2019 ple,” he concluded.

WhileWhile itit isis A night of toughtough toto eveneven createcreate oneone GuinnessGuinness music and record,record, TaekwondoTaekwondo memories playerplayer SaiSai DeepakDeepak PatelPatel hashas justjust setset hishis fourthfourth one,one, PNSPNS

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Vijayawada Wednesday January 8, 2020 what’s brewing? I always Christian Bale to join Thor: tell Aamir not to LOVE AND THUNDER? leave ollywood star Christian Bale is The Dark Knight Rises. The film will also feature Tessa in negotiations to join Marvel It’s unclear what role the 45-year-old Thompson’s Valkyrie. Raju Cinematic Universe with a actor would be playing in the film, Waititi revealed last week that the pre- H pivotal role in Thor: Love and reported Variety. production of the film will start in April Thunder. Thor: Ragnarok filmmaker Taika and the team will start shooting from Hirani: If the deal closes, the film Waititi is directing the fourth movie in August in Australia. will mark Bale’s return to the superhero the franchise, with Chris Hemsworth Marvel Studios or parent company genre eight years after he concluded reprising his titular superhero and Disney have not responded to the report ANIL Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy with Natalie Portman returning as Jane Foster. yet. KAPOOR

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BOY' in ctor Anil Kapoor, who Kapoor gave example of next will be seen Hollywood actors and filmmakers onscreen in Malang, while backing his viewpoint: “If revealed that he always you see Martin Scorsese, Robert Elvis Presley A tells superstar Aamir De Niro, Leonardo Khan not to stop work- DiCaprioa they do so many ing with filmmaker Rajkumar films together. They can biopic Hirani. work with others, too, but Kapoor was interacting with the they keep working with merica’s sweetheart veteran media at the trailer launch of each other. There is some actor Tom Hanks says he is Malang along with his co-actors magic, obviously. You set to play a ‘bad guy’ in Adtiya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani, have to go with the the Elvis Presley biopic and Elli AvRam, film’s director Mohit casting but somewhere A he hopes to prove the Suri and producers Luv Ranjan, I feel teams should naysayers wrong that he Bhushan Kumar, Ankur Garg and stand by each other.” can only play the good guy. Jay Shewakraman on Monday in Malang stars The actor, who was feted with the Mumbai. Aditya Roy Kapur, Cecille B DeMille award at the recent- Anil Kapoor has worked with Disha Patani, Anil ly concluded Golden Globes ceremo- many directors and produers in Kapoor and Kunal ny, is playing Presley’s shifty talent his 40-year acting career. Talking Khemu in lead manager Colonel Tom Parker in Baz about camp culture in Hindi film roles. It is sched- Luhrmann’s untitled biopic on the industry and praising makers of uled to release on legendary musician. Malang, Kapoor said: “I feel we February 7. Newcomer Austin Butler is playing need producers like Ankur (Garg) Presley. and Luv (Ranjan). I have told “If all goes according to plan, I’ll be Mohit (Suri) to continue doing playing Colonel Tom Parker to Austin films with them. I always tell Butler’s Elvis Presley and hopefully I Aamir Khan by calling will then finally have an answer to all him on phone to say that your stupid questions about why I you should not leave will never play a bad guy. Raju Hirani”. I think I’m about to do that. That’s Whenever I see films who I am playing next,” Hanks, 63, of both of them, I tell said backstage after accepting the Aamir not to leave honour. him.” The actor, who will be flying to He continued: “I Australia to shoot the biopic, also sent feel whenever you out ‘good thoughts to Australia for make a good team what’s going on down there” in the then you should hold wake of the devastating bushfires. on to it. Team is very important and there are certain stars that come together to make something interesting and exciting.” FUN

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'96 remake Transitioning to titled Jaanu nveiling the first look on Tuesday, comedy was not the makers of ’96 Telugu remake, U starring Sharwanand and Samantha, have announced Jaanu as the film’s title. Sharwa, who is playing a travel photogra- pher, is seen in the poster, easy: RASHMIKA taking photo of a herd of camels in a desert. n her brief role in Sarileru Neekevvaru took her number and decid- Describing the film as a Tollywood career, required her to open up like ed to stay in touch with her. I heart-touching love story, Rashmika Rashmika never before. “I star as an hope we do a film together producer Dil Raju said, Mandanna has overly dramatic character someday,” she reveals. “We’ve wrapped up shoot- Mandanna, I been a part of whose job is to tease Mahesh She is extremely happy ing and it is currently in films where she garu’s character a lot. The with the appreciation her post-production. Both whose brief shone as an actor. Her last, role also has a purpose in the dance garnered for the He’s Sharwa and Sam have Dear Comrade, in which she story and a closure as well. so cute, he’s so handsome… sunk their teeth into their but notable played a cricketer who battles Having mostly played emo- dance number. The dance parts, while director Prem mental health issues, had tional roles till now, transi- has become a big hit on Kumar has shot it beauti- career in won her accolades. So, when tioning to comedy was not TikTok, with many girls imi- fully. Govind Vasantha’s Anil Ravipudi, director of easy. Which is why, I asked tating Rashmika’s cute act. music and Mahendran’s Sarileru Neekevvaru, approa- Anil garu to perform my “For a step to be emulated by cinematography will be an Tollywood so ched her with the story, she scenes. I’m a very good copy a number of people, it has to added asset to the film. was looking for a role who cat. I observed him and be easy and the same time We will release the teaser far, talks to does more than just look grasped his nuances to later new. We know the number and songs shortly.” pretty, shake a leg with the enact the same in front of the would click but we didn’t Although our sources NAGARAJ hero and fade away, fit to camera through my body expect this level of apprecia- indicate that Raju is look- resurface only in the climax. language,” she points out. tion,” she states, further ing to release the film on GOUD about “During the narration, when She admits to have been a revealing that when she came February 21, he has Anil sir described mine and bundle of nerves to strike a to the sets for the Mind Block refrained from announc- how she Sangeetha garu’s portions, I conversation with actor- song, the makers were ing the date. felt it’s a performance-driven turned-politician Vijaya unaware whether she can The original, a com- adapted to role infused with a lot of Shanti, who is making her dance or not. “But somehow mentary on how we ought comedy. I’m at a phase where film comeback after 13 years. they let me experiment on to respect the past because play a different I want to know what I am She finally spoke to her in sets. To their surprise I per- it never really leaves us, capable off, so I’m experi- the Kerala schedule and they formed my step well. They told the story of K. kind of role in menting. It is an added both hit it off instantly. were like, ‘Oh, you know Ramachandran (played by bonus for me that I get to act “Once I started speaking to how to dance?’ I told them Vijay Sethupati), a travel Sarileru in a film with Mahesh Babu her, I stayed with her all the no matter what the situation photographer, who sets off sir and Vijaya Shanti ma’am,” time for the next couple of is I will rise to the occasion. on a path down memory Neekevvaru she explains. days. She doled out advice on We shot the song last month lane after he visits his She is known for her subtle career, life, dance, and how to and people will enjoy in on school in his hometown approach to acting but the ace action sequences. I later the big screen soon.” Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. During a reunion with his classmates in Chennai, he meets Janaki (Trisha), his childhood sweetheart and they both go through a flood of emotions. Prem hasn’t tweaked the script REGINA to much for the remake. play an archeologist egina Cassandra, this effect, I earnestly felt that who bounced Apple Tree Studios should back into venture its film journey with Tollywood with one such movie and that’s R Evaru last year, when I came across the nar- will be playing ration of Caarthick Raju. the lead in new-age Tamil Furthermore, I could easily director Caarthick Raju’s see how Regina Cassandra’s next. To be shot in Telugu screen presence is going to and Tamil simultaneous- enhance the film,” he said. ly, the film is a mystery Regina, who will be seen as drama laced with action, an archeologist in the film, is adventure, comedy and undergoing rigorous training thrills. It will go to sets to ace her stunts. from January 13 in Manmadhudu 2 fame Coutrallam, Tamil Akshara Gowda is Nadu. A major chunk on board to of the filming will play an take place at real loca- important tions. role. Raj Shekar Varma, Bunny gets who is producing the film under the Apple Tree Studios, said that the film’s storyline kept him surprised at many points. “Of late, it’s hearten- emotional at ing to see that strong female- centric films are on the rise in the South film industry. To Ala… concert ike its “The popularity of along with S. Radha Puri lends support to his protégé sound- music bands is on the rise Krishna. track, the and recently my wife, “We generally don’t like he filming of praised Rupesh for believing Wrapped up in 35 days L musical Sneha, asked me to accom- talking about each other. action-thriller, 22, in him and meeting his flat, the film also features concert of pany her to a band’s per- He introduced me as an starring newcom- demands on the production Vikramjeet Virk, Devi Ala formance. Later, I told her actor and seven out of the T ers, Rupesh Kumar front. “Besides being a source Prasad, Jaya Prakash, Ravi Vaikunthapuramlo star- that I want one of the total 20 films I’ve acted in Choudhary and of encouragement, his pro- Varma, Pooja Ramach- ring Allu Arjun, which songs of my next film to are through Geetha Arts. Saloni Misra, in duction house assisted me in andran, Krishna Chaitanya was held in Hyderabad be performed by one such But I’ve never thanked lead roles has been complet- getting whatever I needed for and Rajashri Nair among on Monday evening was band. Later, during one of him on a public forum or ed. A production venture of the film,” Shiva said. others in supporting roles. a super hit affair. The the music sessions for Ala at home. But now I say, Rupesh himself, under the film’s unit managed to Vaikunthapuramlo, Trivi- Thank you dad. After the Maa Aai Productions, the gather all the singers kram garu and Thaman birth of my son Ayaan, I’ve film marks the directorial who crooned for the film garu wanted to know what realised I can’t be as great debut of prominent producer and perform to an atten- kind of a song I was look- a dad as my dad. Even if I BA Raju’s son, Shiva Kumar. dance. ing. Then I told about the become half of what he is, Shiva had assisted Puri From the thought I had. I told them I will consider it as an Jagannadh and Maruthi earli- present that everyone should go achievement,” the actor er. Fittingly, it was Puri who musical mad about the songs and it said, his voice choked with unveiled the film’s teaser on sensation, Sid should cross millions of emotions, as Aravind Tuesday. “I have watched the Sriram, who views. And that’s how the rushed from the seating film and it’s too good. I have sang the record- tune for Samajavar- facility to give his son a a lot of confidence in Shiva’s breaking agamana was made by tight embrace. talent and I wish to see him Samajavaragamana, to Thaman. Seetharamasastry He further added that as a big director in the futu- Bollywood singer Armaan garu gave life to it with his his dad is highly misun- re,” Puri said, after unveiling Malik who sang Butta pen. Sid Sriram took it to derstood. the look. Bomma, the singers enthr- another level with his ren- “He is not a tough guy. Thanking Puri for taking alled the audience with dition. Overall, I felt we If you are good to him you him under his wing for all their energy. The only have a good song in hand. won’t find sweeter person these years and now taking absentee was Shreya However, I promise you, I than him. But if you are time to launch the first Ghoshal who recorded the never expected it to create crooked, he will be glimpse of debut film, Shiva female version of Samaja- the sensation it did now. crooked as well. He’s been said that the iSmart Shankar varagamana last month. Not even in my dreams,” in the film business for director lauded his team after Later, addressing the he declared. over 45 years and only a watching the teaser. “He was crowd, Allu Arjun said The actor later took the man with a pure heart can impressed with the film’s that he didn’t expect opportunity to thank his survive this long. He background score by Sai Samajavaragamana to elic- father, Allu Aravind, who deserves Padma Shri,” Kartheek,” Shiva said. He also it the response it did. co-produced the film Arjun suggested. — NG VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 8, 2020 sport 12

Rohit up for No double INDIA NEED 143 TO WIN headers in NZ challenge a hat-trick of fours to end the innings with a flourish as the PTI n NEW DELHI Rohit gives pep fast bowler returned figures of 1/31 in his four overs. IPL 2020 lethal bowling talk to Mumbai Shardul Thakur (3/23) was Aattack that exe- the pick of the bowlers for the IANS n NEW DELHI cutes its plans to near Ranji team hosts but it was Saini (2/18) who perfection makes impressed the most as Kuldeep hile the 2020 edition of the New Zealand one of PTI n MUMBAI Yadav (2/38) also picked up two WIndian Premier League the toughest places to wickets. (IPL) is set to get underway at the play cricket, says top enior India player Rohit For the Lankans, Kusal Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai India batsman Rohit SSharma on Tuesday gave a Perera top-scored with a 28-ball on March 29, the final will be Sharma but also pep talk to the Mumbai Ranji 34 (3x6). The Sri Lanka open- played on May 24. The 57-day asserts that he is Trophy team, which has suf- ers looked good against India’s window also means that host ready for the chal- fered back-to-back defeats at pace trio of Bumrah, Shardul broadcasters Star are likely to lenge coming up next home. and Saini before Kohli went to have their way and there will be month. Mumbai lost to Railways Washington Sundar (1/29) and no double headers. The starting After three hun- first by 10 wickets at the the spinner did the trick as time is almost dreds, including a Wankhede Stadium and were Fernando (22) hit straight to certain to be double against South then thrashed by domestic mid off where Saini took a sim- 7:30 pm. Africa in his first Test heavyweights Karnataka at ple catch. Sources series as an opener, the Bandra-Kurla Complex Sri Lanka raced to 48/1 in the know Rohit will be facing ground by five wickets on after six overs but just as of developments confirmed that an attack comprising Sunday. Gunathilaka was looking good the 2020 edition will be played Neil Wagner, Matt A source in the Mumbai as he thumped Shardul Thakur over 57 days and the longer Henry, Trent Boult team, who was present on the for a four down mid off in the window means that double head- and Tim Southee in occasion, said India’s limited sixth over, a Navdeep Saini ers could now be a thing of the the two Test matches overs vice captain “spoke to thunderbolt at 147.5 kph beat past. in Wellington and the Mumbai Ranji team on him all ends up to rattle the “While the full schedule isn’t Christchurch in how to overcome the current stumps. He was gone for 20. ready yet, the final is set to be February. situation” at the suburban In-form Perera welcomed played on May 24 and with the “New Zealand is BKC facility. Kuldeep with a six over deep tournament starting on March not the easiest place He comes to the BKC for midwicket in the 12th over. But 29, you obviously get a longer to play cricket. Last training and had batted in the the chinaman bowler, who window than say 45 days. So, time, we lost the Test nets on Sunday. recently became the first Indian there should be no issue in series (0-1) but we Mumbai coach Vinayak to take two hat-tricks in inter- accommodating one game a day. gave a good fight. But Samant, bowling coach national cricket, had the last In fact, it should be a walk in the this bowling attack Pradeep Sundaram and team laugh as he got Oshada park for those chalking out how of ours is completely manager Ajinkya Naik were Fernando (10) stumped in the matches will be played over 57 different from what also present on the occa- third ball of the same over. days,” the source said. we had back then,” sion. Perera reverse pulled Asked about the starting Rohit said. The 41-time domestic Kuldeep for a six in the first ball time, considering that Star is “For me person- champions will take on Tamil of the 14th over as Sri Lanka keen on an early start, the source ally, it’s going to be a Nadu in an away game at the looked to up the ante, but in the said it was almost certain that challenge without M A Chidambaram Stadium very next delivery Kuldeep games will start at 7:30 pm and doubt, facing the new in Chennai from January 11. Shardul Thakur, right, celebrates the dismissal of Lasith Malinga, left, during the second Twenty20I match in Indore AP once again emerged victorious it isn’t just about the broadcast- ball bowlers and the Skipper Suryakumar as the batsman holed out to ers, it is also about how late guys who bowl in the Yadav, who is travelling to IANS n INDORE Virat Kohli decided to field first runs. Shikhar Dhawan at long on try- games finished last season. middle overs,” he Rohit Sharma in a file picture PTI New Zealand with India A after his counterpart Lasith Danushka Gunathilaka and ing to clear the boundary. But franchises believe that said. squad, won’t be available for he Indian bowlers fired in Malinga called wrong at the Avishka Fernando hit bound- Bhanuka Rajapaksa (9) was for crowds to come in at that Rohit has been keenly watching New Zealand’s recent series the game. Tunison on Jasprit Bumrah’s toss. aries off him in the fourth over caught behind off Saini whose point in time on a working day against Australia. In the combined Group return to international cricket Bumrah, who has been out as India’s premier pacer looked searing pace caused the batters is almost impossible. Even though New Zealand were soundly thrashed 0-3, Rohit A and B standings, Mumbai with Navdeep Saini shining of action after India’s tour of the a bit rusty starting off but in the a lot of trouble as Sri Lanka Even in case of double head- loved the fact that their bowling unit is more consistent in exe- are languishing at the 13th bright as they restricted Sri West Indies in July-August due end bowled a superbly dis- reached 104/5 after 15 overs. ers, franchises have said that it cuting plans compared to some of the other international attacks. spot as of now, having won Lanka to 142/9 in the second to a stress fracture on his back, guised slower one to castle In the last five overs, the vis- was the broadcasters who weren’t “...They come up with plans and stick to them. It’s one thing one game and lost two. Only T20 international at the Holkar started off with a wide in the Dasun Shanaka in the 17th over. itors managed just 34 runs, los- too keen on having 4 pm games, to make a plan without being able to execute it and another to five teams from combined A Stadium here on Tuesday. first ball of the match and was Bumrah was taken for 12 in ing four wickets as Shardul but the source said that even rev- make a plan and implement it to the T. That makes a lethal bowl- and B Group can make to the All eyes were on the return- hit for a four in the second as the final over by Wanindu picked up three in quick succes- enue generation wise it is a ing combination.” knockouts. ing Bumrah after India captain he finished conceding seven Hasaranga (16 not out) who hit sion. problem for the teams. SINGLES Taylor credits Crowe LEHMANN QUITS SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER HACK Burns out of Sydney: Former Australia cricket coach Darren for rise in Tests Lehmann quit social media on Tuesday after his Twitter Master Stokes account was hacked and used to post “vile” content, n n Lanka tour including anti-Iran messages. The 49-year-old is now IANS SYDNEY AFP CAPE TOWN coach of Brisbane Heat in Big Bash League and he was LONDON: England opening batsman focused on their upset win over Sydney Thunder on fter he became New Zealand’s lead- en Stokes produced an explosive spell Rory Burns will miss the tour of Sri Monday when the incident occurred. The person Aing Test run-scorer, an emotional Bof bowling as England beat South Lanka in March after undergoing suc- responsible used his account to promote anti-Iran Ross Taylor has credited former Kiwi Africa by 189 runs inside the last hour cessful surgery on ruptured liga- messages and propaganda to Lehmann's 341,000 skipper Martin Crowe for influencing of the fifth day of the second Test at ments in his left ankle, the England followers. Lehmann said he was stunned and upset by and shaping his skills in the longest for- Newlands on Tuesday. and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) what happened, with Twitter having since resolved the mat of the game. The win levelled the four-match announced on Tuesday. problem and removed the content. Taylor achieved the feat on the World Test championship series. The 29-year-old suffered the fourth day of the third Test against South Africa were bowled out for injury playing football — part of the DE ROSSI RETIRES FROM FOOTBALL Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground 248, with the last wicket falling when squad’s warm-up routine — last Buenos Aires: Veteran former Italy international on Monday. The 35-year-old has 7,174 only 8.2 overs were left in the match. Thursday on the eve of the second ‘Nothing tougher than Daniele De Rossi announced his retirement from runs from 99 Tests and 174 innings, Stokes took the last three wickets in Test against South Africa in Cape football, just six months after joining Argentine giants averaging 46.28, including 19 centuries the space of 14 balls to clinch the victo- Town. Boca Juniors. De Rossi played only seven matches for and 33 fifties. ry. He finished with three for 35. There was a lot of criticism of playing India in India’ the Buenos Aires outfit, scoring once, but said he Speaking at the post-match press South Africa defied the England England’s practice of playing football needed to return home for family reasons. “I need to go conference, Taylor said he had always bowlers for most of the day. Only three following the injury to Burns and it PTI n SYNDEY home. I'm leaving Boca and football,” said the 36-year- believed himself to be a white wickets fell before tea as South Africa has now been banned by head coach old former Italy and Roma midfielder. “I'm leaving a club ball batsman but it was defended grimly after starting the day on Chris Silverwood with the support of onsidered another Australian legend that has entered my heart, this sport, my passion.” De Crowe who helped him 126 for two after being set an improba- Ashley Giles, England’s director of Cin making, young batsman Marnus Rossi, who suffered several injuries during his time in become a serious Test ble 438 to win. men’s cricket. Labuschagne is keen to test his skills Argentina, insisted that he has “no serious health batsman. “My goal was to Opening batsman Pieter Malan, Burns’ injury was the second rel- against India, which he says is the tough- problems” but merely felt “the need to be closer to my play one Test match,” he making his debut, made 84 in 369 min- atively serious injury to an England est place to travel on a cricket assignment. family, to my daughter. I miss them and they miss me”. said. utes and 288 balls before he fell to Sam cricketer playing football prior to a Labuschagne, 25, had a remarkable “I guess it’s an Curran with the second new ball. game in just over a year. Test summer during which he scored four PRAJNESH OUT FROM BENDIGO CHALLENGER emotional time But he was the only player to be Jonny Bairstow was injured and hundreds in five Tests, including a dou- Bendigo: Prajnesh Gunneswaran fought hard before because my men- dismissed before lunch and tea. missed several matches during a tour ble century against New Zealand in the going down against Japanese Taro Daniel in the second tor Martin Crowe, It meant England needed Van der Dussen batted for 194 min- of Sri Lanka in October 2018. just-concluded third Test. round of the Bendigo Challenger event on Tuesday. that was one of five wickets in the last session, utes and 140 balls, scoring only 17, “England opening batsman Rory As the focus shifts from the red to Prajnesh lost 4-6, 6-7(4) to the Japanese, ranked 16 the goals he put with a minimum of 31 overs before falling to a smart tactical move Burns has undergone successful white ball format, Labuchagne is gearing places above him at number 122 at the $162480 ATP down for me to be bowled. by England. He had been batting solid- surgery on ruptured ligaments in his up for a tough test after being named in Challenger event. The Indian could convert just one of was to be New Quinton de Kock fell to ly against Stuart Broad when James left ankle,” read the ECB statement. the Australian squad for the three-match the six break chances he created while he saved six of Zealand’s high- a rare loose shot after he and Anderson moved to leg slip and Van Der "Surgery took place in London on series, starting January 14 in Mumbai. the eight break points he faced in the one-hour-30- est Test run- Rassie van der Dussen had Dussen promptly glance the next ball Monday afternoon. “Whenever you play India, it’s a tough minute contest. “It was a close match but I had a lot of scorer. To be batted together for more straight to Anderson. “The Surrey captain is expected series because they’re a very tough oppo- chances but I could not convert. I made a lot of errors. honest, I did- than two hours. De Kock, Stokes produced an inspired spell of to be out of action for up to four sition. They’ve got great batters and I was aggressive and tried to attack and that was the n’t believe who made 50, had been fast, hostile, short-pitched deliveries to months. He will miss England’s Test bowlers, so it’s going to be a challenge,” positive from today's match,” Prajnesh said. him, but I’d troubled by Joe Denly's have Dwaine Pretorius and Anrich tour of Sri Lanka in March and is aim- Labuschagne was quoted as saying by have loved leg-spinners into rough Nortje caught in the slips off successive ing to return to play with Surrey in Cricket Australia website. BRAVO NAMED FACE OF 10PL-WWORLD CUP for him to be outside his off stump -- but balls before he took the final wicket the County Championship at the “But as a player you always want to test Dubai: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was here and fell to a short ball which he when Vernon Philander was caught at beginning of the 2020 season in yourself against the best opposition in the named the face of the third edition of the 10PL-World help cele- pulled to midwicket. gully. April.” AFP toughest conditions, and there’s nothing Cup of tennis ball cricket, to be held in Sharjah from tougher than India in India.” March 8-13. A total 20 teams will compete in the week- Just 14 Tests old, Labuschagne is long tournament, to be held under the aegis of the likely to claim the third position on the Sharjah Cricket Council. “I am delighted to be the face Langer takes coaching break ICC Test rankings, behind India’s Virat of the 10PL World Cup of tennis ball cricket tournament. Paine eyes ‘mouth-watering’ Test series against India Kohli and his compatriot Steve Smith. I have learnt a lot of my key tricks that I am sure many PTI n SYDNEY As a result, Australia Australia’s struggle India, are eyeing off that PTI n SYDNEY He has already drawn comparisons of the players in the tournament will employ, especially humbled Pakistan in both against India in the last final so every point is with these modern-day greats but the use of slower ball and yorkers,” Bravo said. heir confidence soar- the Tests inside four days summer reflected in their going to be critical. If we ustralia coach Justin Langer is taking a break Labuschagne played down the plaudits. Ting high after five Test and scored dominant vic- batting as the highest can continue our upward Aand will not travel to India, where his senior “For people to speak like that is TURAN RETURNING TO BARCA FROM BASAKSEHIR wins in a row, Australia tories over the Kiwis. individual score was trend that we’ve shown in assistant Andrew McDonald will lead the side in amazing, but there’s a lot more work to be Barcelona: Turkish international Arda Turan ended his skipper Time Paine says A sense of confidence opener Marcus Harris’s the last 12 months, then the three-match series ODI series, starting done before anything like that can be loan spell with Basaksehir Istanbul on Tuesday and will they can’t wait to host has replaced desperation 79 in the final Test in you’re potentially look- January 14. talked about,” he said. return to Barcelona after two years marked by violence India for a “mouth-water- as Paine spoke of India’s Sydney but this season ing at the top couple of The 38-year-old McDonald will be in charge “Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli, Steve on and off the pitch. "During a meeting yesterday, our ing” series later this year tour which is still a year they had a triple-century teams that are in the top of the national men’s side for the Smith — those guys have been doing it for player Arda Turan asked approval from our president but revenge is certainly away. (Warner), a double-centu- two or three, in the world. first time and Langer is con- five, six, seven years. To have one good Goksel Gumusdag to leave to write a new chapter in his not on their minds. “If we go to ry (Marnus Labuschagne) It’s going to be an awe- fident the former medium summer doesn’t make you a great player. career," the club said in a statement, adding that Australia had suffered Bangladesh and play well and at least one individual some series.” pacer will excel in his new So for me it’s about trying to be consis- Gumusdag approved the request. Turan, 32, joined their first ever Test series and get some wins over hundred in every Test. Paine acknowledged role. tent and trying to get Australia to win Basaksehir in January 2018 on loan from Barcelona against India at home in there, then we come back Paine said they are that India not more a side “I said to him this morning, games.” where he had struggled to impose himself since leaving the summer of 2018-19 to Australia playing India, not looking at revenge which heavily relies on ‘we’re not reinventing the wheel’. Labuschagne said competing in from Atletico Madrid in 2016. when they missed prolif- and that’s a pretty mouth- but something bigger is at their spinners, rather their He’s got a really good oppor- Sydney where conditions favoured spin- SAINZ SECURES 33RD CAREER STAGE WIN ic batsmen Steve Smith watering series for players stake. pacers are now as good tunity,” Langer was quoted as ners was a good preparation before the and David Warner, who and for fans,” Paine said. “I certainly won’t be theirs and the likes of saying by Sydney Morning India tour. Jeddah: Spain's two-time champion Carlos Sainz, were serving bans follow- “It’s hard not to be looking at it as revenge. Jasprit Bumrah, Herald. “It’s probably good preparation com- driving a Mini, shot into the overall lead after winning on ing a ball-tampering scan- looking at that, and we’ve We’re certainly a different Mohammed Shami, “He’s an excellent ing from (playing on the SCG) going to Tuesday's third stage of the Dakar Rally, his 33rd stage dal. got some people at side from what they Ishant Sharma will be fol- coach, we’ve got other India … that’s probably the closest we have victory in the race being held this year in Saudi Arabia. Australia has taken Cricket Australia already played against here last lowed keenly. excellent coaches to in Australia to spinning conditions. But Sainz clocked 3hr 48.01sec around the loop-shaped long strides since then looking ahead to that year, and there’s more at “They showed last back him up. I said with the format change, and the wickets 404km route setting out from the future megalopolis of with young batsmen rising series. But for the main stake — there’s World Test year they’ve got a pace to him I won’t ring will be different. Neom, in the north of the kingdom close to the to the occasion, their fast playing group our next Championship points at battery that’s going to be him, I’ll let him go. “I’ve got a lot of experience to lean on Jordanian border. The 57-year-old Sainz beat home bowlers doing much bet- goal is Bangladesh, and stake. every bit as good as ours He said ‘I might ring you’, that’s with guys who have played five, six, Qatar's defending champion Nasser al-Attiyah, in his ter and Smith-Warner pair we certainly can’t take “Both of the two so it’s going to be one to the difference. He’ll do a really seven years of IPL and Test tours over Toyota, by 3:31. AGENCIES getting back to the fold. that lightly.” teams, Australia and watch.” good job,” Langer said. there for Australia, so there’s a lot to learn.”