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Pradesh are apparent- account the impact of the pan- As expected, Andhra Pradesh ly sore at the GST demic and proposes that states on Sunday went past Tamil && shortfall relief plan could borrow the entire Rs 2.35 Nadu to the second spot announced recently by lakh crore and bear the inter- behind Maharashtra in the $ ! ## the Centre, though the est burden, though principal overall Covid-19 infection respective Chief could be repaid from the cess count, recording over 10,000 adapa MP YS Avinash Ministers have not hit out at the thoroughly studied the 'two proceeds. The GST shortfall cases for the fifth straight day. KReddy, a relative of Chief untenable options given by the options' given by the Centre to amount (Rs 97,000 crore) will With 10,603 fresh cases in Minister YS Jaganmohan Union Finance Ministry. meet GST shortfall. not be counted as states’ debt, 24 hours ending 9 am on Reddy, has been tested positive Telangana Chief Minister K The Centre has given two while the rest of the amount of Sunday, APs Covid-19 tally for the Coronavirus. Ahead of Chandrasekhar Rao and his AP options to meet this year’s GST Rs 1.38 lakh crore will be reached 4,24,767. YS Rajasekhara Reddy's death counterpart YS Jagan-mohan compensation shortfall of Rs counted in the books of the In the same 24-hour peri- anniversary and Chief Minister Reddy are therefore watching 2.35 lakh crore to all States. states. od, Tamil Nadu added 6,495 YS Jaganmohan Reddy's visit to other non-BJP ruled States to Option 1 has a special win- Union Finance Secretary cases, taking the State’s over Idupulapaya on September 1 devise their individual strate- dow for states, coordinated by and Expenditure Secretary will all tally to 4,22,085 cases. and 2, doctors are conducting gy for addressing the GST the Finance Ministry, to bor- hold a meeting with state Interestingly, the Coronavirus tests on the YS payout issue, sources told The row the projected shortfall of finance secretaries on Tuesday Koyambedu market in family, relatives and media Pioneer. Rs 97,000 crore only on to clarify issues relating to the Chennai was earlier representatives attending the Finance Department offi- account of GST implementa- two options. blamed for a majority of the event. In this backdrop, cials in the Telugu states have tion — and not the Covid-19 2 infections in Andhra Pradesh ! 6 Avinash Reddy was found to as it had turned a hotspot for have tested positive for the the virus. he YSRCP and the TDP that though a small State in Coronavirus. YS Avinash AP reached the 10,000 Tare trading charges population, Andhra Pradesh Reddy immediately went into cases mark on June 24, the against each other on Covid- stood second in the country home isolation. Those who PM mentions about 50,000 mark on July 20, one 19 pandemic while he ruling in number of Covid cases have been closely moving with lakh on July 27, 1.50 lakh on party was boasting of now. He lamented that him since the last few weeks August 1, two lakh on August containing the virus sadly, AP has even have been advised to undergo Etikoppaka toys in 7 and 2.50 lakh on August 12. successfully and surpassed coun- Coronavirus tests. It touched the three-lakh also claiming to tries like Recently, YSRCP Kothapeta mark on August 18. be conducting Bangladesh, MLA Cheerla Jaggi Reddy test- ‘Mann Ki Baat’ It took 170 days for the state maximum Spain, the UK ed positive for Coronavirus. to go from just one to four number of and Argentina According to the Coronavirus 4 rounded on all sides, hence, ! lakh (cases) after the first Corona tests. in the rate of Health Bulletin issued by the present little chances of an 1!(! person tested positive for the Whereas the rise in cases. government, the number of Prime Minister Narendra injury to children. contagion on March 12. TDP was flaying He lamented Coronavirus cases in the State Modi, in his month- Etikoppaka toys are ' ( !! While the infection positiv- the government for that with 7,729 has reached 4,24,767. So far ly 'Mann Ki Baat' known for their ity rate in AP reached an its failure to curbing Covid cases per one 3,884 people have died with the broadcast on softness, rounded ' !, alarming 11.59 per cent, that the virus as Andhra Pradesh million population, Andhra virus and 3,12,754 have recov- Sunday, men- contours, pol- of Tamil Nadu stood at 8.93 has secured second place in Pradesh stands top in the ered from virus in the State tioned ished colours 9. per cent. the country in Corona infec- country in highest number of There are currently 99,129 Etikoppaka and the overall The latest bulletin of the AP tions. cases per million popula- Corona active cases in the State. toys, bringing craftsmanship. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan government said 9,067 Leader of the Opposition tion. Naidu pointed out that into focus The artisans Reddy has congratulated the patients have been cured and N Chandrababu Naidu on all the 13 districts in the State Andhra make wooden Indian team for winning the discharged from hospitals Sunday expressed his con- have surpassed 15,000 cases Pradesh's bowls, toy trains, maiden gold medal, along with across the state while 88 more cern over the unchecked rise and Andhra Pradesh stands famous craft and idols of gods and Russia in the finals of Fide have succumbed to the pan- in Covid-19 infections across fifth in the country in deaths. the efforts of local goddesses, wooden online Chess Olympiad. The demic. the State and urged Chief Naidu said that the gov- artisan CV Raju to cannons, bullock carts, Indian team, comprising The overall toll on Sunday Secretary Nilam Sawhney to ernment has called for high- bring innovations and restore spinning tops and many other Vishwanathan Anand, Koneru mounted to 3,884 while the focus on livelihood and er RT-PCR tests but in fact it the past glory of this 400-year- toys. The mention of Humpy, Dronavilli Harika, total recoveries stood at health of the vulnerable peo- was falling short of doing old art. Etikoppaka by the Prime Harkishna, Divya , Nihal and 3,21,754, according to the ple. In a letter to the Chief ample number of these tests. Etikoppaka, a village 80 km Minister is significant in the Vidit, has made the right bulletin. Secretary, Naidu deplored 2 from this coastal city, is wake of growing demands for moves and shared the honors 2 famous for the trademark a ban on import of Chinese in finals, which is a remarkable wooden toys. As Modi men- toys and the government's achievement, he said and tioned in his speech, these toys thrust on promoting local wished the team all success in 6 7 have no sharp edges. They are toys. 2 future events. . senior official said. The official said no final The first phase of the Census decision has been taken on No Tollywood party is complete and the exercise to update the when the first phase of the National Population Register Census 2021 and NPR update (NPR), scheduled for this year would take place, but it is without drugs: Madhavi Latha but deferred due to the coro- almost certain that it would not navirus outbreak, may be be held in 2020 due to the ris- 4 is ever held in Tollywood personalities. delayed by a year as there is no ing cases of the coronavirus. Tollywood without Welcoming investigation sign of slowdown of the pan- The house-listing phase of Creating a sensation, BJP the use of drugs. into drug angle in the Sushant demic. the Census and the exercise to leader Madhavi Latha Hence, she want- Rajput case in Bollywood, The Indian census is one of update NPR were scheduled to claimed on Sunday that ed the Narcotics she appealed to NCB officials the largest administrative and be carried out across the coun- drugs are an essential Control Bureau to turn their attention to sub- statistical exercises in the try from April 1 to September part of parties attended officials of stance abuse in Tollywood as *!+ !, world, with the involvement of 30, 2020, but were postponed by Tollywood celebri- Telangana to well. more than 30 lakh officials who due to the COVID-19 out- ties. focus on "Substance abuse is equal- ! " would visit each household of the country. "Census is not Even if it is delayed by a year, break. 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4' Q ! 8 -# 0 !#& :! # : of YSR. The Election Commission then sent '!#,:4 4 (!: A doctor has allegedly raped a special team and verified all payments to a 28 -year old nurse of a state- find out the veracity of the allegations. run hospital in Bhadradri- Shrewd YSR, anticipating such things, had 9. of flyover just by painting Kothagudem district in rincipal advisor to the Andhra Pradesh taken precautions on the advice of senior them but have fought for it for Telangana, police said on Pgovernment Ajeya Kallam is being officials and was saved from coming under Brushing aside the false claims years and added that they Sunday. In a complaint filed on (t)eased out of his position. A 1983 batch the EC’s scanner. Whether Rawat can han- of TDP on Kanakadurga fly- have played a key role in the Saturday, the nurse alleged IAS officer who has held key positions in the dle such situation now? over, the YSRCP said that it development of Vijayawada the doctor, aged around 32 and previous government -- including Chief was YS Jaganmohan Reddy city since 2004. working on contract basis at Secretary of the Government of AP, government that has com- After coming to power in the hospital, raped her at her Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust, and pleted it within 14 months 2014, N Chandrababu Naidu house on August 24, a police Executive Officer of the Tirumala Tirupati one are the days when government after forming the government. had announced that he would official said. The woman was Devasthanams, Ajeya was named as head of Gorders were available within minutes of Speaking to the media here on complete the flyover within a also allegedly threatened and all advisors when the YSRCP party came to their approval. Nowadays not many GOs are Sunday, MLA and Brahmin year but he had failed to beaten up by the doctor, police power. But in less than one year, he was available in the public domain. People are Corporation Chairman complete the project in his said adding they have regis- divested of many important duties, includ- going back to ‘good’ old days of lobbying for Malladi Vishnu condemned five-year tenure, he reminded. tered a case under relevant IPC ing managing the Chief Minister’s Office GO copies from the respective depart- the false propaganda of the Flyover at Vijayawada milk sections against the doctor (CMO). Grapevine has it that he is now ments! These days, the Telangana govern- TDP on the construction of factory, flyover near Varadhi, and investigations were on. tipped to be the Special Representative of ment has restricted even the number of GOs Kanakadurga flyover in and Vijayawada- Bandar Road Andhra Pradesh in New Delhi, a post to be released. There were days when the Vijayawada. flyover construction began Srinivas, K Parthasarathy and were started during the YS presently held by Rajya Sabha member V General Administration Department (GAD) He said that TDP leader in 2013 to ease the traffic he had met the Union Rajashekara Reddy’s regime. Vijayasai Reddy. It is a truism in the corri- used to release more than 20 GOs per day. Bonda Umamaheshwara Rao’s problem but TDP had failed Minister in 2013 seeking The MLA said one lakh peo- dors of power that, if somebody must go, It included every aspect of the government statement that YSRCP doesn’t to complete it during its funds for speedy completion ple would have received house they shall; somewhere or the other. In the and nothing could escape from the public have right to take credit for tenure.. of Kanakadurga flyover. The pattas in Vijayawada city if the present case, it does not matter if the name eye. Now many things are given exemptions. completion of Kanakadurga The MLA reminded that MLA said they were not tak- TDP has not obstructed it in ‘Ajeya’ means one who cannot be conquered. Besides, selectively and secretively informa- flyover has no credence as the YSRCP leaders Vellampalli ing credit for the completion the courts. So, in the event of any change of mind tion is censored to avoid any controversy. among the powers that be, the Plan B is to This has led to a fall in the numbers of GOs recommend Ajeya’s name for Union Public issued. No wonder, in August, the govern- Service Commission (UPSC) member post. ment released only 19 GOs for the entire ' & &( !"# Since this matter is well within the purview month! Some departments do not churn out of the Central government, and since the even a couple of GOs in the entire month, saffron party has ties that are not unfriend- raising questions about their functioning. )% "' 9. with a sterner resolve, he ly with YSRCP, no one sees any hurdle for People are now worried that like in the case said. the principal advisor’s elevation. Super of RTI, which has been gradually diluted by Terming the slanderous The MLA flayed the advisors, aware of this development, vouch successive governments, the e-GO platform 9. report on top bureaucrats as Managing Director of the for this. Whatever it may be, it seems even too would end up without any significance vicious campaign by vested vernacular daily and the present configuration of stars point to in the coming days, if the present trend con- TDP leader Nakka Anand interests, the YSRCP has said Opposition leader N a change of location for Ajeya Kallam from tinues. Babu staged ‘Deeksha’ against that it will stand by the IAS Chandrababu Naidu for the Vijayawada to New Delhi. the rise in attacks on Dalits in officers and urged the State to vicious campaign against !" #$ Guntur on Sunday. He chal- take action against the erro- Collectors, who have been P & lenged the YSRCP to join a neous people responsible for serving exceptionally during public debate on attacks such reports. the Corona pandemic to suit hen buffeted by fund crunch, even sea- ational and international bizmen are full against Dalits. He demanded The honey trap story is part their political interests. Wsoned bureaucrats will wilt. Andhra Nof praise for Telangana Industries immediate arrest of Nutan of the campaign against the MLA Jogi Ramesh recalled Principal Finance Secretary Shamsher Singh Minister KT Ramarao. Despite Covid-19 Naidu, who was responsible YS Jaganmohan Reddy gov- what NTR had said about Rawat is facing unprecedented challenges in restrictions and lack of enthusiasm in every for the tonsure of a Dalit ernment by political brokers working hard in the times of Chandrababu Naidu and his managing the finances of the state. No won- sector, the Minister has been in constant youth at his residence. TDP and criminal action should be pandemic and targeting them team after the Viceroy der he landed in a tricky situation, which is touch with leading business associations like Dalit leaders P Manikyala taken against the perpetra- with malicious reports is episode. He urged the govern- projected to the outside world as one that the Confederation of Indian Industry and Rao, Dharu Naik, Kiran and tors, MLA Jogi Ramesh told unpardonable and such pro- ment to initiate criminal pro- takes away his entire time “clearing bills”. foreign delegations through video confer- others raised slogans against media here on Sunday. paganda cannot shake the ceedings for publishing such Ostensibly to reduce his ‘burden’, during the encing. Last three weeks, KTR did not leave the government and demand- 5 50: -% ,, ( 0 ' The District Collectors are government but will function defamatory reports. recent administrative reshuffle, his hold on any chance to reach leading business groups ed the arrest of Nutan Naidu &A1/5 , 1 5&$ 1 0 * $ the expenditure side of finance was cut to and personalities. Infusing confidence and initiate stern punishment ' & 8 /+/ $ 5 ' size. The formidable task has been given to among people, he toured many districts and for the heinous act. ? , 8 5 0 ' ' + ! ! !, Dhanunjay Reddy, a secretary in the CMO. participated in several government pro- Anand Babu alleged that , 0 $1 &A 5( , 1< 8 " Now Dhanunjay will tell which bills to clear grams. Despite Covid threat, he carried him- attacks on Dalits increased '/1%++/$ 0 ' / and when. Since Rawat is PFS, he has the self so efficiently that none of his programs after the YSRCP came to &/8 5 /+/ $? 1 0 ' / : , &! final say in releasing funds, though it had to be postponed or deferred through- power in the State. He lament- 5& 0 5 1/*' 0 /51%$ 1/* would be tempered by the recommendations out the lockdown period. Trying to make the ed that the YSRCP leaders , 1 //A+, & 5 ' -% 9 ! ! # ' ! of Dhanunjay Reddy who will look at the most of ‘anti-China’ sentiments prevailing attacking Dalits, who sup- ' * 5 1 $ 9 ( 58/' 5 expenditure with a fine-toothed comb. across the globe, the Minister is leaving no ported the YSRCP to come 00* , 0 /&%$-1%&'' 5/%1 Since there won’t be any written correspon- stone unturned to woo foreign investments into power. He said that two & 1<' &'1'/1* ,%$ /* ! dence while releasing or holding bills after in Telangana state. He is personally moni- incidents of head tonsures of (/ $58 5 / $01 As part of the three-day a particular bill comes to CFMS (a finance toring the issues related to foreign invest- Dalits took place in the State +$/ & /5 9. Pavithrotsavam festival slat- release system), (God forbid, cry support- ments and meeting honchos via VC to give but Chief Minister YS /* , 1 ed from August 31 to ers of PFS) should any legal issue surface a semblance of personal touch. These stud- Jaganmohan Reddy failed to A ward volunteer, September 2 at Sri Padmavati tomorrow, Rawat would be held responsi- ied, consistent efforts have paid off well. curb such heinous acts, which who collected Ammavari temple in ble. Whatever happens, Rawat must defend According to excited business circles, many shows failure of YSRCP gov- ment came to power, whereas money to sanction a Tiruchanoor and his action, be it releasing or holding back companies are now looking at Telangana as ernment towards protection of it had demanded arrest if any house site to a ben- Ankurarpanam was per- payments. This reminds one of what hap- their next investment destination. Dalits. incident took place during eficiary under the formed on Sunday. pened in 2009, when the Telugu Desam He alleged that many inci- the TDP’s regime, while the YSRCP govern- The holy rituals of Party raised the issue of non-payment of dents took place within 15 government had failed to ment’s flagship pro- Viswaksena Aradhana, bills to contractors not in the good books N$%& &% $ months of YSRCP govern- arrest Nutan Naidu. gramme Punyahavachanam, Raksha ‘Pedalandiriki Illu’ bandhanam, Mrustsa ngra- was dismissed from service in to know about the already hanam, Senadhipathi Guntur. Volunteer of sanctioning of the house site Utsavam and Pavitra : Bowenpally, General Bazar Cobaltpeta in Guntur SA in her name and saddened adhivasham, along with $%&$ '( )*+ ) are strangely though gradu- Ahmad collected Rs 20,000 over the cheating of the vol- Ankurarpanam, were con- Amidst acrimonious debates ally returning to normalcy, from the beneficiary to allot unteer, she lodged a com- ducted late in the evening. between the contenders in despite rising number of the house site. After a thor- plaint with the GMC officials. It is an annual practice to the light of fast-approaching at US$ 45.81 (per barrel) Rs.87.07, Singapore $: Rs.53,730 (per 10 gms). COVID-19 cases. ough inquiry, Guntur GMC commissioner perform the Pavitrotsavam in Presidential elections in the while Crude MCX oil was Rs.53.83, Swiss Franc: Ornamental gold too followed During the week, com- Municipal Corporation Anuradha directed the nodal every temple to ward off bad US and the war preparedness quoted at Rs.3,149 (per Rs.80.88, Australian the suit and was quoted in the mon pulses such as tuar dal, Commissioner Ch Anuradha officer to conduct a thorough impact of lapses, if any, dur- forced by the unrelenting barrel). Gold MCX $: Rs.53.88, Saudi range of Rs.49,150 - 49,250 on masoor dal, moong dal and removed the volunteer from inquiry and submit a report. ing the year by either devo- China, the global markets stood at Rs.51,448 Riyal: Rs.19.50, the closing day. Silver (0.999) urad dal and commodities the service. The inquiry found collection tees or priests. remained divergent during (per 10 gms),while New Zealand too declined by Rs.1,500 and like chillies and garlic The volunteer was working of the bribe by the volunteer As part of the festival, the week ended Saturday. MCX silver moved Dollar: closed at Rs.66,300 (per kg). remained at moderate levels, at the Ward Secretariat of and based on the report, the Pavitra Pratista is held on Consequently, New York gold downward Rs.49.31, while staple foodgrains and Cobaltpeta in Guntur city. volunteer was dismissed from August 31, Pavitra Samarpana showed an increase and final- and closed at Kuwaiti COMMODITIES common edible oils record- The house site was sanc- service. on September 1 and Purnahuti ly closed at US $ 1,964.30 (per Rs.65,976 79 9-7 Dinar: The sentiment in principal ed a marginal appreciation. tioned to a beneficiary but Anuradha directed the sec- programmes on September ounce), while silver followed (per kg), wholesale commodity markets Common vegetables such as Ahmad without informing retaries concerned and nodal 2. In view of Covid-19 restric- suit and closed at $ 27.47 (per Copper marched ahead and Rs.239.43, Omani Rial: in the twin cities continued to cabbage, cauliflower, ribbed about sanctioning of the officers to sanction welfare tions, all the programmes and ounce). Platinum moved closed at Rs.530.35 (per kg). Rs.189.96 and UAE Dirham: remain strong. Rythu Bazars gourd, snake gourd, lady's house site had demanded Rs schemes to the beneficiaries events will be conducted in upward and closed at $ 924 Sensex and Nifty 50 closed at Rs.19.91, Japanese Yen: and the various commodity finger, cucumber, potatoes, 20,000 from the beneficiary based on the eligibility by fol- ‘Ekantham’ inside the temple. (per ounce) and Palladium the higher levels of 39467.31 Rs.0.69, Hong Kong Dollar: markets located in Begum onions, tomatoes and French for sanctioning the house lowing guidelines issued by Temple deputy executive tooappreciated and closed at and 11647.60 points. Leading Rs.9.44. Bazar, Kishangunj, beans along with leafy veg- site. The innocent woman the government. She warned officer Jhansi Rani, AEO $ 2,083 (per ounce). foreign currencies' exchange In local markets, standard Mukthyargunj, Risala etables recorded apprecia- believed his assurance of about initiating stern action Subramaniam and superin- Other economic parameters rates were: US $: Rs.73.13, gold (24 carats) declined by Abdullah, Mir AlamMandi, tion in the range of 10% to allotment of the house site against the volunteers and tendent Malleswari besides remained strong. Brent closed British Pound: Rs.97.63, Euro: Rs.1,720 and closed at Dilsukhnagar, Kukatpally, 14%. and handed over Rs 20,000 officials if they found involved priests participated in the cash to him. Later, she came in illegalities and corruption. event.
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Although the Apex Court is yet ! " to determine the quantum of punishment to be awarded to apology. But the full court reso- lawyer by using insulting language unruly people from indulging in appeal filed by the wife, noted character or not.'' senior lawyerPrashant lution of the High Court did not against judges and anybody con- nonsensical tirades against the that the wife, without inform- Bhushanfor contempt of court, accept it as it lacked sincere cerned with the justice delivery judiciary. ing her spouse, borrowed Hearing victim in bailable offence not mandatory: the Gujarat High Court has come remorse. A division bench com- mechanism. In the cases on Wives beware money on interest from many down heavily, in unequivocal prising Justice Sonia Gokani and hand, both lawyers are repeat persons, made purchases on Gujarat HC terms, on a similar state-level N V Anjaria, in its judgement offenders, having bitten the dust Here comes some cautionary credit, used to steal ornaments In a writ petition filed before heavyweight and head of the high dated 27th August, observed: on earlier occasions. Therefore, news for the estranged wives, and valuables from her own the Gujarat High Court for court bar association, Yatin Oza "Mere apology may not be an logical course for the Supreme particularly those who are house and leveled so many declaring Sec.15A(3) of the and deflated the contemnor's answer to an act, utterance Court was to inflict the max- under the wrong impression allegations against her spouse Scheduled Castes and ego. The kid-gloves approach or publication of contempt imum punishment prescribed that the laws of the land are which she failed to substantiate. Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of adopted by the Apex Court for which is grave in nature so under the law to Prashant blindly supporting them, irre- The High Court observed Atrocities) Amendment Act, whatever reasons in the case of as to scandalize the Bhushan and stripping unwarranted support and sympa- at a webinar on August 26 that the spective of the bald allegations that the word 'cruelty' has not 2015as violative of Art. 14 and Prashant Bhushan was totally majesty, dignity and him of his 'Senior' thy from some retired judges and citizens should continue to show they might make against their been defined under the law and 21 of the Constitution of India, absent in case of Oza. That is why authority of the designation. That bar associations. Even the mirror to judges is nothing but husbands and his relatives. that the same could be physical the bench comprising Chief the High Court could arrive at a court. could have Attorney General in case of highly contemptuous and incit- Delivering the judgement in or mental. Justice VikramNath and Justice conclusion in that case. The school of reduced to zero one who Prashant Bhushan tried to white- ing the people against the judges an appeal filed by the wife, "In the matrimonial life, cru- J.B.Pardiwala ruled that "when Like Prashant Bhushan in the thought of 'Give had aspired to be hero by wash the entire suo motu exercise and thereby the judiciary of the Anita Gaur against her husband elty may be of unfounded vari- a person is accused of commit- Supreme Court, Yatin Oza too slap, say sorry and quoting Mahatma Gandhi. of the apex court by pleading for country. Dave, too, needs to be Rajesh Gaur, the Uttarakhand ety. But before the conduct ting only bailable offence or was slapped with the contempt forget'was not (( Unfortunately, a lobby mercy to the contemnor which taught a lesson or two in the mat- High Court on August 24 could be called cruelty, it must offences under the Act, it is not notice suo motu by the state High endorsed by the with a singular agenda of the latter never asked. Such ters like respecting the judges and affirmed the lower court's touch the certain pitch of sever- mandatory to grant opportuni- Court for his contemptuous state- Supreme Court in * demeaning judiciary and strange conduct of the first lawyer the procedures of the court to judgement granting the decree ity and conduct should be such ty of hearing to the victim or the ments regarding the functioning L.D.Jaikwal." belittling the learned judges of the country needs to be seri- ensure justice to the people. It is of divorce mainly on the that no reasonable person dependent as provided u/s of the High Court and its Registry. Indeed, the tough stand taken has been active. In the name of ously probed and pending an high time Parliament took a ground of cruelty. would tolerate it. It should be 15A(5) of the Actin a proceed- Oza made an unsuccessful bid to by the High Court will have a freedom of expression, this lobby enquiry, the Attorney General holistic view of the Contempt of The division bench com- willful and unjustifiable con- ing relating to granting bail to stall the proceedings by approach- chilling effect over the legal fra- has been indulging in indiscipline, should be suspended immediate- Court Act, 1971 and amends it prising Justice Narayan Singh duct. The enquiry, therefore, such accused." The question of ing the Apex Court, after which ternity, but that is the need of the abuse and name-calling games. ly. Last but not the least, the state- suitably so as to instill the fear of Dhanik and Justice Ravi must be whether the conduct law in the writ is yet to be he tendered an unconditional hour. One does not become a 'big' Added to this, the lobby gets ment of Bhushan's lawyers made law which alone can scare the Malimath, while dismissing the charged as cruelty is of such a answered by thebench.
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The Chief Justice sons here on Sunday, the cials concerned were not giv- participated in the special minister said that the TDP !! ing proper advice to Chief puja and Mangala Arati Seva government had looted the " Minister YS Jaganmohan Anantapur were exposed to Committee. “When police programme. public money during its ! Reddy. Corona, doctors in Kurnool officers questioned that your Later, he paid a visit to regime without taking up any " " Gangadhar alleged that and Guntur have died of comments would damage the Srisailam reservoir and later development activity. " #$ % cases were being foisted with virus and their DRS report morale of doctors, he said if to the museum and exam- The minister recalled that " false advises of higher offi- did not mention that there everything is surplus, doctors ined the structural model of TDP leader Bonda that very soon Bonda will against the ruling YSRCP " cials and added that cases were 1.5 lakh kits. He said will ignore and rubbish my the reservoir. The details of Umamaheswara Rao and his also face the same treatment. welfare programmes and cre- and jails are not new to the that Anantapur report states comments,” said Gangadhar the construction of Srisailam family members’ anarchy will He said that the law would ating hurdles.The minister & Congress party leaders. that there are only 10 kits and added with his com- dam was explained to the be revealed soon and will face continue to do its work and said that Chief Minister YS He said that the officer available on Sunday. He said ments doctors morale was Chief Justice by the engineers the consequences. He said no one could escape from Jaganmohan Reddy was very " questioned that “how do you that he has information from strengthened. He further of the Water Resources that as TDP MLA what they have done. He fur- keen on developing ' know that the government party field level and fellow stated that he participated in Department on the occasion. Atchannaidu was caught red- ther said that Leader of the Vijayawada city with various has only 1.5 lakh kits, did any doctors. a debate on various TV chan- He was accompanied by Joint handed with all proofs and Opposition N Chandrababu development plans and pro- give a script to read.” He also has experience as nels and told that same and Collector Ravi Pathan Shetty evidences in the multi- crore Naidu after relocating to grammes, added Velampalli " Gangadhar countered that a doctor and in-charge of the what he told the channels and District Judge ESI scam case, and warned Hyderabad was conspiring Srinivas. seven medical personnel in party's Covid Control was true. Radhakrishna Krupa Sagar. ' "# ,-,#". /" -0 !# 1,#0"4) , ! & 9. &#! , += :#/1 0 . Minister for Endowments Velampalli Srinivas on Sunday Continued from Page 1 Continued from inaugurated ABC Diagnostics Page 1 ./ Advanced Molecular Lab that "While it (the temple) was 0P$ # "2 ,"$45 was set up by noted medical set up by the Chinese emper- The number of professionals. Speaking on the or of the Northern Wei active cases in the state 6 - "$ occasion, the minister appre- dynasty in honour of the is now just short of the ciated the management of the Indian monk Batuo, it was one-lakh mark, at Continued from Page 1 .0,!1, 2," advanced lab that would give Damo who has been synony- 99,129. the Covid test result within a mous with the temple," the East Godavari and +, 5 0 ' /5%(%1 "J/ $ day that will enable the Covid author writes. SPS Nellore continued ""<3D 5 ( 5 1 1 $ &/50%& 0 !34 -)"!1"#E* positive patient to undergo Bodhidharma is believed to report cases in excess 50&, 8 0 ' 1- 0,$ G% $ 0 / treatment soon and get cured to have brought the South of 1,000 while West +' 1 /% 5 ( 5 1 1 50&/50%& from the virus quickly. Indian martial art form Godavari, Kadapa and 33 1 1 1 ' &&%$ &/* 9. Dr Tummala Karthik, Kalaripayattu to China, Chittoor added over 5 ( 5 1 1' 1- 5G% 1 /5 0 " ( Managing Director, ABC where it was later modified 900 each in 24 hours. (,/- ,,? 1/%(' ' (/ $58 5 / The government is launching ( Diagnostics Advanced into kung fu or wushu, he Four other districts 1 %+8/$ , -1 ' 0 G% a massive campaign across $ Molecular Lab, said with vast says. reported over 800 cases 5*$ 1 $%& %$ ? *%$ ' $1/%(' ' the State from September 5 on experience in the medical field "He created the 'muscle- each. ' $ 1'/%,0- 50(% 0 , 5 1 / $ 8/5 /$ $+ 5 5'/8 the Teachers Day'. The cam- ) " they would conduct Corona bone strengthening exercises' SPS Nellore saw 14 paign is meant to promote diagnostic tests in their lab and widely known as the source fresh Covid-19 casual- G% $ 5 5 </$ 1/, /5 50 5 gratitude among students $ # reveal the results in just 24 of Shaolin kung fu. In an iron ties, Chittoor 12 and 8 $ < A ' 11 5 ,8 0 & 5 1 towards their teachers. This ( hours. He said that they spe- box left by Bodhidharma, Kadapa nine. 5 01 /- 0 , $ 0 / $+/1 would be an online campaign cialise in conducting tests espe- after he passed away, there Anantapur and West + 5 ? 0%1 0 ' ' , / 0 +/1 0 '$ / ' ' , '/*+ /+, < meant to sensitise the students $ #$ cially for pregnant women and were two books on the sub- Godavari reported about the important role that elderly people. ject," the book says. seven more deaths ,/&A0/510 +$ 0 ' 8/* ' $ the teachers play in the lives of ( MLA Gadde Rammohan According to Aron, there each, East Godavari , , '//0 50=/-1-/ ' 5/$( 5 1 0 everyone. ( Rao, Chief Radiologist Dr Tummala Gautami Chowdhury, Mamata and others were present are thousands of monks who and Srikakulam six 50%5/$( 5 1 01 & /$1? 0 8 50 0 As part of the campaign, the Tummala Rajeshwara Rao, Dr Dr Satya, Dr Kaushik, Dr for the inauguration programme. travelled spreading each, Krishna, Kurnool ' ' (/ $58 5 +$/ 0 , , '//0 government has made two Buddhism across Asia. From and Vizianagaram five 11 1 5& /*13<333+ $* 8 ,+ $ hashtages – Dafo of Leshan, the world's each while Guntur, 8/5 ' 5K0 1 $ & 1? 0 8 50 0 #OurTeachersOurHeroes and the Vidya kits, comprising ! ! highest rock-cut Buddha to Prakasam and 8 5 8%8* 5 5& , 11 1 5& /*13 #TeachersFromIndia. The stu- notebooks, textbooks, uni- ! & the Floating Temple of Visakhapatnam record- A'1 88 0 , / ' * 8 , dents would be asked to write forms and other necessary !&,! !0 ! Itsukushima-Jinja in Japan, ed four more fatalities 8 8- $1/* ' *$/5 , 5 $$ /$1<'/ the name of their favourite material would be distributed he writes about many World each in the last 24 1 &$ * & 0 ' $, 1' , $ 50 $ 5( teacher on a white paper and to the students on the same - !!, . 2&* $ Heritage Sites and unique hours, the bulletin 1 $ & / ' + /+, ? take a selfie holding the poster. day. Sixty per cent of the kits destinations. added. These will be tweeted using have already reached the *- 5 ' %1+ & /%1 After darshan, TTD EO was the hashtag schools. As many as 40 lakh /&& 1 /5/*5 5 + 08 5 -' presented with prasadam of Sri #OurTeachersOurHeroes. The Vidya kits would be distrib- $ 8/5 + 8- $< As part of a tradition, TTD Varasiddhi Vinayaka Swamy by teachers and lecturers will uted as part of the programme. ' A$ 15 5 8 / $ %0 $1' 5 Executive Officer Anil Kumar the temple authorities. It may be )8 ,144 ."#"#"9 ) take selfies in the backdrop of The schools will reopen in ' A$ , $ ,,- + $*/$8 0 Singhal has presented silk recalled that TTD has been their schools and colleges and the State after a gap of five 5 $%8 , ? 5 /*/ 0 clothes to Sri Varasiddhi presenting the clothes to this upload them on social media months. The schools were $ 1 $ & /51 ' 1* <' &' 1 Vinayaka Swamy temple at temple since 2006. These silk Continued from Page 1 Besides, they argue that the financial condition is even using the hashtag closed due to the lockdown %1% ,,+ $*/$8 0 5 8 Kanipakam in Chittoor district clothes will be decorated to the Centre can raise funds at a more worse. It is already a 'rev- #OurTeachersOurHeroes. declared as part of the efforts %1'A $ 5 0%$ 5( $,'/%$1< on Sunday. deities during celestial However, KCR and Jagan cheaper interest rate. enue deficit' since 2014, when This academic year will aimed at containing the ,,- &/50%& 0/5 ' $%8 , On his arrival, TTD Executive Kalyanam, which was per- are reportedly upset over both The TS government had AP was bifurcated. begin from September 5 and Coronavirus. 8+, +$ 8 1 1 5NA 5 8O? Officer was given warm wel- formed on Sunday evening. the options which ask States to raised Rs 12,461 crore in the In the first quarter of this fis- come by local legislator MS Tirumala temple deputy execu- borrow because both TS and very first quarter of this fiscal cal (April-June 2020-21), AP Babu and Kanipakam temple tive officer Harindranath was AP have already made huge (April-June). raised a whopping Rs 33,294 Executive Officer Venkatesu. also present. debts in the very first three In July, the government crore loans. Its revenue deficit $3&) 4 &% & months of this fiscal and the raised an additional Rs 3,500 stands at an alarming Rs debt burden is expected to crore and in 27,067 crore. : ed permission to railway zones to As part of unlock 4.0, the railway touch new peaks going at this August another Rs 3,000 AP government revenue run special trains in states upon board discussed two days ago on pace. The debt will be com- crore was raised till August 14. earnings dipped sharply since As Unlock 3.0 is nearing its end, consulting states under the lim- running special trains in states. It pounded further if more loans With this, the total loans April due to corona-induced the fourth phase of the 'Unlock' its of the railway zones. The final decided to run special train ser- are secured to meet GST short- raised by state government financial crisis. The AP Annual is about to begin from September decision is left to the state govern- vices between various districts. If fall. through auction of bonds in Budget 2020-21 pegged rev- 1 across the country. The guide- ment depending on severity of the state governments have no Some of the BJP-ruled states this fiscal increased to Rs enue earnings for this fiscal at lines of 'Unlock 4.0' were Covid-19 cases. The government objection, the railway board has indicated their willingness to 19,000 crore. Rs 1,02,917 crore, of which it announced yesterday by the Chief Secretaries are likely to write no objection to run special trains. back the first option. Going by the current pace, could realise a meagre 12 per Ministry of Home Affairs, under letters to the zones in a day or two. Normally, employees, petty traders Opposition-ruled states want the total market borrowings of cent in the first quarter. which the ministry allowed metro If the state government gives its and people commute between the Centre to take over the debt Telangana state is expected to In these dire financial con- services to resume across the nod to run special trains, the ser- Mahbubnagar, Warangal, burden, arguing that they have touch Rs49,000 crore by the ditions, both AP, TS are not in country from September 7. vices will be run from state capi- Kamareddy and Hyderabad as much lower headroom to end of this fiscal 2020-21. a position to afford more loans The Railway Board has grant- tal to various districts in the state. frequently as possible. either borrow or service it. The neighbouring AP's to make up for GST shortfall. %/ '% '3" , 6446 7,! 80& ! &# ) &% $ 0101 D'( &E 0! + : & : ! Continued from Page 1 announced, the Registrar database would contain demo- ing the place of birth of parents Continued from Page 1 used to produce toys worth Rs compete with their pricing, nor General and Census graphic as well as biometric will be sought, it is up to the 20 to Rs 30 lakh every month their marketing. : "As the entire exercise needs Commissioner of India was all particulars. residents whether to respond Despite several challenges, but production came to a com- The wooden lacquer craft the involvement of lakhs of set for the first phase of the The NPR is a register of the to the question as it is volun- including the drop in demand plete halt with the outbreak of toys or 'Etikoppaka Bommalu' An elderly woman was found officials and visit to each fam- census and updation of the usual residents of the country. tary. due to the Covid-19 pandem- Covid and resultant lockdown. has a long history said to be dead on the footpath wrapped ily, we can't undermine the NPR that was scheduled to It is prepared at the local (vil- For the NPR, a usual resi- ic, the artisans in Etikoppaka The artisans are now look- dating back to Bahamani in a blanket on the busy street health risk involved in it," the begin from April 1. lage and sub-town), subdistrict, dent is defined as a person who are hoping that a ban on ing for support from the gov- times. The craft was original- in Banjara Hills on Sunday. official said. Even though some state gov- district, state and national lev- has resided in a local area for Chinese toys would revive the ernment, and want it to extend ly started in Nakkapalli village Efforts are being made to trace With a record single-day ernments opposed the NPR els under provisions of the the past six months or more or demand for their unique craft financial assistance on the but was later moved to the accused who left the body spike of 78,761 cases, the total update, all offered full support Citizenship Act, 1955 and the a person who intends to reside in the market. lines of 'Nethanna Nestham', a Etikoppaka after the area's on footpath. The police officials coronavirus cases in India rose to the census exercise. Citizenship (Registration of in that area for the next six The pandemic has hit hard scheme for handloom weavers. landlords resettled the artisans reached the spot and examined to 35,42,733, while the death The census is the largest sin- Citizens and Issue of National months. the traditional and eco-friend- The tensions with China there. the body after receiving infor- toll climbed to 63,498 as on gle source of a variety of statis- Identity Cards) Rules, 2003. The law compulsorily seeks ly wooden lacquer-ware and and the demands from various The artisans mainly use the mation about a dead body Sunday. tical information on people of The data for NPR was last to register every citizen of toy craft industry of quarters for ban on Chinese wood from trees locally known wrapped in blanket left on the According to the earlier India which helps the State to collected in 2010 along with India and issue a national Etikoppaka. About 300 fami- imports have given fresh hopes as 'ankudu' (Wrightia Tinctoria) footpath in front of Lumbini schedule, the census would chalk out various policies. the house listing phase of the identity card. lies from the village, located of revival to Etikoppaka arti- and lacquer, a colourless Mall in Road no 2 have its reference date as With a history of more than Census 2011. Updating of this The demographic details near the banks of the Varaha sans. With the Prime Minister resinous secretion of a certain Banjara Hills Inspector of March 1, 2021, and in the 130 years, this reliable, time data was done during 2015 by required for every usual resi- river, have been dependent stressing on local manufactur- species of insects, collected by police N Kalinga Rao said, snow-bound areas of Jammu tested exercise has been bring- conducting a door-to-door dent are name, relationship to on the profession for over four ing of toys, they feel that tribals from surrounding "There are no external injuries and Kashmir, Himachal ing out a veritable wealth of survey. head of household, father's centuries. Already facing Etikoppaka can regain its past forests. Clarified lac is blended on the body. The body surfaced Pradesh and Uttarakhand, it statistics every 10 years, includ- While updating the register name, mother's name, spouse's numerous challenges, includ- glory by again emerging as a and oxidised with natural dyes on the footpath on the busy would be October 1, 2020. ing on the rich diversity of the in 2015, the government had name (if married), sex, date of ing competition from plastic key hub of toy-making as they and is applied to lathe turned road during afternoon. We "The COVID-19 threat is people, and has become one of asked details like Aadhaar and birth, marital status, place of toys and flooding of Chinese expect renewed demand for wooden articles.However, the suspect someone might have still looming large. The census the tools to understand and the mobile number of people. birth, nationality (as declared), products in the market, they their products. mushrooming of plastic toys, left the body. We are analysing and NPR are not in the prior- study India. This time, the information present address of usual resi- were hit hard by the pandem- The dumping of identical fierce competition from China the CCTV camera footage in ity list of the government as of The objective of the NPR is related to their driving licence dence, duration of stay at pre- ic with no fresh orders from cheap Chinese wooden toys and scarcity of raw materials the surrounding areas to trace now," another official said. to create a comprehensive and voter ID card may also be sent address, permanent resi- traders and online retailers was a big challenge for the tra- such as wood due to shrinking who left the body. Preliminary In March, when the coron- identity database of every usual gathered, the officials said. dential address, occupation for the last five months. ditional artisans of this Andhra forests threatened the very sur- investigation indicates that she avirus-induced lockdown was resident in the country. 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Mouda, Kamptee, Parseoni Minister Shivraj Singh 62 8 $- 0# 9 Addressing a press conference and Kuhi were the worst Chouhan said on Sunday. *- 1' $ on the eve of Thiruvonam day, affected tehsils, and the In the last two days, over 81 A 5('E F he announced a hike of Rs 100 administration had to call in 7,000 people stranded in 454 &' */' 5:' ( /5 in social security pensions per the National Disaster villages of 12 districts were %50 1 $ 11 0/5 ' month and distribution of free Response Force (NDRF) and evacuated as heavy rains hit &/51 $ /5/*5 %$ <1 5( food kits for the ration card hold- the Army to rescue people at large parts of the state, staying in 170 relief camps in two more choppers. 1'/%,0- 5%$ %$ 0 505/ ers in the state for four more some places, they said. Chouhan told reporters. the state, the chief minister The Army (a column of 70 =%1 &/51%8 0 1 1- 5(0/5 months. family health centres as part of ! # Besides Nagpur, several "Eight people have died in said. "I informed Prime personnel) is already working 5 ' +$ 1 5 /$,0? Promising to appoint ade- the action plan. villages in neighbouring wall collapses and swollen nul- Minister Narendra Modi about and has evacuated people from 00$ 11 5( +$/($ 88 quate staff in the health sector "A total of 153 family health Gadchiroli district also wit- lahs so far," Chouhan said the flood situation this morn- flood-affected areas in /$( 5 1 0- ' 50% in 100 days, Vijayan said centres will be inaugurated in nessed flooding in some parts after calling Prime Minister ing. I spoke to Defence Hoshangabad. More columns $# * + $ % , /%50 /5 50,000 COVID-19 tests will be 100 days," he said here. following heavy rains, offi- Narendra Modi to inform him Minister Rajnath Singh last of the military have been req- '$/%(' $ % ,8/0 / conducted per day. Kerala has been recording a ( cials said. "Till Sunday noon, about the situation in the state. night for help," he said. uisitioned, he said. & , -$ @$ A$% 5@< Emphasising the need for steady increase in the number of 14,234 people were evacuat- Efforts were underway on a Three helicopters of the Chouhan said there was :' ( 8+' 1 1 0/5 ' giving a boost to the state's coronavirus cases for the past /01/ ed from 36 affected villages in war-footing to evacuate 1,200 Indian Air Force have been some let up in the rainfall on /*, 5(*/,,/ 0-/%$ health sector, the Chief several days with the tally reach- Nagpur district as incessant people stranded in 40 villages pressed into service to airlift Sunday, and the system caus- 5& 1 /$1'/5%$ %$ 05 %$ Minister said primary health ing 71,700 and the death toll ris- 2 ,$ downpour in the last two of the state, he said. stranded people, he said, ing showers has moved to 1 5 8+/$ 5 + $ /* ' $ centres will be upgraded as ing to 280 as of Saturday. days.” As of now, 9,300 people are adding that they have asked for western Madhya Pradesh. , * ? 1 0+ /+, - , 5 %$ 1*/$ ' $&/51%8+ /5 50 ' ' 0/5/ ' 5 $ 1+/51 - , / $01 ?L. *"0 3 4"0 Q .$'( -$ ##" !# $ , 5(, A ' 1*/$, 1 "33 /"3 $1 50 1 ,, ** & 1 50&/51 G% 5& 1 $ &/8 5( . ,# "8;/( ' - Q. . : 5!R $16#"###-#,4 / ' */$ 5/? * &/5 5% 1 , A ' 1< ' 55 ' $ 5/$ . ' 1/$,0 ,,1%$ . //"29 * # ;.8 Prime Minister Narendra Modi D, ":" 1"# on Sunday called upon startups $"29 / . " and entrepreneurs to "team up .&81=> $ . ,29- 27 for toys", as he noted India's miniscule share in the global toy 0- ' 5 5= market of over Rs 7 lakh crore $ : % /5 %50 1 01 /++ 5( and asserted that the country has E '%, 50' *$/8 A 5(/ $ talent and ability to become a hub , 0 $1' +/*/5($ 11 ,,, 0 for the industry. . ?=8?.& /L 5& /5L/* ' ($ 50/,0 In his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' + $ ? 5' 1 A,&/,%85 address, he said it was time for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi . COVID-19, conceptualised and /A' '/A 5 ' 5 startups to be "vocal for local on Sunday said that the students implemented the continuum of 8/% '+ & 8 5 < % toys" and also asked them to wanted Prime Minister With a record over 10.5 lakh care strategy of "test, track and ,1/1 0/5($ 11, &A1 develop computer games in and unprecedented restraint and sim- more than Rs 7 lakh crore. Such Narendra Modi to address the tests conducted in a day for treat" in close coordination with , 0 $'/& 51 50%+ / based on India, citing the nation's plicity in celebrating festivals a big business but India's share is issue of NEET and JEE exams detection of COVID-19, the the states and Union territories, $ 8 5 1 $ $ 50$ /0 rich heritage and traditions that during the COVID pandemic very little in this. Now, just spare in his monthly radio pro- number of such tests performed it said. '*%,,8 (' ? * $$ 5( / ' can drive innovations in the toy and praised farmers for an a thought for a nation which has gramme, but he spoke on toys. in the country has crossed 4.14 Pivoted on the strong pillar of , $-"K/5($ 11, 0 $1 / and gaming industry. increase in the sowing area for so much of heritage, tradition, His remark came after Prime crore, the Union health ministry aggressive testing, the positive /5 50' /5' 5( L*%,, "Our country has so many crops. variety, young population, will it Minister Modi in his "Mann ki said on Sunday. The exponen- cases are identified early, which 8 L, 0 $1' + ' 1 & 5 ideas, so many concepts; our his- He also asked teachers to feel good to have such little Baat" address said that the ing from September 1, in view tial jump in the testing capaci- enables and ensures that their ' * ,0 50L 1 -, L 5+ $ tory has been very rich. Can we work to apprise students of local share in the toy market?" he country has the talent and abil- of the COVID pandemic. ty and the number of tests has contacts are efficiently tracked in /** & 1< % /50 $ 0'/ 1 make games based on that? I call events and heroes of the freedom asked. ity to become a hub for the toy Six state governments resulted in an upsurge in Tests a timely manner, the ministry 1 /++ 5( ' 1 , 0 $1*$/8 - 5( & ?L& 5 11 / upon the young talent of the struggle as India approaches 75 The prime minister said India industry and called upon star- through their ministers have Per Million to 30,044 as on date, stated. 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Why 5/ $ 5( /0$ ( ' :9 5 by the Central Bureau of ager Samual Miranda and tioned by the CBI since ' 1+/A 18 51 0? 1 0 producer of a biopic on Prime are such people linked to the ' 8 $? 1+/50 5( / Investigation (CBI) for the domestic help Keshav also Thursday. On Saturday, the - %- 0 $ = 50 $ 5(' Minister Narendra Modi, who BJP?" he asked. G% $/5& $ 5 ,, ( /51 fourth day in a row for ques- reached the guest house in the CBI also questioned Rajput's 1&$ & ,, 5=%$ 0 5 ' is under the scanner in a relat- Singhvi said Fadnavis and , ,, 0-1 /5($ 11 tioning in the case, the official morning. Earlier, Rhea flatmate Siddharth Pithani, L%5+$//A 0& 1 * $ /, /5L ed drugs case. senior BJP leader Nitin ( 5 $ ,1 &$ $ &' 5 5 < said. Rhea Chakraborty and Chakraborty was questioned cook Neeraj Singh and - ' A 1 5 $8? 5(' Congress spokesperson Gadkari should answer as to 5 1 0 ' :9' 05/ her brother reached the for nearly 10 hours on Friday accountant Rajat Mewati at , $1%&&%8- 0 / 5=%$ 1< ' Abhishek Singhvi asked who producer who claimed to be why Ssingh made these many &/55 & /5 ' ' & 1 ?L. DRDO guest house at Kalina and allowed to return home the guest house. 1+/A 18 51 0?L - %- 0 $ in the BJP is trying to "save" Rajput's close friend made 53 calls to the Maharashtra BJP ' 0- 50 8 50 5( : in Santacruz, where the probe under police escort as a large Rhea Chakraborty had 5(' 1 -$ <' (', Ssingh, who produced “PM calls to the Maharashtra BJP office and who was his boss. +$/- 5 =+% & 1 < 1 team is stationed, around number of media personnel been earlier questioned by 5 0 $% ' /&/8 /% ? 8/ 0 50 1 5& $ 1/,0 $? Narendra Modi”, the posters office in the last few months. 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Nawabi ka = maza deti hai Urdu faqiri mein (The Urdu ( 5 Blanguage is so aristocratic that it makes even 7G B1 ( a pauper feel like a king).” # ( Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language, is renowned for its candour and timelessness. It goes without saying that since time immemorial, Urdu had ( been the lingua franca of Sindh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, undivided Bengal, Punjab, Doaba and # ( so on, besides being the language of the heart and , soul, as emphasised by the Hindi littérateur-cum- Education Minister of India, Ramesh Pokhriyal ( ‘Nishank’, at the inauguration of a two-day webi- nar titled, The role and responsibility of Urdu writ- # ( ers in the age of electronic and social media. ( Speaking during the webinar organised by # the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), Pokhriyal emphasised that / Urdu is a language of not only a composite cul- 5 ture, syncretism and interfaith bonds but also of humaneness. E+ ! H Thankfully, Urdu has kept up with the times : 5 ( and become a techno-savvy language with soft # copies of hundreds of books being available on I 2 F apps. However, as social and electronic media is . , the biggest platform for the dissemination of # information these days, it is the responsibility of popular language and owing to its poet- family includes Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic Arabic prefixes and suffixes than Hindi. , all connoisseurs and littérateurs to ensure that : ic exuberance and ease of learning and Dravidian languages like Telugu Another interesting aspect of Urdu Urdu makes its presence felt there. < (which it is even today), Urdu replaced and Kannada. is that it has incorporated in itself the According to eminent Urdu professor Zaman < Persian. Owing to its historicity, linguistic idioms and clichés of other Indian lan- # ( Azurdah, writers, poets and authors are the eyes . The cultural and artistic tone and appeal, cultural multiplicity and liter- guages like Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi, of the entire social, religious and political sys- tenor of Urdu has been depicted gen- ary taste, it doesn’t have any religion or Sindhi, Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujarati, 5 tem and they have a huge responsibility towards erously in multifarious forms, includ- region. Connoisseurs of Urdu are Pushto, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Kashmiri, lovers of language and literature. Hence, they have ing the Mushaira (poetic gathering), found around the world. Besides, Telugu and Kannada. In fact, the inner # , to be positive and shed all negativity. And as the < Marsiahkhwani (elegy) Ghazal (poet- another salient feature of Urdu has been spirit of Urdu is Sanskrit and it has been , ( " most powerful source of information is the social :? ry recitation), Qawwali (chorus), its linkage to the dialects. Writers, espe- connected to it. Same is the case with = # and electronic media, like the authors, poets and Dastangoi (storytelling), Chahar Bait cially from Punjab, Kashmir, many foreign languages, like Arabic, journalists of other languages, Urdu writers, too, : (poetry competition) and so on, besides Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka, Persian, Turkish, English, Uzbek and ) must toe the line of the internet. Fortunately, other art forms like drama. have also glorified the language glob- Nepali that have gelled quite well with P Q # many of them are already connecting globally via The reason that Urdu proliferated ally. Urdu. It is assured that if a language has smartphones and computers and taking the lan- : and got promoted was owing to its sec- All languages are beautiful and have viable connects with the other tongues, # guage to the masses. ular character and a universal base in their own charm and distinct persona, the result is a very pleasant one, basi- Even before the advent of Muslims in India, < India and abroad. Today it happens to but Urdu, in particular, is sweet and cally indicating an intermingling of and S the country was connected historically, cultur- be one of the most popular of all inter- poetic and at the same time, very adapt- respect for cultures. In this regard, it # . ally, politically and commercially via Arabic, : national languages. Not only that, able. If a language can be developed is pertinent to mention that Urdu is a Persian and Turkish influences to the Middle East Urdu is the voice of the sub-continent through a combination of seven lan- window to the cultural heritage of India. and other countries, including Iran, Sudan and : and has become an important link lan- guages, what can be more flexible and It makes us introspect as it is a language P) /5;, (7BQ Turkey. After Muslims settled in India, the con- . P guage for South Asian Association for welcoming? Many foreigners ask to of a composite culture and joins bro- / glomeration of people of various cultures speak- Regional Cooperation (SAARC) hear Urdu, and when they do, their first ken hearts. , ing a variety of languages like Rekhta, Hindavi In India alone, as per Government reaction is: It is so soft and easy on the The NCPUL has been promoting # and ultimately, Urdu, came into being. records, Urdu is the mother tongue of ears. Urdu on a pan-India basis by conduct- # This intermingling was also known as more than 70 million people. However, Phonologically, Urdu sounds are ing seminars, workshops on calligraphy, , # ( lashkar (group). The purpose of all the Indian and an equal number of Urdu-knowing the same as those of Hindi except for graphic designing, e-books, Urdu media international languages is to achieve the frater- people are spread all over the nation. slight variations in short vowel allo- and other topics, besides teaching of P ( nal spirit. Urdu is a beautiful language born out In the erstwhile State of Jammu and phones. Urdu also retains a complete Urdu, Persian and Arabic to people Q of the conglomeration of Hindu, Muslim and Kashmir, Urdu is the first language set of aspirated stops (sounds pro- from all cross-sections of society and 5 even English cultural backgrounds. while in other States like Uttar Pradesh, nounced with a sudden release with an bringing out of Urdu magazines. Till , % ( Dr Humra Parveen, Department of Mass Delhi, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, audible breath), a characteristic of such organisations are there and the Communication, AMU, says that Urdu happens West Bengal, it has been recognised as Indo-Aryan, as well as retroflex stops. language uses technology to propagate to be the language of the conglomerate tradition the second language. It does not retain the complete itself on social and electronic media, H R ,S and culture of India that, after being acquired by Nevertheless, there are some other range of Perso-Arabic consonants, Urdu will live on in the hearts and 8 K , the Khanqahs, educational institutions and the areas where people have recorded despite its heavy borrowing from that minds of people. # official world, also became the language of com- Urdu to be their mother tongue, like tradition. From the grammatical point (The writer is the Chancellor of PQ ! ( merce. During the times of Mohammed Shah and Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, of view, there is not much difference Maulana Azad National Urdu Quli Qutub Shah, it became the Government’s Jharkhand and Rajasthan. So far as the between Hindi and Urdu. One distinc- University and grandnephew of Bharat language. At that time, it was, in fact, the most linguistic link of Urdu is concerned, its tion is that Urdu uses more Perso- Ratna Maulana Azad) @" % & $ A &7 5% (& A 100"-" ),#6" ED"/%3 3E8, # # -#". ."( -@ 0E#" #3 ")1"-08 " #"8 1"0" "#1 4 1", :#0 Kedourie, in a 1963 essay for the Saud. Weeks later, Saud held a sim- International Affairs, Pakistan held However, Nasser’s mystique and However, in the new century, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society ilar conference in Mecca. Turkey did a World Muslim Conference in influence began to rapidly recede events such as the Arab Spring, the of Great Britain, writes that Kemal not attend any of the two events and 1951 in Karachi. During the event, when Egyptian and Syrian forces fall of dictatorships in Libya, Iraq was conscious of the fact that the neither did the Shia-majority Iran. Liaquat highlighted the importance were decimated by their Israeli and Tunisia, civil wars in idea of the caliphate was deeply In 1947, a much smaller player of retaining pan-Islamic ideas. counterparts in 1967. Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria and embedded in the minds of Muslims. emerged in this race. It called itself This did not please Saudi In 1970, Nasser passed away, Yemen, the emergence of multiple According to Kedourie, at one Pakistan. It was founded in August Arabia, which suspected that and Saudi Arabia once again rushed violent anti-State Islamist outfits in point, Kemal actually wanted to 1947 by Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Pakistan was trying to undermine in to pick up the status of the leader most Muslim countries, along with * 4@ *- name himself as the new Caliph. But Muslim League. The party’s roots lay the kingdom’s (self-appointed) role of the Muslim world. A windfall of the retreat of the US and the rise of since this would have contradicted in an evolving idea which emerged as the leader of the post-Colonial profits made during (and because China, began to make various n 1924, a year after declaring and complicated his secularisation in the 19th century. It took a mod- Muslim world. But this role was dra- of) the 1973 oil crisis enhanced the Muslim countries reconsider their Turkey a republic and becoming and republican project, he didn’t. ernist approach to understanding matically snatched away by Gamal influence of what became known as strategic priorities and even reinvent Iits President, the former com- However, Kedourie adds that Islam. This then progressed as a Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian the “petro-dollar.” And Saudi Arabia their ideological character to strike mander in the army of the shrink- Kemal then offered a much-weak- Muslim nationalism, which was President who came to power had the most. new alliances. Turkey, which had ing Ottoman Empire, and a hero of ened version of the caliphate to remoulded as Pakistani nationalism. through a coup in 1952. Charismatic Faisal cleverly used these to sub- dropped out of the game of Muslim World War-I, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Shaikh Ahmad al-Sanusi, an Arab According to the French political and articulate, Nasser was hailed as due (and win over) Nasser’s succes- leadership decades ago, entered the abolished the centuries-old office of head of a Sufi order, as long as he scientist, Christophe Jaffrelot, this a hero by Muslims around the sor Anwar Sadat. Faisal was also fray again and is trying to lure non- the caliphate and drove the last would remain outside Turkey. approach relegated Islamic rituals to world when, in 1956, he managed aware of the ambitions of Pakistani Arab Muslim regions to break away Ottoman Caliph into exile. This suggests that, despite the private sphere and brought into to keep at bay an attack by British Prime Minister ZA Bhutto, who fan- from the Saudi orbit. It is an orbit With this act, not only did launching an aggressive project to public space Islam as a political-cul- and Israeli forces on Egypt. cied himself as a champion of the that had already begun to decay. Kemal launch his ambitious repub- secularise Turkey, Kemal was still tural identity marker. With his displays of Arab social- modern Muslim world. But since This is one reason why the new lican and secularisation project in interested in retaining the country’s Inspired by the writings of ism and a modernity suited to the Pakistan had lost a war in 1971 and Saudi monarchs are trying to revive Turkey, but he also triggered a race role as the “spiritual and political Muslim reformers such as Sir Syed needs of the evolving Muslim poli- its economy was weak, Faisal King Faisal’s initial reformist ideas. between Muslim leaders and mon- leader of the Muslim world.” But Ahmad Khan and the poet and ties, Nasser mocked Saudi Arabia of brought Pakistan fully into the Whereas the conservative aspect of archs to become recognised as the after the abolition of the Ottoman philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, being retrogressive and rigid. For a ever-expanding Saudi orbit. Saudi ideology was castigated by new leaders of the Muslim world. caliphate, two contenders rushed in Jinnah and his party imagined a sov- decade after 1956, Nasser’s Egypt By the 1980s, flush with petro- Nasser’s Egypt in the past, this Various Muslim groups around to claim the title. King Fuad of Egypt ereign Muslim-majority country was the undisputed leader of the dollars and with a surge in the pop- time it is being challenged by the world had agitated against (that was still being ruled by the untainted by, what Iqbal had lament- Muslim world, inspiring large num- ularity of “political Islam” in Muslim Erdogan’s “neo-Ottomanism”, which European powers, who were at war British) and the Wahabi Arab trib- ed, tribalism inherent in Arabian South-Asian Muslims. bers of Muslims in Arab and non- countries, Saudi political and reli- is critical of Saudi Arabia for squan- with the Ottomans during World al leader, Ibn Saud, who, with the polities. Iqbal pleaded for a faith But this did not deter Pakistan’s Arab regions alike. gious influence witnessed a mani- dering the influence it had enjoyed War-I. But after the defeat of the help of the British, had conquered understood and articulated accord- first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Stung by Nasser’s status in this fold increase. It was only chal- for decades as the leader of the Ottomans, many Muslim political former Ottoman territories in what ing to the needs of modern times. Khan, from declaring that Pakistan context, and also by his criticism of lenged by the radical Shia theocra- Muslim world. leaders and intellectuals hailed would become Saudi Arabia in Jinnah and his colleagues need- was a lot more than just another Saudi Arabia, the Saudi monarch cy in Iran. Both countries fought a Turkey sees itself as a more nat- Kemal’s coming into power and saw 1932. In 1926, Fuad organised an ed to greatly trim the pan-Islamic Muslim country. According to M King Faisal (who came to the throne brutal war of influence through sec- ural candidate for this role. This title him as a modern redeemer of Islam. international Muslim conference aspects of Muslim nationalism to Razvi, in the 1981 issue of the in 1964) unfolded a hectic moderni- tarian proxies in countries such as once again is up for grabs. The British historian, E in Cairo. It was not attended by root it more in the realities of Journal of Pakistan Institute of sation process in Saudi Arabia. Pakistan and Lebanon. (Courtesy: Dawn) +%$ !(!), -./0101 2 5* ", &#!@ !& ,# # '! 43.0," #3-"1"# ."# : : !& !( , # 061!# 3/!4 . the discussions to determine removal of non-tariff barriers the scope of the review at the and provide better market . Kotak Mahindra Bank's m- Trade ministers of India and earliest to, inter-alia, make the access to Indian businesses. cap rose by Rs 25,360.91 crore 0 ("; 10-member ASEAN countries free trade agreement more Goyal and Tran Tuan Anh, The market valuation of six of to Rs 2,90,458.09 crore, RIL's * 6. have instructed their officials to user-friendly, simple, and trade Minister of Industry and Trade the top 10 most valued firms valuation was up by Rs start discussions for determin- facilitative for businesses," the of Vietnam, co-chaired the zoomed by Rs 1,06,523.84 21,458.89 crore at Rs . 2 "2 @' ing the scope of review of free statement said. consultations. crore last week, with 13,41,164.42 crore (+- /51%8 $ &' trade agreement (FTA) at the The review will make the It was attended by trade ICICI Bank and and HDFC Bank's +$/0%& 18 A $:/ * 1 , earliest with a view to make the agreement modern with con- ministers of all 10 ASEAN Kotak Mahindra worth increased $ ( 1 $ 0($/11$ 5% /* pact more user-friendly, sim- temporary trade facilitative countries — Brunei, Bank leading by Rs 16,547.52 / $133&$/$ 5"3# ple, and trade facilitative for practices, and streamlined cus- Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the pack. crore to Rs "3 50 81 /0/%-, ' businesses. toms and regulatory proce- Malaysia, Myanmar, During the 6,13,598.67 /+, 5 -"/5 ' - &A/* The issue was discussed dur- dures, it added. Philippines, Singapore, last week, the crore. 1 $/5(0 8 50*/$+$/0%& 1 ing the 17th ASEAN-India Goyal highlighted that the Thailand and Vietnam. BSE bench- Among , A %0 /0 & 1 50 Economic Ministers pact has to be mutually bene- The Association of Southeast mark Sensex other two && 11/$ 1 5 ' &/%5 $< Consultations meet held virtu- ficial and a win-win for all Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India had gained gainers, HDFC /+&/8+ 5 &% 1 0? ally on August 29, an official that the review of FTA in of this year. sides. trade in goods agreement was 1,032.59 points or saw its market L. ' 0 $( /*133 statement said on Sunday. goods has been "inordinately "The ministers from India He also expressed the need signed on August 13, 2009 2.68 per cent. valuation rise by &$/$ $ 5% 5"""< Commerce and Industry delayed", and requested to start and ASEAN countries instruct- to strengthen rules of origin and came into force on January Of these 10 most val- Rs 14,599.47 crore to ' ,$ 0&$/11 0 ' < Minister Piyush Goyal stated the full review before the end ed the senior officials to start provisions, work towards 1, 2010. ued companies in terms of Rs 3,37,472.45 crore and ' 0 5/% 1 50 5( $ 5 market capitalisation (m-cap), Bharti Airtel added Rs "3?. ' ($/5"? Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), 1,936.73 crore to Rs *$/8 ' +$ /%1 $??? 5& HDFC Bank, HDFC, Kotak 2,85,625.71 crore. 5& + /5</%$* 5 5& , B . 7 . %. )"0"!3 ,# #"."," Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel In contrast, the market cap + $*/$8 5& ' 1- 51 $/5( and ICICI Bank emerged as of HUL plunged by Rs 50' - 5: gainers. 11,982.71 crore to Rs +/1 . July and the GDP number for booking emerges, but it is not 0"":"# #"!#, -:3" the April-June quarter on likely to be a long drawn out Domestic equity bourses in the Monday. correction," Vinod Nair, Head . its fleet. Presently, two masters, coming week will be guided by Various rating agencies and of Research at Geojit Financial five chief officers, two second Q1 GDP print, infrastructure industry experts have been Services, said. Domestic liner engineers, 31 second/third output data for July and forecasting GDP contraction Samco Securities Senior Shipping officers, six third/fourth engi- monthly auto sales numbers, for the first quarter as the Research Analyst Nirali Shah Corporation of India neers and two nurses are which together will give an economy came under a severe said, "For the week ahead, (SCI) has emerged women serving on various indication about the health of pressure in the wake of the markets may watch out for as a pioneer among types of ships," as per the the economy, analysts said. coronavirus outbreak and August auto sales numbers top Indian fleet own- annual report of the Navratna During this data heavy week, ensuing lockdowns during this from India Inc which might ers when it comes to public sector enterprise. the investor focus will also period. broadly act as a proxy for the hiring women in key In addition, there are 13 remain on global market trends As other macro data are health of our ailing economy, roles on ships with women trainee nautical offi- and COVID-19 updates like concerned, auto companies to an extent." over 20 per cent cers, four woman trainee the number of infection cases will announce their monthly Experts are of the view that women workforce and a robust ing both national and interna- marine engineers and seven and news related to the sales data for August this week movement in rupee/USD, gender-neutral hiring policy in tional trades -- has at its helm woman trainee electrical engi- progress of vaccines. related to COVID-19 would BSE Sensex gaining 1,032 and PMI data for manufactur- trend in foreign fund and place. a woman as the chairperson neers. "This week, participants will also be on their radar," said Ajit points and the NSE Nifty ing and services sector are crude oil would also be mon- Incidentally, SCI — which and managing director, H K The company is committed be closely eyeing auto sales Mishra, VP-Research, Religare adding 276 points — both also due. itored by market participants. owns and operates around Joshi. Of the total 646 employ- to the principle of equal number and GDP data for Broking Ltd. indices rising 2 per cent each. "Market is expected to con- Meanwhile, India's COVID- one-third of the Indian ton- ees, 135 are women. employment opportunity and cues on how the economy is The Indian market last week, The National Statistical tinue the momentum. There 19 case tally crossed 35 lakh nage and has operating inter- "SCI has been the pioneer in strives to provide employees progressing. Besides, monsoon ended August 28, showed a Office (NSO) will release the could be a slight consolidation mark with a spike of nearly ests in practically all areas of India with regards to recruit- with a workplace free of dis- progress and news updates stellar performance, with the infrastructure output data for in the markets, when profit- 79,000 new cases in a day. the shipping business, servic- ing women for jobs on board crimination, the report said. 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The funds one of the raised from this ini- biggest tiative will be donat- and oldest ed directly to the circus in crew for their welfare the country which and wellbeing. has been badly “The circus was impacted by the one of the most pre- COVID-19 cri- ferred outings for sis with shows kids and the entire coming to a family a few decades standstill, back. Every kid born has come in the 80s’ and 90s’ * up with a will have some unique nostalgic memories idea: For attached to it. With achieve- the first isolation becoming ments, struggles, time the cir- the new norm, we’re global presence, and cus will be now trying to rein- the never-ending going online vent the whole expe- enthusiasm of the its digitally pro- rience of watching a artists that have kept / duced show, 'Life circus online. People it alive through thick is a circus’ — An ode can buy tickets online and thin. The grand to the greatest show- from BookMyShow finale act will culmi- manship. The show and watch the show nate into the best of will be a virtual from their homes. all acts dedicated to fundraiser that We are hopeful that the COVID Warriors 4 / aims to raise the digital revolution for their constant &/ /. A$ awareness for the will bring lost visibili- effort to combat the cause and benefit the ty and respect to the pandemic with a spe- A / Rambo Circus artists art form,” said Sujit cial message from the and their families to Dilip, owner of Rambo Circus artists. $ <$5 @ come back stronger Rambo Circus owner. One can make 3-53 7 from the difficult sit- Brought to the donations online uation. audience by the nar- through the payment < From daring rator, the show struc- gateway page link lue and grey-col- ness, Nupur Gupta says, “Many $ trapeze acts to mes- ture and format will provided at lared Indians, caught lending apps have stopped dis- merizing acrobatic weave in a story in Bookmyshow or this in the grip of bursing loans to new customers B stunts, the virtual the form of a narra- link: https://secure- COVID-19, and in since the onset of Covid-19 but show promises to be tive. The narrative payments.payu.in/bm desperate need for NIRA has remained open and complete family would harp on the sdonate4 and money, had a sav- we are actually giving loans to entertainment. The journey of Rambo donate even if iour, who stood by them and people during the troubled show will be a ticket- Circus itself. It will they don’t buy a continues to even as the world times that continue to adversely ed event hosted on a unravel the acts while ticket. is struggling to stay afloat and impact millions of distraught virtual platform with highlighting the survive the impact of the pan- families.” the audience watch- demic. Elaborating further, the co- Most of the distraught have founders state that they have been sounding NIRA with their noticed that in Hyderabad, for SOS, a lending App that instance, demand for discre- promises to provide customer- tionary spending like buying a friendly loans. Launched in new smartphone has dropped 2018 by Rohit Sen and Nupur significantly while it has shot up Gupta, who quit high-paying substantially for meeting non- jobs at Goldman Sachs, NIRA * + * discretionary expenditure on has been at the forefront of , G ,4@ 2$ . * , 4@ * * medical costs, school fees, helping the needy. Incidentally, Ramzan and other festivities. their largest customer base out- “We are being extra vigilant side of Bangalore is Hyderabad helps, Class IV employees, tea fintechs pursue tech-savvy mil- with risk management and col- and the maximum beneficiaries joints, and paan shop owners, lennials to fund their aspira- lections during the pandemic are from Telangana. among several others. tional purchases, NIRA was because the situation can A majority of that availing The fintech business venture conceptualised to assist the change quickly and the crisis the three-12 month loans (rang- has helped fetch seed funding of middle and lower-middle-class remains, although most small- ing from Rs 2,500 to Rs One one million dollars in October customers.” time vendors have resumed full lakh) are vegetable vendors, 2018 from angel investors based On the existence of several operations and students are auto-rickshaw drivers, newspa- in the United Kingdom and Telangana-based lending apps hooked onto online classes,” the per hawkers, barbers, domestic India. 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Telugu to get a direct web prefer to stay alone but for the With V going the streaming paired opposite Nani V is an action thriller about a release. “The unit worked hard first time after several years I way, is she getting any offers in his landmark 25th cop (played by Sudheer Babu) to release the film for cinema spent a lot of time at my home. from digital platforms? She film V, this is the falling in love with a crime halls but the present circum- My dad has been working in responds, “I haven’t been third time that writer (Nivetha). When every- stances pushed us to opt for an Dubai for the past 17 years and approached for content on Nivetha Thomas will thing is going great, his life OTT release. Watching V on his stays at home have been OTT yet. If I do, I’d give it a be seen in a Nani-starrer, play- turns upside down when a the big screen would’ve been a brief. Due to lockdown, he has thought. I’ve listened to three ing a central role. She was his killer (Nani) challenges him whole together different experi- been with us for the past six Telugu scripts in the past five romantic interest in box-office with a puzzle to solve, leading ence. As actors, we want our months and I had the best time months and they are in differ- smashes like Gentleman and to a good-versus-evil show- films for the silver screen but with my family. I’ve also partic- ent stages of development. Ninnu Kori. She admits that down. “I could connect to the everyone knows what’s happen- ipated in the script develop- Also, I’m ready to play a villain she forged a bond beyond story the moment Mohan sir ing around us. However, the ment sessions of the projects role. Such roles have a wide films with Nani. “He is (director Indraganti) narrated it excitement surrounding the I’ve signed and that are in dis- range for an actor to explore. like a family member to me. My part Apurva comes OTT release is palpable,” she cussions.” It’s not necessary to beat up one to me now. I discuss across as a woman who is dar- informs. Nivetha’s script selection has to play a villain. You can play it the stories I like ing and confident,” she points The actress was shooting for earned her much praise over strategically.” with him. It is out. Pawan Kalyan-starrer Vakeel years and giving a peek into her In a recent interview, she vice-versa with V was initially planned to hit Saab when the lockdown was thought process, she maintains said that it’s her dream to sit in him as well. If he the big screens around Ugadi enforced earlier this summer. that she listens to all kinds of the director’s saddle. Speaking accepts to do a earlier this year but the lock- Ever since, she confined herself scripts that come her way. about it, she says, “As of now, role, he would down triggered by the pandem- to her home in Chennai. “During the narrations itself, I my focus remains acting. put in the hard ic ensured that its release was Commenting on her lockdown ponder whether I would do jus- Nobody will offer me a direc- yards to bring it kept on hold. Rapidly escalat- routine, she says lockdown or tice to the role and my final tion chance just because I want alive. He is an ing interest rates meant that otherwise, she believes in learn- decision (on signing it or not) to direct; I have to bag it. I inspiration to me producer Dil Raju, who for ing new things like reading a hinges on it,” she says, adding won’t be directing straightaway in many aspects,” long considered releasing it in book or learning about a new that she never thinks about though. I would cut my teeth she told the media theatres, inked a deal with software related to her studies. stardom, but is enjoying her by making short films first contingent during Amazon Prime recently, mak- Also, the actress, who has a present position. “I just want to and later graduate to feature the promotions ing it the first big film from degree in architecture shares, “I earn the tag of a good actress.” films.” !! "# ## $% id Pawan Kalyan of Vakkantham Vamsi, who agree to headline has written the story of for- another film? mer’s popcorn entertainers Reports doing the like Oosaravelli, Kick and Race rounds say so, Gurram. It will be a commer- pointing out that he cial entertainer with a differ- is set to honour the commit- ence, it is being said. The pro- ment he made to his friend ject is likely to go in front of Ram Talluri sometime back. the cameras towards the end According to reports, of next year. Surender Reddy has pipped Meanwhile, Pawan still Dolly to bag the project to be needs to complete some por- made under Talluri’s SRT tions of Vakeel Saab before he Entertainments and the dives into the filming of announcement is likely to be Krish’s period drama and made to coincide with Pawan’s Harish Shankar’s commercial birthday on September 2. entertainer. Reddy also has a Reports further say that Reddy film lined-up with Akhil will be directing from a script Akkineni up next. 5 & ). / irector Chandra playing the lead Kaaranam role. K Venkatesh and Babji, who KVSSL Ramesh Raju have made films jointly produced it. .) like Mental The film’s first look was Police and unveiled by Srikanth on Operation 2019 earlier, Sunday. “Mental Police and has wrapped up the Operation 2019 have earned shooting of his next, me a good name as an actor. articipating in an Ask Me Anything Mission 2020, on Operation 2019 has done session on her popular Instagram Saturday. Like his good business in Hindi as page over the weekend, Samantha earlier films, this well. Mission 2020 has a Akkineni dismissed rumours sur- new film too is strong story. The year hasn’t rounding her pregnancy. “I have been set in a con- been a pleasant one for the pregnant since 2017, I think. This temporary industry but I hope this baby doesn’t want to come out,” she chuckled. political film’s success will be a silver Up next, Samantha is set for her digi- backdrop, lining,” Srikanth hoped. tal and Hindi debut with Raj with Babji said the film’s story and DK’s The Family Man 2. Naveen is the real hero and that Speaking about it, she said, Naveen, Naga Babu and “This is the most excitement Jayaprakash have aced their you will see on my face. I roles. “We went to floors completed dubbing of the earlier this January and series. Oh my god! It is so wrapped up the shooting kicka**!” formalities before the lock- Besides the web debut, down came into effect. she also hinted at some- Naveen has shown a lot of thing special from her end, dedication to complete it. which she would be mak- We’ve shot an item song ing public. “In this time, I with Sri Rapaka on Saturday got to work on something and it has come out well,” special. I cannot wait to the director noted. share with all you guys,” she replied to a follower. When a fan wanted to know about her height, she cheekily replied, “I E . am barely 5’3. Great things come in small packages. So, woohoo!” Samantha also shared the “special” &/ . thing she shares with her husband, actor Naga Chaitanya. ilmmaker Vijay ence. But now we hear that will land on a popular GEC She told fans, “My Konda’s Orey… it will join the likes of other more than a month after its tattoo means – Bujjigaa, starring Telugu films like V, Miss digital debut. create your own Raj Tarun and India, Solo Brathuke So A Hyderabad-set drama reality. Chay and Malavika Nair, Better and Good Luck Sakhi on the lines of Konda’s I got this was one of the in going straight to digital. Gundejaari Gallanthayyinde together. It is first summer releases that A source close to the but with an interesting love really special had to skip a theatrical roll- development tells us that the story thrown into the mix, for both of out due to the outbreak of makers have struck a neat Orey… Bujjigaa sees Vani us.” novel COVID-19. While deal with an OTT player. Viswanath, Naresh, Posani the film did attract OTT According to the deal, the Krishna Murali, Sapthagiri, offers initially, the makers film’s digital rights were sold Raja Raveendra, Ajay didn’t oblige as they firmly for Rs 3.5 crore, while the Ghosh, Annapurna, Sathya believed that it was meant satellite rights got the mak- and Madhunandan in sup- for the big screen experi- ers Rs 1.5 crore. The film porting roles.